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[Epic 4G General] dirtbag1975:
I don't really buy that the Epic is not capable, or designed to run ICS. I recently had a Nexus S loaner when my Epic went in for repair at Best Buy, and that Nexus has similar hardware as our Epic's. The Nexus ran ICS well, and battery life was notably better than our Epic. The Nexus also has a 1500ma battery, and I'd say got twice as long run times with very similar usage. I think the devs are getting close but obviously we have a little ways to go before everything is just right. I've been happy with the progress, and enjoy having the ability to run ICS. It would be nice if all the carriers would just release stock google os and stop loading them up with bloat ware.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Nobody said its not capable... its defenitely capable... obviously considering we have 3 pretty stable builds of ics... but it defenitely wasn't designed to run ics, if it was, we wouldn't have had to change our partition maps to run it... but it still handles it pretty damn well!
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
Because no one expected it to use that much memory. And the Nexus S 4G came out around with the same specs except no sd card is all. it runs fantastically, theres more devs for it because its a Nexus.
[Epic 4G General] mkampy:
the only reason I had to quit using CM9 beta 3 was lack of Google play, I could never get it to work with all the fixes
[Epic 4G General] coolshirtrobert:
battery life is terrible on my epic, probably my battery tho -_-
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
:D LOL :D
[Epic 4G General] bitbang3r:
Is there a way to set the hardkey backlight duration? If nobody's gotten around to implementing it as a settings item yet, can the value just be set directly somehow? (SQLite, editing a text file, environment variable, ???)
[Epic 4G General] joshuadub:
epic 4g cm9 beta3

I'm new to this so bare with me I recently rooted and am running cm9 beta3 and the reloaded update but right after the reloaded update I'm not able to access mass storage when conected to pc and on phone I get "unfortunately ui has stopped" any suggestions!
[Epic 4G General] epicnoob66:
Re flash beta 3

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Don't use reloaded then. Run cm9 the way the devs built it.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G General] joshuadub:
epic 4g cm9 beta3

Thanks that worked out perfect!
[Epic 4G General] kaotikevo:
First off, I'd like to thank the awesome CM9 team. I appreciate what you guys have done for our phones. It's great to have new life breathed into our aged device. Now on to my gripes!

Firstly, I think the phone takes too long to charge under CM9 and the battery is depleted rather fast when on standby mode! That's a pretty big issue for those of us that rely heavily on our phones. I'm hoping better battery performance is on the fix list, if possible.

Also, a minor gripe I have with CM9 is the auto-flash not working well, and there's also no confirmation when focused like the TW camera app. There's a red square instead of a green one and no beep to confirm focus. These are pet peeves, but other than the aforementioned "issues", I think CM9 is awesome. Thank you guys, and keep up the good work!
[Epic 4G General] tmillz:
Nothing :) the only things I miss are the camera quality and some of the TW apps.
[Epic 4G General] bilyhoe:
Hey if you can get the torch to work with instant heart rate I would use it ever day but I need the camera flash to come on to check it just so you know thanks
[Epic 4G General] nikon120:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1452004

Use a 3rd party flashlight app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
I just flashed cm9 and after almost getting it customized to how I like I went back to my cm7 backup. Idk why I don't want to use it. I just feel like tw or cm7 are better or more complete. If I'm told I'm wrong then I may actuall give it a try that's how I started using cm7. Also I see no real difference between cm7 and cm9. And I like the music button on the lock screen of cm7. Haven't really seen anything extra in cm9 that isn't in cm7 or tw.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
To be honest you could go back to froyo and it would work just as good as gingerbread and ICS. It has almost all the same features, its the fact that its the latest android as well as its newer UI that attracts people. I am the exact opposite. I flashed back to CM7 one day... was back immediately because I couldn't stand it. Its like choosing between XP and Win7 they both function and have almost the same features but, honestly wouldn't you rather have Win7 ?

