yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Amazon Fire Phone] zabihjan:
I have been using the latest build since yesterday and it is as good as it can get. I use it on a daily basis. I use a lot of navigation email and few games. No problems at all.
[Amazon Fire Phone] JDubbed:
Understood. Thanks!
[Amazon Fire Phone] Nobuddy0816:
Happy new year 2 all and rightaway a new rom version (also for my hdx 7), amazing!

Just donated a few bucks!
[Amazon Fire Phone] Plonkplonk:
Not need to hurry. I don't use Play Music too often and older version works. And most of all your ROM is a very good daily driver - why care about those small issues then?

Thomas
[Amazon Fire Phone] ponghclub:
i'll will do the same when I get home.
[Amazon Fire Phone] stunvn:
Will wait until BIG update
[Amazon Fire Phone] ponghclub:
just transfer a few bucks by PayPal for your support the fire phone.

send from hdx 7 using tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] Plonko:
Your post does nothing to move the dialogue forward and could be viewed as disrespectful to the OP as dismissive of his efforts to keep the ROM updated with the latest cm source code.

I guarantee there is not one single person on this forum who cares which version you are on unless they are trying to help you troubleshoot an issue you are having.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- It's those small issues that can make or break a piece of software :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] pshadoww:
Use a build.prop editor and modify lockscreen.rot_override to false
[Amazon Fire Phone] Nobuddy0816:
What do you expect from a forthcoming "BIG update"?

The biggest update was releasing the rom itself. It makes the FirePhone almost daily usable at all and works (beside the known issues) like a charm!

More than enough for a little contribution...
[Amazon Fire Phone] krs007:
Camera update

Any update on the camera improvement.
[Amazon Fire Phone] zabihjan:
It is 101% daily usable for everything I am not bothered about camera issues
[Amazon Fire Phone] Nobuddy0816:
Agree with that! The cam issue isn't that important, but i want to to mention it anyway.

I use my FP every day without any problems! The CM11 rom brought me benefits in battery stamina, usability and speed compared to fire os and revived it out of the drawer :D

I hope the development goes on!

Not yet. The issues using the cam out of other apps like barcode scanners are crashing the app and pictures shot with flash are still overexposed, but the camera itself is working so far.

So it can be neglected from my point of view.
[Amazon Fire Phone] randybo:
Properly exposed flash pictures can be taken now

"and pictures shot with flash are still overexposed", this camera issue has a working solution. By using a combination of Snap Camera HDR and the Fire Phone hardware camera button, this ROM can now take properly exposed flash pictures. See prior postings in this forum for details.
[Amazon Fire Phone] krs007:
For all those replied on camera, thanks for the feedback. I was mainly looking to see if there were updates on the improvements. FYI, CM11 is my daily use since December and I love it. Only thing I feel missing was the Amazon free photo backup.

I went through the thread several times and the instructions to use the Hardware button was not clear to me. If someone can point me that's really appreciated.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Hackashaq:
You can still use the Amazon Photos - Cloud Drive app. It's in the Google Play Store.
[Amazon Fire Phone] stunvn:
You know what.

It's only your imagination.

I'm using and happy with it. But I don't have time to update my phone to the current newest version so I will wait for something BIG, something better, something different, a lot of things... Then, I'll spend a day to try it.
[Amazon Fire Phone] cthulhu1987:
I just installed it it's OK except that now all the QR code scanners I used stopped working. What shall I do??
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
Could have been avoided by reading the OP... It states that "in-app camera usage" is a big problem for the most part.

What now? Back to stock Fire OS until the camera HAL issue is resolved (if it can be resolved).
[Amazon Fire Phone] Farlicimo:
Also, unless you have a lot vested in Amazon photos I'd take a look at Google photo. The unlimited storage has a file size limitation but it's pretty high. Don't think this phone can take one that would breach it.
[Amazon Fire Phone] zabihjan:
I have noticed some issues lately with certain apps such as the SMS and Viber. The issue with SMS is that sometimes it gives the same notification 2 or 3 times hours apart. The issue with Viber is that when calling someone I can't hear it ringing when it says ringing on the screen. It is silent but once other party answers then I can talk without any problems. I don't know whether it is Rom related or apps related. Does anyone else have experienced this ?
[Amazon Fire Phone] fungo45:
I had issues on the December release (many apps wouldn't open) so went back to the 11/23 release, and that issue has cleared up. I'm using this as my daily driver now, and while it still has issues, it's not enough to make me change.

