yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I am sorry you are running into those issues, but most your statements are wrong, this Rom is based on the nightlies, I along with 98% of the users have had great and awesome results where BiffMod has brought the G1 back from the grave. You should try flashing 2.0.1 which fixed a lot of the issues. instead of using the 2 alternative methods of wiping maybe you should try the Fastboot way, it hasnt failed me yet. Also how long between your phone booting up and you changing settings did you wait, did you just change the CMparts or other stuff? Thank you for enjoying the Boot Animation it is pretty awesome.

This is also one of the only roms where the Dev team is always on here to answer questions and help users out. Also we take all advice and criticism and try to fix the problem. I dont think you will find a dev team like this anywhere else.

Thanks again for your support to the G1 community I know you have been around probably since the beginning and have helped a lot of people out. So maybe in return we can help you getting BiffMod running on your phone. lets see what we can do.

EDIT: I will say I was at work and did the Volume+home+back+start button format and yeah I kept having an issue, when I got home and wiped using the fastboot way issue went away. So there might be a difference.
[G1 Android Development] G1ForFun:
Oooooooh

Most my statements were wrong? Can you be specific?

I ran BiffMod 2.0 for over 24 hours.....around 33 hours I believe the first time around....so I don't think that was the issue.

I appreciate you and your teams work, and its nice to see you guys active in trying to help people get it to work.

Again, I got an opinion from an Iphone user on the 9/28 nightly vs Biffmod 2.0 he had no idea that they were different I just gave him my phone and asked him how it felt and what not. They both looked the same cause I set up my phone with the same wallpaper and launcher every time.

In this case I stuck ADW in to Biffmod to make it comparable to the nightly....plus from what I have gathered from two of my room mates who use Iphones....they both think ADW is laggy in terms of scrolling screens and especially in the app drawer.

I got a force close when going into settings one time and another when going in to Cyanogen Mod settings.

Also got three hard freezes within a hour of each other. I haven't experienced a single force close on any nightly I have tried lately...maybe I have been lucky with them.

So considering the possibility of a "bad flash" I went ahead and started over and the second time around I experienced the same force closing (Not in the same menus either) and freezing problems. They are non existent in the nightly builds that I have been trying for the past month and a half. I don't flash every nightly build but I average two a week for testing them out.

Interestingly enough, I have heard from the man himself (Cyan) that switching out kernels in the nighties can cause major issues....maybe that is what I am experiencing with Biff mod 2.0 since it comes with pershoots kernel.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Sorry you had one thing wrong which was about the nightly, anyways you cant say that it discredits people's peoples view cause like previously stated we are working with a 2 yr old phone and each phone running any Rom (Which I have flashed a lot of roms in my days) is going to have different results, I dont understand how but it happens. Also yes we changed the kernel to pershoots, cause his kernel seemed more stable then the basic Cyan Kernel. We run multiple tests on our Roms before we release hence why 2.0 took forever to come out. We have 8 android freaks who test and work hard to bring BiffMod to the world. So if we say its good to release then its good to release. You are in that small 2% of people who are having issues. to which is probably cause yes by the Kernel cause in 2.0 we tried something different (which has be stated before.) So flash 2.0.1 and like I said prior your issues should be fixed also if you are having FC;s a log cat would be great so we can troubleshoot the issue. How about you run either stock Launcher2 or LauncherPro both of which other users have stated hands down are the best Launchers around. ADW is nice but yes it causes lag. So if its lag you dont want then dont use ADW. Thanks again :D
[G1 Android Development] SamZzz:
Would you like to see the collection of nandroid backups I have on my laptop? Or maybe all the .zip files I have in my "phone files" directory on said laptop?? I have flashed CM6 RC1, CM6 RC2, CM6 RC3, CM6 Stable, Several CM nightlies, SuperF, iCyan2.2 and a few other Froyo based ROMs that aren't worth mentioning. Biffmod 2.0 has the fastest FIRST BOOT time of any of them. Normally flashing a Froyo rom (or any rom for that matter) requires a 5-10 minute boot time for the first boot. I usually set the phone down and ignore it for at least 10 minutes... otherwise I start freaking out from looking at the G1 screen for so long. This one was past the G1 screen and into the boot animation before I knew it. Kinda expected it to mess up based on that... no way I could have gotten a good flash with such a fast boot... but I was pleasantly surprised.

