yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] kameleon25:
No I kept CWM when I loaded it. But it will get you back to a working a500 if you were stuck at the acer logo like I was.
[Acer Iconia A500] GeneralSmart:
i got no issue with that, made a backup so i can go back to my flexreaper ics all the time...i just tried to find a stock rom that makes the updates kick in, but so far, i stuck on all roms at acer bootscreen....i just downloaded the ww31, and same here...put on sd, can install but stuck...
[Acer Iconia A500] GeneralSmart:
downloaded and installed, but got no updates at all :( and i lost root and cwm :(
[Acer Iconia A500] kameleon25:
Odd, but cool, thing is I finally got the ICS update automatically Sunday. Now I am rocking my a500 with ICS and got it rooted again so I can use my Titanium Backup.
[Streak 5 Android Development] hunderteins:
Hello,

I played with the dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags in /system/build.prop. Basically you control the class-loading and dalvik-vm there.

streakowner proposed in http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18111740&postcount=644 the setting v=n,o=v. But disabled this with #, in DSC v1.0 the setting is active.

That means: do not verify and optimize mode verified. Found that info in dexopt/OptMain.c

I did some performance measurement with smartbench 2011 and got the value 553 in the first round, and 465 in the second round. That is very bad for an one ghz powered device. Good would > 1000. /data/dalvik-cache takes 74 MiB with this setting.

At the moment I'm running with

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=v=n,o=a,u=y

That means: do not verify, optimize all classes and optimize for uniprocessor.

First I was not impressed, because rebooting with a cleaned dalvik-cache took more than double the time span of the o=v setting. logcat is full off lines telling me what can't be optimized and how much time the load took. But after booting I got the impression the system went faster. With smartbench 2011 I get the value 1036 in the first and 1110 in the second round. /data/dalvik-cache takes 74 MiB with this setting.

Can someone confirm my finding?

I don't say you will double the speed of the streak with this setting. But I think you will notice the change. The trade off is the time for the first boot. But I think that is worth is.

So I propose to use the above setting in all gb-based roms for the streak 5.

Have a nice weekend,

hunderteins
[Streak 5 Android Development] _2bad4u_:
Tested on miui and it's not working i get into a boot loop.
[Streak 5 Android Development] _n0p_:
getprop | grep dexopt

[dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags]: [v=n,o=a,u=y]

Well, same ~950 in Quadrant (CPU/mem only)

998400

--

Sergei.
[Streak 5 Android Development] hunderteins:
Ouch! Sorry to hear that. I hope you didn't get in serious trouble.

Quadrant shows 1048 with o=a and 1065 with o=v. Thats not helping either. At least smartbench shows nearly the same "Games Index". But what do they test with ther productivity index? Calculating PI and mandelbrot is so different?

And there is opera. Its definitly faster with o=a. I'll try to find a web page rendering test.

o.k. I get more mixed signals here. Numion tells me that rendering a real world web-page is about 30% faster with o=a (10.5 vs. 14,6 sec). Scragz is 10 % slower with o=a ( 9.7 vs. 10.5 sec).

I'll file it under works for me, but don't try this with miui. Thanks for your help.

Reg. hunderteins
[Streak 5 Android Development] _2bad4u_:
No problem happy to help :)
[Streak 5 Android Development] _n0p_:
hunderteins, this actually lead me to think that you'll try to build highly optimized (armv7, neon, no loop unroll - small cache) libdvm. Am I right? :)
[Streak 5 Android Development] sinan33:
It works with MIUI too but you have to delete the another line that contains

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y

i guess this lines value is overlapping with the other lines "u=y" value.

---------- Post added at 08:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:03 AM ----------

The result of first test is:

Productivity index=716

Gaming index=981

with smart bench 2012

---------- Post added at 08:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:11 AM ----------

The result of second test is:

Productivity index=1074

Gaming index=1569

with smart bench 2011
[Streak 5 Android Development] sinan33:
DS 5 works faster than ever!

Thank you!
[Streak 5 Android Development] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Testing this now. Opera Mobile is definitely faster, and I honestly think the start time from a wipe of the dalvik cache wasn't any longer than normal.
[Streak 5 Android Development] cdzo72:
Second that... wiping Dalvik on the Streak seems to be the same for me
[Streak 5 Android Development] Edrill:
Same here. Didn't notice any major difference in boot time then usual.

