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[Epic 4G Android Development] spdwiz18:
From a noob point of view!!!! the search bar is not always your best friend. i have done search after search and either come up with nothing or it does not come up with the info i am in need of (a diff phone) Goggle can sometimes be the same way. I have yet to find the info that I'm looking for and yes i might not be putting the right set of key words in, but how many different ways can to search for (decompile zimage or unpack zimage)

but with that said i have found some very useful info =====> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=885048

I feel if no one is going to post a real tutorial on how to do things this link should be added to the OP as it has been the best thing i have found so far. (and look it not even in the epic forum)

This is my >10 th post for fear of being flamed for asking a what is perceived to being a stupid question so let the flaming begin!!!!!!

I hate the fact that all i seem to be doing is (stealing) other peoples bakes but would really like to make my own recipes but need mush help from the devs (chiefs)

really looking forward to the rest of this thank you for your incite

sorry afterthough - some people are learners by doing and not by reading ( like me ) so walk throughs like the one i posted above are appreciated
[Epic 4G Android Development] plapczyn:
I'm not entirely sure what your point is there. I agree you can't always find everything, BUT you should ALWAYS search BEFORE starting a new thread. Creating your own ROM is not something for noobs to be doing. There are actually many threads, and in fact a whole forum dedicated to making android ROMs. Before doing something you should first understand what it is you are intending on doing. What are you intending on doing with an unpacked zimage? You could always search for what you are trying to do with it, like modify the init.rc script, etc. You say you are having an issue finding how to unpack the kernel. Try typing "extract zimage" into the search box. These are the first two links.

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Extract_initramfs_from_zImage

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=853538

Search is your friend. You just have to learn how to tame the beast.
[Epic 4G Android Development] spdwiz18:
You are very correct! i do believe the search should be the first thing done. BUT it is not always forth coming.

My point ( i Guess ) is that all the good stuff is found outside the epic forum. as with the thread i posted above. and that the tread i posted above should (fi i understand what this (your) tread is for) be posted to the tutorial. There are no epic specific tutorials on how to dev. It seems that very few ( not none) are willing to pass on the torch to the noobs that are willing to learn form scratch.

As far as to what i want to do. LEARN thats all. i want to learn how to do what the others are doing (building). i know i lack the Linux know how and even the c+ and jave but that should not deter someone form just jumping in. I learn best by doing "take it apart and rebuild". ( my reading and eye skills are not on par) but i want to TRY.

regardless thank you for your help and i will look at the links you posted. This is just my opinion and not meant to burn anyone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] <3me:
I though the only decided rules were

Rule 1

Rule 2

And rule 34?
[Epic 4G Android Development] vocaltreat:
Thank ya much

Ive been looking around xda for a month now......i have 3 kids ....2,5,and 7 and still manage to google/search before i even think about posting a thread about my issue.....learned how to root.....how to dabble internally with my phone and ect.....everything i have learned (how to build comps,hacking psp,.....ect) ive done by searching and reading with all my kids yelling at each other, making dinner, cleaning.....ya sometimes i stay up till the wee hours just to get some peace and quiet while searching but hey whats a girl to do.... So just a shot out to all you devs thanks for the hard work and patients with us noobs......and to the noobs......dont take it soo hard when someone gets a bit snippy with ya....brush off your shoulder and move on...who knows maybe that guy just had a bad day lol.
[Epic 4G Android Development] subtex:
My biggest problem has been when there is a 500 page thread and the original post is never updated with the new info that is dispersed throughout the massive thread.

And people get upset because someone posting a reply doesn't know the bug in the first post was fixed in a post on page 365.

Oh and the other thing has a workaround that is posted on page 419.

If you start a thread and people find known bugs/issues or fixes/solutions, take the time to update the first post with the relevant info.

I can't blame someone for not wanting to read 500 pages of posts to find 2 answers when those answers could have been added the original post. Thus making the original post an actually useful guide.
[Epic 4G Android Development] lviv73:
What is HiApk?Is it a rom like Cyanogen?

