yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ch-vox:
thank you C3C076 (and kadan)

- I'm still experiencing a small delay with Proximity sensor, maybe because of a setting that is independent from calibration, but has to do with a driver or other settings in kernel.:confused:

+ the tonality isn't distorted anymore, Baseband seems to be perfect !

+ 60 fps are remaining

+ kadan's work is really fine

+ upgrade with CWM works like a charm
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Today's photo made with w8

http://ceco.sk.eu.org/w8/tuli.jpg
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amstel:
Has anyone managed to make the home button to wake up the screen, like the power button?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yewchieh:
What is Fullscreen caller photo? I thought the default jellybean caller picture already big enough?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ch-vox:
no, in JB the caller photo is cropped. with kadan update, you can see the whole photo in fullscreen.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] inforvatar:
Thank you for this great work

Enviado desde mi ThL W8 usando Tapatalk 2
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ch-vox:
I'm experiencing a problem with SMS : some of my messages (seems to be long SMS sent as MMS) are polluted by various characters (such as [MENTION=457974]...[/MENTION]). see below. it seems that letters like "ç" or "é" or "è", etc... are causing a bug in the message. those polluting characters begin after this kind of letters. don't know why at present time.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ankadnikov:
Could you try to flash this recovery? It's Ceco's CWM recovery from 1.1 version, with fixed fstab. It should work with internal memory.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amstel:
what is the command for flashing this?

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
In the next GB version. I can't give ETA, though.

I have lot of other non-android stuff to do. Also I work on it only when I'm in a mood for it (quite often if you take a look at the progress in the changelog :D https://github.com/C3C0/GravityBox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.txt ). But sometimes I feel like I need a break :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Boozezela:
Ok, I saw a couple of strings in build.prop from the .zip archive as well.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
I have to check. Some of the strings are in build.prop and some in framework-res. I remember I changed cpu info from 1.5GHz to 1.2GHz. But model info is probably really only in build

.prop. Can't remember. Definitely not a priority.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jasonbd:
I tried the setting, It boost NormalMode but not SpeakerMode
[Miscellaneous Android Development] arcadesdude:
Try these levels for speakerphone during phone calls

Go to Engineering mode, hardware testing, audio

Loudspeaker mode, sph

Level 0: 48

Level 1: 60

Level 2: 72

Level 3: 84

Level 4: 96

Level 5: 108

Level 6: 160

Max: 160

Try these levels for the ear speaker during phone calls

Go to Engineering mode, hardware testing, audio

Normal mode, sph

Level 0: 40

Level 1: 52

Level 2: 64

Level 3: 76

Level 4: 88

Level 5: 100

Level 6: 160

Max: 160

No reboot needed :) Just be sure to hit set after adjusting each level.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] guchumu:
Hello. I have a problem.

My phone does not detect the contacts when they call me, I get the number but not the name.

All this is happening since installing version 3.0 on my thl w8+ and I do not know what to do.

Any idea?

Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
GravityBox / General fixes / Fix caller id for phone (and messages).

After enabling, you must clear contacts and reboot. To clear contacts, go to Settings / Apps, locate "Contact provider" and choose to clear data.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aoprea:
[MENTION=5008415]C3C076[/MENTION]

i have a questions if is possible:

if i have a bind contact to sim 2 and default phone call is sim 1 when i make a call to contact bind it's ask me what sim to make call?

But i dont want to ask me ... for what reason i bind-it ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
I suppose it's probably related to the same issue we had with caller Id matching. This is hard to test for me since I don't have a second sim. But I'll try to think of something.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] uniextra:
hi again problems with the Bluetooth please look at the attached picture showing Battery status!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenturky:
64GB Memory card support?`

hey all, i ordered the w8 beyond a few days back, and will be receiving it by this week... just wondering if I could put a 64GB memory card and will it work for this rom? Could you make it support ntfs? I'd love to format the card in ntfs, it will increase the performance, but decrease the overall size like around 300-400MB less...

