yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Android Development] kingjehu:
Internal phone storage is ROM memory (space). An EXT partition is for extra storage (for storing apps). In my case, 87MB left for apps is increased by 512 MB on EXT.

A swap partition is for extra RAM memory (for running apps). It's slower than the internal RAM, but it does give you extra memory. In my case, it's 97.5 MB Ram + 31.5 MB Swap.

You don't want to have too much swap, because it's slower, and the phone will try to use it. In my experience, letting auto memory manager do its thing and only using a 32 MB swap partition is a little better than using 64 MB, but as I've said before, everyone's experience is different. If you have a big swap partition, try to make the phone use less of in swappiness settings.
[G1 Android Development] ADM1NX:
"Message not sent" error when sending text messaes

Hey everybody!

I have been having SMS issues with Biffmod since 1.9. I am now on 2.0, but whenever I try to send text messages, i get an error saying "Message not sent". I also checked the mobile network settings, and made sure that I selected the proper APN. I am using a MyTouch3G 32B on T-Mobile, and I performed a clean install when installing 2.0. Any help would be appreciated, and if more details are needed, I will gladly provide them. Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] Lateralos:
Dumfuq's kernal really is a massive difference over Pershoots but the ROM does'nt really feel as fast anymore generally after switching back to an eclair rom, gaming fps is allot lower, the Market is rather bugger and generally feels a bit more sluggish. No offence to an amazing group of dev's, still is the fastest froyo i've tried :D, just wondering if it'll get even faster in the future. (faster than an eclair rom ;) linpack scores don't really indicate real performance for me, froyo might supposedly be 3x faster but i aint feeling it atm :o)
[G1 Android Development] jawwad_shaukat:
Try switching to 2G networks only in settings>wireless>mobile networks, or try change data settings.

If not may be a radio update might work.

I used to have this problem back then, while switching to eclair from donut.
[G1 Android Development] jawwad_shaukat:
i want to change the theme, i hav installed "Shadow31 Black and Blue".

Do i hav to flash the whole ROM from scratch to change to another theme?

Wat other themes are compatible with this ROM?
[G1 Android Development] detonate:
Thanks for replying. I'm having trouble with "low on space" notification. I don't even install that many apps and i moved many to the sd card. I used recovery to partition my drives. 96mb+512+fat32. I also have set automatic (external/internal) for installing apps.

Can you anyone else tell me why I always get "low on space"? Is the recovery method of partitioning faulty?

JIT on, and tried using swap option on and off if that affects it....but I still have low disk space.
[G1 Android Development] yo9gnc:
did you installed each application or you`ve just restored`em with an application like titanium backup or any other program that`s supposed to do that ? apps2ext works fine on bm2.0.1 and i have no ideea how did you get that.

is your ext partition an ext4 ( at least ext3 )?

LE: recovery method of partioning is making the ext partition an ext2. you`ll need to upgrade them to ext3 and then to ext4. ( that`s an easy option with RA-recovery ( i use 1.7.0 ).
[G1 Android Development] domii:
I've just gave shot at this rom and it swept me of my feet.

it's insanely fast and stable.

thanks to everyone who contributed for such a magnificent piece of work and keep it up.

finally, no problems so far running for 3 days and really squeezing it and moreover i don't boot in one minute and 30 second but rather a minute and 3 seconds.

[Question Not Related] i benchmarked my sd card "4GB class 4 Kingston" and it returned a 11.28 KB write speed "is this really really slow or is it just me"
[G1 Android Development] detonate:
I have ext4. I upgraded ext2 to 3 to 4 from recovery. It's weird that when I use the console print command, I only see two partitions, not the 512mb partition. Although, in windows disk manager I see there is the 512mb partition.

I don't have an app restore program however my google apps seem to be saved to my account. My android automatically downloads the apps I previously had after I install a new rom or wipe.

