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[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
Alright I played guinea-pig and I can confirm, Nitest works. Dunno if I should clear Cache in addition to Dalvik, but at the moment the color profile is a tad washed out compared to the one packaged in AOKP. The boot logo looked like it was being rendered in 16bit compared to 32bit, lots of color banding. Which it's probably all fixable in the Voodoo app if I spent a bit more time in it but I only adjusted stuff fr a couple seconds. Performance Control app also shows that the "Bogo MIPs" are down about 30points, however, free Total RAM is up by about that much in MB, and the system is a lot more responsive overall. Oh, and if you hadn't followed, Voodoo works (as well as clock and voltage control)... :victory:

I'll test out the depth of how well it works a bit later but I figured you'd like to know Bill :cyclops:

Since you're still on the Epic radio like me, here's the download link:

http://goo.im/devs/effsi/JB/Kernel/NitestXFc-4.2Em-0308m.zip

EDIT: "Washed out colors" seems to have been caused by the Homescreen Alpha "Transparency Setting" being at around 65%, so that solves that part at least... Bootlogo is still nasty looking :\ Babysteps!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bill720:
q

Thanks. After a few bumps, I actually finally took the plunge and got it installed (including Voodoo control - woohoo!). It is a bit different than FC09:laugh: (in a good way), but I'll see what I can do with it and hopefully provide a full review after I've got everything situated.

Say, has anyone had trouble with USB debug mode after installing this ROM on the computer end? When I connect it now, 2 devices come up under device manager, "Unknown Device" (for which drivers cannot be obtained) and "Samsung Android USB Modem", which does eventually install, but throws "code 10 (this device cannot start)". I've rebooted the phone and the computer and even tried reinstalling the driver, but still having the same problem. I need USB debugging to sync MyPhoneExplorer, so it's imperative that I get this working asap (I've got no contacts, tasks, calendar, or notes until I do). Any ideas?

UPDATE: I found a driver for "unknown device" using these instructions, but "Samsung Android USB Modem" is still having the same problem, although MyPhoneExplorer is working now.

My next question is if anyone's had any problems with Roam Control. I've installed and re registered the latest version, but it doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas?

bill
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
Bill: No prob! Glad it worked.

The issues with wonky colors were too much for me (someone else experienced it, too), so I contacted Effsi and have been talking with him about it. He put out a more bare-bones kernel, no clock control or Linaro (from what I can tell), has Voodoo Sound but no Color; however, it's the lack of Color that fixed things for me and everything doesn't look all weird. Sadly it's not as quick as Nitest, but he said he's working on figuring out what is causing the problem with Nitest for others (it doesn't do that for him I guess).

As for your driver problems, have you downloaded the Samsung driver package in the Odin tutorials? I'm using an ooold package that I installed last year when I had a Fascinate, and all worked fine for me with this Epic. Apparently if you download Samsung's Kies program (for Windows) it comes with the latest drivers. I would've figured that Unknown Device was just the Mass Storage Driver or some such.

Can't help you with Roaming though as I don't use this Epic as a phone, and so it isn't even registered with a network. Sorry :\

Alias or anyone: Is there a way to change the DPI in settings, I've looked all over but don't see it, or do I have to change it manually in a file?
[Epic 4G Android Development] AndyYan:
DPI... Use a software, or go to /system/build.prop, find "ro.sf.lcd_density" ad do whatever you like.

Sent from HTC Incredible S @ PACman v21
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
Build.prop must have been when I had recently seen it. Thanks Andy!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bill720:
->

Quick update to what we discussed before...

I ended up doing a "factory reset" (because of some strange messaging related problems) through the recovery menu yesterday, after which I was able to install Roam Control and have it run properly - hooray! The settings menu, strangely enough, has "home only" checked by default under its "system selection" option, but if you change it, it reverts back as soon as you leave the menu. This is terrible news for anyone who didn't plunk down the 3.99 for roam control and need the roaming feature at all (which as Sprint customers, we usually do).

I did get MyPhoneExplorer working and SMS to send and receive as well, which means my Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Tasks, and SMS are now fully working and syncing how they should be.

