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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] F22:
New Test Kernel (WisTilt2) - kbd backlight flicker fix

Info: WisTilt2 has another test kernel he'd like some helpful volunteers with rhodiums to test. In addition to the earlier modifications, this kernel is patched to fix the keyboard backlight flicker that occurred in the previous 2 test kernels while typing. We also need people to test the in call speakerphone mic adjustment now that volume level has been increased and noise cancellation has been enabled. Please report any problems you encounter with this kernel, including but not limited, to keyboard backlight, battery life and speakerphone microphone. Please also mention your rhodium model. They may not all behave the same. Thanks.

WARNING: This kernel is for RHODIUMS only. This kernel could potentially -BRICK- a non-rhodium. So only try this out if you have a rhodium.

Rhodium Only - Kernel & Stripped Modules File(2.09MB):

wistilt2-kernel-pack_20110102d.zip
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] EBonillaRosaly:
Raph110/fuze?

Can anyone confirm if the test kernel in the 1st post should work with the RAPH110/FUZE?

I am currently running the xdandroid 2.2.1 (FRX03) with the latest kernel (1245) and I would like to test with a better battery life as reported in this thread.

Thanks in advance for your response, and kudos to all Devs... keep up the good work!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
Here's a quote from the first post....

So that should answer your question.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] gnnash:
Things are looking great! Just got a 15% battery warning after about 15 hours. Not too shabby, but not quite as good as before keyboard backlight.

When I just checked my phone, the speaker was on with static. Changing volume brought up the "in call volume" popup, as if the phone was in a call. Tried placing a call, no go. Went in and out of airplane mode, still heard the static, but could place a call, ridding the phone of the static.

I'm sure whatever was going on with the speaker contributed to the lower battery I saw today (though this battery life is excellent too!)

Keyboard backlight working great, though it seems that it fades in (which is a good effect for first lighting the backlight), but this fading is reset to the lower brightness every time I type (fading in with every keystroke), resulting in a sort of flickering of the light when I type.

Keep up the great work!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] MassStash:
which phone
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] EBonillaRosaly:
Sorry arrrghhh... :o I must have read the 1st post too quick.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] pdawg17:
A quick update on my rhod400 and the Jan2 kernel...

Keyboard backlight is GREAT...no more flickering/dimming when pressing keys...

I still hear static when using speakerphone...when you say "noise cancellation is enabled" does that mean I should be testing how clear I sound to someone on the other end?

I will report back tomorrow on battery life...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] neohemp:
On my Tilt 2 I got everything functioning now but when I go to the keypad to entire numbers the speaker phone kicks on and I can't turn it off because the phone doesn't think it's on. What's weird though is it's at a lower volume but on speaker, then when I go into the menu to hit speaker it turns the speaker on at full blast
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] JJHiemenz:
the keyboard backlight now seems to work on my tilt2!

unfortunately, my earpiece speaker no longer works (external speaker does, though).

System is now very sluggish, unstable and WiFi is broken.

I shouldn't need to create a new data.img for testing this, should I?

I have been using the 12/04 zImage of FRX03, seems to be most stable for me so far. (zImage_20101204_010857 and modules-2.6.27.46-01231-gfca2168)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] MassStash:
damn, super snappy first boot with latest stuff on rhod400. kbbl works extremely well too, 5sec auto off and no flikr when typeing. in call spkphone pretty quite still, fuz present, and is either muffled or just the quite part haha. report for first boot, rebooted and ironically winmo is blazn fast right now too! lol

Report boot 2:Till fuz on skphone, but on device headset is nasty clear bro
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] JJHiemenz:
tried this again with a new data store and so far things are MUCH better. earpiece speaker works, not so sluggish, WiFi working.

Rhod300/Tilt2.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] snalbansed:
Hey. I've been testing this new kernel. Lovely for a few hours, pretty fast sleep etc.

I've now had a SOD - rebooted - checked for logs. No logs :-( Not even the 5 line version!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] snalbansed:
ls -lrt /data/system/dropbox/
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 34 Feb 26 17:49 event_log@1298742591280.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 14532 Feb 26 17:50 system_app_anr@1298742605210.txt.gz
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 303 Feb 26 17:50 SYSTEM_BOOT@1298742659300.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 63 Feb 26 17:51 event_data@1298742679240.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 39 Feb 26 18:21 event_data@1298744481180.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 39 Feb 26 18:51 event_data@1298746281400.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 39 Feb 26 19:21 event_data@1298748081560.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 39 Feb 26 19:51 event_data@1298749881818.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 39 Feb 26 20:21 event_data@1298751682147.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 34 Feb 26 22:05 event_log@1298757930980.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 303 Feb 26 22:05 SYSTEM_BOOT@1298757931810.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 63 Feb 26 22:05 event_data@1298757949690.txt
-rw------- 1 1000 1000 39 Feb 26 22:35 event_data@1298759751660.txt
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] kastg1:
Logs

So far since the new Insta-wake kernal, I haven't experienced any SOD's -- just 1-2 failed wakes/day on my rhod400.

