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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
It seems like we are almost close to see the public ICS version. FC07 is also one of the best ROM that we've seen so far and many issues from the previous version are already fixed on FC07.

But, I still see many peoples are complaining about the issues on FC07 from here and there. So, it would be great if we can see all real or possible issues in one place. This is the reason why I'm starting this thread.

Because I started, I want to add one :

Occasionally, GPS lock notification is not disappeared even the GPS turned off and there's no app using it.

Story - After flashing FC07 from FC06, I was checking individual apps and opened Go Weather app. Go Weather app asked be to enable My Location, so I did. Go Weather asked me 'GPS module is diabled. do you want to go to GPS settings?', so I turned on GPS and came back to Go Weather. It started searching and locked the GPS. After that, GPS notification always showed even I closed the App.

Just like happened in FC06, after the reboot, I do not see the same problem any more. Fortunately, I kept the screenshot of it.

[Update]

Now my FC07 ROM works much better than any of previous ROMs - sreenshots available in this post and post #50.

First, how stupid I was!

Late last night, I disabled the Battery saver script - Juice defender - and after that my Stock (rooted) FC07 ROM started working flawlessly. Even the battery life is showing great. After unplugged, it only used 10% for two hours.

Only one problem that I saw was GPS lock notification. It was there even I turned off everything. As we mentioned many times, only the workaround for this is just rebooting the phone.

Since last night, I do not see any apps FC'd. GPS working great, my wifi status is always updated even after the sleep.

So, if you see some weird issue on your ICS Rom, make sure you test your phone with any battery saver application. What I did during last night was, disabled Juice Defender and disabled some startups which I really don't need. One more thing I did was, configured CPU thru System Tuner Pro to use the ondemand govener. That's it and I'm happy with this FC07 ROM.

(Before this change, I also made the GPS tuneup on post #47, it's still effective on my phone and working great)

Right now, my phone stays cool without any issues.

(ps I updated Google map in this morning. I think this updated app is much better than previous version)

[Update]

I hope this would be the last update before I jump into coming FC13.

This afternoon, after a sleep mode, wifi did not show the signal bar again. But at this time, just turning off and on worked. Wifi signal came back to normal (don't need to reboot).

* Adding two more screenshots showing excellent battery life on FC07*
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jamesey:
Exchange doesn't sync contacts or calendar.

Wifi is slow to lock
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
THIS!!

Thanks for saving me the trouble of flashing this rom only to be disappointed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jamesey:
You can easily change the apks for exchange. In fact I posted them. Just stating what needs to be fixed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
Had GPS on for awhile when I ran FC07 (with the modem) never had the icon stay when I turned it off it went away like it should. Some people are having the issue however so not really sure it's with the modem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Itchiee:
I agree with GPS sticking around even after closing sometimes, which drains battery and warms the phone.

Other then GPS issues this has been a solid phone made better with the ICS roms

Thanks for starting this thread since I believe Samsung is monitoring this forum.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Double post
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
No system wide font size from what I hear. Can we call that an "issue"? =P
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yourbrotherrex:
Has anyone gone in and taken a look at the build.prop "settings" for wifi?

Sometimes it happens that the wifi.suppplicant_scan_interval on roms based on these stock leaks we get is set as high as like 240..THAT is one thing that could definitely be lowered to like 90, and the lock would be much faster...

(I can't check it myself right now, because my ET4G is in transit due to a hard-brick replacement.)

It's definitely something someone might wanna take a look at.)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
Mine shows 15 and I never touched this option. So, I believe it would be the stock default.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beserker15:
For me, the main thing that has been fixed is stability...but then again the leaks are coming way to fast to truly test stability (aka running for over a week). My two biggest gripes with the ics leaked roms hasn't been fixed since the early leaks...notification sounds sometimes still disappearing, and the gps bug still exists (albeit less frequently).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yourbrotherrex:
15?

I can't say I've ever seen that value placed so low in ANY rom on any phone....90 is usually the go-to 'custom' setting most "chefs" will use...15 doesn't seem like it would give the wifi even enough time to establish a connection before it went in to re-scan mode.

