yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Amazon Fire Phone] SuperT.A.:
I don't think we are getting a official bootloader unlock. I got a separate reply from Amazon a day later.

"

Hello,

Similar to the actual OS 5 question, this isn't something we'd be able to speculate on as we haven't announced anything. However, we haven't offered this kind of software for past versions or devices, and side-loading or bootloading different versions isn't something we offer support for.*

I hope this answers your questions.

Best regards,

Darren P. Bafus

Executive Customer Relations

"
[Amazon Fire Phone] tonochito:
I am using snap camera and i don't have problems like open camera or google camera even hdr is working, but my questions after few days using it is why the speed of the cpu is not the 2,2 ghz it runs at 2.15 ghz?

I had to flash it twice to get the launcher transparent because at first it was like google now launcher?

Antutu benchamerk gives me a score more than 35000 and when it has the Fire OS it just gave me like 23000 or something
[Amazon Fire Phone] ItsDon:
Do you have any problem with Snap when using the flash in low light the pictures are blown out? For me it's like the timing is off and the flash comes on just a hair too late and then everything is just a whitewash mess. Perhaps I have a setting off?
[Amazon Fire Phone] tonochito:
I guess it depends on your phone some people says that snap is working fine for them, camera is the same for some people Google and Open camera works fine, but in my case neither of them works like Snap is doing, i am not having issues with low light they are taken normal, what i noticed is that sometimes if i take a picture of something with lot of light or bright it tends to as many users say wash them i mean too much light almost annoying. Even with the stock Fire OS i tried to took some pics on college of a magic mirror and words were like blurry i couln't read them
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
2150 Mhz is the max freq. of the CPU.

The Fire Phone always reached 40K+ scores on Antutu, with Fire OS and with custom ROMs, as long as the default CPU & Governor values are used.

edit: Antutu (v. 5.7.1) pics from a benchmark, "a couple of minutes ago" on my device:
[Amazon Fire Phone] tonochito:
weird may be mine has something different, mine can't be changed on the options it just give me ONDEMAND and max frecuency is of 1728 MHZ
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
I've seen a few people mention issues with the camera and the flash. If using the flash all the images I take are destroyed by it. I've tried Google camera, open camera, and snap camera. All have the same results, almost as if the flash is staying on too long.

Anyone else? Any solution?
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
You can use the values mhill1986 provided and work from there. You can see the "ISO grain" but it's better than a blown-out pic.

Other apps can change the exposure value, too. It takes some time to figure out the settings to get decent results.

Camera KK is a lot like the Android stock camera, yields decent results as well and Camera Zoom FX has a working HDR mode...
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Thanks guys. Guess I can install another camera app. One for flash shots, the other for daylight. A lot of times you don't have time to piss with the settings, the moment doesn't wait around.

Hopefully this is an issue that can be addressed to be working with out tweaking. But then again, the op has already did such a great job, this is something I can live with if necessary.
[Amazon Fire Phone] cyberx:
Thanks.

Your ROM is the only reason to buy this phone.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Rom's :) thanks Ggow

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[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
New Build is Up

- Dated 2015-09-25

- Changelog on Post #2
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Hey guys. Im not a real knowledgeable person when it comes to cameras but i came across one in the amazon underground app called myCamera HD: Kindle Fire camera. To my eyes it appears to work at least as well as snap camera and taking a selfie doesnt cause a crash. Ill leave it to others to see if theres any special settings that might make it a good option. I think it does ok in lower light areas but its sunny where i am now.

Update--after trying it out more, Id say it has the same issues in low light. But its no worse from what i can tell so maybe its a good, free alternative to snap camera.

Or here's a thought--keep 2 cameras on your homescreen and label one day and the other night. Change "night" settings to the ones recomended for low light (exposure -2 evo, iso auto-1600)

I know its not eloquent but better than fiddling with the settings for a darker shot.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
That is a great idea , wonder if its worth including something like that in the ROM , would save all the camera questions maybe 8-)

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[Amazon Fire Phone] hawk1500:
Since we are on the topic of cameras, and I want to contribute somewhat, I am attaching this gallery app you can try (I believe it's from the original moto x). I desperatedly hung onto this gallery because it actually lets me sync my picasa albums (and it works on these roms), but the kicker is it comes with a camera app that works with the camera button. Front camera works (I never use that stupid thing, but just tested it). Flash photography doesn't seem to work, and HDR doesn't either. But hey, the camera button does! =)

Sorry, some instructions might help. You need to go and delete (or backup) the gallery2.apk that is in /system/app and then it should install fine.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
KitKat stock camera app

- Just a heads up that for the next builds of CM-11 and SlimKat...