MIUI seems a bit more responsive after this. And I've always found MIUI to be a bit laggy compared to CM and DSC! Gonna observe it for some more time before I can be 100% sure.
[Streak 5 Android Development] sinan33:
Miui 2.4.20 is not laggy like old versions and it boots very fast.After i edited build.prop it's more responsive and i wrote the results of benches.
[Streak 5 Android Development] _n0p_:
Just a warning:

When I was experimenting with this settings, i've got caught in situation when CM7 dvm was trying to use /cache for dalvik-cache and failed.

Works fine with Nexus S dvm (as in DSC v7.0)

And I can confirm higher scores in Smartbench.

More, Smartbench somehow gives results, similar to clock value - ~930 on 998400, ~1340 on 1344000, so overclock does matter in this case.
[Streak 5 Android Development] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
So do you recommend using it or going back to the original settings?
[Streak 5 Android Development] _n0p_:
I sure do.

But just in case keep handy /system/lib/libdvm.so from DSC 7.0 and nandroid backup.

libdvm.so from CM7 has reference to /cache - I wonder if binary change to /data would help.
[Streak 5 Android Development] Dude_Virus:
Ok so i need to change only the entry dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags. Below is my buildprop part where the dalvik entries are so just confirm as to what all needs to be changed

#streakOwner's recommended

dalvik.vm.startheapsize=48m

dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m

dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=v=n,o=v

dalvik.vm.dexopt-data-only=1

dalvik.vm.lockprof.threshold=150

davlik.vm.verify-bytecode=false

ro.android.kernel.checkjni=0

#wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=120

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=80

keyguard.no_require_sim=true
[Streak 5 Android Development] _n0p_:
Change

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=v=n,o=v

to

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=v=n,o=a,u=y

or

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=v=n,o=a,u=y,m=y (testing now with register optimization)
[Streak 5 Android Development] Dude_Virus:
Thanks for the values....but dont i need to change the cache size to 74 as mentioned in the original post tht the cache goes to 74 mb
[Streak 5 Android Development] _n0p_:
You've took cache size for heap size. That's different things. hunderteins was referring for catalog with built dalvik cache (/data/dalvik-cache)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blubberor:
Hi,

are there any instructions / how-tos how to change the external loudspeaker?

Best,

Blubberor
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
open up your phone by removing the 3 screws (t5 is needed i think) the pry along the back cover until it comes off, then remove speaker and follow these steps backwards for reassembly.
[HTC One S] Rsotbiemrptson:
Hello,

After rooting my phone I decided to pull the system folder from my T-Mobile One S and mess with it. I was in the process of deodexing the apps when i relized that i haden't backed them up. The mail app no longer works and I have deleted the deodexed one. Too many mistakes I guess.

Long story short I need the Mail.apk and Mail.odex from /system/app from a T-mobile version. These can be gotten even without root using a file explorer like astro or something.

Thanks,

Rsotbiemrptson
[HTC One S] nickmv:
I think this one's deodexed already. I dont see any odex files for any of the apk's in /system/app. Then again, I'm running Black Magic 4.0 ROM.
[HTC One S] Rsotbiemrptson:
Hello,

Thanks for the offer but i was looking for the one for from the t-mobile rom itself. I managed to get one from the virtious rom myself, but wanted the original just incase.

Rsotbiemrptson
[HTC One S] androidcues:
download the shipping rom.

extract

push files to your phone.
[HTC One S] Rsotbiemrptson:
Hello,

Do you have a link for the rom. I looked in the Ville Shipped ROM Collection thread and all those roms are for European versions. The version on my phone is 1.53.531.16 710RD. For a T-Mobile US version.

Thanks,

Rsotbiemrptson
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirduke989:
Hello, does anyone have a working .config file to compile a kernel that will work on the Archos Gen9 or any links to information specific to what is needed for our devices?

I have tried compiling the kernel from the ICS source on ubuntu 11.10 but I am unable to get it to boot and had to work around many errors just to get it to create the zImage.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nilse:
I know where you can found what you want, you gonna filp out, i'm sure of it :D

in the root folder of the linux-ics kernel is a file called linux.config, now get things compiled and GOOD LUCK :D
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surdu_petru:
How set environment for build kernel ICS !

