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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GinoAMelone:
I've got a new suggestion. I've been playing around with setting up a home-based VPN and have noticed that creating any VPN connection on the phone forces a lock pin/pattern to be used. Could this be made optional? Thanks.

Edit: A little googling and I found a workaround. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25624825&postcount=13
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Hm, this is good to know. So this is a hidden CM9 setting I guess? Crazy, I had no idea -- Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] austriker27:
Speaking of suggestions, Is there a way to mute the camera noise? it's quite obnoxious, especially coming from a photographer.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Yes, Settings->Sound->System
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shapr:
"top bar battery..." +1

Battery bar in the status bar is an old favorite of mine.

I believe that the AOKP rom has it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Just to follow up on this, wifi tether works great for me (and has since it was fixed in 1.1.2). Also works for me in the upcoming 1.3.1 version too!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] maxpower_303:
first install after full wipe - constant glitches

Installed this one first time. Fully wiped with SuperWipeG+ext4, installed, then newest gapps, started the system, everytime I start Playstore it shows graphical glitches. Did not have this with Elite Mod ICS. Did I do something wrong? :rolleyes:

Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
If you mean the text glitches, they are a known ICS sandwich bug... I think it's mentioned in the OP, but try FCing GooglePlay and then re-open. It only happens from time to time in my case, and often simply exiting and re-opening corrects it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] maxpower_303:
did that and it did not help, restored my MIUI because I need it working for profession now but will try again this evening.

Thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] austriker27:
Thanks , but I do wish the camera shutter sound could be changed separately. I like having my system volume up high but dont really think its great to go into that setting menu each time to turn it down before taking a photo.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] EdKeys:
Just delete the sound file. It's in system/media/audio/ui.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] =JKT=:
The xda app doesn't have a good thread search function, so my apologies if this has been mentioned.

Just so people know, Nik3r's data swap patches work fine on this rom. Don't know if that would be stepping on his toes to mention it here. He builds a great rom, everyone knows he is great, and the data swap idea is a very good one.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shady503403:
Whenever I use bluetooth tethering and am done I turn it off. But when I go to turn it back on it stays on 'turning bluetooth on' until the phone is rebooted..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Zelych:
Everything seems to be working without problems, but I could not find an FM radio.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ashwinmudigonda:
Because there isn't one. Get Spirit FM Lite.

Also, RTFM, dude. From OP:

– FM Radio is only functional using certain apps. Wide success has been reported with Spirit Radio [link]
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Zelych:
What is wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
What hboot/radio/etc is the phone? Works on my T-Mobile G2 (i.e.: all my info in my signature).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Careless_:
Weird issue, I think I had this in 1.1.2 as well.

I go to the messaging app. it opens up and closes immediately. Not a force close. Almost like it backs out of the app on its own.

Only way to fix this is to reboot the device. Force Closing the app via the app info page doesn't help.

Is this a CM9 issue?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Never heard of this before. Try the usual app data clearing with logcat for details though.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] austriker27:
I tried to do that in Astro file manager, it kept giving "error when trying to delete file", I am assuming its locked or protected. So should I try and connect it to my mac and find the file that way?

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Phoenix09:
Use es file explorer with root and writeable enabled

or do it with adb shell (do adb remount first)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noufel:
Browser lags alot how can I fix this rest is awesome
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Read the OP
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] =JKT=:
Wow, wipe data for market really does cure the crazy lag after updating apps. C'mon Google, we can do better, no?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Andromadus Mimicry v1.3.1

Andromadus Mimicry v1.3.1 - July 27, 2012

= Changelog =

New Feature! Added Jelly Bean animations option in Aroma

New Feature! Added ability to customize the Notification Area/StatusBar date format

Requested Feature! Device now wakes on QWERTY hardware keyboard input (like in GB)

Updated NovaLauncher to 1.2.2

Thought I'd get a quick revision out there with some more features. These are things I mostly wanted myself, but other people have chimed in that they'd like to see them too so here they are.

Thanks to everybody who upvoted the SwiftKey 3 bug [link]. It's now #2 on the "hot" buglist and I think #7 on the overall list. More votes will always help, but adding on 50% more votes in a week is certainly a good thing!

Download v1.3.1 [link]

Upgrade/Flash instructions are in the OP. Installer FAQ/Known Issues are in the OP. Please consult these posts and understand the type of thread I'd like to maintain here before posting either Issues/bugs and before asking questions answered in the FAQ.

