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[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Ladies and gentlemen!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

Abduction: The 4th Kind is live and in the wild!

http://androidrevolutions.com/topic/324-rom-abduction-the-4th-kind-v10-6302012/

Until next week, that is the only place you will be able to find it!

And for those that complain about it being posted on another site, here's how I'm going to release it:

Release Schedule:

AndroidRevolutions.com - 6/30

DragonDevs.com - 7/7

XDA - 7/7 (7/14)

I'll be posting the ROM on XDA next Saturday depending on how many people start giving me crap for not posting it here first/sooner or whatever. Neo has been a good friend to me, and everyone at Android Revolutions has been great to me and helped encourage me as well as help me out with this ROM.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] orfius christ:
Maybe an alien sense 4.0 :D?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Nope. Not ROM related at all lol
[Droid Incredible Android Development] kordon:
This really has me scratching my head. I would have assumed anything big in the android world would have been announced at I/O, but I will still be watching for sure to see what is going down.

p.s. keep up the great work on the rom!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] withbloodskies:
Well my results..

Its a mix of AOKPcb and Abduction?

Battery I guess varies, is there a good setting I should use? My battery life is jumping, usually will drop every 3-5 minutes maybe longer.

I did try AOKPcb earlier and no offense but the overall smoothness of it is better than the current 4th Kind. Maybe it was a bad flash or something, I'll try to let it settle.

Other than that, great rom. Little bloated but a quick delete will fix this.

Great work, I could tell you did put a lot of effort into this.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] chocolate8175:
Loving the 4th kind, great work!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] OnceAMatrixMan:
NOT ROM related? That is intriguing. Hmmmm.... Not Jelly Bean, not a ROM. Please, please tell me I am not going to regret pre-ordering the Galaxy 3.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rstandi:
Just wondering which radio people are having the most luck with. I'm on 2.15.00.07.28. Not sure when I last updated it.

Thanks in Advance

rstandi
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jprow507:
Where is the default wallpaper located for The 4th Kind? I restored by Apex settings which changed the wallpaper and I can't seem to find it in Wallpapers or in AOKPCB Wallpapers?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] d00dr:
ADK 2012??
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
I'll post the wallpaper shortly for folks to download. I'm working on a wallpaper app for 4th Kind that has some nice wallpapers put together by Hakarune and the one Neo made as well.

Nah, I'm not that good lol
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rickyg946:
So was the camera fix applied to the 4th kind? Cuz YouTube's not working for me... it opens up fine, but all I get is sound.

Sent from my Gameboy Color
[Droid Incredible Android Development] polarimetric:
The 4th Kind is running fantastically. Great battery life and great performance. A little slower than the latest CM9 nightly, but not very noticeably and it's fair trade off for the extra features.

I also love the fact that I'm able to use themes but still retain some of the appearance. I put a Sense 4 theme on it and I still have the pattern in the notification bar and the awesome lockscreen alien--looks awesome!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Neo:
:D I know what it is :D sorry, obvious trolling
[Droid Incredible Android Development] roflhorse:
Can someone explain what the bravia engine is, exactly?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
If I remember correctly, it helped with video. I don't believe it's been included for a long time though.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] polarimetric:
It's a post-processing layer for photos and video that enhances sharpness and contrast and reduces noise. It's essentially like automatically applying Photoshop filters to photos on your display that make them look (allegedly) better on mobile device screens.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jlokos:
I have been using the new rom since its release without any issues. I flashed it over your your test build rafter wiping cache and dalvik with no issues. Battery life is great. Thanks for your great work. I'll be moving onto to the S3 next week and passing my DINC to my son. Thanks for all the great work you have been doing for the DINC.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jprow507:
Anyone having issues with the softkey lights not lighting up on the 4th kind?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] polarimetric:
Actually, yes. I hadn't even noticed.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] OnceAMatrixMan:
Do they work on any ICS based ROM?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jprow507:
I had issues with this on the a few CM9 releases, but not the latest CM9 release. When I had issues, it would always be unpredictable, but with the 4th Kind, they never turn on.....
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
PLEASE use the bug report form to report issues. I spent a good bit of time setting it up. Nit only that, but it makes it easier to find the solution to the problems and fix them faster. Just posting the issues in the thread isn't as helpful.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] kevman8396:
They work on the CM 9 Nightlies. They go off after a little while but as soon as you touch the screen they come back on immediately
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
Hanger, have you tried this out?

In a nutshell, it supposedly brings all the new voice search features, including the Google Now stuff, to ICS ROMs.

