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[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
No, I just read your post on Serendipy thread. If you only want to swap kernels, you do not need to do all that. Just flash the FB kernel in clockwork recovery to swap.

- Download FireBird Kernel (CWM) version

- Copy the file to root of your internal SD

- Power off phone and choose Recovery

- Choose to flash ZIP for SD and choose the FB kernel

- Reboot when done.

OR

- Download SGS Kernel flasher from Market

- Copy FB kernel somewhere on your SD

- Backup existing kernel

- Flash new kernel and browse to where you placed it.
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
DG: Be aware of this tweet... not sure if it will cause any issues here:

SuperCurio: I experience Market force close when starting Voodoo App. It's not my App crashing - Searching to understand why
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
I got it, nothing like that is happening to me. (thats what I was testing ;))
[Captivate Android Development] Hydrocharged:
So, some of the options under the VooDoo sound app has disappeared! Are they enabled by default? Also, do you know of the changes from v3 to v4?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
update to the newest app in the market, and if you are looking for the over sampling, its still there, just renamed, read the small text under each one.

Changelog

Voodoo Control App 0.5.2 Version comes with a new kernel driver: update your kernels ;)

In the driver:

- improved volume management (no more loud notifications)

- no more light tick on audio start-up

- better mono implementation, work also on FM radio

- FM radio high frequency preservation and volume harmonization

- added 128x oversampling on record & FM radio

- removed SNR booster: didn't pass quality tests

In the app:

- controls for the new drivers options
​
[Captivate Android Development] kamots:
I have been unable to use the last two Voodoo sound control updates supercurio has put out in the market. It installs fine but as soon as I hit open my market crashes and re starts. I have not seen anyone else mention it, so I figured that if was just my phone and that I was out of luck as far as using it. I'm not using a DG Rom right now, so I know that's not it . I am on dilli1 new 5.3 but I don't think it is a rom problem I could be wrong though, because like I said this is the first time I saw it mentioned.
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
Well SC mentioned it but I have yet to experience it. I have not updated to v4 yet so not sure about that one yet.
[Captivate Android Development] ckelvin87:
Hi DG, so is v.07 the power sipping princess? :D
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
It is for me.
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Your so cryptic lol so I'm gonna guess you added what you told us about a few days ago. That you were gonna release us a kernel with some awesome battery sipping stuff ;)

But no matter what thank you for my favorite kernel ;)

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING 3.5 KizzEdition | Firebird 2 v0.7 | VA Green v10 Theme | Member of Team Phoenix
[Captivate Android Development] flxdms:
Ever since I flashed v0.7, my battery life has been friggin amazing. I don't know what you've done, but it's awesome.
[Captivate Android Development] Hydrocharged:
Well, I've had this kernal installed for about an hour, and I haven't touched my phone since then. I've lost 20% of my battery life :(
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
How can you judge that already? It has only been released in the last hour.
[Captivate Android Development] flxdms:
I went from wasting 10% battery per hour to 2% with moderate internet browsing/phone usage. It's the best I've ever had so far.
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
Ok I will take it then. Not sure how you can have stats within 1 hour of the release but cool. I have had great battery life as well with this kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] flxdms:
Well, those stats are enough to convince me. I've flashed many kernels and after an hour or two, my battery would drain to ~80%. I have to admit that I am quite satisfied with the current results.
[Captivate Android Development] ckelvin87:
hehehe yesss. Can't wait to try this! So do I have to disable voodoo before i flash this kernel? and I've read something about clearing the cache and dalvik cache after flashing, is that recommended?
[Captivate Android Development] itdiestoday:
I flashed v06 earlier but ran into an issue while trying to mount drives. Basically my ext wouldnt mount on pc. Flashed back to fbv05 and all is well again. I may try and flash fbv07 but dont see myself using supercurios radio update so ill wait it out. Lolol.

edit: just flashed v0.7 and ext sdcard is no dice. going back to v0.5.

