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[Defy Android Development] ziki:
camera frame drops

Hi,

after some days of use of beta 6 I can say that the ROM is more or less perfect, but I have a question about the video camera: in beta 6 changelog there is "Fix camera frame drops.", but IMHO there still is a frame drops in the video recording (High res). It is quite easy to see if you compare to a video made by froyo roms.

What do you think about? Is it only my impression?

Camera and Video Camera I think are the most important things to be improved (WVGA photo and video) or fix (frame drops?). Also the 720p playback (only playback, not recording) is a useful feature to have. The others functionalities seem works very well for me (except mic issue with speakerphone, but I have never tested it, sure this is another important bug to fix).
[Defy Android Development] Abaddon:
happens to me too. what I did was turn off auto brightness then on and stayed in that way.oh I also have the brightness fix
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
It's always recommended to do a full wipe as there may be bugs when upgrading...it's common knowledge :)

Mine do depending on light conditions...think it can be adjusted in cm settings ;) Mine are stock.
[Defy Android Development] Abaddon:
when will we get another update? hopefully vid recording will work :)
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
If he rushes updates he has less time to test and then users complain about bugs and ask for another release...patience :)
[Defy Android Development] Czubs:
Hey , little problem, how to skip blur activation ? I just install this rom, and can`t pass that, when I do "skip setup" i jus back to step one.. and registration and login to account have some errors..
[Defy Android Development] Abaddon:
agreed. I'm just wondering what's next :D
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Wrong thread?
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
This ROM does not contain BLUR, either you posted on the wrong thread, or you confused it with the google account setup.
[Defy Android Development] labsin:
Can we enable 4 frequencies, does it have advantages over 3 freq?
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
Not sure if it can be done without a new kernel. Even if it is so, sooner or later we'll get a stable kernel from the Motorola Gingerbread leaks.
[Defy Android Development] ctz556:
110519 nightly same:(
[Defy Android Development] binodnepal:
Just had battery at 19%. Received a call and made a call both below 1 min. Battery jumped down to 4%. Strange. And put back to charging and in 15 mins jumped to 24%. Now I moved the phone to PC USB charge and now the battery bar icon is showing as charging in animation. But the phone is discharging and now its at 18%. I also do not see USB connection status in notification. I am using beta6. Started using from beta 4 and from since no clean install but only upgrade from 5 to 5.1 and to 6. Even the led is showing as charging but its actually discharging as I can see the decrement in percentage. Anybody having this sort of experience. Help appreciated.
[Defy Android Development] Gomi94:
Did you try a reboot.

Maybe calibration of the battery helps?
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
I recommend charging to full capacity and apply the battery calibration procedure.
[Defy Android Development] binodnepal:
Did a reboot I can now see the USB icons and battery says charging and not discharging. Now when I look at the battery usage it still says 12 hrs on battery.very strange when does it actually refresh the status. Is this a bug or just my phone.
[Defy Android Development] binodnepal:
Will do that. Do you reckon a clean install as I have not done clean install from beta 4 yet.
[Defy Android Development] Gomi94:
like ccav2000 said, i would charge the battery until it reached its full capcitiy and the try the battery calibration

Edit: i just see you already noticed his post
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
no need to wipe, unless you have some other problem.
[Defy Android Development] binodnepal:
Do you know what is mediaserver in beta 6 eating up around 30% battery.
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
No idea, doesn't happen here. If you tap it it should open a screen where it says what services/apps it includes.
[Defy Android Development] :
safe frequencies will be enabled from the start? good job!
[Defy Android Development] binodnepal:
it only says media server and total running is 55mins and ate 30% battery
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
did you listened to music or watched videos by any chance?
[Defy Android Development] quzo:
on my phone music apk drain my battery , i delete this apk and now i dont have problems :)
[Defy Android Development] binodnepal:
yeah I did listen to music but the listening to music is way more than that and for music I can see "Music" process being listed and showing the battery usage. This media server doesn't immediately start when the phone is rebooted and listening to music but starts way later. is it only me with this issue I have the uk 3.4.3 -11sbf.
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
As it doesn't happen to me, I cannot be sure what triggers it. But I don't think you are the only one, I think I saw similar posts in this thread. Perhaps a wipe would help, but I cannot be sure.
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Try an older version of gallery 3d apk...

