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[HTC Amaze 4G] Odysseus1962:
Have you checked out this commit over at CM about the black box issue? http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/54291/

There are several devices running CM and other AOSP based ROMs experiencing it too. For me this is a much bigger deal than the camera. I can always install another app, as I did when trying this ROM. However the black box issue is the real showstopper for me. Gmail, email, the play store, hangouts, SMS, and the default browser are all affected. If it was only one app I'd deal with it by temporarily using a replacement, but this issue encompasses too many to substitute.

I wish you luck and thank you for your efforts.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Petronoid:
Awesome work sports. Tried it yesterday, won't see my ext_sd card through file explorer although pictures showed in gallary. Had two bars of signal strength max and strange signal strength number in system settings. Black box in stock browser, chrome worked fine. Playstore was fine. WiFi ok, data ok. Camera was fine for stills but didn't try video (forgot to test). Will be following for is development. Cheers.
[HTC Amaze 4G] typolad:
Thanks. Tried again, but it's stuck in the Cyanogenmod loading screen. Any thoughts? I'm not a total newb, but skill levels low.
[HTC Amaze 4G] king_david43:
Do a full wipe flash the rom. Let it boot up first then go back and flash gapps. I had the same problem and that worked for me.
[HTC Amaze 4G] mujju85:
Try this gaaps

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2555207
[HTC Amaze 4G] KT-82166:
If you are not s-off, then you need 4ext recovery with smartflash enabled.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Odysseus1962:
This is good advice for flashing any ROM that has separate gapps. My experience has been that I've had much fewer problems when I flash a ROM first, let it bootup and settle, then afterwards reboot into recovery and flash gapps. I can't tell you how many times I've had problems flashing both together, that were eliminated by doing them separately.
[HTC Amaze 4G] typolad:
Thanks. Tried that with both TWRP and Clockwork, no love.

Thanks! I just flashed that on. Getting an SD mounting error, but I'll figure that one out.

I appreciate all the help.
[HTC Amaze 4G] typolad:
Up and running now. Thanks. Wow, what a smooth ROM.
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
Hangouts and SMS/MMS Messages apps are not working (FC), without these (and the black boxes in some Gapps and apps), I think we are pretty close of a nice daily ROM! Great job!

Thx
[HTC Amaze 4G] neoedit:
wow what a great and fast rom so smooth props i had no issues flashing it now i still have s on so i had to load the boot image with computer but didnt have to as the jelly been boot worked but 2 issues the blue tooth when turning on or off it might hang and cause a reboot just like jellybean would this stop if i load the new boot image that came with kit kat or does every one else experiance this and just live with it!?

i found yahoo mail app is proper until opening the email and the body of the email is black oh well this rom is still my daily driver as i can get around that with dolphin brower (much nicer than default browser) no black in it!

keep up the good work very impressed!
[HTC Amaze 4G] bos2333:
Second on the sms force close. Hangouts worked for me but I actually didn't receive any text messages the whole day I was on cm11...had to revert to evervolv
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dave O:
After the first boot I get the "unfortunately ..... Has stopped" message but didn't seem to affect anything. They are all Google apps like keep, gmail, hangouts, ect... but they all work except for clock... Had to download another app for alarms.. Although I didn't get any of that on evervolv.

Other than that love this rom! Haven't used CM since about march.. Couldn't stand the wonderful echo/volume issue... But this ROM nice smooth and other then the black boxes and iffy camera (stock camera, focal and lg camera mentioned before all don't seem to work for me...) it works well.

Good job sportsstar89 and jeepers007 and anyone else who has done work for these ROMs (cm11 and evervolv). You guys are curing my need to get a new device!
[HTC Amaze 4G] amin1457:
the best of rom

very quick

thanks sportsstar89
[HTC Amaze 4G] newamaze:
Thanks sportsstar89 for all your hard work you all are awesome, I want to wait until this is stable enough to use it as my DD since I only have one phone, I am running 10.1 July 19 version (i believe is the last one)
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Sport, everyone here owes you big!
[HTC Amaze 4G] sarnz:
Does cm11 have issues with in call volume,light sensors and normal mounting of ext-sd???
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
Plz... read the thread before post your question... It's easy and Fast...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Chaaqoti:
I get the same, messages app fc ,tried contacts+ and its the same. I started over and still stays. Anyone found a solution? Really need to fix this ASAP
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dave O:
A trick that might work is clear the app's cash and try again... Read that on the pa gapps forum because I had the same issue with the clock on cm11 and couldn't use it at all after clearing the cash it worked like a charm!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Chaaqoti:
Already tried that and still a no. I'm using the PA mini kitkat gapps

