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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Deadeye37:
I'm still pretty new to this. To make sure I understand this process, upgrading from Mimicry 1.3.2 to 1.5.0 won't wipe out my settings/apps. It will be just like the updates that T-mo used to push out, correct?

I've been holding off on doing the update because I don't want to go through the whole rigamarole of restoring all my apps & settings again.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
Correct. If you go to a different rom like flinny's test build (JB), MUIU, etc, then backup your current rom, then superwipe the phone, then flash accordingly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Arjs:
Awesome rom!! Flashed it a cple of days ago and its working smooth. thanks again for this rom :)

After using it a bit, i dont have any issues, but two things are bothering me a lot :

1- Missed call LED notifications light is orange instead of green !

2- I dont see the options to customize or completely change the style of lockscreen in this rom.

Like in my previous CM9 rom by adamz. Is there anyway I can get those settings back . I was really used to using 8 shortcuts on circle in lockscreen, with unlock on the bottom, but what is see in this is that there is only a semi circle, no option to pull it down to unlock.

can any1 plz anyone can tell me a solution or workaround for this ? :confused:

Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] c00ller:
This was a CM change and will be the same on every CM-derived ROM that didn't explicitly change it.

This rom is basically CM. The extended lockscreen options you are describing is not part of the CM features. All the settings that exist are in Settings > Lock screen.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] RsOnAndroid:
Text corruption

The 1.5 was working perfectly so far, but from last 2-3 days, I have noticed that text corruption has started. This is not restricted to an single app, but the main home screen icons itself - the only solution I have seen is to do a reboot.

There were two apps I have installed lately - one is webkey and the other is accepting the Nova launcher update. I will try going back from the Nova update first, and see if that resolves the issue. In the meanwhile, has anyone else seen this issue? Do I need to be worried about a possible virus, or is corruption common? I did some google and it landed me on another mimicry version for droid incredible 2, but it said there that the issue is fixed. It also gave an option to kill the app, but how do you kill Nova without restarting the phone?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shared_ptr:
So you did some google, now that’s interesting…

And did you read the OP? I guess not, because in the section = Issues = the first point is:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] RsOnAndroid:
Yes, I did read the OP and read that point. The point is it wasn't happening earlier, and it started happening now. So it seems a new app or update (as I noted above) is causing the issue - am sharing it here so that if others are facing the same issue post the update, then it confirms the issue is from the update. :p

and btw, the solution given is to kill the app - can you tell me how to kill the Nova launcher? Restarting the launcher via the app itself does not resolve the issue.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shared_ptr:
I’m using Apex launcher and restarting via the app itself always works for me.

You can kill your launcher the same way you kill any other application:

System Settings->Apps->ALL

select Nova launcher and tap on "Force stop".

Or you can try some task manager application, for example Watchdog Lite. There is an option to kill any running application including launcher.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Arjs:
well on my last cm9 ROM i remember i was able to change it to green.. because it was annoying me that time also. Now, I dont remember how I did it, was it some setting in the ROM or i flashed some update or what.. I ll try to remember and post here if I am able to.

I will also try to find, if I can somehow get those extended lockscreen options, because i was really used to it and want the same again :(

Please let me know if any1 has anything on this..

thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HiCZoK:
What are the recommended settings during install in aroma installer?

It;s my first time installing this rom :) I left everything untouched for now.

I think I like it, It's weird coming from sense 2.1 :p

I have 1 "problem" for now: All my contacts are repeated 3 times and there seems to be no way to make only contacts stored on my phone visible. I have vcard saved on sd and I export it to phone each time i install new rom. There is export option in this rom but I cant make it visible
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MorgaNet:
Why export if the contacts are stored in google servers?

For your issue, in the option menu of the contacts you can select wich list to see in your phone.

Excuse me for my poor english
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kamild_:
Blazin' fast! Faster than EliteMOD!

Thanks :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shady503403:
I can hold the back button on the home screen and it kills the launcher app and restarts it and fixes the issue.. I use apex not nova but I don't see why it wouldn't work the same??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
I use nova and when it gets goofy I have to hit menu nova settings restart nova. Takes a second to do it but works great and I fuggure as fast as everything else is in the rom I'm still coming out ahead time wise.

Sent from my G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kenanibeze:
battery drain is killing this awesome rom

Guys please do anybody have a clue on battery drain! I love this rom but this battery drain is making the experiences a little bit miserable. Its worst during phone calls

Also i need some tips on camera, can i work on it with adb command prompt?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Sheikmans:
This is the best rom so far for my phone's battery. Maybe there is an app draining your battery?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
It's definitely an app. He should consult the OP for battery issues (goes w/o saying, I've stopped replying to people who don't read the OP).