I love how people insist people are lying just because they couldn't get it to work. Based on your sequence of events ... I have to wonder if you followed the directions EXACTLY.. I saw nothing about where you wiped/repaired the SD ext partition as instructed in the OP.

5 - Wipe SD Ext and repair SD Ext partition (other wipe options are redundant due to Fastboot erase)
[G1 Android Development] G1ForFun:
Oh believe me....I use Launcher Pro...its the smoothest launcher to date. And I have never had problems with my home screen reloading with any launcher...all it takes is the proper configuration.

But for testing purposes and comparison of roms the way they come..... I was using ADW as a basis....like you said 2.0 is based off the nightly and the nightly comes with ADW.

Anyway, I don't constantly have my phone recording logs, so I don't have a logcat for you. The only time I would have a logcat is when I am at my desk for a long period of time and have my phone connected to my computer. My problems occur in real world situations when I am away from my computer. When I am out for 9 hours and I have hard freezes....I am not going to have a log cat for you. Personally, I don't like extra services or anything running in the back ground so I don't mess with logcat services on my phone.

Maybe there are 2% who are unable to get the rom to boot....but please don't lump me into that 2%....I got the rom to boot. It works. It just isn't as stable or as fast as I was expecting from a lot of these comments.

Interesting what you say about different roms and such...I can flash the same two roms on two different G1's and have them identical in speed and memory usage. So while I think it may be a good excuse, I don't feel its a real concrete fact.
[G1 Android Development] G1ForFun:
Yeah record a video then, I would love too see it. (The boot time)

Do you know what the repair ext function does?

As in the programming behind the function?

I bet ya don't.

Edit: And I did repair ext the second time around for grins

Edit2: If I have time today I promise you I will have a video proving you wrong by the end of the night. :D
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
People asked for it anyways so I will post a video right now of the reboot time and how smooth the phone actually is.
[G1 Android Development] Abhi_UK:
I don't know if its this rom or the new launcher pro but it definitly works quick. It is very quick but not much quicker than I had CM6 Stable which was basically the same except for boot time. This boot time is at least 5 times quicker. THe only part this rom fails in is benchmark such as quadrant which I know are not the basis for speed but can show differences between roms. In this I barly sometimes get 370 mostly at 350 but on CM6 I had 380 normally hitting 400. Also rotating is much quicker than any rom.
[G1 Android Development] fanbogo:
good idea , i will compare how it looks like on your telephone and on my

so in 2.0.1 is other kernel ? then i must download setcpu and change settings yes ?
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
Just a quick question

This may seem silly but, since I really have no issues that I noticed in v2.0 do I really need the v2.0.1 update? I mean, what has changed?

I have been running this with no issues since flashing it at 4am the day it came out. So far, it has been very fast & smooth and I have not noticed any errors, no force closes. Rebooting is fast. I even had it unplugged for 1 day, 10 hours 5 minutes and several seconds and still had like 80% battery.

I am extremely happy with this ROM and would hate to mess it up.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
2.0.1 has same kernel as 2.0 we just added the original boot.img which was missing in 2.0, which caused some boot issues for other users.

Hey bookcase no if you are happy with your rom then no you dont need to flash 2.0.1 its mainly a fix for the few that had issues.
[G1 Android Development] ezterry:
There is a difference,

1) fastboot erase is a low level reformat flagging the flash blocks as not in use

2) ra-wipe is just 'rm -rf /partition-to-wipe/*' (ie just delete the files)

In many cases 2 is fine.. but if you have a lower level error there may still be issues.. there can also be bad blocks on boot that can't be flashed normally from android/recovery .. let's hope that is not the issue.

Before giving up hope.. try this (for dream ra-recovery)

1) boot recovery (by booting holding home.. please no other "smart" methods here)

2) apply; BiffModV2.0.1.zip

3) go to the command line

4) run the following:

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

Please note any bad block warning / error when erasing boot.. it may have important if you still have issues..

