yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Did it prompt you to add a backup account? I doubt it's just your device. In the future (as a last resort) I'd try using TiBu to remove play services and play store, then reflashing gapps.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
12/11 build is up. No FC issues so far.

After flashing the ROM, let it run for a few minutes before rebooting to flash gapps. This is the only thing I can think of that I might be doing differently. I spend the first few minutes deleting system apps I don't want, then I reboot.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rontonomo:
can you confirm if mms works on the newest build? only thing keeping from using
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Just sent one and it worked just fine. If it's not working for you though, let me know. There are some simple apn settings you might have to change. I didn't have to though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rontonomo:
my mms is still not working, could you tell me what apn settings to change and where to find them? Please and Thank You in advance...(by the way other than the mms this rom is rock solid for me)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sladehawke:
I haven't looked at EVO LTE stuff since 4.1.651.4 dropped, so pardon my ignorance, but I'm confused. If CM12 is Android 5.0 Lollipop based, and BlissStalk is CM11 based (4.4), why is this considered to be a 5.0 ROM? Is the CM11 based quote below simply a copy/paste error from a previous version? I couldn't find any screenshots of a version info in the thread. Is it an older kernel with just a new interface?

Thanks!

I ask because I once got confused by the way people throw sense version and kernel numbers around...

Also, do GApps in OP need to update to this: GAPPS 5.0.x?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Psycario:
I recently got a new phone and I gave my evo to my daughter. Before I did, I decided to flash this rom. Rom works great but for some reason the link in the OP takes me to kk 4.4.4 Gapps??? I used the Gapps from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56979697&postcount=1 and they've been working fine for a week now. Give it a try and see what happens.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ElMadre:
Are you confusing BlissPop with BlissStalk?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpaulien:
Thanks. I just downloaded these gapps and will give them a try next time. Hopefully between it and fiz's suggestion I can get a dirty flash working.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sladehawke:
Apparently yes.

I did the install of 1.2 clean, and I got "no SIM card -no service" errors. I was unable to send sms or make phone calls, and I got com.android.phone errors.

I really liked the ROM, and I'll try it again when I have Moore time to troubleshoot.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
I thought I had changed all of the links in the OP, but I was wrong. You probably flashed a 4.4.4 gapps by accident. Sorry about that! My fault for not deleting them all.

I just made a ton of updates to the OP to change GApps links, tailor the instructions for the Jewel, and have added an APN guide in my 3rd post, which should address any mms or data issues.

Please let me know what issues are still out there so that I can update the OP. Consider it a courtesy to everyone else who is using the ROM!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
See Post #3 and the above post. Thanks!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sladehawke:
I had trouble using SQL editor on my first half-assed attempt.... So I tried updating the APN though the Access Point menu where it says "access point names are not available for this user". Attempting to add an APN and save it was futile. I suspect this is the underlying CM12 issue. That db file doesn't need any special permissions does it?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rontonomo:
there is a whole lot of apns in the telephony database do i need to change every one of them to match sprint settings?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sladehawke:
Fizbanrapper,

can you take a look at

this zip

and see if it could still work... I found it on a different thread (CM12 for the S3) and it must have worked for at least one person... EDIT: Captain Says it'll brick you

It has a apns-conf.xml that looks legit, but I don't know if the updater would work for this device.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
It most likely would. I'd unzip it and delete the virgin mobile crap, then rezip and flash it. Flash it after the ROM, but before first boot. I'm testing an APN zip of my own since I'm on Ting. I'll post it if all goes well.

Latest ROM posted (12/14). Compiled with SaberMOD 4.8.4. Had been using the standard GCC prior to this. No other modifications or build flags yet. I only like to change one thing at a time, so it'll be a little while before I'm cookin with o3 optimizations etc.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
Um, the updater-script in that zip is flashing to block devices. You'll be writing stuff to the wrong partitions and potentially bricking if you flash that zip as-is . . .
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rontonomo:
weird if i set my perferred network to gsm/wcdma/lte then i get lte and my mms send right away but i get no cellular connection? im not quite sure what im missing here.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Very strange. Have you tried so different mms app? I know that shouldn't matter.

The banks gapps in the op are by far the most compatible with this ROM. For now at least. I flashed them right after dirty flashing the ROM and had no issues upon reboot.

They're also very small too, which is nice. Can't stand the Google bloat.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sladehawke:
Well, I tried again flashing the latest 1.2 and the GApps for 5.0 from Banks..., this time I had 3g service but the send arrow was still grayed out for sending sms.

