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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowen23:
Yeah idk.. i think that keeping a vibrant wood be worth it but its always kool to have the latest fone out too.. even tho i been sayin keep the vibrant, it wood make more sense to get the newer fone
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Games:
Whatever I decide, I just hope that the support for this phone continues and doesn't disappear quietly into the night. It definitely deserves official and mainstream support imo.
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Normal: http://www.tabbal.net/files/Dragon-Kernel-Voodoo-v2.6.zip

OC: http://www.tabbal.net/files/Dragon-Kernel-Voodoo-OC-v2.6.zip

I rebased on the latest source from Samsung, JPX. Yes, it's still i9k based. Hopefully it helps a little with battery and such, won't know till it's been out for a while. The speedmod patch has also been updated, but the OC patch is the same. I also included my backport of the auto-group scheduler patch. So far, both of them are working well for me.

Both kernels are voodoo enabled and will enable voodoo if you don't already have it. If you don't want that, you need to install the voodoo-disable zip before flashing, or just put the disable-lagfix file in place before flashing. If you already have voodoo enabled on your phone, you do NOT need to disable it before flashing these kernels, as long as your current kernel has voodoo recovery (red Clockwork recovery), you are good to go.

Tested on Nero V4, but should work on other Froyo based ROMs as well.

If you are going to try the OC version, please download both of them and have the normal version ready, just in case. You can also use adb push from Clockwork if you can get it booted to recovery. Clockwork also has USB storage you can enable to be able to mount your phone's memory cards from a computer, so that you can put the non-OC version on there if you get stuck.

Credits:

Speedmod patch from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=822756

OC patch from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=822027 (v217, waiting on source for v300)

Changes from v2.5:

Voodoo Sound
[Vibrant Android Development] hitman818:
Nice. How much can the kernel overclock?
[Vibrant Android Development] s15274n:
This sounds very cool, but it must destroy battery life?
[Vibrant Android Development] supercurio:
Thank you ttabbal for your responsiveness, that's awesome ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] lightninbug:
Whats voodoo sound?
[Vibrant Android Development] supercurio:
It's the software solution i develop based on features request in this bounty thread ;) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=806195
[Vibrant Android Development] javacody:
From Ttabbal in the very first post of this thread:

:D

I'm hoping it does, too!
[Vibrant Android Development] billydroid:
Very nice!!! Thanks supercurio and ttbabbal!
[Vibrant Android Development] Daedidm:
I'm hoping it works out well...curse Samsung for not releasing the 2.2 vibrant source yet, though.
[Vibrant Android Development] ehall2k7:
External SD Mount issue

Everything works great but I no longer can mount my external SD card. That's where I keep all my music. Anyone else having this issue?
[Vibrant Android Development] jamez243:
I will probably get flamed... but what is the difference in the speedmod patch and the dragon kernal. I was a bit confused in understanding what the speedmod patch is and does. Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] shon yakobi:
any way to make the new 5.1 voodoo sound kernels compatiable with the vibrant JL5:) latest source from Samsung, JPx its not for vibrant kernel:confused:
[Vibrant Android Development] Keslynn:
Just to clarify, for full Voodoo Sound experience, will we also need to install the Voodoo Sound app from the Market?
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
yeah.

@ttabbal: do you think you can make a stock JL5 with voodoo sound?

:D
[Vibrant Android Development] supercurio:
That's right. It allows you to control the parameter, which is so far for Vibrant only the headphone amplifier level.
[Vibrant Android Development] hitman818:
Is this better than DOW kernel by tw?
[Vibrant Android Development] stevedrz:
Installed the non-oc version on my vibrant, and downloaded the market "voodoo" app.

Looking forward to hopefully being able to one day control the microphone AGC on the vibrant!
[Vibrant Android Development] epakrat75:
Considering the DoW kernel made my screen shake / flicker and this OC one doesn't, I'd say yes. Voodoo sound is also a nice plus. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] hitman818:
Does this kernel remove the 56 fps cap like Dow?
[Vibrant Android Development] calming:
How do I know if it installed correctly? I flashed the non oc

Sent from my Tmo Vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] cnote74:
You will have a white dragon nero rom edition logo when you boot it up
[Vibrant Android Development] epakrat75:
You see a new dragon logo when you boot it up but that won't mean you're out of the woods yet. Actually successfully booting post flash will be a good sign that you didn't screw anything up though. After that, regardless of which one is flashed, you can download the free Voodoo Reboot and Sound apps from the Market.

