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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mpierce:
I can't realy remember the features from #14 as I was on #27 before reverting to #25 due to excessive power usage.

The solution for an end user and a RC is that they just expect it to work. The Dev's have done an outstanding job. Everyone knows this and appreciates it. We all see the hidden power and functionality that lies within CM7 but as a friend of mine said to me, "you are the only one who really cares. You've set my phone up and it just works..."

We are kidding ourselves if we think that are not real issues / bugs or whatever that requires resolution. One only has to look at the amount of time we are all checking into this forum. Some of us, live here (I won't mention any names because I don't want him in particular to throw a tantrum and start pouting); some of us check in so frequently that we might as well too.

I'm in a situation where I too have to have to ROM, CM7 for the city and the dark side rom if I just want the phone to work.

No, it's not as fast; yes, it's a bit laggy; no, it's not as powerful or feature rich; but everything that is suppose to work in general works - BLN works, video works, call recording works on earlier version; battery life is stellar with 3g on constantly.

What do I prefer? CM7 of course! I love the challenge and feel like I helping but then again, I'm in the IT business and work with SAMMIE on an independent project. Love the phone, love this OS!

But IMHO, it is not ready for prime time.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] haferflocke:
Hey guys!

Is it possible to turn the frontcam from landscape to potrait mode?

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sambwel:
I'm just wondering if you ever used a CM7 nightly

before #14

. If you did, and did not experience the same problems with mobile reception, then that would support the theory that the RIL is the cause of your trouble. The introduction of the new RIL in #14 was a major change that broke a lot of things.

True - that's why there isn't a RC yet ;)

But seriously, everyone acknowledges there are issues that need addressing, and I'm sure work will continue. What we all need to do if we want to help the devs is provide as much information as possible if there is a bug that needs fixing.

The possibility of a bug in the RIL is something serious that needs to be looked at closely. If you're willing and able to investigate it further (i.e. seeing if the issue exists in a clean install of #11, recording logs etc) then I'm sure everyone will be very grateful!

Let me be clear: you've already contributed a lot to the discussion here and I'm glad to have you around, so please don't misunderstand that suggestion. That's only if you feel like looking into it further, but no-one would say you have to! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
Mpierce, i am pretty sure u already tried different modems, but just to know, i had those troubles using different modems and only zsjpe modem seemed to fit my needs in the city as well as on country side. However, we have no kangoroos here in Austria and that missing al could make a big difference on this subject, but changing modem can't be a bad idea.

I think my battery drain results from some bln code (lights) left in the rom, that prevents deep sleep. (That's just my 2¢)

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
I think codeworkx and atinm have mentioned before that the RIL is indeed the cause of battery drain and it is extremely hard to fix because samsung is not following the RIL standard used by other manufacturers. This together with the fact that RIL source isn't released make fixing the RIL nearly a mission imposible.

Anyone knows if the team has requested for the RIL source code directly from samsung? Or maybe we can flood SamsungUS's email with RIL source code request. This is definitely not a good way to request for something but ... any other ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
I am pretty sure they wont release ril sources, but eventually it would be possible to get the api from them.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Dopedangel:
I have two question

1) I am using nightly #21 will I have problems is if I upgrade directly to #28. I read a few people had problems when they upgraded to a new nightly when they skipped a few nightlies.

2) What is the best recommended radio version for battery life and wifi. Or I should just use the latest by release date from here.

http://codeworkx.de/download/cyanogenmod/
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] prembox:
This is actually the truth many have forgotten....but I'm optimistic about the devs getting a way around this issue.....as of now it does give 22-28 hrs with moderate to high use....so no complains.....very very happy.. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Prasad:
1. No problems.

2. Different for different people and different regions.. so experiment. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sambwel:
Yeah.. I don't believe in miracles, so I can accept that Samsung will never release the source. But APIs? This is an interesting possibility!

I wonder what communication the devs have had with Samsung about the RIL... Maybe some negotiation could lead to the release of at least some useful information? :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
Why wouldn't they release the ril sources? Does it involve some kind of confidential information or whatever thing that samsung/carriers don't want third parties to obtain? I believe if that's not the case, samsung will release it under the community's demand. After all in the android game, happy developer community + happy consumers = loads of $$$. If the samsung people aren't exceptionally stupid, they should understand the rule in this game.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sambwel:
Unfortunately the dev/custom ROM community is the minority. A very vocal one, but still a minority. Just because we ask for something, doesn't mean we will get it.

