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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] arcivanov:
Camera in video mode freezes, application crashes

Folks:

My camera in

video mode

freezes and camera application crashes with latest 2012-01-12 nightly (and 7.2.0RC0-KANG too). Taking pictures is fine, though.

Anyone has any idea on how to fix it? I really don't have ANY videos anywhere, except those filmed by the same camera on the stock Samsung firmware, i.e. lack of codec shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks!

PS: Additionally even though I'm supposed to have "an option under camera->advanced options to save images to external SD card" at 01-08 and later, that option is nowhere to be found. Dalvik cache wiped per instructions here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cyanogenmodbuild.s3.mortimer.me.uk/index.html
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpstiehl:
Thank you!

Hello soon to be fellow SGS2 owner. The reason NFC was pulled by Atinm from his kangs was because it was causing battery drain. (You may know this already) but once it was pulled the general consensus was that battery life greatly improved. Do you foresee this being a problem again with turning it back on? Thanks for the help with the SGS2 i'm sure you will get the same sentiment from a lot of people who frequent this forum. WELCOME!

Peace!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] catzilla:
Wasn't the battery issue due to it constantly trying to get turned on and then turning off?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpstiehl:
Yes it just kept cycling off and on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BigWopHH:
Yes. NFC wasn't working properly and was constantly trying to start. It's not NFC support in and of itself that caused the battery drain, it was the problem with NFC support properly starting.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kaik541:
which no longer happens with my KANG release. watch the logcat, it's not crashing constantly. but it still won't turn on properly when you enable the option in settings (eventually erroring out). with previous releases (tested on last nightly that had it), it would literally crash constantly in the background without even enabling the setting.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] matt310:
How is the keyboard and touchscreen accuracy in CM7? I am curious since it seems every other ROM I've tried results in horrible typing accuracy for me despite trying every keyboard in the Market.

It feels like the touch accuracy is off by about 1-1.5mm so I find myself frequently hitting the wrong row of keys despite my fingers actually touching the keys intended. I never had this problem on the Captivate and will switch to CM7 on my I777 if the drivers are better than those from the Samsung ROMs.

Any opinions/comparisons to those who have gone to CM7 would be appreciated!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Does anybody else have wifi problems with the latest CM nightly and siyah 2.6.x?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
You may have a defective device. Granted I haven't tried ALL the ROMs available, but I have tried a handful and NEVER had issues with the touch screen or accuracy on any of them. I'd tell you touch screen and keyboard works fine with this ROM, but it should have been fine with any other ROM you tried as well. So I don't think its a ROM issue. And i could be wrong, but flashing ROMs doesn't/shouldn't affect how accurate your touch screen is. If i had seen this behavior on my phone I'd be in the store getting a replacement..

sent from my SGSII... suckas
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] matt310:
Thanks for the feedback. There's a vocal minority experiencing this issue and the best information/speculation I've collected is that the ATT ROMs for the SGSII came with improperly calibrated touchscreen drivers. UCKK6 is supposed to fix some of the accuracy issues, but for many - myself included - that's not the case. I don't want to swap my device because the unit in the store had the same issues. Interestingly the GSII Skyrocket next to it didn't exhibit any keyboard input/accuracy issues when I tried it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
damn.. silly question, but have you tried recalibrating? I don't even remember how, but I do remember that being a feature of froyo (yeah I know, way back when ;) ) there was a way to recalibrate your touch screen.. or was it the accelerometer .. I forget :o

anyway.. good luck man!

sent from my SGSII... suckas
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
I still can't connect to wifi. Anybody have a suggestion? Can the 7.2 kang be flashed via CWM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jank4AU:
I had this problem only when coming from another ROM that used a different kernel. The most consistent way to fix it is the wipe everything, flash the kernel cleaning script, then go back to flashing your CM7 install 2x, reboot and everything should work. I found there were ocassionally init.d scripts (at least that's my guess) that were causing conflicts and connectivity issues. I was using Siyah's kernel and SHOstock or COZ Rom before I went back to CM7 when I experienced the wifi issues with this ROM (or any other ROM for that matter). Hope it helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 5942marine:
I had the exact same issue. Found out it was a code issue. What you have to do, is delete all the video files you filmed with the stock rom, we'll, transfer to your mac / pc, but get them off the sd card. Will work fine aftewards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
So, after trying a bunch of things I am at CM7.2 with siyah 2.6.7. and got WiFi back. The only other thing I did was change regulator channels to 14, but after reboot this is back to 11 and Wifi still works. Beats me. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpstiehl:
Any change you are connecting to a Cisco Aironet WAP? My gym has one and it's the only WAP I've had trouble connecting to. What I thought fixed it was changing the channels from 11 to 14. But I don't know if it's just that simple...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kokice:
I just found that you can also download "Camcorder Shortcut" from the market and it lets you record video (oddly enough). It doesn't work the first time you try, but if you get out and back into the app it will work....until next reboot. then you have to repeat said process (out and back in) and it works again. Very odd.

