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[HTC Amaze 4G] dcacklam:
Can anyone post a complete summary of what DOES and DOES NOT work in the latest unofficial:

1) Call Audio

2) Call Audio Quality (Echo?)

3) ADB over USB

4) Multiple SD-card mounting

5) Bluetooth call audio

6) Video recording (and what resolutions)?

7) Webkit browser

I may be able to resume 'fixing' things, but I would like to know what has been going on while I was blind...

---------- Post added at 01:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:11 PM ----------

BTW, has anyone successfully replaced the screen on their Amaze?

I busted the glass on mine,and bought a complete LCD/Digi/Glass 'assembly' from Ebay...

Only to find out that HTC didn't just glue the lcd/digi/glass together, but the whole screen is attached to the phone by <bleepin> glue!
[HTC Amaze 4G] SpiritFyre:
Did u check youtube? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA4JToM5uxA

sent from the droid you arnt looking for.
[HTC Amaze 4G] realitysconcierge:
I'm on the latest unofficial with the KDH apps flashed on top. This is what i've got.

1. Can't change volumes, speakerphone as well.

2. Still have echo, quality is fine.

3. my device is recognized through adb-usb

4.Can partially access the ext sd through the amaze, but not as a separate mount.

5. don't have bt

6. All resolutions have crazy artifacts going on lol

7. Webkit browser works fine for me.
[HTC Amaze 4G] windcan:
Thanks, interesting though add either some apps did not get removed (e. G. 4.2 camera, market Google calendar) or they came by default in updated unofficial rom.

I can clean things up next time I flash I suppose when next unofficial comes out, start from scratch and erase internal sd card....
[HTC Amaze 4G] mekaziah:
Still receiving reports from people i talk to getting an echo on their end and battery drains faster than the miui 3.2.1 ROM from my experience.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
2/17

Un

official

1) Call Audio levels are fine

2) don't know... haven't had a conversation with someone over the phone since installing...

3) adb over usb fine.

4) Multiple lun mounting not working, however the internal SD mounts fine.

5) BT call audio non-functional. Don't even get a beep in the earpiece when the call connects. Trying to manually route to bt earpiece doesn't work.

6) video recording and playback from gallery work in 720p and 1080p.

7) No problem with the browsers.

Audio routing to headphones, and regular speaker all work good. Volume levels seem fine across the different paths.
[HTC Amaze 4G] jordin1128:
My volume in my alarm was too distorted. I had to have the alarm volume set to 50% in order to not blow my speaker. Ringer volume was ok but if you select to have one of standard ringtone, only rings one short ring and that's all..(should repeat itself as does on the sense roms)..and call volume was slightly low.

*Just flashed latest unofficial with 4.1 gapps...no fixes!
[HTC Amaze 4G] static!:
@dcacklam so you've been using the stock tether app? No issues with T-Mobile? Have you been using a VPN or the APN trick? Or any other precautions?
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
I like to keep my ringer on vibrate most of the time. I'm noticing that the phone will turn the volume back on by itself.

I have to use "Volume Locker" to keep vibrate mode on.
[HTC Amaze 4G] static!:
I use an app called Simple Sound Profile Widget. It also gives you the ability to control your notification and ringtone volumes independently. Which always annoyed me about our update to ICS. It may also help you hold your intended ring profile...but of course not a fix.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dcacklam:
Anything installed from the market or via the phone UI's installl-APK option goes into /data, not /system.

Almost Anything flashed via a zip goes into /system & will be wiped with a ROM install.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
1. call audio is low and i'm unable to change it

2. echo still exists, it went away with older builds but it came back, don't remember which builds exactly, might have been late december ones

3. ADB over USB havn't tried yet.

4 Multiple SD mounting works

5. Have not tried blutooth audio

6. Video recording only records at 720p and video does not playback on device

THANK YOU hope your recovering well.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Shadow Samurai:
1080p works and video playback works half the time,

just install a third party video viewer to get playback to work all the time

Sent from my Jelly Beaned HTC Amaze!
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
On the 2/17 official build, video recording produces a garbled result, but playback is broken on the gallery and third party apps. Installing the 4.2 camera fixes it.

Browser works fine.

