yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Amazon Fire Phone] smithmal:
I think you can do this if you:

1. Install Safestrap

2. Perform a backup

3. Clean flash CM11

4. If should be able to return to FireOS by restoring your backup, but I'm not 100% sure about this.

smithmal

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That doesn't look right. My top five battery hogs are:

1. Cell standby (35%)

2. WiFi (27%)

3. Phone idle (25%)

4. Android System (6%)

5. Screen (3%)

smithmal
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
You don't need to back up your own ROM unless you particularly have to as Fire Os is available to download on XDA developers and its easy enough to get back to if you so desire :)

Ive just updated to the latest CM by flashing over the top and all seems good ,

Many thanks to the developer
[Amazon Fire Phone] connellr:
Just got my phone ... let Amazon update it to 4.6.3, then proceeded to flash it per instructions. Below are my notes of my experience so far (mostly good) ...

*As a side note, GGOW, I am pointing out issues and bugs to try and be thorough and help out - Most are already known, some may be something I did wrong, regardless this isn't meant as another "fix it for me NOW" post, I understand you're a busy man, and I am sure you will get to this stuff when you can, personally I'm just amazed by how responsive you are and how quickly you do update and fix thing, so Thank you!

Installation process: All went exactly as expected - did root, safestrap, wiped, flashed cm11, flashed gapps, flashed superSU ... and away we went ...

One note however for GGOW - on post one - your "Fresh Installation Instructions" say "Flash HDX Nexus Gapps" ... but your download is the PA Gapps modular pico - may be more clear for people if you updated the instructions to reflect that

Post install experience:

- Signal (both wifi and cell) does appear to be weaker - I haven't really had problems with it though, so cant say if it really is weaker or just the indicators - I know this was already reported - just wanted to give it a "me too"

- The camera button does not appear to be working. I followed the troubleshooting tip (Post 3, Question 4), but when I swipe the lock screen camera to the right it just goes straight to Open Camera (the only camera I have installed). The hardware camera button is unresponsive. I'm not sure if I did something wrong, or if this is a new bug. I also tried playing with Settings > Buttons > Camera Button and none of those options worked either.

- I haven't tried many third party apps that use the camera - but I did try Untappd (a beer rating app) and it worked fine - just launched Open Camera and behaved as expected. PNC Bank's Virtual Wallet worked for photo check deposit too, so good news there.

- I have got the Google play services crash message a couple times ... the message pops up then disappears on its own ... it hasn't been too annoying yet - I did notice however that when it happened while apps were downloading in play store it caused a couple apps to fail to download - a retry worked fine, so not a big problem, but certainly a nuisance.

- I have yet to use GPS on this device - I'll report on that later

- Cannot install Google Calendar from play store - it complains that the calendar built into CM11 is using the same name ... not a big issue, but seemed a bit odd.

- Battery life seems good

I'll report more as I use the device more - but so far I am quite pleased - thanks again GGOW and all the other unsung heros who've put time into this ... If our paths ever crossed I'd happily buy you a beer.
[Amazon Fire Phone] superswain:
I flashed 150810 version.

I took a photo. Picture is darker than I expected.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Flashed 150810 took a picture of a mouse , photo shows an elephant !
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
I have 2 observations for the newest build, been using a little over 24 hours.

1. I'm definetly experiencing faster battery drain, nothing severe, but noticeable. Currently trying to see if its something I did.

2. Its possible I just missed this in the past but I noticed "CM Updater" was a running process under "apps".

Anyone else notice a change in battery life and/or have any thoughts on cm updater?
[Amazon Fire Phone] Spach Daddy:
My top five are as follows:

1) Android System 45%

2) Cell Standby 18%

3) Screen 12%

4) Wi-Fi 11%

5) Phone idle 10%

Android System is definitely high then, anybody have an idea why?

