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[RAZR HD Android Development] animez:
I installed the 7-14 build this morning and the phone seems to be very unresponsive at times, like to the point that it almost seems like it's locking up. I just wiped dalvik/cache and fixed permissions. Hopefully that does the trick.

Other than that everything seems to be working great.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Xplorer4x4:
Same here. 7/14 is horrible performance wise.

[MENTION=5059921]pcarenza[/MENTION], trying to install 7/17 from OTA but getting invalid MD5 errors again. :(
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
Sorry about that, changed to the right MD5.

Thanks for letting me know!

The only improvement this 7/17 brings is the removal of the perma-gps-icon, fyi.

If the performance continues to deteriorate, I may end up removing the moto blobs for good.
[RAZR HD Android Development] mikeyinid:
Did you have to go back to the old modem to get rid of the GPS thing after reverting the commit?
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
No, I pretty much dirty flashed the reverted build over the old build.
[RAZR HD Android Development] mattpena23:
I have been using this rom as a dd for about two weeks. It is awesome. I have jot had any issues with it other then battery life...it is lacking. With normal usage I could go two days with most other ROMs but this only a day. I'm not bad mouthing, only informing. Like I said I've been using this ROM for awhile and been keeping up to date with the OTAs. Just wish battery life was up to par. Thank you for all your hard work. This ROM is great.
[RAZR HD Android Development] jdubya42:
I have been experiencing issues as well. It was running buttery smooth at first, now I have to reboot quite a lot. Today, my statusbar just stopped pulling down all together, and I had to reboot. In the middle of playing a song the audio just stopped, but the song kept playing and I had to reboot. The phone will get super slow and hang up for multiple seconds. Also, especially while playing music, my phone will freeze and require a hard reboot.
[RAZR HD Android Development] DonKilluminati23:
Unfortunately, all 4.2.2 roms are currently having this issue with audio playback, such as music, streaming podcasts, etc.
[RAZR HD Android Development] jdubya42:
I figured as much, but I am glad you clarified my suspicion.
[RAZR HD Android Development] mattpena23:
I just flashed arrrghhh's custom kernel and I feel the system is responding a lot faster is smoother and my battery life seems to be a little better.
[RAZR HD Android Development] jdubya42:
could you post a link to that?
[RAZR HD Android Development] mattpena23:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43618336
[RAZR HD Android Development] poison1916:
having issues with device

I've been having a few issues with my XT926. I'm new to the device but not rooting. Running TWRP 2.5.0.0 with XenonHD.

Main issue I have been having is when I charge my phone at night the past 2 nights. I wake up to no alarm going off because the phone is stuck on the red Motorola M. The phone reboots itself at some point and I don't know when.

I've also noticed that the phone won't automatically connect to my Wifi when I get home from work at night or to my car automatically when I turn it on.

"Location is set by GPS" in notifications tray (reboot of force close to make it go away). Any other fix?

Lastly I noticed that on my first flash I had no LTE. I read through the thread and found the *#*#4636#*#* fix which worked.

I think it might be the way I flashed the phone. Here is my process. ((phone is already BL unlocked)) Fastboot restore to 4.1 system + radio + kernel + recovery. Power cycle and factory reset. Boot up all the way, download OTA update, apply root (Motochopper then reset), install OTA root keeper, install OTA update. Boot up all the way and restore root. Flash TWRP via DROID RAZR HD Utility 1.21. Boot into TWRP. Next I copy all my SD card files over (alarm clock sound, ringtone, music, pictures, Titanium backups). Install "update-XenonHD-07-11-13-signed-xt926" then "gapps-jb-20130301-signed" then a custom update that pushes the MyVerizon and pieces to /system with permissions. Then I boot up. Apply my settings restore my apps without data, set accounts. Phone runs fine during the day.

Thoughts please!

PIE is f'ing amazing and the customization on this Rom is great.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pb1379:
Time for my two cents? ;)

Of all the ROMs for the xt926, this is the best by far (my personal opinion, obviously). I definitely love everything about it, what's included and how it's blended and it's super fast.

