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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustSayTech:
three questions:

Have you tried the stock G2 music app, from the tmobile rom builds?

your main concern is just getting the player to send info of what song is playing etc right?

there are really good players on Google Play, i dont know about the bluetooth capabilities, but why not make life easier, and take on day to install maybe 5 of the top ones and try them all out one by one with your cars stereo and see what your results are?

also try doubleTwist

There are also apps that let you control what your android device can send over bluetooth, i dont remember it right now, but there was one that was capable of "unlocking" different bluetooth features for devices and apps that didnt regularly support them...

but if the music track info thing is really a killer decision then idk what more to tell you, this rom has a lot to offer, i dont think track info over bluetooth should be that big a deal

and lastly, sometimes its best to check the other end, clear your bt phone settings from your car, check if your cars unit software can be upgraded then resync and try, all the best.

when you say "sync with my bluetooth radio", what exactly do you mean? your radio will show you a list of your contacts?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] philosophics:
Just wondering, if you don't want to waste your time trying alternatives, how did you ever find the time to mod your device in the first place?

I ask because it doesn't make sense that you would install a rom and not customize it to your liking on your own. The developers did a fine enough job providing you with the rom your using and it's not even official. They go out of their way to provide something amazing and then a comment like this is made that kinda leads to a low blow.

Apollo wasn't working for me either (not gonna lie, it blows hardcore monkey danglees) but that is the app CM chose. I removed it and downloaded doubletwist. Works better than any app I tried. It's all about trial and error.

If not being able to use the music app from CM7 is a deal breaker for you because you don't want to take the time to resolve your own personal issue, that's very disappointing. But that is the price you pay for modding a phone. If you dont have the skills to build your own rom, then it's only common sense to customize the rom you choose to your liking to the best of your abilities.

Don't take this as a bash, take it as constructive advice...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Lone Shepherd:
I mis-spoke earlier; the stock music app on this ROM met my needs. In a recent build, it was replaced with Apollo, which does not.

I recognize that I may be in a small minority who uses the phone to stream and control music over bluetooth -- Apollo does not provide current track info, neither does (did?) Winamp. The stock music app on 7.2 provided some info, and the stock music app on the older build in this thread provided even more info.

So it was frustrating to upgrade my build and find the stock app, which I used, gone -- replaced by an app that works poorly for my primary use case (streaming music in my car).

I appreciate the doubletwist suggestion -- I will give it a try.

I also appreciate the info from another poster about why the 7.2 music.apk won't work (and isn't actually what I wanted, anyway) -- I will try the music.apk from the last version of this build that contained it; as that should work.

Is there an easy way to remove Apollo completely? In the "manage apps" settings I could disable, but not uninstall it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustSayTech:
download Terminal Emulator

give Terminal Emulator super user acces by typing "su" (without the quotes) then press enter

mount /system to rw (google it)

then type "cd /system/apps" (again without the quotes)

then "rm Apollo.apk"

reboot your phone and it should be gone

wow after typing all that i realized you could just use the Titanium Backup and delete it :D

also still curious as to whether or not you tried the Google Play Music app? its the app in the Google Play Store by Google with the orange headphones icon
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jspina:
Either that or use es file explorer or root explorer and delete apollo
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Lone Shepherd:
I briefly looked at it -- seems like it requires a network connection? Or at the very least sync'ing up a bunch of music from a computer to their service. Looks like doubletwist also ignores all the music on my phone.

I want to play music that's on my phone; I don't want a media player that requires streaming, or requires that I go through their login/setup procedure to have it see music that's already on my phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustSayTech:
it only requires you to do so once and you can use the google account already linked to your phone, but after that it reads all the music on your phone, you dont even need to have songs in Google Music (the service) for it to play songs that are already on your phone
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shayraz:
Multitouch bug still not fixed (e.g. Smart Keyboard Pro)

This bug is not evident in Andromadus 5 (which is based upon CM I am told) so not sure what difference is to the ROM:

This issue has been there since CM beta 10...

*** PREVIOUS POST ***

After installing CM9, I notice using Smart Keyboard Pro that there is now sometimes a hang or "crash" of the keyboard when typing with 2 fingers.

E.g.:

Smartkeyboard pro, multitouch option selected.

During typing very fast with 2 fingers, the keybaord sometimes becomes completely unresponsive especially when trying to hit spacebar.

Workaround: Press 2 fingers on the spacebar and it starts working again.

Using only 1 finger to type, smartkeyboard works OK and never hangs.

Or if I turn off multitouch support in Smart keyboard options, then again it works OK (but many typing errors).