One will tell you whether the Voodoo EXT4 lagfix is working / enabled. The other will let you configure the sound portion. It should be very obvious through these two apps if anything has gone wrong.
[Vibrant Android Development] geoffcorey:
Just a heads up, dragon kernel 2.7 is up in ttabbal's pool hall section on the teamwhiskey forums.

"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
[Vibrant Android Development] Settai:
Thanks for this just one question, is it safe to flash this over DoW on nero 4.1??
[Vibrant Android Development] CsanMan:
Works good so far. Gonna give it a couple battery cycles to see how well the battery life is.

Is it normal for the phone to be warmer than before? even on idle and all applications closed? It's been sitting in my pocket for 30 min and it's still warm.
[Vibrant Android Development] hitman818:
When the phone is oc'd it will get warm and will sometimes overheat.
[Vibrant Android Development] epakrat75:
NO! It will cause phone sacrifices everywhere, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! Just kidding, yes it should be fine...:D
[Vibrant Android Development] tuffCookie:
i'd like to know as well. i'm assuming no since i can't get past 55 FPS on Neocore and currently avg 48 FPS on the FPS2D app.

can someone confirm?
[Vibrant Android Development] Theonlyblackju:
For an i9k kernel, batt life is amazing with this kernel. I've been using dragon since 2.4 and for OC I avg. 6-8% [light texting, check market/email, running music entire time] and for the non-OC I avg. about 4-6% doing the exact same thing. The batt. life on this is amazing and 'm digging the speed improvements and stability over any other kernel.
[Vibrant Android Development] epakrat75:
Hmmm, interesting...the lack of GPU OCing, etc may be why DoW doesn't work on my phone while this OC'd kernel does?
[Vibrant Android Development] DreamcastDC:
Does Voodoo sound fix the sound lag in some games?
[Vibrant Android Development] supercurio:
It's not a sound lagfix :D
[Vibrant Android Development] reorampage:
Hi everyone, just a quick question. Is it possible to add the speedmod patch to the dragon 2.6 kernel on the vibrant? I looked through the post but I only saw talks about speedmod on the I900. Thanks for your time, and thanks to the devs for their amazing hard work.
[Vibrant Android Development] :
Im using the down 1.4. On vibrant. Can I just use the oc or stock dragon kernel without the speed patch? Btw. What is speed patch?
[Vibrant Android Development] BuLLeT_PrOOf_wAlleTz:
Can we see voodoo sound implemented on a jl5 voodoo kernel? That's the one im waiting on
[Vibrant Android Development] bstromberg:
just flashed this to my vibrant running M10 RC2 and its running great...so far. we'll see after a days use how everything goes (e.g. any FC's, battery life, snappiness, yada yada)

EDIT: having trouble mounting sd cards to my XP machine here at work. i tried it with USB debugging on and off and also tried to mount using the media player option...no dice. its no big as of right now, but i will probably have to revert to the stock JL5 w/ voodoo eventually. is this problem fixed in 2.7?
[Vibrant Android Development] sharkonland:
Someone else also asked, but what exactly is the speedmod and is it included in the dragon kernel. I saw on the other page it makes user available ram to like 350mb or so. Would love that, and which version is perfect for our vibrants. The "latest" or "latest stable"?
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
The speedmod patch is a collection of patches from the i9k forum that improves speed and smoothness. I posted it in there to give credit for someone's code that I used. Same with the OC patch I linked. It's built into the kernel, no need for anything else.

As mentioned, you can test if it's working with the Voodoo sound app in the market. It should say version 1 of Voodoo Sound is installed and you should be able to adjust the headphone volume.

As for DoW, that's Morfic's kernel work and it's VERY good. I have nothing but respect for his work. Now, if I could just get him to give me the source, I'd include it. lol.

No, I don't try to OC the GPU. The GPU frame limit is still there... Does it really matter for anything other than benchmarking though?

