yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] stoney73:
Look matey, you asked the equivalent of whether the iphone is better than the galaxy s2. Its going to polarise opinions. You got a crappy answer... to a crappy question.

The villainrom is fairly stockish with some tweaks, with ninpos/hacre's Kernel and an app call villaintweaks(I run it on my wifes S2, she gets great battery, quite often 50-60% left when she gets home from work).

More importantly for me(as the phone maintenance guy) it just works. It's underclocked and still slick, with no fc's glitches etc.

I havent used the litening rom, and never will(purely because I don't like having a theme forced on my phone. I do tend to change rom's every few days, currently I'm using CM7 on my phone, but last week I was on Miui, and the week before I was on Villainrom.

If you really want to know more, open up a thread in Q&A asking for peoples experiences with the two roms, maybe even open up a poll?

Just remember that all you are going to get are peoples opinions. It's quicker and far less hassle to make a backup of your current rom, and flash both of them(one at a time) and then gauge for yourself.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CaspaTheGhost:
Damn, was writing my longest ever post on that thread and when I press post what happens? Its been pulled so no longer exists... What a ***** man...

Well, gonna have to drop my two pence here instead so apologies all and please feel free to point me in the right direction to another more fitting thread for my rant...

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I'm in favour of the split dev forums...

As per the date under my avatar I joined around the time I got my Desire, but didnt really post much as I saw the site as a Developer site where Developers developed and alot of the talk was beyond my knowledge... I therefore used other sites more often than not but it was simply where the Developers work had eventually trickled down to...

As I'm waiting to get back on the Android bandwagon with an SGS2 I have been following the site directly so I know whats going on here and now... I have come to realise that this site is for users (note, I'm referring to USERS not DEVS) who have a certain level of intelligence, competence and above all COMMON SENSE!

I have learnt a great deal by simply reading, reading the first 5 or so posts of a thread in their entirety is a must but this seems to be too much like hard work for some... Personally, I dont want to be spoon fed, I have a real interest in all of this (was in telecommunications for 5 years back when it was all about moving from analogue to digital and before prepay ruined it all!) and feel that this site can help me broaden my knowledge... Those who wish to be spoon fed or are too lazy to read important and helpful posts that an OP has taken the time to write should join another Android site...

As Hacre points out, this is a DEV site and I can understand why the split has been implemented - hell, I could make some of the 'ROMS' available if I had the time to spare, I'm sure of it! So for me, I now know where I need to look for what I am after and I dont need to surf through three pages in order to get there...

I do find the retarded posts amusing, but as I am reading select threads in their entirety it really does annoy me that I have to waste my own precious time with them. I can only imagine what that feeling must be like for the person who created the thread and spent hours of their own time doing the actual development work!

I look at it this way... Would I not bother reading important emails from my clients fully and then ask questions that had been answered in those emails? Of course not, I'd have no clients, no business and I would be seen as mentally defficient, self-defeating buffoon...

Here, I'm the client, and you know what? My clients have a legal obligation to pay my invoices, here I dont have to pay a penny if I dont want to...

Point made me thinks...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] carlos67:
Seriously, it's difficult to see where you can go with this kernel now. I mean it's propper sorted and works very well. How can it be improved further? I gotta tell you man, I'm struggling to see new stuff ahead, apart from rebasing when Sammy release new sources.

If I'm wrong about this then why is there such a lack of feature requests?

Perhaps because there's no features left TO request. Only possible thing coming to mind is oc'ing GPU chip.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] JF-GINO:
Hey Guys,

I was wondering if anyone had a problem with there orientation sensors with 2.0.5?

Seems after I flashed 2.0.5 kernel my orientation sensors stopped completely.

Im going to roll back and see if the problem persists as I did not see any other posts on it so Im assuming I might be the only one with this issue.

Edit: tested all other Ninphetamine kernels and only 2.0.5 breaks orientation sensor - all others are perfect.

