[ROM]Enomther's TheOfficial D/S - v2.14.2 - 12/28/2010

cdubb32390 · Aug 4, 2009

enomther said:
Hi cdubb,

compcache is not turned on by default. You manually implement a userinit.sh script and place it in the proper location. In the upcoming v1.4, compcache will be default. Till then ...

Check out POST #37 in this thread (page 4).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=538456&page=4

See if you can manage that, let me know!

Thanks for the info but i think i'll hold off on compcache until its implemented automatically.......thats a little too much legwork for my taste

enomther · Aug 4, 2009

cdubb32390 said:
Thanks for the info but i think i'll hold off on compcache until its implemented automatically.......thats a little too much legwork for my taste

Sounds good! Another couple days, max! Just keep up on the thread/OP, it's coming.

~enom~

enomther · Aug 4, 2009

/system space

calvaner said:
Hi all,

I am now using the TMO CRC-1 Rooted room,
and i want to install the CIME to my phone, But the /system partition show i do not have enough space to do that. I only have 1956KB available but I requre 7 mb.

Can anyone advise me how can I increase the /system space.
I tried to delete all the ringtones, and amazon mp3, voice dialer. It make me have 35xx KB available. But i still need more. Anyone can help. Thanks very much

Hi calvaner,

You've got a special case here! With the current TMO build, you've definitely got a "severe" shortage of /system space.

You could try the HTC ADP equivalent, I've heard some good feedback on that. With the HTC ADP equivalent, you'll get roughly ~14MB of free /system. Which is enough for you're requirements.

Also, more /system space is coming in the v1.4. This will updated shortly. Till then, the HTC ADP build would work fairly solid for you, I'm sure of it.

I will look a little deeper at the CIME requirements (maybe there's something do-able here, no guarantees!

). I'll update thread with more later.

Till then, if you try the HTC ADP, and PM me, I'll do my best to make it for you!

~enom~

calvaner · Aug 4, 2009

enomther said:
Hi calvaner,

You've got a special case here! With the current TMO build, you've definitely got a "severe" shortage of /system space.

You could try the HTC ADP equivalent, I've heard some good feedback on that. With the HTC ADP equivalent, you'll get roughly ~14MB of free /system. Which is enough for you're requirements.

.......

~enom~

Hi Enom,

Thanks for your help, just wonder did the ADP Rom contains Android Market? Thanks

DOHCtor · Aug 4, 2009

calvaner said:
Hi Enom,

Thanks for your help, just wonder did the ADP Rom contains Android Market? Thanks

It does, but you can only download private/protected apps after flashing it over with the expansion pack.

sheepdawg · Aug 4, 2009

How to check if CompCache is running, and apps2SD formatting

Hi there,

First of all, thanks for all the hard work on making this happen, and all the continued hard work supporting folks with questions that I've seen in my scan through this thread.

Unfortunately, this thread has grown quite long, and while I suspect that the answers I seek are in here somewhere, in searching and scanning I didn't see them.

So, two questions, and if you already have answered these, apologies (please reply with link to previous answers, though?):

1) Even if I have enabled apps2sh in the userinit.sh file, I'm guessing I still need to format my sdcard manually? I thought at first that auto-apps2sd meant truly automatic, but in retrospect I'm glad the installer doesn't just reformat my sdcard

Once I get both the fat32 and ext2 partitions on there, it will recognize them and move files? It looks like the file transfer is automated in the userinit.sh file.

2) Is there a good way to check if CompCache is running and to monitor what it is doing? While this build is NOTICEABLY faster than what I was running previously, I'm not sure if it is the more available memory or just differences in the kernel or some other build difference.

Thanks again!

Sheep

enomther · Aug 4, 2009

partitioning, Apps2SD and compcache

sheepdawg said:
Hi there,

First of all, thanks for all the hard work on making this happen, and all the continued hard work supporting folks with questions that I've seen in my scan through this thread.

Unfortunately, this thread has grown quite long, and while I suspect that the answers I seek are in here somewhere, in searching and scanning I didn't see them.

So, two questions, and if you already have answered these, apologies (please reply with link to previous answers, though?):

1) Even if I have enabled apps2sh in the userinit.sh file, I'm guessing I still need to format my sdcard manually? I thought at first that auto-apps2sd meant truly automatic, but in retrospect I'm glad the installer doesn't just reformat my sdcard Once I get both the fat32 and ext2 partitions on there, it will recognize them and move files? It looks like the file transfer is automated in the userinit.sh file.

2) Is there a good way to check if CompCache is running and to monitor what it is doing? While this build is NOTICEABLY faster than what I was running previously, I'm not sure if it is the more available memory or just differences in the kernel or some other build difference.

Thanks again!

Sheep

Hi sheepdawg,

Appreciate the words.

1) Are you using the FullFeatured or ExpansionPack Setup? There is some "basic" confusion here between various users, so I always have to ask.
Your answer here will gauge my response back to you.

