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[Epic 4G General] iil:
Ha this thread/poll does not bash devs. They work on CM9 for themselves, the prestige and the challenge of doing it too. They'd just use this as motivation. This is a good question. Anyways - I'm on cm9 now and am enjoying it more than I expected too. Battery life does not seem to last as long but I still get through the day. alpha3 seemed to work out some of the more annoying bugs (for me), like fixing the speakerphone.

Honestly, I'd make a backup in clockwork and then flash. Worst that happens you restore the backup.
[Epic 4G General] travmofosho:
Tw roms all the way!! Lol I REALLY REALLY want to love cyanogen mod (7 & 9) and have spend days if not weeks running it but I realize that it just doesn't do it for me. Although I think its a great idea and good for some. I realize that it just doesn't serve what I like. Just like people said if you don't like the bugs then don't use it. I personally love a stable phone with fully functioning everything (for the most part) and (don't bash me for saying this) but tw is more customizable in my opinion. I really don't care where my clock sits or what my lockscreen is so those don't really attract me. Also battery life on cm 7 and 9 have been terrible for me and I'm gone from the house from 8am to 10pm most days and it just doesn't last. I'm glad that we have cyanogen mod 9 now and am grateful for all the devs and there hard work but its not for me. Its just like themes in my opinion. Just because someone doesn't like a certain theme... that doesn't mean that the theme sucks! It just means that's not your flavor ;) lol
[Epic 4G General] freedomfighter2006:
I've tried the newest Alpha build (Alpha 3) and it seems to run okay, a little laggy at times though. I would suggest sticking to the latest version of CLEANGB or whatever TW ROM you've been running if you don't have time to customize it after each new Alpha version comes out. I know I'm going to wait untill they at least have a Beta version out, then I'll probably make the switch.
[Epic 4G General] freedomfighter2006:
Don't get me wrong, for an Alpha version, CM9 is running fantastic. It's definitely on track to become the majority of Epic owners daily ROM!
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
CM9 is incomparably awesome. Too much sexy. Too much win.
[Epic 4G General] b16flybye:
I must agree with some others here. Your topic is a ginormous diss to the devs who gave us cm9. Its in alpha and operates pretty goll damn smooth! No hatred towards you, but yes, CM9 is already epic, and its going to be epicer......er....

Sent from my C9AN0GEN-MOd EpicOG
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
IMO, it depends on what you use your phone for most.

I do not think asking if people should make the switch is a diss at anyone, just an effort to get info out to those that do not live every second on XDA, and may not know all the details as of yet.

It is labeled as Alpha, that leads to the obvious and fair question: Is it ready to be a daily driver?

I would say yes for some, but not for all.

There ARE reasons NOT to make the jump, depending on how you need to use you phone.

If you are a video junkie, and use your phone for videos all the time, then I would say hold off

If you have the stock battery that came with the Epic, with no way to charge all day, then once again, I would say hold off

If battery life is not a concern (like for me, as I have a half dozen extras), and if you can live with the video tearing, then I would jump on this right away.

More so, if you are an advanced user, that loves to live on the bleeding edge.

For an Alpha, this build is pretty well polished, with just a few minor items (like themes) waiting to come upstream.

One item I do not know about, is bluetooth, as I do not use it.

Overall, I have run into almost no issues at all, outside of the video tearing. I was even able to install my fav theme the old fashioned way.

For a CM9 build, this is simply outstanding, and is just about the nicest build I have yet to run on my Epic.

When the video tearing gets fixed, this will be, at least for me, a flawless ROM.
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
It's simple. If you actually have to ask this question than flashing a rom in alpha is probably not worth it to you. Sounds like the OP doesn't like to flash his phone much, and jumping on the CM9 wagon you are pretty much committing to flashing your phone once a week at this point.

Honestly, if it's too much trouble to make a nandroid backup of your current rom so you can flash CM9 just to test drive it, then don't bother and wait until it's a release class.
[Epic 4G General] Speedin07si:
I can say using my bluetooth ear piece for phone calls works 100% of the time. Idk about connecting to cars or using it for music.

