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[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Bionix1.3 ROM - a user review

I've been running this ROM for a bit and would like to report my findings.

Ease of installation - Installing this ROM through clockwork was so easy that I thought I might have missed something. I've never had a ROM install this easy and work this well.

Boot up - Extremely fast and sombionix got rid of that fugly magenta pink T-Mobile "stick together" branding crap.

Battery life - I usually keep WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth off until I need them and my screen brightness is set to automatic with timeout set to 1 minute. My battery life is excellent and it looks like I could get over two days out of a single charge with moderate use. Keep in mind that I don't have a voice plan due to being hearing impaired so your mileage may vary. The blue circular and green segmented battery status icons were recently added as flashable zip files. These battery status icons show the exact battery percentage remaining and are an excellent addition to this great ROM.

Appearance - I'm a graphic designer and typically create my own wallpaper but I decided to keep the default wallpaper that came with this ROM, it's beautiful and the black theme is perfect. The accurate battery percentage readout in the notification bar was a must. The Evo notification icons blend perfectly with the black theme.

GPS - I'm getting several satelite locks within a few seconds.

Speed - This thing is fast! Seriously, sombionix should be giving away seatbelts with this ROM. I haven't installed a lag fix and probably won't because I'm not experiencing any lag at all.

Apps - Sombionix has included ROM Manager and the IM app, both of which I use.

Add-ons - I flashed the Samsung Apps zip file provided in the OP - it's so nice for a developer to provide extras with a ROM. I also installed this lock screen and it works perfectly with this ROM. Thanks Eugene!

Shutdown - All I can say is that the shutdown animation was genius!

Conclusion - I was quite nervous at the thought of flashing a ROM, and possibly bricking this beautiful $500.00 phone, but everything has gone very smoothly. Sombionix has done an excellent job with this ROM and I recommend it to anyone. My only concern now is why a one-man team could do all of this and Samsung couldn't. Samsung could take a few pointers from this developer.

Sombionix, I am extremely happy and I hope you will continue development for this wonderful phone, I'm going to donate as soon as I get the chance. Please link this review in the OP if desired.
[Vibrant Android Development] thepatient 24:
Hey, not sure if you tried this or if you received an answer, but I moved the stock lock screen over with root explorer, rebooted and worked perfectly fine. Also flashed the blue circular battery mod, it worked but it changed some of the other notification bar settings. Cheers!
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Yeah, I took the battery icon packages provided by Eugene apart and saw that they would replace the Evo notification icons provided by sombionix. This is why I didn't flash the battery mods. Sombionix has told me that he will provide the same battery icons for his framework that don't change the other Evo icons. It's only a matter of time and we'll have the circular blue and segmented green battery readouts :D
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
that option only restores missing apps and it's accompanying data. It does not restore wifi/bluetooth/alarms/bookmarks/etc. Each of those will show up separately and can be restored one by one. Once you get used to where they show up, it'll only take you a minute to restore them all.
[Vibrant Android Development] thepatient 24:
Sweet! Think I'm going to go back for now. Love the battery, but I like the blackout bar better =) Thanks for info!

BTW, to anyone wondering about battery life with this ROM, it is quite nice. Was able to get almost a full day with medium usage and email syncing for a full workday. Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for all of your hard work on this amazing ROM sombionix!!
[Vibrant Android Development] vamopyros_wrath:
Ok, just a couple clairifications. I happen to be one of the few getting dialer force closes, almost lost ajob today because icant even answer calls without a force close...i read that Sombionix reuploaded a new version of the 1.3 W/ Kings kernel, can anyone verify this? I kinda need my phone to work to have, well, a phone, lol :-).

Also, when appling the lag-fix, is the line

busybox dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/dataimg bs=1024 count=1048576

all on one line, or is the count=1048576 on a separate command, sorry for my command line n00bness.

EDIT:Ok, was viewing on my phone, and did not clearly see this is all on one line, apologies. My other two questions remain though. And again, thanks for the awesome rom, i haven't used a better one yet!

One more question, am i safe just reinstalling the 1.3 Rom, or do i have to disable this lagfix first? A quick reply is much much appreciated, unfortuntely im in a time crunch.