Same version of smartkeyboard on CM7 never had this issue and worked perfectly fine. Also works fine on ICS Andromadus 5...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 0.0:
has anyone's "system" not been responding, and a popup appears saying whether to wait or force close? mine has been doing that a lot lately...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] laff4fun:
Ditto that. The OP states that the only issue is with the fonts...

Don't get me wrong, this is a GREAT build, but having

a working camcorder would be nice.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Matze5800:
Well, i don't think that 720p-recording is usefull in any way with that camera quality...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] orangemaze:
I highly disagree, I used my G2 to film a concert and the video footage was awesome. I use it as my main camera these days, and without 720p, I went back to 7.2.

I am going to another concert tomorrow, and will be filming the entire show using my G2.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rand0m_insanity:
Mine does, but only after I install or update apps from Google Play. My phone really slows down a lot during that process, but I am not sure if it is caused by the fact that I have around 200 apps installed :D. Anyway, system always hangs on me, but I mostly click wait, and it goes away. When updates are done, my phone is back to normal.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
Same here. Aside from the audio, my footage from a concert was better than my friend's iphone 4S! :eek:

I wish someone would make a camera app that recorded HQ audio. Would totally pay for that. Our G2 can record very high quality audio.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustSayTech:
clear data from Google Play in Application Settings

flash latest Google Apps (even if you did already)

open Google Play to let it retrieve fresh settings

should be fine after that
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] m509272:
Was getting it a lot when on RC1. However, when I went to RC2, I did a clear cache, etc which I didn't do going from the betas to RC1 and am seeing way less "Wait or force close" then I was. I think I have seen 2 in the last few days versus 5-6 a day.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] _symo_:
I've noticed this issue..happend to me too.yeah very annoying! Is there a solution?

Inviato dal mio HTC Vision con Tapatalk 2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] raza1:
Cannot install somehow

I tried to install this version, but it gets stucked at the white screen with HTC.

I tried a Superwipe, factory reset and clear cache but nothing worked. Reinstalled Lightsense rom where I came from and my phone was working immediately.

Anyone know what was going wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] franky1029:
Along with many other ROMs, SIP accounts don't seem to be working on outbound calls. Can anyone confirm this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] spooke:
Yeah, there was a .zip for Cyanogen Mod 7 that allowed the standard app to record high quality audio, I tried it and the results were great! Not too bothered with video quality.

There was a video of it on YouTube but can't find it now.. Hopefully someone can recreate it for use with ICS? :laugh: :good:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
track pad wake working yet?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Killer1desireZ:
Trackpad wake has been working since the first time i installed this rom (beta 12).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Corias:
As for me, build 2 is far more stable than first one. No more memory leaks after using camera. The only bad thing is that there is still no proper physical keyboard layout for russian retail version of DZ. Still have to patch layout manually and install rukeyboard app.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Corias:
Sorry for doublepost, but I forgot an interesting notice: through all builds my trackpad doesn't work if I wipe dalvik cache. The only solution I found is to pull out battery after boot (seems like device rebuilds cache after unwanted power-off).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] raza1:
Nobody? Would really like to install this Rom.:crying:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustSayTech:
did you follow ALL the instructions, you have to flash more than just the rom, there is also a link to a needed radio to flash

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1632482

try flashing that first then the rom

but only after completely wiping your phone

also if you still having trouble, try following instructions on CyanogenMod's site for installing CM7 then try to flash this rom after CM7 is successfully running
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heathenasparagus:
I am using this rom, it has its issues, but they are not communication.

should I still upgrade my radio ? if so, what version ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
****, i meant track pad wake and track pad unlock?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] .ili.music.ili.:
There is no trackpad unlock.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Matze5800:
Trackpad unlock is not implemented, but you could unlock it with the menu button.

Gesendet von meinem HTC Vision mit Tapatalk 2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rand0m_insanity:
What version are you using? I'm using a pretty "old" radio right now. The reason why I didn't upgrade is because I fear it might not work well with my carrier here. Maybe when I get another phone, I can experiment around ans try the .19 radio.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] magno23:
how good is the battery life? im currently using miui 2.3 and using wifi almost all day i can reach the end of the day with almost 20% of battery life, how would it be if i use this rom?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustSayTech:
the rom is pretty decent on battery life, but it all depends on how you use any rom, and everyone uses it differently, you really would have to just try it and see
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wcterp:
Forgive me for not digging through the hundreds of pages of this thread, where this may have been answered. With the news of an ICS release coming for the Desire HD, does that mean we'll be getting an official driver for the camera on the Desire Z? Or do we already have a driver as good as it's going to get, and any glitches with the current release are due to other reasons?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Killer1desireZ:
Does anybody else has "no service" showing up when pulling down the notification bar? I get is all the time but service is just fine?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DON_58:
From what I've gathered, the CM team has to completely rewrite the broken camera drivers for the device which takes a while. That is why an official release has taken so long. That and the fact that the OMX has to be rewritten as well but it is my understanding that can be done relatively quick.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] philosophics:
Can't say that I do but every now and then, I get a notification saying my sim card is full which is a lie.

