Guys I have nero v5 installed and I want to install the stock samsung vibrant froyo. Is it stable and how do I install the update. I backed up my stock 2.1 rom and am ready to restore to 2.1. Do I idyll 2.2 through kies or what
download kies mini and update through there
You install it through Odin. Personally I don't think its worth the upgrade from Nero unless you like the stock look. I came from Nero v5 to try out this rom and notice that my wifi is much slower, when wifi is off my bars say 3g but internet browsing feels like its on edge, and I can barely get a gps lock. On Nero I always get a lock no matter where I am. Of course apps load slightly slower, but that's not my biggest issue with the rom.
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You install it through Odin. Personally I don't think its worth the upgrade from Nero unless you like the stock look. I came from Nero v5 to try out this rom and notice that my wifi is much slower, when wifi is off my bars say 3g but internet browsing feels like its on edge, and I can barely get a gps lock. On Nero I always get a lock no matter where I am. Of course apps load slightly slower, but that's not my biggest issue with the rom.
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OuncE718 said:
You install it through Odin. Personally I don't think its worth the upgrade from Nero unless you like the stock look. I came from Nero v5 to try out this rom and notice that my wifi is much slower, when wifi is off my bars say 3g but internet browsing feels like its on edge, and I can barely get a gps lock. On Nero I always get a lock no matter where I am. Of course apps load slightly slower, but that's not my biggest issue with the rom.
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I get consistently over 3.8mbps dow now. Thats almost 1 mbps morw than my average before the update. I wrote in another thread wifi reception was better as well.
I think youre just expweienving some placebo effect. Happens a lot to people who use lag fixes and stuff.
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I was wondering the exact same thing. Im running Nero v5 and was debating weather to revert back to stock and do the 2.2 update
It is very stable for me, upgraded from stock 2.1 am pleased my gps never worked anyways so meh.
I upgraded from stock ji6 so that's the only rom I have to compare with. It was a nail-biting experience since kies wouldn't pick up my phone thanks to Tmobile leaving out the minor detail that USB debugging had to be enabled. Midway during the upgrade process kies crapped out with an error saying upgrade failed. Phone would only boot into emergency recovery and was luckily able to use the kies recovery option to finish. Phew! I've flashed phones before but they were always spares so I didn't care if they bricked or not - this is my first time flashing my main phone.
Ka6 is a definite improvement over ji6. The one thing I noticed immediately is lag is gone!! ji6 used to go from 3g to edge for no apparent reason, now it stays on 3g. Haven't noticed any difference in the transfer speeds in 3g or wifi, seems about the same. Built-in wifi and usb tethering is nice, and much improved copy paste. Different colors, GPS still is meh. I was using my Garmin for 2 years before I got this phone so I never really cared about the GPS. Aside from built-in flash all the other changes appear to be cosmetic. Media scanner seems quicker.
If you're still on stock ji6 the upgrade to froyo is definitely worth. If you're running a custom rom like Nero, Axura etc. I guess you should stay with it. You upgraded to a custom rom because you obviously put a custom rom on your phone because you didn't like stock!
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Now that JI6 is everyones norm. can I still use one click root and one click lag fix.
My scores are down from 2200 to the 800s.
Should I wait for these to be updated?
Well, OCLF works just fine, the only issue is that you will lose your vibrate until Ryan gets it fixed. He is actively working on it. However, JI6 is plenty fast enough, especially if you are using a custom rom such as Bionix. Whatever Samsung did in the latest update really has the phone moving.
Hello all, I updated my SGS to froyo DXJPA via kies about two weeks ago, and my overall impression is that this release is buggier than eclair.
After the update process was completed I did a factory reset, but still out feels buggy and clunkish. Apps FCed randomly, happened most of the time to twidroyd and gmail, the gallery does that too but not as often. Launcher pro's 3D app drawer does not run as smooth, and occasionally installed apps icons doesn't show up in the drawer.
I wonder, does these happen to anybody else? Is there any solution to these? Would you mind sharing your experience here? Thanks!
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Can I recommend darkys 4.1 rom? Seems most stable right now. Its not fastest like ultimate rom but its pretty dang stable
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Really? More stable than stock? Interesting..thanks for the info! I'll take a look. Would prefer to stay stock for a while longer though :-/
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nobody else having these problems? it's just my SGS then? really?
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Hello all, I updated my SGS to froyo DXJPA via kies about two weeks ago, and my overall impression is that this release is buggier than eclair.
After the update process was completed I did a factory reset, but still out feels buggy and clunkish. Apps FCed randomly, happened most of the time to twidroyd and gmail, the gallery does that too but not as often. Launcher pro's 3D app drawer does not run as smooth, and occasionally installed apps icons doesn't show up in the drawer.