2) In general, yes I'm not going to just format things for you

. You must manually get your partitioning setup, 1 FAT32 and 1ext2/ext3 is the preferred setup. I'm not recommending linux-swap to anyone. This is the default setup for now (b/c so many are used to the linux-swap), in the upcoming v1.4, linux-swap will no longer be automatic and compcache will, just FYI.

As far as partitioning, I suggest using at least 320MB on the ext2/ext3 partition (so you'll always have plenty, better safe than ever sorry). Once you are partitioned like this, yes the auto-Apps2SD will occur in the FullFeatured or the Apps2SD will occur in the ExpansionPack, if turned-on in the userinit.sh.

3) For verifying compcache, there are three basic commands.

3.1)

Code:

free

This should output the amount of free memory you have available. If it's something like ~2MB or less, compcache is definitely not kickin. If you turned on the script-suggest 32MB, you should see roughly ~31MB in the "total" for the "Swap:" partition, not "Mem:"

3.2)

Code:

cat /proc/swaps

This command will 100% verify what you're running. It displays any form of swapping setup on the system. If compcache is running, you should see an entry starting with "/dev/ramzswap0"

3.3)

Code:

cat /proc/ramzswap

This will output various information regarding compcache. I always find the "GoodCompress" and "NoCompress" data interesting. This will also show the definitive amount of compcache in use.

~enom~

subguy812 · Aug 4, 2009

enomther said:
Hi subguy812,

So to understand you correctly... are you asking for the expansion pack userinit.sh or the fullfeatured ROM userinit.sh (They go in different places).

Also, what are you trying to accomplish with the userinit.sh script implementation.

Let me know!

I am currently running the Full Featured ROM...I am interested in running compcache. On different rom's I had put this in the root. I guess I am unclear with your rom.

enomther · Aug 4, 2009

subguy812 said:
I am currently running the Full Featured ROM...I am interested in running compcache. On different rom's I had put this in the root. I guess I am unclear with your rom.

Hi subguy,

Check out post #37 (on Page 4), this is for compcache setup on FullFeatured. See if you can swing those instructions.

Also, in the upcoming v1.4, compcache will be automatically turned on, just FYI.

Let me know.

sheepdawg · Aug 4, 2009

CompCache

enomther said:
Hi sheepdawg,

Appreciate the words.

1) Are you using the FullFeatured or ExpansionPack Setup?

I'm running the ADP 1.5 build you released, with the expansion pack installed, and with the default userinit.sh_v1.3 that you released.

enomther said:
3) For verifying compcache, there are three basic commands.

3.1)

Code:

free

This should output the amount of free memory you have available. If it's something like ~2MB or less, compcache is definitely not kickin. If you turned on the script-suggest 32MB, you should see roughly ~31MB in the "total" for the "Swap:" partition, not "Mem:"

3.2)

Code:

cat /proc/swaps

This command will 100% verify what you're running. It displays any form of swapping setup on the system. If compcache is running, you should see an entry starting with "/dev/ramzswap0"

3.3)

Code:

cat /proc/ramzswap

This will output various information regarding compcache. I always find the "GoodCompress" and "NoCompress" data interesting. This will also show the definitive amount of compcache in use.

~enom~

Cool. This was exactly what I was looking for, thanks! CompChache is running like a charm. And WOW, my phone is faster now. Amazing.

Thanks!

Sheep

alpha010203 · Aug 4, 2009

Please forgive my noobness, but in the past, I had run the Dude of life's rom, an then used the app2sd2 app to do all the App2SD. The nice thing about the set up is that the available system space will actually read what ever space I had partitioned for the ext partition.

I am currently running the Full T-Mobile non ADP version, and would like to know how to set up the App2SD so that it would behave in the same way if possible. As far as I can tell, the App2SD is not functioning as of current, since the available space is shown as ~60MB and is steadily decreasing as I install more apps to the phone.

Comp cache or linux swap is not working either, since typing "free" yielded a swap of 0.

Was I supposed to do something with the userinit.sh? or is everything truely automatic?

I apologize if this question had been answered in the past; if that is indeed the case, please feel free to flame me so I know to dig deeper into the forum.

enomther · Aug 5, 2009

alpha010203 said:
Please forgive my noobness, but in the past, I had run the Dude of life's rom, an then used the app2sd2 app to do all the App2SD. The nice thing about the set up is that the available system space will actually read what ever space I had partitioned for the ext partition.

I am currently running the Full T-Mobile non ADP version, and would like to know how to set up the App2SD so that it would behave in the same way if possible. As far as I can tell, the App2SD is not functioning as of current, since the available space is shown as ~60MB and is steadily decreasing as I install more apps to the phone.

Comp cache or linux swap is not working either, since typing "free" yielded a swap of 0.

Was I supposed to do something with the userinit.sh? or is everything truely automatic?

I apologize if this question had been answered in the past; if that is indeed the case, please feel free to flame me so I know to dig deeper into the forum.

Hi alpha,

1st, what version are you using 1.2 or 1.3.2?

2nd, it sounds like apps2SD is working with the ~60MB you describe. If it wasn't working, you'd likely have ~57MB or less.

