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ROMS and Kernels and ASOP Oh MY!!

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.
VooDoo Fascinate

bblanski said:
You have to add the disable_lagfix file.
VooDoo Fascinate
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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..
VooDoo Fascinate

bblanski said:
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..
VooDoo Fascinate
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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
VooDoo Fascinate

kupdegrove said:
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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LX.SF said:
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.

Recovering w/ voodoo to time before voodoo was installed. Safe?

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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[Q] Need Help Please. DL30 leak flashing instruction.

I would really appreciate some help flashing the dl30 leak. I have never flashed any roms before. I have rom manager and my phone is rooted. Step by step help would be great THANKS!

I just got to recovery but when i tried to flash it said something about not being able to verify package or something

zachsx said:
Hey Everyone, I thought I'd share how I got 2.2 working on DL05 Fascinate.
I had voodoo5 installed, running cwred
1.) You need to download the rom, and the new CWR
2.) Disable Voodoo5 in Red CW and then flash the new CW GREEN, after you do that reboot your phone, let it disable voodoo it will take time (5 min) on my side.
Soon as it boots up to the fascinate, pull the battery, and reboot into the new CW GREEN.
4.) Flash new Rom, and then wipre date and cache! and done! It takes awhile to boot, I thought mine froze on the Verizon screen for like 4 min.
I have flash, and HID!
Please Do not hold me responsiblity if you brick your phone!
This is just personal experience if you have any questions please let me know, I hope i've helped you!
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this is in the dev section, are u on voodoo, redcw??? Apparently you need to be novoodoo with new cwm
Dj05/ Superclean/ Voodoo5

Yeah i saw that post earlier and had no luck, honestly i dont know jack about any voodoo. Im on DL09 stock. I dont even think im actually booting into recovery. I get to the screen on my phone that allows me to wipe data, wipe cache, update zip via sd card. when i try to install or update the zips it says failed because of verification signature.

You need to find an update.zip file for green cwmod I think theres one in the dev forums under one leaks reboot using 3button apply update.zip that will take you into cw... From there flash rom,kernel using install from zip then look in your downloads or xda folder
Dj05/ Superclean/ Voodoo5

ajd88 said:
Yeah i saw that post earlier and had no luck, honestly i dont know jack about any voodoo. Im on DL09 stock. I dont even think im actually booting into recovery. I get to the screen on my phone that allows me to wipe data, wipe cache, update zip via sd card. when i try to install or update the zips it says failed because of verification signature.
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Did you installed Clockwork Recovery Mod correctly? You need to flash CWMRecovery_DJ05_DL09.tar with ODIN (via PDA, NOT Phone!!!) before installing it through ROM Manager first. Just installing from ROM Manager is not enough. Look at here for further instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913470

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Got it all figured out now thanks.

I'll add my nooby plea for help to this thread.
I have a stock rom. It USED to show as DI01. I did figure out how to root it, and just now noticed that it is showing as DH12 (baseband version AND build number), no longer DI01.
So, I need to update it first, before I can install DL30, correct?
I have a DL09.tar.tar file.
I have ODIN3.exe.
I have the DL30-leak.zip.
I have no clue what a CWM is or how to use/install it.
Where can I find the steps to get me to DL30?
Thanks.

WhiteRocks said:
this is in the dev section, are u on voodoo, redcw??? Apparently you need to be novoodoo with new cwm
Dj05/ Superclean/ Voodoo5
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So I flashed DL30 over my Voodoo DL09 and it booted up just fine.
my 2 problems...
1- I cannot download anything from the market (so I cannot download Titanium to install my backups to see if there are any other problems)... the download starts then just stops. No error messages or anything.
2- I cannot get my exchange mail up and running.
Otherwise... everything SEEMS to work. Calls come through, texts, etc.
Again, I flashed DL30 w/RED Clockwork over a DL09 rom with confirmed Voodoo lagfix (Quadrant scores in the 1800's).
Thoughts?
def

dug-e-fresh said:
So I flashed DL30 over my Voodoo DL09 and it booted up just fine.
my 2 problems...
1- I cannot download anything from the market (so I cannot download Titanium to install my backups to see if there are any other problems)... the download starts then just stops. No error messages or anything.
2- I cannot get my exchange mail up and running.
Otherwise... everything SEEMS to work. Calls come through, texts, etc.
Again, I flashed DL30 w/RED Clockwork over a DL09 rom with confirmed Voodoo lagfix (Quadrant scores in the 1800's).
Thoughts?
def
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Did you wipe Data, Cache and Delvik Cache in CW Recovery? Try that..
Also, you did disable VooDoo first right?