That said, yesterday I had my phone on for 43 hours on a single battery charge (using my original crappy stock battery) with 3 hours screen on time. My phone's uptime is 22 days 10h at this point too, with no slowdowns. The only thing I've done is hot reboot twice (I do it every week or so).

If I can have that kind of battery/performance so can anybody. Just make sure you don't install crappy apps that abuse wakelock, etc.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
Any way 're-assign the long press search button? Right now it does nothing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] natabbotts:
Sounds like themes! Check Google play for a green ICS theme :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Sheikmans:
I really don't understand why people ask these kinda questions. It works without any problems. Just read all stuff before you flash. These comments make people think this rom has issues which is not the case.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
I meant besides flashing since I got rid of google search, now it does nothing. I should have been more specific but the question is the same. In the stock and other roms you can program it to whatever you like.

So is there anyway to do that or just reflash?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] michuo:
hi,jeff, sometimes the notification area was blank.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
The search key behaves the same as every other CM9 based rom. Unless of course search to recent apps was selected when you installed the rom, in which case long press will do search and tap will do recent apps.

If/When Cyanogenmod makes long press search customizable then this rom will also have it.

This happens on CM9 based roms, though I'm not sure why. Just give it a second and it'll redraw. It seems to happen after a network state change or power change.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ponury666:
Mimicry has been my daily driver for a while now. One thing started to bother me. I flashed an Xperia-themed 2.3.5 GB ROM today, just to try out Timescape app, and my mind was blown by the UI sounds volume... nearly hurt my ear, and I liked it ! Is there a way to boost the UI sounds on Mimicry? Volume+ app from market does not work on 4.0 ROMs. This is by the way not a device issue, nor an issue with the way UI sounds are recorded in the first place, since I am using custom 4.0 UI sounds from a separate flashable ZIP on every ROM I use, and the same UI sound pack was waaaaay louder on the custom Desire Z Xperia ROM. Any ideas on improving my Mimicry?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] foefur:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1603327

Have u tried the mod in this thread??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ponury666:
I believe the MOD is made to improve the sound volume of music and other headset-related things. I am looking for louder User Interface tones, which go through the speaker, not the headset. Besides, I tried it and it did nothing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] d_gkal:
can i use SuperWipeG2+ext4 and then flash the rom?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] alarmdude9:
Just ran across something odd that I couldn't find anything in the thread on. Downloaded an app called talkatone to play with a bit but when it tries to dial out it gives an error about the kernel not supporting streaming audio.

Sent from my G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] killj0y:
ah ok i got ya, too bad i wanted to map it to something else bummer. Yea it works i just was hoping to remap it to another app.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
May I recommend setting up notification shortcuts :)

In theory you can actually set custom apps as the longpress search (voice search) but the app has to have itself identified as such (even if it's not).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Akdor 1154:
Flashed the other day after a full wipe, been using full-time for a couple of weeks now. Very impressive. Couple of issues I've noticed that haven't been previously raised (beyond the last couple of pages, OP, and tracker):

1) autorotation can sometimes mess up slightly: most of the phone will happily rotate, but the notifications will get stuck on landscape dimensions. End result - when stuck, the launcher and any apps will be in portrait, but when pulling the notification bar down it will only extend half-way and the right side will be cropped off.

2) Using Voice Search, sometimes the phone doesn't pick up any input audio at all. Unplugging and replugging a pair of headphones (not a headset) generally fixes this.

3) The phone can't seem to do a contacts lookup on any incoming calls in the time between the caller calling and me answering (usually a few rings). Effective result: no caller ID. Contact is happily displayed by the time I hang up.

4) SIP calling doesn't seem to work. Not convinced this isn't my router playing up though; has anyone else got an Internet Calling account set up and working over NATted WiFi?

Cheers,

Jarrad
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] riahc3:
When will we see a Jelly Bean version of this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] echone:
i think when this rom becomes stable enough

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1605016
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ablivian:
Is there still development on ics, or only on the jb rom?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nospin:
ICS will get critical bug fixes and possibly sync up with any major CM developments, but right now everyone is focused on JB.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] voodoo_nostromo:
Hi, I am experiencing a similar issue - my BT headset stops working during the call, or even does not start the call (I can hear the ringing in the headset, but when the the other party answers the call, I hear nothing). After a full wipe it works okay for couple of days and then the issue occurs again. Any ideas?

PS. This is not Nokia headset.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] oVeRdOsE.:
YEah, me too.

First, when I want to connect my bluetooth I had to turn it on/off 3-4 times ti make it ''connected''. If not, it'll hang on ''pairing''.

A2DP devices = no problem at all, it works.