Odd problem to note - if I have the phone plugged into the computer while I start it up, when it gets to the "X" boot animation, the "X" never animates, and (this is where it gets weird) you can't actually do anything with the device unless you go landscape. From here, you get access to a little less than a quarter of the screen, where you can hit "restart" and remember to leave that cable unplugged next time. Only happens when connected to the computer, not the AC adapter. Moderately annoying.

Using the latest version of Voodoo Control from the marketplace, the green tint is fixed, and the headphones now have plenty of bass :).

One more odd item I've been experiencing is that Voice search and its voice related dependencies do not work either. If you click voice search, it FCs right away. I tried reinstalling "GApps" through the recovery menu, but still no dice. I ended up just uninstalling "Google Search" altogether through Titanium backup since I have no use for it (the only thing I even used the "voice search" features for were Iris, which I can live without).

These were just first impressions, I'll have a clearer writeup of what I thought later. Despite the "oddities" though, it's still looking pretty promising. Just out of curiosity, has anyone actually got the USB Host feature to work?

thanks

bill
[Epic 4G Android Development] DynamicN:
Delete boot animation
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
I had that boot animation issue yesterday after deleting the battstats file, except I took the weirdness is a little further... I didn't have a battery in the phone >_> lol Never had it continue to boot after the battery was pulled, as I had just done the exact same thing 30sec earlier and it shut off. Oh well. I told Effsi about it yesterday, hmm... though mine is on a different Kernel. Well, whatever the cause, it was a one-time occurrence for me. Just need to figure out why I get the wonky-colors issue on my Epic with Nitest, or wait for a new version that addresses why it happens for some of us, and I'll be a happy camper!
[Epic 4G Android Development] DynamicN:
For the weird colors you can try adjusting the gamma setting and such in Voodoo Sound
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
lol Dyn, yours is the post I quoted (from PacMan thread) when I PMed Effsi :P I tried all that stuff though. In the Sound App, of the three options, the first one (with the profiles and gradient on the top) does NOTHING at all for, the second one works fine but doesn't help anything, and the third one is partially working in that it only will make changes if you select something 0-20 (IOW, negative numbers, most of the slider, does nothing). I thought it might have been Holo Launcher, but no change with default one being used. I'm going to give the kernel another go though and chalk it up to maybe being just an oddity caused from going to TWRP from CMW... who knows lol We shall see!

EDIT: Didn't notice this before since I didn't pay attention while it boot into the recovery, but the wonky colors are present even during the Teamwin logo. Also, hah! The Timezone setting doesn't correctly set DST it seems. I'm in EST, but it sets an hour behind, so I have to use Atlantic to get the correct time. Anyways, flashed it, reboot and was still borked. Reboot, flashed twice in a row before rebooting, still borked.

I assume that since it is screwy during even the TWRP logo, that it couldn't be affected by the Build.prop and Init.d?
[Epic 4G Android Development] DynamicN:
Just re-read the last few pages of this thread and I apologize lol. There's so many threads to keep up with these days:eek:

Interesting though cuz when I tried Voodoo Sound to change color settings it didn't do a whole lot for me either, ended up going back to cm10.1 lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
I just downed Effsi's PacMan and will get around it tomorrow, but if it persists I wonder if it might be some sort of issue between AOKP's code and Nitest kernel...? (since Pac incorporates some of AOKP)
[Epic 4G Android Development] DynamicN:
I don't think it's Pac or Aokp, I think it's the kernel cuz I wasn't on either of these roms when I had the weird washed out colors.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bill720:
mms

Quick question again, anyone else been having problems with MMS? I can't even remember the last time I had it working, even on GB. Back then, they always suggested doing the "APN Backup and restore" trick, but that never worked for me. Now, if I send a test MMS to myself, it appears to go through, but I never actually receive it. I'd like to at least have a look at those APN settings, but I couldn't find those settings to save my life. Have any of you got MMS to work or found where the APN settings are?

bill
[Epic 4G Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
Open voice dialer and say open apns

Use nova launcher and create a shortcut either will work
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bill720:
q

That was the other thing I wasn't able to figure out. Voice dialer never worked for me, so I just uninstalled the Google search nonsense altogether, I figured I could live without it since the only thing I really used it for was iriS. Is there any other way beside using another launcher?

thanks

bill
[Epic 4G Android Development] TPMJB:
I was unable to send MMS, but fully able to receive. I was on an alternate carrier though.

