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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wolficus:
no need to be snarky...

i plan to be rid of sprint in a week or so thus the gps really isnt needed before then. even mentioned i plan to be rid sprint soon.

i fully know how to flash,backup, restore... mod... been doing so a while. was more a do i really need to now that my phone works again from the stock rom that locked up hard.

and really this discussion isnt needed on this thread... i am sure the mods would like it to remain that way.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] epv:
this port is pretty awesome. i was worried I was going to be stuck with the stock android. I've been swapping back and forth a few times with nandroid backups...

Is there any reason why the phone's interaction with the cellular network would be different between the stock sprint rom and these CM10.1 nightlies? I haven't flashed any modems or anything, at least not knowingly.

The reason I ask is because when I'm on the stock rom, I get a better signal (not by "bars" but based on where it works at all vs having no signal, etc) and the data connection seems to very consistently get assigned from different blocks of IP addresses, which is really weird too. I know they're normally randomly assigned, but the stock rom almost *always* gets 173.x.y.z addresses which are directly routable, while the CM rom almost always gets 30.x.y.z addresses which are behind NAT and appear to the destination to come from some other address.

I don't get an LTE/4G indicator, but there's not much LTE service here anyway, but I wonder if one situation is via the eHRPD stuff and one is direct on old CDMA 3g data. Anyway I still don't see how it would change with which rom I'm running.

anyway, just wondering what might be up...

btw for other datapoints people have been asking about: getting a GPS lock before installing CM10.1 works for me, and I do get the high pitched whine but it's not that noticeable.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] FinntheViking:
Has anyone else noticed that speech-to-text censorship appears stuck "on"? I disabled it, it shows disabled, but it still stars out any obscene words I say.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Well, I am on Carbon but they are basically the same ROM at the core...

I just tested this no problem. At first, it bleeped the words - because 'block offensive words' was checked. Uncheck it, go back and do the same offensive search... and it works fine.

I will doublecheck on CM.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
Does the microphone NOT work for anyone else on the google hangouts app? Mic works everywhere else for me except there.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Crap, someone else mentioned this (and posted a patch for another device) specifically already...

I meant to test it to see if I can recreate it... but I've only used the hangouts app to do text convo's so far....
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
Does anyone have a mirror for the gapps? I cannot manage to download them, and I have been trying for the whole day.

Thanks!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Lifted from the OP of all my ROM threads:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wolficus:
curious... has anyone else noticed an issue with data usage tracking. so far mine is 100x the actual amount i actually have used.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kecksk0enig:
Nope, but wlan seems to scan/connect faster... or just random fast-connects?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
I dirty flashed about a week ago and borked my bluetooth, so last night I did a clean flash of 6/3 and today noticed I had the same problem. Bluetooth phone headset profile works fine, but media does not. Can anyone else using bluetooth try playing some music or something non-phone related and see if it works?

Before I clean flashed CM I went back to a stock rom, tried a phone call, and there was no high pitch sound. But it came back with CM. Very strange. Maybe I should get unlazy and get some logs to help?

WiFi seems more solid and connect faster, btw! I don't only bring problems!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] xLoveHateLegend:
Where exactly would I be able to get themes from, in the 'theme' menu in settings?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] UnicronAlpha99:
Themes are in the market, just search cm 10.1 themes.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
kabaldan says this commit fixes it, so all the 4.2.2 ROM's should get this fix tonight...

Thanks kabaldan!!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] JaceAlvejetti:
Just a Check in, I have the random handset that emits the high pitch whine when making calls, I have tried 6/6 today with and without aarrrggs Cm kernel, both still whine, Makes it unusable for me, Back to stock again
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
Some will say this is a non-issue but it bothered me enough too, along with no camcorder, I went back to stock as well. I think its CM related. Don't know if the whine is present in Carbon and some of the other roms out now,.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Some people say this is crippling, others (like me) don't have the noise at all.

Unfortunately, without being able to recreate it... solving it is quite difficult. I'm thinking a mic or speaker/something is left on that shouldn't be on during a call, causing feedback... why it only happens on certain devices is kind of baffling.

Hopefully we can get to the bottom of it, but if no dev can recreate it... resolving it is going to be very difficult.

Seems anyone who has it, has it with any aftermarket ROM.

It's not that it's a non-issue... it's that I don't have the issue. Trust me, a high pitched whine during calls would drive me nuts too.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kecksk0enig:
No one forces you to use aftermarket, unoffficiak NIGHTLY roms...

If the whine and camcorder are no-goes for you, feel free to restock.

But as your posts don't provide any use/enhancement please leave cm silently. No one cares if you use this rom or not.

I think the devs do real great work in order to enhance cm10.1 on our Qs.

Also I do not think that other unofficial roms like carbon provide video camera, nor do they reduce whining on affected devices. This is becaus cm10.1 is the base from which carbon(and other roms) are build.