After rebooting, I no longer have 3G (and I once again have "No SIM Card - No Service" on the notification bar). I am unable to save APNs and the list is still empty. I'm going to wipe and follow the instructions once more and see what works. Fingers crossed.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] goliath714:
Has anyone noticed when searching from Google, not Chrome, that links don't actually open? Nothing comes up for me. It acts like something opened, but the screen just dims a little. Searching and opening links works fine when in Chrome. Using the latest build with a clean flash and no mods.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Having the same issue with links in the xda app.

I'm also having issues with modifying apns now.

I'm not surprised either because LP is still so early in its development. They fix one thing, but the fix breaks something else.

This is one of the many reasons I'm glad that there are CM and Slim builds for Jewel now. If the issues persist in future builds, but other ROMs are unaffected, it should make it a bit easier to track down the commits that are causing these problems.

I don't want to make excuses, but I honestly think these issues likely persist across all CM based ROMs at the moment.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpaulien:
I just tried flashing the 12/14 build last night. First, I tried a dirty flash, but had the same issues I described a few days ago, where it tells me that Google play services are not running. So I flashed Gapps (the Banks version, linked in OP) and it still gave me the same error. I then tried to follow your recommendation of using Titanium Backup to delete the services and re-flash Gapps, but that's when I discovered another crazy thing. I don't know if it has something to do with a change in the ROM since the 12/05 version (which I'm on) or what, but I couldn't see the keyboard, so when I was in Titanium Backup, I couldn't search for anything because the keyboard just showed up as a solid grey square, taking up the place that the keyboard would normally be.

I know that it was the keyboard, because if I hit various places on the grey block, letters would pop up that were in the approximate location of where I was hitting. At this point I said "screw the dirty flash, let's try it clean" so I wiped everything, flashed, booted up, set up some settings, rebooted, flashed Gapps. Then installed TiBu and started restoring some things, and the phone died a couple times during that process (random reboots) and when I finally came back up, and got things set up, I tried changing back to my preferred keyboard (SwiftKey) it was once again coming up as a grey block, where you couldn't determine keys, letters numbers, or anything else.

At that point I decided I'd rather stick with the older version that I've been using. At least I can use my keyboard. So I restored the nandroid I made a couple days ago when I last tried to update, and updated data on the apps that I care about from TiBu... So It seems like it's only me, but this ROM really hates my phone (or vise versa).

Anyway, hopefully I can get something to work sometime, as I did notice there are some new features and settings that weren't on my version, so I'd like to be able to start playing. But for now, I'll just stick with what works.

Just FYI, and FWIW. That was my experience with this most recent build.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] goliath714:
Found the fix for it here. Apparently this is an issue with 5.0.1, and the app chooser is invisible. The workaround is to force gpu rendering under development settings. Also, is anyone having issues with vine videos not playing?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
New build posted. Brings us to 1.3.

Mms and data are working for me (after apn fix). Videos are working again too. No idea I'd they're working with vine though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] goliath714:
I cant seem to get videos to play. They record just fine, but don't play. Also, I'm having issues with play services fc. Clean flash of everything.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Use banks gapps instead of pa
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] goliath714:
Will this fix video playback as well? Don't see how it would affect that.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Me either, but I haven't had any issues with video playback on the last build. That's the only thing I can think of that you'd be doing differently.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] goliath714:
Tried that, still no video playback. Every time I've tried something its been on a clean flash. When I try to play a video I take with the phone, it says video can't be played, and goes back to gallery.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
That's strange, but not altogether unexpected. Nexus 7 users have been furious for months that they didn't have video playback.

All I can tell you is that I use the Camera MX app to take videos and play them with VLC. You likely aren't using the same apps, so that's probably what the difference is attributable to. Video playback is still an issue in LP and likely will be until they release 5.1 in Q1 2015. Sorry man. If I knew how to fix it, I would.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] goliath714:
OK I may just have to use vlc then. It's just strange because on the 12/04 build videos play just fine from stock gallery.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Latest build puts us at version 1.4. Quite a few new features.

Christmas themed boot animation is a nice touch.

I've really done my best to build with upgraded toolchains, but some feature always seems to break. I'll keep working on it, but there are no optimizations in this build.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpaulien:
Thanks. I don't really care about the optimization stuff. (not convinced that it makes enough of a difference to be worth the effort.) But I DO appreciate you taking the time to keep this ROM updated.

Once again, I was unable to succeed in doing a dirty flash.... I flashed the ROM and booted it up. I got tons of warnings that Google play services weren't installed. Booted back to recovery and flashed the gapps and booted back to the ROM.

Now every time I tried to open a Google app, such as Gmail, it would tell me something to the effect of this phone is not compatible with Google play services. Sorry I didn't think to take a screen shot, I will try to remember next time.