I'm still on an alternate carrier, but a different one. Boost mobile gets reception circa 1994
[Epic 4G Android Development] DynamicN:
Download Nova and make a shortcut for it. Or if your default launcher has that ability then use that.

Are you using the native messaging app?
[Epic 4G Android Development] TPMJB:
Yes, and I've heard "Go SMS" fixes the problem, or something. Currently I don't have data on Verizon Wireless and have hell of a time trying to fix it, with no success. My donor phone can't seem to get the right HA/AAA shared keys or something.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DynamicN:
As far as I know you have to have the right ha/aaa keys to send mms so I think that's the problem. Sorry I couldn't be of more help, maybe try asking the op member of the thread you used to flash to a different carier.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bill720:
data

I'm actually running with the cloned service from my HTC phone myself ($30 a month on their Sero plan is a lot better than their current nonsense price considering the terrible data speeds these days), and I can tell you that I'm pretty sure you won't get Evdo data either if your keys are incorrect. Basically, if you do have data working, then your keys are probably good and the problem lies somewhere else.

bill
[Epic 4G Android Development] TPMJB:
I thought the keys were good from my donor phone, but I might try reprogramming the donor. It's a Samsung U740, which AFAIK gets 3G and MMS.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Alias8818:
I just wanted to thank you. That review MUST have taken you a lot of time.

I wanted to address this part directly, though.

There has been a fix for this in the past/previous versions of Android.

However, this requires getting in and cherry picking some commits to get it working.

I didn't bother, and haven't bothered to really, to get in an edit code/add code/etc.

Lack of will or want to, one could say..

I am currently building my own personal ROMs for my S3. Haven't bothered releasing.

I dislike parts of this community as I feel pressured to commit, when really this should be a hobby and be fun.

Building ROMs is very easy. Not too terribly much programming knowledge needed. Just the will to learn.

If you have NO data at all or no connection to 3G/4G, you have incorrect HA/AAA keys. They are the means to data, 100%.
[Epic 4G Android Development] TexasLTE:
:good: THANKS A TON for all your hard work on AOKP for our OG EPIC4G :highfive: - I ( and many others ) have been very grateful for all you've done - Thanks Again ! :good:
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
Bill, great review man!

I haven't tried WinAmp so I can't compare, but my friend with an S2 (so unfortunately no Wolfson love) is a WinAmp addict and I told him to give PowerAmp a try... he converted :P He's a partial audiophile as well, so at the very least there was no change in quality for non-Voodoo users, but it does offer a couple of it's own internal tweaks to help it out. He particularly liked the lock-screen controls, as do I, but that I know isn't PowerAmp exclusive in any way heh He just said it worked better.

Also, I'm pretty sure Effsi's package of Nitest includes Big Mem by default, as I understand it from my PMs with him. He also has a seemingly "unposted" (forum-wise) Kernel that is sans Voodoo Color and most of the bells and whistles of Nitest, but still has Voodoo Sound; I can confirm it fixes the color issue. I personally feel it falls in between the stock kernel and Nitest in terms of performance. Like Nitest, I encountered no stability issues using it, so for those who want to keep Voodoo Sound and ditch the slightly skewed color issues (if you experience them like I do, pics to tell), then give his TRaK Kernel (with Epic modem) a try.