If there would be a fix on those roms, i am sure this fix would be integrated/pulled into cm10.1.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
Anyone else having trouble with the A2DP (media) bluetooth profile not working? Phone profile works fine.. which is how I deal with the high pitch earpiece whine (it's not present when using bluetooth).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
Thanks for your input, asshole. Did I say something offensive in my post? You can find my useful posts thru out the last 21 pages of this thread. At what point did I say the devs don't do great work? I assume your mindless posts are just naturally more important than the feedback of others, because you said them, right? Not only have I been posting but regularly donating to devs on this forum. Something you can do when you make your own money and get off the tit. We all have a voice and I will continue to monitor this thread and post regarding the issues pertaining to the subject matter. Take your high and mighty BS somewhere else. I am a CM fan and always have been.

Regarding the actual noise, I have had it on two different handsets now. Some people are more sensitive to high pitched noises than others. It's a human factor that is not present in all tests because not all the testers can hear the noise. Not saying that is 100% the issue but it probably greatly contributes. What is a small distortion to some may sound like an unbearable nightmare to others. For me, I could live with it, but my son is growing up, I need to film (camcorder) his early life.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
Hi all, I have just done a clean install of CM10.1 after having SBF'ed to Jelly Bean (stock). I can't seem to get any GSM network even if I downloaded the last CM10.1 nightly for GSM phones. I am in Italy. The first time I loaded it, it asked for a special call to activate the line, but it couldn't find any network. What should I do?

I have got to the mobile network selection, in order to swap the band from CDMA /Evdo etc., to the GSM / WCDMA Auto, but it just doesn't take it. It stay at the CDMA / Evdo line. Why is this happening? How should I fix it?

Thank you.

Tony
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
I've actually had other people listen to my phone while on a call, to make sure it's not my (usually quite good) hearing.

I've had women and little kids try too, as their ear drums are smaller and typically are more sensitive to higher pitched noises. I can tell you, this issue is not present on my device.

I don't have a multitude of Q's to test with, and even if I did I probably do not have the chops to fix it. I'm sure there are logs floating around somewhere, but if you guys really want attention on issues that are not documented by the developers (IE this high pitched whine issue) then please post logs and detail when the issue happened, how it happened, etc. This is how issues get resolved, not through bickering and saying "+1 I have the issue too". If you want things fixed get involved.

I assume the phone worked fine while on stock? As in, you tested the device before flashing CM?

Not sure what you mean by SBF, perhaps that's an old moto term... sounds like you used RSD to flash the FXZ files... Did you test GSM connectivity while on the stock Jellybean FXZ?

If yes, doublecheck your download has no 'C' in it - just xt897... yes? Reflash, factory wipe, boot, and see if it is still broken. Pull logs.

adb root
adb pull /data/logger
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
Hello aaargh, ok I have fixed it. I typed the code that let me access the secret Photon Q menu and changed the band from there. Now I am fine.

I have another couple of issues, though: one is, I cannot seem to find the developer's options menu, so to be able to activate them and use Titanium Backup seriously.

The second issue, is that, while with stock Jellybean the device is correctly recognized as mass storage, it's not recognized anymore with CM10.1. Are these issues common? Let me know if you need some log data which could help.

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Well I was forgetting the biggest issue actually: everytime I receive a phone call, the com.google.phone service stops working.

If I am the caller, I can call the other people, but as soon as I stop the call, the service force closes again... I am on the very latest CM10.1
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
First issue, you need to click build number 7x or something like that to enable developer options... The menu is 'hidden' by default.

As for mass storage, works great here. Plug in device, pops up on computer. Can you detail the process you go thru for mass storage and what the end result is? Thanks.

Just saw this, you're not on the right build mate... at least it doesn't sound like it, at all.

You also never really answered my question you just said "I fixed it" - did you test GSM service on the stock JB ROM? You have a hacked GSM device, this phone is not meant to run a GSM network... at least not on your SIM ;)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
Hey Aaaargh... no, in fact I didnt mess around much with Jellybean stock, I just saw it was looking for cdma first. Unfortunately, I spend most of my pc time at work, and I updated it there, wanting to make it as short as possible.

Anyway, the force closes are fixed as well. How? Well, I have just flashed your kernel (27 may, if I remember correctly) and now the phone section works flawlessly.

No whines until now for me.

I also unveiled the developer's section as you adviced.

I will have to test if the mass storage works fine, as soon as I connect it to a computer tomorrow.

One last issue I am seeing, is that, graphically, when I scroll the browser (currently, Opera Classic) the graphics look slightly distorted... and in general there is a feeling (throughout the whole OS) that graphics are kind of compressed, in order to make things lighter. Is my intuition correct?

