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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swift2989:
When u back up with the el26 kernel that is the kernel that gets backed up in ur backup which cause ur phone to bootloop when u restore the back up. so what u need to do is extract the kernel from the paranoid rom make it into a flashable zip <--its easier that way. when u r done restoring ur backup flash the paranoid kernel in the same recovery section and u'll be set.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Easier still....

Advanced Restore mmcblk0p5 and 6 a backup made on jb with jb
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swift2989:
uuuuuu ur good -_-

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haha props i didn't know u can do it that way too... u always learn something new everyday
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Nice! Me and you are on the same Page!.. My only question when I look in the rom zip, what part would I take out and make into a flashable zip... Never had to do that before But I know it would be easy

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swift2989:
if i remember correctly the file ur looking for is called zimage.img <--something llike that @hopefully PhAkEer can correct me on this one or guide u on this one
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
If you boot into recovery and choose "advanved restore from" wherever you have it, it will be "boot"

I also just through a boot.img into a flashable.

Its from scotts aosp and as long as updater scripts havent changed it should flash and run fine.

Oope

Its done uploading. Hold please.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Sorry it took so long.

http://db.tt/Jjfe6GV2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swift2989:
thanks for that man i couldn't remember if it was the boot.img or not....kinda had a blond moment
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Thanks a bunchhhhh you guys.. Appreciate it much! :D it got a hassle setting everything up all over again..

I'm liking paranoid 2.13..but the "fast charge" grrrrr..Only thing that bothers me

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
let me know if that zip gives you a status 6 or 7 error.

it should only take a quick edit to get it back on track.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gershee:
boot.img in the zip.

you can Odin that, it's the kernel. should boot after that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
You were right though.. on sammy phones boot.imgs are converted to zImage,

but since CWM is used more by non TW based roms, it still records it as the Boot Partition.

Even on Tw, in CWM it will say "boot"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Thanks.. Gimme a few mins.. Gotta mobile Odin and then back up.. I'll report back

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swift2989:
hehe means i didn't make a fool of myself :D by the way I ran out of thanks already but u know the intention is what matters my friend

nevermind i just thanked u thru the xda app :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
My bad I got an unexpected call for advice.. It would occur when I'm in my flashing mode :mad::mad:

And that zip gave me the status 6 abort @ phak

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Thats better than a 7.

That just means I zogged when I shoulda Zig-Zagged.

Lol.

Anybody awake enough for a test in a little while? Like... Actually soon this time...

My questions werent answered by the kernel dev i asked so I said %%#/ it.

I just rewrote the laid for extweaks to apply readahead settings.....

I wrote it so efficiently that it is more effective that what it replaced, plus I added about 25 extra steps to the action, then added my special readahead tweak with ( havent quite finished but it will be ) 6 steps

And go figure?!?!??!?!! ITS STILL A SMALLER FILE THAN WHAT ITS REPLACING!!!?!?!?!?!? REALLY?????

A TOTAL OF OVER 42 STEPS REPLACING 7 AND IT DOES MORE PER STEP???

I tried to get involved in the kernel settings long ago..

One took interest for half a second but never used my code...

So now its time to fake it..

I just hope it works.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Haha I know who u are talking about.. No comment to that I know what u mean

And I'm back on a tw ics rom so I will try it out

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
I gotta cook breakfast fot the little lady and see her to her car.

Ilbrb
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Awwww how sweet lol! :p

No prob! I ain't doing nothing no way but watching the ID channel. Crap is addicting O_o

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
No placebo has touched init.d for two boots and I havent manually applied one in the between time.

How do you like them apples¡!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
That's crazy that you have our device running like that.. Especially you saying that no placebo has touched it yet!

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Not only no placebo, I removed every init.d tweak except for screenstate script... I feel like there was one other thai left but i know for sure I removed any and everything that have these effects

One thing though, instruments arent confirming what I am clearly seeing.... Ive got some homework to do later.

Thanks for being patient, she going to work in a moment then Ill uoload

Ps, i had set everything to ridiculous settings so id know right away....

If it isnt working.... Why is it so goddamned fast and where did 27 percent of my battey go in 32 minutes!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
I think me and you be in the same boat because I don't have any intid tweaks either well besides the standard kuban onces and no placebo running since I got a fresh copy

And blazing fast and losing 27 percent in 30 mins Haha that's not bad actually looking at that chart-thing- a-ma-Bob.... I totally just forgot what it was called lol

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
Wow.. it looks like I missed all the excitement. I'm glad you guys got MH back up and running (and his backup a running.. haha).

Phaking ExTweak... That sounds interesting!

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Woow....

