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[Nexus S Android Development] smit.sanghavi:
AFAIK, free RAM is not a big issue and it does not help much probably if free RAM > 100 MB on boot. The OS should free up unused RAM as and when required. Killing apps AND/OR freeing RAM will not help because apps start again and take up the same amount of RAM as they used before getting killed.

According to me, apps become heavy and memory hogging over the period of time. They are made assuming that everyone has a device with minimum 1GB RAM. Moreover, the Android 4.4 base system is a little heavy.

But the SlimBean team has tried their level best to optimize it for NS and they have done a pretty decent job with it... :victory:

Solution:

a) To go to a lower build and miss out some good features.

b) Buy a new phone with higher specs.

c) Try different combinations of tweaks to get the best out of the device.

I'm using the option 'c' as of now.

P. S. : Stop looking for a secret option. There is none. :p

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Can you share list of tweaks and their respective values (if any) so that it helps the people out here?

Regarding your contacts images, I have notices this is mine too and have found why this is happening.

When you add a Gmail address in a contact, it's associated Google+ profile is pulled and contact image is populated in phone contacts and in Gmail contacts. If there is a high-res image then it will come as in high quality in phone contacts.

Now, if you flash a new Build and sync all the contacts again with Google, the high-res contacts become low-res for some reason.

To go back to high-res, you'll have to remove the Gmail address of the contact, sync contacts (so that no image is show in phone contact), put the Gmail address again and sync.

This way old low-res image goes and new high-res image comes back.
[Nexus S Android Development] ppreuss:
Thank you very much for your explanations!!

I am looking for a secret option, because many people here write smth about snappy and stable... I am dreaming about these!

My device - which should be the same device - is far away from being even a little bit snappy!

And I think with ~20 installed apps (nothing unusual) I am not pushing to much!?

So my choice will be a) even if it hurts loosing features, but the device must be usable w/o frustration ;)
[Nexus S Android Development] linuxxp:
Hi!

Here is my installed apps + Apex Launcher and Flash Player (I hid the icons), processor settings, sheduler and memory managment settings.

In Greenify app I have hibernate all programs except Viber, Whatsapp, Skype and Alarm Droid.

Uninstalled applications that come to mind: Nova Launcher, Gmail, Picasa, Picasa Upload, Calculator, AOSP Keyboard, Hangout, Live Wallpaper Picker, Buble, Photo Screensaver. There may be more but I can't remember now.

After 3-4 days I have to restart.
[Nexus S Android Development] smit.sanghavi:
I'm here with ~40 apps and have decent usable performance with Greenify and some tweaks here and there. When it occasionally gets laggy after around 3-4 days, I just reboot and it's back to normal. I'm fine with all this tweaking and messing around.

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I have more or less the same things but less system apps uninstalled. Have changed memory management settings now. Hoping to see noticeable change. Thanks!
[Nexus S Android Development] Sacob:
my friend just installed build 1 but we can't seem to enable BLN. bln control says "the bln mod is not installed" and nstools and trickster doesn't show bln option. do we need to change kernel?? thanks!

EDIT: sorry wrong device thread
[Nexus S Android Development] hispanico957:
When this rom i try a DoriMAx 8.41 for DualBoot on second rom. But at this moment there is a problem with root on first rom. So i must returno do kernel of Slim.

There is a kernel to download separately, without reinstall ROM ?

Thank

Hispa
[Nexus S Android Development] adm1jtg:
Just dirty flash rom and gaps again
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
Slim uses Marmite kernel.

Btw, build 1.8 is out.
[Nexus S Android Development] Lar5:
SlimROM build 1.8 does not use Marmite kernel.

It looks like it is a Cyanogenmod devil kernel.
[Nexus S Android Development] hispanico957:
...wrong post

Sorry

Hispa
[Nexus S Android Development] linuxxp:
I have wi-fi issue with B1.6 and B1.8. My wi-fi is alays on. According Sysytem Setings > Battery wi-fi adapter run continuously for 3 hours of work on battery occupies 30% of the battery life. The other 23% of the Android OS. I turned off wi-fi before 1 day.
[Nexus S Android Development] ppreuss:
After trying your hints it went better, but my main problem stayed, RAM and stableness.

So yesterday I followed another path, installed Slim 3.1 with marmite 8.6 cm highmem and followed all hints from »Setting.Out« in his great Rom Review thread!