dug-e-fresh said:
So I flashed DL30 over my Voodoo DL09 and it booted up just fine.
my 2 problems...
1- I cannot download anything from the market (so I cannot download Titanium to install my backups to see if there are any other problems)... the download starts then just stops. No error messages or anything.
2- I cannot get my exchange mail up and running.
Otherwise... everything SEEMS to work. Calls come through, texts, etc.
Again, I flashed DL30 w/RED Clockwork over a DL09 rom with confirmed Voodoo lagfix (Quadrant scores in the 1800's).
Thoughts?
def
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How did you get 1800's for quadrant, im only getting exactly half of that.

Kaze105 said:
How did you get 1800's for quadrant, im only getting exactly half of that.
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You don't have voodoo enabled. Installing a voodoo kernal does not mean you have a voodoo enabled. I did the same thing and was wondering why I was in the 900's. Go into red and "enable voodoo" then reboot. It will take sometime 5-10 minutes and you will here a female robot voice telling you whats going on
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neozen21 said:
Did you wipe Data, Cache and Delvik Cache in CW Recovery? Try that..
Also, you did disable VooDoo first right?
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I did it super lazy just to see what would happen... so I did not wipe anything... and I left voodoo enabled.
def

dug-e-fresh said:
I did it super lazy just to see what would happen... so I did not wipe anything... and I left voodoo enabled.
def
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You left Voodoo enabled??? You realize that DL30 doesn't have a voodoo kernel?!! You need to go back to the red CWM and disable voodoo.. hopefully, you can still do that.. then if everything is still good, then wipe data, and both caches...

dug-e-fresh said:
You don't have voodoo enabled. Installing a voodoo kernal does not mean you have a voodoo enabled. I did the same thing and was wondering why I was in the 900's. Go into red and "enable voodoo" then reboot. It will take sometime 5-10 minutes and you will here a female robot voice telling you whats going on
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I had some problem with voodoo on Kaos Froyo so I had to use odin to get stock DL09. Since I installed it without voodoo, would it be safe to install any voodoo5 kernal after installing DL30?

Kaze105 said:
I had some problem with voodoo on Kaos Froyo so I had to use odin to get stock DL09. Since I installed it without voodoo, would it be safe to install any voodoo5 kernal after installing DL30?
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I don't think there are any Voodoo kernels available yet for th DL30..

Kaze105 said:
I had some problem with voodoo on Kaos Froyo so I had to use odin to get stock DL09. Since I installed it without voodoo, would it be safe to install any voodoo5 kernal after installing DL30?
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use the stock kernel...dont flash any voodoo5 kernels you happen to have you ur sdcard...wait for ext4 to come to the new kernel (who knows when of course)

nitsuj17 said:
use the stock kernel...dont flash any voodoo5 kernels you happen to have you ur sdcard...wait for ext4 to come to the new kernel (who knows when of course)
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Alright, will wait. Thanks for the reply.

Help with How to install DL30
I keep getting the same error as another user but I have not seen a good answer yet. I tried to follow the guide by Syn Ack but I can not get past step 2. I get the error E: failed to verify whole-file signature...I have clockworkmod, I ran "Flash ClockWork Recovery" and choose the Fascinate. I also tried "Apply sdcard:update.zip" when I got the E:failed error. What am I missing?

[Q] must redo cwm?

my market has quit working completely.. i am told it is because of cwm.. not sure if it is but i would like to reflash it.
i am running dj05 voodoo 5
so where would i go from here to wipe everything and redo CWM and reinstall dj05 voodoo 5 and modem
i kind of remember what i did the first time but i know its different when voodoo is involved, and the CWm i have no clue about becouse i think i have 2??? the original i flashed and the one that voodoo 5 puts over it

1) do i need to do a full disable of voodoo?
2) can i re odin and rom in cwm just like i did the first time?
3) would it replace the red cwm that came with voodoo 5?
4) would i need to do a data wipe?

neh4pres said:
1) do i need to do a full disable of voodoo?
2) can i re odin and rom in cwm just like i did the first time?
3) would it replace the red cwm that came with voodoo 5?
4) would i need to do a data wipe?
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i want to wipe my phone to get rid of my market issue..
does wiping it remove voodoo?? do i need to flash over voodoo with a stock kernal before wiping? can i just disable voodoo then wipe and reflash my dj05 and voodoo5
im desperate.. will someone please help me!!!

anyone??? please

? ?
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If you need such instant help, I suggest you go to the IRC as there are some folks who are willing to help.
When you say that market quite completey, does that mean you cant open it or download anything.

