rubiX Focused 2.0

[drod2169]

Admin edit: NOTE:This Droid X ROM release is for the older Froyo OS.
This ROM can only be flashed on Froyo, and is no longer supported by the dev. please use caution.
Please see the Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich sub-forums for current, supported ROMs



Check out the review by Blair at GizmoNinja! Droid X ROM Review, rubiX ROMs! Updated 12/26/2010 NEW rubiX ROM 1.9.5 Release!!

YOU MUST BE ON 2.3.340 OTA FOR THIS TO WORK
ALSO NOTE: IF YOU INSTALLED THE NEW TRANQUILITY, THE TOOLBOX WILL INSTALL UNLESS YOU SBF BEFORE INSTALL. THIS IS TRUE FOR ANY ROM, NOT JUST RUBIX.

IF YOU USED THE NEW SCRIPT, YOU MUST REBOOT AFTER INSTALL AND INITIAL SETUP
This script runs on first boot to scan the SDCard rubiX Folder for apps. If they are there, it copies them to /data/app and corrects their permissions. Reboot for this to take effect.

YOU MUST wipe data before install.
Change Log for 2.0.1

• Adjusted scripts for better functionality and less errors.
• Added the option to set whichever governor you'd like on boot (NOT TESTED)
  To do this: use root explorer to get to /system/etc/init.d
  long press on 01cpu
  select open in text editor
  change the variables at the top
  ONDEMAND=1
  CONSERVATIVE=0
  INTERACTIVE=0
  is the stock setting. To set one at boot, simply change ONDEMAND to =0, and one of the other two to =1
• Custom ringtone fix (credit to kejar31)
• Potential Programming menu fix (someone test please, i'm not sure)

Change Log for 2.0:

• Sysctl.conf adjustments:

Changed vm.dirty_background_ratio to 70 from 60

• Added rm /dev/log/main for extra performance/free memory
• Changed NO_NEW_FAIR_SLEEPERS to NO_FAIR_SLEEPERS; this was a typo, as there are no new fair sleepers in the dx kernel already.
• Cleaned up the /system/app folder

The following market apps were further removed:
Talkback
Kickback
Soundback

• Added new Interactive and Conservative kernel scaling governors (credit Milestone team)

This is a Droid X first. These two governors bring a big difference to the table; here is what they do:
(Credit Cyanogenmod GITHub for this, source is here: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/cm-ke.../governors.txt)
Interactive:

Advantages:
+ significantly more responsive to ramp cpu up when required (UI interaction)
+ more consistent ramping, existing governors do their cpu load sampling in a workqueue context, the 'interactive' governor does this in a timer context, which gives more consistent cpu load sampling.
+ higher priority for cpu frequency increase, rt_workqueue is used for scaling up, giving the remaining tasks the cpu performance benefit, unlike existing governors which schedule rampup work to occur after your performance starved tasks have completed.

Conservative:

The CPUfreq governor "conservative", much like the "ondemand"
governor, sets the CPU depending on the current usage. It differs in
behaviour in that it gracefully increases and decreases the CPU speed
rather than jumping to max speed the moment there is any load on the
CPU. This behaviour more suitable in a battery powered environment.
The governor is tweaked in the same manner as the "ondemand" governor
through sysfs with the addition of:


freq_step: this describes what percentage steps the cpu freq should be
increased and decreased smoothly by. By default the cpu frequency will
increase in 5% chunks of your maximum cpu frequency. You can change this
value to anywhere between 0 and 100 where '0' will effectively lock your
CPU at a speed regardless of its load whilst '100' will, in theory, make
it behave identically to the "ondemand" governor.


down_threshold: same as the 'up_threshold' found for the "ondemand"
governor but for the opposite direction. For example when set to its
default value of '20' it means that if the CPU usage needs to be below
20% between samples to have the frequency decreased.

Basically, this means more speed and battery life control

• Adjusted 01cpu for a better sampling rate if the new conservative governor is found.
• Added script: gov

gov allows you to control which governor you use; ondemand, conservative, or interactive. The function is:
gov -ondem for the ondemand governor
gov -cons for the conservative governor
gov -inter for the interactive governor
Alternately, these can be changed via SetCPU or Droid Overclock.


To remove data throttling, click this:
rubiX Focused 1.9.7, back and better than ever - Page 3 - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum
Credit to Plower.Net


How to install:
Download
Place on SDCard
Bootstrap Recovery via Bootstrap App
Reboot to Clockwork Mod Recovery
Wipe data/factory reset
Select install from sdcard
Choose zip from sdcard
select rubiXFocused2.0.zip
Select yes
Reboot
Enjoy!


Download:
http://bit.ly/eGhat9

Will have a mirror up shortly as well.

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[drjimbeam]

your info about the tranq toolbox is incorrect.. there are other ways to get rid of it.. if you want to sbf to get rid of it that is the hardest way to do it. all you have to do is open the toolbox and click pre uninstall...

[drod2169]

your info about the tranq toolbox is incorrect.. there are other ways to get rid of it.. if you want to sbf to get rid of it that is the hardest way to do it. all you have to do is open the toolbox and click pre uninstall...

That is an outdated part of the post. The top is copy and pasted from the 1.9.7 release, when I didn't even find out that TranQ toolbox installed to preinstall until I released. I know there are other ways to do it, but for people who know less, an SBF is the easiest way. The point was to let people know that the toolbox would stick after installing Tranquility, regardless of the rom.

[maybish]

I don't understand all the governor part stuff but I rrally like rubix and was gonna switch back. yay!! Thanks!!! Can't wait for some themes now!

sent from Mays Rockin X!!!

[Droid-Xer]

Nice treat DRod. Thanks. May the governor has to deal with overclocking/underclocking and what the speeds will be set at.

[drod2169]

I don't understand all the governor part stuff but I rrally like rubix and was gonna switch back. yay!! Thanks!!! Can't wait for some themes now!

sent from Mays Rockin X!!!

All 1.9.7 themes are compatible, go ahead and use whatever you'd like

[maybish]

Awesome drod! Saw your twitter postings about governor and new you had something coming out just had no clue what it was! I don't use the overclocking stuff. Maybe someday ill read up on how to use it! Just charging up the battery and will be switching in a bit!

sent from Mays Rockin X!!!

[Nagisan]

Any idea why I cant change between the multi-touch and swype keyboards? When I go to Language & keyboard the only options I have are "Select language", "Swype settings", "Android keyboard settings" and "User dictionary"....shouldn't there be an option to change the input method? Why is it missing and how do I change on this rom without that setting?

[scottpole]

Maybish how about a review once you get this thing up and running?

Uploaded from my stock 3.4.2, rooted, frozen bloat X -_-

[DieseL]

Without any additional tweaking, this is the fastest out of the box rom I've tried. Good work Drod! I'm suprised there hasn't been more interest on the forum.



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