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Let us know if you figure anything out, i too am experiencing fast battery drain. I even went back to fire os and re flashed cm11 and still get the same results. Other than the battery I am content with everything else.
[Amazon Fire Phone] connellr:
Today is my first day with mine - phone is a little less than half discharged My top six are as follows:

1) Gas Buddy 84% (Seriously!?!? WTF, guess I'll be getting rid of that)

2) Cell Standby 4%

3) Wi-Fi 4%

4) Phone Idle 3%

5) Google Services 3%

6) Android System 2%
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Just a little heads up to anyone that might not be aware, to get an accurate reading on battery you really need a couple of days up time. Some even calibrate first. An app like better battery stats will give you a better idea.

So if you see a high % its not really accurate if your new ROM has only been running a short time.
[Amazon Fire Phone] eqt2010:
You can root using kingroot and then use Super-Sume to remove it.

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Ah... Replied the wrong thread. Sorry.

BTW, CM11 on fire phone is very good. I like it a lot. :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] Jeffbillser:
fastboot

Does anyone know how to get out of fastboot?
[Amazon Fire Phone] rompip:
Thanks. But how do you restore Fire OS 4.6.3 if you need to go back?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
I'll post the file links you need tomorrow. [MENTION=6709669]Bingo Bronson[/MENTION] has created the three language variants of safestrap flashable 4.6.3 zips
[Amazon Fire Phone] Bigstar1987:
wifi 5.0 GHz band not working

First, many thanks to the author(s) who made this fantastic rom.

I flashed the rom today and found out the phone is not picking up the signal of the 5.0 GHz band from my wireless router. Any method to fix it?

And a quick question, any updates in plan to enable the HDR shooting on the phone?

Thanks again!!!
[Amazon Fire Phone] Spach Daddy:
I posted earlier how i do it. I go into fire recovery by holding the power and volume up while the phone is off. As soon as you see the amazon logo release the power and hold the volume up still. This will put you into fire recovery where you can put fire os 4.6.3 back on using adb. I'm on a mac so it was a little tricky using terminal, basically i made a folder with the adb file and the fire os and change the command to the folder and typed " ./adb sideload update.bin". I changed the fire os .bin file name to "update" to to make it easier to type.

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So i changed a bunch of settings on my phone to improve Android system using tons of battery. Now Google play services is using 76% while the next 5 are under 10%.

Google play services 76%

Cell standby 7%

Android System 6%

Phone idle 6%

wi-fi 6%

screen 2%

I have no clue.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Its working but you need to change channel on router. 36-48 seem to work fine.
[Amazon Fire Phone] AnotherContributor:
Many thanks to ggow's efforts on this CM build!! As a testament, I have now purchased two of these phones in the last month.... partly because of prime and to give the FireOS a shot, and the other part because I knew that if the FireOS wasn't up to snuff, there was a decent CM build available. I'm very impressed by the speed and slickness of the phone now. Pretty much nothing can beat the phone in its price range.

One issue though I've been having is that when I'm making and receiving calls, sometimes the phone display goes black and will frankly not come back on. I press the App button and sometimes the display comes on, sends the call to the Status Bar, and the screen goes dark. So, I have to press the Application button again and draw down the menu to hang the call up. When I press the power button, the screen flashes on for maybe a quarter second then goes dark. It keeps doing that every time you press the power button. The worst case scenario that has happened a handful of times is that when I'm in a call, neither the power nor application button are responsive. When that happens, pretty much the only option is to power down the phone and reboot.

I'm coming from a LG Optimus G (Nexus 4 clone) with stock AT&T firmware, and I'm kind of used to some level of jankiness when I need to dial an extension. However, I'm not sure if I would be able to dial an extension with the way the phone is acting up. I feel like this was not an issue the first couple of weeks I had CM on the phone. Now, it seems to be happening with every call. It seems like others with many different droid builds (Galaxy S4, Notes, etc.) have experienced similar issues to what I described. Right now, I set the phone to terminate the call when I hold down the power button. We'll see if that fixes things or is an okay workaround.