Sent from Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] Hydrocharged:
Does anyone have any idea as to why my battery life is so terrible? Would clearing any kind of cache possibly help? And if so, would it also mess with any application settings? Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
v0.8 is on the way
[Captivate Android Development] jeffw111:
DG running into the same issue that itdiestoday reported seeing. Everything seems fine on fbv05 with the external SD. If I move to either fbv07 or fbv08 the external SD will not mount at all under windows. Another observation when disconnecting from USB the external SD would disappear by that I mean the phone is no longer seeing it. If the external SD was removed and re-inserted it was again seen.
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Mine did same but I just flashed this vold.fstab and worked like a charm.

http://www.phoenix-hq.com/andy/vold.fstab.zip

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING 3.5 KizzEdition | Firebird 2 v0.7 | VA Green v10 Theme | Member of Team Phoenix
[Captivate Android Development] jeffw111:
Thanks that did the trick.
[Captivate Android Development] Hydrocharged:
I guess I'm the only one that is still having this problem...I really like this kernel but it's battery performance, at least for me, isn't near acceptable.
[Captivate Android Development] HaiKaiDo:
Weird both download links for this are broken. 0_o

can anyone upload v0.8?
[Captivate Android Development] xtremesv:
I really want to test FireBird 2, even with the velocity SpeedMod is being updated, right now, FB2 is a step forward with Voodoo Sound optimizations which are awesome.

But I want to wait a little longer until FB2 gets more mature. It's difficult to make my mind due to my great experience with SpeedMod so far, excellent battery and responsiveness.
[Captivate Android Development] jeffw111:
Quick question are you running with WiFi always on? I noticed at least for me and others that saps the battery pretty quick. Using this kernel without that enabled constantly I've been able to go for over a day and a half with medium usage.
[Captivate Android Development] Hydrocharged:
I actually have had the wifi on for most of the day. With my original kernel though, I could leave it on all day and, with moderate usage, it would last me all day and leave me with about 15% left. I'll turn it off though and see how my battery fares.
[Captivate Android Development] TheBassman369:
Whoa. Last time I checked it was v2.05. :-O
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Can you send me your Vold files?

/system/etc/vold.fstab

/system/etc/vold.conf

thanks
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
+1.

Do I have to download from the Team Whiskey site?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
ran into a last minute issue, working on it now ;)

If you dont have sdcard mount issues, you wont even need this update
[Captivate Android Development] geokilla:
Haha all righty then. Thanks for the update

Well my last Firebird 2 was v0.4. Been using Speedmod ever since so I don't have v0.5 to 0.7. But for now, back to Firebird I go :D
[Captivate Android Development] Hydrocharged:
http://www.mediafire.com/?hk5mkq044oa144s

Here are my vold files!
[Captivate Android Development] rsx19:
how do i download this? both the download links are down/broken
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
Posted today at 10:57pm by designgears
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
Just asking to be sure, but there shouldn't be any problems flashing v0.8 over v0.5 should there? I prolly won't be doing it on a full battery, but I will calibrate and wipe stats in recovery after overnight full charge (and a bump). Should I clear Dalvik cache just to be certain?
[Captivate Android Development] Death_Keeper:
i've got nothing to say but, AMAZING!!

hope you'll get your server up soon... can't wait to install the newest build... :)
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
aha! using lun1\2, max luns for disk mode is 2(lun1), upped it to 3(lun2).

so instead of using 0,1 it now uses 0,1,2 to account for anyone with different vold files.

ums_path = /sys/devices/platform/s3c-usbgadget/gadget/lun0/file

ums_path = /sys/devices/platform/s3c-usbgadget/gadget/lun1/file

ums_path = /sys/devices/platform/s3c-usbgadget/gadget/lun2/file
[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
Uploading soon???
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Its live now
[Captivate Android Development] kdot25:
Quick question

when flashing kernels using clock work, can u just flash over previous kernel..... just wondering

sorry if this a dumb question... i'm still learning
[Captivate Android Development] TorqueWrench001:
Ok to flash over the old kernel.

Just Flashed Perception 10.3

Flashing Firebird 2 v0.8 right now
[Captivate Android Development] Breakin' Ranh:
Thank you Thank you Thank you DesignGears! You and Supercurio are my heroes!!!!! Much love and donation comin' towards your guys way!!!! But sorry to be a noob, but I lost the function of my camera with this kernal (xcal and supercurio's as well). It kept saying Camera fail. I'm running stock armani 2.2 froyo rom. And yes I've flashed it back to the stock kernal and other leaked froyo kernals and it'll work fine. It's just that it doesn't work with any of the i9000 or lagfix ones. I've tried uninstalling any app that uses the camera, I've tried reinstalling the camera apk. None of these methods has worked so far. This is my only problem, everything else works beautifully.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Anything but true captivate kernels. All the ones he listed are fine. You DONT want to use JI6 or JJ4 modem.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Ah, its not the kernels fault...