I imagine plenty of new members ask this, so I'm sorry if its been posted elsewhere:

I searched the forums but didn't find any clear directions on how to grab logs from the phone for bug testing. Could someone link me to some directions/explain how?

Thanks in advance.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] rcgators:
The 2/26 Kernel is working much better for me than 2/24 did. 2/24 almost always woke up to a blank screen (yes, tried new data image). I've only seen it once with 2/26.

Still get SOD when traveling in poor coverage areas. :( Think you may be right with this being the RIL, acting like it is.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
Odd, others have had no issues getting logs on this new kernel... I'm hoping to run into WisTilt2 tonight, I haven't independently confirmed it, but like I said others haven't had an issue.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] husam666:
My first SOD in 2 months :eek::D

I'm new to the logging thingy so I don't know what files are the correct logs,

but I uploaded the whole dropbox directory ;):p
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
Logging is broken in this kernel, sorry guys... I misspoke earlier, WisTilt2 confirmed that logging is still disabled on this kernel. He said he'd have a new kernel for tomorrow hopefully. Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Entropy512:
Well, I'd think "outright hanging out of sleep" is worse than "BT not working" for many people. It may simply be a matter of not having any developers with BT expertise and/or no proper documentation for the BT hardware. We're lucky that it seems we do have someone able to even work on power management (I consider SoD to be in the power management arena, and PM is a fairly nasty thing that even major manufacturers fail at in the PC world fairly often.)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] manekineko:
Agreed, I am beyond thrilled there is a dev tackling this really tricky part of the code. At this point I like improved stability more than anything else I think.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] tomdeaap:
I must say, with the 24 & 26 version I have had 2 touch-to-wake, and 2 freezes (screen on) (nothing to. Get scared about in my opinion), but battery life is brilliant; I took it out of the charger at 8 am yesterday, when I went to sleep at 11.30pm it was at around 40-50 % now, at 8.30am its 28%! It usually drains the last bit quite quickly, but still. Usage was average, some calling, texting, gaming, and lot of 3g data (constantly on). I don't know if wistilt specifically targeted something for the auo's again (snalbansed, can you confirm extended batt life?) but major kudoz for that guy!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Jandyman:
Okay I now have FRX04 also on my sd for testing porposes. Testing with frx04 on the latest kernal it all seems grand except that it never goes to deep sleep in area with bad coverage

When coverage is bad it'll keep blinking green in sleep, no transition to full green.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] randomblame:
just installed 1260 on my wifes rhod 300 we'll see how it goes. First boot stopped only showing the penguin with no text second attempt worked well. It sleeps immediately - it's amazing 0.o
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
New kernel guys... but I had to pull it, there's problems with it. We'll get them fixed soon hopefully.. Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] scooper:
Sorry, I reformatted after and restored the IWIS kernel after. I'll test the new one when you get it back up again. And if still occurs, I'll get you the log. I assume it's in the /data directory? Thanks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
Yup, /data/system/dropbox.

With that said, WisTilt2 has a tilt2 himself (in case you couldn't tell) so honestly kernels should work flawlessly on those devices ;).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] wmg316:
I agree...it seems to be working almost without fault on my device. I have had maybe a couple times where I have to press power...nothing...press power again to get green light...press power and lock screen is there (all takes about 2 seconds :))

@ arrrghhh

Will this kernel WisTilt2 is working on eventually be "combined" with the camera kernel? I keep the camera kernel by VirusCrazy to take pics...but...I run the WisTilt2 kernel for stability...no slow-wakes; no SODs.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
Ok, no offense but I have answered this question before.

We are never going to 'combine' one kernel with another to get the benefits of both. The whole point of this testing thread is to get the code committed to mainline. viruscrazy has done the same thing with his cam testing thread, he is simply testing changes to make sure it all works correctly before commit.

With that said, the cam patches have been submitted and they are being reviewed and committed in pieces. WisTilt2 has committed part of his panel collapse code, but he's still tweaking it - and won't commit it completely until he's done tweaking (the point of this thread, to be honest).

Hope that makes sense - I'm really not trying to be a **** here, but honestly mixing kernels is completely insane and just not worth the effort. Developer effort needs to be focused on committing code, and I know sometimes that is a frustrating and drawn-out process - but it has to be this way, mainly because of all the devices we support.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] wmg316:
No sir...no offense taken. I just don't understand the "commit" process. I was just assuming that all of the commits combine to eventually make "one good kernel"?? If you have a link I could read up on, it would be appreciated. I read the "Wiki" for the Rhodium and didn't find it very imformative.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
Well, the FAQ on the wiki is more for first-time users.