The os is working really great, and even with these issues to be ironed out, it will become my daily driver.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Well, I would always set a baseline for the device before running any aftermarket ROM.

As for the graphics, perhaps.... some of the optimizations are a bit over my head that the Carbon team uses, so I'm not entirely sure the extent of what they have done.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
Hey aaaargh, looks like the problem with mass storage is persisting. The issue is, when I connect the device to the usb, the pc says "Device unknown" and cannot recognize it.

Do you have an idea? I can tell you stock jellybean works, I could access the device without any issues.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] xLoveHateLegend:
Did you try USB Debugging and restarting the device, while plugged in a few times?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
What you said is working. Let's see if it sticks well.

Thank you!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
Did a fresh install of 6/7 and mic is still not working in hangouts. I did notice hangouuts was updated.. maybe that broke the fix lol.

BT media still not working for me. Maybe it's my headphones, though they did work on earlier ROMs. Anyone else using BT?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Looks like that patch went in June 5... Did that build or June 6 work?

Also, I tested BT with my stereo 'earmuff' headphones from Logitech a while ago.. worked fine then. I spose I can try again.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
Last build I flashed was 6/3 so I can't say at this point. Try your bluetooth headphones with music and see if it works! I did get a PM a couple days ago from a user who can't post yet saying their BT also didn't work with media.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
I guess we should make a Q&A thread for this ROM... I had one for mine at one point, although it was never used lol.

Edit - and damn... I know BT audio streaming used to work, I rented a car last time I went to NC for work and used it _a lot_ there.

Mind you this was a while ago... many many nightlies ago :p.

BT definitely worked for calls, but I got no audio for apps like Google Music or "I Heart Radio".

Seems to be a general issue, as I'm on Carbon. I wonder if the patches for audio broke BT streaming... did you find a point in the nightlies where it breaks and/or last works?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
I think the last nightly that bt media worked for me was 5/16 or 5/20. I don't flash that often because clean flashes take me forever. First I noticed it broken I believe was 5/30.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Well gives me something to start with... I'll poke thru the commits, thx.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
a2dp streaming has been broken by the audio migration to ION (in kernel + vendor proprietary files repos)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
oh btw. I've just noticed that wifi tethering got broken somewhen.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gtownswagga:
oh btw. I've just noticed that wifi tethering got broken somewhen.

I'm on the 6/08 nightlies and wifi tethering works for me man
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] turbo180:
yes, I'm experiencing the same: 4 GB measured by phone for last 10 days (since last wipe/clean update) and my operator's stats says 400MB for last month.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Comet1966:
Dang you don't use a lot of data huh?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dpwhitty11:
Is there a way to turn off lockscreen rotation without turning off rotation alltogether?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] FinntheViking:
I've looked, and there doesn't seem to be a setting for it. However, the lock screen does not rotate unless you slide out the keyboard on stock, and I believe it was the same when I was running arrrgh's build, so I assume it's something that can be changed at the code level, I just don't know what.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
Bluetooth music (a2dp) should be fixed in the next nightly along with improved audio capture for higher sample rates (Shazam, Hangouts etc.).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
I'm fairly certain that within a2dp the apt-x codec was being used with compatible devices (when it was working). I tested 2 .flac files with an apt-x compatible Sennhesier headset and there's no way the audio could be that clear without apt-x.

I think the file making this possible is "libbt-aptx-4.0.4.so" and possibly other files from the stock rom.

Any idea if this functionality will be retained in the next build?

More info on apt-x: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apt-X
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] discipler:
JB Firmware?

Thanks for the work on this Rom. You say that the JB firmware should be backed up prior to flashing this Rom. I have no idea what JB fireware is, where to find it, how to back it up. Can you help? Thanks.

The proprietary files come from stock JB firmware, I recommend you to flash it first before you put CM10.1 on.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
JB firmware == 4.1.2 stock from Motorola/Sprint/your provider.

The stock ROM.

FXZ is probably the easiest method to completely flash JB.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] hfase:
:laugh: I finally got repo to sync my local build environment.

I don't know enough to really help though so I will just be testing as the commits roll in. :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] turbo180:
I'm on wifi most of the time, this is just the traffic over gsm.

Btw, i'm stuck again with wifi not connecting: "Avoided poor internet connection". Any suggestion how to fix it other than clean update?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Did you try a static IP?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] turbo180:
Switched to static IP, retyped greyed out values in IP setup and it connects successfully. However, I don't understand where those numbers came from, I'm not that much familiar with networks. As a hotfix it's ok, but will it last for next times if router is configured to DHCP?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
It's a bug, it's known to fix the issue with wifi - assign a static IP, fixes the bug.

You can safely assign a static IP in a range that it outside of your DHCP range... but most routers will not assign a conflicting address either, so it should work.

