yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obededom:
problem: voice to text works intermittently and not at all with any background noise

corrective solutions taken that haven't corrected problem: installed talkback, kickback and google voice search.

CM 1.2

OTA radio

stock kernel

full partition wipe, also formatted SD prior to install
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
Let's merge our threads, yeah?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125466&highlight=CM7
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
Yes! Sorry, thought I did a thorough search. Apparently not. Mods please merge.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bliang:
Didn't think it would matter. Did a full wipe and reinstalled -- everything working okay now. Thanks
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darknesis:
Installed CM7 and purchased ROM Manager Premium. I enabled advanced mode in settings. But I still can't download Cyanogenmod ROMs via ROM Manager? It doesn't appear in the list. Anyone have a similar problem, and preferably a solution? What's going on? Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obededom:
it's not officially supported by cyanogenmod yet, therefore you can't obtain it via ROM manger.

you can find CM 1.2 here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1049542

make sure you download the ROM and the Gapps
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darknesis:
Oh ok, thanks!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obededom:
feel free to push the "thanks" button under my post :)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caseym:
I'm interested to know the answer to this battery issue. Which kernel is best for battery life/stability? I'm running stock right now, but I really haven't ran it long enough to get good usage stats.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
Glad I found this thread, the main one has too many topics running around.

I've been flashing every release for the last couple months. It's been my daily driver and I really like it. I always do a full wipe (3x) and the Dalvik cache too. But here are my two main problems over the last 3-4 releases (still not fixed):

1) Wifi (home and work) like to stop working after a 'while'. It's random. But it's a guarantee that overnight the wifi is hung. Usually a wifi on/off cycle fixes it. I get the same behavior with the included CM7 kernel, Imoseyon's lean, or nerozehl's dreamkernel.

2) Audio in video recording is 'distorted'. Sounds like the mic is set to ultra-sensitive and sounds are getting clipped because they are too loud.

Thanks for the comments!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chimpsnest:
Stupid Q but ... by what I quoted .... you're talking about the weather services telling us that we are no-way near where we are?

FWIW my weather was always a bit wonky even before I rooted. My friend's EVO (non-root) on a different network usually just tells him the state he's in.

Running the 2.0 OTA radio now, I just flashed it this morning (was on 2.5).

Weather bug seems to be finding me OK - will see what happens once I start moving around.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wraithdu:
The inaccurate non-GPS location can be fixed by turning on WiFi (does not need to be connected, just ON). Obviously a temporary fix, but works for me - I can get location now in Beautiful Widgets, SiMi Clock, The Weather Channel, and the browser. I increased my WiFi scan interval to 3 minutes to try and help battery. But it beats getting the weather for Guam.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
Yep, that's the problem I was referring to. I was also having the issue on stock, prior to rooting/CM7.

Thanks for this! Working for me! Little inconvenient, as you said, but hey, it works. Will update OP shortly.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
Have not personally come across the first problem you mentioned. Which radio are you using? I am on the OTA MR2 and having no problems with WiFi.

Have not recorded any videos, so have not come across the second problem myself either. Will give it a go and see if I have similar issues.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
I think there's quite a bit of disagreement regarding the battery. Some people are having great performance and others terrible. I can only tell you that, in my experience, I've been having significantly improved battery life with CM7. With regular use, I can easily go 16-18 or more hours on the stock battery, which is enough to get me through a regular day. Currently, I have 72% left after a full day of work. Phone came off the charger 9 hours and 35 minutes ago.

Here's my setup:

[ROM] CM7 RC1.2

[KERNEL] Slayher's included kernel

[RADIO] OTA MR2 (1.39.00.0627r)

Stock battery

I do NOT have setCPU. I am using CM settings with Conservative governor, 245/1024 min/max. After installing the new ROM/radio, I fully charged the battery, then reset battery stats in recovery. I leave WiFi on whenever in range, and have my WiFi Sleep Policy set to Never. I leave 4G on all the time. I use Tasker to turn on GPS as needed (though this is not technically necessary with GB). GMail, Calendar, and Contacts are set to sync automatically. All other Google services are manual.

Again, I know people's experiences and expectations are quite variable. I'm just sharing what has been working for me. Do with the info whatever you'd like.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinien:
I'm pretty sure that turning WiFi ON to fix the location based services issue only works if there is a WiFi hotspot around when the app/widget is trying to refresh it's location.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
OK, problem of my own:

I had been using MightyText (link) without any trouble on stock and BAMF. Now on CM7, I can send texts just fine using MightyText, but when I receive text messages, they do not sync to the chrome extension, not automatically or with manual refresh.

