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[Epic 4G Android Development] I Brick Phones:
I've used several GPS apps like google maps and facebook checkin and they work just as good as any prior rom.

also, I just loaded up netflix to test and it was able to play the first movie i clicked on... was even able to fast forward and it buffered and started playing again with no issue.

I restored netflix along with other apps via titanium as well so i'm not sure why it's not working for you.

I wiped data, cache, system and dalvik cache, installed alpha 1, installed gapps, booted up, restored apps with titanium. only thing i didn't do that you did was restore SMS and call log.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JojoSteez:
Yep, did exactly what you did plus sms and call log restore. That shouldn't affect netflix or GPS. Not sure why they aren't working nor what to do. Any ideas?

EDIT: uninstalled and reinstalled netflix and wiped app data. It is working now. weird.

GPS still a no go.

EDIT2: ok, disregard all. My GPS is working flawlessly now. No idea what happened. Got a lock in less than a second. GPS test saw 9 satellites that quickly too. No idea what was happening yesterday and earlier today, but it all seems to be good now. Sorry for the pointless posts and thanks all.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CapsLockKey:
Hotspot works for me, but the native USB tether doesn't. Just says "unfortunately settings has stopped" when I try to activate it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] vitreoush:
Thanks deca for the inside scoop! No worries, I know this is WAY early alpha, just wanted to make sure to point it out, since I hadn't seen it noted in any of the release documentation or in the rest of the thread.

As for forced GPU acceleration. Where does this ram cost show up? When I look inside the Apps menu at what's loaded in RAM, it doesn't look like the size of the running services has increased significantly, nor the cached ones. I'll take your word on it, since you surely have more insight into the inner workings of OS than I do, but is there a better way to estimate RAM usage than the Apps section of the settings menu? Also, would there be ANY benefit to forcing 2d acceleration for us on the Epic, or is it not really doing much (or even making things worse)?
[Epic 4G Android Development] rulyskull:
I'm not getting bad battery life at all :D I just used my phone for texting today and 2 calls by the way.

sent from my Epic 4g running cm9
[Epic 4G Android Development] cgarcia200:
Wow I get about 6 to 7 hours and much use. And that's cause I have a 1800 mah epic touch battery
[Epic 4G Android Development] iceman19631:
Try logging out of Netflix and logging back in. I've gone through that before and it's worked for me. As for the GPS issue, there is a fix for it, though I can't find the link at this time...and also try GPS Status from market. I get anywhere from 9 to 11 locked sats. Hope this helps.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/XAZ4CeVP6DC

A nice little read. Read everything, even the comments have great insight. I mixed two separate issues in my reply above(damn oxford commas). Anyways, one issue is the cpu overhead. and one issue is the ram usage per application due to the implementation of gpu hw accell.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JojoSteez:
Thanks, I edited my last post. All is working fine now. I uninstalled and reinstalled netflix, cleared app data, and logged in again. It works fine now.

GPS is just suddenly working fine now. It wouldn't do anything earlier today or yesterday. No idea what happened, but it's all good now. I just did a nandroid since everything is working good now, lol.

Thanks for the help though :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
ok wifi is staying even though i have "keep on only when plugged in"

BBS isnt' helping me figure out why i'm not entering deep sleep either... none of the catagories are showing me anything that's running for any long length of time

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Deca... with the limitations in ram do you think its possible that we might end up being better off running CM7 in the long run?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
No. It's not that bad.

The vm heap size revert to 32mb helped a lot.

But in the long run, either going to 3.0.x kernel to get better memory management or to implement ksm. Something will help alleviate it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] greezestain:
Same. I'm showing 100% wifi time even though my sleep policy is set to never. And no processes are showing 100% wakelock. Anyone have any clues or experiencing the same thing?
[Epic 4G Android Development] wtogami:
Were you using the standard CM9 alpha1 kernel, or some other kernel? If you were using a non-standard kernel that broke stuff, flashing alpha0 would bring you back to a working kernel, thus making it seem like alpha0 is better than alpha1.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nastypup:
Another problem I just discovered. The echo the callers hear is worse than on CM7. My sister got annoyed and almost hung up on me and she's a very tolerant person.

