yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] esco757:
Changed dynamic to gpu and there's an option in flap's tools to oc the gpu. Then my usual tweaks in the memory optimizer app, smartassv2 and cfq rebooted and its was flying pretty much after that. 1674-384 Max min.. But to each their own..its flying for me...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pkmoazzam:
i have tried all JB Roms with maxlayer=2, still a little stutter and laggy, i have a good eyes :D but Developers are awesome; I am waiting for flicker to get fixed with maxlayer=3. :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Slammin:
Just FYI, but I tried setting maxlayer to 4 and got constant reboots. Was just curious.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thair7391:
Hahaha you and I are one in the same. I tried the same thing out of curiosity a while back. i was just afraid of public ridicule so I didn't share it! Lol.

Surprisingly, everything ran pretty well until you tried to open applications lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Eric-1987:
I guess I'm still wrong if I say the newest pa Rom is even smoother than the last no lag what so ever. Right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thair7391:
That's a rather odd assumption? I didn't say you were wrong about anything. Which build? The one from the 6th? I've used it and as it's based on the same CM10 commits that all the other ROM's, I found it to run exactly like the others as well. Occasional lag but no more than the others. That's my experience though. Yours could be completely different.

I would like to ask that you don't troll this thread again please. I'll admit that last time I participated too long in the argument that you started here but I won't do so again. I've noticed that in MANY threads in these forums, you always seem to be the one to chime in with the complete opposite opinion as other posters in the forum or the OP, which is fine. I'm certainly not prejudiced against differences in opinion and in the world of electronics, definitely not difference in experience, but you always seem to come across as, "Well I'm not having that experience so all of you must be doing something wrong or not know what you're doing." You can't deny that you've started quite a few unnecessary arguments around here. The purpose of these forums is not merely to debate for the pleasure of beating someone else. It's to arrive on common grounds and agreements to improve the experiences of all users on their devices.

Anyways, that's all I'm going to say. Any argument that progresses from here on I'll not take part on. If someone proves me wrong, then assume my silence as an acceptance of defeat. If not, then I still won't respond to gloat that I was right. Either way though, I'll not have any more part in non-lucrative arguments. Good day to you sir.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] O_G:
Why say this? its totally unproductive, i made a clear warning the last time. If you have nothing constructive to post, then just dont!

Now stop with the pushing, i know what your trying to do. Last warning!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] robyr:
Well said.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thair7391:
Uhhhh WOW... Just made an interesting discovery. If you guys want to have a jelly-buttery-smooth CM10 experience (without the current audio and Bluetooth glitches in official CM10 builds) like you've likely had yet to have on the Galaxy Note, then try the following:

Perform a clean install (yes, wipe evrything, including your ass) of the latest CM10 along with the 7/26 Google Apps package. Do NOT install an OC kernel yet.

Boot into the clean install and configure everything to your liking, install/update your apps, do everything you usually like to do when first setting up a ROM.

Here's the new part: Grab the last compiled build of h0tw1r3's CM10 Kang from here along with the 8/02 Jelly Bean Gogle Apps compiled by team EOS then flash everything (in respective order) atop your configured CM10 installation, wiping only the cache and Dalvik after flashing, then reboot and allow the device 5 minutes to rebuild the cache and update system files.

Use ROM Toolbox to change your debug.mdpcomp.maxlayer from 2 to 3 as well as change your debug.compositing.type value from "dyn" to "gpu" then reboot. And...

WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Please report your success (and failure) stories back here if you try this! I love success stories!!

PS: I'm aware that this involves flashing a slightly older build over the newest one so some files/contents could be outdated, but regardless of this fact, this process makes for the most stable, bugless, absolutely graphically smooth experience I'm able to achieve on my device right now so the opportunity cost is well worth it!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ManelScout4Life:
That would be the same as just using h0tw1r3's build, which is pretty awesome
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gacbmmml:
Thanks for letting us know. Perhaps it can be fixed in a future software update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thair7391:
Is the /system mount point the ONLY place that a ROM's working file system is present though? I would think components that have been added with the CM10 nightly releases would just remain since they would be missing from h0tw1r3's older release since there wouldn't be anything to replace them. I didn't see the install script format /system in the terminal output when installing h0tw1r3's release so I would assume the new files that h0tw1r3's ROM didn't replace would remain. Perhaps I should check the script myself first lol...

