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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] yyb_me:
First post in thread, long time lurker, just thought I should chime in and say that I experienced GPS issues as well. No issue with CM9.1 prior to CM10 nightlies, but issue continued when I reverted back to 9.1 to see if the issue is CM10 nightly specific. (Alas the issue followed back)

I think the issue started with cm-10-20121014-NIGHTLY-skyrocket. I can't say it's specific to that build, but perhaps something to do with the GPS state when I did the upgrade. (speculating) I'm pretty sure I got a lock with GPS under Cm-10-20121012, but can't say for sure. Regardless cm-10-20121014 is when I noticed the issue. I was not able to pull any GPS RF (radio frequency) at all. I used "GPS Status" to verify GPS lock status. No RF bars would show at all. As a control, I always had my Nexus 7 with the "GPS Status" pulled up to right beside my Skyrocket.

Have never used AGPS patch prior to this, but this was suggested as a fix for this type of issue, so I installed the AGPS patch, and it did "Set the location" using AGPS, but from what I can tell this is just a shortcut to pass coordinates to the system from AGPS 1st in order to better coordinate Sat orientation and pass coordinated to the applications, and then the system will improve accuracy when it achieves a true GPS Sat lock. In my case the GPS wouldn't lock on to any Sat's post AGPS pushing the coordinates, this is while my Nexus 7 is beside my Skyrocket locked to 7 or more Sats.

I found a few posts in some older Skyrocket ICS threads, and G3 ICS threads that described similar GPS issues, and someone came up with a suggested fix to revert to back to stock, and that it would bring the radio back online. I did this first by reverting back to Skyrocket Rogers (GB) stock via ODIN by accident. (Meant to revert to ICS). Still couldn't get a lock, started getting really concerned....thought maybe physical issue with device. Then flashed stock Rogers ICS and low and behold started to pull sat's again. (Phew). I stopped there just due to time constraints. This is not my primary device, so it's sitting stock at the moment until I get the chance to push a clean nightly back on. I've decided to wait for the next nightly. I'm also going to make sure that GPS is software enabled as a precaution before I flash. (I was using conservation profiles that may have had the GPS software disabled when I flashed the last nightly, not sure if this will make a difference)

Anyhow, hope this helps someone experiencing these issues, and if anyone can speculate why the GPS seemed to be stuck ina disabled state, I would appreciate.

A few other details:

I flashed clean with Nightly cm-10-20121010-NIGHTLY-skyrocket.zip, and used the update feature within CM10 to move to Cm-10-20121012, and then to Cm-10-20121014. Following Teamchopsticks install guide to the letter including recommended radio, and recovery. Also used the AGPS "google no-ssl patch" for those that were wondering. I use GPS frequently, not only Maps and Nav, but also GPS topo apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] epapsiou:
I had simialr issues. This is what i did

Moved to TWRP

Did wipe of everything (internal sd as wlel as external)

Installed cm10 (10-14) and gapps

Everything is fine now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] yyb_me:
Thanks for the reply unfortunately I'm still a Newbie at this. I don't know what TWRP is, so I'll do a bit of searching.

Also thought I would mention that I would have posted some of this detail in the Dev thread, but I don't have enough cred.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
Testing 101712, hopefully they fix my GPS problem where sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn't :silly:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
Google 3.1 no-ssl. I am running my CM10 10/17 build, and it just works. I did a clean wipe and install on 10/08 with the 10/08 build, I've done dirty flashes daily since then with no issues (as it relates to GPS)

I'm not sure what else I can tell you, as I have never had GPS issues since using the AGPS patch.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IT Rider:
+1

I stayed on CWM (modified touch http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1777970), wiped everything, installed stock ATT ICS, then reinstalled CM10 (10-14) + apps. I upgraded to the latest nightly (10-17) and tested...

Locked in about 10 seconds. There must have been something askew from my upgrade CM9 to CM10. Regardless...it is working like it should now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cavallino33:
Did 10/17 break the Starbucks app for anyone? Updated this morning but the Starbucks app updated recently so not sure what is causing it. It logs in but the account info is missing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Crash Stuntman:
Is there an app anyone can recommend to import SIM card contacts into Google Contacts on CM10? Or do I just need to do that from Stock ICS, then flash CM10?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
I always merge them before changing roms just to make sure everything is up to date and i havent added any new ones that didnt get synced with google. I dont use apps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mixejich:
Question from "th1skidd": Is there a fix to screen flickering especialy when watching videos? I have 10/14 on and thinking by now itd be fix but I guess not so if its possible to link or help me solve it ? Itd be muchly appreciated. Thank you

Hi man. Seems none one replied you about your problem. If I understand correctly then you need to modify one value in system/build.prop. change

debug.composition.type=dyn to debug.composition.type=gpu

And reboot your phone.

