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[Galaxy S II General] Tchiort:
I had some time to try GPS while running the 31/03 experimental build today.

I confirm that GPS works way better.

I also confirm that you need to go somewhere without buildings around (or not too many buildings) and wait a while (not moving too much) to get a first sat locked and to make it work.

Although GPS was extremely snappy in parks, plazas or avenues I couldn't get any GPS signal while I was walking in small streets. I have to underline that GPS was working in those streets with stock 2.3.

GPS status now displays the real number of sats that are available for localization, I saw up to 8 sats displayed. My phone locked up to 4 sats (according to GPS status). 0 sats in those small streets...

Anyway, GPS is now usable (it wasn't for me before).
[Galaxy S II General] gaz617:
Sorry I wasn't very clear, I meant the first time you load maps or navigation leave it up to 10minutes to get a fix. Then when you NEXT use the app(s) it should get a lock quicker. This has been my experience.
[Galaxy S II General] vassalle:
I understand that is a very small issue in the general scheme of things.. but i've been scratching my head over this.. i've tried to move some mp3s into media/audio/notification & ringtones folder but it would not show up on the alarm list.

Is there a way to set any other tone for alarm other than the default CM9 ones?

Many thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Fokas.:
What about this one then? Wifi was off this time
[Galaxy S II General] TecQuality:
try to wipe the battery stats ... (when the device will be charged)
[Galaxy S II General] runedrune:
Okay yeah that definitely isn't normal. Check for wakelocks using BetterBatteryStats.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSaw:
I was also amazed of how ****ty the built in alarm system is. I now use the free Alarm Clock Plus and it's a great app.
[Galaxy S II General] runedrune:
Wiping battery stats does nothing.
[Galaxy S II General] JacquesR:
Any sound files I put in Media/Audio/Alarms on internal memory show up as options in the alarm for me (31/03 build).
[Galaxy S II General] eranda84:
Thanks codeworkx. I'm downloading.......
[Galaxy S II General] Fokas.:
Doesn't do anything.. Tried a few times

Better batter stats just has the basics like rilj and audioout_1
[Galaxy S II General] TecQuality:
recharge the device and then wipe again ... if this doesn't works try to reinstall the rom from the scratch ... ;)
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
3hrs? You obviously got something not allowing the CPU to sleep. Check for CPUSpy and see if it gets any deep sleep at all or if it's locked at 1200mhz the whole time. Did you install any overclocking software or changed Governor to Performance and set the min to 1200 or something like that?

Oh and for people that couldn't get mediafire to work (doesn't start download sometimes :confused:) Here you go:

http://db.tt/4aHOuRT6
[Galaxy S II General] Goku80:
uploading this build to my host account and going to make a mirror for you guys who face slow download speeds. Many thanks Master Codeworkx...Ps the hydrowhat animal is not as powerful and great as your cm9 baby;)

still a good animal but more like a puppy compare to your Lion of a beauty:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] aydc:
Put it in:

/mnt/sdcard/alarms/

I have a custom alarm .wav file there and both stock ROMS and CM9 finds it without any problem.
[Galaxy S II General] runedrune:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
[Galaxy S II General] Fokas.:
I've checked cpuspy aswell looks normal, definitely deepsleeps.. It seems to drop extremely fast when it's in use.

No overclock, set to ondemand governor.

Trying to avoid doing a full wipe and reinstalling.. But looks I might have to
[Galaxy S II General] eC1990ho:
Is there some kind of patch for cm9 that removes ads?

There's a patch on checkrom that does something with the hosts file to block ads.
[Galaxy S II General] Fokas.:
Rom toolbox has that feature I believe
[Galaxy S II General] bunnybash:
I used to be able to use an app called screen filter to make my screen really dark and turn of the soft key back lights. Now the screen goes dark but the soft key lights won't turn off at all. Any tips on how to disable then with this app again?
[Galaxy S II General] gaz617:
Try AdFree https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree&hl=en

Needs root
[Galaxy S II General] Orka82:
With "ExTweaks" that works with Siyah you can reset the chip in the phone. That can fix strange behavior.
[Galaxy S II General] madroxx:
use adfree app from play store it removes the adds.
[Galaxy S II General] Goku80:
use this mate

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adaway&hl=en
[Galaxy S II General] Life Engineer:
Excuse me but what is the abnormal thing in that!!!

