yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fascinate Android Development] Macguyver:
The stock one with the rom. I found I get better battery life with that one and runs plenty fast enough so I stuck with it. But maybe I need to switch.
[Fascinate Android Development] chrisexv6:
Any thoughts on getting rid of BLN?

I feel like Im getting not so great battery life, and BLN is at least part of it. I have no wake locks in the background, no time without signal, etc. But I get plenty of emails during the day so the soft buttons stay lit quite a while.
[Fascinate Android Development] jpricesd:
As far as I know there is currently no way to get rid of it because its baked into the ROM.
[Fascinate Android Development] TheChillburger:
Yeah, I'm also not getting great battery life. Even with minimal usage, I've my phone drop 3% in 20 minutes while idling. I confirmed that I have no rogue apps/widgets sapping the power, but it might be a battery reading issue. I've had my phone say it's charged to 100% then drop to 98% within a minute of taking it off the charger. I've reset the battery stats multiple times but I have not got around this.
[Fascinate Android Development] mwestendorf:
Have you checked with cpuspy to ensure your phone is going into deep sleep?

My battery issues went away once I realized imo (app) was keeping my phone awake.

Sent from my I500
[Fascinate Android Development] m2cool2go:
I installed the rom yesterday (finally a com rom convert) Really enjoying it! 2 funny things I've noticed and I probably just need to re-flash / re-wipe: I can send a mms fine, but when I receive a picture, it comes out black and white (after having been sent in color). Also I was in gmail and the soft key buttons just died, I had to press the power button twice to restore them.

Another odd thing I've noticed is that I wiped all data before flashing 7/4 which I allowed to boot and saw the nexus live wallpaper then flashed 7/13 and gapps and when it started up, my wallpaper was the ADW wallpaper from com rom I was running before I flashed the roms. I'm guessing this setting is stored on the SD card rather than in data but if not then :confused:.
[Fascinate Android Development] vudiff:
Thanks for the quick reply... sorry for my late response! Any idea if they are going to implement this? It would be great if so
[Fascinate Android Development] Toddw:
I had the same thing. When I had great service it worked but if the signal was weak it would try to back out of everything. Verizon sent me a new phone and where my old phone was acting up my new phone runs flawlessly, before and after I flashed this ROM. But my old phone didn't do it until I flashed MUIU. That's when I flashed this ROM trying to fix it but it didn't until I replaced the phone.
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
The FOTAkill.apk is already in the build that's out. I think that may be why you couldn't do the OTA

Tap-a-Talked from my CM7 Mesmerize.
[Fascinate Android Development] TheChillburger:
Has anyone tried OTB with 07/13 yet?
[Fascinate Android Development] Toddw:
Great work on the ROM. Only issue, if you can call it an issue, is once a call is connected when I go to hang up I have to hit the power button to wake up the screen to get the hang-up button. Otherwise the screen remains black. Is there a setting for that or is this just a glitch with the ROM?

Also, are there recommended settings for voltage control? I'm running imnuts kernel and running at 1400 max and 200 min right now set at ondemand and sio.
[Fascinate Android Development] 1993cb7:
This is what my phone displays-

I lost battery pretty fast...4 hours and im down to 62%.
[Fascinate Android Development] m0r0n3s:
Is there any chance it can be removed from future builds? or at least make it configurable. I find the BLN very annoying specially at night.
[Fascinate Android Development] 1993cb7:
I was using juice defender but that app was making the phone unstable so i removed it.

other then that, its normal use for me. Emails, some FB, some radio streaming.

When i pulled it off the battery it started off at 98%, so something isn't right.
[Fascinate Android Development] tbeas:
That is normal. Has been like that for months.
[Fascinate Android Development] vudiff:
Can you do OTA? So all it would take is going in with root explorer & deleting it or rename it?
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
Yeah. It only charges the battery to 4200mv insead of the 4250+mv like normal. So it jumps down to 98% real quick.

Tap-a-Talked from my CM7 Mesmerize.
[Fascinate Android Development] mwestendorf:
My only other suggestion would be watchdog lite it identified a craigslist app that I never would have guessed was staying awake after I used it running my processor at 30%.

Otherwise

1) reflash everything while wiping the big three, maybe you got a bad install?

