[26/09][2.3.5]VillainROM 3.0 for SGS2 < Making perfection more perfect

[norpan111]

I wiped and flashed several times. It really feels like an update going back to bg. Its ALOT faster in my opinion. Even crashing an app takes forever on ics

You guys who run ics, can you text with word prediction on qwwerty keyboard without lag?

Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

 

[tipu2185]

Did you WIPE?

I have no such issues on ICS

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

Same here no issues after WIPE. Before wipe there were bugs popping out of everywhere

 

[doree]

You guys who run ics, can you text with word prediction on qwwerty keyboard without lag?

I have no problems at all, sir.

EDIT: Now i have the issue, that my phone wakes up for every 3-5 minutes and gets back to sleep after 2-3 seconds. Pretty annoying!

 

[frottage]

I have no problems at all, sir.

EDIT: Now i have the issue, that my phone wakes up for every 3-5 minutes and gets back to sleep after 2-3 seconds. Pretty annoying!

surely this sort of thing is exactly what Villian ROM does - takes the stock and makes it better

"making perfection more perfect"

I for one am hoping Pulser has the time and the enthusiasm to do to ICS what he did to GB in the first-place. Which was the reason why VR3 became the ROM of choice on SGS2

 

[norpan111]

surely this sort of thing is exactly what Villian ROM does - takes the stock and makes it better

"making perfection more perfect"

I for one am hoping Pulser has the time and the enthusiasm to do to ICS what he did to GB in the first-place. Which was the reason why VR3 became the ROM of choice on SGS2

Pretty much this

Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

 

[Karpfenhai]

ICS has reached my phone.. and here are my first Impressions

LPQ seems to be stable... at least ....

.... as you don't try to influe the kernel, SetCPU will not work at all!

General behavior:

- Overall smoothness, nothing to complain so far, scrolling might lag a bit but its usable
- Gallery, works like a charm, much faster as has ever been on GB!
- Camera, no Issues, Video recording works fine, (Seems to be the same apk as on GB) Maybe the "low-power-hack" will work?
- One good thing, the app Drawer (not homescreens) will finally store the sort order even after a reboot, this is an real advantage!
- Bluetooth file transfer from PC works way better as on GB , it seems they managed to implement Obex / Object push in a better manner.
- Face unlock works pretty good but for me its useless Just my opinion.

Migration from GB:

I did a wipe, Titanium Backup gave me back almost everything except my stored Wlan access points. If you freeze all Bloatware the standby drain is pretty good, Deep Sleep 94% with K9 push activated (one account). If you use the phone, it stuck the most time at 800 mhz, on GB i managed the same with 200 mhz, to be improved..
What can be wiped / frozen ? See screenshots below.

Issues:

- Bluetooth pairing with my car fails, even after unpairing the hands-free car kit manually, i will test whether wiping bluetooth data will fix this and report back.

Edit: Car connection works fine, it was simply my fault, no Bluetooth issue at all! (confirmed)

- Flashplayer in fullscreen stucks, i read before, uninstalling -> reboot -> reinstall will fix it,
EDIT: No fix on that, maybo other Browsers, (Chrome) will check that..
- A funny Issue, MTP and PTP are mixed up, MTP checked means the Cam is working PTP works as mass storage device

Installation issues:

It seems the sdcard integration is not fully working yet, therefore it might be impossible to install apps from local storage.

Here is the solution:
Umount your SDcard if you try to install unsigned (not from market) apps, then it will work! Same for restoring apps via TB which have been installed on external SD on GB, theres a simple trick wich works like a charm (see screenshot at the bottom)!

Battery Drainers:

- Audioout_1 wakelock still persists, even after disabling Haptic feed back sounds.
- multidpd Wakelock high count on 3G EDIT: Seems to be gone, maybe i was in a bad network area at this time.

Conclusion:

We urgently need a custom kernel.
Siyah alpha 6 works flawless and brings touch recovery to the phone, Nandroid Backups are working as expected. LCD Density change has no effect (except keyboard looks weird)

@ Pulser and Entrophy, maybe this helps for a decision, if you need skilled testers for VR 4.0, don't hesitate to ask me, im willing to support your development if i can!

PS: Please kindly ignore the wrong Capital letters everywhere, im a German, we use much more Capitals as you Guys

Titanium Settings SD to Phone restore:

Apps to be dismissed:

Legal Information:

 

[pulser_g2]

ICS has reached my phone.. and here are my first Impressions

LPQ seems to be stable... at least ....

.... as you don't try to influe the kernel, SetCPU will not work at all!