IE DHCP range is 192.168.0.100-192.168.0.254... you can assign static IP's from 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.99... assuming your router/default gateway is 192.168.0.1.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kubago:
I tested this ROM for about one week. (two builds: 2.6. and 6.6.) Unfortunately, I reverted back to JB stock ROM because of some issues which was pissing me off:

1) Device is not recognized in every PC (mentioned by antonyfirst)- PC says "Device unknown" and cannot recognize it. (everything is perfect using stock ROM)

2) Lockscreen rotation in locked state (mentioned by dpwhitty11) - Everytime I unlock the phone, i need to wait for phone to rotate screen to normal position. I know I can turn off rotation, but this is not a solution.

3) Wifi obtaining IP address (mentioned by turbo180) - In 90% I need to insert static IP to connect wifi but not always I know the DHCP range of router. I connect very often to various wifi networks.

I know these are minor issues. But with them using my photon q is harder.

I'm OK with high pinch noise and no camcoder for instance.

I'm not trying to be impolite. I know there is a lot of work behind this ROM and I'm fan of everyone working to have fully functional CM 10.1 ROM on yours Photon Q. And I'm happy to have this ROM even more because the main developers (nadlabak, Skrilax_CZ) are from the same country as me :) and arrrghhh you have my thanks too for trying to solve issues with users here, in this topic and working on other ROMs. :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
GSM build with working camcorder and last minute fixes: http://d-h.st/Ncg
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kecksk0enig:
Yeah! This will be merged into skrillax git, won't it?

If so I can wait for cm Ota.

Another question:

I currently using asanti_german qwertz keylayout and am realy satisfied with it. But 2 problems I have with it:

* shift+tab should be voiceinput, but dose not work

* I would like to remap Capslock to shift (which file would i have to modify)

Last but not least:

As others have problems with wifi and static ips:

Mine is working flawleth. Fast connection, noc disconnects due bad internet, no need for static ips, tried different security systems (mschapv2 = radius wpa2 etc.)

But I heard of problems @ i think it was linksys routers/aps which had firmware bug while energiesaving mode on aps were enabled.

Maybe some of you could use this information to further debug.

Did u try with deactivated powersafe on photonq and ap?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
1. Enable adb (usb debugging) in developer options (tap on build number in about phone several times to get the dev options visible). Also reboot the phone every time after you disconnect it from a charger. Usb issues will be hopefully fixed later, for the time being use these workarounds.

2. Lock screen rotation enable/disable is currently build time option only. It has been enabled here: https://github.com/razrqcom-dev-tea...mmit/08ee97543d86bc935734a07bf034354f123ff0cc

It may be revisited by a future commit.

3. Delete the content of /data/misc/dhcp folder. This issue happened to me once but not again since the folder clean up. It seems like AOSP issue that can affect every phone. Currently, I have no idea about proper fix for this.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
There's no active separate Skrilax's git for the Q.

Nightlies are built directly from the razrqcom repos every day at 4am (Central Europe Time).

The reason for my upoload is that there were important commits after the today's nightly has been built and I wanted to provide fully functional build now.

Alternate keyboard layouts should go here: https://github.com/razrqcom-dev-team/android_device_motorola_xt897/tree/cm-10.1/PhotonQParts/res/raw

Like this commit: https://github.com/razrqcom-dev-tea...mmit/a46b4449a8a76713fd635db9d317aa67d51be689

It's a work in progress, additional layouts will be provided in the future, contributions are welcome.

There's no dedicated keycode for voice search in android and I don't want to hack the framework just because of this single issue. So it won't work for now.

EDIT: It's possible to add device specific key handler without hacking framework, so I will have a look into it if I find some free time for it.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Armadill0:
Confirming. Video caoturing works with build from today.:good:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] palmwangja:
It ceratinly seems functioning, but whenever I play the recorded video, I got rebooted...

I wasn't also able to play the videos that I captured on stock ROM... it all became greyed out.

Moreover, video volume is too lower than that of stocks...

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Being rebooted when playing the recorded video seems somewhat related to the codec or something. I got rebooted even when I use the 3rd party app (MX player) to play the recorded video.

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obviously something is not good enough at Gallery2.apk(Camera app)

I can't even play the recorded video with Windows 8... errorcode c00d36c4 : http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...c00d36c4/7e7492a3-0671-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Camcoder on recent build works fine for me too.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Comet1966:
Could you watch the videos?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
Can I flash the latest aaaargh's kernel over Kabaldan's build?

Thanks
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mrvek:
You'd loose fixes that were the reason kabaldan uploaded a build before the next nightly.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
Thanks. That's what I suspected.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] palmwangja:
Didn't you have any problem in replaying the recorded clip?

Stock ROM can play them, but not in CM10.1 and Win8 in my case...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Armadill0:
Yes. Tested only one time, but worked directly after flashing to the current build.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
I could replay the clip without problems.