- I plan to add back the stock KitKat camera app which I am fixing up now

- Fixed the upside down camera orientation bug

- Fixed a few crashes in video recording mode
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Looking forward to that build! Thank you!!!
[Amazon Fire Phone] MrSalue:
Please also have a a fix for video calling <3 that's really important xC

oh and the flash <3
[Amazon Fire Phone] gumdealer328:
Flash causes all white pictures

When I am taking a photo with the Google Camera from the Play Store, and I use flash, the image is usually washed out completely white. Anyone else experiencing that? Also, I can't take videos without it failing to access the camera hardware. I know there was problems getting the camera to work, but wasn't sure of the extent of how far the problems go?
[Amazon Fire Phone] pt80chip:
I am having trouble installing the Aroma version of GApps. it only gets to 25% then it goes back to the safestrap screen. No Successful message and it doesn't boot into android after that.

Anyone have any ideas?

Also, I've had several installs, one on top of the other. Is there a way to have a clean install?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- It maybe that Aroma won't properly work with Safestrap

- I'll add a note to the OP not to use that particular version.
[Amazon Fire Phone] pt80chip:
The weird thing is that I used aroma and it worked fine the first time. That's why I was after a clean install
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Don't know why that might me at the moment

- If you send me your logs from Safestrap then I'll take a look

- For now I have add notes to the OP on this thread and SlimKat Thread.
[Amazon Fire Phone] pt80chip:
I'll try to do that shortly
[Amazon Fire Phone] jdmillard:
Something I've noticed with this phone is that when I don't use the home button for a few minutes then go to use it - the first time I press it nothing happens, then I have to press it again and it works perfectly as many times as I use it. This happens quite frequently but I cannot duplicate its behavior on demand. It's almost like the first push is to "wake it up" and then it functions great. I have two of these phones and they both do this.

It's really obnoxious and I'd like to figure out if this is normal for everyone or if it's an unintended byproduct of something I've installed (a launcher or something of that nature).

Has anyone else seen this behavior? Even if you haven't seen this behavior, still tell me (along with what launcher you use - if at all).

Thanks!

Edit:

I'm on the 2015/09/16 build

I saw the exact same behavior on the 2015/08/29 build
[Amazon Fire Phone] azirgi:
I'm on the latest build with stock launcher. I do not have the above mentioned issue. I have just dirty flashed the latest build and checked it.

Cheers
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Nova Launcher no issue with home button :)

Sent by SlimKat FirePhone
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Was the new build uploaded and added to the first post? It takes me to the 20150925 build that I already am running. Unless you just tweaked it slightly and kept the date.

Edit: Sorry OP. I read the upcoming notes and jumped to conclusions that it was an updated built. My bad!!
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- no worries

- got a force close I'm trying to fix

- when that's done with I'll go for release

- I should state these fixes are for the CM-11/SlimKat camera app and not the camera hal problems which affect third party apps
[Amazon Fire Phone] pt80chip:
After some painful trial and error I was able to get some apps installed using GAPPS Aroma. If I select google plus or hangouts app to be installed it fails.

I did like 10 consecutive installs so the log is probably going to be pretty crowded, do you still want to see it or would you prefer I flash and do it again to send you a cleaner log?

Edit: Youtube also kills the install process.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- It's ok you can send me the logs that you have.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
New Build is Up

- Dated 2015-09-30

- Changelog on Post #2
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Thanks! I just installed the update. Things seems good with the camera so far. I can even execute it from the home screen while long holding the camera button. Two things though. Is there anyway a single press of the camera button can activate the camera? Lastly, the issue with the over exposed photos when using flash still exists. Is this something that can be fixed in the rom itself? I don't remember having these issues with the stock Fire OS.

