yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Amazon Fire Phone] jd999uk:
Yes. Ggow advised me to do do earlier in the thread. Rebooted and it's been fine since.

Apart from the same camera and Gapps issues that everyone has, this phone it's now brilliant. The Gapps issue is not the worst thing- nothing seems to break, just slightly annoying messages.

But the camera issue for me is the deal breaker. Fix that and I'll be seriously happy.
[Amazon Fire Phone] MrSalue:
hey when gaming or something the nav button / bar is sitll their showing how can I hide it ?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Enable expanded desktop under Display Settings. You will then have an option in the power menu to activate it.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Just tested 5ghz WiFi connection. Got 60Mbps down, 4Mbps. Then same on 2.4ghz. So seems good from my test at least.
[Amazon Fire Phone] rsshivs:
Fantastic Work!! Thank you so much :o:o
[Amazon Fire Phone] DANIELWHITT:
I've just checked my 5ghz and got 146mb download and 15mb upload. Works spot on for me.
[Amazon Fire Phone] DANIELWHITT:
Another screen grab from another test
[Amazon Fire Phone] bgroins:
Didn't work for me at all. Same problem with darks being too dark and flash washing out everything. Good thing there is a trial version!
[Amazon Fire Phone] fuelvolts:
Wow, that's surprising as it works perfectly for me. Although, now that I think about it, I haven't taken a picture with the flash. I hardly do as flashes on phones are generally terrible. Here's a sample with Snap Camera from me inside Home Depot buying lumber:

And another when I get rear-ended (very slow speed):

Granted, all outside or well lit. All taken with latest build CM11 on Fire Phone by me with Snap Camera.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
5ghz has arrived!
[Amazon Fire Phone] rsshivs:
Tried their trial version and it works good. It opens right away when i pressed camera button. Nice find :good:.
[Amazon Fire Phone] keinam.ty:
HI,

I don't think that is a good test though.... you've basically testing your ISP speed and not true Wifi (mostly), Or that your Wifi is as fast as your IPS.

The correct testing should be between the phone and your router, and 5ghz should be faster then 2.4ghz. I am no expert but this would make more sense to me... no?

I'll try to do that tonight when I'll get home.
[Amazon Fire Phone] MrSalue:
having same issue, so I am currently using Google camera on it :P way better
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
No, 5ghz and 2.4ghz are simply transmission frequencies. They have no bearing on speed directly. 5ghz has the potential to offer higher throughput but that depends on what protocols are been used.

Because a lot of devices run 2.4ghz you may find the 5ghz band is less congested and achieve a more stable connection but again may factors come into play here.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Hele!:
I have done this and still cant get that working... any other ideas? :(

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[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION]

is there any chance to provide link to previous build, please?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Yes, look at the change log on Post #2. Click on the date of the build. I have just linked it there.
[Amazon Fire Phone] mhill1986:
Agreed on Snap Camera

I second the Snap Camera app. I've tested with different types of light, and it has down quite well. It is possible to use flash as well, just adjust the exposure comp a bit, and you're set to go (I rarely use flash anyway). I've had a couple of times when I open the app and just get a black screen, but I simply press "back" and reopen, and it usually starts up no problem. Thanks for pointing me to this app! $1.99 is def worth it.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Can confirm this works brilliantly, thanks for that.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Hele!:
Cheers for that! But I am still unable to get it working... it is new Fire Phone, no idea why it isnt working..
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Can you give a summary of what you have tried so far...
[Amazon Fire Phone] Hele!:
Sure,

1, fresh install

2, wipe and install

3, wipe and install previous build

4, edit APN settings (even contacted O2 support and asked for right settings + to make sure about no issues with network in my area)

5, wipe APN settings, reboot, set them again

6, desperate try-failure editting of APN settings..

any ideas?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Yes, one thing comes to mind.

Install the safestrap flashable stock image from:

http://xdaforums.com/fire-phone/development/safestrap-v4-flashable-stock-image-t3150531

Follow the instructions in the thread.

Check that you have data connectivity with this.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Metemptosis:
I'm also coming from the 1st gen Moto G! What gapps did you flash? I've seen several recommended in this thread.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Hele!:
It was great idea! After installation stock image it was working and settings was properly set - payandgo as id and pass... totally forgot that, but they didnt tell me at O2 customer service! So.. at least we know for other ppl with pay as go sim card :)

Thanks a lot anyway, I am back on CM11 and surfing at 4G like a boss now!

Cheers.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Excellent ☺
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Excellent :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] smithmal:
I'd be interested to know what type of battery life people are getting with the CM11 on their Fire Phone. Please make sure that battery is properly calibrated first (using Battery Calibration app) and then use a battery testing app like LAB501. I would think since CM11 has built in optimized governors (it does right?) CM11 should be better than FireOS.

Speaking of Fire OS, what type of battery life were people getting with that? It's my understanding that it was terrible until a recent OS update.

smithmal
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] is correct but on my network 5ghz is always about 30-40% faster.

The major difference between 2.4GHz and 5GHz is the speed of data transmission, (bandwidth.) Higher radio frequencies allow faster data transmission, so 5GHz allows much faster network connections than 2.4GHz. If you want to use high-bandwidth applications like streaming HD video 5GHz is typically a better go to...