The kernel was tested on Nero 4.1, but previous versions have been used by people on most of the 2.2 roms that are out now and I see no reason that would change with this version. You can flash my kernels over Nero + Voodoo without disabling voodoo (from the red voodoo recovery). Same with DoW kernels. I also tossed together a stock Nero 4.1 kernel zip so you can revert to that if you like.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7320380/Nero_41_Kernel.zip
[Vibrant Android Development] sombionix:
great work curio and thanks for patching this into the kernel ttabbal
[Vibrant Android Development] epakrat75:
@chib1panda - In the future, could you not quote the entire OP when posting please? Thanks. The speed patch is already part of the kernel. :cool:

No, it doesn't matter to me. If it OC'd the GPU then it might not work just like DoW doesn't ATM. Thanks so much for providing choice in kernels. :cool:
[Vibrant Android Development] willsnews:
That voodoo app tells me this kernel doesn't support sound fix im using nero v4 and this dragon kernel, any ideas?
[Vibrant Android Development] cashyftw:
I'm guessing I don't need setcpu?
[Vibrant Android Development] XPLANE9:
Yeah ttabal, I would have appreicated posting the speedmod as part of the kernel. I flashed it and it bricked the phone. At least odin worked:cool:.
[Vibrant Android Development] geoffcorey:
the speedmod is a patch applied in the kernel source, not anything seperate.
[Vibrant Android Development] Settai:
Lol alright thank you
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
Maybe next time he can save his valuable time and post nothing. We have all at one point or another had to odin back to stock, so please try to refrain from pointing fingers over a bad flash.
[Vibrant Android Development] Megadestructo:
Well, tried flashing via ROM Manager over Nero v4.1 - got the dragon start-up image but now the phone just freezes on the animated "X" after 5-10 seconds. Have not let it sit yet - is this required or should it boot to the phone immediately?

Am I going to have to Odin back to stock and try again? Or perhaps there's another solution?

Thanks in advance.
[Vibrant Android Development] jokersax11:
try the non-oc version
[Vibrant Android Development] traderx2009:
I was just writing this same thing in another thread. You can flash supercurios JL5 kernel with odin. Should bring you back to life...

Edit: always use the power menu option recovery to flash, with the red letters.
[Vibrant Android Development] Megadestructo:
Will definitely try that. Thanks!

EDIT: Was able to boot into Clockwork Recovery and flash the non-OC version and now it's working. Hooray!
[Vibrant Android Development] CsanMan:
The OC version was awesome and FAST but was too buggy for me. Had a few freezes on certain applications. Trying the non-OC version. Man, wish the OC version is stable, I loved the speed =)
[Vibrant Android Development] PhilUSAF21:
Hey which one should I flash for my nero 4.1 non oc or oc ???

Sent from my Vibrant+Nero 4.1+Voodoo! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjon68:
The OC isn't stable enough to run as a daily driver but useable. Good work on both.
[Vibrant Android Development] es7241:
The OC kernel been running perfect for me all say I've been using his kernels since 2.2 just fine
[Vibrant Android Development] CsanMan:
Doesn't hurt to try the OC version, maybe you'll have better luck. If not, just check it out then re-flash with the non-OC version but make sure you Nandroid just in case.
[Vibrant Android Development] ytj87:
My market won't install the Voodoo App. I can't find it online on the Project Voodoo site. Can someone post it here?

Thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] Poser:
What is the reference clock on OC kernel? Will setcpu allow for proper throttling with this kernel (through profiles).

Great to see the vibrant dev section getting real active again. Thank you TW (and curio.... voodoo is fantastic!)
[Vibrant Android Development] PhilUSAF21:
Alrighty thanks!

Sent from my Vibrant+Nero 4.1+Voodoo! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] winhwah:
After flashing this kernel (Normal version) at the boot process I have the "Android" word across my screen and it messes up i9000 boot animation that I got from here. Could you please indicate which file I need to delete to get rid of the android word? Appreciated.
[Vibrant Android Development] camoway:
WOW i was thinking a small improvment this is LOUD DUDE Really Loud i think i have a ringing in my ear is that bad? weres my bigger head phones. hmnnn and btw THANK YOU!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] kboater:
ive read the whole thread and unless i skipped it, i dont see where it says what this over clocks to, or if we can modify it with set cpu...?
[Vibrant Android Development] cashyftw:
Over clocks to 1280 :D

Hope that helps
[Vibrant Android Development] pro2kon:
Can I use this with obsidian v4.2 ulf n if so which 1 would u recommend the oc or the non oc 1 thank u for ur response
[Vibrant Android Development] reocej:
Works well with M10RC2!