UPDATE: Clean flashed only the rom, still messages force closes on me.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Chaaqoti:
Has anyone found a fix for the messages force close?
[HTC Amaze 4G] dpw9272:
delete

sorry, was in the wrong post
[HTC Amaze 4G] rdar_93:
Installed, getting reboots.

Yes, I'm S-OFF

Yes, I did SuperCID

No, it's not a bad download.
[HTC Amaze 4G] neoedit:
What happened to this ROM... is an update coming out soon with some bug fixes?

I use this ROM as my daily driver I have worked around everything black screen but yahoo mail app still has black over only Tue emails

Body it has updated the app 2 times since this ROM came out but still black bug
[HTC Amaze 4G] realitysconcierge:
You need to post logcats
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
ION is now working :) We have a ION 3.0.101 kernel https://github.com/TeamNightmare/android_kernel_htc_msm8660-common
[HTC Amaze 4G] KT-82166:
So, no need for 3.4 kernel right?
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Well it would still be nice but we can use the 3.0 kernel with ION and the latest egl blobs from qualcomm
[HTC Amaze 4G] HORiZUN:
Forgive my noobishness, my Amaze has been in a drawer for a while... What's the significance behind the ion kernel?
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
not sure to understand: if we flash this kernel, we can used it with your CM11 ? Is it usable right now?
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
No more running out of memory no more black boxes in gapps better memory allocation and better performance
[HTC Amaze 4G] HORiZUN:
That sounds awesome! Can I flash this kernel now, or does it need tested first?
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
Hope we can flash it now! :p
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
You would have to build it yourself I'm in the process of getting it ready for being compiled along side cyanogenmod 11.
[HTC Amaze 4G] HORiZUN:
Once it's finished, will it require a new flash, or can we update over the existing cm11 build with black boxes?
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
I would say to be safe a clean flash since we are changing memory allocators
[HTC Amaze 4G] HORiZUN:
Noted. I'd you need a tester, I'll flash anything you throw at me. The Amaze is a backup phone, nowadays.. Actually considering going back to using it as a DD due to the locked down firmware on my S4.
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
I think the better way to get fully stable installation is to reflash always when you installed new version of ROM or kernel (full wipe: dalvik, cache, data). And if you install Titanium Backup, you can keep your apps and install them quickly after.
[HTC Amaze 4G] HORiZUN:
I get that, but we've all also updated Cyanogenmod to a newer build number countless times... Without cache/dalvik/system wipes. Sports is updating his rom, I was just asking if we can install right over the installed version like we do for a nightly build.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Who wants a test build? :victory:
[HTC Amaze 4G] bos2333:
Pretty sure lots of us are ready!
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
You're right, when it's new build (with same version)... But this is not that now. Anyway I see that I lost the connection before my answer to your question was send to you and after Sport gives you his one ... Sorry it was outdated when you have received.

---------- Post added at 11:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:30 PM ----------

I'm ready!
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
It should be showing up on my goo.im soon http://goo.im/devs/Sportsstar89/Ruby/CM-11.0 it is an eng or "developer build" so you'll notice a red box on the outside of the screen when the gpu updates. Camera and camcorder work most of the time. No black boxes. Bluetooth is borked (it is currently a problem with cm source and needs to be debugged). and of course ION is used in everything but camera. Enjoy when it showss up on goo. I need logcats and testing before i release a user build that will act like a regular build. Also feel free to flash the latest adreno libraries from qualcomm as they work now and well increase gpu performance.

