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[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Woody:
I had the black screen so many times and then all of a sudden it stopped. Crap!!! Now that I said that it will probably start up.

Not sure if it is related to swap or not b/c a fair amount of people have had this problem in the past who are and aren't swappy. I personally don't use it and have never used it, but I still have it partitioned just in case there is ever an APK or phone-terminal command to do it (nothing in the works, though).

1g swap partition is huge. I would at the very least drop that down to 513 or so. Not sure what the right size is, but 1g is probably overstating quite a bit.

If you swap is that big then, how big is your ext partition? I find that anything over 350 +/- is just wasted space, unless you put Dalvik in there too, even then I would only go up maybe another 50-ish. I have mine set at 300ext and about 50 apps in there and am not even 1/2 used.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
I am in d.c. and taking the most awful pictures. My friend has an old lg and blowing my pics away. Im done with this phone lol. Very disappointing
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] gn01222116:
My ext3 got 600mb partitioned. Still figuring why the black screen issues exists..
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
Hi, I installed the ROM and 3g fix but I can't have data, can someone help ?

Thank you

[EDIT] More, I can't have time by network, I have to set time and date manually.

[EDIT2] I have another bug with contact, it try to import usim and it f/c.

[EDIT3] I can solve data connection problem with apn manager but second bug in contact make phone inusable as phone so, does someone can help ? I tried to replace with joined apk (from Dexter's ROM) but I can't because I haven't update.zip (hot update make me f/c.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] bagongs:
Stuck at M logo

Hello everyone, I've just flashed RC2 HM edition, restoring nandroid from a clean Singapore sbf.

Everything went ok, but whenever I try to apply an update (3G_update or whatever theme) and clear dalvik and cache, the phone gets stuck to the Motorola logo...am I missing something?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
3g update apply with no problem but doesn't solve anything for me, I had to use apn manager to configure my data newtwork.

Does someone have the usim problem when you go on contact ?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
I had that issue and I came to my conclusion that flashing over the singapore sbf was causing it. You should try Cbw sbf first. I think I posted it a few pages back.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
I flashed over Dexter froyo so that is not that. It's very bad to have this bug because this ROM seens very good but it's a big problem to don't be abble to make call.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] bagongs:
Ok, the problem still persists also starting from a fresh Cincinnati Bell sbf.

Here's what I did:

1. RSD to flash the sbf.

2. OR --> nandroid --> restore --> hellmonger edition rc2

3. wipe data factory reset, wipe dalvik and cache

4. reboot (up to here everything is fine)

5. OR --> apply update --> theme (ok)

6. wipe dalvik and cache

7. reboot --> STUCK AT M LOGO! (also removing the sd card) :mad:

What's happening?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Mioze7Ae:
If you can get back to OpenRecovery, then try: reflash RC2, do the wipes and reboot. If it works, then maybe the problem is the theme and you could test that by applying the theme again to see if it breaks things again. Which theme are you using?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Mioze7Ae:
I remember seeing this mentioned in one of the wanhu or xdaspecial threads either in general or development. I'm pretty sure there was a solution or at least a workaround, but I don't remember what it was. I would use Google to site search the xt720 forums. I usually don't have much success using XDA's search.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
Thank you for you help but I think it will be possible to fix by switching contact.apk by another wich don't search in simcard.

[EDIT] I found that :http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1151289&page=7

But I think it don't help to use go contact, I prefer have a working version.

Maybe someone can help me ? I mean Dexter version should work but I am not sure and I don't kknow how to replace.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] opiswahn:
I had(have) the same problem but with me, it was stuck at bootloop every time i used the V6 in Bootloader mode(the V6 that was integrated in the OR mentioned in this thread.) If i flash RC2 with patches, and after a successful reboot use the V6-Script with a script manager, it's mostly ok.

If i get a Bootloop, i just clear dalvic and cache and it works again, don't know why. But since i don't restart the phone very often it's not that big of a problem for me.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
I'm Back early! Ran out of work not as much as expected.

I really don't know what causes the M logo freezes all I know is I was having it pretty bad for a while and it would mostly only happen when I didn't fastboot. It got to the point where I had to give up on special and used Khal's Wanhu for a bit. Since then I reformatted and partitioned my sd card the same as I always do, 500mb ext, 513mb swap and rest to fat32. Flashed CBW SBF and started new and the issue isn't a problem anymore. I very very very rarely get a freeze but I just reboot and then it's fine. Before it was so bad that I could reboot multiple times and it would always get stuck until I fastbooted, then it would boot fine. So I also thought it had something to do with Swap and fastboot. So starting out fresh with CBW sbf was my only fix. It's a freak thing hopefully you get it resolved.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
My pics of Washington

They are truly awful lol. I ended up flashing my nandroid of cbw 2.1 to try that camera and the pics and video was great, except It was too late, I had already left DC. Too bad too sad I guess. I will know better next time!