Always looking forward to the updates. As always, thank you for the continued support!
[Amazon Fire Phone] Anthonok:
Am I missing something or is there no way to turn off auto rotate on just the lock screen?
[Amazon Fire Phone] Dantrpan:
Yeah. the flash is annoying. It seems like the flash timing is off. It's as if it snaps and then flashes catching the light.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
But there is a work around if you look back in the thread :)

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[Amazon Fire Phone] gumdealer328:
I have the same problem. I'm wondering if this can be fixed
[Amazon Fire Phone] pt80chip:
Mute button workaround

In case anyone is interested, I've set up tasker to mute my calls. It's ugly, but it's a workaround.

If I press my camera button during a call it mutes the call, if I press it again it unmutes the call.

I tried to export it as an app but it didn't work. Below is the xml data for the task, if anyone wants this as an app I can try to export it again:

<TaskerData sr="" dvi="1" tv="4.7u3m">
- <Profile sr="prof6" ve="2">
<cdate>1443576881052</cdate>
<clp>true</clp>
<edate>1443576934366</edate>
<id>6</id>
<mid1>5</mid1>
<nme>Disable Mute When Call Ends</nme>
- <State sr="con0" ve="2">
<code>40</code>
<Int sr="arg0" val="2" />
<Str sr="arg1" ve="3" />
</State>
</Profile>
- <Profile sr="prof7" ve="2">
<cdate>1443576964077</cdate>
<clp>true</clp>
<edate>1443577032618</edate>
<id>7</id>
<mid0>4</mid0>
<nme>Mute with cam button</nme>
- <State sr="con0" ve="2">
<code>40</code>
<Int sr="arg0" val="2" />
<Str sr="arg1" ve="3" />
</State>
- <Event sr="con1" ve="2">
<code>215</code>
</Event>
</Profile>
- <Project sr="proj0" ve="2">
<cdate>1443576767730</cdate>
<name>Mute</name>
<pids>6,7</pids>
<tids>5,4</tids>
</Project>
- <Task sr="task4">
<cdate>1443576780659</cdate>
<edate>1443576830314</edate>
<id>4</id>
<nme>Toggle Mute</nme>
- <Action sr="act0" ve="7">
<code>301</code>
<Int sr="arg0" val="2" />
</Action>
- <Action sr="act1" ve="7">
<code>548</code>
<Str sr="arg0" ve="3">Mute toggled</Str>
<Int sr="arg1" val="0" />
</Action>
</Task>
- <Task sr="task5">
<cdate>1443576838497</cdate>
<edate>1443576854977</edate>
<id>5</id>
<nme>Mute Off</nme>
<pri>100</pri>
- <Action sr="act0" ve="7">
<code>301</code>
<Int sr="arg0" val="0" />
</Action>
- <Action sr="act1" ve="7">
<code>548</code>
<Str sr="arg0" ve="3">Mute Off</Str>
<Int sr="arg1" val="0" />
</Action>
</Task>
</TaskerData>
[Amazon Fire Phone] Caltsar:
First make sure you can write to /system with your text editor or file manager of choice. (I use x-plore file manager and the option is in settings. It will need super user/root access)

Open up /system/build.prop in your favorite text editor and find the following line:

lockscreen.rot_override=true

change true to false and save. restart the phone and the lock screen should stay in portrait now.
[Amazon Fire Phone] krackers:
None of the tasker workarounds for mic mute are working. It only works when I manually run the task.

How is tasker able to mute the mic while the button in the dialer app cannot?

EDIT: Xposed additions pro + automagic works nicely. Set long press camera to automagic shortcut in xposed additions, then in automagic create a flow that toggles mic state.

Would still be nice to have a proper mic toggle though. The dialer source should probably be modified to toggle it using the same method other apps are using.
[Amazon Fire Phone] pt80chip:
Tasker mute is working for me, however I cannot use it from the call window. I have to hit the home button then press the camera button
[Amazon Fire Phone] krackers:
Yeah that's what happened to me too. As I noted before in the pro edition of xposed additions you can remap camera button inside the dialer app to a shortcut -- thereby launching a tasker task or automagic flow.

If this issue isn't fixed I wonder if an xposed module could be written to hook the method called when mute button is pressed and use a software-mute method that tasker uses instead of the hardware based one that likely relies on a working audio HAL.

