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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] seb1435:
voice control in french

edit : It seems there is two "voice" control (I was using the old fashion one). Pressing long time on search key launch another one that seems more modern, and it is working !!

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Seb
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drizztSA:
Just to chime in about this ROM. It is one of the stablest smoothest rooms and is my DD for the past few months.

Occasionally it does freeze up so I took the suggestion from one of the posts and installed watchdog task manager. It keeps highlighting about

Package Access helper detected above threshhold.

Could this be the problem. What is it?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] goister:
OK I've installed that and got a few warnings for a game I'm playing. Then just now I got several warnings for Android Media Process. What's up with that?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] PvtJoker:
I have to say that after just having this ROM for just a few short hours... that this will be the one i stick with for a while.. its very fast and runs smooth. Nice work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ibemad1:
mediaserver has a lot of problems with hitching and using up a lot of CPU on this rom, even with a fresh install.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
This only happens when it needs to rebuild your cache. It is no different than any other ROM since it's all based on the exact same AOSP code.

EDIT:

Our device doesn't have a lot of CPU/RAM to spare. For people with watchdog/watchdog alerts, lower the alert threshold to avoid them. I don't use watchdog myself (anymore), but I also don't have notoriously troublesome apps installed (Facebook, Chrome, etc) that have caused many people issues.

As for package access helper. This?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] goister:
So what can I do to fix/alleviate this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Wait for it to scan your media. If there are still problems then do a factory reset & restore your apps one by one until you can identify what is causing your issues. Which is the first step you must always do when installing a new ROM and encountering issues not mentioned in the OP and quite frankly should be done well before you feel the need to post in this thread.

To summarize, you didn't follow any of the proper requested methods for submitting an issue. Do that, then post here.

From the OP:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
There is an entire thread dedicated to Android Media Process somewhere... like blk_jack mentioned, I always change the threshold for alerts so I'm never bothered by normal processes.

Here's the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=980575&highlight=android+media+process

But I have experienced the alert you're referring to... in my case, it has always been a bad file on my micro SD card. I make SD card backups occasionally so that I can restore, rather than delete all my media and start over. Just to clarify, this is completely unrelated to ROM.

Edit: Ah, I didn't see your post, blk_jack. Sorry about that.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] goister:
I have in fact done a factory reset after I previously experienced massive slowdowns, however that did not solve the problem. I have also restored my apps gradually over the course of a few days, but even at this granularity, I was unable to pinpoint exactly what app(or combination) is causing the slowdown.

Which is why I'm asking for alternate ways of isolating the problem, such as looking at logcat, or installing watchdogs, etc. If one has 50 apps, and is expected to install only 1 app a day to test if the app causes slowdowns, then it'd take almost 2 months to find out the problem in the worst case. And in many cases, it may take more than a day for the slowdown to manifest.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Flinny:
How about installing only the apps you absolutely need for a few days. If the problem persists then you know one of them is causing your problem. Then add 5 or 10 a day until the problem occurs... then you've narrowed it down to a small number in a couple of days. Nothing to say you don't have multiple apps that are bad or cause problems when installed together though. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Wicked68:
So, glad I looked for an update. This ROM is giving me WAY less problems than Beta 5, not many lags, FCs, fairly smooth. I also switched to NOVA launcher from GO Launcher EX, which has become bogged down, slow & laggy. The one problem I just noticed is that when I'm playing music, some apps functions won't open. its just freezing or giving me black screen. I was listening to music through Cloudskipper, and tried to open the Email app, browser, and task manager, and it wouldn't respond, or asked me to FC them. Music kept playing, but no response from the other apps. Anybody else having this problem?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] zdravkoetf:
Problem with mobile internet

Hello,

I have the same problem with Andromadus Mimicry as I had with CM 7: when I go out of the range of my Wi-Fi network, my 3G internet does NOT turn on automatically. I read that CM7 had that problem with Desire Z, but I expected newer version to correct the problem. Only way I can get mobile data to work is to put phone to Airplane mode, and then turn the Airplane mode off. After that, mobile internet works like a charm.

Anyone had (and solved) this problem?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mazdarati2:
ive installed it. but when i got the play sotre, it didnt load my account. yes i did flash gapps. back to andromadus B5, sorry
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
As Ditamae has suggested, check your SD card for a bad (recently added) media file. Some of the threads I've read about your issue seems to suggest that people have had success formatting their sdcards and copying back their files from there.

It could also be an app issue, but I would try the ol' google route & try searching for the issue to find other people who've suffered from it. Wish I could help more but I've never suffered from anything remotely similar to this myself. Even with ~30GB of music on my sdcard :eek:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Don't apologize for an issue I've never heard of before (or suffered from). Though I'm unclear as to why you're posting this here if you're not willing to do any troubleshooting or investigating yourself. Not sure what you want me to say..?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] goister:
OK, I'm going through my sdcard and deleting anything that I don't recognize. Let's see how that goes.

Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
@ blk_jack

Hey, quick question for you... do you use Google Maps?

Er, on your phone, I mean... do you have it installed? :silly:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Yep absolutely, had to use it yesterday to find the nearest Starbucks when I was in a part of town I don't normally go to & my girlfriend wanted me to bring her back a Starbucks pumpkin spice latte :P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
The main information is that you've enought time left to have a girlfriend. :D

Seriously, I just wanted to report that the Pimp my Rom tweaks really improve multitasking for me. I run many tests before, but the Mimicry has become a little bit laggy on my phone with some use (on Gmail, sometimes Maps and web browsing)...

I'll see if it's still the same within weeks...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mazdarati2:
im just saying what ive had as a problem. maybe it was already known, i cant do any investigating myself, since im not a flasher. not a developer.

EDIT: i did a normal wipe & flash. The only thing what could be the problem is Pimp My Rom, but i doubt since im using it right now on andromadus
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kamild_:
It worked great but...

When I was browsing an Internet (to be more precise - wp.pl), the phone just started to lagging extremely. It stopped reacting to anything - touch, buttons, screen rotation, even calling to me was impossible. So I pulled out a battery and then inserted it again. From now, Android keeps to rebooting on Nyandroid boot screen animation. Sometimes it gets to a lock screen but only for 2-3 seconds. Phone is in this state from an hour and no progress.

Can you help me resolve this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nipqer:
Try wiping and/or reflashing in recovery.

Do a nandroid first, if its corrupt you might still be able to pull your data from it with Titanium Backup

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mordai:
Feature request - Link contacts

Is there some way to link and manage linked contacts from different contact sources, i.e. Phone, Facebook, Google etc.?

If not, this feature would be highly appreciated!

///P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] c00ller:
Has anyone tried installing the Google Calendar on the Market? Any problems we should be aware of?

Edit: Just installed it myself. Well, that was silly. It didn't replace the system app we already have. Now, when you open the app drawer, there are two Calendar apps. You can tell which one is new by the new icon. I can't find any noticeable differences between this app and the integrated one, but I guess in order to be future-proof it makes sense to use this one instead?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nospin:
Correct, for some reason the new app doesn't overwrite the old stock app (it does on my Nexus 7). But there shouldn't be any issues with downloading it. Possibly blk_jack may need to bundle it in, or of course we could probably do a quick switch in the system apps ourselves.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
I updated via Play Store and it overwritten the old version. But I am using the latest Gapps (20121010?). But Google is putting most of their Gapps in the Play Store now for ppl that are stuck with OEM versions that don't have some Google Apps (like Calendar). Now its available for DL. But event color isn't dark blue for me anymore.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] intel352:
Loving this rom on my G2, makes me a bit more comfortable while I'm waiting for my GNex to return from repairs.

One issue though, while browsing Play Store, most of the text turned to gibberish. Looked as tho parts were failing to render.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Deathmehr:
That's actually a common problem of all G2 CM -based ROMs. The reason remains unknown (as I see it) since it hasn't been fixed so far. And it may happen in any app, not only the Play Store. Force close and reopen - the glitch won't be there.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ibemad1:
I still don't get what's taken so long to fix it. It looks like the fonts are all laid out on a texture or something and the texture coordinates for the gpu-accelerated drawing of it are getting ****ed up.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
What do you mean you don't get why it's taken "so long"? You realize there's only 2 other people capable of fixing this issue that use the Vision, right? (Flinny & fyodor, maybe Flemmard too, I'm out of the loop).

The fact of the matter is that there just aren't many (any?) active developers for our device. With the exception of the Andromadus team, there are literally no other programmers working on this device. All other ROMs are ports or kangs with absolutely no new development effort being done to them.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] c00ller:
Question, blk_jack. I found the bounds for signal bars in stock Android in terms of asu/dBm, but could you please tell me the modified bounds for the 6-bar modification? Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] albertdb:
I don't know if you already know this, but official HTC Desire S ICS rom is out.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] seb1435:
Csipsimple (sip app)

Hi all !

I cannot get Csipsimple working on this rom (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.csipsimple&hl=en).

I've tried with wifi calling patch and without but no success...

Do someone know a workaround/fix ?

Thx,

Seb
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] acg11:
wow thanks for a great ROM! I've installed mimicry on my girlfriend's desire z and it's wayyyyy better than stock, and quite slick as far as rom installs go. Really appreciate the work on this, and I know she does too, as she was about to get a new phone and this has satisfied her craving at least for a few more months.

