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[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wywern.pl:
I'm using Hovering Controls in work, where the phone has to be ready at once, and the pausing it at home

And made some profiles in Tasker

Now the battery lasts for ~2,5 days, and many thing are automated
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
New version of GravityBox was just released. Download from link bellow and flash through CWM recovery.

GravityBox latest version

Download: GravityBox v3.1.1

Flash via clockworkmod recovery. No wipes needed.

Changelog 3.1.1 - 03/05/2014

- Phone tweaks: Added option for ascending (increasing) ring tone

- Lockscreen tweaks:

--- Fixed issues with launching activities from "slide before unlock" ring (double-ring anomaly)

--- Allow safe GravityBox Actions to be run from unlock ring and navbar ring when lock screen is secured

--- Anti-aliased Battery Arc for better visual quality

- GB App Launcher:

--- Allows app launcher to be triggered from unlock/navbar rings on secured lock screen

--- Will request unlock prior to launching activity - prompts user to unlock before running activity

- GravityBox Actions: Added action for toggling Airplane Mode

- Statusbar tweaks: Added option for controlling Bluetooth icon visibility

- SignalCluster: Added muting mechanism to eliminate log spamming

- Navbar tweaks: Don't show search icon hint when navbar ring is disabled (4.2+)

- Key actions: Added action for in-app search (works in apps that support it)

- Launcher tweaks: Adjusted for compatibility with the latest obfuscated version of GNL

- Power Menu: Improved option to disable power menu while locked:

--- Won't allow power menu while activity that's allowed to be running

during keyguard lock is in the foreground (e.g. emergency dialer or camera app)

- Icon Picker: Added icon for Snapchat (thanks to jacknicholson)

- Misc tweaks: Option to force LTR layout direction for RTL languages (4.2+)

- Updated French translation (thanks to ch-vox)

- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)

- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translations (thanks to momomok)

- Updated Italian translations (thanks to pesa1234)

- Updated German translations (thanks to LibertyMarine, Minty123)

- Updated Spanish translations (thanks to jvbferrer)

- Updated Portuguese (PT) translation (thanks to bgcngm)

- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)

- Updated Japanese translations (thanks to WedyDQ10)

- Updated Polish translations (thanks to xtrem007)

- Updated Slovak and Czech translations
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Hi guys, I'm worried about my phone. When I keep it in my pocket for a long time it doesn't wake up when i press the unlock button, I have to remove the battery and turn it on again. I've reflashed it twice and still happens, I don't know if it is a gravity box problem or heat problem...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jurgen272:
I'm having the same problem once in a while during the last month.

Was thinking to reflash, but i'm going to wait for further responses here.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Have you got Gravity Box Installed??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jurgen272:
Yes, I have Gravity Box installed. (Latest version at this moment)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
I hope someone can help us...

Edit: May be it could be a heat problem, cause the phone is hot when that happens...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KopiJahe:
You may want to check the animations section in developer options, don't set it to 0x

at least on my ZTE N986, that caused this problem :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
[MENTION=455439]bgcngm[/MENTION] chance of porting this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2676086
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Not likely that is going to happen because kernel source code is not available for ZTE V987. Besides that and although there is already a great work done for Wiko Starway, the ROM is not good for most of the users as many features are still not working.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] superdragonpt:
sorry wrong thread .......
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Ok but it's been some time that Mediatek anounced 4.4 for our chipset, is there any news from ZTE about that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Not that I know of. I know that Lenovo already released some ROMs based on Android 4.4.2 (even though are not pure Android because includes Lenovo's VibeUI) and also read that ZOPO is working on that. But again, without kernel sources and/or a patched kernel there will be no KK for V987, I'm afraid.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Flow:
Is there a mirror available for the downloads? Trying to download 3.1 but it's soooooo friggin slow that it even just stops downloading after a while... :/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
No mirror available. Maybe dev-host server is overloaded, so try again later.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Flow:
Maybe it would be a good idea to upload the 3.1MOD file (511 MB) to another free file host so that there's a mirror available?

