Prinny
Resident Linux Nutcase
Of course. This isn't my first dance with VM replacements. I sent in 7 Intercepts in 2 months time.
Holy crap.
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Root [ROM][PORT] Sharp ROM 2.2.2 for the Triumph (Updated: 12/16/12)
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Holy crap.
buzzcon
Android Enthusiast
I flashed to this ROM this morning from MIUI 2.4.20 because of a few issues, one that was particularly annoying. The minor issues were a longer than usual delay for the slider to answer when I would get an incoming call, and the proximity sensor was not functioning right. The major issue was my 3G was terrible. Constantly dropping. Plus, while at a friends cabin this weekend, we could have watched the first season of the Walking Dead if my HDMI was working.
My first observation is this ROM is VERY responsive. My 3G speeds have increased big time as well as my WiFi speeds (see attached). Generally everything works better.
My questions are:
1. Is there any DSP Manager that will work with this ROM?
2. The signal strength indicator is 3G/1X. Is the 1X the signal strength for the phone or the data for 2G/1X? I apologize for my lack of knowledge in this area.
3. It seems like my battery drains quicker than with the other ROM's. Could this be remedied by trying a different kernel? Is a different kernel available? I always toggle WiFi off after I use it and rarely if ever use BT so I doubt that is the problem.
Thanks in advanced
My first observation is this ROM is VERY responsive. My 3G speeds have increased big time as well as my WiFi speeds (see attached). Generally everything works better.
My questions are:
1. Is there any DSP Manager that will work with this ROM?
2. The signal strength indicator is 3G/1X. Is the 1X the signal strength for the phone or the data for 2G/1X? I apologize for my lack of knowledge in this area.
3. It seems like my battery drains quicker than with the other ROM's. Could this be remedied by trying a different kernel? Is a different kernel available? I always toggle WiFi off after I use it and rarely if ever use BT so I doubt that is the problem.
Thanks in advanced
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pearlheartgtr
Newbie
It all started with the changing of the baseband (for those who flashed the Sprint Froyo--you know what I'm talking about). Then VM sent me refurbs that had their own problems until I blew a gasket and got a brand spanking new phone.
pearlheartgtr
Newbie
Here's something I noticed, I can't set any defaults. Can't set Handcent as default messanger or Opera (or anything other than stock) as default. I've tried in Settings>Manage Apps>App in question and the box is greyed (stock and otherwise).
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Don't mind this. I fixed it. Just changed the icons on the bottom dock to Handcent and Opera.
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Don't mind this. I fixed it. Just changed the icons on the bottom dock to Handcent and Opera.
Thanks for trying the ROM, the fix for GPS is the aGPS. The aGPS is what makes the GPS on this and the U9000 ROM so good, you have to enable it in Settings>Location & security settings. Just check the "Use assisted GPS" box. As for the default app, the only way that I know of to set an app as default is to check the box when you click something and it asks what you want to use to open it.
Thanks for the feedback. I am not sure about the DSP manager, but I know there are apps on the market to do similar, some of the players have built in EQs and other options. Somebody more familiar with that will have to chime in. The 1x is the phone and the 3G is the 3G, this ROM is GSM and has like 5 or 6 networks built in so that is why the signal is shown the way it is. The battery life I think is due to the system figuring out the battery, it seems to get better with time. I think there is built in battery conditioning or something that recalibrates the battery after some use. I have had my phone run for 2 whole days, morning to the next night, I also have 5 batteries floating around and just swap them if I'm in a hurry, so even across batteries it seems to go forever. There is a Hybrid kernel from Mobstergunz that you can use, but there is not much documentation on it. I am in the process of learning how to build kernels but that may take a minute. Also, I never turn wifi off, you don't need to with this ROM, every time I talk about the battery life it is with wifi on with stock settings. Hope this answers your questions.I flashed to this ROM this morning from MIUI 2.4.20 because of a few issues, one that was particularly annoying. The minor issues were a longer than usual delay for the slider to answer when I would get an incoming call, and the proximity sensor was not functioning right. The major issue was my 3G was terrible. Constantly dropping. Plus, while at a friends cabin this weekend, we could have watched the first season of the Walking Dead if my HDMI was working.