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[Milestone XT720 Android Development] tharan.a:
Wow, no offense man...but those pics are horrible! I've learned with the XT720 that more megapixels does not equal better quality.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Mioze7Ae:
That's always been true in digital cameras, too. If you have two sensors built using the same technology and same sensor size, the one with more pixels will have lower (i.e. worse) signal/noise (each pixel requires circuitry--fewer pixels==less surface below the lens wasted on circuitry)

I don't think that explains why the camera is better on 2.1, though. Maybe it's another Motoroi/Milestone hardware difference. IIRC, the camera has the same problems when running the Korean 2.2.1 stock on Milestone XT720.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
Does someone find anything about usim problem that make a lot of f/c while opening contact (is it possible to use Dexter's ROM apk) ?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
I'm not having any force close, only tries to sync contacts every time I open contacts.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
No offense taken bud, they are truly horrible. It's really disappointing lol. It's mostly the infamous zenon flash that is making them bad. My friend had an old cheap LG that was taking amazing pics compared to mine, his flash was working as it should with no settings adjustments.

Here is a pic I took on the way home when I flashed back to my 2.1 nandroid...

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[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
Photo Quality Comparison tool

Here is a useful tool to see the quality of different phone's cameras

Photo Quality Comparison tool

The tool puts up to three phones and their cameras head to head, testing their performance on three charts.

Ps... It shows our Milestone to be truly horrible and unfocused.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
I have that too but it lock my sim and then it f/c, any idea of how to fix ?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] eejin2:
Yeah I find that I can never focus properly... it goes sharp when focusing, the out again. This sucks a lot. Can almost never make it focus at what I want it to. Is it a software problem?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
I have another bug. I flash back dexter's rom but now I have a wrong phone format when I backup contacts into vcf in sdcard. Can someone help me ?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] B_e_n:
I had this issue with all the wanhu the hellmongers and the xdaspecial i try everything and nothing work...

Maybe Its an issue with the french network....

I don t know but with all the bug and the boot stuck people have with this rom i m happy to have the mz cyanogen...

Everything work and fast

I just can t wait for the next cyano 7 release.......
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] B_e_n:
Do You flash back to sbf first ???

You should try to start all again from the begining....
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
Everything works?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
I didn't flash back to sbf but I mean it's not necessary. In fact, I prefer stay with my stock sbf because I don't want to have a bad baseband software.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] B_e_n:
I m sure your problem will despaear if you erase all with a New sbf

i know it s long but i think it is the only way to start all over

I think it always left something when you apply an image on another one
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
What sbf did you flashed, I saw you are french so, have you any bug with the ROM in France and what sbf did you flash ?

[EDIT]How long does the flash take ?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
The Singapore sbf I used has the starhub logo, not sure what you mean?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] bagongs:
I've been using sileshn's Twisted Inception..but also the 3G_update provokes the same result..I already tried reflashing RC2 but the result is always the same..thanks for your support guys!

as far as I tested it, the ROM seemed good and smooth, but I couldn't use it, so went back to CM6...waiting for an update to fix these bootloops or RC3 ;)

Still, thanks for your efforts Hellmonger!
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] B_e_n:
The same than an nandroid update maybe more at the boot

I use cbw sbf but i think you can use all expect the Singapour one . Try the eu

But you have to come back to stock i think
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
Did you try xda special rc3 or are you with cm ?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] B_e_n:
CM

I try all the special and all the wanhu based don t work for me....
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
After being on the GB theme with flying animation and flashed back to stock theme it has caused major issues with the ROM. It will hardly boot up and when it does it's frozen for a bit then reboots and all kinds of crazy issues. Been trying to reflash my backup after data wipe, it's like my 4th time trying and nothings working to fix it. It's looking like my only option is to flash sbf and start all over again. Not sure what I want to do from here...

...I think I finally got it fixed, don't know what the heck happened.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
Thank you for you answer, can you tell me what you mean by not work (usim or Rom don't boot) ?

[EDIT]More, can you please tell me what are bug in CM (particulary with camera).
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] B_e_n:
Always the usim fc

It s weird we are only 2 or 3 having this issue for what i read it must be related to a network conflict

No bug for me sorry LM... not very fast for taking pics but as always with the xt ... i think it force close on the first opening but after it works

Edit we should speak of this in the cm thread. You can read all the bugs too...
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] abet1017:
I'm using special rc2.... what's new with special rc3 aside from it reverts to stock and multilanguage? If I try the patch, do i need to wipe everything and do a factory reset?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
Yes you have to wipe all and factory reset.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
Now I am getting this black screen, I started having all these problems after going from the gb theme to stock. Now looks like I am gonna have to sbf stock.

