I've been using Incredibly Re-Engineered and noticed that the GPS isn't fully functional for navigation. It can get a rough lock on me but it won't give me turn-by-turn directions spoken as it indefinitely searches for GPS. Skyraider Athena before this also gave me issues with GPS and Bluetooth. I was wondering if this is a phone-specific issue, if its the kernel, or if it's time for a new ROM?
On a side note, could it be the EVO framework that Re-Engineered is based on? I'm not sure about the differences between Inc, Z, and EVO ROMS besides themes.
Try INCRom, stable, fast, good battery, looks nice too. Everything works too.
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I have no issues with GPS on Redemption Rom 2.3. It locked in quickly and works pretty good but it is a battery killer.
Also.....the GPS commands are NOT sent out over Bluetooth. I thought that was very odd. I struggle to hear them over the sound of the car and I don't want to blow out my phone speaker.
Maybe you have a phone GPS issue. I was reading somewhere someone else was having similar issues with their DINC.
rampart51 said:
I have no issues with GPS on Redemption Rom 2.3. It locked in quickly and works pretty good but it is a battery killer.
Also.....the GPS commands are NOT sent out over Bluetooth. I thought that was very odd. I struggle to hear them over the sound of the car and I don't want to blow out my phone speaker.
Maybe you have a phone GPS issue. I was reading somewhere someone else was having similar issues with their DINC.
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What car do you drive that you can't hear it? It is plenty loud enough for me.
I drive a Camry.....maybe its because I'm OLD!
Give Incredibly re-Enginereed 2.3.2 a try, nothing but success with it and really good battery life, especially with juice defender on it.
As for the differences in Inc, Z, ect.. Its kinda a theme thing, but Z for instance is based on sense 2.0 i believe, Inc on 1.0, and otheres are sensless. I believe the listing of roms in the development sticky categorizes them.
Another good one is Evervolv. Has a different look, runs smooth and everything works great!!! thats is if your ok with aosp roms
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Recently flashed my tilt 2 rodium to energy rom. Everything works great except the bluetooth, for some reason the range sucks on it. If i move more then 6 feet from the phone and the headset, quality starts to get choppy. Never had the problem with the other phone. Any idea, or fix maybe??
any help would be great
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Recently flashed my tilt 2 rodium to energy rom. Everything works great except the bluetooth, for some reason the range sucks on it. If i move more then 6 feet from the phone and the headset, quality starts to get choppy. Never had the problem with the other phone. Any idea, or fix maybe??
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I'm not personally familiar with that ROM, but some of them may include a different radio than you had in your stock rom, and that can definitely affect BT performance. If you have a new radio in there now and are seeing issues like this, you can try out different radios to see if one gives you better results. Info and instructions HERE.
So, ill begin by apologizing in advance if this has been posted elsewhere. But I didnt see it, and dont have the time to go look through all 500 pages of the official thread.
I downloaded Myns Warm Z and let me tell you. It is absolutely incredible. Sense 2.0 is incredibly fast, and mixing that with Myns genius give you a rom your evo cannot do without. Shameful plugs aside..
Laugh all you want, but one of the major things that got me excited about this ROM, besides the Sense 2.0, is the fact it said it had the gingerbread shut down animation. The one that looks like a tv turning off. But I'm not getting it on mine. So is it an extra package to install? Or something I have to tweak? Or a lie?
And also. Ive been having some problems with the HTC Hub. Its not that big of a deal, because I doubt I'll be using it often, but it can never connect to the server. I figure its because the Evo is not meant to connect to the Hub just yet? Or else I just caught it at a down time. I also noticed in music that they have equalizer settings, with Dolby Mobile included. Yet, when I switch to them, I hear no difference in audio quality.
I HAVE noticed that my video quality has gone up abundantly. The sound quality has also improved tenfold.
I love everything Myn does. He has the exact style I'm looking for. And these are not so much problems. Just preferences I would like to apply if at all possible. So any help is appreciated.
The gingerbread animation on this rom is when you turn off your phone not when you put it to sleep.
So I was wondering if anyone could lie out a few points of the differences or advantages between these 2 versions?
I've noticed a lot of GB ROM's are slower and a bit more "heavy" but that may just be due to them just coming out and still having a lot of work to be done with them to optimize them for speed and battery life.