Anyone use MightyText with CM7 with any success?

EDIT: Solved. Turns out it was unrelated to CM7. Was an issue with GoSMS Pro.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bill3508:
Not having a problem here. Been playing on it all day trying new things with probably 5 user reboots. New radio, stock kernal and clock. Running 1400 tomorrow so will see how that changes. Ondemand gov.

Thunderbolt CM7
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
Strange as it may seem, that's doesn't seem to be the case. It does need to be enabled for accurate location to work. But there doesn't need to be a hotspot available or even connected to anything. I've tested this a few times driving down a rural freeway with no hotspots anywhere.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
1) I experienced this with the 0223r and 0402r Froyo radios, and now the MR2.5 GB radio. Only radio I haven't tried is the MR2.

2) Great, please let us know how yours goes. Make sure you do 720p. Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chimpsnest:
If your wifi is on and not connected to a network, does it constantly try to find an open network - or send out a scan every now and then, or will it only try initially and if it doesn't find something wait for you to scan again?

Wondering about impact on battery.

I have a work network set up, but haven't set up home yet.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
There is a scan interval defined in the /system/build.prop file:

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180

By default it is set to 30 sec. I changed mine to 180 sec. Should save a little battery. However, by and large, I haven't noticed this scanning being high on the battery consumption list.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wraithdu:
I agree. I changed mine to 180 as well. I don't think there's much additional battery draw to the scan over and above the WiFi radio just being on. I've been keeping an eye on it the last day or so, and I haven't noticed a huge extra drain.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _33_:
For the wireless tether issue...

I was having trouble not obtaining an ip address when using my connecting my Transformer to my TB. What I found works is while it's trying to obtain the ip address, go into wireless tether settings, change lan, and switch to the next one down. Seems to do the trick for me.

Long time lurker, first post. YAY FOR ME.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thefunnyman:
Some issues that I have seen:

Phone seems to "freeze" for a moment while auto-brightness settings adjust

Lag occurs when attempting to unlock the screen (using rotary enhanced & overclocked to 1.5 ghz)

proximity sensor does not consistently work

Anyone else noticing these issues?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
It's by default set to scan every 15-30s but you can increase it in the build.prop
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebulosa:
I spent some time today to try to rectify the location issue on my Thunderbolt cm7 rc1.2, but still have not had complete success. I am having a similar problem to others on this forum in that my gps fixes quickly and accurately in google maps, but my network location is way off (I'm in the Bay Area, CA and it consistently thinks I'm in Illinois). I've tried everything I could find related to GPS including:

1) Flashing sense based rom, getting a lock with GPS status, then immediately restoring cm7

2) Using the GPS status app to reset and download new a-gps data

3) Having wifi always on, and set to never sleep

4) Updated radio from 2.5 to latest ota

Wifi on does correct the problem occasionally, but not consistently. You can see the location inconsistency clearly if you use google latitude to record your location history. What I find is that even when I am in a known location, and google maps accurately displays where I am, the network location still gives wrong information to apps such as weather, speedtest, and latitude at random points throughout the day.

Log in to latitude on a desktop and go to the "history" tab and then click "view and manage" and you can see a history of all of your recorded locations. I would be curious to see if anyone else sees the same behavior (location jumping around different states and countries) throughout a days use with latitude on.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tareed:
Yes. I have the same issues. The auto-brightness freeze happens 50% of the time. May be related to the unlock issue.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _33_:
A couple of things I noticed today...

Speaker phone volume really low

Screen goes upside down sometimes in car dock

My screen stays on sometimes when on a call. Seems like the sensor isn't working
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abe21599:
anyone get hulu+ app to work? i'm on the RC1.2 with the MR2.5 radio. keeps telling me the device isnt supported
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fadingcaptain:
Everything is working perfectly for me except backlight on the soft keys. Has anyone else experienced this problem and found a fix?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chimpsnest:
Reboot = notification alert over and over and over

Hi all,

Haven't seen this one yet .... I have a "new" voicemail on my phone, so the little vm notification is up in the bar.

I rebooted my phone and as soon as it's done rebooting it keeps alerting me to that new vm, over and over and over, it makes it's little chime noise until I use the pull-down notification. I don't have to hit "clear" or anything, just simply pulling down the notification bar is enough to make it stop.

Other than that notifications are normal, new voicemail = one little chime.

I'm not sure if it would do this w/a new text or email if I didn't clear them out.

