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[Epic 4G Android Development] counterfeit187:
Ok so one thing that has been disturbing me is that frequently my signal in the statusbar is completely black... no bars. I'm using EL30 modem and cm9-alpha1. How do I find my time without service?
[Epic 4G Android Development] omair2005:
2 things you can do to improve signal..

1. Upgrade your modem to EL30.

2. Update your profile, and prl (i assume you are not using hacked prl) and then restore cm9.
[Epic 4G Android Development] counterfeit187:
Yeah I meant el30. Updated prl and profile like 2 weeks ago
[Epic 4G Android Development] ac16313:
Hm that's strange been on this ROM for almost 48 hours and I haven't experienced this bug, ill try using my phone on ringer and set a custom one to test it
[Epic 4G Android Development] I Brick Phones:
+2 had the same ringing sound in the background when i answered a call. the caller on the other end couldn't hear it. i hung up and called them back and the ringing sound was gone... quite odd.

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have been using a custom ringtone stored on my SD card for a couple days now with no issue. just wanted to say that it does work, at least for some.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CASHVILLEBOS:
+1 I've been using custom ringtones stored on my SD also with no problems and I don't hear the faint ringing sound everyone else is hearing after they answer a phone call either. Running Great so far!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] jay7264:
strange speaker volume issue

my issue is when i use the speaker or the ear piece the volume is either to loud to soft or nothing at all it only happens when i touch the volume rocker it doesnt happen in you tube music player or vevo. it defaults to loud so loud that when im not using the speaker. the ear piece is so loud during a call people could hear it from about five feet away. please help otherwise i couldnt be happier
[Epic 4G Android Development] MeetFace:
Not saying that this bug is persistent, it has only happened to me once and was remedied with a reboot. But it has happened.
[Epic 4G Android Development] yaboye616:
So far so good but a couple bugs I've noticed. Scrolling in browser is choppy, battery drain is worse then my previous rom (clean gb mtd 1.5) video playback has tears in video, and keys skipping with kb use, service is worse then what I had previously ( was topping 1.1mb on eco5 and now I'm gettin around 400 to 500kb dl speed) other than that oncethis rom is final it will be thebest rom out for our epics!
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Go into the modems sticky and click on the EL30 link. It will take you to my thread on updating the modem. Follow the CM7/MTD instructions on using the BML CWM.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ksmullins88:
I'm getting like 27% tws on the el30 modem.. I was getting ~3% on cm7.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MeetFace:
I'm also getting noticeably higher.

I was down below 5% on CM7 EI22, up around 20% on CM9 EL30.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
Does cm9 have the blacklist ability can't seem to find it anywhere....:(
[Epic 4G Android Development] caileb:
Wish Sprint VVM restored properly from TiB... always FC when I try to listen to a voicemail.

Tons of white lines / artifacts when watching tv shows off my sd card and media server.

Anyone notice rotational issues? I have both set to 'none' so I get landscape when my keyboard is open... but youtube seems buggy.
[Epic 4G Android Development] latinoboi30:
OMG, that's for this u guys! Thanks to all who made this happen. Been running this for a day now and I am so in love it it. Only question I may have (and apologize if it doesn't go here) is where is the "my files" or how can I browse my files
[Epic 4G Android Development] MeetFace:
Install ES File Explorer, profit.
[Epic 4G Android Development] davidh59:
Same issue here no bars, but can make calls

EL30

CM9 Alpha 1
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
I too noticed a big signal drop on CM9. I thought it was just the signal bars but it is definitely something CM9 reducing it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] K3VlN:
I think it could be a bug with the signal bars itself not giving an accurate reading
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
No because everyone is getting much higher Time Without Signal.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mkasick:
It's actually the opposite. I haven't been able to verify, but I suspect that CM7's signal reporting is dodgy due to the RIL used. I fixed CM9's RIL to report the same way stock/TW ROMs do.

There's a separate issue of how a numeric signal value gets translated into "bars", and I have no idea if AOSP and TW agree on that.