I wonder, does these happen to anybody else? Is there any solution to these? Would you mind sharing your experience here? Thanks!
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I assumed you were on a stock DX series ROM before the upgrade? I also upgraded DXJPA, but I did it via odin with repartitioning. While I agree that DXJPA is much more laggy compared to Eclair, I do not have any issues with apps FC-ing. My phone is also a lot faster and smoother after flashing to the kernel in my signature and applying the lagfix.
Seifer1975,
How do you find the battery life with your kernel?
Thanks!
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Seifer1975,
How do you find the battery life with your kernel?
Thanks!
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Battery life is quite bad actually. I lose on average 2-4% battery per hour, without doing anything. But some people have reported very good battery life with the kernel, so I am not sure if it's due to that. But the speed is really good, and since I charge my phone all the time, it doesn't really bothers me so much.
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I assumed you were on a stock DX series ROM before the upgrade? I also upgraded DXJPA, but I did it via odin with repartitioning. While I agree that DXJPA is much more laggy compared to Eclair, I do not have any issues with apps FC-ing. My phone is also a lot faster and smoother after flashing to the kernel in my signature and applying the lagfix.
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yep, from DXJG4 to DXJPA. hmm.. perhaps I should try flashing via Odin.. do you use any lagfix by any chance? just read your signature
side note: your avatar's freaking me out man
To the OP,
I've upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 DXJPA and have not been having FC's (using 16 Gb stock Galaxy S and upgraded through Kies). I did install OCLF 2 and am using lag fix and the mem tool very early on. Been testing for stability by not installing too much but pretty am using as is now. Am also using Launcher Pro.
FYI, I was getting FC's before on 2.1 but I think this was because was starting to lag again. Anyway, all good now.
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You need to do factory reset to get rid off those FCs. Or, you can try to clear app data first. It works for me.
Edit: be sure to back up your data/rom first.
i`m just upgraded Eclair DXJG4 to DXJPA just a week...i`ve not seen any trouble on it and of course i`m upgrading it using Kies...the most dangerous way..
no problem about FC...maybe because i wiped all of my data after update...
before this i`m using OCLF but now i`m flashed my kernel using YA-OK! 1.40 @1.2ghz from zenkinz with stock DXJPA rom
So its impossible to get any sort of input on the Nero 5 thread with 3 posts a minute, so thought its give it a shot here.
Hello all, this is the honest truth. When my vibrant is sitting untouched, it has almost full 3G data with 2-4 Mbs/sec speed. Then when i pick it up within 10 seconds its gone into edge network with .05 Mbs/sec.
I so hoped this was just my imagination, but i played with it for 5 minutes, undesputable results. The action of picking up my cell causes it to loose immediate data reception. If no one else had this issue i will ODIN to stock and reflash. But is this a problem with the rom or kernal?
I'm on nero v5 and I don't have that issue.
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I don't have this issue either... Your plan to odin back to stock and try flashing Nero V5 again has some merit but you might also try one of the other Radios from the development section. I believe that any of the 2.2 radios will work with Nero V5...
I think its the kernal, I have no data at all. I check under mobile network, it tells me no sim card.
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It must have been the kernal, i flashed dragon kernal 2.8 with voodoo sound, and WOW, i mean the data connection is stable, but the real catch is voodoo sound. it blew my mind, who knew vibrant was even capable of such greatness. There is an overclocked version and a stock version. I'm running the overclocked and its lighting but you do need to do some car charging to get through the day safely. And questions ask, but i HIGHLY reccomend. dragon kernal 2.8 with Nero 5, perfect combo indeed.
What exactly is voodoo sound?
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i also think its the kernel thats why i downgraded back to 4.1 and i'm waiting for v6 with the new ka6 kernel. supposedly that is much better then the ka5 with fast gps locks, but i haven't tested it yet cus i'm waiting for the new nero
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It must have been the kernal, i flashed dragon kernal 2.8 with voodoo sound, and WOW, i mean the data connection is stable, but the real catch is voodoo sound. it blew my mind, who knew vibrant was even capable of such greatness. There is an overclocked version and a stock version. I'm running the overclocked and its lighting but you do need to do some car charging to get through the day safely. And questions ask, but i HIGHLY reccomend. dragon kernal 2.8 with Nero 5, perfect combo indeed.
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Glad you found a right combo to your liking and took care of your data issue. I had some bad luck with the Dragon kernal, both stock and oc. The Dragon oc twice soft brick my phone and I had to odin back both times. After that I said hell with it, let me try the stock version. Yep, soft bricked again. I still haven't given up on it. I'll get it one of these days. Maybe it's my specific phone that's not liking it. Lol.
