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[Vibrant Android Development] jellyculligan:
GPS Settings for V3, What's New in V4?

Howdy folks,

First of all LOVING the ROM. V2 was causing me grief and just before I was going to go back to non Froyo fusion reliablity, V3 with Voodoo has been a vast improvement, will donate again soon Sombo, VB and co. quick and smooth. I was searching through the threads adn couldn't find the ideal settings for V3 GPS. My experience was, wait for a while on GPS Test to "warm up", and sure enough, after a few minutes I was getting locks indoors and out, seeing an average of 7 to 12 birds and locking withing a few seconds. Needless to say I was excited as my V2 I couldn't get anything and Google Maps would lock and I'd have to battery swap. I switched to suple.google.com 7276, reset data, made sure it was on cold start. Not locking on as many birds but still observing, seems though spirent was doing slightly better in more locks, with cold start?

Questions:" I noticed you aren't changing defaults to supl.google.com, is that because www.spirent-lcs.com is actually ideal to use now? (it was what the settings were that producted the initial great results).

What is the default app mode, cold start or hot on these ROMS?

When I delete GPS data when do the new settings take effect? Only after reboot? After turning off and on GPS. Or do I have to actually reboot.

What is the default mode, standalone or MS based on the ROM? Which one is better anecdotally?

****Unrelated GPS Note, - Not much after I get this cool ROM i see a V4 now, the release schedule is like Murphys Law by a factor of 100! So, is there a change log somewhere I'm missing? Since the TW site changed I dont' see specs on V4? I always debate not configuring folders etc until I know I'll be with a significant ROMfor more than a week. :-)

Thanks for the assist, I searched the thread for specifics to this ROM, and GPS settings but could not find anything. Sorry if this is a repeat. You guys are the bees knees and the cat's meow. Keep it up, your hard work is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Kelly

vibrant/Obsidian V3 w Voodoo 5 beta / Included Kernel

(although V4 is out, it's not mentioned in the Dev title , but is on TW site, would love to know what this fixes improves).
[Vibrant Android Development] cashyftw:
Tried to flash onxy r4, but I keep getting installation aborted (bad)
[Vibrant Android Development] jellyculligan:
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++1
[Vibrant Android Development] krntehknik303:
one thing I noticed with v4 is adb wireless and the sms icon is changed back to the old one. That's the only 2 things I noticed so far.
[Vibrant Android Development] Trev420:
If you can honestly say ur g2 is faster at everyday use then I say go ahead and write the letter.

Personally my custom rom'd vibrant is quicker then every other Android phone I've held in my hand side by side AND IT LOOKS WAYYYY BETTER SCREEN WISE.

That's my 2 cents.

On topic, v4 is running great without voodoo.

Oh and how do u take screenshots? Isn't there a feature in 2.2 that does this?
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
++++1

And there is a free app called Screenshot in market for well.. screenshots.. works perfect, just make sure to check the box to invert colors
[Vibrant Android Development] Trev420:
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm sure there is something in this Rom for screenshots tho. I remember reading it some where.
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
It is suppose to be holding down the back button. But since I believe V1 it is not there anymore.

I've tried on V3 and it wasn't working with the back button
[Vibrant Android Development] d1zturbe3d:
Got the Rom last night and man it works beautifully. Battery is crazy good too.
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
Coming from V3. I Odin to stock, flashed V4 with Voodoo, heard the woman say all went well with sec "4", it rebooted. But when I check adb "mount" I get "dev/block/mmcblk0p2" which means Voodoo is disabled. I just have one of the strange phones that work really well with voodoo with out it I get tons of "hiccups/lags". Has anyone else have this issue?

About the search on this site. I do use and find it helpful but when using it for my current problem I used one word to get a broad reply, the word: Voodoo and nothing came up, search said it cannot find anything with voodoo which i find very strange. Then when to search another word but was shot down with "please wait 10 minutes and try again. Just bringing this up because people rail on others for not searching but perhaps this is part of the reason.

