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[Epic 4G Android Development] gfdos.sys:
need more /data

the only way i've been able to get the epic to keep going ---and this is on 10.2, I have to try it on 11.0 --> is because it is putting "copies" of the apps into /data (which it is supposed to....) I re-partitioned the phone's sdcard (which is a class 10, 64GB) non-distructively using free EaseUS Partition Manager (easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html) to create a 4GB free space at the end of the sdcard, and then set it up as a FAT32, then use app Link2SD, and let it move (link) all the apps via the sdcard....effectively taking the copies normally in /data and storing them on the sd. not just "move to SD" which still was taking up space in /data for each program installed.

If you do this faster sd card is best... I wish there was faster than class 10 (UHS I) that I could be sure would work with the Epic..... I just heard toshiba has a UHS II that has faster writes, but not much faster reads.... not sure if it is compatible with Epic tho.

Like you said tho.... if this doesn't work with 4.4, because of how 4.4 handles SDcards different (thanks SELinux now being used in KitKat) this may very well be the end of the run....
[Epic 4G Android Development] Snoshrk:
This works great on CM11 (ext4 partition), and even better since LInk2SD updated recently to move(link) data as well as linking the apk, lib etc. Went from 50-90mb free to 300mb+ free (100 plus apps).

The SD card issue only really applies to stock 4.4 ROMs. Custom ROMs(CM) have this "fixed" already.

Doesn't change the fact that we have an older processor :(:eek:
[Epic 4G Android Development] gfdos.sys:
Got my backup epic setup with this at 4:30am....fell asleep waiting for Google apps to finish updating before it would install link2sd.

As you say, it runs nice. But I can imagine once I get all my background CPU eating things installed, we will have to see about that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
call recording

I'm using 20140326-nightly-epicmtd, so far running good (thanks). But i'm having a trouble with call recording app, none of them working (to record my voice and the voice of people who called me, without turn on speakerphone). I want to ask what call recording app that can working with this rom? Thank you very much..
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
04/27 nightly - dropdown menu bug persists, phone freezes for a while or randomly reboots.

Just an update on the status of things.

04/04 is the safest nightly right now.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BillyBob3:
Are there any issues of note on the 0404 noghtly that still need fixed? Using my Epic in the car dock with wifi from another phone. Still on an earlier noghtly thats buggy.

Sent via XDA-developers app on G900P/S5 RDDT v1.1
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Hi bbelos, I want to ask what is the other method to modify APN? I'm on 20140425 right now and using ESIA/AHA (Indonesian CDMA network).

I did change op numeric in build prop, change apns-conf.xml (fill it with my op apn setting), delete telephony.db & journal. But my data still not working.. Please help. Thank you..
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
For starters, have you ever been able to get data working (On stock, other CM versions, other roms, etc)? Which op numeric are you changing to, and what are you changing the apns-conf to?
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
yes i tried stock GB F09 and data working good. I mark it with red color in my attachment. Thank you..
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
OK. At a glance, your steps seem correct. But if you could reload stock, verify the working data, then pull the telephony.db and the cdmatelephony.db (both from /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases).

Then I'd like to see your telephony.db from CM. You can pull the one you have now if you are still running it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] n211cr:
Is there some sort of archive of nightlies somewhere? I jumped from a February version to the latest April ones and have been having some of the reboot issues. Is there a place to get the 04/04 nightly or does anyone have a copy they can upload for us to download?
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
I flash back to GB F09 and attach FromGBF09.rar, telephony.db (in telephony.rar) from CM when I ask you this, plus screenshot when I browsing with GB. Thank you for your help.

Add : I look into GB apns-conf.xml and couldn't find my operator apn setting (AHA/ESIA) even if there are some of my country operator apn setting (indosat, telkomsel, etc) but data is working good.. strange..