The reason im asking is:because when I turn on "Root Access" in Estrong's File Manager options it asks me to select "Cyanogen Mod" or "HiApk Rom".

I googled and found almost no info-none that was in english anyway.Is HiApk Rom like Asian Cyanogen equivalent or something?

Here is link to it http://www.hiapk.com/bbs/thread-9751-1-1.html ,ES File Manager says that it only supports Cyanogen or HiAPK,it gotta be something big if it compares it to CM bit how come nobody is talkin about it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] wtfdusk:
Quickly

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING! I HAD ISSUES! They were resolved with reading and following directions Thanks to all.
[Epic 4G Android Development] forcelite:
I believe it was a rom for the Desire that is based on CM7 source code.

So it doesnt have anything to do with the Epic, just for the people still rocking their Desire's out there.

Force
[Epic 4G Android Development] GrimReaper24:
Lol great post OP . Was a long time evo user and helper with the folks that were needing root and trouble shooting.

I set up a root guide for folks and a parition guide for the other handful of folks on the evo threads.

Now it's a good time to get the threads rollin on the epic :D someone needs to throw a guide up for the noobs that are new to this.

There is alot more to it then rooting the evo and flashing roms. Still reading up on the threads to see what all the talk is about modems and what not when it comes to roms. The wiki is a bit out dated and needs updating and the roms need to be all thrown together in good order so folks can just go flash happy :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] duplissi:
^this!

do not misunderstand, i greatly appreciate what the devs here have done and continue to do. i have found that there is now an air of elitism and snobbery that is really really off-putting, which threw me off because i was used to the hero forums where everyone there was extremely helpful.

I just got the epic about two weeks ago and in existing threads after searching i asked people to point me in the right direction for the best tweaks/mods/guides and my questions are either ignored or scolded, imo thats asinine and just as bad if not worse than noobs spamming questions that have been answered time and again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bruce Inman:
Great OP!

My pet peave is all of worthless posts like "flashing now, thanks" just to increase their post count.

If people stayed on topic and realized this is a developer's site and not a chat room, the threads would be a lot cleaner and less crap posts to weed through.
[Epic 4G Android Development] xopher.hunter:
Funny you should mention this the day it gets un-stickied lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I know this post is old, but I just wanted to inform you of some basics.

1. Android is not based on Ubuntu at all, Ubuntu is a distribution of Linux meaning that it uses (a most likely modified) version of the Linux kernel and contains apps that the Ubuntu team finds useful. Ubuntu is not like Android in terms that the UI of Android is Java based. Also, remember that Ubuntu is not the only Linux distribution. I personally use LMDE to work with Android.

2. As far as the kernel goes, it is pretty self explanitory. If a file has contents that say "audio_incall ", it means that it controlled incall audio. You may also want to be familiar with the names of hardware devices and look at the Githubs of Android developers.

3. If you want detailed help on how to do things, ask on the #epic channel on irc.irondust.net

If you ask specific questions, they will be kindly answered by developers.
[G Tablet General] mrmpo:
I keep loading videos on sdcard2,and they keep getting deleted by the device. I have had it happen on stock and now on vegen. I can watch the videos, they arr found easily in various programs, and other tyoes of files are never deleted,just videos. Divx, avi, mp4 and mpeg. Has anyone esle seen this or now how to fix it?
[G Tablet General] japhule:
Opening up es file explorer, browse to your sdcard2. Press menu, choose "new" and then "file" and name it

.nomedia

This will prevent your sdcard from being scanned and your videos will not get deleted (bug with the current software).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ngpsaki:
I'm an AT&T wireless customer with a Fuze smart phone. I have an opportunity to buy a Tilt 2 from a private seller, who got it from AT&T as a replacement for his Fuze. It's still brand new in the original box. If I buy it, can I take it to AT&T and get it activated for my account?