My first observation is this ROM is VERY responsive. My 3G speeds have increased big time as well as my WiFi speeds (see attached). Generally everything works better.
My questions are:
1. Is there any DSP Manager that will work with this ROM?
2. The signal strength indicator is 3G/1X. Is the 1X the signal strength for the phone or the data for 2G/1X? I apologize for my lack of knowledge in this area.
3. It seems like my battery drains quicker than with the other ROM's. Could this be remedied by trying a different kernel? Is a different kernel available? I always toggle WiFi off after I use it and rarely if ever use BT so I doubt that is the problem.
Thanks in advanced
buzzcon
Android Enthusiast
BSydz said:
I believe your right about that. It already seems to be getting better for me as well.
BSydz said:
I forgot to turn off WiFi while it was charging last night and this morning the phone took a few minutes to wake up. The screen was un-responsive during that time. I thought I was going to have to pull the battery to restart. But it did finally wake up fully.
***Edit. Not sure if WiFi even had anything to do with the phone locking up for a few minutes, I was just speculating.
On another note, when I go to the Play Store it detects my phone as an SH8188U. At first I figured that it wasn't a big deal, but now I cannot get some apps that I had installed before because it says that they are not compatible with my phone
. This may have been discussed already, and I apologize for bringing it up if it has, but some of these threads are quite large and it's hard to review each and every post :deal: .phatboyslim12
Well-Known Member
I sent my last pos triumph back fully working with sharp ver. 6 on it lol, they didnt seem to care...
And for the wifi overnight charge...
I always leave the wifi on unless im not home, i never saw that issue, you may need to reinstall if it happens again
On another note, when I go to the Play Store it detects my phone as an SH8188U. At first I figured that it wasn't a big deal, but now I cannot get some apps that I had installed before because it says that they are not compatible with my phone
At one time, BSydz had some mod files that allowed changes to the build.prop for the ROM. One was a stock Triumph build.prop, and another being the Thunder.prop. I believe they were in post #2, but when I looked, they were no longer available. Perhaps BSydz is updating these files for the new release or something. I used the stock mod from v6 on my v7 install and the Play Store seems to see my Triumph as normal. Hopefully BSydz can fill us in on the status of these mods.
Prinny
Resident Linux Nutcase
Thanks for the link, I traced down the changes in framework to a single file in the com/android/internal/telephony, but I am only 95% sure. Looking through the framework.jars they seem to be different versions, like the rom was updated that I yanked the framework from to compare. Also it is gingerbread and a different phone, so that file is different in our framework.
The mms fix zip only contained 3 files
build.prop
changes
ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric=310120
ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha=Sprint
to
ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric=311490
ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha=Virgin_Mobile
apns-conf.xml
changes (I left the formatting the way it was)
<apn carrier="Sprint"
mcc="310"
mnc="120"
apn="Sprint"
user="Sprint"
server="*"
password="*"
mmsc="http://mms.sprintpcs.com"
authtype="3"
to
<apn type="mms" apn="0" mnc="490" mcc="311" carrier="Virgin Mobile US" mmsport="81" mmsproxy="205.239.233.136" mmsc="http://mmsc.vmobl.com:8088/mms?" port=""/>
Framework change
com\android\internal\telephony\cdma\CdmaSMSDispatcher.smali
This is the only thing stopping this rom from being a completely functional Stock rom replacement. I have like no experience in java except what I've learned in the past 2 months, I am having so much trouble modifying methods, that it is driving me crazy. It is like Spanish to me, I can find my way around and it's becoming familiar, but I still can't follow what's happening on Univision.Hablo Ingl
But if you have WiFi set to never sleep, which I do at home, because the cell coverage is so weak, then you have to turn off WiFi when you leave your WiFi connection area. For example, this morning, I forgot to turn off WiFi before leaving my house, and the battery had drained to 92% in just 45 minutes, and I barely used the phone during that 45 minutes, maybe 1 or 2 minutes of reading e-mail.
And this ROM seems to drain the battery faster (than CM7 reloaded) when I'm actively using the phone (for web browsing and reading e-mail: I very rarely make calls). I even tried my other battery, with the same results.