This is the best kernel I've tried so far!:D Bout to try out the oc'd kernel just for kicks. So far, the oc'd kernels I've used have worked pretty well besides battery life. Anyone have any early opinions/results as far as battery life? Also, does current widget work well with the Vibrant? If not, are there any alternatives that do? Thanks.

PS. How do I restore my custom boot animation. The wolf is kinda scary.:(:p
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Obsidian? Great rom, but nero is better, imo.

As for ulf, this kernel doesn't support ulf, so use recovery to revert to rfs before flashing. After that, voodoo will take over. Please back up first, ulf has been known to cause data loss on vibrant. Copy your sd card data to a computer as I have heard of the sd getting wiped.
[Vibrant Android Development] reocej:
For those who have trouble with the oc'd version. Try running the oc'd version without actually overclocking it! You will still see a nice performance increase over the non-oc'd kernel! Non-oc'd kernel w/ondemand governor, I got 1300-1500 in Quadrant. With oc'd kernel set to ondemad with no overclocking I get 1600-1800 in Quadrant. So far no issues (besides undoing my custom boot).:( Give it a try!
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
If your phone works with the oc, the battery life should be close to the normal one. The oc is only active when the phone is being pushed.
[Vibrant Android Development] 12paq:
+1

10char

Shoulda multi quoted, sorry
[Vibrant Android Development] 12paq:
It mainly about quality, but yes, loud is good. No distortion hiss or pops caused by Samsung trying to make it "nice" for us. Super Curio rebuilt the the entire sound codec for transparent quality sound based on high industry standards. The other end of the spectrum would be iPhone's "jazz" "rock" and pop EQ settings, how lame.

Try this on a player with a good EQ and great set of head gear. Thats the ticket!

Dragon's good.

Now how hard would it be to compile this to the Vibrant JL5 Voodoo Kernel?
[Vibrant Android Development] jree:
First, I have never got a GPS lock faster or more accurate while inside my house than I have with this kernel. Its ridiculously fast. It pinned me within 10 meters and had me located at my address. Couple this kernel with with Nero and this is how Samsung should have shipped the phone.

After a couple of reboots after the flash, I left it on the charger before I used it but it neverfully charged even though it said it did. At first I thought it was the battery mod reading wrong but when I plugged it back in to charge it confirmed that it wasn't charged. I let it sit again for another 1/2 hour to charge fully again and even though it said charged, it wasn't.

It kept reading 98%, both on my battery and my lock screen. I'll report back to see if a couple more reboots and battery pulls will get the ghosts outta the system.
[Vibrant Android Development] buddahlou:
Sorry noob question.... Do we download the dragon kernel first then apply the speed patch to it our can we just flash the speed patch kernel?
[Vibrant Android Development] SnowHydra:
The speed patch is included, just flash the kernel and you're done!

Too bad the battery life is quite bad, I really love Voodoo sound; makes my Grados sound that much better. Oh well, I'll just carry my extra battery tomorrow!
[Vibrant Android Development] reorampage:
I was wondering the same thing and decided to try it myself. Short answer, don't do it. The speed mod is for the I9000. If I am not mistaken, the speed mod changes are already implemented into the dragon kernel.
[Vibrant Android Development] Settai:
Tried the OC kernel but it was to buggy, had more freezes with that then DoW. Such a shame because it was insanely fast. On the "normal" kernel now and all seems good lovin the voodoo sound too great work
[Vibrant Android Development] pro2kon:
Ok I've had the stock jl5 with v5 voodoo running obsidian b 4 just wondering what difference would be between that n this kernel if there both voodoo
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
less battery, better sound.

;)

i'm just gonna carry an extra battery with me 2morrow.

:D
[Vibrant Android Development] pro2kon:
Oh ok so I can I just flash this over the obsidian kernel then
[Vibrant Android Development] jokersax11:
No...you dance first before putting this on any 2.2 that is not nero.
[Vibrant Android Development] ionballer:
Tried both awesome, oc wish it didn't lock up( locked up Google maps, quadrant and neocore) when flashed to the standard edition experienced ran into a lock up after screen time out. If and when it will become stable i will defiantly be flashing once again

Samsung vibrant running Nero 4.1 w/voodoo lagfix
[Vibrant Android Development] pro2kon:
Ok the dancing part is not gonna work so pretty much this is just mainly for nero
[Vibrant Android Development] jokersax11:
It will work with all 2.2 but results vary.
[Vibrant Android Development] sarge363:
Flashed the non OC Kernel W/Voodoo sound. Wow this sounds really good. I have it plugged into my auxiliary in my vehicle......im hearing tones I forgot existed in some of my old songs. Great Job supercurio.....