I wake to see that i passed out while sending a PM to MH with this damn thing... I hate sleep
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Im really disappointed.

I decided to give ru the benefit of the doubt so asked again last night....

No answer.

Just #+!4#ng ignored again....

And Im sure hes been around in the last 15 hours considering Ive seen him post several times...

Why the hell are these kernel debs dodging me???
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
Wake up and upload it already.. lol

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
My bad I passed out lol I'm about to check my PM now!

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
After I realized that you were probably asleepvI figured Id work on it some more first.

Have made much progress but Ill send what I had intended to

Edit: BAD TYPO

Should read "HAVENT" Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smcf81:
I just downloaded cm 10 5.3, and i am curious of how i use this because i have seen the battery life that people have been posting and that is what i need. i have read there are multiple placebo's but do not know what they mean or what they do. Please help with info on install and info on placebo's
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
People post battery pics of placebo somewhere?!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smcf81:
did not mean pics, but how long there battery lasts. Can you help teach a noob on how to use placebo.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Ill add some more links as I find them. This one is from 6 pages back

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31649715
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smcf81:
how do i check permissions and where is it located? i know how to root and flash, but never have done anything with scripts or the terminal emulator.i have both terminal emulator and root explorer downloaded.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Those are definitely the two that will get you started.

Now, in root explorer it lists permissions right to every file and folder. It will look like anything from

rwxrwxrwx

to

---------

there arw three levels of permissions. The first is yours, the second is for group, and the third is for others.

They stand for

(r)ead, (w)rite, and e(x)ecute

You will want the contents of init.d to read

rwxr-xr-x

To that, long press from root explorer and choose

"change permissions"

And put check marks in

XXX

X[]X

X[]X

http://db.tt/OystF8e9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smcf81:
which placebo should i choose for battery and performance? does each placebo do something different ? i also just downloaded script manager, if that makes the process easier please let me know. thanks in advance for all your help
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
I recommend placebo 2.0 :D

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swift2989:
I use placebo 2.0 run shift3 thru terminal best one for me

Sent from my Epic Touch armed with a Jellybean army to kill you Apple!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigJPNut:
WOW

Is this on sbrissen JB??? :good:

Please share your secrets!!! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Lol god no! ( to the " is this " not to the "share" )

I wish I could get JB operating like that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
I'm back on the paranoid JB sense yesterday, I am using the lite script posted earlier. It seems to be going very well, however, when I execute those 2 scripts in the system/etc/ scripts folder it causes com.android.Google.gapps (something like that) too force close repeatedly. I'm currently using it without executing those 2 scripts... can they be changed to not cause the FC?

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
Love your thread, and yes the more i read the more confused i become :D

Just did a clean install of PA 2.13 Should I flash Placebo 2.0 or the Lite.zip or are you cooking something even more tasty that I should wait for? :cowboy:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
any 3g tweaks? wimax tweaks are useless for me as i dont have it in phoenix lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
If you have placebo installed AND the the gprs/hs*pa/buffersizes (play with adjusting those three, takes a couple minutes or a reboot to see changes) that I suggested in post 2 and are still having poor speeds then Im sorry but thats about as much as I know for 3g.

You should be able to find your sweet spot though.

Coming in a moment:

I have cleaned up Placebo. Reordered the mounts/modes/commands logically and eliminated ALL errors related to them as well.

There should now be ZERO errors in the log file and all settings should finally apply as intended.

Please let me know if you find any errors so we can figure out why.

Also added "WimaxSupplicantScan" so you dont have to toggle 4g back on as often. I have default set at 500 (i think). Adjust it as you see fit in "/system/etc/wimax/supplicant_scan_interval"

[ elliwigy, you (and anyone else who doesnt use Wimax ever) may want to remove this feature.]

To remove WimaxSupScan, delete "/system/etc/wimax" after you flash.

There will be two versions posted.

Please download the correct one.

The only difference is that one will apply a lite theme to franework-res.

The theming is made for stock FF18 and will probably not work on other ROMs. This one is optional.

Its just a holo.9 optimized theme with very few changes but looks very nice.

The second is Univ. and only pushes placebo, sysctl.conf, and wimaxSuoScan into place.

I seriously think this one is money.

Please notify me of any potentially related issues immediately.

The only thing Ive noticed is that because of the way priorties are set, it can sometimes take an extra second (or 5) to end media related process' such as camera. Dont be alarmed if this happens.

Be back in a few to post it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Placebo-XXII T.w. with Holo.9 Theme, or Universal with no theme

Alright, here it is....

For more details, read through the thread. I am tired.

Placebo.FG-XXII

1st ) Stock FF18 T.w. Only, lite Holo.9 theme

View attachment TwOnly-PlaceboFGXXII-HOLO.zip

2nd) Universal. Only pushes files listed in my previous post.