The camera drivers on the armani roms won't work with the captivate. Grab libcamera.so from any of the i9k or captivate roms and put it in /system/lib overwritting the old one, reboot and enjoy :)
[Captivate Android Development] bnevets27:
Nevermind, figured it out. Thanks DG
[Captivate Android Development] Breakin' Ranh:
Thanks for the fast reply and it worked (I'm buyin' ya two beers for sure haha). But I find that rather weird still, can you explain why? lol I want to learn more ^^;;

I've gotten the armani rom to work nearly perfect with the captivate (I've tested every single function), the entire rom and modem (except 850mhz band ugh) from samfirmware.com I've just been tinkering to get the phone to work a bit faster like messing with kernals and modems. The only notable observation I saw when messing with the kernal was the lagfix (voodoo) ones never was able to get the camera working even with lagfix disabled, it just kept failing. So I presumed (my ignorance) that it was the kernal's fault. Thanks again DesignGears, you are my hero.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
All I know, the capture of the preview a bit different then the other drivers. With the armani drivers it always returns a null image and writes a 0 byte file to the sdcard.
[Captivate Android Development] pvr:
Very very very cool. I was going to Flash Cog3 since I figured Firebird2 was going to be there but now I can keep my Perception 10.1 and still use this amazing new kernel!

Thanks a whole bunch DG! Appreciation will come later - have to leave for work now :(
[Captivate Android Development] pvr:
ok, quick bug report. stock headset controls for cappy do not work :|

I assume this is because it's a Armarni kernel and maybe it noone looked into it like xcalibur did with i9000 kernels.

Even with that it's very nice! Here's the appreciation ;) 76W50589ET761221X
[Captivate Android Development] Zanzybar:
1. Do I need flash to stock kernel ji6 from Cognition 2.3b6 before flashing Firebird 2?

2. If I understand correctly Bluetooth not working Cognition3 + Firebird 2? What ROM I need flash bebore flashing Firebird 2 kernel?

3. May I flash Armani firmware and then Firebird 2 to store localization?
[Captivate Android Development] psufan5:
Anyone throw Quadrant at this yet? Scores?

I know people say it doesnt matter... but im curious :p
[Captivate Android Development] Barbarian:
Average of 1600 for me

Sent from my Serendipitied Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] psufan5:
1605 here first run... not bad for a standard clock speed!

1627 second run.. really nice.
[Captivate Android Development] clown_luv:
Do I need to disable voodoo before install?
[Captivate Android Development] psufan5:
I didnt... i just used SGS kernel flasher.
[Captivate Android Development] IamSonoma:
I like the SGS kernel flasher. a SGS modem flasher would be cool too.
[Captivate Android Development] bokaboka:
Just installed this... it is one most excellently smooth kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
first impressions:

1. My phone hasn't had the 50% without signal issue thus far. usually I have to go into flight mode and back after a reboot, but not with this kernel.. so far.

2. Battery actually charged to 100% and stayed there a little while after unplugging. Not a huge deal, but aesthetically pleasing.

3. phone is running smooth, and seems to be sipping the battery on par with speedmod's kernel, but I haven't drained to 0 yet to see for sure.

Overall, Great Job, DG!
[Captivate Android Development] schtuka:
very smooth. i recalibrated battery and it seems to be pretty close or slightly better than xcaliburinhand 2.2.4 which i was using. Lost 10-12% in 2 hours with one call and some display playing, but I have bunch of aps running in the background always.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Thank you sir!!

The headset buttons indeed are not working, I will look into this later today.
[Captivate Android Development] nkrick:
How is the sound quality for the other party, especially when there is background noise (such as while driving)?
[Captivate Android Development] amtrakcn:
I prefer firebird1 boot screen much much more to this one:o
[Captivate Android Development] nickbarbs:
anyone getting "camera failed to start" when switching to camcorder in the camera app? replacing camera.apk with a previous version doesnt work
[Captivate Android Development] richhed:
Camera working fine here.

