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[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
BR5-Test2

bionic: Upgrade to tzdata2012d

skia: Merged latest from AOSP master

webkit: Tons of WebGL/HTML5 updates

webkit: Added support for WebAudio API

webkit: DOM core/traversal optimizations

vpx: Update libwebm to latest from AOSP

dalvik: Backported a few commits from JB

busybox: Update to latest version 1.20.2

freetype: Merged latest from AOSP (2.4.9)

Settings: Added support for ADB Over Wi-Fi

Speex: Switched to Linaro/mainline version

Switched upstream branch to "ics-plus-aosp"

Launcher2: Improve app launching performance

ace: Let driver decide what composition to use

frameworks/base: set dns correctly for p2p case

qcom: mm-core/display: Updated to latest from CAF

SystemUI: Fix visual bug in EDGE network indicator

Music: Fix for seekbar issue on interrupt by call

Music: Fix for seekbar stuck after pressing suspend key

Mms: Backported a couple commits from AOSP/JellyBean

Mms: Invalidate the contacts cache if contacts DB is modified

NOTE:

A full wipe is required (even if coming from Test1, some compiler changes were made), if you are unable to do a full wipe, please do not flash.

Download:

http://goo.im/devs/existz/test/aospX-1.0.0-BR5-Test2-DHD.zip

md5: 47be55b47be361de0c2dc90e82da71dd
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Was stalking this update like a child thank u dude.

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Hey ex could i make a suggestion? could u put the google music app in the rom since the normal music player is bug.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
What's wrong with stock music player?

But I'll probably just leave stock aosp music player as default, if users want Google play music app they can just download it...I personally do not like Google Play Music and use the stock aosp player ... plus if I add it as default then everyone will see an update is available for it and update it...then start posting as to why it FCs
[HTC Inspire 4G] Bzow:
It's working great for me. I just played "Shuffle all" and no problems so far.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
afaik the only problem with stock music player is when searching for songs it FCs (open music app and press the search button, once you select on a result it FCs)...but its in the issue tracker and will be fixed..just other things have priority right now. But it will get fixed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] linkit87:
Full-wiped and flashed, no problem so far :D thx existz
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Well with stock music player on shuffle when it gets to (Shawty Lo-Dey know it crashes for me, but on google music player it works fine, by the way i dont wtf u did but this beta test2 is moving fast as ****.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Not sure, all my songs play fine (over 500+)...so it could be that the stock player might not accept a certain format, something in the info, the way it was encoded/decoded..etc.
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Ok cool exxxxxxxxxxxxxxx the BR5 test 2 is f**king fast great work again my friend.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hama2:
how can activated app permission (ala cm7.2)

i cant deactivated any permissions of app's
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
I'm not sure I understand what u mean....are u talking about application blacklist? If so that's a CM feature.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
There's a beta (pre-release) of Linaro 4.7.2-2012.07 toolchain up, I'm currently working on getting the ISO C++11 fixes added back and I am going to test the new TC...hopefully the BT issue is gone in 2012.07. The last time we tried 4.7 it gave a good performance boost (in benchmarks and in real life situations).. So I might have one more BR5-Test up before releasing BR5.. if the issues are still present in 2012.07 then ill go ahead and release BR5 without it and then move the Linaro 4.7 blueprint to BR6.

Plus I'll start working on adding O3 to certain packages for BR6...so if we get 4.7 + O3 thumb cflags for the stuff that makes most sense, it should bump overall speed/performance up by quite a bit

