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[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Ok, my complaints about Bionix 1.7 must be stated now.

1. How am I supposed to recondition the battery when you optimize the ROM in a way that makes it difficult to intentionally kill the battery?

2. What's up with the "no FC's" policy? Don't you realize how foreign it is to not have a single FC? How am I supposed to learn how to debug stuff when there aren't any issues to debug?

3. Apps drawer opens too fast. When I press the apps drawer icon, I don't even have a chance to blink before the menu appears on the screen. I'm not accustomed to this kind of speed.

4. Four lock screens? Are you insane?? Do you realize how difficult it is to make a decision with so many choices?

5. You've included the stock android IM app after Samsung released the device without any IM app at all. Now I have to get used to using IM instead of email when chatting with friends.. I have to pay closer attention now because IM is faster than email.

6. The black theme is addictive.. I seem to use my phone more often now because it looks much better than it did when I bought it. It's a good thing you optimized this ROM for better battery life.

7. How am I supposed to complain about things when you release a product which doesn't include anything to complain about?
[Vibrant Android Development] ibuddha:
Will do and I'll stay on 1.7 cause it is awesome. I will keep using LP though cause I hate TW like Pauly D hates not wearing 100 pounds of gel.
[Vibrant Android Development] speed145a:
@viralblack

Has it already been decided that toichwiz will be removed? I love tw. It's the biggest thing that I love about my vibrant...
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Youre one in a million.

80% of the things that have to be fixed are directly related to the fact that Samsung rooted a number of UI elements into an already stable platform.

Samsungs peices need to be removed one way or another, Im not sure what elements you prefer from TouchWiz, but im sure they could be accomodated as closely as possible

Edit: More clearly, while I like some features of touchwiz and its setup its simply far worse than it is a benefit to the system.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
We might just make another rom without touchwiz for all the TW haters.

EDIT: I personally like it....le sigh
[Vibrant Android Development] adm1jtg:
I used to think I liked touchwiz too but realize that with launchers like zeam and a little skinning to the main apps i could likely run a true aosp OS and not even know it.
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
I DO like the TouchWiz UI, but they all seem to be rooted to the same system of failure behind it.

Now, if we could rewrite them to act as replacement options rather then cancer THAT would be win?
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Yeah, when I got the Cliq XT, I was sure that Motoblur was the dumbest thing that a manufacturer could do to android. I was proven wrong when I got the Vibrant and saw TW.

I'd love to have the vanilla home/launcher set up. any chance of that coming to a future Bionix ROM?
[Vibrant Android Development] castro_OO:
Yeah a zeam launcher type is great

..love the look and feel..especially the dock and lanscape view

Samsung Vibrant 1.6 Bionix/Voodoo on Zeam Launcher
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
I have a cure for cancer and I'm coding it now.
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Very nice ;) btw did you want to roll on with the website? I emailed it back at you again completed.

Edit: LMAO, Have cancer? Theres an app for that.
[Vibrant Android Development] thedeanius:
thoughts on Launcehers & Modems

I for one like TW and would like to see it left in as an optional launcher...

Making ADW or another launcher the default would not be a bad idea, but i request TW be left in as an option, similar to the way we have multiple lock screens to choose from. Maybe the developer of HomeSwitcher would allow his app to be included in the rom...

I have TW and ADW installed and switch back and forth with HomeSwitcher.

I use TW while at work, and have all home screens optimized for the apps I need for work, then when i leave i switch to ADW for personal time which is also optimize for the things i do outside of work. It really works out rather well.

I have noticed though, for some reason, that ADW doesn't seem as stable as TW does. I seeks like it has to reload the app drawer a lot, especially after running several apps then going back the app drawer, kinda weird behavior.

I personally don't have ANY lag with TW even when the phone was 100% stock out of the box...

Now that i have the OC/Voodoo kernel, it does seem like it is faster, but i still never had a noticeable lag when waking or opening apps...

Anyhooo this is my opinion. I just like to have as many choices as possible.