Cyanogen Mod 9. I like my Ice Cream!
[Epic 4G Android Development] phirewire110:
I was talking on the phone last night and my phone died. I swapped battery's, and powered on. My signal was dark gray and showed no data. I tried to text the person back but it wouldn't go through, I even tried calling but no luck. I rebooted and still nothing. So I flashed the multiboot EL30 rom and updated my prl. It seemed like that fixed whatever problem I had. However today I came to Disneyland and data just sucked. It showed I data but nothing was loading. I rebooted multiple times. Finally by the end if the day it worked.
[Epic 4G Android Development] duce102:
I don't know if this has been asked yet but how do you get rid of the "Data usage warning" notification? I used about 1.22GB in about 2-3 hours, it popped up and I can't figure out how to dismiss it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
when you set to never it keeps the wifi on. that's supposed to happen. the other 2 options should keep wifi off when the phone is in deep sleep. (unless plugged in)
[Epic 4G Android Development] greenmuggy:
i always do a complete data factory reset b4 any rom flashes of any kind
[Epic 4G Android Development] Speedin07si:
For everyone whom complained about the whole non Facebook syncing issue that Google and Facebook wanna but heads about....

I point you to this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473323

High-Res Contact Images for EpicCM9

Sent from my CM9 Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mikeblock:
That's currently my dealbreaker as well. Turn it on, it loads, soon as it loads: turns itself back off immediately.
[Epic 4G Android Development] greezestain:
No, the setting is "keep wifi on during sleep" and I set it to "never". I did set it to "only when plugged in" but it still never turns off. That setting seems to have no effect at all.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
Shouldn't be experiencing that. You're using the kernel that came with the ROM, correct?

If so, please post to pastebin.com a kmsg dump while replicating the issue

adb shell cat /proc/kmsg >> kmsg.txt

along with logcat.
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
Hmm I am using shuriken kernel 1.2. Maybe thats why I am having the same issue as him. If I get a chance I could a pastebin.com.
[Epic 4G Android Development] AproSamurai:
I went back to the Stock Kernel, from my own, and native 3G tethering works fine. Sorry for the size of the images. But had to show proof.

I also have tethering working on my own kernel as well, I have no clue what issue you guys are having.
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
So wait does that mean your kernel breaks 3g tethering? Seems like stock works but its a no go for me with shuriken 1.2.
[Epic 4G Android Development] AproSamurai:
I've ran it on my own kernel as well, and it works. ecooce is running it currently to be on the IRC, so it's not broken for him either.
[Epic 4G Android Development] neuton:
The only other issue I have so far is also in YouTube that it won't rotate to landscape so I can see videos more clearly?
[Epic 4G Android Development] I Brick Phones:
Thanks for the link Decad3nce! Great insight on the architecture and process isolation/security of Android.
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
Hmm well ill update to the latest shuriken kernel and see if that helps at all.
[Epic 4G Android Development] AproSamurai:
It's worked throughout the whole process for me. From me being on stock to me being on my kernel to me going back to stock, never stopped once.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bender beerman:
how do you get your notification bar on the bottom like that? and the cool back and home buttons? i want those!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] AproSamurai:
One is my phone and the other is my Kindle Fire, lol, that's why it's a huge screenshot.:3 lol.
[Epic 4G Android Development] duce102:
Forum wants me to put something here, so I guess, any help with my problem above?
[Epic 4G Android Development] the_dark_knighton:
Okay, I can't search on my phone, but has anyone else had a problem with the quick unlock feature? Doesn't Work for me. I still have to push enter to unlock the phone

Sent from my Cyanogenmodded Epic4g! Wanna fight about it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] n3m35155:
Found a bug I think hasn't been reported. Capslock does not work with stock keyboard

In either land or portrait mode.

Also I've had some auto brightness issues. It stays stuck on high usually.

