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[Motorola Photon 4G] CarbolDroid:
Hey, been using this rom for a few weeks coming from jokers CM9 because I missed netflix. Seems pretty solid, and im running it with holo launcher which gives me enough of a ICS fix for now.

Still, Wifi seems somewhat less reliable than jokers CM9, its difficult to quantify but at work specifically we have to log into the wifi and accept a user agreement. In CM9 you had to do this once a day. With this ROM you have to log in everytime you wish to use it. Thoughts?

My more pressing issue happened to me last night: Trying to plug my phone into my AUX stereo the photon could sense something was in the headphone jack (as indicated by the headphone icon in the status bar) however it continued to only play through the phone speaker. I then repeated this with a set of headphones and other cables. I looked all over DSP manager for a potential solution and didn't really see anything. Am I missing something? Or whats the deal?

Otherwise, solid build.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
+1, Sometimes I have to turn wifi off and on to reconnect.
[Motorola Photon 4G] SLEEPYMAN01:
I had this problem with the default Music app. I had to download Play Music and with that player it worked fine.

Sent from my MB855
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybik:
From what I can poke around (I'm lousy these days), the wifi has reconnection issues, especially with ddwrt for some reason.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ServError:
Do you mind if I ask how well these nightlies work for people using the GSM KDDI radio?
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
woot :) newest update fixed the apn issue i was having.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
hmm getting some force close issues with com.phone.android when i poke around in *#*#4636#*#* ... already set my default to 7 (cmda) in the build.prop.

took a few reboots and some arguing to get it all running again.

i am pretty sure i can duplicate this issue if need be... for log purposes.

this is with the latest update btw
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Is everyone experiencing wifi reconnection issues? I'm flashing this ROM now and just want to know what to expect. Thanks!
[Motorola Photon 4G] MrWhite1127:
Its a great rom. I can easily get 14 + hours of battery life out of it. Only complaint is wifi constantly dropping connection.

Sent from my Cellular Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
Mine seems to be working ok. Just have to be a little more patient with the Wi-Fi
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Is there a 1% battery mod available for this ROM? To me, a numerical representation is more useful than a battery icon.

Ok, thanks. Since I am using a D-Link router, is it possible I may not be affected by ddwrt firmware conflict?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
Go into settings then go into cyanogenmod settings. There is a battery percentage.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Ahh... perfect, thanks!

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I did that too but I am still unable to send MMS. However, I can receive them. What must I do now?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
This worked a few times but for some reason, voice dialer is no longer working. How else can I edit my APNs and/or fix my voice dialer? I tried reflashing this ROM with no luck.

Any way to troubleshoot the voice dialer or reinstall the apk?
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
you can try fixing permissions in cwm... sometimes that fixes the voice dialer and opening apns. if that doesn't work there is an app on the market called apns backup by xsylus. run the backup part first then after that pressing the menu button should give you an option to view and edit apns.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
APNsBU worked perfectly to allow me to edit my APNs. Thank you!

There's no way to create a shortcut to the APN settings "app"?

Unfortunately, I had to wipe and reflash rom to fix voice dialer.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
It's good you got it working.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Is it possible to use a custom ringtone with the default alarm clock or is a 3rd party app required?
[Motorola Photon 4G] brentmel:
Media should route through aux if its plugged in. I have used cm7 a long time and never had this issue, don't think the rom is the problem. Almost sounds like a hardware issue. Ringtones, alarms and notifications may always play through the speaker if you set them to. Look under cyanogenmod sound settings.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
if you drop the sound you want into sdcard/media/audio/alarms folder they should show up. if the folder isn't there... go ahead and make one just be sure to follow that folder structure. android will still see it :)

i have a few custom sounds with the default clock app.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Will do, thanks!

The only other problem I am having is when I try to play a video from YouTube's mobile site, I get the "Sorry, this video cannot be played" error. The browser should open the Youtube app and just play the video.

Any suggestions?

