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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundgard:
speed dial

is there any way to assign contacts to the dial pad numbers like we were able to do in touchwiz .. or perhaps gingerbread in general? ie. assign my wife's mobile to 2
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
CM doesn't support this; add the contact to a screen to give you a speed dial effect.

here is an older post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1524581

see #5 in there
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
LOL go figure. i have issues at stop n shop with the privacy screen but since switching screen protector no issue. could be one particular scanner that you are hitting where the port is under powered or something.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarOrc:
I'm having 3 issues with the latest CM9 beta4.

The first is that sometimes when I pull down the notification drawer, nothing shows up. The drawer comes down, but there aren't any notifications (there should be) and no power widget or anything. If I try a few more times everything normally comes back, but I didn't know if this was something that is a known issue or if there is a fix or anything. Its not a big deal, just a minor annoyance at times.

The second is a small issue with Handscent. This didn't happen in CM9 Beta 3 or Beta 4 Pre8. When I open the physical keyboard and go to type in a text this is what happens: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mnalzxo6pi...xt issue.png

That small pop-up at the bottom of the screen. Again this isn't a big issue, just a minor annoyance.

The last is that sometimes when I try to wake the phone after the screen is off it won't come on. The notification light is on, but the phone doesn't respond to the power button being pressed or held down. I've been taking the battery out and the phone boots right up with no issues. This one is the one I'm concerned about the most.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
1. try deleting dalvik and cache

2. try to uninstall handscent and reinstall

3. This sounds like the "sleep of death" are you OC?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarOrc:
1: Do I lose anything if I wipe cache and dalvik?

2: That worked! Thanks!

3: Is OC overclocked? The only overclocking on the phone is what the CM9 does. Nothing more than that.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
I don't think you lose anything with wiping those just if you wipe system. Yes OC is over clock strange. Go into settings then performance then CPU make sure those are set to 100/1000.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarOrc:
I changed the performance settings as you suggested.

I didn't mean to be vague when I answered the first time. The phone was overclocked to 1200, but thats from CM9. I think the beta 3 started doing that.

Should that get rid of the "sleep of death"?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
Sure the LED is part of the issue but is the phone really supposed to be polling the SD card every 5 minutes waking the phone each time? I don't have anything on the SD card at this moment.

Either way what I was looking for was something more concrete rather than a summation of my anecdotal experiences....given that they are noob-ish I don't see them having much value. I'm assuming in the depths of Android code there must be parameters which outline who, what and how a MMC condition could keep the phone awake and what those conditions would be, ja?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
I think you're going to have to; something about the account is preventing the calendar from displaying in the list of sync'able items.

I'd reboot to CWM, run a backup - that way you can restore to what you have if you can't get a key (not sure what the key is for; does your company use gmail for their mail server?).

Then I would wipe data/factory reset, cache partition and dalvik.

reflash the rom and gapps and reboot - login to google account and check to see what choices you have.

I am thinking perhaps the type of account you have it giving you the sync options you have. But this is the only way to be sure we've turned over every stone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
We're end users like yourself; trying to create a place where questions can be answered and pull other data from threads to try to give easy access to answers.

I am afraid this is a question that lays within the code itself and I would assume (and you know what happens when that happens) it will be addressed somewhere down the road by the CM team.

I had 31 min of mmc over 2 days (I have an extended battery and that is the length of charge I get from it on A4) was yours much more than that?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
Sorry to clog this thread up with the technical stuff...the "other" thread was indicating that unless I understood how to compile ROMs or contribute to Git I should GTHO....perhaps they have a point :-)

I'm at 7h of up-time and 23 minutes of MMC (set BBS custom reference when I turned on the phone).

With LED notification off, about 1h screen time and Google syncing when it wants I can get 24h out of the stock battery. Which is completely great. I'm just thinking that if this MMC business could be fixed it could be even better.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAPutzback:
Doing it now. Should I keep seeing errors about e:volume not found or something similar when I try to wipe caches and such? After the reset, re-install my screen came up like nothing changed. I don't think the CW utility is resetting or doing anything.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
Some other folks have had this issue in the other threads and this seemed to be the ticket to happy times.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAPutzback:
The factory reset from recovery did not work. I had to use the reset option from the system\setting menu. All is good now, so far.

Thanks for all the quick replies.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
No not at all; this is one of the issues most have questions about. I just didn't want to make the impression that anyone responding to quesitons here was an actual member of CM. :)

I want to find this out myself as well!

