Darkys rom on Samsung Galaxy S

Gaffs89 · 26-03-2011 7:01pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

I'm finding the stock gallery very slow also, open sgs tools, upgrade stock apps and install the modded gallery

Note, it may break something, I upgraded the email client before to the Galaxy tab one and had to revert when the barcode scanner stopped working

Have upgraded to 9.5 from 9.4 , did full wipe just to be sure.No issues with Gallery, upgraded it anyway.The 2 bugs I noticed in 9.4 are fixed, call recording, app instalation .I found battery much improved in 9.4 , so I hope this is the same at least,.I was getting 2 good days before I hit 20%. The wi fi sleep setting that Hecklar mentioned has helped big time.
So if the battery is as good as I was getting I think this could be the perfect rom, no more upgrading, unless .........

superfish · 26-03-2011 7:31pm

is it sgs tools, upgrade stock apps then modded 3d gallery to fix the lag in the gallery ? oh and to answer the ealier question it was just my phone that totally froze going into gallery although my gfs was slow going into gallery for the first time my phone had 9.5 installed over 9.4 wit no wipe but hers I installed 9.2 first then did a wipe and put 9.5 straight on after a reset both phone are up to speed, although one thing ive noticed is if you go into gallery and click the settings button it highlights the first bottom left folder then you click it again and it puts a selection tick in that folder for you and you cant uncheck it

lewis · 26-03-2011 8:27pm

Forget about the 3D gallery, its a load of poop and slow as hell, get QuicPic, its fast as hell and simple to use!!

G1032 · 26-03-2011 8:45pm

@Lewis

I know this is the Darky's thread but what is the default lagfix on insanity 0.6.9?
I disabled voodoo before Insanity install and am wondering can I delete the Voodoo folder on my sd card? I'm afraid that it I accidently delete the 'disable-lagfix' (stranger things have happened) folder I created in the Voodoo folder that Voodoo will enable on a reboot and mess up my phone

superfish · 26-03-2011 8:56pm

lewis wrote: »

Forget about the 3D gallery, its a load of poop and slow as hell, get QuicPic, its fast as hell and simple to use!!

you were right its way faster then the standard gallery cheers for the heads up

Squeeonline · 27-03-2011 1:20am

budgemook wrote: »

So yesterday I did a wipe upgrade to 9.4.

Going to do a non wipe upgrade to 9.5 today so I don't have the bugs.

I hear people saying make sure you disable lagfix. Why's that? Do I just do it in Darkys Configuration app?

Thanks

I didnt wipe but I did disable lagfix on recommendation. I've upgraded before without disabling and everything worked, just seemed to use more RAM, meaning that the launcher would be killed and had to restart every time you went to the front page.

BopNiblets · 27-03-2011 2:08am

How does one disable lagfix, if I have one (I didn't install OCLF lagfix or anything)?
I put 9.4 on the other day does it put lagfix on with default setup?
I remember creating a folder /Voodoo/disable-lagfix on the SD as part of the installation guide but I don't know what that was for, there's some files in that directory now...

I don't want to wipe again, so I'll try it without it, and I preferred the old battery meter and boot animations!

PogMoThoin · 27-03-2011 8:38am

Reboot into recovery and check, there's a lagfix option

lewis · 27-03-2011 9:47am

G1032 wrote: »

@Lewis

I know this is the Darky's thread but what is the default lagfix on insanity 0.6.9?
I disabled voodoo before Insanity install and am wondering can I delete the Voodoo folder on my sd card? I'm afraid that it I accidently delete the 'disable-lagfix' (stranger things have happened) folder I created in the Voodoo folder that Voodoo will enable on a reboot and mess up my phone

To be honest with ya man I can`t answer that question, I`m not that knowledgeable when it comes to specs.
But with the Nitrality app and Damian`s kernel it makes things fast and smooth.
I`d say you could, nothing to do with Voodoo on Insanity, any ways if your going back to Darky`s ROM, you`d be doing a clean install.

