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[Optimus V Android Development] mkoyskip:
On partitioning - you can use something like minitool to create, add and resize (and create ext partitions also). Works good if you need to add an ext partition without reformatting you sdcard.

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[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
That is a horrible idea. Never factory reset via settings unless you want a $120 paper weight. The use of Rom manager is also a terrible idea. Reboot to recovery, make a backup, do factory reset, flash rom, flash gapps, reboot. Done. If you want to keep your apps use titanium backup.

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[Optimus V Android Development] pandulce1:
He was obviously joking, and you fell for it. :D
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
Figured that. Thought I recognized the user name. Figured I'd say something just in case. :-)

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[Optimus V Android Development] alexhood93:
Do anybody's live wallpaper freezes! I don't usually use one but I tried to do so today and mine freezes constantly
[Optimus V Android Development] captaincrook:
GParted makes it easy, with the option not to wipe everything.

Can be found on most Linux Live CDs.
[Optimus V Android Development] dingermtb:
I use Mystical Skull live wallpaper and it runs super smooth. Make sure if you have any type of task killer or optimizer, that your LW is in the ignore list.
[Optimus V Android Development] jayleekay:
Running jerry's newest and the screen froze on my text mesaaging screen as i called my voicemail. Call went through and i was able to hang up with the power button but the screen was frozen. Seemed like i was doing stuff in the background but couldn't see it. Had to pull the battery.
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
I used Minitool like a week ago, Windows can't read the ext partition I made at all. Thing is I mounted the SD card with my phone on recovery to my PC, that's all I can do to even try to partition it since I don't have a card reader. Is a card reader really that necessary?
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
Gparted won't read my device when I connect it, I guess I really do need a card reader :/

Unless there's another method that doesn't require it, I can't really invest on one at the moment.
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
FYI- You can partition your sdcard in recovery, just be sure to do a complete backup of it to your pc first.
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
You're right, I see that option in Advance, just never tried it, is it safe?
[Optimus V Android Development] dingermtb:
On Jerry's new build, the only issue i've run into was the bootanimation helper force closes instantly. Worked the first time, then after reboot, it started force closing. No biggie for me though, as i just manually changed it through root explorer.

On another note, after my first flash of the newest build, after reinstalling my apps, the phone would constantly reboot or freeze. After the third time flashing with the same results, i then left out my last app i installed, which was Dr. Web Antivirus. Turned out, that that was the issue. Just wanted to throw that in just in case others are having the same issue and use Dr. Web. I now have NQ antivirus and the ROM runs awesomely great now :)
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
It's how I partitioned my sdcard. ;)

Be aware, this will blank all data on the sdcard. Be sure to back it up to your pc or dropbox etc!!!
[Optimus V Android Development] jayleekay:
I partitioned mine with recovery too once upon a time.
[Optimus V Android Development] mkoyskip:
Windows cannot natively read ext partitions. There's some software that'll let you read them though (and possibly write to them also, not sure - google it).
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
Same issue here. Had it last build too. Thought it was because I messed with Settings.apk but it did the same thing after I updated. Something fishy is going on around here...:-P

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[Optimus V Android Development] dingermtb:
I also, partitioned mine in recovery:)

As long as you have everything backed up to PC or dropbox, etc, you're good to go. Just pick the size of your partion and pick swapiness (i always set mine to 0)
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
What do you mean you messed with the Settings.apk? That could definitely cause issues, as this is baked into the CMParts and Settings apks.

I have personally tried the bootanimation chooser on three different OVs now, mine, my sister's, and a friend's, and all of them worked fine.

You do have OI File Manager installed (the default file manager included in the ROM)? If you removed OI File Manager, that would definitely be another explanation. ;)

If non of the above apply to you, and your bootanimation chooser is still FCing, try wiping it's data under Manage Applications.

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For those with screen freezes which we believe are due to the new rotation animations, please try this:

Settings>>Display>>Animations>>No animations

And/or

Settings>>Display>>Auto-rotate screen

Let me know if this prevents the freezes, that way we can pretty much be sure it's the rotation animation causing the issue.
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
I have everything backed up. By the way what is the purpose of a swap partition on Android?

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Any help finding any software would be greatly appreciated man :D
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
I replaced the settings menu icons. So when I click menu-->settings I get colorful awesome looking icons, not grey dull boring icons. Same with the power menu. I use APK Manager to decompile/compile the apks.

I did not, however, modify any system apks for the current build.

As for the OI File Manager, is it really necessary to have a specific file manager for one specific system setting? Is it possible to have a pop up that lets you choose which file manager to use? That way for those of us who don't like OI we aren't required to have it installed in order to be able to change one system setting.