Thanks for this kickass rom btw, quadrant score through the roof!, no lag whatsoever, just the phone FC issue.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Sorry I didn't get those up last night for you. Working on them today.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
I grabbed the shutdown animation for the Bionix1.3 ROM to create a custom wallpaper for Bionix in case anyone wants to use it. Looks great on my phone :D

Download link (in case it's needed)
[Vibrant Android Development] rakeshchn:
Hey those using this ROM what app are you using to read Word, XLS and PDF? I used to use Thinkfree office that came on the stock ROM, but I dont see a free version in the market.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Yeah, sombionix did an outstanding job with the black theme on this ROM.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
The free version of Documents2Go can read those formats. Search the market for dataviz.
[Vibrant Android Development] vamopyros_wrath:
I already hate myself for reposting, but severe time crunch, have to call this job back, and have no other phone. So to make it simple, can i redownload and reinstall the 1.3 to fix the phone Force Close issues? Apologies again for doing what annoys us all and reposting, wouldnt do so if not in freak out mode over going to lose this job...
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
I half expected the link that Samsung posted to link to a Bionix ROM lol. :D Too bad it didn't, would be pure win on Samsung's part. lol
[Vibrant Android Development] iflyabeech:
FYI..So I tried 1.8 with kingklicks 1.3 kernel... Twice within the last hour it froze the phone and I had to reboot..Once while doing the 3D quadrant test and another while playing what the doodle...Sorry no logcat.

I have had 0 problems with Kingklick version 3 or jacs
[Vibrant Android Development] los0325:
Is anyone else getting poor quality pictures with 1.8 stock?
[Vibrant Android Development] frankencat:
Hey BTW simb...I notice you used my version of the Accurrate Battery Icon Mod (Blue multi-colored segmented). I didn't originate the mod (Zimp did) but I did do the work on this version. Thanks man for all your great work. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] implosive_disgorgence:
nevermind my problem, it was google voice that was doing it :facepalm:
[Vibrant Android Development] phlacin:
Battery not charging while plugged into computer

So, the battery icon shows that it's plugged in and charging, but the battery itself keeps dropping and is not actually charging. I'm at work, so I'm using the USB from the computer. The computer recognizes the phone by being able to mount, but not charging. Debugging is on. I'm running the KK kernel of 1.8.
[Vibrant Android Development] ebullient:
Get aLogcat from the Market and save it as a text file. You can even attach it from xda app or tapatalk. There is no excuse not to post a logcat.
[Vibrant Android Development] jalsing:
FWIW, I had this problem with Franken-Twiz. My description was slightly different but from reading yours it seems possibly to be identical. I was using the puzzle lock..

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8508976&postcount=1786
[Vibrant Android Development] Mike Montz:
I am not sure what the capacity is of the vibrant hardware but I live in San Antonio where the network has supposedly been upgraded and I get between 3.5 and 5 meg down and upto 2 meg up almost all the time. My company has given me a Verizon air card for my laptop and even with the strongest 3g signal I have never seen better then 1.5 down and 700k up. The vibrant is without I doubt capable of "4g" speeds whatever hardware it has.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
Here ya go: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=805222&highlight=Voodoo,+NAND

Search ftw.
[Vibrant Android Development] ebullient:
I believe the solution here is to pull the battery.
[Vibrant Android Development] dungtran88:
I've flash "Bionix 1.8 w/Jacs OC/UV/VOODOO kernel" and been using it the whole day today. Everything was extremely fast with no glitch so far. I apply the fix without disable Voodoo and it seen to have no problem at all. When I go to "About Phone" this is what I have, is it correct?

Firmware version: 2.1-update1

Baseband version: T959UVJI2

Kernel version: 2.6.29

Build number: ECLAIR.UVJI6
[Vibrant Android Development] rogerchew:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=805222
[Vibrant Android Development] Kwintar:
You should check out Handcent SMS in the market, it a great replacement message app. I use it and it has all sorts of customization to it. And it work on all the Bionix ROM's.

