The View From Space

Having flashed a custom Froyo (Android 2.2) ROM onto my Vibrant, I was now giddy with excitement over the new capabilities my phone inherited with the new software.  WiFi Calling, WiFi hotspot (although I already had this installed), FFC support, plus a host of other improvements.

The ROM, called Onyx (like the gemstone), is based on a beautiful black setting.  This was flashed on top of the stock 2.2 kernel.  Unfortunately it’s been found that the stock RFS format on the Vibrant can become corrupt.  To overcome this I flashed a custom kernel call Dragon.  What this does is avoid RFS entirely by formatting the entire system as ext4.  This is not only much more reliable than RFS, but is much quicker in terms of I/O.  As such it has been used in a lagfix called Voodoo.

So now my Vibrant is running much quicker and smoother than it ever could on the stock system.  A dragon with a black onyx.  What a potent combo.