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[LG Optimus Black] Killermaster66:
Hi!

I would like to ask some more experienced users or even some developers...probably..

Patient data:

-type: LG Optimus (Swift) Black P970

-age: approx. 2 years,

-firmware: CyanogenMod 10 Official,

-previous repairs: unknown,

-physical damage: 2 corners chipped/heavily scratched, rear panel scratched,

-obtained: by buying an used item

-problems:

=slow operation

=occassional freezing when fully loaded,

=very long boot time,

=long GPS fix and loosing the singnal (the longer you navigate, the more solid the fix),

The patient was so pathetic that I have bought another phone (S Galaxy S2, Cyanogened of course). Can I do anything to it so it could work okay? I would like to sell it...

Is there any method to "refresh" the phone? To fully wipe it or something... Or is it a physical damage which cannot be reversed?
[LG Optimus Black] ykumar00:
Install a stock or stock based ICS Rom, everything will work as intended, unless there is a hardware failure.
[LG Optimus Black] Killermaster66:
You think it is a software glitch? I thought that kept in so high regard CyanogenMod would work better than stock ROM, but I will give it a try. I firstly need to find stock roms in this forum :)
[LG Optimus Black] diazao:
Never. If you want something to work as it should, stock it, otherwise there will always be pros & cons.
[LG Optimus Black] Killermaster66:
I know, but for example my SGS2 is working only better with CM :)
[LG Optimus Black] ykumar00:
Each phone is different in this aspect. In the case of our phone, cm is very laggy and full of bugs. Cm works better on Samsungs.
[LG Optimus Black] OptimusDan:
CM10 can be buggy... more so over time. If you like the jelly I suggest backing up your information and flashing it. If you look in my sig check out 4cylturbo it helped me alot(be sure to read all of the requirements in the OP).

In regards to the GPS thats normal... you can optimize the settings using pimp my rom.
[LG Optimus Black] Killermaster66:
That is why I bought Samsung phone :)

Okay, Then I shall proceed to flash another ROM and try till it works fine. Thank you
[LG Optimus Black] MEC-777:
Anything Jelly Bean based (CM10 or 10.1) has known issues/bugs with this phone which, to me, make the phone harder to use on a daily basis. It seems to make the phone run slower, especially after you add a few apps. And it's annoying because on every reboot it will uninstall the apps installed to the sd card. Also you have to side-load a different camera and gallery if you don't want a lot of FC's and crashes.

I recommend using a custom Gingerbread based ROM. The two I have tried so far have been awesome, fast and pretty much problem-free. I'd recommend Zeus v7.06 or CiCi v3.0.

Cheers. :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 110ydy:
Anyone know where to find a cheap antenna sticker as mine has broken :(, I tried obvious places like eBay, Amazon etc. I have no signal anywhere! :(
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i_like_chicken:
This might be able to help you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24791423

(look at the second post)

depending on which antenna is broken here is a link of where you can buy a new one

http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-sony-ericsson-xperia-play-z1i-internal-antenna.html

Hit thanks if I helped you :good:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chery2k:
Buy a new phone.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberScopes:
I love your replies :D
[Android General] jetfactor:
No forum for this device yet? Reeeally surprised... good little machine. Can't wait to see some development on it! Surprised that Android Forums has more on this than XDA, haha.
[Android General] DesertHawk:
I guess it wasn't much of a victory
[Android General] jetfactor:
haha, guess not.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] marble:
hi all

i am xda II new user, i want to know can setup

yahoo e-mail account on the Xda II inbox?

thx a lot!!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] BRosenow:
Are you using the FREE yahoo mail or have you paid for Yahoo mail in order to get POP3/IMAP4 support? It makes a difference.

If you are using the free version you will need to use PIE to get your mail. If you have paid, you can setup a POP3 or IMAP4 mailbox in POutlook. If that's the case, I can help you out. I have it setup on mine and it works well.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] marble:
i using is free yahoo mail!

how to setup on my xda II inbox?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] BRosenow:
My understanding (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I am mistaken) is that you cannot use POP3 or IMAP4 to get your Yahoo mail if you have the free service, and therefore you cannot configure POutlook to get your mail.

