Darkys rom on Samsung Galaxy S

G1032

On Darky's 9.5 again.
Since the flash to 9.5 my GPS isn't working.
I did the SGS Tools fix.
I just get one of the following messages when I open Navigation

'Waiting for location' or

'Checking navigation availability'

Anyone any ideas for a fix for this??

lewis

G1032 wrote: »

On Darky's 9.5 again.
Since the flash to 9.5 my GPS isn't working.
I did the SGS Tools fix.
I just get one of the following messages when I open Navigation

'Waiting for location' or

'Checking navigation availability'

Anyone any ideas for a fix for this??

Ya may hop up on your roof and hold your phone fairly high, lol

G1032

lewis wrote: »

Ya may hop up on your roof and hold your phone fairly high, lol

Got it working. Didn't get up on the roof though!!!!!!!

lewis

G1032 wrote: »

Got it working. Didn't get up on the roof though!!!!!!!

You should of seen the face of the wife when I was waving my phone in the figure of 8 to calibrate it for GPS, lol, I looked like something out of Kung Phone Panda

Ste-

I'm in two minds.
Do I try insanity or just upgrade to Darky Core 1.4 ?
My Darkys 9.5 is more or less working as I'd like it. Do i leave as is or try a new rom. Damn it is addictive trying new roms!

PogMoThoin

Ste- wrote: »

I'm in two minds.
Do I try insanity or just upgrade to Darky Core 1.4 ?
My Darkys 9.5 is more or less working as I'd like it. Do i leave as is or try a new rom. Damn it is addictive trying new roms!

Upgrading to 1.4 kernel takes a few seconds and doesn't reset/wipe any settings. Its only a kernel upgrade, not a full rom upgrade. Its got nothing new other than slightly better memory management.

lewis

Ste- wrote: »

I'm in two minds.
Do I try insanity or just upgrade to Darky Core 1.4 ?
My Darkys 9.5 is more or less working as I'd like it. Do i leave as is or try a new rom. Damn it is addictive trying new roms!

Insanity is a whole different ball game, but its worth it

crazygeryy

lewis wrote: »

Insanity is a whole different ball game, but its worth it

can you go from darkys to insanity without a problem?is there a guide?

G1032

lewis wrote: »

Insanity is a whole different ball game, but its worth it

I was on Darky's since version 9.0
I deciced after v9.3 to switch to Insanity. The results were class. Very smooth. Very fast. Not even a hint of lag.

But..........I had gotten used to the sound enhancements from the Voodoo Kernel on Darky's.
Listening to music on Insanity wasn't as good as listening to music with the Voodoo sound fix.
So I tried to flash the Voodoo Kernel on the Insanity ROM with absolutely terrible results!!! Made a complete sh!te of the phone and after a lot of messing around ended up flashing Darky's 9.2 via Odin.
So still on 9.2, but replaced the Kernel with the latest Voodoo one.

Insanity is worth it if you just want a super smooth lag free phone and don't mind the poorer sound quality for your music.

I'm sure there is a way to properly flash the Voodoo Kernel on the Insanity ROM, I just didn't do the proper research.
Couldn't be bothered with any more flashing at this stage.
Gonna wait for a stable Darky's v10

crazygeryy wrote: »

can you go from darkys to insanity without a problem?is there a guide?

1. Disable Lagfix
2. Flash Insanity via CWM

lewis

crazygeryy wrote: »

can you go from darkys to insanity without a problem?is there a guide?

Yeah the best way to do it, disable all tweaks/lagfix`s, revert system back to RFS(if not already on it) and follow this guide, its like Odin but easier and quicker.....

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991792

Then go ahead and flash this bad boy, everythings there for you so, it won`t take you long...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843019

G1032 wrote: »

I was on Darky's since version 9.0
I deciced after v9.3 to switch to Insanity. The results were class. Very smooth. Very fast. Not even a hint of lag.

But..........I had gotten used to the sound enhancements from the Voodoo Kernel on Darky's.
Listening to music on Insanity wasn't as good as listening to music with the Voodoo sound fix.
So I tried to flash the Voodoo Kernel on the Insanity ROM with absolutely terrible results!!! Made a complete sh!te of the phone and after a lot of messing around ended up flashing Darky's 9.2 via Odin.
So still on 9.2, but replaced the Kernel with the latest Voodoo one.

Insanity is worth it if you just want a super smooth lag free phone and don't mind the poorer sound quality for your music.