Its perfect! Look at times of screen on and times of awake! They are nearly perfectly identical!

However if u mean if it did only live about 3.5 hrs that is a whole another story! It depends on what were u doing when screen was on: games, browsing, reading, etc....

Sent from another Galaxy S2 using XDA Premium App
[Galaxy S II General] eC1990ho:
Thanks everybody,

ROM Toolbox is indeed very handy!
[Galaxy S II General] Goku80:
Mirror to Codeworkx latest build

Here you go guys. Download link from my host account.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/dum1v9

Latest build by Codeworkx version 01042012

Enjoy. Hit the thanks if this helped you out:D

Thanks Codeworkx
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
+ 1 to this!
[Galaxy S II General] rajarshi10:
Is the 1st April build the 'perfect' build till date?
[Galaxy S II General] Fokas.:
On that particular charge it lasted 3hours 15 minutes

Probably gonna go to stock and compare
[Galaxy S II General] armanderli:
People really have specific need here...
[Galaxy S II General] np231:
Any reviews of the Codeworkx April1 build?

Is there an April Fool's joke hidden somewhere in this build? lol
[Galaxy S II General] milan188:
Please can anyone enlighten me on this.
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Not implemented yet

I know, I was thinking the samething - everyone wants every feature to be built in or slight changes to every feature already there. In some cases even asking for features already available!

I was thinking the same thing. I was so expecting to see the wallpaper changed or hover that you can't remove or something like that. :D Would be good for a chuckle or 2 but no problem going back to the old build :).

I'm going to wipe all and flash now as I've installed all the older hacks to get X or Y working so now just gonna go with it all included.
[Galaxy S II General] eranda84:
Just after 30 mins....how can we give comments about it. I have used it 30mins now, no issue since now
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Also not enabled yet.

NOTE - I know almost nobody will read this part but please remember that STABILITY comes before features so if X feature is not available then just assume it's not there yet. This version of CM9 hasn't even Release Candidate. There will be a CM9.1 and possibly 9.2 also where more features and fixes are added.

Remember - Always keep this in mind plus the first rule of CyanogenMod:
[Galaxy S II General] eC1990ho:
+Just flashed 1st april build,

smooth as butter!

Haven't seen any april fools, at least none of them are glaringly obvious :p

Little question:

Does it hold any benefit to use siyahkernel for ics with cm9 or just stick with the latest kernel/build?
[Galaxy S II General] mirsi:
I hope, there are not any 1april joke :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] armanderli:
Every thing still works...So can't tell if it's an april fool...:p:p
[Galaxy S II General] diehard2222:
I believe the soft key lights don't turn off by themselves in cm9 based ROMs.

I now just have them switched off permanently.
[Galaxy S II General] gaz617:
Codeworkx April 1 build: Great work on the banding and touch responsiveness! Really can't thank you enough for your hard work on this rom
[Galaxy S II General] TecQuality:
what about BLN? codeworkx's kernel support this feature?
[Galaxy S II General] Major_Sarcasm:
OMG.

10 charac.
[Galaxy S II General] TheEngineJ:
But.. it's normal that the ics camera app still force closes after a few seconds of laggy preview?
[Galaxy S II General] TecQuality:
omg means yes or not? ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ShiningAce:
sorry to bring this up again but this thread is moving way too fast. Does anyone have any idea to remove it?
[Galaxy S II General] albertwesquer:
anyone help please....im asking if this happens for someone else and HOW TO FIX??
[Galaxy S II General] uppon2:
It's funny how one man's trash is another man's treasure
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
He meant just like his display name lol :p

Its a no. Let cm9 get stable first.

I thought it's a great feature. It will help you in switching the keyboard lot faster and i can show off with my gingerbread friends and taunt them for not having it :D
[Galaxy S II General] dj alex z:
i have no android keyboard since the codeworkx build 31/3 or 01/4...

what can i do?

Gesendet von meinem Samsung Galaxy S 2
[Galaxy S II General] gaz617:
chill, if you search the thread you'll see this is an issue with lots of phone cameras irrespective of what rom you're using. A poster here linked to a site which showed the pink spot across iphones etc and gave an explanation as to it's cause.
[Galaxy S II General] brar.arsh:
It's there from ages.. I

It was there in GB, CM7 etc..