To be entirely honest, I couldnt stand this rom for a while. It was so laggy and i would have to pull the battery at least twice a day. It probably had something to do with the 237 user apps that was installed.

I finally gave in and completely wiped the device and started over. Instead of using ADW EX as my default launcher (still a little sad about it due to the fact that I've used it since it was originally released), I am now using Go Launcher EX and have very little apps on the device now.

I must say, all my problems with this rom were a result of i-d-10-t errors. Since the wipe, this rom FLIES. So impressed with the responsiveness. Then I setup V6 and was blown away again. It's like I have a brand new phone again. And Apollo has no problems with playback anymore.

Before the wipe, I had on average 53mb of free ram. Now I have around 92mb free. Still not what I want but a little bit goes a long way. CPU is at 1209 on InteractiveX with no profiles. Battery life is decent and I have no complaints.

All in all, I know this rom is gonna get that much better with every build. My only gripe as of right now is the Sim card full notification. Never had it until this rom.

Keep up the great work!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rand0m_insanity:
Ah, that would do just fine. Mine is even way older than that. As others here say, you can try to upgrade to the latest driver, and if it does not work, go back to your current one.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] EdKeys:
If you are using the latest wifi calling designed for ICS, then you should upgrade your SIM card to the latest released by T-Mobile. Most of us were upgraded for free by mentioning the SIM errors. Read more here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1664106
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heathenasparagus:
Does upgrading improve QoS ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] raza1:
So now I have a ****ty problem.

Updated the radio, installed this rom and now it's still stucked with the green HTC sign. Cannot do anything because the radio-file keeps updating and rebooting. Sd-card doesn't show up when connected with pc.

Please help needed quickly!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] trsanning:
You will have to put the sd card into an external card reader and remove the radio file from sd card.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustSayTech:
take a step back and breathe (woo-sah) i think i can best help you solve your problem if you pm me, dont want to flood the posts with failed attempts at an isolated incident
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rand0m_insanity:
It may or may not improve at all. I haven't flashed much radios because I usually don't have problems with my signal reception. Its your call. If you have some issues with reception or anything radio-related, perhaps you should give it a try.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] philosophics:
I already have a new sim card cause it was finally determined that I was getting slow speeds due to the 5 year old sim card I had. So that shouldn't be a problem...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Killer1desireZ:
Anyone? :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] EdKeys:
Check it out...you'll need to pull it to be sure...it should be the TM9177. Any earlier version will give the SIM card full error with wifi calling active.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 0.0:
Rc2 is being released now. Just a heads up :)

Check cyanogen Google+ page or blog

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
:P Does it still suck battery like nobody's business? (was the main reason I switched from CM9 beta 14 unofficial to EliteMod ICS :P)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 0.0:
I'm on a mytouch so idk. I ported this ROM (RC 1) to work on my phone, but battery seemed ok. I was able to get 10+ hrs on it. Not too bad

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heathenasparagus:
EdKeys:

Your signature says you are using this: CM9 ICS Andromadus

would you recommend it more than this rom ?

faster ? more reliable ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xiefeilaga:
Weird car mode behavior (and speakerphone)

Folks,

I'm getting some weird behavior here.

My phone keeps going into car mode, even when I'm not plugged into anything.

Also, most of the time when I answer the phone, it turns on the speakerphone.

I did a full wipe and reinstall, and the problem is still there. First started showing up in Beta 13

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Matze5800:
Well, why don't you try another rom first...

Gesendet von meinem HTC Vision mit Tapatalk 2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
But then who would be our guinea pig to relay issues and such back to the developers for future improvements?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heathenasparagus:
Same here, thought this was because of the water damage to my phone.

Also, do you have trouble mounting the phone as usb drive ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] LeithJones:
This is an issue that is pretty common on the Desire HD. I've never seen it on the G2/DZ before, but on the DHD it's caused by junk on the usb connector.

I've repaired the issue on 2 different DHDs by cleaning the junk off the USB pins with a toothpick. I'd recommend you remove the battery before doing this, just in case.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Corias:
Is RC2 expected soon?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nikishek:
Will by CM9 for HTC Desire Z officialy?

