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I wonder if there is anybody else trying out the new ShadowGun game using chainfire3D on our DHD.
i ask cause i have some issues. it runs quite smooth but freezes/reboots in 9 out of 10 case during the game play. and i am curious if there are others for which it runs fine and what kernel/roms and settings they are using.
I have virtuosus 2.39 and lord bfs kernel but I have tried also with unity 9 kernel and oc up 1152mhz but the games freezes on first battle with first two monster!
I have reduced texture size and quality and disabled map buffer emu but I can't play this wonderful game!
Any advice??
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yes the same issue did i had even though once, yes only once i managed to play a bit further.
but now there was an update to the game and it doesn't seem to freez or reboot anymore but it has now other issues:
enemies are invisible but the aiming cross still colors red when pointing on them. also it seems that the enemies do not see me Oo
and the bullet shells that come out of my gun when shooting are only pink squares.
but till now it didn't crashed or froze. i tried nearly every combination of chainfire3d settings but allways the same.
try the update, maybe you have more luck. can only hope it improves in the near future.
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yes the same issue did i had even though once, yes only once i managed to play a bit further.
but now there was an update to the game and it doesn't seem to freez or reboot anymore but it has now other issues:
enemies are invisible but the aiming cross still colors red when pointing on them. also it seems that the enemies do not see me Oo
and the bullet shells that come out of my gun when shooting are only pink squares.
but till now it didn't crashed or froze. i tried nearly every combination of chainfire3d settings but allways the same.
try the update, maybe you have more luck. can only hope it improves in the near future.
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Can you pm the dl link for the update?
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it is in the market from where i got it. it offers now an update. after updating it also downloads 250mb of new game data.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.madfingergames.shadowgun
The graphic bug comes from a broken download version. they have fixed it now, download again and it works. except for dhd...
with a dhd you see again no models (without reduced textures) or it crashes (with reduced textures) if somebody dies (maybe the blood animation, if you look away direktly after the kill, it works).
i hope somebody can fix this
thank you very much for the info. lets hope chainfire can do something about this.... quick.
i can play game in version 1.0 and not problems.
could you give some details? rom? settings?
cause we alle played it also with version 1 and you seem to be the only one being able to play it.
i once could play it to without crash but only a single time.
htctouchelfin found a possible solution for us DHD users for running ShadowGun without crash/reboots:
install this shaders:
http://www.multiupload.com/AKPTZRBHFZ
activate "disable map buffer emulation"
activate "reduce texture sizes"
the shaders are not from him, but i still don't know from where. when i know i will report back.
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htctouchelfin found a possible solution for us DHD users for running ShadowGun without crash/reboots:
install this shaders:
http://www.multiupload.com/AKPTZRBHFZ
activate "disable map buffer emulation"
activate "reduce texture sizes"
the shaders are not from him, but i still don't know from where. when i know i will report back.
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Confirmed, working without crashes/re-boots with the above settings + nvidia plugin, but the quality is reduced....
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Confirmed, working without crashes/re-boots with the above settings + nvidia plugin, but the quality is reduced....
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i think this is due to reduced texture size. this has quite some impact. but you could try disabling this and instead use reduce texture quality. if it works report back. currently i do not have time for that to test myself.
hi i used the shader and it worked to ckear the first level,and i also finished the second level but the problem starts again in the level 3.it again freezes and i need to hold power key of 20sec to switch my phone.pls post if u find any new shader to fix it.my mobile is samsung galaxy s plus i9001
htctouchelfin also found this:
http://www.multiupload.com/OMJN62M3HD
you have to replace the files in the game directory with this, because the game crashes in level 3 or 4.
This may sound dumb as hell, but it says on the market this game won't work on my phone, if I install chainfire3D will it make it work ?
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yep. checkout the chainfire3d thread for infos how and what you need (like plugins).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087427
and here a compatibility list and infos thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097360
hey a user thx man....thx for the link...i replaced all the files in the ingame folder but all it does is open up all the levels at the lvl select menu.