Sent from my CM9 Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Thanks for everyone's input. I did not mean, in anyway, for this to be a diss to the devs. DCRocks, thank you for doing the comparison. I've decided I'm going to flash alpha4 when available, ONLY because it fixes the "ring of death" and multitouch (I like multitouch since I play some fps games on my phone).
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
I agree with this. Bluetooth (earpiece) has worked better on CM9 than any other ROM I've used whether it be CM7, any MTD/BML ROM to date.

I don't have bluetooth in my car and my 'super nice' bluetooth piece doesn't support A2DP :(.
[Epic 4G General] travmofosho:
Don't worry about it Acer :) you have been around this community for awhile and have been nothing but helpful! I'm sure if anyone knows how Acer meant it.. it would be the developers of this community. Having over 400 thanks obviously doesn't show that you diss people nor are you being UNhelpful. I for one am thankfull for the post as I don't know much about CM9 either (well besides how much Biggoron loves it lol ;)) anyway that's all I have to say. *soap box over*
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Haha to I brag about it too much??? :o

Whoops its just that awesome especially since I'd never think Wed ever get ics

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:
[Epic 4G General] schnowdapowda:
How is a guy asking about the stability of an ALPHA a diss to the devs? I hope ya'll are joking otherwise grow up.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Its alpha because CM9 as a whole is alpha, not because our CM9 is an alpha.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] AndrewZorn:
You still have not justified a poll thread for such a thing. This is absurd.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
I did the poll because not everyone likes to make a big giant response, so I get to see a larger amount of users' opinion on CM9. And even if you find it absurd, what's the harm in making the poll? Is it physically/mentally hurting you? You've already made your complaint, and I apologize if you took it the wrong way, but you do not have to continue bashing me for what you believe I did was not justified. It's not like I'm the only one who hasn't made a pointless thread before, and to me, this was a very useful thread and made me more confident on my decision to flash CM9.
[Epic 4G General] usagi111:
No.

And that's all I'm saying.

*Rolls Eyes*
[Epic 4G General] philowneus:
Hide voicemail notification.
[Epic 4G General] edufur:
I think the Alpha is better than most of the "stable" roms that are out there. I am running alpha 2 and just left EI22 in place. Runs great! Make sure to wipe 3x before installing. Install google voice for your voicemail...

one more plus is.... you get Google Chome available to you in the market. :-)

It IS worth it. Best daily driver that I've used.
[Epic 4G General] xjayman:
thank you for this thread. I and I'm sure many others read up on cm9 and wonder if ics is worth the bugs at the moment. I've thought about flashing to try it out but figured I'd be nandroiding back right away like I did with stock el30. Anyway nice to get some opinions.
[Epic 4G General] the_dark_knighton:
I've been running Cm9 since day one, and I couldn't be happier. I haven't had really any problems with it. I've never experienced the ringing of death, but now I'll probably get it! ;) it runs great. I use tb for restoring apps w/ data.

Sent from my Cyanogenmodded Epic4g! Wanna fight about it?
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
Whether you wait for Alpha 1..2..3..4. 5678910. It is what it is, an Alpha Build. If you're looking to stray away from any inconveniences, stay on stock.

If you want to try things out, flash the CM9 Alpha build.

If you're looking for a "perfect" CM9 build, it doesn't exist. There's always room for improvement, even after it reaches a Release Candidate state.

There's no ETA but common sense will tell you that CM9 builds in March will be an advancement due to in part that the CM7 Stable Release is "due" by the end of February. Leaving March a good guesstimate for focusing on CM9 more than what they already have done. And not just our CM Devs, but CM devs on all devices who commit to global upstream commits.

If you made this thread (aside from questioning about bugs and glitches over CM9) to keep tabs on CM9 because you're curious over it, then bookmark the epiccm blog, bookmark the epic mtd gerrit review on cyanogenmod, and bookmark the epic bugs link on google code.
[Epic 4G General] Vizzo:
Where does it say a stable release of cm7 is due by the end of Feb? Just curious if you could share a link. Or is it on the blog?
[Epic 4G General] WBaumgartner:
My $.02

