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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twig123:
Adobe has stopped development of Flash for mobile devices and have pulled the installation from the the Play Store as of the 15th.

AFAIK, you can still just install the Flash 11 apk if you have one backed up from a previous install and you should be peachy.

Anyways, on to the issue that brought me here... Java doesn't seem to work properly on CM9 Stable.

I try to browse to a site that uses Java (say niranjanthilak.com/facebook-sync-for-android-ics-devices), the browser will just completely crash back to the home screen. I tried this in both the stock Browser as well as Dolphin with the same results. However, if I turn off Java support in Dolphin, the website loads without crashing.

Anyone else having this issue?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eoliver12332:
Mms message issue

Hello,

I am a new guy here but love the cm9 so far. The only issue I am having is that when I try to send a picture message it gets stuck in sending and wont send. Any help on a fix for this would be great.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
CM9 doesn't come with visual voicemail; sprint doesn't have a phone that is running ICS at the moment so there isn't an ICS compatible sprint visual voicemail app to grab.

I personally use Google Voice for voicemail only.

Others have used visual voice mail plus found on the market.

I can tell you I am very happy using google voice mail, before to setup for voicemail only (if you decide to go that route)

Good luck, let us know what you decided to do.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Try opening Google Talk and logging off.

It logs in automatically. I did that and it really helped my phone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
i use sdx to remove all uneeded apps, including talk.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
How did you get to A4?

When i first went to A4 I just wiped cache partition and dalvik cache and then flashed cm9a4 and gapps for a4 over my a3 setup (as I had done when going from a0->a1->a2 and a3)

I had extremely bad battery when I went from a3->a4.

So to check to see if I had something in a3 that caused a4 to do that, I went into cwm wiped data/factory reset, part cache, dalvik and then reflashed the zips.

since then my battery has been much better (see attached).

I have gtalk installed still but logged out of it. I had gps running the whole 2 days in that screen shot.

if you haven't started clean then i'd suggest that route.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
holy ****, two days lol? do you have an ext battery?

in response to your question, i did a complete and total clean install. i took the odin route, then flashed a4, gapps, and then samurai. i mean, my battery is decent. i get about 12 to 14 hours. thats enough for me but i mean, i could get up to 1 day on cm7.

btw, even if gps is turned on, it wont actually turn on until you enter into an app that uses it (ie maps, navigation). therefore, your gps isnt using battery until you enter that app and then it stops using it once you close the app.

edit: whats your screen time?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
With my ext. Battery I get around 13 hours with 5 or 6 of that being screen on :). I bet if I used my phone less id hit like 2 or 3 days

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Yes I have an extended battery and I am a light to moderate user.

CM9 has had just a little battery tweaking at this point. More focus is on standard functionality, once that is good then performance tweaking will happen (as long as the rom remains stable)

Thanks for the info on GPS (learn something new everyday), I figured it update every so often. Sprint offers Family Locator (which I have just incase for my kids) and I can find them. They don't use maps or weather or navigation, so I figured it would HAVE to do some auto updating for that service to be of any use.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
i might have to look into getting an ext battery.

i agree, epicmtd cm9 currently is designed for the end user functionality, not necasserily the battery. once it goes beta we might see that change a bit though. so far, i love cm9. i went back to cm7 and i was drawn back to cm9. its so beautiful.

yeah, youre welcome. i always wondered why when you odin to stock, the gps is always on. its cause it isnt used and has no effect on the battery until you open an app that uses it. im so glad my mom doesnt have that service. id be so screwed hahaha.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
New CM9 FAQ

Please visit my new Official Epic CM9 FAQ
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roguejam:
Quick question, early on in CM9 (maybe to A3), there was an option to disable the boot animation. I believe it was in Dev Options. I don't recall seeing this in A4, though.

I'm not finding this anymore in A5, and I did have mine set to disabled. So I have no boot animation. Is this option still around to change? I would like to check out the new boot animation! Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
How did you get to CM9 (if I may)

You may have to wipe data; boot to recovery, run a backup. When it completes, wipe everything (data/factory, cache partition and dalvik cache) boot to system, does the boot animation play?

if so, login to google, let your phone sync and let google restore your apps. If you have google backup selected, if not boot to recovery and run an advanced data restore; to get your data back.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kosstheory:
No option to turn on Boot animation in CM9 Alpha 5

I'm having the same problem. I think I turned off the boot animation when I had Alpha 4, because I was tired of seeing the old one. Now, I can't find an option to turn the boot animation back on.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
How did you get to CM9 (if I may)?

Please try the above method to see if you get the boot ani back, please let me know your results!!

Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kosstheory:
Have to delete or rename a file.