HI!

First you need to update your environment ( Ubuntu 11.10) with all the neccessary .lib

- sudo apt-get install gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential zip curl zliblg-dev libc6-dev libncurses5-dev x11proto-dev libx11-dev libreadline-dev libgl1-mesa-dev tofrodos python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc gettext make info libsdl-dev libxgtk2.6-dev automake

- download your toolchain => http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1328027

- copy linux.config into /arch/arm/configs/archos_defconfig

For build zImage :

cd into kernel source directory ...

- export ARCH=arm

- export CROSS_COMPILE=/your directory/arm-archos/usr/bin/arm-linux-uclibcgnueabi-

- make ARCH=arm archos_defconfig

- make -j2

**************That's all *******

.....if you not get errors - you should find zImage into /arch/arm/boot/zImage
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirduke989:
Thanks for the info, it appears that my problems may be coming from using an outdated toolchain. Basically I am trying to compile an updated kernel that I can run Ubuntu on but so far my kernel does not even boot to the boot menu that I created or the one in the Ubuntu thread that is using fbmenu.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szanalmas:
I do not know why it will be a huge size of the compiled kernel modules?

Any idea?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scholbert:
The kernel modules contain some extra symbol information by default.

You may use the strip command to get rid of those.

Search the kernel Makefile for the command, i'm not sure of the function call right now...

Anyway it doesn't matter in the end, because the modules have the same size when they got loaded to RAM.

BTW, if you use my toolchain, you better unpack it in /opt.

There are some hard coded path's in some of the libraries.

If the toolchain is placed somewhere else you might run into trouble.

See this as well... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19134490&postcount=8

If someone needs a 64Bit toolchain built please tell me.

Best regards,

scholbert
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szanalmas:
Yes, thanks, strip working. strip -g -S -d -x -X *.ko and Hawaii! :)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quallenauge:
Hi!

Thanks to the short information on #3 I was able to compile a kernel image of my own. I was curious to see if we can use another toolchain

like the one from Linaro which uses an 4.7 gcc (it has no specific tweaks for archos device like the toolchain from scholbert, I think).

After some modifications of the kernel (thanks google search!!) it compiles and a zImage was generated...which doesn't booted at all (black screen) :-(

Then a hint came up on planet linaro : "Kernel not booting with Linaro GCC?". I tried it yesterday and it boots ;)

--> Don't expect huge speed improvements (if there any). I get very similar results at the quadrant benchmark compared to the kernel provided by surdu_petru.

My patches to the kernel are located at the patch.txt file.

PS: I would like to try out the android-toolchain 4.7 (ICS), which is also provided by linaro.

It compiles, but at the final linker step a

"DIV usage mismatch between arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.o and output"

is thrown. Maybe we have to wait once the patch is merged into binutils release - any help on this issue?

UPDATE: DIV usage mismatch solution

I found out, that the linker gold produces problems on my kernel build. So I changed the build process to use the bfd linker which compiles the kernel successfully.

Load the android build toolchain:

wget --no-check-certificate https://android-build.linaro.org/jenkins/view/Toolchain/job/linaro-android_toolchain-4.7-bzr/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/build/out/android-toolchain-eabi-4.7-daily-linux-x86.tar.bz2

Extract it:

tar xfj android-toolchain-eabi-4.7-daily-linux-x86.tar.bz2

Go into that directory and replace ld which points to ld.gold with that binary of ld.bfd:

cd android-toolchain-eabi
find . -name "*gold"
cp ./bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ld.bfd ./bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ld
cp ./bin/arm-eabi-ld.bfd ./bin/arm-eabi-ld
cp ./arm-eabi/bin/ld.bfd ./arm-eabi/bin/ld
cp ./arm-linux-androideabi/bin/ld.bfd ./arm-linux-androideabi/bin/ld

Then perform a build as normal.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] just lou:
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[HTC One S] .ili.music.ili.:
How's the battery life? My G2 has some HORRENDOUS battery... like it can drain 20% an hour... I go to school for like 6/7 hours and I can leave with like a <20% battery life. Currently using MIUI because that seems to be the best battery life.

