yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I was running that as well for months, lately I've been on JV5 and have no complaints whatsoever. Worth a shot also perhaps...
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Well kids, Slimbean is out! link:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1780071

So far it's the best one I've tried, smooth install, fast, looks great at first glance!
[Fascinate General] Appetisaac:
Why dat den?
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Good enough for daily use? No hiccups?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Great news. K makes really great ROMs. :)
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
Careful guys, I am following the XOOM JB ROM thread and there are several app problems, plus certain oddities from app developpers which don't quite understand the differences from ICS to JB (as in apps install in the wrong folder, etc).

It might be nice to try, but not ready for everyday use if you depend on the phone. I'll wait a couple of months at least - I can't afford any down-time.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
So far I've tried 3 of the new JB roms so far and would most definitely say no to them. Slim though is very different, I played for hours on it last night and so far I can't find anything wrong with it. He's dealt with the partition size so there's much more room and less lag. I really can't fault it in any way at this point but time always tells right.

I'll keep you guys posted though.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Downloaded a few. Not really wanting to flash a new ROM lately, no slim updates, no semaphore updates - well, that leaves me with modem.

Just wanted to play - have to say GPS accuracy with this modem (along with my GPS mods) is great, and I seem to get a lot of satellites right away as well.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Definitely interested in hearing more. Kravind makes great ROMs but even he marks this one as Alpha - guessing 4.2 is the last slimICS for a while as he delves into JB - but given the velocity of his updates, he should have a beta and final in short order pending on his own personal time.

Speaking of which, I'll be off the grid for a week or so next week - family vacation - very much looking forward to it - maybe I'll have something saved to flash while on the beach, but I can definitely test gps and my modem as I'll be in the sticks.
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
Would you mind telling me how much is your signal indoors - and of course which carrier you're with? I am really getting nervous that the Galaxy gets such low signal pretty much everywhere - I have not seen better than -90dBm. I'm with Bell in Ontario.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I'm getting about ~ -45 indoors with JV5 on Telus...

edit: my bad, seems on average I'm getting -99-101 dBm indoors
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
- 91 outdoors in the sticks. TELUS, kg3
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Switched to JV5. Looking good!
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
by GPS mods do you just mean the gps.conf tweaks? or do you have something else going on?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
The tweaks plus I use gps status.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Cool, I'll have to check out that GPS status, in the mean time es file explorer won't let me copy my modified GPS.conf file back. What am I missing
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Do you have "write" permissions enabled?
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
genius! I found the tickbox in es settings, all good now. thanks!
[Fascinate General] yuanw:
I download "update.tljl3.modem.zip", I got a error message on CWM screen while I flash it, said " Amend scripting is no longer supported", my CWM is 5.0.2.7, seems this zip file is made for CWM 3.0. what should I do for get a modem is working fro Telus?
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Where did you find that file? Perkas file stash is where you should be looking under Samsung, ics cm modems, 850 cm modems. I've never had an issue flashing anything from there
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Go here http://perka.zapto.org/ and look in the /Samsung/ICS_CM_Modems/850_Modems_CM folder
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
You gave me a heart attack at first :)

Thanks

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Looks like your sticks are close to my house :p

Cheers for the reply....let me know how it goes with JV5.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
oh yeah? Where are you?

So - JV5 - well, THANKS FINN! This modem seems quite good, I was even getting signal in areas I usually don't. I used GPS on the way home and lost satellites only once (Usually lose GPS 3-4 times) - also location was pretty accurate and re-routing worked nicely as well. Surprised I didn't lose GPS through a deadzone on the way home that is all wilderness (I call it the zoo - have seen deer, porcupine, an owl did a flyby once, raccoons, osprey, hawks, fox, and some other odd animals).

Recommend giving it a try.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
So an update,

After running SlimBean for almost 2 full days I would have to give this "daily driver" status. No problem, still silky smooth, battery life is equivalent if not better than Slim 4.2. There is nothing that I've noticed is broken nor can I say there is any lag, all this with a stock kernel is pretty impressive I have to say.

Look out once they get butter implemented and stratosk gets a JB version of Semaphore. Not to mention the extras that are inevitable with SlimAss. :)

I just cannot fault this Alpha release whatsoever...
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Sweet, good to hear. I just went to the RC2 of CM9. But I got free time tomorrow. Maybe he'll have an update by then :p

I can't wait for jelly bean much longer. (I feel like a kid with updates sometimes)
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
Ive tried about 5 different modems, all the ones mentioned in here, and I see negligible differences, if any.

Could use an improvement as well, I get -109 (or worse) in some parts of the house. :(

Outside, its fine though.

