yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
Just wanna say that I love the launcher. Having been an iOS user for 5 or so years before I got this phone, I feel like it hits the niche between having mostly widgets on the homescreen and having all icons. It's also the first "stock" launcher I've used that doesn't suck, and I've used everything. (not including aosp of course, it's good.)

This is the first android phone I've used (besides honeycomb tablets) where I haven't scrambled to install LauncherPro or ADW as soon as possible. I actually just now realized that I wasn't using adw any more, and I don't even miss it.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] tuhoops:
If you're having trouble finding protected apps in the market after installing this ROM, get Eris Market Fix from the market. It's obviously for the Eris, but it works for the Mesmerize, at least it did for me.
[Samsung Mesmerize] doc55:
IS this gonna get ported to showcase??? had miui on my desire and loved it and would enjoy on my showcase I am sure......
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
I thought there was a test build for showcase already out there, I unfortunately don't know the differences or i'd have it done already. Hopefully someone will, it shouldn't be too difficult.
[Samsung Mesmerize] doc55:
I saw post in this thread about a test build no one has put anything else out there.......
[Samsung Mesmerize] elijahblake:
i tested it everthing that's listed worked except receiving sms (my showcase has had a rougher life than MOST), but someone else with a showcase tested it and said they could receive sms..

so if you want to test it, get DFgas to help you out..

you should go to IRC ;)

Just make sure you read what all ISN'T going to work for SURE, before you go and flash it...

Flashing back to something else is going to take a little time
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
Here is my current setup, I figured out themes. Do not use theme downloader, it WILL NOT work. All you need to do is go to theme manager, select the "choose theme" button, then at the top you will see two tabs, local and online - online and you're all set with all of the available themes (which may take a bit to download from china, but they work awesome!) Once you've downloaded it, there should be an apply button, let it do it's thing and reboot and you should have the theme. You can also go in from the settings menu to edit theme, at the bottom click theme manager. From there slide the Edit theme settings slider - and check out the awesome custom boot animations and all the other goodies.

I also found a working MIUI weather (it is similar to beautiful widgets, except no custom theme's and no animations on your home screen, but i'ts a beauty. I'll find the post if I can, or upload mine.)
[Samsung Mesmerize] zarnax:
Been running this for about a week now... And I love it...regular quad scores @ 2000+.

Keep up the good work guys.

Running voodoo'd MIUI
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
Yeah this coupled with the miui weather = pretty.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] ChromWolf:
Oh my GOD that theme looks sexy, bde. I'm normally not all that wowed by themes, they just don't grab me by the lapels. I was considering trying out theming on my own, just as something to mess around with, but... Then I saw this. With things not yet working with this ROM, I'm still not ready to try it on my only phone (no land line), but.... The theme bde is running actually makes me want to try this ROM now. XD And I haven't even had the time to finally flash PnP for the first time yet!
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
It's called Frois, whoever created the theme has great taste :). I'm hoping to take a stab at creating a full theme (probably starting with MIUI, then possibly bringing it to the other ROM's) at some point!
[Samsung Mesmerize] Igotno:
I just had a lengthy phone call after the call I lost my data connection it still showed I had 3g but nothing worked.... I rebooted and all was good till I went to check weather bug in the pull down and nothing happened... I went to open the program and it's gone!!! hmmm... Kinda odd its still showing the temp in the topbar but nothing else... Any ideas?

Sent from my SCH-I500 with MIUI v7.0 alpha
[Samsung Mesmerize] tuhoops:
Try reinstalling it. Also, the backup feature in MIUI is quite useful as well. Be sure you're backing up you apps using this tool often.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Igotno:
I know how to get it back.... I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them and what could be the cause of it, and if there maybe a remedy for it? I've been running this for over a week and it's the best thing I've run so far!!!

Sent from my SCH-I500 with MIUI v7.0 alpha
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
I haven't come across that unfortunately, however the fascinate guys have a new test build out and we've got it ported and will be testing it before release - it may fix the problem I'm really not sure but it's got some added features as well (reboot options and a few extra/updated apps)
[Samsung Mesmerize] tuhoops:
Fix - Go to settings-advanced. Turn off sort sms by date, which switches the time to local settings from server settings.
[Samsung Mesmerize] zarnax:
Any updates? I was in the irc channel, and they told me they got the screen wake problem resolved for the fascinate... By the way I love this rom regardless ;) would just love the screen and mms working.