Sorry . . .
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] marble:
oic! nevermind la...

thx your help!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] marble:
do u know which software same with the callfilter for xdaII ?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] satria:
Novosec smartfilter pro v1.1

www.novosec.com

:)
[HTC Droid DNA] BFirebird101:
I was an avid user of Chrome on my GNex until I found the stock Browser was faster. Now today, I wanted to see for myself which browser was faster using benchmark tests.

As unreliable as some benchmarks can be, there is some truth regarding scored. The lowest score pictured was on the stock Browser, and chrome had the highest score. I was surprised.

Both tests were, of course, ran with all background apps closed, same governor, cfq scheduler, etc.
[HTC Droid DNA] JerzeyLegend:
I wonder if that "fastest score" is the new stock Android S4.
[HTC Droid DNA] BFirebird101:
Possibly
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaemonAshra:
I wanted to check out the new play music subscription service but saw that the music app is no longer compatible with Jelly"Beans". I just wanted to know if this is happening to anyone else using this rom or if it's just me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spaghetti2514:
I'm on b16 and Google Music is working fine here. Do you want the APK so you can manually install?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaemonAshra:
If it's the most recent one with the new cards look,then yes please.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spaghetti2514:
Just updated today while watching Google IO
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaemonAshra:
Thank you! It worked perfectly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spaghetti2514:
Glad to hear!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] _g6_:
The app works GREAT on b16, been using since yesterday. Love the new look and features. One question I've been trying to figure out is: where the hell did the lock screen player go?? I have issues using AOSP lock screen on b16 for some reason, so I have to use TW lock (no ripple or ink effects). Would that be my issue?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinhypen:
I have read to a nausea thread after thread about fixing my bricked Kindle, unfortunately I cannot post in the development section since I am a big NOOB. I'm sure most have heard this a million times, and have read about it a million times but have I still have not a clue how to go about it.

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

So story is downloaded KFU, installed drivers via KFU, plugged in Kindle, started option 2(ROOT w/ SU), it chugged away snagged at install FFFing, so I thought okay let me unplug and re do it, but now it is stuck at KF logo white/orange which many of you say is in fastboot mode. I cannot get the computer to recognize when connected, usually you hear a audible tone when connecting via usb, but nothing. Have tried reinstalling drivers again but they show they have already been installed. People say unistall but I cannot find the device to uninstall the drivers!! I have tried the unbrick util, but KF does not show nor on KFU. Thus I think Soupkit would be the same if it cannot see that KF is connected.

Another q, is even if I get it unbricked and use KFU will it still hang at FFF again...is it just dependent on computer or something, I don't understand why it works for some and not for others(causing them to use linux instead of windows?)

Please help me:o:o:o
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalecameron:
You can still reboot to normal mode. Load KFU, and press 1, and then enter, and then 1 and then enter. This should reboot the kindle EVEN if it says its offline in KFU.

If that doesnt work, turn off the kindle, and as soon as you turn it back on, press 1 enter 1 enter in KFU.

Both these methods worked for me... but my KFU still hangs every time it enters fastbootmode!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldflame09:
first of all lets get this straight. KFU did not (what you call bricking) brick it. you did by taking on the challenge.

second does device manager show up with anything when you plug it in?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinhypen:
Thanks for the replies guys, I tried the first solution of using KFU and option 1, however it just hangs and just says waiting for device/device not found. Goldflame you are correct, I did it myself, no one forced me LOL. The device does not show up when I plug it in. If I power down(hold power down for 15secs, and then plug it in the KF logo comes back up but remains nonresponsive.) Seems the computer doesn't know its connected so the two cannot communicate. I've installed drivers so don't know what the problem is, tried different usb ports as well. I am also using a non factory micro cable, IDK if that matters or not read other people ordering factory ones to help them.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldflame09:
ok well this is different from my case where it showed up as an unknown device in device manager. reboot your computer without the kindl plugged in and let me know if anything different happens when you plug in your kindle
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinhypen:
Yes rebooted still reacts the same way. any other ideas? tia.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldflame09:
I have no guarantee that it will work but try to delete your .android folder.