Maybe I should go outside more.. :-)

And wow, cant wait for slimbean. Gonna rock!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
LOL - we should all go outside more :)

Honestly though, I don't really get the numbers. When I'm inside, 9/10 I'm on wifi so data is not important, and I've gotten fine calls regardless - no service is a totally different kettle of fish though. I have a few places where I get no service (My basement being one - and even the cordless phones don't work down there LOL).

I think its just trying to find something that works.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Totally agree.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
This is awesome Finn. I actively monitor the semaphore thread and apparently Strat has a JB beta with his testers already.

I'm not ready to swap out 4.2 just yet, but love K's work and once SlimBean has ASS and moves to beta itself (crap - if he's alpha is stable, his beta will rock).

Very much looking forward to the changes - with a stable slim JB I'll definitely be holding off on a new phone.
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
Yup, +1.

I must have tested 10 modems so far and didn't see one iota of improvement, not even 2-3dBm. I'll stick with KG3 and call it a day.

Looks like the radios in Samsung are definitely crappier than LG and Nokia. In my gf's basement the Samsung it's the only one that cannot lock in signal -and I have friends that complain about the same in their houses.

BTW, I'm in West Ottawa.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'm in the house that Sid built. ;)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'm in a bit of a remote-ish area, but I do see differences in modems in terms of service or no service. As well, I find that where a modem thinks I am physically differs between modems on GPS - as well as the ability to not lose a GPS signal. I usually test this driving home from work as its a constant comparison (minus the weather), I do not follow the directions which results in re-routes (so I can test the ability there and to re-calibrate), as well as how many times I lose signal. Yesterday JV5 was very good for me in getting my position and triggering re-routes - only messed up once and then reset itself in 30 seconds or so.

Just kind of the litmus test I use - I also test at my daughters piano teacher as I always lose signal in her basement, but piano doesn't resume until September :)
[Fascinate General] lg777:
Copy efs folder problem

I too have a problem copying back my efs folder I copied prior to installing the ROM. I am doing the Slim 4.2. I use both ES File Manager and Root Explorer and both will not copy over the efs folder.

Do I have to go back to 2.3.3. and start over again?

I get an failed error in ES and no error in Root Expl. but no files are there.
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
You could install terminal emulator and see what df says about the efs partition, Im guessing its "full" (which was my problem)

How I "fixed" it was doing a full repartition/reinstall of froyo vid odin, boot it up, then use kies to upgrade to GB, boot it up, but then when you start the rom installing process, I did a full data, cache and davlik wipe. (I dont know if thats what fixed it, but I know I didnt do a full data wipe the first time I tried)

Then first thing on bootup was to install ES then restore my backed up EFS directory.

Of course Im considered a n00b here, so maybe take what I say with a grain of salt and wait for a pro to answer. :)
[Fascinate General] ahaseeb:
Do you guys select Samsung Galaxy S i9000 in CMW Recovery in ROM Manager ?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I don't use rom manager and I think most who flash much do either. If you're going to use a custom rom, then you'll have cwm by default and alleviate conflicts.

Tapatalk-XDA Premium...eeep, oppp, errrrrrrr
[Fascinate General] ahaseeb:
I have rooted my phone and on my way to install ICS.

So how to do this step ?

flash via ODIN the speedmod kernel (gives you a custom recovery)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
What part are you having problems with? Jp wrote out a very comprehensive guide on the first fee pages. If you haven't reviewed it yet, I recommend reading it first...then reading it a few more times. It's really just best that way as you really need some comprehension to make the most of custom roms...and how to get yourself out of trouble.

Then when you get into trouble, hopefully we can help to get you out of it. And on that note, do you happen to have a jig? If not, it's highly recommended.

Tapatalk-XDA Premium...eeep, oppp, errrrrrrr
[Fascinate General] ahaseeb:
Iam not yet clear with the line

Flash Odin. How do you flash it ?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Here's another post you should study for a while first, it'll answer some more questions especially regarding odin:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921285
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
BVJJPG

Well, I don't know if you need an reason to see the piano teacher before fall, but now you have one :p

For kicks, I got JW4 - which seems to be the most recent one (March 2012) and to activate the 850 band I had to do the modem dance,

While doing that, I was on BVJJPG for a while and saw a 6dBm signal improvement !!!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1158783&page=18

I made a mental note and moved on, but JW4 gave me the EXACT same performance as KG3 or JK4 (my faves so far).

Guess what, went back to BVJJPG and still got the signal improvement (5 bars now INSIDE the house) and my data test was 6.3Mbps/2.3Mbps...best EVER.

Read the comments people posted about poor GPS...so far I only verified I get 7/7 inside the house - that didn't look bad to me, albeit I think it was a tad slow to lock all of them (35+sec, NOT assisted).

Oh, and it has 850MHz band enabled by default. Looks like I found a gem. :D
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
If anyone is looking to change their ICS lockring, these worked for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1711040
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
I do have to say, this one has given me improvement inside where others have been neglible.