But, handset (scalarider), OBDII car device or pc BT dongle, I got hard time with them.

It was the same thing with revolution 7.0.4 rom.

I read on a other post that its come from 2.6 kernel...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] echone:
About mimicry i think blk_jack, flinny and the others still maintain ics free of bugs and focuses on jb.

About others rom, search in the dev section of the forum. you'll find a lot of stuff.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombastus:
Cannot receive MMS with T-mobile

Hi

Can't receive MMS messages, I can send them.

I am using handcent app

Any help

I am with t-mobile
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Warbuff:
Please check op for troubleshooting steps.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ponury666:
Owke, it seems I got a little phone-related glitch (phone related, since it accurs in a couple of apps, not just one). I am running a newest Mimicry for a while now, no problems whatsoever, and since a few days now apps like Facebook, Gmail, Maps, hell, even Google Drive appear as "incompatible with my device" on the market page. I'm posting this here (yet I know it might be app-related and not ROM-related) cause maybe someone may enlighten me as to the reason of such app behavior? I found this issue while I couldn't update my facebook app anymore (weirdly enough I had a facebook app version from before "timeline" update). Now a few of my apps are simply shut-off from update possibility. Also, when I try to reinstall them, I can't download them from market, as they don't appear on the phone play store app, and are locked-off from the website.

My rooted Motorola Milesone running CM7-nightly has no issues by the way. What gives?

edit: ok, now it happens on random apps like CM9 themes and minimal lockscrenn. No access from phone, locked-out from webpage.

edit: I am stupid and lack thinking, I changed screen density a few days ago -.- If a mod comes round, might as well delete this post.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] RsOnAndroid:
I installed the JB from flinny just to test, and it looks good. If blk_jack is also working on it, would it be possible to add some of the great mimcry feaures on that build? things like OTA, etc? I really love mimicry 1.5, and would love to move to jb as soon as its stable.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ashwinmudigonda:
A question on notifications

Sometimes when I swipe away a notification, it reappears after a few seconds. I started using google's Field Guide and this app does it all the time. I thought it was an app problem until I noticed that even Whatsapp does that too. If I close a message or swipe it away from the notifications bar without actually reading it, it reappears in a few seconds. So I wonder if it is an app specific thing or not.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Warbuff:
Sounds like app specific it will continue to notify you until you pay attention to it
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] soadfan:
I have issues with the "People" app. I did backup of contacts with some app smsconatctsbackup or something like that. After install of ROM i've restored all contacts. But they appear with dashes between every three digits. I'd checked the vcf file, there's no dashes in. Because of a lack of batch delete i've tried MyPhoneExplorer to delete all contacts. Ok so far, but when i imported non-dashed contacts they show only when click contacts to view -> all. They import directly to the google account and i DON'T want these contacts on google account. I tried again (and was checked import contacts to phone in MPE client settings), same as previous import. Than i've tried import vcf directly from people app, same as previous two attempts. More important is that now i have every contact 3 times and don't have batch delete options.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shared_ptr:
Wrong thread, this is not related to Andromadus Mimicry ROM!

Read this thread about storing contacts locally on ICS.

Read this thread about deleting all contacts

It took me 1 minute to find it. Why are you not using the search function??? :mad:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] soadfan:
How i'd know isn't it? It happens when i migrate to mimicry so ask here. Sry about that
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] astriaos:
I know it's generally frowned upon to provide general commentary and feedback on a rom that isn't directly related to development. That being said, I feel that it is my duty to come in and say that after a long time in development this is one of the true few daily driver quality ICS roms for the G2/Vision.

I am very very particular about quality roms and making sure everything works without fail. I've essentially stuck with CM6/7/Virtuous Sense 2 stock roms since I obtained my G2 almost two years ago.

I am very pleased to report that this rom has almost zero issues. I had used version 1.2 some time ago and it still had some problems. 1.5 is virtually flawless. 191+ hours up-time with no problems. Almost a month without a single graphical glitch. I've had ONE and that was today. Memory demands are never an issue. Applications launch fast and close quickly. The camera works. Data works. Call quality is clear. GPS is solid. Overclocking is solid and doesn't impact performance using SetCPU.

You've done a tremendous job sir. As an individual who has had to deal with and see the absolute dregs of development foisted off as quality on this community, I really must commend you for following through on your initial promise of creating a fully featured and stable rom for G2 users. Without your work many of us would be stuck in the proverbial dark ages.

Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope you continue applying your skills to quality devices in the future. The best of luck to you in your endeavors.

