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[Nook Color Android Development] bobtidey:
Governor settings

I've been flipping back and forward between latest nightly and a "pre-test-ics" version from 28 Jan.

This was mainly because the 28 Jan gave me smoother results whereas all test-ics ones have been a bit jerky. As a little application benchmark I use the ai backgammon and there is a big difference in the smoothness of the pieces moving.

After I tried out the latest nightly 20120215 it was still a bit jerky and I decided to play around with governor settings (using CPU Master).

I had been using InteractiveX as that was giving good results in the builds from January. Setting Performance on the 20120215 gave very good results, better than InteractiveX on the January build. Reverting to InteractiveX or OnDemand was significantly worse for me than those settings give in the January builds.

So I then tried Conservative on the 20120215 and it gave me pretty good results; better than OnDemand or InteractiveX and I'd say better than InteractiveX on the January build.

So I am happy to stick with latest builds using Conservative, but I suspect something is a little broken with InteractiveX and OnDemand and they are not reacting quickly to changes in demand.

All testing was done at 1200MHz max.
[Nook Color Android Development] friedsonjm:
Thank you, this works exceedingly well! Now the conundrum is... are these improvements going to be adopted into the 'mainstream' nightlies, or are you volunteering to start issuing your own?!
[Nook Color Android Development] SeaFractor:
I've also experimented with V6 SuperCharger (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991276 make sure to click on the latests builds HERE link after reading the posts). The latest beta works with ICS and had helped quite abit.

When checking my dalvik settings, I see that there are some differences.

davlik.vm.heapsize=256m

davlik.vm.heapstartsize=5m (matches yours)

davlik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=48m

I'm going to add the sysctl.conf changes and see what happens next.
[Nook Color Android Development] tsddave:
Im using an end of Jan nightly and not having any issues with the Kindle app.

I use it everyday for about an hour and would be screwed without it.
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
if anyone wants them, i'll issue them...maybe not nightly, but every few nights or so
[Nook Color Android Development] greiland:
Downloading your tweaked zip now. Question for others that are using it: Are you getting any SODs? That's the main thing I'm trying to avoid. Can't seem to find a build or fix that will get rid of them. Seems to be hit or miss with people getting them or not. I'll try this one out and report back! Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] Samiam303:
A suggestion would be to create a flashable zip with just the modified files. It could probably be flashed over whatever nightly is current.
[Nook Color Android Development] freonchill:
on topic / off topic

they released swype beta for ICS today

http://beta.swype.com/

but, i get an error when trying to download from the swype installer (after downloading and installing the swype installer)

posted over on swype forums

http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?4256-Incorrect-screen-size&p=25013#post25013
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
true, true...was trying to avoid the multiple flash syndrome, thats why i rolled em all into one
[Nook Color Android Development] adamdelozier:
If all the tweaks, bootanifix, telephony, etc are in one zip, then we would flash the from, then the "tweak" package....then we're done! It sounds good in theory :)
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
someone want to test this out?

includes telephony fix, bootani fix, sysctl.conf fix, hosts file(i added that one), build.prop for latest 2/15/2012 nightly which includes fixes mentioned earlier

someone tell me how to include the build.prop fixes without having to flash the whole build.prop file....a script i would imagine, then i wouldnt have to make one for every nightly
[Nook Color Android Development] adamdelozier:
I should be able to test this a little later today. What does the hosts file you added do?
[Nook Color Android Development] Android311:
I'll test it out as well
[Nook Color Android Development] furius:
I was far from this thread and ICS dev thread for about a week ...

are there any important improvement in last nightlies?

what about HWA or opnegl ?

thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
blocks ads....the cm one is 25kb, this one is 765,000 kb....lots more ip addresses to block
[Nook Color Android Development] friedsonjm:
Turn Screen Unlock Off?

I can't seem to find a setting...? jf

Yeah, dumb question... setting, security, lock screen, None.

jf
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
I have a script that will install things to /system AND change the build.prop file on the fly. See attached. This is one I used to install the soft keys mods and change the dpi to 240. Just modify to suit your needs. Insert the scripts into your existing install zip.

