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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Quick progress report

I just thought it would be a good idea to update everyone on my progress.

Version 1.1.0 is now in ALPHA and I will be uploading the final version tomorrow (OMG an ETA!!!). A few users seem to have problems downloading the rom from google drive so I will be uploading to Dropbox or mediafire from now on. Here is the changelog for v1.1.0:

Speed tweaks added

S Voice alarms fix included, but default clock app had to be removed

Updated CM9 base to include a few fixes. Changes may not be noticeable as many changes are 'under the hood', but it should be a bit faster

A few UI modifications made for a better user experience. There will be a largeish UI overhaul soon to bring it closer to the look of the S3

Added tweaks for better wifi performance

Replaced pawills tw-port by smando's port with modifications by team remics

Launcher landscape mode disabled

Folder bug in tw-launcher fixed

Added sgs3 like pop-up player

Regarding bluetooth and FM Radio I have not made much progress. My workload has increased a lot and I might only have time to do dev work on the weekends ( :( ) so progress may be slow. At the moment we have a few experimental builds which have a better user experience, so stay tuned for more updates!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cvcduty:
Cool... I am excited about the news and the ETA(OMG!!!). :)

Other than the crashes in Setup/app menus I am liking this rom. I am hoping this (reboots) has been addressed. I came from CM9 and was not experiencing this so it was kind of annoying but liveable.

I am also looking forward to UI tweaks and wifi improvements. :)

Thank you for the hard work. Great job!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
I need to stress that the main changes in the update are small optimisations here and there which lead to to the rom being faster in completing some tasks. Also the reason for the jump in version number is the new CM9 code being merged into the rom. The app menu reboot is to do with some of the newer CM9 code being slightly incompatible with the galaxy player.

To achieve a true Nature-UX experience we will be moving away from CM9 towards a lot more of Samsung's own code which seems to resolve a few issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cvcduty:
Cool! I am getting quite excited!

I am not married to CM9 so what ever you guys decide as the best course of action to make the GPS more stable and usable, I am totally game.

Thanks again... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] EcHoFiiVe:
Something you should try and keep in your rom would be the blue pop up menus, like when you want to reboot and hold, try to get the one you had before and not the stock cm9 one. I liked the first rom better only because of that. I also liked the notification area not being transparent, i (in my opinion), thinks it looked better when it wasnt transparent.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
I'll see if I can convince the team to bring those features back. The issue is the new cm9 code causes a few things to break, so we're keeping it stock for a bit until everything is working
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] dj_chapz:
I have a few bugs to report and some sugesstions...

1. Soft keys work but backlight doesn't turn on on press... It's not a big problem as there only 2 buttons and everybody knows what they do and where they are but still... kinda nice to see them glow :) ( Maybe a backlight on/off toggle? )

2. Calculator crashes when going Menu -> Text size ( not urgent, calc still works fine if setting not pressed )

3. After an app is deleted it's shortcut is not removed from screen - kinda annoying...

4. Walkman media player - opening apps while music playing in background makes music start lagging and skipping ( DSP was on, LiveWallpaper on, and in Developer settings i have set at most 2 processes in background, maybe that causes the problem? )

5. Was curious so I turned on "WiFi Hotspot" in settings and the device rebooted... I expected a normal WiFi hotspot just no internet connection.. Could be used as a wireless AP to connect 2 laptops etc.

6. In Aroma installer after choosing to install additional apps I get to a screen saying "Tick the apps you want to install" (or similar) but I only get a list of apps with no option to include or exclude them.. (ICS themed installer)

7. The "max volume" bug is happening to me when turning on "Dynamic range compression" while other have that problem with Bass Boost... is that bug generally DSPManager related or..?

8. I think the WiFi icon is showing wrong signal strength... When I'm in my room the icon is blank although I can normally access the Internet (have half signal on stock rom) and I have half to full signal while standing next to my AP...

Sugesstions:

Remove "Phone" - no use of that...

Remove any phone-related settings from Settings

Remove WiFi Hotspot if it isn't supported on GP5

Removing phone will free up a bit of space while other settings may lead to restarts...

Hope I helped :) If more info needed PM me!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
The app shortcut is deleted when the app is uninstalled in the new version (will be up soon). The wifi-hotspot can only convert 3G signal to wifi, nothing else. I'm not sure why it causes a reboot but seeing as its an unused function, just don't use it :p.

The thing with Aroma installer is because I have disabled the option to select those apps to keep the file size low. They can be downloaded from Google Play.

The max volume bug is definately DSP manager related. Bass boost now works, but I had to use a very ugly fix which means that if bass boost is toggled while music is playing, the volume increases to max for a fraction of a second, then goes back to the previous level.