I do have a question about thhe modem tho. I noticed that there is now an option to flash a version of Bionix with the newer JI6 modem... I had just finished re-customizing my experience when it was posted, and would rather not have to re-flash the entire ROM again, which wipes data by default during install... Is there a way to just swap the modem out, maybe someone could make a script or bat file that would let us switch back and forth via ADB so we can test the different modems and choose which one we want based on individual results...

If i were more apt at development i would attempt it myself, but i am more of a art/design based brain, and logic and programming never gets past the "idea" stage in my head...

Thanks for reading

Thanks to sombionix for the awesome work here

Thanks to Viralblack for your contributions

The progress recently has been exciting

-TheDeaniuss
[Vibrant Android Development] rel500:
Here's what i like that samsung brought to the table and im not sure what's twiz related.

Calendar love the blackness lol

Dialer and contacts

Music player

Video player

That's pretty much it for me. Hopefully those things can stay of twiz is removed. Currently fluctuating btwn tw and zeam launcher. Think im going to play with lp again and try out desktops visualization.

Ps great job on the rom dude. You rock.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
God, I wish I could code, I would love to help out, and/or make some of my own stuff for Android. Guess it's never too late to learn eh?
[Vibrant Android Development] speed145a:
You must be kidding me! You would seriously put tw below motoblur?

Can't anyone who hates tw just use a different launcher? Is there more to it than that?
[Vibrant Android Development] speed145a:
I just got super excited again. Depression gone.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
To answer your question, you can replace only the modem, however, as far as I know, you will need to use ODIN to do it. I'm sure there are flashables, but I don't know where. EDIT: And just like that, there you go, check the post below. Thanks Viral.
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10700321/JFD_modem.zip

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10700321/JI2_modem.zip

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10700321/JI6_modem.zip
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Touchwiz doesnt sit on top of the UI, it threads through it like cancer, that makes changing a lot of things a stability nightmare.

We didnt touch anything with the upgrades to the system that would remotely effect the ability for the MMS.apk to send, yet somehow it decided it wanted to throwup on itself. Things like that are somewhat commonplace with touchwiz.

From an end user standpoint, most advanced users prefer the vanilla UI so they can mod it from there, creating their own android experience as they feel they should be able to, not getting tied into a launcher and ui system that prefers to and fights to maintain control.

Just personal preference I guess?
[Vibrant Android Development] willcwells:
Wow, you mean it isn't idiot proof already? I thought it was pretty darned simple. And I'm no MENSA candidate.
[Vibrant Android Development] Maverick777:
Wow, awesome. This is going to sound dumb, but these are flashable through Clockwork Recovery right? I'm assuming it is based on the contents of the zip.
[Vibrant Android Development] Stevenr3792:
So I restarted my phone and lost all my texts... Us this a known bug or a bad flash or something?
[Vibrant Android Development] untermensch:
I got the 2.1 ASOP Mms working with the Samsung lock screens

add these 2 lines starting at line 1740 in method updateNotification

iput-object p8, v0, Landroid/app/Notification;->contact:Ljava/lang/CharSequence;
iput p9, v0, Landroid/app/Notification;->missedCount:I

Im running the stock JI6 OTA and could not get it to install to /system/app because

changing the code messed up the checksum on classes.dex and that screwed up the signature but odexing the code out of the apk allowed me to "busybox mv" it

to /system/app and it runs fine now.
[Vibrant Android Development] sgarrett0228:
So I've been a long time user of android phones, starting with the G1, then MyTouch, and have been in the whole ROM community for a long time. Always been a big fan of CM, but since using your ROMs since about 1.2 I believe, I don't even think I care to even test out CM if/when it comes out. You guys are seriously extremely talented, dedicated, and do amazing kick ass work. Donation most definitely coming your way, and I think everyone else needs to do the same...great job guys!! I went from regretting giving up my HTCs to loving my Samsung again.