There's no "what works, what doesn't" in the OP, and I'm not about to read through the 48 pages of posts, but it certainly sounds promising. I think it would be an amazing addition to Abduction.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] alexcolodner:
It would be, especially if it was themed! However, currently the voice support is not working at all and probably wont be due to kernel issues. Also, there are some bugs like not being able to exit with the back key and cards not showing up all the time.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
Well nevermind that then

(although for the record, I would've been against the theming)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] OnceAMatrixMan:
Did we ever find out what this big news was?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
With some luck and hard work, all should be revealed but Friday or the weekend.

If I have the time this week, I'm going to release a new update for Abduction and 4th Kind. Also, tomorrow at some point I'll be making the thread for 4th kind here.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Pons:
And nice and synced up with M6?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
If I have the time, maybe. My main focus is to fix some things in the current builds and focusing on my side project....and catch up on the sleep I missed out on this past week lol
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
For those that know what this means, or knows the language and can dekrypt it, please don't spoil the surprise for others!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] withbloodskies:
Lol is this predator language?

Bahh! I wanna know! :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] d00dr:
I have absolutely no idea what this means but I like it! I always get excited to see what awesomeness you're about to unleash upon us!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] powerhouselb:
The 4th Kind is absolutely beautiful!

I was using Abduction 1.81. I was happy with it. I did experience the issues listed in the thread, but I was willing to live with it. When I saw you had "The 4th Kind" ready, I decided to give it a try.

Perhaps I was using the wrong kernel with Abduction 1.81, but this 4th Kind is awesome! It seems to be very well optimized. I love it! The capacitor buttons light up again. I like the effect of reaching the end of the windows.

Good job, friend!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Nope, but it is an alien language that was created decades ago and can be read....so, get your geek on and find out! I think I left too much of a hint in the post already...

Also, I'll be working on a update this week or on the weekend for both Abduction and 4th Kind....and there gonna be some surprises in it!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
Guys, it's the end of an era... my SGSIII arrived yesterday.

Hanger, thanks for all your hard work over the past few months... When Abduction first came out, I already had the Incredible 4G in my sights, but your ROMs kept my Inc alive through delay and delay and delay of the 4G. As much as I wanted to stick with HTC, I simply could not let my unlimited data expire, so I preordered the SGSIII. I will miss Sense, and was really looking forward to Sense 4 (still holding out hope for these guys though), but TouchWiz does have it's upsides though, I promise.

I realize that this post is wildly off topic... but I my Incredible wanted to say goodbye to the folks it spent it's final days with ;)

I'll probably still tinker with it a bit, so you may see me around from time to time. But if not... it's been real.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jlokos:
+1; I'll be joining you when my SIII (hopefully arrives) later this week. Abduction has been been a great rom and Hanger, I appreciate your hard work keeping this updated. My son will be taking my DINC over, still using the 4th kind as a DD. See you around.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
No worries. I'm likely going to be switching to AT&T and switching phones myself. I'm getting tired of Verizon screwing over the Rezound owners on the ICS update. 6 months without an update to it, which was supposed to happen a few weeks after the phone came out. Unless I can get a Galaxy Nexus on Verizon, I'm changing carriers and phones completely.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Neo:
Is it Clingon? Or Annunaki?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] withbloodskies:
49.99$ on amazon with an upgrade and 149.99$ at best buy.

I'm hoping to get a nexus myself and hope the price will lower by Christmas when my upgrade is available.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Neither. And Neo, you already know what the message pertains to lol
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
Looks like the language from Transformers. Lol
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tiny4579:
Hey demarcmj, how's your S3?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
Great so far. TouchWiz has a few annoyances, but the good definitely outweighs the bad.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] OnceAMatrixMan:
My SGIII comes today. I still love my Dinc and I thought that with Abduction I found a DD I could keep using the Inc for another year or more, but Verizon changed my plans. I feel like I got cheated a bit too, weird I know, because I was looking forward to seeing how far the Inc could be pushed by Hanger and the CM9 folks. I'm keeping my Inc though I'm not sure what I will do with it - not getting a data plan for my daughter that's for sure! - but I will keep trying the new version of the ROM. So ill be lurking here.

Huge huge thanks Hanger. Great work.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Zerox8610:
The language looked very similar to the Futurama Alien Language.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
I posted this in the thread for The 4th Kind, so I'm going to post it here as well...