N3m3515
[Epic 4G Android Development] dohturdima:
No problems whatsoever with quick unlock. Running stock kernel Alpha 0.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Restola:
Quick unlock doesn't work for me either. Stock alpha 1. I do have a pin required by my work email, maybe that contributes to it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] the_dark_knighton:
I'm running alpha 1 with custom kernel, not sure what the deal is. Couldn't get it to work on alpha 0 either

Sent from my Cyanogenmodded Epic4g! Wanna fight about it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] the_dark_knighton:
I had it work, but you had to hold the button down to caplock it

Sent from my Cyanogenmodded Epic4g! Wanna fight about it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bralgar:
Quick question...since this version of android will save what apps you had installed before based on your Google account....how do you keep it from auto re-downloading the apps you have installed on your honeycomb tablet? o.O

Is there a setting in CM9/ICS i am missing? surely someone else has run into this when you have multiple android devices running these newer versions
[Epic 4G Android Development] DCRocks:
Did you try a reboot?

Or a long press of the home key?
[Epic 4G Android Development] bit1:
Barnacle Tether works just fine for me on both 3G and 4G. I've tried it with Stock and Shadow and both seem fine. The author lets you download direct from his site since I think Sprint blocks it on the market

http://szym.net/barnacle/
[Epic 4G Android Development] XxLostSoulxX:
This is just a suggestion but seeing how ICS actually booted on our phones and once this gets stable enough someone should talk to to those who leak the builds and get them to talk to Sammy and let them know "Hey 4.0.3 Works on the Epic 4G. Seeing how they build off of AOSP they could do whatever and make it official and then im sure some tings that might be needed could be easily ported?

If im not mistaken, plus it would keep our Epic's from being completely DEAD.
[Epic 4G Android Development] socos25:
The bottom line is Samsung has already made its money of these phones, they don't want the hassle, or spend the money.

Most users are like my wife, she just wants her phone to work and could care less about what OS she is on. I show her the cool new things on my phone and she just thinks I'm a nerd... I am BTW.
[Epic 4G Android Development] vicvega:
Caps lock is working fine for me. Im running stock kernel and no modifications.
[Epic 4G Android Development] punzada:
Way too much work for minimal return. Epic is closer and closer to the two-year renewal date, Samsung's focus is to get people into a newer phone around that time. Our best bet is pulling code over from the Nexus S 4G.

Edit: To contribute something worthwhile, attached is screenshot of battery usage, alpha1, stock kernel, on 3g most of the day (moderate usage, probably ~2 hours screen on time, used gps to get to 2 locations somewhat local, listened to music for around 45 minutes with poweramp). 19h 15m to 10%. Granted this is with the 1800mah Epic Touch battery. Could be much worse though I'm actually somewhat impressed. (didn't realize how dark the screenshot was, took it while using screenfilter late last night).
[Epic 4G Android Development] a454nova:
Running a fresh new install over two phones,

Tethering works fine when your on 3G and turn it on.

Tethering works fine when your on 4G and turn it on.

Tethering doesn't work if your on WiFi and turn it on.

- it comes on but as soon as 3G kicks back on, Tethering shuts off and 3G is broke until you restart the phone.

I can't get USB to work. it just closes.

I did change my SSID and key for the tethering before trying it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
Haha I try to show my girlfriend cool android features all the time and she is just like cool... and just pretends to listen haha. I wanna fix her up with a custom rom on her samsung fascinate but is no u can't hack my phone nerd lol. Oh well I think its fun.

Anyways yeah I doubt samsung cares about ics on this phone. That's ok cm9 is better and the devs are doing an amazingly good job!
[Epic 4G Android Development] XxLostSoulxX:
Thats extremely dark i had to drag picture and highlight just to see it, why is it dark? i just take a snapshot and its perfectly clear
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
i'm sure samsung knows they could run ICS on this phone. 1. its a convienient excuse for them not to give us a 3rd major update when they are tryign to sell phones. 2. touchwiz adds to the size and complexity of the build.

no way they are going to go through all that crap to appease us nerds
[Epic 4G Android Development] punzada:
While using it I was using the app "ScreenFilter" - it darkens the screen beyond normal adjustable brightness levels (as well as turning off the capacitive buttons and kb lights) to make using the phone in a dark room/at night a non-blinding experience (also increases battery a bit with our amoled screens). Didn't realize last night at the time that it would screenshot so dark.
[Epic 4G Android Development] offtohavasu:
First, still a great rom. Definitely my daily driver.

