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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
100% of RAM is always in use. Save for processor cache, it's the fastest storage media in the device.

Pages not mapped into process VM address space or reserved by the kernel are used for file cache.

Because read-only shared libraries can be mapped into many processes, and the entire dalvik engine is supported by hundreds of shared native libraries, having them pre-loaded into at least one process address space decreases new app loading time. Additionally, it makes computing a "memory used" statistic a little bit odd. (See for example the definition of "PSS" used by the procrank utility).

Which brings up a germane question for all participants in this thread: what are you using to report the so-called "memory used" value?

I'll bet it's not something from /proc/meminfo ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] proplaya422:
Hello,

I have been flashing multiple roms today in hopes of getting something to work. However, it's always the same situation:

1. Followed instructions for flashing.

2. Flash goes well

3. Reboot

4. Stuck on initial splash screen for that room

Am I missing something? Or am i just bricked?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
Well, first how long did you wait? First boot always takes the longest. If it takes more then 5 minutes, reboot into recovery and delete cache and dalvik.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] proplaya422:
It was over 10 minutes. After I did what you said, it keeps rebooting now into recovery mode.

Here's what I currently have on:

1. CWMR 5.8 -Touch

2. TDJ Evo 4 v0

After a few booths I'm still stuck at the splash screen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bkg.brett:
You may need a different recovery. The old recoveries did not wipe correctly. I recommend the latest TWRP
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
+1. Here is a flashable zip to TWRP 2.3.3.0.

http://db.tt/uvBu75ph
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iburnhearts:
It doesnt really matter what recovery he's on. The problem is he's not wiping his previous rom before flashing the new rom. On cwm I believe you go to mounts and storage, then go down to format/system. I never used cmw touch so I might be wrong. A safe bet is to google "darkside super wipe" and "darkside cache wipe". Download the zips and save onto your sd card. Then just flash those two before flashing rom. And you can flash the cache wipe again after flashing rom and gapps (its recommended by some devs but I never got the point since the caches havent been built yet)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] proplaya422:
Thanks for the help everyone!

I managed to get All Star Rom 5 to load. I'm using that to download goomanager and install TWRP.

I love All Star Rom, but Wifi Calling is a must. I think Infamous is where I'm headed. Any issues with TWRP on that one?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] proplaya422:
I was wiping and doing all that.

So, after I got goomanager, I installed TWRP. Through that I attempted to install Infamous 3.1. Now, all I get is the Samsung Galaxy screen before recovery/booting, and nothing but black. I'm not sure what I screwed up this time around. Any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iburnhearts:
Agree to disagree

Goo manager wiped your recovery. You need to enter download mode and use odin to put cwm back on. Then flash the twrp zip file that was posted above.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] proplaya422:
Thanks for your reply. I figured that out after spending 15 minutes looking for a TWRP file to flash through odin. I used CWM and everything worked like a charm. Reflashed TWRP. Then I downloaded Infamous. Didn't flash it through goomanager. Instead booted into TWRP, found it, then flashed. Everything is good now. Thought I was bricked for a few minutes there.

Thanks everyone for your help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Infuser86:
I have an ATT SGS3 and today I flashed 4.2. Everything is cool, but due to multiple flashes over the past few days, I had several (0) folders on my SD card. I know this is due to 4.2 having the option to have multiple users. Since I had like 6 (0) folders, I moved my main folder back to the newest folder. The problem? While I can see the folder in Root Explorer and CWM, it does not show up when I plug it into the computer via USB. I only see one folder and nothing else.

How can I fix it so I can see this folder when plugged into the computer? The way it is now, my personal ringtones, music and everything else are not being found as they are not being seen.

Thanks for any help!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crash822:
I'm on 4.2 and both of my cards show up on my pc. I don't have the (0) folder you speak of either. Closest I have to that is usbdisk(0)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Look on one of your cards for a folder with the name of "0". The content of that folder is everything previously on your internal sd.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Infuser86:
I can see the folder on root explorer but can't when I am hooked up to computer.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jabulon:
I've just flashed AOKP 4.2...and have the exact same problem..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Infuser86:
I just found that my contents of the internal sd card is showing up as the extenal sd when hooked to the computer. Crazy. But I can't move the files to the comptuer like this. How can I get this back to the way it should be? I want the internal contents to show up as the internal contents!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RPelham:
This is a known issue in 4.2 ROMs at the moment. Assuming you flashed CM or AOKP, you can follow this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2052337

Problem: USB MTP connection failing to transfer files between device and computer. Windows states the device may be disconnected, when in fact it is not. Another issue with 4.2 is sometimes it does not show your complete folder contents, it will also swap Internal Storage and SD Card folders.

