yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
It's not pixelated. But gradients are looking bad (not smooth). How low resolution the picture is, so much you can see that bad effect.

I am not sure, if this issue comes from Electrify, or modding. But for what I know, these gradients were there always. :-)

You won't get the report, that sms was delivered. That's all I can tell. :-)
[Motorola Photon 4G] FC809:
I would usually just re download everything from the play store, and then restore data. Just to be safe.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
That's cool but will I be notified if the sms was NOT delivered?

Are gradients looking bad on all pictures? Everything looks like low resolution?

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Wow... for all of my apps, that will take a long time!
[Motorola Photon 4G] sivarticus85:
Yeah all my hi-res pics in my gallery look this way. Its just more apparent when they're set as wallpaper. Its not a huge deal, but when I show off my phone people notice it.

Sent from Hyrule Castle
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Sjamie - Please go and install another ROM...

Thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Sorry, didn't mean to offend you. I actually want this ROM to work! Just asking questions so I know what to expect. I'm actually flashing it now.

My apologies...
[Motorola Photon 4G] FC809:
That's why I love my fast internet ;p honestly for the most part it usually wouldn't matter to much. I just do it cause my internet is fast enough that I don't mind.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
I'm jealous! :cool:
[Motorola Photon 4G] abrcrmdl23:
Unlocked?

does this rom work through boot strap or do I have to break 4g and go full unlocked to run this rom? if I have to go full unlocked does anybody know if there are any good roms that work with boot strap while locked I need to keep my 4g.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Unlocked only.
[Motorola Photon 4G] olegfusion:
I'm gonna to ask if somebody has wifi off in idle mode with any stock toms including this one? I remember that I never had problem like it in cm7, just curious if someone knows about fix for that. Tnx
[Motorola Photon 4G] CoyotinX:
I rooted, then installed CWM using bootstrap since i had no unlocked bootloader... then i unlocked the bootloader and flashed this after wiping everything... bootlop...

Any ideas? Also, i cant seem to get to the custom CWM since it was installed using bootstrap...

UPDATED: I was able to flash romracer's ClockworkMod Recovery using fastboot. i wiped everything and reflashed rom. The rom started fine. Trying to bypass the activation for sprint since i never had sprint and im using a SIM card from brazil.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dingo502:
Go to wifi and hit menu and I think it says advanced. Then in advanced there are setting to always keep wifi on. Set that and be sure to hit menu again and save. That should do it....but if u have any battery saver settings enabled it may override that so be sure your set to performance. Spare parts plus also has setting for it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] BrianTDI:
Does blood and glory work on this rom? I saw the app in the pics, but it wont get past the opening movie.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
I'm on Sprint, previous rom was stock, did factory reset, wiped data cache system and flashed v11.

Very quick rom. Nice.

Any suggestions on how to solve data roaming?

Thanks

Edit: Using the kernel from the ROM.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
First post updated - v12

Don´t know about roaming but probably has to be turned on in Settings - Accounts battery data - Data delivery and CDMA settings for automatic, but don´t know, how to make forced roaming

All games should be fine now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sivarticus85:
Thanks for fixing the gradient issue! Great work sir!
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Not sure what you mean about data roaming. If you set to home only it uses sprint. If set to automatic forces roaming. Then tic allow data when roaming.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
That was fast! Thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ttkyles:
Peetr

first off i love your rom...its my daily (enough said!)

quick question---I'm trying to figure out how to default downloads to my 32GB ext card?

I got apps2sd, but want to download through browser to ext sd?
[Motorola Photon 4G] dingo502:
Is there a setting somewhere to get full rotation like in cm7?
[Motorola Photon 4G] xopher.hunter:
Upgraded to v12 and suddenly its asking me for a sim card after every reboot. Any ideas?
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
-That would cost some "vold" operations. But I am not going to make it as default. Not everyone has ext. SD.

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-There are no settings for rotation, only one not working is 270°.

