yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Amazon Fire Phone] Nobuddy0816:
Hey ggow,

just drop in to say a big thanks for your work! It makes the FP even much more usable.

Your rom works like a charm except the issues in the table, no other issues so far.

Is there a chance to fix the camera-problem for inapp-shots like scanners etc in the future?

Thanks again and keep up the good work :good:
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
I'm working on the camera issues - but it's complicated - just have to see what unfolds.
[Amazon Fire Phone] T0b3:
Thanks for your hard work! Much appreciated!

The only thing which bugs me that the camera issue renders me unable to use Whatsapp Web, which I've used regulary before. Does anyone know a workaround? Thanks!
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Every router UI is a little different but to get to it youd just open a web browser and type the ip. Most of them are 192.168.1.1(mine is) or its 192.168.0.1.

Once you open it youd look for "wireless" or "wireless channels" something like that. Theres no doubt specific instructions for your model online. Just an fyi. Doesnt seem like something youd need to do unless youre experiencing issues. My router does a decent job of picking the best one but i dont have too many competing signals at my house.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- The I can get into router settings fine

- I think its a case of there are no advanced settings in the any of the config pages

- and also no option to enable any further detailed config

- I guess talktalk doesn't want us modifying anything
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Thats the case with all routers (pretty much). Its what makes openwrt and dd-wrt popular. But id be shocked if you couldnt access really basic stuff like channels, enabling port forwarding, setting up static ip, etc. Only time Id be able to edit the config (i think) is if i were still running openwrt which in a nutshell is like having root privs on your router except there are way more possibilities because its not stock. Youd actually go a lot farther with that than me, with your linux background. (something to look into if youre interested.) But like i said Id be really surprised if you have no access to channels. Pretty much every wifi tutorial lists it as one method of getting a better signal/increase speed.
[Amazon Fire Phone] topcaser:
Hi ggow, just for my understanding: you wrote that you maybe will spend some time into transferring this ROM to Marshmallow. What will be the most work here? Adapt the driver? Isn't it that the hardware used in the FP is also in other phones with well known drivers?

Sent from my Galaxy S5
[Amazon Fire Phone] ravi_buz:
Thanks for another wonderful update!

In the previous build, most of the time the recent calls/contacts doesn't load for quite sometime or until a restart. Hope that is fixed.
[Amazon Fire Phone] pshadoww:
Question: is the flash light for camera working now? Thank you!
[Amazon Fire Phone] SuperT.A.:
We need an updated kernel for Lollipop or Marshmallow. So we need Fire OS 5 with working root for CM 12.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KingPin:
Hello dev [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] can you enable FM radio in the next build? It's important and spirit apps are not working. Thank-you.
[Amazon Fire Phone] sergio687:
FM radio? The Fire Phone doesn't have a FM radio receiver to begin with, so it would be impossible.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KingPin:
Lg G2 is also MSM8974 and it have FM radio so fire phone should have the receiver.
[Amazon Fire Phone] sergio687:
Right, I expressed myself wrong. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip has FM available. But, I suspect Amazon disabled it in hardware (not the first OEM hardware-disabling the FM chip BTW, Apple and Samsung did it before), so, no software modification would make it work :(

Edit: Yes, it's hardware-disabled. :(
[Amazon Fire Phone] Plonkplonk:
I tried some apps to find out if there is one that does not show the compass issue. So accidently I came to "SkyView free". Surprisingly the augmented reality works (compass does not ...) - this app can use the camera to show the stars in front of the surrounding landscape.