I just flashed this last night. Battery drain has been good, about 1.5% per hour on standby. CPU frequency easily hits 100MHz. Minor issues with screen rotation, this has been addressed several times elsewhere, but I can easily live with/work around it by manually rotating. No issues with 3G, no 4G in my area, and I haven't tried wifi yet. Overall, so far I'm impressed, and unless I encounter some major issue, I have my new daily driver.
[Epic 4G General] RealTic:
cm9 makes me cream my pants on a daily basis, any more questions?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Feels like an addiction. I go back to CleanGB for a day or two then back to CM9 for the next 3 or 4 days. I can't stay away!
[Epic 4G General] RealTic:
Agreed, its also nice to be able to read my gmails without super scroll lag this rom is the ****
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
Noobnl said it in irc, you won't find it posted anywhere.
[Epic 4G General] cf8510:
I think the biggest thing about using Alpha versions is that it is better to have more people using it, the more hands its in, the more problems can be brought to light and corrected.
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
I would agree considering everyone uses their phones differently and have different priorities. Some people don't use their phone as an actual phone, so they don't care about the 'ring of death' and they wouldn't even notice it. Other people don't do video recording on their phone so they wouldn't realize how bad the video recorder is on CM7, but that's a deal breaker to some people. Some don't care about battery life as they either hardly use their phone or they're around a charger all day, so the fact CM9 has some battery issues isn't much of an issue to them.

Vice versa for all these as well, so as stated, the more people using it as it's intended (stock), the more people will discover bugs others would never notice. They can then be corrected and each improvement is an actual improvement as a whole.
[Epic 4G General] uabassguy:
Do it! I have CM9 running with an EI22 modem (EL30 gets hot too easy, and battery life seemed to suffer)
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
it depends if you want to have the newer android then yes.

if you need your data to work well, you use hacked sprint wireless hotspot, don't want to have to flash an upgrade every week or so; need your GPS, and good battery life and to have streaming apps to work rite then no.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
I've already gone ahead and flashed lol. I don't need the wireless hotspot since wireless tethering is already built in. GPS works, data works, and all my apps work. You sound like you're having some issues with CM9. Are none of these working for you?
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
thought the built in wireless tether didn't work yet. gps has never been great. data is slow but works alot better on MarcusantROM v3 same thing with NHL game center. idk the radio part of the nhl game center and watch games isn't as good. and some of the gamesoft games couldn't use the TiB to get the data back.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Who needs built in tether when wifi tether works perfectly? Gps has never given me any issues, but this has been true on all ROMS for me, regardless of what build they were based on. My speeds for 3g are 2mb down 700mb up at night, 1.5mb down 500mb up peak hours. Do you mean Gameloft games? I have all the popular HD ones and backed up/restored them just fine with TB. My point is only this. Your experience isn't the end all be all of how cm9 is. Obviously there's some unknown that caused your issues because I, and many, don't have them. Just sayin.
[Epic 4G General] RealTic:
Cm9 is a great rom, I think people tend to be spoiled at the fact this is only alpha 4 with minimum bugs currently present.... battery life will increase in time, have patience please.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
My battery life is fine. I get 98% deep sleep overnight and minimal wakelocks and kernel wakes at only a drain of 5% over 9hrs. Currently running at 1.2ghz with shadow and get 3-4hrs screen on time respectively with the 1800mah Epic Touch battery.
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
i did mean gameloft. After using Tib it say it said wasn't an Original copy. with cm9 alpha 4 late nite im getting 1.32mb down, 0.83mb up on 3G. idk everybody's phone is different.
[Epic 4G General] Curtis33:
cm9 ics

cm9 is the best ROM I have used. There is no way I will go back to a TW ROM.
[Epic 4G General] beltsnspoons:
had to waste a thanks on that, i was just shouting that **** the other day at my son. "BILLY! GET TO THE CHOPPER!"
[HTC Wildfire S] ciripian:
I searching for an WWE rooted rom for wildfire s , with the language of rest of the Europe any ideas ? :confused:
[HTC Wildfire S] Android311:
what is wwe? I no what wwf is :p

NookColor ICS 9 Nightly "Overclocked"
[HTC Wildfire S] theq86:
I think WWE is World Wide English. It was a ROM prefix added to former Windows Mobile Roms which were not multilingual.

the term should be obsolete with android because it ships multiple languages.
[HTC Wildfire S] Android311:
O ok didn't no that :p I speak English and didnt even no that haha
[HTC EVO 3D] eXplicit815:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/htc-ice-cream-sandwich-with-sense-preview-in-europe/
[HTC EVO 3D] Rydah:
Bs

Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
[HTC EVO 3D] SkuzFoz:
Does the HTC Sensation not have the Adreno 220? Does the Evo 3D not have an Adreno 220?