What's important is checking the actual value. If you do Settings -> About phone -> Status, the "Signal strength" dBm should be pretty close to EL30 for a phone remaining in the same location. Similarly important is dropped call performance.
[Epic 4G Android Development] K3VlN:
Oh ok so from what im seeing is that most are haveing more problems on EL30 modem than the others which is strange im not getting this problem i am running this

CM9 alpha 1

Shadow Kernel v 0.1

on EL30 modem (i know all these just depends on your area how you use your phone and the alignment of the planets)

if that helps but my tws is at 7%
[Epic 4G Android Development] Sherrillface:
Do I have to wipe everything if I'm upating from alpha0 to alpha1
[Epic 4G Android Development] ksmullins88:
No. Just reflash gapps after
[Epic 4G Android Development] czechpunk:
SpeedofSound is my hero!

I wasn't bashing, just giving my thoughts. It's kinda hard to convey genuine emotion online...

On a more positive note, I just donated to CM and they're now over $1,900! Thanks to everyone for donating. If you haven't already, please do. IMHO, it's worth it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Quicksand Jesus:
I'm unable to use voice input on CM9.

What I mean is when texting I no longer have the mic option to just talk to my phone and have it type. Does anyone else have this issue?
[Epic 4G Android Development] K3VlN:
ok that makes sense. but i am getting the signal strength in "bars" on CM9 as i was on CM7 which would make me thing the modem would be the problem if anyone is having one with their signal right?

(still tryin to learn more about all this bear with me) :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] kgettens:
Calendar Sync?

Everything is working fine at the moment, but the only thing I cannot get is my exchange calendar to sync. The exchange email is working just fine. Any thoughts? <--nevermind, right after I posted I went to manage apps - apps - then stopped it. it synced right away after that
[Epic 4G Android Development] philowneus:
I will agree with Acer the phantom vm is driving me insane.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CASHVILLEBOS:
Ok, I'm still on the EI22 Modem and not having any problems is their really any great benefit to updating to EL30?
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Depends on your area, your phone, etc. Could be better, could be worse.

Sent from CM9 EpicMTD.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CASHVILLEBOS:
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[Epic 4G Android Development] Qwallace70129:
Small question...

I'm running Alpha1 and using GoSMS.

Is there any way to stop GoSMS from waking the phone when a text comes in? I'm OK with the led notification but every message is waking the screen as well.

Its killing my deep sleep time.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CASHVILLEBOS:
Yea I'm running the same. Just go into GoSMS settings and turn off wake phone when receiving new msg. Should work, worked for me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Sherrillface:
thanks a lot I figured that but cm9 page is set a little different then cm7 threw me off should've went to the meeting .
[Epic 4G Android Development] DrKaotica:
Lol, just had to share this for those complaining about data speeds..

This is what I get at my desk at work on 3g.. el30 modem
[Epic 4G Android Development] omair2005:
eh speedtest is not accurate.. plus u have 2 bars only and sprint 3g sucks lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] DrKaotica:
Hey have people tried the alternate gapps provided here? Results?
[Epic 4G Android Development] ddrbeastappv1:
Quicksandjesus brings up a good issue. I'm wondering where voice input went as well. I am going to donate this weekend and I've already thanked the devs multiple times for the updated alpha :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] K3VlN:
Figured id share mine too with all the connection problems going on I'm wondering if I'm got something different going on that you all don't and I would love to help if only I knew what it was I could do
[Epic 4G Android Development] smartboy36:
Is anyone else having issues with gallery and music player?
[Epic 4G Android Development] bit1:
Can this be network related? My speeds seem fine on both 3G and 4G
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
Could you be more specific? There has been discussion about the phone not seeing the SD card
[Epic 4G Android Development] K3VlN:
wow 4G is fast my wifi doesnt even get speeds like that lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] bit1:
Really? I'm lucky . I love my 4G. I did 7GB last month . It's hard for me to leave Sprint:D
[Epic 4G Android Development] DrKaotica:
Well to be fair I'm on the 2nd floor of a big ars corporate office building so, signal is crap.. but that was too funny not to share
[Epic 4G Android Development] ddrbeastappv1:
I have this bug as well. I'm not sure but I'm going to ask did you not wipe like me? I flashed the first alpha right over cm7(nightly 31 I think) and had all apps working except clock. I used the dock it fc when I dc. Clock fcs randomly when getting a text also on dock. I got this error before flashing apro's kernel. Going to see tonight if I still get this error.
[Epic 4G Android Development] juanaraya92679:
Have the same issue but its easily resolved by just using voice command search to send text and tell the command what I want in the text. :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] vita10gy:
I had an issue with the gallery not seeing any images on my sd card last night. (Freaked me out.) A reboot fixed it.