Thanks for the tip about deleting the video files filmed from stock. didn't know about that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Good point - could be an issue with a specific router. It's the wifi at work - I don't know what they are using. I am using netgear at home - will see. For now it is fixed. What was confusing was that it worked intermittently. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jake:
I concur with with the above re screen accuracy statement wholeheartedly
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jake:
No wifi issues here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Fixed (for now) it by flashing CM7.2. and Siyah 2.6.7. Learned a few things.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] arcivanov:
Folks, you're awesome. It worked, my fone is phierce now and has a looooooong battery life!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MaxRabbit:
I'm running the 1-12-12 Kang from here and ensured that I enabled LED notifications in Device Settings, but LED notifications will not work. Even "flash the test" doesn't work. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cease:
Build version?

I don't see 1-12-12 Kang Build. I only see 1-11-12. Did I miss something? Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MaxRabbit:
Sorry, that's what I mean, 1-11-12 :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] matusov:
I flashed the latest 11 nightly build and everything seems to work. Except if the phone dies and while its plugged its stuck on the battery and won't turn on.

Does anyone have similar experience?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
On you on a nightly or the latest kang that was posted a yesterday from kaik? Try a reflash- that should not be happening.

sent from my SGSII... suckas
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JeeraBlade:
I am having the same issue since nightlies. I just don't let my phone die any more or plug it when off. Funny thing is the phone is actually charging but is just stuck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] arcivanov:
I think it's stock behavior - phone doesn't turn on if battery is charged below certain minimal threshold.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Does anybody know if CM7.2 is updated on a regular basis? Works really great for me with Siyah 2.6.7. I can't seem to find a thread for 7.2 for i777. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
This is it. The only other thread is for 7.1: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297568

But regular updates.. not unless kaik or a couple of these other guys post builds. The focus is on CM9 if I'm not mistaken.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] melbourne408:
Correctamundo!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpstiehl:
Same here. What kernel are you all using? I'm on Siyah 2.6.7 and have noticed this for a while coming from older versions of kangs and kernels so I don't know what it could be but I do not believe it to be normal as it hasn't always been this way. I'll ask about it on the Siyah thread if you are using the same kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JeeraBlade:
I have used both stock and Siyah with same results.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] metal1f3:
Maybe I had a defective device, but my phone did this out of the box. I ordered it straight from at&t. When it came in the first thing I did was plug it in, and the battery icon came on and froze. Can't remember what stock looks like now, but it seems like it was several dots along the bottom that pulsed from left to right. It went all the way through the animation a couple of times before it froze, and i thought it was borked. Eventually it powered on and all has been well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MaxRabbit:
I just realized that my LED Notifications do work for missed calls, but not for SMS. I even tried "Force ON" for Go SMS with no luck.

The "test" still doesn't work, either.

Any ideas? Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
Is it known to be working with SMS?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Same problem here. CM7.1 & Siyah 2.6.7. - phone freezes when turned off and charging. Stuck at battery symbol. Had any luck yet asking around? I did not see anything on the Siyah thread. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] halfsoul:
Did it work before and then stopped working? If so, I'd just wipe everything and start fresh.

If this is the first time you are setting it up:

Settings / Device Settings / Notifications = Enabled

Then for anything that doesn't light up by default (stock SMS will light up by default):

Settings / CyanogenMod settings / Interface / LED notifications / Force LED on for events

There might also be settings within each app. For example, in K-9 Mail I had to turn off "Blink LED" to get LED notifications to work (that's in addition to setting K-9 for "Force LED on for events" within CM Settings)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Danation:
In Go SMS, set the "LED color" to Green. That fixed my problem. Otherwise, I suggest trying halfsoul's suggestions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MaxRabbit:
Incredibly, that makes it work. Never had to change the LED color for my Captivate but I'm not complaining!