..it doesnt stp the crash....or m i doing it wrong...cud u plz direct me how to place these filea and where...if m doin it wrong!
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hi a user can u pleae tell where to place files of shadowgun.i dont see any file match in my shadowgun game directory.can u pls help??thanks for ur steps to clear fix!!!
sorry, but i haven't tested this myself yet. you may want to ask htctouchelfin who told me about it and knows the forum where he found it.
hi
a user can u share the link of that forum abt shadowgun to fix the bugs.then i need to download more gameloft games but i dnt hve wifi at my area is there is any way to download gl games using 3g?????
Current Problems:
1. Menu bar at the bottom of the screen.
2. Not compatible when seen on google play (due to screen resolution, etc.)
3. Games able to installed properly but cannot download the required games data.
At least for paid apps, let's try to let them know to at least consider fixing it on their next release. We cannot complain much for free apps but still we can feedback to them.
I've already emailed some of them:
1. Dolphin HD - due to menu bar, and oh well I paid for their license last time
2. Asphalt 6 - not compatible when seen on google play, considering HTC One X is still considered a phone(and not tablet), screen resolution should not be their excuse here. If it 's working on my Sony Arc I'm expecting it should work on my other phone also.
3. NFS Shift - Able to install but cannot download data either on wifi or 3g
Will do some more emailing later.
Bump for good update on dolphin browser. Had only checked their blog awhile ago and their beta 8.0 is out since 6-April, menu bar is gone. Could be because of my feedback or someone else's, either way it's good for all of us dolphin users.
http://dolphin-browser.com/blog/
Will install it when I get home.
Sent from my Sony Arc w/ ICS
EDIT: had it installed just now and still got the menu bar at the bottom of screen
But at least they are looking into it. Below is their reply to me last time.
Hi, thank you for your information.
I have already directed your issue to relevant team members for review, and we will run a test about your issue. Once we figure it out, we will fix the issue as soon as possible. Please stay tuned.
Very good point.
I really do think ICS is the best Android version yet, has it's own real sense of identity and a crisper interface.
It's the step towards a common feel among different devices.
But the install base of Gingerbread remains the highest at 67% so us guys on here will probably be running Jelly Bean before they catch up.
Give it a few years and Google will probably get more aggressive about it.
There are even some google apps that need updating, like googles. Man they really should have kept the menu button, the four-button layout works perfect with the DHD.
Best is to mail the android team asking for a better backward compatibility solution for hard button devices. Or asking HTC to create a temporary solution. Ridiculous decision by the Android team. They try to enforce a new guideline by making the user experience horrible for non compatible apps. Never saw that on any platform.
I went to the Tapatalk forums to ask for the ICS menu already let's hope more dev's comply with ICS.
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So I've emailed some more devs stating the current issue of menu bar on our HTC One X.
1. Kobo reader
2. Mixzing music player
3. FPSE ps-one emulator
4. Air attack HD
5. Fruit Ninja
6. XDA app
7. Yahoo Messenger and Mail app
8. Skype
So far they immediately replied stating that a representative will follow-up on the issue.
Hopefully they can provide a fix on their next update.
I also sent a mail to whatsapp. Awaiting response
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I will try to help too - I know it doesn't really belong here but I sincerely don't understand Google why they removed the menu button and added the useless multitask button (long-press home was fine?!). I thought it was pretty nice to have true full screen apps all the time and hide the menu completely. Ah well, Googles logic is beyond me and I will have to see the updated apps first...
The legacy menu button also make touch control on non ics games annoying to use as it messes up the calibration, probably due to the resizing of the screen.
A better solution would be to make the menu button hidable, and rather than wait for every dev to update their app for ics which is not feasible.
Hopefully HTC manages to solve this problem and comes up with a good update.
Why when playing games do you loose so much screen to the black area at the bottom of the screen, near the buttons? Seems such a shame to have a great display that is not all used for game playing.