Thanks everyone for your continued co-operation & help with finding and fixing issues.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mrvelvet:
PDroid patches for 1.3.1

I'm aware this may not be for everyone, but here are some prepared PDroid patches for 1.3.1:

Update

Remove
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ibemad1:
Hey blk_jack, I couldn't find an entry for the backspace key in any of the keymap files.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] austriker27:
Sorry but ES file explorer is not letting me get to the system folder. I can find it in astro. But ES file explorer starts in the /sdcard/ directory and when I try and go "up" it does not go anywhere. And if I press up twice I exit the app. I did find the options to enable root and write-able but just cant get to that folder, sorry for being such a novice but how can I get there?

I dont know much about the ADB shell stuff, but I believe from my rooting years ago I cant do that on my mac computer..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] =JKT=:
I have an idea for a useful mod, but I'm not sure how much work it is.

I've always loved the ability to hang up a call from the call notification in the pull down area, like in sense 2.1+, for those who multitask while chatting. Would it be possible to add a hangup button in the notification? Or maybe swipe the notification away hangs up the call?

I know the music player has controls in its notification, so I guess there is code to provide for that in the systemui.apk already?

Anyway, just an idea!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GinoAMelone:
Hit the star (favorites) then hit root (/).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] raydar670:
I think elite mod had this feature. I think it's an AOKP feature so I think it would just require a port but idk.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] =JKT=:
Yes, I can confirm that this is an existing mod in aokp ics roms since about february. I bet it's just a copy and paste job. Let's see...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Not likely, AOKP has a ton of framework changes and differences not in CM. I'll look into it at some point maybe, but I'd like to concentrate more on jb at this point than modify the framework in a major way :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] slufoot69:
I was recently using my cell phone to make a call to Tmobile support and the recording said to hit a specific number on the dialpad to goto tech support but when i hit the key the recording said that it is not a valid key. I tried other key presses and they all were not recognized. Is there a option for this or is it a bug? im not sure. Any help pls. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] theking_13:
Working flawlessly on my new G2, thanks bro! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Sheikmans:
I'm gonna try your very promising ROM. Thank you so far for your great work!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] costipl:
Go to ES settings and enable root mode.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
I have found (I think on almost every rom) that if you have wifi calling on and you call a touch tone automatic answering system, that the touch tones don't seem to register.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] slufoot69:
My wifi calling is not on... hmmm... Never have had this problem b4...

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I recently enabled the volume rocker so it would answer phone calls. I would like to disable this but cant find the setting anyplace on the phone. Can somebody pls jar my memory? Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noufel:
Tried everything still browser lag is pain in the but
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nospin:
Which browser are you using?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noufel:
Stock chrome dolphin opera
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Zelych:
I found that bluetooth problem causes. When enabled, the station is tuned, but the sound is not heard. The problem is when I try to turn off bluetooth, so the indicator remains off halfway, and then you can not even turn on, only restart phone.

Radio: 12.56.60.25U_26.10.04.03_M, HBOOT-0.85.0013.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
The only browser known to lag is chrome. There is issues on any browser when visiting flash heavy sites, but other than those issues you should not experience lag. I if you haven't done a full wipe, you obviously should and then consult the OP for troubleshooting.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] =JKT=:
Yeah, it didn't work lol. No big deal, glad you are hammering out a JB rom anyway.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Powers88:
Im back to Mimicry blk_jack and loving it. I missed some of the features on mimicry compared to andromadus. I especially like the JB animations and I will have you know my reason for leaving mimicry in the first place (browser would make the phone unusable on almost every page) is gone!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] =JKT=:
Boat browser mini seems to work just fine for me. You should try it.

Edit: NVM! I misread that! Lol anyway, I never had any issues with boat browser before the update anyway, fwiw.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] philippecr:
So... is these settings suppose to be disabled?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] logicmd:
When I first Flashed Mimicry 1.1.0, I did an EFS wipe. I never did an EFS wipe before that or after that :o

Should I did an EFS wipe again or so?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
Didn't see anything in the thread to suggest it was disabled, just that it didn't improve much over superchargerv6. (though quite a bit of pages lol.) Assuming you're talking bout zRam.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Mirko935:
I keep purging of assets and ksm on. All three options serve the purpose of reducing memory consumption. KSM does it by searching for identical pages (page is a 4KiB block) in memory and merging them to a single page. In my experience, it does reduce the memory consumption a little, but at the expense of keeping your CPU a little busy needed for the searching of those pages. Overall, I think it's useful to keep it on and I haven't noticed any negative impact on speed.

zRam (previously called compcache) keeps a part of RAM compressed (sort of like Zip), naturally, the one doing the compressing and decompressing is your CPU, so again you have some negative impact on immediate performance in order to have "more" RAM.