I am really (!) missing the cool recent development of Slim, the options and utilities... but with Slim 3.1 the Nexus S is sooo much faster, snappier like you call it, and has no RAM problems at all (no greenify!)!

My intension is not to bash this thread or the never Slim ROMs, but for me it was no more bearable with Android 4.3! I need a new device for that...
[Nexus S Android Development] tchaari:
Have you tried latest weekly?

Btw guys, can you please give the latest weekly a try? It has a new kernel named Devil by Derteufel. Big thanks for his friendly collaboration :)
[Nexus S Android Development] louderstill:
it dirty flashed great 8)

havent taken the time to do it right yet

snappiest the old beast has been in a while

it jus wont die

[minimal gapps. comm device. best gps in a while...]

white looks real different on mine

thnx t!!

mh
[Nexus S Android Development] Lar5:
I've dirty flashed build 1.8 over 1.6 without any issues at all.

It feels very smooth for such an "old" device.

Thanks for supporting the Nexus S :good:
[Nexus S Android Development] confuzed666:
I also dirty flashed 1.8 over 1.6 with no problems except that the colours now have a yellow/green hue.

has anyone else noticed this?

Is it possibly caused by the different kernel?
[Nexus S Android Development] louderstill:
it is the kernel

as good as marmite has been

it always had a blueish/purple hue on mine

that i jus tolerated

sometimes worse than others

this puts a more sunlite [yellow] tint to it

on my device

it was really weird till i rebooted it

now i'm liking it...

fwiw
[Nexus S Android Development] adm1jtg:
You can tweak color settings with voodoo color.
[Nexus S Android Development] Miz_Buzzer:
Is there any problem with USB tether?

It doesnt work on my laptop, though there is a connection sound and the media storage works fine. :rolleyes:
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
Rotation Lock is broken.
[Nexus S Android Development] k-kuchen:
Can't wait for Stable Build 2. Build 1 was great. :cool:

Now that Weekly Build 1.8 is out... Does that mean in two weeks Build 2 will be finished? I'm kind of confused about your version numbering ^^
[Nexus S Android Development] coolek33:
Lockscreen rotation works fine here.
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
"Rotation Lock" NOT "Lockscreen Rotation" This: System Settings>Display>Rotation

When you un-check "Auto-rotate screen" the display still rotates. Unless you flash another kernel. Which i did. And it worked.
[Nexus S Android Development] adm1jtg:
In not having any issues with it though I use a power widget control to enable and disable it's all working perfectly

Did you do a clean install including manually wiping system when you installed
[Nexus S Android Development] coolek33:
+1 just cheched. Working like it should.
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
I always do my routine when flashing/updating a rom: nandroid backup, factory reset, wipe system, flash rom, wipe dalvik/cache; so im not sure if i did something wrong. That's why i posted the "bug". Never had this issue before either. I thought it's a devil kernel issue.
[Nexus S Android Development] adm1jtg:
Well I an on 1.8 and cannot duplicate the issue. Mine works exactly as it should.

I guess wait for the next weekly do a full wipe and report back to me after
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
I changed the kernel and the issue's gone, as I said earlier. Maybe I should be reporting on devil kernel's thread and not here. :)
[Nexus S Android Development] adm1jtg:
I am active on both threads and not seen anyone else experience this issue at all. If you dirty flash back to straight 1.8 does the issue return?
[Nexus S Android Development] Dark_Eyes_:
I'm on cm10.2 and there is no problem with rotation lock with devil kernel... Seems more like a rom issue to me...

Edit: sorry quoted the wrong person...
[Nexus S Android Development] mellomade:
Where can i find the download link for Slim 3.1? Anyone?
[Nexus S Android Development] coolek33:
http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/d...wnload/465-crespo/2505-slim-ns-3-1-0-official

http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/461-addonsfullpackages-412
[Nexus S Android Development] ej8989:
EDIT: Fixed
[Nexus S Android Development] louderstill:
1.9 is up

clean install is

really slick on my device...

THNX slim team!!!
[Nexus S Android Development] explorer-10:
No Sunbeam.apk?