Thanks for the support guys :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Globalrebel:
I had this happen after I used up all my battery. You have to plug in the phone and let it charge for about 25 minutes (on the wall outlet, not from USB). I also just did a 3 button restart and went into CWM. After this was done, I just selected "Reboot phone now" and it booted into the OS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Thanks. I had heard that. It was not a battery issue (mine was half full). The battery could be almost full and it will still freeze if you turn it off and charge by wall charger or USB. Only way to avoid freeze is to not turn off. I don't have a problem getting the phone back to life, but I would like to fix this issue if possible. Otherwise the combo is outstanding in terms of performance and battery life. I guess a lot of attention has shifted to ICS development.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Globalrebel:
Lets hope ALL attention has shifted to ICS!! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AndreaCristiano:
This market freeze is driving me up a wall. Have to switch roms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Which one are you on? I don't seem to have this problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pfriederichs:
Market freeze is fixed in latest nightly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hal.jordan:
I had market freeze in 19 & 20, but switched to kangs for battery life due to nfc issues. Still have market freeze, and but battery actually lasts the day (when I'm not constantly playing slacker...)

And by market freeze, I mean it will totally lock up. Phone is unresponsive to anything but holding power till it reboots. No other app has done this for me, to my knowledge.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DrDrrae:
Follow the instructions in HOWTO: prevent Android Market app from updating itself.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] krupawan5618:
HDMI support for Cyanogenmod

Is there an explanation as to why Cyanogenmod does not tackle HDMI out support?

I just tested my HML cable and it did not work :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Patsfan123:
Read this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1444417

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ou812bkewl:
This works for real. I have been running market 3.1.3 for over an hour after following the steps in this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21302712&postcount=33
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CNLiberal:
That was my thread. I still am getting people +1'ing the post and commenting. I'd like a LOT more movement on that post. If someone can create a Facebook post with a poll, I'd imagine we'd get more movement. Please keep that thread going. We need this library source code!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Globalrebel:
I was wondering, does Sam3000's latest Kang release have the Didle Code in it? I want to apply the Screen State patch from Pika (ThunderBolt!) but he has stated that I need to be sure that this is not part of the CM7 build I am using.

Does anyone know if it is ok to install the screen_State script?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jaxf250:
I have the JAN112012 kang and the screen state scaling script (ver 1.4.12) installed - no issues. If you are talking about a newer version of the SS scaling script, I am not sure then..... let us know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ishmael47:
I LOVE using vanilla Android. However, I also love to browse the web on my phone. Unfortunately, the browser on the stock GS2 ROM kicks the pants off the one that comes with CM7 in my experience. I love how smooth it is on stock, and that I can double tap to zoom to fit a paragraph onto the screen without rewrapping text (much like iPhone).

The browser that comes with this ROM doesn't do those things, and its pretty much killing the whole thing for me. Do you guys have any suggestions for me? I've tried other browsers from the market, and none seem to capture that same fluid scrolling that I love so much from stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] acardinale:
Check your settings, it does the sane things
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Globalrebel:
seemed to work fine for me. Installed the latest Screen State script and no problems thus far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AndreaCristiano:
I was on the latest build in here. Before that on Teamhacksung
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Which market build? I am on 3.4.4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ishmael47:
I looked all through the settings. It does not zoom the same. I turn off text wrapping, yet when you double tap to zoom, you'll end up seeing half the paragraph. Check out Engadget and double tap to zoom and you'll see what I mean. If I double tap with stock, it fits the paragraph perfectly onto the screen without rewrapping.

Also, the choppiness of the scrolling is really turning me off. Is there anything that would fix that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam3000:
Hi,

FYI - I've just put a new build up (CyanogenMod-7-01202012-NIGHTLY-Galaxys2ATT).

Just to reiterate: I'm doing absolutely nothing other than building the galaxys2att target from the cyanogenmod git tree and putting it online for download. So please don't ask about different kernels or whether certain scripts are included. It's plain / vanilla / untouched cyanogenmod :-)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/cyanogenmo...yanogenMod-7-01202012-NIGHTLY-Galaxys2ATT.zip

https://s3.amazonaws.com/cyanogenmodbuild.s3.mortimer.me.uk/index.html
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jaxf250:
Well, first a hearty thanks to sam3000 for keeping us flash-happy folks occupied with new bits each week. If you use his builds, please press the Thanks button for him.

Now, the sad news : I just tested the 01202012 kang and the Android Market lockup is still there. Drat.

On the bright side, Siyah 2.6.7 and the thunderbolt scripts work fine with the latest kang. Flash away!

Hth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AndreaCristiano:
Just reflashed and it seems OK for now. Market is 3.4.4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam3000:
I've used this workaround quoted a page back:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1431341

And it seems to work a treat for freezing market self-updating.

I'm now fixed on 3.3.12 (which I think is the release immediately prior to 3.4.4).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joelmassee:
I loaded this update ROM via ClockworkRecovery and my phone doesn't boot past the kernel screen. The phone never boots into CM animation. I am not able to 3-button the phone into ClockworkRecovery.