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/aospx/+spec/linaro-toolchain-4.7-2012.07
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Dont worry hope it works out with the new tool chain, waiting to test by the way take a look at this http://rootzwiki.com/topic/30873-virtuous-infinity-v1300-alpha1-general/page__p__838419#entry838419 they got the 3.0 kernel working.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ai6908:
I find that stock music player force closes when switching between folders, like I have my english songs in one folders, and native language music in other. I found that apollo and also google music works great...so I dont use stock music app...:)
[HTC Inspire 4G] cwhitney24:
PowerAmp is a great (the best) alternative to the stock player. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] amf66:
I don't have a logcat yet, but B5-T2 seems to have broken root for some apps. Apex launcher is not longer able to use it to place widgets. I switched back to T1 for now. Will try and find a solution when I have the time. (couldn't spend much before reverting)
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
There shouldn't be much difference between T1 and T2, at least anything that breaks root (which root works fine for me)...T2 is more closer to BR4 than T1... Make sure to do a full wipe with T2, even if coming from T1. So do a full wipe, without restoring any backups/data..etc. and see if it still happens
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Hey ex i want to ask u something, can a sense kernel be ported to a asop rom and hard would it be for u to do it?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Rapscallion16:
I can confirm that it also broke root for my Apex Launcher with a clean install of it. It doesn't think I have root, although other root apps are working fine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
I need a logcat of the issue...and is it only with apex? If so u sure its not from an app update or something?

Edit:

The change log in the Market says to be able to add widgets from thr app drawer that u need to enable Root Helper via Settings ->Advanced Settings->Enable Root Helper for rooted devices (via the Notes under Description in Market)..But since these changes were made to apex make sure its not something with the app itself ...see If an older version works or see it it works on older version of aospx
[HTC Inspire 4G] amf66:
I tried enabling root helper, rebooting, fixing permissions (last ditch effort..) but nothing worked. It worked fine on T1 with the same version.

When I get home I'll get you a logcat of it.

Edit: seemed to only be Apex that was affected
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Hm, I'm not sure what it could be . The only difference between T1 and T2 is that I removed O3 thumb flags (same as BR4) and reverted back to Linaro mem* routines (same as BR4). The rest was just updates to Mms app (which was just some optimized pngs) and a few other things like that. But I'll know more with a logcat.

EDIT:

No need for a logcat, I got one myself and found the error... Ill check into it

D/su ( 8896): 10044 com.anddoes.launcher executing 0 /system/bin/sh using shell /system/bin/sh : sh
E/Parcel ( 1351): Reading a NULL string not supported here.
W/Parcel ( 1351): **** enforceInterface() expected 'com.android.internal.appwidget.IAppWidgetService' but read ''
E/RootHelper( 8911): Failed to bind appwidget (error 0xffffffff).
[HTC Inspire 4G] maatsby:
I also had the issue on one of the recent versions. Not test 2 though, it was before that, so i don't think its a rom issue.

I had restored the app with titanium and then also restored the apex settings and desktop data from within the app. Did u guys do that too? Cos it was fixed for me by installing the app from the market and applying all settings manually
[HTC Inspire 4G] amf66:
@maatsby I'll try not restoring the data. That might be it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Alright, those on apex, you can install apex as a system app and adding widgets work...you can do this by moving the apk from /data/app/ to /system/app/ with a filemanager..etc, or adb push the apk to system/app.. (tested and verified)..

quoted from Apex FAQ:

