[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Ramsey:
Ok! after testing both kernels I found that there is a difference between Cyancore and semaphore, probably because of the customizations.

I found that video playback works in cyancore but not in semaphore (I can record fine in both of them in 480p, haven't tried 720p).

However!! here is where I must remove cyancore asap (again), it is very slow :(.. I tried it again from last night to now, I cleared nstools settings and semaphore manager settings. I restored the settings manually when I booted up. I use smartassv2 + SIO. I tried to OC to 1100-1200 but when I reboot it kept returning to 1000 no matter what I did, it was stable but it would not stick! I noticed that bug after I cleared semaphore manager settings the first time around a few days ago..

I then immediately saw the performance loss again in cyancore in the main ui and in video games. It was lagging in video games, it was slower and unresponsive in heavy ones, playing ok in non heavy games.

Either way, I'll explain in detail what I experience so that you can have a chance of fixing it. I boot up, it gets to the lock screen, even there it's slower to load everything than semaphores :(, I wait til it's fully loaded, about 1-2 minutes in order to let supersu do its work. I unlock and click messaging app, loads normal, just a tiny bit slower, then gmail (takes time) then phone (loads slower), and then I press menu to go to settings, I again notice it's slower to get to settings the first time compared to semaphore, I click in "sound" and it takes more time to get there.. I press back, and again it takes more time to go back. It feels like everything is done in slow motion.. then I quit settings and it feels like the memory management struggles to remember that I am not running an intensive app so it takes its time. I run my browser, it's slower to open, and then I exit it, takes time again and I feel the memory management struggles again to keep up with what I'm doing even though I'm running the fastest browser around, it just ends up lagging and reloading some things quickly (that shouldn't happen). The same things happens to every other app. It makes me feel like it needs to think about what I tell it to do lol. I noticed that in semaphore there's one less setting in "settings - performance - memory management", maybe that has something to do with it? Oh and, camera and gallery both took longer to load..

At least the ROM is great! it runs very well with semaphore (haven't tried mackay as I had it before and although it is fast, it has bugs(unless the ROM I was using had bugs :/), great balance between performance and battery life and great customization. I don't want all the customization found in other ROMs where many bugs are present and settings are not always retained, and battery life suffers. They add and add and add features thinking we have dual core phones with 1GB ram. This suits me fine. I just want my camera shutter sound back :D.

Edit: back to Semaphore, this time the S version and applied the fix posted a few posts back, video playback works and speed is back to normal/fast, however, now my gallery won't read the folders on my external SDcard. Ah.. no more kernels ! lol