Update: It appears that some browsers like Opera Mobile and Maxathon work well with m.youtube.com but the stock CM7 browser doesn't play nice. Unfortunately, it appears that most browsers don't play nice with m.dailymotion.com too. It is hard to select a default browser if they all work with some sites and not others. This problem does not seem to be caused by this great CM7 rom. I'm getting the similar results on non-CM7 phones.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Is this camera recording at 1080p?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
It's hd but not sure if it's 1080p. Doesn't really matter though, I can't tell the difference.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DarkAndr0id:
wifi problem

Does anybody else getting just gray wifi icon when reconecting in the last build, I also noticed in some networks sometimes I get a wrong address by the dhcp thats werid, also the only way to fix it is to remove the battery, but after a while it happens again :( I think I will have to wait for the next build.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
I'm interested in this but I have US Cellular... I see some US Cellular people are using this, but they all seem a bit more technical than I am. I looked in build.prop, and I see it has Sprint as the default carrier. But I'm using CM9 (well, Paranoid Android) and that works fine, it just *said* Sprint, but that was just text. Really looking forward to CM7 (not so much Gingerbread itself, but more stability + things working), just wanna make sure I'm good to go.

Are the APNs something I need to worry about? If so, what are the settings for US Cellular?
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
you can check your apn's before and after you install this rom but honestly i haven't had an issue with the apn's in a while. also while in google play you show up as sprint you can still download the us cellular apps. like navigator.

if you want to be sure... apns backup app will help you out. just be sure to fix permissions in cwm.

you may have to change the default network to cdma settings ... 7 i think... i would double check that. i have had a bit of rum.
[Motorola Photon 4G] badgett:
Use this for US Cellular

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1675772
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
Dangit... I knew I forgot something.....
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Well, I went ahead and flashed CM7 without waiting... pretty much works perfectly. Just CM7.2 (nightly 1 July 2012) and Gapps... I'm gonna flash Oleg's kernel later, that battery life sounds awesome.

I was thinking this would be a compromise, but I'm really happy with it so far. Render effects? Mind=blown. I heard something about camera being used for play/pause? I have VolUp as Media Next and VolDwn as Media Previous -- CM9 did that, too, and I really liked it. I can't see how to get Camera as Play/Pause, though. FWIW, I'm using PlayerPro.

I'm not really amused at losing Apex Launcher and some of the CM9/ICS effects, but I think overall I'll be happier with CM7, at least until a Motorola with Tegra 2 gets ICS and the source is released, and Joker gets the drivers. Plus there's the fact that Gingerbread consumes fewer resources than ICS. So there's that as well.

Also... what is "Choose Catalog"? When long-pressing icons, it comes up. I've never seen that.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kurtcocaine:
A few questions regarding this rom.. would be glad if someone could answer..

1. is this rom compatible with US gsm providers? (with the kddi radio)

2. Should i be getting the 07/06 nightly from cybik's site or 07/01 from official site? what are the differences in cybik's releases?

3. What is the stock kernel in this and does it support undervolting?

4. which are the different custom kernels for cm7? The only one i know of is by joker, are there any other?
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
I got ya partly on #3 and #4.

3. Yes; in Settings > CyanogenMod Settings > Performance, you can click CPU Settings and choose CPU Min and CPU Max. Stock kernel is 1GHz, that's all I know about it.

4. There's also Oleg's 1.3GHz kernel. That's what I'm using now.

But I only flashed about ~4-5 hours ago, so that's the best I got.
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
1. Yes all Sunfire ROMs work with that radio. 2. Cybiks build because he's the dev for the ROM. 3. I believe it does support undervolting not sure. 4. Not sure about other kernels. Hopefully someone else can help you!
[Motorola Photon 4G] kurtcocaine:
Thanks for your reply. You too na7q..

I thought oleg's kernel was only for blur roms..

you're talking about this one right..?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24875355&postcount=59
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Yes, I believe that kernel is mainly for blur roms. Use this one instead.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25485728&postcount=852

It is working perfectly for me so far!
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybik:
Guys, there might have been "build downtime" because sometimes my server machine has to shut down and like a noob I forget to boot the VM again.