Anybody else have this happen?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ktech11:
I seem to remember this issue being with Das Bamf as well. When I flashed 2.1 and imseyon's newest kernel it seemed to correct itself. I am running Liquid Thunderbread now with imo's newest AOSP kernel and my VM notifications seem to be fine, so I think it is a kernel issue. I would try flashing the newest lean kernel. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1086518
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chimpsnest:
this thread should be stickied.

I "fixed" my voicemail notification issue .... I changed my voicemail notification sound to silent, so I won't get a little repetitive alert but I'll still have the icon up in the notification bar ...

The other option was to go into settings/call settings and uncheck the "voicemail notifications" box, but then that left me w/NO notification icon as well as no sound.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KZIWarrior:
Anyone else not able to update (or install the new version) of Torque or GPS Status?? They download fine but will not install/update.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
I have also flashed the OTA MR2 (1.39.00.0627r,0.01.69.0625r) and still have the issue. Switching between 3G and WIFI works 50% of the time. And 90% of the time, after sitting overnight, WIFI is hung then too.

In both cases, a power cycle of the WIFI fixes the problem....'til the next time.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
Have you tried to record videos (camcorder)? Get sound with it?

I'm currently getting NO sound in camcorder. It used to be distorted or overly sensitive, but now I'm getting none at all. :confused: I am tweaking my video recording parameters (/system/etc/media_profiles.xml), but haven't changed anything in the last couple releases. Perhaps I'll try reverting some of those.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cfairchi:
My soft keys were not backlighting either. I disabled auto brightness and then they worked properly.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mustang302LX:
Maybe worth adding to the OP as it took a while to fix my issue.

I just want to pass this to others who may or may not be having the lockscreen lag issue.

It was mentioned earlier to turn auto-brightness off for people who were having issues gettig the screen on after it was off. I did this even though I didn't have this issue and my lockscreen lag has completely gone away! I tried changing min/max CPU speeds and changing governors and nothing helped. Turning off auto-brightness has resolved the issue and the phone seems to have less overall lag now (plus the screen looks way better)!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
Sorry for the delay. Camcorder app seems to be working fine for me, no problems with audio distortion or no audio. Not sure.. have you come across anyone else with the problem?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
Will update OP shortly. I believe someone earlier mentioned that this fixed the backlight on the softkeys as well.

EDIT: OP updated. Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theredspecial:
I flashed the volume fix and the ringer is extremely loud, I love it.

However the in call volume and alarm volume is still extremely quiet. The alarm problem might cause me to switch to another ROM, but I really don't want to have to do that. Any fix for this?

On a positive note, the latest cm7 runs better than the official builds ever did on my OG droid and I love the battery life
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
Not definitively. If you have it working, then I need to do some more in-depth researching/tweaking.

Thanks for the feedback.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mustang302LX:
How did you change just the voicemail tone? I have been looking but haven't seen that. I only see the option to turn on and off the voicemail notification. No selection for what the tone is.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
Did you do a complete wipe prior to flashing CM7 initially? I think most hand-off problems that I've seen have been solved by doing an install with a clean wipe, and NOT restoring system data with Titanium.

If you didn't wipe, it may also be a good first step in trying to sort out your video recording issue as well.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
Yep, I always anally wipe everything 3x. And typically install everything again from scratch. And the wifi/handoff issues have always been present.

However, just this last time (RC 1.2 - 7/6/11), I used Titanium to restore everything. Something to consider.

Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
I believe it was mentioned in the main thread that Titanium restored some APN data, which broke the 3G/4G/WiFi handoff fix (which, incidentally, was just fixed in RC1.2 - the install that you used Titanium on). If I were you, I'd nandroid your current setup, then wipe and reflash. Check your WiFi and hand-offs, as well as the video recording. If it's fixed, then you've got your answer. If it's not, you've got your nandroid to go back to.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chimpsnest:
Settings/sound/notification ringtone - I get three options from here, Android System, Handcent, Zedge Ringtones, I choose Android System and the very top option is "silent".

I left the voicemail notifications box checked under settings/call settings. If you un-check that you get no little icon in the notification bar.

I'd like to have the sound back, but I answer my phone 95% of the time anyway, so.... it's ok for now.

HTH
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
Have you thought of using Google Voice to manage your vmail? I've been doing it since I got my phone, and haven't looked back.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chimpsnest:
I have google voice, but never let it do my v/m (except what comes thru the gvoice number I have).

