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[Epic 4G Android Development] vmgc1131:
The rom is purely awesome but, is everyone's phone not going Idle or is it just mine?
[Epic 4G Android Development] socos25:
I have not had an issue with Deep sleep since like Alpha 2, and once when I tried Earthbounds kernel I could not get my phone to deep sleep, otherwise, no problems here.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tony45x220:
I can't get any picture mail or send any picture mail period (using stock messaging app and Handcent)....am I the only one having that issue...I'm on the FB15 modem?

Sent from my Rooted, Suited, & Booted OG Epic 4G, on ICS_4.0 KnowDat!
[Epic 4G Android Development] kehlan:
The battery draining is a known issue but I'm having a hard time getting any sort of insight on it. I get suggestions on what to do, but they don't work. I suggest just keeping a sharp eye on this thread.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tony45x220:
I've checked the bug report page...and it didn't have anyone having the issue on not being able to send or receive period...some peoples moved slow but this is a different situation...if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be a big help thanks OG epic community!

Sent from my Rooted, Suited, & Booted OG Epic 4G, on ICS_4.0 KnowDat!
[Epic 4G Android Development] EvanWasHere:
Going from 50% to 12% in 10 seconds is not battery drain... that's just sucking the life out of my battery like a crack addict.

Weird though.. I plugged in my battery and charged it for 20 min at 5:00.. I didnt see what the charge was up to when I unplugged it.. but 3-4 hours later, I am at 47% battery... Maybe the power percentage is being mis-reported?
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
Looks like a lot of fixes coming up for alpha 6. Can't wait!

I am really excited for all the future features that will be added to the CM9 upstream. Keep up the good work guys!
[Epic 4G Android Development] stilesja:
Mms send and receive have been working fine for me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] socos25:
Try clearing data for the messaging App. I am not sure if that will do the trick, but I have been able to receive everything. Haven't tried video messaging though.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pre2epic4g:
instead of giving answers like this why dont you be kind and answer the question being asked. be helpful rather than what you were.....
[Epic 4G Android Development] JojoSteez:
Ah, market settings, that makes sense. I was looking all over the phone settings. Thanks a lot!
[Epic 4G Android Development] pre2epic4g:
this should be discussed here on XDA since you posted it here.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JojoSteez:
It wouldn't help unless you had all the backgrounds. All my icons are blank. The icons you see in the screens are part of the background. Setting up LPP is the easiest part really. The rest took me hours to do in photoshop. And I don't want to post my LPP backup as it backs up settings also, which has my passwords to facebook/twitter, etc saved.

Also, you should reply to my post in the Show your homescreens thread so we can stay on topic in here.
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
whoa... alpha one is out already

don't forget to reflash gapps people!
[Epic 4G Android Development] JohnCorleone:
Congrats everyone! I stayed awake all night last night to get 4.0.4 up and rooted on my NS4G. I am so happy for you guys. Just in case it helps at all...Android OS and Android System are almost non existent on 4.0.4. Major victory here...ET4G people are all jealous! Lol. Keep up the great work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JojoSteez:
whoa, backing up and flashing now.
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
question about that dock patch... how do i do it?

links to this site

https://github.com/bbelos/android_k...mmit/22e2321f630f8af43c3b42f7ed0ef2595dc019d4

and i see there's another link for the app for the phone.

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i had no idea what you were talkign about, then i realized as far as battery use goes. good to know!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
You'll have to pull down the epicmtd kernel sources which are android_kernel_victory in cyanogenmod github. git cherry-pick that said commit into the local repo, then compile a zimage. Throw the zimage in a working ICS CM9 repo, brunch epicmtd, and you'll get a boot.img.

Otherwise, you can just recreate the steps it takes to get a boot.img. I think nubecoder has a boot.img script on his github as a shortcut. Hopefully that was concise.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bender beerman:
aaaaaaaaaaand... we'reback. flashing the new alpha now :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] iamchocho:
Tested it on mine and it seemed to work fine. Alpha 0, stock kernel, ei22 modem.

I toggled wifi on and off a few times and the setting held.

Side note, anyone get battery percent to work in status bar? How about brightness control status bar slider?
[Epic 4G Android Development] wtogami:
Hey Uberpinguin, please rename this thread to alpha 1.
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
Downloading alpha 1 right now. Thanks for the update!

edit: love the hardware keyboard fixing. Hoping that you guys can map the smiley key to the "@" symbol soon like in cm7. I keep hitting it and nothing happens ha :p
[Epic 4G Android Development] Decad3nce:
he's asleep. :P
[Epic 4G Android Development] iatedeadpeople:
Has anyone found a working flashlight app?
[Epic 4G Android Development] certifiednoob:
flashlight

Yeah the nexus torch works perfectly fine for me and its free
[Epic 4G Android Development] phirewire110:
Tiny Flashlight + LED

Been using this forever.