So just to clarify, if I have issues of low disk space, then there's something wrong with the 512mb partition?
[G1 Android Development] turop:
i've installed this rom but:

Why do i have a watermark on the left down corner of the screen : SAFE MODE

?????
[G1 Android Development] asb123:
you held menu while booting thus are in safe mode / your menu button is broken and you thus booted into safe mode.
[G1 Android Development] StreetGuru:
Yeah, this also happen to me on the latest 2.0.1 - the Widgets you see are the default Widgets, the rom is just resetting itself. I had success by fixing permissions, everything working fine afterwards. Go to the terminal app on your phone and type:

su

fix_permissions

Let it finish and it should be ok afterwards. Reboot if you don't see your apps right away. Hope it helps
[G1 Android Development] kingjehu:
If you are low on disk space, you must be on a G1. Are you using the mytouch 3G version? In the mytouch version, davlik-cache is in internal memory. That will take up disk space, so if you have a lot of apps, it will give you that message even if your EXT partition is working. Try to repair the EXT partition (or repartition it) and see if you still get the same issue. How many apps do you have? I have 53 user apps and I still have 20.96 MB left in internal phone storage.
[G1 Android Development] ezterry:
Disk Space

For all of you having issues with disk space:

look at the output of these two adb commands (or strip the 'adb shell' part and run from terminal.apk):

* adb shell fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

* adb shell df -h

Tidus:~ ezterry$ adb shell fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 8166 MB, 8166309888 bytes
252 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15624 * 512 = 7999488 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 952 7436993 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 953 1016 499968 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 1017 1020 31248 82 Linux swap
Tidus:~ ezterry$ adb shell df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 48.2M 0 48.2M 0% /dev
tmpfs 48.2M 0 48.2M 0% /mnt/asec
/dev/block/mtdblock3 90.0M 88.8M 1.2M 99% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 89.8M 61.7M 28.1M 69% /data
/dev/block/loop0 4.0M 4.0M 0 100% /system/xbin
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 480.6M 64.7M 391.4M 14% /sd-ext
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 480.6M 64.7M 391.4M 14% /cache
/dev/block/mtdblock4 30.0M 1.1M 28.9M 4% /dev/cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 480.6M 64.7M 391.4M 14% /data/app
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 480.6M 64.7M 391.4M 14% /data/app-private
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 480.6M 64.7M 391.4M 14% /data/data
/dev/block/vold/179:1
7.1G 2.2G 4.8G 32% /mnt/sdcard
/dev/block/vold/179:1
7.1G 2.2G 4.8G 32% /mnt/secure/asec

* If /data or /sd-ext is near full you may have warnings

* If /sd-ext is not mounted everything is stored on /data

* If the partition types (ie. 83 Linux) are not correct for all partitions the auto mount script may fail, or try to mount the wrong partitions in the wrong place (ie the fat32 or swap partition to /sd-ext)
[G1 Android Development] yo9gnc:
is there too soon to talk about 2.1 ?

some "leaving on greater plain" ideeas ? :D
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
Made a few more Wallpapers

Just thought I'd share these...

ENJOY!
[G1 Android Development] Swashbuckla:
Thank you, StreetGuru! It hasn't messed up for me on this last flash I did (usually takes a full 24 hrs before it does it). I will repost once it happens and let you know if that worked (I'm sure it will).

I have to say that I really love this mod. I don't feel so bad now when my wife pulls out her mt3g slide. This mod really makes me feel like I have a new phone. So I want to thank everyone on the BiffMod team and those people who are trying to help us with the issues that we are experiencing. Thank you!
[G1 Android Development] athakur999:
Just noticed in the "add widget" screen, if an app provides multiple widgets they get grouped into one entry. That is awesome! Mad props to whoever's brainchild that was. It makes that screen so much less cluttered.
[G1 Android Development] johaganism:
I think my phone is stuck on the Tmobile G1 boot screen. Been 5 minutes after I rebooted after flashing rom. Wiped user data, amon ra wipes, and repaired sd ext. then flashed. Not getting to biffmod img boot screen... Should I keep waiting and know something is wrong for sure...
[G1 Android Development] saufen85:
thanks for the rom and the great introduction. this is my first froyo rom and it works really nice.

just had to test what the battery says to it :-)

the speed is nice and i dont get fc´s

so thanks from germany
[G1 Android Development] unkleremis:
I have the same issue with both 2.0 and 2.01. Sticking with 1.9.2 for now as a result.
[G1 Android Development] xillius200:
Hey so this is where you are now XxKoholexX :P

great rom gotta say I like it ^^
[G1 Android Development] johaganism:
First time i couldnt get 2.0 to boot. So i bart restored then re wiped all over. And instead of repairing sd ext, i just created it tha partition and made ext 2 to 3 to 4. Flashed 2.01 after the fact and booted 2.01. Live and running. Hopefully this may help anyone who had trouble booting the rom 2.01 or even 2.0
[G1 Android Development] yo9gnc:
if you`ll look at "my story" on this topic, you`ll find out that i had the same problem. i even discovered that i have bad blocks of memory on the phone memory. i don`t know if that was the problem or not.