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(unfortunately I can't post outside links, but I found an article on a Nexus 4 that experienced the same issue as I described... it turns out that the screen protector was hiding the light sensor that turns the display and dialpad on)

Reading this article, very similar issue.... One thing I did change that I did not thing was important but perhaps is the achilles heel. I added a tempered glass product to the phone. I really like the tempered glass screen, but it may have to go :(. I have my nearly 3-week old phone that has been problematic, come to think about it, for the last week or so and I've had my tempered glass.... come to think of it, about a week or so. I just booted the sim card on a brand new Amazon Fire Phone with the 8/10/2015 release and the caller app function as designed.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Alexander_DeLarge:
Oh no, don't want to leave the impression that I'm unhappy. You guys have done fantastic work, it's just that there's some sort of hardware issue with the device picking up audio. I would really recommend the Amazon Fire Phone, but the way I was using the device was extremely rare and circumstantial so it just didn't work out. Keep up the great work, a lot of my friends with Fire Phones appreciate this ROM.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Plonko:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] , I had a little free time so I tried researching what might be causing the 5.8GHz (149-161) issue. It seems to a common problem, but I wasn't able to find anybody who identified clear steps as how to fix it.

It did get me thinking that it's likely a driver issue. I also noticed you're from the UK where 149-161 are not approved channels. Which leads me to wonder if you're pulling the wifi driver from the UK .bin of FireOS? If yes, I'm thinking these channels may be hard blocked for regulatory approval. Perhaps you can try a test build with the wifi driver pulled from the US .bin file? If no, I'll have to keep bending my noodle....
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
That's some good troubleshooting. I wouldn't have considered the UK/US WiFi differences but I'll add this. When 5 GHz didn't work I immediately knew to change the channel because I've run into the same issue/same fix running cm 11 & 12 on the kfhd. I double checked just now and the devs that built those ROMs were all based in the USA. That includes Hashcode.

It doesn't mean you're not hitting on something necessarily. Its just maybe a little evidence that the developer's country of origin might not be a factor (unless there's a variable I'm missing...)
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Hold the power button until the screen goes dark (power off)
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- I thought the same thing, it always seems to work me as I do indeed build from the UK .bin of FireOS.

- It might be possible from the install script to ensure the correct driver get's installed but I suppose that will depend on a property been available for the region code of the device.

- If not worst case I could provide a flashable.zip addon for US region devices with the correct driver.
[Amazon Fire Phone] jondecker76:
I wonder if the GPS chipset driver/related filea could be be region specific as well. My GPS accuracy has been horrible since switch to cm11, and it was very accurate in FireOS. So bad that running apps are just too inaccurate to be usable .
[Amazon Fire Phone] Jeffbillser:
I'm

I'm stuck in a boot loop where it oconstantly loops in fastboot and dab commands aren't working
[Amazon Fire Phone] Plonko:
That would be outstanding. Thanks, ggow!
[Amazon Fire Phone] damiloveu:
Me too. I couldn't use Google Maps any long after installing CM11.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Plonko:
I used FasterGPS from the Play store to update my gps.conf file to a local NTP server and my GPS locks are lightning fast.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fastergps&hl=en

Hope it works for you too.
[Amazon Fire Phone] connellr:
I just tried my gps for the first time (Using Google Maps while walking) today and I too noticed that the accuracy seems off ... Further it seemed that the compass was wrong - the arrow that should show what direction you're moving/what direction your phone is pointed was not even close to pointing in the right direction - maybe around 150 degrees off (just an estimate).

While I wasn't paying close attention, it didn't seem to take too long to lock on to satellites, as it knew where I was almost instantly, but my movement was very choppy on the map, maybe updating once every 1-2 city blocks.

I suspect this would work fine for most driving, but certainly not the most accurate for fine-grained detail as may be needed by fitness trackers and the like.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Moogagot:
GPS is working fine for me...

Honestly, I've never had a single phone in which the arrow actually worked properly.

I'm also in a large city, so blips like that is expected.

Ingress was working fine ;)
[Amazon Fire Phone] zwillhill:
Does anyone have any new version of gms?and how to uninstall the old one?
[Amazon Fire Phone] nomar116:
First off, THANKS FOR BRING CM-11 to KODIAC!!! Much better than Fire OS this phone came with originally!

Does anyone else use a Google Voice number through Hangouts? I have found Hangouts and Google Voice seem to be really struggling on this phone, I'm not sure if it is the phone or CM-11.

