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My 6y/o daughter wanted something similar to an iPod Touch or a Nintendo DS and since she is already familiar with the use of EVOs as my wife and I both have one we decided that would be the better route. Since there are no game cartridges to lose and for the iCrap my overal disdain for Apple. I will be installing CM7 on her EVO instead of having to deal with Sense. I am looking for her to basically have a media player keeping wifi and bluetooth functionality.
I know I can delete the mms.apk and phone.apk to remove the apps or I could hide them using LauncherPro. And I can deactivate the radio on each startup by using *#*#INFO#*#*, but would prefer to permanently turn off the phone radio off so it doesn't have to be done on each reboot. I could use airplane mode but I really want something more permanent than that even as little fingers can disable that.
I plan to delete the icons for the phone radio once this is complete so it doesn't show no signal all the time.
Any tips on how to permanently turn the phone radio off?
I actually do this myself on my second evo. I use CM 6.1.2 and just use airplane mode. I took the rom apart and pulled out everything i could. Basically there is only 20 system apks that you must have, or the phone will not boot or let you install anything. I haven't find anything better then airplane mode, but it seems to work great.
Keep in mind this wont allow you to do anything but play games. If you want music or photos, you need to leave those apps in.
Actually here is the list:
CM\AccountAndSyncSettings.apk
CM\ADWLauncher.apk
CM\CMParts.apk
CM\Contacts.apk
CM\ContactsProvider.apk
CM\DefaultContainerService.apk
CM\DownloadProvider.apk
CM\DrmProvider.apk
CM\LatinIME.apk
CM\MediaProvider.apk
CM\PackageInstaller.apk
CM\Phone.apk
CM\Settings.apk
CM\SettingsProvider.apk
CM\Superuser.apk
CM\TelephonyProvider.apk
GAPPS\GoogleServicesFramework.apk
GAPPS\MarketUpdater.apk
GAPPS\SetupWizard.apk
GAPPS\Vending.apk
Yeah I am really looking for something more permanent than Airplane mode but if I must that is something I can do. I am sure there must be a way to disable the radio I just need to find it. Also, Airplane mode disables bluetooth and GPS both are functionalities I would prefer to retain.
Is that what you leave in or take out? If it is what you leave in are you not able to remove the phone.apk?
1) Samsung has a "Galaxy Player" coming out. Basically Galaxy Player is to Galaxy S what iPod Touch is to iPhone. I wouldn't recommend anything samsung though.
2) Just give her an unactivated phone. It's guaranteed not to call or text...and one with a bad esn will be cheeep. It can only connect to the internet through wifi though.
EDIT: With unactivated phone GPS and bluetooth will still work.
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Yeah I am really looking for something more permanent than Airplane mode but if I must that is something I can do. I am sure there must be a way to disable the radio I just need to find it. Also, Airplane mode disables bluetooth and GPS both are functionalities I would prefer to retain.
Is that what you leave in or take out? If it is what you leave in are you not able to remove the phone.apk?
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Those are the ones i leave in. Phone wont work as the phone isn't activated. I don't use bluetooth or GPS, wifi works fine with airplane though. I found deleting the phone.apk caused it to FC alot.
I've already picked up a used EVO on the cheap, it isn't activated but it has a good ESN though which is a plus. I know it can't make regular calls or do text messaging (it can still dial 911 though as all unactivated phones can). My reason for wanting to eliminate all of the phone functionality is to save battery as it won't search for service, currently it still connects to the towers and if out of service it still searches.
Again just wanting to make more permanent changes than just using Airplane mode or widgets that small fingers can easily change.
ponypowerracin said:
My reason for wanting to eliminate all of the phone functionality is to save battery
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OIC. I have something you can try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=887957
People say that it is just a placebo effect but I think it worked for my nook color. The battery life feels better. If something goes wrong you can just reflash cm and try again.
EDIT: On an evo you should probably delete mms.apk or sms.apk or whatever its called. I hope this works for you. If not you might need a custom rom built from the ground up to be non functional.
its real nice to finally have some ICS goodness on my phone, but i have found some issues.
my Motorola Roadster 2 bluetooth speakerphone does not work well with this version of ICS. will not let me use the call/text button.
i am finding some apps not working correctly, i.e. Pushover - the notifications do not make a sound. Not sure if that is an app issue, or an ICS issue.