But by looking at the error in logcat its not telling much.. the stuff it refers to has not changed, so im not sure whats going on. Its possible its a bug in the app itself in regards to their Root Helper function, and might possibly be fixed in an update (will have to wait and see). But ill try reverting a few things in T2 and see if something weird is causing it,..but im still not 110% convinced that its the rom (but i could be wrong)
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Existz i just tried out a sense 4.0 rom with the modified 3.0 kernel and it was pure BS, now i know what it felt like am never going back to sense lol, now i see why htc drop the update but i would love for them to release the kernel for u ,make ur life way easier, full loyal asopX user from now f**k sense lol.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Rapscallion16:
For Apex, I originally restored it from Titanium, then restored my desktop and settings. It didn't recognize root. Then I uninstalled and reinstalled a fresh version from the Play Store, then restored the other stuff. It still didn't recognize root. Then I reinstalled from Play Store without restoring anything, and it still had the problem. It worked in the last test, so it looks like a ROM problem, but it's hard to tell.
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
My advice to u is not to use Titanium back up, everytime i update existz rom i do a full wipe and reinstall all apps from play store.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Rapscallion16:
Yeah, I know its probably best, it just takes much longer that batch restoring them from Titanium. Is it considered safe to download the apps from the Play Store but restore the data only from Titanium? I'd like to keep all of my game data.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Not necessarily, usually when its just one app effected, 99% of the time its something with that app.. its possible that its a bug in the way the app checks for root or something like that (aka their Root Helper function)...when there's a root problem then it usually has issues finding root for something else. But if you add Apex as a system app it has no problem adding Widgets , so that shows its the app itself having trouble finding root. Now that could be caused by a few things, but what I don't understand is that the updates in T2 just made it back to how a few things were in BR4,.. But weirder **** has happened, so its possible some off the wall change might be conflicting.. so the small changes that were made to T2 I'll try reverting (which was only updating Mms apk, updating the timezone file and a few other things like that ). But in the mean time just move the apk from data/app to system/app with a file explorer and reboot, it will solve the issue
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Will i dont know about keeping game data but i think that should be safe, i only play tower defense on my phone and that has online back up.
[HTC Inspire 4G] amf66:
I've been using Titanium backup for a year and it has never caused me any problems even though I restore with data. If you don't restore data then I don't think it can cause issues. Am I wrong?
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Well not sure since i never used it , and not really a big fan of it i would get the apps from the play store and just restore data and see what happens.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Sometimes restoring just app data can cause some issues, especially if say you make the backup on one rom and restore it on another...sometimes it can causes FCs, reboots..etc. Although most of the time things are fine, but it has been known to happen (even creating/restoring on the same rom). As far as games go, that should be fine.. But anytime theres an issue, first step should be doing a full wipe without restoring any data of any kind and seeing if the issue happens then.

But i just flashed back to T1 and by looking at the logs it does look like its something in T2 causing it. So ill check and see if i can find out whats going on..im not sure where to even start since most of the updates were just reverts back to how some stuff was in BR4 (ie removing O3 thumb cflags and going back to Linaro cortex-strings). But ill try everything I can.
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Well said the only problem i have with this rom, it works 2 well 2 be true lol existz hope u jump on the JB soon.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ghostofcain:
Yeah a look at the release thread was enough for me, working 720p camcorder as long as you don't want sound, touchscreen not working properly but fine as a daily driver. I think I'll pass.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
Everything still seems the same but needless to say ex good work everything is work good gps mms sms phone call sound etc..
[HTC Inspire 4G] young440:
I may be the only one but I prefer br4 over br5t1. It feels a bit more responsive and battery seems to last longer. I suppose it could be the placebo effect. I haven't tried t2 yet
[HTC Inspire 4G] Bzow:
I'm running BR5-test2 and the battery seems great so far. I've only run it for one battery cycle, so keep that in mind. Yesterday afternoon, I started at 92%, set up all of the system settings, downloaded apps, etc. and this morning I plugged it in at 7%. I have 3 hours and 8 minutes of "Screen on" time.
[HTC Inspire 4G] girakshay:
I completely agree to you thanks existz for such wonderful rom.
[HTC Inspire 4G] TheBrilliantMistake:
To be fair, it's in Alpha 1 stage - a good way off a 'polished' ROM - and the Virtuous team have released some excellent ROMs (Sense and Non Sense) in the past. It fulfills some strange need from some users to have Sense.

At the end of the day though, we need as much help as we can get from as many developers as possible, and those guys find a solution to something that might spread throughout the community - great (and vice versa). We just have to be mindful of not dismissing other ROMs, it demotivates many developers.

I'm just about to give this ROM a blast on DHD. I personally can't live with Sense... what was once a welcome improvement to Windows Mobile has now become a total hindrance to a simple and effective Android UI. Another nail in the HTC PR coffin.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Buff99:
I've found similar with Nova.

Seeing the apex problem reported with BR5-test2, I copied both Apex and Nova into system/apps to give them a proper trial (I've only -just- come to aospX this week on BR4 and decide to update to test2 and trial the launchers at the same time).

When Nova is in system/apps it FC's anytime I start it; when installed from the market it runs but on first run SuperSU says Root denied.