I think I am done with the special, it's a huge shame since it is an awesome ROM. I don't think anyone is gonna pick up development on it. It's a big shame since it is so close to finished. Looks like the Bravo ROM is what we all are needing with the speed tweaks of the special. I really wish I knew how to I would love to do it. I am gonna try Bravo and see whats happenin.

MZ what do you think bud? would it be a big problem to make a patch from the special to apply to Bravo for a2sd gui and maybe some speed tweaks and make it workable for Bravo? I would like to try but don't know how to start. It will probably need the reboot menu and swap ability as well.

Also having problems uninstalling and installing apps now, freezing up and then my phone has been heating up.

***All was fine til I tried themes, this ROM may not be good for themes yet, so Sileshn you might want to back off the themes for this for now unless you know what is wrong.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] psirage:
Has anybody have any success moving dalvik-cache to /cache using a2sd?

I tried cachepartreset and cachepart. With cachepartreset, nothing happens. I can see /data/.dcpartition file created, but the dalvik-cache remains in /system. With cachepart, I can see a /cache/dc being created with all the dex files in it. But /system/dalvik-cache is not a link to this directory.

It's almost like the script is having trouble replacing dalvik-cache with a symlink.

I can move the dalvik-cache to SD-ext fine, but I don't want to do that because I like my phone to boot normally without the SD card.

Regarding the theme, the MIUI theme is working perfect for me. Thanks!
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
The themes were working perfect for me as well, it was when I tried to go back to stock, all hell broke loose, I don't think it is the themes, just think something isn't very stable...

Are you typing su first? Then a2sd cachepart? You have to type a2sd before each command

EDIT sorry, prolly a stupid question lol
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] psirage:
Yup, I ran a2sd after su. And yup, I type a2sd after each command. I looked at the log file and it's as if the script ran fine. After reboot, I can see /system/dalvik-cache is not linked to /cache/dalvik-cache and my /data partition free space did not go down.

Not sure if it's related, but a2sd repair doesn't work and causes FC at bootup.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] oddo1907:
i cant download app from market via wifi. when i try to donwload via 3g , i can download but not wifi
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
Huh, not sure bud, I never had an issue with any of the a2sd commands. I will think about it and let you know if I remember something... seems there was something we had to do... can't remember offhand.

And I am sure you rebooted too huh?
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] psirage:
I can't find where the actual a2sd script lives (not /system/bin/a2sd), so I couldn't figure out why it doesn't work.

I end up copying a script from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=748053

into file 96dalvik2cache in /system/etc/init.d instead of /system/sd/userinit.sh since I don't see how userinit.sh script would have been called at startup.

It seems to work... I got 172MB now

if [ ! -d /cache/dalvik-cache ]
then
busybox rm -rf /cache/dalvik-cache /data/dalvik-cache
mkdir /cache/dalvik-cache /data/dalvik-cache
fi

busybox chown 1000:1000 /cache/dalvik-cache
busybox chmod 0771 /cache/dalvik-cache

# bind mount dalvik-cache so we can still boot without the sdcard
busybox mount -o bind /cache/dalvik-cache /data/dalvik-cache
busybox chown 1000:1000 /data/dalvik-cache
busybox chmod 0771 /data/dalvik-cache

I am going to try link2sd now. I like per app control on what to move since I don't want to move things like keyboard, launcher, etc.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Woody:
IIRC Dark Tremor and Link2sd don't like each other. I was debating on which to put on my wife's phone that was going to need little to no maintainence, as she doesn't tweak her phone like I do. I asked MZ awhile back and he told me it was a one or the other type thing. Make a back up first, but if you are wanting to try Link2sd, I would uninstall DT completely before you do. Not sure what the commands are for that though. Just a warning. Good Luck.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Mioze7Ae:
The a2sd uses bind mounts instead of symbolic links. Bind mounts make multiple directories have the same content. So, lack of symbolic links is expected.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] psirage:
For some reason, a2sd didn't remount the /data/dalvik-cache to the /cache partition, because I can see there isn't any dc directory in /cache. Maybe it's use error, but a2sd is meant to be user friendly and I don't know where to look.

Actually, link2sd is working well for me so far. I guess as long as you don't start launching a2sd command to move things, you are fine. If anyone know how to remove a2sd, that would be good too. I am not a fan of batch moves...

The script I posted earlier works exactly what a2sd should have done. It mounts /cache/dalvik-cache to the /data/dalvik-cache.

Regarding market download, i momentarily have a problem with some app not having download button (both 3G and wifi), but clearing data for market worked. I think it has to do with google backing up my data or something. oddo1907, you might want to give it a try...