Running voodoo'd MIUI
[Samsung Mesmerize] slayer214:
Wow this rom was awesome on my htc desire. I would love to see a stable build for my showcase.
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
These releases are completely stable as far as stability goes, they are just missing some features as noted (they are wicked fast and not at all buggy.). Thanks to dfgas showcase guys can now enjoy the sweetness, check OP for updated links. We've also ported the most recent test build released by fascinate (v8, see change-log notes in OP, and are getting close to fixing the mms issue so stay tuned!)
[Samsung Mesmerize] lightbulb39:
What kernel do we need to run with this? Can we run OC touchwiz kernels or an OC AOSP kernel?
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
The ROM includes a kernel.

Flashed to my Showcase with no issues, until I disabled Automatically Receive MMS and it did that crazy network thing where it says you're roaming and the network doesn't work (like with the AOSP ROM). Had to go back to sFc to use the debug menus to fix it.
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
Any aosp kernel will work this one has nemesis' kernel included
[Samsung Mesmerize] lightbulb39:
I just installed it and so far it's awesome. Only one problem, the home button doesn't work. I have to hit the back button to finally get home. And also is there any way to get swype back. Thanks for the amazing ROM.

Edit: It also appears that the phone doesn't lock despite changing it to a pattern. It just goes back to whatever screen I was on.

I'm on the Showcase
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
Couldn't find an actual changelog, what is different between 7 and 8? Also is the home button issue for everybody? Saw that for fascinate people and I would not be able to use it.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] BubbaKush:
Flashing from SC 2.9.2 with honeycomb theme and ec10 kernel with lagfix, sound, and bln would be okay correct? Wouldn't **** up my data or sms or nothing would it? Wouldn't be another AOSP carrier type bug would it?
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
It doesn't matter what ROM you're coming from. The AOSP ROM issues had nothing to do with what ROM you were coming to AOSP from, it had to to with the AOSP ROM itself. And if you'd read the OP, he clearly says disabling voodoo is optional.
[Samsung Mesmerize] BubbaKush:
okay well i flashed and everything is fine but after my signal went out completely i now have only 3g with the roaming signal. have not dialed *228

Edit: dialed 911, not roaming anymore
[Samsung Mesmerize] AndroidTipster:
Very nice rom. Thanks for this. Love the boot screen!
[Samsung Mesmerize] BubbaKush:
having trouble installing theme, i get it downloaded and applied but upon restart i get acore fc's nonstop and have to do factory reset
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
Basically they added reboot options and updated a few app's that the official developers had updated. I have no issues with my home button and have been running v8 for a week now.

## CHANGE LOG (Descending) ##

# FILE: miui-fascinate-1.3.11+25-2.2-en-0404d

# DATE: 04/04/11 @ 18:30

- Fixed lock screen PIN entry with nexus one framework-res

# FILE: miui-fascinate-1.3.11+25-2.2-en-0404c

# DATE: 04/04/11 @ 17:00

- Fixed Calendar GUI glitch with 1.3.11 apk

- Fixed Settings GUI glitch with 1.3.11 apk

- Fixed Browser FC with 1.3.11 apk

# FILE: miui-fascinate-1.3.11+25-2.2-en-0404b

# DATE: 04/04/11 @ 16:00

- Fixed Calendar issue with Inc. 1.3.4 apk

- Fixed Settings apk with Inc. 1.3.4 apk

# FILE: miui-fascinate-1.3.11+25-2.2-en-0404

# DATE: 04/04/11 @ 13:00

- Reverted back to nemesis2all's 3/28 OC/UV kernel (the 4/2 kernel broke bluetooth and camera)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1012903