I'm adding attachment (FromGB2.rar) contains apns-conf.xml, build.prop, and cdma-carriers-conf.xml from GB, in case you need it..
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
OK, so in that GB build prop i see you still have the sprint numeric (310120). Are you changing that any other way? Should be able to check in the terminal with the following commands:

$ getprop ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha

$ getprop ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric

Or are you changing the apn any other way on stock? I don't see the 51099 numeric in the database.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
No, I don't change anything on stock. I just install cwm + update supersu (root), then I install CM11. Thats why i think its strange, because there aren't any 51099 numeric in GB db but my data working good. So what's wrong with my phone?

I dirty flash CM11 again just finish now, data still not working. Now I haven't change any (build.prop or apns-conf), I check $ getprop ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha : Sprint. $ getprop ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric : 310120.

Or do you want me to check that when in GB?

FYI, my operator setting usually just :

AHA (ESIA EVDO) :

Profile Name : AHA

APN : aha

Username : aha@aha.co.id

password : aha

MCC : 510

MNC : 99

But I've tried this by editing apns-conf when in CM11 but not working too..

Anyway so there I got operator numeric (51099). Or am I wrong? Thank you for your help.

Update : I guess you want me to check in GB, right? I will flash it again.

Ok I'm in GB again, just install CWM and root, in terminal,

$ getprop ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha : Sprint. But :

$ getprop ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric :

numeric is empty..
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Right. I want to confirm all the settings from your working stock.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Ok I'm in GB again, just install CWM and root, in terminal,

$ getprop ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha : Sprint.

But :

$ getprop ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric :

numeric is empty..

Data still working good.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
So, on stock GB you don't have to do anything special to get data working?

Can you get a radio logcat? Preferably from the very beginning of bootup (start of boot animation until home screen and a data connection). As adb root in a pc terminal if you're at your computer,

adb logcat -b radio -v time > radio-log.txt

Email that to bbelos@cyanogenmod.org

I don't recommend posting radio logs publically.

Maybe save a full "getprop" while you're at it in case there's something else I'm not thinking of and include that in the email.
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
Try to download & install alternative carrier fix file on post #10

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1479175
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Yes i dont need to do anything in GB. email sent. Thank you.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
I already try that and its not working. Thank you..
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Hmm. Well, i notice "[net.cdma.pppd.user]: [user sktelecom]" from your getprop. I don't know if this will work, but i have attached a modified pppd_runner file changing SprintNextel to sktelecom. Please rename it from pppd_runner.txt to just pppd_runner and test it on your CM11. Either drop it into your nightly zip (/system/bin directory) and flash, or push it to /system/bin to replace the existing one, making sure you set the proper permissions and ownership (Might be safer to just flash the zip). Leave your apn settings alone for now, since those seem to be working on stock.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
I just did it but data still not working. I'll send getprop via email.

Email sent.

Update : When I see new getprop, net.cdma.pppd user not changing to sktelecom. Still SprintNextel..
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Try and get a radio log from CM while you're at it. If you're doing it from your pc, try and start capturing the log as early as you can (adb should recognize the device a couple seconds before the bootanimation even starts).
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Email sent. Btw I notice this when I press Mobile plan on setting (see attachment). Is it normal? But i have no problem calling or send/receive sms.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Yes, that's normal. There might be a way for me to make that hidden, but haven't looked into it yet.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Well I guess it's ok if its not hidden, as long as it's normal. Btw did you look at the new radio log? I see some error..
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Yeah, I can see where it's failing, just have to figure out how to fix it.

Normally, the ril will run startPppdCdmaService which sets ril.cdma.data_state=1. This triggers a restart of our pppd setup which runs the pppd_runner script. The pppd binary should ultimately load our ip-up script which sets ril.cdma.data_state=2 indicating a successful connection, and the ril continues.

You can see in the log that we don't receive our 2 state, which spits out this error, resulting in no data connection.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
I dont really understand much about it.. :confused:

Is this mean that I couldn't use data for now?
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
I'm on 0422 nightly updated from cyandelta + last released kernel . I use esia/aha provider too and data is working for me
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Ah, he should be talking to you :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Oh i see that your baseband is different too, EL30 not FC09. But i dont understand about last released kernel, where should i find it?