I download Google Voice, Hangouts, and Hangouts Dialer. I then set the phone to make all calls routed through my Google Voice number. When I call someone with this method the phone takes 10-20 seconds to route the call and by the time the phone connects the person on the other end has often already answered and been waiting for several seconds.
[Amazon Fire Phone] jman315:
I use a Google Voice number thru hangouts and have had the same issue on occasion, but the major problem is callers hear themselves echo which basically renders hangouts useless for voip.
[Amazon Fire Phone] bethe:
Viber and Skype

Hi, did anybody find the camera app that works properly with Viber and Skype?

I found out that Open Cam shows only black screen and Snap Cam shows a static image.

Btw, the whole process works fine for Fire OS 4.6.3 .

Thanks
[Amazon Fire Phone] phirefone:
I'm getting the same issues when doing a visual search using the camera on the Amazon App and also Target's Cartwheel app.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hellmichel:
Thanks for that great Rom. I love it.

Gesendet von meinem Fire Phone mit Tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] fireuser1:
Hi - I just received my phone. It came with 3.x.x, and the first upgrade brought it to 4.6.1. It now gives the option of upgrading to 4.6.4.

Does the version upgraded from affect CM11 features? IE I see people having more success with the camera on 4.6.3 - is that true? Is there any downside to just rooting on 4.6.1? Should i hold off and see how 4.6.4 works before deciding whether to make the upgrade?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- If you upgrade to 4.6.4 there is no guarantee that Safestrap will work under that version
[Amazon Fire Phone] HForHacks:
OTA Update?

I was wondering if you update CM for Fire Phone will it be OTA? Cause I want updates updates, but don't feel like downloading extra files or anything like that, I just want to just go into settings and easily update without any hassle.
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
No, because it's an unofficial port. Needs to be flashed through safestrap. Sorry for the inconvenience.
[Amazon Fire Phone] BringTheLevel:
I was just wondering if the issues with Snapchat and others are being addressed. I know tgat they are known I am just checking. Thank you for your amazing work, this rom is amazing!
[Amazon Fire Phone] DanKlas:
Hi Guys,

I Know its a Bit off topic but I am Not at home right now so my only Option is to ask you guys. Does this beautiful Rom has The Theme Switcher installed? :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] avp387:
Few questions....thanks for your time

Great work ggow. If anybody could answer a few questions I have, I would appreciate it very much. Just got the ATT Locked Fire Phone from Ebay. I have the unlock code.

1. Do I need to unlock the phone?

2. I updated to Fire OS 4.6.4 (464000220). Is there a way to downgrade to 4.6.1? I am going to go ahead try to install CM11 eitherway.

3. I assume Hangouts/Whatsapp will work normally. But will I able to take pictures from within these app?

4. Does Optical Image Stabilization work on the camera? I understand HDR does not work and the default camera app does not work. But that is OK.

Thanks for your time.
[Amazon Fire Phone] mnknight:
The answer is no! I have a locked phone and the rom is running Awesome on it.
[Amazon Fire Phone] k1mu:
I had an interesting glitch today - on a conference call using a headset (the original Amazon one). Pressing the "mute" button while on a call does not mute the headset. Very embarrassing, as I talked over the con call. :)

I tried a different headset with the same issue. Is anyone else seeing this?
[Amazon Fire Phone] mrapitis:
Yes, the mute issue is a bug I noticed early on. [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] can we add this to the list of known issues.
[Amazon Fire Phone] sashusmom:
airplane mode shuts down connectivity

Has anyone noticed a problem after turning off airplane mode? :confused: I have no connection at all-:eek: no phone ability or data ability until I reboot. Not a problem now that I know. I try to keep in airplane mode to save battery since this is not my main phone. It does save a great deal of battery but having to reboot to use it is pretty inconvenient. I did not notice this before the 8/10 release but it could have been there then. Just thought I would share.;)
[Amazon Fire Phone] boomerxyz:
I have this issue, but I found if I turn WiFi on, signal and data come back on. I don't reboot.
[Amazon Fire Phone] HForHacks:
After I heard that OTA update isn't available, I was wondering if there's an easy work-around were I can just install a few files without the need to loosing data or doing the whole entire process of getting CM any again. If there are any work-around please tell me. :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] sergio687:
To complement [MENTION=275478]bingo[/MENTION] 's answer, and for other people who are wondering why there is a "System Updates" option on Settings and why this ROM doesn't use it, it's because CyanogenMod has some requirements for a CM mod to be official.