2) how old is your battery? Could it just be worn out, of course this would imply you had bad battery life before flashing this rom and I think you said you didn't

hth

Sent from my I500
[Fascinate Android Development] mackeydesigns:
I can confirm this is still an issue in the Test Build 10.
[Fascinate Android Development] vudiff:
+1 on the wake after the call ends
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
I honestly haven't tried. If ya wanna try and let me know that would be cool. Just make a backup of the apk incase you need to replace it

Edit. I just deleted it with no adverse effects. I don't normally get OTA updates so it will be a min before I can tell if anything changed

Tap-a-Talked from my CM7 Mesmerize.
[Fascinate Android Development] TheChillburger:
Out of curiosity, what kind of battery life are you getting?
[Fascinate Android Development] AuroEdge:
On the lastest CM7 and the stay awake bug of Google Maps remains. Even with Latitude disabled it seems to stay awake for many many minutes/hours. Always at top of battery status. Have to force stop it in battery status if I open it.

Perhaps a bug in the app (Gingerbread version?). Just something to look out for.
[Fascinate Android Development] RyanBluebirds:
Has anyone else tried to use zipthemer to theme their lockscreens on this? I tried and ended up bootlooping, but I"m wondering if I just did something wrong or if it doesn't work on the test builds.
[Fascinate Android Development] Schmarvin:
Same here. Thought it was just me for a second. Haha.
[Fascinate Android Development] bleeeeeeek:
My gmail acts like it doesn't want to push my new emails.. I'm gonna try wiping and reflashing..
[Fascinate Android Development] krispuniq:
I just came across this thread in XDA, which talks of an app that can enable using ## dialer codes on AOSP roms !

JT, can this be of any help in trying to get fascinate into DUN mode on AOSP Roms ?? It can be helpful for non-VZW users to program 1x Data/EVDO if we are able to get the phone into DUN mode, which was possible with sbrissens' mods on froyo roms

Plz help :)
[Fascinate Android Development] vudiff:
No luck here either... even renamed (.bak) the FOTAkill in datadata
[Fascinate Android Development] xceebeex:
Before you do that, check your sync settings. For some reason, I don't think gmail is checked to sync by default. That happened to me too.
[Fascinate Android Development] Macguyver:
X2 for me as well
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
I just completely removed it entirely. But when you say OTA update. I think like system update. What technically qualifies as OTA. Like app updates from the market and things like that?

Tap-a-Talked from my CM7 Mesmerize.
[Fascinate Android Development] vudiff:
Yea... It's in settings--->CyanogenMod Settings---> system---> update notifications. You have to register to enable push notifications of new versions but the registration fails. It would be nice to get notified of updates, especially over the air
[Fascinate Android Development] mwestendorf:
I get a solid day wake up about six o'clock and don't need to charge till I go to bed again around 11, this varies by usage on any given day.

Sent from my I500
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
ok, see I was thinking of something completely different. I wouldn't think they would put something in the ROM that would stop a feature of that ROM. Also since technically this build isnt supported by Cyanogen yet, that may be why you cant get the updates. Just a thought.
[Fascinate Android Development] chrisexv6:
My phone isn't going into deep sleep....only seems to drop down to 100 at the lowest
[Fascinate Android Development] blahbleh:
I've had this happen quite a lot too..trying to force the issue and get a logcat but then it never happens lol...anyone able to pull a logcat on it?
[Fascinate Android Development] vudiff:
Makes sense... Thanks... I do appreciate you looking into it
[Fascinate Android Development] TheChillburger:
So would 11% drop in battery after 4 hours of almost no use seem normal? I hear of peoeple getting two days out of these things
[Fascinate Android Development] ChrisDDD:
You have to give it a few full charge-discharge cycles to even out. When I first flashed it, I was getting the same thing, worse actually. Now, I get a solid 24 hours on a charge even with moderate use.