Thus, first and up most, HEAPS of thanks to all contributors! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Issues I came across to (on versions 7/14 to 7/17):

- I had to replace the included kernel with N38 or N40. The included kernel causes reboots, especially during calls, which is obliviously a no go (yes, I still use my phone for calls ;) ). Worked smooth then.

- Google Play Music doesn't play anything, I always get a "can't play this track" popup. Now, if Apollo is started, and paused playing a track, Google Play Music does as well... But it only works as long as Apollo stays there... This, unfortunately, is a killer for me, as I listen to music a lot, and no, I can't just use Apollo, as I use the unlimited GPM service.

- Every then and when there's a lag of a few seconds (phone not responding). Given it's much faster otherwise, it's still better than stock, annoying though. I particularly fear it showing the lag in an undue situation, like during a call...

- Battery life is way shorter than stock, but still normally gets me through the day on the MAXX. Just makes me miss the "don't have to be concerned about battery" I get on stock (lasts several days).

Again, congrats and thanks for giving us this great ROM!

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD MAXX

---------- Post added at 04:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:58 PM ----------

Added WiFi comment.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD MAXX
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
Houston, we have a fix for the video issue! I'm going to build it in a moment after I merge the changes... expect an upload and link by the end of today.

It will also be posted to OTA.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
Install the latest XenonHD for the fix to the GPS - it might fix your reboot issue as well. 7-17 I believe it is? Also a new OTA is coming later with fix for video/audio playback issues.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pb1379:
7/17 fixes the sticky GPS notification, but didn't fix the reboot issue, not for me, at least. You might want to try the N40 kernel, fixed the reboot issue for me.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD MAXX
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
7/19 Device Update

Update has been pushed to OTA. Those of you who check your OTA Updater should receive it.

Hard link: http://xenonhd.com/downloads/roms/xt926/update-XenonHD-07-19-13-signed-xt926.zip

This should fix video and audio playback problems (Instagram video, gallery, etc)

If it doesn't work the first time, clean dalvik and cache, then run fix permissions from recovery - that seems to have done the trick.
[RAZR HD Android Development] jdubya42:
okay, as of right now, I cant connect to wifi at all. I just updated to 7/19, and even while on 7/17, I just can't connect to it. It obtains an IP, then it says authenticating, then it just does nothing. It refreshes back to before I even made a network choice. I would try to do a clean install, but I really don't feel like it tonight. I might try to tomorrow or sunday.
[RAZR HD Android Development] dano1282:
Running 7-19 and my audio playback skips constantly...didn't have that problem with 7-14
[RAZR HD Android Development] Xplorer4x4:
7/19 works great, played back a FLAC track with no problems! Performance is up to par to!
[RAZR HD Android Development] thewahlrus:
Can anyone get the blacklist or whitelist in HALO to work? Mine always shows everything no matter what I blacklist.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Anon5978:
I have to change it to whitelist notifications for it not to show any. Makes no sense to me but it works.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Megaroad:
I had the same problem. It seems to be a problem with Apollo. I'm testing with Google Play Music and it's not skipping. I'd prefer to use Apollo though.
[RAZR HD Android Development] DonKilluminati23:
I'm not getting the skipping with Google music or beyondpod but I'm still getting reboots when using them, along with YouTube.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Megaroad:
Ah, I just flashed the ROM this evening so I haven't tested much.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Xplorer4x4:
Poweramp Music Player is working great on 7/19.
[RAZR HD Android Development] LifeInTheGrey:
I just streamed with Tonido for two and a half hours straight on the road back from Vancouver over Bluetooth, no problems with playback.
[RAZR HD Android Development] gaushell:
having skipping problem as well with latest version. was using Overdrive audio book player.
[RAZR HD Android Development] theripper:
I'm not quite the rabid crackflasher I used to be. These days I need a pretty stable phone. I've been running 6/16 for the past month, and apart from a few issues (it still had the blue flashes if you don't disable HW Overlays), and the odd random reboot it's been good enough. I've got some time this weekend to spend updating the phone.