I don't know how this works - but maybe it's a hint towards a solution for the camera.
[Amazon Fire Phone] azirgi:
Hi, has anyone tried Bluetooth headset with this ROM, I wanted to buy Sony Bluetooth headset SBH80, and have no idea that would be compatible with this device using CM11 ROM.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Havent had any issues what so ever with anything bluetooth related (car, headphones, headset, speaker.) I wouldnt be concerned. Have you had pairing issues with other devices?
[Amazon Fire Phone] randybo:
No LTE Issues with Cricket/ATT SIM

I maintain a CM-11 Fire Phone I purchased for a friend and found no difference in the Cricket Wireless (AT&T Network) LTE performance between the 11/25/2015 release and prior versions. I find myself using my 64GB CM-11 Fire Phone most of the time and using my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4 as just a wireless hotspot because this ROM and phone combination is just so much faster. I love it!
[Amazon Fire Phone] Protocold:
I did a flash install on the latest build. The camera button on the left of the phone doesnt work. Am I the only one who has this problem? Or is this broken in this build?
[Amazon Fire Phone] pt80chip:
It's one of the known issues. I believe it's on the first post. You can use 3rd party programs to assign that button to the camera or anything else you want for that matter such as Xposed and tasker.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Dantrpan:
I use my jaybirds with it. Everything seems fine. One gripe is the volume control. This is not just for headsets, but speakers and head units. With FireOS the volume on devices is fine, but with this rom the volume is lower. In my car for example, with fireos and bluetooth on the phone completely up, I can put the volume on my head unit to 10, and it sounds fine. But the same scenario with cm11, I have to put the head unit in the 20's. Also notice a similar issue with my jawbone speaker. It's harder to tell with my earbuds, which makes sense, they are in my ear.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Hackashaq:
Dolby Atmos

Search on XDA for the [MOD][ARM][4.3+] Dolby ATMOS [R6.5] by worstenbrood

Works great and you can enable dynamic volume, you can flash the .ZIP through Safestrap.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Did you just flash this by itself or did you do i clean install of cm 11 then flash? Any bugs? (phone calls, etc). Only time Ive had an issue with volume is when Im in a loud environment (running the lawnmower for example). So this would be useful if it helps with that and there's no audio issues.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Dantrpan:
Done. Thanks! It definitely helps. I connected to my head unit and volume levels 10 through 16 are sufficient now.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Protocold:
I read the first page of the thread, as well as digging through the whole thread...the hardware camera button doesnt do anything when the phone is sleeping or screen is off. Once any camera app is launched then the button can be used to take the picture.

I tried to use Xposed with modules, the module detected the hardware button but the mapping wont work. It also said something like the camera software must listen to the button event or something like that.

Any idea?
[Amazon Fire Phone] Hackashaq:
Just flash by itself. Can be turned on and off easily in the app.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KingPin:
Disk encryption is working flawless. (Phone restarted in first attempt and wont show decrypt screen after first reboot otherwise no problem).
[Amazon Fire Phone] lqtdc:
hey ggow did you see this

http://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hd/7-development/unlock-kfsowi-bootloader-unlock-t3262770

maybe that will work for fire phone with some changes.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ponghclub:
just flash it ....work great. thanks

send from hdx 7 using tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- I'll take a look - thanks for the heads up :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
New Build is Up

- Dated 09 Dec 2015

- Change log on Post #2
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Thanks! What baby steps did you make with the camera if you don't mind me asking. (flashing now)
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- The phone is now finally loading the ov680 firmware

- Hasn't made any difference to the situation yet but it's a step forward.
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Very cool. Another flawless flashed update! Thanks again!!
[Amazon Fire Phone] themo44:
Is there any way to increase the WiFi signal ive compared different devices in the same spot and on the cm device the phone disconnects from WiFi alot and very low signal compared to the fire Os devices.

(P.s. we're on the same WiFi)
[Amazon Fire Phone] ferolac:
after the last update stock camera is taking forever to focus let alone capturing the picture.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Plonkplonk:
I saw a picture of the mainboard on techinsights.com a few days ago, in which a "Bosch Sensortec BMP180 Digital Barometric Pressure Sensor" ist shown. Of course I could not withstand and played around (wouldn't call it "testing") with some barometer apps and a plastic bag. :D

I don't know if anyone needs this function, but it really works. (And might be - or not - another point in the OP table.)