Ephumuris. Defy CM7 by Quarx.
[Defy Android Development] mick711:
Hello

I just test nightly version compiled the 18 .

On my Defy Green Lens SBF Base 3.4.2-177 Nordic update the beta6 with wipe cache my GPS don't work i have this error :

Copilote Live :

GPS Error

Unable to register for GPS updates

Sigyc Navigation :

GPS is not enable

Enable location services to determine your location.

Motonav :

No error but the GPS icon don't show so i think the software can't enable GPS .

For information the best way for me for GPS is Beta2 .

Thanks
[Defy Android Development] demolition23:
Beta 1 in multiupload

http://www.multiupload.com/LKDRP43W5K
[Defy Android Development] Blackcorsa:
i have found a Bug.

If you are calling and want to ending the call it doesn´t end
[Defy Android Development] JackSparrow17:
Thanks for Link of the Speedy development.......
[Defy Android Development] AkkiandDefy:
If I wanna restart how should I? Bootloader or normal?
[Defy Android Development] :
are you sure that the caller closed the call??
[Defy Android Development] Blackcorsa:
no, i can´t close the call
[Defy Android Development] gubshi:
i can't even get calling to work at all, can't choose O2, my provider, just E-Plus and Telekom.de. It doesn't find O2 at all :/
[Defy Android Development] NickChaplin:
i get the same error and it doesnt matter if the other person has hung up or not i should still be able to end a call. even when dialing its not possible to cancel.

as the regular speaker doesnt work on my defy i have to use the loud speaker and i find it doesnt always work.

also when the phone thinks its still in a call the power button doesnt work (dont know if this is a feature or a bug) but it means pulling the battery to shutdown my phone (as i cant hang up a call)
[Defy Android Development] SteveChou:
craziest development speed！！！

i have a question

which SBF the CM7 base on?

i'm now on CN Froyo 2.6.0,seems not Compatible(change to mb525?)
[Defy Android Development] Burn02:
Here is an other link for people who need. :)

http://alionet-repository.no-ip.info/defy/rom_quarx/beta1.zip
[Defy Android Development] pinkllama:
i'm having a few problems with data conections.

with this rom is it ok to flash the 3G fix that's being used by people for 2.2 roms?
[Defy Android Development] Simplestas:
You can extract this apns-conf to /system/etc to get your APN automatically (you need to wipe or reset apns to default and set permissions ofc).
[Defy Android Development] geecko:
Seriously what sbf do we need ?
[Defy Android Development] sunoldman:
wifi doesn't work stablely,always disconnect. My router is a 802.11n 300M router.
[Defy Android Development] NickChaplin:
3.4.3-11 works for me. (though i am having problems that i dont believe are related to the sbf)
[Defy Android Development] nathrinder:
Wow, the development speed of this port is impressive. Think I'm gonna buy a Defy this week. Thanks for the hard work ! This looks very promising.
[Defy Android Development] zjfgavin:
Yes,i also found it.Even i set my phone to Airplane mode,the call is still there.
[Defy Android Development] sunoldman:
I think it doesn't rely on any sbf. Any sbf will be ok.
[Defy Android Development] Muznyu:
You should try to set the router to b/g mode, Defy doesn't always works on n standard.
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
My Defy came this morning...checked it worked and straight away flashed Korean 2.2...maybe i will give this a go too. Love the pace of the development.
[Defy Android Development] adyrafy:
Mediaserver is attached to the music player

It reads the mp3 info from the SD card

It is also used for reading video files from SD card

So...that is the reason for the high value.
[Defy Android Development] adyrafy:
Did u try to enable gps from the notification bar first and then use the motonav app?

I am using beta 6 (not the nightly editions) and it works ok
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
With go sms or another I cant control sms color, and I only can change it in cyanogen settings. It's a cyanogen limitation?

Edit: Changed "canT" for "can". A mistake.
[Defy Android Development] Sqoerk:
Update to the nightly version from today destroyed my CM7...

The scripts under /system/bootmenu/script/ are not available, but the 2nd Init Menu is available. So I have to reinstall from SBF now :mad:
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Colours work with SMS Popup app and pretty sure they work in Handcent too. :)
[Defy Android Development] ctz556:
lastest version 110519-1450?
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
But can an app have more than one color? Because it work only green, and changing in cm settings I get only the color cm settings say.