I want to thank you sombionix and team wiskey for all the hard work that you put into these ROMS, and also that your kind enough to share with us. I will be making a donation on my next pay day.

Thanks again.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
To a point yes, however, the hardware in the Vibrant restricts the speeds to under 5 or 6 mbps (not sure on the exact value), so yes, you may see increased data throughput on HSPA+ areas. That being said, a device such as the G2 can reach speeds up to about 12mbps if I am remembering correctly because it has the hardware to handle the speed.
[Vibrant Android Development] djnutz:
Any other ideas on fixing the market "download" unsuccessful?

1. Tried clearing the cache in market

2. Tried Clearing data, cache, and/or data in: Checkin service, download manager, google apps, google talk service, and then the market.

3. Disabled voodoo and with voodoo

4. fixing all permissions

Just wondering if I missed anything before wiping and reinstalling again. Other than my particular one off issue - this rom is smooth, battery rocks.
[Vibrant Android Development] IDtheTarget:
Please don't mistake my previous post as a criticism, as it was not meant to be. I think that you and the rest of Team Whiskey are doing an outstanding job, and are to be highly commended. Like I said, your ROM has made me once again happy to be a Vibrant owner.

As a former software engineer I was responsible for finding bugs, and I found that one of my greatest problems was ensuring that I had an accurate picture of exactly what environment a user had. Quite often it was something in the different environment that was causing a problem, something that hadn't been taken into account by myself or other developers.

That's why I was making my point, not that you were falling down on the job, just that it was possible that a user's different environment (from yours) may have been causing him to have a different result than the one that you were seeing.

I'm curious, is there an Android version of JUnit, or something similar? It might help you and Viral and Master to more quickly and thoroughly test for bugs before releasing a new ROM.

Thanks again, and I apologize if you took my earlier post as a negative, as it was not meant in that way.

Respectfully,

IDtheTarget
[Vibrant Android Development] kwbdc:
You can use Handcent it has the bubbles and IMHO it's much better than the stock SMS/MMS client.
[Vibrant Android Development] rmarquez1974:
Kwintar,

Thanks, I will definitely check it out!

I'm still interested in how to get the original MMS.apk with bubbles to work though, more of a curiosity thing ATM.
[Vibrant Android Development] rmarquez1974:
Thanks kwdbc, I will give it a shot.

Right now am re-flashing 1.8/OC/UV/Voodoo to set everything right...
[Vibrant Android Development] ebullient:
Did you clear cache from recovery? That's what fixed it for me.

I am posting from my Mobile AP... it. is. awesome.
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
For future reference, lets try to keep these posts relevant to the thread at hand. This particular post should be in Kings kernel thread. Glad to see it at least ran on your phone even if it was for a short while.
[Vibrant Android Development] m3ta1head:
Finally upgraded from 1.4 to 1.8 last night. Running smooth as butter so far, JI6 is pretty nice :D

thanks for your hard work, much appreciated as always.
[Vibrant Android Development] argie:
Nandroid restore not working...

I was able to flash 1.8 after a nandroid backup, but when the phone came up I realized I would have to spend quite a bit of time setting everything right, so I decided to leave it for the weekend.

Trying to get back to stock 2.1, I entered recovery and did a nandroid restore. The phone gets stuck restoring the data module .pcsync_stream. If I remove the battery and try to reboot, the phone only gets back into recovery...

I apologize if this has been addressed already, I could not find an appropriate response. Can you help?

UPDATE: I was able to push and flash disable_voodoo.zip, then do the nandroid restore again. This time, restore went to completion, but the phone only reboots back into stock recovery.
[Vibrant Android Development] jmatic:
Hi. This is my first post. Yay. Just wanted to thank all the devs behind this Bionix project. I've installed 1.8 and I still can't believe it's not butter!!! Love it. I am coming from stock and I can't believe how fast my phone is. Now I like my vibrant more than the first time I've ever had a smartphone (which is Vibrant). :)

I'm running Voodoo and I do see some difference between non-voodoo and voodoo. I think Voodoo makes my phone run slightly faster.

I had some doubts. Once I set up setcpu 1200/200, deselect set on boot and on conservative. I exit and that's it? Does it have to be running in the background or something? Do I have to set it at every boot?