She has noticed a few glitches though, and I'm wondering if anyone's found any fixes or workarounds:

1st, occasionally someone sends an SMS and she doesn't receive it. Apparently this was never an issue for her on the stock rom (i've already suggested it might just be network related), and so I've verified her APN config and added ghostly SMS to see if it picks up anything, but I have no idea really.

2nd some apps occasionally lag the phone out really bad, or cause it to hang indefinitely. The #1 culprit seems to be the default browser, but she mentioned the facebook app does this as well. I've now got her using opera but she's used to the android browser, and haven't yet found anything to do about facebook.

Sorry if these issues were addressed previously; I've searched and scanned through the last couple dozen pages, but ran out of time for the other 200! Thanks for any help or re-direction!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
This is my experience with FB and Mimicry. And the official FB app is notoriously terrible on any phone/ROM/etc...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JG:
Just so you know that problem happens on other devices as well not just Vision in regards to the previous post
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] davidrol:
CSIPsimple

There are a few settings set by default that will kill any attempts to connect of communicate with server, e.g.; avoid stun unless directed otherwise; don't use TCP; do not enable turn, ice or stun; check DTMF mode for auto or inband; check codecs, ulaw (pmcu or g711u) is used by mostly if not all.

The native sip is far easier to setup with better integration overall. Sound quality is on par with Csipsimple under normal circumstances. I use it daily connected to my Asterisk/Google Voice running on a Mac.:)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mc4ren:
Is anyone having low mic gain in phone calls? They say they can hardly listen... I haven't found anything to increase mic gain. Just a "Noise suppression" option in Call settings... Can I do anything? Thanks

PS: Just in case it means anything: Baseband version: 12.28b.60.14eU_26.03.02.26_M
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
I would highly recommend upgrading your radio. Look here.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mc4ren:
I've just done that. I will report...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] seb1435:
Thanks for your answer. I'll try change some settings. I was using Csipsimple rather than the integrated client because my provider allows me to use 3G/UMTS to make sip calls.

I have 3 sip accounts too... For the moment, I am with Sipdroid, but i's only 2 accounts.

I'll report if changing settings make Csipsimple working.

Regards,

Seb
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] davidrol:
When using 3G/UMTS to make sip calls, GSM should be in codec options. There's perpetual development occurring with CSIPsimple and the nightly builds are the most advanced option: http://code.google.com/p/csipsimple/. There's very good and well documented feedback from users, and, most importantly, the dev responds quickly to problems. You could search the site for clues to a proper setup for 3G/UMTS. Others have documented there trials and errors. This should help streamline your setup.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kamild_:
I fixed it. But why if I will set max. frequency to 1.6 GHz, after restart it's again 1.2 GHz?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noctuam:
I was having the same problem. Use setcpu with checked option "set on boot"
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nospin:
Are you using the Virtuous oc daemon?

If so you can't change your cpu settings from what it sets. Remove it and you can over clock normally.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ibemad1:
Developer trolling active? Don't worry, I'm not attacking you or any other developer.

It just seems that there's been very little effort put into fixing this bug, and it seems like it can be reproduced fairly easily. As a developer with the Source engine, I'm used to solving tough problems that I don't have the source code for, so I find it kind of hard to believe when I hear there's an "unfixable bug" when you've got full source code :P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
The problem is there are no actual developers. Neither Flinny, fyodor or myself are dedicated Android java/c++ programmers. So what it comes down to is priority. As soon as we got to the point (in ICS) where other issues were solved and we could look into it, the 3.X kernel effort started happening and that became a priority. Then JB came out and that was a priority. Believe me, we have put a lot of effort into the issue, but nothing concrete was found. The main reason I think is because the bug is so random. I've never been able to reliably reproduce/debug it myself anyway. Check out #andromadus on freenode, you'd be surprised by the sheer amount of time/effort those guys put into solving issues for this device. Everybody should be incredibly thankful for the efforts of the Andromadus team, we really do have a special dev scene with those guys.

I never thought you were attacking me, but you have to understand that most people on XDA assume that most "devs" are extremely well versed in actual development when that's simply not the case. Flinny, fyodor & I all have programming experience, but we (for our devices anyway) are the exception.

I don't think any other dev in the past ~year has produced actual code for ANY of the roms for the Vision. Most people who produce ROMs are chefs at best. Very few people compile their own ROMs, they just use existing binaries, and if they do compile they're just cherry-picking from existing patches/code bases. I'm not saying that as a slight, but it explains why you see the same glitches & issues stick around for long periods of time in many different ROMs.