Unfortunately, as for stock AOKP, the speed Bill noticed was thanks to the Nitest kernel, as I played with the stock one for a few days and *cough* there's a Nitest and day difference in performance. (Sorry, I couldn't help from using the pun lol)

Yet, I can't really fault AOKP or Alias for that. Most people that likely won't know or care are those who flash the ROM for what it provides in updates, primarily wanting the phone as a phone-with-benefits. The stock kernel does just perfectly for that and I had no stability issues using it. :good:

I can't really

fairly

comment on battery life though. I use mine as a Portable Media Device, run in Airplane Mode 24/7 and don't use WiFi all too often. I do have it overclocked to 1200MHz and play games a lot though, and it handles that very well; however, I also use the Deep Sleep Battery Saver [XDA Edition] and I love it! This Epic used to blaze through it's battery without it, just idling and doing nothing, but not anymore (even while overclocked). The best part is, it plays music still when in Deep Sleep mode which will be of great benefit come Vacation with long airplane rides and layovers.

(Worth noting: I'm on what appears to be a knock-off "SAMSUNG" battery as it looks very different compared to pics of an original and those of a Stratosphere, plus it's made in China. But I can't confirm this for certain. It works, I'm happy lol)
[Epic 4G Android Development] AndyYan:
How come stock goes slow... Mine running stock kernel at stock frequency (1000MHz) is real smooth. I do use Autostarts to cut most apps that automatically start on boot and on other circumstances, to save memory. Free mem is always 200+MB without BigMem in this way, and nothing other than launcher, systemui and input method is running, which could be why my experience is okay. As usual, because people may choose to run background apps, YMMV

I also don't use the phone as a "phone". Games, flashing (love switching ROMs) and occasional 3G is what I do.

P.S. AOKP is long not updated (I don't mean @alias don't build, rather, AOKP's source hasn't got big updates recently)

Sent from HTC Incredible S @ PACman v21
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bill720:
followup

You're welcome; glad it helped.

I know what you mean. I personally don't have a lot of free time, so I can't spend a ton of time tweaking the device, but I do try to get things "good enough" to where it's a breeze to use on a daily basis.

Thankfully, Roam Control appears to still be fully doing its job, and I have to wonder if the control in the menu does anything at all (my guess is that it probably keeps the phone in "auto" mode even though "Sprint only" is the default selection). At any rate, "auto" is still better than "home only" if you're in a Sprint Fringe area.

I know what you mean exactly - back on windows mobile, I used one of the pre set up kitchens and experimented and learned how the packages worked and stuff and put together my own rom for that phone, and honestly, it was my favorite and I never went back to anything else. Sometimes when loading different roms, after you've owned the device for a while, you just one day install "the one" that you know your phone will probably spend the rest of its life with.

Thanks. I wouldn't consider myself an audiophile, I just really like the bass boost that Voodoo Control brings to the table for smaller headphones and earbuds (I usually turn it down or off completely for amplified headphones or speakers). What makes it nice is that it gives the effect for every application, unlike a software equalizer, and even though Winamp (for android) has its quirks, I like its simplicity and layout even though I can't even remember the last time I used Winamp for Windows :).

My device never looked like those screenshots, my only problem was that there was always a slightly green tint to everything (more visible when you hold the device up to a well configured LCD). I just went into Voodoo control and turned "green" down to about the halfway point and eyeballed it to get the balance perfect.

Quick note for anyone who has installed voodoo control and can't get the amplifier above -7db, if you clear the data for the program and then reset your settings, it will go back to normal and let you go to the specified limit again.

Another general question I was wondering about was whether anyone had got a CRT "on" animation working with AOKP or cm10. I'd seen it once back on the Samsung roms, but I was just curious as to if anyone had got it up and running on here.

bill
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
I don't mean that I thought it was slow, I'd say it was "normal", like how it was with GB and stock kernel. With Nitest though, not only is responsiveness much better, but over-all performance is as well. For example in Angry Birds on certain levels when you'd launch the bird, you could tell it was dropping frames in flight (with screen zoomed out, so no panning), but Nitest is smooth as silk.

On startup, with two battery apps auto-loading (one monitors, the other is the Deep Sleeper I mentioned), I recall observing something like 182MB being used. The only thing I have killed is Phone.apk, which I renamed.

