Baked Snack Froyo EB13/EC05 "More Undisputed ;)"

[hero_over]

Hey all,
I know Ive been quite some time on my break but with a lack of a kernel source my work is only half complete. Now we got EB13
and it aint the greatest thing but we have a source for it! So I hereby release you you Baked Snack 2.0.

lets start off this changelog with the beastly kernel!!!


Baked Kernel 2.0: Can you say battery!

-overclockable to 1.28ghz
-mods that make linpack lower but phone faster
-1900+ quadrant and 17+ linpack
-readjusted voltages and voltage scaling
-undervolted to the max battery
-using the hero governor on kernel (heavily modded conservative)
-config edits on kernel for speed/battery
-kernel tricks for faster boot
-slight code tweaks to video recording for faster framerate
-phone boots and runs at 1000mhz with stock settings (use overclock widget to adjust to your liking)
-kernel built with multiple optimisations
-added usb tethering support from mkasick
-removed video recording lag thanks mkasick
-network speed tweaks
-rearranged voltage regulator for better battery with stability on lower clocks
-keyboard patch for responsiveness mkasick
-idle time updates from .34 kernel
-added iptable for wifi tether
-slight sharpness tweaks
-front cam sharpness and color tweaks
-other fun tweaks i forgot that make your phone better
-using Team Vipers update script for the kernel flash
-Added linpack kernel which isnt as fast but scores higher (Ive gotten 18.0)


Baked Kernel 2.1: (all about the battery)

-kept 1.28ghz as more people can use it rather than 1.3ghz
-added extra slots to voltage table (also allows for lower voltage )
-rearranged voltage scaling again and heavily undervolted!
-screen brightness now changes to lowest when at 2% and not 5% (small hack but helpful in low bat situations)
-lowered battery polling frequency (speed and battery)
-light sensor polls less frequently (speed and battery) (light sensor is now tolerable)
-more config tweaks for speed/battery
-added voodoo sound v4
-lowmem patch
-updated some block scheduler code


Baked Kernel 2.2: (Choices)

-update to voodoo sound v5 (supercurio)
-upped framerate cap
-5 kernel choices (theres a voltage for you!)
-battery charging mods for a fuller charge (nubecoder and some code by me
-tweaked screen timings for smoother response


Baked Kernel 2.3: (Battery Flattery)

-Based on EC05 kernel
-latest voodoo sound v7
-voodoo color mods
-tweaked framerate cap for video stability
-new battery secret !!! (kind of a big deal)
-plus lots more kernel tweaks and other stuff i dont like mentioning


Now moving on to the ROM itself


Baked Snack 2.0: Can you say even Better Battery

-built around baked kernel 2.0
-based on EB13
-deodexed
-cwm 3.0.0.6 compatible
-network speed tweaks
-removed sms and email from call log
-removed boot up sound
-increased video recording bitrate at lower resolutions (higher quality)
-ads blocked
-removed bloat
-init.d support
-ext4 only
-optimized/compressed/zipaligned
-malware exploit patched
-zipalign on boot
-custom boot animation support (none chosen yet)
-aosp lockscreen
-dalvik optimizations
-changed ringtones and walls to hero style
-added wifi tether and wired tether to data (uninstallable)
-ALOT more that I forgot
-MANY UPDATES TO COME! THIS IS A FIRST RELEASE!!!!!!


Baked Snack 2.1:

-WIPE REQUIRED
-AWESOME NEW KERNEL
-fixes force close problems
-removed sms from call log
-updated/themed market
-added aosp sms
-added voodoo sound control
-removed carrier iq (thanks acs)
-use amoshers honeycomb theme by default (thanks amosher)
-added adw launcher and honeycomb theme
-various theme parts i added
-added reboot mod
-removed battery full popup
-added gingerbread keyboard
-added colorize widgets (sexy)
-compressed majority of system apps (those with any issue were left alone)
-google made the default homepage
-apps now removable: adw,astro,news and weather,flash player,quickoffice
-i forgot a lot of what i did on this one but its alll good


Baked Snack 2.2: (Choices)

-MUST BE FLASHED ON TOP OF 2.1 WITHOUT A WIPE
-update to honeycomb theme 1.1 (kept my changes)
-voodoo control added
-more random theming
-added baked wallpaper to sdcard
-replaced stock music app with my honeycomb themed miui music
-added themed desk clock
-5 kernel choices added to sdcard/A1BakedSauce
-added recompiled libdvm
-updated hosts file
-appwidget picker added


Baked Snack 2.3: (Battery Flattery)

-NO WIPE (flash on top of 2.1 or 2.2)
-updated 1.28-1.2low kernels
-ec05 kernel
-kept at eb13 for STABILITY!
-battery,camera, streaming low battery kill
-tws patched and silentmod patched (mkasick for original thread)
-new boot animation (android coin) thanks to creator
-added repaired dvm courtesy of no2chem
-new BLACK BATTERY theme (thanks pele78 for the vibrant theme i based on and amosher for some honeycomb pngs)
-THEME IS A WIP!!!

Please keep me up to date with what else you would like done so I can accommodate it!!!!!