Edit: Just showed up on my goo enjoy
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
Do you know where we can find the latest adreno libs, because we have a lot of *NEW Adreno libraries* on XDA in differents devices threads and I don't know if they are working on the Amaze with cm11...
[HTC Amaze 4G] josegalre:
Thanks for all your support to ruby! without you this would not be the same!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Odysseus1962:
And thank you for your work too!!! Jose will you be trying this kernel on your PACman ROM?
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
https://developer.qualcomm.com/download/Adreno200-AU_LINUX_ANDROID_JB_VANILLA_04.02.02.060.053.zip
[HTC Amaze 4G] josegalre:
yep!

but still I can not make it public, are direct orders pacman devs!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Muneeb Saeed:
Adreno 220

hey aren't these lib's for adreno 200.
[HTC Amaze 4G] incapable86:
https://developer.qualcomm.com/mobi...eno/mobile-gaming-graphics-optimization-tools

it's same for Adreno 2xx and 3xx

these are not flashable zip though

Drag system folder from Adreno200-AU_LINUX_ANDROID_JB_VANILLA_04.02.02.060.053.zip to cm_ruby-ota-63a37b3937.zip with WinRAR, worked for me, booted fine. i'm testing more

here a log. it's with latest adreno libraries - some info, usb debugging is laggy(hard to touch), gpu red corners flashes when opening any app/unlocking screen, camera works fine but exposure sensor fails similar to pacman ruby, camcordor is black and will get stuck/freezed when you touch record button gpu red corner comes again screen will be alive again after few sec(though it was never dead, just stuck/freezed with red corners :D) Gallery played video fine.... I have not tested calls/sms/mobile internet I have no coverage for now, Wifi worked fine and bluetooth share is the only thing that FCs and bluetooth will not turn on. ROM is so fast now with ION. Thanks for your all work sports!
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
oh! I installed the ROM last night and this morning, I flashed my Amaze with the lastest Adreno libs. Combined with the ART runtime, this ROM is just freaking performant! This is today the best I haven't tried on this device, and without some minors issues (ex.: camera, bluetooth), we have (for what I tried and experimented) a DD ROM. All the black boxes issues are solved, ultra smooth and better performance! EDIT: And now, no more issues with SMS/MMS or Hangouts!

Sometimes, I have some lag to load apps, but after the first or second time, they are launched in normal time or faster.

Thx alot [MENTION=2681593]sportsstar89[/MENTION]! You keep alive our beloved Amaze!
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
For a reason I can't explain, some Gapps are very slow like Gmail (into the message you want to read) and Google now, when you go, for example, in the weather prevision. I'll tried to give you clean logcats of this when I'm going back to home. I think it's maybe caused by the ART runtime, I read somewhere that it can create some lags or issues when the apps are not totally compatible.

I posted the logcat but it's in .rar because it was bigger than 512mb (1.50mb). I hope it will help you.

** If I don't give you the good thing, let me know, this is the first time I do it. :o *
[HTC Amaze 4G] KT-82166:
Does WiFi tethering work on ion build?
[HTC Amaze 4G] incapable86:
No it does not work.

Yes it is caused by ART, Dalvik runtime has no such issues. CM11 itself does not support ART so it's experimental.
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
Without this little bug, everything seems to work great. I scored 11913 on AnTuTu benchmark 4 with the ART runtime, 2 points less than the score I had with the Dalvik. I don't know if it's possible to resolve this issue :)

By the way, I don't know if we can compare AnTuTu 2 and 4, but if we can, this is 5756 points better than the original stock Amaze 4G... :o This is good performance for an old device! :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] Odysseus1962:
I know many of you are anxious to try ART, but if you read around the forums you'd know that there are still many issues with it. For one, it's optimized for odexed ROMs and 95% of aftermarket ones are deodexed including this one. Another problem is most apps aren't tuned for it and won't be for quite some time into the future. So if you're enabling it thinking it's going to bring about some kind of instant or magical performance boost, you'll be disappointed. The performance will eventually come, but only after app developers learn to take advantage and optimize their code for it. Even then a lot of older apps will never see improvement because they will never be updated for it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dafoo21:
Which keylayout file does cm11 use? I need to remap my volume keys to wake the phone and ruby-keypad.kl isnt working.
[HTC Amaze 4G] malar413:
For sure, but it good to know that we have a ROM with all the basic Gapps (and some others, in my case) are working excepted Gmail and Gnow :p We can wish that this Runtime will be integrated by the manufacturers to force devs to make their apps compatible with ART ! And if we dont have a global improvement of the performance, I really dont see difference or some negative points on the execution. I'll continue to used it and do some experiences and I'll maybe find issues, but for now, it's nice ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
There is an option to do that in the b buttons menu of settings
[HTC Amaze 4G] tonydd:
It doesn't give me the option to enter the carrier unlock code for phone. Any help?
[HTC Amaze 4G] orangekid:
That has nothing to do with this ROM or CM, it is a SIM unlock issue.