So I took the time to start over with a clean install and it's up and running again. I just wish I could figure out what is going on with the dirty flash!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] goliath714:
Just to let everyone know, camera autofocus is not working on any 5.0.2 ROM, this one included. If this is an important feature to have, you may want to wait until it is fixed across all ROMs.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Unfortunately it's always going to be that way with dirty flashing ROMs. Not all files are overwritten in a dirty flash. Typically there are not many files which actually change at all. When one changed file is relying on a change in some other file, but that other file doesn't contain that change (due to dirty flashing) there are problems.

Always make a backup, they say.

Yeah I really wish I knew what the problem was.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpaulien:
Yes, I know. Backups help save lives. So, based on what you said, would it be just as futile to do a backup, do a clean install and then restore JUST the data partition?

I may give that a try next time. Would that restore the ROM settings or are they stored on the system partition?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
I'd be very surprised if the results of that were something good. I can't predict what, but there's a good chance of breaking something or even bricking your phone. I wouldn't do it.

I fried the 3g radios on my first jewel when I flashed a omni based kernel to a CM ROM. The kernel is different, I know, but its a lot less data too.

I think the fastest way to restore apps etc, is to back them up with TiBu, then create a zip that's flashable through recovery. Won't help a ton for ROM settings though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Bliss 1.5 is up. More new features. Autofocus bug still present as in all other LP ROMs so far.

Can't yet say that the recommended apn fix has changed, but the apn menu appears to be working.

There was a bug in KitKat for months that would cause the apn menu to update the telephony-journal file rather than telephony.db. This gave it the appearance of doing something without actually doing anything. I'll have an answer on this a bit later today, most likely.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Huge step forward on APNs. The menu seems to be fully functional. The ideal solution of overwriting apns-conf.xml, then pulling them across via apn menu reset is working normally. I've updated the APNs fix post (post #3 in this thread) and will expand those revised instructions as soon as I get a chance.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mr.BungIe:
As in the past, the stock messaging app has the send button greyed out and inoperable. Google messenger is sending both sms and mms without updating apn or mmsc settings. Looks like a step in the right direction. Thanks for keeping the updates coming.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
It's Kernel Time!

Kernel source is same as in OP.

This is just the standard CM kernel for now. No added features and no build flags or optimizations (yet). The only thing that's special about it (so far) is that it has been compiled with Linaro Toolchain GCC version 4.9.3 optimized for ARM Cortex A15. Toolchain build 2014.12. I was surprised myself, at the difference it has made.

Toolchain Source

I will be adding kernel features and optimizations, but I have no interest in sacrificing ROM stability just to add another item on the list of optimizations.

This kernel should work with all CM based AOSP L.P. ROMs (All current L.P. ROMs for the Jewel fit that description).

Enjoy!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
No idea what the problem is. I've done nothing to modify the related repositories. Would anyone be upset if I just omitted it from future builds? I never use the thing.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpaulien:
Hey, just wanted to let you know how my latest adventure with dirty flashing went. This time around, I flashed the ROM and then immediately rebooted back to recovery and flashed the gapps and wiped cache /dalvik and booted back to the ROM.

With that sequence of events, I didn't have the same issue with the phone telling me that Google play services weren't running.

HOWEVER I also still don't have the APN menu working, since I did a dirty flash. But I proved to myself that it can be done, and I will now go do a clean install just so I can get the benefits of the APN working.

Thanks for keeping this alive and I look forward to seeing what other improvements are in store.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mr.BungIe:
Doesn't bother me in the least if you leave it out. As long as there's a viable replacement, which there seems to be.

I forgot to mention, for those that may care, back to kill is set by default in the rom.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpaulien:
Won't bother me. I use Chomp SMS, and freeze the default one anyway.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] z3r0t0l0rEnCe:
Runtime...Art or Dalvik?

Is it suggested to now run Art or Dalvik? Also....I can't find it in dev options!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
There is no suggestion because there is no choice. Dalvik is dead with Lollipop; there is only ART. Thus, no option in Dev options.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] z3r0t0l0rEnCe:
Thanks...I had a hunch about that but I forgot honestly.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mmmmmmmma:
no 'no SIM card' on lockscreen on the latest build. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] z3r0t0l0rEnCe:
Moved to q & a section.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
The number of new features added to the new 1.6 release is impressive. Check it out.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mr.BungIe:
I shouldn't have flashed back to 1.5. I was perfectly happy with 1.6, however, the rom couldn't connect to the camera. I'll try and flash again to be sure it wasn't a one off.

ETA: reflashed after confirming a good download. On 2nd install, I'm experiencing the same issue with the camera not connecting.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] z3r0t0l0rEnCe:
Its def software related. I had the same issue.