Sorry for the dumb Noob question, but the Search function is down on this forum.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Doo Doo:
you should be able to just take the sim card out of your fuze & use it on the tilt 2 with no problems ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
As doodoo suggests, swapping the SIM will be the easiest option. You should also make sure to activate the warranty service on the device with AT&T. There are lots of private sellers and resellers out their. AT&T will warrant the device from its original sell date. I bought mine in the same manner and still have five months on it remaining through T-Mobile, and another three months after that from HTC.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattmaekawa:
I was running the Axura Custom Rom, which I got here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=821468, and for some unknown reason, I was inspired to reinstall Voodoo lag fix. So I headed over to the official website, http://project-voodoo.org/download, and I installed the version for Froyo where you use ClockWorkMod to install it. I think I did this because under system information, it said I was on 2.2. Anyways, I installed it with ClockWorkMod and what happened is two things. First, after booting it up, it went to the regular Samsung Vibrant screen then proceeded to show a Galaxy S G-I900 screen, and it got stuck there and refuses to move on. I left it on overnight, and in the morning, it was still at the same screen. So I went into Recovery Mode and disabled the Lag Fix, and that allowed me to get past that screen to the custom boot up screen that says "Devs4Android. Giving you a reason to have a phone". However, there's internal vibration at intervals of about 7 seconds or so, and I have reason to believe it keeps cycling on that screen. So, I basically haven't been able to get into the system. I tried using Odin to Flash my phone, but Odin just wouldn't seem to recognize my phone in download mode no matter what I tried. (Believe me, I've tried everything). However, Odin did detect my phone while I was in the Recovery Mode menu, but when I tried clicking start, there was an error. Any suggestions on how to restore/fix my phone?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x04ty29er:
You still have access to recovery, correct?

Assuming you do, you can push a new kernel and ROM to your device from your computer using ADB and flash those using CWM to see if it works.

In CWM, when you go to install zip from sdcard, do you see all your folders and things there, or is it missing a BUNCH of stuff?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcontento:
Also what is your computer os? I has the same issue with odin not seeing my phone, (win 7 - 64bit) and just needed to go to samsung and get the usb drivers. Once I did that I was able to flash back to stock and then flash my current rom.

running team whiskey nero v3
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
Also, if you get the latest Axura 2.259 it is based on the Supercurio kernel it has the lag-fix built into it.

Like the other poster said get the right usb driver 32bit or 64 bit depending on your op system install that on your computer, Then get into recovery, see if you can flash the disable voodoo zip. Then, if it was me I Odin back to stock, but you may need to install the Eugene's froyo that does not brick first, then shut down the phone and then reflash in Odin the stock. (check the stickey in the general section
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mightyab:
Is there anyone else having issues with Applanet loading? I'm running version 2.6.3

Sent from my HTC CyMod 6.1.1 Vision/G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemm:
XDA doesn't support warez......wrong app to ask for help with here.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mejorguille:
Applanet? what is applanet?

*cough* they are probably having server issues *cough* *sneeze*
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urfavoritemazn:
Lol
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draken Korin:
As already stated:

XDA does not support warez in any form. Pls abide by the forum rules.

Thread closed.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeku:
SO anyway earlier this week I was screwing around with some roms I had decided to try the team galaxy sense goine rom it stopped working for a few minutes but then the screen wouldnt turn on so I went into download mode and flashed back to stock with T959JFD & 512.pit and then I went ahead and flashed to the new m9 rom and to my surprise my microphone does not work anymore on calls it is constantly mute but not showing the mic muted and since forth Ive tried odin on almost four sperate occasions and different roms including axura and nero and have done so for the last 16 hours to no avail the only thing I have not tried yet is installing a Fresh JL5 Rom, Modem and, kernal would this most likely fix my problem? any help would be appreciated thank you

EDIT: Tried the jl5 modem and kernal this problem seems to persist regardless of which rom I flash what the **** is the problem with this thing
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmatrix2010:
Hi All,

I want to install the vpnc to connect cisco ASA. I found some tun.ko in this forum and try to load it by "insmod /sdcard/module/tun.ko". It always gave me Exec format error. I think maybe the tun.ko I have is not compatible with my kernel. Could anyone help me find the correct tun.ko? or Did I do something wrong when load the module? Thanks a lot. Really appreciated.