Its located in c:/users/your user name/.android

Then plug in your kindle, open kfu and choose option 2 even if it says device offline

Sent from my Kindle Fire running CM10.1/SGT7
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinhypen:
TY you for being so responsive goldflame, but I have already done that as well...I researched quite bit before posting this..as I didn't wanna be "that" person. Still nothing works does anyone have anymore solutions for me?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 9steele9:
I just switched from Axis rom to Goodness rom. I love all the great features of Goodness rom, but hate the theming of the rom. I was wondering if there was a way to take the theming from Axis Rom, and apply it to Goodness room? They are both running 4.1.2.

ps. I tried using UOT kitchen to change the theming of goodness rom, but the System.apk was too big and unsupported on UOT kitchen. I will probably learn how to theme it without the help of UOT kitchen, but if there is a quick way to just transfer over the theming from Axis I would prefer that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Sc4ryB3ar:
Once rooted is there any apps or mods or anything to help the audio sound a little better? I was used to Voodoo on my nexus s 4g. Thanks for any insight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] slapdaddy:
Poweramp. :) As for other apps that require root access for audio manipulation, I wouldn't know. I've found the sound of the S4 to be great as it is.

Sent from my Galaxy S4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Sc4ryB3ar:
Cool. Thanks. Yeah its really good, I just like teaking. :)
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] uacvax:
Does anyone know if this is possible? I keep finding myself pressing back, but then it would just leave me back in the app drawer instead of closing the app drawer and bringing me home. I want to close the app drawer with the back button and not need to press the drawer button.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] kikokazuma:
Bump!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] neo_lithic3K:
It could be dependent on the launcher you are using. I am using Nova Launcher. When I am in the app drawer and I press back, it brings me back to home.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] uacvax:
I am using Sense. I was hoping there would be a mod somewhere to achieve this.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] uacvax:
anyone?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] NDub21:
I'm with you on this, very annoying.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] LudoGris:
Please someone do this.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Simer03:
Yeah wtf were they thinking with that lol

Sent from my HTC One
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] c5satellite2:
Same here
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] SKyRocKeting727:
Works on Nova launcher but not on Sense.

Sent from the Sexiest Android Device (HTC One)
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] uacvax:
Yea, but would be nice if we could use it on Sense instead of Nova.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] ceelo2008:
Only thing I don't understand is that it takes this same effort to close it by pushing the home button as it does the back button. Am I missing something?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mjwitt2:
It's different, so automatically it's rubbish. Silly, ain't it?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] uacvax:
It's rubbish because it doesn't conform to standards and as such is a sore thumb for the user experience. The purpose of conforming to standards is to create consistent operations throughout the product instead of having someone press the back button because it works everywhere else and not work here.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mjwitt2:
I agree to an extent, only because I find that compared to navigation on the One X, the app drawer makes things clumsy and you have one extra thing to think about. I don't like it, it's not intuitive, but this is a beautiful frackin phone so I won't complain too much.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] JetOhmNet:
For us who have no background in Linux. What is this for? Does it just increase system speed? I'm running prime 4/20 as well and would definitely like to test it once I know exactly what it's supposed to do.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] N@th_OC:
No linux was just for explanation.

But it also work for Android.

So that's a good thing

The script he has posted is for twrp.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] psyren:
It forgoes recording disk writing (?) operations to a journal and instead writes things directly to disk (or a buffer, if you want to be pedantic).

Instead of going:

Write to journal (I'm doing this write) -> Write to journal (I'm currently doing this write) -> execute operation -> erase entry from journal

It goes:

Execute operation

The end result is greater write speeds, but greater risk of data loss if there is power loss.