In case one of the two is not working or very very slow like now...

Sometimes there are situations when you don't have the luxury of waiting 6 hours for it to download... like when your phone is crashing all the time... ;)

Edit: Great. Dowload failed again after downloading very slowly for over an hour.

Does anyone have the 3.1MOD file and willing to upload it to somewhere please? :) :) :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Flow:
Trying to download for the 5th (!) time now... still slow as hell! :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fok3r:
use a download manager wil solve your problem.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Flow:
Which program is that on your screenshot?

Are you making multiple connections?

Could also be that you're connecting to a server in another country which is faster...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fok3r:
(Internet Download Manager) its does all conetions automatic
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Flow:
Thanks! Got the file now :)

Still I think an extra mirror would be a good idea. Maybe I'll upload it to another host.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
As I wrote on the OP:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Flow:
Ok, then I won't put up a mirror.

Just checked dev-host, right now it's a lot faster than yesterday.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nbvc:
Has anyone idea if anything can be done?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KopiJahe:
Turn off the phone, enter recovery mode (CWM/TWRP), and format your /system, /data and /cache.

Then reflash your ROM
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nbvc:
Is it the only option?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] superdragonpt:
IF you have The proper CWM (check the OP)

IF you followed the instructions

IF your md5 hash from the rom.zip is correct

It will work just fine, the OP is VERY well detailed.

Regards
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fok3r:
Try clean instal from the begin , read post #1459 may help you

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50462343&postcount=1459
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nbvc:
I formatted everything via CMW and installed again and it's working but it's not the issue.

I've done a nand backup of broken version and wonder if there is a chance to bring back the /data. Is there a way to heal it or undo the installation of that .zip?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
You can try to restore just userdata. Use nandroid backup advanced restore. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nbvc:
yeah, I did it. I recovered each position on its own to find out which one caused the trouble and it was data. Once I recover data the phone won't boot and is stuck on splash.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Flow:
I did a complete wipe and clean install from 3.1 and then 4.0 as an update.

In the installation I chose the newer Camera en Gallery, so not the Stock, but I find it's very slow and unstable.

Anyone else with the same problem?

I'm going to try and replace it with the Stock Camera & Gallery, with which I didn't have trouble before.

Is it possible to boot the Aroma installer and only install the camera & gallery app from it without changing anything else?

Start it from CWM or how?

--- EDIT---

Tried to install the .apk files from the ROM ZIP file, but those don't install (none of them, do't know why not).

So what I did was make a nandroid backup, then updated 3.1 ROM again and change the options in Aroma installer (make sure you chose Custom install and DO NOT wipe your (user)data. Just install over the previous installation.

Then topped it off with 4.0 update and Gravitybox update.

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Another question:

Which CPU governor and I/O scheduler are you using?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Default (Hotplug) and also default, I dunno which one is. I tried another when my phone didn't wake up but it was even worse. I didn't find a solution for that, it's still not waking up when it gets hot and anybody can give me a solution, even an answer to find out the reason that causes that.

:(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DaKyy:
Does geotagging work with the default camera app? I can't get the coordinates to show in exif data no matter what I do.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] iostrym:
Hi,

Is there a problem with "special" char with this ROM ? my mp3 with ID3 tag that contain "é" or "è" or "î", etc. are replaced by "??" or thing like that.

for example, "mylène farmer" becomes "myl??ne farmer" sometimes also there are $ or ? char at the end of the artist.

when reading id3 taf of these mp3 on the phone using a id3tag editor app, there is no problem in the artist or album name.

It is like the android scan don't understand "special" char.

Any idea ?

