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[Epic 4G Android Development] XtaC318:
Sending a long text message as an MMS instead of having it split. Seems to be the only sms issue left, but doesn't matter since its easily worked around.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
I wouldn't say that a malfunctioning stock app doesn't matter...

It may not matter as much as it would if no workarounds were available, but less importance does not imply no importance. It is perfectly understandable if this issue is low on the to-do list, but it should remain on the list until it can be fixed, or completely removed and replaced with a functioning "stock" (as in, comes with the rom) app. And as long as it is on that list, it matters by some amount greater than zero ;)

I think the first step is to figure out where the "gibberish" comes from - the app has to read the data from somewhere, so I suspect that it is either reading the wrong location in memory, or the right location at the wrong time (after the temporary variable containing the original message is cleared). Either that, or the message is sent out legibly, and Sprint's network is screwing it up...
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
am I the only one that the flash doesn't work for on the video? and I take it there is no way to use the samsung app? I tried to to use it but it wouldn't work. nothing would come up.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
What the hell are you talking about?

There's no issue with the SMS or the stock application. It functions exactly the way it is intended to.

This has been covered. It's too much data to be translated over the cellular network which is why it splits. It doesn't convert to MMS until over 3 split messages long (which is does btw, and works fine when doing so).

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
You mean this was fixed in the last two days? Because three days ago, I got into a lengthy discussion with a friend, and some of my messages were split into as many as seven separate sms messages - where was the conversion at three? But if I turned off auto-split, then messages of 161 characters or greater would come through as gibberish at his end - my first seven-sms message had to be resent because I was testing it earlier that day with sms-split turned off... no mms conversion ever occurred...

His long messages came through as MMS just fine, but he has a different phone and carrier

I'm not sure where the misunderstanding is, but I trust personal experience over the assertions of others, any day of the week.

That is what the hell I am talking about :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Are you using a themed mms.apk? I thought the newest one did not have a split option and was done automatically.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ragnar:
What styles is referring to is that the stock system when you write a text sms that is much longer than 160 characters what the stock sms app does it converts it to mms in order to send it as one. What is and has been happening is that the sms app in CM9 here on the epic fails to do that. So that's why we have to split at 160 because we have to send as sms and not MMS because it doesn't convert automatically. If the auto convert to mms occurred this conversation would not even be occurring.

EDIT: One thing to point out is that on my Galaxy Nexus running CM9 the message app does work correctly and converts any sms over 160 characters into mms and sends it as one. Maybe this can be ported over or at least looked at to see why it works there? Since some of the team members are the same.

Sent from a phone...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Blad3:
Nicely put. Obviously he has no clue what he is talking about.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Shiggity:
I dunno if this was addressed but on my Mom's epic GPS is super flakey. Half the time I can't get it to get a lock when using Telenav apps such as Google Maps. I did not have her on beta 2. I installed beta 3 straight up. I read the release notes and I disabled the stuff mentioned to the best of my ability/what was available to do so.

Thanks in advance.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
It's common knowledge that it "has" to be split at 160 characters. When the message is over 3 sets of 160 characters long it converts to MMS. I use the stock messaging app and this works fine. I just now tested this to be sure.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Last I checked, beta 2, wasn't the option to split removed from mms.apk and it was hard coded in so there would be no more issues? Zeinzu is that option there in yours? This is how I knew some people were using old mms.apk's installed by themes.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ninja_unmatched:
After reading about the latter mentioned sms mms issue. I figured I would test it out and I just sent a message that required to be split in 3 and was received just fine...the 3rd part took a lil bit though....gonna try mms now.

Update: mms works fine.
[Epic 4G Android Development] amateurhack:
Ok, just got done listening to Pandora for 90 minutes on battery, and the screen off the entire time. It played flawlessly the entire time. Do I need to go longer?

If that doesn't jibe with your results, maybe pm me, and we can run down our settings mutually to see if there's a difference between what yours and mine are set to that may be causing this issue for you.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
I wonder if I should test with HQ quality off. I know that can cause skips while buffering but didn't think it would cause next song in que not to buffer at all with screen off. Yea, pm me your setting real quick and I'll test with whatever is your exact settings.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
No option just as you said. Splits by default. Converts to MMS after more than 3 messages long by default.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] amateurhack:
Pm sent. Keep me posted.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
That's what I thought, thanks Zeinzu.

Styles420 if you have the option to split then you are not using the recent files and this is why you have problems. Please flash Beta 3 and recent gapps with no themes and your mms.apk should work like everyone elses.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ragnar:
It should have sent the three as 1 mms not sms. So you should not have received it in parts but as one whole mms??? Please let us know if this is how it worked for you?