Hm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
It seems like '15' is not a strange value.

Found the same value from many places -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1351003&page=2

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/34675-wifi-scan-interval/

http://adrynalyne-teachtofish.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-change-wifi-scan-interval.html

To save the battery, I see many places are recommending '90' but anyway, FC07's stock value is '15'.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LudoGris:
15 is the same on the GB rooms too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yourbrotherrex:
OK. My bad....thanks for checking... Must be something else.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jerryparid:
Don't expect GPS fix.

Samsung engineers can't write GPS drivers to save their own lives. Pretty much every Samsung phone have had serious GPS issues.

HTC GPS = Godmode. Samsung GPS = Failmode.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bondosho:
LOL. Mine literally just got a lock on me (and on the correct side of the house) in about 4 seconds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dchibro:
Well, most of this thread has been about GPS, but I'll throw my hat into the ring with something different.

I still can't get Bluetooth to pair with my Sony car stereo, and while I can pair with my Infinity car system, trying to play any audio causes Bluetooth to force close. It works fine in both cars on the GB ROM so this is certainly a ICS build issue. Although not necessarily only on FC07. It hasn't worked on any of the builds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I am glad you are checking the Bluetooth car connectivity. I am checking the leaks with my stereo headphones and my regular Bluetooth but that's good you caught that car connection issue. It seems like there aren't many people checking the Bluetooth side of these leaks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darkpoe:
wifi doesnt reconnect after sleep (about 75% of the time without a toggle.. Ive gotten this on and off over the last few roms but this has been pretty consistent for me on this rom for the last day.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 4redstars:
Calk's 1.1 and exchange calendars and contracts sync great, wifi connects super fast. I have gotten the minor bug of GPS notification staying on.

When the official release comes I'll worry. Now I'm just riding the beta wave.

Formerly Tuffgong4 on xda
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingdazy:
Have not flashed the ROM, but I have been using the radio for the last 24 hours.

Awful connectivity. 4G shows as connected, but no data connection at all (This is intermittent, and switching 4G togg on and off seems to "fix" it. Happened about 6 times yesterday afternoon/evening/night.)

Unsure if this is related to solar storms, so holding off on an actual opinion for another day or two.

(I flash every new radio as they come out, FC06 is/was Awesome.)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I actually had that issue on FC06 as well. I chalked it up to a network issue. I would show full bar 4g and nothing would connect but it was a temporary thing that's why I thought it was network related
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Foulwx:
For me, the big problem is GPS. Even using GPS test or GPS status, I never even see a satellite in view. It's happened on every ICS rom I've tried. The only time I got a lock was trying the trick of getting a lock on EL29 and then flashing ICS through recovery. Usually though I like to ODIN sfhub's one click roms and I've never gotten a lock using those.

I'll play around again today, but by tonight I always go back to EL29 to have a good system for work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
Do you have the gps file that is missing from this rom?

look in system/lib/hw for gps.exynos4.so if that file is not in there that is part of the reason you are not getting GPS on the rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kikoshi:
By any chance, did you check if it Played a role in the consumption of the battery ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
There was no FC06 modem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingdazy:
whooops. fc05. whatever. lol. (i actually had to go check my flashing folder to see. you're right. ha.)

whatever modem i used before fc07 anyway, "seemed" to be way better.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SanityBroken:
I'm running Calk's 1.1, FC07 modem and steady's repacked FC07 kernel. My GPS issues are almost nonexistent now. I have "Use sensor aiding" and "Location and Google search" disabled, the first time I had a problem I used Faster Fix and GPS Status followed by a reboot. I could be wrong, but it seems like the sensor aiding and Google search seemed to be what was causing the GPS to stay on. My wi-fi does fail to comeback after sleep though, any suggestions on fixing?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
We are just in good timing. I was just about to report one day's battery consumption without recharging it.

When you look at the attached battery consumption graph, between 50 to 20% range, it happened in just within 10 minutes when I tried to set up the route from my home to destination thru Google Map application.