There is no known solution at this time. (None that I have found anyway, and trust me I've been searching for the past 2 days non stop. Really looking forward to cm10.1, but every time I update I get the above issues. I'm waiting for them to be sorted out before I use it as a daily ROM.)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lexluthor:
So frustrated with this stupid phone. My daughter has been using it and it's slow, crashes a lot and always running out of internal storage.

Is there a STABLE ROM that has all working features that would help with the issues I'm having? I'd like something where everything (i.e. camera, wifi calling, rotation, decent battery life, etc.) is working as it should. Don't necessarily need the newest version of android, just something that will alleviate the problems I'm having without breaking anything.

Do the custom ROMs fix the problem of the extremely limited internal storage on this phone?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Look for AntonX's Barebones in the Dev section. If you have any curiosity regarding the ROM - read through the ROM thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
I'll second that.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pisherthefisher:
Like lumin said, barebones is your best bet if you want every feature working.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dgmoodey:
The most stable ROM out there is stock. Other than that Barebones.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lexluthor:
Good advice. I actually wound up going that way before I saw these replies.

I installed Basic with a Twist kernel, which then gave me CWM and then installed Barebones.

Went smoothly, no need at all for a data wipe. It freed some extra internal storage. Seems to be a lot smoother now, but that's really just my initial observation.

I came from stock/rooted KJ6. What's the details behind it actually running smoother with the new kernel and ROM? What exactly makes it faster if anything?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] LiangChi:
I agree, I'm running Barebones with the basic with a twist kernel. Excellent in terms of functionality and stability. Just throw on a nice launcher and enjoy! Also been on the battery for 13 hours, with moderate use. (Light Facebook and texting, app downloading) and barely at 45% battery life.

I believe the custom Kernel that antonx designed is the reason for the speed/smoothness.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
These threads usually get axed by a moderator, because the best rom is the one you like.

It's a preference.

I still like gb valhalla black by RaverX3X with my Blastoff v2.5 kernel. But that's what I like. Then, of course I use a different launcher, and tweak the rom to my liking, by the time I'm done making the rom perfect, I blow it away with another cm9-aries build that is still broken.... :sigh:

The problem with these threads is someone will say that a rom someone else likes sucks and the trolls feed on this negativity and multiply in numbers until someone finally gives in and reports the thread. (usually me)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lexluthor:
I understand. I did give my definition of what a "best" ROM is so I'd expect that people would make suggestions geared to that, not necessarily what they like. From reading some of the threads, it seems like my needs would eliminate any ICS ROM.

I did have one random reboot with the basic with a twist/barebones combo, so that's something I have to keep an eye on.

This is my daughter's phone. I really have no interest in constantly tweaking this or getting too far away from stock. All I wanted was a to have something that wasn't as slow/laggy and to free up some system space.

Right now, I'm good with what I have. I'm still curious as to why either the kernel or the ROM would reduce lag/improve speed?

Which of these features contributes most to that and why when comparing to pure stock? ext4 file system? jhash3? build.prop/init.d tweaks? I really have no idea.

Thanks again to everyone.

Kernel

Features

initramfs from TeamAcid, including CWM5, SuperSU, forced ext4, etc.

Usual CIFS, TUN. I didn't include FUSE, if anybody needs it let me know.

BLN. Use BLN Control app from market to activate.

Voodoo Sound so paid app is not needed. Voodoo Sound app from market is required. Once installed, enable Smart Amplifier, it's the best thing you can do to improve music listening experience with our phone.

jhash3 for faster hash calculations. Used widely across the kernel, especially in networking.

OC/UV support with extended frequency table. Added 600Mhz, 900Mhz, 1.1Ghz, 1.2 Ghz, 1.3 Ghz, 1.4 Ghz. Use SetCPU or Xan's Voltage Control to enable and control frequency and voltages. Tegrak can be used only with no-OC/UV version.

ondemandX and smartassV2 governors. One of these should probably be preferred over stock ondemand. Change with SetCPU or similar.

TinyRCU. More lightweight version, it fits better our single CPU system.

Swap support, although I don't recommend using it.

SIO and BFQ I/O schedulers in addition to noop, deadline, and cfq that we already have.

ROM

Features

Will not wipe your programs or data, /data is preserved upon install

Heavily debloated. Most essentials apps are still there (like WiFi Calling)

No extra programs added, you need to add your own

ODEXed to save space in /data

CarrierIQ is completely removed

Extended Power Menu (including Screenshot)

Extended Quick Panel (10 buttons, including Data toggle)

1% battery (horizontal)

CRT-Off

Time zone version 2012b

/etc/hosts to cut ads out of the box (keep up to date with AdAway or similar)

Few conservative presets in build.prop and init.d

Basic with a Twist 1.1.3 kernel included
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] daothanhduy1996:
Hey man, from what u said bout the storage, I recommend u buy a 16/32 GB class 4-10, format it w 1-4 GB ext4 and use the app2sd or link2sd script then u dont have to worry bout those internal low storage ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lexluthor:
I have an SD card, I have app2sd and link2sd, but there's only so much I can move over. I'm still down to 110MB of internal storage.