In the case of proprietary source, it is extremely unlikely, because Samsung will consider protecting their "intellectual property" from their competitors much more important than satisfying a very small segment of their customer base.

Even if that argument sounds silly (and it does to me too!), that is how things are.

Asking Samsung politely for other things - like APIs perhaps? - might still get us somewhere. But, simply demanding source code will not work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mpierce:
I'll reinstall #11 and give that a go per your suggestion and use logcat to log it unless you have another suggestion. I've tried them all and no, I didn't misunderstand your suggestion.

I originally was replying to rschenk's thread about whether or not anyone thought CM7 was ready for prime time and what the serious problems are if any. I've already stated IMHO that it is not. I believe this to be a core problem that must be rectified before a RC.

As I'm using Darky's ROM to get reception, it really shows just how good CM7 is. The lack of instanteous response and 3 minutes of boot required to read the microSD card combine to make you feel ill while using it compared to CM7. However, everything is working including screenshot - a noobs delight.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Dr. Strange:
I agree it's not gonna be decided here. Ofc it won't.

As for custom ROMs all having issues - well, yes, they all have issues, and it says so in the first post on the first page, usually in big, bold, red letters.

I just respect the CyanogenMod more than any other custom ROM and I think it can achieve much greater things than the rest. My outcome expectancies, the standards I hope it will reach on the SGS are set higher than for any other ROM out there. If Darky says he just released the fastest, most stable, best integrated, exceptional, sensational, unbealivable rom EVER - I just shrug.

But if the devs here were to say "We have a RC of CM7 on SGS" - not THAT would mean much more to me. I can't just dismiss it as being meaningless or I'd go install UltimateROM or something.

hehe, well, that paragraph had the exact same function. Needle for a needle or something like that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sambwel:
Awww, I hate this message...

;) logcat sounds great, thanks for making the effort!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mpierce:
No kangaroos hopping down main street but yes there is a mob running around in the back of our house as it is only a short walk to the local golf course and you see them there on several fairways.

I've tried every modem and probably zsjpe is the best of the lot but unable to maintain any type of connectivity. Both 3G and the bars will ususally be in white (no connectivity) whereas at the moment on the dark side, both 3G and the bars are in green and the telephony signal is at the maximum (all bars glowing bright).

I admit, it is a dilemnia that has to be eventually resolved and should probably be somewhat higher on the dev's long list of tasks to resolve and/or implement.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mpierce:
As I work with SAMMIE on a project, they have given me access to their dev team. I'm awaiting the new SGS II however, they just sent me several TABs so, I'll ask them. Great ideal!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mpierce:
You lucky, lucky dog!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mpierce:
I too hate it but, it was that or pull my BlackBerry 9700 out of the mothballs. I use to like the BB but along came a SGS and then I found CM7.

What am I to do for the next week, please tell?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] yuktsi:
why the reboot in the power menu is not working? (well, most pf the time)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
There were changes to it in last nightly, but for me its working...

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] chrome6boy:
I had to change temporarily to Samsung's JVP 2.3.4 because I couldn't get over the bug in CM7 where the caller couldn't hear me (yes, I've tried atleast 5 different modems...)

I used Titanium Backup and restored Apps and selectively restored Data for some apps like Aldiko and Defensoid going from CM7 to JVP and vice versa.

I find that the massive battery drain which I had in CM7 is now gone in JVP. Also in battery stats Android OS was not the leader as it usually is in CM7 instead it was Display.

Before you flame me for mentioning the dirty word "Samsung ROM" on this forum, please understand that I've been using CM7 since the days of the touchscreen not working properly. I prefer CM to any photoshop ROM. I can deal with the battery life in CM7 which is more than a reasonable trade off for its responsiveness and fantastic features. I'm a huge fan of CM developers.

I'm only trying to point out that with the same apps CM7's battery drain especially Android OS is much higher. Is it because some apps keep running in CM7 while they shut down in Samsung? I don't use any task killers.

I last used build 21 with stock Kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] codeworkx:
dunno what samsung roms are doing and not doing.

but google account sync is broken, gmail sync is broken partially and market too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
:confused: Gmail and Market working fine over here

Edit: Misread :o
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Elle233:
#29 out http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/cm_galaxysmtd_full-29.zip any change log?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
You are right, Google sync for market is broken on every Samsung phone running a stock rom.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Schemerlamp:
changelogg

http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=galaxysmtd
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
U just don't know...