That said though, I REALLY, truly love the Vision and its user base. We have some of the most loyal, intelligent and considerate individuals on XDA. Go into any other [popular] device forum and you'll be overwhelmed with the nonsense of a bunch of selfish, self entitled trolls making outlandish demands and complaining about issues they've created for themselves. Maybe it's the fact that we have users from all over the world (and not just the US, zing!), but compared to the forums for any of the 5 Android devices I've owned, this one is the best.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bataaca:
Great Rom guys.:good:

I got some bugs with the clock, somtimes it's stops and when I try to attach a pic to the mail sometimes pushing me out of mail app.:confused:

Cheers!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Oni-Musha:
@blk_jack:

Can i use this feature on Gingerbread Cyanogen ROM?

The feature are:

adjustable StatusBar background color and transparency

Battery Icon Mods

If Yes, how?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Warbuff:
Yes look under under settings--system--status bar--battery status style

Settings--system--andromedus--status bar color

Please read op next time and actually play with your phone after installing new rom to make sure stuff is there before asking questions
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Axel594:
Hmmm, is it possible to extend inserting emojis(Unicode) throughout other apps? Or just the stock Messaging application? This is by no means a flaw, the fact that this was implemented in the messaging settings alone is awesome! Great Rom, I've been using nothing but Mimicry for months after jumping from CM 7.2 :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chemmerling:
Thanks! This is Excellent!

With the help of a friend, we loaded this onto my stock G2 for T-Mobile. I am super excited to work with it because of the lack of support for the device after 2.3.4, including the SD Card gallery issue that was never fixed.

Stuff I have noticed with this build on the G2:

Pros:

Increased battery life (not just because my apps were wiped)

Great replacement for a battery app by changing the battery symbol

No more Gallery glitch. Photos are always there. No need to rescan your SD Card.

Updated GApps when you use the package mentioned in the beginning of this thread.

Cons:

Trackpad no longer illuminates for notifications

Low available memory (roughly 38mb free) after you load the programs you want (Swype beta is certainly a culprit of this)

Unable to find the radio update, even with WiFi calling package installed. Ended up upgrading through a different method.

Things that might be helpful to others:

If you are hoping to delete a whole line of text (with "ALT" held down and pressing the "Del" key) you will need to hold the delete key for a second or two. What was instantaneous now has a delay. Nice feature compared to the instant delete because sometimes it was accidental, but takes a while to get used to.

The market glitches, but I have noticed that it's tied to available memory. Exiting out of the market, letting the phone settle, then revisiting seems to fix it. No need to FC or Stop the market.

The G2 now shows when you drop down to 3G from HSPA+. This seems to happen a lot in my area, but considering it used to drop to 2G all of the time rather than 4G, I consider this a much needed improvement.

Tweak the performance settings until you find what's right (one at a time, mind you...) Stock = not bad. Memory tweaking helps multitasking.

Thanks again to the Mimicry team. Excellent rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] oVeRdOsE.:
Great review.

Trackpad light works for me.

the top right corner led doesn't work when I recieve a txt.

I have almost always around 80 mb ram free. If I hit the task killer button, I go 161 to 140 and get stable to 125 MB.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Thanks for the feedback, meant to reply to this earlier.

Trackpad definitely still works for all notifications. Check your installed apps to see if you have anything interfering. You might need to do a full wipe.

Low memory happens, it depends on which apps you have installed. Search this thread for people's feedback on which apps work well and which ones are to be avoided. I've personally listed all the apps I use that work for me w/o memory leaks or problems.

The radio is completely separate from the ROM and I leave it up to the user to decide if/how they'd like to update it. The wifi calling package is simply a convenience for people running the .19_M radio that do experience issues. It's the exact same as the EdKeys package from his respective thread.

Stock settings are quite optimized already, especially if you install the V6 Supercharger (AndroCharger) package. The FN+Del feature is mentioned in the OP, though I realize it's a long post and a lot of people might miss that.

Try using trackball in the Recent Apps screen to kill all apps. It closes them appropriate to the Android lifecycle and is very useful for cleanly exiting apps you have running to help free up some memory. I also recommend hot rebooting (or regular rebooting) once a week or so. I've had my vision on for 51 days without a reboot so far & because I'm careful about which apps I install I still have a snappy & lagfree experience using the phone.

Glad you dig the rom!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Aumkar:
Didn't know this! Awesome stuff. Thanks :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cheetodude24:
Loving this ROM!! By far the best ICS ROM I've used as a daily driver. Now idk if this is mimicry or ics or the Facebook app in general, but my news feel is zoomed in. It might now bother other people but my ocd kicks in hard when I open the facebook app. Take a look. Hopefully its a mimicry issue and you can hopefully fix it in the next update. Awesome ROM on the other hand. Keep doing what you're doing!! :D