Really enjoying using aospX after using BlackIce/CM7.2 for the last few months, well done.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Im not able to reproduce the issue with Nova, it accepts root fine for me...Only apex seems to be having issues for me..But nonetheless ill get it fixed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Rapscallion16:
Thanks for all your hard work existz. Besides the minor Apex problem, this ROM has been amazingly smooth, and is the pure ICS I've been dreaming of. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] sashank:
Hey guys/existz, I just switched to aospX from Lord Clockan's IceColdSandwich today. Is the 2WCR (2 way call recording) patch included in the kernel of BR4? I searched the thread as best as I could but found no mention of it. If it isn't, is there a way to make Call Recorder work?

EDIT: I just tried and it worked. I was skeptical initially because I found no mention of it. Sorry for asking too soon.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ai6908:
I am running Nova, and do not have any issues with it. I had an issue with that first, but that was because of me, having the app in data. Now moved it to system, and life is good...:)
[HTC Inspire 4G] XBlackChaosX:
Yea i too am hoping that existz will eventually work on a Jelly Bean Rom for the inspire 4G/Desire HD
[HTC Inspire 4G] 9m2bal:
I'm also using Nova as launcher. No issue with BR4, T1 & T2.
[HTC Inspire 4G] zlmitchell:
Been on B5T2 for a day or so now and still no issues. Everything is equivalent to BR4.

Also to those who are using Titanium Backup. I have been using it since AR20 to restore all my apps. I usually restore without data (And have no issues with any apps), but since all of the Beta Tests i have been restoring apps with data and still have run into minimal issues... which only include Fancy Widget unlocker not working so i have to uninstall Fancy widget and re-install from Play Store. But that is totally normal when it comes to Fancy Widgets.

P.S. Does anyone have any idea if we are ever going to get a full version/working camera for ICS/JB now that Official Development has stopped for DHD on ICS?
[HTC Inspire 4G] 9m2bal:
jellybean is really supposed to utilize the power of newer quad-core phones. But that doesn't mean that it won't run smoothly on DHD.
[HTC Inspire 4G] XBlackChaosX:
Shame to hear that titanium backups can cause problems in roms because i for one can't live without my backups because it has all of my apps configurations and save games, etc. Also i have over 80 apps installed and it would be a pain in the ass to download them all one by one because google play doesn't allow you to install apps in batches.

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That maybe true but according to the person who reviewed Jelly Bean running on the Nexus S it runs much much smoother than ICS and in his words "blows ICS out of the water"

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/2...llybeaned-blasts-ics-out-of-the-water?start=1
[HTC Inspire 4G] ghostofcain:
Restoring the apps alone should not be a problem, as it should be equivalent to a clean install from the play store, it's only the data and hopefully that would only ever cause problems with the app itself.
[HTC Inspire 4G] XBlackChaosX:
I actually have encountered that problem with 2 apps actually, with Dolphin HD and ES Task Manager, these 2 apps are the only apps that give me problems when restoring.
[HTC Inspire 4G] XBlackChaosX:
How come Orbot (Tor for android). Doesn't work for aospx br4?
[HTC Inspire 4G] vespa.truccata:
It may be my impression but br4 seemed a bit faster than br5t2. I noticed that when I use my device as a phone, when going through contacts or when I have to make a call. Still fast but sometimes is a bit slower than the br4 version which was ultra fast...

Amerigo Vespucci
[HTC Inspire 4G] dyna106:
I disagree. I have installed Team EOS Jelly Bean on my Xoom tablet and whilst it is snappy, I honestly believe that my phone is quicker with Existz 4.04 ICS.

Also JB is young, there are issues with apps and compatibility.
[HTC Inspire 4G] playerjunglejosh:
If you have a problem with reinstalling your apps then get an app called "app monster pro" bundle reinstall, and your done. It won't restore the setting but, its worth the money. Sorry if stating this in this section is a problem, just thought it would be helpful.