If I remove any phone related stuff, some weird stuff happens including random reboots so I decided to leave it in.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] dj_chapz:
App shortcut - Damn, ur fast :p

Wifi hotspot - didnt know that, thanks for info!

Aroma - ok, agree with keeping file size low.

DSP - will uninstall it then, got pretty good custom headphones that are great with stock sound :cool:

Phone stuff - ok, understand that. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cvcduty:
The link for the new download seems to be down. I get Error 404.

:(
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] dj_chapz:
Because u didn't read the text in "download" line till the end :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cvcduty:
HAHAHA!!!

Didn't I mention that I suffer from a common ailment called "Selective Visioning"?

Damn! I saw "Download" and got too excited that the BIG, bold, 3times the size, red text was totally missed... hehehe... my bad... :o
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Lol. Please read the entire first post as I made a few changes here and there. The file has uploaded now so start downloading!! :D

I'll be uploading to 2 other places as well so we will have 3 mirrors. Don't know how useful that would be but one of the mirrors is for the OTA app that is coming very soon...

Just to put the code optimisations in context, in v1.0.2 I had around 155 MB free ram, but in v1.1.0 I have 200 MB free ram - In both situations I had just cleared ram using the task manager app
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] wtfsaywat:
Thanks for getting the bass boost fixed once camera and Bluetooth along with the soft key back light gets sorted out. This will for sure be the best 4.0 from for this device um gunna upgrade to 1.1 today, just gotta say I am in complete love with this from. :D:D:cool::cool:

After using the from for a few hours there is still the issue of the volume going all the way up when you skip a song to any other dog and you have bass boost enabled. I have turned it off for now
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Which music app are you using? When I tested it with the Walkman app (included in add on pack for the rom), the volume went up to maximum for a fraction of a second, and only when bass boost was toggled while a song was playing. Skipping to another song kept the volume the same. If you are using the Apollo app, my advice is don't use it as it is very buggy.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cvcduty:
Calculator app is not showing in the app drawer.

I can see that it's in the System/app folder but it's not shown as installed.

I ended up extracting one from CM9 and installed it separately.

I am still rebooting when accessing the settings/app management...

I guess there are ways to eliminate this... just too lazy to uninstall, install my apps one at a time... hehehe... :o
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] dj_chapz:
Does flashing RemICS change kernel? I have rj's kernel and when i want to restore from RemICS to Stock i get force close on every installed app... Also after restoring back to stock home button turns on screen when pressed but doesn't go to home when in apps... :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] wtfsaywat:
I'm using the Google play music app.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Yes flashing RemICS-UX changes the kernel. To restore back to stock GB you need to do a restore in CWM while running RemICS-UX, then you need to restore again (this is in the GB recovery now) without rebooting after the first restore. Then reboot and you should be booting into GB. If the home button issue persists, re-flash rj's kernel. This should solve the issue. The problem is not directly related to this rom.

The issue seems to be eliminated when using the included walkman app or when using poweramp as it uses a different equaliser
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] dj_chapz:
Reflashing rj's kernel fixed home button problem :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
So in the last week or so our dev team has been working hard on bug fixes, UI enhancements and other bits and bobs. Version 1.2 has now been released for the Galaxy S, but it's not quite ready for the SGP. At the moment, there are 2 options. I have a version which has a really nice UI, but the browser FC issue is back, or I can try and fix the browser FC issue, but the UI might not look as good
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] EcHoFiiVe:
I had a feeling that the UI was causing the browser to FC. Why though?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Lol if only I knew :p . The CM9 nightlies after the 26th of May 2012 have a different way of accessing the internet which is not compatible with the SGP so I had to hardcode it into using the old method. The problem is that its such an ugly hack that it means the UI doesn't work properly. I'm going to discuss it with the rest of the team and we'll see what we can do. Hopefully we can have both internet and UI working soon!

Edit:

I managed to get the UI working and the browser working! However, this breaks USB mounting from the notification bar. I'll try to fix this soon

Edit 2:

I can't seem to fix it, but I found an app to mount the internal and/or external cards. If I get time I'll give you guys a sneak preview of the next version (read screenshots). Also more extras will be appearing soon. At the moment I've only got some wallpapers to give you but I'll see what else I can add

Edit 3:

Version 1.2.0 is coming soon!! Just doing some final bits and bobs on it so watch this space!!

Screenshots for V1.2.0

Attached below
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Version 1.2.0 is out now!!

Just finished uploading version 1.2.0 to the team remics server. I'll put the download link up in a minute.