Sent from a phone...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
It has to be more than 3 before it converts to MMS. As in at least 4.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ragnar:
Ok thanks! That's where my confusion came in for some reason I always knew more than 3 but assumed it was when you hit 3 actually it occurs when you reach 4. Got it that clears that up, so it's working correctly on the Epic. My bad! :what:

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[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
all I know is every message i sent and received was getting broken up in the middle, I put on the gosms app and now it works normally like it did in gingerbread.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ragnar:
Well what we where talking about technically when your message reaches 481 characters it should convert to mms and send it as one message not broken apart into sections.

Sent from a phone...
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
I did verify md5 (just reiterating), and didn't flash any extras, so maybe it didn't actually flash... when I get a chance, I will probably just re-download from my computer, verify md5 and try again. Since others have confirmed proper operation, I can only assume that something went wrong on my end, causing a misunderstanding on my part.

Thanks for the feedback, especially for the non-combative delivery :)

(I have to admit that I am guilty of less productive communication - I used to rationalize it because I only do it when I'm sure I'm right, but that doesn't really justify it...)
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
either way, its not acceptable the way it is, my messages were like 20 words and they were getting split into multiple messages. Im trying to read a message from my friend and its broken into 2 and 3 parts right in the middle of a word. that doesn't happen with go sms and didn't happen with gingerbread. gosms is working fine but i'm not sure how people could be happy with the stock messenger. if that is the way ICS messenger works, android is backstepping.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
I was just concerned when you said you had turned off 160 character split remembering that that option was removed.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Something is wrong on your phone. It splits at 160 characters. I would redownload and reflash everything because that is not a normal occurrance.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
That's because it was built into the stock TW messaging application to function a different way and third party apps may still split but usually do so by seperating a whole word.

Maybe that could be coded into the stock message app here? Not only to split at 160 characters but to split by a full word instead of splitting at exactly 160 characters? A word that breaks the 160 mark becomes part of the next seperated message?

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
That makes sense now - I managed not to see any mention of the removal of the split option, or I would have realized something wasn't right when I saw it. Others have confirmed proper operation, so all that's left for me is to try a fresh download and test to make sure I don't have some other problem that is somehow interfering with the flash process, etc...

On a side note, I have seen a few moderators come and go in the Epic section, and I think I like your style the best, Kenny. I've noticed an overall improvement in user interaction, and I believe you deserve a decent amount of the credit for that :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
Kenny is the man!

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] czechpunk:
Probably already been answered but I couldn't find it running a quick site search or on Google+: is the lockscreen weather widget coming as an incremental upgrade to beta 3 or as part of beta 4?
[Epic 4G Android Development] wtogami:
CM9 beta4-pre3

Epic CM Blog: CM9 beta4-pre3
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
Capacitive lights working well (a blink longer, lol) + Nice Work on the new kernel; CWM scrolling menu working good so far; time to chk out the apollo music app......... Thank you!

*edit: lockscreen weather, aha! ;)

sent via today's Android 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] nerdtaco:
Has anybody else had problems with call audio? The microphone stays off in calls and there is no sound. If I put it into speakerphone, bluetooth, or plug speakers into the 3.5mm jack, then call audio seems to work as expected. I had the same problem on my old Epic which had B1. Clearing data, reflashing, and flashing other ROMs have not gotten rid of the problem. Even going back to GB ROMs hasn't changed it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] czechpunk:
If by chance you're using Voodoo Sound, disable hi-fi recording. Somehow, someone else found that and it fixed the only issue I've ever had with any custom ROM.
[Epic 4G Android Development] czechpunk:
Mr. Togami, and the CM9 Epic Team, thank you!
[Epic 4G Android Development] nerdtaco:
No voodoo sound here. I did however just place a call from the FC09 SD Utility and it worked just fine. Rebooted and now the issue is gone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nastypup:
Still having problems with wifi dropping and 3G not kicking in. Wifi is dropping in places where it didn't drop before CM9.

Cyanogen Mod Beta 4, EL30. I like my Ice Cream Sandwich!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
Wifi and 3g still cut out for me whenever the screen is off. Tested Pandora again and it stops to buffer every few seconds, but if I keep the screen on it streams fine, or if I keep it plugged in. Downloads suspend while the screen is off and don't continue till the screen is woken unless plugged in.

Obviously there is some kind of issue with wifi/3g relating to the phone going into deep sleep.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] nastypup:
Mine happens even when the screen is on.

Cyanogen Mod Beta 4, EL30. I like my Ice Cream Sandwich!
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
so use spare parts and set wifi to never sleep.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Gavisann:
I am loving the lockscreen weather, but when using Apollo or Google play, the music controls covers the weather.

Send from my SPH-D700 (Samsung Epic 4G)
[Epic 4G Android Development] nastypup:
I have Spare Parts set to never sleep for wifi and it still cuts out. The biggest problem is that 3G doesn't kick in if there's a trace of wifi. Currently, I'm on 3G because I couldn't connect to this forum. I had to turn off wifi to get 3G to come on. I didn't have this problem with other ROMs or kernels so I know it's not my phone.