But please can you help me with my problem before yelling at me about the search comment Thank you. I do love the ROM.
[Vibrant Android Development] bigsquid:
I've honestly searched but can't find anything, can somebody help me switch the tw calendar for the aosp one? I tried pushing calendar.apk and calendarprovider.apk with root explorer and changing the tw file names but it didn't load. Any help?
[Vibrant Android Development] SBboundbRONCOS:
did you change the name of or delete the disable-lagfix file you used? if not its still disabled, so again change the name or delete the folder and reboot
[Vibrant Android Development] MilkPudding:
Sounds like you have a bad file. Trying downloading it again
[Vibrant Android Development] Trev420:
Okay guys need help with this one.

I want to use voodoo but I downloaded stock v4 and I don't know where to get voodoo to flash without re flashing the whole Rom.

Is this even possible right now?
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
Yes I did, in fact I completely deleted anything with voodoo. Another thing when I checked my phone info under "Build number" it still says Obsidian v3, I know for a fact I installed V4 because I remove and clean out my internal card before flashing new ROMs etc. Is this correct? It should read v3 not v4? Also all my voodoo logs say its was successful, I can send a copy of the install voodoo file.
[Vibrant Android Development] 651stp:
For those who have already flashed version 4, do you guys still notice the green glitchy-ness on top of the screen when you boot up the phone? it was said to be made transparent by sombionix but i still see it there.
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
A little story....I was asked in a pm to call someone with a bricked phone to help them unbrick it. Not gonna say who it was, but they did not know how to set up their pc to show file extensions, almost didn't know how to unzip a file, couldn't navigate to their desktop from within windows explorer, and somehow had a phone that at one point had been rooted, flashed with obsidian, and bricked because of voodoo not being disabled before flashing again. They needed help getting drivers on there pc, downloading the right files and getting their phone into downloading mode with the volume buttons and a battery pull.

If this person sounds even a little like you...DO NOT FLASH YOUR PHONE! Stick with stock. It will serve you well enough.

That said, we got his phone back to stock in a little over an hour :D.
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
So you mean the green up top during phone call? Cuz there's never been nothing during boot that i've ever seen...
[Vibrant Android Development] 651stp:
dont quote me but i think you can get it from voodoo's website

http://project-voodoo.org/

im not sure if this is the exact same one included with the built in rom though. being that im not sure i'd probably just download the one with voodoo built in and relfash. it only takes like 20 mins for the whole flash including the 15 min wait time after the first boot.

im quite sure that its suppose to say obsidian v3. i looked at screen shots of other people flashing this rom and it says the same. so does mine.
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
Wow man! That's scary.

But big ups to you for actually taking the time to help this person! You my man are a good person and great buddy to have on these forums!

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[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
If you have voodoo with the version you downloaded, there is a little glitch in the screen each time you boot up on the vibrant screen. This is known to happen and will not hurt anything. Just your eyes. Deal with it. And yes, this has been discussed more than once in this thread today.
[Vibrant Android Development] 651stp:
hmm, not not over a phone call it kinda makes a glitch looking thing as my phone boots up, dunno if anyone else has experienced it yet. maybe in a day people can check to see...

@moonfire, you have a lot of time to help people man. hats off to ya. that guy better have donated to you! i would have! LOL
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
Som probably just for got to update that little piece of data. It's just aesthetics. Don't worry about it. If you flashed it, you have it.
[Vibrant Android Development] 651stp:
oh okay. thx. :) maybe i read it but just forgot. brainfart? i probably read this thread from post 1000 lol.
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
Yes I get the green glitchiness when booting.
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
I might sound like a jerk on here, but I really do try to help people for the most part. It would just be nice if certain people would try to help themselves first.

Edit: I've made less than $10 in donations on here, so I certainly don't do it for the slurpees. Although, that sounds kinda good right now.
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
Honestly man, I dunno how you do it.

I know I am always holding my tounge and not replying to a lot of these posts. It's just crazy how many of the same questions are asked over and over and OVER again...
[Vibrant Android Development] Trev420:
I'll look, thanks.