Steve
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
I'm going to say your phone is possessed by the devil. Could be wrong though. (This is the first I have heard of anything like this, I would lean towards a bad flash.)
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Flashable via Clockwork :)

And to be clear, Im not pro or anti ANY launcher, If my phone didnt change from today forwards and all that did was 2.2 JIT and Chrome to Phone id be as happy as a fat kid at a cake eating contest.
[Vibrant Android Development] mikeye9:
WOW! This latest rom is soooo smooth. It's approaching the smoothness of iOS. If only we had 2.2, then the Vibrant would really fly.
[Vibrant Android Development] kashah:
So the t-mobile OTA JI6 soft bricked my wife's phone. She's pissed. I can get back to the stock recovery and to download mode - is there any way to boot to clockwork mod recovery on her phone (it had been rooted but otherwise stock prior to failed update) to install this Rom or to do the install thru adb or odin?

New to this phone - had hero before this.
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Heres kind where im leaning towards, because if CM6.1 dropped tomorrow and we had to code for it, would you really want to ignore it just to keep using TWiz till 2.2 for the vibrant dropped?

Its kind of why im leaning towards AOSP options anyway is I see CM happening before Samsung gets 2.2 to us, maybe im wrong, but its what Im thinking so far.

So that being said who here would honestly forgo a Bionix 2.2 for TWiz?
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Very well stated.
[Vibrant Android Development] creator2456:
Not to resurrect the dead horse, but just to throw this out there about my experience with JI2 / JI6.

JI2 was solid and had darn good battery. GPS lock/data was better than stock, but not as good as later leaks.

JI6 Leak had great GPS lock/data but drained the battery pretty good.

JI6 OTA has been doing great GPS/data and has had good battery today. Left the house @11 with 85% battery. Have used XDA app to keep up with this thread, maps for directions, random phone calls, texting...relatively heavy use for me and I'm sitting at 40% battery as I type this.

Also, got no reply on my earlier post about the Messaging app and a missed color change to the background of the MMS file area. (screenshot coming very shortly).

1 minute later (I did say shortly)
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
Sounds to me like you will be using ODIN, as long as you can get into download mode.
[Vibrant Android Development] Stevenr3792:
So as to loosing texts when I restart, you think I should just reflash?
[Vibrant Android Development] s0niqu3:
Hey,

Glad to see you got this sorted out

Which smali file is updateNotification found in?

Trying to mod the CM 5.0.8 version for my own personal use now.

Thanks again, cheers
[Vibrant Android Development] SamVib:
Hey guys, you're awesome, and thanks for all your help, but I have a question posted in the Q&A subforum, but I figure I can get better help here.

Thanks, again.
[Vibrant Android Development] willcwells:
Well, did you just restart our did you flash the rom? If you were flashing the rom, then it wiped your phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] Stevenr3792:
Just a restart. A good 12 hours after flashing, titanium restore, etc. Everything else seems normal.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
I'll take what comes with Bionix 2.2, naturally, but I'd like to see a vanilla home app and launcher while keeping with the black theme goodness at some point. I just have the feeling that Bionix + vanilla launcher/home = awesomeness.
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
https://sites.google.com/site/projectbionix/home

The official site for Bionix information, downloads, and Team Whiskey ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
W00T! Dedicated website.. knew that would eventually happen :D
[Vibrant Android Development] Mark271:
So if I used the JI2 baseband, my GPS getting no locks is expected right? Or should it be working?
[Vibrant Android Development] adm1jtg:
Loving the new page. One request for additional file.... Can we put the overclock text file there for Jac's kernels?
[Vibrant Android Development] Stevenr3792:
Does anyone know if voodoo increases battery drain?
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
I'm using 1.7 and GPS locks are under 5 seconds here.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dragoth12:
Bookmarked! Thank you!
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
OP Updated
[Vibrant Android Development] tiquau:
Is the JI6 modem from leak or OTA?