Would that not lead to our developers figuring our our ICS GPU drivers sooner?

I don't see how this could possibly be bad for us.
[HTC EVO 3D] SoraX64:
I think it's just mostly people who feel that they deserve ICS over everyone else who are going to complain about this.

Me? I'm going to be happy that HTC is doing this at all, because it could lead to good things for us.
[HTC EVO 3D] Rydah:
^^^ True. I'm happy with my device right now, so I'm cool. For now.

Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
[HTC EVO 3D] eXplicit815:
We'll just have to see what happens when they push it out, and if the people they push it out to are members of this site...
[HTC EVO 3D] Adiost:
I bet there's going to be NDA. So it doesn't really matter, I'm sure we're not going to have loads of info.
[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
how do you know there will be an NDA? there are a TON of previews that go on like this that dont officially have an NDA with them.

Regardless it doesn't really matter as the Sensation has already had many leaks so unless they changed it from putting Sense 3.6 on it to Sense 4.0 then there is not much to be gained if someone leaked a dump from the build....for us at least, b/c as far as stuff being able to be ported it'd be no diff than the RUU's that have been leaked in the past.

less im missing something there...
[HTC EVO 3D] troyboytn:
Couldn't have said it better myself. Without a collaboration of several very tallented devs, the only way we (3d users) are going to have a 90%+ working ICS rom is if by chance there is an official shooter leak (extremely unlikely). That's just the way it is.....
[HTC EVO 3D] eXplicit815:
We can all dream, right? LOL
[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
NO. Since Sniper's blog is down, dreaming is not allowed for us CDMA Sprint phone users. lol
[HTC EVO 3D] eXplicit815:
Urgh, damnit... Alright. I'll just wait til' "Later This Year..."
[Nook Touch General] brendan10211:
I have an issue with the screen of my Nook simple touch. The refresh rate of my screen went down a small amount, and there is this large area of the screen where the black parts of the screen are not showing up. I will attach pictures. It is most visible when reading and when in the app drawer. This started when I began to use a custom background image for the home screen and the lock screen, but I am sure this is a hardware issue. Should I attempt to hide all traces of my root and go and attempt to return it? I have had this for about 3 weeks, so it is still under warranty.

Thanks!

Attached
[Nook Touch General] Googie2149:
Try rebooting your Nook. That may or may not do anything.
[Nook Touch General] bobstro:
That does look pretty horrid. Almost looks like a finger run from bottom left-ish up the center. Does it start out clear, then degrade to this, or is it always this bad? Is it OK in the reader and the B&N home screen?

Keep in mind, anything not written by B&N probably doesn't refresh as often as it should for a clear display. Next time this happens, force a refresh by pressing the 'n' (shortcut menu) hard button twice. That can help if the display gradually degrades.
[Nook Touch General] winstonma:
Did you find a solution?

I had the same problem too. Only the bottom left corner is working.

Attached the screensaver page.
[Nook Touch General] ApokrifX:
Out of curiosity - could you post your custom background image too?

Does it resemble traces on second image you posted?
[Nook Touch General] brendan10211:
Thanks for all the response! Once I get to a computer I will respond to this.

ApokrifX:
[Nook Touch General] ApokrifX:
I've never heard about "Stuck Pixels/Screen Burn" on E-Ink yet, but that's how it looks like...

But than we should all see them, because it's not that many screensaver images.

I'm :confused:
[Nook Touch General] brendan10211:
Ok. I think I figured out what went wrong.

During charging, my battery failed and overheated. This caused the battery to be stupid and overheat whenever it is charging, or for some odd reason, not in use for a period of time. The way to fix my issue is restart it 10 or 20 times, and let it sit outside (while it is cold, otherwise put it in your fridge) for about 10 minutes.