Under certain conditions, this ROM gets great battery life, but under others it drains more quickly than some ROMs, from what I've experienced.
whohasaquestio
Newbie
Has anyone experienced slower 3G speed on this rom? At first, I thought VM was just having bad network days...but after a while, I feel my 3G speed is slightly worse than stock.
Of course, the GPS works awesome!
Of course, the GPS works awesome!
Came across some oddness- at least to me. I've been on version 6 for some time, overall pretty good. I've had some minor issues lately so I decided to go to v.7. Did a backup plus backed up just the apps with Titanium, and just data with Titanium, wiped user file and dalvic cache and installed version 7.
When the phone rebooted, my wallpaper was still there as well as my home wifi settings. In the past when if flashed a new version everything was gone, what is different? All the apps were gone and at least this time google backup installed the bulk of them unattended. Had to use Titainium for a few.
When the phone rebooted, my wallpaper was still there as well as my home wifi settings. In the past when if flashed a new version everything was gone, what is different? All the apps were gone and at least this time google backup installed the bulk of them unattended. Had to use Titainium for a few.
I would have to say that the wipe didn't wipe everything if, when you rebooted, it still had settings in place. I would suggest doing a factory reset and wiping dalvik cache then reinstalling again to be sure that no data was carried over.
What is different in Ver7 is a completely new Gapps, that I borrowed from the U9000 ROM, so everything Google should work properly, or at least better than before. This ROM did not come with anything Google from the start so those were borrowed from the Triumph at first. I also made the corresponding framework edits to use those Gapps properly. Ver7 is more refined at the system level and further away from a "Stock ROM" than I intended it to be at first. Basically, I saw that there were about half as many downloads for the GB system theme and I liked the look also, so I made it the default. I also made a bunch of small edits all around the system so that is why I took all the MODs down, because they all have to be rebuilt with the new files from Ver7, and I have been slacking on getting them put together.
If I can get a kernel to build then I will make a custom kernel for this and the U9000 ROM that should clear up any tether problems and add some OC options. I found that the stock kernel has these lines in kernel_2_038/drivers/net/msm_rmnet.c and msm_rmnet_common.c :
Code:
/* allow larger frames */
/* FXPCAYM-218: Start - Change frame size from 2000 to 1472 */
/* #define RMNET_DATA_LEN 2000 */
#define RMNET_DATA_LEN 1472
/* FXPCAYM-218: End */
Code:
/* allow larger frames */
#define RMNET_DATA_LEN 2000EDIT: This is the setting for 3G not wifi and it seems to reduce the ping times significantly haven't seen a ping over 350ms on 3G so far.
I believe your right about that. It already seems to be getting better for me as well.
I forgot to turn off WiFi while it was charging last night and this morning the phone took a few minutes to wake up. The screen was un-responsive during that time. I thought I was going to have to pull the battery to restart. But it did finally wake up fully.
***Edit. Not sure if WiFi even had anything to do with the phone locking up for a few minutes, I was just speculating.
On another note, when I go to the Play Store it detects my phone as an SH8188U. At first I figured that it wasn't a big deal, but now I cannot get some apps that I had installed before because it says that they are not compatible with my phone
Thanks for the feedback. I had a bunch of MODs in the second post but alot of stuff changed in Ver7, and all the MODs had the files that changed so they have to be redone. I will be adding back some build.props and other MODs in the near future, I am just stuck on this kernel stuff right now. Your compatibility issues are probably due to a lot of apps requiring GB or higher, that is why JollyRoger87 came up with the Thunder.prop, to increase the number of apps that are compatible in the playstore but all of them may not be compatible with our phone. Hope this helps.
Thanks, I understand where you are coming from, I can only talk about my own experiences, that is why feedback is very important for other situations. Also, thank you for the details it helps alot. I noticed this weekend that with navigation running for my 2 hour trip, it killed about half of my battery, but that, to me, is a normal circumstance of using GPS and 3G for 2 full hours on a smartphone. Plus, this is Froyo and GB is supposed to have better battery management, so there are always gonna be areas that this should not be able to match the battery performance of a GB or ICS ROM. Hopefully soon we will have a fully functioning GB ROM for our phone, and possibly ICS.