Yes remove voodoo as there are no compatible ones right now,i would also use titanium to back up apps to reinstall after data wipe, some purple are having trouble with cwm red so install cwm green. This should help.
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I can not download.. It sticks at starting download..irc.. I will look into that.. I am desperate.. I want to start fresh, but can't get the stock kernal to totaly disable voodoo. If I could I would wipe everything and start new and see if that works.
Rocking dj05 and jt's voodoo 5

MadWicket said:
Yes remove voodoo as there are no compatible ones right now,i would also use titanium to back up apps to reinstall after data wipe, some purple are having trouble with cwm red so install cwm green. This should help.
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I have everything backed up.. I'm ready to wipe.. But I can't find the stock non voodoo dj05 kernel to complete the voodoo removal....
Rocking dj05 and jt's voodoo 5

Make sure you disabled voodoo in CWM. Then you can flash this kernel, it is Geekniks stupid fast non-voodoo kernel.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6088006/stupidfast-v1.54.zip
Doubt you need to re-flash CWM for just market issues, I would just wipe and reflash your rom or use this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874809

Copperhed said:
Make sure you disabled voodoo in CWM. Then you can flash this kernel, it is Geekniks stupid fast non-voodoo kernel.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6088006/stupidfast-v1.54.zip
Doubt you need to re-flash CWM for just market issues, I would just wipe and reflash your rom or use this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874809
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thank you much..
how do i get to the green cwm from the red one.. or should i use the red one to flash this non voodoo kernel?

neh4pres said:
thank you much..
how do i get to the green cwm from the red one.. or should i use the red one to flash this non voodoo kernel?
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Use the red one.

Voodoo enabled CWR. can it really be this good?

So I am running the latest voodoo infused Superclean 2.1 and I found out something that saves a ton of time.
Say you downloaded a .zip file you need to flash in cwr. Before you had to create the disable folder/file, reboot, wait for it to convert back, reboot, flash zip file, remove disable file, reboot..wait for it to enable...
Now I find I can reboot, choose disable voodoo in the new cwr menu, go to zip file and flash it, then immediately toggle voovoo back to enabled, then reboot. No reboots in-between .....
I thought maybe it was a placebo and that voodoo wasn't actually reenabled, but after it booted I ran Linpack and Quadrant and my scores were obviously voodoo enabled scores....
So is it too good to be true?

you are referring to the original voodoo....... I believe the new voodoo source is voodoo 5.

jamesnmandy said:
So I am running the latest voodoo infused Superclean 2.1 and I found out something that saves a ton of time.
Say you downloaded a .zip file you need to flash in cwr. Before you had to create the disable folder/file, reboot, wait for it to convert back, reboot, flash zip file, remove disable file, reboot..wait for it to enable...
Now I find I can reboot, choose disable voodoo in the new cwr menu, go to zip file and flash it, then immediately toggle voovoo back to enabled, then reboot. No reboots in-between .....
I thought maybe it was a placebo and that voodoo wasn't actually reenabled, but after it booted I ran Linpack and Quadrant and my scores were obviously voodoo enabled scores....
So is it too good to be true?
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Yes this had been around for some time now to make it easyer so yeah

First, you don't need to disable voodoo to flash 99% of stuff.
Second, disabling voodoo in the menu just creates the disable_voodoo file for you. you'd still have to reboot for it to disable (and wait through the conversion process) for it to be actually disabled. it's even on the screen. "voodoo actually: enabled"
so when you toggle it off, flash, and back on without rebooting, you aren't disabling it at all.

Really? You didn't know that? Voodoo 5 has been out for MONTHS now. This thread should be moved.