Maybe it's just because I'm revisiting this ROM so much later on after learning about maxlayer and compositing.type and now that I've changed it, I'm realizing how much better and faster his ROM really is lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ltilt2:
Why are you guys still talking about smoothness when we have Liquid Smooth ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thair7391:
It sounds like the ticket of course but to be honest it isn't any different than other ROM's as for as smoothness goes. Which one are you using (ManelScout4Life's or Flapjaxx's) and what are you doing to change it once you get it installed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thair7391:
How dare my thread get pushed to the second page!! Lol

I kind of wanted to chime in and say that I am really impressed at how much the official CM10 builds have improved in smoothness. The purpose of this thread was to understand and obtain smoothness in our Jelly Bean experiences but it seems as though Jelly Bean is becoming smoother on its own (thanks to developers of course). The only thing I would say is left to be desired is to rid flicker without changing maxlayer and to get Chrome to perform like it does in CM9. There are occasional hiccups and lag in the UI every now and then but for the most part, CM10 is pretty satisfactory.

I personally however have trouble getting the smooth experience in the Liquid Smooth rOM that others claim to have. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wase4711:
install the Slim Bean rom; if you dont think that is the fastest, smoothest rom you have ever run, then you probably should throw your phone in the river!!

that, and Flapps AOSP rom, are the 2 fastest things ever to hit this phone, period...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] vijovame:
Hahaha, after the river try to flash stock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Slammin:
Flapps was the fastest out the JB gate, and still is. It also has been the most stable and reliable for me.

The only lag I get is when icon labels are enabled (Apex) but no biggie. I attribute that to the lack of how acceleration.

In the end, us all being beta testers, it is so cool to have so much to test but the reality is, I need my phone to work too. I am fine with the flapps ROM and expect once he acceleration shows up, this will still be my dd.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Gater2011:
I am in the same boat....Maybe me and you have similar Galaxy Notes because CM10 nightly has only been the "smooth" Rom I've flashed..and by smooth I mean no lag when switching from home screens and app drawers..Liquid was pretty smooth when I applied your compensition tweak..but CM10 nightlies are on another level..I'm kinda hurt we don't see ICS roms like black star..I still think there was untapped magic as the International Variant still gets ICS support
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zer0nine:
Most of the JB roms I've tried have been smooth so far... while in portrait mode.

I'm starting to think that the Adreno 220 gpu just can't keep up with the resolution on this phone when in landscape mode. Seriously, go try it yourself. See if the home screen transitions are as fluid as they are while in portrait.

The lag is very noticeable while in landscape during home screen transitions, app drawer scrolling, and status bar animation.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wase4711:
you should probably wait until they are officially released before you come to any conclusions...these roms are all alpha/beta at this point
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] vijovame:
I use nova launcher and is fluid in both forms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] namtellum:
I just flashed the Sept 14th build of PA and it seems nearly every issue has been resolved.

"debug.mdpcomp.maxlayer"=3

"debug.composition.type"=dyn

"Disable HW overlays" unchecked

With these stock settings I am seeing no screen flicker and performance seems to be the best I have ever seen. I may try flashing an OC kernel or changing "debug.composition.type" to gpu just as a test but I don't think anyone could complain about the performance I am currently getting.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] :
+1000, super smooth best build yet!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ipprof:
It would be nice to get BT and get rid of the freezes on almost every drop down our pop up menu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Eric-1987:
Already done with latest pa Rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thair7391:
Have any of you taken a look at the load of pending changes being applied to the next CM10 nightly at http://cm10log.appspot.com/?device=quincyatt ?