Basically this is how it works - there's a 'mainline' kernel. It's available on the autobuild site. These are the "main" kernels, and where the commits go. Individual devs usually prefer to test their changes before committed to the main kernel - so this is what viruscrazy and WisTilt2 are doing - they are testing their kernels before they push code to the main kernels. This testing isn't entirely necessary, but if they just committed without any testing, the possibility of breaking other devices is high. So without putting these kernels thru the ringer first, we won't know what problems that other devices have with them... Make sense?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
New kernel posted guys, please let me know how it goes!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] shatred:
so you posted 2 kernel's on 27-02?

anyway i tested the "first" kernel from 27-02, had my phone running and on power all night long (about 8 hours) when i pressed the power button this morning, instant wake, let me tell it better, the alarm clock of the phone woke me up =]

So this kernel is working great :"D

ps. i tought i read it somewhere but did you said this kernel increases battery life? if so, how? trough better sleep mode?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] tomdeaap:
So far on the 28/2 kernel: Very fast deep sleep, but there seems to be a sort of lag when unlocking. Sometimes when I swipe the unlock button, the home screen shows, with one widget cut in half, and the clock digits from the lock screen still semi-vsisble. So during the transition from lockscreen to homescreen it sort of pauzes. This holds on for about 5-10 sec, or until you toch the screen. Never had this before.

BTW, with the previous test kernel I had a totall batt life of 30 hours! :O
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] snalbansed:
rhod100_uk AUO panel

Half an hour in, no probs with SOD or waking yet.

However, there is a lot of screen tearing and flickering going on that I haven't seen before. Any one else?

Ed
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] tomdeaap:
I have the same thing going on, not just the situation described in my prev. post. also tearing in the lockscreen...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] shatred:
i see ure signature says you have an UK version of the tp2, but your profile says you are from the netherlands (same as me). Are you sure you have an UK version and not an NL version like me?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] tomdeaap:
well I use the _uk keyboard layout, and haven't really heard of a _nl model before...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] shatred:
try setting physkeyboard to rhod100_nl in your startup.txt

edit*

just saw in the key map / layout that the uk and the nl physkeyboard keys are EXACT the same so i guess it doesn't realy matter.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] tomdeaap:
Tearing, flickering and freezes galore with this one I'm afraid.... I've not backupped the 26/2 testkernel, would it be possible to put that one up again? This one is not usable for my device :(
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] snalbansed:
Not that long after the last post I had a SOD, and when I rebooted I had no signal in Windows. Rebooted, the same. Turned off, removed and replaced the SIM, the same.

Eventually found out that Vodafone have had some trouble with thieves last night and a large part of the south of England has limited or no Vodafone signal!

So I'm very relieved I haven't borked my phone, and rather annoyed that Vodafone has not got sufficient resilience!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] shatred:
here it is View attachment wistilt2-26-02.rar
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] rpierce99:
Arrrghhh is on vacation posting these so I suppose we should forgive him for the lack of information on this particular kernel. WisTilt2 is playing with the framebuffer (I only say playing because I am too dumb to really know what he is doing) and it has made his phone (Tilt2-Rhod300) a lot faster and wake is perfect, arrrghhh and I discovered in testing that our phone (the 400, TP2) has some graphical glitching in various places. It is a known issue and WisTilt2 is looking into it, for the time being though he wanted to make sure the things he has done to the framebuffer are making an impact in sleep/wake, potentially SOD, and hopefully some speed benefits as well.

TL;DR: Ignore the gfx glitches for now, does it boot, sleep, and wake properly?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
Thanks rpierce99...

He speaks the truth - are the gfx glitches that bad that the phone is unusable? I definitely notice some "tearing" at random, but it doesn't make the phone unusuable IMHO...

But yes, I'd like to know if you guys have issues with sleep/wake at all!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] djcrosstunez:
I'm also getting a lot of flickering and screen tearing.

But wake/sleep time is very fast!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hashtowent:
i second that!

same here is realy annoying!

could you please upload first 1258 wistilt kernel? i'd say it was best for rhod100!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
I'm not going to upload old kernels (for many reasons, one of which I don't archive them), the whole point is to test these kernels and give me feedback. It is not the point to run these kernels as if they are from the autobuild. Go back to an autobuild kernel if you wish.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] tomdeaap:
I think we're all a bit spoiled in that wistilts test kernels usually perform excellent :)

For me its not the flickering and tearing that makes it unusable, its the freezes; randomly occuring within any app, at least one every 5 minutes. Also battery life is worse then ever, in 5 hours from full down to 30%.

Maybe due to the paneltype. But I'm back to the 26/2 and all is well again :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] snalbansed:
Screen tearing is fine, just not some thing I had seen before, hence commenting.

