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[Vibrant Android Development] }{Alienz}{:
I'm Colorado also! Long live the mountain states huh. . .

Well I haven't installed the ROM since I'm waiting on 1.4 to roll out before I wipe completely but I don't think it should be doing that. If it was, others would have *****ed and complained about it TONS and I don't see that throughout the topic. 1.3 has broken animated wallpapers but the connections should work just fine. Maybe try re-flashing or doing a settings reset?
[Vibrant Android Development] }{Alienz}{:
@sombionix: I keep reading about ppl's batteries draining rather fast after flashing to the ROM. Is there a bug with 1.3 or some option that needs to be set or people are just imagining?

Also when I was deciding between this ROM and eugene's Frankin Twiz, he basically advertised his GPS is dead-on and locks within 20 sec or so. I'm guessing he put more than the JI2 GPS fix in his ROM. If he has found something about finally fixing the thing, it would be great if is included in 1.4 or shared somewhere in the dev section. Though I suppose my question is the GPS in 1.3 or 1.4 here since it may be good also.
[Vibrant Android Development] BCBrad:
I've flashed twice, same behaviour both times. I suspect it might have something to do with the Bell model (I9000M) vs the TMO model. Just went back to stock, I could sit and watch the battery usage value fall.....

I'll try 1.4, maybe something there will be different.

BTW, I didn't find the GPS performance any better with this, so again, it could be model driven....
[Vibrant Android Development] }{Alienz}{:
Any better comparing to stock correct?

For me personally GPS has always worked. Now granted it's not the fastest and often took up to 3-5 minutes to lock on, once it did, it never lost satellites. I'm on the GPS fix from JI2 now though again for me personally, that made NO difference whatsoever.

So as long as GPS is as good (or better is always welcomed).

What do you mean about the battery though? Is it that bad? Any idea what it was doing? Maybe it was actually doing something since you just flashed it.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Battery is actually really good in 1.3. A good idea is to recalibrate your battery. Flashing roms over and over messes up battery stats significantly.

In regards to the GPS, I have the same exact JI2 GPS files that Eugene has in his rom. However, he has one additional line of code in his GPS.cfg file which adds an extra port. I've tested it out and it didn't seem to work well, it actually took longer to fix on sats. Unfortunately, it all depends on where you are though. It seems like for some it works, for some it doesn't. I'll retest and possibly put the extra port into my .cfg file.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
I'm getting several GPS satelite locks within 5 seconds with Bionix1.3. Also, I'm consistently seeing about two days of battery life with *moderate use. 1.4 is gonna ROCK!

*moderate use = I'm hearing impaired and use my phone for everything except a phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Same here with the GPS sat locks. 3 seconds and I'm locked onto 7-8 sats. However, I am about to test the additional port in the GPS.cfg file.
[Vibrant Android Development] Silrocco:
I'm doing well on battery life too and I'm some what a heavy user. At this moment I have 44% remaining and I unplugged at 8am today.
[Vibrant Android Development] cesarscav:
I just flashed yesterday it seams to be working grate but the buttery is going down faster, can someone point how to recalibrate I cant find a good way of doing this.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
I unplugged at about 9 am and I have been using it at a very heavy use, I have 52% battery left :p

I love it man, Possibly the best ROM out there :)
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Here is what I did (this is known as "conditioning" the battery):

1. Run the battery down so that the device powers off on its own

2. Charge the device to 100% with the device still powered off

3. Repeat one time

After that I saw a marked increase in battery life and it's more difficult to intentionally run the battery completely down each time I do it. I know someone who works with these kinds of batteries and he tells me to do this once per month. But probably a good idea to do this after flashing a new ROM, given what sombionix reported earlier.
[Vibrant Android Development] }{Alienz}{:
Well then. . . can't wait for 1.4.
[Vibrant Android Development] Silrocco:
Just reboot into recovery , toggle down to advance and then to recalibrate battery. But, make sure you have a full charge when you cal. the battery.
[Vibrant Android Development] cesarscav:
Wow how you get this I umplug at 9am and almost dead

Bionix 1.3
[Vibrant Android Development] Darksurf:
Just thought I would reply in saying that setting the min CPU speed to 200mhz makes a world of difference!!! It solved ALL of my issues. Crazy random screen dimming and brightening, random shutdowns/reboots, funny lag and jerkiness etc.

