Root [ROM] Viper 4G 2.0.0 and beyond

[EarlyMon]

It's not even funny.

Do that mod.

Ok, I currently have HTC Mail, Gmail, Chrome with 7 tabs, Boat Browser with 4 windows, Boat Browser Mini with 3 windows, two tapatalk-based forum apps, Crunchyroll (anime viewer), EStrongs File Explorer, People, and Quick System Info Pro (with a status bar widget telling me that I have only used 64% (497 MB) of ram) all open at once and I am running FAST.

Browser pages are blanking but coming back up quickly when I go to them.

I have not changed from the stock 2.0.2 oom or minfree values.

I'll keep adding stuff. I don't know. This is looking mighty chipper so far to me.

Just added an XScope of this page, took me up to 72%, or 558 MB out of 770, used.

Edit - just pulled up the Washington Post article on the Walking Dead via Google Currents.

Nothing but speed.

Ok, I know two things about benchmarks -

One, they don't mean much other than to get people upset here, please don't flame me because...

... Two, I do know that you get better results with nothing in memory, that's why I added them now - looking for stuff to load up and run. But for those who like them or want to see how they do under this stress, here's what I got with all of this other stuff active -

AnTuTu - 7927

Quadrant - 5888

I don't know if those are supposed to be good or bad, I'm just trying to show stuff running.

 

[EarlyMon]

Great.

After many saying this works, one guy has reported that his contact lag is slowly creeping back in.

Hmmmmmm.....

 

[suprmallet]

Let's see if I can go 3 for 3



Viperboy commented that he was getting ready to post similarly and encourages people to try this.

I want to try this mod, what's the best way to access these values so I can change them?

 

[EarlyMon]

I want to try this mod, what's the best way to access these values so I can change them?

There's a flashable zip they put out if you are uncomfortable with editing system files.

Give me a few moments to track it down, no problem.

 

[EarlyMon]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34114877&postcount=8519

The revert.zip undoes the changes, the other one (without the revert) installs them.

 

[suprmallet]

Brilliant. As always, you are timely and informative. What would I do without this place?

 

[spdkilz02]

For some reason my email has stopped working. It wouldn't connect to the server and would say login failed. So I removed the account and tried to re add the hotmail acct and it wouldn't allow me to do it. Any ideas?

 

[EarlyMon]

For some reason my email has stopped working. It wouldn't connect to the server and would say login failed. So I removed the account and tried to re add the hotmail acct and it wouldn't allow me to do it. Any ideas?

Hotmail actually acts up and does this from time to time along with Yahoo mail accounts.

I think it was last year that we documented the both of them tinkering with their servers and claiming to users that they weren't.

See if there are others with new server parameters for a manual account setup is about all I can suggest. If you can give it a day, it might clear itself.

Sorry, that's all I got on that one.

 

[windsorclarenc]

Is that mod only for Viper? I tried it on MeanROM and it cut my download speed in half. Went from 2.3 megabytes per second down to 1.1 megabyte per second.

 

[EarlyMon]

Is that mod only for Viper? I tried it on MeanROM and it cut my download speed in half. Went from 2.3 megabytes per second down to 1.1 megabyte per second.

It's not affected mine.

Did your download speed restore after reverting it?

Have you tried going back and forth to ensure it's this?

Nothing there should impact net speed at all.

MeanROM uses the same heap settings as viper - htc stock values.

Surprised that this would be an issue.

 

[windsorclarenc]

I just reverted and tested again. I'm still downloading at 1.1 megabyte per second. So I guess it wasn't the mod. Darn, I was hoping to get that great download speed back. I have no idea what slowed my phone down. Hmm. Oh well, cest la vie.

 

[EarlyMon]

I just reverted and tested again. I'm still downloading at 1.1 megabyte per second. So I guess it wasn't the mod. Darn, I was hoping to get that great download speed back. I have no idea what slowed my phone down. Hmm. Oh well, cest la vie.

Probably normal (or abnormal now that I think of it) tower maintenance.

Try Open Signal Maps, see if you're tower hopping.

 

[spdkilz02]

Is that mod only for Viper? I tried it on MeanROM and it cut my download speed in half. Went from 2.3 megabytes per second down to 1.1 megabyte per second.

Man, I'm lucky to get a 0.3 whenever I go. I have never gotten a 1.0 or greater anywhere.

 

[windsorclarenc]

Probably normal (or abnormal now that I think of it) tower maintenance.

Try Open Signal Maps, see if you're tower hopping.

Nah, I was on Wi-Fi when I tried it out. But my Wi-Fi is extremely unreliable because I live in the middle of nowhere. When I got 2.3 megabytes per second I think I may have just gotten lucky. When I'm on mobile data I'm lucky to get 200 kilobytes per second.

 

[EarlyMon]

Man, I'm lucky to get a 0.3 whenever I go. I have never gotten a 1.0 or greater anywhere.

Hope they get moving on Network Vision for you.

 

[jl79]

This is by far the most awesome ROM for customizing. I think I found my daily driver for my new LTE.

Does anyone know what the correct kernel is for this current version as I still have S-ON and need to flash is separately. The kernel that I currently have running with this ROM is:

3.0.8-01680-gb6402b4
root@ABM030#1
SMP PREEMPT

 

[EarlyMon]

That's the stock kernel, same one Viper4G uses, so you should be ok.

At the first sign of trouble (bootloops etc) go ahead and flash the one from Viper4G but I doubt that you will need to.

BTW, there's a sneak peek of some fixes coming in the next release going up tonight, good stuff.

 

[jl79]

That's the stock kernel, same one Viper4G uses, so you should be ok.

At the first sign of trouble (bootloops etc) go ahead and flash the one from Viper4G but I doubt that you will need to.

BTW, there's a sneak peek of some fixes coming in the next release going up tonight, good stuff.

Awesome! Sounds good...I will keep my eyes open!

 

[ocnbrze]

Awesome! Sounds good...I will keep my eyes open!

well i'm glad you found one you like. thats two roms in a few days now......sounds like someones becoming a flashaholic

 

[jl79]

well i'm glad you found one you like. thats two roms in a few days now......sounds like someones becoming a flashaholic

LOL...Yup! I was kinda of a flashaholic with my old EVO until I found one that I really liked. One of the reasons I like this ROM so much is the major amount of customizing you can do. I like being able to hide the clock and battery icons in the status bar since I already have those widgets on my home screen I don't need them twice.

 

[EarlyMon]

Lagfix test build.

Will break #Fapple but is very quick.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34828343

 

[Granite1]

I'm just about full circle for comming back to Viper.

I'm going to try and flash this soon, already downloaded the lag fix too. I really didn't experience lag too bad last time I ran the ROM. I'm not a heavy multi-tasker either, so that may be the rub there.

Eiither way I'll reflash this, then flash the lag fix in the same recovery session as recommended by Viperboy. Thanks for the heads up EM.

 

[EarlyMon]

LAGFIX 3 - with and without #fapple, hot off the press!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35042237&postcount=9046

 

[EarlyMon]

Lagfix 4 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35084694

A lot of work has gone into this one.

 

[scudder]

PS - here is the stock rooted rom by our pal (ok - everyone's pal!), xHausx -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766628

If you want to start slow with stock and try others from there, there you go!

Do I HAVE TO flash the kernal after this ROM?? Or only if I need the stock kernal (which I presume I already have)??

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Edit: ANSWER in post #59 above!!...my browser wasn't refreshed!! GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE!!