Which versions in the past few weeks have been stable and without major issues (reboots, audio streaming problems etc.) ?

I find that all the discussion usually centers around the latest build - but it would be good to know which versions people are running as daily drivers that have proven solid over a number of days/weeks ??

It would be good to include in the first few posts some builds that in general the community has found highly stable. This ROM is seriously fantastic, and highlighting some rock solid builds would further evidence the great work the devs have done here!

Thanks All
[RAZR HD Android Development] truedis:
Getting audio skipping in every player I try on 7/19. Was not having it on 7/14. It doesn't matter if it's bluetooth or phone speaker, audio skips forward and back in the track randomly. Very bizarre.

Also still can't play videos with 7/19. Oh, and one final thing, it seems that LTE toggle tile in the 4.2-style toggles pulldown is what is causing my phone to switch back to LTE/GSM and require me to go into *#*#4636#*#* and set it back to LTE/CDMA.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
First, as developer, I've always run the latest build on my phone. I don't have bluetooth, so I can't attest to its stability (my testers do that), but I can say that video and audio both work without a hitch for me on the latest version. Some might say otherwise, but it's best you try it yourself and see, after of course you've made backups of your current working ROM.

Second, the blue flashes are a thing of the past... it's best you check off the HW overlay setting at this point to avoid performance problems.

Having said that, I think I'll leave it to the community to point out the versions they like best (so I can learn from my mistakes :) )
[RAZR HD Android Development] poison1916:
which modem should i be using

Should I be using the updated modem from the actual OTA, or just the one included with the VZW_XT926_4.1.2_9.8.1Q_62_VQW_MR-2_VQW_RSD?
[RAZR HD Android Development] jeddster2013:
Thanks for the info on the pull down toggle. Getting rid of it fixed my problem!

On another note: I am also still unable to play videos in several apps. Also on this build I'm having audio skip problems with downloaded music, but anything I stream from the Google Play subscription service works fine.
[RAZR HD Android Development] raymondrbowman:
Only issue for me even after complete wipe is Google play will not play downloaded videos as well as Vine will not play anything.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
At this point, neither yet.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
At this point I'd like to conduct a quick informal poll.

Would you rather keep (for now):

a) bluetooth streaming audio

b) clear audio and video playback

At this point it seems the two don't seem to mix well together, but I'd like to stay current with the kernel and keep up with the selinux updates and upgrades.

Here is a proposed solution. See if you guys follow:

I release the rom as is, with full kernel including all audio compression - no reverts (except for the new blobs). This will adversely affect bt audio streaming.

With the ROM, I will also give a link to a working kernel for bluetooth audio folks to fastboot flash.. or you can choose to use another kernel with working bt audio. The peripheral kernel may adversely affect video and audio playback.

Here's my reasoning - I don't have the time or resources to make build after build to pinpoint individual issues, particularly bluetooth (that and the equipment - danged 5-year old car). In order to keep up with the wave of changes that are certain to come soon in ROMS - notably SELinux, I have to forge ahead. Whichever way to go, someone's going to complain, whether it be the bluetooth streaming people or the people who want to watch instagram video or want to listen to their audio without skipping.

Comments?
[RAZR HD Android Development] krazyace35:
I haven't had any issues yet with the latest build. I would rather be able to use Bluetooth without the reboot and now I can with the latest build. I may make some people mad but really don't care so here it is. This is the way I see it; developers do this as a hobby for us to enjoy not as a job or to please us 100%. If these people who complain about audio playback while listening to music want it perfect get an mp3 player or learn how to code and develop your own rom. A phone is a phone not an mp3 player. Let the developers get the phone parts working first without bugs then the can concentrate on the little things like your music. I use to be a developer but quit because of all the complaints and I didn't enjoy developing anymore. So if you guys want to keep the developer happy, praise his work and stop complaining.
[RAZR HD Android Development] dano1282:
If you eventually get it figured out...then all's well...I'm on the 7-14 install..that has the GPS icon on the status bar...I get a random reboot here and there and audio playback is flawless...I'll stick with this version until all the little things are figured out if it happens...the GPS lock icon doesn't bother me..actually reassuring tbh. I use the headphone jack for the gym and in my car...so Bluetooth just isn't important to me...the Bluetooth phone works perfect sooo I'm happy..I just want the 4.3 camera Lol
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
I couldn't have said it better myself! Thanks, I appreciate it... and I'm sure other developers would agree. This is a hobby, a joy for me to do... that everyone gets something out of it in the end is just icing on the cake. However, this isn't my primary job, nor is it my priority.

I don't mind trying to fix every bug... but some things right now are beyond my expertise. I'm still learning (actually just got started with this only 5 months ago).

Disclosure: I got on this tangent because of the imminent approach of SELinux, and all the complications/headaches it has the potential to bring. In fact, I have to hold off on any new device development until our next major release because SELinux in CM breaks the radios until I get some other repos (that have our new stuff) merged in. I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still working like crazy to get you a truly stable build, but I'd also like to be able to bring you some new stuff too. Maybe even one or two things nobody's seen yet... depends on how I am able to navigate the whole frameworks thing.

Hopefully it won't be too long until that happens, but I'll keep you all informed.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
It's out there... if you don't have it I probably can dig it up for you. And if you install it like an ordinary package (after you get rid of the original system Gallery2), it won't go away with each flash.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Xplorer4x4:
I don't use Bluetooth so I can't say I care about it. I do listen to music on my phone a lot so if GPS and audio work, I am fine so long as the ROM is generally stable.
[RAZR HD Android Development] truedis:
First of all, [MENTION=5059921]pcarenza[/MENTION], thanks for all of your hard work and for being so responsive to the issues that have popped up along the way. As for your question, I guess BT audio is most important to me as I'm about to revert back to 7/14 where BT audio worked fine for me and I had no video playback (although I still have no video playback on 7/19).
[RAZR HD Android Development] jeddster2013:
I personally don't use bluetooth audio but I do use my phone as a primary media device, so working audio/video playback is very important to me. However, if you think you're further ahead keeping the bluetooth audio working for now and working out the audio/video kinks later, that's fine. Whatever is best for the ROM!

Would everyone say that 7/14 is the best bet for a recent, stable build with working audio/video? I'll probably flash back.
[RAZR HD Android Development] poison1916:
So what should I do from a clean boot to get to what you consider "stock" for this rom

b) clear audio and video playback
[RAZR HD Android Development] Xplorer4x4:
That sounds about right. You might be able to up a build or two from there. Hard to remember the dates since all the zips are not listed on the xenon site(and the ones which are listed are missing an md5 file), but if you jump back 2-3 builds, you should be fine. I would be curious to hear more feedback on 7/14 and 7/19 builds. I am trying to revert to a better performing build. The current build is better then the last 1 or 2 but after a few days the lag is starting to wear me down.
[RAZR HD Android Development] raymondrbowman:
To me a phone IS very much a mp3 player as I use daily as such. I also enjoyed video so I flashed all the way back to 6/4 where I had no issues and will do without some of the new cool features no biggie. I also didn't realize that mentioning issues was considered "complaining"...

I really appreciate all pcarenza's efforts at bringing all of us such a great ROM....my opinion the best! I'll keep following the forum and trying new builds and keep the rest to myself.
[RAZR HD Android Development] notyourstar:
So no one else is having this WiFi issue, huh? Weird. I can't connect at all now, it says "avoid bad connection" when it has full bars. =(
[RAZR HD Android Development] Anon5978:
My vote is for clear audio and video playback
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
Do you have an earlier version to flash back to?
[RAZR HD Android Development] notyourstar:
No, not anymore. This has happened with the last 4 updates to me. Even with a clean install.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
I'm sorry I put it that way.... It's just one of those deals where one fix leads to another's broken feature. I'm sure eventually both will get fixed... I hate having to keep reverting commits until something works. That's not a good way to manage a ROM.

I really don't have any problem with people posting bugs on the forum - that's exactly what I think it's good for.. especially when you have a community behind you that's got your back. I'm just going to change directions for a little while, at least until the ROM reaches its next release.