I've found battery life on this to be considerably better than any 2.2 rom\kernel I used. Not quite as good as the old DJ05 on one of JT's undervolted Eclair kernels, but much better than FroYo.
[Fascinate Android Development] TheChillburger:
Ah alright. I was afraid I had a bad battery. Thank you!
[Fascinate Android Development] neyenlives:
I'll put this nicely. If you are on xda flashing custom roms and whatnot you should not expect to get two days on a battery. Most of us are around 10-15 hours I would guess. I leave the house at 7am with a full charge and with corporate and gmail email notifications, texts, some browsing and whatnot...by the time I get home around 6pm I have maybe 20% left. As far as that goes I am always using my phone for something, music..browsing..something. so I am happy with it. Only thing that sucks is if I decide to go do something after work if I don't have time to charge my phone goes dead before I get home. I usually put it on the charger for an hour during lunch to bump it back up to counter that.
[Fascinate Android Development] neyenlives:
We need selectable BLN for this Rom. I don't use it nor do I like seeing my battery drain quickly because its lighting up things I don't want lit up.
[Fascinate Android Development] m0r0n3s:
I second that
[Fascinate Android Development] bmeek:
dock-related logcat, etc.

Hey JT,

the attached logs were produced from terminal. Hope they help. Thanks again.
[Fascinate Android Development] TheChillburger:
Yeah, I figured that those stories weren't accurate. My concern was that I'm getting pretty big drops while nothing is happening, but I didn't really take into account the battery break in period, so that was my mistake.
[Fascinate Android Development] TheChillburger:
Yeah, I'd like some kind of selection. Like if I leave my phone in the locker while I'm working out, the BLN isn't going to do anything for me other than battery draining.
[Fascinate Android Development] harpdoc:
JT, thanks so much for working on this. :D
[Fascinate Android Development] tbeas:
BLN was shown to have virtually no effect at all on battery life.
[Fascinate Android Development] KitsuneKnight:
BLN's battery usage is tiny. If your reason is battery concerns, BLN isn't where you should be looking.

I'd hazard a guess that BLN would actually result in most people using less power than without it, since you'd not need to power on the (incredibly power hungry) screen to check for notifications. People seem to not appreciate how little power the dim little light actually uses, in comparison to all the other parts (processor, radio/wifi/gps/bluetooth, much less the screen which can easily consume about as much as everything else combined!).
[Fascinate Android Development] zeroxg4:
BLN draining your battery is probably more placebo than you think. I received a notification that triggered BLN which stayed on from the time I went to sleep at night until I woke up the next morning. I lost the usual ~10% overnight.

EDIT: wow, you guys beat me to it!
[Fascinate Android Development] solido888:
RE: BLN

This thread is over 200 pages now, and I realize a lot of people are just coming to this build now that mms has been fixed. If this is you, try to keep in mind many of the issues you are reporting, and requests you are making have already been addressed somewhere in this thread, and JT has been very responsive, and still has a full plate. I assure you people have already requested disabling BLN.
[Fascinate Android Development] TheSonicEmerald:
I look back 9 months ago, when we only had some 2.1 Roms. Look at the rom situation now! Freaking amazing...

Sent from my Fascinate with MIUI Gingerbread
[Fascinate Android Development] drnihili:
Here's me bein' a noob.

Where do I put in my account information? When I try via Accounts & Sync, the only option I get is for an Exchange account.

Wait, I forgot Gapps, bet that's it.

Yep, that was it. Leaving this here for the other noobs.
[Fascinate Android Development] blahbleh:
3G Dropping / White Bars

I know I've seen this mentioned a few times but have there been any decent solutions or workarounds for the signal bars going white?

Looks like when this happens my gmail doesn't update or anything else for that matter. Though I can usually open the browser and force data to start up again (at least by cycling airplane mode if all else fails).

This has happened 3-4x already in the 1 day since I flashed.

I'm on ED04 modem, is it worthwhile for me to try this EC09 one? Also getting really crappy GPS..so maybe it is related.
[Fascinate Android Development] m0r0n3s:
I've been reading this thread for a while, I did search and prior to build 10 there were only 3 posts related to BLN (maybe there are more related to it but not with the exact keyword). It's just that now that the major issues have been fixed this is the main concern for many of us.

It mostly bothers me at night when the room is completely dark. The LED's are not as dim as it may look during the day...
[Fascinate Android Development] danielkx:
Originally Posted by danielkx View Post

I have used the 4 most recent builds if this rom and with all of them, when making a phone call the person on the other end says there is a bad echo for them. I have tried wiping everything and flashing the rom again but the problem persists. Is this a known issue with this rom?

Other than that I love this rom and use it as my main rom.

Yes, the echo only occurs while speaker is on. With no speaker all is well, other than the fact that the volume is a bit low.