Try a factory reset, log in to your Google account and open market. If it works u see all previously installed market apps listed in the my apps view.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hudster2001:
I read on another forum that it's down for a while for software updates.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] liraindon:
Releasing driver sources for hardware which transmits radio signals is a very sensitive area. First, such devices have to gain approval from regulatory organisations (FCC in US for example) that the devices conform to regulations for a country, like transmitting only on allowed frequencies or not exceeding maximum power levels.

Second, modern hardware is much more versatile and many more limits are set in software than at the hardware levels making it potentially easier to operate equipment outside of specifications.

The potential liabilities for abuse make companies legal departments reluctant to open source such stuff.

Actually we are slowly getting there:

Locked bootloaders are becoming more seldom

Wireless drivers are starting to become common

Next might be the modem firmware :)

A summary of the issues which the linux wireless project encounters can be found on at:

http://linuxwireless.org/en/vendors/VendorSupport

@rschenck: Sorry to say but pony will not be implemented on cm7 due to terminally excessive battery drain. Running one pony on your phone will use one horsepower. 1HP = 750watts which will suck your battery faster dry than you can blink besides turning the phone to molten slag. Maybe running hamster would be possible though ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rschenck:
Ridable hamsters???? With sparkly tails?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gekkekoe123:
Is it me or is #29 stuck in reboot loop

Downloaded version and own build are giving same me the same problem. also after dalvik and cache wipe.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] liraindon:
With the uebercool devs we have that should be doable ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Joans:
When I first flashed it, it kept looping at the first splash screen, like there was a problem with the kernel. I pulled the battery and flashed it again and now it's booting, but hasn't looped or finished yet.

Edit - It finally finished booting.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] oaia:
Update notifications no longer works from build 27, at least for me, I'm on 29 now.

Is not a complaint, only to notify the developers...which I want to thank for the hard work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hamsterkiller:
Installed as usual without problems from ROM Manager, checking Dalvik Cache and Backup.

Was on #27, flashed #28 but found them very slow and reverted to #27. Flashed #29 and works as usual, awesome.

Have data connection problems, but is usual (for me at least) that after a reboot it needs some time to get data connection.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Joans:
It worked for me on 27, but I never got round to installing 28.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] slash89mf:
hi guys, i am unable to search this topic (service unavailable).. booting into recovery to flash latest nightly, and it's not possible to mount sd card... any solution?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] oaia:
exactly !!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Herman76:
I'm guessing you are on Nightly #23? If so you need to do the ADB fix to get the sd mounted.

hmm, you can't search. Give me a minute and I'll find the post

/Edit:

The ADB fix
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Herman76:
Here is a fix for getting from #23 to #29 (or your choice of nightly)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Davith:
I confirm this bug which I'm also experiencing. With data off or flight mode on, the email app prevents the phone from sleeping whenever an Exchange account (possibly IMAP as well) is set.

I've stopped using Superpower to turn data off for that reason. Is there some place where we can report issues ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] djglenn1337:
How stable are the current nightlies?

Never tried CM before, but hear great things...

Have been running Darky's 9.4 for some time now and fancy a change.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] eeyunopper:
There has been a lot of discussion on stability the last 10 - 20 pages or so... Definitely worth reading.... For me, good as is.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] latino147:
Actually, I'm at work, I've just had lunch and don't feel like working :p

Anyway, I think CM is really good. It has some issues but so have the official ROM's. I think most complains come from people who grew accustomed to certain small features and expected these to be part of the CM7 build for their phone. For example BLN or the list of characters in the stock dialers. That's all.

Concerning your use of CM7, maybe you don't listen to music on it, don't use the camera to record your kids, you don't connect to a VPN for work and you don't use a Parrot CK3100 carkit which doesn't work with this ROM, it seems :D

So now you mentioned the CK3100, anybody here has experience connecting CM7 to such an eViL device? :rolleyes:

Btw, God hates you as much as he hates me, because he/she/it led us both here to this godforsaken place.... :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
For me bluetooth hf works with my parrot equipped kenwood car stereo...

And it works even better than with stock Samsung roms, where i had to turn on the Kenwood at thecsame time when Bluetooth started, it did not connect if one of the devices was already running. Now i can connect whenever i want.

I must admit that i had problems with pairing, but i just had to press the bt button, that i never needed before, and voila it paired...