Also, how do you disable 3g in BIONIX 1.8. I don't see an option to use only 2g in settings.

Someone please help. Thanky You.

Once again I thank all the devs for all their hardwork.
[Vibrant Android Development] SeanFloyd:
My battery is doing signifIcantly better today and I didn't condition it at all. Running 1.8 , with Voodoo.
[Vibrant Android Development] iflyabeech:
How is that not relevant?

Folks might want to see which kernel works the best on this ROM. I can't tell much of a difference between the other 2 I have tried, but the 1.3 one froze.. and there is obviously an issue with it. I would like to know this if I were trying to decide which kernel to go with.Sounds pretty relevant to me...There is not a thread for the kings 1.3 kernel on xda anyway....

Posts like this one here and "forum police" ones like yours that I quoted here are way more irrevelant. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
You most likely need to flash the stock kernel before you can flash a stock rom. Don't panic! If you can access recovery then simply restore any later bionix rom, then hunt down the stock kernel and flash it. Then reboot and restore your stock nandroid. Hope that helps.
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
You see not all Vibrants can even handle the 1.2Ghz overclock, and even less so the 1.3Ghz OC. The reason why the post isn't relevant in this thread is because it isn't bionix that makes the 1.3Ghz kernel unstable or vice versa. It's the hardware. If the 1.3Ghz kernel is unstable then it should be taken up in Kings OC/UV thread, not in Bionix especially as it doesn't come bundled with the rom. Sorry I wasn't trying to flame at all, just trying to keep to help keep the thread on topic, and point people in the right direction. This thread is bigger than Godzilla and needs policing now more than ever. **edit** just wanted to add that this thread isn't for all things Vibrant related.
[Vibrant Android Development] pinoiryder:
any has the link for the JI6 modem? Looking for the one taht you flash thru clockwork or recovery mode.. I tried searching for it but i could not find it.. Thank you for the help..
[Vibrant Android Development] w_bovine:
You will have to set SetCPU after every boot. Remember to run Device Selection every time you do. Yes, it will continue to run in the background.

Set the option to GSM only for 2g.
[Vibrant Android Development] DaSmittyman:
you can find it here under downloads

http://www.teamwhiskey.com/
[Vibrant Android Development] rogerchew:
So i've been running 1.8 voodoo for a day now and i just noticed the lag between when i unlock the phone and when i can swipe to unlock. it's about a sec. is this normal or are some people able to swipe to unlock instantly without waiting that 1 sec before teh screen becomes useable?
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
I had this issue when I was using voodoo (it has dragons!) I re flashed a rom without voodoo and have no issues anymore. YMMV
[Vibrant Android Development] iflyabeech:
Your "policing" adds more to the thread than my one post helping others out did... There are mods for "policing" Become a mod and delete posts or report the post if you must, but don't make all of these "forum police" posts based on your opinion of things. They don't do any good and don't help to make the thread "smaller", only the opposite.
[Vibrant Android Development] Gusgom:
Danm in the process of re-flashing the stock rom it bricked my phone now it only goes up to the "system bionix inniciated" tried everyhting on XDA i could find from odin to the retarded locked 3 buttoms and i get nothing just a black screen...any suggestions or ideas?
[Vibrant Android Development] daddysays:
Ok, so browsed throgh about 50 pages, and figured would get an answer quicker by just asking.

Did we lose voice command in swype? If so can we get it back?
[Vibrant Android Development] daddysays:
Pretty simple really.

Pull batt

Replace batt

reboot into dl mode

reflash via odin
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
Can you get into Download mode? If so than follow the steps in the OP under "Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out." If you have a hardware locked vibrant, and can't manually get into Download mode, try using ADB to get there with the following command: "adb reboot download" (no parenthesis, make sure you have the right drivers installed). Good luck.