3rd, Compcache is not turned on automatically, see post #37 (page 4) of this thread. Linux-swap is ... only if you have a 3rd partition on your sdcard and it's linux-swap. How is your sdcard partitioned?

4th, in the v1.3.2 you should be getting ~73MB on a fresh install on /data.

5th, this doesn't perform same form of Apps2SD as the dude's, this uses a method, largely taken from cyanogen's implementation, in which case your free /data room is displayed based on the actual free data of the /data partition, not the ext2/ext3 partition on the sdcard.

Let me know.

~enom~

alpha010203 · Aug 5, 2009

Thanks for the prompt reply.

1. I'm on 1.3.2, and and my SD is split 500MB EXT and the rest for fat32

2. Fresh install, the available space is ~70MB, is there a conclusive way to know that App2SD is indeed working?

3. What is the advantages/disadvantages between the Dude's implementation and yours? In the past, I have used the symlink method, which is quite unstable, and the only way to know if it worked is to install over 10 applications, and if the system memory hovers around 50~60, then it worked. Then the Dude's rom included an alternate way of doing App2SD in which meld the SD partition to that of the system, resulting in what seems to be an "integrated" system. The reason that I made the switch is because I simply want a stable T-Mobile based rom with App2SD support that would allow the system to put all installed APKs and resulting cache on the SD. Is there a way in which your rom could include that method as well, or would cause your wonderful ROM to become too convoluted?

enomther · Aug 5, 2009

alpha010203 said:
Thanks for the prompt reply.

1. I'm on 1.3.2, and and my SD is split 500MB EXT and the rest for fat32

2. Fresh install, the available space is ~70MB, is there a conclusive way to know that App2SD is indeed working?

Yeah, in this setup, you will definitely not get linux-swap and again, compcache must be manually turned on. I can tell you that with ~70MB, Apps2SD is working. But to be definitive, you could run 2 commands ...

Code:

mount

This will output your mount points. You will notice the ext partition is mounted on /system/sd mounted on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2. You should also see /data/dalvik-cache mount to /dev/block/mmcblk0p2, this is the dalvik-cache bind mount.
This is just to verify you've been mounted properly for the Apps2SD implementation.

Code:

su
ls -l /data

You will notice that app, app-private and expstick are symlink'd to the extX partition. With the statement '-> /system/sd/XXXXX' after the directory name in the ls output.

alpha010203 said:
3. What is the advantages/disadvantages between the Dude's implementation and yours? In the past, I have used the symlink method, which is quite unstable, and the only way to know if it worked is to install over 10 applications, and if the system memory hovers around 50~60, then it worked. Then the Dude's rom included an alternate way of doing App2SD in which meld the SD partition to that of the system, resulting in what seems to be an "integrated" system. The reason that I made the switch is because I simply want a stable T-Mobile based rom with App2SD support that would allow the system to put all installed APKs and resulting cache on the SD. Is there a way in which your rom could include that method as well, or would cause your wonderful ROM to become too convoluted?

Good question as far as the Dude's implementation. To be perfectly honest, I have not investigated how he performs his apps2sd. I only know that it's different than cyanogen's implementation. I'm gonna look into it for my own knowledge mostly, but there are no plans currently to change the way Apps2SD is performed, because as of current, the stability and performance are this implementation has been very good.

PS ... Any luck with Compcache, following post #37's advice? Also, in the upcoming v1.4 it will be turned on automatically.

~enom~

uansari1 · Aug 5, 2009

When's v1.4 coming?

enomther · Aug 5, 2009

uansari1 said:
When's v1.4 coming?

Hi uansari,

BETA will likely be released on thursday (8/6/2009). Release will rollout as testing ensues.

DOHCtor · Aug 5, 2009

enomther said:
Hi uansari,

BETA will likely be released on thursday (8/6/2009). Release will rollout as testing ensues.

I'm down for beta testing

enomther · Aug 5, 2009

DOHCtor said:
I'm down for beta testing

sounds good. Only problem here is, I've only been BETA'ing the FullFeatured TMO, and after they're solid, I release the exppack. Sooo, I dunno.

~enom~

dta1974 · Aug 5, 2009

Ok.....after spending a bunch of hours reading these forums and posts today I learned how to get root access and decided to give this rom a shot,so I installed Ubuntu,learned how to create new partitions etc....and finally my G1 seems to be working like a charm with 71mb of available space.

As of now I did not come across any scary moments.It´s time for me to say thank you so much I do appreciate your time,knowledge etc...
It´s a long process but if you read and read you can make it.

Once again thanks so much Mr Devs,you guys give us the features that none of the big companies (such as TMobile,Google,HTC) do.

jonno.n · Aug 5, 2009

Can I safely assume that if I have my SD card freshly formatted with fat32/ext3/linux-swap partitions in correct sizes (and I installed the build with no issues, subsequently enabling the Swapper app with no issues) that my compcache, apps2sd, and swapper are all working correctly? and how could I verify all that? My sd card still looks empty to me. Do I need to do something?

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