Thank you
[Vibrant Android Development] untermensch:
it's in "com/android/mms/transaction/MessagingNotification.smali"
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
I sent almyz125 a PM letting him know the OP was updated so he can update the Vibrant Directory.
[Vibrant Android Development] s0niqu3:
Thanks, already modded the CM 5.0.8 version to work with puzzle lock notifications (and confirmed it works on my custom bionix 1.7 rom), here it is for anyone else that wants it, rename to Mms.apk and /adb push to /system/app

cheers, =)
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Theyre the same
[Vibrant Android Development] turbosix:
jesus christ 1.7 is ****ing BAUCE.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mark271:
Have you changed anything from stock? So if my GPS does not work with 1.7 JI2 base, than my phones GPS components are defective?
[Vibrant Android Development] turbosix:
noon until 630pm and with some pretty good use (downloading all my apps from market, setting launcher pro back up, setting google scoreboard back up, ****ing around on facebook) and i'm at 75%... data works just fine; JI2 version fwiw.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
the only change I've made from 1.7 stock is switching to Zeam launcher. But that shouldn't affect GPS at all.
[Vibrant Android Development] winhwah:
Cool! Thanks Viral, gotta bookmark this one :D
[Vibrant Android Development] hectorzurdo:
Best rom ever !!

I come form the iphone 3gs and i have to say that this devices where pretty equal in performance (speed wise), but when i flashed this rom it totaly blow me out , man this is awesome for the people that don't have it yet, you don't know what your loosing. Thanks to all off the developers that make this happen :)
[Vibrant Android Development] SamVib:
Do I need to wipe before installing Bionix 1.7 w/voodoo? I am coming from 1.7 w/jacs. Should I wipe or not?
[Vibrant Android Development] Maverick777:
Looks great Viral. Maybe you could add a FAQ section so questions won't get asked 100+ times.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
You should add the support crew to that :)
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
all of these ROMs do automatic wipes, no wipe needed on the part of the user.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Ok guys I have made mirrors for the JI6 modem roms :)

Here:

bionix17_STOCK_JI6MODEM

bionix17_OCUV_JI6MODEM

bionix17_OCUV_VOODOO_JI6MODEM

@sombionix I also sent you a PM of them so you will be more likely to see this and add it to the OP :)
[Vibrant Android Development] SamVib:
thanks very much.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Am I on the support crew? If not, how do I join? :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Read the OP.. you are on it :D
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Man, I cannot tell you how nice it is to grab my phone and leave the house with the battery at 20% and not have to worry about it dying before I get back home :D
[Vibrant Android Development] :
we should add a poll to this thread, of wich Rom they prefer and/or works best. or compare jacs vs voodoo. cause i myself dont see the difference. but if i had a piece if mind, i probably would select what a lot of the users prefer
[Vibrant Android Development] kaine13x7:
Battery life is kinda disappointing on 1.7, I reconditioned battery last night and over 8 hours I'm down to 30 percent. With light use. Shrug
[Vibrant Android Development] devcurious:
Just wanted to interject something real quick...

The Vibrant (along with most other modern portable devices), uses a lithium-ion battery. Lithium-ion and lithium-polymer batteries do not require and can not be "reconditioned".

Because of their chemistry, they do not exhibit the "memory" of nickel-cadmium or nickel-metal-hydride batteries. They are managed by an IC, internal to the battery, which controls charge/discharge cycles and under/over voltage conditions.

Any problems with battery life or battery status (icon), are software issues. Either to much drain or incorrect icon display.
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
The phone stores the information.

It reads the mV battery draw and mA remaining or total charge to create a percentage, it monitors how long and at what levels the battery goes from stock full to dead and unable to give a charge.

If one battery is full at (theoretical number) 1900mA available, 4.855mV unloaded. then thats 100%, if another is full at 1700 and 4.5mV, then its going to show like 80% FOREVER and then go down from there.

Its just a matter of the device learning the power curve, Mr Wizard.

Youre clogging up the thread trying to be overintelligent when really what you should just do is let people "recondition" the battery STATS from the ROM. Without the proper stats, which get overwritten during a wipe, your phone will only charge its battery halfway and shut off before its dead.
[Vibrant Android Development] creator2456:
The reconditioning going on here is purely software. By charging up and draining down, the system 'learns' the Max level and Min level for the battery. This then allows it to show an accurate readout.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Funny... I did the same & have been using it since 9 am this morning & with heavyyy use, Been using the camera recording vids at the mall, taking pics, texting, calling people, and a game, and 3 quadrant runs & I am at 60%

Its now 7:09 PM where I am.. so thats like 10 hours and still at 60%!!! PWN
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
+1 thanks for explaining that to people that didn't know :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Dockless UI, Swipe up for full screen, swipe down for notification pull down, double tap the screen for app drawer, tap home for dialer.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Cool, I wont be using it because of LPP though :/
[Vibrant Android Development] creator2456:
This NEEDS a new thread. PLEASE! So much else going on here already.