Sent from SGS2 running Android ICS
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
Is it just me or the crt effect looks like the crt effect on samsung based ROMs where there is a flash of white? Or am i just sleepy because it's 12:34 here in the Philippines :)

Bdw, using codeworkx' latest build.
[Galaxy S II General] TecQuality:
my reply was sarcastic too .. :D however thanks, so if someone needs this feature should install siyah ... ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
OT: LOL...When I first saw your post..I was like WTH how he posted only 3 letters when 10 was minimum..Later when I scrolled down in quotes saw 10chars in different color
[Galaxy S II General] ShiningAce:
hmm, though i would like it removable. nothing major but a bit annoying
[Galaxy S II General] cytherean:
Hi Freddy,

Are you on the latest CM9 build? I'm using LPR, which you can find in the first post. It took a few minutes to get the first "lock" but faster locks since then. It seems to work well for me.

Have you tried to use fasterfix from the market? It helps you set the GPS pool to north america which helps to speed up the satellite lock.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
loool :D

Okay. So you will be using swype always right? Then go to language and keyboard in settings and untick the Android Keyboard and now there! you will not be bothered with the notification (and the GB friends won't fret too :p)
[Galaxy S II General] albertwesquer:
I know, but my phone did not have this issue before...but since kernel update a few days ago now i does!!! How to go back the way it was??? I try everything that could possibly exist: re-flash using odin,change different rooms 12 differens to be precise, try cm7, try stock default rom etc...none seem to work!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Sckank:
Can anything be done with the powerbutton? When I hold it it makes the phone unstable.
[Galaxy S II General] TecQuality:
i tried fasterfix, agps ... but the better way is the patch ... ;) just flash it thru cwm and the gps locks instantaneously ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ShiningAce:
problem is i cant untick the android keyboard thus im asking here. Anyway thanks for helping :)
[Galaxy S II General] JacquesR:
Might not work anyway - doesn't for me. Just unticked everything except Swype, and the icon still appears in notification bar.
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
if you gonna ask for help you better also look for responses to that help!

I answered this already and so did others.

It happens to every camera, it has to do with white balance correction in the software and/or lense flare. As long as your camera has a lense you will see it.

A quick google search would have shown you that it's always been the case and probably wont go away. it shows up more so in certain images more than others but basically at one point or another will always be there.

http://pocketnow.com/thought/clarification-the-pink-spot-syndrome

That's from 2009 and shows iPhones and Windows Mobile phones exhibiting the same issue.
[Galaxy S II General] fayezkhan555:
Camera Video recording crashing on changing from 720 to 1080 on latest 1st April build. Can anyone confirm....?
[Galaxy S II General] DAMAGE_INC29:
kernel panic upload mode

good am im running the CM9 03302012 resurrection built..then when u run titanium back up..suddenly my phone when to a black with an android and sayong "kernel panic upload mode..any idea why this happened and how to fix it?

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II General] Orka82:
LOL. I got 7 sat lock instantly using GPS status.. and i'm inside my house, on floor 1 of 2.. so.. thanks. ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] Aijazji:
there is No option For receiving Call...

giving Error Like Fc of ok

any solution ?
[Galaxy S II General] runedrune:
Whhhhaaaattttttt?
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Did a full wipe before going to this build. No such issue here. Clear cache and all that, if that fails then do a full wipe.

They also fixed the issue of the image preview not refreshing to show the new resolution too. If you started the camera in 480p and then changed to 720p the screen would still display in 480p mode even though it would actually record in HD :D. The opposite is true as well where it wouldn't down scale the preview.

Eitherway, great work on this April 1st build. I was hoping one would come and i'll stick to this build for a while till I see something in the changelog that's worth the upgrade :)
[Galaxy S II General] coincoinlapin:
I can confirm that it crashes when changing settings, but it seems related to rotating the camera. It works if you keep restarting the camera app.

I've noticed that Camera autofocus still seems to be bad in 1080p but hey, it works :)

What with the 3gp container? it prevents thumbnails from appearing during import (in live photo gallery at least). I don't want to install another splitter :(

Edit: On the other hand, the new MTP just RAWKS!!! It only scans the correct photo/video folders...no more crappy thumbnails showing up all over the place.
[Galaxy S II General] gaz617:
I actually got better results with the latest unofficial April 1 build than I did when I flashed the patch onto the April 1 build. Just fyi.
[Galaxy S II General] albertwesquer:
MY phone did NOT have this behavior BEFORE, that is why im asking for help....because it does NOW...im aware that this issue has been on phones for a wile but that's not reason enough for my to ignore the fact that now i have a messed up photo or vid,just want to now how can i avoid this...
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Oh I'm sorry mate. I should have known that it could not be unticked in CM9. It was possible on stock ROMs.