So put me down for "have seen a media scanner/SD Card" bug as well. I've also had a couple times the phone just shut off (no reboot). I flashed a kernel though, since it fixed some sort of wakelock that might not be a problem anymore, so I should be rightly ignored.

All in all the biggest problem I've come across so far is that I can't stop grinning like an idiot everytime I pull out my phone for something.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bit1:
Did you install Voice Search off the market? My voice works just fine and with Swype Beta the voice is even better. Along with Dragon Go also on the market

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Have you tried ES folder? That's working just fine for me
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
I'm getting around the same with two bars as well may be in just certain places but pandora seems to work fine and just as fast as usual but just two days ago on aplha 0 I was pulling 1.3mbs doesn't make any sense :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
However wifi speeds are just dandy
[Epic 4G Android Development] nastypup:
I'm impressed! Thank you, Devs, for all of your hard work. I'll contribute when I get my pension check. My phone is working better on this alpha release than it ever did on CM7. Some minor issues but I can live with it for now. You've made this grandma happy!
[Epic 4G Android Development] K3VlN:
I am getting the same now as i was on CM7 so there really is no change for me im out in the country but sprint told me that i have a tower 2 miles away and if thats the case why am i only getting 2 bars ive tried 4 different modems and i get the same results plus i dont get 4G out here i have to drive 60 miles b4 i even get a hint of it lol so i just us my wifi when im home but even then im only getting around 3mbps download and between 1 and 2 mbps upload
[Epic 4G Android Development] MajicManDroid:
Small Bug

I've noticed an issue where my screen flickers from time to time as if the LCD is damaged. I notice it most in the gmail app but have seen it elsewhere as well. I'm on Alpha1 with the CM9 Kernel.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Gust30:
I have been reading about signal issues and such the last few pages. I'm on CM9 Alpha 1 and I can only connect to certain things. Anything Google or Market tells me there is no connection. O other apps take forever or might not connect. My wifi bars are gray as well as my signal, even when I was on 3g. Cleared cache and dalvik, reflashed rom and no change....weird?

Edit: flashed back to alpha 0 and all is fine. Really want alpha 1 though
[Epic 4G Android Development] JBakey:
My speed looks alright...
[Epic 4G Android Development] j00manji:
GOD I cant wait to finally try 4g! Why we dont have it in Sonoma County yet I'll never know.

has anyone got their data from games to restore nicely yet?
[Epic 4G Android Development] JBakey:
I didn't even wipe coming from cm7. Only FC I got out of all my apps was the clock. Wiped data for it and everything is nice and smooth
[Epic 4G Android Development] Silpher:
I've only had one game that didn't like a data restore from TiB: iDaTank. Otherwise, I've had no issues with data restore that I've found so far. But: I download the app from the market first, and then restore the data second. Worked when I migrated from BML Touchwiz to MTD CM7, so figured I'd do the same going from CM7 to CM9.
[Epic 4G Android Development] smartboy36:
That's what's the problem. Working off and on
[Epic 4G Android Development] jsirgey:
It's actually in the accounts and sync as an option as soon as you install the facebook app, it doesn't work but it's there, if he were using a third party app he would use that not the one that says facebook.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MrEpic:
Weirdest thing ever..im running alpha 1 and i noticed that when i play music..everytime i put my phone on its face...the music shuts off till i rotate hmm...any suggestions devs & community? Thanks in advance
[Epic 4G Android Development] caileb:
I think this current build has a lot of rotational issues... not just with that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MrEpic:
Oh ok..cool...am i also the only one kinda laggish inside of certain applications or i can oc using a kernel to kill that?? Nothing is going to make me change roms lol..just collecting info is all..im in love!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] vita10gy:
Not being able to see the photos in the gallery app was indicative of a larger issue with either forgetting them, or losing the whole SD card, I wasn't looking for other means of browsing the card.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ZenInsight:
I think I found a glitch. I appologize if it has been mentioned before.

