bouchigo
Android Expert
It worked for me, just did it yesterday.
-
After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.
Root [ROM] ApeX V1.0 for Droid X - An AOSP Experience (10/20/10)
- Thread starter Fabolous
- Start date
-
- Tags
- motorola droid x
It worked for me, just did it yesterday.
HalfFrozen
Android Enthusiast
I installed some black top mod last that wasn't Fab's...(tried looking for the thread last night and could not find it) night and my phone has not only slowed down, but freezes, and also FC's LPP sometimes...
How do I uninstall just the black top bar?
How do I uninstall just the black top bar?
mxsjw
Android Expert
Flash your backup?
I'm having success at lower voltages as well. After running at 1.25Ghz at "medium" all day yesterday, I am testing 1.25Ghz at "low voltage" today, and it's been stable.
While it's cool to tinker in terminal using Fab's scripts, I'm having more success using the settings in JRummy's app. My problem with custom settings was rebooting not turtling, so I assume voltages were too low. Who knows.
HalfFrozen
Android Enthusiast
Forgot to make one, I was so tired last night I forgot, but I fixed it by just DLing Fabs Nex theme. Which looks sexy and I love the font.
mxsjw
Android Expert
Forgot to make one, I was so tired last night I forgot, but I fixed it by just DLing Fabs Nex theme. Which looks sexy and I love the font.
Good deal and I agree, it's what I'm running on top of ApeX as well.
Trooper
Android Expert
mxsjw
Android Expert
What is Tranq launcher? Tranquilty is another ROM, I'm thinking you've got some conflicts.
Or
I'm thinking your phone isn't handling the ApeX overclock very well. Try going to terminal emulator and typing in...
su <return>
overclock -off <return>
reboot <return>
Mine didn't handle the ApeX OCing, I had to shut it down and install Jrummy's to get mine to take, I'm flying now.
Flying_Hellfish
Android Enthusiast
Mine didn't handle the ApeX OCing, I had to shut it down and install Jrummy's to get mine to take, I'm flying now.
Mine didn't either and I can't get much of a stable oc even using jrummy's oc app. I might really have a dud. lol
mxsjw
Android Expert
I can get to 1.2 at any voltage so far, if I go to 1.25 it starts crapping the bed.
Trooper
Android Expert
What is Tranq launcher? Tranquilty is another ROM, I'm thinking you've got some conflicts.
Or
I'm thinking your phone isn't handling the ApeX overclock very well. Try going to terminal emulator and typing in...
su <return>
overclock -off <return>
reboot <return>
Mine didn't handle the ApeX OCing, I had to shut it down and install Jrummy's to get mine to take, I'm flying now.
After I installed this ROM, it came up stating a default launcher of Tranq Q Launcher and Moto Setup. (I assume this happens for everyone no?) I pretty much ignored it since I use LPP (which runs fine, nice and fast). But if I try to use this stock launcher, I just noticed it runs really slow. (The app drawer esp). Turning on fast animations in Spare Parts app does not help.
If necessary I can install shootme and do up some screenshots later. Do you not see this on your phone?
As for the OC, if I run those commands, will it permanently turn off OC? If so, I may give this a shot.
Thanks for the reply!
Flying_Hellfish
Android Enthusiast
I can't run 1.2 at any voltage without random restarts. I tried 1.15 at med, low, and UL but that didn't work either.
Trooper - The overclock -off will turn off OC at boot by default for the ever awesome ApeX rom.
You can also remove the tranq launcher with launcher -rm from a term window. It is all in the first few posts. Just make sure you don't uninstall LPP without putting the tranq launcher back on.
mxsjw
Android Expert
Ah, just looked at Home Switcher, I understand now. I also use LPP so I didn't even remember the Tranq Q option. So, ignore my conflict statement. But if you are using LPP, I'd make sure you have the Tranq screen cleared off, remove all widgets and Icons from Tranq Q.
Yes, this will disable OC until you turn it back on or flash a backup when it was on. To turn it back on, it's the same steps you just have to change the -off to a -on. I'd give it a shot, you can always put it back.
Trooper
Android Expert
Trooper - The overclock -off will turn off OC at boot by default for the ever awesome ApeX rom.
Ok just turned the OC off in the term window and rebooted. For the heck of it, I enabled the tranq launcher and the app drawer is still really slow. (Its like setting LPP to a really slow launch speed). Is it supposed to behave this way?