Cog 3.04 with FB2 0.7, UGJK4 modem
[Captivate Android Development] ckelvin87:
Hi guys. Do i have to disable voodoo first before i flash this from v.04?

Sent from my Cognitized Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] RDI:
Camera "Self-Shot" failed. Everything else is okay.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate with Perception 10.3, Firebird2 v0.8 #77 Kernel, Firmware 2.2.1, Modem T9000UGJL2 using XDA App
[Captivate Android Development] ckelvin87:
wiped cache

wiped dalvik cache

flash v.08 from cwm recovery coming from v.04 and my phone seems to be stuck on the cognition bootscreen :( anything i did wrong?

--i didnt turn of the voodoo lagfix

edit:

woops it's done. hehehe, but my kernel version just says version 2.6.32.9 just like it did with fb2 v.04. is that ok?
[Captivate Android Development] Phaze13:
I have to agree here. As you can tell, i'm a fan of the att death star but the firebird boot screen was just to fitting. Maybe if the font color was changed to match the death star it woud look better. Still would like to see the firebird boot screen return though.

Maybe as an optional boot screen?

Pushing forward with v.08
[Captivate Android Development] froli13:
Yes it's normal if you are running a Captivate ROM like Cog3 or Firefly
[Captivate Android Development] psufan5:
Really wish this kernel was overclocked to 1280 or 1300 :(
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Plus one. First time I saw the firebird logo, especially since I was born in the 70's and loved firebirds when I was kid lol. But honestly I have been hoping to see any new boot up screen every release. I know dg always comes up with something cool looking ;)

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING 3.5 KizzEdition | Firebird 2 v0.8 | VA Green v10 Theme | Member of Team Phoenix
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Oh and thank you again DG for another awesome kernel.

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING 3.5 KizzEdition | Firebird 2 v0.8 | VA Green v10 Theme | Member of Team Phoenix
[Captivate Android Development] ranphi:
I decided to try Firebird for the first time yesterday and flashed v0.7 to my Cappy that's running Cog 3.02 and everything went fine. Updated to kernel v.0.8 after DG released it later that same night. Charged my phone overnight and then wiped the battery stats via CWM this morning but my battery is dropping fast. I lost 12% of it while just driving into work and playing music via A2DP from my phone to my car's head unit. Normally, doing this I've only lost around 2% by the time I get into work. :(
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Not just this kernel but lately with all I try, my phone in the morning after unplugging it, the first 20% drops real fast. I go from 100% to 80% within an hour but then the phones battery seems to stabilize. That 80%-0% last me all day, a good 14 to 16 hours. I'm not saying this is what's happening to yours , I just thought I would share my experience. Wifes phone does the same exact thing. Its kinda wierd but I'm not gonna complain since I get the best battery life I have had in a long time. Don't understand that 20% drop though lol

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING 3.5 KizzEdition | Firebird 2 v0.8 | VA Green v10 Theme | Member of Team Phoenix
[Captivate Android Development] ckelvin87:
Thanks!! Looking forward to test this battery princess after i calibrate my battery =D

Sent from my Cognitized Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] Death_Keeper:
DG,

after one day's work of testing the newest kernel, its wonderful...

i did find this odd issue...the voice calls over regular headphones isn't working. not only that, but it used to just ignore the plugged earpice..and i could just talk thorugh the handset's speaker. but with firebird2 v0.8, if i have my headphones connected, and i get a call..i cant hear the other person...if i press speaker - i hear the other side - but on the cell's speaker, if i try to uncheck the speaker's box, its changes nothing. if i unplug my headphones before i take the call everything works. it seems like the fix needs a little tweak.. the sound just wont reach the headphones...

hope i explanied myself clearly...and that a fix will be found soon!

:)

Yossi
[Captivate Android Development] fatbas202:
Wow. Lots of complaints about so many things like the boot screen font color... Clearly DG spent most of his Sunday working on this kernel.

I just flashed to .8.