Is the source available for this rom (the one in opening post is only a zip of whatever sources amazon released, not of this ROM itself)
[Amazon Fire Phone] kieranc88:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] is a miui rom possible for this phone ? Thanks.
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Just to add something I noticed. Yesterday I went to scan something at a retail store to add it to my Amazon cart using the official Amazon.com app. The camera doesn't launch in this app. In shopsavvy the bar code scanner comes up, but it's black and will not display anything outside of the scan bar. Other apps seem to work fine with the camera, such as KIK. (unless it has it's own camera as I think it has it's own browser)
[Amazon Fire Phone] msoundararajan:
CM11 - FirePhone 9/30

Hi ggow, Thank you for creating an maintaining this ROM.

I wanted to give some feedback: I started with the 9/16 CM11 ROM, it is fairly stable(except for the stock camera). I completed a dirty flash to upgrade CM11 from 9/16 => 9/30 version.

Comments on the 9/30 version

1) The stock camera app works now(thank you!)

2) Third-party apps that use the camera hal like a QR scanners, launch a live preview window, but stall immediately and the app automatically closes

3) Battery usage can be improved by using the third-party app "Battery Doctor"; turning off WiFi, and setting 2G as the preference. My guess is wakelock usage will automatically decrease if we could use CM13, but since we are dependent on FireOS binaries we are stuck at CM11 - we can only hope that Amazon upgrades sometime in the future(or unlocks the phone) - but I would NOT depend on it.

I did see some intermittent issues with the 9/16 stock dialer App, the GUI buttons hangup, mute, pause, add call, were not accessible; I figure incallUI calls need a little help. I went looking in https://github.com/ggow?tab=repositories for the CM11 ROM for the fire phone. I didn't find one. I get paid to pretend I am a professional developer for linux & pcs, so I figured I might to pretend to be one here. Can you point me to the correct location for the ROM repositories?
[Amazon Fire Phone] Dantrpan:
Really? I look at this thread weekly and have not found a good work around. I am not installing two camera apps. I use cameramx because it works best for me. The flash is crap in all the camera apps. I have installed many of them. More than I would care to admit. Until the camera hal is integrated, this will be an ongoing issue. Not unless there is a camera app that can control flash levels and flash timing. If there is one, I am not aware of it.
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
The only work around is setting the exposure to -2 and set the ISO as high as it can go, 1600 I think. I agree, this is not an ideal solution as it's a bit cumbersome and can cause noise in the photos. However, it's the only option right now in low light situations.
[Amazon Fire Phone] pt80chip:
OK, I know the mute thing isn't that important but from time to time I need to use it. This is the cleanest solution I've come up with to date:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzAlS_2AAng

I used a tasker scene to sit on top of my mute key, making it pretty seamless. And yes, it works.
[Amazon Fire Phone] SuperT.A.:
I've noticed that on the stock camera, video recording is quite choppy if you know what I mean. This is on the latest build.
[Amazon Fire Phone] krackers:
Could you post the exported XML for others to use too?
[Amazon Fire Phone] in.dubio:
Hey guys,

Installed CM today and I really like it. But I have a serious issue. I don't get notifications. Only for the email app. Tapatalk, Facebook and all other apps don't give me notification.

Is there a setting somewhere or did I mess up something?

Please help :(
[Amazon Fire Phone] SuperT.A.:
In.dubio,

Try reflashing the ROM and see if that helps
[Amazon Fire Phone] in.dubio:
Back to stock. I encountered some serious issues with CM11. No push notifications and ultra slow mobile data are just 2...

I'm sorry I can't use it because I really liked it. I will download a fresh copy and try again but if I get the same problems again, I will delete it and never again lose my time with this!
[Amazon Fire Phone] SuperT.A.:
I have a question :

If the phone were to brick after installing this ROM, what might cause a brick?
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Have you bricked it :( ?

Sent by SlimKat FirePhone
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
It won't brick.

Some people didn't wipe Cache & Dalvik after flashing a newer build of the ROM and naturally had some trouble but that's about it...

About "bricking" the Fire Phone in general: people who were in over their head and (for example) deleted something crucial managed to soft-brick their devices... but even then you can still use the official ADB recovery and sideload an Amazon BIN image & start from scratch.

As a regular phone user like me, you won't come close to manipulating things that could cause a hard-brick, and that's the only brick variant you have to fear. ;)
[Amazon Fire Phone] yt400pmd:
You should try a fresh install. I have been using this ROM as a daily driver since the first build. I have not had any problems other than what ggow has stated are problems
[Amazon Fire Phone] in.dubio:
Listen, I flashed like he said in 1st post. Wipe, flash Rom, GApps, SU, reboot, done. Result? Messed up device. Maybe I will give it a second try later...

