yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
for the one that annoys with the black background issue, you can downgrade to slimsaber 4.3.1 reborn:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/development-derivatives/rom-slimsaber-reborn-i9100-t2811657

imo, the reborn one is smoother than kitkat one. :angel:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
it seems so...it is weird that black background has something to do with dpi. :silly:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] anuradha96:
Hey I flashed the full gapps zip..after that my hardware buttons are not working :(
[Galaxy S II Android Development] hispanico957:
.... So on thos rom isn't possible use themes :(

Hispanico
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Twiq:
Sorry for the late reply, i installed it from playstore, and i never use the TRDS

on Sabered SlimKat 0709 | powered by dorimanx test kernel v112
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Nos_20:
[MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION], thanks for posting the tip you received via PM regarding the black back grounds on Face book and Maps, that was driving me mad!

I have used the app settings Xposed module and set both apps to 240 DPI and the black back ground has gone!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Spaulding89:
[MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION] is it possible to add advanced Gov options for all govs?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
that is a good idea to set 240 dpi only for those apps instead the whole rom. :good:

it was like that before, but due to a reason i only enable that for zzmoove. as far as i can remember, it has problem to apply the gov settings at boot. can't remember correctly.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Spaulding89:
Okay thanks for the quick answer [MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION].
[Galaxy S II Android Development] j1gga84:
Now I also have this graphical problem with Facebook.

I don't think it is DPI related! I use same DPI since ages! I think it came with Mali update, could this be possible?

Regards

Sent from my GT-I9100 using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
i have compiled a new build without mali code changes. google maps is still showing black background. the cause is something else.

you can try use 240 dpi to see if you still have that issue on your fb.

my fb is fine with 182 dpi, but not google maps.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fubo73:
Well I would try with builds from up to beginning of June. The issue was not present before. Perhaps has you supposed it depends on apps updates rather than on rom's ones.

Sent from my kitkat'd I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
this issue is pretty interesting since some users have the black background on maps and fb, some users only on maps and some users not at all...i compiled some test builds to track down the problem by reverting some commits, but till now it is unsuccessful. what i did to reproduce the issue is by flashing rom + gapps with full wipe and then installing maps and fb directly after finishing setup wizard. fb is ok, but maps has the black background issue.

it is possible that due to the latest apps update, they changed something that leads to this issue in slimkat (on a particular dpi).

what i didn't test it yet is to use old 4.4.3 gapps, previous version of google maps and fb.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fubo73:
And... Using Maps 8.1.0 black background is over! Sooo strange that apps from different brands got same issue quite contemporary...

Sent from my kitkat'd I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] JavaScout:
Guys, you should try 3rd party gapps, like Banks' builds. Maybe the issue is trds related.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
and i think you also said that previous version of fb doesn't have issue right?

do you get this issue?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fubo73:
Correct. So the Issue is with latest slimkat, latest Maps 8.1.1 and FB v12, and dpi different from 240. Other tests would be with other devices running slimkat and dpi setting out of default for them.

Still gapps could hide the trick. We should test with older version.

Sent from my kitkat'd I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
i already asked slimkat s4 users and they don't have this issue. as far as i can remember they are using 420 dpi
[Galaxy S II Android Development] hawaiisteve:
Hi guys. Been awhile since I've had anything to say, as everything's been running great on my slimsaber til now.

Last night I went to sleep and this morning my device can't read my internal storage. Formatted it to exfat several days ago and all was running fine. Backed up and did a dirty flash and same. Did full wipe and fresh install. Same. I know some users were having problems with exfat and others say its fine. I can see it in recovery, but not when ROM is booted. Just seems strange that it would be OK for awhile and all of a sudden do this. Any ideas?

Edit: can't get to a PC til tomorrow so I tried swapping internal SD and micro SD and it worked.