did you use fastboot erase system -w ? i didn`t because i can`t connect my phone to a computer. if you are sure that you followed "the install tutorial" from OP and still no luck, then read a few pages back ( 181 ). bmx4lfe used an strange method. i also did it with good results.

p.s. i have used a bart backup and not nandroid.
[G1 Android Development] johaganism:
Thanks for the pro tip. That is a clever way to fix things and I thought about it before but I'm nowhere close to another G1 user... ><

On a different topic... Probably asking this question in the wrong place but

How do you make it so that I can unlock the phone by pressing menu twice rather than once, seeing my ****ing lock screen, then swiping my lock button across the screen to unlock?
[G1 Android Development] Ohsaka:
Just for fun last night, I reflashed my phone with 2.0.1 to see if I would have any problems.

Since some people don't have ADB setup, I avoided use of it. For my initial wipe, I booted into Amon-Ra Recovery, went to console, and ran:

mount /system
/system/bin/erase_image userdata
/system/bin/erase_image boot
/system/bin/erase_image cache
/system/bin/erase_image system
reboot recovery

These commands are from an earlier post of ezterry... And they worked fine. Once back in recovery, I followed the normal install process from the 1st post and have not had any problems.

People still having problems getting 2.0.1 to install/boot must either have hardware problems or are not following the directions closely enough.
[G1 Android Development] johaganism:
Never mind about my unlock the phone question. I'm an idiot who doesn't check CyanogenMod settings before asking settings related questions.
[G1 Android Development] metalfangs:
Thanks for this it looks great with my theme :)
[G1 Android Development] Ohsaka:
Does anyone use VoiceSearch very often?
[G1 Android Development] Abhi_UK:
Can v2.0.1 be flashed on its own?
[G1 Android Development] yo9gnc:
i must write at least 10 letter to may post the answer. but the answer is yes :)
[G1 Android Development] Lateralos:
never, i tend to remove it via adb every rom i use :D
[G1 Android Development] nlysurferdude03:
slow downs fixed =)

so i was having major slow downs with the mt3g version with swap and cc, (swap obviously because of a crappy card). im on a mt3g and the first time i flashed it, i was following the op instructions a little too well and checked the "move apps to sd" under cm settings and had horrible app response times.

so after a day of different settings i couldnt get a smooth rom like some of you have been reporting so i reflashed the rom, this time leaving the apps to sd unchecked. obviously im on a mt3g so apps to sd isn't needed, but the first time i tried it was just for the hell of it. so this second flash, with apps to sd unchecked only because im on a mt3g, was still getting stupidly slow with cc on default. i was hoping after a few reboots and a days use it would speed up over time but that wasnt the case either.

just this morning i flashed the 614 oc kernel to see if that would help and bingo, so far so good. nothin to complain about so far. i just hope the battery is as good as it is with the original kernel cuz it was amazing haha. ill let you know after some testing. so for those of you who are having slow downs regardless of settings you are trying, if you haven't flashed the oc kernels, give it a try and see how it works for you.

sorry this post was so long but i figured id be detailed about it and give "my story" lol. hope this helps some of you.
[G1 Android Development] phil0sophic:
I do for calling and texting, works great if you speak slowly.
[G1 Android Development] StreetGuru:
Ok, Just my two cents here... much has been said about ways to help with this problem and I agree you should check you have a well partioned SD (i.e. with ext.4 instead of ext.2 or ext.3) and wipe your system (fastboot or through any of the other methods here) but there is one thing that i still haven't seen mentioned and it made a big difference for me.