But it is a bit frustrating that I cannot use the speaker phone during phone calls since it is almost unbearable for the person on the other end.
[Fascinate Android Development] jbr05ki:
When I connect my phone to a usb port it doesn't charge. Anyone got a solution for this?

I apologize if this issue has been addressed. I did search the forum but can't find anything.

Thanks!
[Fascinate Android Development] MJMcMahon:
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO confused....I'm getting an 'assert failed, Status 7 Installation aborted' trying to run the update-cm-7.1.0-Fascinate-KANG-0713.zip I'm presuming that I've missed a step here somewhere but I'll be damned if I can figure out where the full install files are.

Thanx in advance...

M
[Fascinate Android Development] jpricesd:
Are you coming from a TW ROM and did you flash the CWM in the OP?
[Fascinate Android Development] sfobrien:
Try installing the 7/4 version then flash the 7/13. Worked for me and others.
[Fascinate Android Development] fitti28:
I had the same errors this morning when i went to CM7. I was coming from ComRom 2.1 and EC09. I had to follow the directions in the OP but i had to flash 7/4 build then after all was done i just flashed 7/13 build which worked out for me.
[Fascinate Android Development] MJMcMahon:
Thanks all - I'll try the 7/4 build and report back. Coming from Evil Fascination 3.6 and yes I'm using the CWM (Odin'd) from the OP.
[Fascinate Android Development] jpricesd:
Flashing the 7/4 build first should fix your issue then. I had to do the same thing.
[Fascinate Android Development] adude247:
does anyone know of or have a link to a theme that has a transparent status bar and transparent pull down background, I can't get the framework file to show the changes that I've made to it when I reinstall the ROM, it just shows the regular signal and battery icons.
[Fascinate Android Development] dablitzkrieg:
My accelerometer is not working on homerun battle 3D. Im on recent 7-13 flash with kernal included.
[Fascinate Android Development] knoxjon:
Why don't you enable quiet hours in cm settings?

Hell, you can have all day be a quiet hour for bln and then you will have solved your problem.
[Fascinate Android Development] bhfd64:
I had to Odin back to stock from EF 3.5.1 to get 7/4 to work but it did. Then 7/13 went right over it.
[Fascinate Android Development] dablitzkrieg:
Just got suck in CWM. I try to access anything from the menu and it takes me to a blank screen with only the blue hat in the background.

Edit: battery pull solved issue....weird
[Fascinate Android Development] MJMcMahon:
Well, I'm closer! CM7 7/4 installed okay, but now going into Orange CWM does NOT allow me to install the latest update from the SDCard. It almost appears as if the card isn't accessible from CWM (based upon the fact that any selection in CWM brings you back to the root menu), although it is readable from the File Manager once the phone boots.

Can I flash the next update using ROM Manager?

<edit> crap...user dork-itis....I was using the 'back' key which functioned as 'enter' in previous CWMs...using the power key worked. DOH!

thx!
[Fascinate Android Development] hd0120:
Is it possible to change the font type in this rom?

Thanks.
[Fascinate Android Development] martian21:
While checking the CM7 change log for my Nook Color (Encore) I saw this:

to be included in next nightly:

fascinate: fix DriverCall to match Samsung libril (android_frameworks_base)

fascinate: fix parsing of incoming sms' messageId (android_frameworks_base)

Well done JT (and Ademar) - Well done!
[Fascinate Android Development] dragon1357:
so how do you go into orange cwm to update?
[Fascinate Android Development] martian21:
Hold power button, select reboot, then select recovery. I've heard that blue is the new orange but haven't confirmed.
[Fascinate Android Development] DroiDAddicT14:
well i flashed 713 and went into recovery after that and its a blue recovery
[Fascinate Android Development] jpricesd:
Yeah I noticed the color changed to blue from orange after the 7/13 update.
[Fascinate Android Development] hd0120:
How can I use backup assistant with this rom?

Thanks.
[Fascinate Android Development] hazard666:
You can't.
[Fascinate Android Development] Eris _2.1_2010:
Im wanting to change the sound that happens when I plug in charger and wanting to add a shutdown down sound. If so where is the charger connect sound located/name? And can I add a shutdown sound? T.I.A
[Fascinate Android Development] martian21:
You can't use Backup Assistant on ASOP roms. Use Google or manually backup to SD card.
[Fascinate Android Development] bleeeeeeek:
Haaaaa.. that's funny.. good call man.. good call..
[Fascinate Android Development] AlexDeGruven:
Backup Assistant is for people who want to run manufacturer stock or at least TW.

