yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt Android Development] tryder:
GPS

So i installed bamf got a GPS lock and then rebooted and installed CM7. Now CM7 gets a GPS lock really quick. After getting a GPS lock the first time are most people seeing that they can get one everytime after that or do you lose the ability to get one later on. I use Nav alot and want to make sure GPS sticks. Rom is awesome so far.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dashaund:
The general consensus is MR2.5 and CM7 RC1.1
[Thunderbolt Android Development] notjaykay:
Ok, apparently my "format /system" didn't do anything as I'm now back to having problems getting 4G and keeping 4G. Going to have to shelve this until they fix it because 4G is a make or break for me.

Besides the 4G issue, I love this.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] arnmsctt:
I'm having issues with my headphones. I'll plug them in and play music or a video but after about a minute, they'll cut out and the sound comes out of the speaker. It acts as though I pulled the headphones out when I haven't. I can unplug them and replug a thousand times but it won't recognize them again until I reboot. I've had this issue on every version of CM7 so far using the original radio and mr2. I'm beginning to think it's a hardware defect but I'm throwing it out there to see if anyone else has had this on CM7 and found a solution.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] fronc:
I couldn't get a GPS lock, so I flashed the latest AOSP dreamkernel, and rebooted, cleared Aglaia data, resownloaded it, and now I get instant lock. Ymmv. Good luck.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] JaydenR:
So GPS is kernel related?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] cferra:
I can confirm this as well / dreamkernel RC 1.1 Mr 2.5
[Thunderbolt Android Development] cferra:
I have a similar issue as well
[Thunderbolt Android Development] tryder:
Mine is working fine, was just curious if once you get it to work, if it will always work or if it stops working after awhile.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] tbot:
Did the above recommendations for GPS and still doesn't work for me...sucks oh well still loving the rom!!!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] thewebsiteisdown:
Having bars with 4G is a miracle!!

I've been tethered for awhile now. I'm downloading Dirt3.

:p
[Thunderbolt Android Development] MisterDonut:
Radio MR2 + Dream Kernel. Stable 3g no 4g

Radio MR2.5 + Dream. Stable 4g.

Seems like everyone's phone works a little different. MR2 which worked for me on every other rom didnt seem to like the newest CM7. But MR2.5 Rocks the boat
[Thunderbolt Android Development] thewebsiteisdown:
I'm using MR2 and stable with 4G.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] bobtheelf:
Anyone having a problem with low-ish in call volume? It's not terrible, but it's significantly lower than in sense roms. Using MR 2.5.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] weezin9980:
Yes. From what I have been told it is cm7 related. I can't back that up with any facts or numbers.... Just what I heard.

There is a volfix. ZIP floating around somewhere in these threads. It didn't help me much.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] meblah741:
I tried to run fix permissions in rom manager but an error occurred. Is there something else I need to do.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] SikYou:
Run from recovery.

Thunderbolt!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] bobtheelf:
I've seen the fix for 0.4 and 0.6, but haven't tried them on 1.1 yet.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] SikYou:
Well its pretty well known that the CM camera is not the best, the picture quality is significantly lower than the stock HTC camera. I have not really had much luck with any camera apps from the market, again not as good as stock. Any recommendations on good replacement camera app or optimal settings.

Thunderbolt!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] pmdied:
What has been the overall consensus with WiFi>4g WITHOUT toggling? Any success stories? I live in a 4g area and get 4g in my house using BAMF 2.1 with Mr2.5 radio. No issues with data handoff.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] djkeller3:
I did not know that. Ever since I've had HTC phones, I've always had some minor - mostly very minor in nature - bugs that I lived with. Now I know why. Since every single one of us who have HTC phones start off with Sense out of the box, if we flash an AOSP ROM, we have the potential for said bugs, those of us who have not known to wipe system. This is the first I've heard of doing that, but I bet the next time I flash the next build of CM7, I will be wiping data, cache, dalvik cache and sytem 5X each!! :p
[Thunderbolt Android Development] djkeller3:
Yes! But it was because I was messing around in the status bar tweaks. As soon as I rebooted, it came back.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] djkeller3:
Don't wait. Flash it now. It's nearly perfect. You will LOVE it. ;)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Ovrclck:
Guaranteed!! Best rom out imo
[Thunderbolt Android Development] mrchambo:
Agreed. Best ROM currently available. Bar none.