When recovery reloads all will be wiped try to re-install normally (you will need to re-flash BiffModV2.0.1.zip)
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
You can download the Wireless Tether app here I use the v2.0.5-pre9 with no issues.
[G1 Android Development] tsheeley:
I'm going to be trying out Biff sometime in the next couple days (it was recommended by someone in Cannon's thread)... I do have a question though before I get into it...

I've pulled down all the different themes to see which one I like best - can I just reboot back into recovery after trying one and flash the next one, or do I need to reflash the base first?
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Just like any Rom I would reflash the base first. but its your phone you can try to flash a theme on a theme and report back to us with the results. lol
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
I like the 2nd one,without the 2.0. Just sayin.

Great work, BTW!!
[G1 Android Development] Ohsaka:
I don't like your attitude.

You aren't the smartest person here.

Stop acting like it. If you have something to prove, do it thru PMs and quit cluttering the thread.

e2fsck

http://linux.die.net/man/8/e2fsck
[G1 Android Development] sobaked2921:
For those who had to use the alternate guide is flashing 2.0.1 better than 2.0.0?
[G1 Android Development] G1ForFun:
Feel free to pm me then, your contradicting yourself bud.

And I will be glad to watch that video Royal. I am going to be making one as well for BiffMod 2.0 and the latest Nightly for comparison purposes on boot time.
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
Great! Thanx for your quick response. :)
[G1 Android Development] kristopherson:
I have it. Thanks. For some retarded reason, my wife's iPhone doesn't like the wireless tether unless it was cooked into the ROM. By just installing the apk, she'll drop her connection. I truly believe this to be an issue with her jailbroken iPhone.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Like I said using wifi tether is important to me also so we are looking into this. especially using the real wifi hot spot app made by google. Hope 2.1 will have this included if not it will have the app.
[G1 Android Development] ryaninc:
That would be me who recommended it. :D

And I'm happy to say that I still endorse it. No problems for me or my wife's G1s, both of which are running this excellent ROM. The latest release is even faster than when I first suggested it in Cannon's thread. :cool:
[G1 Android Development] Elegy:
is there a reason to remove the stock launcher after installing an after market launcher?
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Thanks Ryaninc, that's awesome glad you like it and glad its still living up to your standards.

Nope just personal preference, if you want both launchers in there then leave it.
[G1 Android Development] yo9gnc:
i flashed to my girlfriend`s g1 bm2.0.1. the phone is a g1, white, qwertz type (continental- i did the rooting, spl, and first rom as root :) ). i did all stuff like i did on mine. her was working like a charm. mine ... didn`t. so ... i`ll check the

mount /system

to see if there is any issue there.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
See Right there shows that flashing a rom is not a science and every user is going to get a different experience. lol. Glad you got it working on your GF's phone. how about you steal her phone and give her yours.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Here is the SpeedTest video for BiffMod V2.0.1 its a video showing the reboot speed. enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwWg_1TVUOM

Other users might have a different boot up time faster or slower this is just what I got.
[G1 Android Development] yo9gnc:
there was a time when she has the black one and i had the white one. anyway, she propossed me a fair trade but ... i`m a man. i`ll put bm2.0.1 on this little black sh*t no matter what :)
[G1 Android Development] kristopherson:
You sir, are a stud. 2.0.1 seems to have corrected my issues. Except, the black theme is still causing boot-loops. Not really a big issue for me tho.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Thats what I like to here, we shall not go down without a fight. lol, we will figure your phone out if it the last thing we do.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
I will look into the black theme, cause thats the only one that causes it. Maybe I just need to completely re-theme it. I think I might know what is causing it though we will see. the Red theme is what I use when I want to have a theme, its awesome. I am waiting to see what shadow brings to the table in his theme.
[G1 Android Development] gamin92:
Hi, sorry if the question(s) seems noobish (with BiffMod), but... this rom doesn't give root access ? Tried to launch Titanium Backup, which told me BusyBox wasn't installed. So I installed it from market, but TB still can't get root access.