Removed attachment
[Nook Color Android Development] adamdelozier:
Because I am less familiar with the Nook, I decided to put together this as a flashable for my Epic. In doing so, I came across the way to incorporate some of the Rom Toolbox tweaks. Just add these to the sysctl.conf file...

vm.overcommit_memory = 1

vm.panic_on_oom = 0

vm.oom_kill_allocating_task = 1

vm.dirty_ratio = 90

vm.dirty_background_ratio = 70

vm.dirty_background_bytes = 0

vm.min_free_kbytes = 4096

vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 1

the ones in red are not part of the original tweaks, but have found them implemented on numerous Roms...
[Nook Color Android Development] bigbob23:
The 'diff --ed' command might work for that, although you would probably have to strip out some superfluous output.
[Nook Color Android Development] jamesbra:
Using the rom with tweaks posted a page back I got my first meaningful amount of deep sleep according to cpu spy. Maybe it was the custom tweaks or maybe just thec changes in the nightly, but I have seen a considerable battery difference.
[Nook Color Android Development] grayfoxmg1:
am I the only one who couldn't get them to work no matter what I did?
[Nook Color Android Development] frikakwa:
Work great after wipe cache and wipe dalvik. everything's seems to be smoother!! Thx for your contrib!! :D
[Nook Color Android Development] bdcrim:
Not the only one. The flash did not stick for me. I had to move things manually
[Nook Color Android Development] Jainyankee1993:
HELP

Everytime I update to a newer I get to the Cyanogen Screen, and then it goes to loading... and stay's there! What am i doing wrong? this is wiping just dalvik cache, wiping data and cache, i tried everything? What's wrong...Flashed to emmc
[Nook Color Android Development] SGH-i200:
Governor settings Performance

'Performance' seams to simply run the system at max all the time...

'OnDemand' is "not reacting quickly" for shure. Will try 'Conservative' that was the worst one for me before! ;-)

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Do you flash to SD or eMMC?
[Nook Color Android Development] Jainyankee1993:
I flashed to eMMC
[Nook Color Android Development] =X=:
I've noticed after installing the 2/14 build there are two Asian keyboards on my system.. Does anyone know why and how to remove them?

Thanks in advance
[Nook Color Android Development] dumper1234:
wrong post, will post it in Q&A.
[Nook Color Android Development] bobtidey:
I think one quick way to get back is to use the eyeballer bootable SD card and just put the clockwork recovery update on from step 4. You should then have a clean clockwork to get into by power up and N key and go from there.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1030227
[Nook Color Android Development] petcojunkie:
Anyone else experiencing SODS?
[Nook Color Android Development] =X=:
I was seeing it a lot in with a Jan 20 nightly . However since I installed the Feb 12 nightly I have not experienced a SOD.

UPDATE: Never mind as an as I wrote this response I set my device down and when about my business, when I went to user my device it was in a SOD state.
[Nook Color Android Development] grayfoxmg1:
I'm running the latest build and I haven't had a single SOD since. Give it an hour or two and the newest build will be up so you can see if that fixes your problem.
[Nook Color Android Development] bdcrim:
What is your minimum cpu speed? I may be imagining things, but I have not had a single sod on any build since I raised my minimum from 300 to 400 mhz. Anybody else had similar results?
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
so just to get this straight, if i am running cm9 off of my sdcard, can i install clockwork mod recovery and run it off the sdcard? if so, how? right now, i only have the uRecovery
[Nook Color Android Development] Samiam303:
No you can't, sd installs just use Verygreen's custom recovery.
[Nook Color Android Development] =X=:
It's at 300 I'll bump it up to 400 and see if it makes a difference.
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
i can only go from 300 to 600...how u getting the 400 option?
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Use Nook Tweaks, by dalingrin. It allows you to set the steps on the cpu. Change the lowest setting from 300 to 400.

Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
seems to not be playing nice with my nook...getting sod's
[Nook Color Android Development] bretzke:
I've been running this for a couple of days now and no SOD and runs quite smooth. CPU setting of 300/1100 on SD. Still has issues of course, but better than previous versions.