1. I searched a location via Google and copied the address. Put the address into Google map.

2. Found the location and I tried to navigate from my current location.

3. Turned on GPS

4. GPS locked but GPS was not able to locate my location

5. Turned off GPS several times and close the GPS app.

6. GPS lock notification was still on even I closed app and turned off GPS.

7. Restarted phone because it was really getting hot.

8. Waited about 10 minutes until it's cool down. Gave up to re-using GPS.

Between 75 to 50% on the graph, I saw about two apps failed with 'Unfortunately, xxx has stopped' error message. One app was 'Kakao Talk' and I don't remember whatelse was. After reboot, the error message disappeared and I did not see the same error message again.

When you look at the graph closely, there are some points that battery capacity is going up even I never recharged the battery after the first green area. I'm not sure why graph shows 'up' pattern without recharging it.

Between 20 to 5%, I've received one call and spent about 5 minutes and missed one call. At the very last area of the graph, it's showing up pattern again without charging it.

Mostly the whitelines on the graph, those are the times when the screen was off.

Just like many people reported, it seems like there are some issues on the GPS and battery consumption also. For any ROMs that I previously used and current FC07 rom, I saw that Phone was getting really hot when I used the GPS. For FC07, when it search the location or when it's not able to locate the location, the battery consumption is horrible.

(Sorry for the language on the first screenshot. I'm adding another screenshot with English)

(Adding 4 more screenshots those are from settings > battery)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] luckychef28:
You may very well be exactly correct. I'm not sure why it didn't occur to me earlier to toggle these settings, but it seems to have solved the sticking/heating issue. I ran Nav a few time (previously notorious for making the GPS stick) while having "Show CPU usage" turned on in Settings. The icon and the usage disappeared when closing out Nav. Still gets a little warm while running, but not scary hot. As well, I have seen GPS turn on to refresh weather and actually turn off. FAN-FRICKIN-TASTIC!!! I'll test it again by using Nav on my drive home. But as it stands now, Bravo!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
Same thing in here about 'wi-fi fail to comeback after sleep'. Wi-fi status shows no signal while I'm downloading the app from Google Play Store (screenshot attached).

This happens frequently on my Stock FC07 ROM with Rogue FC07 Kernel.

(my wifi router is just about 5 foot away from my phone and used to get full or 4 bars always)

[Update]

The second screenshot after reboot - it shows the signal now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] suddenincline:
Hi I'm new here to posting but not using. I'm on calk's e4gt v 1.1 fc07 with the fc07 modem. Things if noticed is the wifi sleep thing, and any app that needs to install to the internal or external as card fails. Even when trying to move a app to the as fails. other than that when I flashed I had 70% battery after flash it booted up to 45% then in the next 5mins it was down to 9% with that said after a.full recharge it seems to be doing very well so far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TX2000:
Other error is that sometimes using bluetooth headset/car stereo is that when you are listening to music and a phone call comes in and you hang up it doesn't play again on the headset/car stereo, it plays on the phone speaker :-\
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] willquil1:
I'm still trying to figure out how to take screenshots
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sottey:
Press and hold the power button and home button at the same time. Hold (1 to 2 seconds ill you see the toast message that says ' copied to clipboard and a notification 'screenshot captured'
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
Yep I know, and I agree it fixes the problem...just hoping Samsung gets it done soon :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cbpagent72:
Cannot arrange apps alphabetically and horrible battery life and some weird overheating issues. Keep trying Samsung ICS its not ready for primetime.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
None here. I went back to Gingerbread and did a clean install even though I was on FC06. My battery life was bad the first day and a half then things really settled in. No phone running warm, no wifi disconnects, no camera freezes, battery graph works now. I am only a few days in but I just got my best battery life since launch day of this phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bondosho:
Just had it soft restart (didn't power down, just reloaded the OS) on me while typing a message in Facebook. But I'm not sure if that's an ICS issue, or a software glitch.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
Not sure it's the app issue or common FC07 issue but I experienced the similar thing yesterday. Facebook app force closed couple of times during watching friend's picture album.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daviddem:
One more problem sometimes 4g get stuck
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smark72:
I really hope the official release is WAY better than these leaks. I tried the fc07 and it seemed very laggy switching between home screens and not very smooth at all. Right now I prefer GB. I also could not get launcher pro to work at all. Is that because it has not been optimized for ICS yet? I did not rely care too much for the other launchers. Every time I try one, I always seem to find myself going back to launcher pro. ICS just seemed extremely slow compared to GB, on my phone at least.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Pheno.menon:
Use Nova or Apex Launcher. LP development has been abandoned for a long time now (almost a year with no updates). It's not compatible with ICS, either.