Update : I flash "notest-epicmtd-kk44-20140401-cma" but the phone boot very long time i think it's stuck/bootloop.. Maybe I need to flash from the begining (EL30)?

I'll try it after i finish downloading.

Update : Finish it all (Odin : EL30 - CWM, flash CM11-0422 - gapps - notest), data still not working..

Oh btw, no "vibrate" in option..

Sometimes it's stuck in boot (blue CM with loading bar at the bottom)
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
check pm
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
reply sent. Btw its faster with your kernel, too bad I cant use it with my phone..
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbellot:
Well I'm back to CM11 after less than a week of fighting with CM10.

On the up side (so far) the lock-ups seem to be gone running 0430 nightly.

One interesting thing I found... MAP (Message Access) definitely works with my car radio and CM10. Too bad CM10 was unreliable in so many other ways. Hopefully CM will get MAP working properly in KitKat.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
I'm sorry, I,m just updating my phone data condition..

So I'm trying to make my data working, asking here and bbelos help me with patient (thank you very much) and of course didhiy too. I flash this and that, doing this and that, but data still not working. Almost desperate, last night (Indonesian time) I flash back to FC19 - CWM and flash CM11 0430 nightly - gapps - and I'm thinking, cannot use data but atleast have ram improvement so I flash notest cma too..

Everything goes smooth but still without data, so I think I dont care anymore.. With nothing to loose in my mind, I randomly add files to systen/etc/ppp/, pap-secrets, chap-secrets & ip-down from i500_alt_carrier_data_fix.zip. When I finish with the last one (ip-down), suddenly the 3g icon show up!!

So I try to browse with opera, looking good but after around 2 minutes the icon turn to 1x. then i turn off and on again the data, it back to 3G. Then I test with bbm, its like not responding when i send some word the icon in bbm just gray, not blue s or green R. Plus my signal become not stable.

I guess I need help again to complete this.. (sorry..)

Update : after reboot the 3g stable even when my signal empty. But still my signal not stable and when it empty I cannot make a call.
[Epic 4G Android Development] n211cr:
I installed 0501 last night and got a drop down lockup and reboot this morning.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
I don't get any lockups or reboots, so if you guys don't provide any logs, there's not much I can do about it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbellot:
Have you been dirty flashing?

Knock wood, I've been running without a lock-up (or intentional reboot) for almost 48 hours.

I had tried CM10 for several days because of the lock-ups, but couldn't deal with the little things (WiFi not switching on when in range, BT not pairing when in range, much higher battery drain, etc.).

The one thing different between before and after my brief CM10 run was I had dirty flashed a bunch of times. When I reverted back to CM11 I used a fairly old backup (running the 0226 Nightly) and then upgraded directly to 0430.

Perhaps the 6-7 dirty flashes between 0226 and 0424 might have caused some instability that was "fixed" by jumping over them the second time around.
[Epic 4G Android Development] n211cr:
Only a couple of times. When I came from my February version I actually ODIN'd back to GB, ODIN'd CWM, etc up to 0422 ish because I had to update profile when I did an ESN swap I've dirty flashed maybe 3 times since.

I can grab some logs when it happens again. Sometimes it sits for about 10 seconds and reboots and some other times it returns to the home screen. I'm sure it's not helpful but normally when it reboots it will then come up and constantly throw systemui and other errors every second. I have to power off then back on and it will come up normally minus the wallpaper. I've learned to save a little time, pull the battery when I see it restart so that I can bring it up cold where it boots normally the first time around.

I just had it lock for the ~10 seconds and return to the homescreen and I can try a clean flash tonight. I'll post the log in a minute.
[Epic 4G Android Development] n211cr:
I was going to trim this down but wasn't sure if you needed something from early on. It happened later in the 9:40's 9:46-9:47 maybe.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Arson Smith:
I just wanted to echo that this is also my exact experience... doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, it's exactly as FM n211cr describes.