Just installed so will continue testing as I go.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Shadow Samurai:
That explains why I don't have problems :D

Sent from my Jelly Beaned HTC Amaze!
[HTC Amaze 4G] GRIDSpawn:
did mhl work fine or its only me?
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
ad2p volume is really low on this build....
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamortcroix:
Mhl is still fuzzy.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Once again I don't have a mhl cable so I can't fix it
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamortcroix:
Sorry sport. I wasn't complaining. I was answering this guy x) I could have sworn I quoted.
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
Would it help if MHL users provided logcats?
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamortcroix:
I did earlier. Although in the other post. It seems that the phone is trying to go into MHL mode. The phone switches to landscape and audio gets redirected but doesn't go through. I still have the log cats
[HTC Amaze 4G] dryphi:
Unrelated to the above discussion.

What SMS app do y'all use?

I miss the quick-reply feature and I'm not totally happy with the ones I've tried.

Handcent is nice, but a little cartoony and doesn't really fit the " theme" of the phone.

As much as I like to hate on Sense, I actually thought their messaging app was pretty good.
[HTC Amaze 4G] raven198:
Handcent has a butt load of themes you can use, might look around at them and see if you like one.
[HTC Amaze 4G] static!:
Yeah I use hanscent with the darkness theme... sexy
[HTC Amaze 4G] dryphi:
Yeah I had the Hero skin with the dark theme, pretty much the same. I like it, but it's almost too dark. I want like a charcoal theme. I wish Handcent allowed you to change background and font colors.

Also the quick reply does this weird resizing thing when your sms gets as wide as the screen... small concern, but anyway

EDIT: you can change the colors & fonts. nice
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
GoSMS.
[HTC Amaze 4G] static!:
While you're here, have you played with tether any more with any of the proposed methods, and if so what were your results? I am ready to dive into jellybean for my family driver but I need to be able to tether to my Nexus7...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Shadow Samurai:
GoSms allows you to customize everything to your liking! :D

Sent from my Jelly Beaned HTC Amaze!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Brooklyn8807:
But also pushes add notifications to buy themes. Got too... Cluttered with stuff.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Hemanthbr:
Doubt regarding the kernal

Dear All,

Whether we need to flash Kernal Seperately through fastboot or is it enough to flash CM10.zip using 4EXT recovery.

May be this is a dumb question, but still i require some advice.

Thanks,

Hemanth BR
[HTC Amaze 4G] zPacKRat:
here is some advice, spend some time reading through this thread. it's been covered more than once.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Hemanthbr:
Doubt regarding the kernal

Anyway thanks buddy, i found the answer myself for my doubt.. :p
[HTC Amaze 4G] soblecram:
Anyone else have this issue? After updating to Sport's 2/17 unofficial, MyDataManager doesn't track 3g Data usage anymore. Onavo doesn't either. they are stuck at where my usage was before flashing.
[HTC Amaze 4G] azcledel:
I just found out I'm not receiving MMS but I can send them anyone else notice this? Also the APN was set wrong after the last update had to manually change it

Sent from my HTC Amaze 4G running Cyanogenmod 10
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
APN is missing some data, you may have to manually change it yourself after each flash for MMS to work. But most people don't need to. Just depends on the phone, I guess.
[HTC Amaze 4G] kazzxtrismus:
Actually documentation on 4ext flashing has gone to crap.

Misinformation is the norm

Better a stupid question than a stupid mistake.

Depending on if you are s-off /s-on 4ext will flash a kernel if you make the correct selection for smart flash..

Clear as mud

Sig:

If I wanted a comeback outta you... I'd scrape the roof of your mouth...

If you want mine,. it'll land between your shoulder blades soon enough.
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamortcroix:
Not only that, it seems I noticed that smart flash used to be on by itself when I configured 4ext for S-ON . Now it doesn't even if I specify S-ON. It doesn't set the recovery with smart flash on. It maybe the cause for a lot of the confusion.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
There's one easy fix. s-off
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
And it's very easy to do.