I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro, and im dying to get the w8 Beyond on my hands... terrible lag on cm 10.1 on xp pro....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
NTFS should already be supported. But you can't use NTFS card in cwm recovery since it doesn't support it. In this case you will be able to use internal storage only while in recovery.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] arcadesdude:
Ok some more info on the display goes black bug.

It only occurs for me when the following conditions are true

Auto brightness on

Bluetooth on (doesn't have to be connected)

Phone plugged into usb and charging.

Turning phone screen back on after it went into deep sleep would flash the screen for a second then it would be black. Music would continue playing and the front button lights and battery charge light would still show but nothing on the display. Holding the power button to reset the phone would work to restore the display but the possibility of it going black is still there is auto brightness is on with bluetooth on while charging and waking it after it went into a deep sleep.

Setting auto brightness minimum levels to 30 did not work. Also 40 did not work. I set it both as the minimum and as the first level zero and found the display would go out when the above conditions were true. Leaving brightness set to a specific non automatic amount like 0 or 30 or 100 percent would not have this bug show up at all.

This is on w8 4gb.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Well, I can't debug and potentially fix this myself. Have you tried stock fw under the same conditions? If it does Ok maybe it would be better to go for stock ROM + GB combination (in case you don't need additional languages that gm2 has)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
[MENTION=515917]sipart[/MENTION]

Regarding maximized widgets. Just realized I didn't ask you if it was the main lockscreen that stays maximized even if you have option turned off or is it just the other screens (when you swipe to the left).

Because this is a standard AOSP behaviour. As soon as you swipe to other lockscreen, widgets are maximized automatically, disregarding option set in GB. Option in GB is only for the main lockscreen - to have widget maximized as soon as you turn screen on. Hope this helps.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] arcadesdude:
GM2 is the better ROM. Not willing to give up project butter 60fps and I could debug this for you if you could give instructions on what to do or files to send you.

I'm not the only one with this issue now. I only started using a bluetooth headset recently so I just found out about this. With bluetooth off the display and auto brightness work fine.

Have you tried keeping bluetooth on with auto brightness on, charging the phone and let it go into deep sleep with display off? Then use phone like normal and see if you can repeat the bug?

Wasn't there a fix for the display going black for the "w8 plus" models that experienced this issue?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
[MENTION=4495345]arcadesdude[/MENTION]

Just wondering if your camera works without 4GB specific camera fix applied. Just asking because that fix uses THL kernel running at 49FPS, not 60FPS.

Unfortunatelly, I am not able to reproduce the blank screen bug on my 8GB version under the same conditions you discribed. (BT on + charging)

[MENTION=515917]sipart[/MENTION]

Dithered background:

Also new option to use solid black background:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jasonbd:
That works well for calls, I suspect Skype in LoudSpeakerMode is the problem.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] arcadesdude:
Skype is probably using media for playback. Maybe adjusting that one too would help?

---------- Post added 22nd July 2013 at 12:02 AM ---------- Previous post was 21st July 2013 at 11:54 PM ----------

Yup never had a camera crash on any iteration of gravitymod2/gravitybox. Maybe my camera's hardware is different than other w8 4gb models? And I'm still on the 60fps kernel.

Did the 49fps kernel fix the display issues on the other models? I haven't installed the camera fix because it hasn't been a problem on my 4gb w8.

I'm on gm2 3.2 without the camera fix and gb 1.6.1 now but still see the occasional black screen when the phone wakes from deep sleep with bluetooth enabled.

I'd hate to loose the smooth 60fps though if the other kernel might fix it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] topkrubzaza:
WiFi signal is not stable :(

on w8 4gb
[Miscellaneous Android Development] muratzilla:
Can anybody share GM3 experience on THL W8 Beyond?

Does it work good?

I just bought one with discount coupon. Antelife offers $35 usd coupon and sells for 224 usd, while to2c sells for 219 after 40.99 usd coupon.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peptonib:
[MENTION=5218717]muratzilla[/MENTION]: GM3 is working perfect on my W8 Beyond. I have found NOTHING to complain about it until now. I received my phone and flashed GM3 without making a backup. Tomorrow will be one week with GM3. Feel free to ask any question. :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] brianforever:
Hi Guys,

Will this GM3 rom work for the THL W8S MTK6589T 2GB Ram/32GB Rom version

I bought it from Antelife for $265.99 after the $14 discount, believe it will reach me in a weeks time

Thanks :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] drizzt5:
So using the gravitymod.apk will provide almost all the benefits without actually flashing a ROM?