Sent From My Sprint Galaxy Nexus
[Epic 4G General] Sesquipedalian:
While this isn't a specific issue that can be easily fixed, I had shorter battery life with CM9. I liked it, but it didn't offer enough extra functionality over FC09 to deal with the lower battery life.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Battery life on the most recent builds is phenominal. No joke. I'm using today's nightly.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
Lol you are right. I see the biggest difference (and the only one to me) is the way things look. But there is just a few differences from ROM to ROM, for example the music buttons on the lock screen of CM7 lol. That's what always gets me going back. But I probably will go to cm9 or aokp one day. Not now though lol.
[Epic 4G General] Sesquipedalian:
I'll have to give it another go, then!
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Right now I'm at 12hrs, 1 1/2hr of calls, 1hr 45mins screen on, plenty of web and tapatalk browsing, and at 50%. Also, whatever was draining extra battery on standby seems to have vanished with the recent builds.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G General] ratsttam:
The ONE thing that is keeping me from using CM9/AOKP is MISSED Calls. I would say about 1/3 of my calls won't even show up on the phone. My wife calls me at pretty regular intervals. I'll start thinking it's odd that she hasn't called, and all of a sudden GV pops up that I have a voice mail.

I'm a pretty "regular" guy, and my wife's last break at work is the same time every day, so I'm 90% of the time, in the same room. I know it's not an issue with the phone not coming out of deep sleep, since it would be awake while I'm reading the news or playing a game. It's not that the data is being tied up preventing the call from coming through, since I have tried to disable 3g, and run wifi only while at home.

This has been an issue for me on ALL ICS based roms, all versions of CM9 so far.

Things I have done to prevent it.

Full ODIN wipe to stock. Odin CWM, and immediately installed CM9 (Same steps were taken with each of the beta versions, as well as a couple of the AOKP builds although I don't recall which ones).

Installed GApps, and installed ONLY may necessary apps (google voice, G+, Capital One, OneNote, flashlight widget).
[Epic 4G General] davedsbca:
bluetooth issues

What's stopping me from using CM9 as a daily is the bluetooth problems. When the phone is sleeping, it doesn't respond to activity from bluetooth devices. This isn't a problem on GB ROMs.

I need to be able to leave the house with my Epic in my pocket, hop in my car, and have my handsfree speakerphone connect up without having to dig the phone out of my pocket and power it on first.

It's been logged as issue #332 on the Epic CM issue tracker, and recently got a bump from 'New' to 'Accepted', but unfortunately is still 'Low' priority.
[Epic 4G General] rprockey:
Zeinzu's similar remarks in another thread inspired me to do a clean install of nightly 6/18. I didn't get the battery performance he has, I'm still only getting 12-14 hours on a 1800mAh batt. I'm not discrediting Zeinzu, I'm just just reminding everyone that ymmv.

I've been using CM9 since it posted, went back to TW for a week and now I won't look back again. Despite the slightly poorer performance and battery life, it's a joy to use.
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
CM9 Beta 5 Pre-1 is stopping me from using CM9 RC 1

/End troll post.
[Epic 4G General] Jedi2155:
That doesn't work. I actually tried that on my own, and the Instant Heartrate App throws an error saying the camera is already in use as expected.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G General] eigerzoom:
i like tw phone app in notifications drawer during calls

i was disappointed in battery life and overall frustrations getting things to work in beta 3

i'll probably try a cm9 variant soon though to check on progress.

180 rotation is pure awesome and i'm glad to hear its in cm9 now.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
CM9 has had 360 degree rotation for a while, customizable too. Apparantly, battery has gotten better recently. That last one, not sure about. I never left a call while I was on CM9 lol

~E.R.A.
[Epic 4G General] sesnut:
no hw video decoding
[Epic 4G General] jaqual:
as opposed to zeinzu, I don't get but maybe 12 hours before having to charge...:

I don't even care. Sticking with ICS since CM9beta1... just works too well to go back...

Sent from space...
[Epic 4G General] Decad3nce:
CM9 has had that for a long time. A long time.
[Epic 4G General] Effsi:
Doesn't work as well as cm7 and of course tw... for me and a few users anyways. The 720p mkvs that play on both the priors mentioned don't work at all on cm9. Multiple players tried, same result.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Beta1???

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G General] sesnut:
it doesnt work

the built in player doesnt even play a 720p mp4 file from youtube

mx player says the hw decoder isnt supported
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
The encoding that the file uses is not supported in AOSP. If you take a galaxy nexus, you would be unable to play the same file. You can stick with touchwiz if you want... your choice.
[Epic 4G General] sesnut:
are you saying the rom doesnt support the encoding or the player?