BTW, booting, the led become blue, but in a second become green for about two seconds, its ok? I remember 1,5 seconds blue only.

Thanks!
[Defy Android Development] drwario:
Nightly 0722 on Nordic green lenses. Camera bug no preview
[Defy Android Development] Sqoerk:
Nope...this version was released after I tried :cool:
[Defy Android Development] ctz556:
I tested this version,fixed.
[Defy Android Development] kranti2064:
Small question, I had used the Nordic sbf as the base... whenever I get an incoming call the LED is always a strange mixture of pink and yellow... and when my phone is charging/connected via USB again the LED lights up in a combo of yellow and pink...

any suggestions what is wrong here?
[Defy Android Development] :
Hey guys, I was trying to flash this rom onto my roommates defy. After the flash it got stuck in bootloop. Which sbf should I flash first? Is there somewhere in this thread a little tut?
[Defy Android Development] psicodelico:
Try here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1065798
[Defy Android Development] dedraks:
Working Swype: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1086993
[Defy Android Development] scripttec:
i upgraded from beta 2 to beta 6 and also having now the issue of the led (at least while charging)

is it possible to control the led somewhere in the settings??
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
Thats the led when the phone is charging, not a problem.
[Defy Android Development] lionel126:
thanks man

smooth
[Defy Android Development] mick711:
Yes its the first i try disable and enable but no issu, in beta 2 3 4 5 5.1 6 my GPS work but the best is with beta 2 .

Its not an official beta so i dont know for next release .

Thanks
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
I strongly disagree, in beta 2 a-GPS is not working at all. In beta 5.1 and 6 I get a fast fix, but not very accurate. We'll see if it can be improved or not in future betas.
[Defy Android Development] dedraks:
On my device GPS is working like a char with 4,5M accuracy even indoor.
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Mine has 4m accuracy too. Clean install of beta 6. Only extra thing I did was replace gps.conf with a uk one.

Ephumuris. Defy CM7 by Quarx.
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
I've already said, mine says 4m accuracy but the fix is... on the next block. I replaced the gps.conf too but all it did was to shorten a bit the lock time. There are a few others that have the same problem as me.

Also, right now I will not wipe to test, CWM seems to be buggy in the current beta and I don't like taking unnecessary risks.
[Defy Android Development] mick711:
I just say GPS i don't use aGPS :rolleyes:

I just have 1 hours of call no sms no data no ... :D
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
Ok, point taken! :)
[Defy Android Development] dedraks:
For me Beta 6 could be RC or final.

Everything works out of the box.

GPS fix in 5~10 seconds.

Swype with my provided package.

I can even make WVGA recording with lgCamera Free.
[Defy Android Development] teamet:
Your package doesn't include danish, which is quite vital to me. How did you extract and reapply swype?

I have an itanium backup of swype with danish - can i restore that on the CM7?

Can you supple a package which includes danish?
[Defy Android Development] dedraks:
I extracted the swype from a brazilian sbf. It has only the languages I listed.

Please tell me wich sbf has the language you need so I can make a package.
[Defy Android Development] Quarx:
Green or Red? And the parameters lgCamera?
[Defy Android Development] dedraks:
Red lense.

lgCamera settings:

Video resolution: 848x480
Video encoder: MPEG4
Video file format: MPEG4
Video bitrate: 8 Mbit
Video framerate: Auto

Audio sourc: Microphone
Audio encoder: AMR_NB
Enable stereo mode: NO
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
Someone must slap me, my curious geeky nature won the fight. I just wiped the phone, I will know soon if it did anything for the GPS...
[Defy Android Development] teamet:
I believe the "Nordic" sbf has danish ?

I have a pre-installed danish/nordic stock 2.2 on the device, so i haven't really tried installing others..

EDIT: Would be great if you could help out! :-)
[Defy Android Development] dedraks:
CM7 Splash Screen (boot logo)

I made a CM7 splash screen.