Edit: and it's free also.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dblkspecial:
I'm flashed over to cricket. I found a flashable zip to get my data working for cm7. That zip doesn't work for cm9. I tried the workaround mentioned to update prl and all that stuff..used that to use qpst to retrieve my data the way I normally would and still a no go..help please??
[Epic 4G Android Development] Wishkah420:
Is there no CRT on animation for CM9 or am I just missing it somewhere? If its not currently implemented will it be? The only thing I miss from CM7 is the crt on and the theme chooser. Thanks for your continued hard work!

- Sent from CM9 on my OG Epic 4G -
[Epic 4G Android Development] phirewire110:
There is CRT off by default.

However most custom CM settings aren't implemented into CM9 yet.

CRT off is working fine for me.

-CM9 alpha 1
[Epic 4G Android Development] tommi_han:
Yea I can send and receive txt and pics but not videos from another phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tony45x220:
hmm feel like spilling some beans on that next release (only if it won't step on any toes if you know what I mean)
[Epic 4G Android Development] dnathan13:
Check the blog from the op, it is all there
[Epic 4G Android Development] tony45x220:
hmm what's your modem set-up?...I even wiped everything did a fresh install just the BETA5 and GAPPS zips tried to send a picture...to no avail...

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What's your setup...kernel, modem and suck...I'm on shrunken I believe with the FB15 modem...it seems like I'm the only one having issues...with Handcent and the stock ICS messaging app
[Epic 4G Android Development] Speedin07si:
Well its ALPHA 5 and has been said "if your running a different kernel other then stock don't post bugs in this thread".

With that said I am on CM9 rom,kernel, no themes or tweaks and I can send and receive pictures and videos . It takes a while sometimes but it does go through.

Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tony45x220:
and I said I tried it again on a fresh install with the stock kernel and everything...still didn't work...but thank you the imput is appreciated
[Epic 4G Android Development] kobby2k6:
Are you using any programs that prevent apps from starting up continuously? I remember i used the "autostarts" to check "after startup" for Messaging once and I couldn't receive MMS..after unchecking it, I could recieve MMS again..just a suggestion, hope it helps
[Epic 4G Android Development] tmcwilliam01:
Okay this may be it. I was having the same issue with my MMS but I'm not using handcent I'm using go sms and from what I can see they are nearly the same. I uninstalled the stock mms app and had to go into the settings on go sms and select the option that stated I had uninstalled stock mms to allow for sms to start handling my mms. I hope this solves it for you. I was freaking out and had my wife sending everything to my email.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tony45x220:
Hmmm I'm definately willing to try...I'm using Handcent where do I go to change that setting?

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I'll start digging through the settings of Handcent..(there are PLENTY) and look for something similar...I experimented with so sms B4 myself...thank you for the imput
[Epic 4G Android Development] b16flybye:
Why did I ever odin to EL30 and flash MiUI!? Back to CM9!!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Cartmanz:
Check it out...

http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/02/road-to-cm9-alpha6-for-epic-4g.html?m=1

Sent from my SUPERCHARGED Epic running CM9 ICS A5
[Epic 4G Android Development] phirewire110:
I know this is from another device, but could mods like this be possible for our devices if not all devices?

Really loving the tabbed notification bar MIUI style.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1521362
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
This will never happen on stock CM9, the whole point of CM9 is to have to stock look and feel of Ice Cream Sandwich. However there is nothing stopping from someone for creating a custom patch from or device or to create a theme once CM9 gets theme support.
[Epic 4G Android Development] phirewire110:
So having widget buttons on the notification drawer is stock?

I thought thats why we have CM9 tweaks?
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
No its not stock, those are features add in but all of the coloring and ICS themes will not change. If you want this done either you will need to do it or find someone to do it for you. Plus the notification power widget can be turned off for a true stock if you want.
[Epic 4G Android Development] phirewire110:
The mod/tweak i'm more leaning on is the tabbed notification bar.

We got a great theme system, so that's not the issue.

and like the notification power widget, it can be toggled.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
CyanogenMod is currently taking suggestions. Perhaps bring this mod to their attention and they may consider adding it in upstream. Other than that it would probably have to be ported as a third party add on.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Senater_Cache:
Yes!

Bars go from blue to Gray all of a sudden, and I get no data throughput.

Only thing that helps is resetting the router and modem, and restarting the phone.