The changelog is included in the rom but I'll also post in the the first post.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cleve321:
Does FM radio work?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] dj_chapz:
Excellent! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Cm9 does not natively support FM radio. I'm trying to find ways to fix it though
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cleve321:
Oh alright...I'm still using it tho its the best out of all of them.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
I'm currently working on some tweaks for the next version. Possible additions include on screen buttons and landscape lock screens. If they work I'll make them into a flash able zip for users who want them added

Sent from RemICS-UX dev team alpha
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] EcHoFiiVe:
I dontbknow if its too much to ask for, but I was playing with the newer UI from Samsung and it looks really nice in white.. Do you think you can have interchangeable colors for the UI??
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Hmm. I will discuss this with the rest of the team as I think it's a great idea. We have been discussing the UI of the rom and maybe having different versions would be great. Especially if the UI could be changed by flashing a zip. Thanks for the great idea!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] EcHoFiiVe:
I also think that you should try to polish up the toggles too. They look kinda sketchy compared to the toggles on the stock rom of the sgs3. They kind look like gingerbread toggles but with the matte blue of the dialogue boxes and the lime green. But thanks for considering the color changes!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
Maybe you could have a flashable .zip where the folders are more stock ics. I love this rom but it would be nice if we could choose what type of folders we can make.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ScienceCat:
But isnt the point of this ROM for it to look like Samsung Galaxy S3. It would seriously defeat the purpose if it strays away from that.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
I agree the UI needs a few tweaks here and there, but we are working on it. It's not quite as simple as swapping a few .png files!

The whole idea of this rom is to bring the SGS III experience to the YP-G70. Having stock folder kind of defeats the purpose of the rom...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] EcHoFiiVe:
Alright, I appreciate your teams work!!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
android jelly bean 4;27706446]I agree the UI needs a few tweaks here and there, but we are working on it. It's not quite as simple as swapping a few .png files!

The whole idea of this rom is to bring the SGS III experience to the YP-G70. Having stock folder kind of defeats the purpose of the rom...[/QUOTE]

I guess but it would be nice to have the option. Have you tried making the browser more samsung s3 like. Also to get the FM radio working you might have to rebuild cm9 with radio drivers. Any way I appreciate all the work being done.

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] azoller1:
when i finished installing this with the aroma installer and then when i clicked next to finish the whole installation it just froze? help?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
I've never had this happen to me and I flash quite a lot of testing roms everyday. Do you have an INTL or USA device? If I remember correctly someone else had a similar problem but they just rebooted by holding down the power button. Maybe you should try doing that. Let me know how it goes :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
OK guys just a quick progress update. I have been working on some stuff for the next version but I've not had much luck. Although jellybean is out now, the source is out in 2 weeks so I'll see what I can do regarding getting some jellybean features
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] EcHoFiiVe:
Jelly Bean, anyone?

Actually, in the Galaxy Nexus forums, there are already TWO Roms flashable in CWM.. Soo you can probably use that, right? People have also managed getting the SDK to boot Jelly Bean on SGSIII and the Aconia. :D

PS There are some features already available such as the updated Google Play, wallpapers, FLASHABLE boot animation, and Fonts!

G-Play: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27984313

Flashable Boot Animation: http://uploading.com/files/me1m1bb5/CWM-Stock-JellyBean-bootamination.zip/ Thanks to teshxx

Wallpapers: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1738334 Thanks to our very own Rueben_

Font: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1738831

:P
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] chefdave12118:
1.2 mirror isn't working
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Thanks. Just checked and our server is down :/ . I will upload it again tonight

Sent by my Robot Butler

Edit 1:

I am uploading v1.2.0 to my Dropbox now.

Also RemICS-UX v1.3.0 is out for the SGS but it is extremely unstable for the SGP so I am not going to release it anytime soon. However, I will release a sort of 'value pack' which will bring a few of the new features to the current version.

Edit 2:

New mirror has been added for v1.2.0 as the Team remics server is down. This mirror will be removed once the server is up again.

v1.2.0 on dev-host
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] chefdave12118:
awesome! Downloading now :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] wtfsaywat:
Finally thank god finished downloading and am running v.1.2.0 have today I love it only it lags a bit here an there but I'll mess around with my CPU to see if that fixes it
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
If it is lagging then try wiping cache and/or dalvik cache.