Best regards,
[Miscellaneous Android Development] addicted2sex:
Which of these versions of the ROM has the lowest battery and memory consuption because my main priority is not to have extras, but to have more battery life ?!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Same happens to me with Player Pro, since ever. In fact every android I had, I think. I don't know the way to fix it so I've learned to live with that :p

If [MENTION=455439]bgcngm[/MENTION] or someone else knows how to fix that (and also as a remainder, the "can't wake up" problem that I had and didn't solve) please tell us here :fingers-crossed:

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Can't say because every rom is an update from the previous so it's supposed that everthing improves respect of the previous one.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] produstoandaluz:
Black Screen

Hi,

first of all thanks you for this ROM and the huge work you all are doing with this.

I'm experiencing an issue with this ROM I've never had before, and I have been looking for this on the internet for several days but I could no find anything about that.

The case is that sometimes, it doesn't matter if the phone is being used, or it's locked, the screen stay black. I can unlock the phone, use it normally but the screen always is black. The only solution is removing the battery. I thought it could be brightness problem, and I read something about pressing vol+ for 7 seconds, but it didn't work.

Hope there is a simple solution, so I can use this fantastic ROM.

Any Idea?

(I'm using V3.1MOD by BM ROM with 3.4.5 root@enjoy #1 kernel)

Regards
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
(Español - I think we can understand each other better)

Llevo preguntando lo mismo desde hace 2 meses y no me ha respondido nadie (a otro usuario le pasaba igual...). Creo que se debe al sobrecalentamiento, en cuanto no se te encienda el móvil tocalo por la parte de la cámara y verás como esta "calentito". En cuanto a qué lo causa no tengo ni idea pero ahora con el calor que hace en Madrid (no me quiero imaginar otros lados... :silly:) intento que no se caliente demasiado y lo suelo llevar en bolsillos grandes hasta que alguien de con el problema o encontrar otra rom igual de buena...

(English)

I've been asking for this for almost 2 months without an answer. I'm suspecting it's an overheating problem because it happens when I keep it in my pocket or when I use it for long periods of time and it's hot in the outside. I don't know why this happens and we'll have to wait until somebody tell us...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Flow:
I've had this problem as well many times, but I can't pinpoint the cause of this problem.

What you could do is try a different CPU governor and/or lower the maximum CPU frequency.

I have another problem with the 4.0MOD ROM, after making a phonecall with the 3G SIM, directly after I stop calling (hang up the phone) both of my SIM connections (3G and 2G) will be disconnected and I need to re-enter the PIN-code for both.

EDIT:

I've gone back to the 3.1MOD ROM and still have the same problem. I does only happen when dialing handsfree (in the car) with bluetooth. Without bluetooth everything's ok.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
I have both sims at the moment and it does not happens to me.

For the other thing I think I partialy solved the problem:

I just update xposed framework from their main thread and also update gravity box. It doesn't get black screen since I did this, it just froze 2 or 3 times since past month when I did the update. So everyone that has this problem update xposed and tell us here.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Flow:
See my edit. Just found out it only occurs when using Bluetooth (handsfree).

Another problem I found out when dialing on the 3G SIM using bluetooth is that the person I'm calling with hears my voice like a robot voice.

If I then call the same number again using the 2G SIM, everything is ok again.

Gravitybox already on 3.1.1... no clue what to do next :/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MSprecher:
This is really great news!

This is the advantage of a phone from a major chinese brand.

Let us encourage Bruno for further developpement of the multilingual 4.2.1 rom with a donation!

Matthias
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilcovh:
bluetooth stutter

I have also upgraded from V970 to V987. totally happy with the phone though the following little thing:

Is anybody else experiencing bluetooth sound stutter during the voice directions of Igo primo 2 navigation system.

I am using a Parrot MKI9200 carkit and bm rom.

as soon as I disconnect bluetooth the voice directions through the phone speaker are ok.

I did not have this problem with the V970. this was rocksolid

thx Wilco
[Miscellaneous Android Development] EMF:
It is not actually a bug, it is simply because you have media audio enabled for that bluetooth device. Simply go in to bluetooth settings and click the settings for your car bluetooth and uptick media audio. I had the same problem :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilcovh:
I have just checked on the V987 the media audio is enabled. On my V970 (just checked also) this is also enabled.