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I have this problem, too. I thought maybe it was just me...Right after I flashed Nero v5, my data connection went to hell and I've been battling it all morning. Maybe I'll try going back to stock and seeing if that helps.
I updated my Epic on the day EB13 was released. I used the update.zip using the stock recovery on my stock/rooted DI18 (no data/cache wipes before updating) which kept all my data and apps intact. After the update, the only problems I had were the one related to the camera (video lag in low light and still camera FC in sport mode), but after the kernel fix was introduced (thanks to mkasick) I have had absolutely ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NO problems. Granted I am still using basically the stock EB13 rooted only with Launcher Pro, but everything has worked as it should (GPS, SMS, MMS, video recording, camera, music player, SD card, etc.). The only issue for me is probably the checkerboarding on the stock browser which is not a big deal for me anyways.
How many of you have been happy with your EB13 upgrade experience?
I am waiting for a custom ROM.
Mine worked good on stock and even better using the genocide kernel.
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I'm running a beta build of a custom rom and I couldn't be happier. I'm not having any of the issues reported
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I've been very happy with the upgrade, I haven't ran into any problems with this build. Now I'm just waiting for the developers to really start pushing out their releases! Dying to get my hands on a official CM6.2 and MiUi!
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Already running Midnight rom with the Genocide kernel. Getting great battery life and my GPS definitely feels improved. Haven't dropped signal during nav yet (knock on wood)
Can't wait for more Roms and especially updated Cyanogen and Miui like above.
Running EB13 with midNIGHT ROM 4.1....my phone runs great, better than when it was on a DK28 mod
Mine runs great all stock EB13
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Mine worked good on stock and even better using the genocide kernel.
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Whats the genocide kernel? what advantages does it have over the stock eb13 kernel?
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Whats the genocide kernel? what advantages does it have over the stock eb13 kernel?
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The Genocide Kernel, is a kernel made my one of the Devs here. You can find it's thread in the Development section for more details.
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I was using stock EB13 with no problems..today I flashed the genocide kernel since I figure it can't hurt to have more battery life...
As for checker-boarding on the browser..coming from a TP2..I hardly call that checkerboarding lol
as for the checkerboarding browser, does anyone know if that is only on the stock browser, or others such as Dolphin as well?
Running EB13 stock w/genocide, no complaints. I use the miren browser as my default.
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I flashed eb13 with the samsung exe and immediately got root access and changed over to deodexed/ext4 and with the lastest genocide kernel .... close to perfect ... with the overclock and pretty heavy use battery life is darn good, amazingly. My battery app estimates 11.5 hrs @ 58%. I'm constantly picking the thing up and using it today. All apps run fine and now the browser is substantially faster than the wifes laptop! Was just on the gamestop site with a flash game review playing along side a bunch of animated adds and it still played great. 1375/3020 smartbench. This is all the "phone" I'll need for some time to come! Since the camera fix in genocide kernel, all regrets are gone. Plus, if you love video media like I do, you MUST have 2.2 as the video decoding and audio decoding are sgnificantly improved. 2.1 would stutter a bit with very high bit rate stuff. 2.2 makes the best quality video play FLAWLESSLY. Never a dropped frame. Even @2mbit/sec. Watching a movie on my phone is nearly as pleasing as my well calibrated big screen.
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EB13 is pretty good. Except for the bt voice dialing not working. If you don't have this issue what update method and what rom are you running???
Epic 4g
I'm happy. the battery is lasting for up to 24 hours now. I even slept through the night without charging it and woke up to a not dead phone. oh the possibilities
stock eb13 w root and cam patch, couldnt b more pleased w my phone
Not me. Its seems much better at first. But when you start getting random fc's here and there it tells you somethings wrong. In all honestly I think 2.1 eclair ran this phone with ease like a current machine would run winxp. No problems and everythings snappy. Works the way its suppose to. Throw win7 in and now youve complicated things by adding in bore instruction sets that might conflict. Not to say that it isn't gonna work well but we can clearly see sprint was full of **** when they said they were thoroughly testing for bugs. Build the is from the ground up with gingerbread. Until that happens were gonna keep getting updates that fix **** instead of updates that turn our epics for the better. Its what this hardware deserves. Next year when tegra 2's are mainstream phonemena hummingbird will be the mid level tier. Even with 2.2 I still think this hardware has more to give.
My 2 cents.
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Not me. Its seems much better at first. But when you start getting random fc's here and there it tells you somethings wrong. In all honestly I think 2.1 eclair ran this phone with ease like a current machine would run winxp. No problems and everythings snappy. Works the way its suppose to. Throw win7 in and now youve complicated things by adding in bore instruction sets that might conflict. Not to say that it isn't gonna work well but we can clearly see sprint was full of **** when they said they were thoroughly testing for bugs. Build the is from the ground up with gingerbread. Until that happens were gonna keep getting updates that fix **** instead of updates that turn our epics for the better. Its what this hardware deserves. Next year when tegra 2's are mainstream phonemena hummingbird will be the mid level tier. Even with 2.2 I still think this hardware has more to give.
