Great info on build.prop tweaks - HTC Rezound

As many of you know, there are high numbers of so-called "tweaks" you can add to your build.prop for "performance". However, after testing some of them I noticed quite a few actually hindered performance. I am not a follower of these "placebo" affects as many are consumed by. I stumbled across this article which was written by someone who shared the same results. Sort of a MYTHBUSTERS but for build.prop edits.
http://www.jeffmixon.com/examining-build-prop-tweaks-for-android-ics-a-comprehensive-guide-part-1/

Good info.

I came across this towards my last build of SR. Great info

Thanks for sharing. Very useful information.
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Wounder if I should upload my build.prop tweak lol
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And a part two of testing the build.prop tweaks. http://www.jeffmixon.com/examining-build-prop-tweaks-android-ics-comprehensive-guide-part-2/
I always knew a clean build.prop ran smoothest =)

I've always wondered why people think these things can magically make your phone 100x better. Why wouldn't they be set by default then?

scy1192 said:
I've always wondered why people think these things can magically make your phone 100x better. Why wouldn't they be set by default then?
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Lol not sure why either. Everytime I download a rom, the first thing I do is clean up the build.prop lol
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richii0207 said:
Lol not sure why either. Everytime I download a rom, the first thing I do is clean up the build.prop lol
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so do plus add my own preferences or edit to my liking. nothing that would create miracles unfortunately

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[REQ]Battery % and notification bar toggles for stock rom

So ive been checking the theme/app section just about everyday hoping that someone would make a flashable zip for these mods and there looks like there hasn't been progress or advances in trying to. Now i know there are other threads asking the same for these mods but there hasnt been much activity in them.most threads where answered with apps so basically what im asking is, is there a dev that is willing to work up mods for a accurate battery percentage in notification bar as well as setting toggles in pull down.Thanks
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I would love this as well
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ajoerivera said:
So ive been checking the theme/app section just about everyday hoping that someone would make a flashable zip for these mods and there looks like there hasn't been progress or advances in trying to. Now i know there are other threads asking the same for these mods but there hasnt been much activity in them.most threads where answered with apps so basically what im asking is, is there a dev that is willing to work up mods for a accurate battery percentage in notification bar as well as setting toggles in pull down.Thanks
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Yeah, man sorry I haven't made much progress with the 1% mod there, I'm try to read the Atrix forums for help and researching, but haven't had a lot of time. Maybe you can assist?
Back when I had the HTC Hero I had done a %battery mod for it. It was pretty easy afaik but I don't remember how to do it... I could try and look into it though
mrinehart93 said:
Back when I had the HTC Hero I had done a %battery mod for it. It was pretty easy afaik but I don't remember how to do it... I could try and look into it though
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I really appreciate the help here. Just to start, I went through UOT to grab a file that I could zip. I was thinking of decompiling the framework apk's and modding the stats_sys_battery.xml file, recompiling, and rezipping it up and then flashing that. I wasn't sure if that was going to work, but I'm a noob, so it was my first crack at it.
Best,
K
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I really appreciate the help here. Just to start, I went through UOT to grab a file that I could zip. I was thinking of decompiling the framework apk's and modding the stats_sys_battery.xml file, recompiling, and rezipping it up and then flashing that. I wasn't sure if that was going to work, but I'm a noob, so it was my first crack at it.
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K
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I think the stats_sys_battery.xml file sounds about right. I know you need to use baksmali and smali to edit them though. I'm in class right now but I'll look at it a little later.
Sweet..let me know if you need anything from me.
Cheers,
K
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The homebase rom has this included already had this included
Yeah...i remember reading that. And I think I mentioned that on my other post...yeah maybe just running that rom would be easiest...
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KTT16 said:
Yeah, man sorry I haven't made much progress with the 1% mod there, I'm try to read the Atrix forums for help and researching, but haven't had a lot of time. Maybe you can assist?
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No sorry needed man you guys as devs do this stuff with out getting paid half of the time and if u do its not nearly close to what you deserve. As far as me helping im just an android enthusiasts
No sure id be much help
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The homebase rom has this included already had this included
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Ill take a look at it
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Does anyone know if there has been any progress on the setting toggles in the notification pull down
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For what it is worth, I have been using the tiny battery app from the market, it is a homescreen widget but it gives the exact percent.
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Been working on a batterymod but not successful yet. Bootlooping.
Once i get the kinks worked out it let ya know
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Edit: Was able to successfully decompile, add the images, xml files and recompile. The framework goes in and boots, but I only see the unknown battery icon. Something is wacky. Still trying though. Wondering if it is something will how moto pulls the stats. In the about --> phone it only shows in 10% inc. I'm trying to do the 1% inc.
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Been working on a batterymod but not successful yet. Bootlooping.
Once i get the kinks worked out it let ya know
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Edit: Was able to successfully decompile, add the images, xml files and recompile. The framework goes in and boots, but I only see the unknown battery icon. Something is wacky. Still trying though. Wondering if it is something will how moto pulls the stats. In the about --> phone it only shows in 10% inc. I'm trying to do the 1% inc.
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Thanks for all the work man!
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Any news on this mod? Nitro has it working for the Bionic guys.
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mquinn24 said:
Any news on this mod? Nitro has it working for the Bionic guys.
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Im waiting for this modd to but the bionic has a slightly different form of blur and a totally different processor wed be closer if they could port a mod from the atrix which the devs having been have been having a hard time doing.
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ok guys here is your accurate battery mod. Please test it out and let me know if it works. I am not sure if the zip will flash correctly on your phone but if not just take the files out and push them and set permissions. I do not own a photon so I cannot test this out.
First boot will take longer than normal.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kmdfgr8i94y3830
nitroglycerine33 said:
ok guys here is your accurate battery mod. Please test it out and let me know if it works. I am not sure if the zip will flash correctly on your phone but if not just take the files out and push them and set permissions. I do not own a photon so I cannot test this out.
First boot will take longer than normal.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kmdfgr8i94y3830
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mind if i use your services.jar to try with my battery mod?
I will test this when I get home from work THANKS
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Launcher from bionic and Droid 3?