Try downloading aLogCat from the market. Set it to display the date/time of each log. You may be able to see which process is using the SD card (if indeed that accessing it is one of the things that causes the mmc). You can open aLogCat and pause the logging and save it out to a text file. Then you could look through it in any text editor on your PC, you can post it and others might take a peek as well.

Never know maybe something will show itself.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Fantastic!! Sounds like CWM was corrupted.

Glad you got around it; else you would have to have used good ole odin.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
Will do...thanks for the idea.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
*42sec* couldn't upload the screenie*

Weird I'm barely getting any mmc if any...besides its been up for around 8 hours not just 2 so...add a little more I've never had any issues with mmc..I have no syncing apps, led notifications ON, and an alternative kernel "samurai" sooo I'm lost on why so many have this issue.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
Perhaps that is the difference. I'm 100% stock. I generally don't run custom KLs as the features don't interest me usually and it created problem solving headaches.

I get the impression that the fast pace of the Epic teams development and the passion of the Epic user base is perhaps placing more exceptions than are fair to the CM9 project as a whole at the moment. While MMC is annoying perhaps I aught to just wait and see if upstream improvements fix this by RC1 and revisit the issue then.

...or maybe I ought to try Samurai to see if the issue goes away?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ragnar:
I thought EB and Samurai kernels went away and are only available to a few?

Also anyone who can PM me how one becomes a client of IAP, I have the iap app which EB had going on but it doesn't seem to load.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Jealous much :D no I'm kidding but I am one of the testers for him..whenever he releases his Rom. I had the kernel before the thread was locked and would rather not distribute it since he closed it down, however if he says it would be fine then pm and ill link you his kernel.

I can't stand stock...no oc no uv battery drops like a rock I have to oc for the battery to drain as fast as it does one stock :D. Besides no voodoo color? Blegh that screen looks so washed out. Anyways end of rant over stock, but isn't that the point of rooting to customize as much as possible or at least to your liking :P.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
Crap...so the Samurai KL suggestion is not actually an available solution at the moment? Thanks for the help dude :rolleyes:

I guess I might try Shadow but sounds like some users on that still have the issue.

Either way CM9 is still some good stuff.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] counterfeit187:
Similar problems here, I submitted the issue and the reaction was that all roms are supposed to shut down at low battery, they mentioned possibly lowering the value for the shut down, but marked the bug as an Enhancement instead of a defect.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Mine didn't turn itself off; was just weirdly back to 46% from 11% after the reboot.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It seems that mmc_delayed_work is a catch all for a lot of things that I can see with a lot of googling. Some got it for Exchange mail polling, some for sd card polling, others have neither going on and still get it. It may just have to be a wait and see if it gets better thing as you stated. It is even showing up for some on CleanGB with mostly clean installs. It is like TWS all over again.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
i turned my led notification light off and i have no apps on my sdcard and a minimum amount of apps on my phone. my mmc is at 8 minutes. im deep sleeping fine. and im uc using samurai. yet im still getting abysmal battery life.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cartmanz:
Ics CM9 alpha4

I can't find the voicemail app that used to be on my phone, if I have voicemail I have to dial my number in order to access it. Is anyone else having this issue?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
it might that is stock setting for our phone
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
in addition

some phones don't like going down to 100mhz, try setting the low end to 200mhz. to help with sleep of death.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarOrc:
I don't remember having any problems with the sleep of death on other roms, so I don't think its an issue with going down to 100Mhz.

I have run into another small issue. I put CM9 on my gfs phone recently and she told me she was having issues playing Bejewled. The app comes up and says it needs Adobe Flash player, so we download that but then we just get a black screen when we start the app. Is there a different version of Flash player that we should be using?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Well it could be the combination of the kernel used for CM9 + your phone. I'd try the 200mhz setting just to see. Remember you're running a beta (test) OS of Android 4.0.4, the other ROMs you may have run were 2.3.6 which were officially released for the Epic, 4.0.4 will never be officially released.

So you're comparing apples and oranges. Its just a suggestion :)

You should check with the developer on whether Bejewled is compatible with ICS, it may not be.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidh59:
Try Jewels by MH games it works fine for my wife and on my phone :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devtodi:
Does anyone know why Voodoo will not remain engaged? We have to turn it on every time we plug in a headset.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Which kernel are you using? Voodoo sound is not included in the stock kernel.

(see the CM9 FAQ)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawndoc:
If this is the wrong place to ask this, please direct me to the proper place.

I am using a Sprint Epic 4G using the stock ROM. Firmware 2.3.6, Kernal 2.6.35.7, build GINGERBREAD.FC09.

I have never rooted a phone before, and was hoping someone to point me to a step by step guide to root my phone and install CM9 RC1 on it?