Love it btw.
[Vibrant Android Development] kaine13x7:
Well I'm at a loss then. Battery life seemed the best on 1.3 and 1.4
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
As this continues to grow, expect more, but for the time being this is what we have ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
It doesnt need a new thread.. I am guessing it will be part of bionix 1.8 :eek:

Edit 1: NVM He just posted the same thing I did
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
I haven't charged or conditioned my battery since 1.7 was released. I've been using it quite a bit and still have 9 apps active and my battery level is down to 18%. Lol, I'm still waiting for it to die so I can condition it.

Long live Bionix!
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
I just killed my battery, overall the process took 20 hours lol

If you need more than say 16 of heavy heavy use then you need to just strap up the desktop when you leave.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Haha great!! Yeah it will take time to try and make this ROM die with it's amazing battery life!
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Desktop? What's that? Oohhh, that thing I'm replacing with my Bionix-powered Vibrant ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
+1

Best thing I have heard all day!
[Vibrant Android Development] :
ardchoille & Master...since you 2 have a lot of feedback and input. can you tell me which rom either of you prefer or whats the difference with using a voodoo rom compared to a non voodoo?
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Well 1.7 is the best IMO..

There is better life, along with a super fast GPS Lock..

Voodoo is the most advanced RFS enhancement you can use currently with your SGS Vibrant. This system reformats your /data partition to EXT4 and restructures the way data is written to your phone. This dramatically increases I/O Functions. If you chose to enable voodoo please understand the risks and procedures BEFORE flashing rather then after.

Voodoo is safer for your data, but it requires a little more knowledge than the basic user.

Voodoo if enabled when flashing WILL soft brick your phone.

Voodoo WILL NOT disable without the proper disabling keyfile flashed.

Voodoo contains dragons. Theyre harnessed, but their control is up to you beyond flashing.
[Vibrant Android Development] drewtang:
Little screenie of my setup on 1.7, kinda nice how the sun on the widget lined up with the wallpaper :)
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
My phone doesn't seem to want to play well with Voodoo, so I'm using 1.7 w/ JACS OC/UV kernel. This ROM seems to work best with my phone and I'm getting several GPS locks in just a few seconds.

I have a friend who is running the 1.7 w/ Voodoo ROM and her phone seems to work great with it. I'd say just try all of the 1.7 ROMs and see which works best for you. However, don't forget to disable Voodoo when flashing.

I will say that battery life on 1.7 is outstanding.
[Vibrant Android Development] :
what are dragons?

i've flashed 1.6 voodoo. had it for about an hour and didnt notice anything different. i know how to disable it so i can flash another rom. but it sounds to me like voodoo is superior than anything else
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
lol. I wish I could somehow remotely flash peoples phones for them. There has to be something you're missing.
[Vibrant Android Development] winhwah:
Sombionix,

I love this rom, the black swype theme is so sexy. Actually everything is so beautiful and on top of this it is blazing fast. Thank you so much, really worth it to wait for this release.
[Vibrant Android Development] SkOrPn:
Hmm, that is all I have ever seen and it has not changed yet. Maybe I need to use clockwork to format my internal sdcard or something
[Vibrant Android Development] rakeshchn:
@sombionix you mentioned to flash ver 1.3 first and then boot and mount ver 1.3 with voodoo and flash again. I was thinking the second flavor in OP is a standalone ROM with voodoo fix preapplied which I need to flash only once over current ROM. Is that not the case? Sorry if this is too noob.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Thanks! Appreciate it. There will be more releases based off this build. I do have some JI2 mixed in with this one, but I'm not going overboard with porting from the leaked rom because leaked roms in my opinion are generally incomplete and sometimes buggy. I'm all about stability.