Using Jacs XMod kernel,

OC to 1200mhz works great :D

Voodoo colorfix && lagfix work great!

Thanks, good work on the ROM sombionix!
[Vibrant Android Development] BCBrad:
I noticed that while the battery indicator said 77% (and dropping) in 1.3, when I flashed back to stock, it showed almost full...hmm

Anyway, GPS in stock was awesome one day, crap the next, so hard to compare. With 1.3, I gave up trying to lock after 5 minutes, assuming it isn't any better.

As for my issue of the phone shutting off when connected to USB, I just flashed Franken-Twiz and get the same results....weird, eh?
[Vibrant Android Development] }{Alienz}{:
Pretty sure its the hardware being different than a Vibrant then.
[Vibrant Android Development] heatx:
Thanks for the info, I did this too and it runs super smooth now... Very impressed.
[Vibrant Android Development] metalfan78:
@alienz....hey im in colorado too, live in lakewood. Nice to see someone from home in here

I have nothin clever for here
[Vibrant Android Development] lgcage:
@BCBrad

I've also noticed the GPS being a bit flakey with both the Bionix and stock rom. Both range from locking within seconds to never.

The battery is significantly worse with both the voodoo and king rom than stock. I'm not sure what the issue is but after two hours of being off the charger i am floating at 82% charge left and the device will be dead within 6 hours. Whereas with stock i get little better than 9 hours. I have cycled the battery and reset it's metrics.

I am constantly taking pictures and videos and have found that they aren't always saving and the video recorder occasionally locks. Two things i have never experienced with stock rom.

Overall I like the look and feel of the Bionix rom so i am going to stick with it for a while. I always have a means to charge the phone so i am not too concerned.
[Vibrant Android Development] Bugdog:
The video recorder locked up on me, too - a reboot fixed it, but I kinda missed the moment.
[Vibrant Android Development] velocd:
I too have the larger NAND. So in order to flash this correctly, download the stock bionix 1.3, flash, then download the JAC Xmod OC/UV With voodoo and it should run?
[Vibrant Android Development] deez1234:
Def my favorite rom out right now with JACs OC/UV/CF. Amazing work.. looking forward to 1.4!
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
So does anyone know when 1.4 should be released?
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
I need a few beta testers for 1.4. First few people that post will get a download link.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
I will be a beta tester :)
[Vibrant Android Development] cmerrifield:
Would love to beta test 1.4!
[Vibrant Android Development] instechgainza:
let me test that bomb!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] dabezt1:
Id love to test out the 1.4 beta. And have two vibrants to try them out on hehe:D
[Vibrant Android Development] Jaynrb:
i would test if still open
[Vibrant Android Development] metalfan78:
Ill test it brother

Me winning isn't, you do
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
sign me up sombionix.
[Vibrant Android Development] dashed:
I'm down also
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
To the people who replied and want to beta test. You will be receiving TWO links shortly via PM. This is a beta, its not done, but as of right now, should be mostly bug free. I'm asking that you download the rom, and report back to this thread. This is what I'm asking you report:

1. Bugs

2. Forces closes

3. Does the GPS work better?

4. Your opinion on edited framework including colors, notification icons, etc.

5. Does the app drawer appear to have less lag as you open and close it?

6. Does unlocking the phone appear to have less lag?

7. Battery life

8. Please test all three lock screen I've implemented into the settings menu. (glass swipe unlock, puzzle piece unlock, stock android unlock) make sure they work properly.

9. Do things seems 'snappier' in general.

11. Shut down your phone and check out the new bootdown animation and let me know what you think.

12. Anything else I'm forgetting.

PLEASE, PLEASE do not report with quadrant scores. They probably haven't increased much. But believe me, I've edited some files to reduce lag significantly and I still am improving more as I'm writing this. This is why this is a beta....its not done. I'm still editing files, xml, framework, etc. Please keep this in mind.