The first of them is, no bugs at all. And this ROM hasn't achieved that yet. It'll take time, and remember, the guy's doing this for free, don't act like pricks demanding things.
[Amazon Fire Phone] HForHacks:
Okay, I'm new to the technical side of Android so I am a noobie at all of these things. xD I just wanted to know if it was possible as I am skeptical of installing CM onto my Fire Phone.
[Amazon Fire Phone] paperjam252:
I've been using VoIP through Hangouts for about 3 weeks and I haven't had any problems. I've been using it on T-Mobile and so long as I've had LTE or H+ it's been good. 3G and E on the other hand have been pretty much useless for all data including VoIP.

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Just to add a little to this conversation, if you dirty flash the latest version of this ROM all your data should remain intact.
[Amazon Fire Phone] jman315:
I'm guessing you're running an older build then? For me it seemed like this has been an issue with all the bills though. The regular dialer works fine.
[Amazon Fire Phone] k1mu:
If you want an "OTA" update, then install the factory image. It'll be managed by a third party (in this case, Amazon) and you won't have to worry, as they'll take care of updates.

You should not install a custom ROM if you don't want to manage your phone.
[Amazon Fire Phone] wxswjtu:
I flashed the 8.10 edition from 7.26 edition but does not successful,and now I can't restart my phone ,it stops an the "Amazon" how can I solve this problem? thanks very much.
[Amazon Fire Phone] HForHacks:
Works flawlessly.

I was super skeptical of wether to get CM on my Fire Phone and after I had the guts and installed it runs flawlessly without really any kinks and I hope I don't run into kinks. Anyways I want to thank the developers who put in their spare time to port over CM to the Fire Phone has it made me happy and I think it made other people happy too. Thank you very much for your dedication for creating this for us and I hope you continue to make great updates to CM port in the future.

BTW, if you are skeptical like me then don't be as imo it's fantastic.
[Amazon Fire Phone] DanKlas:
Hey.. :( Is there no one who can answer my simple question on page 107?
[Amazon Fire Phone] green007:
Hi,

you can install cm11 themes in the settings ;) But if I try to uninstall a theme my fire phone reboots and the theme is still there.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
What is The Theme Switcher , I'll check for you but what is it ?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- I have added it to the know issues
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Bug Reporting

- The XDA bug report tool seems to be broken

- Never liked it anyway so...

- I will look at setting up a bugzilla or something similiar

EDIT:

- I couldn't find any free hosted bugzilla or mantis options :(

- I have created a public bug tracking project here on the quoted link which looks like a good fit.

- It's free, easy to use and you don't need an account to submit bugs

- I have populated one issue as an example
[Amazon Fire Phone] connellr:
Have others been able to make their hardware camera button work in the latest build? I've tried the steps in GGOWs FAQ but when i swipe the camera on the lock screen it doesn't ask me to set a default, it just goes to Open Camera (the only camera I have installed). The hardware camera button is completely unresponsive.

Just curious if this is a bug (in which case I'll enter it in the new Bug Tracker, or if I'm just doing something wrong.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- hardware camera button will only work at the moment if the screen is unlocked (phone not in standby)

- try going into the Open Camera App info from settings and Clearing defaults and try again.

- I am using Snap Camera at the moment and it seems to work fine, perhaps Open Camera doesn't support been started from the button but not sure.
[Amazon Fire Phone] connellr:
Strangely when I tried to do this it said that no defaults were set.

I then went ahead and bought the SnapCamera app and it did indeed work with the button once I set a default ... The very strange thing is the camera doesn't work when I launch SnapCamera from my App Drawer or desktop shortcut, but works perfectly when I launch it from the button - go figure - Im thinking this is an app specific problem and not an issue with your build.

Do you anticipate that the button will eventually work from a locked screen? This isn't make or break by any means, but would be nice.

Thanks again