Im guessing that the kernel does not play nice with the rom I have.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] tids2k:
Why everyone is going away from the development ... do we need such talks here ! :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ebliss:
ninpo, tsp_threshold of 50 seems workable for those with GLAS on. So far, those that tested reported that the screen still works.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Hacre:
That was a seriously awesome post mate and it had the added benefit of a non dev perspective. It's a shame it couldn't be posted in the relevant thread. You have my utmost respect, if only everyone were like you. Or like me. ;) XDA should be looking after members like you and not pandering to twattards like the people that started the thread you tried to reply to. I mean this sincerely.

Hmm. Very very weird. Orientation works fine for me on VR 2.4.3 with 2.0.5. Is 2.0.4 OK? Are you noticing this problem on charge, or on battery?

Great news, thanks. However this 2.0.5 release is set to use 40 at all times. I haven't noticed any adverse effects myself. So tell your GLAS using friends which kernel they should be using eh? :)

Well if it helps, my To-Do list is thus:

Issues with VPN and Tor with IPTables. I think this might be an issue with IPTables in this kernel base, I'll try and track it down, but it might not be fixed until we get the rebased Samsung sources from KG*.

Battery stats. As from the post earlier, it's kinda interesting to be able to query the data from the battery itself, I recall various developers working tirelessly on the Nexus One to resolve various battery issues and this output was essential. With the plethora of third party batteries available for the SGS2, it makes sense to be able to query just how good they really are.

GPU clock control. Description says it all and this feature is on a level footing with the battery stats. We want this, it'll happen, so be patient.

A new initramfs. I've confessed for some time that the initramfs contents are far from ideal for me. CWM recovery doesn't access the external SD and various other niggles arise from the initramfs I'm using. I want to fix this and I will fix this, when I get the time and other more pressing problems are addressed.

Anything else I probably forgot in my drunken state. I'm a few pints in now but anything actually useful to the development cycle is always welcomed and will eventually arrive.

However for something done by two guys in their spare time, I'd say it's a pretty impressive collection of code. ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] LuffyPSP:
yay for the these 3. cuz i know what it'll do. the others i dont know what it is but its something good for sure.

really damn awesome impressive actually. I've only seen some of the apps settings code and my god i have much more to learn. still many commands i didnt know or even heard about. even for the simple click and use functions have so many lines, cant imagine how much is yours. wish to have you as my master but hell i'm still way behind and lack of knowledge. maybe i'll come back to when i got my degree. :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ebliss:
Cheers! Great news indeed. Will tell them.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] veyka:
Unable to reproduce on battery or charge on VR2.4.2 and nin2.0.5
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] tids2k:
Anyways hacre, I think you should look at this as well, it seems NoLED is working on SGS II now, and after looking upon the app, it could be a good alternative to the BLN since it does the same " lightening up ;) and displaying notifications, and in my opinion it has a lot of potential over BLN Control.

Here is a video on SGS II

[youtube]zcIHXvxcAg4[/youtube]
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] carlos67:
Couldn't agree more. Also, I don't think Netarchy gets enough credit on this thread from users for his contributions to the kernel.

Now, I'm off to snuggle up to the missus in bobo's. Don't get too pissed Ninpster.

Edit: f**k that last bit man. Get as pissed as you like. As long as your back here tomorrow MONSTERING people again.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] eiraku:
And here I thought that I will have to dump my new incoming Glas screens (I bought 2 lol) into the can due to the whole charging fiasco.

A stable kernel, the funniest OP evah and pre-emptive fixes? Can you blame me when I feel absolutely no need at all to install any other kernel ever, at least at this point in time?