As of now I'm perfectly happy with Froyo and see no reason to switch, but still would like to know what advantages Gingerbread brings to the table.
You need to try cm7.
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With Gingerbread your screen has that awesome on/off animation.
I know gingerbread is supposed to have built-in VOIP calling with Google Voice. Does that work with CM7? If that did, I could totally reduce my calling plan!
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With Gingerbread your screen has that awesome on/off animation.
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and that's it? Lol
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and that's it? Lol
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hah agreed, I guess there isn't a whole lot significant about the gingerbread release, I may be sticking with Froyo for a while if that's the case.
Also I've actually tried out CM7 before (several weeks ago) when it was very first released.
The screen on/off was pretty cool for the first day or so, but it started to bug me after a while and I kinda wished there was a way to disable it.
The VOIP calling with google voice has been available on the incredible for a while now, or at least I thought it had been. I never used it because of what a pain it is to switch back off of google voice, not to mention you are required to have a 3G connection or else you're out of luck and your phone is useless.
There are a lot of optimizations made to the whole android framework form what I gathered reading the android dev blog. They were targetting UI responsiveness which is definitely an issue in android as compared to iOS. I know that all of that is definitely better from my brief play with CM7 but I think it still has a long way to go to be as good as I want it to be. I also kind of like the orange glow that appears when you scroll lists, its a subtle but nice improvement.
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hah agreed, I guess there isn't a whole lot significant about the gingerbread release, I may be sticking with Froyo for a while if that's the case.
Also I've actually tried out CM7 before (several weeks ago) when it was very first released.
The screen on/off was pretty cool for the first day or so, but it started to bug me after a while and I kinda wished there was a way to disable it.
The VOIP calling with google voice has been available on the incredible for a while now, or at least I thought it had been. I never used it because of what a pain it is to switch back off of google voice, not to mention you are required to have a 3G connection or else you're out of luck and your phone is useless.
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I'm not sure how GB roms could feel heavier/slower, especially with CM7. I'd agree with you if you were talking about sense because its a bit bloated.
I'd suggest try CM7 again, RC2 with Chad's latest 37.2 kernel. Give it time to sync up with Google then play around with it. I'm sure you wont be disappointed. Unless you are a super sense fan
P.S. you can turn off the screen animation in CM settings. In the display menu.
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GB is more efficient. I haven't heard that it is slower from anyone except you.
To me Gingerbread tastes better than Froyo
Ill second that
lehalter said:
GB is more efficient. I haven't heard that it is slower from anyone except you.
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Alright I guess I'll be giving CM7 another go, cheers for the feedback.
Only reason why I haven't tried CM7 is no 720p recording, not complaining just stating. Maybe im being a stickler but I like to have all options on the roms I run.
I honestly have noticed any differences in speed or responsiveness. I have tried a few gingerbread roms not sure if its because they are in early stages or not, but so far it doesn't live up to the hype in my book.
If I am posting this, I'm probably pooping.
Is it just me or does CM7 have crazy good sound quality. And the bass is extremely good as well, used dsp manager to boost base and it sounds as close as I have heard to bose (but still not as good as the great bose)
There are some small things that have bothered me with Gingerbread... for example I miss the sense Camera.apk, and of course 720p. But I went back to things such as Sense and MIUI, and I couldn't last 24 hours on them. I was originally between Evervolv and OMGB... then I stuck with OMFGB. CM7 RC2.5 is what I'm running now, and may I say it's pretty amazing. But I am gonna have to try out the new OMGB 1.1.0 build tomorrow though
I guess it's just the overall feel of Gingerbread. Oh, and optimization and web browsing is quite a bit faster I have noticed.'
My $0.02 worth.
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Is it just me or does CM7 have crazy good sound quality. And the bass is extremely good as well, used dsp manager to boost base and it sounds as close as I have heard to bose (but still not as good as the great bose)
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Are you saying the built in phone speaker sounds like BOSE? That I would believe
Anyway is the sound quality via BT and headphone jack actually better? This would be something that might interest me.
I found CM7 to work very well, even better than SkyRaider IMHO, however I LOVE what JuiceDefender does for my battery - and it's not compatible with Gingerbread. As soon as that is released, I will have a semi-tough descision to make.
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Just switched to CM7 from warm Z and loving it (Pandora sounded like garbage). Very responsive to say the least, GB seems to be quite a treat.