If you were in the middle of a write operation when the power goes dead, the journal entry saying that you were doing something will still be there, so the OS can either resume/restart the operation (since it knows it was incomplete) or do some sort of error handling since it knows something went wrong.

For more/related info, see this thread.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] JetOhmNet:
I got that much, just wasn't convinced on what exactly this script does.

And thank you on the specifics and pros and cons. I'll definitely give it a try now and let you know what I think/if i notice any bugs!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Jack'O:
Sorry, wrong post!

I was tring to send a message to a Razr owner but i bungled with the XDA app.

Thanks anyway for your reply.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jubei_mitsuyoshi:
yes will work on any android/linux system using ext4 partitions, in the case of n7 thats only system,data and cache.

But the actual TWRP script needs checking for syntax for every device. ( obviously checked it on the n7 )

I can confirm a MASSIVE speed increase, everything in noticeably smoother and faster, which is to be expected since you have increased disk i/o by at least 25%, especially important in the data and cache partitions.

To really understand whats going on you really must google EXT4 and the journal folk's, a journaling filesystem is a legacy of the linux server heritage, its very useful in a server context, if you have a crash and are running 100+ TB of data, the journal allows you to reboot and instantly be back online ( which is massively important is the server world where seconds offline means millions of dollars ) rather than wait many hours for a fsck to complete. For android it is completely inappropriate! it should be obvious why :)

Psyren's post is a good simple explanation of the write structure :) and how removing the journal speeds things up.

If this code goes into anyone's rom please give me some love in the credits :)

Ps as mentioned in the post there is a line to double check, if your doing it by hand from the TWRP terminal then i can confirm it def works, i have not double checked the script ( except to prove it flashes etc ) and wont for about a week, i am getting ready my own rom that concentrates on improving the linux sub-structure, and that's taking my time
[Nexus 7 Android Development] frost_nz:
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but does this wipe any partitions or will there be any data loss flashing the zip?

Or does it need to be flashed before flashing Rom?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] JetOhmNet:
Flashing does not wipe anything, but I also haven't noticed any i/o improvements.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] sotoskawasaki:
Looks like a very interesting script.. Could we do that from CWM or even from a terminal? If yes what would be the procedure? Thanks for sharing!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jubei_mitsuyoshi:
Could you please check the journal has been removed with a

tune2fs -l /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP

at the TWRP terminal, thank you ( remember to scroll upwards and look for the line with fs properties )
[Nexus 7 Android Development] bcvictory:
The script stuffed up my nexus. I had a backup but just letting you know. It booted to the animation but went no further. Any benchmarks?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jubei_mitsuyoshi:
Hmm thats interesting, which rom you running ? You using TWRP ( im on 2.5 ) I tried it on my nexus and no problems, even with multi-rom in.

Can anyone suggest an appropriate benchmark prog to use please, ( something that tests io as-well as ui responsiveness ) and i will post results on the next wipe. Like i said i am def claiming a noticeable improvement on Prime 02-04 as far as ui is concerned, eg when i go to playstore and scroll my apps there is no longer any pause in the scroll, lots of other things like that, and all the "pages" of various apps come up faster. But really need a quantitative test.

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Android Development] bcvictory:
Well can you write a how-to install this? I flashed the zip using Twrp 2.5 over the top of my PA install. Is that what we are meant to do?

If you are claiming io speed then maybe and io tester? (Can't think of one off the top of my head)

And an antutu just for kicks

Maybe a before and after?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] JetOhmNet:
So i forgot to run a benchmark prior to flashing this. Silly me. But here are my speeds after flashing. I'm running Prime (4–20) with faux ultimate kernel clocked at 1.7Ghz.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] JetOhmNet:
Also here are my Antutu and Quadrant marks:
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jubei_mitsuyoshi:
cool thanks for that Androbench def best in this category but readings can vary 50% or more per run, eg did 2 runs separated by seconds

run1 sqlite benchmark

insert 1052.63 TPS

Update 789.47 TPS

Delete 348.02 TPS

run2 sqlite benchmark

insert 617.28 TPS

Update 274.97 TPS

Delete 910.87 TPS

Maybe we should ignore " small differences " LOL

On the up side the RD/WRT stats only vary buy about 30% so should be a better guide.