Sent from THE Vibrant......
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
Working great here in Gingerbread_Clone_R2!

shame on the battery life.... make sure you don't turn on BLN.

xD
[Vibrant Android Development] Smartassassin:
Great kernal...very snappy. Unfortunately, do to a string of unfortunate events. I didn't get to hear this in the car this morning. Make sure you are fully charged before you go to bed or at least above 62% so that your phone will have enough juice to wake you up on the morning..
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Sure, just get Samsung to give out the kernel source. Voodoo Sound is a mod to the sound drivers in the kernel, it can't be done without source.
[Vibrant Android Development] kayroccs:
Just curious but has anyone got any good battery life out of this kernel cause its sucking for me right now that's my only prob with this kernel
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
no, you won't get "good" battery life.

It is based on i9000 source.

battery will be horrible.

sound is good though xD
[Vibrant Android Development] Paging Dr B:
This Kernel is stable. Your phone just can't handle the overclock.

**NOTE TO ALL - SOME VIBRANTS CANNOT HANDLE BEING OVERCLOCKED** (it's been said 1000 times)

**IT'S NOT THE KERNEL IT'S YOUR PHONE!**

Sorry for yelling. Sometimes, if you don't yell, they wont hear you.
[Vibrant Android Development] sharkonland:
Thought id give a follow up on this since ive been using it for about a day now. Very fast and very smooth. Have not had a single issue with it other that the battery life. I have to say, its really not bad when using it but for some strange reason its not that good on standby. As someone else also mentioned, make sure its charged above 60% or so or it wont make it throughout the night. Its sucks alot of battery for standby mode but what can you say. The other kernels for me used around 20/25% over night but this uses atleast double. Other than that its excellent and I setup setcpu, maybe that will help out somewhat.
[Vibrant Android Development] MR_XXIV:
Currently flashing this Dragon Kernel on my Vibrant, wish me luck guys =)
[Vibrant Android Development] iynfynity:
guys just a question, why do we have to rely on the kernels of the I9000 when we have leaks and those one includes the stock kernel of the vibrant right?

sorry to ask this, I was just curious.
[Vibrant Android Development] tuffCookie:
i believe it's because Samsung has only released the source code for the i9000 kernel and not for the Vibrant (or any other US models for that matter).
[Vibrant Android Development] Whitehawkx:
I think you are the most curious person I see on here. Most of your questions have usually been answered.
[Vibrant Android Development] iynfynity:
lol just want to understand things better.
[Vibrant Android Development] traderx2009:
Curiosity is a sign of intelligence.
[Vibrant Android Development] Poser:
I am having better stability with this than t959d kernel...

GingerClone_R2
[Vibrant Android Development] granduke:
Running the oc. Seems pretty stable so far. Haven't pushed it with games yet.

Really see the speed increase in 'tapatalk' used to take a couple of seconds 'processing' when opening a forum. Just flashes by now.

Only problem I see so far is when I boot I have to wait a minute. If I try to unlock when the media scanning and the other startup process begin, I freeze.

I'm not much of an audio or music guy, so I don't know if I'm hearing a difference.

Do have one question:

I thought this kernel had BLN. Don't see it under CwM -advanced options.

Does this indeed have BLN?
[Vibrant Android Development] Droid-o-matic:
Using voodoo sound, is there

any

benefit to bluetooth headphones or is it strictly hardwire as I suspect?
[Vibrant Android Development] hazard99:
voodoo sound is freakin awesome. I am considering the oc version. Can anyone tell me what kinda drain they have experienced during sleep mode.
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
The kernel flash should have included an app to enable/disable BLN. It's not done via recovery anymore.
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
No, it's hardwire only right now. Supercurio tells me bluetooth volume boost is the #2 requested feature, so I expect it will show up eventually. The hardware can also do parametric EQ and other interesting things...
[Vibrant Android Development] Droid-o-matic:
Really...hmmm...I think this one warrants serious investigation. Time to give the BT headset a rest perhaps. Thanx so much for the info.
[Vibrant Android Development] chronos7:
I like this kernel but it burns battery. I switched back to stock+voodoo.