I'm not sure what you mean by formatting part of the sd card as ext4. Is that some additional trick that allows me to move more things to it? Is there a thread for that somewhere?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
Take a look at fota fix in the play store (market). It frees up some room. At this point, Samsung probably won't send us an update.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lexluthor:
That bumped me up to about 177MB. I guess that'll hold me over for a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
Titanium backup has a couple cool features. Integrate updates into Rom and integrate dalvik cache into Rom. That should free up some more room.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fabricatedhero:
Vote for cm9.1 unofficial w/ LZ kernel and never look back.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] soccerandroid:
Can't wait for jellybean

If I helped out, hit the thanks button.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] OGPackin:
For me i've found AntonX's Barebones to be the most stable.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 12paq:
I can relate, my 14yr old daughter's phone is also the SGS4g, actually my buddy Krylon's old phone, so you know it's got some miles on it, lol. (Sorry shameless name dropping, I know)

For her we went with AOKP from Team Acid and Team Kang. Phenomenal battery for a custom ROM, thanks to a great kernel and a little diligence to make sure the phone hits deep sleep. The ROM has been rock solid and has a ton of fun features for her to play with.

I was very worried about the battery draining fast during the day and the phone being dead when she might need it most. Any custom ROM would be a bit of a risk. To state the obvious here, cell phones are a critical line between child and parent these days and this phone and ROM have not let us down at all. I was very concerned for reliability and chose this phone and ROM over my old Vibrant. The Vibrant has far more options and development behind it, but so many times I would pick it up and have a problem.. for me it was big fun, but for my daughter we needed a more stable platform. Certainly nothing to take lightly.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] guenthar:
I had the same problem with mine being slow and having a lack of internal storage. I installed remics with the hefe kernel and before I started installing apps I had 324 mb of internal storage free and my phone runs much faster and much more stable then when I was on stock or Gingerbread roms. My phone was running so badly before doing this that most games wouldn't even work and now all games that I have tried work well and I'm not running out of internal storage anymore.

PS. Switch to Nova Launcher which runs much better then the default launcher.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pisherthefisher:
Best battery life: stock or stock based ROMs

Best stability: stock
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] snorkle:
I broke my screen =( and yes im going to blame it on the dog cause he did do it haha. I was wondering if anyone else has dealt with this? i saw some tutorials on youtube but i dont know where is a good place to get a screen or which one to get anyone deal with it before? thanks
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] urtruelove78:
Check www.gounlock.com or

www.mengtor.com

You need to make sure if only digitizer(outer glass) is broken or LCD (usually blank screen if it's broken)as well. LCD is expensive to replace but If you have to then buy reassembled LCD and digitizer combo which is like $65 on eBay.

Or sell it on eBay as "for parts not working" around $50 and find cheaper from craigslist at around 175-200.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GuestK00403:
I've replaced the digitizer screen on the vivid three times. Repairs universe is where I ordered my screens.

HTC Vivid CM 10
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] snorkle:
Well I'm using the phone, I have insurance for it too so I'll just replace the screen then the LCD through insurance for free if that's the case but thanks you two. And was it hard for you to do sense you've done it 3 times
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GuestK00403:
I wasn't too bad my advice: Take your time, follow the guide and you'll be fine. Wish I had a guide the first time I did it...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] iceman198:
Had to replace mind..and now my bezel doesn't fit the same...=(...Oh well...do make sure to wipe that LCD clean with a micro-cloth or something JUST BEFORE putting the digitizer over it. One hair or something gets in there, it will bug you the rest of its life!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX:
dropped my old vivid (before i bricked it) on concreate. shattered that m'fker upp.. lmao.. i ordered a replacmemnet from amazon and did it myself. its not too hard. look up a youtube tut. or i can do it for you if you want. $10+ whatever the screen costs
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] snorkle:
Thanks guys I bought a screen so hopefully I can do it without ****ing up. I called att and apparently there insurance covers it but I have to pay 120 deduct able witch is bs ...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumit77seo:
try to uncheck the option of 'hide operating system files' and 'hidden folders' in view-folder option menu of your pc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bradley26:
In search of FG01 radios for Sprint Galaxy Nexus. It has been removed from the servers I found links to. Any help would be appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jfcooley:
http://db.tt/x7BbB3hj
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 1yang:
Thanks for sharing
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BaileyJ205:
Can anyone else share this? Link not working.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jfcooley:
I'm out. Once home I'll repose for you..