My question is:

Is there any way to replace the battery of my Nook? Or is it easier to hide all traces of root and take it back to Barnes and Noble? (I bought it 3 weeks ago)
[Nook Touch General] ros87:
No doubt: Reset, Restore and Return ;)
[Nook Touch General] ApokrifX:
Oh… AFAIK, these types of battery lose it capacity if exposed to negative temperatures (in Celsius, below water freezing point)

AFAIR, it’s two weeks unless you bought a protection plan...

I might be mistaken (both times). Please somebody correct, if I’m wrong…
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmoothfreestyles:
Hello all! I'm new here, so I guess I am what you would call an XDA Noobie or is it Newbie? haha

I've got a question about the HTC Desire Z and before anyone bashes on me, understand that I have done ALOT of searching through the forum and threads here (which have helped some) but I still feel I need to ask my particular questions... any help, info or tips would be GREATLY appreciated.

I'm buying an HTC Desire Z and I want to know if unlocked, will it be able to work on an AT&T Pay As You GO account or sim?

Does it matter if the phone is branded or not?

Should I buy an AT&T HTC DZ and unlock it myself?

Ultimately, what would be the best phone and route to take?

I currently have (and have had for a few years now) a T-Mobile SideKick unlocked using AT&T Pay As You GO. Ive never added a data package to my PAYG sim but what I have always found or been told is that you cannot use the internet or MMS on it anyway whether it's unlocked or not...

I guess the underlying reason why I am asking this question is because of the recently enforced policy that all smartphones now require a contract and data package...

I really would like this phone but I don't want to be tied to a contract or an outrageous data package... I figure since the HTC has wifi I won't always need a data package, right?

Anyway, sorry for the long post, I am just trying to get some help or answers from any one who has more experience with all of this... I hope to become a more knowledgeable. Thank You!

David
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
i recommend here
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmoothfreestyles:
Yea, I just seen that and I was trying to figure out how to delete this post and move it to the Desire Z section but I guess I can't... Sorry guys... I looked through here so many time and never saw the Desire Z Section... :/
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotag82:
Just report this to mods they will move it

Edit: been reported to move to Desire Z forum
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
You can unlock it (including SIM unlock), so it will work on any network, using the guide in the XDA Wiki for the Vision (Vision is the HTC codename for the G2 and Desire Z, which are basically the same phone except for radio bands).

Doesn't matter what branding is on your phone, but do make sure you get one with the correct radio bands for AT&T, because that's one thing that's set in hardware and can't be changed.

Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
There is no such thing. AT&T never offered the phone or anything close to it.

Branding does matter, as AT&T can generally only read the IMEI number of your device if its an AT&T branded phone. If they don't have the IMEI in their database, they can't tell its a smartphone. So you should be able to avoid the contract and data plan requirement if you buy a phone that is not AT&T branded. I've read of plenty of folks on here an dother forums that have used this tactic. Not sure if it works on the Pay-To-Go option. But I've read about plenty of AT&T customers that are on contract, but use a non-AT&T phone so they don't need to get a data plan, or to use the (cheaper) non-smartphone data plan. I've also read of some cases where they read the IMEI number incorrectly for a non-AT&T phone. One guy was using a Nexus One, and it was being read by AT&T as a Blackberry. They tried to add a data plan to his account, but he called them and told them it was just a dumb phone. They couldn't prove otherwise, so they removed the data plan.

The branding/version also matters if you want 3G data . The Canada Bell version is the only DZ that has the correct 3G bands to work on AT&T's network (UMTS 850/1900 MHz).

But since it doesn't sound like you want data anyway, you only need a phone that has AT&T's 2G/EDGE bands (GSM bands). AT&T uses the GSM 850/1900 MHz bands, and I believe every version of the G2/Desire Z is compatible with these GSM bands. As long as you get a phone with these GSM bands, and its SIM unlocked, it should work on AT&T.

If the phone is purchased SIM locked, you can get SIM unlocked either by following the Wiki guide (below), or use a pay service (usually than $10) available on places like eBay.

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD

Another benefit of rooting the phone (aside from getting SIM unlock for free) is the ability to put any ROM or firmware on the phone you like. Aside from the radios (band compatibility) the hardware is essentially identical on the various DZ versions. So you can flash a new ROM to get whatever Android versions you like, remove branding, etc.