I'm not exactly sure what the third one is, in fact I'm not sure what bitmap memory is supposed to be, but I felt the option had a positive effect so I left it on.

You're free to try what options work best for you, nothing really bad can happen if you change any of them. And all three are standard Linux features, so you shouldn't have much problem finding documentation about them on the internet.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Tine17:
menu shortcut

is there any way to port an option to launch app with long-pressing menu or search button? This feature was available in cm7 roms and I found it very helpful.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Deathmehr:
Agreed! That would be cool if you could add the option to choose the behaviour of Home, Menu, Back, Search in terms of long/short-pressing. I would gladly rebind Recent Apps from Search to Menu :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Careless_:
blk_jack, rom always was and still is awesome/best ICS rom for the DZ.

thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] roubi:
Why would you need this option, when it is possible to put shortcuts for a bunch of apps in the notification bar - much more efficient...

Btw - great rom :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Careless_:
because its been shown to be possible :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Pantherx12:
It could be my torch is just dying, but it doesn't seem to want to work with the latest version of the rom.

It can switch on and work normally, how ever the second I switch it off I can't get it on again for an entire day :crying:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
More of an accessibility reason than anything. As some people may be too prone to quickly tapping unintentionally. Though I usually long press to move or access an icon's menu options. But I could see how someone could need it.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
Last I checked it was under review on cm's gerrit. When and if it's approved it'll be available in cm10.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shapr:
What about battery bar in status bar?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] =JKT=:
I can confirm that torch behaves normally with the rom. Sorry.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
There's a fantastic battery bar app by pvyParts available for free in the Market. I've been using it for a quite a while and it works great. Highly customizable. I'd love the feature myself, but the app is awesome.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.batterybar&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5wdnkuYmF0dGVyeWJhciJd
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Noojin:
I have a problem of having 2 gmails at once. I am unable to sync my 2nd gmail account. When I activate/deactivate the email account under "accounts and sync," it goes read again and at the bottom a message says, sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly. However, it has been like that since I restarted to sync both gmails. Other than that, this ROM is great. I never experienced such quickness and fluidity.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] zappoo:
The date format of reminders in the notification pull-down is always american (7-29-12)- regardless of regional settings or custom date format set.. minor, but can it be fixed?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
These both sound like AOSP issues that go over and above mimicry and this thread.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shapr:
Well, actually, that pretty much covers it. I'd still like to see it. But, I don't suppose I need a fix for it anymore.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] palmwangja:
Exchange(hotmail) contacts/schedule sync problem

:silly: I'm having this weird problem right after I upgrade into 1.3.x

Do we have any change on EAS along with version 1.3.x?

I'm relying on live.com (not gmail) for my mail/contacts/schedule using stock sync mechanism EAS, but those contacts/schdule keep disappearing out of the blue.

All I had to do was delete the data from settings/application/all/contacts data, etc, and wait for all the data getting back to the phone from cloud all over again.

Anybody has any experience with that?

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didn't know what to do, but I'm going to try this out...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1779395

assuming the current exchange.apk might be the cause of problem.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
I've personally never had an issue with using the Stock email.apk. Contacts have always been fine as well as email and such. You need to try a clean wipe if you haven't already and reproduce the issue though.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lonely_nino:
thank you very muck blk_jack@

1.3.1 is awesome :good:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] skui:
what about the clock issue? didn't see anything about that in op or changelog... but i'm not as smart as a fox, so it can be my fault :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
I've never had that myself, but it too can probably be fixed with a full wipe.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
Anyone else that's having issues with T-Mobile Wifi Calling installed from Aroma, try this and see if it works (assuming you also use 4EXT Touch Recovery):

"Format all partitions (except sdcard)"

But don't go to install right after that, instead go back to Power -> Reboot Recovery

And THEN install with the TMobile Wifi Calling option. See if Wifi and Wifi Calling work after that.