I'm sure there is a way to properly flash the Voodoo Kernel on the Insanity ROM, I just didn't do the proper research.
Couldn't be bothered with any more flashing at this stage.
Gonna wait for a stable Darky's v10



1. Disable Lagfix
2. Flash Insanity via CWM

Ah I could`nt care about the sound quality on Insanity, that`s what mp3 players are for.
Try Damian`s latest, his is user friendly and has lots of tweaks..here`s the link..

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959696

G1032

lewis wrote: »

Ah I could`nt care about the sound quality on Insanity, that`s what mp3 players are for.
Try Damian`s latest, his is user friendly and has lots of tweaks..here`s the link..

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959696

Ya. That has Voodoo sound v6, but I'm flashed out at the minute!!
Phone is flying at the moment and has all I need on it.
I have uninstalled all the bloatware that comes with Darky's.
I'll leave it until a stable version of 2.3.3 is out.

BopNiblets

I though there was a stable 2.3.3 out?
http://androidadvices.com/update-samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000-stable-gingerbread-xxjvk/

PogMoThoin

BopNiblets wrote: »

I though there was a stable 2.3.3 out?
http://androidadvices.com/update-samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000-stable-gingerbread-xxjvk/

Its also a beta Samsung firmware, more stable than the first one released

G1032

BopNiblets wrote: »

I though there was a stable 2.3.3 out?
http://androidadvices.com/update-samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000-stable-gingerbread-xxjvk/

Sorry. I mean a Darky's 2.3.3.

Squeeonline

G1032 wrote: »

Sorry. I mean a Darky's 2.3.3.

There is a beta out that is apparently quite stable. I havent used it yet, I prefer stability.

There wont be a final release until Samsung releases it first.

lewis

To anyone who is on Kanity kernel, don`t enable or try to enable the lagfix, it just gives you boot loops, no matter what way I tried to it every time it looped.
RFS was good but I know I can get faster and smoother, I`m on Damian`s latest beta, so far so good, I have`nt done anything yet I`m getting higher Quadrant scores, not that they matter but just an indicator...

Squeeonline

Having moved to darkcore 1.4 I'm only seeing minor improvements on speed and a loss in stability I feel. Might do a full wipe and reflash, and see if that fixes it.

Whats the best way to back up and restore everything quickly? I've used titanium before but when restoring it makes you reinstall everything, app by app. Is there not a better way or am I just using it wrong?

bittihuduga

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Its also a beta Samsung firmware, more stable than the first one released

is this the original samsung firware 2.3.x?

Raoul

Squeeonline wrote: »

Having moved to darkcore 1.4 I'm only seeing minor improvements on speed and a loss in stability I feel. Might do a full wipe and reflash, and see if that fixes it.

Whats the best way to back up and restore everything quickly? I've used titanium before but when restoring it makes you reinstall everything, app by app. Is there not a better way or am I just using it wrong?

I used my backup, it was pretty good!

PogMoThoin

bittihuduga wrote: »

is this the original samsung firware 2.3.x?

Yes, both 2.3.2 and 2.3.3 are leaked beta's, not official Samsung releases and nowhere near as polished as the Froyo ones

lewis

Squeeonline wrote: »

Having moved to darkcore 1.4 I'm only seeing minor improvements on speed and a loss in stability I feel. Might do a full wipe and reflash, and see if that fixes it.

Whats the best way to back up and restore everything quickly? I've used titanium before but when restoring it makes you reinstall everything, app by app. Is there not a better way or am I just using it wrong?

The paid version of Titty back up auto restores apps, also you could do a nandroid back up, just for your ROM/Luncher

Squeeonline

lewis wrote: »

The paid version of Titty back up auto restores apps, also you could do a nandroid back up, just for your ROM/Luncher

yeah in the end I did the backup from CWM. Worked perfectly!

Squeeonline

On facebook Joel mentioned something about a 10.0rc4, and hints about release tomorrow for those of you who are on it.

Rowley Birkin QC

Right, flashed Darkcore 1.4 and Darkys 9.5 and the phone is stuck on the green Darkys Rom screen. Help please.

DrZeuss

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Right, flashed Darkcore 1.4 and Darkys 9.5 and the phone is stuck on the green Darkys Rom screen. Help please.

Just reboot it, same happened to me.

lewis

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Right, flashed Darkcore 1.4 and Darkys 9.5 and the phone is stuck on the green Darkys Rom screen. Help please.

Yeah I read a few different things, some say pull the battery, or reboot or just takes 15 - 30 minutes to reboot.

G1032

lewis wrote: »

To anyone who is on Kanity kernel, don`t enable or try to enable the lagfix, it just gives you boot loops, no matter what way I tried to it every time it looped.
RFS was good but I know I can get faster and smoother, I`m on Damian`s latest beta, so far so good, I have`nt done anything yet I`m getting higher Quadrant scores, not that they matter but just an indicator...