*edit* ok so it seems that i am not getting any notification sounds. sms, voicemail, etc...
also the volume in general does not seem as loud as the 2.3.6 firmware was.
anyone else find any issues?
*UPDATE* after wiping within cwmr most of my issues were no longer present. the only problem i had still was that notification sounds didnt work after a couple hours. i dont know the cause, but i used audio manager widget and set the profile to loud, and restarted phone. havent had them go out since.
I have all these issues except tue bluetooth thing
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jayjayjoker2 said:
I have all these issues except tue bluetooth thing
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atleast it is not me.
i am going to reflash my phone to see if it may be an issue with not clearing out the phones memory and storage first...
My wifi didn't work for a while. It would see my access point but wouldn't connect. Reset the router and everything went back to normal. GPS works, Stereo BT/OBEX works, 4G works, camera works. Those were my big items, as I'm sure they are most people's.
My only issues are that I can't switch to 2g (At&t rom....) and how friggin Touch-wizzy everything is. I was expecting them to embrace the whole holo thing a lot more, but all the buttons feel like they belong in GB, same with the notification menu and the settings icons.
EDIT: I am on rogers, in case any rogers people see this so they know that everything works on our network
i wiped via cwmr and reflashed the ics rom. notifications work again. have not rooted yet, wondering if that may have been an issue with it...
Changing the lcd DPI causes the rom to corrupt i guess, since when i do it, after the reboot, i get to the samsung "logo" and then black screen, and it feels like the device has shut down. The only app that would say "success" when i change the value is Lcd Density Modder.
- i had the notification sound bug, but then i changed the notification sounds to my likings, and then i used Audio Manager widget to set the volume loud, no problems ever since.
ok rooted and all is fine. maybe i just had a bad flash. my bluetooth speakerphone still doesnt work, but that is an issue that i will have to research
For me, i had the only issue with ICS (excluding the known thing with the keyboard not flashing) - timezones from 2011 year with wrong summer times.
Luckyly fixed it with timezone fixer from google play.
Tethering doesn't work, seems to be broken and results in a blackscreen.. Both Usb and Wifi Hotspot give this issue.. Anyone else getting this
One weird thing my phone does is when it's been asleep for a while, the lockscreen clock will fall behind and when I wake it up, it'll catch up a couple dozen minutes at a time.
~Azrael's Kiss~
Wifi is slooow, getting 800k when I should be getting 20mbs
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My wifi still not working
Tyfighter said:
My wifi didn't work for a while. It would see my access point but wouldn't connect. Reset the router and everything went back to normal. GPS works, Stereo BT/OBEX works, 4G works, camera works. Those were my big items, as I'm sure they are most people's.
My only issues are that I can't switch to 2g (At&t rom....) and how friggin Touch-wizzy everything is. I was expecting them to embrace the whole holo thing a lot more, but all the buttons feel like they belong in GB, same with the notification menu and the settings icons.
EDIT: I am on rogers, in case any rogers people see this so they know that everything works on our network
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I'm on rogers too and my wifi is till giving me trouble. I haven't tried the resetting the router yet, but at work it doesn't connect too. Anyone else having this problem.
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I'm on rogers too and my wifi is till giving me trouble. I haven't tried the resetting the router yet, but at work it doesn't connect too. Anyone else having this problem.
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I've rogers version but unlocked and working with a local carrier. Wifi is not a problem at all, i'm getting the same speed and used wifi continuously for over 2 hrs to download all my apps back after the update.
When typing with the keyboard, pressing the alt. Key once makes it select all the special characters. I liked the older one where if you press it once, it operates just once when selecting the special character, and pressing it twice makes it select more than one. Not that big of an issue but to some people it may be.
Also, the brightness thing. When I turn off the screen, and turn it on again, it flashes from the highest brightness to the current.
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jvuong said:
I'm on rogers too and my wifi is till giving me trouble. I haven't tried the resetting the router yet, but at work it doesn't connect too. Anyone else having this problem.
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On AT&T here, and having wifi issues as well... Once the phone drops wifi at idle, it doesn't want to pick it back up unless I turn wifi off and back on again. Setting the wifi to never sleep has been my only workaround.
Also having some issues with the button backlights. If I don't touch the phone long enough for the button backlight to turn off, touching the buttons won't turn the light back on. Touching the screen turns the backlight on again, but it's slightly annoying.