I checked the Wiki, and the rooting guide it links me to was written in 2010 and the thread has been inactive for 1.5 years. I found a thread on Gingerbreak, but it is from 2011 and refers to hack an older ROM and seems to install a very old version of CWM. The official CM9 install guide assumes I have already rooted my phone and have the appropriate root apps required to flash a new ROM.

So any help would be appreciated.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Google how to root FC09 on the samsung epic and you will see a video by qbking77 on youtube. Then look for his video on Installing CM9 on the Samsung Epic. All files needed are linked with the videos.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
go to this youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9eaCtiS0Bo

it'll get you going.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawndoc:
Thanks. I was at work and couldn't watch Youtube, but I was able to find the videos in question and am now running CM9 RC1.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawndoc:
Is there any way to change the backlight timeout on the capacitive buttons? Its way too short for my preference.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardrock121:
I like this rom .. kudos to you guys.. but its kinda sluggish and slow on my epic.. any reason why? am I missing something or is that by design.. the official faq didnt seem to have any info on it.. and i couldnt find any info on this thread either..

Also the battery life is kinda low, tho it could be me.. I am trying to improve that by following the tips thread.. but still with an extended battery which lasted over a day earlier is kinda dying by eod. Could be my battery is dying ..but dont know yet.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StoneRyno:
There are a number of things that could cause slowness and also number of things that could cause extra drain that may not have on GB ROMs. First to addess slowness you will want to check and make sure not a lot of stuff is open in the background. My favorite to see what is open plus other info is SystemPanel Lite. You could try AutoKiller Memory Optimizer by andRS studio. Don't let the name fool you, this app lets you configure android's built in RAM management values. I recommend starting with the optimum preset and see how things feel. If you need to prevent pesky auto opening apps or unwanted apps being open in the background you can try autorun manager by andRS studio and disable specific receivers that are causing the app(s) to auto open. You probably won't need it but I figure in case you do I'd mention it.

To check for unusual battery drain sources I recommend better battery stats. It can be downloaded from somewhere here on xda. You will want to freeze it after using it to diagnose since it will cause extra battery drain (unless they fixed that problem for ICS). The built in battery stats may be of use in trying to identify extra drains as well. Outside of that the guide is a good place for tips. Also depending on your usage and needs juicedefender could be of benefit. For best results manual configuration to suit your usage and needs. My typical day is moderate use, about 1 hour screen on time with little to no gaming. Using juicedefender I have managed to double how much a full charge lasts. I always forget to turn off data and figure auto toggling it on an interval is better anyways so that I can still get email notifications and such. I like the every 15 minutes for 30 seconds. Of course I've fully customized the settings to fit my usage and needs. But the interval is a good place to start. The free version you can try the presets and see how things go.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheNickromancer:
I'm once again having a ton of usability issues with this ROM again :(

My experiences include:

- random freezes while using apps, only recoverable via battery pull

- random shutoffs or reboots

- sometimes the phone gets incredibly warm while doing seemingly low-intensive things, this is usually followed by one of the issues mentioned above

I've tried everything from reflashing, checking the md5 checksum, clearing cache, and i've tried Odin'ing back to stock and doing a complete reflash.

I don't import any data.

I don't use any particularly exotic apps. Most of the official Google apps, SwiftKey as a keyboard, Plume as a twitter client, etc.

I'm using the stock kernel included with the ROM.

I feel like I'm missing something, as a lot of people seem to be having good experience with the ROM. It's pretty frustrating :(

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Are you over clocking at all?

if so, put it back to max 1000 and see how it runs.

Try fixing permissions in CWM.

Lastly, copy everything from your sd card to your pc. format the sd card then copy everything back.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IamDatDude:
Random clicking sound coming from speaker

I'm noticing a clicking sound coming from the speaker when using my Epic. It happens anytime I use an app, whether user or system, and a reboot stops it for a time but it starts back up eventually.

I'll hear several clicks in rapid succession and then it stops but it seems to happen anytime I select an option in an app (ie going from All to Downloaded while managing apps) or even when the screen locks with a pattern.

This is my first time rooting and applying a ROM to my Epic, which went smoothly, and the only performance change I've made is to set the max CPU to 1200 mhz (still happens when set at 1000 mhz). No kernels or anything other than what's in CM9.

Any thoughts?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
perhaps try to play with the voodoo sound values?

I am not using my epic any longer so I can't look that over, but I'd check that out.