Note that cyanogenmod 5.0.1 Nightly's are available. Changelog states that camera is working but I had a stuck boot loop issue that I can't resolve currently. Might be a phone issue itself from what I can tell.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mr.BungIe:
Installed build from 1/8 and as far as i can tell Camera and Bluetooth are working perfectly. No no sim card message. Been running nice and smooth for the last 24 hours.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Ugh. The camera bug is back in the 1/12 build though. That's a shame because there are a lot of good upgrades in 1.7 (pie is back, for starters).
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Gnexd:
hidden wifi?

couldn't find a way to setup hidden network on this rom. is there a better 5.0 for meh.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
The camera issues are either qcom or qcom-caf source changes or toolchain issues.

To control some of those problems, I've forked the manifest for the ROM and will n be able to track down the cause of the problem.

Once the cause has been identified, I'm going to fork the manifests for LS snd BeanStalk too.

Ultimately ROM quality will be greatly improved, but that will take some time.

I've restarted the kernel project too. I made way too many changes to the source before pushing the source to github. A bug in those changes was causing some stability issues in the kernel.

I was too ambitious with my plans too. I was hoping to release it as an original development. The problem with that is that I need people using the kernel who can make me aware of issues in a timely manner, and provide logcats so I can track down the cause of various bugs and fix them.

Kernel stability will be priority one, with features secondary, and optimizations a tertiary consideration.

I'll be building the kernels into the ROMs as soon as I can, but it's actually easier to build the kernel as a standalone flashable zip.

Please PM me if you'd like to volunteer to test the kernel prior to release. You'll get access to a hidden folder on my afh page as well as access to the kernel source.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KingFatty:
Is there a link for the change log in recent versions? Apologies if I overlooked it. I'm curious what's in the newer versions (e.g., the one dated Jan 19 now posted for download).
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
There are some issues with that version. Forgot to delete it. Change logs will be coming soon.

I've been working my tail off trying to fix different bugs that have been popping up recently. It's been tough though.

I've also been spending a lot of time on developing a custom kernel. It's coming along well, but I really want to get sweep to wake and tap to wake working well first. I can get s2w working, but the code causes the device to reboot if it sleeps for more than 20 seconds... which is clearly a no go.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KingFatty:
Thanks for all your work and dedication. It's mind-blowing that we can still get such support for this older phone, pretty awesome!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
Thanks for the kind words.

I'm nearly out of ideas with the camera issue. I posted the latest build, but camera still doesn't work.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mr.BungIe:
Oddly enough, the camera is working fine for me on the 2nd build that was posted on the 18th. That's the one I've stuck with and it's running great so far.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Zoner1501:
The camera worked in the 12/04/14 build I used for a solid month before I saw any kind of instability in the rom, but of course that was a 5.0.1 build. Regardless of the camera working or not, I love your work Fiz keep up the good work!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] asce1992:
[MENTION=5676253]fizbanrapper[/MENTION] Hi!!:) I come from HTC EVO 3D forum .. This ROM is based on the kernel 3.0.101, right? I wanted to know if the camera works! maybe it could be useful for my phone!! thank you :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fizbanrapper:
I REALLY wish I knew what happened there! I'll read through the commits for that day, a few days before, and a few days after.

All good information. It sounds like we're not the only ones having trouble with the camera on this ROM. At first I thought I had used a bad toolchain, then I thought the issue was my change in CAF sources. After that I started thinking I had accidentally identified and removed a repo that was actually needed. I tried direct-extracting the blobs from my phone in case that was the issue, but no luck.

TeamBliss must know about it too. They're on their 3rd camera app in the last month, though their commits don't indicate why they made the changes. I even manually swapped out camera apps on my side to see if yet another would help (doesn't seem like it would or should make a difference, but why not?), to no avail.

I'm reverting nearly every change I've made now, re-syncing and trying again. If that doesn't work I'll have to delete my entire Bliss directory and start fresh by downloading the ~18GB source all over again... If that doesn't work, I'll just assume it's an issue in Bliss's android_frameworks_base. There are commits with thousands of lines of code in there that added/deleted/replaced in the last month and finding whatever broke it is almost like finding a needle in a haystack.... when there are a few hundred haystacks and you're not even sure the needle you're looking for is in this particular stack.

I'm glad you all appreciate the effort and I really am doing everything I can think of. The biggest trouble in finding these issues isn't even in coding changes. It's in having to wait 5 or 6 hours to see if the changes made any difference!

In other news, in the most recent build, Bliss has a different look - two different looks, in fact. The default is the visually offensive (in my opinion) white menus. The second is a darker and much cooler version of what we've gotten used to and it can be found in themes.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mr.BungIe:
Just because I haven't actually typed it recently, thanks for staying with this. I really appreciate you keeping this phone alive.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] remicks:
Keeping up with us is no easy task, we know this lol. Trust me when I say you're doing a great job. :)

I love seeing these posts, so happy to know that we can bring a bit of bliss to everyone possible :)

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