I get why you're trying to use it, though. It *was* the best launcher back in the day, but has been outpaced by others like Go Launcher since then.

Sent from my Galaxy S II, AOKP style.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ker0zene:
Just wanted to chime in, Bluetooth car connectivity works fine with my Alpine-133BT and FC06.. I've been streaming my Google Music collection fine, I'll upgrade to FC07 and report my findings..

---------- Post added at 03:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:07 PM ----------

Exchange calendar sync works fine for me (my work is using exchange server 2003 though).. haven't tested out exchange contact sync yet..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
For whom having GPS issues :

This thread is not intended to provide the solutions about the FC07 related issues.

But I spent several hours to find out some better way to improve the GPS issues (locking / GPS notification / GPS network error / etc) on D710.

After all, I found a coupe of useful sites and link. The links are blow and you may try put this configuration into your \system\etc\gps.conf. Be sure to backup your existing gps.conf file before making any change. This configuration would be only used for US users because it's using us NTP servers. For more options, check the link below.

NTP_SERVER=0.us.pool.ntp.org

NTP_SERVER=1.us.pool.ntp.org

NTP_SERVER=2.us.pool.ntp.org

NTP_SERVER=3.us.pool.ntp.org

XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

XTRA_SERVER_4=http://xtra4.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

INTERMEDIATE_POS=1

ACCURACY_THRES=2000

DEBUG_LEVEL=3

ENABLE_WIPER=1

ENABLE_XTRA=TRUE

SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com

SUPL_PORT=7276

SUPL_HOST=supl.skyhook.com

SUPL_PORT=7278

SUPL_HOST=lbs.geo.t-mobile.com

SUPL_PORT=7277

SUPL_SECURE_PORT=7275

SUPL_NO_SECURE_PORT=3425

CURRENT_CARRIER=common

REPORT_POSITION_USE_SUPL_REFLOC=1

DEFAULT_AGPS_ENABLE=TRUE

DEFAULT_SSL_ENABLE=FALSE

DEFAULT_USER_PLANE=TRUE

START_MODE=WARM

OPERATION_MODE=STANDALONE

Useful links for gps configuration.

1. http://pastebin.com/Wr2eGFt1

2. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1380028

Hope this configuration would be helpful for your GPS issue. So far, my GPS is working fine after this change. You need to reboot the system after gps.conf file change.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dchibro:
I suspect you'd experience the same on FC07. I don't doubt that the phone can pair and play audio through many different sets of equipment. I've just been unfortunate in that it's not working in either of my cars. I'm hopeful they work on Bluetooth so that it does before the official release, but I have to admit I'm getting a bit nervous heh.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lostcausenjtown:
Don't know if this is an issue or sammy doing it intentionally.

1. Contacts tab missing from phonebook.

2. Phone will hang sometimes in certain apps. (lock/unlock brings it back)

3. Takes awhile for 3G to come back when you lose 4G or wifi signal.

4. Sync seems to be off or not syncing as it normally does. My gmail has been behind.

5. Speedtest.net app caused the GPS icon to stick for me. No other app has done it so far. (Waze, Maps, Nav, Weather all have not made it stick).

6. Just got dual rings on incoming call. Two ringtones at the same time. I have not touched settings since setting up phone.

BTW, no trouble at all here using bluetooth in my truch. About to try the Samsung FreeSync app as I have a Sammy headset for when I am not in my truck. Will report back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
Now my FC07 ROM works much better than any of previous ROMs

First, how stupid I was!