If I could, can I get a response stating whether or not what I have said shouldn't be posted. If Existz or anyone else says its not, I won't do it again. Thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] young440:
You're fine dude
[HTC Inspire 4G] young440:
Just so everyone knows, DONT install the new YouTube update. I can't even get it to launch anymore on BR-4. It just says Unfortunately YouTube has stopped
[HTC Inspire 4G] ai6908:
app2zip will backup and install apps with settings, i would just make sure there is backup just in case, when trying it out first time.

I do agree with other users that restoring app settings can cause trouble at time, but we have to take that risk at times, to help with quicker flashing process.

But when we do that, we cant really know if it is a ROM issue, or an app issue...just my 2 cents...

PS: I am actually working on an aroma to backup and install user apps, some settings, and some system apps automatically...
[HTC Inspire 4G] inspired55:
As someone stated before do not update youtube. If you have just go back to the play store and uninstall it, it will only uninstall the update than alls well again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Yea new YouTube update is having issues.. reports from various devices/roms having FC issue. So do not update. I'm not sure what's going on with newer updates from Google, first Google Play Music and now YouTube..hopefully they get it straightened out soon.
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Hey ex how is the the new tool chain coming along?
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Ran into some issues (notes posted in the blueprint below)...so took a break from it to try and figure out what exactly broke Apex launcher from adding widgets from app drawer..Once i find that out ill probably go back to working on getting gcc 4.7 working

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/aospx/+spec/linaro-toolchain-4.7-2012.07
[HTC Inspire 4G] toysoldierq:
Awwwwwwwwwww mannnnnnn sorry to hear, maybe because we get more updates than the normal users apex wont work.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 9m2bal:
Can I use AROMA Installer for ICS Google Apps on BR4?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1720072
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Probably not since gapps is included by default...you can use a file explorer and remove the apks u don't want in /system/app/ (if that's why your asking) ...just remove the gapps apks, if you start removing system apks it can cause issues. Make sure you know what each apk is for before deleting
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Yea I have no clue what's going on with Apex...I've literally removed every single change from T1-T2 and its still not allowing Widgets to be added from the app drawer (even though u can long press on home screen and select Widgets that way, or add it as a system app and both works fine)...So I don't know what happened from T1-T2, I've put my source back to how it was and still no luck.. This ones gonna take some time to figure out
[HTC Inspire 4G] 9m2bal:
1. How about removing system apk like google apk using TB? easy to identify each apk using TB before deleting as you said.

2. Is there another way to install Google Gallery3D? because it's default gapps in AROMA Installer.
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
Yea you can use TB to remove gapps apk if you want. And if im not mistaking aospX uses the same Gallery as whats in that installer.
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
Existz I'm confused as to the apex issue people have reported. Are we talking about adding Widgets from the app drawer? If so I've always needed to move it as a system app to do so. Or is it something else entirely?
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
On BR5-T2?
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
Currently on br4. But I've moved it to system since apex was released. From the get go it said it needed to be in system to do so. So I've always have

Edit- just read the description of the app in Google play. And see the mention of root helper. I've never seen that before so it must of been an update where they added this and I've never noticed as I always move it to system
[HTC Inspire 4G] existz:
The issue started with BR5-T2, in BR4/BR5-T1 im able to goto Advanced Settings->Enable Root Helper and it be able to add widgets from app drawer fine (this is with it on /data)...But starting with BR5-T2 it just keeps asking for root (but works fine in /system/app/ )... Im able to reproduce this each time. Which i dont use Apex so ive never noticed its behavior before, so i cannot say if its something just with the app or what...The only reason Ive looked into it was because a few users mentioned it.. So i tried on BR5-T1 and didnt have any issues adding them exactly the way the market installs the app, but T2 has issues. But ive reverted all the changes from T1-T2 and it still has the same issue., so i dont know whats going on. At first i thought it was just an issue with the app and the way it checks root, but after seeing it work on T1 fine, im 50/50 now. Which im about out of ideas and people might just have to install it as a system/app/
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
I understand now. I've always moved it over to system so never noticed the issue. I never saw that they implemented that and that I no longer had to move it over.

For the longest time I was trying to figure out what you all were talking about and it was me not know of the root helper feature.