AOSP don't need no stinking BA.
[Fascinate Android Development] nobnoobody:
1. JT did you see my last post? There's already been confusion twice in IRC since the post that I've been able to clear up that wouldn't be issues if I was able to address it.

2. What is new with the Blue recovery? Just felt like a color change? (Maybe a fix for the unyaffs issues with orange rec?

3. LOL @ noobs who think app updates, CM updates and FOTA updates are the same. Listen up:

* FOTA updates are for when your carrier pushes an update. We include FOTAKill because obvious trying to flash a carrier OTA over CM would (fall flat on it's face or) screw things up.

* App updates are handled by Market, they're completely unrelated here.

* The CM update notifications you're trying to register for... don't work because jt hasn't finished merging his work in the CMSGS and CM7 core. Once that's done and the Fascinate starts getting nightly builds, registration should work and you'll get updates for nightlies or stable builds, etc.
[Fascinate Android Development] dablitzkrieg:
Acelerometer appears broken again for me
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
In response so I will not need FOTAkill as my carrier doesn't do OTA updates. So removing that will have no effect for USCC but would for VWZ since they do OTA updates I do believe.

Tap-a-Talked from my CM7 Mesmerize.
[Fascinate Android Development] blahbleh:
more info on haptic button disabling

I can almost get this to happen every time:

1) Let phone get into deep sleep

2) Get an email or a text or something that causes BLN

3) Turn on phone and pull down notification bar and click on the email

4) Haptic dies.

Is there a logcat program I can run that works while phone is in deep sleep? I have aLogcat and it seems to stop logging as soon as i goto homescreen or anything..

Update -- It also seems like it dies as soon as i turn it on after a notifcation sometimes as well..

Also any word on the modem disabling itself stuff?
[Fascinate Android Development] dablitzkrieg:
My recovery goes back to orange from blue after battery pull
[Fascinate Android Development] neyenlives:
Failed logic, because most people who left their device alone for a while will fire up the display when they get back to it anyways. The lights being on have no meaning to me. I will check my device either way so I personally just assume they stay off and save battery.
[Fascinate Android Development] mirrinigma:
Still can't play high profile h.264 hw accelerated- need to use a secondary application with software decoding support and it crashes very quickly, maybe 15 seconds in to play, no matter which application I choose.

Youtube occasionally errors while streaming.

What radios are people using? I have had significant losses in wifi performance since I flashed this ROM no matter the radio I use.
[Fascinate Android Development] MJMcMahon:
seconded - wifi signal has dropped significantly and 3G is not getting the signal it was either. :(
[Fascinate Android Development] TheChillburger:
I'm using EC09 but I can't confirm the wifi signal issue. My 3g access seems a bit more consistent coming from EB01
[Fascinate Android Development] jpricesd:
Using the EC09 radio. I have not experienced any trouble with wifi or 3G. It's been about the same as it has always been.
[Fascinate Android Development] sfobrien:
Compared to Froyo my 3G is now outstanding. WIFI is about the same as before always worked good on my phone.
[Fascinate Android Development] Eris _2.1_2010:
Is there an IRC channel i can goto for help and how do i get bln to work? And signal is better than ED01 radio IMHO.
[Fascinate Android Development] skynet11:
#samsung-fascinate

Another Fascinating post by my XDA app...
[Fascinate Android Development] sipjca:
I am getting an error, when I try through CWM... Any help?
[Fascinate Android Development] Eris _2.1_2010:
Can they help with cyanogen mod 7?
[Fascinate Android Development] foister82:
is it the install aborted error? I am doing this from memory but i think if you have that error the easiest way to fix is Odin either ECLAIR or FROYO with the atlas 2.2 PIT, then let it boot once, battery pull, then ODIN EC09 Radio, ODIN CWR, boot into recovery, flash the 7-4 update in the OP, then flash the latest update on top. I will try to dig out the post but someone had a very detailed list of how to get around that error.
[Fascinate Android Development] foister82:
Below is the post in detail. I used Froyo instead of Eclair DL09 because i already had it downloaded, and it worked fine. Also, i only flashed the EC09 Modem, not the whole EC09 GB Leak.