Sent from my A200
[HTC Amaze 4G] EduardoZ714:
Aren't you supposed to be on stock rooted ics to do that?
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
I did it on stock ICS I think or it might've been GB there is a guide
[HTC Amaze 4G] Shadow Samurai:
It only notifies me about once a week. It never really bothers me since I get so many features

Sent from my Jelly Beaned HTC Amaze!
[HTC Amaze 4G] KT-82166:
It should work on any rooted ICS or GB rom.
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamortcroix:
S-OFF is not so easy to those of us with Windows 8. I can't trust the HTC drivers (i think i may have found a work around though). Right now I'm trying to learn how to use Ubuntu. I also S-OFF a long time ago but i had to replace my device in like November.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ziggy46:
why cant you trust the htc drivers? they're clean
[HTC Amaze 4G] kazzxtrismus:
I was on gb.. I did the whole shebang to get the tmobile Ics as I'm in canada on wind mobile

Root

Soff

Supercid

Sig:

If I wanted a comeback outta you... I'd scrape the roof of your mouth...

If you want mine,. it'll land between your shoulder blades soon enough.
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamortcroix:
I mean. HTC hasn't updated the MS Installer for the drivers so whenever i Use and .exe to install i get an error. I did use manual driver update (you know install the .DLL with device manager.) And i was able unlock my boot loader but the S-OFF kit couldn't find my device. Hence ik learning how to do all this in Ubuntu

The amaze doesn't seem to be the only device that has this as a problem. I couldn't root an EVO 3D because i needed to run an RUU.exe that wouldn't communicate well with the device.
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
Windows 8 is a much different beast from Windows 7. A lot of times something won't work, because you have to run it as an admin, even installer files. You don't have to mess with compatibility settings that often, though. Most games and apps worked for me just fine without changing that. Most of the time it just needed admin rights, go figure.
[HTC Amaze 4G] kazzxtrismus:
Are you using windows classic shell? (I think that's what it's called)..

It apparently fixes a lot of issues along with the return to windows 7 ui

Sig:

If I wanted a comeback outta you... I'd scrape the roof of your mouth...

If you want mine,. it'll land between your shoulder blades soon enough.
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamortcroix:
Not sure about classic shell but there is a power shell which sort of emulates older versions of windows like a virtual machine would. I've tried it but it wont load properly for me.

And windows is odd. I cant install a lot of drivers i used to but when i had them installed in windows vista and I installed 8 over it all the drivers rolled into 7 (which includes drivers for the built in speakers and WiFi antenna) now that i installed 8 all the installers don't install but I'm sure the drivers still work.

Plus, Ubuntu is just becoming more and more enjoyable.
[HTC Amaze 4G] kazzxtrismus:
Sounds more like the migration from vista direct to 8 is the problem..

Sig:

If I wanted a comeback outta you... I'd scrape the roof of your mouth...

If you want mine,. it'll land between your shoulder blades soon enough.
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
Windows in general works better with a clean install.
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamortcroix:
I did make a clean install. The first time it was the migration from to to fro and that's when the drivers worked.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dcacklam:
The thing most people are missing with 4EXT is that it does NOT save your config settings unless you change them with '4EXT Recovery Updater' in Android...

You have to turn SmartFlash ON *every time* you boot into 4EXT to flash a new rom, unless you turn it on in the app in android....
[HTC Amaze 4G] KT-82166:
My phone turns on smart flash by default and I am on my 4th Amaze(Its nice to have insurance)and it has always done that.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dryphi:
Amaze is so needy..
[HTC Amaze 4G] mgp53:
The Amaze is SOLID and Powerful handset. It's battery is the only "needy" aspect of it's personality I have found lacking, and easily dealt with and tolerable.

If HTC had stayed with it's design as a platform, I personally think it would have had a much larger footprint in the market. It definitely rates as a flagship model.

Sadly HTC chose a different design path for it's current line.

I've seriously considered a second one. Not ready for a change.

oops.. sorry OT, I couldn't help myself.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dcacklam:
IF you installed and configured 4ext to be smartflash-on via the android app it will....

If you flashed it in fastboot or did not answer the smartfladh/soff question right in the app it will not.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dcacklam:
None of those 'shell' mods do ANYTHING to address the fact that MSFT purposefully broke driver-compatibility with prior versions when they made 8.