General behavior:

- Overall smoothness, nothing to complain so far, scrolling might lag a bit but its usable
- Gallery, works like a charm, much faster as has ever been on GB!
- Camera, no Issues, Video recording works fine, (Seems to be the same apk as on GB) Maybe the "low-power-hack" will work?
- One good thing, the app Drawer (not homescreens) will finally store the sort order even after a reboot, this is an real advantage!
- Bluetooth file transfer from PC works way better as on GB , it seems they managed to implement Obex / Object push in a better manner.
- Face unlock works pretty good but for me its useless Just my opinion.

Migration from GB:

I did a wipe, Titanium Backup gave me back almost everything except my stored Wlan access points. If you freeze all Bloatware the standby drain is pretty good, Deep Sleep 94% with K9 push activated (one account). If you use the phone, it stuck the most time at 800 mhz, on GB i managed the same with 200 mhz, to be improved..
What can be wiped / frozen ? See screenshots below.

Issues:

- Bluetooth pairing with my car fails, even after unpairing the hands-free car kit manually, i will test whether wiping bluetooth data will fix this and report back.
Edit: Car connection works fine, it was simply my fault, no Bluetooth issue at all! (confirmed)

- Flashplayer in fullscreen stucks, i read before, uninstalling -> reboot -> reinstall will fix it, (tbc)
- A funny Issue, MTP and PTP are mixed up, MTP checked means the Cam is working PTP works as mass storage device

Installation issues:

It seems the sdcard integration is not fully working yet, therefore it might be impossible to install apps from local storage.

Here is the solution:
Umount your SDcard if you try to install unsigned (not from market) apps, then it will work! Same for restoring apps via TB which have been installed on external SD on GB, theres a simple trick wich works like a charm (see screenshot at the bottom)!

Battery Drainers:

- Audioout_1 wakelock still persists, even after disabling Haptic feed back sounds.
- multidpd Wakelock high count on 3G

Conclusion:

We urgently need a custom kernel.
Siyah alpha 6 works flawless and brings touch recovery to the phone, Nandroid Backups are working as expected. LCD Density change has no effect (except keyboard looks weird)

@ Pulser and Entrophy, maybe this helps for a decision, if you need skilled testers for VR 4.0, don't hesitate to ask me, im willing to support your development if i can!

PS: Please kindly ignore the wrong Capital letters everywhere, im a German, we use much more Capitals as you Guys

Titanium Settings SD to Phone restore:

Apps to be dismissed:

Legal Information:

I quite like the German way of capitalising nouns! It's quite sensible actually - it helped me when I learned German a few years ago, as it reminds me what is the noun!

 

[pulser_g2]

surely this sort of thing is exactly what Villian ROM does - takes the stock and makes it better

"making perfection more perfect"

I for one am hoping Pulser has the time and the enthusiasm to do to ICS what he did to GB in the first-place. Which was the reason why VR3 became the ROM of choice on SGS2

I'm not going lie, my enthusiasm has waned recently, for a few reasons... Samsung did an outstanding job on some of the earlier GB roms, but I feel they have lost their way recently...

I will release VR4, and I will probably release VR3.5. I make no promises of when, but they will stick to the true spirit of what this is all about...

I suspect my interest will restore once the development begins to stagnate as "devs" and "chefs" move onto their next device...

Some of the best development happens when devices are not as popular! Unfortunately people keep devices for such little time that it spoils the fun... Likewise for people who release one rom for a device, then beg for cash before rushing to a new device to try it again...

Even though I don't post often, I am still around and interested... But as before, unless it passes my stringent test of "do I use this rom constantly for at least 48 hours?", it won't be released...

And right now I've been testing out CM9 on occasion. It's possible that the future lies away from stock bases, especially after seeing some things they're working on behind the scenes... ICS is nice, but I think still that touchwiz lets it down!

That's the situation right now, but I've got so much happening that I don't see any reason to rush into this yet... Something just doesn't feel right about using this base...

 

[norpan111]

I'm not going lie, my enthusiasm has waned recently, for a few reasons... Samsung did an outstanding job on some of the earlier GB roms, but I feel they have lost their way recently...

I will release VR4, and I will probably release VR3.5. I make no promises of when, but they will stick to the true spirit of what this is all about...

I suspect my interest will restore once the development begins to stagnate as "devs" and "chefs" move onto their next device...

Some of the best development happens when devices are not as popular! Unfortunately people keep devices for such little time that it spoils the fun... Likewise for people who release one rom for a device, then beg for cash before rushing to a new device to try it again...

Even though I don't post often, I am still around and interested... But as before, unless it passes my stringent test of "do I use this rom constantly for at least 48 hours?", it won't be released...