I know the router and network is up and runningn the whole time, because my iPad and computer are on it just fine the entire time CM9 is "down"....

anyone have any ideas?
[Epic 4G Android Development] EvanWasHere:
+1 I noticed this when I was steaming radio via wifi.. it kept cutting off... Seemed to happen when the screen timed itself out.. If I woke it up, it seemed to do better. I then switched off wifi, and used 3G.. and the streaming didnt cut off after that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] hayzooos:
In handcent, go into settings, then application settings. Click on 'Default Messaging appliaction' and choose the last option, which should be 'All (SMS&MMS)'. This will remove the need for the stock messaging app, which I've had removed for quite sometime, even before CM9 came out.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
Good day everyone. I'm looking to try this ROM out, but I seem to have trouble downloading the gapps. When I click on the this LINK, it brings me to a google search. I am able to download the CM9 zip. Any advice would be appreciated, THANKS!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Speedin07si:
Just click the first link that comes up on the google search. It'll take you to a page that has a mirror for them.

Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
That is correct; it is an automatic search for the google apps zip you need.

Click the top link and download the gapps hosted on that site.

JINX Speedin!! lol

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To test this as well, I turned on my wifi and then pandora.

I let my screen shut off (5 min) on its own, pandora is still playing just fine.

What streaming radio are you using?
[Epic 4G Android Development] EvanWasHere:
IHeartRadio

Do you have a bluetooth speaker? I also play my music over bluetooth... Maybe it is having a problem doing wifi and bluetooth together.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
ok yeah that is the difference, I have iHeatRadio on and my screen just turned itself off and its playing fine speaker or headphones. I don't use bluetooth though.

So it has to be bluetooth turning off.

There is an issue here that is about bluetooth shuting off when the screen does.

You might also want to add your experience there as well.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
I occasionally get wifi drops, but mainly when i'm moving around the building at work (multiple AP's to cover the full building) so i'm assuming it's just stuck for a min tryin to migrate between AP's. Normally a quick wifi toggle brings it right back in a matter of seconds..
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
Thanks, much appreciated! Two quick questions if you don't mind. Prior to the install, wipe everything? Also, do you know if the dialer has SPEED DIAL capabalities(sort of a big thing to me). Once again, thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Speedin07si:
If coming from another rom yes best to do a clean install. After you install it once you won't need to wipe to update to alpha 6,7,8,9 ect...

And to my knowledge no there is no speed dial but a good work around. You can create mutiple direct dial icons and put them together within the same icon.

Example:

Note the direct text I have set up.

Hope this helps and works for ya.

Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
Very cool thanks. I assume it's pretty easy to put multiple icons into one such as you did? Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] dnathan13:
Very simple, drag and drop
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
Thanks! :)

Will be flashing tonight.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Sandman, there is a Q&A thread for CM9 in Q&A and a Tips thread in General that may answer a lot of your questions just by reading the OP and first few posts.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
Will do...
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
For anyone that uses themes I just found out that Alpha 5 restores just fine without the boot loop issues themed from a nandroid. My KGBlues and Big Goron's themes have been tested and do restore and boot.
[Epic 4G Android Development] justppc:
What is the Icon between Gallery and Music on Speedin07si's home screen?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Speedin07si:
Edit: misread that. That icon is a widget for Tiny flashlight

Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LTV:
Currently rocking alpha2...should I flash this for newness? I'm having a few battery issues and wanna see if this'll help.

To be clear...I don't need to wipe anything before flashing the new Rom?
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Yes, there are MAJOR improvements to the current CM9, and the next Alpha fixes all video artifacts and disappearing music/images from your SD card. No need to wipe, it'll do it for ya!

By the way, this is DEFINITELY a rom you will want to stay up-to-date with!
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdee323:
There is a noticeable improvement with battery life. Just wipe cache and dalvik first if youre gonna flash over a2. You also might need to flash the latest gapps too.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
No might :D absolutely needs to flash latest gapps as well.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
Just flashed, so far pretty cool. Two quick questions?

1) can I get rid of that search bar on the home page?

2) how do I put a widget on a page?

Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] lmsomb:
1)yes you can

2) in the app drawer you will find the apps and the widgets... They are separated by tabs
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
How in reference to the search bar?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Speedin07si:
Settings>launcher>homescreen. Uncheck the prescient search option .

Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Xinlitik:
It's in launcher settings
[Epic 4G Android Development] mroien:
Dropped Calls and no sound on calls

Is anyone have the same problem that I am recently on Alpha 5? I'll make a phone call and there is no sound on my end of the call or on the other but the timer is ticking like I'm on a call. Also, when I am on a call sometime it will just disconnect the call.

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Also my brightness will automatically go to full blast a few seconds after I reduce it to the minimum. Its not on Auto brightness.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ICStevenC.:
Same thing has happened to me too. I've tried Groove IP to make calls too and the same thing has happened. Also, is it just me or are the proximity sensors or whatever they're called not working? The screen doesn't turn off when I put the phone next to my face.
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
i have a problem where after a while the phone will revert to switching to landscape view after a while even when the phone is locked and the setting is unchecked. may have something to do with the samsung dock. a reset will fix it for a while
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
Is this a clean install of A5?

