So I downloaded the voodoo lagfix.
And made a back up using the threads on this forum. I made my back up before I installed lagfix.
Now if I wanted to revert back before I had lagfix, couldn't I just flash back to my first back up to basically get rid of lagfix, or would that not work? I'm really just preparing for froyo. And the OTA and would like to do that without using any adb commands... Is there maybe a simpler way to do this?
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That will not work as you need to change the /data from ext4 back to rfs. Just remove the lagfix like you are supposed to and things should be fine.
There is a lagfix removal tool posted in the developer forum. It will probably cause you to wipe your device though.
How does it work ?
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OK. So I'm a little new to Android but I've been reading as much as possible. So far I've rooted, installed CWM and tried out a couple of Dirrk's and jt's flashes.
I originally flashed jt's voodoo kernel with ext4 lagfix and then a couple of Dirrk's 1200's. At this point, I'm running Dirrk's SV1200 kernel.
I'm a little confused about this lagfix thing. At the moment, I don't have the disable_lagfix file in my /sdcard/voodoo directory but, I thought I read that the lagfix was no longer necessary?
I also see jt's clean ROM which doesn't have a kernel. Please forgive my ignorance as I'm still learning but:
1. Should I have a disable_lagfix file in my voodoo directory?
2. Should I flash jt's clean ROM and then Dirrk's 1200 kernel overtop of it?
Lastly, I keep running into the damn market download issue. It seems that google talk won't start and from what I've read, this could be my problem; however, it looks like the only real fix is to do a factory restore. I've done this once and it happened again.
What is the recommended setup for the Fascinate at this point??
A big thanks to all the excellent devs on this board. You guys ROCK!
I don't know anything about the market issue, but my husband's phone had the Gtalk issue once and I discovered that in the main settings menu for time and date, the box that says to get it from the network was unchecked. As soon as I checked this box, Gtalk and everything else worked again. Actually thinking back, I think the market downloads didn't work either with this box unchecked........
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Hi ktez,
thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately, mine is already set to automatic.
Sorry that didn't help - hope you can find a solution!
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At this point I'm gonna flash jt's clean rom and then try Dirrk's LV1250 kernel. I'm hoping his advice to lower the sampling rate will fix the LV issues I was having.
You have to add the disable_lagfix file.
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You have to add the disable_lagfix file.
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You mean just to do the clean rom and new kernel or leave it there permanently?
You add it and reboot your phone. Flash what you want and then take it off and reboot if you are still running a lagfix kernal..
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You add it and reboot your phone. Flash what you want and then take it off and reboot if you are still running a lagfix kernal..
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Ahh...see...there is where I am confused. Is a voodoo kernel the same as a lagfix kernel? For example, I'm going to flash Dirrk's LV1250 Kernel. Will I need the disable_lagfix file for this kernel?
I am confused now. Yes voodoo is a lagfix. If you flashed a voodoo kernal you can flash other voodoo kernals. If going to a non voodoo kernals you will need to disable_lagfix
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Right so then...voodoo=lagfix. Got it. I'm staying with a voodoo kernel so I shouldn't need the file.
The reason I became confused is because I read a post here that seemed to indicate that lagfix would no longer be necessary b/c of voodoo. Perhaps I read it wrong but, if they're the same thing then the statement doesn't make sense...or...I'm just dumb :-/
I believe that is what they are trying to do
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Right so then...voodoo=lagfix. Got it. I'm staying with a voodoo kernel so I shouldn't need the file.
The reason I became confused is because I read a post here that seemed to indicate that lagfix would no longer be necessary b/c of voodoo. Perhaps I read it wrong but, if they're the same thing then the statement doesn't make sense...or...I'm just dumb :-/
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The lagfix they're referring to here is Ryan's ext2 lagfix that was available prior to voodoo. With voodoo arriving for the fascinate, the old lagfix became obsolete.
Voodoo is also a lagfix, but it is usually referred to as just voodoo.
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The lagfix they're referring to here is Ryan's ext2 lagfix that was available prior to voodoo. With voodoo arriving for the fascinate, the old lagfix became obsolete.
Voodoo is also a lagfix, but it is usually referred to as just voodoo.
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Thanks LX! That clears it up
Just read this thread.
Now I'm dizzy.