And this works on the ThL w8 Beyond?

Does flashing it automatically root it or is there a process before that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Basically, yes. Gmod ROM has more languages than official thl ROM. That's the only major difference.

Here's the thread for standalone GB app with installation instructions

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2316070
[Miscellaneous Android Development] brianforever:
Hi C3C076,

Would this new model: THL W8S MTK6589T 2GB Ram/32GB Rom version work with your GM Rom ?

Thanks for your great work with this superb rom, hope I can use it on the THL W8S that I just ordered :)

Cheers!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
I don't know. Not directly, I suppose.

But if you provide /system/data/misc/ProjectConfig.mk from original w8s ROM, I will be able to say more.

Standalone GravityBox app should work fine (requires root, though)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] brianforever:
Thanks Bro ! will try to extract that when the phone arrives :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gerryg73:
hi

I upgraded to 3.0 gravity mod2 and gravity box 1.61 (installed via apk)

Working very good and fast (58 fps)

can't get the CRT-screen off working on this new release...

:confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
You can't install as apk. You must flash GB 1.6.1 package from the first post.

Uninstall version you installed manually first.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] chenrp:
how did you got 14$ discount? can u please send me the coupon code?

thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gerryg73:
ok now it's working... thanks a lot

:good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] drizzt5:
But how can I backup my current ROM if I have the W8 Beyond? I don't think your recovery works for it because of the different cpu?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] is0l4ted:
hello everybody..

I am pleased to know a custom awesome rom for MTK chipset.. I own a MT6589 1.2GHz QuadCore 1GB RAM 4GB ROM.. CAN I flash your THL ROM on mine chipset?? It is a Micromax Canvas HD A116 running JB 4.2.1.. Waiting for your reply...:D

Edit: I checked GPU got markings of 64-65 FPS. So can I be able use you 4GB ROM on my Canvas HD A116..

Waiting for your answers desperately...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jasonbd:
Good idea, I'll try out this.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yortdev:
Hi Brianforever,

Which site did you find this unit on? I have been looking for one and everywhere which says they might have it don't have it in stock.

Cheers

YorT/Troy
[Miscellaneous Android Development] chenrp:
http://thlmobilemall.com/thl-w8s-c-14.html

will this rom work on the W8S?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] brianforever:
Hi Troy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4nGdgPi6HU

I bought it fro Antelife.: Mod Edit: commercial link removed

Key in the code for $14 off, they have ex-stock & they just shipped my phone today :)

---------- Post added at 01:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:57 PM ----------

Hi chenrp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4nGdgPi6HU

Here you go : Mod Edit: commercial link removed

The code is gw8su14
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Batfink33:
I just bought the phone today. Hopefully they still have stock although they say they do. The only down side to this phone I can see is the thickness (12.9mm?!), lack of gorilla glass and no OTG. Apart from that, it looks great.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yortdev:
Thanks for the links guys.

Did not realize the thickness increased though.

I think I will wait for someone brave enough to give the mods a go first then see about ordering one (need some money to come in first of course!)

Cheers

Troy

---------- Post added at 12:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:28 AM ----------

And just for giggles, every website says a different thickness, mentioned above is 12.9mm, antelife mentions 10mm in the spec, but 9mm in the picture, and thlmobilemall mentions 12.1mm :D

Gotta love these websites :)

In fact, given they make different models with the exact same names but with different spec's, maybe all the thicknesses are available models :D (sarcasm)

Cheers

Troy
[Miscellaneous Android Development] chenrp:
12.1 is the package size. i should be the same size as all the w8...

when will pandawill and antelife has them in stock? i heard only end of month...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peptonib:
[MENTION=5008415]C3C076[/MENTION]:

The Samsung Galaxy S4 uses the same graphic chipset as the W8 does (PowerVR SGX 544MP).