Also, you can use the boot to FC09 to see if it happens with stock ROM

http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/01/boot-el30-stock-from-sdcard.html

it will run slower because its on the sd card; but at least you don't have to backup, odin stock, test, then reroot, reflash and restore.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IamDatDude:
Thanks for the reply! I didn't think voodoo was a part of the CM9 kernel but I think I found what was causing the issue after some tinkering.

I had the Audio FX Widget installed on FC09 and it remained when I went with CM9. I tried DSP Manager but it didn't seem to work on the music apps that I use (Rhapsody & Pandora) so I started using AudioFX again. I thought unchecking everything in DSP Manager would turn it off but it doesn't.

I froze DSP Manager with Titanium to make sure there wasn't a conflict between them but it didn't stop the clicking. I've turned off AudioFX and don't seem to have that issue anymore. I guess AudioFX doesn't play well with CM9?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Excellent; well you knew what I meant to type :) (i didnt mean to put voodoo;had that on the brain for some reason, meant dsp settings)

When running CM9 you need to be sure that the apps you want to use play well with ICS; as ICS isn't widely used lots of apps aren't up to speed with it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Modoru:
Has anyone else been having issues with Pandora? I can't seem to get anything to play while I'm running 3G [note there's no 4G coverage where I live, so that's not an option]. Pandora's busted only when I'm not on a wifi connection, which is just weird. I've tried Pandora's suggestions, deleting the app, re-downloading, clearing the app's data, etc. Nothing has worked so far. Anyone have any ideas, or could I possibly try flashing a different modem and seeing if that works?

Thanks in advance!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawndoc:
I've had no issues with Pandora. Works fine on 3G on my phone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
No issues here either. I've been using Jango lately but I'll try Pandora again and if I have an issue I'll report back.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Modoru:
It's driving me nuts, I've been trying to listen to music in my car, but no dice.

I was running BETA-4 when it started, but changed to RC1 and still no luck. Other than that I don't have any specific changes to my Epic.

Could there be an underlying reason I'm not noticing? The app worked fine before, and it happened over time, not overnight.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skirge01:
Browser speed issue?

First, thanks to the Cyanogen team! Definitely a fan of all your work.

Last week, I flashed CM9 (from CM7) and, ever since, I've noticed a huge slowdown in the time it takes webpages to appear. This is both over 3G and my home wifi. I tried the stock browser and also Dolphin, which I was using with CM7, as well. I've been searching FAQ's, forums, and Google for similar issues, but have come up empty, so I've come to the experts. If no one else has noticed this, any ideas where to look for the cause?

Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjshrader:
Hello all,

I have the CM9 Stable Version installed on my Epic 4G. I have no additional sound apps installed. I have confirmed this issue on my friend's Galaxy S2 Epic Touch running CM9 as well.

If you are in vibrate and plug in headphones to the 3.5mm jack, it will take the phone out of vibrate. If you then receive a phone call/notification, the sound will come through the phone (Not the headphones). Remove the headphones and the phone goes back into vibrate.

I need one of two solutions, either:

1. Don't take the phone out of vibrate when headphones are plugged in, or

2. Play sound through headphones when headphones are plugged in. I'd prefer option 2, but will take either.

On the CM wiki I see these settings listed:

Always play on speaker: Notifications [checkbox]: Play notifications through speaker even if headphones are connected.

Always play on speaker: Ring tones [checkbox]: Play ring tones through speaker even if headphones are connected.

Always play on speaker: Alarms [checkbox]: Play alarms through speaker even if headphones are connected.

But they don't exist on my phone. Is there a place where I can modify these? I feel like they are all checked when I want them unchecked.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeetFace:
You could always use Tasker, until if/when they implement what you want done.

$.02
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] threebeers:
Thanks devs went from rooted stock to CM9 stable last week. Turned off wallpapers and the all black slab is slick. Faster than NC on CM9, no lag so far.

Observations and questions.

Flash player does not show up in Play Store. I've got whatever stock flash apk was backed up on Titanium before flashing but don't want to restore in case it messes something up. How come no flash in the store and what to do? Is flash already built into the ROM?

Best RSS reader Newsrob mobilized using the Instapaper plugin zoomed in and out fine on Stock before and after rooting. Now it doesn't. Not talking about changing font size in settings medium is too small and large is too big. Any ideas?

Works with no Sprint plan, using Skype for calls and text free for texts and K9 for emails. All is good so far. Couldn't get Google Voice to go, it wanted a sprint account. Would like to use GV with GrooveIP or equivalent Any ideas?

Thanks again Amazing an OS designed for dual core works so well on this Chevy.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xfilemanx:
How do I get swype?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
http://beta.swype.com/android/get/

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