Apolgies and stuff.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
The one you recommend was posted twice in this thread; it's the one I'm using. So far so good! (So far = not even 24 hours, haha.)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
So which kernel is better for battery life?
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
I am trying oleg's kernel out as well... so far it looks like its about the same as cybiks base. I do like the oc options though. I have been running it for about a day now.

sent from my cm7 electrify.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
I was wondering if anyone knew if the nightlies on Cybiks page and the nightlies on cyanogens page in order? I mean if I flash the one from Cybiks page yesterday and then flash cyanogens today will that be the correct order or should I just flash Cybiks?
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Anyone else being told that the latest Titanium Backup is incompatible with our phone? I know I can download it from their website but what would cause that? This ROM? Or the app?

Swyped from my Motorola Electrify using Tapatalk
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrmellies:
Did you adjust your screen density? Factory is 240
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
No, at least not explicitly, and I don't see where the ROM has that option (looking in Settings and Settings > CyanogenMod Settings). If the ROM has a different density I could see how that would be a problem, though. But I've experimented with density (CM9-based ROM Paranoid Android in hybrid mode -- that was fun) and Titanium doesn't seem to care about the tablet density.

//edit: Never mind, Titanium Track seems to have pushed a new update that is no longer incompatible. Or, Market (Play Store) was having a BF and worked it out.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
So I flashed the latest nightly today and flashed Olegs kernel. I set the cup to 1000. Will report back on battery life. So far pretty good.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Please do!

Where is the changelog for the nightly updates?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
New update

http://android.cybikbase.com/CM7/?sort_by=mod&sort_as=asc&dir=jenkins-nightly/
[Motorola Photon 4G] kurtcocaine:
Is there a detailed changelog available for the nightlies.? The changelog linked in the first port only reports changes of the major editions.

I ask because most nightlies don't even have device specific changes.. I just wanna know whether its worth constantly updating the nightly builds

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
I was wondering that too. Cybik said to check each md5sum. If their different then there's been additions.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
My thoughts exactly!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
I asked the question earlier if it was beneficial to flash from Cybiks sunfire page and the cyanogenmods page also?
[Motorola Photon 4G] kurtcocaine:
I tried oleg's kernel for a few days.. definitely a bit better than stock in the battery department.

But I was using with max speed set at 1000mhz and all states undervolted by 75mv. So maybe the improvement was just the undervolting.

I've just flashed joker's kernel. Will try that out now.

You can get it here - http://www.jokersax.com/upload/joker-cm7-kernel-1.3.zip

The official page is here but links are broken there - http://www.jokersax.com/developer-pages/jokersax/motorola-photon-kernels/

I use Micro cpu monitor - ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bb.microcpu&hl=en ) to monitor cpu states, the first thing i noticed with joker's kernel is that within the os, the 2nd core is used much more than in oleg's kernel.

With oleg's kernel within the os (launcher) only the 1st core was used most of the time. With joker's kernel the 2nd core can be seen being used much more frequently, as a result the 1st core doesnt jump to higher speeds.

Will report back about definitive battery performance on joker's kernel in a few days.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
I have noticed olegs is a tad bit better on battery... I am running with a cap at 1.2.

Curious... is the wireless working on jokers kernel now? Last time I tried it the wireless didn't work.

sent from my cm7 electrify.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DarkAndr0id:
wifi

Wifi disconects sometimes in some networks and it takes to muc time to reconnect and some times it never does, I am on the last nightly build.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
It's a known issue with CM7, not just the Sunfire/Photon builds.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
I was more reffering to just jokers kernel... the one I tried the wireless just didn't work... I have had minimal issues with both cybiks and olegs kernels. Their wireless works pretty darn good :)

sent from my cm7 electrify.
[Motorola Photon 4G] badgett:
I use the nightly from 6/6/12. That is the only one that gives me no trouble at all. No wifi issues for me on nightly 6/6/12.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
i have been having some serious stability issues with the new nightly build. i am creating a logcat.txt file. i should just put it in the pastebin or where should i send it?

