yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] n1kki6:
Although autokiller may work I don't think rooting is a reasonable fix. The browsing experience should be almost flawless on a phone of this caliber. This is google we are talking about and the arguably have the fastest browser out in chrome. My browser has now started to slow down after view only a couple pages.
[Nexus S General] JRFogarty:
If you dont want to root, you can use Spare Parts to set activities to aggressively close and it helps.

IMO, while this makes the browsing experience on heavy flash sites like pocketnow and tbs better I think it hurts other parts of the overall experience of the speed of the phone as apps and services that normally are not shutting down are. I would prefer a permanent fix rather than a setting change that impacts the rest of the phone.
[Nexus S General] n1kki6:
Thats exactly how I feel, I'm sure I can find some fixes to make it work great, but there are a few things a "phone" of this nature should do well and for the most part it does, but the out of the box browsing experience leaves alot to be desired. I also really don't need flash support on my phone for anything. I wish flash would go away to be honest.
[Nexus S General] RogerPodacter:
Does anyone think this could be related to the file system Samsung uses? Does the nexus s use the new file system, or is it some standard type?

I only say this because of reports of people saying weird things like while apps are installing, web browsing comes to a crawl. That doesn't happen normally on other phones and the only commonality of those 2 tasks is both are accessing the file system together.

The browser constantly is loading elements to phone storage as you navigate between pages (a new feature introduced in froyo).
[Nexus S General] insanemachine:
Nexus S uses ext4 instead of Samsung's RFS
[Nexus S General] gogol:
Once we got custom ROM rolling ... Do you think this can be fixed by replacing the stock web browser using the one from Samsung Galaxy S Android 2.2.1 update?

I read that latest update (leaked?) fixed the web browsing lag and make it very smooth.

Old thread is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=873364
[Nexus S General] clubtech:
I have not noticed any decrease or change in overall performance of the device by doing this tweak.

I agree though that an official fix from Google is the best solution.
[Nexus S General] Gingerbred:
Why are you running flash again? Too see the ads?

Wow..
[Nexus S General] cshih2:
I was just browsing movies.com and its really really slow on nexus s. Can someone try this on other phone like nexus one or evolution...etc. I don't remember my nexus one is this bad.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] cshih2:
In the browser setting, these is a plug in setting and what is this for exactly? I turn in off and seems like the browser runs Better.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] gtg465x:
That's flash.
[Nexus S General] ryude:
I have a captivate running the newest leaked ROM and the browser is BLAZING FAST. Seriously, compared to my brother's iPhone 4 it is way smoother and loads pages on wifi much faster.

Flash is still slow, but I think that is flash plugin itself and Adobe needs to release an update for it.
[Nexus S General] cshih2:
Now I am pretty sure the lagging caused by Google web browser. I download opera, skyfire and dolphin and came out skydire gives me the most smooth scrolling. I tried many websites like movies.com and tbs.com.....etc

Sent from my Nexus S
[Fascinate General] adrynalyne:
How many would be interested in an adb tutorial/ workshop via IRC? I would cover what adb is, how to install it and set it up properly, as well as some examples on how to use it. I would start with Windows only.

Depending on the interest is whether it will happen.

Edit: Looks like there is a decent enough interest in this. I am tentatively planning this for Saturday, at 4pm MST, aka 6pm EST.

Channel will be #android-learning on Freenode.

I will post the channel I will be setting up before tomorrow evening.

If you have trouble with IRC, please take the time to learn now.

http://www.multiplaygameservers.com/help/irc-guide/

Also, please download, and read this PRIOR to the workshop. There are some steps you need to have performed prior to the beginning of the workshop.

http://adrynalyne.us/files/Android Debugging Bridge.pdf

Also, in the interest of time, and not wasting it for anyone, I will not be repeating parts of the workshop for those who arrive late. There will be a small Q and A section afterward.

I'd ask that some folks could log this workshop so that those who do come in late can fill in the blanks later.