You might try going stock until you handle your SIM issues, then flashing this ROM.

Probably stick to the other 2 threads you have on this right now. :good:
[HTC Amaze 4G] jv2k:
Anyone else having an issue with app stability? Apps that were black before the kernel like some other browsers and redditnews when viewing links aren't black anymore but after the side renders the programs star freezing up and just wind up force closing.
[HTC Amaze 4G] mdrv500:
My app seem to work fine only one that doesn't is Netflix which is not quite a deal breaker. WiFi battery drain is the real problem I'm having. Never seen a battery drain so very fast. Otherwise this is my new daily. Good work.
[HTC Amaze 4G] HORiZUN:
Who needs sim unlock codes on the Amaze when you have supercid?

My T-Mobile Amaze was great on AT&T before I bought my S4. No unlock codes needed when you have a hardware unlock. It's in the Amaze Bible in the general section.
[HTC Amaze 4G] tonydd:
I've tried everything and got lots of help from members. See seems like an issue that's beyond me.

I'm getting a Desire 601 tomorrow. They're on sale for $150 all in. Thanks for everyone's help though:)
[HTC Amaze 4G] neoedit:
how broken is the blue tooth in this newer rom without the black apps i have only one issue with the dec 13 rom and that is the blue tooth reboots the phone when turning on antena some times! is this what is happening in the new one or is bluetooth completly disabled now? i use amaze as my dd and if i loose bt its a deal breaker but if its just the existing issue i will be just fine can some one let me know!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Muneeb Saeed:
Bluetooth is completly broken every developer is working on it but the progress is slow the main problem is the kernel our ti wlan chip doesnt support 3.4 kernel and its like they are building a whole new kernel from scratch for our device which is really hard for two students and without 3.4 we cant get latest firmware working so we just have to wait the main developers that are working on the kernel for our device are ravike14 and sportsstar89.
[HTC Amaze 4G] neoedit:
Thank for the clear up over the depth of BT breakage I will wait patiently for the rebuild and not keep thinking I can use the newer firmware I will stick with 12 15 13 version
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dave O:
Has anyone been able to get WIFI thether app working for hotspot on this ROM or EV? I've tried different setups and can't seem to get it. Just curious if anyone else got it going?

thanks in advance
[HTC Amaze 4G] incapable86:
No it does not work, I have tested them too.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dafoo21:
I constantly get the notification that states that my SDcard has unexpectantly been removed. What could be causing this?
[HTC Amaze 4G] HORiZUN:
Format to exfat and see if that helps.
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Hotspot works I'm pretty sure I tested it
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dave O:
With the latest kernel? I haven't tried it yet... Was waiting for a more stale version of it before... Sorry.

But I do really like this ROM and hoping all you geniuses can get the camera and hot spot working because I really need those things...

Keep up the good work, I'm always checking the forums for updates! lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] KT-82166:
On all the kitkat roms it does the same thing. The built in tethering starts, allows devices to connect, abtain ip address, then it begans to rapidly connect and disconnect rendering it unusable. Wifi tether for root app doesnt work at all. I would post log but my amaze is no longer working, will have to warranty exchange.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Odysseus1962:
You summed up the issue well. Tethering starts the signal is strong and visible to the other device, the handshake begins and appears to connect, however, it fails at the point where an ip address is requested from the host. It's the exact same issue on both KK and the current JB ROMs. No one seems close to resolving this and it's been an ongoing issue.