If it doesn't work, go to System Setting -> About, and see what the Kernel version says.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tarroyo:
Not sure what's going on but the sense 4 recent apps preview icons are somewhat squashed/resized didn't seen this issue present on the last version of Mimicry.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noufel:
Games are not working like nfs nova 2 cut the rope why?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kbeezie:
More details from you would be helpful in determining why. Do you have any kind of logcat output, do you have any description of what "not working" means or looks like?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dsip:
I've had this problem twice, both times within 24h after a fresh install with a full wipe, having restored only apps with Titanium Backup.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] skui:
I flashed this rom about 6/7 times from v1.1.2 and i ever had this problem. The clock in the status bar freezes for a time it can be 5 minutes or 5 hours..sometimes it freezes in the lockscreen too, but it still works. I mean, if i set an alarm for 8 a.m. but it's showing 5 a.m., at 8 a.m. the alarm works anyway.

I tried to take a look at the logcat, but i can't see event's timing and, of course, i can't wait for a freeze with the phone in my hand :)

I also want to thank you all for this rom, IMHO best ics at the moment! ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] palmwangja:
Thanks, I tried to wipe cache partion & dalvik cache. I'll wait and see. I didn't go far to wipe data... :(

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1794659

Let's try this gapps for ics (4.0.4-390215) next time we flash ! :fingers-crossed:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] EdKeys:
I just re-flashed 1.31 along with these latest gapps and the rom seems snappier and more responsive..although it could be placebo at this point. All google apps are working well so far but if I encounter any issues I'll post back.

Blk_jack, this rom is amazing. Thanks again to you and all on the Andromadus team for the work you've all done on this.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noufel:
After launching the game it says unfortunately nova 2 has stopped same with nfs
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] amogil:
always bet on blk_jack, this is a lot smoother than 1.1.2, skipped 1.2 but.. now is1.3 humming
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
I have an interesting little bug to report. Whenever I'm browsing the Reddit is Fun app, after a short time the phone will hot reboot. It does this while looking at something on imgur. Unfortunately, I'm on mobile right now and can't upload last_kmsg because the xda app sucks that way. I'm on Mimicry 1.3.1
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xxqbnxx:
This has happened to me I get an unresponsive screen sometimes I get a hot reboot or it take some time and it sorts it self out. Happens about once a day. Sorry for no logcat or anything
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chan1628:
love the part where you allow us to customize our date string in the notification bar

thanks @blk_jack ... update is AWESOME.... did a full wipe and the first 12hrs of uptime has been smooth sailing

will report battery usage if its drastically different than the prev version (which i doubt anyway)

speaking of battery usage..... with all the tweaks that is done in this ROM, do I still need to run JuiceDefender to improve my battery life?

I've had that app installed on all my phones from wayyy back and i just assume its working and useful

but if i could remove it, i'd like to since it does hog up a bit of memory
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
personally id say drop juice defender, like you said it takes up cpu and with testing it a few times I found no improvement (even made battery worse @ times)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] piruzinho:
Hi guys, I'm finally with some downtime and SO excited to try this ROM. I have a question, howevever, according to the FAQ you need to flash 4EXXT if you're coming from a pre-CM9 ROM. I currently have CM7.2 installed; I'm worred that if I don't like Andromedus, I won't be able to go back to my nandroid backup because everything will have been reformatted. Am I wrong? Do I even really need to do 4EXT or can I just wipe and install Andromedus? Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ashwinmudigonda:
Don't worry. 4EXT is a very flexible tool. If your backups don't work out, you can always reboot into it and convert it to EXT3 with one click. Also, even if you are on 7.2, EXT4 will make a big performance boost. So you don't lose anything by switching to the best Recovery for our phone and upping it to EXT4.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] piruzinho:
Thanks ashwin! So, in terms of best practices, the steps should be:

1. dl/convert 4ext

2. make backup with CURRENT rom of ext4

3. install mimicry?

Or some other way? thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chan1628:
first of all, you don't really need 4EXT as your recovery... i've been using CWM 5.x.x.x for any CM9 roms and haven't had any problems

but that aside, if you're coming from CM7, you need to backup the following

backup your (user) apps on titanium

backup your NAND in recovery

I always copy the backup directories (NAND and Titanium) to my PC so there will always be a copy of it

For CM7 to CM9, you need to do a full wipe before installing the ROM .... and that's why you can use Titanium to restore your user apps afterwards.

However, if you end up not liking CM9 and wanna go back to CM7, then all you have to do is do a full wipe, flash CM7, flash gapps and do an "advanced restore" and choose the backup date that corresponds to your NAND backup for CM7

Basically, if you do the proper backup steps before making any changes.... you'll always have the ability to go back to any previous restore point.... does that make sense?