Just because tgere not optimised yet shudnt be to long
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Is that all it is? That's good news, thankyou for you answer! Do games from the Play Store automaticaly update by knowing what phone you have?
already fix'd by a dev: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582506
this should remapp the multitask key to be the menu button.. means ICS is not showing it anymore in games, or where ever it's needed.
almost as in gingerbread xP
So, is this that games are not optimised for the One X as mention above or is this a software design issue. Lastly, I do not want to have to root my phone yet and would like to stay stock for now, so is there any other way around it?
then no..
i think games that are optimized for ICS don't have the button. but games wich need one, and are not optimized for ICS do have it.
and some developers are lazy, so it will use some time till they optimize it.
it's an ICS problem, and not a tegra3 problem, cause ICS is made for phones without hardware buttons, but still HTC decided to go with them.. they should have made a hardware menu button then..
that's an ICS thingy , just cause the one x doesn't have a menu button , menu button has to appear in the screen.
if your device is rooted , u can get a mod that'll remap the task button for menu
long holding home button for tasks which will remove the annoying menu button from the screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24539809&postcount=48
and it's flashable through recovery
For those still not willing to root, it's still a good idea to feedback/email the particular app's developer so that they will look into the issue and let's hope they will provide a fix on their future releases.
I have done a lot of emailing(for some of my current apps) and almost all of them replied saying they will have a look into it. At least that's a positive response.
But unlike many of you, I'm impatient so in the end I unlocked my phone and rooted. Menu bar is now only a thing of the past for me. It really feels good to have that full screen real-estate.
For those still undecided to unlock/root, giving feedback/email to the devs is important. Sooner or later they would probably provide a fix.
Sent either from my Arc or One X using xda premium
I backed Ouya on Kickstarter, and mine finally arrived today. There have been a lot of questions, a lot of speculation, and not many answers. I will personally be attempting to install a 3'rd party launcher, Google Play apps (store, music, movies) and other games and apps I have bought over the years on the Play Store. The point of this topic is for other people who are interested in buying one or have pre-ordered one to get answers to their questions, like I couldn't.
I have been an Android user since the original Motorola Droid on Verizon, and a Custom ROM Developer for the Samsung Fascinate, HTC Thunderbolt, and Droid Bionic. I will be working on a custom ROM for the Ouya as well once we get some reasonable safety measures to ensure I don't brick it while experimenting. Feel free to ask me anything, about app compatibility, features, user interface, whatever, I'll do my best to answer. I'll also keep this topic updated with my observations and experiences with hacking and modding this console.
Since I've already gone through the trouble of tracking down working apps I figured I'd save everyone else a few minutes and collect the working ones here:
How to install: From your Ouya browser click the link for any apk's you want to download. once the downloads have completed go to: Manage > System > Advanced > Storage > Downloads and select the apk files one by one.
Netflix: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/Netflix_2.1.2 build 787.apk I had audio issues on some shows until I rebooted, and an occasional freeze, but just hold down the "ouya" button on the controller to back out to home and open it up again.
Hulu Plus: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/Hulu Plus 2.6.201000.apk Seems to be working great!
Youtube: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.google.android.youtube.googletv-2.apk Works great.
Nova Launcher: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.teslacoilsw.launcher-1.apk Works great and opens up additional options in the settings menu. I choose to use this as the default launcher, since I can still access all my ouya games, and the ouya home from it much quicker than from ouya home.
Dropbox: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.dropbox.android-2.apk Works great with the controller, I use it to copy apps from my computer or phone easily.
Amazon App Store: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.amazon.venezia-2.apk Installed, logged in, and downloaded Angry birds, which didn't work so well.... Well, I mean it worked great, but was very difficult to play with the ouya controller. Time to hook up a bluetooth mouse. EDIT: after the initial time working so well, I cannot get it to work again. the main page opens but any app I click on it just brings up a blank screen. If anyone else experiences this please let me know...