Late last night, I disabled the Battery saver script - Juice defender - and after that my Stock (rooted) FC07 ROM started working flawlessly. Even the battery life is showing great. After unplugged, it only used 10% for two hours.

Only one problem that I saw was GPS lock notification. It was there even I turned off everything. As we mentioned many times, only the workaround for this is just rebooting the phone.

Since last night, I do not see any apps FC'd. GPS working great, my wifi status is always updated even after the sleep.

So, if you see some weird issue on your ICS Rom, make sure you test your phone with any battery saver application. What I did during last night was, disabled Juice Defender and disabled some startups which I really don't need. One more thing I did was, configured CPU thru System Tuner Pro to use the ondemand govener. That's it and I'm happy with this FC07 ROM.

(Before this change, I also made the GPS tuneup on post #47, it's still effective on my phone and working great)

Right now, my phone stays cool without any issues.

(ps I updated Google map in this morning. I think this updated app is much better than previous version)
[KIN Two Software Development] Kinuser1:
So, I'm temporarily back. I got a Brand new Kin Twom from verizon wireless. To those that could not get a replacement KIN, I feel bad for you. But my friend had a kin twom and I asked him if I could have it just to mess with. So I took it apart because it wouldn't turn on and found this (Below) Now my KIN works wonderfully with no flaws. No I'm deciding whether or not to try and dev for this phone. So the pic is below tell me what you think.
[KIN Two Software Development] cj2009cj:
HELP And GREAT

YES! you should continue hacking. And PS. How come my KIN won't downgrade anymore. Id enjoy using the loop etc. But when i press the hotkey buttons it just deletes the phone.:mad: Any way of having it work. And PPs. My verizon service is on the phone still.
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
being surprised?

It was on the list from the "dismount" procedure back in the day.

Interesting stuff would be reading raw data from it.
[KIN Two Software Development] Kinuser1:
I'm not sure if I over looked it or not, but a windows phone with a SAMSUNG chip...interesting..is it possible that this could hold some data? Who knows
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
Samsung storage chip, where the 8gb user memory is stored.

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft-Kin-Two-Teardown/2902/2

Move along citizens...

On the other hand, being a cool guy, someone can follow this stuff:

http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2556

to read it if the protocol there (homebrew) is correct.

of course, nothing is assured and .. probably leads to the user space storage (so the same as MTP writes) and not the windows os which would be flashed to *another?* chip on the board.

I would happily open my not working kin two to read this if i got the wire-operating skills and the material, but none is present.
[KIN Two Software Development] Kinuser1:
Hmm, I'll try and figure this out. On the other hand did you re-post the links for KINO?
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
Mentioned chinese links (should be upped to common links in 1st post)

Movinand: http://www.docin.com/p-166979021.html

Movinand + windows CE: http://www.docin.com/p-278230298.html

Doesnt help, but it's good to be saved

Also, it should behave like a MMC (Multi Media Card) if plugged correctly, so everything *could* be dumped to a bin / raw format.

The only way to access this either plugin the required pins to this chip (which is hard, being soldered to the board), or using (somehow) the SBL hotkey and pray for a way to access it from there.

Neither of them looks easy or cheap.
[KIN Two Software Development] Kinuser1:
Well, all good things take time
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
i just mean expensive boards to connect to it.

unfortunately for the dismounting guy. it's probably hard to give it volts without the specs, and everything should be coded by hand,

The best chance anyway, will be to boot into a not-common way, so APX or pink mode, so the board is powered.

Now the worst part is see where to plug without dismounting the chip (which probably cannot be done).
[KIN Two Software Development] Kinuser1:
Trial and error my friend :)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidifyme:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=811532&page=4

has instructions on how to add custom power reboot, recovery to menu.

Is it the same for eris, and if not what are the steps to get this done. I want to add recovery, and hboot to my sense 2.1
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
This was done loooooong ago in the Eris.

Sent from my Sabotaged Droid Incredible 2.