Rules

Ok folks, this is how tonight will proceed. I will leave the channel muted until 6pm. I will then make a general introduction and repeat these rules. From there, the channel will be unmuted and we will continue. PMs will be ignored unless its a matter of great importance.

1. No arguing, bickering, or disrespecting anyone. First time violators will be warned, second time violators will be banned from the channel, and will not be allowed to attend any future workshops in the channel.

2. Respect folks with their questions. I will answer them in the order they are asked. If a question is asked that has already been answered, it will be ignored.

3. Thats it! I hope I can provide a useful skill to those who need it.

Captainkrtek was kind enough to log the 1.5 hour session.

> http://rom.galaxysense.com/adb.log
[Fascinate General] Bawb3:
I'm always willing to learn new stuff!
[Fascinate General] nmyeti:
i wonder if i could get a virtual room setup at work for recording and desktop sharing for something like this...
[Fascinate General] adrynalyne:
I have no idea but if you could find out that would be nice.
[Fascinate General] garywojdan81:
That would be great, thanks.
[Fascinate General] nmyeti:
I'll look into it, because IRC is not really the best forum for something like that. Let me see if my HP Virtual Room account says anything about "work only" or if session recording is active.
[Fascinate General] Drootz!:
I am interested I really want to learn more on how adb works and be able to get more out of my android.... but it would depend on when it was going to happen.

Drootz!
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
If you do go through with the tutorial on IRC, let me know so I can be sure to be logged in to capture the chat log then. I feel that I've gotten better with adb, but I'm sure there is still more to learn. :)
[Fascinate General] tbeas:
I'd try and catch it. I've never had to use adb, but I'm confident I could learn it.
[Fascinate General] Kaessa:
I would definitely be interested.
[Fascinate General] jeffbeagley:
Good stuff, nice to see someone in the community kind enough to step forward and offer help.
[Fascinate General] kmalinich:
I'll be there.
[Fascinate General] sic4672:
Still so generous after everything that's happened... I applaud you sir.
[Fascinate General] achandler2:
I down! I always take the opportunity to learn
[Fascinate General] RayKinStL:
It would be great if you could record the whole thing, and save any chat text, for those that can't watch but are interested. I am a novice with adb, but know a little, but would love to watch a tutorial for all the little shortcuts and things that I am sure I don't know.
[Fascinate General] jowabi:
I have some adb experience, but I have much to learn. Count me in!
[Fascinate General] adrynalyne:
Two pdf files have been posted to the channel topic in #android-learning.

These are whats on the agenda for Saturday evening, if you wish to get a peek.
[Fascinate General] soba49:
Bump for the procrastinators. Less than 9 hours from now, read the .pdf

Swyped w/ XDA App. When in doubt, mumble.
[Fascinate General] upsidedownaaron:
I have to work. No irc access... Damn, this would be awesome.
[Fascinate General] adrynalyne:
I'll log it for you.
[Fascinate General] adrynalyne:
First post updated with important information.
[Fascinate General] Drootz!:
ahhhh

Well I guess I won't be able to join in my work blocks me out.....

Can someone attending the chat post up the chat log when it's over? That way those of us that missed it can read up on what was covered.

Thanks,

Drootz!
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
Ill log the chat, though someone else will probably post up the log before I get a chance too.

Sent from my Super Clean Voodoo Fascinate
[Fascinate General] adrynalyne:
Log linked to first post.
[Fascinate General] andrewblanejr:
super cool! thanks! downloaded the log and read through it, very helpful!
[Fascinate General] MattRussNC:
Always looking to learn what i don't know or touch up on what i did know. Found this thread to late to be a part of at the time but would love to read the irc logs if it was insightful. However the log seems to have been moved or removed as the link is dead (for me at least). Is it still available somewhere ?
[Fascinate General] durakbane:
Talk about threads being brought back from the dead!