Whats this lewis? A bug with Insanity?? tut tut

lewis

G1032 wrote: »

Whats this lewis? A bug with Insanity?? tut tut

lol, no that`s the kernel not the ROM, still better than all others.

manster

Loving Darky's Rom. Installed yesterday and can see a big improvement on phone - UI, battery life & performance. Very good that you can record calls also. On kernel version 2.6.32.9. Build number v9.5

lewis

manster wrote: »

Loving Darky's Rom. Installed yesterday and can see a big improvement on phone - UI, battery life & performance. Very good that you can record calls also. On kernel version 2.6.32.9. Build number v9.5

I`d say by the weekend you`ll be back here with a problem or as its known here, bug, lol.

Gaffs89

manster wrote: »

Loving Darky's Rom. Installed yesterday and can see a big improvement on phone - UI, battery life & performance. Very good that you can record calls also. On kernel version 2.6.32.9. Build number v9.5

I've found that the battery just gets better the longer I'm on this rom.

And yes Lewis there are some bugs, but a quick search on darkys fourm will sort them out.You'll get bugs when you have a rom stuffed full of goodies

lewis

Gaffs89 wrote: »

I've found that the battery just gets better the longer I'm on this rom.

And yes Lewis there are some bugs, but a quick search on darkys fourm will sort them out.You'll get bugs when you have a rom stuffed full of goodies

Ah, I`m not slagging Darky`s ROM, ****e its the one that got me up and going, BUT, for the majority of its users, there`s more bugs and such than I`ve ever seen in any other ROM, it does`nt make it any worse or better, its got more "noobs" using it than anything.
Still tough Insanity is better, lol :P

G1032

lewis wrote: »

Ah, I`m not slagging Darky`s ROM, ****e its the one that got me up and going, BUT, for the majority of its users, there`s more bugs and such than I`ve ever seen in any other ROM, it does`nt make it any worse or better, its got more "noobs" using it than anything.
Still tough Insanity is better, lol :P

Lewis
Just flashing Insanity 7.1 now

How do I flash the Damian Kernel then in CWM? Is it 'apply sdcard update.zip' or is it 'install zip from sdcard'?

Thanks

Ste-

Install zip from sdcard then find the new kernel zip. choose yes, wait.

lewis

G1032 wrote: »

Lewis
Just flashing Insanity 7.1 now

How do I flash the Damian Kernel then in CWM? Is it 'apply sdcard update.zip' or is it 'install zip from sdcard'?

Thanks

Yeah, like Ste said, just like any other ROM.
Let it sit for a day then you can (if you want depending how happy you are with the speed and smoothness) start to UV(undervolt) & OC (overclock) it, also change the file system, default is RFS, to all EXT4 or EXT2.

You can either go all EXT4/EXT2 or EXT4 w/EXT2 loops, but as far as I know that`s just to get higher scores in Quadrant, you usually don`t notice any difference in speed/smoothness, you`ll see in there kernel settings what it says.

Once your completely on 7.1 and with kernel, make a nandroid backup, that way when you start playing around in the kernel settings and something goes wrong, you`ll have that backup there to fall back on.

manster

lewis wrote: »

I`d say by the weekend you`ll be back here with a problem or as its known here, bug, lol.

No problems so far. Anything in particular I should be looking out for?

G1032

manster wrote: »

No problems so far. Anything in particular I should be looking out for?

No. Should be fine really. You'll still have a bit of lag when opening apps, market, phone and messages etc. That lag won't be present in Insanity.
But Insanity has it's bugs too, eg. it may take 2 or 3 attempts to install an app from the market. Keep that quiet though. Don't want lewis finding out!!:)

lewis

manster wrote: »

No problems so far. Anything in particular I should be looking out for?

The bugs, lol

G1032 wrote: »

No. Should be fine really. You'll still have a bit of lag when opening apps, market, phone and messages etc. That lag won't be present in Insanity.
But Insanity has it's bugs too, eg. it may take 2 or 3 attempts to install an app from the market. Keep that quiet though. Don't want lewis finding out!!:)

HAHAHA, ya cheeky ****er, I`ve never had that problem with the apps, maybe it due to a bad flasher????? lol

Squeeonline

Right here's a question. What Modem do you guys use? Preferably report also on any battery drain you may be experiencing whether you think it's because of that or not.

I've had BUJP5 and JVE, and after a couple weeks of bad drain (max 16hrs phone life, low to mid usage) I'm going back to JP5.