Edit2: fixed! For some reason, dori recovery wasn't formatting sd0. Installed slim kernel and formatted with twrp. All good now! Just wondering what could have caused it in the first place...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] KewalG:
I never got any issues with your awesome rom [MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION] but today morning i got up to find my battery to be at 0%,so i connected the charger but the offline charing seems to be broken and the phone is at 0% since 1 hour now.

Does it means that the phone is charging but is not showing up ? Or anything else?

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] JavaScout:
Nope, never seen this. I'm using latest BankS standard gapps since your last 5 or 6 builds.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kantjer:
Correct, I was using DPI 400 until recent. Also then no problem with Map.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] officiallyme:
400 dpi?

one big letter per screen? :D
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kantjer:
No the S4 is not the same as the S2 :D

400 DPI on the S4 is about the same as 200 DPI on the S2 (stock for the S4 is 480)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] anuradha96:
I don't have any issues on maps n fb :)

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Hey ! What are the differences between Banks standard gapps and slim gapps ? ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DoctorPINK:
Can't change device name for wifi? ( settings/wifi/wifi-settings/wifi-direct/change name )
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hopper8:
Worked fine for me just then. But what do you mean? It crashes? Or you can't see the option to do it? Because the button to rename the device is on the bottom right of the screen ( although I assume you've seen that ). In that case, what do you mean by "can't rename"?

Sent from my Nexu5
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
there are too many variables that need to be solved to find the answer. :D

is the charging off animation corrupted?

try to pull battery for 1-2 minutes and then power it on...

do you use slim minimal gapps? do you install maps from play store?

just want to find out where the issue lies...

can't test right now as i'm on 4.3.1...in 4.3.1 there is a button to rename the device. is there similar button in kitkat?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] JavaScout:
[MENTION=5259105]anuradha96[/MENTION] BankS gapps don't have trds support, they have a full set of google services, latest google launcher with better google search integration.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DoctorPINK:
error msg : can't rename device

yes there is a button to rename device
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
perhaps the name contains not allowed characters? try to name it with "abc". if it is still doesn't work, grab a logcat after you got error message.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Spaulding89:
[MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION] do you will build a New build with the new changes of official Slimrom like Android 4.4.4 rc2

Or want you wait for more changes?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
i'll try to release a new build tonight. :fingers-crossed:

there is no 4.4.4 rc2 changes for our device. well, there is one, the build id. :p
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Unobtainium:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54259734

Slim gapps beta thread has also been discussing maps for a few days. Non-standard dpi appears to be the culprit. Several are discussed. 182 isn't a standard dpi.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] KewalG:
[MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION] the animation is corrupt on your 16/07 build as well,but the main problem was with my phone hardware!

Its in samsung service centre now...lets hope i get it soon! :(
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Shahan_mik3:
Congrats dude....... [emoji122][emoji1][emoji106][emoji108] what happened? [emoji12]
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
thanks for the info, but this still bothers me since maps is working fine in 4.3.1 with 182 dpi. :rolleyes:

ok, i'll check that later
[Galaxy S II Android Development] leo2589:
Upgraded to 16th's build from 07's one since 24 hours.. Any problems.. Maps is OK.. Play store also.. Everything works.. Thanks fusionjack

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Unobtainium:
You're running an older gapps though aren't you? Old Gapps, new maps, on 4.3.1 works; but new kit Kat gapps run into trouble.

There has been a series of issues with music and chrome(?) Both depending on different versions of the same library and having various fc or graphical glitches. Current betas distribute music separately, actually they now install music as a self contained local app holding its own version of that offending library. Could just be more of the same with maps. It's not slim saber specific anyway.

Try 160 dpi for those with maps problems.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DoctorPINK:
07-21 09:40:20.680 E/WifiP2pService(2331): Failed to set device name Android
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Harsha Raj:
Wait.. WiFi direct works in S2 with slimsaber?[emoji33]
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DoctorPINK:
NO IDEA..!!! but it's the only place where you can change the device name
[Galaxy S II Android Development] FullWipe:
Wifi direct never worked to me...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] anuradha96:
No I'm using slim normal gapps because i needed the google launcher.. I installed maps from my backedup apk...anyway maps is not on the latest update :) And also fb is not on the latest update !! May be the issues are with new updates..

