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[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
personally, I was getting the gallery crashing in the previous build, but I too am getting it still.

So with the fixes to the phone dialer, I'm definitely happier, but there is much improvement needed.

When dialing out/calling someone, the screen quickly rotates to portrait for a second, then switches to landscape. the landscape part is definitely good, but it looks silly rotating one way, then the other. I wonder why it does that?

When pressing the onscreen numbers on the dialer, there's some kind of lag or freezeup sometimes(which I think is related to cpu throttling/governing but I'll come to that later) and this lag causes the phone to sometimes take a single key press and interpret it as two or more(so for example, if I press "1" quickly, sometimes it will come up as "11")

The onscreen keypad in the dialer also needs to move to the right, as it's covered by the search, which makes it very difficult to press the "*" key. And the keys should have some spacing between them, they get all mashed together(this was also present in CM9)

Now, as for the CPU frequency throttling - the phone seems to only switch between the minimum and maximum frequencies. it doesn't go anywhere in between like it should - so when it needs processing power, it jumps all the way up to 800mhz, and when it idles, it goes all the way down to 122mhz. I think it going so low is contributing to the lag, but I've tried raising it, and it still lags a little. so I don't really know what we can do differently there. but it is odd that it jumps back and forth between minimum and maximum. in CM9, if I recall correctly, it only used what it needed, when it needed it. so it would go through many numbers between the max and min. now it's one or the other.

Lastly, the lock screen slider to unlock is too far to the right - this makes it a little difficult to unlock at times. We can use an alternate lock screen, but it would be nice not to have to.
[HTC ChaCha] Hongrois123:
Thank You for the new build. Space is impressive, You are really getting there. I have noticed the following:

-Home Button does not seem to work

-Browser FC

-Gallery FC with message

I suppose this can be managed with 3rd party apps
[HTC ChaCha] adlx.xda:
Anyone else have this behavior? Did you flash any Google Apps, or is it just the rom itself, with no apps? Because IIRC the same was already happening with the first build when flashing the Gapps, which wouldn't fit in the rom, so were not successfully flashed (bit didn't give any error when flashing).

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC ChaCha] nicromant:
Hello There

Mine is working flawlessly, i removed gallery2.apk using terminal commands

compensated with ICS gallery

All buttons work, installed apex launcher and removed trebuchet

For the search button i installed the older searchbox and it works perfect now

For camera the best option is lgcamera/camcorder

I do not have any bug so far on my phone, battery is great (i disabled the android cpu graphic acceleration using only GPU now by the # at the EGL.cfg) same as performance

Finally for the rotation issue i'm using Rotation Locker, which i build to be running as a process itself to force always the "landscape" mode, so all apps are properly being display (i do not like autorotate)
[HTC ChaCha] Hongrois123:
for the record I am flashing with full google apps, so lets consider this... sorry, however I thought this rom leaved plenty space for the full gapps
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
unfortunately the full gapps is huge. it is recommended you use a gapps lite, or remove the apps you dont need from the full zip and re-sign it.
[HTC ChaCha] gilangrk:
I have it. Gallery & Camera still crashing.

Sent from my HTC Chacha CM9
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
for the gallery, someone mentioned using the one from CM9(I havent tried this, so I dont know if it works), and as for the camera, use lgcamera from the app store. it's a little laggy, but it works nonetheless.
[HTC ChaCha] ethancottier:
The best gallery replacement app in my opinion is quickpic. I used quickpic up until I used the jelly bean gallery :) zero lag in quickpic and photos load pretty much instantly, and it has ICS look ;)
[HTC ChaCha] darkseas:
No /mnt/sd-ext (and /mnt read-only)

Hi all,

I was running a modified stock ROM before, mainly to enable Darktremor's dtapps2sd script. However that slowly came to a halt, with enormous unresponsiveness.

Now installed cm-10-20121029-EXPERIMENTAL-chacha-ADLX-ALPHA0.zip with gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip (from CM wiki). (After the first version would not boot, the new version + latest gApps installed and booted just fine.) First of all: thanks a lot for the great work you are doing!

It feels great, smooth and fast.

Got the same issues as mentioned before:

- Gallery crash

- numbers not showing when typing SIM PIN

- (and possibly I had an occasional other, but I'm not using all apps).