I wish there was some kind of website where it would select the best for your phone automatically depending on your region, or give you a choice with the advantages of each one. I know there is a post in XDA, but nothing for Three (only seems to mention vodafone) or Ireland (UK is closest).

G1032

Squeeonline wrote: »

Right here's a question. What Modem do you guys use? Preferably report also on any battery drain you may be experiencing whether you think it's because of that or not.

I've had BUJP5 and JVE, and after a couple weeks of bad drain (max 16hrs phone life, low to mid usage) I'm going back to JP5.

I wish there was some kind of website where it would select the best for your phone automatically depending on your region, or give you a choice with the advantages of each one. I know there is a post in XDA, but nothing for Three (only seems to mention vodafone) or Ireland (UK is closest).

Using JVE now. Best for battery usage I've experienced.
I've tried a good few, including BUJP5, but until I got JVE I always ended up going back to XXJPY.

If you go to Insanity ROM page on XDA, he gives a link to download lots of different Modems. He also says what regions they're for.

Squeeonline

G1032 wrote: »

Using JVE now. Best for battery usage I've experienced.
I've tried a good few, including BUJP5, but until I got JVE I always ended up going back to XXJPY.

If you go to Insanity ROM page on XDA, he gives a link to download lots of different Modems. He also says what regions they're for.

Bottom of this post? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9265023&postcount=2

Apparently BUJP5 is then carrier specific.... I wish there was a proper thing for modems, but thanks for the feedback on JVE.

Gaffs89

Squeeonline wrote: »

Right here's a question. What Modem do you guys use? Preferably report also on any battery drain you may be experiencing whether you think it's because of that or not.

I've had BUJP5 and JVE, and after a couple weeks of bad drain (max 16hrs phone life, low to mid usage) I'm going back to JP5.

I wish there was some kind of website where it would select the best for your phone automatically depending on your region, or give you a choice with the advantages of each one. I know there is a post in XDA, but nothing for Three (only seems to mention vodafone) or Ireland (UK is closest).

Mine is JVE and I'm on three. Have to say battery is great. I charge it every 2nd night now.Your battery should have settled down by now.What's you wi fi sleep set to?

lewis

Squeeonline wrote: »

Right here's a question. What Modem do you guys use? Preferably report also on any battery drain you may be experiencing whether you think it's because of that or not.

I've had BUJP5 and JVE, and after a couple weeks of bad drain (max 16hrs phone life, low to mid usage) I'm going back to JP5.

I wish there was some kind of website where it would select the best for your phone automatically depending on your region, or give you a choice with the advantages of each one. I know there is a post in XDA, but nothing for Three (only seems to mention vodafone) or Ireland (UK is closest).

I was on BUJP5, then when I flashed 7.1 I stayed on JVE, with heavy use(gaming) I get 2 days, so for now I find JVE better than BUJP5/JPY.

Anyone flashed RC4?

Squeeonline

lewis wrote: »

I was on BUJP5, then when I flashed 7.1 I stayed on JVE, with heavy use(gaming) I get 2 days, so for now I find JVE better than BUJP5/JPY.

Anyone flashed RC4?

Compared to yesterday, I'm getting twice the battery life. Success for me, on Three anyway.

Havent gone near RC4 yet. I'd like to, but I have exams coming up and still want a phone without having to spend a whole day fixing it if it all goes wrong.

Probably going to wait for a final stable version as I know that people are still having problems with rc4 (though admittedly, reduced to even rc3). I'm happy with 9.5 (though would love a 9.6). Stability is key at the moment, and battery life was the last hurdle. Hopefully switching modems will fix this for me!

PogMoThoin

Samsung stable 2.3.3 is out, JVB is online on Samfirmware, now its only a matter of days before Darskys will go full release

Squeeonline

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Samsung stable 2.3.3 is out, JVB is online on Samfirmware, now its only a matter of days before Darskys will go full release

Discussion here http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/gingerbread-is-out.2292/

No TW4, and still on RFS.

lewis

There`s a lot of confusing info about how to go about it and which will be better, Darky`s take on it as he does his magic or stay official and other ROM`s?

Squeeonline

lewis wrote: »

There`s a lot of confusing info about how to go about it and which will be better, Darky`s take on it as he does his magic or stay official and other ROM`s?

Well, Darky can only improve the official Roms. No point otherwise. Also no reason to stay with stock.

lewis

I have`nt seen any guide as to how to get to it, maybe there waiting until it stable stable??

Raoul

lewis wrote: »

I have`nt seen any guide as to how to get to it, maybe there waiting until it stable stable??

So are we all just waiting for a stable darkys version of gingerbread?