jc
[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheLoonyRebel:
Maybe this got posted 26 pages back but what is a good camera replacement for the stock one CM7 includes? I really miss options such as 16x9 Widescreen and better control over resolution that the Sense 2.0/2.1 one has.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Ovrclck:
I'm not sure but I would also like to know.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] cypherx82:
I finally decided CM7 for Mecha was mature enough for me to try and oh boy am I happy. I couldn't stop playing with CM7 on my DX and am glad to finally have it on my primary device.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ilovesoad:
You kids that wipe like three or more times are funny.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Walkingmismatch:
It worked! I have data working ..thanks
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ssethv:
Does any one know if there will be any nightlies for the Thunderbolt? and where I can find them?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] mrchambo:
Try MIUI camera. Just search this thread, I think the link's in here somewhere...

JC
[Thunderbolt Android Development] weezin9980:
No nightlies yet
[Thunderbolt Android Development] djkeller3:
Yeah, I'm a 47 year old kid!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] djkeller3:
Yeah, the Sense camera is one of the best things Sense has.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] masri1987:
here is the link to a flashable MIUI for CM7 --- im flashing it

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=622366&d=1307824771

edit 1: can't get it to work, renamed the camera.apk to .bak and flashed the ***** and nada.

edit 2: i pulled the apk's from the zip and pushed it to system/app (renamed gallery.bak as well) and rebooted.. and nothing.

edit 3: i was able to install the MIUI gallery just by installing the apk, but not the camera. wtf any ideas?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dalingrin:
Camera360 is a good alternative.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] masri1987:
lol the object is MIUI camera lol
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BurnOne77:
This is damn impressive, think this might be a daily driver for me.

Using mr2.5 radio everything seems in order.

Is there any advantage/disadvantage to using mr1 version rom?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] cypherx82:
I'd like to hear the answer to this. I'm also running MR2.5.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ilovesoad:
It's the same, other than the radio. Use whatever works best for you, for most I'm sure the mr2 radios work best, but not everyone wants to use leaked radios.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] GrdLock:
*sigh*

Am I still the only one who can't get their gad dang 4G to work? Every time a new build comes out I load it excitedly hoping 4G will finally work for me... yet it never does. And yes I've tried all the "methods" to get it working, never any luck.

Running the MR1 radio, haven't tried it with MR2+ yet.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] masri1987:
4G worked for me ONE time on MR2, but after that nothing
[Thunderbolt Android Development] joec651:
I use the MIUI camera and I think it takes quality pictures
[Thunderbolt Android Development] SikYou:
Yea I'm testing it now. Seems pretty good so far but the one I downloaded does not have working camera swap and color effects do not work, otherwise nice.

Thunderbolt!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] joec651:
For anyone looking for the MIUI camera apk

http://db.tt/OxMNNNf

I just put it in the /system/app folder and changed permissions to rw-r--r-- and then rebooted. I now have the miui and stock camera app. I kept the stock one too because miui can't use the front facing camera.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] revolt1:
on mr2.0 on boot it goes to 3g instant and 4g within 30secs

all on its own so far solid bulid and i get 4 g bars

volume is still low but I'm not complaining
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BennyJr:
Those not getting 4g..try a reflash and wipe /system
[Thunderbolt Android Development] minazaki:
This is awesome, my new daily driver! Been on MR2.5 and RC1.1 for a full day now. Everything is working flawlessly (including 3G <-> 4G handoffs) except the following:

- WiFi -> 4G handoff (requires toggle)

- 4G signal bars are not accurate

- 4G speeds not quite as good as they were with froyo/gb sense based roms (~12 mbps v. ~20 mbps)