Not sure if these couple of things are bugs or not. I turn off synching at night and my gmail and exchange mail still keep coming through (I do it this way now because peak times setting is gone now).

And somebody else already mentioned, google maps doesn't show a direction anymore just the blue dot.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MeetFace:
I got the ringing of death again this morning. EVERY incoming call, the old-school, high-pitched digital ring of death will start up briefly before my selected ringer (an mp3), & then it will stop when my selected ringer starts.

However, this morning the ring of death did not stop after answering the call, and continued the entire call.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
Bad in call audio routing, known issue.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MeetFace:
Very well, thanks Dec, I'll try and spread the word if it is mentioned again.

...I would love XDA to enable the Wiki Post =]
[Epic 4G Android Development] Jbluna:
Could i ask What yesterday's change log update was for?
[Epic 4G Android Development] nastypup:
Should we be on EI22 or EL30? I did not upgrade but I was wondering if I should.

Cyanogen Mod 9. I like my Ice Cream!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Jbluna:
Doesn't matter
[Epic 4G Android Development] nastypup:
Thanks.

Cyanogen Mod 9. I like my Ice Cream!
[Epic 4G Android Development] counterfeit187:
I don't doubt the more accurate readings, but I am experiencing an actual loss of signal, not sure if I need to change any settings for roaming? I have mobile networks set to Data enabled, Data Roaming enabled, and System select to automatic. Sometimes when all the bars are down I cycle through airplane mode and then it will give me like 3 bars back and texts that I missed will pop up.

I'm not tech savvy enough to really know whats going on behind the scenes but cycling airplane mode gets my signal back.
[Epic 4G Android Development] n3m35155:
I don't think it really matters what modem you are on.

Some are on EI22 some EL30.

Personally, I am on EL30 and don't have any issues.

For Kernel I am using Samurai Ryu and OC'd to 1.5 without issues or freezing.

N3M3515
[Epic 4G Android Development] vita10gy:
This is off topic, but since we've already gone there with 10 posts:

I never understand the constant implication that a company is "evil" or "heartless" for "only" caring about the newest phones, rather than their 2 year old ones. Why wouldn't they? Yes, business is "about the money", all of them are. If phones weren't profitable we wouldn't have them. Samsung has given us a few updates, including 2 major version jumps. (This phone dropped with Eclair!) They were slower than most people would like, but on par with every other phone from every other company/carrier. They have the same incentive to keep us happy after the purchase as Ford and Target do. They want our business again in 2 years.

Yes, the devs beat them, and are doing things they won't/aren't....that's half the point of buying an android phone.

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to hold Samsung up as this beacon of awesomeness, I just don't get the entitled attitude of "[My phone company] owes me updates on [the phone I own] until [the day I move on], anything less than that makes them greedy money grubbing scum [even though there in fact is a 90% chance I'm moving on the day I can]".
[Epic 4G Android Development] K3VlN:
i did a quick search on this forum but didnt come up with anything but has anyone else noticed that the phone screen gets extremely hot very fast...i was browsing the web for maybe 15 mins and just noticed that my screen became very hot to the touch ive never noticed that before with any other rom. im running stock alpha 1 stock kernel
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
ok lost data today for the first time. going from wifi to 3g, got the greyed out bars for lost connection to server. airplane toggle didn't fix, had to reboot
[Epic 4G Android Development] sohardivetried:
i think everyones phone is getting a little warm. mine does after about 20 minutes. the battery drain is abysmal, but this is an alpha, a very very stable alpha so im not complaining. all issues will be addressed and this rom will be as good as cm7, bet on it. ive got faith in our devs, good job guys.
[Epic 4G Android Development] greezestain:
Over all, this is a fantastic experience for an alpha. All important features are there and mostly reliable. I have noticed some issues that may be worth keeping on the burner somewhere.

* Occasional loss of cell signal during low-signal times. That is, when my wife's stock Epic has 1 bar, I occasionally lose signal entirely. That's cell signal and 3G. Wifi remains usable. I haven't yet been able to check 4G when it happens. A reboot fixes it.