On the bright side, using the handset to connect to WiFi hotspot for data transmission seems to be working well on this ROM.

So in summary and for clarification, with this ROM using your device to host a WiFi hotspot doesn't work, however, using it to connect to a WiFi hotspot does work.
[HTC Amaze 4G] EmbGuy:
I am still on my stock ICS ROM from HTC. The hotspot turns off by itself after a few minutes.

I will flash this ROM when my warranty expires in 3 months.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rdar_93:
Hey I just want to find out, I read through and I saw the bug where "Status bar reads low"

Is that just the signal bars or what?

Or what is it really?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dave O:
Yeah it's the signal bars, I found that on cm11 it was pretty accurate but evervolv it was low... But as far as your actual signal strength you get as expected reception...
[HTC Amaze 4G] rdar_93:
OOoooohhh thanks. I used to use Evervolv, but I'm on Sensai now so idk bout the 4.4 roms anymore lol

I thought that bug was fixed some time ago though?
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
it is on this rom
[HTC Amaze 4G] HORiZUN:
Is 20131214 the latest build for this ROM? That's the only version in the OP.

Sent from my Hyperdriven S4
[HTC Amaze 4G] Yousvel:
No. There's a test version with the black boxes fixed . That version uses the ion kernel. It's an engineer version. it's on goo.im
[HTC Amaze 4G] Petronoid:
Thanks, how is the battery life with that test build. With the evervolv there are issues with some wakelocks so the battery life is pretty poor alongwith the black boxes.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Yousvel:
The battery life is much better than evervolv's. And it charges fast too.But the camera is still buggy.

*If I help you, instead of saying thanks, please hit my thanks button.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Petronoid:
I have tried a few cameras that work with evervolv incl. 720p video. If those work with this Rom, I'll upload for you. No 1080p though.
[HTC Amaze 4G] jv2k:
The battery life is the best out of any android rom I've ever used. Enough to keep me using it despite this build still being broken in many ways.

Apps based on the stock browser which were black in old builds are no longer black but freeze up. So reddit apps, boat browser and the like freeze up. Chrome and firefox work mostly fine(but even under best conditions they run crummily on our device) and of course opera classic runs like a dream. UC browser also works for reasons I don't quite get but hey it does.

Signal strength is pretty good and overall it's usable but these fundamental flaws it has make it usable if you want to test as a daily driver but frustrating. It's so close to perfect though. So close and far away at the same time.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Odysseus1962:
I tried the update in [MENTION=2681593]sportsstar89[/MENTION] goo repo in combination with the the Qualcomm drivers listed in earlier posts on this thread. My impressions are generally positive. As mentioned, Bluetooth doesn't work at all. In fact the first thing you see upon boot up is a toast saying it has force closed. Also as has been mentioned, WiFi tethering doesn't work. The camera has a long way to go yet. I experienced numerous force closes when taking multiple photos or when attempting video. Trying other camera apps force closed too. These were the major issues I experienced.

On the plus side, this ROM is freaking fast and super smooth. Additionally, battery life is outstanding right from the get go without additional tweaking. It's a very solid effort, especially considering it's a prerelease alpha.

One thing missing that's very important to me is being able to wake by toggling the volume rocker. Earlier in the thread it was mentioned, but I couldn't find the setting to enable it. I only found one to change tracks with the rocker while the screen is off.

My power button, like many here, is showing signs of age and wear. Having to use it alone is extremely annoying, because it sometimes takes two, three, or more attempts before it wakes. Please [MENTION=2681593]sportsstar89[/MENTION] add this feature to the next release, as it's an important and convenient feature for many of us.

Thanks again for the work and effort on this ROM. I very much look forward to the next release.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rdar_93:
Why don't you just flash the camcorder wake mod zip that somebody here compiled? (Can't remember who it was to give credit to)

Um I too installed this rom. Is anyone else having red screen flashing? o.O Or is it just mine?
[HTC Amaze 4G] incapable86:
Here it was compiled by josegalre, I flash it always after every rom I install and it works fine.

red screen flashing is a known issues please read previous posts

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49414393&postcount=79

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49417411&postcount=86