Did you do a full wipe when moving to Insanity?

Gaffs89 · 27-03-2011 10:56am

lewis wrote: »

Forget about the 3D gallery, its a load of poop and slow as hell, get QuicPic, its fast as hell and simple to use!!

Nice one Lewis, it is much simpler and faster.

lewis · 27-03-2011 1:41pm

superfish wrote: »

you were right its way faster then the standard gallery cheers for the heads up

Gaffs89 wrote: »

Nice one Lewis, it is much simpler and faster.

Glad I could help!!

BopNiblets · 27-03-2011 3:05pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Reboot into recovery and check, there's a lagfix option

Kewl, disabled.
One more question, to use the Darkys Mod Configurator, do you guys know if it will work with the stock recovery menu? I didn't install CWM.
I don't want to do a wipe and not sure if installing the zip from normal recovery will wipe my stuff.

PogMoThoin · 27-03-2011 3:28pm

BopNiblets wrote: »

Kewl, disabled.
One more question, to use the Darkys Mod Configurator, do you guys know if it will work with the stock recovery menu? I didn't install CWM.
I don't want to do a wipe and not sure if installing the zip from normal recovery will wipe my stuff.

Normal recovery won't install it

Edit, how did you check lagfix without CWM?

Squeeonline · 27-03-2011 3:35pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Edit, how did you check lagfix without CWM?

Quadrant >500 ?

BopNiblets · 27-03-2011 5:48pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Normal recovery won't install it

Edit, how did you check lagfix without CWM?

There was a lagfix option in the stock recovery menu.

I haven't put CWM on it but I have DR v9.4 installed, I don't see the need for CWM really...

G1032 · 27-03-2011 9:37pm

lewis wrote: »

To be honest with ya man I can`t answer that question, I`m not that knowledgeable when it comes to specs.
But with the Nitrality app and Damian`s kernel it makes things fast and smooth.
I`d say you could, nothing to do with Voodoo on Insanity, any ways if your going back to Darky`s ROM, you`d be doing a clean install.

Did you do a full wipe when moving to Insanity?

Ya. Did a full wipe. I can't believe how fast and smooth it is. 0.7.0 coming out soon. Might go back to Darky's when he comes up with his 2.3 release. We'll see. But I'll be sticking to Insanity for the moment.

budgemook · 27-03-2011 11:44pm

Since I upgraded to 9.5 (excellent by the way, pushing two days battery too), I haven't got my notification light anymore.

I had become very accustomed to that and was taking it for granted. I miss it. Any way to get it back?

Squeeonline · 28-03-2011 12:58am

budgemook wrote: »

Since I upgraded to 9.5 (excellent by the way, pushing two days battery too), I haven't got my notification light anymore.

I had become very accustomed to that and was taking it for granted. I miss it. Any way to get it back?

BLN is off by default. Just open up the BLN app and activate.

I installed a theme today http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944277

as well as a new boot animation http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/bootanimation-my-bootanimation-collection.1660/ - honeycomb.

It's funny that the phone is still Froyo, but the theme is two ahead!

BopNiblets · 28-03-2011 2:46am

BopNiblets wrote: »

Kewl, disabled.
One more question, to use the Darkys Mod Configurator, do you guys know if it will work with the stock recovery menu? I didn't install CWM.
I don't want to do a wipe and not sure if installing the zip from normal recovery will wipe my stuff.

Yeah tried it there, it works!
CWM, bah!

lewis · 28-03-2011 10:49am

When you have a look in Darky`s forum, there`s nothing but complaints/moans/"I think I found a bug",etc....

Then take a stroll over to Insanity and its all quiet, very little to no complaints or "bugs" found, I used to be on 9.3 but since I found Insanity, I`ve never looked back....:)

superfish · 28-03-2011 1:42pm

lewis wrote: »

When you have a look in Darky`s forum, there`s nothing but complaints/moans/"I think I found a bug",etc....