Also look at thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1904827

[HOW TO] Screen Flicker Fix for CM10 - AOKP - Paranoid Roms w/ Instigator Kernel 10/9
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
For those wanting to turn off LTE can you try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32940392&postcount=3

And tell me what you get. This is on UCLF6. LTE -> HSPA+/HSPA/3G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ckparkour:
Forgive me if this was asked already, but is MTP broken for anyone else? On Windows it reads that the USB malfunctioned. It still charges though, but I can't access my file system. :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] copene:
Go to settings > storage > options button > click "mass storage"

You'll be good after that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pussycrusher:
amazing work, keep it up devs

just wanted to say since the last update (10-15) from alpha 3, my battery life has been fantastic. during use it drains at a moderate rate, but on standby, boy does this thing last.

great job CM team!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Apsidal:
My Starbucks app is working, using 10/17.

10/17 seems slightly quicker and smoother, YouTube glitches are gone, sometimes the screen flicker/flashes when unlocking.

My only real complaint is that Maps (and anything using location) STILL puts me at the same location 6 miles away for several seconds before GPS locates me correctly. I am *guessing* this means the AT&T network-based location is off?? GPS is correct, but there's a lag. Is anyone experiencing this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cschmitt:
CPU Governor

Would like to hear any experiences with CPU Governors/Settings that provide the best battery life. I'm currently using the stock CM10 kernel with Conservative/min-192/max-1242 and wondering if the ondemand or interactive governors provide anything better. I've tried them both for a day or two and didn't really notice any increase or decrease in discharge time.

I did read up here: android-cpu-governors-explained
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pussycrusher:
Just wanted to say I fixed it by going into apps and clearing data for Apollo.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cavallino33:
Yeah it suddenly is working again this morning so I guess it was the app. Hard to tell when I update a ton of things at once :p.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pussycrusher:
try using FasterFix
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] promiseofcake:
Clear app data.

Edit: I know see you did that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] makiger:
Difference

What is the difference between cm-10-20121018-NIGHTLY-skyrocket.zip and CM-10-20121011-EXPERIMENTAL-skyrocket-M2.zip, which is better.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kr3w1337:
18 is newest
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] makiger:
Difference

but which is more stable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] chinthekng:
The nightlies are pretty stable I haven't had any random reboots or sleep of death so I'd go with the nightly and if you don't like it you can just rollback to the m snapshot build
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
M2 is considered stable for daily use the release of 14th and 17th has some changes but may or may not apply to you (need to check change log) but with nightlies its usually stable but may or may not introduce new bugs or break specific features you use. Think of M series as its stable up to this point any other changes may alter stability.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] makiger:
Difference

Ohh Thanks, I have installed the version of today 18th, I have only errors with instagram, proves what the rest of the day if I find more errors installing it on M2.

Thank you so much to all for your reply.

:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tjsooley:
This has worked even on cm9.1 I have known about this for some time. waht causes this must me kernel related because weather or not the phone is unlocked or on a rat unlocked baseband doesn't matter. wonder if someone could try building cm10 using rogers files and not the att ones to see if that makes a difference
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] burgeswe:
I've been playing around with the governors since CM9, and not really found anything that's radically different in terms of battery life. I use my phone for work (email, text, phone, browser, and logmein primarily) and get just about 8-10 hours on one charge on any of the governors I try. I've used pretty much every profile and speed option, and typically manually adjust brightness to around 50% and work mostly in a WiFi area.

Sometimes I look at people's battery life pictures and sob a little inside, so this topic is definitely interesting to me as well!

CM10.... mmmmmmm.....butter
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cschmitt:
That confirms what I've seen, the governor selection and min/max cpu don't seem to have a profound effect on the overall battery life. I'm no saying they have no effect, just that it appears that cell signal strength and deep sleep when idle have a far greater effect. I'm in a so-so signal area, -100 dBm on LTE mostly and the mobile network signal bar is almost entirely yellow, and that seems to be the limiting factor in battery life for me.

I tried an AT&T microcell for a couple weeks, which provided a strong 3G signal but the darn things don't support fast dormancy, so the cell radio never enters the idle state and just roasts the battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] haloeight:
This mirrors my experience. Turning things like switching LTE / mobile data off, 2G / WiFi on when around known networks has a far more significant effect on idle battery burn than even wakelocks in Better Battery Stats. I find my idle burn drops to around 0.2% an hour with flat lines in battery stats with this approach.