Yes, the swype with Voice command had flaws and was causing issues so it has been left out of the build until it becomes more stable. If you want to try it, you can find the .apk somewhere, but don't ask me where. Use search.
[Vibrant Android Development] Goog1e Phone:
I don't think it's voodoo. I was having this problem with voodoo and stock. I honestly think it's the option of having 4 lock screens that is slowing it down.
[Vibrant Android Development] Gusgom:
Well the thing is it wont let me reboot into DL mode, not with the Volumes and power and not through ODIN it it just lights up the buttoms but wont do anything.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
Have you tried different lock screen? What about re-flashing? What about Flashing back to stock and than re-flashing the ROM? (TBH I flashed back to stock, than re-flashed a ROM without voodoo when I had that issue, could have been the "flash back to stock" that fixed it, and not the lack of Voodoo).
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
It gets past the Vibrant screen when trying to boot? Do you have ADB installed and know how to use it?
[Vibrant Android Development] megatherian:
No need to read all the pages...

http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=46837630
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
It is working on mine just fine. 1.8 w/KingKlicks Kernel.
[Vibrant Android Development] ColbyRyptos:
everyones always talking about how they cant get into download mode or recovery and all taht and yes the hardware buttons obviously work but i just use this app called quick boot. and i just click recovery in the app and immediatly im in recovery dont even have to click shut down on phone and wait for the boot down crap
[Vibrant Android Development] rogerchew:
tried all 4 lock screens, they all do it. well, considering it took me quite a bit just to get voodoo on my phone (i got the larger NAND), i can live with this. Flashing multiple roms isn't the easiest route now with having to disable voodoo each time.
[Vibrant Android Development] jmatic:
Ok. So even if Setcpu does not show up in the task manager, it is doing it's job right...

Also another concern I had was about the youtube widget. I think the new one keeps streaming "Most Watched" videos on the widget, which I do not want. I was wondering if this would be trying to get new info from the net and eventually decrease my battery life.

Thanks again.
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
Not everyone can use an app if their phone won't boot in the first place. This is when it is important to still know how to do it with the hardware alone.
[Vibrant Android Development] Gusgom:
It gets to the galaxy S samsung Logo and then goes black...And no I dont know how to use ADB i dont believe i have it installed...Sorry for the trouble guys but its the first time i've ever bricked a phone....
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
I found this in the Vibrant Directory. ADB is your friend. But more importantly is to take a deep breath and know that you can fix it. It might take a little while but in an hour you'll be back in business.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=502010
[Vibrant Android Development] daddysays:
I mean to try to get into dl mode while the phone is off. If the phone is on you could try adb, that should work, even if the screen isnt on.

But if the buttons are lighting up your phone is NOT off.

Pull the batt

Wait a sec

Replace the batt

plug phone in

wait till you see the green batt charging icon (wait till it fully loads)

Hold vol up vol down and power

As soon as green batt disappears release the power button only (keep holding the vol buttons until you see dl mode)

Then reflash via odin
[Vibrant Android Development] Gusgom:
Thanks I appreciated so much Im gonna def give this a look when i get home tonight....hopefully this saves my phone...LOL
[Vibrant Android Development] jmatic:
I don't know if it will work but try this.

With the battery in the phone,

Open odin on computer

hold down volume up & down

While holding, plug in the usb that is connected to the computer.

This could possibly take you into download mode.
[Vibrant Android Development] kizer:
Gusgom,

Don't sweat it. What I did the last time I was in your situation I simply pulled the battery and flashed another rom via Recovery.

Of course it helps if you have a method of loading up something on your sd card.

You might just need to reflash because something might of glitched during the process.
[Vibrant Android Development] ColbyRyptos:
i understand that completely and i def know how to get into recovery mode takes 5 seconds with hardware but this guy could turn his phone on and it was operational so i suggested the app
[Vibrant Android Development] daddysays:
Didnt realize you had a hardware locked vibrant, once you fix your phone the bible has a fix for hardware locked vibrants that a lot of people are saying works

do you have android sdk installed?
[Vibrant Android Development] jmatic:
Make sure your phone is off
[Vibrant Android Development] daddysays:
adb can be a ***** at first, especially if you have never done it, been meaning to make an easy to understand video of this anyway, let me know if you want me to and ill get right on it, instead of procrastinating like i have been.

Do you have win 7?