Thanks TNP!!
[Nook Color Android Development] topcaser:
Hi,

Iam coming from CM7 installed on SD card. Now I tried to get this nightly build to install.

I followed instructions from verygreen:

with the generic image linked in the OP. I booted to recovery and it seems that something is installed. Nevertheless it shut down and I pulled of the SDcard and double checked the partition. Neither the generic zip file was removed (it was always removed with verygreens files as far as i remember) neither the partition is larger to get the nightly saved.

What do I wrong?
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Please don't double post. I answered in the other thread.

Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
[Nook Color Android Development] topcaser:
Thanks for answering. Did not want to double post, but saw that the other thread is more related to the problem.
[Nook Color Android Development] SeaFractor:
sysctl.conf changes did have an impact on the wireless, thanks for the info. Tried this also with Eyeballer's last openGL build. Currently the sysctl.conf changes you recommended and the SuperCharger ended up with the best overall stability and performance. Also had the best OpenGL results (14.9fps with nenamark 1) with "conservative" as the govenor.

I'm actually able to use some of the live wallpapers now and still have decent interactive experience.

To put this into perspective however, CM7.2 Kang results in 22fps in nenamark 1. But I went back to CM9 really quick, have the ice cream bug for sure.

Still an alpha and this is really rockin!
[Nook Color Android Development] barakisbrown:
New Gapps

I was checking on other devices when I noticed that over on Rootwiki, there is a new version of the gapps been released dated Feb 15th.
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
update-encore-20120217-tnp.zip

with the tweaks already mixed in

(the link is also in my signature)
[Nook Color Android Development] rht_rv:
try the app "softlocker" when i was using CM7 i had a lot of SODs, and i havent experienced one since using that. it was also the first app i installed after CM9 was installed, and i havent had a single SOD on CM9
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Yes, I used it too in CM7, but people need to realize that that totally disables deep sleep with the corresponding battery drain. I use the modded wifi module and I rarely get an SOD.

Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
[Nook Color Android Development] grayfoxmg1:
sweet, downloading it now. You have my thanks.:D

````````

This thing flies, my Nook has never been this fast. Only thing is that my XDA app crashes whenever I log in now? Other than that, I applaud you for taking something great and making it amazing.
[Nook Color Android Development] worldindo1:
Believe it or not, some Nooks run differently. I can run up to about 1.3GHz and still be stable (though I stick around at 1.2). I've seen people who are stable at 1.4 and even some who clock (get ready for a bombshell) up to 2.1. Of course most here enjoy a battery life of longer than 1 hour. It also comes down to the stability of your particular ROM. A well developed stable build can handle OC'ing better than these nightlies. Cheers and good luck.
[Nook Color Android Development] fr0zenblood75:
Has anyone had trouble connecting to the market ??
[Nook Color Android Development] rht_rv:
The battery drain was noticeable, but I have a charger wherever I go. So it could be a problem for others, but not for me
[Nook Color Android Development] jamesbra:
My xda app had crashed on login since the very beginning of cm for the nook.
[Nook Color Android Development] viskon:
Thank you very much for the tip. It worked for me and got me out of those boot loops .And thank you Samiam for hosting the files.

On a side note, Netflix is not working for me. Is this a known issue or is it just me?
[Nook Color Android Development] scottgti:
You need sneakpeek1 installed first. Then you can flash a nightly.
[Nook Color Android Development] samiyr:
nice

Very nice build i flashed the last nightly, and i also flashed the Gapps. As someone stated earlier that HQ youtube vids dont play, but they play well on std quality. After installing spare parts and Nook Color Tweaks its running a little faster. I installed ICS on a friends Vibrant, and it looked great. Well i think it looks better on our tablets. Everyone keep up the great work, and thanks again
[Nook Color Android Development] nolsen311:
Is there any chance that someone can script up a flash able update.zip that would nuke the OneTimeInitializer.apk? I'm laid up in the hospital and can't easily do everything right now.

Not a noob, normally quite capable.

Thanks so much.

-Nate
[Nook Color Android Development] ebubar:
I think there's another way to do this on the thread, but what I did worked

just last night. Took about 10 minutes total. First, write verygreen's image. Drag the sneakpeak1 (you have to do the sneakpeek1 first-also mentioned somewhere else on this thread I think) onto the boot partition and put it in your nook. It will unzip and install. Then you can drag sneakpeek2 onto the boot partition and run recovery to install that zip. Then you can start running the "nightlies" if you want.
[Nook Color Android Development] les02jen17:
on emmc installs, do we need to flash first sneakpeek1/sneakpeek2 or we can directly flash nightlies? thanks. awesome work, everyone!

Tapatalkin' it from my rooted NookColor running CM7 MiRaGe [KANG] [7.2 RC] overclocked @ 1.2 GHz
[Nook Color Android Development] byproxy:
i don't want to threadjack... but since the experimental cwr's were posted by the op i thought i'd risk asking a newb question:

how does one flash an experimental? i don't see an option on rom mgr to use your own img file.
[Nook Color Android Development] Nburnes:
Mount /boot and adb push the new one over.
[Nook Color Android Development] bobshute:
To expand...Opening the recovery-2012xxxx.img in 7zip it shows two files:

kernel

ramdisk-recovery.ub

Can I just extract them and rename them

kernel > URecImg

ramdisk-recovery.ub > URecRam

and then place them in my boot partition?
[Nook Color Android Development] byproxy:
is there an option that doesn't involve adb?
[Nook Color Android Development] bigbob23:
Put the nightly on your SD card and run Clockwork Mod Recovery (install zip from sdcard).
[Nook Color Android Development] webdroidmt:
Glad that worked for you but you don't actually need sneak2, just sneak1 and then Sam's nightly.

Mike T

---------- Post added at 01:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:19 PM ----------

Good question! I know that for SD installs, you have to flash sneak1 and then the nightly. It seems that most people that have flashed the nightly to eMMC, already had sneak1 installed.

Hopefully, someone that's done a clean install of the nightly can give us that info.

Mike T
[Nook Color Android Development] bigbob23:
I installed a nightly directly on the eMMC without first installing sneakpeak1 (it did have a recent CM7 installed).
[Nook Color Android Development] webdroidmt:
Great idea! Also regarding my post to you in verygreen's thread as to whether the bootanim fix will work with verygreen's installer, I tried and it didn't work.

I didn't get a chance to read all the text but it showed an error on the metadata script.

Mike T

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Ok thanks. so, now we know that the nightly will work installed over CM7 and CM9 sneak1 on eMMC. We just need someone who has tried flashing the nightly to a clean or stock eMMC.

Mike T
[Nook Color Android Development] Snoshrk:
I seem to remember something in the CM9 Dev thread that Netflix has issues....namely they haven't updated to ICS yet.

My experience: Netflix launches ok, but the actual playback of video fails. I get the video screen (play/pause button,episode / time, slider, remaining time) but no video :(
[Nook Color Android Development] ganovim:
cm9 lcd density

I too have the same problem. I did manage to insert an lcd density line into build.prop, and the resolution certainly changed, but the desktop behaved strangely, and I lost the status bar.

There must be some other effective way of changing the resolution without ill affects.
[Nook Color Android Development] j0ckinjz:
I don't know if it will work or how well it will work but... there's an app for that. At least I remember using an app to change density on my nook in CM7 builds.

Don't know if I'm allowed to post market links or not, but the app is called "LCD Density Changer" and it's $.99
[Nook Color Android Development] paleh0rse:
You're a gentleman and a scholar... along with all the hard-working devs, of course. :)
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
I have that app and it does change the density. The problem is not that you can't change the density, it's that systemui always crashes with any density other than 160. I did a little more testing and any density change causes systemui to crash. I'm sure it's a setup issue in the apk. Let's hope someone can fix that in the future.
[Nook Color Android Development] ganovim:
Originally Posted by rabshear

I have this question as well. With CM7 on my NC I was able to make things bigger by editing the build.prop. There isn't a default ro.sf.lcd_density value in the build prop on this ROM. If I add one and set it to the same density as I had in CM7, it causes Trebuchet to crash. Is there any method to make things bigger on the screen for my aging eyes?

Have the same problem. I added the df.density=240 into build.prop and it certainly

increased the resolution, but I lost my status bar and the desktop was very flaky.

There has to be a "proper" way to increase the density and size of fonts, icons, menus, etc.
[Nook Color Android Development] bigbob23:
You need either an IMEI code (there's a thread for that, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103766) or the paid version of the app.
[Nook Color Android Development] jamesbra:
I knew the imei would fix it but I had no idea the paid version would. Thanks a ton man.
[Nook Color Android Development] grayfoxmg1:
Really? mine worked fine on CM7, and would work for like every 4th CM9 knightly.
[Nook Color Android Development] frikakwa:
+1... it would be a good idea to include this patch in Samian's Rom!? Isn't it? :)
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
update-encore-20120218-tnp.zip

samiam303's latest nightly plus:

telephony fix

wifi SOD fix

bootani fix

enhanced hosts file

sysctl.conf tweaks

fix_permissions bin
[Nook Color Android Development] glgehman:
Can I flash...

Is this a true update than I can flash over my existing, or a full install that I should wipe cache and data for?

I'm still running the earliest Eyeballer opengl (Jan 27) version and have NO COMPLAINTS. Smooth, reliable. No wifi or sleep issues. I only put it down because I got a HTC Flyer on sale. Not so much development going on for that puppy; but it does have HTC-released Honeycomb with working hardware; that some XDA folk have tweaked.

Anyway, no matter how slick the Flyer is, it still feels inferior somehow. The Nook Color is still my tablet benchmark.

glg
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
yes, its just the latest nightly with all the extra add on tweaks everyone has suggested that have been tested and work

so, it can be flashed as an update to any previous nightly...that being said, a wipe cache/wipe dalvik cache can never hurt
[Nook Color Android Development] clockworx:
It's been a couple weeks since I flashed, so sorry if this has been covered - I thought that the Wifi SOD fix was no longer needed due to the newer kernel already being included in builds.
[Nook Color Android Development] smurphdogg:
Mine did too but tapatalk works great.
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
The newer kernel helps with SOD but does not eliminate them all. I have found that adding the patched wifi module eliminates even more. So I use both together. You only need to use the module if you are still suffering SODs with the new kernel.

Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
[Nook Color Android Development] deadbot1:
yeah...can connect, but having probs retrieving info
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
could use a confirmation on this...
[Nook Color Android Development] MechaGen:
Wow, look back one page and you'll find your answer.

Sent from Tapatalk, NOOK Color CM7 Nightly's!
[Nook Color Android Development] MechaGen:
Hay Leapinlar,

This is exactly what I've been looking for before committing to CM9. I've installed it a couple of times, only to return to CM7 do to the lack of soft buttons @ 240dpi.

I've never installed scripts, could you point me in the right direction. Recommend a post or "how to"?

I always download & flash straight from the device. Can I install the scripts on the NOOK, or do I need to use a computer?

Thanks for all your help!

Sent from Tapatalk, NOOK Color CM7 Nightly's!
[Nook Color Android Development] friedsonjm:
Earth, Script Manager, zip update combo questions...

Currently running:

gapps-ics-20120215-signed.zip

undate-cm-9.0.0-encore-KANG-20120218-030001-signed.zip

update-encore-tweaks-02-15-2012.zip

Clock speeds 300-1200MHz

Not working:

Google Earth (has not worked with OPENGL versions, either)

Script Manager ads

Some questions:

1. While I realize that nightlies don't come with change logs, is there any way to know 'what was changed' so we know what to test and comment on?

2. Is there any possible issue continuing to use update-encore-tweaks-02-15-2012.zip as the nightlies get further and further away from the 15th of Feb?

3. Any thoughts on 'ideal' screen density with ICS on the Color Nook?

4. How exactly does 'interactive-x' compare to on-demand, and conservative?

thanks, jf
[Nook Color Android Development] lekofraggle:
Google earth does work, but you have to spoof location first. Try adding one of the fake gps apps. It should work then.

As far as script manager, I think it needs to be installed as a system apk, but I am not sure. I do know it needs root permissions, so if you accidentally denied them, it will not work.

Good luck.

~Leko