Just a thought.

EDIT: OI File Manager is the cause of the FCs. As soon as I reinstalled it I was able to select a boot animation. I froze it in TB and got an FC.
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
Here you go! ;)

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I will look into supporting other file managers, but no promises. The issue isn't with calling the file manager, it's easy to call a selection of file managers. The issue is with getting the selected file returned to my app. I know the code to OI File Manger since it's part of IHO's source code, so I can work with it extensively. If other file managers have not published their intents, then it would take some hacking, and tbh I don't have the time to support all file managers. ;)
[Optimus V Android Development] dingermtb:
Thanks Jerry :) My issue was alao File Manager. It's one of the things i remove since i never used it because i have Root Explorer and Andexplorer (needed for Type Fresh). I'll start leaving it in now :)
[Optimus V Android Development] jayleekay:
Anyone know of a fix/workaround for having to unpair and re-pair to a bluetooth device every time i want to turn it on and use it?
[Optimus V Android Development] mkoyskip:
Ext2Read (ext2explore.exe - run as administrator)

Ext2Fsd (read/write - install vista sp2 compatibility mode/run as administrator) I don't know how to use it really - shows my ext partition but I can't seem to access it.

I also use MacDrive to access my Hackintosh drives.

EDIT: man, just spent like 30 minutes searching for my new sdcard - took it out to try out ext2fsd and it shot out of the phone!

BTW: picked up an AmazonBasics 16gb class 10 sdcard ($22 Amazon 2 days delivered), just thought I'd try it out: sequential read 19.03 write 18.20 (MB/s)

much better than my SanDisk class 4: sequential read 8.58 write 5.09 (MB/s)

It was an impulse purchase, I still kind of wish I'd bought a SanDisk Ultra - it doesn't have a class rating but specs give it (up to) 30 MB/s

Hah just saw that - no doubt! :D
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
Lol thanks Jerry :)

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Lol thanks man I'mlooking into it now before I head out:)
[Optimus V Android Development] nixie2121:
Any chance anyone fixed the issue of using a cassette adapter and being able to use the phone without unplugging?
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
Not yet, but we haven't given up. ;)
[Optimus V Android Development] mrg666:
MiRaGe 02102012

I have uploaded the 02102012 build of MiRaGe with the following changes after syncing with CM repo. These are mainly fixes that could help with the freeze problems reported, please report back if they help.

- Don't animate rotations when screen is off

- Unfreeze display even if screen is off.

- Improve scrolling cache (ported from ICS)

I have tested on my phone and did not see any problems.

Please thank/donate to Blarf, Bob, Jerry, tdm, LeslieAnn, thekraven, bigsupersquid, Whyzor, and the CM team. Enjoy!
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
Ah that makes sense. Ok. :-) No worries then. I can always save a backup in TB and just restore it whenever I need it.

About selecting boot animations, I tried changing it with one that I made (that I know works) but it keeps defaulting to the original boot animation. Do I need to name the files a certain way, or should it just work regardless?

Thanks!

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[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
You can name it anything.

The way it works is it makes a copy of the bootanimation you have choosen inside the apk's data structure. The bootanimation binary then looks there first to see if there is anything in the data structure, if not, it plays the default bootanimation, and if there is no default bootanimation, it attempts to play the android masked animation, and if that is not present, it just boots.
[Optimus V Android Development] nixie2121:
Thanks jerry.. Looking forward to being able to get back to gb
[Optimus V Android Development] EvoX2008:
Nice Mr Mirage :))) More ports from ICS!!!
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
I figured it out. All 412 pics were jpgs so the file was 23mb. It wouldn't copy the files for some reason. Converted them all to 8-bit pngs and voila! it works! Now I have a boot animation of Optimus Prime ripping a decepticon's head in half. It's awesome. I also have a compilation of fight scenes from Transformers 3 as a boot animation. :D
[Optimus V Android Development] dingermtb:
Nice! Sounds Awesome...hint...hint ;)
[Optimus V Android Development] Kolma:
Huzzah! Finally got around to donating.
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
I'll post a link to them in a little bit.