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-Hmm. Some FC? Or just a question for sim from an app?
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Hmm. I tried without SIM now. And I see what is happening. If you want to change it like before - build.prop - ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=1
[Motorola Photon 4G] xopher.hunter:
Thank you very much that fixed it. Awesome rom btw

Edit: just a suggestion but would you mind implementing this http://www.igottadroid.com/ModMarket/Listings/yoderk1295965.html as the drop down power menu options? This way its customizable to the user for what options to have up there. Thanks in advance
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
I will take a look at it later.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dschoms:
V 12

Can I flash v 12 over v 11 without doing a complete wipe?

Great ROM, BTW.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
I think, you can without wipe, but I am not definitely sure. I wiped between these two versions. And many times. :-)
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
I think some 3rd party browser have options for where to store download
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Please let us know if that works. This is a really great ROM! :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] BrianTDI:
I was able to flash v12 over v11 just by wiping cache first.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ttkyles:
I wipe dalvic cache and cache flashing 12 over 11 using romracer's cwm recovery.No hiccups
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
I've noticed a few things:

- When I take a picture with the stock camera and I tap the thumbnail of the picture I just took, the gallery opens (which is very nice) but not actual picture. Any way to open the picture directly without having to search for it?

- I created a contact group in the dialer. When I attempt to send a text to the group, the group name does not get populated. Any solution other than using a 3rd party app?

Overall, I really like this ROM!
[Motorola Photon 4G] ttkyles:
wow, ive found same things,no solution from me but i got work arounds.

1.download quick pic from market.your pics goto dcim- camera,then quick pic allows u 2 set default folder to go straight to most recent pic.

2.go sms. has that feature ..free on the market.

i know i know not a solution ,but work around.

but its all i got. lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] ttkyles:
I just like peetr's ROM

I mean you shouldn't have to sacrifice cell functionality when you flash a ROM.

I like everything working and since The D has no 4G its a wash for me.

aosp is nice but the camera /camcorder is still lacking a bit.

I refuse to sacrifice my cam/corder

+ i think the nemus launcher (with APW widgets)is as close as your going to get to hTC's Sense.

(i'm an ex OG Evo user)

+ peetr's rom works flawlessly overseas for me.

i just *#*#4636#*#*

change to gsm

then pop in Australian or European t-mobile sim and im good to go.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
The first is somehow difficult, because there is no such activity in gallery 3d.

And the second is very difficult, because there is not Blur Messaging in the rom. But you can send Messages to multiple contacts with the MMS app, I think.

And the third, that's why I started with this ROM, to get most of cm7 and still have most of the hardware parts as usable, as on stock. I would like ICS, but I don't want to have only half functional smartphone, to the day, when I buy another one. ;-)

I will try to solve that gallery thing as next.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Thanks for your explanations and for creating this great ROM!

Yep, used the same workarounds... It's good to know we're on the same page.

Group texting from within the phone/dialer interface is the only thing I miss from stock so far. If only peetr_ could add this one Blur service. :D

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Although I have QuickPic installed and chose my desired default folder, whenever I tap the preview of last picture taken in the camera, the 3D gallery opens instead of QuickPic. Any way to set QuickPic as the default app for viewing all pics and videos?

Btw, the 3D gallery shows no defaults in settings -> applications.
[Motorola Photon 4G] moisaal:
Try adaway its free and works very well

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Great work man, Loving this rom!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Akhileshjj:
Apps earlier installed on SD card not showing

Just flashed V12 over V11

After the flash all the older app was available except few .apps are showing in grey colour with SD card written on bottom corner and when i try to run them it says application not installed on your device

Looks like some of the apps installed on SD card is not showing after the flash

I am able to access files from ext SD card from file explorer, when i try using root browser folder sdcard-ext does not contain anything.

Any solution / work around ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Hmm, my suggestion is and I am doing this as well, install every app in internal memory and start using TWRP recovery. I always had problems with "androidsecure" - wipes perfectly on 5.0.2.7 recovery, but never restores. TWRP restores I think, but I am not sure, I don't have apps on sdcard.