I haven't noticed any wifi issues and I use my Glide exclusively as a wifi device. I'm copying my backup of Inception v2 back right now though because the battery drain on the ICS ROM is definitely an issue. Losing like 10% an hour with my phone just sitting there with the screen off.
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I haven't noticed any wifi issues and I use my Glide exclusively as a wifi device. I'm copying my backup of Inception v2 back right now though because the battery drain on the ICS ROM is definitely an issue. Losing like 10% an hour with my phone just sitting there with the screen off.
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so weird everyone having battery problems. mine runs better than it did on stock 2.3.6 and the battery lasts longer....
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so weird everyone having battery problems. mine runs better than it did on stock 2.3.6 and the battery lasts longer....
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Have you ever took note of your battery life with a custom ROM or kernel? When I picked up my Glide it had a stock ROM but I only had it for an hour before I put a custom on it. I didn't mess with the stock one at all so I can't compare to stock 2.3.5/6. But with Inception v2/ardatdat, it was definitely better.
I was going to restore my backup but copying it back to my phone made me realize how painful it is to copy backups with CWMR 6 compared to 5. That new blobs folder makes so many files that it took 3 hours to copy 3 of my backups over USB. Ouch.
But since last night, the battery life seems to be behaving better. Its been sitting here and not just dying. I'm wondering if it could be the battery stats file. Maybe I'll try wiping it. I'm sure once we get a lower voltage kernel and I can underclock with profiles for the screen-off and stuff, it'll be fine again.
Unrelated but has anyone taken a screenshot with the ROM yet? ICS is supposed to have it built in, power button + volume down at the same time for a few seconds from what I read, but didn't seem to work.
Edit: Its home + power button at the same time.
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I've rogers version but unlocked and working with a local carrier. Wifi is not a problem at all, i'm getting the same speed and used wifi continuously for over 2 hrs to download all my apps back after the update.
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Damn i hope its not my phones wifi:crying:
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Have you ever took note of your battery life with a custom ROM or kernel? When I picked up my Glide it had a stock ROM but I only had it for an hour before I put a custom on it. I didn't mess with the stock one at all so I can't compare to stock 2.3.5/6. But with Inception v2/ardatdat, it was definitely better.
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when you flashed ICS did you wipe everything then run the ics installer? my first install sound and such didnt work, so i wiped the phone in cwmr and reflashed ics and it is better that it was on 2.3.6
Well, for the moment ICS (any version) is making my phone unusable as a phone itself.
I saw some people complaining about the GSM hangups (including me), so if you let the phone sleep, you wont recieve any call. The caller will hear the same tones, as if you dont pick up the call. If you send an sms on a phone in such state, it will only appear after turning it on manually (often having duplicate SMS). When you turn the phone on - you wont even get a missed call, no signs of anything.
This problem is very hard to reproduce, it happens from time to time.
I've tried to flash any other ICS based rom on the phone - any has the same problem. The only rom i hadn't such issue is 2.3 stock/modified. But i want ICS!
Anyone have any thoughts, what can be causing this? I'm tired of this happening, people complain that the cant tell me something urgent, and i dont even know they wanted to.
UPD: There is a parial fix for this issue by Maruzko by installing an app that prevents deep sleep (but thats battery consuming offcourse).
I think that there should be some internal fix for this issue, only devs can help up with that.
UPD2: My opinion that problems that people have with clock not synced is somehow connected, coz when you turn on the phone in that state, you see the clock changing rapidly and stopping at wrong time, so changed title to include that also.
UPD3: There is an alternative way to fix the issue, but not much tested. Thanx to sideshow03.
Tests and reports are much appreciated.
Hey! I'm having the same issue as you. I'm surprised no one came up with a solution yet.
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I'm surprised no one came up with a solution yet.
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Yup, me too. Currently at miui based on pac rom, havent noticed the issue, but cant be sure its really gone, or just "lucky time" until reboot.
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I'm having the same issues on a couple roms but later on today I'll flash CM10.1 and see if it goes away...
Just did with cm10.1
im in the club
braintweaker said:
Well, for the moment ICS (any version) is making my phone unusable as a phone itself.
I saw some people complaining about the GSM hangups (including me), so if you let the phone sleep, you wont recieve any call. The caller will hear the same tones, as if you dont pick up the call. If you send an sms on a phone in such state, it will only appear after turning it on manually (often having duplicate SMS). When you turn the phone on - you wont even get a missed call, no signs of anything.