Also I noticed the following:

- though the WiFi scan button seems not to work, disabling and re-enabling WiFi does seem to scan and it does find my WiFi

- WiFi signal definitely seems weaker, and gets entirely lost from time to time

- also it seems the GMS signal is weaker, but I'm not entirely sure about that

Not entirely sure if this is ROM specific, or if this should be solved somewhere else, so just posting my question here.

I am running into the same issue before: the Chacha doesn't have too much memory. So I'd like to run the dtapps2sd again but when I open Terminal Emulator and type "a2sd", it gives me a "segmentation fault" error. To be honest, I got no clue what that means.

While looking a bit into this, it appears to me that my ext4 second SD card partition (/dev/block/mmcblk0p2) is not mounted. Tried to mount it manually but it appears that the /mnt directory is read-ony. Found some script that remounted it read-write (# mount -t rootfs -o rw,remount rootfs /); then I could create the /mnt/sd-ext directory manually and mount the ext4 partition manually. However it did not stick after reboot. Even the /mnt/sd-ext I created was gone... (Or is that normal behaviour?)

Also tried a script called 'int2ext+' but that didn't work (after install, no sd-ext was mounted).

Also, I got too few knowledge of the boot (init.d or rc.local or what is it ????) process to know how I could add/mount this automatically on boot.

Any help/ideas?

Thanks a lot!
[HTC ChaCha] ethancottier:
That sounds like a right pain in the head! Use link2sd, that works fine :) yeah, it doesn't move the data, but it still gives you tons more space. It also gives you a clear all app cache option, as cache seems to fill up quite regularly making the device appear to be low on memory. (Facebook app, I'm looking at you!!)

Also, nothing doesn't work with link2sd in my experience :) no force closes etc.
[HTC ChaCha] mikkijp:
Much more faster than cm9!!!

looking forward the Japanese language
[HTC ChaCha] sherrymalhi:
bug !!

i tried this rom and after first startup its working fine till i press power button to look at lock screen ..... then it goets rebooted and stuck at cynogenmod boot animation ..... i tried installing the rom twice ....

edit - now fixed !! i think it was caused cuz i removed some apps from the zip .....
[HTC ChaCha] ethancottier:
Have you tried flashing it without gapps and seeing if you get the same result?
[HTC ChaCha] jumpinglewis:
does anyone experience these bugs with the latest 10/29 build?

1) incoming calls go straight to vmail

2) no notifications in status bar
[HTC ChaCha] ethancottier:
I've never experienced the first bug. That's usually because of the carrier, its happened to me at random times but on any phone and ROM. And the second bug I had when I flashed gapps and there wasn't enough room for it. So it broke a lot of things. Try reinstalling your ROM without gapps and clear at least 30mb of system space by uninstalling system apps you don't need like wallpapers etc. Then install gapps :)
[HTC ChaCha] Nicois:
One other small bug I've noticed:

if you use custom levels for the automatic brightness control, there is one line with "-1" in the second and third columns. These fields aren't editable, probably because they're negative values.

Bug aside, it is a pain to have to manually update all the levels each time I flash a new ROM. Does anyone know where these numbers are stored? Maybe I can automate/save the good values somewhere, and more easily restore them.
[HTC ChaCha] didije:
I'm not sure about CM roms, but in stock ones they are found in framework-res.apk/res/values/arrays.xml
[HTC ChaCha] adlx.xda:
By Nicois comment I fixed the -1s. Though, I believe he was referring as to where the custom brightness levels are stored in /data. Tbh, I don't know, I guess it's in some db. The sources will tell.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC ChaCha] jumpinglewis:
reflashed with gapps lite; all fixed now. thanks!
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
Adlx: Just stumbled upon this - might be useful!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1960117

designed around another device, but still, shows some promise for lower end devices such as the chacha. you might want to take a poke at his source and whatnot. :)
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
Was about to post this! I hope he sees this soon. JB is about to gain a lot of functionality.
[HTC ChaCha] adlx.xda:
Thanks for pointing this out. I've merged the patches in my source and rebuilt it. I can't test right now, but I will.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC ChaCha] adlx.xda:
Damn, Ganster41 says in his OP that it doesn't work on JB/CM10... :(
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
Well, at least you could try it out with your CM9 build, and if it works, maybe in the future someone will update it for CM10. He said he's not interested in doing it at the moment, but the source code is available. I imagine someone will get it working soon.