Edit: One thing is if you're sending a Google Voice Text and turn off your screen, it will error and not send the text. That's the only real repeatable application issue I have, but that's somewhat separate from the fundamental OS.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] RsOnAndroid:
@ Blk_jack

I agree with what's stated above - this ROM is better than stock ICS ROMs I have seen on other phones. I beg you to please continue providing excellent development on jb roms as well, like that of flinny - I particularly miss the circle battery indicator there, not to mention your AROMA installer features.

Once again, thank you for this excellent ROM.. I am not afraid to flash ROMs on my phone anymore. :laugh:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] liud:
@ RsOnAndroid

I see you tried both Mimicry and Flinnys JB rom. Could you give a comparison between those roms, which is faster/ smoother and generally more usable every day?

Thanks :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] brianmoriarty:
Up to now, this has been more stable than any ROM I've tried. Unfortunately, last night my internal speaker (the part you put to your ear on a call) has stopped working. I made a phone call, plugged my aux cable into my headphone jack in my car, drove home and unplugged it and now I can't get the speaker working. I have tried rebooting, as well as an app that is supposed to force the phone to switch from aux to the speaker to no avail. I have not tried reflashing yet. Does anyone have any ideas? The headphone jack and speakerphone both work fine. Thanks in advance
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nofixio:
I wish to add my own compliments to the chef, it is a fantastic rom that you have prepared for us! :laugh::good:

Regarding the integrated V6 Supercharger, I originally installed my rom with that particular option selected in AROMA. I've just seen that there's been new developments in that field in the last couple of days - this "maximum overdrive" thing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1914159

My question is - if I install the rom again over the top of my existing rom, disable the V6 AROMA option (but leave everything else the same) - will that basically remove the inbuilt V6 and leave everything else intact?

Thanks again for doing such a good job!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] x.para:
I tested JB too and for me there is huge different. This one deffinitely much more stable, smoother, no issues with daily usage. Not going back to JB for sure-at least not now.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bogdan5844:
My only gripe with this awesomisticly perfect ROM is the battery use with screen on. With screen of, I can get it to stay at 100% for hours. As soon as I turn on the screen, the battery plummets.

Betterbatterystats reports two processes that use battery - Wakelock and a curious „emmc-qd”. Any ideas ?

The only apps that I could think of are Avast and AutomateIT, but I tried running without them and there's no difference. The next entry in BetterBatteryStats is PowerAmp's service.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
As stated in the OP, this is due to the apps you use and has nothing to do with the ROM. I use Avast with Google Play and get ~4h of screen on time over a 36h period unplugged.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sinkolow:
Help! Boot Loop.

i formatted cache and dalvick cache. flashed Vision EFS partition wipe tool.

Flashed my radio to 26.13.04.19 and installed the rom Mimicry v1.5.0.

After all that. im still stuck in a bootloop. what did i do wrong?

Help anyone? :eek:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TraumaHawk03:
You need to format everything except your SD card. That would be my suggestion, otherwise everything, all ROMs, Bootloop on mine
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ashwinmudigonda:
Disabling Google currents background sync can help

This might be a placebo effect but disabling background sync of Google Currents seems to speed things up a bit. I read that somewhere on Nexus7 forums and decided to try it. It seems to be quicker. Worth a shot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] RsOnAndroid:
In terms of usage, :

1. This is definitely more stable. However, remember that JB will only get better with time, as the devs are focussing on that now.

2. I miss some of the features of this ROM in JB, but the JB ROM also works on daily use.

3. Have had some issues like running ORBOT and bluetooth sharing issues on JB and hence cannot sync my jabra car handfree with JB, but can do that with this ROM. I need ORBOT to play Pandora in India.

4. JB comes with google now.

I have JB on for over 2 days now and its working well in daily use - depends on which features you want to use more.

Edit : I corrected my point as the voice typing option is available in this ROM as well, and works equally well.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Anthony_xdl:
How do I stop the clock from freezing?!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] c00ller:
Weird, I can run TeamViewer no problem on mimicry. Exactly what part doesn't work? Connecting or the actual computer screen controlling?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] RsOnAndroid:
Correction - I meant TeamViewer Quick Support. TV runs fine on mimicry - the QS version lets you control / share your phone screen to your PC (reverse of the regular TV app). The playstore version worked only on Samsung devices, but it was cracked for CM.

In fact, I just flashed back to mimicry and checked - TV QS (cracked copy) works on this version as well, so editing the previous post to remove that point altogether. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] RsOnAndroid:
Take it out of the freezer section? :cowboy:

LOL... :laugh:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sinkolow:
i did format(except sd card), used Vision EFS partition wipe tool, installed Mimicry, and when i entered for First Boot. it gets stuck in BootLoop.

Recovery: 4ext

H-Boot: 0.84.2000

Radio: 26.13.04.19_M

Help Help. still not booting.

:eek: