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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vioner:
Oh, I see. Then as I'm not a dev or an android maniac, I can't help you too much with your problem.

I've never used wifi calling and haven't heared of problems related to it. Maybe it really is buggy, but I don't think so.

You should PM blk_jack about your problems, but before you do that, make sure to mage a logcat of operations done on your phone when the 1st problem occurs. Include the logcat in msg to blk_jack.

Good luck

Wysłane z mojego HTC Vision za pomocą Tapatalk 4
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] :
Lately I've been having a problem where the phone will crash randomly in sleep mode. Of course I don't notice until I try to wake it and find I have to pull the battery. Has anyone else had this issue or know of a fix? Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] oVeRdOsE.:
I have that kind of trouble, but its hardware. I mean, my battery connection are bad ( dust, oxidation, loose).

I need to clean them and add some dielectric grease.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Careless_:
i had that same issue. you can use a sewing pin to pry the battery connections up and then lightly sand the battery pins and the phone pins with an emery board or even the sewing pin to scratch them a little.

it works for a while, but the reality is that your battery might be taking a ****. Replace the battery. It will work for another 2 years.

if you want to know for sure, set your lowest sleep mode CPU speed to 368 instead of 250ish MHZ.

this was an issue with a lot of old Gingerbread Kernels and ROMs for the DZ/G2/Vision that would take a couple of seconds to come out of sleep due to slowly responding OS and lack of CPU speed to recover from sleep.

No need for dielectric grease.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thinair11:
Does anybody noticed weird battery readings? before reboot it showed 35%, after reboot, 41%, but then in about 5 minutes dropped to 37% or so.

Also, for me when i search for mobile networks manually, always get message, can not find any carriers.... :( however automatically it does pick my carrier. For Example i have a mycall carrier, but i can also use telenor for free which has better service (more bars, example, mycal 1-3 bars, telenor always 4-5), however i cant pick it manually. Phone decides on its own, sometimes its mycall, sometimes its telenor. On other phones i can easily choose whatever i want and it stays that way.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nz_:
I have the same problem with manual network searching. Especially frustrating when roaming abroad, as different carriers offer different roaming rates.

Re battery - this would be normal if your battery is getting old.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] :
Does anyone know how to spoof mac address with this ROM? Any guides I try, or apps I try, just don't work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gzimzzz:
is ready any mimicry update ??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
My battery readings are all over the place and this is with a new (refurbished) device and a new (I'm assuming new, but I have the same results with a normally fine batter).

In addition to bizarre readings before/after reboot, I can never fully charge to 100% (unless I charge with the device off), the battery shows an incredibly fast discharge until 3% and then hangs there for hours, etc.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ghostnik:
Help with Android Mimicry

I'm having a bit of trouble after using this. The bluetooth isn't working anymore and I'm not sure how to get it to work. Also when I go to settings all it says is to turn it on and nothing else, however when turned on it doesn't work. Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] coolos:
try wipe cache + dalvik
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ghostnik:
Do you think it'll erase my contacts and apps? Thanks for the help.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Berrydroidcafe:
No, you shouldn't lose your apps and/or contacts.

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ghostnik:
Sorry, I tried the advice given to me and my bluetooth still isn't working. Any other advice or do you think it could be a hardware problem?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Berrydroidcafe:
Anything is possible, but try flashing another rom. This one is KitKat and it's still in the Alpha stage, but you can give it a try. Don't forget to do a nandroid backup first though.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2031678

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mcsmart:
blk_jack, I just want to say thank you again for this great ROM. :good: It is super stable and fast. The battery life is also awesome, I am getting 3-4 days with mobile data & sync always on (small Mugen Power 1800 mAh battery, see screenshot).

The GPS fix is also very fast with the latest European radio (26.10.51.26) - no RIL matcher required.

I have only experienced three issues:

Text corruption: This was the most annoying one, but there is a fix. Simple use the build.prop which I have attached to this post and the text corruptions will be gone forever.

Lockscreen weather does not work: Yahoo changed their APIs, so this is not really a ROM issue.

Clock sometimes gets stuck: This happened to me only once after messing around with a lot of settings. This is an ICS issue and probably cannot be fixed by the ROM. Also happens on other devices and even on official ROMs. Not really a big deal for me, as it happened only once.

So blk_jack, do you still have your build environment set up? :angel: Would you be able to sync your repository to CM's ICS branch, as they have fixed the lockscreen weather issue in there (fix for issue #2). And the attached build.prop fixes issue #1. I know this ROM is old, but it's perfect for our device and probably the best Desire Z ROM out there... I've tried many JB & KK ROMs, but they seem a bit too heavy for our device.