But it is your lucky day! See my attachment.
[Fascinate General] thefunkbot:
I think this is much easier to follow: http://adrynalyne.us/files/Using ADB.pdf

pictures ftw
[Fascinate General] MattRussNC:
Fellers, I do appreciate it.
[Fascinate General] HTCuser916:
Does anyone have a mirror to the chat log from the first post that Adrynalyne made regarding using ADB? The link is no longer working.

I am looking for some more information about using ADB.

Thank you.
[Epic 4G General] Twelveoclock:
Can anyone help me? I think I bricked my phone.

I followed the instructions from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861253

The thing is, I didn't have the drivers when I put my phone into download mode and put it into the USB, so i left the phone in dl mode and when I replugged it in, I selected the .tar file for PDA and then clicked start.

However, it said "failed on the first upper left box" and I clicked reset. At this point the screen turned black, and now I can't get it to turn back on.

I was on 2.1 rooted. I took out the battery and put it back in and now there's a picture of a phone and a computer with an exclamation mark in between them.
[Epic 4G General] richse:
Your phones not bricked, just install the drivers and follow the odin instructions.
[Epic 4G General] pre2epic4g:
odin does not recognize my phone nor will it turn on so what exactly are the steps I should do in order to get the phone turned on so that I can put it into download mode?
[Epic 4G General] DangerZone1223:
Did you install the Samsung Drivers for your computer? If you can't get the drivers to correctly install and recognize your phone, just try a different computer.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
Turn off and pull battery, wait a few minutes. Put battery back in and hold down the 1 key and turn on. You should get the boot loader screen.

If you followed the directions, how did you not install the drivers? :confused:
[Epic 4G General] maxhax2000:
also after y install odin and samsung drivers. i had to restart the computer befor they started working right.
[Epic 4G General] Twelveoclock:
Thanks, the battery trick worked. I forgot to install the driver because I have two comps, and the other computer has the drivers, so I didn't bother installing them again.
[Epic 4G General] pre2epic4g:
Yes, I bricked my phone.

I tried all of your advice and nothing worked. The phone wont boot into download mode, boot to clock work mod, let alone even turn on. I bricked my phone after trying to install Viper ROM 3.0.3. I should have just stayed with Epic Experience 2.0.05 as it was good enough.

Thanks everyone for trying to help but if your phone wont turn on no matter what what you read and try here your phone has been bricked.
[Epic 4G General] pre2epic4g:
yes.

the problem is that the phone would not turn on... meaning you can even put it in download mode. i confirmed that it was bricked and that nothing could be done to revive it.
[Epic 4G General] andre141:
Hey guys,

I am currently experiencing the same problem as the OP.

I was using my phone today and it froze, so I pulled the battery, tried to turn it back on, and got this phone, computer, exclamation point symbol thing

I can get the phone into recovery, but wiping doesn't work.

I can get the phone into download mode to odin, and the comp recognizes it, but the phone turns off within 30 seconds of being in download mode. Not enough time to finish odin'ing.

Any advice?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
It is supposed to stay on in download mode. Pull the battery, hold the power button for 30 seconds, then plug the phone in and see if it will go into download mode with the battery out. If and when it does, pop the battery in and try to Odin the stock files. You have f.reset unchecked, the DI18 tar in the PDA box and Victory_8G.pit file in the pit section right?
[Epic 4G General] andre141:
Thank you!

I was using the proper files, but that download mode with the battery out did the trick. It stayed on long enough to odin back to DI18.

Thanks again!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
You are very welcome!

Do you BONSAI?
[Epic 4G General] connexion2005:
For future reference I can fix hard bricked EPIC phones if you need it. Just PM me with questions if you have any. Hard bricks are only fixable via JTAG.
[Nexus S General] gogol:
Color banding issue in the gallery?

As described here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=870773
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pborner:
I am currently running kaosfroyo-v36, and its pretty good. I am fairly new to rooting my droid, ive only tried out 2 roms so far and both were fairly good. I understand how rooting works, not quite sure if i get how the kernel works or how to add it to my phone. To get back to my question, What rom do you feel is the most stable rom out thats still speedy?