Because in officialy "downloads" is nothing : http://get.cm/?device=vision&type=RC

So my question is: if this is unofficialy, then it's a some port from officialy CM9 device? Vision is not supported? I am confused by this :((((
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
Correct, the Desire-Z/G2 is not officially supported by the Cyanogenmod group past CM 7.2.0, so this one is a port off an official CM9 release. Kind of like how there's an unofficial port of the AOKP release for DZ/G2 that's been ported to our devices.

Far as ICS (4.0.4) goes most of the roms will have been ported from various CM9, AOKP, AOSP, Adromadus, Virtuous, etc builds especially if there was no official support for the device to begin with (especially as there is no official/stock release of ICS for Desire-Z/G2). Take the rom in my signature for example, it's using the CM9 kernel (from this unofficial release) on a AOKP rom (from their unofficial release) and some tweaks he did of his own for his own Desire-Z.

Short Version: It's unlikely you'll ever see an "Official" cyanogenmod release for the DZ/G2 after 7.2.0 (gingerbread)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wileykat:
I had this a few weeks ago on CM7,..... then no matter what rom I flashed, same thing...... yep yep, as above guy said, cleaned usb as best I could, and also inserted a tiny screwdriver in to make sure the pins weren't touching the the top or bottom.

Haven't had the issue return as yet,.... fingers crossed!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] popimp315:
I beg to differ...I wish I could find the post where he said it will be coming. It was on the cyanogenmod site.

Sent from planet Vegeta.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
If you mean CM9 official, that was probably said when HTC still said the DesireHD was getting ICS to patch up the loose ends in an ICS setup (which has now been officially canceled).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Pantherx12:
It was quite recently actually, one of the Cyanogen mod team still uses a Desire Z, they're just not releasing it officially until the camera drivers are finished.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
Which will be quite a while longer if ever (depends on if someone actually wants to reverse engineer the thing), especially since DHD been officially canceled for ICS, there won't be an ICS driver to pull those from.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Pantherx12:
They said it was being written from scratch which is why it's taking so long.

Obviously I'm not holding my breath but the hope is there :highfive:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DON_58:
I think you're referring to this.

http://i50.tinypic.com/zv4lyb.png
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
Least it was said recently, but yea if they/someone is planning on writing the drivers from scratch, it probably would have taken just as long for HTC to release ICS for DHD anyways before they officially canceled it.

:P And when they do, we'll just hear a bunch of people whining about how the new camera driver don't work in their Sense rom when they try to flash CM's kernel over it :D hehe.

---------- Post added at 02:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 AM ----------

While it would be nice to actually get 720p recording back in ICS, as long as I can take a 2+MP picture via my phone and MMS it to someone or scan barcodes I'm actually pretty content with that limitation (particularly as I already have a expensive digital camera for that kind of stuff anyways).

I would reasonably assume that the unofficial port would be pretty close to what CM9 official would have been anyways.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Pantherx12:
I'm not bothered by the lost of 720p, it's everything else that annoys me. Camera can't choose the right exposure settings and focus is a bit out. (fine detail takes a huge hit)

I used to take lovely pictures with my DZ now I don't bother with the camera at all ( other ICS features are worth the sacrifice though)

Two pictures ( sorry they are of different things) one taken with an ICS rom, one taken with original stock rom camera.

The difference is night and day so I'm really hoping the drivers cyanogen mod team are working on work nicely :highfive:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 0.0:
Good find ;)

That was in the myTouch 4G section. Cheers for both of our phones hopefully being able to get cm10! Also, desire s drivers may be compatible as well. So I've heard from a dev...

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
Don't think the Desire s camera is going to be any use, thus why the hang up on waiting for desire HD (too many people assume that desire X will be close to desire Y)

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 0.0:
Desire s camera files allow me to take pics on my phone. I find that something. Idk if it will lead to anything though...

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nikishek:
Sounds great ! So there is still some hope :')

I'm... :-/ for example not working encryption (i like phone security), Spirit FM radio here is very buggy (i often listen to FM radio). I don't like add some 3th party apps, because it's slow down my Vision. It's only reason why i'm still on 7.2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Matze5800:
Mirror for RC2: http://matze5800.de/CM9-vision-RC2.zip

Flashing it completely destroyed my gapps, only reflashing fixed them.

Thx for this great ROM :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustSayTech:
not trying to be a troll, but you dont like 3rd party apps but you use a custom build of Android?

btw Spirit is a very good attempt at trying to cover many devices with random hardware for fthe capability or fm radio

iirc the tmobile G2 doesnt have a dedicated fm radio app in the stock builds