Could you try merging it with your CM9 rom? I'd be willing to test it out. Right now the CM9 rom is more stable anyway(at least in terms of performance)

JB is faster in general, but as I stated in my bug list, it seems like after a while of being idle or locked, it slows right down, and the only thing that seems to bring it back up to speed is clearing the cache/dalvik cache and rebooting the device.

Could be just me, but this is what I've found so far. But this wasnt the case with CM9

Oh! and can you odex the apps in it too? we don't -need- it done, but saved space is always good.

EDIT: Rashed97 said that he would take up development of it for CM10, so I think we might see some results soon! but I'd still love to try this out with the current CM9 rom :)

EDIT2: heres Rashed97's forum thread, if you'd like to keep up with the development - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1981254
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
How's everything going?
[HTC ChaCha] kesongpinoy:
alt&shift cursor indicator

do this rom has a cursor indicator for when pressing shift and alt just like in gingerbread? the CM9 rom does not have this and it's important for me as my alt key is broken and isn't very responsive (sometimes a single press would register as a double). thanks a lot!
[HTC ChaCha] ethancottier:
I accidentally dropped cuppasoup on my cha cha... it fixed my unresponsive keys Haha :P

But I don't recommend it however lol
[HTC ChaCha] kesongpinoy:
hahaha lucky you... rather tempting though lol
[HTC ChaCha] izi501:
Hello all,

I don't know if this bug has been fixed yet, but for the gapps you could try modded gapps for the Wildfire S. They are installed in cache partition and there is a symlink in system partition. That could possibly work for the ChaCha. Here is the link.

For the home button, I had the same problem on Wildfire S. I fully wiped phone, data, cache, dalvik cache, system, sd-ext... and I did not installed gapps at the first boot. It worked.

If it can help you for the development of this amazing ROM ;)
[HTC ChaCha] adlx.xda:
Merci, bonne idée d'utiliser la /cache.

Thanks, using /cache is a good idea.
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
We couldn't wipe the cache for apps then, could we? It would need to be done individually, per app right?
[HTC ChaCha] izi501:
Yes but how often do you wipe cache ? ;)
[HTC ChaCha] adlx.xda:
/cache has nothing to do with application cache. this partition is usually used while updating via OTA.

Applications cache is saved in the /data/data/package name/ folder.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
Great! So are you planning to implement that into the next build?

Also are you planning on merging this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1981254 ?
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
The google apps would have to be released as a separate bit, as some people dont use them, and we don't want to force them on people.

As for the libstagefright, just read the thread itself - it's not ready yet. Possibly even far from it. There are still major issues, which is the purpose of that thread - working out the issues, and coming up with a functional port/fix.

The thread only opened up about a week or two ago, so give it some time :)
[HTC ChaCha] Nicois:
hmm, no posts for a while...

I have been using wifi more over the past couple of weeks and its instability is getting a bit annoying. does anyone have any fixes, to help detect wireless networks, and/or to not drop them once connected?

once or twice I have had to reboot the phone; it wasn't enough just to toggle wifi.

really looking forward to the next build.
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
Have you tried turning on airplane mode, then turning it off again?

On the rare occasion this happens to me, this fixes it better than turning off and on wifi.
[HTC ChaCha] Hongrois123:
agree... same here

I also use most of the times the "airplane workaround"

interesting thing (maybe coincidence) that Wifi ON/OFF from status bar power widget should be enough, but NO: entering settings, making wifi on/off or sometimes only re-adding network with key helps...

for me the other thing, that speed is suspicious generally on mobile network

but still so far this ROM is the best EVER for this phone so far

link2sd - 60 apps - 60 Megs free - guiness record I think...
[HTC ChaCha] Flexmaen:
Did you use the WiFix-Manager to set the correct country? This helped for me to avoid lost connections.
[HTC ChaCha] Hongrois123:
I did not know about this app - Thanks. Right after install I cannot say yet, but it seems to be glued on the wifi network (with its usual weak signal :( )... cheers
[HTC ChaCha] Losik:
Flashed this rom yesterday. Then lite Google Apps. Then Link2SD.

Most dissappointing things:

1. Lock screen delays for 1-2 seconds, after you've pressed Power button. Annoying when you've just locked your phone and want to instantly see the time again. Now you have to wait for whole 3 seconds for the phone to actually turn screen off and on again.

2. Lock screen sometimes flickers when turning the device off (waiting for lock to happen) and then on. Probably brightness drops instantly from 100% to zero and then - smoothly rises. When you manually set 100%, seems like it's the only option I can't reproduce this.

3. In lock screen you can pull the statusbar down. Maybe it's a feature, don't know. But I'm constantly overshooting my unlocking finger gesture to the statusbar, and the whole process gets overrode by the statusbar.

4. Indeed, in places where I had all 5 bars, now i have 3.

5. Switching languages in physical keyboard doesn't seem to work. I've added couple of them in the settings, but still only can use one. And can't switch them (with Ctrl+Space... if Ctrl equals to FN O.o). Can't type in my native language and English. Only English for now... * sights *.

Some tips not mentioned in this thread earlier, to make your life better:

- Search was missing, installed QuickSearch app, works even faster and better than stock search.

- Spirit UL works for Radio

- Brighter Flashlight for Flashlight (you can put it in the lockscreen ring, I've found it to be one of the free and small apps that do launch Flashlight on load without need for unnecessary movements)

- Calculator from Market (you can look it up as blackish icon of arithmetic operations). It's responsive.

Except for those, good so far. Google Talk seems to hold on intenet connection, that's best thing for me. CM9 dropped it frequently.

Thanks for your work.

If needed, I could connect device to the debug console and read out some values that could help
[HTC ChaCha] izi501:
For the status bar in the lockscreen, it's normal. I think you can disable it somewhere in the options.
[HTC ChaCha] Losik:
Workaround'ed this by enabling "Menu Unlock" in Lock screen -> Screen Security. Now just pressing Menu unlocks and I don't have to move my finger upwards the circle = no more status bar accidental push-down ;)
[HTC ChaCha] Flexmaen:
I now tried CM10 too, and it fixes some minor annoyances appearing in CM9:

e.g.

- If you enter the Name quickly when wanting to send a SMS, the letters won't appear in reverse order anymore

- Google Search will sometimes ignore your App (this seems to be better now)

There are also some things improved in the Android usability.

Bugs I still have:

1. Lock screen does have a buggy behaviour

2. It seems that Google Maps doesn't get your GPS position from Network or WiFi. You have to wait until you have full GPS reception which is annoying since espeacially indoor the inaccurate Position (over Network or WiFi) will be good enough for most apps. Anyone who can confirm this?
[HTC ChaCha] loozacc:
i have to ask this - i'm on a branded (simlock-free though) htc cha cha which is currently rooted, has the ported CWM installed and of course is bootloader-unlocked (hboot version is: 1.13).

Can i flash this rom onto the device? I have already made a backup, using the CWM of my current system, just in case. Please advise :)
[HTC ChaCha] hitanshu:
uh yes, I have the same thing. Of course, YMMV and all that.

Folks,

I love this CM ROM. Finally, something that can be setup the way I want. Why only this over stock?

- I can install INT2EXT - now the phone has a 2GB internal memory. I can browse for hours without having to wipe cache. What a relief - and screw you HTC for that.

- Old CM7SuperOSR roms are slow because they only use the phone in 480 Mhz (no sleep even!) and drain my phone heavily.

Here are the problems I am facing with this ROM, which I now need your help in eradicating:

- Can I bring back the stock camera (LG is nice but not as neat), browser (best text reflow i've seen ever!), gallery, people app?

- Is there an app like exdialer that displays without rotating 90 deg on chacha?

- Biggest challenge is that my signal strength has reduced (from ~60 asu, it now shows 97 asu). Call quality is still acceptable though (2G).
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
Try "Orientation Control".

It will force it into landscape and it works fine.
[HTC ChaCha] hitanshu:
Thanks. Kindly also advise how to speed up scrolling on this ROM. its quite slow, rther it doesn't scroll far at all. Its not laggy- the phone is responsive but the scrolling speed is low.