Also, how do I set up apps2ext ? I formatted with ext4 512mb, checked moving to sd option in Cyan's settings, but TB and Launcher Pro are still in internal memory. Tried to check "ext location", nothing changed...

Anyway, thanks for the hard work.

Edit : Sorry, about TB and root access : I updated su via superuser, "updated" busybox via TB, and know this is working fine.

But I'm still lost with apps2ext...
[G1 Android Development] tsheeley:
Yep... that would be you who recommended it. Coming from Cannons thread, I'll take your word for it being as fast as you say.

Thanks for the reply Royal... I'll try flashing over a theme with another one, just for giggles, but I'm expecting the experiment to fail. No guts, no glory though, eh?
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
Awesome!! That's about how mine looks. :cool:

Funny, when I tried makin my own video of the reboot process, I encountered a few errors and rebooted again. The second reboot froze. Perhaps i will flash that 2.0.1 after all.

lol

Check that out here

Here's the logcat.
[G1 Android Development] Elegy:
mine does it in about the same time as yours, great :D

though i noticed you have a totally different pre-boot screen than mine. I bought my G1 in China, and it says smth about XDA china lol. Is that replaceable?
[G1 Android Development] bassbox:
Well, i guess i'll try that later. It's close to midnight now.. gonna restore my old rom..

2bad.. now that wont fully work oO

dunno why, but the apps are not restored.. did it via nadroid... they are all restored and on the ext partion, checked it via ADB, but the phone does not "see" them? >.<

Just push out 2.1

as 1.8 didnt worked, but 1.9 did! 2.0 does not, so maybe 2.1 will xD

well 1.9.2 did not, only if if first flash 1.9 and then 1.9.2, is this how it supposed to be? I'll stick to 1.9.2 for the moment if i get it running ok

How do i correctly setup 1.9.2 ? which app to setup? reboot after boot? gapps included?
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
Yes, it's very possible and very simple...check this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=543095
[G1 Android Development] Nandroid86:
Best froyo rom out there really really good glad how my mytouch came out...hey i want to know witch micro sd card is best...i'm looking to upgrade on one on a class 6 sd card got stock sd card that came with it...any good sugestions n how much they cost...brands...and all....please need help thank u...
[G1 Android Development] sleepyfu:
Assuming the themes are just bunch of png swaps (as no xml edits), than flashing one over the other will work, you may end up with married themes, such as fonts from one and icon from the other.
[G1 Android Development] sleepyfu:
Q for BiffMod team, was the black theme built from the older version of CM?

I checked the drawable-mdpi folder and it has 90 more object than BiffMod 2.0, my guess the xmls don't match any more hence folks having issues...just a thought.
[G1 Android Development] crypysmoker:
If you have a class 6 card already, theres not much faster you can get (i dont think?) just find a bigger class 6 card.
[G1 Android Development] protomanez:
Can't install some high mb games :[ reflashing and installing those first :|
[G1 Android Development] Nandroid86:
Well I got the orignal mytouch that came with the original sd card I don't know what sd card class it is...but I want to look for a better class meaning 6...what good brands...and those it really make a difference in class of speed???.....
[G1 Android Development] tsheeley:
That's pretty much what I figured would happen as well. Could lead to some interesting effects.

I'll be sure to stay clear of the black one though for now... which is a shame, since the black themes are my fave. They just look really slick.
[G1 Android Development] fanbogo:
royal do you use task killers or auto killers ?

and one more , you use swap or compache ?