How were you able to untick android keyboard? It's greyed out here.

And in stock ics roms, if there was only one keyboard ticked then the icon used not to appear.
[Galaxy S II General] bisoner:
I tried the Samsung ICS yesterday and have to admit the scrolling is great, or was for me. However, other than the scrolling this ROM is in a different league. Stable, no crashes and great battery life - no silly draining.

Just put on 1st April build and scrolling is now nearly as good - definitely the best its been.

Great work guys.
[Galaxy S II General] fayezkhan555:
Is it include to do a full wipe for this build especially....?
[Galaxy S II General] Aijazji:
did you Check this version ?

install this update and call your sgs2 from another cell you will see this
[Galaxy S II General] diehard2222:
You cannot. Basically. Also I read it can be because of lens failure. Sorry.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
A screen shot buddy if it's possible? Did you mean to say there is no green icon now to push the white ring to?
[Galaxy S II General] Aijazji:
While taking Screen Shot Call Get Disconnect :|
[Galaxy S II General] Psyastro:
Same problem here on 1. april build. Camera crash when the resolution is changed. False color on face effect. GPS still work without patch.. connected in 10 sec. 5mt with 7 sat. I've feel less fluid scrolling on browsing with g.chrome on 0401 is that possible? Hope to be helpfull.. :)

Have an enlightened present all off you!
[Galaxy S II General] uppon2:
You have stated the date incorrect. Should read 20120402 :D
[Galaxy S II General] Goku80:
Europe still April fools day hence why still 01042012;) you guys are still ahead of us in time.:D
[Galaxy S II General] aydc:
Thank you for reposting this patch. I've been searching for it in the thread, but couldn't find it.

With this patch, my phone finds sattelites inside my home. Without the patch, I have trouble finding sattelites even outside.

I wonder, why doesn't CM9 come with these settings as default?
[Galaxy S II General] TecQuality:
i dunno mate, anyway with this patch everything working.
[Galaxy S II General] NOWE:
Yes, scrolling is worse.

I never complained before. But regarding scrolling this was a step in the wrong direction.
[Galaxy S II General] Ramelov:
How come scrolling could be worse if it is the same kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] codeworkx:
placebo, nothing changed. ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] freddywhite:
Thanks for your response.

I am on the 03-31 build. I've been trying different modems to see if it helps. Yes I've always had FasterFix and it used to help me, but it wasn't helping me recently.

I've just downloaded the LPH modem and it locked within 15 seconds! I'm hoping this will be consistent for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Tom_2b:
For me scrolling is so smooth with 0331 build !!!

Thanks for your great job codeworkx !!!
[Galaxy S II General] cytherean:
Some of the guys are reporting that the older GPS patch is working for them, I thought is would have been included in any of the updates but maybe not. You can find it on post # 19904 or see the attachment.
[Galaxy S II General] MartnG:
First of all I want to thank you very much Codeworkx and the rest of the team! You all did a very good job making this the best ROM we can get this days. Every once in a while I flash a new nightly and it's getting better and better. I really don't have had problems and the little problems I had didn't bother me, because they will be fixed at some point. That's also a thing people should do out here, just WAIT! Being frustrated because of one little bug or problem doesn't get it fixed earlier. So chill out and wait :) The team can handle it, they just need time and do also have a life.

So thank you all for your hard work! I'm running the 30-03 build and in a few weeks I will flash a new one and see all your progress ;)

(ps.: I have a small problem regarding RIL. It just crashes once in a while and restarts a minute later or so. So it's not a really great problem but sometimes I have to restart my data-connection to get it back. But I just wait if it's still a little bug. My question is, does my modem has something to do with it? I'm still using the stock XXKI4 modem because it gives me great signal and GPS. But will the RIL problems get fixed by flashing a new modem? If it doesn't I just wait, it doesn't bother me that much. But if I can fix it myself just say it to me ;))
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Totally confused myself. See this is why I always say do a full wipe vs just upgrading. LOL To me the cause would drive me nuts even if it's just a placebo. If you were using the 318 build or 3/24 or whatever then yeah scrolling has changed (most people say for the better and I agree) but since 3/31 and today nothing changed with scrolling.