EDIT: I don't really feel like sending individual PM's to everyone who wants to beta test. Sooooo....In about 5 minutes I'm going to post two links. One link that is 1.4 with Jacs OC/UV, one linke that is Jacs OC/UV with voodoo. You pick your poison. I will be taking the links down 10 minutes after I post them so get them quick.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
I was the first to say I'd be a tester :p ahahah

And I will test everything because I am a very heavy user. :)

Can't wait to start testing it!
[Vibrant Android Development] metalfan78:
Thanks sombionix, love your roms so far, cant wait to try this one
[Vibrant Android Development] }{Alienz}{:
Grgrgrge. Only if you posted the beta last night lol . . .

I would have been so in. unfortunately I won't be next to a computer for a few hours today but if 1.4 is not up by tonight, I want a link for beta testing too.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Please refer to post #1228 for my criteria in regards to testing this beta. These links will be removed in 10-15 minutes.

LINKS HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN! Thanks to all those beta testing right now.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Thanks man :)

Edit 1: Just got finished downloading, I will be updating you shortly on my first impressions..

Edit 2: Almost done installing..

Edit 3: Done installing, It is now booting up..
[Vibrant Android Development] Jaynrb:
thanks! downloading now.
[Vibrant Android Development] }{Alienz}{:
Ooh I got it too. Can I flash it through clockwork or do I require a computer? Also, you can flash back with a.nandroid correct?
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
You use clockwork
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Yes, but if you chose the voodoo kernel, you MUST disable it before performing a nandroid.
[Vibrant Android Development] }{Alienz}{:
Nah I didnt. I wanna test just the rom first before I put voodoo too. And I don't have voodoo installed right now since I flashed the phone stock. Well, time to test then
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
All of the lock screens seem to have NO lag what so ever, My personal favorite is the "Android" lock screen..

Edit 1: I noticed you did not use the Captivate camera in this release, hopefully you will add it in the official release
[Vibrant Android Development] dabezt1:
If i have the 1.3 Voodoo rom, and flashing the 1.4 voodoo via clockwork. Do i still have to disable initial voodoo before i flash 1.4?

Im going to disable it regardless, but just wondering if that would cause a Issue
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Everyone get it who wanted it? Links are going down in 5 minutes.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Yes, you have to disable voodoo before flashing anything at all.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Helping to put the word out!

I did a review/tutorial for a market app and one of the online android news sources picked it up. At the top and bottom of the review I mentioned Boinix ROMs, hopefully this will help get the word out.

The online news source (check out the 5th list item)

My review (check out thetop and bottom sections about Bionix)

I really hope that at least some of the viewers get curious about Bionix.
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Downloading now :)
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Thanks man! I really appreciate that. You've been one of the biggest supports and that means a lot. Did you get the beta?
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
As a side reference, Ive been running the guys on Cyanogen waiting for CM6 through your ROM. Might even want to steal the build tutorial ;) http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6322-howto-the-overpowered-vibrant-v15/
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Nice! I'm reading through it right now. Great work!
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
BIONIX1.4 BETA LINKS DOWN! Thanks to everyone who is currently beta testing.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
1.4 Beta Result Part 1 ​

1.) The settings menu seems to be pretty laggy. (Might just be me)

2.) I would suggest replacing the camera & music app with the ones from the Captivate.

3.) The lockscreens have no lag.

Will be updating more soon :)
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Dude, if you only knew how awesome your work really is. You bet your backside that I'm going to highly support someone who can do better with Samsung hardware than Samsung themselves can.

Sadly, I have so much going on here today I wouldn't have a chance to test it even if I downloaded it. *sigh* the life of a minister. I took advantage of someone's blunder here to find the time to post about that news article.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Hmmmm....no settings menu lag for me.

In regards to going back to the vibrant camera. Although the captivate camera software seems to have a couple additional options, after testing for a while, I strongly believe that the vibrant software takes better quality images. I'm a graphic designer by day and I've tested this pretty extensively.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
@sombionix, I made a boo-boo. I designed a skin for Beautiful Widgets and named it Bionix. I sent the skin to the BW developer for inclusion into the BW skins catalog (I've developed a number of BW skins for them) so it would be available from within BW. In my haste to completely Bionix-ify my phone, I forgot to ask you for permission to use the Bionix name.