Will have some before/after comparisons for you tomorrow,

On the subject tho should not a benchmark program have exclusive access to the system? ( which is impossible in android ) otherwise isnt it just reading and writing along side all the other system RW calls

PS.. how do you get the screenshots, would be useful for posting benchmarks
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jubei_mitsuyoshi:
Well seems good to me, yes just flash it, do not wipe anything after since TWRP will reformat with a journal. To be honest i have no idea why it failed in your case, thought maybe it is a CM vs AOKP thing but just had a pm from a bloke on a CM clone that flashed great and having good results, so hey cant be that :)

THe only thing i can think of is the kernel, could be something tweaked in that causing a confusion between ext4-minus-juornal and ext2, that happened on very old linux kernels, but not seen that for years, so doubt that to.

If you can be bothered try again, post if you get the same result and i will give it a go with a PA when finish my little rom :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] bcvictory:
I use M-Kernel. Don't wipe cache and dalvik?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] JetOhmNet:
Hold the power button and volume down simultaneously.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] dimebagdan65:
Taking the dive...

Gonna try this on my N7 running stock 4.2.2 with Franco Kernel r61 (After a Nandroid of course hehe)

So far so good... I wiped cache and dalvik PRIOR to flashing, dunno if that makes any difference, but definitely feels snappier! Only thing I noticed is widgets took a bit to load on initial boot but that could have been due to the dalvik/cache wipe I did prior to install...
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jubei_mitsuyoshi:
Upgraded the original post with 2 scripts , should make testing easier :)

Here are my results WITH JOURNAL ( Prime 04-02 , trinity beta3 kernel, my own tweaks )
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jubei_mitsuyoshi:
and results WITHOUT JOURNAL

The results as expected vary with every pass but doing some simple averaging shows the improvement, and the fact that the results are far more CONSISTENT after journal removal speaks volumes !!!

I am pretty convinced :) and dont want to fry my n7 so will leave further testing to others, to be really sure one should do 100 tests before and after, average AND graph the results, but pointblank aint going to do that :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] bcvictory:
My N7 is pretty fast. Don't know if it's just me or what but it seems to make a difference
[Nexus 7 Android Development] andrew9292:
Not sure if this will help, or if it is the current standard procedure used on running benchmarks...

In the past when i was running Antutu or A1 SD Bench the figures will fluctuate much. I found the probable cause, due to 'inconsistent' CPU hotplugging each test, a core going down/up will drop or boost benchmark figures.

Suggest to set CPU governer to Performance while running benches => At least for me it gave quite a consistent figure to get a better average figures.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Lim Wee Huat:
Feels like it's smoother after flashing the remove journal script...
[Nexus 7 Android Development] jubei_mitsuyoshi:
Ok thanks for that, thats a good tip for the future, but i suspect something else going on aswell, after journal removal the results seemed ( just over the 3 runs i did ) to be consistent within 20% or so whereas before it seemed more 75% fluctuation, same setup and governors.

I read somewhere that the android devs had to be prepped ( and change coding practice ) to accommodate the delayed write that the journal incurs, part of the answer is obviously somewhere in that mess :). But yes should really do the tests at performance governor.

Finally i have no idea where these tests are actually writing to/from ( since the sdcard partition is vfat i think ) i suspect the speed increase is not because of disk writes to the destination but because the entire davic machine ( which is located in the data partition on boot ) works better.

Strictly a guess thou, could be for a whole load of different reasons
[Nexus 7 Android Development] andrew9292:
I do feel it's smoother, seems like less microstutter but i'm using CM10.1 with loads of build prop and tweaks, im afraid i wont be able to get accurate results due to that.

Any advice on how to achieve the best 'test enviroment'?