- Added GizmoDroid's clockwork update 3/30/11

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1017817 ^^

- Replaced Browser.apk with MIUI Incredible 1.3.4 build due to FC

# FILE: miui-fascinate-1.3.11+25-2.2-en-0403

# DATE: 04/03/11

- Updated kernel to nemesis2all's 4/2 release

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1012903

- Went back to MIUI 1.3.11 framework to get the old lockscreen back

- Went back to MIUI 1.3.11 Launcher for framework compatibility

- Still using MIUI 1.3.25 apps

- Removed the old Theme Downloader app - unstable

- Framework includes reboot options - credit: sandman and stiffspliff

http://www.miui-dev.com/forums/showthread.php?3987-MIUI-1.3.11-ENGLISH-Milestone

Since I don't have a showcase I'm not able to advise, dfgas took care of porting it over for you guys and he was having others test it as well, so he and/or the testers will have to advise on that issue. There are no issues like this with the mesmerize version.

You can try signing up for the swype BETA but i've had mixed results, I once had it working for a little while but now whenever i install it and try to use it, it's as if the dictionary is missing because nothing I swype will work, it just beeps as if it isn't a word that exists.
[Samsung Mesmerize] BubbaKush:
When it beeps like that its because sywpe isnt licensed, only giving you a virtual keyboard without the tracing
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
Permissions may need fixing... I lost root access when I updated to v8.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
Ah then you're probably right, issue is there is no way to "disable" swype like there is in tw rom's, so you can't get it to licence properly.

Sage - I've had no issues with root or permissions, but I have noticed other people posting this issue with JT's new CM6 release for fascinate so i'm not sure what's going on (i'm working on porting it and didn't have any issues with root there either, but others are reporting it). You should be able to re-root with superoneclick if you need to.
[Samsung Mesmerize] asmith001:
This rom is amazing. I have very few issues... And the ones I do have, I can live with for now. Using this GUI is worth it.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Showcase with MIUI.
[Samsung Mesmerize] tuhoops:
The Swype beta will work if you follow these steps. I got this off the forum from dan0100 in the Droid Incredible forum. I followed these steps on my Mesmerize and it works quite nicely. If you already have Swype installed, uninstall it and uninstall Swype Installer before following these steps. Hope this helps.

1. Download and install root explorer. You'll have to pay but it's a useful app and worth it.

1. Download swype installer and install swype

2. After installation, there will be a screen with 4 options:

a. watch video

b. start tutorial

c. generate license

d. finish

Click "Generate license"

3. Click "select android keyboard" and change the radio button from "swype" to "android keyboard"

4. Press the home button to exit swype installer and open root explorer

5. Go to /data/app

6. Click on "com.swype.android.inputmethod-1.apk" and long hold to bring up the options menu

7. Click move, scroll to /sdcard/download and click "paste"

8. Press the home button to exit root explorer

9. Open swype installer. You should get a force close error. If you do not and instead see the screen with "disable swype", click the back button which will bring you back to the home screen then click swype installer again. Do not continue until swype installer force closes.

10. Go back to root explorer and move "com.swype.android.inputmethod-1.apk" back to /data/app

11. Go back to the home screen and open swype installer

12. Click "select swype" and then select swype

13. Click "finish"

14. Enjoy
[Samsung Mesmerize] i4get75:
Battery life

I'm having a horrible time with battery life. I'm on my third battery now. 66%. Three batteries in 13 hours.
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
Not sure why you're reporting, as always if you are experiencing bad battery life you should try a clean flash and make sure you wipe batt stats when it's fully charged (charge from under 20% they say), sorry I can't offer more advice. Also, feel free to swap out any AOSP kernel of your choosing (EC10 of course) I believe there is one made that is purely undervolted with no OC that might work better for you (peanut butta jelly time - make sure it's the AOSP version). Also keep in mind that it takes a few days for the phone to get used to it all so be careful not to judge too early.

Personally, I have wonderful battery life and before we started having these custom rom's and the new 2.2 kernel's I did not.
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
I think comavolt is totally undervolted.

Edit:

Forgot comavolt is a TW kernel. My bad
[Samsung Mesmerize] hanman:
Way to go bdemartino and everyone else involved! Just got this flashed, and it looks really sweet so far.
[Samsung Mesmerize] BubbaKush:
this works on MIUI showcase. Thanks man
[Samsung Mesmerize] asmith001:
Swype wasn't working properly for me either, but after switching back and forth between a few keyboards, everything seems fine now.