What I'm going to need is this stock jk2 kernel with voodoo or I believe it won't be very good. This kernel also has mods done by team whiskey that Polly wont be on a voodoo website.
[Vibrant Android Development] zimphishmonger:
I'll chime in....you're doing an awesome job of trying to help people, some who dont even try to help themselves, without getting too frusterated. Major props to you, and I (and Im sure others) appreciate your efforts.....:cool:
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
It does motivate me to keep at it when I get a few good comments here and there. Thanks.

Oh did I mention that this guy didn't even know if he had a 32bit or 64bit operating system. He didn't even know how to tell. I bet I don't get any slurpees from him now. lol

Edit: I just realized how sick I am. I looked at my join date under my avatar, and then looked at my post count. Is there a counseling thread I don't know about. I need help.

Edit 2: Shiz, somebody just bought me 5 slurpees. I wasn't trying to beg for slurpees. I do appreciate it very much though. You just tied my highest donor. Thanks to the 3 that have supplied me with cool rich goodness. Actually, I think I might just throw some of this money to Team Whiskey. Although I don't approve of their drinking habits, I do love their work.
[Vibrant Android Development] sil3ncer7:
I determine my response based on noob status and post count. noob higher count might = response. else they are kinda stuck. I know I dont have a high post count but I get my answers from the almost 3100+ posts in this thread and all the other threads on XDA and google.. or trial and error. Im not saying I know what to do, but I know enough that Ive never bricked a phone.

RESEARCH PEOPLE!!!!!! :mad:

/rant
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
I'm not kidding you when I tell you I read for MONTHS before I ever even rooted my G1.

I had it actually for over a year before I finally felt I read enough about it and rooted... then finally flashed Cyanogen... And I haven't stopped flashing since lol
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
Man, I really commend you for all the effort and help you put in! I've also gotten many LOL's from reading a lot of your posts as well lol
[Vibrant Android Development] sil3ncer7:
It only makes sense to risk your $$$ device like that to know and read b4 you dive into it. Yes I have had my scares, we all have **** I had one flashing v4 tonight but still. Thats the excitement of hacking your device. But I am not gonna clobber the thread with my useless drunken rants.

<<Im back on topic now>>

Been running v4 for a few hrs now and snappy and responsive. Battery isn't what I want it but its an Android so what batt life? lol Nothing bad to respond back to yet.
[Vibrant Android Development] imthekuni:
just put V3 on and tried to install swype. Keeps asking me for an email and login for the beta...am I doing something wrong?
[Vibrant Android Development] GTOJim:
+1 I feel the exact same way.
[Vibrant Android Development] SBboundbRONCOS:
So anyone have a file I can flash to make my notification bar white again like r2
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
there's no need to install it... it's already on there ... even a stock Vibrant has swype stock
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
Ok, so now that I am back on topic, and since this is the Obsidian thread, and I am running Onyx, I had better give something useful on here.

If you wonder why or why not pick Onyx over Obsidian, there really is not much difference. Touchwiz is removed in Onyx and replaced with Launcher Pro, which I prefer, but also, much of the bloatware is removed. Having said that, one thing that was removed was the my files app. Without it, you cannot install apps from your sd card right after a flash, until you set up the market and get a file manager installed. Also, I put the my files app back because without it, I could not set a custom song from my files to be my alarm tone. Other than these small differences, I don't see any reason to go Onyx over Obsidian.

Due to the removed file manager app, I might even go back to Obsidian on the next flash since I like to load several apps from it right after a flash. It's also easy to install Launcher pro over touchwiz.
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
Is it just the free version of LauncherPro that's installed on Onyx?
[Vibrant Android Development] Dallas2214:
i just updated to obsidian v4 and every time i try to log into the android market i get "cant establish a reliable data connection to the server" i have the 3g icon on and i tried also with wifi on any help ? :(

thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
You can try to sign in and out of Google talk, and clear the Market cache. Or also a reboot
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
Yes, but if you have paid for the plus version, you just add your key file and you will have it just the same. Plus features will be unlocked. (or so I hear)

Off to bed....see you all again tomorrow, I'm sure. Don't go playing with voodoo in the night. Nasty things happen when your tired, drunk, and start to flash over voodoo.