Are the drivers developed by the chipset manufacturer (PowerVR) or by the phone maker (Samsung, THL...)?

Take a look at these Antutu average figures:

My THL W8 Beyond (1.5 GHz cpu)

2D: 700

3D: 2400

Samsung Galaxy S4 (1.8 GHz cpu)

2D: 1600

3D: 5900

MORE THAN DOUBLE PERFORMANCE WITH THE SAME GRAPHIC CHIPSET.

Can this difference be attributed only to the cpu freq difference?

Is it a driver difference?

It's the Samsung circuitry simply better designed than the THL?

Could the Samsung drivers replace the THL, eventually, in GM2?

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Can be more things.

1) Clock settings in kernel driver for GPU

2) Bus speed

3) CPU frequency

No, it is not possible to use anything from S4.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] blackz1982:
Thl w8 - sgx544mp1. Samsung s4 - sgx544mp3
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
GravityBox latest version

Download: GravityBox v1.7.0

Flash via clockworkmod recovery. No wipes needed.

Changelog 1.7.0 - 24/07/2013

- Advanced reboot menu revamped

--- binds to existing Reboot item if exists

--- creates new Reboot item if it does not exist

--- added Soft Reboot option

- Display Tweaks

--- dithered Holo background to suppress color banding

--- option to use solid black Holo background instead of black-grey gradient

- Hardware key actions

--- added "Go to sleep" action (mimics power key)

- QuickSettings tiles

--- added Sleep tile (mimics power key)

--- added QuickRecord tile - allows to quickly record audio

------ long-press to start recording

------ single-press to stop recording or start/stop playback

--- option to set number of tiles per row for portrait mode (3,4,5)

- Developer options

--- added 0.25x scale factor for animations

- Battery style revamped

--- allows battery percent text to be turned on for any battery style (independent option)

--- removed obsolete Battery percent setting from Battery settings

- added Traditional Chinese translations (thanks to c1126230)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Batfink33:
Antelife told me today that they have them in a stock and mine will be posted within 3days.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] chenrp:
pandawill told me that tomorrow the phone will be shipped... words...

we will see.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Batfink33:
I've had nasty experiences with Chinese sellers and their promises so I'll believe it when I get a tracking number.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Senapone:
Hi C3C076,

i recently upgrade my W8+ from 2.0 stright to 3.0 and notice a couple of issues.

The first one concern battery life, it seems shorter to me. Could the new kernel be a little hungry compared to official 1.0.5 of GM2.0?

Second one regards GravityBox network switch (2G/3G/2G-3G).

In my house 3G signal is quite weak, so when i come home i use to switch from 3G to 2G enabling WiFi instead of DataConnection.

When i leave home i do the same shutting off Wifi, changing network mode and enabling Data Connection.

The problem occurs when i change network from 2G to 3G by GravityBox tile.

It enables my sim to work with the 3G operator but i cannot enable data connection because 3G service is oddly off (if i look in Settings / Other / Mobile Network / 3G Service it's off).

There's something i (i actually mean "you" ;)) can do for fix it?

Culd you improve your GB tweaks list by adding the option to switch off data connection simply activating wifi and reverse (data connection turns off wifi) like on CM?

Many many many thanks for your great works.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
3.0 uses W8 beyond kernel running at 58 FPS, so it might be more battery hungry.

You could also check your CPU freq scaling using CPU Spy app to see if it scales to lower frequencies.

If it runs at max all the time this means beyond kernel is not suitable and we will have to revert to w8+ one

Regarding network mode. I use the same scenario but don't seem to experience such issue. When I turn off wifi, switch from 2G to 3G (or 2g/3g) and turn on mobile data, I get H+ indication right after network is switched from 2G to 3G (when signal bars appear).

The official 3G setting in Mobile networks doesn't listen for a system setting change made by tile so It shows OFF even if you turned 3G on using tile.

Basically, tile overrides its behaviour.

My recommendation is not to use both places to set 3g/2g since they can conflict with each other.