Just to be slightly clearer: I would like the voice guidance of the navigation app to come via bluetooth through the car speakers. they have a lot better sound quality then the little speaker on the phone. I also use it for music streaming.

The voice guidance came perfectly out of the car speakers using the V970. Now using the V987 it stutters.

update:

When unticking media audio the navigation voice guidance comes from the phone speaker and not via bluetooth anymore. no stutter, but also no music streaming anymore via the car speakers. still puzzled why the bluetooth does not work while it did on my V970.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fanfan2175:
Hi. I'm French.

I've just recieve my new V987 from Etotalk. It seems to be a quite good phone, at my first sight, but I have a few problems with it.

I've commanded my phone with the Etotalk Rom.

She worked nice, but, GPS was able to see Satelites, but it can't Fix them (Test with GPSTest). One of the most important apps for me, 'Waze', Isn't working at all :( I use it for all my professional displacement :( :( :(

I don't want to flash the 4.2 Rom, because i'm not sure FRENCH will be inside, and i prefer to wait before using it.

I decided to flash your custom ROM instead. I'ven't test the GPS Yet (I'll do it tomorow). But I can see some artefact on the screen i didn't saw before. Especialy dark images. Like "noise" in some night photos.

There are also Two photo apps (Google and ZTE). And the google one is not good at all, but seem to be the default choice for applis like QRDROID. Can I Change this ?

Am I alone with those problems ?

Thanks for your job, and thanks for an answer :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MSprecher:
When the first fix for GPS does not work, try this:

1. Charge your phone fully

2. Install Mobileuncle MTK Tools from Google Play

3. At Setiings/Locations: deselect or turn off GPS, GPS EPO, A-GPS

4. Tur off your phone than turn it on and turn on wifi

5. At Settings/Location services select GPS

6. At this also select GPS EPO and allow EPO

7. Now go to the EPO setting and start downloading (you need wifi for that) after check the download by the EPO file info. When they all finised with donloadnig go back to "location services"

8. At here select A-GPS (also need wifi for that) and in the pop-up A-GPS settins check that the used network is only home.

9. Go back to the apps and start the downloaded Mobileuncle MTK Tools

10. Go to the menu "MTKEngineerMode", search for YGPS and start it.

11. Now the satellits will appear as red points. Above push "information" and in the upcoming menu at the bottom push frist full than cold. Order very important.

12. Than at the top push "Satellits" than go to your window, balkony or to the street. After a while you will see the red points turn into green.

Hope this helps.

Matthias
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fanfan2175:
Hi.

Thanks for your Help. It work now :)

But i did not find the 'GPS EPO' menu ... BUT i found it in Mobileuncle MTK engineers menu.

By the way, what is EPO ?

During the night (at 1.0 am :p ) I tried to clean all the cache/memory/dalvik. Get off the battery during 30 sec, and restart. It was a good thing for the phone ! Artefact disapeared !

the two photo apps are my last probleme. And strange behavior with some apps. (Sound weird with real racing3 for exemple ...)

Thanks Again for your help MSprecher.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xtrem007:
V987 artifacts

For artifacts removing the battery does not help for long. In my case artifacts start every time I watch a 1080p movie or play 3D game for more than 15 minutes :crying:

youtube.com/watch?v=vsx817M5ffQ
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MSprecher:
System Settings / Location Access then tap on GPS Satellites -> GPS EPO assistance

EPO=Extended Prediction Orbit

"is one of MediaTek's innovative proprietary off-line server based A-GPS Technology" can be found under "About EPO"

Yours

Matthias
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fanfan2175:
Yes it was the same problem as your... But it disapear this morning !!!