XBMC: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...f76-Gotham_alpha2_stagefright-armeabi-v7a.apk This is the latest XBMC build with hardware decoding. I didn't try any local/network video yet, but the streaming video from break.com looked fine.
Pandora: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.pandora.android-1.apk Works great, but since it's the Android interface you'll have on screen adds unless you pay for prime, and the "X" to close it is very tiny. However on the plus side if you go to Settings > Developer Options > Uncheck Don't keep activities Pandora can run in the background with a 3rd party launcher. So right now I'm listening to Whitesnake and installing the next app on my list to check tonight.
Flixter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/net.flixster.android-1.apk Works, but not always. Final Destination 5 kept freezing at the same point every time, but I watched several minutes of The Dark Knight Rises on wifi and the quality was good and I had no issues.
Chrome: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7653846/apps/com.android.chrome-1.apk Works great, but due to lack of gapps framework you can't sign in, so no tab/bookmark syncing yet.
Non-working/Glitchy:
Facebook - Installed, logged in with no problem, but the interface is far to large to use. Imagine pictures that are 2 - 3 times larger than the screen, with tiny text and you'll get the idea. plus it crashed for no reason....
Twitter - Installed, could not log on. Got the error "Cannot create account" when trying to log in.
SuperSu - Installed, but once inside it said SU needed an update, and installation of that update failed.
Commenting to subscribe to the thread, excited to hear your plans and glad to see a bit more action around here.
I would suggest talking with Rayman ( posted the OTA download thread) he's also working on some development for it and I know we wanted to get some dumps from another ouya to confirm some things.
Definitely looking forward to the comments here. I received my Ouya today and excited to see what it can do.
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I'm certainly no developer, but I've had the same results regarding the play store, for what its worth. I have superuser installed and working. I attempted to use a similar method to getting the play store on the Kindle Fire, with no luck.
Has anyone dabbled with xbmc yet?
If so how is it performing?
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Has anyone dabbled with xbmc yet?
If so how is it performing?
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I played around with it a little. I was able to stream in HD from icefilms with no major problems. The most glaring issue that I saw was if you have a video playing, and decide to pull up the menu, it can be pretty sluggish. I only played with it for about 10 minutes or so, though.
Ok, time for another update. I'm very pleased with the graphics and performance of the console for the games that are available. Puddle THD looks amazing on the big screen, and aside from the camera issues it always had, I'm loving playing Mario 64 with a wireless controller using Mupen 64.
Back on the hacking side, I was able to sideload Nova Launcher successfully, and it opens up a lot of extra options in the settings menu, but I haven't had time to play with them yet. I was with family from out of town all weekend, but I'll be back home tonight and really try to crack this box open. I'll try XBMC myself tonight, are there any other apps anyone would like me to try loading?
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Ok, time for another update. I'm very pleased with the graphics and performance of the console for the games that are available. Puddle THD looks amazing on the big screen, and aside from the camera issues it always had, I'm loving playing Mario 64 with a wireless controller using Mupen 64.
Back on the hacking side, I was able to sideload Nova Launcher successfully, and it opens up a lot of extra options in the settings menu, but I haven't had time to play with them yet. I was with family from out of town all weekend, but I'll be back home tonight and really try to crack this box open. I'll try XBMC myself tonight, are there any other apps anyone would like me to try loading?
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XBMC works great, but make sure to install the experimental "libstagefright" build for hardware acceleration support. If you could figure out Hulu that would be awesome, someone reported tweaking the APK a bit to get it working but never revealed what they did.
Yeah, I saw his post about it, with no followup. Hopefully the logcat will give me some insight into why it's crashing. It's a shame Ouya removed so much of the android framework that these apps rely on. I wonder if there will ever be an official Ouya release for some of these programs...
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Yeah, I saw his post about it, with no followup. Hopefully the logcat will give me some insight into why it's crashing. It's a shame Ouya removed so much of the android framework that these apps rely on. I wonder if there will ever be an official Ouya release for some of these programs...