That's all I can come up with. Overall awesome! THANKS!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] nipplar:
Running 2.5 with new built. I drive about 30 plus miles on my commute between 3g and 4g coverage. Dropped once after a reboot but whole drive back tonight was switching on the fly. Very nice rom.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] masri1987:
i got the MIUI camera to work , but no FFC camera availability?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheLoonyRebel:
Well I have tried both MR2 and MR2.5 and still having to manually get 4G to work. Must be my TB as others have been able to get 4G to kick in without having to fiddle around. Still I do feel that we're getting very close to CM7 being a very polished ROM for the TB. Can't wait to see CM7 fully mature into the greatness everyone expects out of folks such as slayher! Great work thus far and will only get greater in due time!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] masri1987:
what's the way to switch to FFC on MIUI camera?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] SikYou:
Thhere isn't a way that I can see, that is the problem.

Sent from my GTablet
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BurnOne77:
What's everyones kernel of choice? I'm rocking the slayher kernel thait t comes default. No issues with but I am not seeing how to change volts or anything in it. Anyone have any info on this? Sorry if it's been posted I just got into cm7 last night. I guess I could try another kernel but this one seems great.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] joec651:
Doesn't support the FFC. I kept the stock camera app around for when I want to use the ffc and just use the miui for regular shooting
[Thunderbolt Android Development] B3L13V3:
Lol I was just about to ask the same question...yea please any input on this is welcome. Thanks
[Thunderbolt Android Development] PineTre3:
i always go with Imoseyon's kernels, they are the sickest
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Derrtydozen:
Drods kernel has been running very smooth. No hangs or reboots, his next release will support call recording :D
[Thunderbolt Android Development] n0thing2bdone:
perfect. thanks
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Veridor:
Loving it, but still can't get GPS to lock. My have to go back to a Sense ROM until that's worked out. Tried the GPS Status fix, and the backup-flash Sense-lock GPS- restore workaround is cumbersome. Any other tips?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] fronc:
Try flashing the latest dreamkernel. Fixed that and Netflix choppyness for me! (Clear cache/dalvik first!)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] minazaki:
It may be cumbersome, but it works. I only had to do it once, and GPS has been locking consistently through at least 10 reboots. Process took about 10-15 minutes total. If it's the only thing keeping you from CM7, then it's a no brainer - just do it. Think about it, you're going to go through half the process anyway just to get back to Sense.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] wrich73:
The latest KangBang (6/29 build) is really nice, no screen lag on wake, very good smartass gov. implementation, great battery life too.

I like using SetCpu for a seriously OC'd charging profile and smartass at stock clock speed for everything else.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dwhitman:
On my Evo, I have consistently noted that my phone displays fewer bars in a given location under CM7 vs. a Sense-based ROM, despite having very similar db readings.

I think the mapping between db and bars displayed is pretty arbitrary, and that phone vendors choose a mapping that tends to show more bars at intermediate signal strengths, just because it makes their network look better. CM apparently just chooses a more linear mapping.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] wwjdd44:
nvm......................
[Thunderbolt Android Development] meblah741:
So every now and I keep getting Google framework force close. I tried reflashing gapps and did fix permission but no dice. Any suggestions?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] WhiteRabbit22:
I installed again last night and my home button wouldn't work for some reason. Everything else was fine until I restarted the phone, then it started FCing the phone process, and there was no launcher.