This problem is very hard to reproduce, it happens from time to time.
I've tried to flash any other ICS based rom on the phone - any has the same problem. The only rom i hadn't such issue is 2.3 stock/modified. But i want ICS!
Anyone have any thoughts, what can be causing this? I'm tired of this happening, people complain that the cant tell me something urgent, and i dont even know they wanted to.
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I have the same 'No response to a call' issue after flashing AT&T UCLJ3 rooted on a Rogers i927R Glide.
Essentially, after the Glide has been idle for a while, not sure how long, at least 30 mins I think,
there is no response from the Glide when calling it, and it goes to voice mail, but not straight away though.
I can hear a ringing tone from the phone I'm calling from, but the Glide just sits there in sleep mode.
Try several calls but the Glide does not wake up.
Haven't tried sending it an SMS when this has happens though.
If I then wake up the Glide manually, and then put it into standby again and call it, it responds as normal and starts ringing.
The thing is, it doesn't happen every time, sometimes the phone could be idle for 2 hours and still respond to a call, others times it doesn't after say 30mins on standby.
Hard to troubleshoot as its so intermittent.
This did not seem to happen on stock Rogers GB.
braintweaker said:
Well, for the moment ICS (any version) is making my phone unusable as a phone itself.
I saw some people complaining about the GSM hangups (including me), so if you let the phone sleep, you wont recieve any call. The caller will hear the same tones, as if you dont pick up the call. If you send an sms on a phone in such state, it will only appear after turning it on manually (often having duplicate SMS). When you turn the phone on - you wont even get a missed call, no signs of anything.
This problem is very hard to reproduce, it happens from time to time.
I've tried to flash any other ICS based rom on the phone - any has the same problem. The only rom i hadn't such issue is 2.3 stock/modified. But i want ICS!
Anyone have any thoughts, what can be causing this? I'm tired of this happening, people complain that the cant tell me something urgent, and i dont even know they wanted to.
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Should this thread be merged into this one ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2057948
Yup, the threads are the same, but mine is older
Sad thing - cm and other jb roms higher than 4.0.4 have the issue aswell
Currently have the 312 min value with interactive governor - this does not help, some deep sleep problem not frequency related
braintweaker said:
Yup, the threads are the same, but mine is older
Sad thing - cm and other jb roms higher than 4.0.4 have the issue as well
Currently have the 312 min value with interactive governor - this does not help, some deep sleep problem not frequency related
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It doesnt appear to be just a Glide problem with ICS from internet searching but there doesnt appear to be a solution anywhere.
I found a reference to using an App called Wake Lock which some have found may fix it but at the cost of some battery life.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImV1LnRoZWRhcmtlbi53bCJd
Choose PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK in the config apparantly.
Ive installed it but not activated it yet.
Still testing with WiFi sleep policy set to "Only when plugged in", where as previously I had it set to "Always".
Anyways, there are devices on ICS that do not have such issue. May this be connected only with the tegra2 platform? Even have no idea how is this issue called to search.. sleep of death? As i know, its the state, when device does not wake at all, even after pressing power. Not our case.
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Anyways, there are devices on ICS that do not have such issue. May this be connected only with the tegra2 platform? Even have no idea how is this issue called to search.. sleep of death? As i know, its the state, when device does not wake at all, even after pressing power. Not our case.
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Good point, maybe it is to do with the Tegra 2 platform or the sub revision of this ICS 4.0.4.
Yes, 'sleep of death' seems something different, when ieven the power button does not wake it.
I think our issue is referred to as not coming out of 'deep sleep' when a call/sms is supposed to wake it up.
Yesterday I had WiFi sleep policy set to be on only when on charge.
So all day I was on 3G data not WiFI. I called the Glide intermittently through out the day and it always woke up.
Today going back to normal setting of WiFi Always on to stay connected to an access point when in sleep mode. Will see how that goes.
Next I'll try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImV1LnRoZWRhcmtlbi53bCJd
Choose PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK in the config apparently.
I don't have any issues with that.. sounds like a sysctl or build.prop mod though.. that's all I have changed myself without the community here.. everything works well in ICS and I do run litekernel 1.1.1 which may also be a + for the no hang issue
Maruzko said:
I have the same 'No response to a call' issue after flashing AT&T UCLJ3 rooted on a Rogers i927R Glide.