The best thing you can do to an 8 system, is format & install 7 - IF it will let you, because MSFT has been pushing for lockable bootloaders on PCs now....
[HTC Amaze 4G] lamortcroix:
Agreed (going to do that too). But wouldn't it be up to HTC to update their installers and if MS purposely broke drivers then why is Windows 8 making a big deal about compatibility?
[HTC Amaze 4G] ziggy46:
i dont see how the whole locked bootloader on a pc thing will work out. i can think of at least 20 ways to get around it...

thats also why from here on out, i build my own pc's lol :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] Illstatic:
I have a question. What is the most stable version of cm10? The one I had before I accidentally deleted the two other ones that I tried either wifi doesn't work or it does weird things like while the phone is charging it will say connect your charger. When an app force closes it will say app redirected $s or something like that. I also can't go to any Google websites. Like Google + Gmail help.google
[HTC Amaze 4G] blacksapphire08:
The 2/7 build was pretty stable for me but every build will likely have bugs.
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
They completely removed everything that made Windows work so well before, and made it.... garbage. I used Windows 8 for a few months, until one day it mysteriously would not allow system dlls or ESET protection modules to load. I ran a virus scan through the ESET online scanner, found nothing. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, found nothing. HiJack This, found nothing. Not to mention what a pain in ass it is just to get Windows 8 to boot into safe mode, or to run startup issue fixes. Even if it does, it gets you nowhere. Even run of the mill apps require admin privileges when they did not before. Compatibility does no good, either. Fail, MS, big fail.[/QUOTE]

Too bad Ubuntu hasn't quite found that middle ground between Windows and Linux yet. Some people still find it too alien.
[HTC Amaze 4G] d73805:
I'm running the most current official nightly, 20130224. Everything seems to work fine. I've only been on it for a day and I certainly haven't tried everything, but does anyone know what doesn't work on this release?
[HTC Amaze 4G] KT-82166:
Maybe we have different versions.(RC7) I'm not trying to argue, especially with a great contributer like yourself, so I hope you don't take it that way. I'm just trying to figure out why other people are experiencing something that I am not.
[HTC Amaze 4G] eShrooms:
Hows the battery life for everyone on the newest unofficial? I'm getting a very large battery drain, although I think it might be partly because my battery has outlasted it's time. I've ordered two more but it just seems like lightyears away from the life I was getting out of the first few builds after data was fixed.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Ebonyks:
The most recent official has sim card errors attached to it, i'm using the unofficial builds to better success
[HTC Amaze 4G] d73805:
What type of errors are you getting from the sim card? I'm on T-mobile in the USA, and my sim card is recognized, making and receiving calls with no issues.

Battery life seems to be no different than stock, but I've only been on this rom for a day.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Ekorshus:
Ditto, w/ the most recent official for me...
[HTC Amaze 4G] blacksapphire08:
I noticed a huge battery drain on the 2/17 build, I mean like it was dead within 10 hrs of VERY minimal use. Best battery life I got from CM10 was on an early December build, got about 20 hrs of battery. Newer builds have been around 14-16 hrs. Went back to stock GB and getting 30+hrs, lol. I'm pretty sure the deep sleep function is broken or disabled on CM10.
[HTC Amaze 4G] alvinma:
how's the 2/24 build? did you try it? I'm flashing this and worried for my battery.....
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
Jellybean has a lot of features that require more power and CPU time. At least it runs buttery smooth.
[HTC Amaze 4G] alvinma:
there's definitely a battery problem on the latest version. before I sleep my phone has 64% battery, it's on wifi and phone network. 9 hours later when I wake up, there's 23% left. I know none of my apps are eating the battery.
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
Which latest version? I'm on the latest unofficial version. The night before, when I went to bed I had 85%, only on 4G, and woke up with it at 27%.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dryphi:
I know that asking for an ETA is a faux paus on here, so I apologize in advance, but does anyone know if there is another unofficial build on the way? The last one was several weeks back.
[HTC Amaze 4G] zPacKRat:
bad form
[HTC Amaze 4G] DigitalHeretic:
I'm sure Sportsstar89 and everyone else is working hard on this ROM. Let's just be thankful they've gotten it this far, instead of asking for ETAs. Fair enough?
[HTC Amaze 4G] dryphi:
just to clarify, it wasn't an ETA, it was an IF...

And it was a legit question. Maybe Sports has decided to kibosh the Unofficial builds in order to dedicate more time to the Official builds. Which is totally cool. Just curious.