The apk in THIS thread may be helpful as well. You can open the app and push the button to disable the voodoo lagfix. Then to a complete reboot, and then flash whatever you wish. Do your backups with the lag fix disabled.
Open the app, re-enable the voodoo, and reboot again. easy enough.
You may know already, but be extremely patient during reboots when you have turned voodoo on or off, as they can take awhile. Do not pull your battery in panic. lol.
Daswolven said:
Just read this thread.
Now I'm dizzy.
The apk in THIS thread may be helpful as well. You can open the app and push the button to disable the voodoo lagfix. Then to a complete reboot, and then flash whatever you wish. Do your backups with the lag fix disabled.
Open the app, re-enable the voodoo, and reboot again. easy enough.
You may know already, but be extremely patient during reboots when you have turned voodoo on or off, as they can take awhile. Do not pull your battery in panic. lol.
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Thanks Daswolven. I'm getting better at this now. Once I got past my market issues, all is golden.
So I broke my market like a week ago and can't fix it. The only thing I haven't tried is recovering to a few weeks ago BUT I am unsure if it's safe to do because I am currently running on DJ05 with Nemesis's test 6 sv1100 voodoo kernel.
If I revert back to a time (using the red recovery screen) with dl01 and NO lagfix installed (without a broken market too) will I be okay? If it's okay to do, will DJ05 still end up being installed?
I am fairly new to this but I always try to figure things out myself before asking. However, I was unable to find difinitive answers and I am just unsure.
Any clear help in layman's terms would be greatly appreciated!!
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If you are flashing a non voodoo kernel over a voodoo one you must first disable voodoo. Do this by creating a folder or file named disable_lagfix and putting it in the voodoo folder of your sd card.
Just to be safe, reboot fully before flashing anything. It should do the voodoo female robot voice. When you get back onto your home screen run quadrant to ensure your scores are somewhere around 800. If they are still over 1000 voodoo didn't disable properly. If it's disabled you should be all clear to flash a non voodoo kernel. Just make sure if you have a dj05 modem and kernel the rom needs to be dj05 etc. good luck
Edit: just in case I didn't read your post correctly: if you are restoring an old backup of di01 you will also need to flash the stock di01 modem through odin and a di01 kernel through cwm. Hope this helps.
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I think my phone may be bricked when I turn it on all I get is the samsung title and it does nothing else. I had just recently updated it with the voodoo with lag fix from rom manager and then this morning flashed it with one of the super fast kernals and that is when it rebooted and never advanced past the samsung logo.
I tried to get the stock .tar form drop box but keep getting a 404 error and I am unable to get that or follow the link to remove the voodoo, that link just goes to just a jumble of symbols with nothing to download. Again sorry if this is covered somewhere else in here but I have looked and tried to fix this but not even the cw recovery works. Oh in case you can't tell I am a newb .
You can't flash non voodoo over voodoo. I'm sure someone will chime in shortly. I don't know how to fix it. Sorry
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Odin to stock. You aren't bricked. Keep trying to download the tar file
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I believe you will have to completely reset your phone to stock with stock kernel/rom etc and you will lose all your data. It will essentially be a new phone again. It will work though.
You can flash non voodoo over voodoo as voodoo uses a different filesystem that is not 'seeable' by non voodoo kernels.
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You can flash non voodoo over voodoo as voodoo uses a different filesystem that is not 'seeable' by non voodoo kernels.
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Note: Cali3350 meant to write shouldn't instead of can.
I would start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804784
Ok I click on the first link and the page just brings up gibberish, like I said I am a newb so don't flame me too bad please, what am I supposed to do with that first link?
Don't click the link. Right-click, save as.
I am unfortunately unclear on the finer points of recovering from a voodoo misadventure, but that first link is intended for voodoo4 and perhaps catastrophic circumstance. I believe you would have voodoo5 if you installed recently via RM, but someone should correct me if I am wrong.
I haven't ever needed voodoo, so I have yet to go down any of these roads. However, if I were in your situation, I would try to clear the lagfix with red cwm first and leave my MBR alone until I was convinced I had to overwrite it. Once you are back to an RFS file system, put on a nonvoodoo file system that matches your base band and/or odin to stock as needed.
In any case, you are embarking on quite a crash course.