(i am asking becouse i want to do same settings)
[G1 Android Development] damngood98:
so haven't been in the g1 roms for a while. does this automatically use apps2sd or is a script needed?
[G1 Android Development] BookCase:
Read the install instructions in OP...you boot up, enable it, then reboot...it's kinda automatic.
[G1 Android Development] SamZzz:
Yep.. I've seen the same thing myself. Hubby has a white G1, I have a black. Mine was one of the originals (I bought it used) from November 08, his was bought in June of 09. I rooted mine and was running every Cyanogen rom that came along until I got aggravated with trying to find a good solid Froyo ROM among all the Release Candidates and Nightlies. After trying several, I ran across Biff1.9. It was the first Froyo rom I put on my phone that didn't slow down to a crawl after 24 hours on the phone. ... but it took me two tries to get it to flash and run right.. kept getting stuck at the G1 screen. 1.9.1 did the same thing, as did 1.9.2. I was actually worried about 2.0. When hubby was home this last weekend, I replaced his CM5.0.8 with Biffmod1.9.2 (2.0 wasn't out yet and he's not as adventurous as me.. it HAS to be stable for him to want it). His booted right up first try. No issues whatsoever and runs like a top. So yea..Same hardware, different results.. same ROM.

But unfortunately we still have some people (G1forfun) who think just because it doesn't work for them that it's broken. I don't really know what the reasoning is for coming in here and calling everybody a liar, but if that makes you happy.. then whatever. I don't have time to deal with your childish insults nor do I feel like reflashing my phone multiple times just to make a video to make you believe me. I could care less whether you believe me or not. If you want help with the rom.. ask questions, don't berate people. If you don't want help with the rom, then go play on the railroad tracks and leave us alone.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Yes and Yes. I use ATK (Advanced Task Killer) I also use AutoKiller even though ATK can autokill for me. I use Swap. I have a 32mb swap partition.
[G1 Android Development] fanbogo:
thank you for answer god bless you :)
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
SamZzz I could not say it better myself. I love seeing sensible mature people commenting, most the time its a lot of kids with childish games. Thanks for the comments. My wife and I are the same I am the more adventurous with Roms and guess I have to be lol. My wife has to just have something stable and fast, hence why she likes BiffMod she has tried a few different kinds of Roms and she said none compare to BiffMod (and she is not biased.) She would tell me if it sucked and needed to be fixed. lol

But anyways we both laughed at your last paragraph and both thought you nailed it on the head. Thank you. and I am glad you guys like the Rom. We will keep releasing as long as there is a need.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Thank you, can always use the help from the big man upstairs.
[G1 Android Development] billquinn1:
There was a difference. You had flashed a froyo rom before and he had not.

After wiping everything, rename the folder on your sd card named "android" to "android_bak". this will give you that fresh and clean froyo feeling.

Have a nice day.

Bill.
[G1 Android Development] crypysmoker:
Finally a little success with this. Since the SPL in a fender mytouch 1.2/fender is perfected and you MUST use the perfected spl... I did the system erase through ADB (which ive never had to do before soo.. lol)

Now I have 2.0.1 running restoring my back ups and its running a bit better. There is still a slight delay in response from when I push something to when it registers, but nowhere near as bad as it was before.

Thanks again for this, Loving the new cmparts you have in there.
[G1 Android Development] izzy001:
Can some one help me. My home button is not working after i flashed the black theme, its not a hardware problem cuz it works fine with CM5 and CM6 and any other rom... But other than that, this rom is amazing.

Edit: Hardware responds to the button, the phone wakes when pressed, but the rom doesn't read the button.
[G1 Android Development] :
Followed the instructions to a T. the google framework will not stop F/Cing as soon as internet is enabled. Can't sign into the market, can't check email, really can't do anything that's internet required. Frustrating and, finally, not worth it. I'm sorry, 1.9.2 was great but this is sadly not working on my phone.

Thanks anyways though!
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Someone else had this issue and I believe it was fixed after he properly wiped his phone by wiping the system memory and using the other wipe commands and then reflashing the Rom. Go ahead and try that. did you wipe using fastboot or one of the other options.
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
What kind of phone, which radio, which spl, how did you wipe, how did you flash, which Rom where you coming from, did you flash a theme on top of the Rom? all great info that would help us out along with a logcat. Please. thank you.
[G1 Android Development] crr127:
2.0 was a great change from the 1.9 series. i'm def gonna continue upgraded the roms on my g1 for fun now. as my g2 will be here tomorrow.
[G1 Android Development] izzy001:
Thanks but do i just erase the data partition or data, cache, system erase?