Any way to get whatever version of "blur" the bionic and Droid 3 ported to the photon?
My friend has a bionic and his wife has the Droid 3 and their versions of blur are smoother and faster than the "blur" we have. Id use the stock launcher if it was like theirs. Ours is slow and laggy. Both demo units at my local stores were laggy as well so I know its notmy phone.
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Strange, my Blur runs smooth without any hiccups, and im running setcpu at 608mhz. So its underclocked on stock rom and kernel.
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Strange, my Blur runs smooth without any hiccups, and im running setcpu at 608mhz. So its underclocked on stock rom and kernel.
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Well I'm not sure y every photon I use it has lag on the stock launcher. I use LPP and its smooth as hell, back to stock launcher and it lags...
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I read it has something to do with widgets, not sure if its the number of widgets, Motorola widgets or android widgets that cause the issue.
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Try don't put gallery, facebook and youtube widget off motor....runs like z charm
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This will solve your problem. Follow the instructions so that you may execute it properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212820
And for future refs. Please post in the general sub-forum for questions/opinions/rants etc. If you are not developing anything DO NOT POST IN THE DEVELOPMENT SECTION.
Thanks.
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This will solve your problem. Follow the instructions so that you may execute it properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212820
And for future refs. Please post in the general sub-forum for questions/opinions/rants etc. If you are not developing anything DO NOT POST IN THE DEVELOPMENT SECTION.
Thanks.
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Oh ok. I figured this was the place to post it because I wasn't sure if a developer had already made something like this happen. Sorry bout that
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phyba said:
Oh ok. I figured this was the place to post it because I wasn't sure if a developer had already made something like this happen. Sorry bout that
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even with this monster of information reading and work to put in, I would love to see what you brought up........ its shady we got the low end of the stick their launcher is way better than ours ud think with nVid gpu we have id be more likely to have some better animations.... but noooo........ id like to see someone port this over... id gladly donate to the dev that can port the bionic launcher over to our mopho....
This has already been attempted. A few devs have taken a look at this. In my limited time I took a shot also and couldn't figure it out. The search button helps a lot before you start a new thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239410&page=1
I brought this same thing up when the phone first launched. I really want the droid 3 launcher but it looks like that is a pretty hard task. Motorola's file structure seems to be the most complicated besides Samsung and it's harder than probably thought to be..
I don't think we will officially see it because it's really made for the whole DRoid push that verizon has. I saw somewhere that we actually don't have a blur phone so that's why we are not getting it. The verizon phones are running motoblur.
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This has already been attempted. A few devs have taken a look at this. In my limited time I took a shot also and couldn't figure it out. The search button helps a lot before you start a new thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239410&page=1
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I did a search but I guess if u don't search the exact words it wont pull it up. I been on here for years, I know what the search button is. U think I didn't use that first?? Some people I swear....
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I brought this same thing up when the phone first launched. I really want the droid 3 launcher but it looks like that is a pretty hard task. Motorola's file structure seems to be the most complicated besides Samsung and it's harder than probably thought to be..
I don't think we will officially see it because it's really made for the whole DRoid push that verizon has. I saw somewhere that we actually don't have a blur phone so that's why we are not getting it. The verizon phones are running motoblur.
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Ill take motoblur over the crap our phone has. Some unoptimized launcher...
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Ill take miui.
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phyba said:
I did a search but I guess if u don't search the exact words it wont pull it up. I been on here for years, I know what the search button is. U think I didn't use that first?? Some people I swear....
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I apologize if you were offended. I could have sworn you were a noob since you posted a question in the DEVELOPMENT section.
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smoothone said:
I apologize if you were offended. I could have sworn you were a noob since you posted a question in the DEVELOPMENT section.
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Maybe because this may have to do a little with DEVELOPMENT. It was being worked on, then fell off the map.
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Ill take miui.
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Soon my friend, soon
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warttack said:
Soon my friend, soon
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Waiting for it bigtime....