I have good news and bad news about Abduction and 4th Kind... The good news is that I haven't abandoned them, and it's likely I'll be focusing more on then soon. The bad news is, it might be a week or two before I update them.

My new project is my primary focus. I'm putting a lot of time and energy into it to make it the best is can possibly be. Those that know what it is, know this.

Once my new project is released, and it gets off the ground, I'll be switching back to working on my ROMs. I may even be switching back to my Incredible as my primary phone once I sell my Rezound, as I want to either get a Galaxy Nexus or a Nexus 7 instead, but that will depend on how much I get out of my Rezound and any donations I receive, and if I have any extra money from working after bills and such.

As for what I'm working on, it really has nothing to do with ROMs or a specific phone, it is Android related in many ways though. It's something the android community has never had before. It's something that I hope will change the android community forever....in a good way. This weekend, even if I don't launch it then, I will at least give full details on it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] withbloodskies:
Damn.. must be something great. Pretty passionate about this.

Looking forward to it man.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Yes, I'm VERY passionate about it, and I'm good at it too. Plus there's a great deal of time and energy going into it by quite a few people.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] withbloodskies:
Hmm.. will it be usable on all roms? Just ICS?

Man lol I dying to know..
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
It's universal to all devices.

As I mentioned, tonight is the night we blow the top on the whole thing! And without further ado, you can find all the information here: http://tinyurl.com/c228cdx
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Will a mod please lock and/or delete this thread please.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] AvRS:
Closed the thread. If you wish for it to be re-opened at any time feel free to PM me and I can do so.

Thanks

AvRS
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
The data usage tools don't seem to be working (worked on Evervolv and 72s)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lolreconlol:
Would it be possible for you to include the Torch from cm roms?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Mr. Rager:
I think they tried that before on some of the older ports but the framework or something like that wouldn't let it work, again I think

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] BluesHawk:
No problem, hope it works well enough to get baked into future updates
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
I'll more than likely be making an update to the ROM tomorrow sometime. I'm gonna push to have working WiFi Tether, and an update to the Beats Audio and maybe some battery and speed improvements. Keep an eye on Android Passions for it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lolreconlol:
This already gives me the best battery life of the ICS roms, can't wait to see what else you bring to it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Great news, the next update will have a fully working camera. Yes, panorama will be working, I just tested it and everything seemed to work fine. Also, barcode scanning will also work.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Fergusonfox7:
Wow, lol amazing work.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lolreconlol:
Yes!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] NYC Coyote:
Will that be in the one with HWA or without?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Both, but it will only be available at Android Passions for a few days before I release it here.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Mr. Rager:
Sweet!

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] Cellulah:
Glad to see progress being made on an ICS ROM for the DInc! Too many have been discontinued recently... Thank you, your work is appreciated!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jioleight:
gallery and music app cant scan my sdcard.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] user_error:
I am extremely excited to see what you have put together here!

EDIT:

yikes your getting stuff working fast! :D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jtkes693:
mongoosehelix just release his latest and last update will ur next update include his changes or will it be the next next one
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
Although it's not hard to find (there's not a lot of content on the Android Passions website right now), it would probably still be good to include a link to your AP forum in the OP, no?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cowman4000:
I'm assuming we'll be able to install the update on top of the 3/4 release? I hate wiping in between updates like some of the other ROM's out there.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lolreconlol:
When I went from v1 to v1.3, I just flashed the rom and reflashed gapps - nothing lost, no problems.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
I won't know until I make the first build and test it, but it's likely that you will have to wipe since quite a few system files will be replaced. I can't garentee anything at this point though.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cowman4000:
Is beats audio enabled by default? If not, how do you enable it?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
Already covered

It doesn't have to be enabled, it's always on.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cowman4000:
Thanks.

10char
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
Question: I see in the OP it says that the 2/26/12 Incredikernel is included, but I'm not so sure... I tried to enable zram with the default kernel and it couldn't find zram. Only after manually flashing the 2/26 Incredikernel from their website was I able to get zram to work.

Has anyone else had this problem?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jlokos:
This has happened to me with the other ICS roms that included the incredikernel. I believe that the one baked in does not have the zram script included. Why, I don't know.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
OK. It's not terribly inconvenient to add it to my flashing procedure, as long as I know that.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Update is just about ready,testing a couple things and then it should be ready for release. Shouldn't take more than an hour or two....if anyone wants to help me with testing on this update or on future updates, catch me on gtalk: hanger84@gmail.com or in The Box at androidpassions.com
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sivan.carmi:
Thanks for all the hard work! Keeping our dincs alive! Great job!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lolreconlol:
How much of a difference are you seeing in the battery?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Fergusonfox7:
You need to reflash the incredikernel to have the zram option.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
As far as the difference between HWA and non-HWA versions....I have the stock battery, the HWA version cuts my battery life in half.