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Thank you bro !!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] j1gga84:
Could this graphical problem also be FB related? I use the latest betas and some betas back everything was just fine BUT it also could be ROM related because there also were build updates ;)

Regards

Sent from my GT-I9100 using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S II Android Development] arpit_nnd:
Possible Maps dark issue workaround

So, like many of you I too had that 'darkness' in the Maps application but, Facebook was fine.

I was using PA GApps(Latest) and was quite irritated with the bug.

Then I just uninstalled the Maps via ROM Toolbox and installed it back from Play Store and Voila ! Darkness defeated ! :laugh:

It worked for me and I guess it would for everyone.

Do inform if it fixes yours too...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
you are right, i'm using old slimbean gapps. it could be kitkat gapps issue in conjunction with app updates. :good:

if you want to change device hostname to be appeared with custom name, you can set it in developer options. i think in kitkat is under lan settings.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DoctorPINK:
There isn't any developer options or LAN settings anymore
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Sun90:
U have to enable the same (devloper options) by tapping on the 'Build number' under 'About phone' a cpl of times till u see a message :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
good news...google maps is not having black background anymore with 182 dpi. facebook is not having this issue on my device, but i hope it should be also fixed.

i think it is caused by the gapps. i tried to use the 4.4.3 slim gapps and black background is not there.

second thing, charging off animation is working fine. at least on the fresh build that i just compiled. :D
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
SlimSaber-i9100-4.4.4-20140721.zip

Changes:

Sync with weekly 6.6

Android 4.4.4_r2

I'm pretty sure this'll make you happy, although nothing is changed on our device...lol. :D

Some updates on frameworks/base and frameworks/av

Kernel: Compiled with latest SM 4.9.1

Kernel: Disable DEBUG_KERNEL

TWRP: Track backup and restore progress

TWRP: Implement "take a screenshot" feature

I think the sdcard needs to be mounted. Tried before without mounting sdcard and screenshot is not saved.

See changelog for the rest of changes

omg! i forgot the important thing...changing the build id to KTU84Q :D:D:D

Tips for black background issue: Use 4.4.3 gapps
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
the 'R' has a new sister, please visit her: :p

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-10-1/development/rom-slimsaber-reborn-p4-t2821579
[Galaxy S II Android Development] rebecker:
Something is seriously wrong with this page. I cannot read it on my Nexus 7. As far as I can tell, I'm not having this issue on any other page. Anyone else?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hopper8:
Looks fine on my N5. But why not use XDA app or Tapatalk? Only time I ever use the website is if I'm on PC.... 97% of my XDA time is on my phone ;)

Sent from my Nexu5
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fubo73:
Installed with latest beta gapps from slimroms. Black background issue is still there. This morning got update 8.2.0 of Maps, issue still there.

Sent from my kitkat'd I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] lllukas:
Hi.

Yesterday I received mms, and i have a annoying wakelock for now. Im trying airplane/restart/clear sms app, but didnt help.

Anyone had this ?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hopper8:
Tried a reboot? Pretty sure that's what I did when I had it a couple months ago

Sent from my Nexu5
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fubo73:
I tried 4.4.3 gapps. Apart struggling to update Google Play Services, I was having same black background issue as well.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] lllukas:
Yes, i rebooted when i flashed newest build toonight ;) and no success. I temporary disable sms app and its ok ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hopper8:
Oh wow. How long since you've done a clean flash? Sounds like time for a full wipe... Check the op for a link to one of my past posts on a quick way to do that :)

Sent from my Nexu5
[Galaxy S II Android Development] lllukas:
I even dont remember when i done clean flash ;)

But i remember i come from 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 by a dirtyflash ;)

My friend some time ago went from official slimkat to slimsaber w/o wipe ;) and everything worked ;)

Back to the wakelock... Still there [emoji53]

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I find a solutiobn for my wakelock problem ;)

Just disable auto receiving mms and wakelock gone, probably all this problem is causing by wrong apn. I check this later. Thanks for sugestion.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
use 4.4.3 gapps...works fine for me.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] pdario:
What's this and how can we test it?