View attachment UNIV-PlaceboFGXII.zip

Enjoy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mamouton:
So we just can't take the placebo file and put in the init.d folder or do we still need to flash it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Oh I PREFER IT IF YOU DO IT THIS WAY!!!!!!!!

but a lot of people would just post "is it flashable" so I'll save myself the time.

The Themeing CANNOT happen via manually placing the script in init.d and the sysctl.conf in etc, but everything else will be just fine :)

Edit: if you place it manually, you will have to run the script with either root explorer or script manager (or equivalent) if you want to see the changes before a reboot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
Well.. My phone now seems amazingly fast after flashing this one bro! :D .

EDIT: thanks again for what you are doing here.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
working good here.. deleted that folder like you said..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Any noticable difference in 3g at all?? (cmon, bigmoney bigmoney nowhammies nowhammies!!...)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mamouton:
So if i just want the performance I just need to place the script in init. d correct?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
And the sysctl.conf in /system/etc (not in folder)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
no change in 3g lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
DAMNIT!¡!¡

If you have some time you should pm me a copy of your build.prop

I refuse to accept that I cant help you get those speeds up.

Ps, what speeds do typically get
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
im roaming on verizon and its usually between 30kbps to over 1mb but most of the time on low end.. sprint never get over .30kbps

Edit: pm sent with build.prop
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iniz94:
How do I know if the script is running? I flashed the Universal XXII. Btw, is there a list of features in layman's terms? :P

force_ro=0 (from one)
ro=0 (from one)
read_ahead_kb=4096 (from kernel default: 128 stock, 1024 on some)
scheduler=deadline (for sake of universality)LOL no flag for a misspell!!!
add_random=1 (from zero)
ignore_granularity=1 (from zero)
ignore_max_bytes=1 (from zero)
discard_zeroes_data=1 (from zero)
minimum_io_size=64 (from 512)
optimum_io_size=1024 (from 0!)
read_expire=600 (from 500)
write_expire=3600 (can't even remember... 5000??)
writes_starved=1 (from 3)
fifo_batch=24 (from 16)

doesn't really make much sense to noobs like me :P So far I know that there are Data speed tweaks, but what else?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
In short, it reprograms your kernel optimizing all around input/output settings. Also reduces redraw and increases battery life.

You should not have to kill processes every again unless you crazy multitask.

Layman enough?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Just wanted to share this personal best with everybody.

It's only quadrant, but still

Edit: Wait.. lol, I think I have a higher one earlier in the thread... nvm, I got excited during the test, I suppose.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Custodian:
Lol. What setup is this? I know its not cm9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Nah, stock deodexed.

Only time I had it faster I was odexed... wish I was now. That woulda been a good one.

Guess I can't expect everyone to know my setup...

cpu

max step ~1150

undervolted slightly

rest of steps are stock.

gpu are underclocked and undervolted ever so slightly as well :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iniz94:
Yes it is :P Thank you very much.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Which scripts cause FCs? Ill fix it or figure out how you can or whatever.

just need to know what Im fixing.

@ other question,

Imho theres no bemefit to only downloading one.

My advice would be to download lite, Placebo 2.0, maybe a couple others...

no need to flash every zip either

just make a nice little folder to organize (like I never did) and you can use the placebo 2 platform to trade out ones that you dont like for ones that you do.

i know it isnt the most convenient,

but once you have 4 or 5 options that are all yout own coices,... youll get it ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swift2989:
+1

Sent from my Epic Touch armed with a Jellybean army to kill you Apple!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
Can you please explain the secnd part in simple English please :confused: :banghead:

Does that folder need to be in a specific directory or could it just be organized in my SD card under a 'tweaks' folder.

Use the placebo 2 platform to switch? So lost on this one. You mean use terminal emulator or like push script to correct directory and give permissions ?? :o :sly:

Yeah I know. Noon status :p

Thanks for what you do and your patience :beer:

Sent from deep below the earth on Paranoid E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
These are the scripts I was referring to that are causing force close on the PA JB. After executing them manually.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Do you have sqlite3 in xbin?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
Sqlite3 in xbin yes. I executed the securesettings script only and no force close yet.. it may be the googlesettings script.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
I'm home now with a good nandroid of PA JB, so I executed the googlesettings script (in system/etc/scripts/settshells folder, as part of the lite flash) and the unfortunately the process com.android.processes.gapps (something like that) kept popping up... so, I'd say it is the googlesettings script causing the force closes when executed manually on the PA JB ROM.

So I restored my nandroid .

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
yeah I took a look....

:blushing:

i included the wrong script...