Then take a stroll over to Insanity and its all quiet, very little to no complaints or "bugs" found, I used to be on 9.3 but since I found Insanity, I`ve never looked back....:)

hey lewis im on 9.5 if I was to go to insanity do I just undo the lagfix and put the insanity zip file on my sd and apply it the same way I did with 9.5 or is it more complicated ?

PogMoThoin · 28-03-2011 3:40pm

lewis wrote: »

When you have a look in Darky`s forum, there`s nothing but complaints/moans/"I think I found a bug",etc....

Then take a stroll over to Insanity and its all quiet, very little to no complaints or "bugs" found, I used to be on 9.3 but since I found Insanity, I`ve never looked back....:)

Because lots more people are using Darkys

lewis · 28-03-2011 4:35pm

superfish wrote: »

hey lewis im on 9.5 if I was to go to insanity do I just undo the lagfix and put the insanity zip file on my sd and apply it the same way I did with 9.5 or is it more complicated ?

This is what you should do,

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

have a read through the steps first, its not hard, it`ll take you about 20 minutes, EZbase is like Resurrection, just a base ROM, once on that you flash Insanity and the apps you want.
Slap Damian`s kernel with it, its Gold now so its stable as hell, here`s the link..

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

Go for...1.2 CWM, the last one, its the latest.
Use the ROM for a few days give it time to settle and what not and you`ll never think about going to another ROM...well at least for a GOOD while, lol.

Let me know if you need any help and I`ll try help you out

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Because lots more people are using Darkys

Lots more "noobs"

superfish · 28-03-2011 6:17pm

hey guys sorry to go off topic but has anyone used an app called applanet it supposedly lets you have any paid app for free you cant get it from the market you have to go to the website and download it from the qr code, has anyone tried it before and is it safe or legal ?

link removed lol

Gaffs89 · 28-03-2011 7:55pm

superfish wrote: »

hey guys sorry to go off topic but has anyone used an app called applanet it supposedly lets you have any paid app for free you cant get it from the market you have to go to the website and download it from the qr code, has anyone tried it before and is it safe or legal ?

Don't think it's legal and they don't like you to talk about it on Boards.ie
You should remove the link or you'll get a salp on the wrist, lol

superfish · 28-03-2011 8:05pm

ha ha took it down, it states in their website that any developer who does not want their app to be given out for free has to contact applanet and request it to be taken down, so thats where I got confused surely if this was illegal they would not care ?

Squeeonline · 28-03-2011 8:09pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Because lots more people are using Darkys

And insanity is a stripped down mod whereas Darkys has features.

superfish wrote: »

hey guys sorry to go off topic but has anyone used an app called applanet it supposedly lets you have any paid app for free you cant get it from the market you have to go to the website and download it from the qr code, has anyone tried it before and is it safe or legal ?

link removed lol

all I can say is that I use this product or service. Frequently.

lewis · 28-03-2011 8:20pm

superfish wrote: »

hey guys sorry to go off topic but has anyone used an app called applanet it supposedly lets you have any paid app for free you cant get it from the market you have to go to the website and download it from the qr code, has anyone tried it before and is it safe or legal ?

link removed lol

Never heard of it...;)

Squeeonline wrote: »

And insanity is a stripped down mod whereas Darkys has features.

Features that still don`t make it as fast as Insanity, you can always add later in Insanity.

Ghandee · 28-03-2011 9:48pm

lewis wrote: »

When you have a look in Darky`s forum, there`s nothing but complaints/moans/"I think I found a bug",etc....

Then take a stroll over to Insanity and its all quiet, very little to no complaints or "bugs" found, I used to be on 9.3 but since I found Insanity, I`ve never looked back....:)

Am on this rom now too, one problem I have encountered.
How the hell do I synch contacts from gmail to phone?

Have selected the synch gmail contacts in the settings menu, I now have a phone with no phone numbers saved.
:mad:

Edit, sorted.

Nice rom btw!

lewis · 28-03-2011 10:31pm

Ghandee wrote: »

Am on this rom now too, one problem I have encountered.
How the hell do I synch contacts from gmail to phone?