I don't get for what there's the master 3G switch when there's still possibility tu switch to 2G using Network Mode option that is enabled when 3G option is on. (basically, by setting "GSM Only" you activate 2G mode even if 3G master switch is on).

Anyway, I can take a look if it would be possible to make default 3G setting react according to what was set using tile. (it works vice versa

if initial conditions are synchronized - try changing Network Mode via settings and take a look at how tile changes accordingly)

GSM/WCDMA (auto mode) = 2G/3G

WCDMA only = 3G

GSM only = 2G

Yes, I forgot to mention, that I have my 3G master switch OFF all the time and use only tile to switch network modes.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Senapone:
I'll go for some tests in next few days, will report you.

Thanks again.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] brianforever:
Should be arriving soon as its shipped by Singpost & I live in Singapore :) They have also issued me a tracking no :) Now just waiting for the arrival updates at Singpost website :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kidmar:
I'm also having the feeling that v3 uses more battery, but it's really hard for me to measure it.

CPU Spy after 3 hours usage:

1200mhz 46%

988mhz 0%

754mhz 0%

deep sleep: 41%
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Batfink33:
Antelife have been good with me and always answered emails etc so hopefully they have told truth and they have stock. Let us know what the phone is like!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Senapone:
Haven't you got 487mhz value? :eek:

Mine use quite only 487 and 1209mhz values, i was already thinking hotplug won't use two median values until installed cpu no frills.

That give more detailed stats, enough to discover that 754 and 988mhz are used for 0,1-0,001 seconds at a time while passing from minimum to maximum freq and vice-versa.

I also installed better battery stats to discover if there's a particular app that drain battery but i only find out that 87% of my power were used from system.

[OT]

Could you please stop spamming this thread with informations about resellers/accessories/shipping time?

Thanks.

[/OT]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kidmar:
I've probably missed it :)

1209 56%

988 0%

754 0%

497 11%

Deep Sleep 31%

Do W8/Beyond users have "same" results?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] netRAT:
[MENTION=5008415]C3C076[/MENTION]:

Is there any chance of adopting the THL W100 as well?

The W100 project has sadly been abandoned now...

Help out an orphan? :angel:

NR
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
That was answer to [MENTION=5296617]kidmar[/MENTION] post:

Most likely

Regarding w100. It's already supported if you take a look at GravityBox thread ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peptonib:
THL W8 Beyond here. This morning:

1.51 GHz - 14,4%

1.21 GHz - 6.9%

988 MHz - 0,1%

754 MHz - 0,1%

497.25 MHz - 14,4%

Deep Sleep - 64,1%

No CPU managing software. GM2 on it's own.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
GravityBox latest version

Download: GravityBox v1.7.1

Flash via clockworkmod recovery. No wipes needed.

Maintenance release:

Changelog 1.7.1 - 25/07/2013

- improved detection of existing Reboot action item.

--- Fixes duplicate Reboot action item for most devices

--- There may still be some exotic ones where duplicate may occur - provide framework-res.apk in such case

- updated Traditional Chinese translations (thanks to c1126230)

- updated Ukrainian translations (thanks to alex_glbr)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] chenrp:
just got a tracking number for the THL W8S from PANDAWILL!

can't wait...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gerryg73:
you are OT here !!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ch-vox:
exactly, go to the right thread !

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2163522
[Miscellaneous Android Development] chenrp:
sorry 4 that.

i do hope that GravityMod will fit the THL W8S...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sipart:
Big personal thanks for the dithering fix - settings background looks nice and sharp now :)

And just a quick question for anyone using this ROM on a W8 Beyond. I've been having issues with the RAM becoming totally consumed and causing the app drawer to drop out i.e you launch the app drawer and you gets the progress circle and then throws you back to the home page.

I have downloaded a memory manager and I can fix this by killing apps to free up RAM.

This only seems to happen after I have made or received calls. I do have both sim slots filled (but second is only used for data).

Any advice on narrowing down the issue would be appreciated.

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] topkrubzaza:
unstable wireless signal strength :(

thl w8 4gb