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[a_c_s]

Does your EB13 kernels work on other ROMs? I'm on midNIGHT right now and was curious. I might try your ROM when I'm ready to upgrade, but I just upgraded a week ago and it's a pain, so I'd love to flash an updated kernel if it should be compatible... can you confirm? Thx

 

[kra2y]

Only question is do I flash rom then flash kernel or is the kernel in the rom? 2.1 rom has 2.1 kernel?

 

[ragnarokx]

Does your EB13 kernels work on other ROMs? I'm on midNIGHT right now and was curious. I might try your ROM when I'm ready to upgrade, but I just upgraded a week ago and it's a pain, so I'd love to flash an updated kernel if it should be compatible... can you confirm? Thx

Baked Snack kernels should work for any ROM that does not depend on the kernel for root (for example, Syndicate would not work). Bonzai (and therefore midNIGHT) should work as Mammon has the ROM rooted, not the kernel.

Only question is do I flash rom then flash kernel or is the kernel in the rom? 2.1 rom has 2.1 kernel?

Kernel is included with the ROM. Flash once.

 

[ericizzy1]

hi hero, is your 2.2 version for the new EC05 thar is coming today?

 

[ragnarokx]

He has to build a new kernel based on the new EC05 source, so no. You won't see a release right away but he did say it's not far off.

 

[duytienle]

Hi Hero,

I flashed 2.2 and its great but I also flashed the linpack kernel. Was I supposed to do that? Voodoo is telling me that my kernel doesn't support control. How do I fix that?

 

[ragnarokx]

Flash one of the kernels that are in the "A1BakedSauce" folder on your SD card.

 

[thebullfrog]

Sounds like it would go great with syndicate. It can't just be re-rooted afterwards?

 

[ragnarokx]

Yes you could do that. Flash the kernel and then use a script to root.

 

[thebullfrog]

I might have to try it. I rooted when I instaled cwm. How would I re-root it?

 

[ragnarokx]

Same way you did it the first time

 

[thebullfrog]

I did it by just installing the eb13-deodexed-cwm combo package through Odin then flashing ACE. Pretty sure wiping it again wouldn't help me re-root lol.

 

[ragnarokx]

http://forum.androidcentral.com/epic-4g-rooting-roms-hacks/62079-root-samsung-epic-4g-official-froyo-eb13-w-optional-ext4.html

 

[thebullfrog]

Duh. I never read any further into that post than the first method. Gonna give it a whirl now.

 

[thebullfrog]

Ok, here's a question: where can you get just the Kernel?

 

[ragnarokx]

You can either use the stand-alone Linkpack kernel from post #1, or if you want to use the kernel that's baked into the ROM you can use this procedure to extract and flash the ROM kernel. It's a procedure I wrote back in the Eclair days, but it's still valid as it's not dependent on OS version.

 

[thebullfrog]

Doesn't sound too hard, I'll report back after it turns out I'm wrong and brick my phone lol.

 

[thebullfrog]

Whole process went quick and smooth . I'm succesfully running rooted on Baked Kernel 2.1 with SRF. So far the only hangup I've seen is that Overclock Widget can't seem to properly detect CPU frequencies any more. It does correctly clock it up and down from 100mhz to 1.28ghz, but you can only control it through the sliders (which don't go past 1.2ghz) because the frequencies will no longer show up in the advanced settings. It doesn't seem to pose any real issue, just an annoyance.

First thing I noticed is that it does indeed seem to boot up quicker. Not by a lot, but its there. In actual use I haven't seen much improvement at least in the first couple minutes. Maybe just a hair more responsive but nothing to write home about. I'll use it through tonight and tomorrow and see how battery life is and how it performs over a longer time. Benchmark scores did drop quite significantly as expected. One thing I noticed though: he warns that the undervolting can make it lag coming from sleep as can be expected, however mine actually wakes up MUCH faster than it did with the Twilight kernel packaged with SRF, which makes me think the undervolting may actually be less aggressive, so we'll have to see if battery life while asleep winds up actually being worse.

 

[thebullfrog]

Ok it hasn't been very long but I wanted to throw a quick update out. The overclock widget issue appears to have fixed itself: I love whan that happens. With some more playing around, scrolling through homescreens and especially the app drawer do have a minor, but noticable improvement in speed, smoothness, and responsiveness. Its not a big improvement, but it does add up. The biggest change is games. Framerates are WAY improved. Load times are a bit better as well. Its a lot of small improvements (and one fairly big one) that seem to add up to a very smooth experience.

A note about quadrant: my score dropped like 300 points. Whatever. But what matters is that watching the framerate counter, I average 5-10 fps higher throughout the tests depending on which part its at. It backs up the in-game observations that GPU performance seems much improved. I locked the phone at 1.28ghz and put it through its paces for a while. It held up just fine and stable so I have no doubts it can handle the O/C long term considering it won't actually go that high most of the time. Thus far I'm very pleased with this kernel; its worth the effort of extracting it from the ROM and re-rooting. I'll report back tomorrow night with some longer term observations of battery life, stability, etc. but so far I like what I'm seeing.