Edit: As for a menu button, Google is trying to get rid of that. I read a post about it a couple of months ago. They say it was useless. I completely disagree because I use it quite a lot. I use it way more than the search button which I have literally probably used less than 30 times and I've been on an Android device since the G1 came out.
[HTC One S] arknailed7754:
For everything you just said mostly there are workarounds.

The deidcated menu button now exists through roms...the three button thing on screen is removed. Change of dpi works fine on no sense roms I'm set on 195 on sense not as good. Play market you can stop adding apps onto screens

Bloat just remove yourself root explorer..
[HTC One S] arknailed7754:
Battery lifes good also...

As I said workarounds exist

Also get a different launcher and ditch sense or just get Nova or apex
[HTC One S] captainreynolds:
Love this. G2 FOORRREEEVVVAAAAHHHH
[HTC One S] FunkyELF:
I'm the wrong person to ask about battery life (at least during the week). I work in one of these new fancy energy efficient "Green" buildings. We have coating on our windows that block UV with the side effect of also blocking cellular signals. Everyone that works here puts their phones on airplane mode to save battery because we have 0 signal and the phone search all day.

I'll know better this weekend about battery life.
[HTC One S] FunkyELF:
How did they implement the dedicated menu button?

How do I ditch Sense?... what is Nova / apex?

Do I need root to install another launcher?
[HTC One S] arknailed7754:
--

no you can install launchers without root..from market just look for them

to ditch sense though you will need root..and to change dpi you will need root..my advice root lol

by ditching sense i mean install a non sense rom like black dragon or untouchables that strip sense away so the majority is ice cream sandwich without the bloatfest. some apps will be kept in but just use root explorer to rid the rom of it.

the dedicated menu button and ridding the screen of the three dots at the bottom is also because its been taken away and remapped by devs..so again..you need root

most of all..development will kick in soon..so better to root..or if not just use a different launcher but you dont really accomplish what your setting out to do

:)

leedroid should be here soon with a rom,and will do away with most of the bloat anyway...so youll keep sense and most things you complained about will be sorted..

the main thing here is..root..worth it..yes..without..pointless and youll be stuck with htcs crap stock rom..pretty poor for me..but coming from another phone with loads of development..probably biased of how it should be
[HTC One S] jacakowal:
No Folders?

Just long-tap on the icon and drag it to another icon. THe folder will creat automaticly.
[HTC One S] nickmv:
I think nearly all of your points are moot. A lot of your review seems to be based on your lack of willingness to change some preferences and MANAGE your device. If you were on a G2, then you never had to manage stuff like this. Consider it a new experience. If you wanted stock Android, you should've gotten a Galaxy Nexus. I just upgraded from a Nexus S and while I screamed at first at all the Sense crap, I quickly had it rooted, debloated, de-Sensed, and up and running with a nice, fast ROM (Black Magic 4.0).

Give it time. The phone JUST came out. ;)
[HTC One S] arknailed7754:
i agree with you there,its all about learning curves..no sense roms are fairly close to stock..its just the settings that are different now..he_stheone has already added certain elements of stock android..so its fairly close..just the settings..that are the main difference now.
[HTC One S] FunkyELF:
Those aren't the folders I'm talking about. I think what I'm talking about are called live folders. In AOSP builds of Android when you long press on an empty space on one of your screens you can choose widgets, folders, shortcuts, contacts, and other things I can't remember.

With Sense you only get widgets and shortcuts.... no folders, no contacts, etc... just widgets and shortcuts.
[HTC One S] arknailed7754:
Isn't that minor thing?
[HTC One S] FunkyELF:
I didn't see this one listed in the ALL ROMS post here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1584163

Where is the info on that ROM?
[HTC One S] arknailed7754:
Dude its in development section

Black dragon 4.0
[HTC One S] FRuiTBoOT:
Going to have to side with you on this one. This phone is definitly a great device, give it some time, dig in a little bit. Much better than my Tmo-SGS2.
[HTC One S] Stiflerlv:
most of things you mentioned isnt a "bad thing" just you dont know how to operate the phone, or its just different (opinion at that point).