I also got stuck on the initial boot screen with a couple of Froyo Roms (including 2.0.1.)... I noticed in the OP the guys here recommend to first flash the ROM, let it boot and then restart to recovery and flash the Gapps - Now, almost every time i did this i got stuck on the boot screen. My recommendation, and based in my personal experience, if you are having this problem try flashing the ROM and immediately after flash the Gapps (without booting in between) - when i do this the ROM boots perfectly well all the way. Skip sync, go through cyan settings like in the OP, reboot and follow on from there. I do think many of the problems people are having with this ROM could be avoided by doing this. Hope it helps some of you.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
So we are working right now on a 2.1 release which will be based on the new and improved 2.2.1 Nightly by cyanogen. And of course it will be stripped down to the bare minimum bringing you the basic froyo experience you have come to love. But of course you know we will include the speed tweeks you have also grown to love. Maybe a release sometime this week.
[G1 Android Development] crypysmoker:
Your using Swap and CC... theres your problem. Im on a Mytouch fender and only have swap on with a swap size of 256mb (because of Slide roms needing insane swap sizes) and all has been working perfect since release. The first day I did get weird slow down and 2 random reboots, but ever since not one problem.
[G1 Android Development] crisvillani:
Great to hear!

I'm a new user to biffmod and I got to say I'm quite impressed,speed is great, battery is amazing.

Great rom biffmod team!

PS: I'm using the 32A port for the rom does it have to be updated aswell to work with new release?
[G1 Android Development] nlysurferdude03:
sorry, i meant different variations of the two, separate from each other. i tried swap without cc, then cc without swap. swap is just too slow because of my class 4 sdcard so it slowed down to a crawl with the quickness.
[G1 Android Development] asb123:
does anyone have a link/download for the biff wallpaper that has like a "rainbow" going back then up with like white paint splashes on black on each side?
[G1 Android Development] ezterry:
Very likely as its not a koush anykernel for the 2.0/2.0.1 release.. but it probably won't take long.
[G1 Android Development] jpzzle:
I had mentioned once right after 1.9.1 came out and some random member commented right after me that he never experienced (as if experiences are the same with everyone's phone) Anyways, yes I have but not with 2.0.1, only random shutdown/reboots I've had so far is when I use the Galaxy S theme...."I think".. but I'll wait it out and see if it is just that. Nevertheless this is the only rom"froyo" which has everything working properly (including Camera with no static flash right after the picture is taken) and to me is the best froyo to date unless osmeone else tries to go faster and even more creative, 2.1 on his way ... who knows.
[G1 Android Development] kingjehu:
Update

Since running 2.0 in the testing phase, I've been getting better battery life as time goes on. My battery is now at 25%. I've had it unplugged for 13 hours now with light to moderate use. I took a whole lot of pictures today, and used foursquare/yelp. If I try to take a picture and press the button twice, the camera app locks up and doesn't work again until a reboot. Gonna try to get RK a logcat of that. The rom is crazy fast and the battery life is great.
[G1 Android Development] dominilaos:
will be waiting for 2.1 to be released! i'm still running 2.0 and have not ran into any issues at all. everything is still running super smooth and quick!!!
[G1 Android Development] kino13:
General impressions

Well, first of all, thanks to all the devs, and all the people providing us with great roms everyday.

This is my impressions after a (very) few days.

It is a miracle that we are running a froyo rom in these devices, and it says a lot about the people behind the roms, but unfortunately I think that we are just asking too much of the device. These phones have a serious lack of memory, and that is a non solvable problem.

We can do all we want as something cool and experimental, but the truth is, the damn phone is slow.

I recently rooted a Hero for a friend, wich is more or less the same phone but with 380Mb of ram as you know, and it flew. It was just amazing how nice, fast and responsive it felt. In few words: It felt right.

That made me think about it, and I am going back to a 1.6 rom. It will not be as fancy as the latest of the latest, but I think is the correct path for this models.

This is not trolling, and I am grateful for all your work, but we have to decide if it is really worth it (besides the experimentation).

The difference beetwen the Hero and (in my case) the 32B, it's just the memory, there's no other huge gap beetwen them, but I installed a full 2.1 sense rom with all the extras. It felt exactly like a brand new desire.

For me, this is the end of the path for the G1/32B. And it's been a long and proud path.

Again, thanks to everyone involved
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
I was having issues with the phone freezing up on v2.0. Ran "fix_permissions" in terminal and now, the phone won't go past the Lock Screen. Just keeps starting up, freezing and rebooting.