I guess I'm sticking with GB TeslaCoil until the next release, then I'll try CM7 again.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Veridor:
I'll try it, just hope battery life is comparable to Slayher's stock kernel.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Veridor:
Then again, didn't realize dreamkernel hadn't been updated since 6/20/11, so I wonder if flashing a custom kernel would undo some of Slayher's latest tweaks.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Sidewind75:
So I am giving this rom another shot however when i go into rom manager and go to Download rom so i can get the google apps it says i need the latest version of rom manager wich i can't get because i have no market to try to update rom manager or anything. how can i fix this?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] potcryan:
So on my way to work I dropped from a full charge to 45%. This was a matter of 15 minutes. Any idea what happened? I was on 3g only. Just flashed mr2 last night but I did a full wipe so this is baffling
[Thunderbolt Android Development] concept0:
That's basically the boat I'm in. MR2.5 seemed to be working with 4g, until the first time I connected to wifi...
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Kennyc11:
Finally a CM7 that works for me! I have been waiting for a build that works for me, and this one finally does. Only issue I have is the 4G connectivity after switching from wifi. A quick network toggle fixes that issue though. Great Job Devs, donation coming your way!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] xdpurp:
I guess I'm sticking with the latest release and MR2.5 for a while, although I miss the longer battery life from RC0.6.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BennyJr:
Just download a gapps to ur computer and install in in CWM
[Thunderbolt Android Development] pmdied:
Same thing here. Much stronger 4g connectivity, too.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Turb0wned:
Does the rom still have low in call volume?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] PineTre3:
i asked him the same thing on rootzwiki and he said all the tweaks he did were in the framework so it won't matter if you change kernels
[Thunderbolt Android Development] PineTre3:
no it's been fixed
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BennyJr:
Just cuz...
[Thunderbolt Android Development] WormDoes:
^^ That's it lol ;)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BennyJr:
LOL i cou;dve did better but i was using it alot during the day...and this isnt even a good set of battery stats im on
[Thunderbolt Android Development] PineTre3:
do you guys use automatic brightness?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] strongergravity:
A theory...

In the past I have tried using the 2.0 & 2.5 radios, as well as the 605 MR1, with BAMF. Whenever I open Maps it would show my location at a cell tower 20 miles away. The GPS Status lock would square things away (mostly). Consequently, at best, Beautiful Widgets & Fancy Widget would both have me located in that town, or sometime in Paris or El Paso. I live near a small town in Southern VA, and 4g is not an issue.

When I used the 402 radio, Maps would initially locate me at 1 of 2 towers that are only 2 miles away. When GPS kicks in it puts me where I am.

So, I think the equipment that Verizon has on it's towers is quite variable (and I'm connecting to old stuff). This is probably why different people are having different levels of success with the different radios, and why speed & signal strength has changed for people - the different radios are reaching for different towers.

So, if you are having radio issues, hop into Maps soon after booting your phone & see what tower it has you near.

For me, I gotta stick with MR1, probably until they change tower stuff, which will probably be when they give us 4g, which is undoubtedly going to be after the next presidential election (and maybe the one after that) :)

Edit: going back to 402 after some time & it is now connecting to the distant tower. At least BW & FW has me in the right time zone...
[Thunderbolt Android Development] WormDoes:
I was just kidding. Anything over 1 day is awesome.

@pinetre3-yes, I use auto brightness, but I set custom levels in CM settings>display>automatic backlight
[Thunderbolt Android Development] joec651:
My volume is still low unless my ears are just dirty
[Thunderbolt Android Development] PineTre3:
hahaha have you turned it up? try going into sound settings check there as well
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Blaine12:
I had this same issue. Formatted system in CWM and reflashed. Fixed!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] djkeller3:
Formatting system in CWM seems to fix a lot of stuff. Netflix wouldn't work with ADW EX until I formatted system. I am so glad someone mentioned to do this, and I think it should be in the OP. It's that important.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BennyJr:
Yes sir with custom levels
[Thunderbolt Android Development] icesteve:
Either use quickpic or add a file called .nomedia to folders you dont want to show up, that's all quickpic does just simpler than having to create 10 .nomedia files
[Thunderbolt Android Development] insanegod:
Anyone know why the power widget would disapear from the pulldown? It was there when i first flashed, rebooted to recovery and flashed gapps, now its gone. I tried unchecking and rechecking it in the cm settings and that didnt work.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BennyJr:
It does that...just reboot it
[Thunderbolt Android Development] weezin9980:
Really? I must be deaf then. It's about the same to me. Any suggestions?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] insanegod:
Reboot fixes it, thanks benny
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Powell730:
So I've read about 50 pages and didn't see anyone talking about it..

Anyone else not having the reception bars only filling about 2 bars? I've never had anything less than full where I'm at now but since flashing cm7 it won't go over 2 bars.. And the gps issue.. Only two problems..