---------- Post added at 01:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:46 PM ----------

http://db.tt/x7BbB3hj

Try now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mkuehl06:
Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BaileyJ205:
Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stevie13.xo:
This will work in TWRP
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mkuehl06:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UndeadCircus:
It comes with CDMA file and an LTE file, which one do I flash??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jfcooley:
The zip will flash both.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cslpainter:
FG01

the link to the FG01 radio no longer is working
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jfcooley:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4f6aaq1usadl18m/Sprint Galaxy Nexus toroplus_full_radios-FG01.zip

Sorry. I moved some stuff around on my dropbox and forgot about this.

Above should work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rimmir:
You are a god among men. I have been looking for this for a long time.

I have thanked all of your posts in this thread. Thank you so much for replying not once, but three times.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jfcooley:
No problem and thanks.

It will be there for good. Wife has my gnex. If I see any more radios I'll have them. Don't watch this forum as much as used to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matthew0776:
Here's a list of all toro plus radios...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39262794
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EVriderDK:
I have a rooted galaxy 3, stock but with siyah kernel.

I wanted to fix the freaking brightness on the phone, so that i would not go blind when using the phone at night.

When i installed it through CWM there were no problems, but after that it will not boot.

I tried installing the stock value, but that does not works either.

I found out that i had Jellybean, and this is designed for ICS. DOH.

What to do?

The software is from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1791163
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leraeniesh:
Anyone care to share?

Running slimbean, and getting horrible life compared to ICS and jellybean (no deep sleep?)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
I've tried KXP and P.A.C.Man. Both really awesome ROMs, but same as you, battery life just isn't where I need it to be.

Honestly, the best ROM with balanced battery life and performance for me has been PaxChristos's plain old CM9 ROM with Keiran's Darkforest CM9 kernel.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dhuron:
I use P.A.C man and I need to charge the phone every 48h.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazymonkey05:
Ehhhh my battery could be a tinsy bit better but I'm happy with the battery life with brightness at 48%
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f3w1n:
Battery life in jellyzeus with turbokernel is quite good, but maybe is because aosp is the most featureless rom.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
I agree and don't forget to wipe battery stats on new rom installation
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hssing:
Maybe a noob question but is this a must do? I have not seen this recommenation in any rom install steps.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivan_kozzi:
I have the same doubt, why should we do that?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazymonkey05:
Because some ROMs don't "understand" the stats of other ROMs so its just best to clear them after flash
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danthe0:
Using SlimBean,

Screen off, sleep (0% user usage) with wifi : 0.4% to 0.7% per hour.

Same stats as GB while using Darkforest, 0.5% to 0.7%/hour. (a year ago)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] peteyboy100:
I'm a tech savvy person in general. When it comes to rooting phones though, I just follow directions without fully understanding what it is that I'm doing. I understand what root access allows me to do, but I don't understand how I did it.

So, I have the Verizon Galaxy S3. In August, before there was an official way to flash roms, I followed instructions that had me root and install EZ-Recovery in order to boot into recovery mode and run a custom rom that way. I've been doing that ever since. Now that a rom can be flashed officially, I would like to do that, so I don't have to boot into recovery.

The problem is that I haven't been able to find instructions on how to undo booting into recovery. Is it as simple as just booting normally? or is there something special I need to do?

Also, I like the way my phone is set up, is there a way to back it up as is, and then reinstall it exactly how I have it. Does Titanium backup do that?

Sorry for what I assume are newbie questions. I had a hard time finding answers simply by searching. It is entirely possible I'm using the wrong keywords.

TL:DR, I'm booting a custom rom through recovery, but would like to use a custom rom properly

INFO: Using EZ-Recovery app and flashed CWM 6.0.1.0 running Bean's Custom Stock rom

Thanks for any info!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
First to backup exactly how you are boot into recovery select backup and restore then select backup.

Second, I'm not sure what you mean by officially run a ROM the only way I know is to flash it in recovery. What ROM are you wanting to install?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] peteyboy100:
Right now, my phone boots into a recovery mode menu and I have a bunch of options. I have to choose "reboot" in order to get to my phone/rom. I would like to be able to just turn on my phone and have it go into the rom.

Thanks for the reply.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Weird and it does that by just holding the power button? Never heard of that, maybe some one a little smarter then me can answer that.y answer would be to Odin to stock then reroot, unlock, etc and flash the ROM again and do an advanced restore of just your data (assuming you flash beans again)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] peteyboy100:
Is it possible to do a factory reset and start from scratch that way?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dtoye:
If I'm reading this correctly he's still using flash method before the boot loader was unlocked. Id say the best way of going about this is to back up the ROM you're running reset the phone to stock reroot/unlock the boot loader then flash your recovery of choice and restore your ROM. I hope this helps!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] peteyboy100:
This is exactly correct. Is there a correct way to undo that? And/or is there a tutorial to do that?

I tried going back to stock by doing a factory reset, but that simply reset the ROM to scratch. I feel like there is an easy answer, I just don't know what to search for.

Thanks again for the suggestions and help!