Happy flashing everyone.
[Vibrant Android Development] Ahardin:
Team Whiskey.. I love you. This works exquisitely well over anything i've used to date. I have had zero issues and it works when i want it to, faster than i expected.

It is a proper ROM for a swell phone. Put them Hand in hand and you have the equivalent of a Lamborghini Superleggera. A stripped out, lightened, taught, added power and control, and then made it easier to feel confident about the handling. I'm simply charmed and smiling.

I will buy you gents a drink

Linpack 14.12mflops

Quadrant 1429
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
Oh yea.... I forgot that the Dev can't do paid market apps.

I actually always liked ADW over LP. Just cuz AnderWebs is a really cool guy and basically is the basis for LP anyways....
[Vibrant Android Development] sil3ncer7:
Any reason why you dont just flash Obsidian and stip the apps and just restore your apps.. aka Launcher pro? Just use Titanium backup and your good to go b4 you sign into the Market..
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
I've yet to try ADW, but then again, I've yet to try a lot of things with this phone. I can't keep a rom on here long enough to realize the thing is for phone calls more than it is for flashing. I'm sick I tell ya....sick! Now I'm off to bed.
[Vibrant Android Development] eminembdg:
LOL!!!!!!!

Try out ADW.Launcer... if you like LP you'll like it.

G'nite
[Vibrant Android Development] ilaf0106:
Question I'm coming from v3 with voodoo, I disabled voodoo before flashing v4 with vodoo. After flashing v4 I ran quadrant and got a score of 900. Does this mean I don't have vodoo? In v3 I ran

Quadrant and got 1400. What did ki do wrong to get this score or am I missing something?
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
That is what I have been doing. I was hoping to find a few more differences in Onyx than Obsidian, just like fusion vs Bionix. I didn't really strip out touchwiz, but did freeze a few thing with titanium backup.

On another note related to what you said though, I always like to sign into the market before restoring anything from titanium backup. I've seen a lot of people report not having good things happen when they restore the wrong thing and then the market doesn't work. I don't restore system data, but I personally do restore apps+data. Takes a little longer to finish setting things up after a flash, but I have never ran into issues. I personally also like to Odin back to JFD every time now before flashing a new rom. It only takes about an extra 15 minutes at the most, but makes sure not to run into scary ghosts like so many others have.

It's good to learn from others mistakes and to find a fail proof method of doing things before you start doing them. I really haven't run into any serious issues with anything on my phone, ever.

Can you hear my zzzzzzz's. I'm actually in bed sleeping now. lol
[Vibrant Android Development] moonfire711:
Delete the disable_lagfix file in your voodoo folder in your internal sd card and reboot. When Millie tells you she is converting your data to ext 4, you will know you are running voodoo after. When you disable it, she will tell you she is converting it back to JFD. If you didn't hear her when you flashed v4, she was still disabled.;) Don't leave Millie disabled for too long...she feels bad when you do.
[Vibrant Android Development] crazyald:
Noob here. Previously had bionix fusion, so I decided to use odin to go back to stock (rather easy.) Then I flashed onyx r4- not a big fan of touchwiz. Been using my phone for about 30 and I have to say that it's perfect.
[Vibrant Android Development] creator2456:
Did you remember to delete the disable lagfix file?
[Vibrant Android Development] ilaf0106:
Thanks moony millie does have a sexy voice
[Vibrant Android Development] ludachez:
Anyone know why obsidian and oynx 4 were pulled from TW's site? i DL'd oynx 4 and figured it was pulled for a reason.
[Vibrant Android Development] GTOJim:
From the TW site. Temporarily Removed for Revision

Looks like 4.1 is on it's way
[Vibrant Android Development] 651stp:
Temporarily Removed for Revision

im guessing they are adding/fixing more already. damn right when i just flashed. lol. oh well, flashing is nothing but a time waster for me, i think i flashed close to 4 roms tonight alone just to try them all out. btw if you want it i'll post up a mirror for you. not sure if it would be okay with TW but i can. I'd probably wait anyways because they should have 4.1 out probably within a few hours or by the end of the day.
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
Voodoo says not working but I think it might be :/