And your to-do looks interesting really, though I wonder how much would be fixed (or borked even worse) when Samsung FINALLY decides to release the 2.3.4 kernel sources.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Hacre:
I do at least make sure netarchy gets half of the donations we get. :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] djshotty:
LOL

Journalists win awards for the quality of the stories they print. You, sir, deserve some kind of award for that post. I am so looking forward to getting my S2 within the next couple of weeks, and running your kernel with what looks like a great thing in VillainROM.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jlevy73:
@ Hacre: I was doing some light reading in your github earlier today when I believe I read that this kernel is based on CFS. CFS is nice and safe and perfect for single core devices. However, you don't strike me as a mainstream kinda of guy :) Considering our devices are angry fire breathing dragons I'd love to see you and Netarchy compile a BFS kernel. I was a big fan of netarchy's work from the NS days especially his BFS kernels. With our dual core devices, exynos + BFS = rocket fuel. So I'm tossing this in the suggestion box should you guys have any extra free time for this.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] tushar.das:
This is the best kernel ever 2.0.5... Everythng I use is working as expected.. Very Very smooth...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
+1 for BFS :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] BAWS:
what wasn´t working before?

what wasn´t smooth before?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mach0boi:
2.0.0 Release Edition

Samsung's latest source update applied to base.

Kernel base updated to 2.6.35.11.

Overclock up to 1.6GHz.

Voltage control via SetCPU or Voltage Control from 800mV up to 1500mV.

BFQv2-r1 IO scheduler added and set as default.

Optimised EXT4 mount options. Various other performance related tweaks.

I dont think he's using CFQ. Or maybe Im wrong?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jlevy73:
BFQ and BFS are not the same thing. Budget Fair Queueing is a I/O scheduler. BFS is a task scheduler created by kernel guru Con Kolivas. CFS is apart of the mainline kernel while BFS is apart of the experimental branch. Since Hacre's kernel is based on Samsung sources its CFS
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mach0boi:
Oh ****. Im still sleepy. :mad:

Thought you really said BFQ. My bad :p

Yes Im aware of both as I'm using BFS kernel(Leedroid) on my DHD. But other users are experiencing lags and stutters when on it.

Im a big fan of his kernel that's why ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
I don't think bfs tends to go down well - I think ninpo covered it in the last thread used for the kernel...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mach0boi:
AFAIK, BFS will raise benchmarks a bit but will not play well on real life. Well that's what I got on DHD's thread as I'm still playing both phones today ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jlevy73:
I guess I missed that in the original thread. Why do you think BFS wouldn't go down well. It seems very well suited for dual core devices.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ebliss:
I searched and found this. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7902392&postcount=304
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jlevy73:
Thanks, Hacre offers an excellent explanation of the pros and cons of BFS. That was an interesting read.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] nobnut:
You did what? Are you crazy? No one here on XDA does any searching! Shame on you! ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
thanx for the info pulser

I was using both netarchy and morfique kernels on Nexus S and they were great, but I understand the reasoning.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Krautmaster:
BLN Control does not work with this kernel 2.0.5 ... how to fix that?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] grisha1:
Install a ROM that supports BLN (eg. VR 2.4.2) or install the according files manually (you'll find plenty of links by using search for this thread).
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Krautmaster:
okay =/ so it does not depend on kernel only... thx
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Krautmaster:
where to get?

Edit:

http://forum.hdblog.it/f393/[kernel]-ninphetamine-2-0-5-migliorato-consumo-bln-43461/

Edit:

well, i am able to activate BLN now in BLN Controll and the build in "Test" is successful ... sadly my lights are not blinking as expected on a missed call

Edit: reboot was needed after activation. Runs perfectly with Litening Rom 5.0
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xinfinityoO:
i am on 200 at 825..

full setting in my ugly sig..need to learn photoshop
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] eiraku:
I kinda like displays with a warmer tint TBH, and everything seems okay for me here.

As an alternative solution, you can re-tint your display with Chainfire3D's nightmode. I personally use it to tame autobrightness a bit (it's oh too brightness for me lol).