I posted my findings here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32543701#post32543701

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32291494#post32291494

---------- Post added at 04:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:04 PM ----------

Thanks, was not familiar with the M2 release type and wondering what it was about - guess it is the next best option after a stable release. Running 1018 but may roll back to M2 based on this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
Nightlies may or may not introduce other bugs but also it depends on how you update. Other users are fine with the OTA (over the air) updates but there are some people who has had problems after updating through OTA but later on fixed it with a complete wipe or the method you would normally do if you manually installed it (cache/delvik etc...) so its up to you if you wanna stay on M2 or go with nightlies. If you're not a fan of flashing every 1-2days like most of these flashaholics :P then sticking to M2 wouldn't be bad, some people will wait till M3 or RC versions. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
I have a Tasker profile that turns off all data when I shut the screen off, and then prompts to turn on selective parts when screen is on for more than 15 seconds. I can get through a whole day (9 hours or so) with very little battery usage. For example today I have been on battery for 8 hours 22 minutes, screen on time is only 24 minutes, so not much usage, and I have 89% battery left. This does not affect SMS, phone calls, or reminders, so it works for me. It may not be an option for others, but I love it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] haloeight:
The baffling thing is I've done two full wipes / fresh installs of the nightlies and they don't seem to be behaving like other JB ROMs wrt autorestore of apps. Which makes me a little suspect of the installs as a whole. Don't seem to be having any big problems though.

You know I tried doing the same with Tasker as I wanted to automate it like you have. You and I probably have similar perspectives - run 2G when idle so phone and text still comes through but sync / data doesn't need to happen while the phone is just sitting around. It can happen when the screen is turned on. Llama seemed to be missing some features and I remarked earlier it would be neat to have in ROM profiles to control this kind of thing (e.g. "endurance", "Full speed ahead", etc. presets to switch based on demands or location / time contexts)

Would you mind sharing your Tasker config?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
Now theres some of us who like collecting nightlies :P but there are those who don't have much bandwidth to download each update.

This app here CyanDelta Updater makes your download smaller by comparing the files and merging the newer update so your 150mb download can be smushed to 70-80mb or so but the file itself becomes full after the merge. Havent tried it yet but some users has had success with it.

Like with any beta app, use at your own risk:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyandelta

:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tjsooley:
Why not just update via wifi
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
I personally don't have problems with downloading gigs and gigs everyday, I got wifi at school and at my apt :P

But there are people out there who only have either a limited data cap on their phone and that is their only source of internet, slow internet or internet that is heavily capped and those people who want to update and are not in a wifi ready area.

Since apps like these are getting advanced by the day you don't know we can be seeing them on OTA updater and only updating us on the "changes" rather than the full rom all the time :) just a convenience thing and its nice to have those options available.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tjsooley:
I agree thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
I will pm you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] haloeight:
Read elsewhere that the Snapshots are a relatively new thing intended to hold people over asking constantly about when the next stable release will be - they are apparently tested more than the nightlies. I've been waiting for the stable CM10 release so decided to flash back to the latest snapshot.

Was having a problem with apps not restoring even after a full wipe / factory reset / format system and both caches. This time it seemed the apps are restoring as normal. Only thing I did different was wait 5-10 minutes after flash/reboot, maybe in that time things settled in the background and is what enabled the app restore. FYI for anyone else who might have this issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Crash Stuntman:
Please pass it along to me as well! :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] yamahakid:
Does anyone else have a problem with adjusting the data limit/warning sliders in the data usage settings? Mine is currently on the default 2 GB for warning SNF I can't adjust my sliders to get rid of the warning.

I've had this problem with every ROM I've put on my phone. Sometimes I can move it, sometimes I can't.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cavallino33:
Yeah I have this problem I wasn't sure if it was just me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
Data Usage

Turn landscape and use two fingers to move the slider, usually works for me...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cavallino33:
That worked thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pctx:
Ended up having SOD on 10-17 nightlies, moving up to 19. Anyone else seen that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tjsooley:
No no sod since 10/15
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] promiseofcake:
No SOD for me since official nightly builds started rolling.

However, each time you pause and restart a You Tube video you have to cycle plug the headphones or it plays through the external speaker.

Also, flickering was not apparent on 10/10, became apparent on 10/14 and after (changing volume during video or opening new app for first time, build.prop fix to change

fixed it.