Cyanogen Mod Beta 4, EL30. I like my Ice Cream Sandwich!
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I fixed that on my kernel. It is a power manager issue in the kernel.

Edit: on the v5 version, not the current 4.1
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
First rule of CM9, we don't discuss non-stock in the CM9 thread.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I can recommend it. The rule is to not complain about issues.
[Epic 4G Android Development] propjockey:
Beta 4 pre3 working great so so far. If I toggle off data when using wifi or vice versa, I've been getting near TW battery life. I did have one issue with the Apollo app though. When I applied the black theme, the album art won't load anymore. On the stock white theme, my album art loads just fine. Just a very minor bug. Thanks for the blazing fast development and all the pre builds for us flashaholics!
[Epic 4G Android Development] xboxfanj:
I thought it was don't talk about fight club-err cm9.

Or there's also the eta one.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ninja_unmatched:
I just noticed this..... it sent as 3 separate text messages. I also sent it to a cheap Assurance phone so...
[Epic 4G Android Development] ninja_unmatched:
Ok still seeing the sms mms discussion going on so I look a lil further..... mine does not convert it till at 4 and not 3. Soon as it gets on the 4th it turns to mms.

And.......the message is like stuck on sending. Usually phone gives up and returns not sent message by now...
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
You might have missed this part of the conversation:

So you're good - it's a semantic misunderstanding, the split is at >3 sms, not >=3 (greater than or equal to, for the non-programmers and math haters, lol). 3 is only equal to 3, not greater than... does that help to clear up the confusion?

As for my phone, I guess B3 didn't flash on my first attempt, although it looked like it did - I was lucky that my phone still booted, but unlucky in that I had no clear indication of a problem. I actually reflashed the same zip (after triple checking the md5), and everything worked as advertised - sms split option was gone, and texts up to 3 sms in length split automatically while 4 sms' worth automatically converted to mms :)

Not surprisingly, it still works in B4 as well - thanks again to everyone who provided feedback to put me back on track!
[Epic 4G Android Development] s89281b:
or you can go into settings in messaging and the last option (sms count) and change when you want the conversion. can have it always convert or never
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
does this thing not go into deep sleep for anyone else when gps is turned on? a few times today, i noticed the phone would deep sleep, but like 50% or so and the other time it would spend at 100hz. then i turned off gps and it goes back to normal like 80+ % sleep.

and seriously, does anyone else notice that the flash does not work when recording video?
[Epic 4G Android Development] ninja_unmatched:
Yeah I did miss that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nastypup:
So how do I fix it? BTW, I'm big a fan of your work, Marcus.

Cyanogen Mod Beta 3, EL30. I like my Ice Cream Sandwich!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
Beta4 Pre3 the capacitive lights are still iffy. Still won't read long press if a button was just pressed. Have to wait for them to shut off first so there's a delay before you can hit keys for certain situation. This is with the option to disable them on.

Personally I think the option works the best with the original timeout it had when it was first implemented in the Pre builds. In that respect it's bug free.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] xtrezpasor:
Does any one know how to erase a caller or reset the whole frequently called list? There are some ppl on there id rather now be. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
Click on the call in the log, hit menu, remove from log.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] RickyRage:
Beta 4 pre3 seems smooth with shadowkernel 6.3.3 so far
[Epic 4G Android Development] wtogami:
mkasick intends on fixing the cap lights bugs after he moves. He is a little busy now. =)

See the latest news here.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tony_spear:
I dont think thats it...He asked how to clear the Frequently Called list in the 'Contacts" tab of the phone app... Not the Clear Call Log option in the "log" tab of the phone app. I have wondered how to do that as well, so if anyone knows, please share.
[Epic 4G Android Development] hotpocketdeath:
Only way I know of to do it is to clear the entire list.

You can do that by going into your apps and clear the data for "Contacts Storage"
[Epic 4G Android Development] OscarTangoMike:
Maybe the long way around to do this (haven't tested myself) but could you use call log backup, back up calls, edit the xml, restore the edited xml?