I mean, I have the drivers installed ANYWAY, why not make it do something while I'm not playing games.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] vanessa13006:
I think it's you. I've not this issue. Sorry for you. Did you wipe cache and dalvik before flashing the kernel ? It can help.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mach0boi:
I'm on the other side, i dont like displays with a warmer tint. It makes the dark/yellow left side worse. As for now KG1 kernel is my only remedy for this :)

Back on topic..
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mach0boi:
Yes I did. I was thinking maybe its a modem issue. I never had this on KF2. Might try flashing it and see :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] finalreality:
Hello

First of all great kernel, I've been running it since yesterday and found no significant issues with it :D

Now for my two questions:

I have noticed that on the battery stats I get time without signal at 100% but the phone works perfectly, its just that screen that is wrong.

One other question is related to overclocking/overheating, will the phone at some point auto-shutdown if it overheats past a safe temperature or will it just happily fry it brains out if you are unlucky enough for it not to hang due to some error?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kalpik:
Typically, it should just hang.. But yeah, if you're trying it out, let us know how it goes :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Major_Sarcasm:
That's what I did. You'd pay more to go to a club and watch a comedian. Ninpo's more amusing.

Hehe, go for it, Junior!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] eiraku:
Knowing *nix, it should ship with some sort of watchdog to prevent the CPU from suiciding.

Or at least that's what I know from my days cooking my old Nokia N900 (and that story didn't end well to say the least).
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jamesyb0i:
great, this fixed my wifi not working w/ villain 2.1. As for CPU I just lost 10% in 10 minutes but I was testing out navigation for a planned roadtrip.. i remember at one point on my n1 i had 7% battery drain over 8 hour inactivity. want those days back!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] schrickm5:
4% drain overnight 6hrs. What a fantastic kernel, buttery smooth, snappy with an involving and comical developer.

I am on KG2 stock, ends roots kernel. I have not changed the UV settings on Set Cpu yet.

Thankyou sir for something I will be recommending to everyone, and keeping on my phone.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] sunwee:
ya add in BLN and this will be the Speedmod of sgs2 (for those of us who came from sgs1)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Agamennon:
Major_Sarcasm = wanker :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] geistteufel:
I don't see bfq scheduler in set cpu, is it normal?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mach0boi:
BFQ is not a governor. It's a scheduler like deadline, noop, CFQ. And there's no option on SETCPU that can change it.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] gchildz:
nice...mine is more or less like you this is the setting i been using with Tegrak, i just freeze tegrak and install Set CPU....see how it goes

1200 1200

1000 1100

800 950

500 875

200 800

so far 1 day it doesnt hang....nice battery too...could be coz i'm using Green Power instead of Juice Defender.....coz GP is easier to manage and simple...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] geistteufel:
Oh you are right, my bad, thanks
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Artius89:
Ok tested a bit: 3% drain overnight (9 hours plus or less) and absolutely no reboot. I'm pretty amazed!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] hahni91:
Great Kernel

I made a Quadrant Benchmerk just look at my result:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Mr.Greg:
Which rom you use? Did you try on smartbench 2011?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] grisha1:
Congratulations! And a good example, how one can find a solution by searching and reading. Good feeling of achievement in the end, isn't it :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Major_Sarcasm:
FM Transmission would be a cool feature to have. Consider this scenario: I'm at work and the amp/radio is in the middle of a medium sized clean-room (aerospace components manufacture). I don't want my phone to be sat plugged into the amp via the 3.5 jack as I receive numerous texts/emails. The ability to send the odd album via FM to the radio would be a definite bonus to me and I'd likely donate (again) for this feature.