Here are the issues that I'm having, in case someone is keeping track:

- 5GHz wifi no longer works

- Very picky on charging - only certain wall chargers work for me. Not sure if this is a ROM issue or something hardware related.

- Not recognized by my PC when plugged in to a USB port. Using wifi file exchange works though, so not a huge issue for me.

- Google Music starts up fine, but many of my songs are now not able to be played. I get errors about 25% of the time.

The big one I need help with is on the root permissions. I am unable to grant apps root status because it says my binaries need to be updated. Super SU gives me the option to use the normal way or using Safestrap (I think - it's something it says is recommended for HTC phones). I've tried both ways, and nothing happens. Any ideas?
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Havent experienced binary issues on supersu with this device. Did you flash version v2.46 zip?

5ghz in the US is currently only working on lower channels.

-in the past Ive noticed the cable makes a huge difference in the computer recognizing it. Select mtp, try reconnect/disconnect cable but def try different cables.
[Amazon Fire Phone] gorilla p:
So I have a friend who was looking for a new inexpensive phone and his parents were looking to switch carriers, so I got them all setup with these. I've flashed this ROM and it's been working great. I've used his phone for some testing...

I have found that I can change the Runtime to ART and it runs perfectly fine, but upon reboot, it does the "Android is optimizing 30 applications" every time. Is this a CM11 issue? I know on 4.4, ART was still experimental, but I figured these later builds might have the kinks worked out.

Something else that may be valuable... I used the Nexus 5, which also used the Snapdragon CPU. There were some impressive Optimized Dalvik patches that were available for it, including CAF-based patches like the one for the OPO. Has anyone tried this on this device? I was thinking about giving it a shot.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Not that I know of... but wouldn't those be used with stock? CM (i think) is already optimized and this rom is really fast & stable. So if you could Im not sure thered be a benefit. But if you're willing to try Id love to hear the results. Might wanna wait for ggow's input first.
[Amazon Fire Phone] gorilla p:
I gave it a shot and it just resulted in bootloop, so no go. But I imagine it might be possible to convert for use with this?

I don't know if CM included the optimized dalvik patches into their releases. This originated from the MotoX and Qualcomm I believe. It was then adopted by multiple other flasgship devices (OPO, Xperia, M8, M9, etc). These were all converted for use with the Nexus devices. It worked on the Nexus4 and Nexus5. The Nexus5 used the Snapdragon 800 so there shouldnt be a hardware issue, I dont think. There hasnt been any work on it recently, as it stopped as ART was implemented with Android 5.0. However, the performance boosts were pretty significant. Benchmarks were significantly improved.

If anyone can shed some light on whether the Qualcomm optimized Dalvik updates were included in the latest CM11 code, and if not, could it be adapted to work with this device?
[Amazon Fire Phone] JDubbed:
[MENTION=721183]grow[/MENTION] does CM-11's kernel have support for CIFS mounting? Link explaining CIFS mounting is here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756158&nocache=1
[Amazon Fire Phone] fungo45:
Turns out that I lost root when I flashed back to the November release. Easy fix, and all is well in that regard.

As for the PC recognizing it, believe me, I've tried every cable in the house.
[Amazon Fire Phone] tonochito:
It's me or this phone sounds too low? having two speakers.

Issues that seems that doesn't have a solution for me are:

1 Dialer, i have to press twice in order to dial a number not really annoying as i don't do much calls my phone is almost for Whatsapp, some games and Instagram and Twitter

2 In call the dialer acts the same way i have to press twice in order to have the correct dialer because it just appers 1,2,3 .

3 Stock MMS for me gets a freaky annoying screen when i try to erase multiple messages so i have installed Google Messenger.

4 Download apk gets relly weird when i download an apk it opens WPS Office i don't know why instead of installing the apk.