Give PowerAmp a go if you're bored sometime. It's simple IMO, but has plenty of options, including main-screen widgets so you don't even have to open the program if you don't want :) I like the "start playing music on headphone insertion" and lock screen controls primarily, but it's EQ and Tone controls (simple "bass" and "treble" adjusters independent of EQ) are nice for the various things you might end up connecting it to. As for Voodoo Sound I like it for the sound quality improvement, as I'm amazed at how crappy the stock sound is comparatively. I love my JVC FX40 earphones in combination with a VS equipped device as it is nearly perfect. Earphones usually offer two of three sound qualities, providing Bass and Mids but lacking in Highs, or Mids and Highs but Lacking in Bass, or Bass and Highs but no Mids. These somehow manage to provide all three beautifully, and for ~$15 lol They put my $100 Shure earphones to shame :eek: Depending on how I feel though I'll generally only use Sub-Bass mode at 2-5dB.

Consider yourself lucky that you don't have the color issue. It isn't present in everything, like watching videos or games, but on some UI popups it is faintly apparent. It's mainly just an annoyance than anything else, but it does a great job and making the boot animation ugly lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bill720:
audio and color

I'll keep PowerAmp in mind. WinAmp has a launcher widget as well, but it is a bit buggy sometimes. The color problem is still puzzling to me looking at those screenshots as I've never had anything like that; mine still looks just fine. Are you sure something didn't go wrong in the installation?

bill
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
Since you mentioned "screenshot", those are actually photos of the screen. Which the only reason I make the clarification is because I tried to take screenshots as I figured it was more software-related, which if I viewed said shots on the Epic they depicted the problem, yet on my computer they look perfectly normal :eek: Wasn't an install problem unfortunately as I've done a clean of ROM before flashing the kernel (correctly). Effsi knows about it, and DynamicN has experienced it too. According to Effsi it has something to do with the color profile that is configured in Voodoo Color, yet something makes me think it might somehow be linked to hardware revision as well, otherwise it'd be happening to everyone. It's still a bit surprising to me that it occurs even in TWRP, as I didn't think Voodoo Color stuff would've been loaded yet, but that's just my ignorance speaking as I'm looking at it from a PC point of view.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bill720:
q & followup

Quick question - does anyone know of a way to prevent the USB SD mount screen from always popping up whenever I connect the USB cable? In GB, there was a menu somewhere that you can pick from for which option it would default to - "usb sd mount", "usb tether", "ask me what to do", "do nothing", or something along those lines. I've scoured the settings, but can't find it; am I missing something obvious, or can this just not be changed as is? If so, does anyone know of a way to change it?

While we're on the topic of "minor questions", is there any way to get a toggle for the 3G EvDo data in the pulldown menu?

Interesting. Do you see the symptoms before installing voodoo control as well, or just after? I assume you've tried reinstalling and/or clearing data for Voodoo control? Are you on the latest version (they actually changed its name to "voodoo sound" recently for whatever reason)?

bill
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
It happens immediately after flashing the kernel, unfortunately. First boot ani has those corrupt colors.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Alias8818:
If its a green tint, turn the colors up a bit. I remember a bug with the colors when too dark. Then again, your personal colors won't take effect until booted.
[Epic 4G Android Development] AndyYan:
Enable USB debugging in Settings - Developer options. If Dev option isn't shown yet, go to Settings - About phone, click on Build number 7 times and press Back to see the newly added Dev options.

Keep in mind that whenever you REALLY want to mount SD and transfer files, turn off USB debugging first, and plug in the cable afterwards.

Sent from HTC Incredible S @ PACman v21
[Epic 4G Android Development] Burban502:
Alias, did you get committed to Official status? I seem to recall the thread title included "Unofficial", or am I imagining things? :silly: lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bill720:
q

I actually get the popup weather USB debug is enabled or not. Is this not normal?

bill
[Epic 4G Android Development] BloatedDuck404:
Can you disable the capacitive lights. I rely on the nav bar since my home button and back doesnt work on this or cm10.1 etc... If im using the bars its annoying to have the lights on.
[Epic 4G Android Development] NewYorkLaw:
Anyone else have garbled text in outgoing sms messages? Mine look good to me, but garbled to many recipients... Seems random.

Running this rom with no other mods.