Found the answer here:

forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/41210-cm9-alpha-discussion/page__view__findpost__p__297331

rename or delete this file and it will start running the bootanimation.zip again.

/data/property/persist.sys.nobootanimation

That setting was removed by CM.

Boot animation is working.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Had you installed CM9 over CM7?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kosstheory:
This was wiped clean before installing CM9

This was a clean flash from stock to CM9 Alpha 3.

I was having issues with the new ICS gallery forcce closing when I would try to edit pictures; the new enhancements like warmth and vingette.

It was suggested that I should return to stock, delete all data, and flash directly to CM9. This didn't fix the problem with the gallery, but this is the reason I didn't flash from CM7 to CM9.

Incidentally, has anyone figured out why the gallery app intermittently crashes when trying to 'enhance' photos? It's one of the best new options in ICS, and I use it a few times everyday; when it lets me.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roguejam:
Clean install of Alpha 1, upgraded ever since.

Confirmed to work. Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
I don't have an enhance photo option. DUH ... once I clicked edit on a photo I have a bung of effects; they all worked with out FC for me.

I appreciate you guys getting me that info on how you got to CM9; I'll forward that information to the devs.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrooklynsFinest:
What's the difference between pink and blue lines in better battery stats?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Wow it was tough to dig up a thread where someone actually said what red and blue was (seriously, not being flip!! wanted to know this myself and had looked a couple times).

I finally found a post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1361613

I hope that helps you out.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
For people asking about disabling the boot animation...they got rid of the feature, I'm almost positive.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epicrules75:
Stock App Question

is there anyway to get sprint tv app on ics cyanogen mod 9
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
I was able to find a sprinttv app, but it says my subscription is unavailable.

This might be due to CM9 being ICS and sprint not having any ICS devices as of yet.

Worse case is you could use multi-boot to EL30 (current stock release) and watch TV from there.

here is the thread that tells you how you can do the multiboot setup.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1464791
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Yes they did, there is an earlier post here and on the official epic cm9 faq on restoring the boot animation if you had previously turned it off using the setting that no longer exists.

see my signature for the office faq
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
J you are doing an excellent job with this thread and the FAQ. By the time I read the question you have already answered it! Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
updated post #3

with information on

missing boot animation and google voice setup assistance.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehuebl:
Wifi Tether/Hotspot Worked ... Once.

I'm having trouble enabling the wifi hotspot.

I'm on cm9, alpha5 "plain vanilla" - no additional apps/tweaks installed other than current gapps, just did a factory reset/wipe and reinstall of a5 + gapps (md5 checks out).

Right after wipe/reset was able to initiate hotspot and connect my asus tf - worked great. After disconnecting the tf, I turned the hotspot off then tried to reenable - now the hotspot msg says "turning wifi on" then a few seconds later says "turning wifi off" and deactivates.

- I rebooted, cleared cache/dalvik, set permissions.

- I tried removing my wireless network connection, then running hotspot.

- I tried various combos of having 4g enabled/disabled, wifi enabled/disabled.

- Finally tried the wifi tether from google (wifi_tether_v3_1-beta11.apk) and that worked but uses WEP not WPA/WPA2.

Not sure where to go with this. Will most likely suck it up and use Wireless Tether but would prefer to use the integrated hotspot especially since the security is better.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
I tried the same steps, I turned on hotspot. Connected my laptop w/encryption. surfed around some. turned off the hotspot. waited for my laptop to switch to my home network.

surfed a bit; then turned hotspot back on. reconnected with my laptop, it worked fine. no issues.

sorry I coudn't reproduce this, I tried to download and use Open Garden as that has WPA/WPA2 - it doesn't work on CM9.

I saw you have reported it as a bug; perhaps one of the devs can comfirm this. Doubtful if it works for me.

How long is an extended period? Perhaps the length of time connected is the culprit.

Please try to download aLogCat and do those same steps; and then save the log file, perhaps that will give an idea whats up.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehuebl:
It was connected for a few minutes..was able to surf as well. Once I disconnected could not reconnect. very strange, maybe it's something funky with my particular phone.

Will do thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melbell:
Auto-rotate broken

Using CM6 alpha 5

I use Screebl to keep my screen on while I'm using my phone, and it has been having some trouble knowing when I set my phone down since I started using CM9, so I flashed into the multiboot EL30 stock to calibrate the sensors, which seemed to go well. But when I rebooted back into CM9 now my screen won't auto-rotate anymore.

It always worked as desired before I calibrated it but even so I have still gone through and tried to make sure rotation was enabled in every setting I could find.

It will change to landscape when I open my hardware keyboard but it won't switch back when I close it automatically. It switches back to portrait when I hit my home button.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
I just looked up Screebl, I don't see where it says that it is ICS compatible.