Android Seeder for lag reduction.

Saw an article on Google+ and was wondering if anyone has experimented with this app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987032
[APK] Seeder 1.1 entropy generator to provide significant lag reduction
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MedleHed said:
Saw an article on Google+ and was wondering if anyone has experimented with this app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987032
[APK] Seeder 1.1 entropy generator to provide significant lag reduction
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yup plenty of people are using it.. definitely seems to smooth things out.
So can this be used on ICS? I see where it's mentioned but doesn't specifically say. It looks interesting
Any word on the effect on battery life?
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I have it bundled in CounterShrike 3.0, and available as a download for PAC-Man. In both cases, it's the background service only and not the app, but the effect is the same. I'm quite skeptical of performance tweaks, but so far, this one seems legit. It does not help general performance. It does help anything that uses entropy...app lauching, task switching (including return to home), many list based loads (Facebook newsfeed as one example), and so on.
The add on version I have is generic enough to run on any ROM and device as long as the kernel supports init.d. http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390233485161005378
Edit: I've seen zero battery impact. If anything, it may be a bit better, but that's totally subjective.
I'll give this a shot
I've been running the flashable script version for a few days. It does appear to make a difference though I haven't done any hard testing.
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Seems to make a slight difference only noticeable sometimes on inef dues. Antutu scores are the same. I think what I notice most is it being a little snappier between app switching. Hopefully it doesn't affect my battery life
I bought the app from the Play Store, but it deactivates itself every time the screen is turned off. Also, it's never prompted me for root access, so I'm quite skeptical that it's doing anything on my phone.
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I bought the app from the Play Store, but it deactivates itself every time the screen is turned off. Also, it's never prompted me for root access, so I'm quite skeptical that it's doing anything on my phone.
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If it didn't ask for root access then it isn't working at all
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ndirish2001 said:
I bought the app from the Play Store, but it deactivates itself every time the screen is turned off. Also, it's never prompted me for root access, so I'm quite skeptical that it's doing anything on my phone.
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Is it Seeder by LCIS for 1.49? I may try and see. But I already flashed that zip shrike posted so I'd have to restore my nandroid and then try it
So, what about the article on the portal about these claims of improvement being false? Does anyone have any real proof either way about this or is it just a placebo? When really amazing devs not only say it works but also include it in their ROMs, it makes you think there's a little more to it. Just curious.
Quite a few reputable devs out there saying this does nothing at all that's it's all placebo.
Idk if it's this or something else I flashed but my phone will not go over like 550mb of ram. So every app I open has to reload kind of
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Is it Seeder by LCIS for 1.49? I may try and see. But I already flashed that zip shrike posted so I'd have to restore my nandroid and then try it
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They are both the same thing, you have the option of installing it as a script and let init.d start it or as an app..
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They are both the same thing, you have the option of installing it as a script and let init.d start it or as an app..
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K if I remember when I restore my nandroid i'll try it and see. I can see a difference but on faster/newer phones or AOSP Roms you more than likely won't see any. But after flashing that it's definitely different. Not sure if it's for the better or not since I can only tell with switching apps.
Edit: I feel like any tweaked rom is going to do the same. I just bought that app and it made literally no difference. Maybe the difference I was seeing was from the animations I flashed. Lol interesting. I also notice my ram is being used better without the tweaks.. What do the tweaks actually do?
I didn't notice much of a difference so I uninstalled it. And whatever you do, don't pay for it in the Play Store. Go to the thread in the OP and get it for free.
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Just installed shrikes background version and I definetly notice a difference with app launching
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MedleHed said:
I didn't notice much of a difference so I uninstalled it. And whatever you do, don't pay for it in the Play Store. Go to the thread in the OP and get it for free.
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This.
I downloaded the xda version and installed the apk...I'm not sure exactly what it does or how it does it BUT right away I noticed that maps are loading much faster. We'll see how it goes.
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multiwindow mod