EDIT: Here's the Optimus Prime boot animation: http://db.tt/IfPIImU1

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[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
Sorry for going off topic, but I just wanted to know what is the purpose of a swap partition? And how would it help me?
[Optimus V Android Development] tvall:
My thoughts in swap: common on desktop Linux an very useful there. Used on android back on the g1 when running sense roms so stuff doesn't close as often (G1=192mb ram for system abd radio)

In this device... seems pointless
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
I figured. This device has an excellent amount of ram anyway. I might just make a swap partition for the hell of it. What is a good recommended size for the partition?
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
OK, no LMGTFY this time, but next time... ;)

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Swap_and_Compcache
[Optimus V Android Development] leolawliet:
You are awesome :D
[Optimus V Android Development] mkoyskip:
I've noticed that when I install apps online from the market/etc that in the notification area it sometimes says "updating app" continuously until I press on it (brings up market info for random app) or clear it. Anyone else?

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Just setup samba on my phone (finally got around to it) and it works great. Can access my sdcard as a folder from Windows.
[Optimus V Android Development] norwoodesteel:
yes this happens alot, i just clear it
[Optimus V Android Development] moore.bryan:
Just want to send a huge "thank you" to all you devs; we'd be lost without you!

ps... *awesome* battery life on the latest mirage...

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[Optimus V Android Development] Grosskum:
Green machine

I wasn't trying to be impolite, even tho I was, I'm sorry I was just upset at all the problems it caused, I've uses his rom for a while and love it but when I downloaded green machine everything went wrong and my phone eventually just wouldn't reboot and I had to use romtools on my PC to get the recovery yo work again. I didn't mean Any disrespect to Jerry, I love the rom but the theme screwed my phone. I flashed a recent recovery and will not be flashing the theme again, I'm hoping I just got a bad download or something because what worked looked cool. I hope u read this and understand what I'm talking about.
[Optimus V Android Development] mkoyskip:
I'm thinking that some politeness and a huge thank you to Jerry for all his work might go a long way in helping you out...:p
[Optimus V Android Development] Curiousn00b:
Not just Jerry. I hate seeing favoritism.... Makes me feel bad to the other devs :(
[Optimus V Android Development] mkoyskip:
No favoritism intended - the poster was obviously talking about Jerry's build. I do thank ALL of the devs (and have quite often) . It was good of you to point that out though. :)
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
So you're saying Jerry's theme is the only one with issues so it has to be his? :-P jk :-D

To the person who doesn't like the theme: swearing and angry posts will get you no where on this forum. Do it enough times and you get blocked. As for the fix to your problem, boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik cache, and reflash the rom. (This doesn't wipe your data or apps, it just puts the original system files back on your phone.) If you are still having issues then a full wipe and reflash will be in order.

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[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
The theme has zero effect on performance. It only changes a few color and icon variables, it has nothing to do with performance. And there are almost 1000 people using GreenMachineTheme on a weekly download count, so I'm pretty sure if there were issues with it, there would have been reports prior to this. ;)

Just go back into recovery and reflash the ROM to remove the theme, no need to do a complete wipe, and no need to reflash gapps.
[Optimus V Android Development] Grosskum:
Please read my edited post, I was just a bit angry, ill show upload some pics of what happened, I must have gotten a bad download or something. Really, I didn't mean to get mad but my phone was working great running this ROM and then I downloaded the them and things went wrong, things kept force closing and going wrong. I just overreacted because the only thing that I had done between running great and messed up was downloading this theme. I seriously didn't mean to piss everyone off. I really do not know what I did wrong. As a side note, I'm not sure how I was showing favoritism there when i originally posted. also I've only seen one other ROM for this phone that comes close to this one and it's based off of this one.
[Optimus V Android Development] Grosskum:
This is what I got as far as screenshots, ( I think i got the order right) the first one an example of what I meant by messed up icons (the screen shot, reboot, and sound ones are all messed up) and the other is what I got when I went to check if I changed my lock screen, not sure if it was suppose to look like that but when i went to go put it in it forced closed, just like about everything else. I understand that either way this really didn't deserve the post. I AM SORRY. I was just upset about something else and then when this happened it just kind of set me off, I need to work on my anger(thats not actually a joke, I get pissed off really easily)
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
I'm gonna go with a bad download. Try wiping dalvik/cache first and reflash the rom. You should also check the md5 sums before you flash though. You can download an md5 checker from the market. If you still want the theme (which is actually quite nice when everything is working right) you should redownload it. Check the md5 of course.

If you really want to be thorough or the first method doesn't worm then do a complete wipe and reflash (after backups of course with fresh, verified downloads).

As to the favoritism comment, it wasn't directed towards you.

Hope this helps!

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[Optimus V Android Development] Grosskum:
Thank you for replying, I've been sitting here for like 10 minutes hitting refresh so I could see someone reply that wasn't mad and understood what I meant.
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
NP. Let us know how it goes.