Install with my Splash Tools from Market:

https://market.android.com/details?id=net.in4byte.splashtools

http://android.in4byte.net/splashtools/splash/cm7.raw
[Defy Android Development] vick33:
Quarx please could you tell me what to modify in sources to enable hw flash? I try to find the relevant differences between beta 5.1 and 6 but i did not succeded. Thx in advance
[Defy Android Development] AkkiandDefy:
Will test with my Green Lens, too?(But I mentioned LGcamera long ago, and WVGA Camcorder was working)

EDIT: Nope, not working, but I'm when I had beta 2 it was

@dedraks

could you include german in your Swype :)
[Defy Android Development] labsin:
Dutch would be nice to.
[Defy Android Development] Sqoerk:
WOW Great that worked for me....THANKS man....:cool::D
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
As I feared, after the wipe the Restore feature is broken. I you wipe in beta6, restore is no go, you better have everything backup up with Titanium Backup or similar ( I did, thankfully).
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
Not working for me! Green lens, cm7 beta 6 over french froyo.
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Testing gps with no agps on a clean install. In around 30 seconds it has me "accurate to 20m" but to be honest it almost has me dead on. Indoors too!
[Defy Android Development] dedraks:
Swype post updated.

Many languages added.
[Defy Android Development] dedraks:
Swype topic updated.

Many languages added.
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Cleared agps data just to make sure, agps turned off, took a minute but it's got me "to 20m" again but it's much closer. More like 5m!

Oh and that's indoors again but upstairs both times.
[Defy Android Development] Frunobulax:
Great work so far on Beta6, Quarkx.

May I just give my humble opinion?

The lowest brightness setting is already quite a lot brighter than Froyo's stock lowest setting.

And screen really is engulfing my battery. I barely made 6 hours of use - 3G off, a few wifi, just keeping the screen on and dealing with the menus, etc.

Can't you put the lowest brightness a bit darker to see if it can improve battery life a little? And as a general question, do you think there are other things that can be optimized by you yet for the "final" stable version?
[Defy Android Development] abhi.eternal:
Is anyone able to use the original Defy Alarm & Timer app in CM7? If yes, can you upload app file as I really miss the touch to snooze & slide to dismiss function!!
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
Before testing this rom, when booting the recovery became blue 1.5s, and after that it turn off and continue booting. Now, it turns blue and then green... thats maybe because autoruns 2nd-init?

And for those who have the black screen issue with calls, sometimes or everytime, which are your base rom? Its for see if its maybe a rom base problem.

I have french base and have black screen issue most time. I too have the brightness fix!

Thanks!
[Defy Android Development] alexandre.cgd:
I have a problem, I do not know how to solve.

When I make a connection for the first time, goes smoothly, but in others he does not care! Once you squeeze it CALL ON OVER! Does anyone have any idea what might be? :confused:
[Defy Android Development] vick33:
with the touch to snooze function once i set the clock to 7am and slept to 10 touching the phone in every 5 minutes:-)
[Defy Android Development] adi4motion:
i really like that app:)
[Defy Android Development] Sir Flashalot:
But how's your positioning on maps?

GPS fix after the gps.conf update is much faster on mine and spot on, as I reported earlier, but now it's always 20m off heading SW in Google Maps. It worked fine only the first day. Noticed this deviation also on Froyo using Maverick and thought it was the app that's causing it. Position also "wanders" on maps. On Froyo in Navigon the gps position on the map is glued to streets automatically, so I couldn't really test exact position. In Navigon position was lagging behind at high-speeds, but I don't think the problem is related. Opened location.cfg in data/location but its settings I don't recognize.

According to Wiki:

Google Maps is based on a close variant of the Mercator projection. If the earth were perfectly spherical, the projection would be the same as the Mercator. Google Maps uses the formulæ for the spherical Mercator, but the coordinates of features on Google Maps are the GPS coordinates based on the WGS 84 datum. The difference between a sphere and the WGS 84 ellipsoid causes the resultant projection not to be precisely conformal. The discrepancy is meaningless at the global scale but causes maps of local areas to deviate slightly from true ellipsoidal Mercator maps at the same scale.
[Defy Android Development] :
+1 to be able to set a lower light level, the lowest value is still to high
[Defy Android Development] Lion_1:
+1 --> also my opinion
[Defy Android Development] adi4motion:
Quarx, please add 800Mhz option back

we have only:

-300

-600

-1000

we should have:

-300

-600

-800

-1000
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
Back? We never had that. Its something from the kernel.
[Defy Android Development] adi4motion:
we had 800 (not 1000)...we need 800 back and also 1000
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Maps is always 20m but seems to be closer in reality.