As far i know camera apk doesn't work, and as is mentioned before Snap Camera in the last update doesn't save settings i have reinstalled the entire rom twice and has the same behaviour. "Stock" camera seems to be working so so but now when i try to change settings in the front facing camera it gives me force close the same happens with Open camera, i switch to front facing camera and it gives me the force close pop up.

And does not exist the possibility of native DLNA without installing another apk?

If you ggow could take an eye on this specific issues...
[Amazon Fire Phone] zabihjan:
Ppl seem to post issues that I have never had. All it takes is a simple cache wipe before flashing the ROM and after flashing the rom
[Amazon Fire Phone] tonochito:
I have done that i am not noob i came from unlocking HTC One M7 and LG G2 from Sprint for using gsm networks, or i don't know if it's a faulty hardware i don't think so, last month i had the Play Music force closing and i did a complete wipe data dalvik cache and i don't have more that stuff.

I have the Fire since like six months ago and those are the same issues i have been having every time i install the new CM11.

It seems that there are "two versions"

Fire phone (AT&T): Fire OS 4.6.5

Fire phone (Unlocked GSM): Fire OS 4.6.3

I bought mine on Ebay and it was the unlocked gsm version, even the seller didn't know it was sim unlocked for less than 60 bucks. But i don't think it should be any big difference because it's the same hardware not like the other phones like Samsung,LG,Sony and etc that has different variants from hardware.
[Amazon Fire Phone] zabihjan:
It sounds like you have faulty hardware. I bought mine in the first fire sale and it is been great since I found this rom without any issue
[Amazon Fire Phone] tonochito:
How it's going to be a fualty hardware if i haven't any crazy symptoms such like random reboots, overheat since it's a glass phone like the Nexus 4 and 5 and i do some heavy gaming like Injustice or Mortal Kombat for like 10 or more minutes and it nevers shuts off or give me warmings about temperature. It evens had some big falls and it just have got some nicks at borders but screen and the back does not have any scratch, i had an s4 active and just like with 5 falls sceen just got so cracked that i just ended giving it up to somebody.
[Amazon Fire Phone] JDubbed:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION]
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- It's not enabled in the kernel so no it's not supported at the moment
[Amazon Fire Phone] JDubbed:
Thanks for the fast response. So I am just trying to understand then. What is so beneficial in using CM-11 VS stock rom with sideloaded Google Play and changing the launcher to something other then Amazon's gross launcher? You then basically have a normal Android OS at least visually. Are there certain features that are unlocked in CM-11 that cannot be unlocked in stock rom? Is performance better then stock? The two main reasons I would want to switch would be if OTG and CIFS mounting were supported but its not. Maybe there is a thread or a website you can shoot my way that compares the pro and cons between CM-11 and stock rom? I know the stock rom is kind of an amazon proprietary rom and have read that can cause problems here and there compared to a traditional Android OS like CM-11. But, I cannot recall ever having a problem with the stock rom where it would be better to have CM-11. Any thoughts?
[Amazon Fire Phone] Nobuddy0816:
I have to agree with zabihjan. I also read about issues, i've never experienced at all.

It seems, there are some regional differences between the phone models in hard- and/or software!?

I'm using to fp's (32 and 64 gigs) with cm 11 latest release and cannot reproduce most of the issues described in this thread beside the known "issues" in the op table.

The most unexpected issues are often a result of faulty flashing like a dirty flash over the stock rom or forgetting wipes etc.

You say, you're not a noob and you've done a clean flash. Then it might be a hardware related issue, if you tried anything else like performing a factory reset including cache and dalvik cache wipe to make a clean flash with cm 11. Any issue, you've described were not reproduceable by me with both fires...

Maybe you have apps installed, which will force (partially) the behaviour you've described!?
[Amazon Fire Phone] tonochito:
Yes i have done everything possible wipe dalvik cache and all that kind of stuff, and i don't install any weird apk
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Maybe this ROM is not for you my friend :). Personally I would have ditched the phone long ago without this and SlimKat to play around with .

Sent by SlimKat FirePhone
[Amazon Fire Phone] krs007:
is this rom usable with 4.6.6?