Essentially, after the Glide has been idle for a while, not sure how long, at least 30 mins I think,
there is no response from the Glide when calling it, and it goes to voice mail, but not straight away though.
I can hear a ringing tone from the phone I'm calling from, but the Glide just sits there in sleep mode.
Try several calls but the Glide does not wake up.
Haven't tried sending it an SMS when this has happens though.
If I then wake up the Glide manually, and then put it into standby again and call it, it responds as normal and starts ringing.
The thing is, it doesn't happen every time, sometimes the phone could be idle for 2 hours and still respond to a call, others times it doesn't after say 30mins on standby.
Hard to troubleshoot as its so intermittent.
This did not seem to happen on stock Rogers GB.
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I'm running CM10.1 and not having this issue.
I did notice something though.
Hypothesis: Each ICS leak came with a different baseband. So there is an I927UCLG9 baseband, a I927UCLH2 baseband, and a I927UCLJ3 baseband. UCLJ3 introduced some ABI change that the libsec-ril we're using in AOSP ROMs doesn't know how to handle (or it straight up just has a bug).
I currently have the I927UCLH2 baseband as I never flashed UCLJ3.
Could someone more wizardlike than me whip up some baseband-only Odin images for testing?
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braintweaker said:
Anyways, there are devices on ICS that do not have such issue. May this be connected only with the tegra2 platform? Even have no idea how is this issue called to search.. sleep of death? As i know, its the state, when device does not wake at all, even after pressing power. Not our case.
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"Sleep of death" already has an established meaning. It means there's an intermittent whole-system freeze that only happens when the device is in standby, giving a "dead" appearance. It's been the bane of Kindle Fire developers for some time now.
I'd call this "no radio wake" personally.
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Could someone more wizardlike than me whip up some baseband-only Odin images for testing?
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I'd call this "no radio wake" personally.
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Nice term, tottaly agree.
I just can say, that I have tested the lite rom, based on 4.0.4, that has a baseband chooser in aroma installer. I've tried running it with a baseband from 2.3.6 stock rom (that was my only hope), that did not give any difference, radio still did freeze Anyway, I cant be sure I did everything right that time, and your way of solving this must be tested.
Also, my thoughts are about some ATT frequency specific things, as I cant say everybody here is complaining (most are from North America, right?). May this be caused by using glide outside of US and Canada?
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Nice term, tottaly agree.
I just can say, that I have tested the lite rom, based on 4.0.4, that has a baseband chooser in aroma installer. I've tried running it with a baseband from 2.3.6 stock rom (that was my only hope), that did not give any difference, radio still did freeze Anyway, I cant be sure I did everything right that time, and your way of solving this must be tested.
Also, my thoughts are about some ATT frequency specific things, as I cant say everybody here is complaining (most are from North America, right?). May this be caused by using glide outside of US and Canada?
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That's quite possible, as I'm on AT&T towers even though I don't have service through them (I'm with a prepaid MVNO) and I'm not having problems.
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That's quite possible, as I'm on AT&T towers even though I don't have service through them (I'm with a prepaid MVNO) and I'm not having problems.
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I'm also on AT&T towers but I don't have service through them, I'm with a prepaid MVNO just like you but I'm having these problems
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I'm also on AT&T towers but I don't have service through them, I'm with a prepaid MVNO just like you but I'm having these problems
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What is your baseband version (under About Phone)?
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What is your baseband version (under About Phone)?
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I927UCLJ3
braintweaker said:
Well, for the moment ICS (any version) is making my phone unusable as a phone itself.
I saw some people complaining about the GSM hangups (including me), so if you let the phone sleep, you wont recieve any call. The caller will hear the same tones, as if you dont pick up the call. If you send an sms on a phone in such state, it will only appear after turning it on manually (often having duplicate SMS). When you turn the phone on - you wont even get a missed call, no signs of anything.
This problem is very hard to reproduce, it happens from time to time.
I've tried to flash any other ICS based rom on the phone - any has the same problem. The only rom i hadn't such issue is 2.3 stock/modified. But i want ICS!
Anyone have any thoughts, what can be causing this? I'm tired of this happening, people complain that the cant tell me something urgent, and i dont even know they wanted to.