Have selected the synch gmail contacts in the settings menu, I now have a phone with no phone numbers saved.
:mad:

Edit, sorted.

Nice rom btw!

Gmail add on pack, I know reading hurts, but it eases the pain when you find your answer,

Also if you don`t like the resolution settings you can change them. Slap black android insanity theme on it and she`ll be loverly looking!

G1032 · 28-03-2011 10:34pm

superfish wrote: »

hey lewis im on 9.5 if I was to go to insanity do I just undo the lagfix and put the insanity zip file on my sd and apply it the same way I did with 9.5 or is it more complicated ?

Thats what I did. Worked a treat. Just be sure you disable the lagfix.

G1032 · 28-03-2011 10:36pm

Squeeonline wrote: »

And insanity is a stripped down mod whereas Darkys has features.

You can add in any feature you want on insanity once it's installed. It's a much smoother and faster ROM than Darky's.

lewis · 28-03-2011 10:51pm

G1032 wrote: »

You can add in any feature you want on insanity once it's installed. It's a much smoother and faster ROM than Darky's.

Sure is, that`s what I`ve been blabbering about for ages, now I`m off to bed, night night.....

BopNiblets · 28-03-2011 11:59pm

Jesus, how fast do you lads want to play Angry Birds at anyway, hyperspeed?!

Is anyone on Darky's Rom forum, lets get this feature noticed: Hold down volume buttons to skip to next/previous music track! :pac:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/long-press-volume-buttons-to-skip-songs.1694/

Ghandee · 29-03-2011 7:19am

lewis wrote: »

Gmail add on pack, I know reading hurts, but it eases the pain when you find your answer,

Also if you don`t like the resolution settings you can change them. Slap black android insanity theme on it and she`ll be loverly looking!

I clearly edited my post to inform you I had it sorted, yet you still felt the need to reply like that?

Don't write in previous posts to ask you if you need help, but then act like a wise guy when we do.
:rolleyes:

lewis · 29-03-2011 9:45am

Ghandee wrote: »

I clearly edited my post to inform you I had it sorted, yet you still felt the need to reply like that?

Don't write in previous posts to ask you if you need help, but then act like a wise guy when we do.
:rolleyes:

Like what?
I was only saying it just in case some one else ran into the same problem, you did`nt say how you sorted it.
I was`nt acting like a wise, jesus some people, don`t worry man I won`t do it again for you!

superfish · 31-03-2011 8:36pm

few days on now and I find my battery life is great and the phone is still very fast although there are a fair few bugs that need sorting out but im happy with it over all if it starts to give too much trouble il give insanity a try

lewis · 31-03-2011 8:49pm

superfish wrote: »

few days on now and I find my battery life is great and the phone is still very fast although there are a fair few bugs that need sorting out but im happy with it over all if it starts to give too much trouble il give insanity a try

Bugs seems to be very common when it comes to Darky`s ROM.
Insanity 7.0 seems to be even better than 6.9, from what I`ve read, I have`nt gone to it cause I don`t want to go through all the hassle of wiping then starting over again, may be over the week end...

superfish · 01-04-2011 12:01pm

lewis wrote: »

Bugs seems to be very common when it comes to Darky`s ROM.
Insanity 7.0 seems to be even better than 6.9, from what I`ve read, I have`nt gone to it cause I don`t want to go through all the hassle of wiping then starting over again, may be over the week end...

thats why I cant be bothered changing over to insanity just yet im sick of always wiping my phone and losing all my apps

lewis · 01-04-2011 2:59pm

superfish wrote: »

thats why I cant be bothered changing over to insanity just yet im sick of always wiping my phone and losing all my apps

Well I`m on 7.0 and its great.

Don`t you use Titanium to restore apps?

superfish · 01-04-2011 4:21pm

lewis wrote: »

Well I`m on 7.0 and its great.

Don`t you use Titanium to restore apps?