Thomas
[Amazon Fire Phone] ferolac:
about that camera taking its time thing, i wiped the data of camera app using titanium backup and it started working fine.
[Amazon Fire Phone] 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] ferolac:
HOLY MOLY!! this actually work beyond expectations flash working fine, pics capturing without any delay and shutter brust also working swiftly thanks dude :good: :good: :good:
[Amazon Fire Phone] cammerv8:
But does it work with snapchat?

Enviado desde mi SD4930UR mediante Tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] KingPin:
how do i decrypt my phone so i can flash the new build. ?

---------- Post added at 02:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:00 AM ----------

long press the camera button(3 to 4 seconds) while screen is on and unlocked, also works for taking images. :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] gooserayos:
No problem! Also, I froze the stock Camera app using Titanium Backup, and the camera button will automatically set itself to open Snap Camera instead.

---------- Post added at 11:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 PM ----------

No this doesn't make the Snapchat app work properly. What I do is use Casper, which is a third party Snapchat client. It takes some time to get use to but it definitely does the job. Here's how to set it up.

Before downloading and installing Casper, make a dummy gmail just to use with Casper. (The developer explains on the website why he recommends doing this)

Download Casper

Install Casper

Log in with your regular Snapchap credentials and the dummy gmail you just made

I hate any ads so I paid for the ad-free version. The combination of Snap Camera and Casper gets me by using my Fire Phone as a daily driver. I think the $5 is worth paying, while waiting for a working camera to be released. We have to be patient:)

Also, the Snap Camera makes it really easy to post to Snapchat. Just take a picture, swipe to the left, and select share to Casper or Snapchat. I haven't found any barcode scanner that works, so if anyone knows of any that works with CM11 please let me know.
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
HI there!! I just noticed today that more apps are crashing now. I used titanium backup to restore to a previous version and still the same issue. When using Google now's side menu it also crashed. When I loaded the rom I just upgraded and wiped all cache in thr process.

Anyone else getting app crashes that weren't present earlier? I'm going to reflash now.
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Still the same crashes after another install. I'll check this in the morning but will likely go back to threNovember release until more people chime in.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ferolac:
samehere had yo reinstall gapps after the last build. Play services was crashing on downloading any app from playstore
[Amazon Fire Phone] SuperT.A.:
I think I will probably stay on November release for now.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Protocold:
I come to learn and confirmed that certain camera app such as snap camera will listen to camera button event which is triggered when you press the hardware camera, which is why it will respond when you press the buton and it will start.

However, not all camera app will respond, such as the Google Camera and also Open Camera will not listen to camera button event. That is why they dont work with the button the way as snap camera.
[Amazon Fire Phone] gooserayos:
Did not know that. Good to know!
[Amazon Fire Phone] Plonkplonk:
The new built works good for me except one issue that wasn't there before: Nova Launcher crashes once (and only once) every time I try to unlock the home screen for making changes or try to open settings. Second attempt always works. After a while it shows the same behaviour again (must be after Nova has auto-locked home screen again).

Thomas
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
I switched back to the last November release, no app crashes yet!
[Amazon Fire Phone] HForHacks:
If you are on the lastest build and the Google Play services are crashing when doing anything like downloading/updating app then I have found that using Lucky Patcher should fix the problem. Just download Lucky Patcher > Open the app > Scroll down to Google Play and select it > Click on tools on the pop-up > Move to system on the pop-up.

The problem I found is that Google Play is no longer a system default app. Although this method works I see that in-app purchases cannot be made, if you could get in-app purcahses working please tell me. Hopes this help.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Over on the Fire Tablet 2015 forum there have been troubles with Open Gapps

- I'll do a bit of digging at the next oppportunity
[Amazon Fire Phone] LilLowEK:
Thanks. It should be noted an app I frequent crashed a lot. It wasn't a Google app but likely uses some sort of play services.
[Amazon Fire Phone] alexwontlose:
I have no crashes and I used the micro package of gapps everything works like a charm.