There hasnt been the need to disable voodoo to flash most things for months....since we have had voodoo recovery around Thanksgiving....not exactly a new revelation

You guys might be missing a couple points. This is the voodoo that comes packaged in Superclean2.1 EB01 that Adrenalyne just recently released. So no its not the old voodoo.
Another point someone made was 99% of things don't need voodoo disabled. A couple nights ago after installing SC2.1 I tried to install two different zip files. Both times I got an error. Error at Line 2 or Erie at line 4. IRC member said disable voodoo. So I did and all of a sudden they install fine. Ok. But then I see the voodoo toggle in CWR and I try it without revolting in-between and it works.
Maybe I'm not explaining this well.

jamesnmandy said:
You guys might be missing a couple points. This is the voodoo that comes packaged in Superclean2.1 EB01 that Adrenalyne just recently released. So no its not the old voodoo.
Another point someone made was 99% of things don't need voodoo disabled. A couple nights ago after installing SC2.1 I tried to install two different zip files. Both times I got an error. Error at Line 2 or Erie at line 4. IRC member said disable voodoo. So I did and all of a sudden they install fine. Ok. But then I see the voodoo toggle in CWR and I try it without revolting in-between and it works.
Maybe I'm not explaining this well.
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voodoo5 is voodoo5...theres nothing new in terms of what we can do in recovery with the voodoo options that we couldnt do 2 months ago
ive flashed a ton of stuff in the last few days with voodoo enabled and had no issue or reason to disable/renable in cwr

Well voodoo 5 is new to me. I went from DH12 stock to EB01 Voodoo. Guess its just me learnin'

When jt first released voodoo for eb01 he didn't have cwm fixed yet. About 30 minutes later he released another eb01-voodoo.zip that was 5mb bigger (13mb) because it included a working cwm. Since then I have flashed and restored many times without error or disabling. SC2.1 voodoo includes voodoo5 and working cwm in the zip. If you're still getting an error in red cwm then maybe something is borked and you should start over. Hope this helps.
And all questions should be posted in general. You'll likely get plenty of responses there as well.
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Just to clarify, the ONLY time you ever need to disable the lag fix after enabling it is if you intend to flash a non-Voodoo kernel of any kind. That's because a non-Voodoo kernel is incapable of reading the ext4 filesystem and will freak out when trying to boot. As long as you use the red CWM (which is compatible with ext4; green CWM, like non-Voodoo kernels is not), then you can do nandroid backups/restores and flash roms, themes, and other Voodoo kernels as much as you want without having to worry about disabling the lag fix.
Oh, and disabling and then enabling the lag fix from the CWM menus without rebooting does absolutely nothing, because it has to reboot in between to run the scripts that actually enable or disable the lag fix (this is when you hear the female robotic voice).
Posted from my EB01 SuperClean Fascinate with Voodoo

I've just switched to superclean 2.2 with voodoo, and it's my first time using it. I'm enjoying it so far, but I've already made the noob mistake of using rom manager to boot into recovery. Luckily it was only a boot animation, so the flash failed and no damage was done. Just have to get used to manually booting into red cwr.
But it's really good to know I can flash roms without disabling as long as I use red cwr. Didn't see a clear answer to that before. And I can flash other voodoo kernels as well without disabling? Say, for example, kaosinate rom and kernel? Been wanting to try that and jt's vanilla
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Not sure about jt's, but kaos's kernel is a Voodoo kernel, so yes, you wouldn't need to disable the lag fix before flashing it.
Posted from my EB01 SuperClean Fascinate with Voodoo

ivorycruncher said:
Not sure about jt's, but kaos's kernel is a Voodoo kernel, so yes, you wouldn't need to disable the lag fix before flashing it.
Posted from my EB01 SuperClean Fascinate with Voodoo
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Yeah, jt has a voodoo kernel for his vanilla froyo. Great to know, ivory, thanks
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jamesnmandy said:
You guys might be missing a couple points. This is the voodoo that comes packaged in Superclean2.1 EB01 that Adrenalyne just recently released. So no its not the old voodoo.
Another point someone made was 99% of things don't need voodoo disabled. A couple nights ago after installing SC2.1 I tried to install two different zip files. Both times I got an error. Error at Line 2 or Erie at line 4. IRC member said disable voodoo. So I did and all of a sudden they install fine. Ok. But then I see the voodoo toggle in CWR and I try it without revolting in-between and it works.
Maybe I'm not explaining this well.
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I suggest you stop using voodoo since you clearly know nothing about how it works. As started by someone else, the only time you need to disable voodoo is when flashing a non voodoo kernel. The errors that you got are clearly install script errors. NOT because you're voodoo'd. So you and the person you got advice from know nothing about how voodoo works so I suggest you save yourself the trouble and stop using it.
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I am not sure what is ment by"other" voodoo kernels. I thought voodoo 5 itself was the kernel. Now from reading these posts I have lost some understanding of voodoo. If there are other voodoo kernels, are those others voodoo 5 based? What normal kernel is the stock voodoo 5 based on?
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