Any ideas?
[G1 Android Development] BPC48:
I do not agree with you. My phone runs the BM2.01 version with no swap but with cc (default) on. And it is fast as the stock 1.6 was. But with this ROM I have the cool features of Froyo. In addition on the benchmark test my phone reached higher scores than a stock moto droid.
[G1 Android Development] yo9gnc:
i had some problems with froyo roms and wi-fi. when wi-fi was on and connected, then the phone came in a reboot loop. a fresh reinstall of the rom may solve the issue (or your issue). but ...it also may not.
[G1 Android Development] noodles2224:
:) agree, just too slow.. its not like manufacturer or carriers tell you make sure to get a class 6 card or else it wont fly.
[G1 Android Development] sonic_boom:
agree too.

PLEASE MAKE GREAT ROM BASED ON DONUT AND MAKE US HAPPY
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
Wifi was on but, I had an email notification. I went on the pc and read the email then rebooted and, somehow, the issue was gone and the wifi was still enabled. Weird, I know but, its working now.

Sent from my Plain Biff Dream v2.0
[G1 Android Development] jamal717:
What 2.2 rom has good battery life ive been looking for one
[G1 Android Development] ryaninc:
I use it all the time. Especially for maps and composing text messages. Why do you ask?
[G1 Android Development] kingjehu:
Look around on this forum. Try SuperD or CyanogenMod 4.whatever. I see that's your first post, so you've been reading if you tried BiffMod. Read some more. All good donut ROMs were released before Android 2.0 was even released.
[G1 Android Development] StreetGuru:
Yeah, that happen to me a couple of times, once after running fix_permissions and once after cleaning cache with cachemate - rebooted and got stuck on the boot screen. did a hard reset and reboot again and it was fine. Sometimes it just takes another try :) glad to know is all good now.
[G1 Android Development] StreetGuru:
Sorry to disagree with you but i honestly do, i think you may not have the rom well configured on your phone. a few froyo roms that i've tried lack in nothing compared to any donut rom, including biffmod 2.0.1 - i have the exact same speed, if not better, then any donut rom I've tried (and i honestly tried a few back in the days). Battery goes for 16 hours sometimes, better then most 1.5 or 1.6 roms i've flashed in my phone. I would mess a bit more with the config., maybe try to do a clean install of the radio and hboot. Do not give up on it just yet ;)

and nothing to do with the sd card you use, i still have the 8gb class 4 stock sd that came originally with the phone - and i lost count on how many times i reformatted the damn thing (and i use swap for over a year and a half now in almost all roms i flash). I mean, obviously a class 6 will speed things up if well configured but with the wrong settings your phone will still be lagging, even in a Donut ROM. Trust me, it goes down to how you manage to set up your phone with each rom.
[G1 Android Development] lil-devil:
i don't know about others but, this rom is giving me a pretty good battery life comparing to the other once i've used

most other roms gives me about 6~8 hours w/ screen brightness at 25%, wifi on, 3g off

where this rom gives me at least 13~14 hours (haven't fully tested with the same condition yet)
[G1 Android Development] KronicAnarchy:
Well I hate to say it but I'm with the previous two posters. I rode the Biffmod wave for awhile, and as Froyo Roms goes, I'll give it marks as one of the best, but I haven't found anything that runs as stable as the tried and true Donut Stuff. Sure I miss a lot of the options and pretties but when it comes down to it my phone is a tool and if I can't get it to work when and how I need it to work, well then it's a paperweight and may as well be bricked. So I've gone back to Donut myself. For those of you looking to revert may I suggest Superfast 1.3.3 by HTCClay. I haven't found a better or faster Donut Rom yet.

Again, Royal and Crew, not at all dissing your work or ROM as I said where Froyo is concerned this ROM is probably the best, just not meant to run on my old phone. Keep up the good work though fellas, it is appreciated.
[G1 Android Development] coolme90:
this rom is pretty good until i flash gapps then it starts going real slow. anyone know why?
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
The battery life on this ROM is outstanding and like someone else said earlier, keeps getting better and better. I had my phone unplugged for 2 days (give or take) and was still at like 50% battery. I love the performance and stability of this ROM. Overall, I'd recommend BM to everyone.

Yea, the phone is stil running great since. No errors or issues to report, Thankfully.
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
It will speed back up again, once the dust settles. No worries. :)