yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
UMS is Back!!!

USB Mass Storage (UMS) is now returning to our ROMs. I just finished working out some kinks in mounting the external sdcard in UMS mode. My first try failed, my second required you to allow the SystemUI root access and this one works as is which is best. The external sdcard takes considerably longer to mount, but mounts just the same. On a windows system, it should detect UMS and try to install the Android Mass Storage Drivers all on it's own. Once that is done, you should see the mounted sdcards.

NOTE: Mounting sdcards in UMS mode makes them invisible to your device, so apps that use your sdcards to run will not work while UMS is activated.

Also fixed in this build is the network selection list now includes LTE as an option in addition to 3G and 2G. New build will be up by tomorrow night :)
[Galaxy S II General] Strange Peer:
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allô...

extract and put in etc/init.d

just a little enhancement!

cheers!
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
New Build is Up!

New build is up ;) UMS works and LTE is now selectable as a network type. I didn't get a chance to include [MENTION=4974935]Strange Peer[/MENTION]'s init.d script, so don't forget to add that to your init.d directory with the right permissions. Also, you must open his script and make sure that the package name for your launcher is correct. you can find out the package name by going to Settings -> Apps -> All and click on your launcher app. The package name will be right below the app title in small letters. Put this package name into the script here:

Using UMS if you've forgotten, requires that you go to Settings -> Storage -> USB Computer Connection then enable UMS. Now with UMS activated, when the phone is plugged in via usb, there will be a notification to enable UMS, click on that notification and then click on the button to enable UMS and your sdcards will mount. If using windows, it may try to install the UMS drivers for android, just let it finish and your drives will mount when it is finished installing the correct drivers. This is tested on my Linux Mint 15 Olivia and Windows 7 Ultimate.

Enjoy!!!

Here is the new build:

Download
[Galaxy S II General] Strange Peer:
just a note

just a quick note... about the launcher...

Google home and trebuchet are in the script...

so... what Tylor wrote about only apply if using another launcher...

Cheer's!

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[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
can ask what [MENTION=4974935]Strange Peer[/MENTION]'s init.d script do and is it needed
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
My brief research on the renice command shows that it sets app priorities. My quick assessment tells me that it's simply re-ordering certain apps priorities in theory making the phone operate faster and use less battery.

Not needed, but recommended ;)

Please correct me if I'm wrong Strange.
[Galaxy S II General] Strange Peer:
correct! シ﻿
[Galaxy S II General] formercontra:
Would that be what's interfering with ART? I flashed the update and switched to art thinking it'd be fine, and the phone locked up with system apps fc. It's the same gapps package as before, so I don't know why it's not working now
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
after dirty flashing this ROM and after the system start the apps are not starting. getting error unfortunately this xxxxxxx service is not starting almost on all android apps like phone, calender, theme launcher ..etc. so only black screen and the system is actually unusable. restoring backup now and will try to reflash

Update, I was on ART so maybe that is why. I will switch to dalvik and reflash after resoring a backup.
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
So I can confirm the problem is with ART with this build. After restoring backup, I switched to dalvik and then reflashed this build and all is okay after no FC on any android services so far
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Not sure what this is all about, but I'm investigating the issues with art in the new build ;) thanks for the reports guys!
[Galaxy S II General] alierenys:
I tried a search nice
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
what does it do?
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
system crash in hangout talk

Hi TF,

I am having a system crash when using video and voice talk in hangout. I do not use it often so I do not know if it happens in previous builds. I can reproduce the crash everytime.

after you initiate a video call with a contact it connect, it rings, and then the screen kind of collapse and then the system crash and reboots. the issue happens if you initiate a call or received a call. since I can reproduce it everytime, I managed to get a logcat that clearly shows a java exception.

attached is the logcat
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Excellent, thank you for the log. It looks like an overlay issue from what I can see in the log "qdoverlay".

My suggestion is to disable hw overlays in developer options before using hangouts and see if that helps.
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
you are correct. disabling hw overly does not crash the system after hangout call
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
BUG???

"Unfortunately, Camera has stopped" is it only me or is there a bug?:mad:
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Can I get a logcat please? It will help determine what is wrong. I haven't had the camera fc on me yet so the log will help ;)
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
Just wondering why the cyanogenmod version displays as "0409" and not "0410"
[Galaxy S II General] slushee:
Because the build date is April 9th?
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
I also manage to get this error today. the Camera did take video but it seems the Camera FC if I start recording in portrait and tilt the phone to landscape while I am recording or if I press the volume buttons while it is recording (the second did not happen always). it was a force of habit from Samsung STOCK that volume up and down are for zooming but it is not in AOSP

since I can reproduce it, I managed to get you a logcat (attached)
[Galaxy S II General] androidman23:
blurry recordings

I haven't noticed any bugs lately expect for an issue with the video recorder. The whole thing is completely blurry. Any fixes to try? Also I could try attaching a logcat later, juts need to find some time.
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
if you are using this latest build then just change the recording resolution to 720p and do not use the 1080p
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
NVM, it's working now for some reasons after a reboot!! CHEERS!!

:laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] danrobi:
Anyone having problems with games? Like the hobbit, it crashes just before it starts. had same problem with a couple of other games.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
I have the same thing happening with carbon. It looks like a dalvik issue. I'll see what I can find on it.
[Galaxy S II General] RukusX7:
Titanic_fanatic has agreed to build one ROM with the diablo kernel cooked in. I was thinking keep it simple and make it cm11. What does everyone think? Or is there a favorite ROM we like?

Can someone post a copy of the current build.prop? Paste bin please.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Here you go ;)

http://pastebin.com/uC2dGsKa
[Galaxy S II General] formercontra:
I'm really enjoying carbon, but I'd go back to cm if it meant having the diablo kernel, or use that method with the template zip tf showed a while ago.... are there disadvantages to having it as a flashable zip vs cooked in?
[Galaxy S II General] RukusX7:
Replace this line in the build.prop

ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0

with

dalvik.vm.lockprof.threshold=500

About the kernel, the only disadvantage to a flashable kernel, is that I don't know how to make it work. Also. I don't have a PC for dev right now.
[Galaxy S II General] bijon440:
Same here, love the flexibility of carbon. Been using it since the first build
[Galaxy S II General] RukusX7:
I've heard enough. I'm already running carbon with diablo. Its awesome. Most everything works properly. Same bugs. Except I broke bln with my kernel.

Let's make the diablo ROM carbon.
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
Link for carbon with diablo?
[Galaxy S II General] formercontra:
What does this do?
[Galaxy S II General] RukusX7:
Well. It hasn't been built yet.

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Not sure. But fixes the issue for me.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Are you talking about the game the hobbit as mentioned earlier? I can confirm this fixed the loading of the game. I also found:

ro.kernel.checkjni=0

dalvik.vm.checkjni=false

And have applied both of these as well.

Edit:

Will mention to avoid confusion, this ro.kernel.android.checkjni already exists in our build.prop the variation I listed above is not a typo but a separate config option that I found so I have both defined in the build.prop ;)
[Galaxy S II General] danrobi:
Thanks Ruskus. it fixed the problem, games are loading. My son is more happy than i am.:laugh: :good:
[Galaxy S II General] RukusX7:
No not in particular. For me it was candy crush. Found it by accident in hellkat
[Galaxy S II General] RukusX7:
Something to do with the compression in how the kernel is built. The standalone uses a different compression than the built in. But I forget what I was told by cl3kener. They have to be used in their respective place due to the compression used.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
I actually sent TheDude a pm asking him about this because it will be lime having a new rom and the rom would need to be updated. This is a nightmare for development, so we'll figure out how to get it to work standalone. It might be as simple as changing the compression back to normal.
[Galaxy S II General] :
I'd think with the tonne of ROMs you're maintaining, a flashable kernel would definitely be the best option. Especially if it might work on multiple ROMs. More options then.

And hi!!! Hope all is well. ;)

Oh....and my wife gave up on her i757m....just wasn't for her, then went back to her iPhone again......until my moto x won her heart.....and she stile it from me...Lol.....and so, my mom has the S2 now, with your slim version....4.3 maybe I think? I think I know the answer....but for a set it up and leave it for a smooth and stable experience for a non techy to use.....is your cm11 perhaps the best option these days?? Sorry, I'd flash them all and see for myself, but its not my phone anymore. Lol

Appreciate any insight my friend. :)

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

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I maybe should have pm'd you that question. ;)

You can pm me a response if you find time....don't want to push you to admit a "best" type answer about your own ROMs. Lol My bad.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Slim is a great choice. It's slim and always seems to run just slightly better than the rest. Slimkat is out for this phone so you could upgrade to KitKat that way.

Personally I love carbon. It's a mix of cm, slim and aokp. The features I like the most are notifications directly on your lockscreen, battery meter around the lockscreen handle and most recently discovered double tap and hold lockscreen handle to turn on torch then release to turn off.