This has nothing to do with the rom.

And the solution now is, reinstalling those apps. Data should be still there.

And one more thing, when mounting sdcard in PC, use media sync, not mass storage. If you forget to unmount once, you're losing some data on sdcard immediately.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
I love the wallpaper you chose for this ROM, peetr_. Would you mind attaching the file or PM'ing it to me?
[Motorola Photon 4G] netengineer:
I might have missed something, but are you saying that this ROM has working 4G?

BTW, Great post, gives a little insight on the dif ROMs.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FC809:
He is saying since he doesn't have 4G in his area so he doesn't care. I think lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] dingo502:
How hard would it be to enable the 270 rotation....I use the phone as an air mouse and its nice having the buttons were they are....just something I missed from cm7.2Kang. Also the ability to change toggles and the browser...so I flash back and forth trying different configurations. Beats audio added to this rom sounds great...loving the new build! Thank you for your hard work!
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Too much requests at once. ;-)

I am working on the gallery choosing from camera. I can pick the gallery I want, but camera doesn't want to send the right data to it. So gallery 3d fc, and alternative gallery opens on the main screen.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
We have faith in you, peetr! ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] dingo502:
Sorry to overload you, Your rom is awesome and your hard work shows! BTW i think there was a modded2.3.5 blurcamera.apk that defaulted to the cm7 gallery...dunno if that helps.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Yeah, that one was from me. ;-)
[Motorola Photon 4G] dingo502:
It worked when I used it as long as I used the gallery app you used.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Another Drunk NPC:
Is there any way to use a passcode lock and the default slider? The stock ROM allows this.

Awesome work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Yes, there is a way. I turned it off. Somewhere. :-) I don't like unlocking twice.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Agreed!
[Motorola Photon 4G] sin-cal:
Has anyone tried the sony bravia engine? Could it be implemented into the rom?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sivarticus85:
Works for me. Just add the buildprop lines and the bravia files and you're good to go.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Is there a noticeable difference in video playback quality?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sivarticus85:
Yeah actually. I've noticed less pixelization in streaming on YouTube, and my 720p game of thrones episodes look more sharp. Images definitely look better.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Another Drunk NPC:
Could you please tell me how to turn it on? A hint maybe? :)

With my setup, I like the security code to come up after 15 minutes. However, without the sliders my phone ends up being activated in my pocket and people are called :/

Additionally, in CM7 there is a "'quick unlock" feature for the PIN screen that automatically pushes enter for you. That is nice too. Forgive me if I sound demanding. I love your work and I know people like to have options.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
There is an option in framework-res.apk/res/values/boolean.xml or integer.xml I think, I am not sure now.

I know, people like options, but I do this alone, most of the time searching through dalvik bytecode and xml. There are many tutorials, but most of them for the source code. And I am still learning. ;-)
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Triangle

What does the triangle in the status bar mean? I don't remember seeing it before I flashed this awesome ROM.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
It means your roaming. If you choose automatic instead of home only it will force roaming.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
same thing happened to me so I flashed cm7 to see if it was rom related.... It was still there so I sbf back to stock and then back to this rom. no roaming. This rom has been great ever since.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
http://d-h.st/pNh

This is Camera with possibility to choose whatever Gallery you like, but for those, who like Gallery 3D, do not flash this. Works perfectly with Quickpic. But I did not tried with photo on external SD card so I hope it works the same way.

I don´t know, how to tell the gallery, what id is the last taken picture. So this is the best I can do. Quickpic recognises itself, which picture to display, with given action, data and type.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Thanks, peetr! If it causes problems, how do we go back? Just reflash your ROM?
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Yep. Just reflash.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Thank you! Will the 3D gallery still work as a standalone app? If not, that's ok.

Ahh... I did flash CM7 right before I flashed this ROM.