This is a pickle regarding voodoo, I am on v4 Millie was kind and set everything up and at the end said it was all "successful", then phone reboots. The phone is very responsive but when I adb mount it I get the dreaded "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2" which of course means disabled. So I used the disable-voodoo and Millie kindly told me to wait while she disable voodoo, the phone then reboots. Checked "mount" once more and again "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2" is there again. So I deleted the disable-voodoo from the voodoo folder and rebooted. Millie once again kindly asks me to wait while she sets up the voodoo and in 30 seconds or so says it was complete/successful. But when I check my "mount" again its "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2,"

Ok Im not really bothered as more curious because my phone is running really, really well. I did Odin back to stock before all this, twice in fact. I know all of our phones are different so I thought I would go into detail so someone might discover something about my situation but like I said my phone is running very well, even donated a little to moonfire711 :D (who really did help me a few times) Thanks for any insights good night.
[Vibrant Android Development] ludachez:
Yeah i downloaded oynxr4 but i saw it was removed for revision, wanted to know if it was safe to flash basically. thought maybe it was something major. oh well, i guess i'll wait.

For that matter with voodoo when i hit mount it still says "mmcblk0p2" isnt it supposed to be "mmcblk0p4"? it does say my data is ext4 but everything else is showing up rfs. Quad is about 1500 but i thought voodoo was more than just data to ext4. i heard Linda/Millie saying initializing but oh well.
[Vibrant Android Development] aerohoff:
Am I blind? Where's the torrent? It's mentioned like 10 times in the thread, but I can't find it.
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
OMG thank you so much! I thought I was going crazy and I had that ONE phone that only this happens to, not that Im happy about your issue. I have that to, I forgot to mention that when voodoo is "on" it mentions ext4 but when I removed it the ext4 was not there but I re enabled it and the ext4 once again is there. If anything I dont feel alone, no one commented on my post as this is the second. Is your phone working ok? Snappy?
[Vibrant Android Development] :
anyone having trouble with the stock alarm not working, or if its just me ill try to figure it out. :(
[Vibrant Android Development] yvliew:
I really liked the Epic lock from bionix 2.1 rom..

is there anyway to get the lock??
[Vibrant Android Development] ludachez:
yeah it seems to be working fine but on my girls vibrant 2.1 it seems voodoo did more. i have the larger nand chip so maybe that makes a difference and only some of it is supported. i dont know, it works fine though.
[Vibrant Android Development] yvliew:
all vibrant are not made equally? Some have different nand chip??

anyway, what is nand chip???
[Vibrant Android Development] ohadbasan:
The gps doesn't work for me

Hey all.

The GPS still doesn't work for me.

Plz don't kill me for not searching. I've done my best to try and search it but (imho) the search mechanism on xda is pretty bad. (for example I couldn't find a way to search on a specific thread)

is there any solution? my vibrant can't get a satellite lock

thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] dukei:
Video player is unstable on Obsidian v3. Sometimes it plays, sometimes it shows blank screen, sometimes it force closes.

RockPlayer works with software decoding, and freezes with hardware decoding.

MKV files are unsupported now (only with RockPlayer sofware decoding, but too slow).

Can it be fixed?
[Vibrant Android Development] Carpet161:
This has worked great for me! I was scared I would F*** up my phone but it was easy. I also have a question. I installed the none voodoo file but when I try to install OCLF it says "You already appear to have another lag fix installed! (/system/bin/playlogos1 less than 5kb)

Can I just delete that folder or can someone point me in the right direction!

Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] willsnews:
Restore boot animation then apply lag fix this topic has been brought up time and time again search this thread almost every question you have has an answer here

Constantly Drinking
[Vibrant Android Development] dungtran88:
The GPS is jumping everywhere, but Axura GPS work perfectly. is it possible to push Axura 2.0.2 GPS into V3? Also where do I go and donate?
[Vibrant Android Development] Pur3_Purpl3:
So, I know that OCLF converts the internal sd to ext2, and voodoo converts it to ext4, so coming from a non-linux user, which filesystem has better I/O performance? Or is it that I totally misunderstand thd functions of OCLF? Thanks in advance...