BT tends to leave out a lot of bass, but you can help correct it by using DSP manager.
The kernel plays a bit part in this area as well, chad's incredikernel has some audio boosts (especially for the earpiece) that I like. I know the stock earpiece volume was formerly way too low in crowds or even moderately loud situations.
Im using OMFGb and it works fairly well but there are a couple things that really bug me and Im wondering if all the roms do this.
1, I use wired headphones to listen to music and sometimes to talk on the hone if its noisy around me. When you use a wired head phone the mic on the phone wont work.
2 when using Blue tooth if you disconnect from the BT the mic is disabled and wont work unless you end the call and call over. You can see how these things can start to piss me off after a while. Especially since one of my cars is a standard.
Is there a rom that has this issue solved??
I believe that is all AOSP ROMs. Its something in the programming that hasnt been flushed out yet. I dont know of any of these problems on a Sense based ROM.
Agreed, I jump back and forth between the AOSP and Sense based roms. I only have the issues you stated with the AOSP's.
So Im not crazy Why dont they address this issue, I love the AOSP roms but I cant have those issues. Yesterday I used Skyraider and was able to use BT and headphones without issue. Battery life didnt seem as good, I will watch it the rest of this week.
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So Im not crazy Why dont they address this issue, I love the AOSP roms but I cant have those issues. Yesterday I used Skyraider and was able to use BT and headphones without issue. Battery life didnt seem as good, I will watch it the rest of this week.
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if it only were that easy
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Try out TSM's sense-less rom. It looks like aosp, but is flawless like sense. The battery life is great too.
where do I find that
I have searched, read and googled but don't feel as though I've gotten a solid response because of the rather light usage of Bluetooth with most users talking about it. The reason for posting this is that I've tried multiple ROM's since I got the phone a month ago but have found that the Stock ROM has been not only the least of a hassle but also the most reliable in terms of connecting to the proper devices. The only thing I really use my Bluetooth for is connecting to my car stereo, a Sony, and I've continued to have problems with the ROM's that users have reported stable use and while I know mileage varies, one of the largest issues I've had is maintaining a connection using the various music apps.
Now, I know they've said they're waiting on source and that some have been fixed but I was hoping to find someone who uses the stereo connection as frequently as I do (daily use for my drive to and from work, about 35 minutes each way, as well as normal driving to SF during the weekend). I don't heavily mod my phone nor do I use a ton of apps, my use is pretty much text/phone/music with the occasional youtube video and of course browsing the internet.
Here are the ROM's I've used (eventually returning to stock due to a lack of reliability with Bluetooth):
CM10
CM9
AOKP
Paranoid
Leaked JB \
I've had the most luck with these 2, Bluetooth connection is recognized quickly and super reliable
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I'm not looking to flame, be flamed or stir up a hornets nest, just looking for input from those who are using the current nightlies because when I flash roms I tend to do full wipes to avoid issues so I'd like to minimize how many times I flash =)
I use freegs3 and Bluetooth works flawlessly.
May be asop thing.
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Speedin07si said:
I use freegs3 and Bluetooth works flawlessly.
May be asop thing.
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I've never used it before, would you mind naming a couple of things you really like about it?
Since it's tw based you get all the tw features, basically all the main selling points of the phone.
It's smooth, stable, great on battery.
I got tired of aosp and aokp roms having hit or miss functions when I had them on my og epic4g. I feel Samsung did touchwiz right this time.
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I couldn't agree with you more, I was pleasantly surprised at the smoothness of the new TW
I use Stereo Bluetooth running the BlackBean ROM and play my tunes via PowerAmp. It connects fast, never drops, and sounds great. When listening to my Motorola S305 headset, I can go well over 100ft away from my phone with music still playing loud and clear!
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I've never used it before, would you mind naming a couple of things you really like about it?
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I use FreeGS as well. I like it because graphically, it is stock (I'm not a fan of the color themes), but under the hood you have lots of tweaks for better battery, accurate reporting of your data connection, etc.
I have no problems with my Bluetooth, either.
I wonder if it IS an AOSP issue, since solo the ROMS you mentioned were AOSP...
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You know, honestly I'd never made the connection but you're absolutely right..I actually believe it to be an AOSP issue.
I'm using freegs3 now and it's been absolutely fantastic.
I'll take a look into Blackbean, for now I'll continue testing out freegs3 until I become unsatisfied =P