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I'm having this issue too ;(
Is anyone else experiencing this? I went from stock, to rooting with the tool kit. I have twrp recovery. First I flashed frosty jelly bean, then I tried domination because I thought it was the ROM. Whats happening is, when I make a call the first ring sounds like a choppy ring like it is not a good connection, then that little tune that plays(the connection sound I guess) is delayed until after the first ring. Normally I would hear that little tune first, then it would start ringing. When the other person picks up on the other end, they can barely hear me. They have said I sound far away or I sound like darth vator lol. They keep saying "what, what", everytime I say something. This does not happen every call though. I immediately thought it was frosty jelly bean, so I flashed Denomination instead, but same call issue. Another problem im having with Denomination is: I read on the forum a little bit that some people when switching from 4.2. to 4.1. their gps wasnt working. I guess thats besides the point since I didnt flash any 4.2 Roms yet, but with my gps problem, its a little different. When I turn on google maps, originally without gps enabled it was able to pick up my location using mobile networks or wifi (yes they are turned on). It does in fact locate when gps is on. What do you guys think about these 2 problems?
Have you tried changing the Kernel? I have had the odd call sound issues on certain combinations of kernels and roms.
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Have you tried changing the Kernel? I have had the odd call sound issues on certain combinations of kernels and roms.
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No. Whatever Kernel that it comes with I guess. Are you talking about in the aroma installer, it asks you if you want aggressive, optimal, extreme RAM free, etc? Are those the different kernels? If not, what are those options?
My mother has a epic 4g,and it has been giving her problems. I am hoping maybe someone here can help me make her phone better. Here I go with all her problems.
1.drop calls frequently
2. Service drops - 3g & voice
3.has trouble picking up signals in places. Where other phones have no problem
4.takes it forever to boot up.
5.freezes when talking to someone & incoming calls. Have to take the battery out to get it to
6.hardly any battery life to it. Battery is the one it came with I believe so it is old.
I am willing to root and give it a better rom, kernal, mods to make it a better phone for her. All she does is phone calls, fb, and some internet browsing. If anyone have any recommendations I am all ears. She doesn't feel like upgrading her phone cause she doesn't have the extra cash for one.
Stability first for mothers. CM7.2 is your best friend. Still available on get.cm.
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM10.2
Would that fix all her problems? I know it probably won't fix the battery to much since she probably should buy a new one. Is there a stable release of android 4.1.2 as stable as the cm 7.2? But if 7.2 is the most stable and bluetooth, txt, internet, voice is more stable
and working on 7.2, I will go with that one. I just want to make her phone work to the best of its ability for her. Watching qbking77 vids on rooting it. I was hoping to find a review vid on cm but he only has it for epic 4g touch.
We have an old device, so if the battery is not holding a long enough charge & it's the original that came with the phone--you should purchase another on eBay/Amazon/etc. The SGS2 battery fits snug in our phone without an extended back.
What release version is she on? (FC09?)
What modem is she on? (FC09?)
Do other Sprint devices have better signal in the same area the Epic is being used?
You could just be in a crap or nearly dead coverage area. It happens when you're on the edge of a tower's coverage radius with no connecting tower to jump to.
It also helps to find out which apps are consuming the most battery. Install this app to find out which apps are consuming battery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Focus on partial wakelocks and other.
Though, since you're saying signal is a problem, I bet her Time without Signal (TWS) % is pretty high. That would destroy a battery's charge. After a day's charge/use, open Settings > Battery > Cell Standby. Look at the the bottom % "Time without a signal". If above 3%, then the phone's loss of signal and constant searching for one is killing the battery fast. The only 3 solutions are:
1.) Call customer service and complain about very poor signal. With enough complaining, they should send you a free AirWav. You'd be responsible for taxes only.
2.) Use Airplane mode in crap coverage areas to conserve battery. (But voice is not usable in this option. Can still use Wifi for Google Voice and whatnot.)
3.) Drop Sprint for a carrier with better coverage in your area. Can probably get out of any contract, if by strange chance she's still on one for this phone, by complaining to customer service enough.
Alright I'll try going into details.
Tsukiyohikage said:
1.drop calls frequently
2. Service drops - 3g & voice
3.has trouble picking up signals in places. Where other phones have no problem
4.takes it forever to boot up.
5.freezes when talking to someone & incoming calls. Have to take the battery out to get it to
6.hardly any battery life to it. Battery is the one it came with I believe so it is old.