Please accept my appologies and I can have the BW developer remove the skin if you desire.
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Jesus would approve of Bionix. You should take a break and test for a while ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
I agree. WWJD?
[Vibrant Android Development] w_bovine:
You sure about that? Steve Jobs says He uses an iPhone...
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Use a Vibrant with Bionix 3.6 Gingerbread
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
No worries, you can keep it or change it. I'll leave it up to you. Not like the name is trade marked or anything. lol.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
In that case, anyone who is using Beautiful Widgets, I have submitted a skin called Bionix that blends in perfectly with the Bionix ROMs. The Bionix skin for BW is available from within the catalog/downloads feature of Beautiful Widgets.

Meeting time, back later.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Yeah the menu seems to be lag free after a second re-boot
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
So for reference sake, are we still on JFD based or does this move us up to JI4 based?
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
That would be nice to know...
[Vibrant Android Development] Jaynrb:
Im posting on my FIRST THOUGHTS of the new 1.4.

The settings menu DOES seem a bit choppy. Not so much laggy. Not sure if that makes any sense.

All 3 of the lockscreens work great for me. No lag at all and the app drawer is working very smooth.

the framework looks nice...

working with it to see how the battery does. I had really bad battery drain with 1.3 and all the so called fixes that you could do but so far it seems to be holding up well with 1.4. May be a little too soon to tell.
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
Working flawless so far. My Quad score is 3056, and it also healed my injured shoulder. I kid. So far all of the lockscreen work good, and theyre super quick. The home screen loads instantly after the unlock. WHOA!!! SHUTDOWN IS AWESOME!!! So far this thing is flying and seems slightly snappier especially when returning home. I'm still testing GPS (had to remove my case), will report back.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
JFD....for now.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
The settings menu does in fact seem a little choppy, thats what I was thinking...
[Vibrant Android Development] kaine13x7:
1. None that i can see at this time.

2. None so far

3. Gps seems fine although i did notice under settings its set to standalone and not ms based. Unsure if thats intentional.

4. I like the changes to the notifications especailly the battery status mod.

5. I use adw but the stock app drawer and settings menu have 0 lag.

6. Phone unlocks very smooth.

7. To early to tell, but unsure if you can get much more out of 1.3 as its so good in this department.

8. All of them work perfectly.

9. Things seem as snappy if not "snappier" than 1.3

10. there is no 10!!!

11. Its cool, but i think i like the one from 1.3 more. Not that i ever shut my phone off =)

12. Voicemail notification is working!!!

Edit - tested with voodoo and everything is great. Can't wait to flash.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
I have just now seen the shutdown screen, And I LOVE IT!!

The best one so far :)
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Not 100%, but this could be due to me altering the settings.apk and implementing the new lockscreen menu which allows you to pick between 3 different lockscreens. I will be looking into this.
[Vibrant Android Development] verve50:
-Got a force close on swype, but have not seen it again

-All lockscreens work perfect(no lag)

-GPS works as good as 1.3(Which worked great for me)

-app drawer and ulocking the phone seem fast no lag

-Battery life?(was great in 1.3)

-shutdown animation really nice

-Even when I didnt think my phone cant get any faster, its even faster with 1.4.

Thanks for all your hard work Sombionix .
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Id make sure you reboot a few times before youre sure, Im showing it smooth as can be after a few reboots and now that I have everything I usually have back in place.
[Vibrant Android Development] Jaynrb:
i got a force close on swype as well... and all i was doing was changing from swype to android keyboard.
[Vibrant Android Development] Azrael.arach:
1. Bugs : After install of rom and 2 reboots I started reinstalling my apps to have the phone reboot. After that all has been great.

2. Forces closes : None So far

3. Does the GPS work better? : GPS before would lock on to 8 in about 15 seconds on first try and about 5 seconds after first one. 1.4 is about same for me.