Im all "What are yoooou doing here!"

So yeah, probably avoid the google settings script that was included in the "lite" package.

any google setting script from another pack should be fine.

sorry, buddy

I have something kinda fun that I wrote last night though :)

Im automating the process' of placebo.

So far I have 3 things programmed and working

Governor & settings (so far for Conservative, Interactive, Smartass. working on more)

Read_ahead_kb (with over 40 options)

and

Readahead_blks (with 7 options)

it operates in a simple way for now,

you just type the desired in its corresponding file and it will then apply all of the settings associated with your selection.

on my phone (for testing sake) its set to reapply the settings every one minut.

so if I went into init.d and changed the file "governor" to say 'conservative' (or cnsrv, conserve, etc) within one minute the placebo conservative settings will be applied.

same goes for read kb and read blks.

i intent to cover all of placebos settings and then tie it all together to make one little placebo machine thats fully customizable.

itll take some time...

anynody wanna try any of the ones that I have done???
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
I asked this before lol. Is gear 1 2 or 3 best for battery life
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gershee:
3 and 4 were for battery

3 seemed to be best was the majority opinion :thumbup:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Id be surprised if it wasnt answered last time.

especially considering that its asked almost every day and when I just select a page at random it is somewhere in sight within 3 clicks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
Thank you for confirming it not working. I thought I was losing it there for a while..:D

You know that anything they put together, I'm in for the testing!

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
I am currently running 4, Not too shabby so far.. 75% battery left, 5Hrs 48 min, 38 min screen on (yeh not alot) Biggest user is Android OS. (I run juice defender to auto disable data with screen off, Screen dim 10% or so, Autosync set out a ways (6 hours or so), But that's just my use.. (Texting a bit of reading XDA, news reading) Nothing crazy. But YMMV. Ya never know how it's gonna work out for you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
I don't know if this is related to the scripts or not.. My Android OS usage is higher then screen on ( used to be other way around) i'm showing about 1 hr 40 min wake lock.. 41% battery use by this... I mean.. i'm not getting horrid life or anything.. just something that's odd about that.. Just wondering.. Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
None of the placebo scripts will cause wakelock. Usually the OS is higher than screen on time of you haven't used the phone much, that's pretty typical.

Do you know what app is responsible for your wakelock?

What ROM, kernel are you running?

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
I think i do know what's causing the wakelock.. (Sms Popup)

Super Galaxy V1.8/Agats Kernel.

just thought about what is causing it.. just need to disable the screen on with popup and should fix it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
Sounds like your on to something there. I disabled that long ago for that very reason.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
i like the actual quick reply (i downloaded the app for this) just forgot to disable screen on with popup. Although my screen on duration at is 15s, still gets taxing on battery as you recieve multiple messages, and when it's in your pocket, doesn't do any good anyway lol.. hard to read a text and ride your motorcycle. But yeah, think this was my wakelock issue. i'll find out soon. lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
I'm with ya on the motorcycle riding. I usually put it in airplane mode and stuff it in the saddle bag... don't bother me, I'm ride'n..:D I'll see what you want at the next stop..lol

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
Yup, usually inside jacket or in backpack.. no saddle bags on the Gsxr. And i agree.. when i park i'll see it.

Too bad the cagers around us don't have that mentality.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdavis429:
Love Placebo!! Keep up the good work!!:good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
More motorcycle enthusiasts.. :beer::beer:

.. I throw it in the saddle bag as well

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lord dredd:
Hi

ummm.. i am new to epic touch :P

Sorry to post such a newbie noob question , but what is this ? ;) :P

i am on galaxy ROM how can this benefit me :P
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
Tweaks to improve battery life and performance. Worth checking out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lord dredd:
am on galaxy rom now , used calk's bare rom converter, and agat's 0.5.4 kernel ( with safe recovery )

can i use it over this structure

EDIT 2 :

k i just went ahead flashed it via recovery

typed su and enter in terminal

then typed shift4 and enter

it said no init.d in 1 and 2 and 3 and stuff and something else on 4 and thats it

is it done

then entered exit twice and out of terminal :P

is that all that i had to do ?

regards
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
Yep thats it. Shift 3 or 4 for battery. Ans yer set
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lord dredd:
sorry i am being so pushy :P

are there any other scripts or settings that i can tweak to get more juice and less heat ;) , have notied the phone heats up upon 3G usage and while playing games and stuff
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Then you should try shifting gears to 1 or 2 for performance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milky1112:
For me i'm all about the battery lasting to days end. So i've always used 3 or 4. But as was said.. Tosser into 1 or 2.. and she'll scream. It'll be at a sacrifice to battery as will all performace mods.