Lou
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmatrix2010:
Anyone, please? Thanks a lot!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmatrix2010:
bump. Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] bayones:
This is my benchmark score

Running on CyanogenMod-6.1.1-Spica-alpha8.2 ch33ky kernel with Intercept 3d and youtube HQ patch.

cache,data,system on ext2

post yours(firmware version or any modification with the firmware. Let's help each other on making our spica's faster and better).
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] ZeRo_samdroid:
I can't take a picture,but I have 442 :)

With CyanogenMod 6.1.1-Spica-alpha8.2 Intercept 3d driver and sound driver from nexus S
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] bayones:
thanks for the reply :) try this CyanogenMod-6.1.1-Spica-alpha8.2 ch33ky kernel with Intercept 3d and youtube HQ patch. It's faster and stable.
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] Dricos:
where did u get this 3d & Sound driver, give me the link plz.......:)
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] ZeRo_samdroid:
forum.samdroid.net/f53/intercept-3d-drivers-cyanogemod-3601/#post90776 & forum.samdroid.net/f56/new-audio-driver-spica-porting-nexus-s-gingerbread-3615/ drivers
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] Spoetnicus:
I have noticed that the Quadrant scores are not really that good of an indication of the phones actual performance.

For example:

If you put your OS on your SD card, you will get AMAZING Quadrant scores, but your phone will be laggy as hell.

Other then the normal score with the better responsiveness.

I am currently running CM6.1.1-alpha8.2 with the patches for video and 3D

Before the patches I used to have a score of around 700 with an ok responsiveness from the system.

After i applied the patches, the interface became WAY more responsive, and the entire spica experience became way smoother and faster.

This cant be seen in the quadrant scores, because now its giving me around 500-600.

Summary: Quadrant scores.. meh, it a nice indication, nothing more.
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] onikazam:
Little OT but might help some folks; I see you have everything on ext2. Have you tried rebooting yet? My spica didn't survive reboots (won't boot past samdroid splashscreen) without going through recovery and wiping the cache. This was solved by leaving data as rfs.

Running same rom, kernel, and patches as OP. No other mods. No quadrant scores yet.

System/Cache: ext2

Data: rfs
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] onikazam:
Nevermind my previous post. Seems that both ext2 and rfs is ok and ext4 is the culprit. I have everything on ext2 now.

Linpack: 9.018 mflops @ 9.3 sec.

Quadrant SE: 699
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] meciu99:
Quadrant Score: 616(CPU-1212,Mem-287,I/O-1177,2D-279,3D-125)

Linpack Score: 10,238 MFLOPS
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] deltree:
which ch33ky kernel are you using...ch33ky has the kernel posted for alpha8.3 but nothing for alpha 8.2 i have everything like you but no cheeky kernel...also if one needs to move to 8.3 im fed up of deleting stuff and reinstalling is there a way for backing stuff up for the move to 8.3? from what I can see 8.2 still has more working parts then 8.3!
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] jabaat:
CM 8.2 should use kernel 010. CM 8.3 use kernel 011 and sssMOD 06c.
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] Hung Ming Hsieh:
Quadrant Score: 670-730 (yonip v.10a)
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] boofman:
I get around 700 - 750 Quadrants (CPU and I/O around 1400 - 1600), CM A8.3.2 on Yonip 17a (2.6.32.9), fast, responsive, stable, albeit with a problematic 3G bug, but great overall user experience!
[Streak 5 General] beaker101:
I have a dell streak that I super rooted and as it finished up and rebooted the lights started flashing and it keeps rebooting. What to do what to do? I have been at this for about 5 hours. Thanks to all in advance.

I have tried to restore with factory have tried to use the update.pkg.zip and get a problem with zip status

Error has been fixed. Thank you
[Streak 5 General] chrisrotolo:
too many .file.extensions?

either use update.pkg

or update.zip and try that

on need to name update.pkg to update.pkg.zip ...too many dots!
[Streak 5 General] jeremyritzmann:
Cqan you still boot into fastboot mode?

Sent my Dell Streak from XDA app.

Stock 318 with tweaks.