Version 1.3.0 is out for the SGS, but there are a number of issues that are present in the SGP version of v1.3.0. I am trying to get it working but I don't have a lot of time to do so but I'll try my best.. Also our dev team is working on v1.4.0 so stay tuned :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] wtfsaywat:
Thanks for the advice. No rush at all. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
What do you guys want to see in v1.3? I've almost got Bluetooth working but nowhere near fixing the camera. I am also trying to fix the random reboot issue

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] wtfsaywat:
Could you intergrate chainfire 3d or some other tweak so fps games are faster? Also what about beats audio?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] EcHoFiiVe:
The toggles polished up please. Also, have you stopped trying to port Paranoid Android? Just wanted to ask :p
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
I'm not entirely sure if I could integrate Chainfire 3D but I'll have a try. I've had a look at the universal adrenaline shot and it doesn't seem to work. V6 supercharger does work but I don't really want to include it due to the small performance increases. There were a few copyright issues with the beats audio software but I'll discuss it with my team

Which toggles do you mean? The notification bar toggles or the settings toggles? How exactly would you like them to look? I haven't stopped, just temporarily stopped until I have enough free time to devote enough time and effort to it. This is likely to be once my Summer Holidays start around the 20th of July

Edit:

You guys might remember that the team remics server went down at the beginning of last week. Unfortunately we cannot use the server anymore as last week in 2 days we had 3TB of traffic. This is good news for us but we will be uploading the roms to filesharing websites until we setup another server. Sorry for the inconvenience

I have now taken down the v1.2.0 temporary dropbox mirror and I have moved it to dev-host (here) as I need the space in my dropbox
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cleve321:
Is it possible to get the softkey lights working for the US devices?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
That's a kernel issue I think and unfortunately I'm not a kernel dev but I do know one. I'll ask him if he knows how to fix it

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] EcHoFiiVe:
Notification toggles my good sir.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
Maybe you could implement jelly bean or create a jelly bean from now that the source code is out?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Is the source out now? If it is then I will definitely attempt to build an AOSP JB rom

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
Yes sir it is right here https://developer.android.com/index.html
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] lolo9393:
heavy battery drain

I have installed it on my GB70 korean version.

Installation went fine using intl provided kernel.

Only big complain is the battery drain not acceptable, more than 85 % consumed in 24 hours with very little use. Battery report a huge 90% of this drain is due to :

- telephone cell stand by??????? sound funny....

What purpose is this?

Any explanation is welcome.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
Oh OK so the INTL kernel also works with the Korean model. I will update the op. The telephone cell standby is just a ghost reading due to some galaxy s files lying around

It doesn't actually drain your battery. Try wiping battery stats and see how it goes. I recommend you download an app called battery spy as it gives you a graph of battery usage. I think the battery drain might be due to the intl kernel not working too well. Have you overclocked or modified anything?

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] lolo9393:
OK

Thanks for your advise.

i wiped battery stat. sorry I forgot doing it, I was thinking: it is not important.

Installed and started battery spy stuff, trial started at 100 % battery charge.

Info about " cell stand by " is no more present. good new.

I report by tomorrow same time.

Good night

Perfect!

24h use and 60% battery remaining.

Battery spy reported 12% use per hour and still good conditions.

I had fair use of music and low drain games and some web and settings.

So the battery wipe is something not to forget and must be advised to new users.

only complain is the "cell stand by" still reported for 65% of the total consumtion. that's make ICS battery reporting completly wrong.

Anyway thanks again for your help and now you can go to bed and have good night!

Rgds
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] lolo9393:
updated in above post

Thanks again for your good work
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
OK I will add the battery stats wipe to the flashing instructions. However doing a factory reset should wipe battery stats anyway...

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] EcHoFiiVe:
So do you think you can compile Jelly Bean from source? Not trying to come off as pushy.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
I reckon I could but I think users would prefer CM10 instead of aosp so I'm waiting for the CM10 source to drop

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] YoBob:
I know that this is a completely random question, but are there any CM Roms in this forum with theme chooser working? I don't want to start a new thread because of this question. Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
No there aren't any. I have made a few CWM flashable themes as they are the next best thing.

If anyone wants some CM9 themes just pm me and I'll see what I can do. They won't be theme manager themes, but they will be flashable

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] dadebue:
Is there any chance to get bluetooth working? I would really need it :(
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
I'm working on this now. I've been trying to fix it for the past few weeks and fixing Bluetooth breaks pretty much the entire rom so its taking a long time to fix. Sorry :(

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Supermaster34:
New Website

So you guys might remember that our server got overloaded by the insane amount of traffic for our rom. We've moved to a different server and we now have a website for our rom. The site is http://remics.bennz.eu/news and you can find news, the members of the team and the latest downloads for each supported device. All future releases will be available for download on our site as well as here :).

Also in other news, a new Galaxy Player is being tipped to release with ICS. Hopefully this is true and this could be the boost we need to finally get a working ICS kernel. I'm waiting impatiently for it to release to get everything working on the player 5 :D My Source
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] elitecmdr666:
was not going to check every page cause kind of in a rush, so quick question will this work with Entropy's kernal instead of the one that comes with it?