Gesendet von meinem Fire Phone mit Tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] m.saad.siddiqui:
whatsapp issue

There is a issue with this release 9 12 2015 whatsapp web feature freezes camera while read web code therefore unable to connect with whatsapp web , sorry for my bad english.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Ill chime in too (eventhough I know its being looked into). Lots of apps were quiting unexpectedly. Flashed the previous firmware and its working fine now.
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
The "WhatsApp Web" issue is not release specific, this is due to the (known) in-app camera usage problems.

I had one app closing constantly: F-Droid client. Even with complete uninstall, etc. it always closed while updating the repo.

Didn't bother to logcat it for now...
[Amazon Fire Phone] llenp:
Tested encryption and can verify it works 100%. But, there is a catch. It's always going to be a one-way street. Typically, when you encrypt a regular Android phone, the only way to decrypt it is to do a factory reset.

The only way to go back to an unencrypted state with our Fire Phones would be to format data (not wipe data) in Safestrap. Unfortunately, this means you lose EVERYTHING. So you will definitely want to store any TWRP backups you have on your computer first. Fortunately though, you will end up with a clean CM11 install after formatting data. Then all you have to do is go back and restore whatever TWRP backups you made before encrypting in the first place.

[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION], Can you update your chart at some point? Just to share the possible consequences for those that dare... Thanks!
[Amazon Fire Phone] ferolac:
me also got the f-droid closing issue.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KingPin:
its working but there is no need to do it because i ended up bricking my phone and had to go back to fire OS through ADB. and repeat whole thing to get CM back. so i do NOT recommend it if you plan to keep up to date with new builds.
[Amazon Fire Phone] llenp:
Sorry to hear that! I'm glad you still have a working device though. :good:

I agree, it is definitely not recommended for anyone wanting new builds. Technically possible... but it's just going to degrade the device storage from the constant encrypting, wiping, restoring (which consists of always transferring a 4GB backup through ADB), updating, re-encrypting, etc.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- I've been running the new build with no problems at all

- Also bear in mind when reporting any issues, to help I will need more information like a logcat of the crash
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Would you mind trying to install the new update

- Then wipe dalvik and cache

- Then see if you get the crashes

- If you do could you capture some logs?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Thanks for testing the encryption

- I will update the OP with the information you provided

- Thanks :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Absolutely. But just so you know I've ve made a habit of wiping dalvik and cache after flashing the updates but i can try again and get a log if it keeps happening.
[Amazon Fire Phone] scottsmith77:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] Thanks!! This. Is. Awesome. I bought two from Ebay, wishing I had bought another when the Prime was still available.

@ anyone else-

So, I have searched the thread, not found anything on my issue. My camera app starts up with the front camera. If I try to change it to the rear camera, the camera app crashes. If I try to start the camera again, it crashes. If I delete the camera cache/clear defaults, it will start again, with the front camera. Using Snap does the same thing. Any suggestions?

This is a an extra phone (kid's Google Voice number on wifi), not using very often. I'm not sure when the camera went off the rails for me, but since I haven't seen anyone post about this, I assume I have some minor spurious issue that can be remedied. Relating to that, how do I clear everything and start from scratch in CM? I've been a little confused by the reset in Andorid settings and various resets/formats in the TWRP recovery. How do I whack ALL my data, to boot into a fresh CM install?
[Amazon Fire Phone] xman11:
Safestrap Restore FAIL

I have a problem, I can not play back Fire OS Backup in Safestrap.

Every time Safestrap stop and says: Restore "Fail".