So, pretty please with a cherry on top, please add this to your to-do list. Or kiss my arse, whatever.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] elban:
I don't know if modprobe is supposed to work, but on my phone it returns an error:

chdir(2.6.35-11-ninphetamine-2.0.5+): no such file

insmod does work, instead.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Hacre:
Both netarchy and myself have agreed that there will be no BFS in Ninphetamine. As of now it offers nothing of merit over CFS, as CFS was changed some time ago now to exterminate the inherent flaws that gave cause for BFS being written in the first place.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] SERGI.3210:
this kernel is generic for the all the firmware versions of the sgs2? it will run with the BVKE2 stock rom?

and the last question i have the cf.root_ke2 kernel with CWM 4.XXX i´m going to loose the recovery with ninphetamine kernel???

if i loose it... i can to restore it via rom manager.. true?

thanks mates
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
This kernel was only tested on android 2.3.4 roms i.e. KG1 and higher, it may work on 2.3.3 roms but you will have to try it and see.

Don't come crying back to this thread if it fails to work (unless you want to end up in post 5)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] teo91:
I have VR 2.4.X

when installing the Kernel you lose the possibility to access the SD Clock Work Revory. Is this normal? :confused:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Galaxy s2:
Thanks for the advice, where can i find the tweaks for the galaxy s2??
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] killall:
Download Villain Tweaks from the market :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] stoney73:
Villaintweaks download link:http://www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/VRTweaks/SGS2-v1.3.1.apk
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] veyka:
This kernel has CWM 4.X, yes it may run with 2.3.3 but as it said in the bloody first posts it may not work and hasn't been tested.

RTFT

YES AS HAS BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED ABOUT 20TIMES

Its a CWM bug

Search and read before posting
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Galaxy s2:
Thank you:)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] teo91:
meet like this is not very constructive. I have read that it was a bug!:mad: cheers for the answer!:mad: The question is a maj is planned?:D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Galaxy s2:
Download from the market:)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ObihoernchenDE:
BFS sucks on Android.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bentez2003:
my S2 has spent most of its day running at 200mhz and not entering deep sleep currently at 58% after about 5 hours. At the risk of post 5 can I ask are people seeing anything similar? 2.02 and 2.04 seemed fine for me.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] emptyara:
i try ka2uki voltage management coz some people said it is stable..

this is his setting:

Setcpu stable :

ondemand

1.6g 1425mv

1.4g 1400mv

1.2g 1200mv

1g 1100mv

800mhz 975mv

500mhz 900mv

200mhz 825mv

but my phone sometime will reboot by itself. anyone here had try this and how is ur result? or maybe u guyz has better setting?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] zamana:
I'm at 67% after 4:35, which gives something like 33%/4,5h => 7%/h with moderate usage (no WiFi, SuperPower controlling 2G/3G automatic, SPB Shell as launcher).

On earlier versions I was able to get less than 4%/h, which is acceptable to me.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bgn9000:
Okay, I am trying to do a quick test wity CPU SPY app

EDIT : 98% in deep sleep during 30 minutes (I resetted timers before the test).
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] willverduzco:
Each phone is different. It's impossible for someone to tell you what will work perfectly on YOUR phone. Plus, if you had read more of the thread, you would have seen that overclocking is on a case-by-case basis.

Some devices require more voltages at certain frequencies, and some just have slower voltage regulators and cannot provide the additional voltage quickly enough when the speed steps change.

Experiment oh your own phone to find what works best for you. Raise them all, test for stability, then lower one at a time.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Orpheus1120:
Hacre, did you make any VPN related improvement? Because I'm glad to report under 2.0.5, I'm able to successfully log on to my VPN account under L2TP/IPSEC PSK.

Finally.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] emptyara:
thanx~~ now i just change @200mhz at 825mv n keep others as default.. n everthing seems better.. btw i using villainrom 2.4.2..
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Galaxy s2:
Can someone please tell me what page 2.0.5 starts so I don't have to read throughout 141 pages during my work break times.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] stoney73:
Cant tell you which page(im using the mobile app), but if i remember right, it was released monday/tuesday.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Galaxy s2:
Ha Ha you in the wrong job pal, should have been a bloody comedian.

If you don't know why bother answering.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] runedrune:
Wtf?

10chars.