4. Your opinion on edited framework including colors, notification icons, etc. : Love it, any chance you can skin the stock android keyboard to look black like the swype one?

5. Does the app drawer appear to have less lag as you open and close it? App drawer is instant period. No lag.

6. Does unlocking the phone appear to have less lag? Same as drawer it is instant LOVE IT.

7. Battery life : Will see after a complete drain and charge of battery.

8. Please test all three lock screen I've implemented into the settings menu. (glass swipe unlock, puzzle piece unlock, stock android unlock) make sure they work properly. : All 3 seem to work great but alittle lag on wake up.

9. Do things seems 'snappier' in general. : Minus the hair bit of lag on wake up YES.

11. Shut down your phone and check out the new bootdown animation and let me know what you think. : FREAKING AWESOME

12. Anything else I'm forgetting. : So far all is great thank you for all your hard work.
[Vibrant Android Development] Viralblack:
Id do another install just to be safe, cause I use the android keyboard and I didnt FC when I switched

holy god Id be a happy panda if you got that working, a black stock android keyboard.

Actually, if its just a matter of editing the imagery Im positive I could do that if pointed in the right direction, or at least which APK to dissect.

EDIT: Well, I found a keyboard saying its stock, opened it up and it pointed to LatinIME.apk, open that up and all the images are inside, but this isnt a completely stock keyboard either lol. Ill need to find it to take it apart

Still not seeing it, if anyone has a copy of the Vibrant Stock keyboard laying around shoot it to me in an email or somewhere.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
GPS Locks on pretty fast (About 2-4 seconds)
[Vibrant Android Development] glensta:
Bionix 1.4 w/ Voodoo Working Very Well - Thank you!

Everything seems noticeably snappier than 1.3 to me. Super-quick insalls from the market, no FC's yet, fast fast fast.

You do some nice work!
[Vibrant Android Development] Jaynrb:
another thing i did notice, i wasnt sure if sombionix changed anything on the build props to mess with the 3g stuff BUT from where i sit at my desk i used to get about 1 MAYBE 2 bars on a good day with 3g. Its steadily showing Full. Hopefully this DOES have to do with this update.
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
after a couple reboots the only two things that I've noticed are the slight choppiness that others have mentioned, and a slight delay when waking up the phone. I haven't noticed any difference in GPS. Everything else is performing great.

One last thing. The market also seems noticeably faster.

I'm running the non-voodoo version.
[Vibrant Android Development] kaine13x7:
sombionix it could just be me but when going to unlock the phone I'm noticing that its really dim after I hit the unlock button for a second then gets brighter and I can use the unlock screen. Only seems to happen regularly on the stock slider, the glass and puzzle seems to be at the proper brightness upon key press.

Edit - it seems to be happening regularly on all 3 lock screens
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Waking the phone up seems faster to me?? :confused:
[Vibrant Android Development] kaine13x7:
The unlock once you perform the requested action is super fast. For me its the time after I hit the unlock button until I can actually use the screen to unlock. It's like a second delay.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Yeah I dont have that problem, Have you tried re-booting?
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
I believe it has something to do with the lockscreen mod I implemented. I'm looking into everything reported so far. Thanks for all the feedback everyone, keep it coming so I know exactly what to fix.
[Vibrant Android Development] dabezt1:
Im suprise to many people like lock screens. I have mine disabled with Extended Controls. So wakeup goes directly to homescreen.
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
I agree with this to an extent, but in my opinion, having a lock screen adds an extra layer of protection from dreaded 'butt dial' or 'pocket dial'. It definitely serves a purpose, but its all personal preference in the end. Personally, I've had too many drunk nights and accidentally butt dialed someone. Unfortunately, that specific person heard a conversation they shouldn't have heard.
[Vibrant Android Development] kaine13x7:
Lol with the case I have I think that would be impossible for me to do no this phone. Body glove case is great!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
Anything is possible when I'm drunk. Have you ever flown on a unicorn while you were drunk? I have.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Beta Review Part 2

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1.)The build name says "ECLAIR" instead of "Bionix"

2.) Battery life seems to be much better then 1.3

I will keep reporting :)