Sorry if it was misunderstood.
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
He doesn't maintain the official builds, the CM server does. It has a script that runs every so often when changes are submitted and builds new releases for each device and puts them on get.cm. Sport maintains the unofficial, and any fixes or changes he submits to the CM team to appraise may or may not get merged into the official Amaze build. The focus on CM's side is getting everything working from source, since it has to work on all devices CM is built for.
[HTC Amaze 4G] kenypowa:
and the latest official nightly is out.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dryphi:
That's all fine. Thanks for clarifying.

I have the latest official. I was asking about the Unofficial.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dcacklam:
Unofficial builds contain fixes/modifications that have been shown to improve functionality BUT have not been accepted into CM.

if there are no new fixes/mods, then there is no reason to do another.
[HTC Amaze 4G] GuyInDogSuit:
So in other words, folks, stick with the unofficial builds. In short, this is what I was referring to above. :p
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
all the audio issues except for Bluetooth to car and headset is kernel related all the other msm8660 devices have the same remaining issues we do it's all in the kernel
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bling_Diggity:
I've never had a problem with KDH until recently, it's become rather outdated though so I'm not surprised. As far as the launcher goes, I never use the stock launcher or trebuchet as I despise them both, so that's not a problem I'd be familiar with. I've used Nova Prime for quite a while now.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dcacklam:
Samsung T989 ('Hercules', aka TMO SGSII) is MSM-based and does not have the audio-volume issue or BT problems on CM10 (I have one now, as well as my Amaze).

Of course, the T989 does not use libhtcacoustic, for obvious reasons...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bling_Diggity:
Just spent 4 HOURS reading this damn novel of a thread, from page 75 to current 125 (notice I have # of posts per page settings changed to 30 via control panel). I think my last post was around page 90. This thread really does need some cleaning up. But it doesn't help when people start asking completely unrelated and non-development questions like "what text messaging app" do you use. And then more people reply to it. I mean, really? I wish I was a moderator, just so I could go back and delete about half of everything posted in this thread, because most of it is out of place, repetitive, and absolutely ridiculous.

Now, as far as this new 2.16 Unofficial build goes - from what I can gather, mostly everything works, with the exception of:

1. Mounting external SD to PC

2. BT Calls

3. Echoes (which I've never gotten even once, and may be solved via volume rocker which supposedly adjusts mic gain)

4. MHL (which I can't test because I don't have a cord)

5. Stock tether app??

Obviously, because Sport no longer uses Dcacklam's mk4 kernel in his unofficial build, the External SD won't be able to mount to the PC. So, my question is, what if we flash the old USB "Mass_Storage_Fix.zip" which was deprecated with the introduction of the mk4 kernel? Could this fix the problem?

Now, as far as the BT goes, I know Dcacklam's BTFix-and-missing-libs.zip could possibly fix this, but will at the same time break video, webkit browser, etc. If we were to remove the files from that zip DCacklam mentioned earlier (about ~20 pages back for me, around ~50 for everyone else I imagine) that break webkit browser and video, could we then flash this modified BTFix.zip and get BT back again? Without breaking video and browser that is?

EDIT:

Files to remove that will fix webkit:

Files to remove that may fix BT:

I remember reading that the sound fix introduced by DCacklam will no longer work with Sports new unofficial kernel, so I won't worry about that, and from what I gather sound issues seem to be minimal now anyways.

Also, since the KDH gapps are now ancient and terribly outdated, is there a better version out there anyone is using, other than the old October gapps originally "recommended"?

One last EDIT: After combing meticulously through this thread, I finally arrived at the answer as to why on CM I'm constantly running into the "insufficient storage available" message when trying to download/update apps:

This is one of the disadvantages to using Mass Storage over MTP. And why, even with nearly 250 apps, I never had this issue on Sense-based ROMS. I know others are experiencing this issue, though it has yet to be reported in this thread. A simple Google search will tell you just how widespread it is. Luckily, I had a similar issue on my old N1 running CM7, and I was able to fix it via some custom-made boot scripts and Link2SD. Going to try to see if I can get them to work for the Amaze. No promises though.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Sorry I meant htc-msm8660 like vivid, sensation, evo 3d