Exactly as I thought. People are nuts I tell ya :)
[Galaxy S II General] MariusWildfire:
camera app & camera ics+ fc on 01.04er build when using faceeffects & frontkamera..
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
You didn't notice it before because your colors or photos didn't show it but now you took 1 photo and it's there and you can't stop seeing it. Welcome to our world :(

Ignorance is bliss they say, it's soooo true as well.
[Galaxy S II General] freemini:
But really, why did Samsung feel such a need to change scrolling/touchscreen whatever for ICS? It was perfectly fine in GB.
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Modem doesn't affect GPS so that doesn't matter. RIL issues are from the modem however so why not just flash LP6 or one of the newer radios and see if it still happens. If it does you can always go back to KI4 by flashing the modem again.
[Galaxy S II General] test9876543:
I'm on codeworkx 0401 build and get a fix to 4-7 satellites without the gps patch. Someone mentioned earlier that the patch actually resulted in worse performance for him. The patch never worked for me in older nightlies when I tried it, but since yesterdays 0331 build I finally am able to use gps again without any patches or tweaks.
[Galaxy S II General] jhong91:
Camera works fine but switching to video mode FC.

Anyone else? ?

On the latest codeworkx build 1/4

Found it only to FC when switching to video in front camera. Switching to back and going to video works.
[Galaxy S II General] JBL74:
Working great in 0104 release!
[Galaxy S II General] Jodelaplaya:
Do i have to reflash neak kernel after flashed the 01.04?
[Galaxy S II General] xethor:
As you can see, the indicator line does not match any of the colours on the swatch. Is there any reason for this?

By the way, I am just curious. It's really no big deal to me. Besides I could probably change it my self using a simple xml edit :)
[Galaxy S II General] xethor:
Yep.why does the stupid message too short rule exist?
[Galaxy S II General] JBL74:
Same problem here.
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Clear camera data under Settings - Apps - All. If that doesn't work then do a full wipe. No camera issues here as I did a full wipe.
[Galaxy S II General] danfalcas:
Is the 20120401 a code works build?

I am using that one but it seems to be a lost slower! -_-

Plz help need official nightly! :S
[Galaxy S II General] runedrune:
Yes. - Its all in your head. A official nightly won't make it run faster.
[Galaxy S II General] incident404:
Seems t9 in dialer now searching only in English. Not searching in local language, but local symbols still there. Seems happened after changing to 4.0.4 dialer.
[Galaxy S II General] TheEngineJ:
Yeah, mine force closes after a few seconds without tapping anywhere...

I deleted cache and dalvic cache and deleted all data in die camera-app under settings-apps-camera
[Galaxy S II General] diegoms89:
just to be clear, full wipe its clear data and dalvik, not FACTORY RESET, right?
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
adaway in the market.
[Galaxy S II General] jhong91:
Doesn't work ..lol
[Galaxy S II General] blair287:
Hi, on 31st build i could zoom on camera but on 1st build i can no longer zoom at all the zoom buttons dont even appear now tried clearing data and force closing camera.

Also when recording i get this strange noise http://www.mediafire.com/?hnol5vvvctijhhz

i can here it coming from the phone as well when recording any idea what it is?

And 1080p zooms in on video recording.
[Galaxy S II General] NOWE:
Hm...

Scrolling is good in browser and other apps but not in XDA premium. Strange.
[Galaxy S II General] JBL74:
Did you made full wipe?
[Galaxy S II General] TheEngineJ:
Yeah-> cwm recovery:

install zip from sd->01.04 cwx

install zip from sd->17.03 gapps

wipe cache partition

advanced-> wipe dalvik cache

then reboot..

There is one thing in the log that, i think, can not be correct:

"E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]"
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
You dont have an /sd-ext so it cant find it, that's normal.
[Galaxy S II General] TecQuality:
Yep i got this issue too.
[Galaxy S II General] cytherean:
If it is in CWM, then there is nothing to worry about.
[Galaxy S II General] diegoms89:
about the noise, can't help you...

but about the zoom, just look at changelog from 04/01, some pages ago, it says you cant zoom anymore to avoid FCs and camera related problems

probably will get fixes in the future, but, honestly, who uses digital zoom? It just sux! haha