* Wifi stays on no matter the wifi sleep policy setting. It must be turned off manually.

* This morning, my touch screen was entirely unresponsive. The side buttons worked fine, but the screen and capacitive buttons didn't respond to touch. A battery pull and reboot fixed it. This has never before happened on my phone.

I'm on stock CM9 alpha 1, no special kernels. Aside from these occasional hiccups, this alpha experience rivals some commercial releases. Thank you for your dedication to our phones!
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
that happened to me on my touchpad also. wonder if its a problem upstream
[Epic 4G Android Development] K3VlN:
i copmpletely agree that it will be as amazing as CM 7 if not better and i have heard about everyone's battries getting hot but this wasnt qa battery issue it was the screen itself just wanted to make it known if it hasnt already been adressed i am totally happy with this alpha build but im on my phone alot and dont want to burn up my screen lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] mrcollpepper:
Upgraded to alpha 1 today and noticed my cwm is messed up a little. Everything functions, but when choosing zips to install, the bottom 7 or so are in the white lettered part that tells you what is happening at the bottom. So I have to guess which line to use because it doesn't show. It is kinda a fun guessing and memory game to remember which line you already tried.

I hope that makes sense.

sent from my only form of human interactions
[Epic 4G Android Development] K3VlN:
had the same problem easy fox for now just create a folder on your sd card called 000flash and drop everything you want to flash in that folder it will always be on the top of the list so you dont have to guess which like to use lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] duce102:
3rd time posting this in this thread. ( crosses fingers it doesn't get buried again.)
[Epic 4G Android Development] AproSamurai:
Which kernel are you using? It shouldn't be like that on stock as they updated the recovery initramfs to fix that when the problem had initially arised, to be simple recoveries are included in boot.img's as are fixes for said recoveries. It's very likely whatever kernel you're using hasn't updated their recov init, they will in time.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Not going to happen because it would require switching every Epic to MTD. The OTA script alone would take them a year to get out, plus they would have to abandon Touchwiz which they also will not do on the Galaxy S line.
[Epic 4G Android Development] roguejam:
I am on CM9a1, and I yesterday I updated my modem from EI22 to EL30 and also updated the PRL (both through the multiboot). I've ran into some similar issues that other people have with 3G.

I noticed that today, when on 3G, I did not have any data connectivity. Just 3 gray bars with "3G" beside them. If I go to 4G, I get blue bars (with "4G") and connectivity. On Wi-Fi, I get blue bars and the blue wifi icon. But 3G does not work, showing only gray bars. I've tried restarting, messing with everything in Settings->More...->Mobile networks, but not dice.

I flashed my modem yesterday, and I did not have this issue before the few days that I had alpha 1 on it. No custom kernel, everything straight from CM9a1.

I might try to reflash the old modem (EC05 then delta to EI22) to see if this helps. If any devs want me to try another MTD (CleanGB 1.0.5) ROM to see if it's a possible kernel/system issue, I can. Thoughts?

EDIT 1: Going to CleanGB 1.0.5 MTD, 3G works fine. Still on the EL30 modem. I can try flashing another kernel for CM9, and check on that.

EDIT 2: Keeping EL30, I flashed Shruiken 1.3 (linky) on CM9a1, and 3G now WORKS as it once did. I will monitor and keep this up to date
[Epic 4G Android Development] vita10gy:
Plus, for the most part there are 2 types of android users, us, and the people who have an Epic because they wanted a phone that had a keyboard and played angry birds.

Our epic devs took an early crack at an early crack at ICS by the CM devs, and it's a daily driver. We have ICS. Who cares if Samsung does it? It would be worse anyway.

The people in the second group not only don't care, but they probably wouldn't like that they have to relearn how to add a widget.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DCRocks:
Fully agree.

IMO, CM9 as it currently sits, is already probably better than anything we would get from Samsung.
[Epic 4G Android Development] HelloM0f0:
I'm having the same problem with signal. If I get a good distance away from my house though everything works. So my problem might just be poor service since sprint isn't great in my area. However, I have several bars when booting into EL30 as others have noted.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mrcollpepper:
100%stock. I haven't flashed any thing extra yet.

sent from my only form of human interactions