Facebook uploads over wifi (and I assume 3G) of videos fail.

A 1 min 720p vid will not upload. Can anyone reproduce this or know a solution?
[Epic 4G Android Development] tazfanatic:
simply amazing this is my first droid never had anything cm my friends kept saying just wait and see. well i waited got cm7 at the end of beginning of the year now cm9 and i am so grateful to ALL the devs this is simply amazing. thanks again for all your hard work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nastypup:
I searched the thread and I didn't see e-mail issues reported. I have 4 e-mail accounts set up and the e-mail client "stops working" often. Is there a way around this?
[Epic 4G Android Development] davidh59:
I'm having no problems with K9
[Epic 4G Android Development] -SpeedofSound-:
I have had issues with any one of the apps on my phone, when I attempt to open one, sometimes, it randomly stops working or force closes. The only thing I have found that works unfortunately is a reboot. Once I reboot, the offending app will open without any issues. This happens to me a few times a day too. Also, happens with texts...I sometimes send texts that fail to send and I have to reboot and resend to get the text to send. I have just chalked it up to being bugs and kinks still needing to be worked out since we are in alpha stages. I know I probably didn't help at all, but hopefully my post gives you a piece of mind that there are others with similar issues too so you know it is nothing you have done or are doing wrong.

Cheers!
[Epic 4G Android Development] vitreoush:
Some tweaks and bugs.

Currently on EL30 modem, stock Alpha 1 with the stock kernel. Totally wiped clean coming from CM7, reinstalled all my apps.

Want to say, this is a great rom. ICS looks really good coming from the somewhat disjointed look of gingerbread. LOVE the trebuchet launcher, especially it's ability to stack apps into folders on the homescreen (and the drawer! try it!). Like others, i've noticed some slight stuttering, especially on heavy work loads.

I think I've found a slight tweak that alleviates most of that, however. I've found that setting the governor to SmartassV2 actually works to relieve almost ALL that stuttering. Not sure if my other settings have contributed to that, but I also have set the option to force-use hardware acceleration of the graphics.

Not having any of the signal issues that other people seem to noted. I think you really have to fully wipe, including wiping system and boot as well as data and cache before you can be sure that it's not old data that's causing your problems.

I have noticed that setting battery view to percentage does not change what shows up in the status bar. Neither does setting signal to show in dBm. Like others, I'd like the ability to vary screen brightness by swiping the status bar.

My battery life is significantly lower than with CM7, not entirely sure why, but it does seem that the back of my Epic gets pretty hot when I'm using the phone, something that did not happen before.

Looking forwards to future improvements (and have also donated towards them).
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
I posted earlier about my issues. I have accounts set up to sync every 15 minutes and most of the time my email only updates if I push it. Rarely does it sync and autoupdate.
[Epic 4G Android Development] luckymoney718:
Only thing missing is HOTSPOT!
[Epic 4G Android Development] HumanXv2:
I use the wireless hotspot apk from google code and it works fine
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
Hotpspot is already working. What are you talking about?
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
probably means for 4g
[Epic 4G Android Development] Xinlitik:
Ok so after a couple days on CM9 alpha 1 with EL30, 1.1 Ghz conservative governor, here are some things I've noticed:

-Battery life is, unfortunately, horrendous...around 5% lost every hour of idle. about 10% lost per 5 minutes of surfing the web on 3g. I still haven't figured out what's going on... overnight, I had data off and GPS off yet still lost tons of battery life.

A recent better battery stats showed 4 hr awake with 1.5 hrs screen on.