Right now the device state is kind of messed up, like I said, because of CM's introduction of SELinux and dhacker's introduction of same. I may make one more release that will end up breaking bluetooth, but restore audio and video.

By the way, thanks for your support! I haven't given up in the least. :)
[RAZR HD Android Development] Xplorer4x4:
[MENTION=5059921]pcarenza[/MENTION] what happened to most of the xt926 builds on the server? Could you, or anyone else upload the 7/14 build? I thought I had it saved still but guess not. Thanks again for all your hard work!
[RAZR HD Android Development] radzer0:
I've seen this on newer kernels. Seems they all use the same base set and mine does the wifi thing on occasion.. I usually just turn the wifi off and back on and it stops avoiding your signal.. It's crazy how it shows full signal until you try to connect than it drops to nothing.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
I'll see if I can dig one up... though right now I'm building an update with some wpa supplicant fixes. Hopefully that will help.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
TBH it does that to me occasionally too.... it fails to connect the first time, but on the second try it 'gets it'.. happens for tethering too. I'm going to check the device updates that include wpa changes to see if that fixes it.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
Device update forthcoming - last before 4.3

OK all, I have good news and bad news.

The bad news is that we're not going to have a new release of XenonHD until after 4.3 is released and we can implement the changes and clean our source. That may be a while... probably another month or so.

The good news is I'm able to provide you at least one more device update, maybe more. I don't have the SELinux changes committed to our repository yet, so any non-SELinux changes that happen to the device should be pushed without much issue. Chances are bluetooth streaming will not work with this build, since I'm putting back all the compressed audio changes.. but I'll continue to learn and investigate each commit.

I don't want to leave you guys in the dark - we're making some pretty broad changes that we think you'll love. Additionally, we'll be cleaning up and rebasing the code to make it that much smoother and bug-free by the time you get it.

I've also got plans to add more devices, including the Razr M and OG Razr series.... but we'll get there when we get there.

Thanks for your support!
[RAZR HD Android Development] RayLovesick:
Thanks pcarenza for all of your hard work! I definitely appreciate it (as do a lot of other people here).

Regarding the video playback, it definitely seems to be an audio codec problem. If I use Snap Camera, I can change the audio codec used for the video recordings. Using the AAC codec (the default one) and then playing back the video results in the "Can't play this video" error, while using another codec (AMR-NB) works fine. So could this just be a problem with AAC audio? So then I decided to test using Apollo with an AAC encoded audio file, which ended up not working.

Can anyone else get AAC audio to play properly?
[RAZR HD Android Development] radzer0:
Have you ever got a log cat of this error to see what caused it? Only thing I could think of is it seems to do it around the time my phone would get a full charge
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
Try http://xenonhd.com/downloads/roms/testbeta/update-XenonHD-07-14-13-signed-xt926-vid-1.zip
[RAZR HD Android Development] Xplorer4x4:
I get a 404 Error.
[RAZR HD Android Development] pcarenza:
hmmm must have misnamed it... go to http://xenonhd.com/downloads

then scroll down to the 'Testbeta' section.. you'll see it there

I also added the actual 7/14 non-beta to the xt926 section of downloads.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Xplorer4x4:
Thanks! When you get time would it be possible to add a jump menu at the top of the download page so we can jump to the individual section that applies to our device. Keep up the good work, and good luck with SELinux!
[RAZR HD Android Development] truedis:
What's the difference between the beta & non-beta 7/14?
[RAZR HD Android Development] RayLovesick:
14th is the release that pretty much completely fixed bluetooth audio, but broke certain video (gallery, instagram, snapchat, etc.).

Beta is the newest one (23rd), which breaks bluetooth audio, but fixes the aforementioned video and also adds WiFi Direct among other things.

Personally, I need bluetooth audio, so I'm staying on 14th. Tried 23rd beta and immediately rebooted when trying to stream bluetooth audio.

Also - while we've been saying that it "broke video", what we really mean is video with AAC-encoded audio (typically phone-captured video). In fact, even audio files that are AAC encoded will not play in Apollo, or any audio player.