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Siyah Gingerbread kernel (v2.x)

My GS2 Cleaner blitzes all init.d scripts full stop butty.
when you flash a new kernel, if there are any there after this, then it is the kernel itself that has put it there.
Typically this wont be the case, at least in the case of Siyah, whereby it is the battery.zip, performance.zip etc that creates an entry in there which gets run on each startup.
 
I'm starting to notice a trend of 3-days between Siyah kernel updates. I think that makes it the most frequently updated kernel/rom by a long shot!
 
Kie said:
I'm starting to notice a trend of 3-days between Siyah kernel updates. I think that makes it the most frequently updated kernel/rom by a long shot!
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Yeah it definitely is. And its slowed down allot as well. At one point we were getting 2 updates everyday. I think I prefer it this way as I like frequent updates but there's now time to test them properly.
 
Shotgun84 said:
Yeah it definitely is. And its slowed down allot as well. At one point we were getting 2 updates everyday. I think I prefer it this way as I like frequent updates but there's now time to test them properly.
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Agreed. 2 updates per day is a bit rough on the ol' SGS2.
 
ironass said:
Siyah kernel 2.6.3 is up!

Please read the installation instructions attached to it very carefully. :eek:

Download here:-

SiyahKernel for SGS2 | "One kernel to rule them all"


I'm using hawker's thermo nuclear kernel cleaner in preference to the one in the post.

Download hawker's kernel cleaner from here:-

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...2-cleaner-script-v1-1-now-up.html#post3734778
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Great timing. I just ran Hawkers cleaner and reflashed Siyah 2.6.2. Finished about 15 minutes before this post! Oh well, lets try 2.6.3. BTW, cleaner script works great!
 
Slug said:
Geez, keep it down already. Some of us are just in from t'pub. :)
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Bah... humbug! Its Christmas! :D

I prescribe two lightly boiled aspirins for you Slug.

No pub for me tonight. I'm saving myself for tomorrow.

One thing I've just noticed is that after installing the new, 2.6.3, kernel... if I boot into Recovery again the only way I can select items in the Recovery Menu is by using the Power button rather than Home. I assume that this is a feature of the new CWM Recovery v5.5.0.4.
Edit It is a feature.

The screen is a lot brighter on Auto-brightness than 2.6.2 and even I have been forced to reduce it by using the JKay Deluxe settings. Just no pleasing me.
 
ironass said:
One thing I've just noticed is that after installing the new, 2.6.3, kernel... if I boot into Recovery again the only way I can select items in the Recovery Menu is by using the Power button rather than Home. I assume that this is a feature of the new CWM Recovery v5.5.0.4.
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Yup, I just tried it also and it appears the power button replaces the home button now. I think mine is getting worn out anyways so it needs a break!
 
That power key selection in cwm is how all previous versions worked. With the exception of one particular 4.x version, they also allowed the home key to be pressed too. Its a shame this one has no home key selection as it makes entering your choices extremely cumbersome.

What is the consensus for this version regarding governors etc.? Bfq ondemand min 200 max 800 are set by default.
 
Sydney99 said:
no, it appeared after changing governer to lulzactive on stock settings
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Looks like you've started giving the kiss of death to specific governors now and not just kernels:D

Lulzactive is laggy as anything. Maybe you should give it a go Syd as it will probably be perfect for you
 
Just to let you all know, my kernel cleaner script does not seem to want to play with the latest Siyah 2.6.3. This version of Siyah (or CWM) does not seem to execute certain commands as expected (eg. getting the firmware version). It is not clearing init.d folder.

I'm working in it and will keep you posted....
 
Shotgun84 said:
I wouldn't get too attached to this version
xda-developers - View Single Post - [KERNEL] SiyahKernel v2.6.3 - "One kernel to rule them all" (SAMMY&AOSP ROMs)
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So, another release tonight. Like I'll be able to install that. I'll be lucky to be doing shapes and colours! :D

Sydney99 said:
Looks like we should expect some battery drain then.
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My battery has dropped 27% in 8 hours. 5.5 hours asleep. :(

hawker said:
For now, I'm sticking with 2.6.2
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In the light of my battery drain I'm also reverting back to v2.6.2. I couldn't bear the ignominy again that I experienced on the Friday before Christmas, when my battery ran out and I had to borrow an iPhone.

hawker said:
Issues with latest Siyah now fixed. I've not updated the version number, as the script doesnt do anything new.
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Thanks for that hawker. Your previous version seemed to work OK last night/early this morning, when I used it. Perhaps that's because I'd already given it a test run beforehand on v2.6.2.
 
Siyah 2.6.4 changelog is...

"changelog:

disabled third GPU step. new thresholds are “65% 30% 100% 25%” with 100-267-300 steps. third step will not be used if you keep 2nd-to-3rd threshold 100.
cleaned up v2.6.3 code and removed some experimental parts (which were not checked in anyway). this will fix battery drain issue."
 
Just to confuse things even more, pikachu01 has updated his Thunderbolt! tweak scripts to add a Siyah-specific one. His scripts are all named S9n.xxxx so I've renamed 01siyah to S99siyah so that my custom settings override anything else. Initial impressions using ondemandx/sio are positive.
 
Apparently people have got the hump about cwm 5.5 so the next siyah is going to be back to 5.0.2.7. Personally I don't think that's a good thing. At the end of the day cwm 5 had its teething problems but if everyone gave up on it we would still be on cwm 4. Maybe its a good thing xda classes me as a noob as I wouldn't want to upset them by posting that.
 
Shotgun84 said:
Apparently people have got the hump about cwm 5.5 so the next siyah is going to be back to 5.0.2.7. Personally I don't think that's a good thing. At the end of the day cwm 5 had its teething problems but if everyone gave up on it we would still be on cwm 4. Maybe its a good thing xda classes me as a noob as I wouldn't want to upset them by posting that.
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The solution is to fix the current one but for kernel developers that bundle cwm this may take a while. The omission of the home key to select is an annoyance but not serious. The concerning issue is the fact that many existing flashable zips won't work as they need a new update-binary in the zip and even this does not fix certain commands, so rendering almost all existing zip files useless.

Going back to 5.0.2.7 is vital for frequent flashers until this is fixed
 
I'm sticking too 2.6.2 at the mo with the older battery zip with no scripts and lulz etc. 35% after 21 hrs so am happy
 
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