I usually average -107, -109, and other crap inside, right now im getting -95 to -101.

Before I was getting maybe 100-200kbps (yes kilobits) on 3g inside, now im getting around 600-900. Of course this could be just timing and other weird stuff..

Havent tried gps.

So thanks for sharing!
[Fascinate General] xenonrider:
Very impressed with CM9 RC2. My phone has been rock solid.
[Fascinate General] yuanw:
What Rom are you using?
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
The latest TiramiSlim.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
hmm, yesterday I decided to give cm9 a try. made a nandroid first and installed the rom. Worked fine, but I decided to go back to slim. Went back into cwm and loaded up my backup and rebooted but it would not get past the slim loading screen. Even tried flashing 4.2 again and then loading the backup, wiping data/cache all the way but same result. Not the end of the world really, I just flashed back to GB and loaded up darky 11. Just not sure why my backup didnt work.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
I actually had a similar issue trying to restore a nandriod back up a couple weeks ago after trying a different ROM...got it to work by going back into recovery and flashing the kernel i had installed when i made the backup...after doing that my restore worked fine
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
Which GB did you use to get back to stock? Somehow I wasn't able to find a trusted GB and I'd rather not risk anything if I ever have to use this method to restore the phone.

Cheers
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
weird, but worth a try for sure, thanks!

I actually went back to froyo, then kies to GB as per the op. works like a charm!

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this darky rom seems pretty good, smooth,fast. but its kind of annoying that there is no rom specific settings section. most every rom ive tried has this. i dont see anywhere I can adjust dpi,battery icon style, etc. do some more research I spose.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I think you'll see that in the next Darky release.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
That would be nice, I'll probably flash back to slim soon because of it.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
giving JPG a go while I'm on the island - getting -79 and -81 - not too shabby.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Switched to JPG yesterday and i have to say its pretty darn good...getting -70's outdoors (GTA) and mid -90's in my house where with other modems its usually mid -100's
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
So gang, is there a GB ROM I can flash with Odin so that I don't have to go back to Froyo if I screw up the phone? KIES is a POS and does NOT work at all for me.

I'm getting nervous that I don't have an easy way to recover - although having no recourse, last time I went from Froyo to CM9.

PS I'm glad you guys like the BVJJPG modem...definitely seems the best for me. Push the "Thanks" button every time your signal goes up by a bar :p

Just kidding...we're here to share and help each other, this is one of the best threads on XDA.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Slim Bean 1.0 is out now...going to have to give this a shot this weekend i think

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1780071
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Fwiw, I'm playing with the BVJJPG modem and it's actually a bit worse here at my office. I was getting -71 on KG3 and now I'm sitting at -78. Going to reserve judgement until I get home and play with it there.

Edit: also installed Slimbean 1.0.

Edit 2: DarkyROM 11 feels like a pile of **** compared to this ROM in the polish department.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
awesome! flashing right now. haha my flashing seems to come in spurts, ill go forever without flashing anything, but in the last few days ive flashed like 5 different roms.
[Fascinate General] a008yc:
Are you using T959D from Telus or regular T959? T959D does not has official support by CM9.

I am debating whether to flash mine to CM9rc2, SlimICS 4.2 or Darky. I was leaning to CM9 since I have a HP Touchpad too but now I learned that CM9 doesn't support T959D... :crying:
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
If were upgrading to a jellybean release (like slimbean), can we stick with a semaphore kernel, or do we have to change kernel as well? And if so, which kernel would be a good choice?

Thanks.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
well running the bean now, install was easy although during the initial flash my phone rebooted for some reason and stuck, reflash and all was good. so far so good, flashed the newest semaphore JB kernel. rom seems nice,smooth as usual with slim roms. a few laggy spots here or there while opening/closing some apps. also some compatibility issues with a few aps, was skimming through the slimbean thread and saw that this was common, so ill have to do some more reading when I get a chance. hopefully the battery will stand the test...

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there are not any roms out there that are build specifically for the t959d, however the i9000 versions work perfect for our device. for cm look for galaxysmtd

if your going to run a JB rom just make sure your using a JB kernel if you wanna flash a new one.
[Fascinate General] bryceton:
got two phones

problem with phone 1

got everything working.. but now i cant get speakout data to work... tried changing apn not helping what so ever. any suggestion? also tried rebooting

Problem with phone 2

wont even boot from the git go just keep playing telus music over and over again doesnt even boot up

if plug into charger plays telus music then goes to charging any suggestion?
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
not sure about your first phone but for the second I would try reflashing back to stock froyo and moving on from there as described on the first page.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Johnny, reboot is to change the cwm. It flashes fine. I'm getting 1.0 now. I was on alpha so I can flash on the go :D
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
ah, i let it sit there for a while but then got antsy and pulled the battery haha, oh well turned out ok.

on the slimrom site Kravind talks about the OTA app via ASS, but i dont see it there on mine, also update me on play says im not compatible, seems like people are adjusting dpi to get some apps to install from play but i dont really want a larger dpi. I tried playing around with larger dpi settings but never could get chrome to install.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
How does 1.0 compare to last slim? How is Google now and voice search?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
I can't get google now or voice search to work.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Did you flash the the Google Now file from the Slim site?