Thank you for the feedback. I live in a 3G desert,in the middle of the city minutes away from downtown, so I can't really comment on 3G speeds but it all seems to be a mixed bag when it comes to data speeds. Some people seem to think PRL makes a difference, some think different ROMs work better in different areas, and some think it is just the network. We all know the network sucks but it is better in certain areas and it does fluctuate almost no matter where you are. The only way to know for sure is to test another ROM to see if it is the problem. There have been comments both ways, so it is hard to tell. Hope this helps.
cpcollector
Newbie
Great ROM, thanks!
I wanted to disable the boot animation sound so I tried to download the mod from the second post, but instead of a link it shows as %1$s.
Is there somewhere else I can download the boot animation sound and the Monster Gunz Kernel (does this have OC)?
I wanted to disable the boot animation sound so I tried to download the mod from the second post, but instead of a link it shows as %1$s.
Is there somewhere else I can download the boot animation sound and the Monster Gunz Kernel (does this have OC)?
I noticed the same thing, yesterday and today on my Ubuntu setup, it is fine using tapatalk on the phone, I figured it was a flash or firefox thing with Ubuntu, if I edit the post it shows in the edit window but not just viewing the thread. I think it's a forum thing cause when you hide anything it shows %1$s. I just unhid all the info in the second post. And, yes the hybrid kernel includes OC abilities but some apps don't keep settings, so No-frills CPU Control is recommended. I finally got a kernel to build so here in a while I should have a few kernels built and be able to test them out.
cpcollector
Newbie
matt4player01
Lurker
Hi, first off I want to say this is a great ROM and has been running very smooth for me. However, my phone's browser does not connect to 'accounts.google.com' so I cannot sign into Google through the browser. This happens on Wi-fi and when I'm on 3G (data). So, I can't check my gmails or google docs documents through the web browser. I also had to delete the updates for the Facebook app in order for it to connect. Not big problems, but I just wanted to point them out. Don't know if they were mention before, if they were I do apologize. Thanks
tcross8361
Well-Known Member
Does anyone still have the link to the stock froyo rom? In case you wanna go back to stock. I don't see it on the original post anymore.
Edit:
Never mind, found it.
Edit:
Never mind, found it.
Thanks, on Ver7, I just logged in to google just fine in the browser, went to Gmail and also went to accounts.google.com just fine. Which version are you using? What was your install process? Did you change any browser settings? And did you install Flash? As for Facebook, I don't use the app, so I can not comment on that but I have seen a few people with issues with the new app.
BSydz, Yeah I thought about a fresh wipe/install but everything is working very well. Especially the GPS. In v.6 an app would trigger it and it would just keep searching for signal for hours if I did not turn it off. Today i opened GasBuddy, it searched and then shut down, same with my weather app, so for now I'll leave it.
Got to say I'm loving this ROM- you do fantastic work!
Got to say I'm loving this ROM- you do fantastic work!
Run this ROM and you will pull the battery so rarely you'ill forget how to do it!
pearlheartgtr
Newbie
Yeah, I had aGPS checked and I tried it with SSL on and off--still no go.
The default box doesn't pop up since I installed this rom. But I will say that my battery life is insanely awesome. I've been testing it to see if it was too good to be true, so I installed a battery meter app and off we went. With wi-fi on, my phone is only down to 80% from a 100% charge 6 1/2 hours ago. Last night, I played a few games of Pogo solitaire (which usually drains my phone from 100 to 65% in about 15 minutes) and it only knocked it down by about 3-5%.
I had the same thing happen to me, except I wasn't coming from v6, I was coming from the stock Triumph ROM. As you say, the wallpaper was the same as I had on stock, it had remembered my wifi settings, and probably a few other things. Where I have had an issue is that the stock web browser won't remember my bookmarks, history, etc. and wants to always revert back to the default settings. I put a stop to that by just switching to the Dolphin Browser. I did try Firefox, but found the interface to be clunky in comparison to Dolphin.
Other than this one issue, v7 of the Sharp ROM has been working great for me.