[MENTION=3006546]MSprecher[/MENTION] : Thanks. It's an hiden menu ;) . SInce I follow your help, i can fix sats in less than 10 seconds, even in my home. Just Perfect.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xtrem007:
V987 artifacts

So start testing your mobile in intensive 3D gaming then we will see if the problem does not come back.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] metzner:
Just ordered a V987...and a UMI X1s ...will try both and ultimately one goes for sale...my current V970 is for my girlfriend. Anyone an idea where to get a good X1s ROM? Link to Rom Developer Thread for UMI X1s or something else which is related to this phone is also welcome :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ulvergr:
has anyone try the Lewas os version?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gojo.pl:
Probably Lewaos still built on beta.

Got some issue, running BM ROM 1.0:

- After few days of usage looks like SIM2 slot stops responding. The phonecalls cannot reach me. When I try to call, the caller stops responding. I have to reboot to bring the functionality back. Anyone have this? I realy hope next rom will fix that issue.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilcovh:
After further investigation I found out that the bluetooth stutter happens as follows:

navigation system on and car standing still no stutter. as soon as I start driving there is stutter. TTS voices are really slowly saying the words.

when navigation system is on and I start streaming music, at the first 10 seconds stutter, then ok. also the navigation directions are stutter free now and on normal speed when streaming/playing music from phone.

To me it looks like the processor is not coping setting up the A2DP connection while the navigation system is working hard when driving. As soon as the connection is there it is stable and is streaming as should be.

Bruno, do you have a clue?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] piskr:
I'm in the process of making a decision but not yet commiting to buy this phone. Could you please provide me some additional information to make my decision easier:

Does the phone have any issues with mobile or wifi connection? Does it have good reception? I read that some Chinese phones have problems regarding IMEI because of double SIM or even worse because some operators (i.e. UK) block Chinese IMEIs??

How badly is phone bloated and crippled regardiong original AOSP?

Does it have internet calling (SIP) enabled in calling (phone) menu?

Thanks in advance.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Cool-J:
According to this post this phone is Dual SIM Active. Can someone verify this? If you already talk on SIM1 is the SIM2 line busy?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Sathelp:
Yes, I too have had this but only once as far as I know. Not sure if it was a fault or a bug. Anyone else had this issue on Sim 2 where it just stops taking calls?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilcovh:
I do not have any issues with mobile or wifi

I use the phone with an UK O2 sim and NL telfort sim. no IMEI problems so far

if it comes bloated this is solved flashing the BM rom. chinese stuff is taken out

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In the first post there is a link to the phone review of the ROM developer bgcngm that states although the chipset supports it the phone does not support dual active sim

so when one sim is used in a call the other is busy indeed.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Never happened to me, but I am already using 4.2.1 ROM for a long time, so maybe that is just a problem of the older versions. That was a real problem for me because I use a data plan SIM card in slot 1 and my work SIM card in slot 2 which has to be reachable at all time. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] reglaspv:
I have a problem that seems to happen quite often: after leaving a wi-fi connected area, the wi-fi isn't disconnecting as it should and 3g is not used, because wi-fi is "connected".

This means that for a while, there are no connections available, no mail, no.. nothing.

Is there something that I could change, to correct that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Did you update also Xposed Framework??

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That happened from tome to time. I'm afraid you cant do anything, just disable and enable wifi when that happens.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] addicted2sex:
Does ZTE V987 support USB OTG, cuz currently I have tried to attach a keyboard, then a mouse, then a usb flash drive without a success ... ? I am using V3.1MOD from Bruno ..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wywern.pl:
Yes, it does support OTG
[Miscellaneous Android Development] addicted2sex:
So what can be the reason why my otg is not working ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Hi, my v987 is finally dead. No lights, no charging, nothing, it just recognices MTK USB PORT. When I try to flash via flashtool it shows a DROM error (5054). I've tried to figure out how to fix it searching in the forum but I can't without help. I pm [MENTION=455439]bgcngm[/MENTION] and didn't answer so I guess he doesn't answer pm's. Anyone help me please?