When I try to rename or delete this file with Root Explorer, I get an error message that says the file cannot be deleted because the file system is read-only. How do I edit or change this file?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
Click on 'Mount R/W' so the directory is 'read/write'.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ttkyles:
changed pic storage location back to internal storage

and fix

works perfectly

pics opening right after capture flawlessly with quick pic.

thanks so much.

you rock!!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Are you saying the fix won't work if the storage location in QuickPic is set to the external sd card?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ttkyles:
its actually the camera storage setting

when i had it set to ext- sd i got a load failed.

but when i set it to internal it worked like a champ.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Thanks, that's what I meant. I like having my pics on the external sd card for easier transfer to my pc but I guess I'll have to make a few changes. ;)

Have you tried setting the camera back to external sd card to see what happens?
[Motorola Photon 4G] FC809:
Can you post the wallpaper from the first post :)

And what kernel gives the best battery life you think?

This rom is really great,and I plan on staying on it for a while. Thank you so much.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Another Drunk NPC:
Of course. Thanks for the reply to my silly request :) We are all here to learn.. some just learn faster than others ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Another Drunk NPC:
The kernel that comes with this ROM is the best I have used by far. WiFi and 3G are much faster and more reliable than with other kernels. If you want to save battery life, use setcpu to underclock. Then it will be absolutely insane :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
And that wallpaper is from Zedge application, name is Galactic Core.

I will add that Camera for QuickPic in the first post, only as alternative.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ttkyles:
Hey peetr ...

love your rom...everything works :)

thanks for your hard work

i had forgotten how nice webtop is..

working nicely on hotel flatscreens.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
This ROM is very snappy as is. Does Oleg's kernel make that much of a difference? Impact on battery life?
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Try it. Personally, 1GHz is enough to me, so I am using stock kernel.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sivarticus85:
I would only use it if you wanna overclock, otherwise stock is fine.
[Motorola Photon 4G] fester30:
I would definitely go with stock. I've been playing around with different kernels on different roms, and stock is definitely the most stable. I've encountered zero problems with stock on this rom. One thing I've noticed about overclocking... while benchmarks will score higher at 1.3, I don't feel there is a tremendously noticeable difference between 1.3 and stock 1.0. Your phone will nearly always be snappier, smoother, and faster when you first install a rom, because you haven't yet loaded a massive library of apps to it. I may be simplifying it too much, but personally I haven't noticed a huge difference in the feel or snappiness of the rom by overclocking.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sivarticus85:
Couldn't have said it better. There's nothing wrong with using other kernals, but stock is what was made for the phone, so using it makes the most sense. The only tweaks I use are build.prop tweaks. Now there I definitely see performance boosts and better battery.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Uh60m Pilot:
I had the 2.3.5.ish rom installed and used the brivia engine. It worked fine. I would expect that it would work in here too.

sent from my unlocked photon 4g
[Motorola Photon 4G] Another Drunk NPC:
build.prop tweaks, eh? What have you changed on this ROM?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jam97:
Hello peetr_ ,

It's a Q about operating both gsm and cdma at the same time!

Is that possible?

Because there are cell phones that operate both at the same time.

Many many thanks,
[Motorola Photon 4G] sivarticus85:
I run these on whatever rom I'm using. There are noticeable enhancements right away. I copied these straight from the build.prop so you can copy and paste them to yours easily if you wanna try.

ro.telephony.call_ring.delay=(changed from 3000 to 0)

#Disable error checking

ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0

#Render UI with GPU

debug.sf.hw=1

#Enable video acceleration

video.accelerate.hw=1

#Overall performance and responsiveness increase

debug.performance.tuning=1

#Better video streaming (For YouTube, etc.)

media.stagefright.enable-meta=true

media.stagefright.enable-scan=true

media.stagefright.enable-http=true

media.stagefright.enable-record=false

#Save battery (deeper phone sleep)

pm.sleep_mode=1

ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0

#Bravia Engine (requires be_video and be_sound in /system/etc)

ro.service.swiqi.supported=true

persist.service.swiqi.enable=1

I also change the WiFi scan interval to 90, and I modify this line as well:

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y ------> dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=v,o=y (Located near the bottom)

I read that this helps opening apps faster. I haven't really noticed much of a difference, but it didn't break anything so I just left it in there.