If its the rom, then why does this thing work at all

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
[Epic 4G General] Effsi:
And the file I am using works fine in cm7... so unless cm7 is tw based I think something else may be up.
[Epic 4G General] jaqual:
Errrr... I think beta 1? wasn't that the first ICS release? Whatever...I'm not switching back, 4.0 is way too cool....

Sent from space...
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
We're up to Beta 4 and official Nightlies. If you're on Beta 1 your on an oudated version that doesn't include a lot of the new fixes, enhancements, features, performance tweaks, and battery fixes.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 ANDROID 4.0.4
[Epic 4G General] doncaruana:
I just recently rooted and went to the peoples rom. I looked really hard at CM9 but there still seemed to be a number of issues - camera, battery (hit and miss, didn't want to be the one to miss) among others.

Instead of looking at what's fixed, what's broken? Maybe that will help make the decision a little easier.
[Epic 4G General] jaqual:
Nah I was just saying I've been on cm9 since then...not even been tempted to switch back to tw...

Sent from space...
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Oooooooh.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 4.0.4
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
Nothing anymoree lol. I flashed the latest cm9 nightly today and for the first time I'm actually sticking with it and liking it. Its really amazing.
[Epic 4G General] ellroy80:
I just upgraded to CM9 RC1 from CM9 Beta 2. Beta 2 was great, but RC1 is awesome - those involved in making it happen have done a great job!! I think it's less laggy than the beta. I've had it lock up once, but I think that's because I had my phone OC'd. No major issues to report since I backed off on that. The plus is that I can now get WiFi tethering to work, the minus is that I still can't get the phone to connect to my computer via BT. No biggie, since I rarely need to do that, but thought I'd mention it as it is a downside.

EDIT: I can get it to connect via BT to my laptop, but not to my desktop. Both are on Win 7, laptop is 32-bit, desktop is 64-bit. On my laptop, Windows can't find the driver for one of the 3 BT devices, I assume this for file transfer. Any help?

EDIT 2: Just remembered, I'm also running ShadowKernel. Voodoo Color is a MUST have.
[Epic 4G General] Fdarkness:
Ive had 2 versions of aokp, build 39 and 40 and have always had problems with auto rotate. Dont know if its my phone(most likely) or the rom. Had the stock kernel and now run nyan colonel. Have done clean installs more than once.
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
I clean install everytime and run 39 no issues at all that I'm aware, running Shadow kernel
[Epic 4G General] Seegy24:
use it as daily

I use it as my daily the only thing I don't like it text message slide shows don't work I have to save them and go look at them in the downloads area and it seems that not all picture messages work they just get stuck at downloading sometimes and will never download probably about 25%of them otherwise anything else I do daily is the same or better!
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Punctuation.

Sent from my SPH-D700 CM9 4.0.4
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
It hurts to read posts without punctuation... At least add commas.
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
And for that matter, him telling you to use proper punctuation does not make him a grammar nazi.

That makes no sense whatsoever.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
:D
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Not English 101 again...please

Thanks

FNM
[Epic 4G General] iamterence:
What's keeping me from trying out ANY of the newer ROMs, is my Serinicity V ROM. With the whole WP7 theme going on, the battery life is just too godlike. I really wanna try out AOKP as I've heard that battery life for not only that, but all ICS ROMs, has been improving. But man.... it'd just feel like I'd be cheating on myself if I switched ROMs, lol.

All in all, that's really only whats keeping me from switching to anything else. Battery life.
[Epic 4G General] oxsolid:
I tried and liked it, but it would randomly miss callls (as in not ring) i'd get a voicemail notification if I was lucky enough to have the plp leave a message.(that's how I even knew there was an issue... that plus someone else mentioned they had the same issue in this thread)

I did a test, called my cell from my work desk 10 times or so and it missed one of the calls, some of the other calls were delyaed in ringing.

Later on, I retried the test, and had it miss (not ring) all 10 of the calls.