You should just be able to flash another voodoo kernel, then all will be fine. If you decide to flash a non voodoo kernel after that, disable the voodoo within red CWM, reboot to let the file system revert, then flash your new kernel
Thanks Kevin that worked just fine, I had to use a different sd card because somehow I write protected the one that came with the phone. It now boots up fine but I need to download everything again . But now I cannot access the market, press the icon and if flashes and then nothing.
So I'm not the owner of this Fascinate, it's my girlfriends. And I feel like an idiot posting a question to what should be a simple answer, especially since I hack/mod my Evo pretty much every day. But the Fascinate/Galaxy phones are a little different to be playing with.
Anyway, my girlfriend is upset that her phone is starting to act a little wonky and she's convinced it's because I installed the Voodoo lagfix.
I know with the Evo, if I wanted to lose root, if my phone were to take the OTA update I'd just install it over my stock (read: not custom) ROM and all my files would be in tact.
So I guess what I'm asking is would it be the same with the Fascinate?
The main difference is that I've installed the lagfix and I'm wondering if it's going to cause issues. I'm obviously going to remove it, but I don't want her to lose all of her settings/apps/files by removing it COMPLETELY. She's still on the stock ROM, but the only difference is that she has root and the lagfix. If I uninstall the lagfix would taking the OTA be safe? I'm mostly just concerned about her keeping her files and making this as painless transition as possible.
I'm super comfortable with having to manually unroot, use Odin to get back to stock, etc, but don't want to have to go through all the trouble of backing up her stuff, reinstalling, etc. Basically, can I just update OTA and call it a day?
holy crap I picked a bad day to ask this LOL. Stupid DL30 is going to make me fall off the page.
First you need to remove the voodoo lagfix. Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804784&highlight=how+to+remove+voodoo
Then you can unroot. Use the bottom of this:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/verizon-fascinate-rooting-roms-hacks/33899-how-root.html
Thanks for that. But I don't want to go through the process of having to completely remove the lagfix. I just want to know if I can just apply the OTA without having to wipe.
Which voodoo kernel are you using? If it is one of the newer voodoo 5 kernels with red cwm, you can disable and load a new kernel.
In red cwm, select voodoo> disable lagfix, then reboot. You must reboot before flashing a new kernel so the file system can convert back. Once it finishes, you can flash a new kernel.
But in order to ota, you will have to be completely stock, kernel and recovery as well. Plus, the dl09 ota isn't available anymore because of the e911 bug.
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Thanks for that. But I don't want to go through the process of having to completely remove the lagfix. I just want to know if I can just apply the OTA without having to wipe.
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If you are going to DL30, voodoo must be disabled, DL30 has its own kernel and voodoo support is not there yet. A few days or hours it will be I am sure. You can try to install over the top but most have been more successful doing then installing.
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If you are going to DL30, voodoo must be disabled, DL30 has its own kernel and voodoo support is not there yet. A few days or hours it will be I am sure. You can try to install over the top but most have been more successful doing then installing.
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You would also have to upgrade to the 05 or 09 radio from 01 to go to DL30.
well, im going to try a voodoo rom but my question is. how do i activate voodoo? ive seen voodoo option on clockwork? do i go there activate it,reboot then install sc voodoo rom? or do i need to take more steps then these? and yes ive lookd around.thx
Hello,
Voodoo kernels have to deal with the way the file systems is formatted. Samsung devices are formatted with the RFS filesystem and what the voodoo lag fix does is replace it with the Linux standard of Ext4 filesystem.
With that in mind, it helps fix the I/O speeds (reads,writes) of the file system. The current working clockwork recovery has the voodoo menus with it. It is meant to be used with both voodoo and non voodoo kernels.
You only want to activate voodoo if you have already installed a voodoo kernel. I am not sure where you are at in flashing a rom for your phone but just let me know and I can help walk you through it.
If you use one of JT's rom you will need to flash a voodoo kernel if you before you install a voodoo rom. If you use one of adyns roms he packages the kernel with the rom so all you need to do is wipe data/cache etc and install the zip.
But if you ever stop using kernel you will need to completely remove voodoo before switching. Besides you get to hear a chick talk while the voodoo kernel is installing lol. Usually when I get swap away to a non voodoo kernel I flash through Odin to get back to stock.