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Well XBMC and OUYA both promise one for XBMC at least, and I read that they're in talks to have Hulu and Netflix officially supported as well. I imagine it'll all depend on how the reaction at launch goes.
It would be really nice, but given streaming media providers attitude toward root users I wouldn't be surprised if they refused to play nice. I still can't watch an Ultraviolet movie on my Nexus 7 without temp unrooting it...
For Hulu, find the Hulu for Google tv apk, I found it online.
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Thank you! I saw that on an Ouyaforums thread and was going to try it tonight? how well does it work? I also saw somewhere that youtube for google tv works on the ouya as well, can anyone confirm that? I'll gather the apks together tonight, re-host them, and put some links in the OP.
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Thank you! I saw that on an Ouyaforums thread and was going to try it tonight? how well does it work? I also saw somewhere that youtube for google tv works on the ouya as well, can anyone confirm that? I'll gather the apks together tonight, re-host them, and put some links in the OP.
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I can confirm that the googleTV youtube app works very well.
Updated OP with tons of links to tested working apps.
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Updated OP with tons of links to tested working apps.
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Thanks! Hulu is working great.
Bluetooth not working
My controller and console work but the bluetooth on my console does not want to turn on so it just constantly tries to turn on so my controller can never connect.
Any help?
Do you have a usb keyboard and mouse to navigate with? if so I'd suggest going to the advanced settings menu (stock android settings) and try turning bluetooth on there. If you've already tried that and it doesn't work, your issue can be hardware or software. If it's hardware you're way past what I can help with, but if it's software these steps might work. Go to backup and reset under the same settings menu and do a factory reset. If that doesn't work the final step would be to follow the instructions to flash the latest ota software update through recovery. His instructions say to reboot and hit a key combination repeatedly to get recovery up, but if you have adb access you can just type "adb reboot recovery" in your terminal window and it will boot there directly.
Here's the link, good luck:
https://forums.ouya.tv/discussion/comment/11742/#Comment_11742
Thanks to MBM for the instructions, and Rayman for hosting the OTA downloads.
*disclaimer* I haven't tried this myself yet, but plan to tonight if you'd rather wait for a confirmation. Honestly though MBM has been working on the Ouya a lot longer than I have and his instructions line up with what I've done on other android devices. /*disclaimer*
one note about hulu plus. THe app you posted here 2.6 does not have options for keyboard control (which was indroduced in 2.8, the latest version.) for use with the controller, keyboards etc I have a copy of the apk which i will upload as soon as I have 10 posts and can post links (almost there haha). WHen I installed 2.8 by it self, it force closed but i was able to get it working by installing 2.6 from your post and then upgrading.
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Do you have a usb keyboard and mouse to navigate with? if so I'd suggest going to the advanced settings menu (stock android settings) and try turning bluetooth on there. If you've already tried that and it doesn't work, your issue can be hardware or software. If it's hardware you're way past what I can help with, but if it's software these steps might work. Go to backup and reset under the same settings menu and do a factory reset. If that doesn't work the final step would be to follow the instructions to flash the latest ota software update through recovery. His instructions say to reboot and hit a key combination repeatedly to get recovery up, but if you have adb access you can just type "adb reboot recovery" in your terminal window and it will boot there directly.
Here's the link, good luck:
Thanks to MBM for the instructions, and Rayman for hosting the OTA downloads.