Hope this helps.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
I used these too, some time before, until I found, it makes no difference. :-)

UI cannot be rendered with GPU on Android lower than 3.2

Video is accelerated even without that option. And android supports only strictly defined types of videos. Anything else must be decoded with another application, with ffdshow library.

Omx does the same as stagefright and maybe better.

Bravia engine on other roms, except SE roms is myth, because those props and files would have to be activated by framework or some application. Or do you think, such great technology is made by two 700byte files? :-)

These 2 files are maybe for some definition, how to postprocess. But the postprocessing itself must be activated and done somewhere else. Build.prop only defines properties, which are used by framework, settings, etc.

Kernel jni option can cause stability issues.

Not sure about others.

Oh and pm.sleep and power.collapse is already there, but in /etc/init.d

I don't think, this is possible, it looks like even the radio as hardware part is switching to different modes. And Motorola (or Qualcom?) would have to make software for the radio.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dito33:
Is native hot spot tethering implemented in this rom.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sivarticus85:
You know, I thought I did my homework on this one. Learn something new everyday. I don't like causing stability issues, so I will be removing these lines from the build.prop. Thanks for clearing this up for me.
[Motorola Photon 4G] prezmater:
Needed to try something different because I have been on ICS since joker gave us his first alpha, and I love this ROM!
[Motorola Photon 4G] olegfusion:
yes it is
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Yes, this is one of few ROMs where everything actually works!
[Motorola Photon 4G] ttkyles:
and if thats a presa canario i just had 7 pups
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
That's awesome! This is an Amstaff.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sin-cal:
Awesome. I've used it on an evo3d I had. An optimus s I was running with. The girlfriends evo ran it until we both upgraded to the photon. Some say it doesn't do a damn thing. I disagree. The post processing is evident to me. Hell, just looking at the homescreens wallpaper before an after is crazy. Ill eventually unlock an flash this. 4g is working, yes? I like having a 4g phone...paying extra for data an can't use 4g. Greatly reduced the options.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
It's impossible to see any difference, with only adding 2 files in /system/etc and 2 lines in build.prop. Believe me. ;-)

There was some demo of gallery 3d on Galaxy S2 with bravia implemented. That's the way, how it works. Not this be_photo and be_movie. No no. Those files are for Xperias.

Something for reading -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23823381

No 4g on this rom. It's for unlocked and based on Electrify 2.3.5.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sin-cal:
Ok.

No 4g.. oh well. Stock I stay. Adw launcher, beautiful widgets, whatever lockscreen apk im using makes for a pleasant experience.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
If this is true, how do I get it only roam when it can't get a strong Sprint signal (automatically)?

When roaming, how can I find the name of the network I am roaming on?
[Motorola Photon 4G] halfevildruid:
This is the absolute best rom on xda for the photon. Works great with both bands with a little manual tweaking to the cdma side of the radio. How is sprint stock running on the kddi radio? I am unable to test sprint but i assume it is roaming, or says its roaming? Or do you guys even get sprint back on this radio/rom combo? I need to know for my writeup if sprint service is broke or showing roaming. Every other provider needs manually programmed.

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also can someone test for me if *228 (or dial code needed til sprint is found) from a sprint esn active to re-write sprint service to the kddi radio on this rom?

note that over the air programming does not work, and this radio roams on alltel towers in my testing, which depending on your area could be att cdma tookover or verizon.

Also can someone test this rom on kddi/cdma and let me know if ##7764726 or ##7764726* brings up the service programming menu? SPC should be 000000

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Does it say your roaming on the KDDI? If it doeas you may or may not be. Download NOT roam control or dial *228 and see what provider answer as the home network. Let me know too! thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] BigSketchySeaBeast:
Does it matter where in the build.prop I paste these mods?