I'm not familiar with how to grab logs, but I am willing to learn, if it helps (?)
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Good (?) news: I've seen reports of the system restarts from other devices so there will be multiple people investigating the issue (upstream issue). It's been said it started happening around the time of the new theme engine, although I would need to cross reference that date to the initial reports from you guys.

Bad news: Not fixed yet but have hope :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbellot:
Seems to make sense from a very high level. I know every time I had a restart it would change my wallpaper back to the default CM wallpaper.
[Epic 4G Android Development] vizionforever:
Wired headset mic & buttons. Was thinking of installing this and ditching 10.1.3 Then I saw that I might not be able to use phone to stereo interface..Any Idea where in the code these commands/address/ports are located for kitkat?

EDIT: Oops mic.. not wired headset out. drr..
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Well, for starters, the "wired headset mic & buttons" should be no more broken on CM11 than they are on CM10.1.3 (i.e. should work the same).

... ok, nevermind. I see you edited your post. Carry on :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Hi bbelos, now I'm back to 0326 because when I try 0501 & 0503 the phone become laggy and random reboot occurs. how about snapshot m6, did the problem solved? Btw my data working now in any CM11 build i flash, i just add 3 files to ppp folder.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RodimusConvoy:
Speaking of the M Snapshot, whenever I reboot, I get a "Sorry, Bluetooth Share has stopped" error. Is there a way to stop that? I just don't want to see it, gave up on bluetooth on this phone. But I only see it when I reboot. The phone does not reboot itself, by the way. Otherwise the M Snapshot seems fine. Can't comment on data or calls or anything, I'm using it as a tablet at this point.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DroidJer:
Speaking of M Snapshots, is there away to install directly from my phone? I'm running 10.1.3.1, and whenever I go into the update section of about phone, the M Snapshots don't show up. I can see all the CM11 nightly's, but no M's.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbellot:
Get it here...

http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=epicmtd
[Epic 4G Android Development] RodimusConvoy:
Had to pull the battery twice (screen freeze). So that's it for the M Snapshot. Back to the 1-25 Nightly.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Hello all.. How about cm-11-20140509-NIGHTLY, did anyone try it? Please share..

thank you..

Btw is there a script to make the signal stronger?
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbellot:
I'm currently running 0508. Still seeing occasional freezing, but seems "better".
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Thank you.. I'm currently running 0326 and the only problem is BBM cannot sound any notifications but bbm_tone. And sometimes some app cannot open (error) and have to reboot to back normal. But its better than when i try 0501 & 0503 (even if the BBM could sound any notifications other than bbm_tone).
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbellot:
No clue what BBM is, but the freezing on newer builds definitely seems to be getting better.

It has happened a couple times on 0508, but it has recovered each time without requiring a reboot or battery pull.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
Just tried out 05/12. Everything was okay until I opened up a program (Pandora) which would display something up top and then would also display something in the dropdown menu. Reboot did not occur, but the phone froze for a few seconds, the scrollbar and everything in it vanished. I had to push the side button to lock my phone, when the screen reappeared, everything is back to normal except the wallpaper, it is set to default. At least the reboots/battery pulls are no longer necessary.

BBM = Blackberry Messenger. It is now cross-platform.

Update: Upon coming back immediately to the above situation, the dropdown comes down normal for now. I have no idea when or why, but it will soon repeat that whole process. I cannot figure out why it sometimes works and sometimes does not. CM gave our phone a mind of its own.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbellot:
LOL - RIM's last gasping breath, going cross-platform.

FWIW - I've noticed similar behavior with 0508 not always needing a reboot, but some times it will "recover" only to start throwing constant faults.

EDIT:

Just found this in the "next" Nightly list of fixes. Sounds somewhat promising.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Thank you.. I guess I will hold on to 0326 for now..