I keep finding cool features every day.
[Samsung Mesmerize] jbreakfield:
I would also suggest trying a different kernel to see if it helps with this... one of the TW EC10 kernels runs my battery down as if I'm pouring the juice out of it...
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
My battery usage is showing cell standby and phone idle as the top users of my battery, wasn't that a kernel issue in nemesis2all's kernel?

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] jbreakfield:
On TouchWhiz ROMs, you can usually fix the cell standby issue by toggling to airplane mode and back... that may be worth a try on this one to see if it helps.

Not sure about those being an issue on that particular kernel.
[Samsung Mesmerize] tuhoops:
Anyone getting force closes in the dialer app? I think it's doing it when there is an unknown / private incoming call in the recent call list. Anyway, it won't launch at all now, just an immediate force close. The only way I can fix it is to do a factory reset our data wipe and start over, but obviously don't want to do that. Any suggestions?
[Samsung Mesmerize] afoley:
Just re flash remember to disable voodoo before
[Samsung Mesmerize] tuhoops:
Tried that, re flashing doesn't fix the problem. Thanks though.
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
You've got to do a wipe data/factory reset man, just like the instructions say. If you're going to be flashing ROMs and all that jazz you need to get use to it, most require it to work properly. Use a backup app like Titanium Backup to avoid losing all your user data/apps.
[Samsung Mesmerize] tuhoops:
No, I get that I have to restore from a backup, I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this same issue on this ROM. It's an issue. If you receive a call from a private or unavailable number, the value assigned in its place causes the dialer to force close each time it is accessed thereafter. Because of this, I've switched back to version 7. If be interested to know if anyone else has this issue as well. The v7 ROM lists a private or unavailable number in the call log as -1. I don't know if it does the same in v8, because it force closes before I can see the log. Perhaps the assigned value of -1 is causing the crash?
[Samsung Mesmerize] phatboy5015:
Ok, I really want to use this ROM, but every time I flash it (exactly like the instructions say), my phone goes to Digital Roaming constantly and I can't call or text. But 3G still works. The only way I can fix it is to flash a Touch Wiz ROM and go into the hidden debug menu (because I can't seem to find it in this ROM). By the way, I'm coming from SC 2.9.2..

Any ideas?
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
Flash to stock (with odin), then flash this ROM (with the process from the original post), you shouldn't be roaming at all with this rom. (there is no hiddenmenu.apk in it either unfortunately) it's best practice do to this when flashing a new ROM.

Tuhoops, I haven't had a private call so I can't advise.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phatboy5015:
By stock, do you mean 2.1, or the "stock" 2.2?
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
2.2 (going back to 2.1 is never needed, only if you prefer to stay with 2.1), when we say stock we mean a full stock build - not a customized one. After you flash the full stock you can flash the one with custom recovery / root, then proceed with this rom/kernel.
[Samsung Mesmerize] hanman:
Has anyone gotten the USB Tethering to work?
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
Nah, not through the built in settings anyway, I'm pretty sure 3rd party apps should work just fine.
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
I can confirm that EasyTether and PDANet work for USB, and wireless tether for root users works as well.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] ChromWolf:
Aaaaand I think that means I'm officially sold, I suspect if I don't try this tonight it'll be this weekend. XD Thanks for the testing Sage!

Frois here I come! (So I can stop raving to bde about it! ROFL)
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
You're welcome. Frois is cool but not my style. I really like Black Ups and the Android3.0 theme so I'm actually running 3.0 with black ups icons, some modified fonts and a custom boot logo. I can post some screens if anybody wants.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] ChromWolf:
I'll bite. I mean, I'm picking up that one of the big things about MIUI is its themes support. I'll either like it better than Frois or I won't. :D Post away!
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
Couldn't get them to upload right from my phone so I threw em on my photobucket.

http://s845.photobucket.com/albums/ab11/sageDieu

should be the first 5 pictures.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
Does anybody know a good way to do custom boot animations? I can't get import to work right, and putting it in system/media doesn't work.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
The way MIUI applies themes is by applying them to files located within a MIUI folder (I can't remember the exact location, but should be easy to find) instead of changing the stock files - it keeps those intact and then references the new location when you set a theme.