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Question 1, 2 and 5 can't be answered, I don't use Epic for cellular network other than mobile data. But for question 3, coverage is fine here and both CM7.2 and CM10 (4.1.2) gets strong, equal signals compared to local GS3 handsets on the same carrier. Keep in mind that I'm in China and Epic's flashed to China Telecom, so things could be kinda different for ya. And don't forget to flash the latest radio (FC09 or FC19).
4. CM7.2, when properly set up, boots as fast as my new Nexus 4! CM10 takes ~20sec longer, but they all fall within a minute for me. Much faster than Touchwiz-based ROMs.
6. Again, you'll get UNBELIEVABLE battery life with Gingerbread - may need a new battery though. Once I charged my Epic, left it there with CM7, turned off airplane mode (usually on to save battery) and somehow left it in my drawer. ~10days after, I dumped my drawer for things when Epic slips out and tells me it still has 11% battery left and yes, it has signal all this time. Which means ~12days of standby time! WTF enough speaking of battery
Tsukiyohikage said:
Is there a stable release of android 4.1.2 as stable as the cm 7.2? But if 7.2 is the most stable and bluetooth, txt, internet, voice is more stable
and working on 7.2, I will go with that one.
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CM10 is stable in everyone's eyes. The only reason I recommend CM7.2 first is that it has nearly 1/2 the battery drain of CM10 (for me). If you miss the appearance and some cutting-edge features, CM10 would still be a nice choice. Don't try 10.1 (and any 4.2.x ROMs) though, as BT is borked more or less.
You could always wait a bit more and listen to what other members have to say. I'm Chinese and may not give practical advices based on US network environment
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Thanks for all the advice guys. I am looking at a new battery for her. Been looking at the battery thread on here to find her the best one. I like 4.1.2 but she hasn't seen it, all she knows is what her phone looks like now.
And to answer the questions
What release version is she on? (FC09?) - not sure as of the moment, I want to say yes. I'm at work and don't he her phone on me.
What modem is she on? (FC09?)- not sure as of the moment, I want to say yes. I'm at work and don't he her phone on me.
Do other Sprint devices have better signal in the same area the Epic is being used?
Yes other Sprint phones get better signal in the same area where she has trouble.
Example :we were at a hospital and my sister's evo shift, my old evo 4g had no problems at all. But her's was having trouble getting service.
Tsukiyohikage said:
Do other Sprint devices have better signal in the same area the Epic is being used?
Yes other Sprint phones get better signal in the same area where she has trouble.
Example :we were at a hospital and my sister's evo shift, my old evo 4g had no problems at all. But her's was having trouble getting service.
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Don't use a hospital as your example. Hospital's are notorious for having horrible cell service due to the concrete walls and other interference. Use the location that she is in most for your baseline location, and if that is a hospital--then she will likely have poor service in such a building complex.
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Don't use a hospital as your example. Hospital's are notorious for having horrible cell service due to the oncrete walls and other interference. Use the location that she is in most for your baseline location, and if that is a hospital--then she will likely have poor service in such a building complex.
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I just called her and asked her where else she has trouble with service. She said mostly everywhere. I know our area is good in 3g and voice, no dead zones shown on coverage map. I know our 3g in our area is a little out of whack do to updating the towers. But this has been problem before the tower updates. And I asked her to look at phone info and she said it says gingerbread fco9.
I am looking at buying a Onite 1900mAh Li-ion Battery for her aswell. Unless you have a betterssuggestion.
My wife complains about her phone and I have tried to convince her to root it. Unfortunately, she's heard me complain about mine through rooted stock ginerbread all the way to CM10.1.
I never did CM7, but CM10.1 RC5 has been the best rom for me. Battery life is great. Great control. I don't have any issues with it, including bluetooth. it acts weird. like it connects and then when I make a call it says "disconnected" but I hear the phone ring and it functions normally. It just says "disconnected" in my headset. Otherwise, it works fine.
It's tough for a guy who screws with his phone all the time, like me, to give good counsel to someone like your mom or my wife about having a hacked phone. I honestly don't think you'd have as much trouble if you rooted it that the bone stock sprint gingerbread load. that totally sucked for me. GPS didn't work. Battery life sucked. And it had all those cutesy sprint apps like Nascar and sprint tv.