If you went with carbon though you might want to make sure you have done time to go over the settings because there are a few ;)

Active display (pocket mode) I find a little annoying so I keep that turned off. It turns on the display when you take it out of your pocket. I liked it at first but then I found I kept pulling it out of my pocket and my reaction is to press the power button which would happen after the screen turned on resulting in the screen being turned off and I got frustrated ;)
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
Hi TF,

Did you see my last thread on the Carbon thread about the active display it does not seems to work. I turned it off and it still active.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
I missed that one, sorry. Go to Settings -> Carbon Fibers -> Lockscreen -> Notifications and disable "Pocket Mode" ;)
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
even that pocket mode is set to off. even if the entire active display is turned off. still wake up if take it off the pocket or if it is placed face down on the table and then turned and hold in hand.

there are also other feature are not working like this like teh programing of buttons. only home button work if you program if long pressed to do something. there are other feedback if you wish to review.

BTW, i am using your Beta build and not the original carbon build
[Galaxy S II General] :
Thanks my friend. I'll read those ROMs threads and pick one for her.

When my wife had the phone there was literally one current ROM. You've really gave people choices now!!! Amazing job! ;)

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Both active display and pocket mode must be turned off. They are slightly different features and one will override the others setting which is why they both have to be disabled.

If you do have both disabled, I'll have to do a little digging around the features code to understand it better.

The other issue with the hw buttons programming is due to the slim recents which will be worked out in future build ;)
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
I have both disabled but still wakes up and I still get notification. so as if the active display options are ignored
[Galaxy S II General] m54:
Official Google Camera App for KitKat!

Hey all, i'm currently still running CM 4.3 but have been following the progress of CM11 and I've noticed theres some issues with the current camera app in the builds.

Just recently Google has released an official standalone camera app for Kitkat. thought you may want to give this a try !

App store link below:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera
[Galaxy S II General] Blazing Hornet:
I just put this on the phone with CM11 the other day and it fixed the 1080P recording for me as well as an issue I would have when the camera would take a flash. However, if you try to get the the settings the app FC's.
[Galaxy S II General] m54:
Good to hear! I'd keep it installed, there will likely be a few quick updates that may fix that settings issue you're experiencing as it was only released two days ago. There was also mention of more legacy devices being supported in the near future (4.3 and below).
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
Anybody notice random reboots when stopping UMS on phone after ejecting on computer?
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
I haven't. Are you using a Windows computer? What version of Windows?
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
Windows 7, it reboots my phone whenever I eject and stop UMS, also sometimes when phone doesn't reboot, all the apps that were on SD disappear, which results in rebooting manually.
[Galaxy S II General] TyMoOteUuSz:
Yeah

At last we have Cyanogen Mod! ;D keep up the good work.
[Galaxy S II General] RukusX7:
You must be new. Welcome! Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Check out my post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52098818

For a fix for the camera. 1080p now works and so does Google camera. There is still a delay when starting video though.
[Galaxy S II General] sadowling:
Playing Video Crashes

Not sure which of the recent updates did it, but playing videos from gallery (recorded on previous versions of the CM11 and work fine in windows environment) now crash my phone. See attached logcat.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
This has been an issue since I first released KitKat for this device. I have the solution posted in the OP. Essentially, the problem is in the creation of thumbnails in the Gallery. When it tries to create thumbnails for those videos that were taken with older versions of Android 4.3 and older it chokes and the kernel panics. This is why it reboots. The solution is to move only those videos that are problematic to a directory of their own and adding a blank text file with the filename .nomedia (the dot at the beginning is important). This will stop the Gallery from loading these videos and trying to create thumbnails for them. You will not be able to browse those videos with the gallery, but you can still play them through the video player on your phone by opening them with a filemanager instead.

Unfortunately this bug has been difficult to track down since all attempts to get a log of the error have failed. I checked out your log hoping that the error would be present, but it appears that the phone reboots before the event can even be logged :(
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
[MENTION=5281819]sadowling[/MENTION], I just noticed that the videos I had that used to cause my gallery to crash no longer crash my gallery.

Have you applied the last fix I released to fix video recording and Google camera? This might be what fixed my gallery. The other possibility is that the gallery in carbon doesn't have the same bug.

If you've already applied the fix for video recording, I'll upload just the gallery app from carbon for you to try. We might be able to cross this bug off the list now ;)
[Galaxy S II General] sadowling:
I have applied the fix...assuming all it needed was to install the zip in CWM. I didn't need to set any special permissions or anything else, right? I'll try the Carbon gallery on these files once you've uploaded.
[Galaxy S II General] big_biso:
I think you are on to something. because since I switched to Carbon the gallery does not crash. I used to get a crash once a week almost and it is not necessarily videos that were recorded with the phone some time just playing videos that I get on whatsapp or facebook.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Try this flashable zip to install carbons gallery app

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407589130
[Galaxy S II General] sadowling:
No dice, same result. However, I just noticed that I am able to play the video when I rotate to Landscape orientation first (which is how this video was recorded), but if I try to play it letter-boxed in Portrait orientation...instant death. Something to do with the video-rotation algorithm? Perhaps a resolution or pixel-mapping error, either in rotated location mapping or more likely in the pixel-binning algorithm used to play a video of higher res than available for a given screen resolution direction (e.g. a 1920pxl wide source being played on a screen that is now 720 pxls wide in portrait orientation)?