oh and it doesn't matter what kernel i use... i either soft boot back into cm7 or it locks up during the soft boot and i have to pull the battery.

i have reflashed the rom a few times. doesn't seem to make a difference.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
Wipe everything and reflash it. I use the wipe all zip and just flash it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
Cool thanks :) I will have to download that when I get home. Atm I am stable again. I am using the nightly just before this one.

sent from my cm7 electrify.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
Your welcome
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybik:
FYI: my build machine is a _bit_ broken at the moment.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrmellies:
No Bueno.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
+1
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
New Source Code

Cybik,

Have you integrated the new source code into your version? Looks like they released the code on or around the 26th of June.

Hope you get your machine back up and running.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mediawiz:
Anyone know where I can get an over-clocked kernel for CM7 (I'm using the latest nightly build from the Cyanogemmod site) on my Photon?

The only one I could find is the one created by Jokersax, but the link on his dev page doesn't work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
Check a few posts ago. There is a link to oleg's oc kernel
[Motorola Photon 4G] Acvice:
And here is jokers

http://db.tt/o3YS9ont
[Motorola Photon 4G] MrWhite1127:
Amazing.

Sent from my Cellular Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] joshdv:
bugs

The latest nightly is not so stable. (7/15) - There's an automatic FC for com.android.phone, but sometimes it will be another app. This past time was Rom Manager.

Bluetooth is totally unstable, disconnecting and reconnect in the middle of calls, but stays connected otherwise.

Also, not sure if Sprint is being stupid today or if this is a bug, I'm getting the same text messages multiple times from different people.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
have you tried a full wipe and a reinstall?

this is a link to equalizirs's wipe all zip for cwm. credit goes to him for it.

https://www.box.com/shared/5e43fe44486c9349e8b7

if the link doesn't work see post 290 in this thread :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] joshdv:
Yeah, I did. Twice. Then I flashed back to a stock SBF and the phone got stuck on the contacting network crap. I tried the fix for that, and gave up. Switched back to my Epic and returned the Photon. I don't think I'll ever buy another Motorola product if they don't stop blocking people from using their products how they want to. Disable 4G? F**k you Motorola.
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
Sounds more like user error to me.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mediawiz:
For the most part, this ROM seems to work OK for me, and I have always liked the CM based ROMs. (My compliments to those developers involved in the CM ROM development.)

One of the issues that I have had with this ROM is that I can't find any way to update the PRL (Preferred Roaming List) or Sprint CDMA Profile while running this ROM. This problem was made worse for me because I tried to install Joker's ICS, which apparently trashed the PRL, and when I restored my backup of CM7, it would no longer connect to the network. I had to restore a backup of a Blur ROM, update the PRL, and then restore my backup CM7 again to get the CDMA network working again.

I was also surprised that this ROM only had a 1Ghz kernel. The other ROMs I have tried have had OC kernels with max speeds between 1.2 and 1.4 Ghz.
[Motorola Photon 4G] badgett:
There are oc kernels available for CM7 but not included. Even if the *228 says failed on Cm7, it still updates the PRL.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mediawiz:
That's good to know about the "*228" thing. Thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybik:
Stock is 1ghz or 1.2gHz. I think I run at stock clocks.

what sauce are we talking about here?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lightsword1942:
Probably talking about this.
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
Yup. I haven't run a diff to see if anything important has changed.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xNicoyAx:
Wait, you can update your PRL without flashing back to stock??
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrmellies:
I believe that was actually th3bills wipe all zip.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
my bad... equalizir posted it.. i thought it was his. i will try and remember who made it in the future :)

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in other news... i have gotten my phone completly stable now. so i offer apologies to cybik and the other devs. took a few days and a few factory wipes but i tracked down the app that was causing the issue. oddly it was avast..