[MENTION=4404392]tchaari[/MENTION] Don't know if I should post here, but I want to say that my phone has now gone to sh**..kinda. I can't even fully boot up my phone to homescreen. During bootup, it'd freeze and restart again and over again. I have wiped /system, /boot, /cache, and /dalvik-cache and re-flashed b1 rom, latest slim minimal 1.x GApps, vta #130 kernel, and OKJ rc7, done the whole process over and over again to no avail...Also, my device is getting overheated, which I thought would not happen with the new kernel...

I try to find the best of the bests roms, mods, kernel, etc for my phone to run fast and smooth, but it just only does ever for so long until lagginess hits me. I love the rom/kernel combo, but I just don't know why it's been happening that way

edit: seems like for some reason, I am worse off with Build 1.9, I haven't even reached finishing bootanimation screen and it's already lagging. normally, the slim bean animation would glow at normal speed, now it's just sluggish...What is going on? I even did a wipe /system /cache /davlik and /boot and flashed in order B1.9 rom, gapps, kernel, and tweak

edit2: Okay...straight off the bat, I can't even boot to homescreen for sh** now. I have B1, B1.8 & B1.9 in my folder along with latest updated GApps, vta kernel, marmite 9beta and marmite 9.1final(and its cm versions), and the latest tweak by [MENTION=4741717]Exit_Only[/MENTION] and have tried several different rom/kernel combos like between B1-B1.9 w/ vta #130 and marmite9.1 with/without all just to find out they freeze during bootanimation or reboot after 2nd google logo

edit3: I am about to try and test 15 different rom/kernel combos all flashed with latest GApps and latest OKJ mod whether it passes bootup or not and where it reboots at

B1 + m9beta = Failed, reboots after 2nd Google logo

B1 + m9.1 = F, after 2nd Google logo

B1 + matr1x 24.5 = F, during SlimBean bootanimation

B1 + matr1x 25.0 = F, during bootanimation

B1 + vta = F, during bootanimation

B1.8 + m9beta = F, after 2nd Google logo

B1.8 + m9.1 = F, after 2nd Google

B1.8 + matr1x 24.5 = F, during SlimBean animation(very sluggish for some reason)

B1.8 + matr1x 25.0 = ^^same isssue^^

B1.8 + vta = ^^same issue^^

B1.9 + m9beta = F, 2nd Google logo

B1.9 + m9.1 = ^^same^^

B1.9 + matr1x 24.5 = F, during SlimBean animation(very sluggish for some reason)

B1.9 + matr1x 25.0 = ^^same^^

B1.9 + vta = ^^same^^

Wow, just...WOW! Un-f***ing-believable!! All 15 different combinations and nothing works, jeez -_-
[Nexus S Android Development] s0ro05h:
this version support East language? can we read arabic or persian SMS and web pages?
[Nexus S Android Development] adm1jtg:
Sounds like either your phone is failing hardware wise or you are loading some program that is causing the issue..
[Nexus S Android Development] k-kuchen:
Build 2 was released!

But it seems to be using a CM Kernel. Does anybody know why not the Devil Kernel?
[Nexus S Android Development] smit.sanghavi:
Some users were reporting screen rotation issues a few pages back. Might be the reason they switched.
[Nexus S Android Development] amangoenka:
I have a yellow TINT on my Nexus S after Flashing 4.3 Build 2

how can i correct this?
[Nexus S Android Development] adm1jtg:
Its actually the latest devil kernel it just reads as cm.
[Nexus S Android Development] k-kuchen:
OK, thanks. Then that's also the cause for the different color setting which the poster above reported. I didn't notice any difference myself.

Everything else seems to be working fine, too
[Nexus S Android Development] kevinlekiller:
Thanks to those developing this rom, been using it for months without issues.
[Nexus S Android Development] maarrrrr:
I had photosphere on rasbean. How do I replace this ROM's camera app? The one on the download page didn't work.
[Nexus S Android Development] nmogas:
Try this http://www.mediafire.com/?q2n1sn8c124v9gj :)

Flash it and tell me if it worked :)
[Nexus S Android Development] coluichepensa:
Great job As always. I made a dirty flash of 2nd build over the first build and everything works fine. Thanks

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[Nexus S Android Development] coluichepensa:
It works x me. Thanks

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[Nexus S Android Development] forb'S:
The devil kernel needs very much of electricity. Horrible. But the latest matr1x does not work on my NXS