*UPDATE*

I recorded a portrait video and it plays fine in both orientations. Recorded a landscape video and it also plays fine in both orientations. It appears there is just something special with the videos I recorded with CM10.2. In any case, going forward, things appear to be working fine.
[Galaxy S II General] Strange Peer:
dadoes rom

hi..

http://d-h.st/fMS 469.18 MB

based on the latest by our friend...

as usual for those of you who was using it(dadoes)#!

no need for gapps... already in... all the fix too!

remove a lot and put some other...

cheer's!
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Do your mind if I add your link to the OP?
[Galaxy S II General] Strange Peer:
As you please!

but yeah... I'll be please myself!

thanks... merci...
[Galaxy S II General] grandmaster_b:
Hi TF are there any flashable custom kernels for any of your ROMs? It would be nice to have some of the extra options like over clock under volt but Mainly the USB force fast charge and dynamic fsync etc.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
There's one in the works, but don't know when I'll have time to finish it up.

I'm currently trying to get us on media-caf instead of the legacy media repo. I have a build running right now and hope to test it this evening ;)
[Galaxy S II General] iDynamics:
If you ever need a tester I'm here :)
[Galaxy S II General] slushee:
Not a 'when will the next build be released' annoying request, but I've decided to finally upgrade to cm11. Should I hold off for a few days until the build your testing is released or pull the trigger on the latest posted build in the op? Just don't feel like re flashing a day or two after setting everything up.

:)
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
I would go with what is in the OP. Even though I will flash the new one in a bit, I haven't had one boot yet and it would be a sort of beta test as well so you might be happier with the one in op ;)
[Galaxy S II General] grandmaster_b:
Sounds great ! No rush TF......... you have kept this phone alive !
[Galaxy S II General] manfromgta:
Just an observation while using bln. Text comes in and lights blink as they should. If I don't check text before bln times out as set in advanced settings, my task bar notification from chomp SMS goes away to. It did not do this in the past. Any ideas as to why this is happening?

Sent from my SGH-I757M using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
I never noticed this with gosms, but I'll pay attention now to see if the same happens.
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
Is there like a thread for the Dadoes cm11 ROM, that strange peer posted, because I just gave it a flash, and noticed whenever you go to another app while the music is playing in your earphones, it plays on the phone's speakers, and you have to pause the music via notifications and then play again in order for it to play through your earphones again? Or maybe its just my earphones?
[Galaxy S II General] TheCrazyDirectioner:
I remember in some builds if I had Google now launcher and was listening to music, the music would go through the speaker even when i had headphones in. Happened whenever I was in the GNL but pulling down notification center or opening an app would make music go back to headphones again.
[Galaxy S II General] manfromgta:
I forgot I flashed dadoes cm 11. Lol. I did not have this issue on any of your Roms. Must be related to his version. You know you have a good selection of Roms when you can't remember what your running. Lol.

Sent from my SGH-I757M using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
Is it possible to uninstall system apps for Dadoes' CM11 ROM?, works in titanic fanatic's cm11 though
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Yup, just use titanium backup to uninstall apps installed as system apps
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
Is there any custom ROM you guys would recommend for daily use, and is quite stable. At least android 4.0+
[Galaxy S II General] danrobi:
The one right here runs just great. I've been running this CM11 rom since february as a daily driver and it just does the job. :good:
[Galaxy S II General] iDynamics:
Agreed ^. I recommend the 3/29 build because art works.
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
Update??
[Galaxy S II General] formercontra:
titanic usually rolls out the updates in the 3rd or 4th week of the month, later if new features or bugs are being worked out (last few pages of the carbon rom thread)
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Yeah, I'm working with sultanxda to get the kernel updates fixed up or we're stuck with disabled hw overlays.
[Galaxy S II General] purezalbert:
Anybody know a fix to "Unfortunately Camera has stopped" problem? I tryed to flash the camera fix zip and it didn't work
[Galaxy S II General] sadowling:
Future releases?

Is development for this ROM dead?
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
No, I've just been really busy with my home business and the kernel woes.

I have a build almost ready to go though and should be able to release it by tomorrow ;)
[Galaxy S II General] sadowling:
That's great news, looking forward to it!! This ROM is still my favorite, your hard work is much appreciated.