Also you didnt like things which are for all devices, not just one S
[HTC One S] sirius b:
The long press, dragging and combining of icons together is AOSP folders in Ice Cream Sandwich. The long press on the desktop to add folder is long gone and is not coming back.
[HTC One S] FunkyELF:
Sorry... you said Black Magic, not Black dragon.

I'll give it a try in a couple weeks. I like to use my phone a bit before rooting to make sure I didn't get a lemon.

Does the camera work on this one?
[HTC One S] kolyan:
Just got the phone and here are my negatives:

1. With lowest brightness setting the screen is horrible (but if you increase it a bit, its ok)

2. No switches in pulldown menu ? I though Sense always had that.....

3. Bottom plastic is not 100% flush at one corner (maybe will exchange, maybe not)

4. In navigation I just couldnt find "setting" button anywhere.....whats up with that ?

gonna go to Verizon and compare to Nexus....I still need Tmo SIM and stores are in same place anyway....I am not a phone freak :) not wasting time here

Its also very true that until you have 2 devices in hand you cant really compare screen quality...I though my G2x IPS panel for super great, but compared to One S its very warm colored and whites have red tint. Its also hard to use in lowest brightness even in dark room....but with G2x case its because screen is simply too dark, with One S its bright but disgusting to look at due to some "noise"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hell_lock:
i made a new rom from kitchen. First i tried to flash it with only root and busybox and it worked. After that i tried to deodex the app and framework files and then i flashed it. It installed successfully but m stuck on the start screen.It shows "Samsung Galaxy Y gt-s5360" this is the screen which comes before the bootanimation screen. Its stuck on it for the past half an hour!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prince147:
Go to downloading mode and flash a cwr with odin then flash a good NONCOOKED by YOU rom!!!

Press thanks if I was of any help!...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
It could be that you didn't wipe. But did you use cwr? I would say it was a bad flash is all.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
Btw prince that is not a very nice post. Everyone starts somewhere, and optimizing stock roms is a great way to maintain stability.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonas2295:
Guess your post wasn't much helpful lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
MKe sure you wipe sTar and cache. Also wipe /system and /boot.
[G2 and Desire Z General] FunkyELF:
I thought I'd cross post this coming from a G2 to a One S

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1622439
[G2 and Desire Z General] captainreynolds:
Gracias sir.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xT4Z1N4TRx:
Cheers for that, great read! Its between the Sensation XE, GSII and Galaxy Note for my next phone in the summer!
[G2 and Desire Z General] GinoAMelone:
I'm very interested in seeing how much the Note will cost on T-Mobile.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ChristianFS1:
why not the one s? i'm seriously considering moving/upgrading to the one s because i'm tired of people saying that my phone is "thick" and "heavy", so the one s is perfect for me :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] xT4Z1N4TRx:
The thing about the one s, in the UK its REALLY expensive because it just came out, and doesn't have a micro sd slot... And id want a good battery, I've heard wonders about the note and the razr maxx!
[G2 and Desire Z General] otariq:
Didn't they say a black one is coming? Don't really like the bluish tinted one wish it came in white like the one x
[G2 and Desire Z General] virtualflyer:
not persuaded from this review, they are mostly problems that can be solved by working some minutes on the phone...

IMO it's (one of) the best android phones out now. One X and tegra 3 doesn't appeal me... Samsung and LG are the worst brands imo...

Have a look at my optimus one... You may even notice some, just a bit, dust under the screen... this after one month...
[G2 and Desire Z General] ChristianFS1:
ditto here, i think i might wait too, so the price will fall a bit. and btw, you do realize that internal memory is faster than external, hence a better user experience ? :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] xT4Z1N4TRx:
Yeah truee but i'll use most of it, i cant even manage my 16gb microsd AND internal space! I still want it though, price is honestly the only thing atm
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android_Monsters:
I think I might get a t989
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ditamae:
I'm also considering the HTC One S... but I will not be purchasing the grey/blue accent version. I've heard that the One S might be released in black/red accents later, likely related to the chipping that occurred to the international version with this MAO treatment. If anyone has any real news regarding the release of this version on US T-Mobile, please post here or start a thread... I follow TmoNews.com, but haven't read anything definitive yet.
[G2 and Desire Z General] agapecs:
Great read; only thing I missed was your reaction to the speed boost vs G2? What is your impression?