yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] lizzord30:
Anyone else having problems with full screen 3D Games like The Sims Freeplay? I didnt see anything about 3d games on the bug list so wonder if maybe was just something with my install and not the normal. Really want to use JB but mostly what I use for it doesnt work for me :( Cant web cam (no audio input) cant Play my games, Which actually I was hopeing would be a improvement in game speed. One of the major cool features of JB is Google now, with doesnt do so well without audio input. Thanks for your work so far! Keep it up!!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
I'm not sure what to tell you other than: it's a Work-In-Progress. 3d gaming could be an issue. I haven't focused much on it other than to make sure that the benchmark runs.

Much of what I've had to do w/ the Kindle Fire HD's is all hand done through reverse engineering. There are quite a few complexities centered around some of the proprietary Amazon binary files.

Adding to that, I'm *VERY* busy trying to sort out some other devices atm, and it all adds up to slow development.

I guess there's always stock.

The good news is that everything about the device is "fixable". It's just a matter of "time" so to speak.

The future for the Fire's is surprisingly bright considering Texas Instruments has dropped it's mobile production line.

If you scan through review.omapzoom.org you'll see that they are building out a new 3.8 kernel for use on OMAP devices. Add to that the new open source codec builds that are also being developed == long lasting future proof device.

The only hitch would be porting new camera code into the 3.8 kernel. As the open source codecs don't support camera.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] lizzord30:
Its ok I know your busy, thank you for everything you have done far beyond what i could do. Just wondering if anyone else had that problem, it did load and kinda play it just everything was not able to see and looked very glichy. If its just one game that has problem then its hardly worth noteing i guess.

Keep up the great work!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
Could someone verify for me that MX Player and/or VLC work OK for them, I cannot get either to play a file for more than a few minutes before it jumps into fast forward mode.

What I've tried

[ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.2) [04/05 BASIC AUDIO] and also [ROM] [JB 4.2.2] CM10.1/SGT7 for the KF-HD 8.9 [20130405]

MX Player and VLC

Movie skips to fast forward after anything from a few seconds to a few minutes. only way back is to press pause on the screen and wait a few seconds then press play again, doing this sometimes restores normal play back for a few minutes, it then goes to fast forward again etc.....

I thought originally the problem came from re-encoding the movies to have a higher audio level, I have now tried original movies that work OK on

[ROM-STOCK] Amazon OS 8.3.0 (Flash .zip for TWRP) [04/02 - Version 8.3.0].

I've noticed that the movie pauses just before going into fast forward and there is a pop from the speakers - not a loud pop, but it is obvious - this pop does not occur if the movie is paused or put into fast forward manually.

Could this be a bug in CM10 ?

I've had to go back to Stock ROM for the time being as 80% of my Kindle usage is for watching movies - I hate Stock ROM - and was loving CM10, it transformed the kindle.

If anyone has any ideas, I'm more than willing to go back to CM10 and try things out - I'm not very dev savvy.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Slimepuppy:
praed0r - I cannot yet comment on VLC, but MX Player is working perfectly on my 8.9. I've prepared some m4v files using Handbrake and these settings:

http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle/ref=cm_cd_et_md_pl?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdMsgID=Mx3EJHZV1D7F004&cdMsgNo=131&cdPage=6&cdSort=oldest&cdThread=Tx2NOCYDW3IRHC8#Mx3EJHZV1D7F004

I did a full wipe, updated TWRP to Hashcode's latest build, installed CM-10.1-20130405 and gapps-jb-2030301, then restored apps from the Play Store.

Andy
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Born2BeMild:
I'm on a 16gb model with the latest CM build and VLC is working perfectly so far, I use it to play music and have streamed video on earlier, non sound builds of CM.

Never tested MX since VLC is my preferred

Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
Thanks for the response - now I am completely confused, I have done exactly the same as you - I don't know what to do next ?

---------- Post added at 07:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:51 AM ----------

Thanks for responding, much appreciated.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] juwon2:
Same issue here, I tried Dice and MX player, I got same. It seems happening randomly manner, sometime it went through w/o issue.

And Rayman's Jungle Run seems not working either.

But other than these I really love this rom. everything is much smother than Amazon stock rom. Many thanks to OP.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
I'm not the only person experiencing this then, thanks juwon2, anyone have any ideas as to what could be causing this ? - one thing I noticed in Logcat was that it advised of frame skipping due to main thread being too long/taking too long - I have no idea what that means.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] bighead2k:
Had the MX Player just in the debugger. No issues.

As Rayman's Jungle is not for free I haven't tested it so far.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
Thanks bighead2, have you tried just playing a movie through ? The problem appears randomly, first time it happened to me it was about half way through the Hobbit, since then it has happened with every movie I've tried, how long it takes to happen is very random, from a few seconds to an hour or so. I've not been able to watch any movie right through without it happening - the same movies play OK in Stock ROM.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] bighead2k:
Just watched an hour without any problems. Recoded for my Galaxy S I9000 originally ...

The error dies appear randomly? What happens when the error appears? Any logcat errors you could provide?

Meanwhile tried to debug Bluetooth but it's quite hard without any errors. It's just finding no other devices :rolleyes:
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
All that happens is that the movie suddenly pauses for a fraction of a second, there is a gentle pop sound, then goes into fast forward with no sound. If I leave it, it will race through the movie for a random time then suddenly go back to normal play with sound - if I press pause on the screen, the movie pauses and if I leave it paused for a few seconds then press play it will resume normal play - for a random time - then it will happen again - and again etc.... as I said in a previous post all I can see in Logcat is a mention of frame skips because the main thread is too long - I don't know if this has anything to do with the problem.

It's as if the Video player is responding to rogue events, as if something else is spuriously triggering the fast forward and play events.

The movies I'm trying all work OK on my other devices, even on this Kindle with stock ROM, so I'm sure it has something to do with this version of CM10.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Reborn627:
Sounds like a buffering issue of sorts. I experience similar effects on my smartTV and XBox occasionally. Not sure if there is a way to increase the buffer to see if that helps but it may.

Ray
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
If you are correct, I wouldn't know where to start - looks like I'm stuck with stock until someone who knows how to fix this comes up with a solution.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
The Logcat entry that appears when the movie fast forwards is :-

04-18 04:15:27.178 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed 4605K,65% free 4154K/11708K, paused 4ms+3ms, total 26ms

WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 13ms

04-18 04:15:28.295 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed 606K,67% free 3882K/11708K, paused 36ms, total 37ms

04-18 04:15:28.295 I/dalvikvm-heap(6273)

Grow heap (frag case) to 5.101MB for 589840-byte allocation

04-18 04:15:28.334 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed 4K,62% free 4454K/11708K, paused 6ms~+5ms, total 43ms

WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 25ms

04-18 04:15:28.373 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed <1K,58% free 5030K/11708K, paused 34ms, total 43ms

04-18 04:15:28.412 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed <1K,58% free 5606K/11708K, paused 32ms, total 32ms

04-18 04:15:28.451 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed <1K,48% free 6182K/11708K, paused 31ms, total 32ms

04-18 04:15:28.498 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed <1K,38% free 7335K/11708K, paused 33ms, total 33ms

04-18 04:15:28.537 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed <1K,27% free 8559K/11708K, paused 31ms, total 31ms

04-18 04:15:28.545 I/dalvikvm-heap(6273)

Grow heap (frag case) to 9.667MB for 589840-byte allocation

04-18 04:15:28.576 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed <1K,26% free 9135K/11708K, paused 33ms, total 33ms

04-18 04:15:28.584 I/dalvikvm-heap(6273)

Grow heap (frag case) to 10.230MB for 589840-byte allocation

04-18 04:15:31.638 I/Choreographer(6273)

Skipped 30 frames! The application may be doing too much work on it's main thread

04-18 04:15:31.521 D/dalvikvm(6273)

GC_CONCURRENT freed 6238K,70% free 3985K/12868K, paused 43ms, total 43ms

I hope this helps someone understand what's going on because it took me ages to type this in (going cross-eyed here)
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hawk600:
This is a great rom !!

I am also having the fast forwarding problem with different movies and it looks like it is problem between codecs and CM10 itself.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] bighead2k:
Just to let you know. Javabugz has provided two patches which Hash included in source (didn't test/build it myself):

- MXPlayer gets some buffer

- Bluetooth will work

Source: Link

So expect a new release including those changes. Thanks Javabugz & Hash

Edit:

- Can confirm Bluetooth to be working, tried with my GPS receiver and "bluetoothGPS" app. Small build script adjustment required (just for those building from source)
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
Try Archos Video player, it doesn't seem to exhibit this issue - I've watched a couple of movies now that work OK that had problems with MX Player. The Plus here is that it has a much enhanced UI which I really like - so a 2 way win for me - one of those instances when a 'bug' has a good outcome.

Ooops, movies now having speedup/slomo probs in archos player as well - hope Hashcodes latest release has fixed this.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jeevas.v:
That is great news.

So the pending items are:

1. Audio input to get the mic working(for skype , Google video chat etc)

2. Hdmi: as soon as the HDMI cable is connected the orientation changes to landscape. But then picture is tilted in TV( pic attached).

3. The UART sleep issue which is affecting the standby time.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jeevas.v:
Joy to behold!!!!!!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
New update in the OP. For some reason my thread post didnt save last night. And I'll fix the date in the thread title as well when I'm back in.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] lokadero:
we got new update. i have no idea what are the changes but i'm downloading now.

ah, it's the bluetooth update. thanks hashcode.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Antob125:
Can we dirty flash or do we need to wipe data?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
Dirty flash should be fine. Wipe Dalvik/Cache maybe.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jeevas.v:
Just did a dirty flash(adb side load using recovery - my preferred flash method:) ) and tested with a A2DP headset. Bluetooth works flawlessly. Tested HDMI again. As I said before everything works as expected only thing is that it is tilted 90 degrees.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] rwideman:
Able to pair my BT headset and working. Thanks hachcode for the 4/20 release.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
Thanks Hashcode for this update, much appreciated.

I'm still having problems playing videos, is there a file I could edit to see if I can fix the problem ?

Thanks in advance.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
Is there a specific example of a public file that I can use to test?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Reborn627:
Thanks Hashcode, your work is appreciated. Just a silly question. Is this update with the latest CM?

Thank you,

Ray
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
yes, it also includes latest sync with CM
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
I don't know, all of the movies i've tried are DVD rips that i've made from my own disks :-

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Dredd

Zulu Dawn

to name a few

As a matter of interest, all of the above work OK on the stock kindle rom and all other android devices I own (7 in total)

I'll see if I can download something that exhibits the same problem.

Hashcode

Sorry for the delay - I've just downloaded about 1Gb of .mp4 astronomy podcasts trying to find a publicly available file as an example of the problems I am having, I have just watched all of them with no problems, typical, so I tried The Hobbit again and have just watched the whole movie with no problems - the exact same file that kept speeding up and slowing down last night !! - it is just so random and unpredictable I don't know what to do next.

Is there an apk or anything that I can install to try and catch/trace what's happening - if/when it happens again ?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] arda99:
Here is a smaller gapps that works on hash's build.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2012857

http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/GApps 4.2.2 Minimal.zip
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] cfbruck:
Just want to join in and praise hashcode work, not only is it free but everything so much faster!:)

One small side issue I've had is with audio though. After the cm10 install I get a kind of hissing sound when I use earphones, and lower audio quality compared to stock. Anyone recognizes this?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] mx82:
My first impression: great Rom, thx hashcode.

Bluetooth works with my nokia headset.

But some apps, for example skype, are starting upside down.

Camera doesn't work on my kindle.

Greetings
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] lp894:
2 things 1 - does audio seem lower than stock Rom to anyone else? just trying to determine if that's normal or if something is wrong with my kindle.

2 I wonder how difficult a cm9 room would be to build. that would offer ppl the benefits of a custom Rom with all drivers already working
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Slimepuppy:
It's a bit lower on my 16GB 8.9 as well.

Bluetooth works great so far - It'll link with my desktop, send audio to the PC, and accept multimedia control from the PC. I can also link with my BT GPS. This is my full-time OS now - THANK YOU Hashcode (and the other contributors)!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jeevas.v:
Why do you want to do that? If you can contribute then please do by helping to ironing out the few driver glitches in the 10.1. Only the audio input and may be some 3d performance related are the higher priority ones. If you want an ICS rom you can try stock based mod's like starri ROM or similar.

---------- Post added at 04:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:35 AM ----------

That is true.

Skype, youtube on full screen , any landscape app which won't use auto rotation is title 180 degrees. But for now it is of less priority as the audio input is the most important thing.

Camera works fine. Which app did you use to test the camera?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] praed0r:
Hashcode, I've updated post 278 fyi
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] mx82:
[MENTION=1855116]jeevas.v[/MENTION]

the preinstalled camera app.

It shuts down or shows a black screen.

The barcode scanner app doesn't even start.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jeevas.v:
Sorry my bad. It was working fine on 04/05 update and it indeed seems to be broken. The came is detected when I try to start a Google talk video chat. But the video displayed is bit distorted, 90 degrees disoriented and of very less resolution.

So we can't say that it is completely broken. But surely broken comparing to the earlier build.

[MENTION=320147]HasH[/MENTION] code: is it due to the CM 10.1 sync?

BTW I can't find a camera app in my applist. But when I try to use the picture post from xda app it brings me that option anyway.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
I'll see what's up w/ the camera itself as there may have been a CM sync issue which is causing new problems.

There won't be a "Camera" app in the app drawer. Android deletes it on the first boot for front-facing (only) camera devices as they consider the camera for video chat use only. (Not a true camera for picture taking).

To test the camera individually, I grab "Pudding Camera" or something similar from the market.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
Thanks for the update. I'm sure I'll find the cause as I progress through bugfixes for the device.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jeevas.v:
Hashcode, Thanks for the update.

Is there any progress in the audio rerouting for mic functionality?

And the HDMI orientation issue: Is it a hard fix?

Great Job. Thinking of buying another one!!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] putin86:
I have deleted all data in "SD card" include CM10.1 file. :crying::crying:. Now my KFHD only have TWRP 2.4.4.0 without any data to recover or re-flash. Could any one tell me what should i do now. Thank in advance
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jeevas.v:
Don't worry. If you have twrp you can use adb side load. Select adb side load from advanced,swipe. Now connect the kindle to your PC, issue commands:

"adb sideload <cm filename.zip>"

"adb side load <gappsbfilename.zip>"

That's all you need to do. Reboot and enjoy.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] putin86:
Thank jeevas.v

To Whom who have same problem like me.

I use adb sideload with comand: adb sideload <filename> to solve this problem.

But before do it, you should install the drive that i attached by go to device management - Kindle fire HD -> update driver -> link to driver forder that you downloaded and extracted.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jailuis:
Ok, so this is from the 8.9' KFHD, and, as I wanted to see this, tried myself with the same game. To my surprise (see picture below).

I do not know if I was just lucky, but tested 4 3D games with no actual issues... Anyone with something to say?? Will be testing Heroes Of Chaos and Order Tomorrow.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] soupmagnet:
[Edit:] XDA is being screwy again.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] nikonx:
Just ordered a hd 8.9 and was planning on installing this rom. Am I right in assuming that running will effectively minimize the stutters and performance issues that I've noticed in the stock Kindle os units I've played with? Thanks!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] apd:
I find this ROM very smooth.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] AlexAquarium:
Thanks Hashcode, the update is pretty smooth. I bought the moga pivot bluetooth gaming controller months back and never could use it since I was in stock and the app for the controller only supported on google play. Now that I have CM10.1 I can confirm that the games that I ran worked with the controller. However one of the supported game Riptide GP doesn't launch. Pressing the game icon only turn the screen black for a fractional second and then back to before. Wonder anyone else tried launching that game on your device.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Seamonkey79:
Is that Sims free play or 3? I have not been able to get free play to work on mine at all.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] jailuis:
Its free play. I've also tested Dungeon Hunter 4, which was recently released, heroes of order and chaos and some minor 3d games with no issues
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] chindtown:
Awesome!!!

Thank you. Yes It is great. A beautiful screen with functionality. You guy are great. Hashcode:victory::victory
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] timnan:
I don't see wallpaper problem any more in 0420.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Seamonkey79:
Weird, I still can't get free play to load without graphical issues. I am running SGT7 though... Might give basic CM10.1 a shot and see if it's different, don't think I'm using anything unique there anyway at the moment.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] dreamer609:
Ea games and gameloft games problem

First off, i really love this ROM for kindle fire 8.9. Figured out my sound issue. But I have an issue I am running into. I heard a possible solution but I am not sure how to implement it on this ROM. I have noticed certain ea and gameloft games do not play or install on this ROM when they played just fine on my kindle fire 7 inch device that I was running the linaro sgt7 CM rom. They download from the play store fine but give me an error when installing. I heard this is a resolution issue and that a person on the paranoid ROM needed to needed to put it on stock ui mode but how would I do this or the equivalent on this ROM? Any suggestions or solutions would be appreciated. It says country code and then force closes.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Hashcode:
Can you post the exact error line from your logcat?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] g40q90:
Hello, regarding 3d app: angry birds space hd and cut the rope experiments hd run very smooth, instead Google Heart app has artifacts and is very slow..