So if you would find the time for a new build I would be super happy. I am not asking for new features or anything, just a new build from CM's current ICS branch with the build.prop fix. You'd be my personal hero if you could do that.

Thanks a lot in advance,

mcsmart
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sirfalo:
Yeah, agree, this is really good rom! Now with this text fix I gave it another try after year.

Whaever else I use either is too slow or crashes too often...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] knighToFdemonS:
Agreed. Awesome Rom. Tried several because of updates etc and always switched back to a backup of Mimicry.

Pulling my hat, good sir!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mcsmart:
I just need to add something about my proposed build.prop fix: I've been using it for over a month and I actually had two or three text corruptions. Sry, sirs:(

In addition to the build.prop tweaks I am now experimenting with the hwcomposer from the stock HTC One V ROM (comes with ICS by default and has the same GPU) and haven't had any issues so far.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] pepar0:
+1

:good:

(great old phone, still a few users around)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
Instagram not processing any picture

recently went back to rom (b/c I like ICS/wifi calling) - but noticed on this ROM with the 2.6.35.14 kernel that instagram doesn't process any picture. After doing the cropping thing and pushing the arrow all that happens is the 'loading' spinning thing and nothing. I have included a logcat, I was also going to try the 3.X kernel as I thought this worked.

-brad
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Eikeimnetz:
Hello DesireZ-mates,

I got a more or less common problem but it is also concerning Mimicry 1.5:

I once installed an Android KitKat Rom on my DesireZ and it became very slow, i then bought a new phone but a few weeks ago i decided to revive this old guy with Mimicry again because Mimicry always ran smooth before. But since I reinstalled Mimicry the phone is still slow as f***.

My Baseband is 12.28b.60 but I dont think thats the problem.

Does anyone know a solution because waiting 15seconds for reopening Whatsapp is a little bit too slow in my opinion.

I did whipe dalvik/cache before installing rom

Thanks in advance
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
If all you wiped was cache and dalvik going from KitKat to this ROM then I'm not surprised its slow. You need to do a full wipe/format as ICS is much different than jb
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] oVeRdOsE.:
flash superWipeG2+ext4.zip , it will do a proper wipe.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
I love that this thread/ROM are still going. Crazy!

I've actually switched to app dev for the past ~9 months or so and have an open source app out on the Play store. Check out Hangar!

It's a tool and definitely not for everyone, but it's something I've put a lot of time and effort into :)

Keep on doin' your thing, Desire Z community. Of all the devices I've had and maintained ROMs for, this is by far my favorite community!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] oVeRdOsE.:
you tell me, I went to the LG optimus community to get help, and it's nothing like DZ.

I wish I have a proper slimkat rom on the optimus g pro.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
For me this ROM is the best (as I use t-mobile wifi calling). I just wish I could use the instagram to post. Other than that everything I need works.

thanks again
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hamxa266:
This ROM is best for gaming but having some with USB tethering and is data is taking so much time to transfer from computer to device . plz tell me how to fix them !
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sil_rain:
can somebody reupload rom? because download links in start post is'nt working...thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BRad Barnett:
For a while, I've put my old copy here:

http://fishporn.ca/mimicry-1.5.0.zip
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HunnyBearLewis:
Thank you for still having this up! One of my family members broke their phone and had to use my G2 in a pinch, but they tried to flash a kitkat rom with an outdated recovery and it failed but still erased /system. They figured it was toast but I had them download Mimicry and we're up and running :) they live far away and I didn't have time to teach them how to fastboot flash the necessary recovery.

Man looking around this part of the forum brings back memories :o
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Haha I'm glad things still work! I only use my G2 as a test device right now but at least it's still kicking!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] oVeRdOsE.:
I'm still using DZ times to time.

But I use slimbean, but how slow it is now with updated apps.

I had to recover old titanium backup to make it usable.

When I toggle on the wifi, the phone will hang for 2 minutes.

Sync is off !!!

Fresh install, not much app, since I'm not using it.

But still like this device. Still waiting for the G3................

BB priv is way to pricy, not the fastest phone, non-rootable yet.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Yea you're right, modern day apps make the G2 crazy slow. I still use it as a test device from time to time :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
Yeah priv isn't worth it, the only similar step up is the galaxy relay. Has a few lollipop ROMs and marshmallow in the works - modern apps work fairly well there too

But its not a huge step up over the g2...

But now that lg is starting with modular phones it hopefully won't be too long before we can get what we all so desperately want - a quality phone with a quality hardware keyboard

Miss the g2 days for sure...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Aumkar:
Unnecessary waste of resources on a RAM limited device.

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Anyway, how do I see the available processor frequencies so that I can set 768Mhz for the screen off profile in the Virtuous OC daemon?

I'm asking cuz it still takes time for my phone to display who's calling, and even longer ( 3-8 seconds ) to display the caller ID. If the phone has a higher wake speed, it shouldn't take so long hopefully.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] martinpescatore:
Bluetooth device category

Hi,

I'm successfully using this rom and i think it's one of the best I've tried so far.

I was wondering if anybody has the following issue:

When connecting the phone to my laptop via Bluetooth the phone is not identified as a phone but as "other"

Does anybody know how to fix this?

thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Powers88:
Go into the bluetooth menu > menu button > rename phone
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Hai_Duong:
Okay i dont know why but some how I have Kernel Problems or what ever -.- I fullwiped everything and I restored only BBstats. Look at the stat how do I get Deep Sleep 8h and Since 1h 48mins??? Why does only this ROM have such Problems :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
It's a betterbatterystats bug, nothing to do with the rom.

Listen, the rom itself has no inherent battery issues over and above issues that arise in AOSP and CM9. The backend is based *entirely* on them and the kernel source is almost identical to every. single. rom. out for the vision that's based on 4.0.X AOSP. I'm simply not modifying anything that would drastically affect battery life, that's all there is to it. (over and above the tweaks that have been tested since February)

Please leave the troubleshooting of apps and their respective drain to other threads. As I've stated in the OP, try to keep this thread geared towards new features for this ROM. The issues you're having will affect any CM9/Andromadus ROM because, quite simply, they are all using the same source code. My compiles are done literally the exact same way as any other Cm9 based rom.

I'm sorry you seem to be suffering from strange outlying occurances, but you need to put a bit of effort in and problem solve your issues accordingly. Again, please respect what I've written in the OP and move your issues to the appropriate channels.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Hai_Duong:
Okay than I have to change the ROM :( Thanks for the ROM got a great Experience. Maybe in the next Version I try it again.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TpmKranz:
The mimicry-1.1.0.zip on my phone and a newly downloaded one both have the same MD5 checksum.

So I'm pretty sure 16c16d1594f9e0ead955c6a97cc7953f is a valid hash.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] NeverGone\RU:
That's the different thing. It won't affect type of the device.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] martinpescatore:
correct, changing the name doesn't change the device type...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] LxDroid:
I am still getting this... Anyone find a fix or anything?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wedg11383:
Gratitude and requests.

---------- Post added at 11:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:12 AM ----------

I wanted to give my heartfelt thanks to the developer. As I have been patiently waiting for a new phone with a full keyboard to be released I have been furiously modding my existing one, trying to squeeze as much performance and functionality from it as possible.

I have bounced between the various ICS Roms and haven't been very thrilled. This is the first Rom I have found with the right performance and attitude towards future improvement for me to use everyday. Thank you again.

Unfortunately, I also have a list of feature requests:

-Bring back black background messaging.

-Add disable camera button sound and hide adb notification as proper options, not hacks.

-Integrating GPS/Ril fixes would be amazing.

-Ability to manually add data used in ICS data usage. I wipe and flash a lot so unless I can manually add the amount of data I have already used, the phone's reporting is inaccurate and not useful. I have a third party app for this, but I'd love to dump it for built in functionality.

I have more but I'll save it for another post. Sorry for the long post. Thank you in advance.

---------- Post added at 11:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:36 AM ----------

I don't know how to fix it, but I have experienced it for what it's worth. Across multiple Roms.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] astriaos:
Yeah, so I queried the Swiftkey Customer Service admin about this directly and he says that they're aware of the issue and unfortunately due to time constraints there wasn't any way to really do anything about or with custom roms. They have their hands full on stock roms for devices, nevermind custom code stacks.

Consider that Swiftkey has to operate properly within other applications. This is an incredibly complex bit of code work when you think how many applications this implies. Even if you're talking about say, supporting 5 samsung devices and 5 HTC devices with only the shipped applications. Well, each one of those is going to be on X version of android, with Y manufacturer overlay plus browser, maps, nav, and so on. Keep in mind they're trying to support many thousands of devices and you can see how a single issue like this could easily fall to the wayside.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Understandable I suppose. What mainly annoys me is that it isn't an issue with Swiftkey X. Somewhere along the lines a regression happened and they had months of beta testing to figure things out. I'd rather them focus on retaining the functionality over new features.

I also don't buy the whole custom roms thing. It shouldn't make any difference when it comes to keyboards/keymaps since it's based on AOSP and as far as I know none of that code has been modified.

Who knows, though. I'm sure a fix will come out eventually. Still, would've been nice to at least get a response when I filed that bug months ago. Until then, stick with X and avoid 3.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
Or try out the newest Swype. It adds features very similar to swiftkey 3. Try it out now and see how it compares. And im surprised you havent updated the suggested ideas in awhile. I know you're on vacation, but hopefully u C&P on the computer's e-notepad or something :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wedg11383:
A few more suggestions.

-Extend the safe volume option to include bluetooth headsets. This way I will no longer have bleeding ears.

-Some kind of work around for the issue where Google contacts syncs and restores low quality contact pictures. This wasn't much of an issue before, but on ICS these look terrible. Maybe a backup and restore option in the Rom to pull and restore these from a specific folder on the SD card perhaps. I question how feasible this is but it has always been a peeve of mine.

Thank you in advance.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rraxda:
+1 on these
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] astriaos:
Rest assured due to certain constraints (beyond what I've mentioned) they can/will not support custom code stacks. Don't ask for details, it's out of my hands and I'm not fully privy to the inner workings of the engine or office business at Touch Type LTD.

I'm just a messenger who happens to know a guy.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
Fix right here: (Facebook Contact Sync): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync&hl=en

I use this using "Huge square" pics (512x512) and contact pictures look very clear, even when on-call. When u first start the app, do a FULL Sync. Since it does what the regular FB app does + more, I just un-synced it from contacts.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] David Dee:
Where can I find the apk for X? Seems like I don't have a backup only 3 is available.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] astriaos:
Since it is a paid for application unless you have one locally or know someone who does, you're **** out of luck. I suppose one could unpack an older backup that has titanium backup and all its mini-backups inside but that's a hell of a lot of effort.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] David Dee:
On titanium, just long press the app, click send to, and it gives an attachment that can easily be imported into titanium on the other end.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wedg11383:
I appreciate the help and quick response so much.

Unfortunately I don't use Facebook. Ever. So this wouldn't mitigate my troubles. All my contacts are local people that I actually know and I have my own custom art I use for their contact pics.

I'm just floored that people have been asking Google for this fix, it's a simple one, and one I believe even Apple has working properly on iOS and they have ignored it. Then again maybe I'm not surprised.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] astriaos:
Right, but that assumes that you have a backup of X that hasn't been overwritten by TB scheduled backups like mine has. But this is a digression unrelated to the rom so lets get back to the subject.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] David Dee:
I just installed Swype beta and it is pretty good. Hardware keyboard works perfectly. Bye bye Swiftkey.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
I had a feeling you was gonna say that. I don't know any Gmail Contact Sync apps to improve image resolution. I guess so far right now u have to store the picture locally and set it for the contact. Or try out another Dialer like DM Contacts or GO Contacts (not positive on this suggestion). Hopefully Google's upcoming I/O 2012 event (next week) acknowledges this obvious issue.

---------- Post added at 04:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:32 PM ----------

I know they have something similar to Swiftkey 3 now. How does it compare? I haven't updated to the newest Swype yet.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] David Dee:
I actually have never used Swype before and am amazed how well the swyping actually works. I am typing now and it is good. Swiftkey is marginally better on typing, but this is pretty good. I am liking the swyping though. Not regretful at all on the change to have my hardware keyboard back!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
Well thats good. You should check out Swype's options (in Keyboard & Lang. settings of course) like Speed vs Accuracy slider.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] David Dee:
I did. Didn't see a speed vs accuracy slider, May not be in the beta. I am really liking swyping, faster than swiftkey typing for sure and improving with time. Thanks swiftkey for your crappy support for hardware keyboards which enabled me to learn your competitor is way better. Sorry blackjack, that is it for my rant, don't mean to hijack your thread.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
Its only in beta, lol. I know S. vs A. is in Settings>Lang. & Input>Swype settings>Preferences>Speed vs Accuracy
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] philippecr:
So is tis a new official rom for Andromedeus or a branch ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
This is an official Andromadus rom. Audacity is the bare bones version of the rom, Flinny's test builds are exactly what they sound like, odexed test builds and Mimicry is built off Audacity as described in the OP.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TheJayyWilliams:
is it possible for the emoji to be enabled system wide, not just in the messaging app? MIUI ROM has it working near perfectly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] virtualflyer:
Yes, I need this too... Stupid things that make your phone a bit better
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] NeverGone\RU:
And option to disable emoji in messages would be also nice. Some people don't like them at all.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] virtualflyer:
those with the droid for example <3 resulting in a droid with heart-eyes, aren't emoji
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] NeverGone\RU:
Alright. An option to completely disable smilies. :)