I don't see anything...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
your answer is in my post that you quoted, lol...

do a backup and then do full wipe...for me by using 4.4.3 gapps, the black background are not there anymore.

try also to delete the maps folder in /sdcard/Android
[Galaxy S II Android Development] pdario:
You seemed doubtful... So it is confirmed it's not present on SGS2.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] s33k3r:
Are there any plans to re-enable "Moving apps to external storage"? Or has it been re-enabled and I haven't noticed?

Been stuck in 4.4.3 with the last version that had it enabled.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
ok, i'll remove it from release summary

nope, because [MENTION=4546441]Twiq[/MENTION] found out that the partition mapping or something is wrong with this feature. i don't want to take a risk...beside there is a disadvantage with this feature, if you don't have external sdcard, you cannot move app at all.

you can switch your external storage as internal storage and then use moving app like usual. it is the similar...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] humercab:
I just made a clean install and suddenly wifi stoped working. Reboot and airplane mode does not work. It is allways off and cannot turn it on. What can I do? I'm on last nightly
[Galaxy S II Android Development] pdario:
Am I the only one not being able to shot a video?

When I press "stop", the camera app freezes; I have to kill it and the movie file is left broken...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
try first to remove the whole folder /data/misc/wifi and reboot. if it is still not working, then you need to wipe data or better do a full wipe.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] stylemessiah:
I decided to start afresh with the previous release (SlimSaber-i9100-4.4.4-20140716), and also used .4.4.4 minimal gapps (6-27_GApps_Minimal_4.4.4_signed.zip)

No "black screen issues"

Half the time i think people are creating issues for themselves by doing dirty flashes.....i never do that

BTW the 716 release has no issue for me at all, and if you dont mind as i only just put it on, and the new release doesnt really add anything, i might keep it for a while [MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION] :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] rebecker:
Hmm. Still an issue on THIS PAGE ONLY! Both previous and newer pages are fine. No big deal, just odd. Might be one of the ads. :confused:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hopper8:
Ah now if its the ads I can't test that for you... Ad blockers are my friend ;) [emoji106]

Sent from my Nexu5
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Twiq:
Sorry, i haven't checked with he latest version of official slimkat, maybe slimteam has made changes to the apps2sd stuff.

My data traffic is a bit high these days, and my BW quotas are out lol..

It will be the first thing to check after i renew my internet plans..
[Galaxy S II Android Development] j1gga84:
Sorry but I don't agree!

I was also on build 20140716 until yesterday and I had the same problems as many users mention here: Black and unusable FB app! :(

When I got time I will do a fullwipe and install latest final GApps for 4.4.4 but I don't think it is GApps or DPI related because I was using beta GApps since they came out and 213 DPI since ages and never had any problems with the FB App.. I think it is ROM related but I don't know where the error is hidden..

By the way, these problems does not seem to be present in official SlimKat because nobody post something about this problem, only here in SlimSaber thread :confused:

Regards
[Galaxy S II Android Development] stylemessiah:
Well one way to solve it easily is to stop using bloody Facebook and get a life :)

No flashing needed :)

I dont use silly social media, because i have a real life, so i cant say if FB plays up on my phone, but the "black screen" issue was reported on Google Maps as well, and i can tell you that ive literally never seen it, at any DPI and ive played around with a big range of DPI settings in the last few days....no sign of it here.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fubo73:
I did some tries:

I did partial wipe (system, cache, dalvik), reinstalled slimsaber 0721 and 7-15_GApps_Minimal_4.4.4_signed.zip, I still got black backgrounds.