Edit : could the gapps be the source of my problem? I used PICO
[Amazon Fire Phone] DesertVelo:
Same process: full wipe, flash ROM, flash Openapps pico, flash SuperSU 2.46, and reboot. No issues.

Ggow also has a Slim version for the Fire. Maybe try it as well and see if you still have issues. I ended up with the Slim after trying both versions.

Sent from the singletrack...
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
I'm on SlimKat too but CM was fine for me

SlimKat

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3188787

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[Amazon Fire Phone] in.dubio:
I didn't know!!

Thank you hawsey. If Slim works you made my day! I used SlimRom on Sgs 2,3,4 and Z1c. The best Rom ever imo.

I hope there's no problem :/
[Amazon Fire Phone] SuperT.A.:
So it won't brick if you just use the phone normally, right?
[Amazon Fire Phone] axel2230:
Over exposed camera flash work around

Ggow, I have found that Horizon Camera doesn't suffer from the flash issue that other camera apps have. It works because the app keeps the flash on before actually taking a picture and therefore it doesn't suffer from the bad timing. There is no need to change ISO and exposure levels, just using the camera like usual will do fine. The app is free to use. (if you can bear the horizon logo) I went with the premium features though. I've been using this app for about a month now so I can say with confidence that the app has worked for me without any issues, low light pictures look amazing, and the app can be launched by long pressing the camera button. (The camera button within the app starts recording which is the only complaint I have.) I attached some pics if anyone is interested. This is my dog (Flor) and you can see I took one pic with flash and another pic without flash.
[Amazon Fire Phone] adam.nox:
this is interesting. would like to see if others have the same results.

edit: darn. I just tried both side by side, and horizon, besides being very annoying, turns on the flash, but then the flash blinks off during shooting, resulting in very dim pictures.
[Amazon Fire Phone] axel2230:
The app is free to use so you can try it out. I'm sure your personal experience would be worth more vs mine or anyone else's. If you don't like it you can uninstall it. If you do like it you can pay $1 to remove the logo they put on pics and videos. Also be sure to share your experience with others in the thread.
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Interesting. So far I'm having luck with that app. However, the app so far is my least favorite camera app I've ever used. Probably keep it around to use in low light levels until the root issue (whatever it is) is resolved (somehow).
[Amazon Fire Phone] axel2230:
That's a weird thing adam.nox in my case the phone takes the picture and keeps the flash on at all times there is no blinking or anything like that. I'd like to see if anyone else gets the same issue.

Lilowek, I can understand why you don't like the camera app but for the moment this works quite well. In my case I like the app but we all have our preferences and I understand that. Thanks for sharing your experience with us and I hope that for the moment this workaround solves our camera problems until a permanent fix is found.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Thanks for sharing this :) Horizons app is working for me too , once you tap the flash icon it stays on until you tap it again and it goes off .

My photos have got the Horizon logo at the bottom tho ha ha , I suppose this is removed on the paid version .

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[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
I noticed a serious decline in battery. Only thing ive changed is been using maps for gps. That could be it. Anyway, last time i clean flashed (factory reset, flash cleansystem zip) i restored user apps & data with titanium. Everything went fine except my 5ghz doesnt output an accurate speedtest. Should be around 150 mbps down and i cant top 14. Had this issue before but don't recall how i fixed it. Thought it was clean flash. Can anyone share some advice on how theyd remedy this (fix 5ghz and if battery is an issue, not just maps).

I have a grasp on this im just not certain why 5 ghz didnt get fixed when i started over. Thanks.
[Amazon Fire Phone] krackers:
Camera KK also works pretty well in terms of flash.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Update--speedtest still shows slow speed after factory resetting, flashing clean system (for the heck of it i guess) and reinstalling the latest cm11. I only imported a few of my apps to start. Switched channel from 48 to 44, reboot router, reboot phone...

On the positive side, its been running fast & bug free since last nite. Are others getting low speeds on 5ghz?
[Amazon Fire Phone] jman315:
No issues here with my Linksys AC router. Connected at 433Mbps and getting the max speeds from my broadband connection when I ran speedtest.