So far, this ROM is pretty smooth. I think the minfree is set too aggressively, so home launcher redraw happens too often out of the box. I tune it down, set system persistent and add ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to local.prop, and it's working much better for me.

Cheers.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Woody:
Hey Liberty, I read in oh geez not sure what thread it was, but you mentioned that you might be hoping for the same technical difficulties that Hellmonger got and to turn in your XT for something else. I just glanced at the CBW website and they no longer offer the XT720 anymore. Not even a refurbished version.

Hate to see anyone go on this forum but looks like CBW is kind of opening the doors for us (with insurance). I like mine now that I have it running smooth, but if something happens to it and they offer me something else to finish my time with them, then I'll have to take it. Just wanted to let you know since you are local. MZ, easye420 and mchlbenner too.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Mioze7Ae:
Ha ha jokes on me! I didn't purchase the insurance! Stupid Mioze7Ae assumed Motorola was a reliable/reasonable company. Anyway, I quite like the XT720, atm. If I breaks I'm going back to my Nokia 6230! :D Hmmm. CBW seems to have Nexus S now... j/k
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Woody:
I have a Nokia 5800 that I put movies on for my kids to watch, but compared to xt it is doga$$ slow. I actaully like my XT too, now that eveything is working and I actually know (somewhat) what I am doing with it. It think all the problems with it actually made me better at figuring things out, so if/when I do move on, I will be much better prepared and not have to start from scratch.

My wife's phone locked up when we first got them and then mine did the same thing, so they replaced them and we opted for the insurance. Believe me there have been many times I wanted to chuck into my neighbor's pool but glad I didn't. If I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn't have bought the insurance. Ignorance is bliss, at least in this instance.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
CBW told me we get a 2 year warranty for malfunction then you only have to pay $10. The insurance is a joke, I don't want to got that route it will cost $165. but if your phone gets stolen or it breaks, the first thing you do is call them and add the insurance then report it the next day lmao. You can add insurance at any time. My sister's xt720 just quit working. It won't turn on so I am claiming it on the warranty. The first 2 warranty claims are $10 each for filing, then any after that costs $35.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Knoedelkopf:
back to topic :)

the singapore 2.1 seems to have caused most of my problems.. flashed central european 2.1 before using hellmonger rc2 and now most of the problems are away! good :)

buuuut. battery life is ---terrible--- :(

1 ghz @ 68 vsel, i power on my phone at 8 AM (charged up fully) , and when arriving at home again at 2 PM , battery drained on ~ 40 %.. most of the time is just standby, maybe 20 minutes internet via 3g, and ~ 2 hours listening to music..:confused:
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Woody:
Get Juicedefender from the market. It shuts off Radios (data no FM) when your screen is locked. Just b/c you're not using your phone doesn't mean it isn't using you. There is a JDplus (which is what I have) and you can customize it on a per app basis. Saves me a ton of battery power. I can listen to Jango radio and have only that data transfering with the screen off all day long and still have about 60-70% by the end of the day (5pm).
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Mioze7Ae:
Draining like crazy also happened to me when I had the wrong baseband or bad wifi settings (basically something is constantly scanning and failing for a data connection). Like woodrube suggests, something like juicedefender is an option that will probably work very well to hide the problem by disabling the devices to prevent scanning.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] psirage:
I am having home screen redraw issue.

When I added ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to /data/local.prop, it was much better. But after a few reboot, it didn't stick and the line in the file is gone.

Does anybody know how to make that stick in /data/local.prop? Or if I add the line in scripts within /system/etc/init.d, would that be too late in the bootup process?

Thanks.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] 3rdstring:
Add it to the build.prop file.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
Back to topic??? Huh... Been on this topic for quite a while now and no one has been paying it much attention. Dropped like a bad habit lmao. Are we back to topic? lol. I doubt it we can only hope! Ha! Anyway, I was just at the CBW store, apparently the insurance still has XT720's. They are shipping one for me for my sister. $10 for the claim fee. It sucks I was hyped about a nexus s or an HTC Panache HaHaHa
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] metalizer2000:
why i can't see imei number by pressing *#06# on dialer with this rom?also i'm not be able to check my cost balance of my sim card operator by pressing *888# (USSD code not supported i think),when i press *888# it will trying to call, not to send ussd code

please help
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] LibertyMonger:
I don't know anything about ussd but apparently it doesn't work with any of the WanHu Rom's. There's a new Rom posted in here called Bravo based off motoroi that we are hoping for since the developer is still working on it but I don't think ussd works there either.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Zachary57:
In France, I have SIM card problem, contact app f/c at launch because try to read contact from simcard and can't so, phone can't be use has phone.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] B_e_n:
I hope the bravo don t have the same problem...

I will try it tomorrow