The developer did create a new version for gingerbread; it may be that this app won't work well with ICS. If you have purchased this app, try emailing the developer to get their take on using it with ICS.

Also; check this issue in the CM9 issue tracker

http://code.google.com/p/epiccm/issues/detail?id=89&can=1&q=rotation&sort=priority milestone

You will see that there seems to be specific steps to get the auto rotation to work on phone where it doesn't (thankfully mine has always worked).

Give those two things a go.

Let us know how it goes; I'll update the FAQ if it works for you as well.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melbell:
Dangit now I'm getting annoyed because I just wiped my phone for no reason :sadface:

Oh well at least now I know something's actually wrong. I wiped and reflashed alpha 5, set up my google stuff, then flashed into el30 and ran the calibration.

The auto rotate works while i'm flashed in el30, but not once i boot back into cm9.

Also, if i UNcheck auto-rotate in the system settings > display, then open and close the hardware keyboard, the screen rotates to landscape when i open it and then it rotates back to portrait when i close it. If CHECK auto-rotate in system settings then it rotates to landscape when i open the keyboard, but it doesn't rotate back into portrait when i close it. Either way it doesn't rotate in an app, like a browser or messaging. Anything else I can try?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ragnar:
Do this I guarantee you it will work. Pick any two mtd rom and flash it to your phone. Clean gb is probably your best bet. Then run your calibration on the flattest most level surface. Run it 3 or 4 times. Then wipe completely and reflash cm9 before flashing gapps and logging onto Google just boot up cm9 make sure rotation is checked off and I am sure it will work perfectly.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
This person said they had to toggle the settings a few times:

"When I finished calibrating in soft-flashed EL30, after rebooting into CM9, I still had to toggle both autorotation settings, even thugh they were both still enabled. Just a quick toggle off and on seemed to be the last necessary step in making it work...hope this helps"

from

http://code.google.com/p/epiccm/issues/detail?id=44

maybe that would do it
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melbell:
Um...did not work.

Auto-rotation worked on CleanGB, although it was very sluggish. I'm going to try flashing cm9 alpha 4 and see if it works.

Update: Doesn't auto-rotate on alpha 4 either...there has to be something i'm missing. If it were a hardware problem then it wouldn't work in Clean GB. If it were a software problem then it wouldn't have worked before yesterday in CM9. That only leaves...what????
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Something got corrupted? You said it was sluggish on CleanGB sounding like something is getting out of whack. Best bet is to Odin all the way back to stock, verify it works there, then root and flash CleanGB, check it again, maybe calibrate it, then move to CM9. Making sure auto-rotate is checked in all 3 places.

Haha, got to a question before j.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melbell:
fixed.

Okey dokey, here's what I did. Just in case someone else has this happen. Please note that I'm no pro so I may have done this a silly way, but it's done and so far so good.

- I odin'd to stock el30.

- Verified that auto-rotate worked.

- I followed the steps to root and install ACS Recovery because the video I found of a working root for EL30 was that one ( I <3 the crap out of QBKing and want to have his babies fyi)

- Verified that auto-rotate worked.

- Upgraded recovery to CWM 5.blah.something.whatever

- Flashed CleanGB Rom

- Verified that auto-rotate worked.

- It was super sluggish so I calibrated a few times for good measure and it sped it up significantly.

- Flashed CM9 alpha 5 (no gapps yet)

- Verified that auto-rotate worked.

- Flashed gapps

- Verified that auto-rotate worked.

It still seems a little slower to rotate than I like but that's ok because at least it works. It seems that going back to basics kicked back in whatever I had knocked loose.

Thank you guys for the help.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Where have I seen this suggestion before...hmmmm...oh well I guess your way was better. <shockface>
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melbell:
It wasn't my way. I was just doing what you suggested...and it worked.

I wasn't trying to imply that I came up with the solution on my own.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
No, no I was just kidding with you because the joke was there and I had to use it....I am funny that way. Just glad it worked for you. Now others that have the same problem can try that. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melbell:
lol ok I'm just going to chalk my whole misunderstanding of your comment to a combination of sleep deprivation and frustration about having to wipe my phone...then I'm going to pretend it never happened. :p

I will also say that last night when I was reinstalling all of my apps and getting all signed back into everything and all that, the phone seems to be running much smoother than it was a few days ago on alpha 5. So it seems the complete flash back to stock and re-root was good all around. I guess it just needed to be done, not just for the auto-rotation, but in general. Maybe my battery will last longer today because of it (fingers crossed).
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cookiemonster112:
Does anyone know how to customize the physical keyboard quick keys for specific apps like you can in other ROMs?