I just go into theme settings, select "edit" then click boot animations and pick one from online, if you can locate the folder and drop in your custom ones (assuming you're trying to use one from outside of the MIUI database) and select it through the same process (local instead of course).

I'm on CM6 still playing around so if you have trouble let me know and I'll flash back and try to find it.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phatboy5015:
Well I did this too, and it did the same thing.. Worked fine for a few minutes, then lost signal and said roaming, no calling or texting. any other ideas? I really want this ROM to work.
[Samsung Mesmerize] ChromWolf:
That's actually pretty nifty looking too.... I think the thing I'll enjoy most about MIUI is the theme possibilities. I'm pretty excited. :D Thanks for the screenshots Sage!
[Samsung Mesmerize] hanman:
has anyone had problems with the browser FC'ing on any page that has a text input field (i.e. Gmail)? Firefox can open the same pages just fine.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Cythrawl:
What exactly are you restoring back with Titanium?.. I remember when I was using MIUI with the Desire, you could not restore ANYTHING system based (APNS, Contact info, etc) as it would completly b0rk it and FC all the time.. Apps and Games you could do, but anything system, dont even bother...
[Samsung Mesmerize] asmith001:
Yeah. Same problem here. Lots of FC's from the browser.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Showcase with MIUI.
[Samsung Mesmerize] zarnax:
Had that problem. Boot into recovery, wipe cache. Reboot, problem should be fixed
[Samsung Mesmerize] hanman:
Still FC's after clearing the cache from recovery.
[Samsung Mesmerize] zarnax:
All I did to solve it was wipe cache and dalvil. Dunno
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
To the person talking about TB, yes that was a problem for some of us including me. I took it as an excuse to start over instead of reinstalling the 500 or so apps I never used, and so far it's worked fine for the few things where I just did one app at a time with its data.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
BDE, if you have time to flash back and figure this out... I had tried everything with the bootanimation. I tried importing the zip with theme manager, renaming the zip to. mtz, and even putting the zip inside an mtz for another theme which previously showed up in theme manager, and it just disappeared. I haven't spent a lot of time with the packaging system of themes but I just went into the mtz, found the bootanimation.zip and replaced it with my own and then it disappeared and wont show up in theme manager.

Oddly enough, I had been using the boot animation that I replaced, and now even though it doesn't exist where I installed it from, it still is working if I reboot. Which leads me to believe that it is being stored somewhere else after installation; I spent a long time last night trying to find it but I couldn't.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
Also if you get a chance could you try to up the max volume in calls? It seems really quiet for me.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] ChromWolf:
So I gave this a try last night, and last night, it worked GREAT! Found the Frois theme, and it was so sexy!

....But this morning, everything seems flaky. Home button doesn't work, I think I'm getting the FCs in the browser people are talking about, and possibly a roaming issue as well, though 3G seems to work as people have said. Also getting a black text on black background issue, though that may just be the Frois theme (though I'm not sure BDE had that issue). Android market, for one thing, seems to never get past the search screen, always comes back with a network error. Also, I don't seem to get the lock screen anymore, I can just tap the power button and the screen comes right up.

My process: I disabled voodoo, wiped dalvik/user data, flashed MIUI and JT's AOSP voodoo kernel (though I haven't re-enabled voodoo yet; also note I did NOT reboot in between flashing MIUI and JT's AOSP kernel since I didn't realize MIUI came with a kernel), and ran a Titanium Backup restoration.

Is this a "didn't reboot between flashing MIUI and Kernel" issue? Possibly accidentally restored something from TouchWiz in Titanium Backup or something?

Prepping to flash back to EC10 PnP right now, but any pointers for next time would be awesome.
[Samsung Mesmerize] bdemartino:
Try it again, this time don't flash a different kernel (since we packaged one we know to be working, with this already) see if you still have the issues.

TB restoring isn't cut and dried, especially when you're swapping to a different ROM - so FC issues are likely being caused by something being restored there, so I'd suggest testing for issues prior to a restore to make sure that's the case.

@ Sage - Trying to find time to help with your request. I believe the call volume issue was fixed recently in CM6 with a kernel edit, so that's probably what will fix it for MIUI too - haven't gotten a chance to test.