Did you restore data?

Are you running a different kernel?

Any theme installed?

If it isn't a clean install; I recommend downloading the zips again but from a different mirror (both the cm9 zip and the gapps zip (gapps-ics-20120224-signed)). wipe everything including data, flash cm9 and then gapps, boot, sign into google and then test again before setting any apps up or restoring any data.
[Epic 4G Android Development] beltsnspoons:
Quick question about this post from the cm9 blog. I'm really sorry if it has already been asked. I've been trying to search back in the forum but I'm in a bad area for wifi and im having a hilacious time getting pages to load. I'm actually pretty surprised i got this page to load... (this was my fourth, and would have been final, try) :(

Anyways....

Battery: If your sdcard has many files you should add .nomedia files to all directories that do not contain media like photos or music so the media scanner will skip them. You especially want .nomedia in directories containing CWM or Titanium backups. For most people media scanning takes only a few seconds, but some experience 30+ minutes of 100% CPU usage during media scanning due to a rare bug that we have not yet been able to isolate.

-from Warren on the cm9 blog

Do we just use a blank text file called .nomedia in each large folder that contains no media? If i understand correctly, that's what he means, like with the .oneconfirm blank text file to get rid of all the no's on CWM, but i just wanted to be sure, and to ask for anyone else's sake who wasn't sure.

BTW, I'm not getting 30+ minute times on media scans, but they are quite long sometimes. I've seen them last over 4 minutes, which is entirely too long, I believe, especially when you're waiting for your phone to boot up after a reboot for whatever reason. And 100% cpu usage for over 4 minutes can't be good. So, thank you for this fix.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
the easiest way i found to do it, was mount USB, look through a couple folders till you find it (make sure you have show hidden files turned on in windows) and just copy the .nomedia file you find into any of the folders you don't want it to scan.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CapsLockKey:
Edit: Nevermind. Works now.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DCRocks:
does .nomedia also cause the scan skip to include the subdirectories?
[Epic 4G Android Development] joshts0:
I'm still researching, but haven't found anything yet... Are there issues with it corrupting the sd card ? It's happened to me a couple of times so far... So annoying!

Sent from my HP Touchpad
[Epic 4G Android Development] wtogami:
sdcard is one of the first things that fail on a phone. noobnl's sdcard died yesterday. I personally have never experienced sdcard corruption. If you do, I would suspect failure.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LTV:
Gotcha, thank you.

Dumb question #2. This was my first time using a different Kernel, do I need to wipe everything because of that? Just makin' sure. Thanks y'all. Just trying to get

this battery life up!
[Epic 4G Android Development] ac16313:
Yes. Yes it does, good sir

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Yes. Also, naming a folder you want to be skipped with a "." At the beginning does the same trick.

Ie, if you want /sdcard/temp/ to be skipped, just name it /sdcard/.temp/ and that folder and everything in it will be skipped.

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
I wanna be the first to say...Beta0 is out!!! :D

http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/03/cm9-beta0-for-epic-4g-released.html

Edit: Just noticed no more face unlock! How would I be able to keep this? :(

I know it doesn't work well, but I just love having the feature.
[Epic 4G Android Development] marquisdee1018:
Just downloaded it. It should be a separate download for face unlock.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Link please?
[Epic 4G Android Development] socos25:
Is it not in the post above?
[Epic 4G Android Development] marquisdee1018:
It's not on the site anymore. Do you remember what version of gapps it was in? I have all of them and I can't remember which one they took it out of.
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
Virgin Mobile fix for Beta 0 is up:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22403917#post22403917
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
Even easier - enter the directory that you wish to exclude (e.g. cd /sdcard/ExcludeMe) - you can use adb shell from a computer, terminal emulator from your phone, any method that provides access to your phone's command line interface will do

Once in the desired directory, type 'touch .nomedia' to create a blank file named .nomedia (if the file already exists, the touch command simply updates the 'last accessed' time stamp)

You can also just type the full path to the desired location, eliminating the need to change directory (cd - see where the letters came from?):

'touch /sdcard/somepathtoadirectory/.nomedia'

I recommend actually going to the desired directory, because typing the full path increases the odds of a mistake.

There is nothing special about the .nomedia file. In fact, the only thing that matters is the name :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
yaaaaaay dock sound redirect works perfect. does the DSP manager work through the dock audio?
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
speaking of docks. Does anyone elses volume bar show up and go crazy like mine does when I first plug it in?
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
nope sorry
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
hmm maybe my dock is bad.
[Epic 4G Android Development] greenmuggy:
this thread sucks...

beta now...

ftw...
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Goodbye Alpha thread...you were great, exciting and amusing to us all!
[Epic 4G Android Development] wscott9903:
Deuces CM9 Alpha thread