Now on TPR2.21 with crispycleanv2

EDIT: spelling
[Epic 4G General] DroidModder:
I'm using AOKP Build40 on my Epic 4G and really the only thing that makes me want to uninstall it is the crappy battery life. I plug my phone in at night and plug it out when I wake up and on the full charge, the phone lasts about 2 to 3 hours.

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[Epic 4G General] joshuadub:
I had same issue with cm9 and aokp so I went with peoples rom, so far so good!
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
dude im using AOKP and managed 4Days with 3Hours of Screen on Time.

clearly you guys are doing something wrong or just screen on time hungry haha.

I average about 18 to 24Hours with 3-4Hours of screen on time on an 1800mAh Anker.

When i barely use the phone lill get anywhere from 2-4 days.

And if i try to see how much i can push usually about 7-10 Hours with 5 Hours of Screen on time.
[Epic 4G General] joshuadub:
I can get about 14-16 on an 3000mah seidio with heavy use but on oem battery about 4 I prolly need a new battery, I dont use app killers or juice defender though.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
That's because we actually use our phone. Not picking it up for a 45min total every day....

Don't tote 3hour screen on in 4 days, I could get that in one day of heavy usage on CleanGB, with room to spare.

Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
[Epic 4G General] Effsi:
same here

apparently so does he?
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
No i do use my phone. i said i can manage 5 hours of screen on time in one day with about 7 to 10 hours on the battery itself.

but when i moderately use my phone it will last long depending on how truly i moderately use it when i got the 4 days that's because i barely used it yes.

But like i said on average every day i manage 18 to 24 hours on the battery with about 3 to 4 hours of screen on time.

Regardless of our Epic take a look at this on NS4G.

Not my NS4G but its pretty good i haven't fully tested mine out like that.
[Epic 4G General] DroidModder:
My battery lasted that long I think once...but that was on minimal use

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[Epic 4G General] jeffreyjicha:
Once upon a time, I had a Samsung Moment. It bested my Epic's battery life on CM9 by A LOT. I'm talking 24 hour moderate usage. I still use CM9 regardless, but yeah.
[Epic 4G General] DroidModder:
The aokp rom is nice cuz its more customizable

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[Epic 4G General] jeffreyjicha:
Is the battery life better than CM9 on AOKP?
[Epic 4G General] danipoak:
In my experience yes.
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
swapped for me AOKP destroys CM9 on My Phone
[Epic 4G General] jeffreyjicha:
Thanks for the replies guys.
[Epic 4G General] DroidModder:
Much better. Its really just the kernel. But I recommend aokp

For customization and battery..for speed go cm

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[Epic 4G General] danipoak:
Yeah if customization is your thing go AOKP. I use CM9 even though the battery isn't as good. It boots way way faster and I never used any of the customization options. My new 1800 mah keeps my phone going all day.
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
Man what's sad is that the NS4G boots up way faster on same setup pretty much little differences between kernels besides its the 3.0x but had it same freq and clock settings.

Epic on AOKP took 30s to boot up versus 15s for NS4G.
[Epic 4G General] DroidModder:
Yeah. I actually flashed quite a few different roms before coming to the conclusion that AOKP is the best for what I want to do

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[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
Its the signal that keeps me away. After trying cm9 for like 2 weeks I went back to tw because the signal isn't as good in low signal areas on aosp roms. And I'm in my basment a lot so I miss calls and txts and can't call or txt sometimes which I do a lot lol. Wonder why the signal isn't as good tho... if that could be fixed I would never leave cm9.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Cm9 is the best behind the scenes :P
[Epic 4G General] DroidModder:
Yeah I guess so. Can't wait for CM10 though

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[Epic 4G General] dohturdima:
Strange. My signal is just fine on AOKP, very little difference when I run TW off SD stock image. What you need though is an Airave for your missed calls and text, and if you ask nicely Sprint may just send you one for free...
[Epic 4G General] DroidModder:
Ye my only complaint is that Facebook does not sync with my contacts..everything else does though

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[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
And it never will.
[Epic 4G General] DroidModder:
I know. I hate it. But what can I do. I'm not going back to stock! Haha

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[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
does for me
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
using a 3rd party app like fsync
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
No 10char
[Epic 4G General] DroidModder:
I'll take a look at that app then