Leading partial wakelocks were

AudioOut_1: 26 minutes, 148 counts

AlarmManager: 3 minutes, 1721! counts (no alarm set)

ActivityManager-Launch: 1.5 minutes, 494 counts

-3g will stop working sometimes despite good service. 4g and wifi will work at these times. I've tried toggling airplane mode, data, and rebooting. None seemed to work... it just eventually starts working a while (15+ min) later.

-SMS and voicemail (w/ google voice) work well for me.

-GPS appears to work
[Epic 4G Android Development] Speedin07si:
Hotspot works fine for me....

From a home screen

Menu>System settings> under wireless & networks select More...>Tethering and Portable Hotspot> Configure Wifi hotspot (create your own settings_> Check Portable Wifi Hotspot.

USB Tethering works for me as well.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
Your battery is lower? If you mean your battery life is shorter, this may just be caused specifically by SmartassV2 which will keep the frequency higher whenever there's an active, system resource intensive, thread running(even during sleep). Also, Smartass will keep the device above 600mhz consistently on screen awake, which is why your **** gets hot.

The modifications to the OS(battery % stuffs are still in their early, early alpha stages).

These modifications could take months to be merged, much like they did in CM7.

We're experiencing this because we've merged our device into CM9 while it is still in its infancy.

Also, if you force gpu hw rendering in all events, you're adding an extra 8-12mb overhead per process. We don't have much RAM.

The signal strength issues are a bunch of BS in this thread. If you look at the code frm cm7 -> cm9 regarding signal strenght, it's just more accurate currently. If you want to see how good your signal strength is, look at dB levels.

If you attempt to record a video greater than like 1:45min, you'll notice the video is utterly out of sync. This'll cause issues with everything related to the video(since it essentially corrupts the encoding).

There's a patch on gerrit which we're currently reviewing. Patience.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
1.1ghz isn't supported in this kernel. Please take your bug report elsewhere.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Xinlitik:
Ah good call, forgot I had SOME OTHER KERNEL on, sorry. I'll reflash stock and see how things run.

edit: lol, names redacted
[Epic 4G Android Development] ac16313:
Everyone start hoping its not Apro's he's running lol ;p

*edit* run Apro! Lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] iceman19631:
Wish I could donate...

To the devs, I'd like to thank you for all the work you've done on CM9 so far. As far as testing this, the only issue I've had so far is just the battery. It's really weird when using a extended life battery(1800mah) and not getting much usage as the 1500mah battery. But using Rom Toolbox and adjusting the settings, I've managed to pull 10hrs at 71% with light to moderate use. I'm sure that whenever you guys do get all the bugs worked out, it's gonna be a really great rom. Everything is running pretty good for me...though I don't use all the apps that others are using. I do, however, get 4g usage while there is no 4g in the state of Oklahoma at this time. Used it in a store where 3G and phone call didn't work because of signal loses.

As for the donation part...being on a fixed income has its' drawbacks especially when there are more bills to be paid than your income allows. I for one, believe that donations for your achievements are well earned. Thanks guys for taking the time to bring us ICS.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
Don't ever feel obligated to donate. That's not the intention.

It's an option for those that like to show gratitude by letting money talk.

Personally, I've always though of a thanks as more than adequate for doing something that we actually enjoy doing.

So thank you.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Restola:
Except for the video recording issues I haven't found anything negative (this was in the op of course)

Thanks devs
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
Native 3g hotspot doesnt work for me. It just turns on for a few seconds then turns off.

Not a huge deal because I hardly ever use it. Only everyonce in a while when my timewerner internet goes down or not near wifi on my laptop.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JojoSteez:
Only a couple issues so far. Netflix doesn't play at all, keeps giving me an error saying cannot start playback. I don't really use it much so maybe it will work when we get a RC.

GPS doesn't seem to work at all for me. Network location works fine but I cannot see any satellites at all in GPS Test and navigation/maps just hangs on searching for location. GPS worked fine in CM7, but not on CM9. I see everyone else seems to have no problems with GPS. This is actually the first GPS problem I have had since owning the epic besides the slow lock when we were on froyo. Any ideas on how to fix? I wiped everything and flashed, then restored apps with titanium, restored sms and call log with respective backup and restore apps. Thanks again.