Notice the "Call qcomuiClearRegion() method for mdp composition" entry attributed with the description: "This change may be responsible for both flickering and lag on most devices. I will test it now and request it be reverted if it solves the issue."

This was just the change that this thread has been waiting for!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thair7391:
Haha OK I have to laugh. No doubt after trying the new nightly, everything you can think of has been fixed. It's a fantastic update, but one MAJOR issue. Apparently they tried to animate the backlight of the capacitive buttons and it ****ED EVERYthing up lol. So much so that they released a second nightly with the same date containing the removal of that feature.

I've yet to see that happen so I thought it would be funny to share lol. I'm loading the fixed one as we speak so I'll let everyone know if it continues to have issues.

**NOTE** The flicker and lag is eliminated in this build because it properly utilizes the mdp compositing for surfaceflinger without just removing the debug entries in build.prop as some developers have done recently (a rather questionable decision?). However I will say that flashing either Flapjaxx or DaGr8's OC kernels causes the flickering to come back for some uncertain reason. I'm assuming that the changes that fix the issues with the Qualcomm graphics chip are at the kernel level so although the latest CM10 nightly has the issues fixed with its stock kernel, replacing it with a 3rd party (so to speak) kernel is replacing those fixes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ChronoReverse:
Is this the official 9-19 nightly?

Do you know what's still not working? How's BT and the camera?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thair7391:
Bluetooth is working beautifully, however, I'm not sure of what issues with the camera that you're referring to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] subzero_786:
im using liquid smooth rom on my i717r and its smooth as butter! just flawless. well freezes once in a while but overall amazing.
[General Questions and Answers] lotan_rm:
I've got a new car with a USB and an IPhone interface. Just connecting my Android phone to the USB interface resulted in a 'player not recognized' error message.

I can't find anything in the car/radio's manual. I could imagine I need to install a specific protocol driver so the radio recognizes my phone as a media player (MTP maybe?).

Can anyone recommend a way to set up my phone for the car radio?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dillon610:
I'm not sure if anyone else is having my problems. I'm running stock 4.1.1 with this Kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1831780 (I'm not even sure if that matters). My nexus 7 isn't nearly as fast as when I first had it. Its gotten slower. I'm having issues with multiple games randomly freezing my entire Nexus 7. Sometimes I have to hold down the power button for 20 seconds because it won't respond at all. Also, whenever I reboot it says "Android is upgrading..." then at the bottom it says "Starting apps" for a few seconds. I've had this problem for awhile now. I've tried clearing the Dalvik Cache, removing memory/storage, defragmentation, etc. I'm not sure why it is acting like this. Please help. Thank you!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarofozz:
Lol you don't know if it matters that you're using the elite kernel? Maybe you shouldn't be flashing kernels quite yet bud. Go back to stock kernel.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dillon610:
OK ill see if that helps, although I think the issues were happening even before I flashed it. How do I go about returning the the stock kernel?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben805:
backup all your stuff to your PC, and load the factory rom and it will wipe everything clean including your SD. After trying a few roms I noticed there are some hidden craps that can't be seen by any file explorer and the only way to clear them off is flashing back to stock.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesst20:
Hi,

Elite Kernel works pretty good. But maybe it has too much overclocked GPU for your device, yeah some device can't hold as much performance then others. Try flashing back the stock rom and see if it works
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t_007_v2:
You really shouldn't game on 1.8ghz the elite offers unless you are using ice under your N7. The elite is not really for daily use just benching and seeing how far one can go. Imo pull the core speed down to 1.5 / 1.3ghz to see if your games become stable. Also try the motley kernel build 218 with the 520 gpu for everyday use. Cache whipping should only be done if your installing different roms and completely different kernels. the elite kernel is a motley build so no wipe is needed.