Thoughts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam3000:
that sucks. what rom were you updating from?

sounds like you'll need to recover with an odin flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joelmassee:
Odin did the trick. I was flashing from the previous update. I don't recall the date. The 8th or 11th, no sure. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MaxRabbit:
I love Boat Browser Mini.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jaxf250:
Great tip - market seems frozen for me now @ 3.3 level & no more lockups! Nice find.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Danation:
I am grateful for this :) Thank you for the updated builds.

The latest one is working great so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jk0l:
Just a quick question.

Besides the Market problem and all the bugs mentioned in OP (camera modes, video codecs,...), is there any other problems in the latest nightly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MaxRabbit:
No, and the changelog is not up to date with the latest nightly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Guys, for some reason I had problems flashing the 1/20 nightly too and my rig was stuck at boot screen. First time I had trouble. Restored a bunch of times, used rommanager and somehow got it to take. Might have tried Odin as last resort but that wasn't necessary in the end. Running it now with Siyah 2.6.8. Anyways, that took a while.

Forgot: Big thank you to Sam3000!!! A day is not a good day without a flash. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ishmael47:
I just tried this browser. The zoom works great and is exactly what I'm looking for in that department. However, its so choppy! It just bothers me to have a phone with one of the best processors out there struggle to scroll through a web page smoothly.

Would that "Smooth Scroll" mod in that other thread fix this if I'm running the nightly 20 release?

edit: Okay I'm convinced this is a Cm7 thing and not a browser thing. I tested Boat Browser on Unnamed and it zoomed exactly like I wanted on double tap (fits the paragraph or photo perfectly into the screen with rewrapping anything). I just tried the same thing on cm7 and it is zooming just like the stock browser (it either rewrapping or does not fit the paragraph or photo properly on the screen). This is very Frustrating and I don't know how to fix it or if it's even possible.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Having issues with 1/20 nightly. It won't save the Wi-Fi sleep policy. It always stays on never turn off.

http://www.imgur.com/rFACc.jpg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mastergrillo:
Using the same nightly and not having the same issue try reflashing it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Went back to 1/11 same issue it won't save the wireless policy. Tried RC2 KANG and that saves it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ishmael47:
Anybody know how to fix this or if a mod exists? I really really really really want to use CM7 but this is killing it for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] frankos72:
Samsung Camera App

I've been researching about the camera app myself. Compared to the the Samsung stock camera, it's leaves a bit to be desired.

Anyway, to answer your question, I don't have TTF either. I did find what I think is the SGS2 CM7 Nightly to do list. From what I can tell if I'm reading this correctly, TTF is on the list, but not yet done. Here is the link: http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=galaxys2att

So, I tried using TiBU to copy the Camera app from stock root to CM7 and either I was too impatient or it doesn't work. Is there anyway to put the Stock Samung Camera app on CM7?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Unfortunately not. None of your Samsung apps will work. But I hear ya about the camera ..

sent from my Galaxy SII
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] OmegaWave88:
nope. Don't think so...it uses the Samsung framework which CM7 doesn't have. Only stock based roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam3000:
some interesting looking changes that have been committed since the jan 20th nightly build I put up:

Backport ICS rotation animations to gingerbread

LGEStarRIL: Fix NITZ on newer cosmo basebands

ICS Transitions

Fix race condition in notification swipe handling.

(http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=galaxys2att))

the swipe handling bug has bitten me a few times (notification bar freezes during a swipe and I have begun using the "notification restart" app to get going again) and the ICS backports looks interesting:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342117

build is in progress, will upload in a few hours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Sam, did you see black screen issues lately?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam3000:
ok, build is up: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cyanogenmo...yanogenMod-7-01222012-NIGHTLY-Galaxys2ATT.zip

ICS transitions appear to be enabled by default.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/cyanogenmodbuild.s3.mortimer.me.uk/index.html

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I did. I don't see anything in the changelog that might have impacted the boot sequence (but then not absolutely everything is itemised).

The only thought I have is that if you are wiping the dalvik cache it will take 2-3 mins from samsung logo to getting to the desktop (so black screen if you've disabled boot splash screen) on the very first boot. But then that's always been the case...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
i also find that the CRT animation has a garbled look to it, otherwise this build is awesome
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] halfsoul:
That link indicates what is already done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Thanks for the link.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
Trying this bad boy out again with Siyah. We'll see how tonorrow goes with battery and whatnot :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mastergrillo:
Loving the animations thanks for the updates
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Nice animation ports.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
Only one question, running this with Siyah, any way to have the LED notifications flash, instead of just light solid?