Sent for my CM9 Epic 4G
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
ICS hasn't been released on a device with a physical keyboard, so there has been no need for such a thing.

I'll keep searching around; though I have to think this wont exist anytime soon.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StoneRyno:
I'm not sure if this is something that needs to be reported as a bug or not? Perhaps there is a simple solution to it? I have this one folder on my default home screen that appears to randomly rearrange the icons in it to a particular order from the way I arrange it. This is the only one out of 18 folders on 3 home screens (6 on the default one) that does this. I tested the idea that it was occurring as a result of a reboot however upon boot it is still in the correct order but later on in the day it won't be. I haven't noticed a pattern to pinpoint why it happens.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
I'd try to create a new folder and move the items to the new folder; delete the old one. Maybe an issue with the area that keeps the order for that folder.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeetFace:
Not sure about doing it for specific apps. But, perhaps you only use the hardware keyboard for those apps.

It is possible to manually edit keyboard mappings by editing the file here:

/system/usr/keylayout/s3c-keypad.kl

Just use a text editor. Save a backup of course, in case your bork the file =]

Here are a few flashable files that have a few things pre-re-mapped (woh) for you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22698635#post22698635
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
recently my texts have not been sending. its quite annoying because im in full reception so youd think as soon as you hit send that it would send, and not just hang on sending. ill have to go back in and copy message text, delete the sending text, and then paste and send. toggling airplane sometimes works too. im using a5, samurai, and el30.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
First, if you are on an Airave reset it. If not you may need to go to a TW ROM or EL30 boot from sd card and update PRL and Profile.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
i am not on an airave. before i flashed a5, i did a completely clean install and updated both prl and profile. unless theres a new prl version or a new profile within the weeks time, im on the latest. sorry, i shouldve clarified.

i mean, its not a huge deal, just a little quirk that bugs me sometimes. and i doubt its rom or even kernel related. but i figured i should mention it anyways.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It may be just a temporary Sprint issue then.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
yarg, i figured. all is well though.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
reorganized the question/answers
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewbear:
I have a question, I keep getting an ECHO FEEDBACK when I call someone. It doesn't do it with the speakerphone, only with a normal call. I was running alpha5 and I've tried the CM9 kernel as well as the Shadow kernel. Is there something I can do to get rid of the feedback? I love the ROM, but the feedback is killing me and keeping me from running it. Oh, I've also wiped the davik and cache before loading alpha5. Right now I'm stuck with CleanGB. Dang!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Hmmm, this is the first I have heard of anything like this. So you are hearing yourself echo back while you're talking.

When you flashed CM9, how did you go about doing it?

I would suggest wiping everything (even though you shouldn't have to).

Also I would download the zip for CM9 again from a different mirror and download gapps again. Just to try to get a clean slate.

copy the newly downloaded zips to your sd card.

Boot into CWM, run backup of your current setup.

Once that is done, wipe data/factory, partition cache and dalvik cache (found in the advanced menu).

then flash CM9 A5 and then gapps (without booting in between).

then boot to system. log into your google account and try a phone call (once all your contacts have sync'd).

Do you still experience the echo??

if not, then I would assume some data that was either restored or left behind during the last installation caused it.

if so, I'll bring it to the attention of the devs to get their take on what it might be.

Thanks and good luck, please let us know how it goes.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ragnar:
Quick one, what are the sync apps everyone is using to sync their contacts with Facebook contacts?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Q:The Facebook app isn't working right. How can I sync Facebook contacts?

A: Please see this issue. You can use FriendCaster or Haxsync ($0.99) for contact sync, high res pics and fb friend updates.

:D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
J, backup and restore of themed CM9 Alpha 5 is working. Something changed and now no more boot loops upon restore.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Just copied and pasted your great update from the CM9 thread :D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ragnar:
Thanks J Haxsync was the answer I was looking for....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Updated OP

Updated OP to give the links to the official CM9 pages. I appreciate everyone helping answer questions. Its one of the things that makes the Epic community so great!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devtodi:
bluetooth issues

Just flashed CM9b0 and gapps over alpha 5 everything stock and am still have bluetooth issues.

My phone connects in my car perfectly but I cannot play music over bluetooth. Car says it cannot connect the player even though the phone is already linked. Is there a fix for this?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shikyo13:
I am having trouble with auto-rotate as well. I am currently flashing cleangb to calibrate and will flash back to cm9beta after. I tried toggling (don't understand why there is two check boxes) both boxes but no luck.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
Bluetooth is still a work in progress.

If you look at the Issue Tracker (link in OP) and search for bluetooth you'll find there are a few submitted items.

It should get straightened out soon.