I did and I saved them to the removable sd now my phone does not recognise my sd properly anymore I even formatted it on another phone then put it back in and the galaxy s still says that the sd has 1gb left same info as before. must be another glitch

lewis · 01-04-2011 4:26pm

superfish wrote: »

I did and I saved them to the removable sd now my phone does not recognise my sd properly anymore I even formatted it on another phone then put it back in and the galaxy s still says that the sd has 1gb left same info as before. must be another glitch

Maybe an SD card fault?

PogMoThoin · 01-04-2011 4:39pm

Copy them to pc then transfer them over wifi to the sd, install them and then delete them after. Your SD card probably needs a format which will wipe all

bittihuduga · 07-04-2011 2:58pm

i have decided to take a plunge into this.
i am on emobile 2.2 froyo
i assume i have to follow below instructions:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/guide-installing-darkys-rom-on-2-2-2-2-1-i9000-i9000m-only.1041/

is it safe step?
what will happen to my settings of emobile for mms, internet, etc if any? should i manually put it?

can i directly install 9.5? (is it stable)?

DrZeuss · 07-04-2011 3:08pm

bittihuduga wrote: »

i have decided to take a plunge into this.
i am on emobile 2.2 froyo
i assume i have to follow below instructions:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/guide-installing-darkys-rom-on-2-2-2-2-1-i9000-i9000m-only.1041/

is it safe step?
what will happen to my settings of emobile for mms, internet, etc if any? should i manually put it?

can i directly install 9.5? (is it stable)?

Good choice
You won't regret doing it.

Your settings should be ok, iv never lost any of my vodafone settings and i have flashed often.

At the time I installed 9.2 directly (which was the most stable at the time) so going direct to 9.5 should be fine, its very stable.
I'm running it since it became stable and all is well.

One thing, read the instructions, downland everything you need,
then read the instructions again, just be sure your comfortable, and most of all,
follow the instructions to a tee.

Major thing, make sure you can get into recovery mode and download mode before doing anything.

Squeeonline · 07-04-2011 3:22pm

bittihuduga wrote: »

i have decided to take a plunge into this.
i am on emobile 2.2 froyo
i assume i have to follow below instructions:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/guide-installing-darkys-rom-on-2-2-2-2-1-i9000-i9000m-only.1041/

is it safe step?
what will happen to my settings of emobile for mms, internet, etc if any? should i manually put it?

can i directly install 9.5? (is it stable)?

Should all be fine. My 3 settings were updated. Darky has a file with loads of them on. If you are worried, take down the details from the APN settings and you can just plug 'em back in later.

You wont regret it!

Ste- · 07-04-2011 4:45pm

Has anyone overclocked and undervolted Darkys rom ?
Thinking of undervolting as I've heard this can Get extra battery life. Not that bothered about overclocking. Just wondering if anyone has done this. I know SetCPU and overclock but what about undervolting ?

PogMoThoin · 07-04-2011 6:00pm

New Dark Core 1.4 folks (default Darkys 9.5 is only Dark Core 1.0)
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads%2Fkernel-dark-core-1-4-now-with-i897-captivate-support.2055%2F
No need to disable lagfix or do anything else before flashing this (that is if you ARE currently on Dark Core or Voodoo kernel)

lewis · 07-04-2011 6:07pm

Ste- wrote: »

Has anyone overclocked and undervolted Darkys rom ?
Thinking of undervolting as I've heard this can Get extra battery life. Not that bothered about overclocking. Just wondering if anyone has done this. I know SetCPU and overclock but what about undervolting ?

I was OC 1.2 and UV 75, that was stable for me and it seemed to be good battery life, I was on Insanity 6.9 W/ Damian`s RC3 kernel.

Just remember to take the UV and OC in steps, don`t just jump to the highest/lowest of them, use your phone for a few hours and see how it handles it.

Squeeonline · 07-04-2011 6:20pm

Thats crazy, I just installed DC 1.2 yesterday!

Darkys rom on Samsung Galaxy S

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