My 2 cents.
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That's impossible in all honesty. With the way people were crying about the 2.2 update to build something from kernel up and redo it people would be crying "gingerbread is taking too long" screw Samsung, and Sprint...
i odin'd back to DI18 a day before EB13 and only restored contacts.
once EB13 dropped, i wiped everything 3 times w/ clockwork, upgraded via the update.zip method. Then did the 1 click root, and manually re-installed all my apps etc.
The one thing that really kills the 'new' froyo for me is the bluetooth problems still being present like on DK28. I got so damn irritated w/ DK28's bluetooth problems that i actually went back to 2.1
Now that i'm using EN13, I'm still pretty honked off but it hasn't irritated me enough yet to go back to eclair.. depends on how flaky the bluetooth becomes.
So far, I'm running stock EB13, 1 click root, genocide kernel installed yesterday) and gonna gauge battery life.
I'm really wanting to try out the MIUI and/or cyanogenmod once they're a little less buggy.. the devs are making great progress, but i need a fairly non-buggy phone for work so that's why i'm waiting (not complaining.. i experiment on the weekends w/ ROMs and such)
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What does everyone think of EF02?
I have EC05 rooted and have had occasional issues with visual voicemail (says cant play until I restart the device), texts not coming through properly, and misc other issues. I was considering going to a ROM such as bonsai, but thought maybe EF02 would be better since it's close to a stock release.
I use my phone for business and look for stability and battery life primarily with performance and eye candy ranked third or fourth. Thanks ahead of time for the help.
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What does everyone think of EF02?
I have EC05 rooted and have had occasional issues with visual voicemail (says cant play until I restart the device), texts not coming through properly, and misc other issues. I was considering going to a ROM such as bonsai, but thought maybe EF02 would be better since it's close to a stock release.
I use my phone for business and look for stability and battery life primarily with performance and eye candy ranked third or fourth. Thanks ahead of time for the help.
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There are some kinks to work out. GPS is pretty iffy, and some apps don't work, for some reason. Still, it's clear the future is bright, cause I can't wait for something already this snappy to get rfs replaced, overclocked, and tweaked to hell like the froyo roms.
As for your other issues, I ported my number to google voice, so they handle all my texting/voicemail. No regrets so far, other than maybe that I can't use handcent anymore. People get my texts instantly too. My brother was at a ball game I was watching on tv once and was getting my texts along the lines of "He was safe!" so quickly after the plays he jokingly asked me if the TV was somehow ahead of live action.
One issue I'm having with EF02 is that I've lost the default shortcuts on the toolbar. All I have is Applications...
Anybody know how to get them back?
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I'm taking aa i3 for a run. But for a worry free xperience do the following..
Odin eb13.
Get gps lock.
Root.
Flash ef02. Set it up to ur liking.
Odin ec05 modem.
If you use titanium backup then restore only app not data!
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I've had no issues at all with EF02 w/EF10 modem. The only GPS issue I ever have is using check in on Facebook but the GPS locks fast so I think it's the Facebook app which in my opinion is pure garbage. It sucks on my girlfriends phone too and some of my coworkers have problems with the app as well.
I'm getting excellent performance. With 105+ apps installed, I'm getting 2500 on quadrant. I'm going to test gps in a few. All apps seem to be working.. i had some that didn't but i just uninstalled then reinstalled from market and it worked. Running i3 with GPS fix and chris41g rotation lag fix.
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I ended up going back to EC05 for SRF 1.2, but thats out of personal preference for the SRF rom. In my experience with EF02, it was very good. Fast for RFS, pretty good battery life, and all around mostly pretty stable... seems Samsung/Sprint are pretty close to a final/official build to me.
I am using EF02 with EF10 modem and it has worked perfectly so far. GPS works better than ever. All of my apps work. And I have had none of the wierd EC05 force closing with the 3 vibrates. It works great for me and can't wait for the official to drop.
I have been using EF02 for a while (AR i2) and everything has been very good, I had some strange issues with the GPS at first but now everything is working fine.
I get 12-15 hours with moderate use, not nearly as good as some of the Froyo roms but worth it because of Skype/Netflix... With the EF10 modem I got about half that, so I went back to the EF02 modem and everything is great.
I thought ef02 aa i3 was pretty good. Memory issues pushed me back to froyo. The leak didn't seem to clear memory correctly and used too much. other than that and gps issues at first I was actually happy with it. All in all not to bad. These froyo roms seem to be to polished to continue on a leak rom though.
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