I have moved to the new fire OS and would like to know if CM11 could be used with that?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
New Build is Up

- Dated 11 Jan 2016

- Change log on Post #2
[Amazon Fire Phone] ferolac:
This rom is pure gold.
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Thank you sir! Downloading now and will flash in a few. Not looking to beat a dead horse but did you come up with anything on the camera yet? I've tried to use snap camera like others have suggested and no luck in low light situations.
[Amazon Fire Phone] dato02:
thx for the update. btw did you fix compass? it wasn't showing the right direction. i think now it works well.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Yes compass should be working now
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Camera stuff is ongoing - no progress worth sharing
[Amazon Fire Phone] forzasalva:
Wow nice to hear!

I just tried the ROM in order to check the progress, also concerning the camera. Normally I'm still on FireOS but if the camera is functional 100% I will stick with this ROM here.

These are my experiences with the actual ROM release:

- Using the stock CM Launcher sometimes after rebooting the symbols on the homescreen change, for example, if you put the SMS-App on the homescreen, you do a reboot,

and after the reboot the SMS-App was changed with the Filemanager App. I installed an alternative launcher (Google Now) and that problem was resolved.

- The network signal level is lower than on FireOS (not measured or tested, but only by looking at the status bar)

- Sometimes the CM Camera App hangs. When you open the app, you close it and you reopen the app, the camera sometimes hangs.

For this purpose I installed Snap Camera HDR, and everything is fine. I noticed that the pictures in lowlight situations are significantly darker and worse than on the

stock camera app with FireOS. BUT with Snap Camera the pictures are much much sharper and the colors are stunning. Only in lowlight situations the stock FireOS app is making a better job.

Is there a possibility to change the standard camera app when pressing the hardware camera button on the left side?

It always loads up the CM stock camera app, but I would like the Snap Camera app to be loaded when pressing the button.

But all things considered, this ROM is awful and I take my hat off to the developer ggow. Very good job!

I would even say that without your work this smartphone would be only garbage, because of Amazon's obstinacy.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- For changing the default camera follow Question 4 on Post #3 of this thread

- I use Snap Camera HDR too - works a charm

- I may remove the CM Camera App permanently as it's not stable
[Amazon Fire Phone] forzasalva:
Hello ggow,

thank you for the reply.

I did follow the guide in Question #4, but it still loads the CM stock camera when pressing the hardware camera button.

When I use the camera widget on lockscreen it opens Snap Camera HDR, so that means that Snap Camera is the standard camera app, but that doesn't

influence the hardware camera button I think. Well, I'm going to delete the CM stock camera app and see what happens then if I press the camera button.

Thank you for everything!
[Amazon Fire Phone] JoshMcMadMac:
You need to freeze the stock camera app.
[Amazon Fire Phone] randybo:
You must of left out a step from the posts. Don't forget to change the Snap Camera settings and activate the Fire Phone hardware button for the shutter. Using the onscreen Snap Camera shutter button only works for the first picture. Subsequent pictures are delayed 15 seconds and are not synchronized with the flash unless the hardware button is used.
[Amazon Fire Phone] kallsop:
Can the Snap HDR config/tweaks be added to the first page of the thread? Ditto for any other necessary mods.

I searched only this thread for the word Snap and got 98 hits, so you basically end up going through most every page looking for the magic.

Thanks for continued development of CM11 on the Fire phone. It makes the phone viable.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Duchman:
Something's not right here...
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Thank you for the reply. Like the reply below your post, the keyword "snap" returns many results. Can you please let me know what needs changed in that app? This method seems to be tried and proven, even by the developer. Perhaps we can talk [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] into adding a blurb for it. :)

---------- Post added at 11:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:35 AM ----------

For anyone recently looking for the settings in Snap Camera I found them, please see below.

Originally Posted by gooserayos

Thanks ggow for all of the work you have done on both the Fire Phone and the 2015 Fire Tablet. They are both my daily drivers!

I wanted to let everyone know that I have gotten the best camera experience with the Fire Phone using the paid version of Snap Camera then configure the following settings:

Click the bottom left menu icon then click the "Other" tab

Check "Show Advanced Settings"

Go back to "Photo" tab

Check "Zero Shutter Lag" and (optional) "Denoise"

With these settings, I can use the flash and it is NOT overexposed. The Auto ISO settings on the pictures are consistent. And of course the shutter speed is a lot shorter resulting in much less blurry pictures.