will be posting a question in the q&a formus about what i found....
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
virus protection is truly useless on android.... so there's no need to have it... :eek:

definitely causes more chaos.
[Motorola Photon 4G] brentmel:
Anyone able to update PRL from cm7?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
I've never thought about it. The prl is just an updated roaming list. If I find a way to I'll post it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] scott2020:
Based on your posts, I went to the 6/6/12 nightly. I have the DHCP problem where wifi won't connect due to not getting an address, but using a static IP it stays connected. I did a full wipe and flash. My wifi stays connected in sleep without problems after changing the wifi sleep policy to never. On all other ROMS I tried, the wifi always disconnects on sleep. I have an AP running Tomato USB and another running DD-WRT and both are ok. Also have Cisco AP's at work without problems. All running WPA2-psk. thanks for the great work!
[Motorola Photon 4G] dingo502:
Does anyone know if the HDMI issues have ever been addressed?
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
No. Portrait only.
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
No. Must be on a blur based rom to flash the prl. I used joker stock a while back to do it. Nandroid, wipe, flash blur rom of choice, flash prl, nandroid back to cm7.
[Motorola Photon 4G] badgett:
Maybe I should have been clearer. I can update my prl on CM7 with US Celluar. Sprint may be a different story.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
What commands did you use to do this? *226 ?

sent from my cm7 electrify
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
*228
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
Woot it worked :)

sent from my cm7 electrify
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigblue4life:
It seems I can't stay away from this rom, it just works.:) On a side note I went back to the latest version 2nite and everything is great accept I can not send pics. It just hangs on sending, I had no problem when I was on cm7 a few weeks back.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xNicoyAx:
Edit your APN
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigblue4life:
I seen somewhere how to do but don't remember. Btw I am on sprint, any help is appreciated.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigblue4life:
I set my apn the way bullfrog mentioned in this thread and still can not send. I am however able to receive pics.
[Motorola Photon 4G] scott2020:
I had to use the APN settings from the Codename Android post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1607279

The ROM itself is no longer maintained but the APN settings worked for me.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigblue4life:
Worked like a charm. Thanks bud.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybik:
Fun news: the "new kernel" sources in SourceForge are actually older than the ones we're using (I'm using the olympus sources).

Kernel was nigh untouched, rebased to the new faux123 sources that integrate the new fixes.

Second bit of good news: only the wifi driver (dhd.ko) was touched, and the patches were _extremely_ minor.

Patch sent. New kernel and updated modules built. Weirdly enough, the new dhd.ko seems to run like a charm. I could be wrong.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xNicoyAx:
These will be in tomorrow's updates?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ServError:
I wouldn't count on it, it still has to be approved to actually be committed and then be built.
[Motorola Photon 4G] eurohunter:
I've been using this rom for a few days now, and it's very smooth. I'm curious to know why there is no stable version on the CM website. I only see nightly releases. What would it take for this rom to be considered a stable version? As it is, it looks pretty flawless to me.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Equalizir:
Your right about it being smooth and stable. Technically speaking this Rom is stable just still called a nightly. Not sure why it's not in the stable category though.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dingo502:
Does anyone have HDMI working on this ROM?
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
In landscape mode? That would be a no.

Portrait works just fine.
[Motorola Photon 4G] scott2020:
Do the new changes fix the wifi disconnect on sleep issue?

I'm on nightly 6-6 still but DHCP doesn't work properly.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dingo502:
does anyone have a fix or work around?
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
I am on 29 July build. I believe dhcp is still an issue. I flashed late last night so haven't tested thoroughly yet. Will post back.
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
IIRC landscape rotation works on all the blur based roms. I believe that landscape mirroring is a service that depends on other Motorola stuff. Webtop included.

It isn't that easy. Sorry I couldn't be of any help.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dingo502:
It works in cm7.2KANG and all Cm9,Cm10 based Roms....and blur based roms. On the Changlog is said HDMI had been fixed, so I figured I would ask again. Thanks alot for all the work!
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
Honestly I haven't tried it since I flashed the 29JUL build. I will dig out my HDMI cable once I get home and give it a whirl.