On light use, I get almost 2 days from non-HWA. With medium use and not playing games, I can get through 12 hours+.....playing games though, I get about 4 hours.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Version 1.5 is now available, as well as updated Google Apps! For now it's only available at Android Passions. I'll be updating this thread in a few days to add it here.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] demarcmj:
[insert Homer Simpson "woo hoo" sound clip here]

I'm trying out the goo-inside app. I was able to find v1.5 of your ROM, but is there any easy way to find which version of gapps is the right one? The app just seems to dump them all out in an unorganized list. I had to go to the Android Passions forum site to make sure I had the right one.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cowman4000:
Can we install it on top of 1.3?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
I haven't checked yet on if it will flash over fine or not. I would suggest doing a backup just in case.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lolreconlol:
@Hanger - how long have you been involved in the Android world? Just wondering how long someone is doing it until they put a ROM out. :p
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
Well, I've had my Incredible for almost a year now, but I only started working on my ROM a couple weeks ago.

I used to build custom OEM versions of Windows XP and Windows 7 for a few friends, and for computers I had built for people. I also learned a little bit of XML from messing around with World Of Warcraft and EverQuest UIs and addons, and I've been build and repairing computers for 13 years. Not to mention learning some PHP, HTML, and SQL for building websites for various gaming clans and guild and running private game servers. So I just took what I knew about all of that and started tinkering and learned things as I went. I also had help learning things from my friends at Android Passions.

Dmeadows and Wildstang helped me out a lot, and a few others provided input during the process.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tiny4579:
Hey hanger84 could you add zram from incredikernel into the next build? Its needed to use zram on a non cm ROM.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Hanger84:
I'll work on that for the next build. The rom I used as a base already had the latest incredikernel in it. Still learning some things, so it make take a little bit lol
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dltccf:
Sweet, this is what I have been waiting for.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tiny4579:
No worries. It's not exactly obvious unless you were closely following the kernel. Plus my gingerbread one had a lot more about zram discussed so it's fine if it were missed and you did say the build you were using had it baked in so they probably didn't know either.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Mr. Rager:
Holy panoramic camera! Lol. Plus you can flash over. I did over 1.3 HWA version so far so good.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] jlokos:
I did a clean wipe and flashed it. I identified one problem that maybe a bug. Normally, when you press on the screen, you get a pop up to install a widget, app shortcut, etc. That does not appear to be working on this version. You have to go to apps and then long press it onto the home screen.

I also had a number of FCs when I was setting it up, but it seemed to smooth out over time.

The camera locked up when I tried to initially take a photo. It took me several presses before it would take a photo without locking up. I rebooted the phone. The next time I tried it, it also took a few times before it would take a picture, but it did not lock up. Bar code scanner works without the camera fix. Great work again Hanger.

edit: I wiped cache and dalvik and reflashed. Unfortunately, I got the encryption error message. I then did a factory reset and the problems mentioned above cleared up. Very strange. i still have the issue with the camera that I need to press it a few times before it will take a picture, but it doesn't lock up. Everything else is working fine.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] cowman4000:
I just installed 1.3 (non-HWA) today and I'm burning through battery like crazy. I'm coming from kush's ICS alpha v5 (yes I know, old!) with the 1/03/2012 incredikernel on the smartass governor with a -75mv undervolt across the board. I could easily go 1-2 days on battery depending on usage. I installed this this morning and set everything the same as I mentioned above and about 7 hours in and I'm down to 57% remaining on my battery. I don't have any apps that I didn't have on my phone on the previous ROM that would cause battery drain. All my settings are setup like they were before as well... I don't know what to do here besides go back.

Edit: I may have found the culprit... I tried sending a MMS this morning and apparently it never sent... it was still trying to send ALL DAY LONG. I'll keep monitoring it and post back.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lolreconlol:
Yeah, that's the main thing keeping me away from ICS.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] omniatic:
So, will reflashing the kernel allow me to enable zram, or does it have to be added into the rom first?

...Sorry...I was on the phone...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jlokos:
I never had any problem with battery life on this rom or any of the other ICS roms. I found the battery life on these roms comparable to other AOSP roms. You may want to give it a couple of days.