Ephumuris. Defy CM7 by Quarx.
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
Lets see, with the actual kernel we only have 3 frequencies. There is no working kernel to be able to have 4 at the moment in defy. About the values, you can change them.

Edit: Yes, there is a leaked with 4 steps, but that doesnt work with cm7 at the moment.
[Defy Android Development] samcad:
Guys well frm d point of view of our usage ... batterylife decrease .... bt as v use also bettry Sud b stay at least 1half days.... bt mine without any usage it stays stand alon for week... by using internet... Facebook n all it stays only for a 10hours

Sent From ma Galaxy5 cyanOgen mOd 7 using XDA Premium
[Defy Android Development] ccav2000:
The only kernel with 4 frequencies if from the leaked 2.3.3 sbf, but that kernel is NOT usable for CM7, has too many bugs. In a future leak, perhaps.
[Defy Android Development] Perilla_:
I know, but he did not.
[Defy Android Development] adi4motion:
i didn't know that was a kernel limitation:(
[Defy Android Development] Sir Flashalot:
Try this:

- Backup location.cfg in /data/location/ (This file contains latest gps settings)

- Copy and Replace location.cfg (date 01/08/08) from /etc/ to /data/location/

- Et voilá, EXACT gps position at 4m. :D At least on mine.

Edit:

- On second test its borged again...

- Replaced original file 2nd time. Nogo.
[Defy Android Development] mick711:
No good issu with GPS with last NIGHTLY 11-05-19 :(

So i think it's better i wait for official release :D

EDIT : when i try to return to beta6 impossible with wipe data factory reset in parameters i show nightly version , i don't know why so new flash sbf 3.4.2-177-005 nordic and fresh beta 6 install
[Defy Android Development] dasbin:
I have also been having GPS accuracy issues with CM7. Fix time is nearly instant (even with AGPS off) and reported accuracy is very good (either 31 or 15 feet) but the reported position is constantly jumping around and I am usually outside the blue circle by a good 10 meters or so. It never seems to find a dead lock on my actual position no matter how long I wait or what the sky conditions are like.

My old Samsung Captivate used to do this exact same thing too. Makes me wonder if they are using the same or similar Broadcom GPS chipset and driver (which I believe Broadcom admitted had issues, and made an update available for, but in Samsung's case they never implemented the updated driver in their kernel).

It is *NOT* an issue generic to either Google Maps, or to Android. I have an Acer Liquid MT that reports dead-on accurate all the time and stays in one place. Using GPS Test, the satellite SNR signals can be identical on all the phones but the Acer will be the only one reporting a constant and accurate Latitude and Longitude value.

I believe this issue was better on the Defy with the stock Froyo than it is with CM7.
[Defy Android Development] dasbin:
This is a very easy user-preference fix.

Settings -> CyanogenMod settings -> Display -> Automatic Backlight -> Make sure "Allow Light Decrease" and "Use custom" is checked.

then...

set "Screen Dim Level" to 12

then...

go into "Edit Other Levels..."

This is where you can set screen brightness levels as a matrix according to what the brightness hitting the sensor is. I have mine tweaked such that I never need to touch manual brightness, it works very very well.

The important setting you are looking for is to set the "Screen" value for the topmost row to "12".

Here are my other settings for those who are interested. It will be darkest in no light, then ramp up slowly in indoors or mixed lighting conditions, then be full brightness when exposed to the outdoors daytime (even overcast). This was based on studying how the sensor responds to certain conditions.

Lower Upper Screen Buttons

0 2 12 255

3 9 24 255

10 159 56 0

160 399 102 0

400 1099 160 0

1100 3999 212 0

4000 infinity 255 0

Hysteresis set to 40%
[Defy Android Development] adi4motion:
after you do this, does cathodic tv animation still work on screen timeout?:D

for me it doesn't. works only on power button
[Defy Android Development] dasbin:
Yes it still works fine for me... strange.
[Defy Android Development] binodnepal:
I was using navigation from beta6 just to test GPS in bus and it was accurate. But if you see on maps it is bit different in terms on meters any way I get around 4m.