Gtalk:jeremyritzmann

Twitter: jeremy_legend
[Streak 5 General] mhh53:
Just a note of hope. I had something similar happen on a new stock att 1.6 after installing Nero backup. I was transferring from my RMA'd streak (1.6) and after restoring the backup it went into a boot loop that could not be cleared by battery removal. It would boot as far as the chromatic Dell splash and then black out and restart. I went to bed with it plugged in and recycling... In the am it was OK. It now has 2.2 and DJSteves 1.5.3 ROM w/ no other troubles. I don't believe in magic, but I don't know how it healed either... I'm sure that I saw it loop at least 25 times before I closed my eyes.

Good Luck.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzzsharpe:
Anybody got info if this is true?

Wondering what type of pixel arrangement these new display from sammy uses.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Traditional RGB with 50% more subpixels ( 50% more compared to the current SAMOLED i guess ) you can google it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android53:
RGBW
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oswade:
I think just normal RGB
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiraj_panosian:
Pentile matrix has 2 subpixels

RGBW would be 4

50% more means 1,50

2*1,5 = 3 subpixels ==> conclusion: traditional RGB

because 2 * X = 4 (for RGBW)

x = 4/2 = 2,0 which would mean 100% more
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DisplayGeek:
PenTile is for high DPI only...

Actually, both use two subpixels per pixel:

the PenTile OLED, which is:

RGBG

BGRG

And the PenTile RGBW LED, which is:

RGBW

BWRG

are both two subpixels per pixel, on average, meaning the subpixel rendering algorithm reconstructs the image using two subpixels per pixel in both systems. One way of thinking about the RGBW system is that it is a checker board of RGB triplets and W single subpixel "pixels". You may wish to visit the Nouvoyance (dot) com website to read up on it.

The 4.5" OLED display in the phone being discussed uses RGB Stripe architecture which, not using subpixel rendering, requires three subpixels per pixel to reconstruct the image. PenTile arrangements are only used on high resolution (relative to the normal viewing distance) displays, so that the SPR algorithm matches the angular spatial frequences of the human vision system's retinal pre-processing system. The 4.5" display is simply too large to use PenTile, as the spatial frequency, the distance between pixels, will be too large at the normal viewing distance for cell phones. So, Low DPI = RGB Stripe, High DPI = PenTile

This effect is also why the PenTile screen works at the normal viewing distance, but if you put you nose to the display, one sees the SPR and the pattern structure, and the "magic" disappears. But then, if you put your nose to an RGB Stripe system, you will see black vertical stripes (actually they are blue, but the color appears to be balanced by the nearby red and green). And of course, if you use a magnifyer on either type of panel, you will see separate red, green, and blue dots...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cantIntoCode:
So it's not just a fancy name then eh? Thanks for the well written post :)!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzzsharpe:
Thanks to those who replied especially DisplayGeek which from previous postings indicate she(CMIIW) is the definitive source regarding Pentile technology.

So its safe to assume that Super Amoled Plus uses 'traditional' RGB as it has an average subpixel count of 3 (50% more) instead of 2 for the Pentile technologies.

This might be the display technology that I personally might upgrade to. Don't get me wrong, I love the Pentile SAMOLED esp viewing videos on my I9000 but I DO see dots on displayed text compared to reading on SLCD.

BTW DisplayGeek, is SAMOLED+ from Nouvoyance as well?

Do the large RAM reserved (compared to other Android devices) to display driver of the I9000 due to Pentile rendering processor?

Thanks & best regards.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android53:
I doubt the ram issue is due to the screen as all the other pentile amoled phones don't have this problem
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzzsharpe:
Ah, yes the nexus one and earlier desires uses pentile amoled and they do not have the 'low available ram' issue. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] dadsterflip:
quick question guys. just wondering and ive seen alot of people get a 3rd line on thier plan to get that 2yr pricing on a new devices or so. my question is when i do the same thing. could i actually turn the data package off after i get the phone but i know it has to be included when you buy a smart phone. or is there a way around it or what so ever?

sorry noobbbie question.