What can I do???
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
I got the same , I didn't bother , I am pretty sure it is available if you ever need it again , I'm sure I won't :)

Sent by SlimKat FirePhone
[Amazon Fire Phone] ponghclub:
the snap camera work great on my fire phone with the latest update. There are no crash since I installed cm11 rom. It's the perfect unlock Android fire phone.I will take it with me when I travel.....thank you GGOW

send from hdx 7 using tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] SuperT.A.:
Anyone still having problems with apps crashing on newest build?
[Amazon Fire Phone] HerroYou:
None, it could be something wrong with opengapps. I have been using an older version and I haven't got any crashes until I updated it to the latest version.
[Amazon Fire Phone] themo44:
The WiFi signal being very low is a huge issue for me I keep disconnecting or have very slow speeds
[Amazon Fire Phone] ferolac:
any fix for f-droid issue?
[Amazon Fire Phone] stunvn:
Excuse me, After install CM-11 I can't send pictures from my phone to Chrome using Pushbullet.

Anyone have the same problem?
[Amazon Fire Phone] miguel11691:
im not getting any LTE with ATT... anyone else having the issues... the phone apn is giving me H and H+ and the LTE PTA is giving me nothing
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- I use Pushbullet all the time

- Been using it on the latest build and seems to work fine for me
[Amazon Fire Phone] ponghclub:
I use h2o as pay as you go on my fire phone it's only have 2g and 3g only no LTE....you're not the only one.

send from hdx 7 using tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- I don't know why this is the case at the moment

- What country are you in?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ponghclub:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION].......i'm in us...new york city. It's not matter I have metro pcs as my daily use and fire phone 2nd for backup play games movies..etc and I appreciate all the work you're done on this phone....thanks

send from hdx 7 using tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] ponghclub:
I set up the camera like you say when take picture day time work perfect but at night the shutter speed very lagged take too long. is there away to improve it?

send from hdx 7 using tapatalk
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION]

I tried to capture a log but couldn't force a crash (surprisingly because while I was driving 2 apps crashed multiple times). It'd been awhile since I did a clean flash so I factory reset and reinstalled gapps (nano) last night then restore most of my apps+data with TB. Been using it all day with no issues. I've got logcat on but I'm not getting crashes except for the browser 1 time. Not sure how everyone else is doing but it looks to me like the issue might've been on my end.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ferolac:
increase the iso from "photo" tab
[Amazon Fire Phone] wxswjtu:
the 1209 edition cause many crashes,especially the wechat,I cannot open the moments in wechat,the app stoped when I try that.so I run back to 1125 edition
[Amazon Fire Phone] gooserayos:
I'm not having any issues with night shots. I think the mentioned configuration gives us the best pictures possible with the hardware on this phone. I think that the shots I'm getting are pretty great, even in low light. Increasing the ISO would help the shutter speed, but may cause more blur.
[Amazon Fire Phone] themo44:
Wtf no one addresses my issue on hoe the WiFi signal is a lot lower when compared to fire OS
[Amazon Fire Phone] llenp:
It's probably because nobody else is having that issue or your last post is lacking substantial details.

Provide your wifi setup, screenshots of signal strength in dB, speed tests, etc. Then maybe someone here can see what might be wrong.

If you searched in this thread, there's people having issues with 5Ghz wifi, signal icons underestimating signal strength, and more.
[Amazon Fire Phone] pt80chip:
Hi Themo,

I don't have a long term solution for you but what I do is delete the wifi folder every time it acts up, then restart the phone. You will have to set up your wifi access points again but your speed will go back to normal.

To do that, go to file manager, then navigate to Data, it will ask you for root privileges, click yes. Then open misc, then delete (or rename) the wifi folder. The first time I did it I renamed the folder wifibackup but now I just erase it.

Your phone will need to be rooted for this.

Good luck
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- The signal levels are probably been reported by a different algorithm compared to FireOS

- Need to compare signal level, actual throughput etc to determine whether there is a problem or not

- The same goes for Mobile Signal Level too
[Amazon Fire Phone] Dantrpan:
Anyone know of a way to get mobileiron to work on this rom? I had installed superuser, unchecked "enable root", and did a full uninstall. Yet mobileiron still says the device is compromised. Not sure if it had to do with not being signed.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ferolac:
Why does cm11 unlocks all these bands (see screenshots) when installed on a custom rom-slot in safestrap, and is there anyway to unlock all of them in stock rom-slot?