Yes BBM, in 0326 the notification sound only for BBM_tone.wav
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
Also, I have found a bug in this build. It was in a previous recent build as well and I forgot to report it. Upon using the 'Ok Google' command, it will start searching and then suddenly crash. I just thought I would shoot that one your way bbelos...

Thanks for your work on this, it is improving slowly but surely. I think the main underlying issue here is their new theming engine. Even some of my old themed icons from theme packs aren't displaying properly anymore and went back to default icons.
[Epic 4G Android Development] xxxericxxx:
Has anyone tried to use googles new camera app with this? Pictures arefine, but as soon as you click to video it FC's and closes, any chance for an easy fix?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
Just got a random reboot while using Pandora and again during a phone call. Back to 04/04.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
I will look into this.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Test build:

I was running the M6 build up until yesterday. I didn't really have any problems, but maybe I'm not doing the right steps to trigger the restarts. There is still active testing from other developers to resolve this issue since it's not specific to our device.

That said, here is my personal test build from last night: [URL=http://d-h.st/Nuf]cm-11-20140514-UNOFFICIAL-epicmtd.zip[/URL]

Primarily containing this patch and the corresponding skia revert listed in the comments. As a heads-up, it also contains my other test patches for the color calibration, cma (,etc.), but I'm interested to hear from those of you that can readily reproduce the system restart bug.
[Epic 4G Android Development] n211cr:
Downloading now... and I'll post back if I get any reboots. Like the others have reports on the latest nightlies I've gotten a lot more of the brief lock up where it returns to the home screen after a few seconds rather than the reboots. The reboots still occur but much less frequently. I'll dirty flash for now.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbellot:
Downloading now. I typically get 1-2 restarts per day, sometimes minor (full recovery) other times it restarts into a systemui crash loop that requires a power off or battery pull.

I'm on 0513 Nightly (for just under 36 hours) and have seen three, so if your build fixes it I should know in 24 hours or less.

:good:
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
I've been running 0514 for about 3 hours with 2 times respring (like iphone) or refresh, no restart. 2 of them triggered randomly, when i open BBM, and when i edit desktop icon (i'm using buzz launcher). BBM notification could sound other than BBM_tone. My 3G data works with copying 3 files to ppp folder (just like before). Autostarts app couldn't detect all app in the phone so i cannot turn off any app autostart. Gemini app manager config autorun menu didn't show up too.. Playing game normal.

Update : just now the phone restart when i pull down notification, when finish, it keep showing "Unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped." until i restart the phone again then all become normal again (except wallpaper back to default - white O).

Last update : after about 21 hours using it, 1 respring for every 3 or 4 times opening BBM, 1 restart when trying to save image using opera, 2 or 3 times notification sound (BBM) like changing volume to lower by itself and suddenly back to normal.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbellot:
23 hours into this build and I've had ZERO freezes/restarts. In fact overall the device seems a bit smoother, I've had almost no laggy behavior except after running memory intensive programs. Even with those the phone seems to get back to normal operation quicker.

FWIW - I'm running a pretty vanilla setup. I remove a handful of items to free space on /system (Apollo, CMWallpapers, Term, VoicePlus, VideoEditor and WhisperPush) and only have a few additional apps installed (Airdroid, Connectbot, CSIPSimple, DroidWall, K9 Email, Avaya Mobile, Syslog and Titanium Backup), and I have one game (Major Mayhem) that is a real torture test (memory and graphics). The phone syncs to two Gmail account (contacts/calendar only), two POP3 accounts (via K9) and one Exchange account (calendar and email only).

It's still a little early to make a final call, but I would say the results are definitely positive.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Now i'm running 0515. Much more better now even if there's still a little lag and respring. During restore some app with titanium backup, i try many times to pull down notification and restart occured just for one time. autostarts app still cannot detect any app. i use BBM many times and no problem at all. :good:
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Should be fixed in next nightly http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/64042/
[Epic 4G Android Development] xxxericxxx:
Good news. This epic truly has been, well.... Epic. Thanks fit the reply.