Lastly, applying Instagram filters is no longer instant, something with opengl rendering perhaps -- that was the initial issue in CM9, or could be that the debug.comp.. messed it up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pctx:
Good to know, I'm see better system stability on 10-19. So far so good.

I noticed the flicker gone post 10-12 builds IIRC. 10-17 was running smooth for me until this morning when I was getting the random SOD and had to pull the battery a couple of times.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kr3w1337:
Something very strange is happening. Me and my girlfriend both run the 18th nightly but hers has call echo while mine doesn't.

Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
Not sure but I jumped to 19th as soon as it released as I was getting some funky wakelock, even if it said it went to deep sleep it was draining more than usual, updated to 19th an battery is back to normal. (from my experience)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] burgeswe:
An interesting bit of info if nothing else: https://plus.google.com/115049428938715274412/posts/HxPFHBQJdTL

Holds true with my experiences. I did do a clean install from CM 9 to 10, but flashed CM9 updates manually and run cmupdater in 10 everyday with no additional wiping or strange steps, and have never had a problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pctx:
Same goes for me. I did a fresh install from CM9 -> CM10 and now I'm just updating the nightlies and I haven't had any problems except for a glitch here or there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cschmitt:
A good read. I've long held that the super dark wipe, wipe everything 3x, reboot, wipe, whatever... combinations have absolutely no effect on performance, signal quality, my emerging bald spot, or anything else related to Android. Though there is really no way of convincing the true believers otherwise.

Sure, there are rare cases of a bad flash due to a corrupt zip, etc. -- but those are isolated and never the norm.

My experience has always been that CM Updater, and 'dirty flashes' work perfectly well, and updates without wiping cache or doing a factor reset have never been an issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] haloeight:
The thing that gets me is the multiple wipes - I know people have said they've done so and found things still remained, but it just seems like OCD / superstition.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
The export from Tasker is here, if you have trouble downloading it use Chrome browser, it works for me.

It's not pretty, but it works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kr3w1337:
It's pointless to wipe more than once. Do you format your computer 3x before installing an OS?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] haloeight:
Yeah, that's what I mean. There seems to be a bunch of practices that are encouraged without validation.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
OCD...

I think a lot of these practices are someone being OCD...

I only wipe things once when moving to a new rom...

/system

Install radio (if needed)

Install rom

Install gapps

Reboot

If I am updating, I use CMUpdater and it does all of that for you now...

Anything more than that is pointless...

People also go overboard with wiping Dalvik as well... If you are having issues with a particular program... just clear the cache for that program....

WIpe Wipe Fizz Fizz Oh what a waste of time it is... :D:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kr3w1337:
Changing android versions is the only time I consider formatting data. Come to think of it I didn't format data between 4.0 and 4.1.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
haha super deep sleep mode with 102012

I checked my phone and it still at full after 4 hours :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dac1227:
Running 10/19 and soft-bricked after clearing data from play store (not cache). Cannot say definitively if clearing play data caused it, however, I had zero issues prior and attempted reboot immediately after. Restored nandroid from twrp, everything fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] haloeight:
Can you elaborate on this? What's super deep sleep mode in the latest nightly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
lol I was just over exaggerating nothing new, updated to the latest nightly and turned off data/wifi and wanted to see how much deep sleep i can get with it so I was at 100% for 5 hours... :silly:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jedah:
Been happy enough on SkyICS, but I think I might have to get off my lazy duff and try cm10 now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cavallino33:
Big idle power usage improvement. I didn't really use my phone today and it only used about 12 percent battery vs 23-35 before.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bps119:
Improvement over what, the 19th build? That's pretty impressive if it's only burning 12% in a day...even on idle. You have data on the whole time?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
Sometimes a build will have a kink or the updating process isn't complete and will cause abnormalities but I barely did anything on my phone today (surprising) and got good idle. Now with a build that has bugs here and there it may cause the device to not go on deep sleep or use up more juice than usual.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cavallino33:
Yeah on the I am on the1020 build. I was home working all day so it was on wifi. WiFi is set to stay on so not using 4g lte helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] claudeman:
If you guys go into YouTube and turn the volume up while watching the video do you guys get screen glitches?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] holeindalip:
Yes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ItsDon:
I'm on Release M and have no YouTube issues as described. Just FYI.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
http://changelog.bbqdroid.org/#skyrocket/cm10/1350872006

21 just got rolled out but funny that its labeled 22 (prolly server time settings) :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tanton50:
which version is more stable M2 or the latest nightly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] IT Rider:
I have actually found the latest nightlies to be more stable (small fixes that were affecting me).