And right now I've been testing out CM9 on occasion. It's possible that the future lies away from stock bases, especially after seeing some things they're working on behind the scenes... ICS is nice, but I think still that touchwiz lets it down!

That's the situation right now, but I've got so much happening that I don't see any reason to rush into this yet... Something just doesn't feel right about using this base...

Whats your next phone?

Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

 

[happily1986]

That's the situation right now, but I've got so much happening that I don't see any reason to rush into this yet... Something just doesn't feel right about using this base...

hullo! hope everything's been good. what's with the appointment of Internet Eraser??

 

[pulser_g2]

Whats your next phone?

Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

Nothing... I keep phones for a while So I will keep my S2 for a minimum of another year, I imagine! I just like it, and don't change for no reason

 

[tipu2185]

Nothing... I keep phones for a while So I will keep my S2 for a minimum of another year, I imagine! I just like it, and don't change for no reason

That is wonderful news for us. Aleast for me because my SGS2 is not going anywhere for next 1 and half year and hopefully development will continue.

 

[12aon]

Oi P! It's ICS quick, rip out the touchwiz!

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using XDA Premium HD app

 

[AvRS]

You should definitely go down AOSP route as you say Samsung are ruining the ICS experience. I've moved to AOSP and have no intention of going back and would be good to have another decent dev (read not kang artist) onboard the AOSP train

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

 

[frottage]

I'm not going lie, my enthusiasm has waned recently, for a few reasons... Samsung did an outstanding job on some of the earlier GB roms, but I feel they have lost their way recently...

I will release VR4, and I will probably release VR3.5. I make no promises of when, but they will stick to the true spirit of what this is all about...

I suspect my interest will restore once the development begins to stagnate as "devs" and "chefs" move onto their next device...

Some of the best development happens when devices are not as popular! Unfortunately people keep devices for such little time that it spoils the fun... Likewise for people who release one rom for a device, then beg for cash before rushing to a new device to try it again...

Even though I don't post often, I am still around and interested... But as before, unless it passes my stringent test of "do I use this rom constantly for at least 48 hours?", it won't be released...

And right now I've been testing out CM9 on occasion. It's possible that the future lies away from stock bases, especially after seeing some things they're working on behind the scenes... ICS is nice, but I think still that touchwiz lets it down!

That's the situation right now, but I've got so much happening that I don't see any reason to rush into this yet... Something just doesn't feel right about using this base...

Whilst I completely understand your sentiments Pulser and I know this is hell of an intrusion into your life, however, despite being very happy with VR3, I'm too curious about all the ICS fuss. I need to try a few out for myself.

If I nandroid backup my VR3 install will I be enable to install CWM on an ICS build and come back if I dont like it? Also can anyone recommend a sensible ROM to move to? CM9?

Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA

 

[norpan111]

Im giving cm7 a swirl for first time on this device..the "stable" from oktober douh?

Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

 

[pulser_g2]

Whilst I completely understand your sentiments Pulser and I know this is hell of an intrusion into your life, however, despite being very happy with VR3, I'm too curious about all the ICS fuss. I need to try a few out for myself.

If I nandroid backup my VR3 install will I be enable to install CWM on an ICS build and come back if I dont like it? Also can anyone recommend a sensible ROM to move to? CM9?

Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA

Yes, you can try the ICS build easily from something like Mobile ODIN. Flash the KPQ CF-Root, and if you need to get back, you have CWM anyway

Failing that, you can try CM9. It's good now

 

[pulser_g2]

Im giving cm7 a swirl for first time on this device..the "stable" from oktober douh?

Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

CM7... Stable is october... You looking for CM9 perhaps? (ICS)

 

[Entropy512]

Yes, you can try the ICS build easily from something like Mobile ODIN. Flash the KPQ CF-Root, and if you need to get back, you have CWM anyway

Failing that, you can try CM9. It's good now

If you want to deodex and debloat - while my guide is written for Gingerbread and the I777, it will work for I9100 too, you just need to skip some steps - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1505685

(The above link is for other users, not Pulser. Pulser already knows far more than this. )

Main thing with deodexing ICS is you need to manually set the API level to 15 - it is not automatic.

 

[pulser_g2]

If you want to deodex and debloat - while my guide is written for Gingerbread and the I777, it will work for I9100 too, you just need to skip some steps - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1505685

(The above link is for other users, not Pulser. Pulser already knows far more than this. )

Main thing with deodexing ICS is you need to manually set the API level to 15 - it is not automatic.

Nice advice actually People can try it themselves too now!