Has someone made other insights?
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
Marmite 9.0?.. though a definite change in battery, it's not as stable on all frequencies, nor still supported by a developer... Cm is the only other option for 4.3, but not as good as Devil in my opinion...
[Nexus S Android Development] explorer-10:
Like one of the previous posters mentioned, the kernel is actually the latest devil version, it's just read as a cm kernel

Sent from my Nexus S using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2

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Any plans for a Kit Kat Slim Bean update?? :)

Sent from my Nexus S using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
Well thank you for your input... I know how to read... Reread what I wrote...
[Nexus S Android Development] smit.sanghavi:
I think we should wait and let them analyze the new 4.4 code. Since this is a VERY big update, they'll need a considerable amount of time to see if our aging NS can handle it or no.

Nevertheless, I'll be happy to see KitKat on the NS.
[Nexus S Android Development] dublued:
Glad I updated to build 2. Build 1 was making my phone way too slow. Now the phone is snappier than it was when I was using Raspbean Jelly.

These are the steps I took to install:

boot into recovery

nandroid backup

wipe cache partition

install zip from SD

reboot.

Thanks to all the devs working on this.
[Nexus S Android Development] k-kuchen:
That shouldn't be a problem, considering KitKat is explicitly for devices with 512 MB of RAM.

Source: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html
[Nexus S Android Development] 4I-I:
How did you guys install the new apps? Die you push the apks into the system folder or did you install them normally?

Thanks!
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
I originally tried to install them on my 4.1.2, but most of them forced closed or wouldn't open, regardless of fixing permissions ect.. So I installed a 4.3.1 rom and modified the Gapps package to have the extra apps and libraries in it and flashed nomally... Everything works now, but I can't say that the experience was really worth the trouble as the rom is still sluggish and the apps are cool, but not that cool...
[Nexus S Android Development] smit.sanghavi:
I'd read that article earlier and I do think that KitKat can run on NS.

But the SlimRom team has the final say on this. If they think that even after all their optimisations and slimming down they are not able to do justice to the device, then they might not support it.

There have been instances in the past when they'd dropped support to some devices because of maintenance issues.
[Nexus S Android Development] kelwong86:
I read about kit kat on net, it seems that most of the changes is per apk instead the whole system. Saw few developers adding kit Kat goodies into 4.3 ROM. By the way the build 2 is awesome!
[Nexus S Android Development] BannaNN:
Hi peepz, in build 2 the keyboard doesnt have swype writing? I love that feature
[Nexus S Android Development] k-kuchen:
It works on my Phone...
[Nexus S Android Development] BannaNN:
Hum, what is your language?

I tried in English USA and it worked but in my language, Portuguese Portugal, it doesn't. But in build 1 it used to work.
[Nexus S Android Development] k-kuchen:
Mine is set to German. Maybe only Portuguese is broken somehow in this release
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
It took me a while to finally flash and try your build 2, and it is the fastest 4.3 I've tried.. faster than 4.2 as well.. but something that bugs me with every install... Google playstore never wants to update your signed versions of their apps.. is there anyway that when you build your gapps that you can have an option to get the original version so I don't have to delete, wipe caches then reinstall.. or break down your zip and redo it?.. I like flashing in as many apps as I can so I don't have to use up the rest of the SD card as the system partition isn't being used for anything else anyways..

Thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] BannaNN:
I don´t know if this happened to any of you but I can't change the wallpaper. I tried changing it but with no success, The only thing that worked was the live wallpapers and know I cant change it back. Any help?:confused:
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
Choose your wallpaper, then reboot... This should fix it, and no, you don't need to reboot every time as it should be corrected the first time..
[Nexus S Android Development] BannaNN:
Yap, it worked:thumbup:
[Nexus S Android Development] donpippo:
according to the site

can I use pa_gapps 4.3 ?

Or also the latest one have some problems?

thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] coolek33:
What is wrong with slim gapps? U don't like them? Eny way, do what U want but don't report any bugs with other gapps.
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
I don't like the way the gapps package is tinkered with and can't be updated in the playstore, I think it foolish to offer a "FLAWED" set of apps as a package to your rom that will ultimately cause the user more hassle in the future because you aren't keeping the apps capable of updates, and this is across the WHOLE google line... It isn't a bug it is a HUGE oversight..
[Nexus S Android Development] CataHd:
Any news about slimkat on our nexus s?
[Nexus S Android Development] adm1jtg:
patience grasshopper.... patience
[Nexus S Android Development] Rushabh22:
Kit Kat

Is SlimKat is available for our old Nexus S in future..:o

By the way Slim Build 2 is fastest Android 4.3 now :good::good::good:
[Nexus S Android Development] BenHeng:
Use the aroma installer and select normal apps instead of the toggable ones. No flaws, just alternatives.