The only other way I have found is to clear the call logs.
[Epic 4G Android Development] s89281b:
if you clear data in contact storage(manage apps, all apps) it will erase the freq called list but also clears contact. which isnt a problem if you sync contacts with google. if you dont sync then export to sd card then import them back after clear.
[Epic 4G Android Development] svfreddy:
Just tried this with great results:

Do a recent backup with the calllogsbackupapp, clear data from contacts storage (manage apps,All apps, Contact storage, clear data) Then restore call log via the app. DONE

Got rid of the frequent call list for me but still have my call log :D

Make sure your google sync is on or you do a contact backup because this might delete your contacts as well
[Epic 4G Android Development] cerobles1:
Am I the only one or DSPManager doesn't work? I tried to change several options in the program and there was no change to the sound coming from my headphones.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
is this supposed to auto switch between 4g and 3g and wifi like the gingerbread roms do? I see it lets me leave 4g and wifi on at the same time, but when I leave the house, it never connects 4g. If I go and turn off 4g and turn it back on, then it connects to 4g.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Restola:
I dont know if DSP has worked since CM9 to be honest. If you're not using a voodoo sound kernel then you can download Volume+ for free if you register on the developer's forums and this works for sure (I use it frequently to boost the output to my crappy car wired fm modulator).

http://androidaudiohacks.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Nope... that's on the tw roms...
[Epic 4G Android Development] TechnoGeezer:
DSPManager works fine for me but only with Google Music app that was in the original Gaps package. Have used DSP since beta 1 (?) maybe; now on beta4 pre3.

Edit - it's actually Android Music app.
[Epic 4G Android Development] SwimDrewid:
Are you guys willing / able to enable the soft keys (Navigation bar)?

It's a pain to wait till I get into the office, decompile framework-res, update the xmls, recompile, reflash.

Thanks!

J.ust A. R.eally V.ery I.ntelligent S.ystem
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
Why? We have capacitive buttons. It would make no sense to have them enabled in stock cm9 for our device.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] epicnoob66:
I don't use those buttons with a Nav bar.
[Epic 4G Android Development] SwimDrewid:
I prefer the soft keys to the capacitive buttons. But your reaction to my query indicates I may be in the minority.

I am able to update this on my own, so consider this query closed.

Keep up the good work :-)
[Epic 4G Android Development] csmasn:
Jump to AOKP is easier...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
I see no issue with your opinion if it was a toggle on/off feature. But to implement it as stock in stock cm9 would hardly make sense for a device that has capacitive buttons already. That's all I meant.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] SwimDrewid:
I probably will again when 38 drops. But CM9 appears to run smoother (and consume less battery) than AOKP.

It takes me maybe 15 minutes to decompile, update, recompile, back up and flash, so no real problems sticking with CM9 :-)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Zeinzu:
Stock Cm9 Beta4 Pre3, just had my phone freak out on me. Seemed framework bug related. All animations stopped functioning. Rotation, transition, crt off, ect. Power menu also would not come up. The phone also became slower and less responsive when this occured. Had to battery pull to resolve.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] ae69ae:
Stock Cm9 Beta4 Pre3

Issues and Updates on Beta4 Pre3

My phone randomly rebooted one time but I haven't had any reboots since.

LED Flashlight applications don't work (Brightest Flashlight, Flashlight + LED, etc). A Stock built-in LED flashlight would be nice. (If you know of any app that turns my LED into a flashlight on CM9 please let me know)

It looks like the battery life has improved. (Even with 3G, Gmail and Facebook Sync on 24/7)

Overall CM9 Beta4 Pre3 is running great and I recommend to anyone that wants ICS on their Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tmcwilliam01:
Tiny flashlight is what I think works.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
They are working on the default torch app, but in the mean time, tiny flashlight + led works as it has since the early alpha builds.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ae69ae:
About the Flashlight

Thank you, Tiny Flashlight LED works great :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] cerobles1:
I tested this app. Works like a charm. Didn't get any ghost messages or had any issues. Almost like i was running a Froyo/ Gingerbread Rom. I highly recomend this app. I'm using ICS Beta0 with Shadow Kernel v 0.6.0 This was the only thing keeping me from switching from Gingerbread ROMs to ICS. Now that this is here I have no reason to go back to Gingerbread. Thank you devs. U guys are awesome. I wish I knew as much as u guys know about this stuff so I could also in the development of ICS on the Epic. Again thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] TechnoGeezer:
I still the the ghost of msg after deletion but it disappears after exiting app 'cause it isn't there next time. Notifications come through like in TW; still seems like msg volume is low compared to in TW.
[Epic 4G Android Development] csmasn:
For those which want voicemail, try YouMail. I read about it in CM9 blog and it works great.

Sent from my Epic 4g with CM9
[Epic 4G Android Development] steelers_exe:
Same here. installed, ran, deleted voicemails from sprint, and no issues. have yet to receive an actual voicemail, but dont expect any problems.
[Epic 4G Android Development] agentjonnyb:
I'm currently on Syndicate ROM Frozen 1.2, which is an EXT4 filesystem ROM, and also Genocide Kernel...any other steps I have to take prior to following the steps in the How To video? I can't stand another minute of Android 2.x, lol!
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdee323:
i tried that too, but i dont mind the ghost messages/wierd settings. im just glad i dont have to call my vm anymore. maybe the devs can add this in future builds and get it working correctly.