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gekkekoe123:
Flashing twice fixes it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] neoxyrel:
#29 is bootlooping but re-flashing the second time solved the problem. however, can't get a wifi signal unlike on #28...also gmail app was gone on #29..

reverting back to #28
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] droilfade:
#29 bootloops

The #29bootloops for me. Also, there is this glitch I see in the screen every time I enter recovery. I have come from Froyo with bootloaders. Don't know what's wrong!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] drunkrob:
29 boot looped for me so restore the backup of 28 and will wait for another nightly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] slash89mf:
The same, "Waiting for SD card to mount" in recovery... how can i fix it?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Herman76:
Which nightly did you come from?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] novagol:
flash it again, that worked for me
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] slash89mf:
#27! CWM is 4.0.0
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] slash89mf:
i can flash nothing now because my sd card is not mounted!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Jeuwst:
I just updated from 18 to latest.. no problems or what so ever.. only had to reinstall google apps but wanted to update it to latest anyway so no problem.. just a great daily rom ... This battery lasts just as long for me as any stock samsung rom.. just one question.. im looking for a facebook app that notifies me on messages on board aswell so i don't have to look anytime..

thx alot
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Herman76:
If your recovery is 4.0.0 then that is your problem i think. After you updated from Nightly #23 with the ADB fix, you had to revert to Nightly #21 then go up to #24 for the CWM recovery to be updated. What Nightlies have you installed since #23?

/Edit: My recovery is 4.0.2 and i'm on Nightly #26
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] novagol:
hmm, i came from 27 as well at first it was stuck on a bootloop and said that it can't mount sd card, then i pulled out the battery, rebooted to recovery and flashed it again, afterwards everything worked as it should
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] slash89mf:
i don't remember exactly the order of the nightly i flashed, but i did not flash # 25 and #26, i jumped from #24 to #27..so what should i do now? should i flash the kernel-fix posted from codeworx with odin?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ancdix:
I had the same issue. Codeworx provided a patch somewhere here on xda that you need to flash with odin...

Greetings
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Herman76:
Have you tried pulling the battery and flash through recovery again?

If you want to try the Odin fix that codeworkx posted, just jump a couple (2) pages back and you will find the howto there.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] prembox:
Ah....well..no bootloop for me moving into to -29 thru ROM Mgr but something weird happened... after an hour or so....suddenly the signal was gone....but my 2G data connection was STILL ON....weird I know..read on....I was still logged onto Gtalk and was able to send/receive msgs as well...... I mean....I rebooted the phone and it got my phone signal back ...no problemo.. Just wanted to post this for the devs to take a note of this coz this and I'm curious why this could've happened....is the first time something really weird happened..........

just want to know what you folks think of this....
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gekkekoe123:
Well, I was never on #23. I did some more testing.

But i flashed back to 21 followed by 24 and followed by 29.

but still bootloop. Only flashing twice fixes the bootloop.

(I'm on CWM 4.0.0.4 now with #29)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mbutandola:
Flashed #29 from 28. Bootlooped first then reflashed it from recovery but lost all my contacts, lost at least one app (Tweetdeck) and have to check for other damage.

Don't know what happened!

Edit: Gmail not working, lost all the google apps!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] spectre85:
so how is the video recording these days on the newest nightly? I love CM7 but do a lot of video of my kids so had to flash to another rom....once that's fixed i'll be back in a second, the speed of this rom is amazing. and yes I would search the thread but this thread moves so fast that I can't keep up :) that and the search function is not working right now ha.

When I was on this ROM it was nightly 16 I think, actually it was bastard nightly or whatever when the bots were down, anyways, the video was a bit choppy if you did any fast movement. Can anyone confirm that this is still the case? Thanks guys I also looked at the change log an there is only one entry for video so it doesn't look like it's been addressed yet.

Edit: was reading about the various issues with CM7 and one was battery, I personally think the battery issue is caused by the android OS bug, When I was running this rom the battery was shorter than samsung roms but noticed that the top app was the android OS....thus bug. So personally not a rom issue but an android OS issue, until they release 2.3.5 or whatever I bet people will still complain. Personally not a big issue because the benefits out weight that IMO. The only thing holding me back is the video recording.......
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DROCSID:
Reinstall them :D.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mbutandola:
Know that. But wasn't expecting to lose my contacts and some other apps . Lost 10 apps!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DROCSID:
Just install new CM7 gapps (updated on the 13th), you'll not lose anything.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] yuktsi:
this is what I did

flash CM7 initial kernel via odin > glitch kernel
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mbutandola:
Where are the new gapps? Can only get the 20110307.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zurchpet:
I got it from ROM Manager.

Download ROM -> Google Apps
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] chablo12:
http://goo-inside.me/gapps/
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] udonMobiz:
http://goo-inside.me/gapps/gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mbutandola:
Thank you! And thank you to chablo12 too