Many thanks to slim beans developers you're great !

Envoyé de mon Nexus 4 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Nexus S Android Development] BannaNN:
Is there a fix for the gesture type problem with Portuguese European? I really, really miss that feature.
[Nexus S Android Development] benbugohit:
Strange, as slimbean users community grows... doesn't seem to affect them (me included).

It's a quite megalomaniac state of mind: Didn't see an "IMHO".

As slim dev team is not oracle nor google, you can share your thoughts with them.

I think it would be more constructive (slimroms.net, irc, forum, etc.), than

here in an "old device" slimbean port xda forum section, almost left over because of hard running slimkat port.

Gapps package isn't a problem for me in certain cases, as i didn't want

- gtalk beeing replaced by hangouts when it arised in Play Store.

- also for gmaps

- also for google play services: when buggy wakelocks appeared, caused by location update, draining battery

=> i could stick with a stable rom/package

So, it's just opinions and choices. Each of us make one.

Anyway, it's not that important, as we/you have the choice to install banks gapps, which fits too.
[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
As poiniant as your statement is, statements such as "I think" "I don't like" and anything else "I" is inherently an opinion based statement.. Just as "I" am free to my likes, gripes and opinions, you are as well... This forum IS for discussion about Slim roms/apps, whether or not my device is antiquated... I like the toggleable apps, but don't like that they don't update. "I" think this is a flaw.. " in my honest opinion"
[Nexus S Android Development] smit.sanghavi:
The problem is with everyone (including me) is that we want everything. I'm not pointing specifically but it's for everybody (including me).

You like toggleable apps BUT that is ONLY possible after they have been modified. You can't have both.

SlimRom team has provided both type of packages for users - one for toggleable apps and the other updatable apps - via AROMA. It is just a matter of what you want to use.

On a side note, if you want to retain both functions i.e. inverted AND updatable, then you may try this.

Install Xposed Framework (I dunno if it works with SlimBean) and search for a good Xposed module containing inverted Gapps. This way you can have best of both worlds.

I had previously suggested tchaari to use Xposed for TRDS but he turned down the idea suggesting it might impact performance.
[Nexus S Android Development] dublued:
If I already installed the inverted apps, is there a way for me to use Aroma to install the updateable ones without having to wipe and re-install the entire rom?
[Nexus S Android Development] smit.sanghavi:
I have a weird question/situation with me over here.

I am in India and Google Keyboard is not available here in the Play Store. I side-loaded it and now I can use it. Now my question is, is that different from the AOSP Keyboard present in the SlimBean Package?

I see that both have different package names and sizes (Google KB being more in size) and have two different entries in Language and Input in Settings which is fine. Is it safe to delete AOSP KB or should I keep it just in case Google KB goes bonkers?

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I think what you can do is delete the APK from SlimCenter and then you can manually download the app from Play Store. But you'll have to do it for all the inverted apps which you want to convert to normal ones.
[Nexus S Android Development] dublued:
Do you hapapen to know which APK I need to delete to get rid of Google Now inverted
[Nexus S Android Development] BenHeng:
Velvet.apk

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[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
My battery life has been horrid since I had to get a used replacement phone.. No more than 16h on light use (2hrs screen time), but on build 2, I am getting over 20hrs with moderate use (over 4 hrs).. I don't know what you did, but it's very good.. Three days in and no lags!! :)
[Nexus S Android Development] N3RO815:
Do you use the stock kernel settings? Or do you change on performance settings?

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[Nexus S Android Development] Setting.Out:
I keep everything off that I am not using, stock Devil kernel (200/1000) smartass2/row, I do have greenify and root firewall installed, but I am actually using this rom in original form, no mods/ and only 3g/wifi tweaks.. My first day wasn't good, the second was alright, but now it seems to have settled quite well and merely sips on the juice from the battery.. :)