Cheers
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dillon610:
I think you guys are confused as to which one I'm running. I'm using the one on the second post where the max speed is 1.5GHz.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t_007_v2:
The 1.5 extreme under volt? Actually that kernel flat out boot looped my N7 and the only way to get out of it was connecting the N7 to the pc. Ditch that kernel. Use the 1.8 / 650gpu pinkfix that kernel is stable at all core speeds for me. Imo just set the clock speed to 1.3 to reduce heat. The 650gpu setting at 1.3 / interactive / cfq will still give you 66fps on nena2. My best score is 71 at 1.8. I the heat build up for gaming is just to much.

Always clear data on setcpu and sys tuner pro when jumping kernels.

Concerning lag does power off then back on fix it for a short time? If so you might want to return it. Asus really dropped the ball on the early N7 runs. I love "Googles" N7 but I'll never buy another Asus product. Hopefully Google picks a better Manufacturer next time.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dillon610:
Ok. Do I flash this one: https://rapidshare.com/files/1034477848/Clemsyn1.8GPU650.zip or the pinkfix: https://rapidshare.com/files/223841402/Clemsyn1.8GPU650Pinkfix.zip?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t_007_v2:
Pinkfix. Run your games at 1.3 to see if their stable. Gameloft works best at 1.4 / 1.5 just watch the heat to hot and it will start to lag. THD games 1.3 TOPS their optimized and don't need the oc. Once your done messing with the elite motley build 218 520 gpu is a better everyday kernel for gaming. Have fun and always have a few different kernels in your download folder in case something goes wrong and you need to use recovery from the pc.

Cheers
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farmerbb:
How much free space do you have on your device? It's been found that the Nexus 7 lags pretty bad when you're running extremely low on space. Try freeing up a couple gigs and see if that improves things.

Also, following Jay's Recipe for Buttery Goodness will help greatly speed up your device.

Do you have your dalvik cache integrated into the ROM with Titanium Backup? That's one way to cause the "Android is upgrading..." to appear on every boot.
[HTC Incredible S] goku16:
as the title, my phone couldnt get into adb to get s-off:(
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
You need either HTC Dev unlock

or revolutionary s off to flash a custom ROM

That's the simple explanation

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Incredible S] goku16:
well, im unlocked, so i can flash it through recovery
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
You can :)

And make sure you fast boot flash your boot.img as well

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Incredible S] larkhillv7:
If you're unlocked through htc dev, just flash custom recovery (4ext touch recommended) and you can flash custom roms after that.

Just make sure to flash boot.img through adb as said by mark. Always do this after flashing new rom when you are s-on.
[HTC Incredible S] goku16:
Boot.img from the custome rom or..???
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Every time you flash a new ROM or kernel you need to open up the zip of the new ROM and fast boot flash it, otherwise it probably wont boot unless there is a similar kernel already

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Incredible S] goku16:
1 more thing, im currently using revolutionary recovery beucase i couldnt find a 4ext recovery img in that thread, do you mind show me where is it? or revolutionary should be fine?
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Revolutionary is fine

4EXT is here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1104765
[HTC Incredible S] goku16:
i found the thread but couldnt fine the .img file :(
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Go here

http://www.4ext.net/

Download one of those, I have the free one and it will install the recovery itself if you follow the instructions
[HTC Incredible S] larkhillv7:
If you use the app to install recovery, make sure to extract the recovery.img file in the downloaded zip and manually flash that through fastboot. Only have to do this while s-on
[HTC Incredible S] grk007:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1816694
[HTC Incredible S] ePYK me.:
I followed this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1337105 no problems at all.:good:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tired_:
I'm looking at buying an Xperia Play on ebay, and I'm trying to find out if the bootloader is unlocked. The seller says it is sim unlocked, but he doesn't speak good English and isn't understanding that I am asking about the bootloader. On my Nexus phone, there's a little padlock on the screen that shows what the unlock state is...does Xperia Play have something similar? Or is there a command I can ask the seller to run to tell me if it is unlocked or not? He just keeps telling me it will work with any GSM carrier.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuby:
Sim unlocked = Bootloader unlocked
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
no it doesn't
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tired_:
So, which is it, then?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WorkingFerus:
Try *#*#7378423#*#* (*#*#SERVICE#*#*) in the dial pad. This opens the service menu.