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[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
I have normal signal when outside and it is a very small difference and I only noticed it because in my basment I have 1 bar on TW roms but on any non-TW rom I get mostly 0 and if lucky will get 1. But what made me notice is when I'm on tw I get a "message not sent" about 1/20 texts, but on cm9 I would get like 4/20 and sending a txt longer then one message long autimatically doesn't send and I have to "retry sending" each txt individually.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Just stop using Facebook... it a a POS site that is only popular because it is. It is absolute crap and is basically the Apple of social media sites.
[Epic 4G General] danipoak:
So honest and straightforward. Thank you.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Don't sugar coat it....tell us how you really feel....lol.
[Epic 4G General] Tomcat5:
From what I can tell YOU have a Facebook. That makes you like... An iPhone user. The horror. We banish you from our ranks because of that likeness.
[Epic 4G General] DCHFoundations:
AMEN!

I got off Narcissistbook about a year and a half ago and feel wonderful about that decision. Yeah, I'm high and mighty now, so what? GFY!

But I digress...

I am really enjoying CM9 RC1 but am trying desperately to figure out a way to eek out as much RAM as possible so that things run super smooth. Not really concerned about 4G since I am using it strictly as a Google Voice and WiFi only device (I told the cell phone companies to GFY around the same time as FB but digressing again...). I used TPR and CleanGB for awhile and LOVED the battery life but GB looks so outdated compared to ICS.
[Epic 4G General] danipoak:
Curious where you live and how a wifi only cell phone is working. I'm on the west coast (utah) and there just are not enough hot spots around to do something like that. Not to mention no service when I travel to visit my parents or in laws.
[Epic 4G General] dohturdima:
I guess for you there may be a difference, every phone is different in the way it handles a rom. With one bar in the basement, still think Airave will fix your problems as Sprint has notoriously poor signal indoors due to the higher frequency used.
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
Do you have a Wife/GF, grandkids, and family all around the US?

I dont have a FB account, but then, I dont share pics and vids of my 6 grandkids everyday with our family scattered all over the US, like my GF does on a dialy basis.

For her, FB is a GODSEND!

A piece of junk site it may be, (I would say it is worse than that), but to say it is useless, just means you either dont use, or dont grasp, what FB provides for families, a way to keep family separated by many miles, in touch and a part of each others lives on a daily basis, something that no other piece of technology currently offers.

That said, anyone know where the lines starts to throw rotten eggs at Zuck's house is? ROFL!
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Email still works to send pics and videos just fine... so looky there.. the technology to send pics and vids across the world has been with us since before fb... fb is useless... everything you can do with it, I can do without....
[Epic 4G General] DCHFoundations:
Hmmm, I thought email has been around for awhile. *

DIGRESSING, I'M SORRY! :o

Anyhoo, back to your query, Danipoak, I live in Seattle and find that there is an abundance of open or free WiFi. I wouldn't recommend trying a GV only based number if you aren't around ample WiFi but for me I have been getting by pretty well without an actual cell phone (although I did buy a disposable when I took a road trip to Cali last March). Doesn't really affect my commutes since I ride a motorcycle and because texting/calling while operating a vehicle is both stupid and extremely dangerous.

I noticed my CM9 install drained about 35% last night while just sitting there. Android OS was causing just about an hour of CPU wake over a 7 hour period so there must be a gremlin somewhere.

*beat me to it, flastnoles!
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
Ever tried to send a 200mb - 300Mmb video through email?

To a couple dozen people, w/o blowing up their inboxes?

And sharing the responses among the dozens of viewers?

Ain't happening.. ROFL!

Or how about trying to email out a couple hundred pics for the family to see, and comment on all at one, for everyone to see the comments?

The reasons I hate FB are beyond number, but for those that use it to keep in touch and share with family, in almost realtime, there simply is no other reasonable alternative.

note: I want to apologize for going off topic.. but I just found the anti-FB comments beyond amusing,and just had to respond...

Please feel free to return to your on topic discussions...

What build are you on? Did you have the WiFi on and/or connected?

I have been forgetting to put my phone on the charger, and notice almost no drain overnight, but then, I keep my data off unless I go to use it. (Using Nightly from 7/14)