In my opinion Open Camera was really clunky, but Snap Camera is a really refined software. You can probably test the above setting with the demo version of Snap Camera. Just thought this might help you guys.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
FAQ Updated

- Added as Question 8 on FAQ
[Amazon Fire Phone] Hackashaq:
I think he meant "awesome", not "awful".
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Can anyone explain "HDCP for wireless display"

Sounds similar to chromecast/miracast but both of those were working for me before (still are btw, im only asking because it was noted in the changelog)

Is this something different?
[Amazon Fire Phone] JoshMcMadMac:
http://bfy.tw/3fny
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Yes. I live on the planet earth and am relatively familiar with google (though your search didnt yield good results for me.)

I was aware that hdcp had to do with licensing/copyright, but i dont understand how it applies to this rom specifically. Maybe because ive never tried to cast copyrighted material (would netflix apply?)

So not looking for a definition, just maybe a little example of how this new feature works. And if you don't know that's ok too:o
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Unless we are just not " down with the kids " and awful is like sick or hellish and means great :)

Sent by SlimKat FirePhone
[Amazon Fire Phone] jdmillard:
Glad to see the compass being fixed! [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION]

Can anyone explain what this means? :

Does it mean that the echo-y feedback will be fixed for voip calls and video chats?
[Amazon Fire Phone] forzasalva:
Oh...SORRY.

Of course I meant "awesome" and not "awful".

My articulation suffered after a few beers. :D :eek:

I was also successful concerning the standard camera app.

I rooted the phone with KingRoot and I just removed the CM stock camera app. Done...:)
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- In the logs I noticed the HDCP libs were failing to load

- So I fixed the error which was due to a missing file

- I am not at home for a couple of days so this remains untested by myself until I am at home

- Was hoping this would be a fix for netflix via miracast
[Amazon Fire Phone] randybo:
Release Notes / Changelog

2016-01-11

- Fixed compass, should now show the correct direction

Nice work on the compass. Using my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 as a reference (which I don't know how accurate it is), the 2016-01-11 ROM reduced the compass direction difference from my Note 4 and Fire Phone from 40 degrees to 7 degrees, a substantial improvement! Without a calibrated compass reference, the Fire Phone may now be the most accurate device, I can't determine that, but at least now my two phones closely agree on what direction North is. Thanks for fixing this.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
And it is! I tested netflix AND YOUTUBE. Both casted to my fire tv. This is actually a function Ive been hoping would work for awhile. Thanks!
[Amazon Fire Phone] krs007:
Moved to 4.6.6 and Jan 11 build works good

I have moved to FireOS 4.6.6 by going to backup. Then rooted again using king root, then safe strap. Next flashed CM11 and other things like normal business.

Latest builds feels pretty smooth and it's full time replacement for primary use for me except that it has few troubles for camera based apps usage. I am very happy that I get 1-2 days of battery life depending on the use on those days. I don't keep everything running in background like many, pretty organized.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Good news, thanks for letting me know :)

- I'll add an additional note to the change log
[Amazon Fire Phone] Nobuddy0816:
I can also confirm, that gps is more accurate.

On my daily drive home->work the shorter tunnels do not lose the gps signal anymore. Well done!
[Amazon Fire Phone] paco24det:
Battery Issue

I recently purchased a used Fire phone and installed CM11, per instructions. I am getting a weird battery issue: While at work, my battery will go from ~80% all the way down to ~15% in about 6 hours. I work in a refrigerated warehouse and get very bad reception, so I expect bad battery life, unless I put the phone in airplane mode. The weird part is on the drive home, the battery will pop back up to ~60%, without being charged. I read in this forum that some of the battery stats will be off on this device, but is this at all normal?
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Im not experiencing or reading about issues like you describe. My 1st move might be to recalibrate then check on any background processes, apps keep waking, etc. Better battery stats is a highly recommended app to see exactly whats using up all the battery.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Amazon 4.6.6 Update and CM-11

- I have successfully been able to sideload 4.6.6 US update

- Rooted using Kingroot

- Installed Safestrap

- I have built a new CM-11 which uses the new 4.6.6 binaries

- If all goes well in test then I'll release it later