The good thing about rooting it, i think, is that once you do it the first time, it's really easy to load different ROMs in case you want to try some other ones. I downloaded the dominator one, but I have been so happy with cm10.1 rc5 that I am sticking. This is the best my phone has ever been.
Thanks for all the feedback guys. I will have to sit down with and explain all this stuff and let her decide on what she wants to do. I've been working doubles at work lately so haven't been able to talk to her about stuff.
She has told me to root her phone. I see you can get twrp recovery for this phone. So my new question is since I have been having trouble finding the answer is how do I flash twrp in? Do I flash it through cwm, odin, goomanger? I was going to follow the steps to root her phone in qbking video. But his way only shows putting cwm in.
Tsukiyohikage said:
I was going to follow the steps to root her phone in qbking video. But his way only shows putting cwm in.
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I had rooted a few years ago and found the easiest procedure to follow here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/epic-4g-rooting-roms-hacks/
I rooted gingerbread first and then did other roms. But I think the Cyanogenmod web pages have a straight forward process too., You difinitely have to have the recovery console CWM or similar loaded to start which requires Odin as far as I know. So that is going to be your first step. Those links are in that android central forum. At least they were at one time.
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She has told me to root her phone. I see you can get twrp recovery for this phone. So my new question is since I have been having trouble finding the answer is how do I flash twrp in? Do I flash it through cwm, odin, goomanger? I was going to follow the steps to root her phone in qbking video. But his way only shows putting cwm in.
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TWRP: Flashes through CWM; OR you can pull the recovery.bin file from the zip file and flash that in Odin.
Root:
Power down device
Open keyboard, press and hold both the 1 key and power button. This places the phone into download mode.
Plug the device into your computer, and most likely drivers will install. Allow that to finish before proceeding.
Within Odin, wait until you see COM and a port number appear. That means your phone is recognized.
Next, uncheck all boxes on the left side, including auto-reboot.
Place the victory_8G_100528.pit file in the PIT box. Place CWM v5.0.2.7 .bin/.tar/.md5 file in the PDA box.
Click start and will complete relatively quickly.
Disconnect the phone from USB and pull the battery out.
Replace battery.
Press and hold Vol down, Camera and Power buttons until the capacitative lights light up, then release. This will place you in recovery mode.
From there you will boot into CWM, where you can flash whatever you want (custom rom or a compatible kernel for FC09 & SuperSU) off the SD card. So place those files prior to doing all the above.
Keep in mind, that if you want to remain on stock FC09, but rooted, you will need to flash a custom kernel. The stock kernel will replace CWM with stock recovery every time. That is why in the list above you must disable auto-reboot and battery pull.
All files are in my devhost, in my signature. If not, then they expired and I can reupload them if notified.
nikon120 said:
TWRP: Flashes through CWM; OR you can pull the recovery.bin file from the zip file and flash that in Odin.
Root:
Power down device
Open keyboard, press and hold both the 1 key and power button. This places the phone into download mode.
Plug the device into your computer, and most likely drivers will install. Allow that to finish before proceeding.
Within Odin, wait until you see COM and a port number appear. That means your phone is recognized.
Next, uncheck all boxes on the left side, including auto-reboot.
Place the victory_8G_100528.pit file in the PIT box. Place CWM v5.0.2.7 bin or .md5 file in the PDA box.
Click start and will complete relatively quickly.
Disconnect the phone from USB and pull the battery out.
Replace battery.
Press and hold Vol down, Camera and Power buttons until the capacitative lights light up, then release.
From there you will boot into CWM, where you can flash whatever you want (custom rom or SuperSU).
Keep in mind, that if you want to remain on stock FC09, but rooted, you will need to flash a custom kernel. The stock kernel will replace CWM with stock recovery every time. That is why in the list above you must disable auto-reboot and battery pull.
All files are in my devhost, in my signature. If not, then they expired and I can reupload them if notified.
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Thanks for the for the walk through. I plan on doing this tonight for her and I will let you guys know if I was successful or not. Lol
I got cwm, falshed FC09 BML Deodexed Prerooted Stock ROM. As of right now the screen is black and the 4 buttons are lit up.
Battery pull and try to get back in recovery. If you can't, then Odin CWM again. If that still doesn't fix it, then you should reflash stock FC09 again and go through the steps above again.
Bad flashes happen. It could also be a bad download of the ROM.
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