I wanted to point out that before I flashed this kernel, I got random shutdowns 3-4 times a day (it seemed to depend on how cold the phone got), but I've yet to have a single one with Firebird 2.

I'm able to use OpenVPN to connect to my house and directly mount CIFS shares over that SSL tunnel. Wicked awesome.

This is the fastest kernel that I've ever used and I'm very pleased with this.

Thank you for the stellar work DG.
[Captivate Android Development] ranphi:
Interesting... Thanks for sharing your experience there Kizzmiazz! That 20% drop sounds weird to me as well, but I'll see how my first full day goes with this Firebird kernel on my phone and see if it ends lasting throughout the day or not. Be curious to see if it matches your battery life or not.

Thanks again! :)
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
With the setup in my signature (except I was on FB 2 v0.5 until today), I am getting an average of 14 hours standby from 100% > 90% with Wifi and BT turned on. I have never had battery performance this good ever with this phone. I couldn't be happier.
[Captivate Android Development] mkatforum:
I second this. The headphone fix isn't working with 0.8. Wasn't this supposed to be fixed for 0.7?
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Plus one on this. Same with my setup. Best battery life ever and same with kernel was on 0.5 till last night. I just know why battery drains the first 20% so fast lol but last the whole day,a good 14 to 18 hours.

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING 3.5 KizzEdition | Firebird 2 v0.8 | VA Green v10 Theme | Member of Team Phoenix
[Captivate Android Development] n19htmare:
Battery life with these kernels/modems is really a hit and miss, and to top it all off, it's very inconsistance, so when someone says ZOMG I'm getting this battery life with this kernal and modem.... I usually don't give any weight to that, good battery OR bad battery.

I've had same flashes with good battery and bad battery. It's just so random.

My advice would be to try it...if you get bad battery life, flash it again. If you still get bad battery life, then try a different kernel.

not that this matters and not like your results would be similar, but I've had good results with the Jk4 and hardcore's kernel, now I'm trying out Firebird v0.8.
[Captivate Android Development] keitht:
Very true and I have no idea why that is the case. Like you said, it is best to try different ones to determine which works best for you. But it is also good to see what works best for certain people. I would not want to install a kernel where nearly every person said it is causing problems.
[Captivate Android Development] Drew489:
Anyone run this on phoenix 4.1? Running speedmod now and thinking if trying this.
[Captivate Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
I'm not now but I have and runs great on 4.1 . Imo its runs great on every rom out there at least all the ones I have run lol. This is by far my favorite kernel and I run it on every thing. I even have it on my wifes phone .

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING 3.5 KizzEdition | Firebird 2 v0.8 | VA Green v10 Theme | Member of Team Phoenix
[Captivate Android Development] xbeamelite:
I am on 4.1. Seems really nice so far. Coming from 0.5 speed feels about the same. Testing battery out today. so far 5.5 hours and I'm at 72%. Mod use, text browsing xda yahoo finance apps. Seems to drain a litle slower than 0.5 but it takes my batt a few days to settle out so I won't know for sure but I'm very happy with it so far.
[Captivate Android Development] or.saeros:
vold issues?

Hey all,

Running Perception 10.2 and Firebird2 v0.8

Noticed that my phone mounts as a CD-ROM drive, tried the fix posted on page 50 (i think), didn't make any difference. Any thoughts? Known issue?
[Captivate Android Development] sold1erjjt:
Hey I don't know if this has been addressed, but is there anyway to increase the volume on calls? Most volume is great, but when i take calls it is not loud enough. This is my favourite kernel, keep up the great work.
[Captivate Android Development] beerbaronstatic:
+1, the only thing missing to make this kernel my absolute favorite
[Captivate Android Development] DigitalEagle:
+1 On the sound volume. I cant hear anyone ate all if noise is around me.

Skype is blaring loud for some reason though.
[Captivate Android Development] sremick:
I'm using this kernel with Perception 10.2. I'm posting here because I'm going to assume for now that the issue is kernel-related.

Has anyone experienced the "Home" button going crazy? Like flickering like mad, rapid-fire as if it were being pressed a dozen times a second? I can usually snap it out of this but it keeps happening a few times a day.

This happened with Firebird 0.7 and 0.8 now as well.
[Captivate Android Development] Johnny Paranoid:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741012