*disclaimer* I haven't tried this myself yet, but plan to tonight if you'd rather wait for a confirmation. Honestly though MBM has been working on the Ouya a lot longer than I have and his instructions line up with what I've done on other android devices. /*disclaimer*
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Hi,
I am new posting in the forum, i am a defy usser too of course, i bought my defy to another user time ago with CM7
and until now i did not updated as i was a bit scary,
i updated reading the guide and success in first attempt on eerything,
such a difference from 2.3! finnally the scroll works quite smooth between screen, i gues its something already pressent since 4.1 with project butter and so on,
however i must say
1) look like its a bit slower, it reacts a tiny litle bit laggy is show some menus, is not just instant response sometimes, but nothing to really complain a lot it work quite well, Quarx is making such a big effort and time investing in keep our Defy's alive that i just need to mention it and say lottt of hanks,
2º) I bought a Jiayu G2F for my mother (it works damn quick) and it found they added an option to record the radio sound, and i was expecting to find such options also available in 4.4 but i did not, its there any way to record radio sound or maybe add this option to future versions?
3º) I was a bit scared to update to 4.4 due the fact that usually new O.S. ask for heavy resources, but after read that 4.4 was supossedly more optimized for low hardware, then i tought it should maybe even take less ram than andoird 2.3, and now that i have it installed i see it takes quite a lot, its over 4XX mb with almost nothing opened, is that normal?
4º) What about the option to select in the screen the zone you want the camera to focus? i found its pressent in the G2F mentioned above, and i dont find it in the 4.4, is the hability to focus determined zones of the camera something just possible in case that the camera hardware allow it? or its a software related function?
5º) I installed kitkat with minimal gapps, and once verything working i installed google voice, but i still don't success to add the microfon in the keyboard in order to write anywere while talking,
well, in fact i did, as when i press "," keyabord it appears a pop up menu with the microfon but it just dont work when i select it that way
in cm7 i remember to have a dedicated button that always worked andi miss it, maybe some one can help me there
6º) If i have the config menu opened and then i open the top bar slide down menu and i change some option from there, like enable bluetooth, i close the slide menu and i see in the config menu that the button is still "off"
i must close and open again the config menu in order to see it "on" if i enable it from the other menu,
could be nice to make it auto to update so everything takes works and updates at same time and avoide confusions,
thanks
While trying to check all the new options i see, i just found a bug in the stock launcher,
looks like its called Trebuchet,
If you open the launcher options and lick in the 3 dots over "Widgets" you get some extra options to play with
if you select "CM HOME" in the 2º option, the launcher will enter in the loop hope of errors and will not allow you to come back,
you must go to applications and search for "Trebuchet" and then press "remove data" of this application,
it will come to alive again,
can anyone confirm this bug? i did not find it in the bug list and i am not allowed to post in the developers forum yet
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While trying to check all the new options i see, i just found a bug in the stock launcher,
looks like its called Trebuchet,
If you open the launcher options and lick in the 3 dots over "Widgets" you get some extra options to play with
if you select "CM HOME" in the 2º option, the launcher will enter in the loop hope of errors and will not allow you to come back,
you must go to applications and search for "Trebuchet" and then press "remove data" of this application,
it will come to alive again,
can anyone confirm this bug? i did not find it in the bug list and i am not allowed to post in the developers forum yet
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It was confirmed a week back, but not yet added to the buglist.
how its possible android or cyanogenmode still got lack of a feature to record calls by default?
the new options menu to touch camera settings is something related to 4.4 or to CM11 ? its so unconfortable as you can't go back to change other options, it force you to re open it again, its minimallist and compact, but no sense to have such minimalist menu for an option that always end up removed to make the foto,
i also feel the battery drains quicker with 4.4 that with 2.3
In my opinion the CM7.2 is the most stable ROM for Defy, the CM1x are still under development
yes it was working more quick everything,
not smooth, was jerky but at least moved over menus and open applications quite a bit more quick,
thats sad, i expected better performance in newer versions,
overall... there is not any way to make the defy run as it should, it more powerfull than my old celeron 500 mhz and is not yet enough for move android... i guess theproblem is the software, like always, if anroid were programed in ASM, everything would fly... no need for quad cores, octa cores and so on...
I'm not sure that newer version could be faster. Newer version have more and more functions, more advanced GUI, more features - but CPU/GPU/memory remains this same, old one..