Other than that.. Toggling to get 4g works.. netflix works perfectly.. Battery life for the first time since going to android phones is good! Love this rom so much, thanks everyone!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dc iz 2 legit:
Where is format system in cwm
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Eddog4DROID:
I believe in Clockwork Recovery. In one of the sub menus.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] gixxertriplezero:
what netflix apk are you guys using?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] PineTre3:
yea everyone has this problem it is when you are on CDMA+LTE
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Powell730:
Gotcha ok thanks for the response.. I did notice when I took off lte it was normal.. makes sense now!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Powell730:
Mine says version 1.2.2
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BennyJr:
Its in the mounts section
[Thunderbolt Android Development] masri1987:
same here, low volume regardless of fix or no fix.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Ovrclck:
I've noticed that also, but when in a call, all the bars light up. I'm assuming the radio goes in low power stand by or something until needed.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BurnOne77:
what themes are people using besides the 3 included and the cm7 adw ex theme?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] manningfan10:
thanks this helped me sooooo much. I'm loving cm7!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] manningfan10:
I'm using synergy and love it!!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Ovrclck:
Hook us up with a link? :D
[Thunderbolt Android Development] manningfan10:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bsthemes.theme.synergy
[Thunderbolt Android Development] meblah741:
Sorry but what will this do? Does it just wipe all the system settings? Is this the same as wiping / formatting your phone?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Legacystar:
It wipes out the whole operating system. You'll have to reflash cm7 after you format /system
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Ovrclck:
cool, thanks bud!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] bobtheelf:
Not really, it's still quite low compared to Sense ROMs.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] WormDoes:
I agree. It's better than it was, but still a little low for my liking
[Thunderbolt Android Development] tflogic:
Here's the cm7 theme chooser thread.

My favorite authors are iamthebigcheeze (themes usually cost a buck but are very thorough and even provides metamorphs to theme what isn't covered by the default theme engine), team mattedblues, and bsthemes (author of synergy theme).

Here's detox blues by iamthebigcheeze:
[Thunderbolt Android Development] manningfan10:
np, this link has all themes available for cm7 theme chooser...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056292
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Blaine12:
I installed the latest Gaps but my Google Talk doesn't seen to have video chat... Am I missing something?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] coontag:
For what it's worth, I left this rom (initially i had no GPS or 4g or Bluetooth ) and went back to a stripped sense. Honestly i can say after getting a taste of bolt cm7 @ 1.4oc + dream kernal's unbelievable battery life I'm willing to sacrifice 4g for a while. I did get end up GPS working and Bluetooth functions enough for my needs.

*If your reading this thread to consider if you should flash or not you probably will have issues, but IMO, they are totally worth it. Hope my opinion helps someone,if not let it be for the greater good.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] McFluffnStuff:
Azure.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125126

:)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] iceman6996:
How did you get the GPS working?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] manningfan10:
what is the easiest fix for gps?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BurnOne77:
thanks for all the theme info and links everyone.

Can anyone tell me how to enable internet passthrough on cm7? I only option for usb mass storage starting up and I can't seem to find how.

Please ban me from everything if this is very obvious or has had to be answered over and over, this is my first cm7 experience.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] wwjdd44:
for those having a hard time with gps, try going to settings-->location&security and disable Use wireless networks..............and try just using gps satellites.............maps will then find me at my house, not in Moscow.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] je300zx:
GPS fix.

Make backup in recovery

Flash sense based GB rom

Reboot

Get gps lock in maps

Then immediately:

Power button>restart>recovery>restore CM7 backup

Reboot and you will have GPS.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] je300zx:
I'm having a hard time with data speeds.. When I did the GPS fix I did a speed test on Gingeritis3d build 4 and ran 110 kB/s up and 70 kB/down. After going back to CM7 30 kB/s down and 60 kB/s up.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] wwjdd44:
what are you trying to do?? "internet pass through" is a sense option.........not used in CM.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BurnOne77:
yeah I realize this now, my bad.

trying to get online through my pc via USB like when using that sense option.