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[Optimus V Android Development] mkoyskip:
deaver_92 the title of the post this refers to is Green machine - though I think (hope) you are just being facetious.:D

edit: Grosskum I can't of course speak for others but I myself am not mad - was just offering unsolicited 'advice'. And I agree with deaver_92 so let us know how it goes.
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
Did you make sure the GreenMachineTheme and ROM had the same date? For flashable UOT Kitchen themes, they must be built from the same ROM package.
[Optimus V Android Development] Grosskum:
I had the 02062012 version of the theme and the most recent version of the ROM, I got the theme from this post and the rom from the updater. even if they were different versions would it cause all the problems I had?
[Optimus V Android Development] m1stap1mz:
When im using this rom and i record a video i get great frame rate like 24. Does anyone else have good framerate?
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
The xda app needs some updates. It doesn't show post titles. That would explain a lot though. XD

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[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
Build dates are the same, so that's not the issue. If you flash a theme from a different build you could potentially get a massive amount of FCs, preventing you from even using the phone. It really depends on how many and what changes were made since the build that the theme was intended for. A theme from August of last year, for instance, would most likely render your phone unusable. A theme from the build before the current one, however, might not produce any noticeable effects, again depending on changes. Basically the safest thing to do is use the theme made for the current build. :-D

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[Optimus V Android Development] mkoyskip:
Just checked tapatalk and it doesn't display them either. Maybe not really necessary though - don't see message titles all that often.

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[Optimus V Android Development] dingermtb:
If you flashed the ROM, and was running it before you downloaded and flashed the theme, you have to wipe cache and dalvik cache before you flash the theme. Not wiping the caches before-hand will can cause several force closes.
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
True. Oh well. Is there a free version of tapatalk?

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[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
I've noticed something. I use wifi pretty much all the time and battery life is pretty good, even though I'm checking my phone and doing something on throughout most of the day. When I go to 3g, though, battery life drops like a rock. I lose 1% every couple minutes. Then I switch back to wifi and all is good. Thoughts anyone?

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[Optimus V Android Development] reaper420:
i have the same problem, for me is because i live in a bad service area. how goods the signal where you are?
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
Pretty decent. I get 2-3 bars consistently.
[Optimus V Android Development] reaper420:
i don't get near that, 1 bar off and on, with my phone running normally i get around 3 hours on my battery, i turn on airplane mode and WiFi i get about 17 hours. if im in an area with real good signal it goes back up to about 12 hours. all i can figure is that this phone just isn't that good with signal under 4 bars. must be a strain or something
[Optimus V Android Development] JerryScript:
Absolutely it would cause problems. Most of the changes in almost all of the updates to date have been to the frameworks at least in part. Themes made in UOT Kitchen modify the frameworks-res.apk when they are created. This means flashing a UOT Kitchen theme overwrites the existing frameworks-res.apk, and if it's from a different version, you will get crashes if you can boot at all. ;)

Sounds like you have compatible versions though, so it could have been a bad download of the GreenMachineTheme. Check under

Settings>>About phone>>Build ID

for the date you are currently running. If it matches the date of the GreenMachineTheme you flashed, then it was probably a bad download.

Future updates to the BacksideUpdater will include the ability to download themes and check their md5sum automatically. ;)

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3G and Battery Issues

3G eats battery in reverse proportion to the signal strength available. The less bars, the more it eats trying to maintain the connection and transmit the data.

If you have a tower near you, you can throw a rock at it with little effort and hit it.

If you have a tower a mile away, it's going to take a lot of roids to be able to hit it with a rock!

Same is true for your 3G, if you have a close tower and good signal, it takes little effort (battery). If you are in an area with bad signal, it takes a lot of effort!

And even if close to a tower, signal bounce and obstruction are huge factors. There is an eight story bank building between my house and the nearest VM tower. Even though the tower is relatively close, the signal has to bounce around the bank, making the actual transmission distance a lot further. So I always stick with WiFi at home. At work, their is a tower in sight, and my battery drains very slowly!

Note- a prl swap did help some at home, I now can connect to three different towers, the above example was from before I did the swap ;)
[Optimus V Android Development] a5pe4:
Hmmm I might have to check into a prl swap. Maybe I'll have to do some research
[Optimus V Android Development] deaver_92:
Figured that would be why. Just wanted to make sure.

I did that and haven't noticed any significant difference other than I can no longer send or receive calls or texts when I'm near my friend's air rave. Although right after I swapped the prl my friend discovered that the air rave was being screwy...so that might not have had anything to do with it...I've been too lazy to switch back to check...I probably should though...ya...

Anyway, hit or miss. Depends on the towers in your area.