I did have a SOD though, but still no logs! Does WisTilt2 think that they have been reinstated?

I also have had some short freezes where the phone becomes unresponsive and doesn't update for maybe 15 seconds. If this occurs when typing, you end up with a hell of a lot of the letter you just pressed, and there's nothing can do about it! It just happened just now, but thankfully not mid key press :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Germypan:
Hi arrrghhh thanks for your job... i have a rhod100_it and i have a question, for my device the camera work with only kernel 1214, i don't know if it would to do possible but is possible extract the camera settings of kernel 1214 and then import that setting in the kernel 1260 which you hack for us?

thanks

Germy
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] tomdeaap:
Hi Gerny, this thread is for testing wistilts kernels currently he is focussing on panel collaps and other powermanagement issues. If you read back one or 2 pages aaarrghh clearly explains how things work with differen testing kernels, how they are commited and why kernels aren't 'combined'. That's the long answer, the short one is: nope :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] electricalve:
no freezing, fast wake. gfx flickering specially writing on the touchpanel.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Germypan:
Oh sorry! i didn't read.... thanks for the answer!

Germy
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] wmg316:
I am still running 2/26 WisTilt2 kernel. I have recently discovered two problems I seem to be having...don't know if they are kernel related, but I didn't have these problems before trying the WisTilt2 kernels...so I will post here:

1. On an incoming call, all shows up ok...but when I answer I cannot hear the other party...and the other party cannot hear me. I can work around the problem though by turning speaker phone on...and then off...and all is ok. Would this be kernel related?

2. My alarm will go off in the morning; the screen comes up to snooze or dismiss. If I hit snooze, the second time the alarm goes off there is no option to "snooze or dismiss"...just the alarm sounds with no way to turn off or snooze. I have to turn phone off to get alarm off. Is this kernel related?

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] rpierce99:
I do not have this problem at all, I see from your sig you are running FROYO X, try a stock build of FRX04 with the ROOTFS from 2/10 and see if you are still having the problem, I'd guess you won't.

I haven't used the alarm functions but this would be userland and not kernel, so again I'd ask you to try FRX04 and if you are still having issues with this let us know.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] tomdeaap:
I can say I have no problems with the alarm: I snoozed three times today and was late at work, but could turn off the alarm without problem :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] wmg316:
Ok...I loaded the 2/27 kernel (still on FROYO X) and did a couple of tests. When I am in silent mode (settings, sound, silent mode) in order to have phone vibrate only while at work, I have the aforementioned problem...no sound heard from either party until I turn speakerphone on/off.

When I am not in "silent mode" everything works ok with an incoming call.

Would that still be build related? Could you test that on FRX04?

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Jandyman:
Running FRX04 and running the first 2/27 kernal without framebuffer changes and I'm still having the same battery life problems I always had I worked it out that I got around 15%per hour on medium use :(

Wake and sleep is okay though, except I got an SOD today.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] wmg316:
Well next step was to try FRX04...same problem. When in silent mode, no sound heard from either party until I turn speakerphone on/off...then all is ok.

When not in silent mode, problem does not exist.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Ltilt2:
Can someone upload the 2/26 kernel as zip file cause i cant open the rar file on my mac. the 2/27 flickers to much and cutsoff icons.

thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] shatred:
i uploaded the 26-02 couple pages back,

as for the flickering i had the same problem but then i installed an other launcher called: GO launcher EX (here it is https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex )

and now the flickers are gone for me and im still on 27/2

ps. i also cleared the cache of the standart launcher.

someone else try this, so we can confirm that the flickers are associated to the stock launcher and the 27/2 kernel working together.

EDIT*

26/2 is on page 81 at the botom

Edit2*

sorry did not read ure post good >.<

here is the zip version of the file:View attachment wistilt2-26-02.zip
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] rpierce99:
Don't worry about the flickers, he's already got it solved in his dev kernel.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] shatred:
awesome, will check it out and test it tomorrow, going to bed now xD

gnigh xda
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] arrrghhh:
New kernel posted folks, graphics tearing/lag is fixed. Enjoy!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] codedesignr:
Best Yet!

2/28 kernel works excellent. Fastest Android has been on my phone yet (runs extremely fast including running apps). Near instant sleep and wake. No half wakes anymore where the backlight turns on but nothing else. Thanks for the work you've put into this.

Edit - One thing I've noticed is that if you let the phone go into deep sleep (solid green), and then plug it in to charge, the led changes to orange for a split second and the goes back to solid green. I'm not sure if this is a glitch with the led and the phone is really not in deep sleep, but it seems to be sleeping and charging. Also, sometimes when waking from deep sleep, the led changes to orange for about 4-5 seconds and then goes back to solid green. Hitting power a second time wakes the phone instantly. Still much better waking then I've seen in past kernels.