Not to thread hijack, but what do you like better about it vs regular old v/m? Is it the visual part?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
Yea, that, and the transcription is actually decent. Saves me from actually having to listen to maybe 1/2 to 3/4 of my messages. Voicemail audio and transcription emailed as well, which I like.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ANDR0lD:
Was wondering why cell standby is taking up so much battery use, any ideas?

sent from a 1.5ghz-Cyanogen 'Bolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _33_:
Still can't get the proximity sensor working. Any advice?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chimpsnest:
Does it work at all, is it too touchy or not touchy enough?

Mine is working fine.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ANDR0lD:
NEED HELP

Cell stabdbye-34%

WiFi-25%

Display-22%

Phone Idle -14%

XDA-3%

USA Today -2%

What the heck is going on????

MR2

Full Wipe

Stock CM7 kernel

CM7 RC 1.0

sent from a 1.5ghz-Cyanogen 'Bolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alpha Axl:
I usually anally wipe twice or so. ;)

Anyway...does anyone know of a fix for the MLB At Bat 2011 app to detect the device? Is it still looking for the ADR name and not HTC Thunderbolt that was changed in About Phone? Can't watch any games anymore with MLB.tv =/

Oh, and does anyone know where to change the drawer to the 3D type like LauncherPro, or do I need to use LauncherPro? I thought it said somewhere you could change it but I can't find anything in ADW's settings.

Thanks!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _33_:
Not working at all.

Just had a reboot, while on a call??? Never lost the call... WTF.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sincerity:
so woke up today and no 3g data at all....anybody else? im in nc
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
Well, I reformatted Data/Flash 3x, then installed RC1.2 (7/6/11). I installed my apps by hand, no restoring from a nandroid or Titanium.

Sound came back in camcorder (good news!), but WiFi and hand-offs still don't work well.

Same story, WiFi falls asleep overnight (though I have set WiFi sleep policy to NEVER) and doesn't wake up without a WiFi power cycle. Hand offs hang WiFi too. It connects, but no data flows. Again a WiFi power cycle solves the problem.

Hopefully, there is more tweaking Slayer and his team can do to improve things. ;)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minazaki:
How about dalvik cache? Did you format that as well?

Glad you got at least one issue sorted.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chimpsnest:
Hmm, I wonder if there is a setting in the phone someplace for the sensor?

Did your phone reboot on its own, or do you think your face may have been hitting the screen if the sensor isn't working correctly, maybe?

Happens to me all the time, esp if I try to hold the phone between my ear and shoulder w/o my hands, the prox sensor gets light and then my face hangs up the call, lol.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
Yes, I did (and always do) that too. But I can't help but think that's redundant because I reformat the cache. Is dalvik a different storage medium and the regular cache?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wraithdu:
dalvik-cache is on the /data partition.

Please stop thinking you have to format multiple times unless you see error messages. It's debunked as useless:

http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-06-05/time_to_wipe_data/cache
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
Yea, I hated doing that multiple times. Seemed unnecessary, but any support help would ask if you did it 3x. :rolleyes:

Thanks!!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJComet:
I just started messing around with video recording today and noticed this behavior as well. :( The Sense camera app recorded sound in a nice high quality but ended up being WAY too quiet. This one seems to not only distort the sound but also make it sound really low quality in comparison.

If you or anyone else finds out a fix or if this a bug or something, I'd appreciate it.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pstrang:
A reflash solved the problem for me. But for how long? Who knows?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJComet:
Reflashed, skipped the Google Account stuff and tested out the camera. First video didn't record any sound at all. Second and third recorded it the as it did before reflashing. I'm just gonna assume that yours was extremely loud before while mine might not be but still sounds pretty crappy. Either way, I guess if I wiped everything and reflashed and it's still doing it, it's gotta be a CM7 bug.

Thanks for the help anyway! :)

By the way, the whole no-sound-on-the-first-video-recording thing is (alegadely) a bug. Every time I've rebooted now, the first video will always have no sound while the second will. I even flashed a new kernel with the same thing happening. To fix that, you just have to rename VideoRecord.ogg to something else so it isn't loaded on the system.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddog4DROID:
So, I'm on 1.2, I've tried all radios but after a while, the 4G will not stick after turning off Wifi or rebooting. When the room flashed, this was fine. After a few days... back to how it used to be.

The only thing that I know that happened is that perhaps this is happening after my battery goes to 0% and turns phone off -- would that be related?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D1cey:
Edit: Figured out how to sort it out.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eatrice313:
RC 1.3

Been on RC 1.3. Everything is working well except I've been kicked off 4G several times throughout the day. When I leave it on 4G only, it seems to be good. As soon as I switch to 3G/4G mode, it will disconnect me once in a while.

Going back to RC 1.2 for now.