Thanks!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Retrogress:
stability id go with froshedyo

and for speed id go with Dual rom
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pborner:
Thanks for your your input!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
IMHO, xtrSENSE and xtrROM are the most stable ROMs out there that I've tried. Everything just works, of course, they're 2.1-based so it doesn't include Froyo features or CM-specific enhancements to Froyo.

I wish I could have the best of both worlds. No offense to anyone. I'm currently using CELBFroyo.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CCCP4ever:
I would definitely go with CELB =) Fast, Stable.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RileyB:
FroShedYo is working Very good for me, upped to version 8. It has decent speed, a great built in CPU monitor and all the goodness of Cyanogen. It is very stable, no crashes in the month or so I have stuck with it. Typical dropped call that isn't really dropped, but it picks back up and does a good job.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tortuga:
I agree on xtrROM. It's super fast and extremely stable. Of course, it's 2.1. I'm on CELBFroyo, and after a week there haven't been any hiccups. It's got nice speed and CPUBoost is a nice addition.

I've also used NonSenSIKal which is pretty solid.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playpolo4life:
for the most part, its really personal preference. Give some ROMs a test run and see how they work out for you. I've always been switching up ROMs, but I've stuck with CELBfroyo for about a month now, and its running very well for me.

p.s. dont forget to nandroid before you start flashing
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcdaaaniel:
Can't tell you why but I've tried quite a few including FroShedYo and CELB but Floyo Tazz has been the fastest/smoothest for me.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparticusx:
Tazz Froyo

I have tried alot of Roms and Tazz Froyo has been my favorite, it has conaps new kernel which helps with battery life and lagging on the phone, built in cpu governors( no need for SetCPU) Gingerbread keyboard, which is very responsive and has a excellent predictive text function, MIUI music which is a updated stock music app, you can make phone calls and send texts from the lockscreen, no complaints at all with the ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=733897
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shatterpoints:
Nonsensikal is my daily ROM but I have used froshedyo's V6 through V8 as an alt from time to time because it is easy to theme. Both are very stable solid ROMs you'll be happy with either one.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pborner:
Thanks to everyone who replied! I am now using froshedyo v8 and its pretty quick and i like the fact that it has cayanogen with it.Very cusomizable and fairly quick! Once again thanks to all posters!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] workshed:
Woo Hoo! :D

;)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pborner:
workshed, your rom rocks! igot a couple questions about modifying some things.. Themes, icons, wallpaper, fonts, boot image, etc. Where should i post?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knipp21:
Workshed can correct me if I'm wrong but his Rom is very similar to tazzs roms, with floyo being a port from a hero Rom and tazz froyo being allot like sheds Rom. All eris' are different so run what your phone likes the most. Mine likes tazz froyo more than floyo and I haven't had the time to try sheds Rom but I know he did a great job on it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frosteddroid:
froyo seems to run better than anything eclair,imho celb froyo
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnrbrown1968:
I concur ... i tried a couple others before i settled on CELB ... fast, stable, efficient, plays well with other custom apps... also cleared up space.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmxfelon420:
My vote is for CELB, i've used EE and sensable and i have found CELB to be the fastest and most bug free. If i've ever had a problem conap has either already commented about it in his thread or he or someone else direct me to the solution. Not knocking anyone else, just my personal experience.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mordant80:
I'm a big fan of KaosFroyo.. I do always flash the latest CFS kernel over it though. I have tried 4 or 5 other roms as well, but always come back to kaos
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cheatman1:
i've ran evil eris 3.0 for a really long time. i loved that rom and now i've been on v37 for the past couple months. v37 of kaosfroyo rom but starting to get bored of it and want more speed. maybe i'll just end up getting a new phone soon.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chlila:
My votes:

xtrSENSE (2.1)

FroSHEDyo (2.2)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkopalek:
xtrSense, by far, is the most stable (while being up-to-date) ROM out there.

I put it on EVERYONE's phone that I root for them, so that they have FULLY 100% stock functionality with NO bugs to speak of, and all the goodies of root access. Even GScripts to facilitate overclocking and memory settings, no messing with SetCPU (or something else that does that job) or AutoKiller.

xtrROM is the same, with SenseUI's home screens removed, and a few goodies (like LWP) at your fingertips. Also very stable.

But alas, I find myself right now on FroShedYo, because I wanted Cyanogenmod, because I liked his theme, and because (seriously) I wanted push Facebook notifications.

The ONLY great thing I find about Froyo than Eclair (2.2 vs 2.1, that is) is Facebook push notifications. I wish I weren't dead serious about that.

You're not missing much by being on xtrSense, honestly. I'd stick with it for a while. Most apps aren't (and won't be) 2.2-only or 2.3-only for a long time, and when they are, they will probably be bigger and more useful on faster/larger screened phones anyway. xtrSense fits the Eris perfectly, and I can't say enough good about it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theoemrys:
Over on the droid forums is shadowRom which was fast and very stable. It also let you move appear in and out oflf the system files. However it was hard to theme and the keyboard wasn't ginger. And has gone awal? Tazz has the best rom I have ran so far good battery life and a great community on his thread. I have been running it for two to three weeks with no problem that I didn't cause myself lol.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanlalee:
I've only used the 2.2 Roms but I've used alot of them. Nonsensensikal v12.5 is still most stable with the most things working correctly for me (I've tried newer versions of Nonsensikal which worked no better but lost trackball notification). Froyoshed is definately the best mix of stability and fun factor but at this point I've been able to add and theme pretty much anything I've wanted to any 2.2 ROM (whichever I download within 20 minutes they visually look exactly like the last one). I WOULD switch to a newer or more updated 2.2 rom IF I tried one that actually ran faster but so far everything has been either slower or no better so I'm done chasing the latest unless some breakthru performance or feature is added to eris CM roms.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
I've tried voodoo but that makes my phone unable to mount

Any others
[Nexus S General] diversificationied:
Came across this:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-S-Teardown/4365/2

Thought some might enjoy.
[Nexus S General] blestsol:
Any sd slots deep in there? Screw the warranty lol.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stepp1927:
First im pretty much a noob. Second, i have been trying custom roms (fusion 1.2 right now gonna flash nero1 tonight) can i delete some of the stuff i dont like?? I dont use the media hub, oclf, swype tips, vvm, and all share.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Yes, all of these can be deleted. A "safe list" is in the General section sticky (also in my signature).
[Vibrant General] STi489:
So how do you like your Nexus S vs Vibrant...How about a comparison?
[Vibrant General] ikevinnyii:
The nexus s is identical to the vibrant, but it has what everyone wants from their vibrant a good camera even in low light but with flash, and a new os : gingerbread 2.3, in hardware specs its almost identical, software and flash is where it gets better than the vibrant
[Vibrant General] Vegastouch:
Dont have one because the only thing it has over the Vibrant that i care about is Gingerbread. The camera flash isnt a big deal to me.
[Vibrant General] demo23019:
So far so good.

JIT actually works on GB quadrant CPU score is now on par with snapdragon

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9858387&postcount=1

I never had issues really with my vibrant GPS but notices quicker and more accurate locks haven't tested on road yet

Covering the bottom left corner on NS doesn't cause signal drop

Like the all around look of the NS doesn't have the cheap looking chrome the vibrant has and no more tmobile or samsung on the front just all black :D

and also has a rounder look making it look slightly smaller and more sleek along with curve glass

Took some getting use to unlocking and gaining root access but managed and also got clockwork recovery image flashed

Gingerbread is just fast and really snappy

that's about it for now

nothing really stands out in WOW factor its pretty much a vibrant with Google support.. And hopefully they port gingerbread to vibrant and hopefully its optimized to take full advantage of JIT because it makes a difference

EDIT

Tested on road and is very accurate and didn't run into any lost or spotty signal while navigating.

Probably due to the fact that they changed the cell and GPS antenna so they no longer interfere with one another like on my vibrant