What about signal strength? There seems to be some measurement issue. The call quality is great, but 0dBm 97 asu should suggest otherwise!
[HTC ChaCha] loozacc:
Out of curiosity: if i install this rom can i then restore one of my backups from the 2.3.5 version or does this update the hboot also?
[HTC ChaCha] adlx.xda:
Neither my CM roms nor SuperOSR modify the hboot.
[HTC ChaCha] loozacc:
Excellent, thank you :)
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
Is it possible to get the laggy, picture only default camera that works fine in CM9?

Also could the camcorder becoming functional in the CM9 build by merging Ganster41's libs here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1960117

If it doesn't talk too long it would be useful to be able to keep a backup of CM9 with the working camera so I can use that for pictures and videos.
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
This was already discussed. Please make sure you read the thread before making such suggestions.

That being said, the one you linked to is NOT compatible with JB/CM10, it is ONLY for ICS/CM9.

There -is- one in development for JB/CM10 which is available here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1981254&page=26

it is not finished, but it's showing much promise, and apparently works for the most part, except video recording is still very laggy.

it might even be at a point where you could merge it, Adlx. Maybe it will help out a little in some areas.
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
CM9 patch with CM9 build. Maybe I should have posted it in that thread.
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
Once again, had you read previous posts, that too was suggested.
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
And I have heard nothing since. If it is simply enough to do I will do it, but I have no skills in this area. I am merely re-suggesting it, as it would be useful.
[HTC ChaCha] hitanshu:
Yeah, curious - is there like a HOWTO make such ROMs or make edits in our existing ROMs? I would love to make little changes, and reshare if possible!
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
To edit a rom, you need to edit the source. the source is up on Adlx's github, but I don't know if it's up to date.

All credit must go to him as well, when releasing said roms.

And it is by no means easy, you need a knowledge of programming as well as linux and android in general.
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
( TLDR: Found this. Seems interesting. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1735812 )

As several people have mentioned since the device came out - particularly more recently, as Jelly Bean has been ported to the device - the partitioning choices by HTC are absolutely crap.

I don't have a lot of knowledge in linux and android, but I do know some basics, and from what I remember having read, the cache partition is mainly used for OTA updates(which we don't use) and that it received a large chunk of the space on the device.

I just stumbled upon this thread - not sure why I didn't notice it before, but it shows some promise. The guy seems to be a bit stuck, and hasn't posted in a long time. Seems he may have bricked his device, but not sure.

I think this guy deserves a bit of attention, and hopefully we can make something good come of it. It seems he's trying to repartition the device, and allocate more space to system. :)

Here's the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1735812
[HTC ChaCha] Flexmaen:
Hmm...

I did not get any WifI-Tether to work. Someone here mentioned which version to use - but this did not work for me.

So 2 major bugs that remain for me:

a) No WiFi Tether

b) No fast positioning from WiFi or Network data
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
Here is a flashable zip that will install the app with the correct settings.

http://www.mediafire.com/?kwvd71mvs5t6rys
[HTC ChaCha] hitanshu:
Why bother with all of this when you can happily install INT2EXT without all this indepth hacking?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1716124
[HTC ChaCha] kronflux:
because many of us want a more permanent solution to the ridiculous partition sizing used by HTC.

this method could permanently give us a lot more space on the system partition, allowing for the full installation of a rom, as well as GApps, and still leave some extra space for other apps or files that we might otherwise miss out on due to lack of space.

Besides, there's no "in depth hacking" involved. Once one person comes up with a functional solution, it's a distributable solution via a ClockWorkMod ZIP file. The reason I mentioned it in this thread is because there are many people who visit this thread who may be able to help further the progress of this solution.

That's not to say that INT2EXT isn't a -good- option, nor am I intending to sound rude or anything. I'm just saying that the solution I recommended is much more ideal in the long run, if someone can get it working.

In the meantime, thanks for the recommendation, I think I'll check it out :)
[HTC ChaCha] Flexmaen:
Hmm, with CWM I get

Error in /sdcard/Tethering-App-12-11-12.zip (Status 6)

Installation abortet

:(
[HTC ChaCha] atrix4g18:
I didn't test that, I made it just for you to try. Anyways, this is what you can do:

Download:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.android.wifi.tether

Input the following settings:

Change Device-Profile > Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)

Change Setup-Method > WEXT (ad-hoc)

Optional:

Enable WiFi-Encryption or Access-Control

ethancottier figured this out, so go thank him on this post