Whats up with this Setup Launcher as well? Is it safe to remove that as well?
Only reason Im asking is because I was thinking to run the tranq launcher to get that old school feel, but its too slow for me to bother.
Also, since turning off the OC did not increase the speed, can I turn it back on by typing overclock -on? Or should I try one of these OC apps?
Thanks again!
Flying_Hellfish
Android Enthusiast
The setup launcher I don't think should cause any real issue. That is just the setup page but I get that as well. I just set lpp to default and went from there.
I ran tranQ launcher for all of about 10 min as I had to do a reinstall of LPP to get my gmail notifications to work again properly but I dont' recall the drawer acting that way. Did you go into spare parts and see what the animations are set to?
Turning off oc won't increase the speed probably but it should make it more stable if you were having rebooting issues.
I ran tranQ launcher for all of about 10 min as I had to do a reinstall of LPP to get my gmail notifications to work again properly but I dont' recall the drawer acting that way. Did you go into spare parts and see what the animations are set to?
Turning off oc won't increase the speed probably but it should make it more stable if you were having rebooting issues.
Trooper
Android Expert
Thanks for the information. I think I may just turn OC back on.
The animations were not set to anything by default. I increased both of them to fast and it did not change the behavior of the app drawer.
Ive not had any reboot problems thank God, so I may just as well just throw the OC back on for now. Thanks for your help!
whytecountry
Member
I lost root in the process. Yes, I followed the directions exactly including wipe. someone touched on this earlier, but wasn't discussed much. Is there any risk to rooting while on this rom? Just want to make sure i don't have to go back to stock rom first. It will take, right?
mikepic
Well-Known Member
I've turned off OC through terminal emulator with "$ overclocking -off" and am still getting random freeze/reboots.I don't think I've had any reports of the overclock not taking at all, but a very small minority that are very unstable (reboots like every 10 minutes). That being said, 10 minutes is plenty time to disable the feature in terminal emulator
I only have the ApeX ROM installed with no themes and all my applications. Is it possible I do have one of those dud DXs that people are talking about?
I really enjoy the functionality and speed of this ROM and I don't want to have to go back to stock.
halp!
Flying_Hellfish
Android Enthusiast
Did you type su <enter> before the overclock -off ??
If you had the $ instead of # I presume you didn't. I'm not 100% sure but I think this requires super user access to be able to turn it on and off. Also it is overclock -off not overclocking -off
bouchigo
Android Expert
@Fabolous
I've noticed that if I am on the market and I receive a text through chompsms (haven't tried with other text apps) the screen will go black. Sometimes another text will kick it out of the black screen, but at other times I have to restart the phone by pulling the battery or by pushing the power button and guessing where the power off on the screen is at.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
EDIT: Just now I pushed the power button and it kicked the phone out of the black screen and it seems to be working fine now.
I've noticed that if I am on the market and I receive a text through chompsms (haven't tried with other text apps) the screen will go black. Sometimes another text will kick it out of the black screen, but at other times I have to restart the phone by pulling the battery or by pushing the power button and guessing where the power off on the screen is at.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
EDIT: Just now I pushed the power button and it kicked the phone out of the black screen and it seems to be working fine now.
mxsjw
Android Expert
And I'll add to Hellfish, Yes, you do need su <return> and be at the # for it to take. Also, when you enter the code correctly in terminal emulator, you will get a confirmation "overclock off at boot" and when you get that, you actually have to reboot the phone for it to be off. Until you reboot, you are still overclocking.
And if I may quote myself from this morning, you do it like this...
mikepic
Well-Known Member
Thanks a ton! I knew the # was supposed to be there for root access but didn't know if it was needed for this application. Did exactly as you said and voila.
You rock buddy!
Now hopefully no more random freezes...
Fabolous
Superuser
Yes, I don't know what's causing this though. I use ChompSMS and it happens once every few days.
Could it be because of the pop up? Are you using that by any chance?
I think it's an app issue, not really the ROM, but I'm not going to run another ROM for 3 days to see if this one issue happens
(especially since holding down the power button fixes it)
bouchigo
Android Expert
Yes, I don't know what's causing this though. I use ChompSMS and it happens once every few days.
Could it be because of the pop up? Are you using that by any chance?
I think it's an app issue, not really the ROM, but I'm not going to run another ROM for 3 days to see if this one issue happens
Yeah, I am using the pop up. I was going to mention that, but I guess it slipped my mind. I think you are right, most likely pop up/app related.