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Going to flash on Sat will report back on it next week after i have run it for a couple days
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
1.0 is much better. Most of the lag issues (I.e. slow downs and hiccups) are now gone. And it just has a better feel. Hard to describe.

And how do I clear market data?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
manage apps>google play store>clear data
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
That's what I thought but I got nervous. Thanks
[Fascinate General] cowvun:
Can anyone give me a simple step by step on how to flash SlimICS and the kernel?

By the way, do i have to flash back to stock before flashing SlimICS?
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Well after about half a day on 1.0 I'm starting to get a little frustrated. I'm getting terrible lag on almost every aspect of the phone. Swiping through screens, opening apps, moving through app screens, closing apps, scrolling up/down through fourms, the home button. All this on top of the few app compatibility issues.

But on the bright side this is just 1.0, a few more updates and I've no doubt this thing will need running the way it should be.

I think I'll go down grade to 4.2 in the mean time
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Check out page one, step by step for everything there
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Got it going. Last time I tried to install the Google Now package after I had already had things working. Bad move.
[Fascinate General] cowvun:
When i try to odin back to stock Froyo it's stuck on "Leave CS".

What gives?!

Uh oh, my phone now is stuck like this

I cant seem to get back into download mode or CWM as well.

Any help?
[Fascinate General] bryceton:
my phone did that a few times today.

I remember i got it working by pulling battery and cable and getting back into download mode somehow.

however there was a guide i googled with more advanced steps
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Try getting back into download mode by doing this:

1. Remove the battery and the usb cord.

2. Hold the vol down button.

3. While holding, plug in the usb cord.

4. Still while holding, reinstall the battery. You should have download mode now.

If that doesn't work, you're probably going to have to order a jig, as jp, Finn, buck, and myself have learned, they are worth the $5 just for piece of mind. Hope that helps!
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
I think you might have the wrong thread? I see that your phone is on t-mobile? This is the telus fascinate thread.
[Fascinate General] cowvun:
That's not my picture, i just found it online. I wanted to show what my phone was showing.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Sooooo... After not even a day on this JB rom, it's totally not daily driver material. Battery life is atrocious as there's a few system apps (related to media) constantly running preventing the phone from sleeping.

I'm going back to ICS.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I had gotten approximately 5 days out of Slim Bean with great success, then for what seemed like no reason it started to circle the drain pretty quick.

I never did go back to update you guys on that, it was a fun experiment but I also have to take back the "daily driver" rom comment as well. Sorry for that I bad things happened. :fingers-crossed:
[Fascinate General] Ragn:
Looking for ROM that will run a bit better to use on my phone. Currently using Dark Rom 10.2...

My phone is actually a T959D from Telus Mobility. But has been doing good with I9000 roms.
[Fascinate General] cowvun:
Can you link me to the guide? Thanks
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Slim ics 4.2 is great. Most people here use it. Add semaphore kernel and you got yourself a great setup. I believe there is a link for it on the first page, or a quick search.
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
Hahahaha....and I like Darky - which means I'll love Slimbean. Just too nervous to move up right now, I see too many app related issues with JB.
[Fascinate General] bucknetbucky:
Just made the jump to bean and all I had to do was edit build.prop and all is wonderful. No app issues at all for me :)
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
I wouldn't go to it yet fulltime either. I just flashed to SlimICS 4.2. Gonna give it a month or two to work itself out before trying it again.

EDIT: To downgrade from SlimBean 1.0, I flashed the Glitch Kernel from the OP in CWM. Then rebooted back into recovery and wiped data, cache and davlik. From there, I flashed SlimICS using the standard procedure. Rebooted to success and went back into CWM to install Semaphore 1.2.6s. Easy peasy.
[Fascinate General] simnorm:
Newbie here... What's to gain by switching from the stock slimics kernerl to sephamore?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Can't remember what stock kernel offers off the top of my head but something like Semaphore will allow you to overclock, choose custom cpu governors, backlight notification, screen sensitivity and a whole slew of other great stuff. Highly recommended...

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[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
I believe it also offers Voodoo Sound
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Yes, yes it does. The stock kernel does too, but it lists as UNKNOWN in the voodoo app.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
I'm kind of bored with ICS Roms, I believe I'm going to try a Gingerbread based one. Probably going with GamerzRom Ninja v11. It looks interesting. Just backing up my Internal SD card then going to install it.