I tried full wipe (system, cache, dalvik, data, internal sd), installed slimsaber 0721 and slim minimal gapps 4.4.4beta162, restored FB and Maps apps (only app, no data) with TB, and I still got black backgrounds.

I did full wipe (system, cache, dalvik, data, internal sd), installed slimsaber 0721 and 7-15_GApps_Minimal_4.4.4_signed.zip, installed from Playstore FB and Maps, and now black backgrounds are gone away.

Now I missed a step: full wipe, install slimsaber 0721 and 7-15_GApps_Minimal_4.4.4_signed.zip, restore FB and Maps apps (only app, no data) with TB. If black bgs would be there, the issue is installation process of FB and Maps in slimsaber+slimgapps before backupping with TB (otherwise, first trial should have been good). If black bgs would not be there, the issue is in slimgapps.

Although I agree there are people that do not do their best, there are also a lot of people that does a lot of tries. I cannot stay reinstalling all apps at every release, so I presume it should be acceptable to limit to system, cache, dalvik wipe.

And, you are not using slim gapps, as suggested in OP. So before sentencing for the others, just set you up in same condition as the others.

False. NeatROM is experiencing issue as well.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
imo, this issue is related to gapps in combination with the app version (and probably dpi as well). as fubo73 mentioned, there is no black background issue with older app versions.

[MENTION=660982]fubo73[/MENTION]: did you try 4.4.3 gapps?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] rebecker:
Maybe I missed something in this discussion, but I'm not having an issue with Maps (don't use the Facebook app, use browser). I use the plain vanilla kernel with the newest mod. Maps is version 8.2.0. My gapps is Slim minimal 4.4.2 build 5.6-45 from early June (is there a newer version)? DPI set at 182. Don't know if this is of any help, but I thought there might be a clue.

Extremely happy with this mod. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fusionjack:
i assume this is a kind of confirmation that <4.4.4 gapps version doesn't have black background issue on google maps.
[MENTION=441142]rebecker[/MENTION]: just stay on that gapps version if you don't have problems...:)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] fubo73:
As I wrote I have now a combination of gapps 4.4.4 working without black bg issue. I tried with 4.4.3 but without full wipe, just partial.

Sent from my kitkat'd I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] rebecker:
Incoming Call Pic Size

I searched this forum, but didn't come up with anything. Is my memory correct...isn't there a way to get a full screen picture when a call comes in? Right now I get a 1/4 screen slice of the pic. I seem to remember a simple setting change.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] j1gga84:
The question is: if it is really gapps related WHICH part of the gapps could be responsible for the graphical errors.. Definitely not the Google Play services! I will hopefully do a fullwipe this week an test some scenarios because some versions (FB, ROM and/or GApps) back I did not have these problems..

Regards

Sent from my GT-I9100 using german Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hopper8:
Yep, in phone settings, (as in, the phone app itself) tick 'glowpad transparency' and the call will come in fullscreen :)

Sent from my Nexu5
[Galaxy S II Android Development] m1trand1r:
10.43v114 by [MENTION=1670821]cybernetus[/MENTION] is up boyz:D
[Galaxy S II Android Development] jonaseymour:
Follow this guide and increase your internal storage partition. Best thing I've done for my phone in a long time. Now I can run ART without worrying about which apps I install and take up my precious internal storage.

Bloody terrific.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] velocity90:
Where can this kernel be found?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hopper8:
He means stock slim kernel ;)

Sent from my Nexu5

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I quote myself from a while ago on the same topic, only because its not a trivial thing to repartition:

Sent from my Nexu5
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Harsha Raj:
Android L uses ART as default.. So when SlimSaber is updated to Android L, whether it will be made to use dalvik as default? If ART really would make android L faster and smoother, then we would end up repartitioning the storage for installing lots of apps?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kantjer:
From what I have been reading dalvik isn't even an option any more in Android L.