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Root [ROM] Viper 4G 2.0.0 and beyond

It's time -

-viperboy- at XDA said:
OTA update is up! Version 2.0.2 brings the following:

  • Added custom ringtone fix
  • MUCH improved system performance and battery life (read_ahead tweaks removed from 21viperrom, ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0 uncommented [better battery life]
  • Fixed AOSP Lockscreen workaround
  • Fixed CPU stats in Statusbar (no longer shows C2,C3 - changed to say CPU0 and CPU1)
  • Fixed some typos in VenomTweaks.apk
  • Updated Settings.apk to show VenomTweaks and remove menu/recent app setting (do it through tweaks)
  • Updated VenomHUB.apk to support Skin downloads
  • Updated build.prop to work with new VenomHUB changes (ro.build.product=jet now. Will fix some server issues with HUB, including news, links, statusbar mods, etc)
  • Updated DCM to fix small errors when changing down_differentialand sampling_down_factor
  • Updated vC to enable/disable Camera button wake & better handling of daemons (opens the CPU Config menu when no daemon is running so you can pick either OC daemon or viperDaemon)
  • Added MMS over WiFi and Removed MMS Compression
  • Fixed 750+ms FC when adjust button hold length in Tweaks
  • Added shorter 50ms and 100ms long press options

Please take the OTA or use the full ROM provided. As a warning, if you don't update to this, HUB will not work right (you won't see statusbar mods, etc). We needed to make a change to the build.prop so that HUB will display device specific news, links, etc without breaking OTA. It was a necessary move, just make sure to update :)

Enjoy!
 
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Is kernel flash is must if i am S-on? I read around 500 pages on XDA. Most people r having bootloop issue in S-on. if yes which kernel and where to find. or i just install this rom after wiping cache n dalvik.
My device is
Jewel PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT- 1.15.0000
RADIO- 1.05.11.0606
OPEN DSP-v25.1.0.32.0405

Software version 1.22.651.3710RDD
kernel version 3.0.8-01368-g6fdcee1
build number 1.22.651.3 CL78702
TWRP v2.2.1
 
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Is kernel flash is must if i am S-on? I read around 500 pages on XDA. Most people r having bootloop issue in S-on. if yes which kernel and where to find. or i just install this rom after wiping cache n dalvik.
My device is
Jewel PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT- 1.15.0000
RADIO- 1.05.11.0606
OPEN DSP-v25.1.0.32.0405

Software version 1.22.651.3710RDD
kernel version 3.0.8-01368-g6fdcee1
build number 1.22.651.3 CL78702
TWRP v2.2.1
You'll need to flash the kernel since you're S-ON. You can try -viperboy-'s boot.img flasher that he just made. You'll need to do it from your computer though. You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917106
 
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Is kernel flash is must if i am S-on? I read around 500 pages on XDA. Most people r having bootloop issue in S-on. if yes which kernel and where to find. or i just install this rom after wiping cache n dalvik.
My device is
Jewel PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT- 1.15.0000
RADIO- 1.05.11.0606
OPEN DSP-v25.1.0.32.0405

Software version 1.22.651.3710RDD
kernel version 3.0.8-01368-g6fdcee1
build number 1.22.651.3 CL78702
TWRP v2.2.1

Yes if your s-on you must fastboot flash or use flash image gui the kernel. Either will work fine. :)


Ninja'd! :screwy:
 
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I'm am s-on hboot 1.15. I was initially having the bootloop issue.

I read on xda that if you say no when asked to reboot in the aroma installer and reboot from twrp recovery instead, it should work.

I don't know why but it worked for me.

Awesome sauce, thanks for posting that. :)

Also have you flashed your kernel with flash GUI or ADB?
 
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Today my phone came off the charger at 8am, was at 30% by 2:45pm, charged it to 75% and by 8pm was down to 16%.

The only two changes were the OTA and Bad Piggies. I removed Bad Piggies but it still dropped 3% in about 10 minutes with no use.

No more use than normal so I am not sure why the big change all of a sudden.

On Edit: It seems to have gone back to normal after removing bad piggies, probably checking location constantly.
 
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EarlyMon at XDA said:
My obligatory battery post.

6.5 hours screen on, streaming video, and Gtalk to beat the band along with tapatalk, all over WiFi, on 2.0.2 -



Nicely done, Team Venom! :)

-viperboy- at XDA said:
How the hell are you getting that much battery life? Lol underclock, custom kernel?

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

EarlyMon at XDA said:
Absolutely stock Viper4G goodness, out of the box, no tweaks. :)

My secrets are -

* No social networking babbling on my phone. When I want to see twitter, I run Tweetlanes interactively.

* I have location services turned off. Watch your browser and forum app transactions. You can set them to no location tracking, but they don't stop as expected. They go for location first, get it, and then decide to not transmit. At least one that's what I believe from my observable. And car nav works fine. All gps requires is ephemeris tables. I may snick location on to get a fix and tables before turning it off and leaving the house. Breaks Now, but I don't care.

* wifi compadre. :) My biggest cheat in that graph is that I was on wifi.

I have 3 Mail accounts polling at a constant 30 minute interval throughout the day and another 3 that update real time through Gmail.

I maintain 3 active Gtalk accounts at all times and an AIM account active at all times via the imo app.

I use Boat Browser and Boat Browser Mini at the same time as two tapatalk-based forum apps (both Boats being far more efficient than the apps, just watch the gps indicator to see why).

I run auto brightness and don't baby my radios.

I came here thanks to j4n87 (I hope I didn't mess that up!) work courtesy of joelz Charmeleon, played extensively with V6 SuperCharger (thank you zep!) and stayed for the Viper4G love.

I currently run the stock minfree values.

But I do cheat, the graph of power use is on wifi. My expectation is 10% drop per hour of screen on time.

I'd love to run a custom kernel but I don't want to mess with success.

That's my story and I am sticking to it, boss! :) :)

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I didnt have to flash the kernel at all.
EDIT:
Ok, now it's my turn to admit I'm an idiot. You posted your issues were fixed. I need to read everything before posting. LOL

Are you S-off, or are you still S-on with HTCdev?

Reason being, if you are S-on, you'll need to flash the kernel manually. S-on won't allow flashing to the boot partition.

That might be part of your issue.

Read this guide for instructions if you're S-on:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-lte-all-things-root/606748-how-install-kernels-h-boot-1-15-a.html

If you're S-off, you might want to try and re-download the rom, then re-flash.
 
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I guess me fixing my ringtone issue then flashing this new one messed up my ringtones again. (I have all custom floyd ringtones :D) assign the one I want for the wife and when she called it was the default one hmmm so i reinstalled the apk not sure if that fixed it she is at work and can't call me now. :( Now MIUI is out and i'm going to flash that for the awesomeness I expect it to be. still will be keeping virus around though.
 
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