In the service menu go to "Service Info" and then "Configuration". In this menu you will be able to check if your bootloader is unlocked or not.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bombasti:
I think this will only tell you if the bootloader is unlockable or not.

You could use flashtool to check the status, it will say Bootloader unlocked, if it is.

EDIT: *#*#SERVICE#*#* works fine on stock roms.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tired_:
Thank you both for the replies, that was the answer I needed. If the bootloader isn't listed as unlockable, then it certainly won't be unlocked, and if it is listed as unlockable, I can do it through Sony easily and for free (if it hasn't been done already), so that was the perfect answer. :)
[General Questions and Answers] techmatlock:
I bought an unactivated tmobile sim card on ebay that is hard to find due to my phone only being compatible with non-gba t-mobile sim cards. Do I purchase a t-mobile sim card activation kit to use that activation code for the sim card I bought on ebay?
[General Questions and Answers] techmatlock:
Bump.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrooney10:
when i sign in my facebook account on my phone it asks me wether to sync all facebook friends, sync only with existing contacts or don't sync, i choose with exsisting contacts,but facebook syncs with all my friends from facebook even some without numbers. And all i want with the sync is for my friends to their facebook pictures, but they don't. How to sync my contacts to have pictures?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terranoid:
I join the contacts manualy. From Contacta. One by one. Select contact, menu button, join contact.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrooney10:
and what do you get with joining the contacts manualy? do they have pictures from facebook?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terranoid:
Yes, but not fullscreen.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrooney10:
i don't get the joining, i go to some contact and go settings, join contact and then it gives me the rest of the contacts, so i can join him if i have 2 or more of his number... please explain
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chukk98:
Ever since I changed ROMS to AOSP v2.0A5 instead of saying 4G it says H+. My GF's unrooted unmodded Note still says 4G. I also noticed my speed.net results are lower than they used to be, lower than my GF's when both on the same server. Running UCLF6.

Any thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] technut:
H+ is 4G,it just depends on the rom.No worries.:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chukk98:
ahhhh... ok. Thanx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Joel_CA:
Just to add to that a bit further - if your girlfriend were to enter an area that has LTE coverage, her unmodded G Note will indicate LTE instead instead of 4G. On top of that, your phone would indicate 4G, instead of H+ .

J
[HTC Sensation] john9:
Thanks for sharing! Hard!
[HTC Sensation] noodles2k:
Here are a couple of lines I find useful -

This changes the read ahead for the emmc and sd block devices as well as the virtual sd one.

echo "4096" > /sys/block/mmcblk0/queue/read_ahead_kb
echo "4096" > /sys/block/mmcblk1/queue/read_ahead_kb
echo "4096" > /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb

This changes the io scheduler for emmc and sd, SebFM has noop, cfq and deadline.

echo "noop" > /sys/block/mmcblk0/queue/scheduler
echo "noop" > /sys/block/mmcblk1/queue/scheduler

This dims the capacitive buttons, in SebFM changing their brightness the usual way doesn't work.

echo 2 > /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/currents

This mounts swap and sets swappiness. I find it better than Yank's as it's nice and simple and doesn't waste time and cpu.

swapon /dev/block/mmcblk1p3
echo 70 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
[HTC Sensation] axetilen:
I have already had:

echo "2048" > /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb
echo "cfq" > /sys/block/mmcblk0/queue/scheduler
echo "cfq" > /sys/block/mmcblk1/queue/scheduler

I will consider your advice

Can you explain more about scheduler backlight and swapiness? I think cfq is better than deadline and noop

Thanks :)
[HTC Sensation] ObiWan_C:
Thanks for you hard work. Will check this thing out ASAP!