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42255946
Anyone try the same way on i717?
Will it work?
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No idea,would be nice tho lol
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I tried porting the files, but it didn't work. I really dont know what other things need to be modified. I downloaded the mod and saw that it changed the android.policy.jar which I modified. Maybe some other smali needs to be changed.
I would be a happy man if we had some Multi window action haha
serge_harle_z said:
I tried porting the files, but it didn't work. I really dont know what other things need to be modified. I downloaded the mod and saw that it changed the android.policy.jar which I modified. Maybe some other smali needs to be changed.
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Have you tried to talk with the author of that mod?
Maybe he can shed some lights on it.
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this might be a good stop to look at too
https://github.com/shakatu/GT_MultiWindow_Port
they changed a lot of lines in services.jar
JamieD81 said:
this might be a good stop to look at too
https://github.com/shakatu/GT_MultiWindow_Port
they changed a lot of lines in services.jar
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Will look into it tonight. Thanks.
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Any news? Be very dead here. Just like the MiUi port.
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I have the multi window feature on an international note I'm using temporarily (my wife wants to try a smartphone) to replace my i717. I haven't even used it yet and can't think of a situation where I could have been better off for using it. I guess people want what they can't have.
IMO in would enjoy texting and videos or email and browser. I would find a use a lot
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rangercaptain said:
I have the multi window feature on an international note I'm using temporarily (my wife wants to try a smartphone) to replace my i717. I haven't even used it yet and can't think of a situation where I could have been better off for using it. I guess people want what they can't have.
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I have played around with it on s3s and I thought it was a pretty useful feature.
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Thanks for the insights. I guess my eyes aren't up to that. I got the note so I could enjoy the large screen. I imagine its just a matter of time before its available.
I used it on a s3 and i dont think i would use it asuch as i thought but i dunno... I just use the recent apps to jump around
Yeah, I think its not a practical thing on a note, but on a 7inch or larger tablet it ciuld be useful for the ways the previous posters described.
Must have
This is a must have feature for people like me because i am always trying to do three things at once with my phone but if i can do two at a time thats a time saver. Blackstar ROMs almost have this perfected. They have the multi window app tray when you hold the back button and you can pull apps out to use for multi window but they do come out half size so they just overlap. I tried downloading Multi window manager and it tried to patch an XML file i think but it still didnt work after. If anyone has some advice on how to get it to work you should check it out

Android 4.3 Conversations

Let the fun begin
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Haha very nice ..so ....how's it coming along lol
2$HAYNE
shayneflashindaily said:
Haha very nice ..so ....how's it coming along lol
2$HAYNE
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I had zero problems except as noted with no sound. I have backed it up and I'm using cm-10.1-0731 during business hours.
You try it yet?
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New havent gotten around to it and j don't have the gapps package either ..I work Mon through Thurs to get my 40 hrs plus in changing billboards so after tomorrows day of work I'm gonna tinker with it for a little while ... I'm sure 4.3 will be flowing soon:beer::beer::beer::beer:
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Goomanger has 4.3 gapps. I'm really quite surprise with the smoothness of the initial release.
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Good to hear ... I'm sure good things are on the way
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I think we all know why were here today gentlemen...
Also hoes the reboot been?
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The hoes are always around
2$HAYNE
No reboots for me but I'm not on the ROM all day.
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on the build i did tonight i have phone call sound working, called telus help and heard it clear and it responded to my voice commands
system sound / notification sounds / ringtones ect.. all still dont work though. and Focal is still a no go
http://d-h.st/W3w
im using noled to notify me about calls and txts so i can give it a go for a bit
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on the build i did tonight i have phone call sound working, called telus help and heard it clear and it responded to my voice commands
system sound / notification sounds / ringtones ect.. all still dont work though. and Focal is still a no go
http://d-h.st/W3w
im using noled to notify me about calls and txts so i can give it a go for a bit
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You are amazing, thanks for the updates.
I used the first build for two days. I installed this one this morning.
Other than the sound issue, it is rock solid. Good data signal, MMS works, good GPS lock. I don't use Bluetooth so I can't speak to that.
Typical solid Jamie ROM.
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Yes! Phone calls can be heard and still no system sound confirmed. I got a phone call right after flash..works. Feels a little more snappier and more responsive. Not bad.
Was able to archive root with first version and superuser 1.5 but can't seem too with newest verision. Tried superuser beta 2 and still no go.
Other than that, ROM seems fine, thanks Jamie.
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Was able to archive root with first version and superuser 1.5 but can't seem too with newest verision. Tried superuser beta 2 and still no go.
Other than that, ROM seems fine, thanks Jamie.
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Go to settings>superuser>settings and insure apps and adb are enabled. There is also a setting under developers options for this.
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Go to settings>superuser>settings and insure apps and adb are enabled. There is also a setting under developers options for this.
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Thanks, in settings both were enabled but in developers options only apps was?
Thanks that was it!
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Double post. Weird!
Been trying second release and I have had zero problems other than sound. I'm really impressed.
Though test scores are low, real life speed seems fine and the ROM is smooth.
Edit:
First problem. I could not wake screen up, had to reboot phone.
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Nice job Jamie. Smooth and stable. Can't wait to see where this ROM tops off at.
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Nice!
Nice job! Can't wait for the final release, open gl 3 is really appealing, especially since there's a game cube emu on the play store I've been wanting to try

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