Taken all this with a grain of salt...WiFi speed tests can be inaccurate. I'm just happy I got a ac phone now that can play with my ac router and I like big numbers (and shiny things)

Maybe if I ventured outside my house and did a thorough search for which neighbors were using what and checked within my house for possible interference, I might make that number go higher on 2.4ghz.

But honestly I just wanted to share my appreciation for this fix on this increasingly awesome phone!

But also you lost me on IPS and the "phone and your router"? What do you mean? I tested my phone on my 5ghz network, one wall away from router. Is there another way?
[Amazon Fire Phone] green007:
Hi,

first of all i want thank you for the great rom. Now my Fire Phone isn't useless anymore.

I noticed that the phone reboots if i try to uninstall a cm11 theme. Does someone else have this problem?
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Yes. Google camera seems to work well with all basic functions (front &rear, flash). That's all I need. But I've been collecting camera apps in a folder in case I need more functionality (very doubtful)
[Amazon Fire Phone] king200:
A more accurate test of speed is http://testmy.net/ In my area, Time Warner Cable somehow gives more optimum results for that test. That's even connecting my Docis cable modem directly to PC.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Governors are normally implemented in the kernel. We are limited to amazons stock kernel governors. I never used stock to the extent to know how battery life was.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
I'm now using this phone as my main phone for the last two weeks and its spot on. This replaces my nexus 6 :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] rster:
I also had some flaky data issues with the 2015-07-15 zip. Sometimes it would work ok when I turned off wifi, and sometimes it took playing around with it before it would start (not sure what I did) and sometimes it would not work. I flashed the 2015-07-08 zip back and now it's working great. I don't use my phone much for taking pictures and the google services stopping msg is close to irrelevant so I'm still quite happy using this phone daily.
[Amazon Fire Phone] rjmohit:
Battery life on stock was wayyyy better. For the sake of comparison:

48 hours on time with no sim installed/airplane mode (24 hrs wifi on, 24 wifi off) and same apps installed:

Stock: 90% remaining (i.e. only 10% used)

CM11: 70% remaining (i.e. 30% used)

PS: The phone was on stand by the whole time, no usage at all.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Skeeterdrums:
Anyone have any issues with Titanium licensing not taking hold? It seems to check for the license but never succeeds in doing so. UPDATE: Fixed this by running fix permissions from SafeStrap/TWRP.
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
im thinking i may install this over the weekend :). what is the best gapps to use please??
[Amazon Fire Phone] v6ser:
I don't think that's even remotely true, sorry.

My battery is actually lasting a considerably longer than with the stock Fire OS.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Skeeterdrums:
Check OP: "HDX Nexus GAPPS" is linked there.
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
i thought there was issues with that version
[Amazon Fire Phone] Ranhead:
I received my Fire Phone today and I am having a blast with it. Thanks again for a great ROM.

I don't want to advertize anyone, but I wanted to share a good deal. I got my phone with a year of Prime from Fleabay for $140. The Seller has sold over 2800, so I don't know how many are left.
[Amazon Fire Phone] cklear:
thank you so much for your efforts to bring all these together. CM11 is way much better than the combination of FireOS+GAPPS. and , this rom does no longer drain my battery as how FireOS did.

But I have one small problem. My camera picture freezes when I scan barcodes from WeChat. Can you take a look at this problem and somehow fix it up in your next release? Thank you so much!

Big thanks for your work!
[Amazon Fire Phone] bgroins:
Camera bugs are still being worked out. Some people have had successes with 3rd party cameras. Some have not (like me) :( At least not in low light and flash situations.
[Amazon Fire Phone] MortaLPortaL:
found out something else does not work; Pedometer apps. I use these to keep track of walking, and NONE work on CM11. Most force close, most do not load at all.
[Amazon Fire Phone] keinam.ty:
Thanks, good point about whether 5ghz is faster - thanks.

I thought you meant to test WiFi speed rather the whether it works. Please ignore my comment on that.

Quick question, did you have to do a anything configuration changes to he able to connect to 5 ghz WiFi? My phone isn't able to see it for whatever reason.... I don't believe there was any updates since the 15th?

And yeah - I am super excited the OP put this rom together! The fire OS almost made me throw it to the garbage after fire OS replaced all of my pictures on Google's contacts with low resolution pics... Ughh...

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Ohhhh snap, this is what I've been doing as well. User fire phone for about a week. My N6 is still in the bag though with me because I need to have some work staff with me.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
If you aren't seeing 5ghz change the channel on your router. Most people find 36-48 work. I'm currently on 40 but one of those should work for you.
[Amazon Fire Phone] guliver365:
On my 5ghz the ssid is not even detected the router is an asus RT N66U with Merlin firmware so for me I am unable to test this

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Sorry the router is RT AC68P
[Amazon Fire Phone] rjmohit:
Well, I froze all non essential apps, disables dynamic perspective, disabled wakelocks and alarms for almost all amazon and google services, etc. you get my point. Did this on both setups and the above were the results. CM11 drains a lot of battery on Wifi and general standby..

The objective was to test inactivity battery drain.
[Amazon Fire Phone] XRAYcr:
Bug reported QR Scanners

Any QR scanner, incluiding WhatsApp webApp freeze. After some time, "cannot connect to camera" message shows up.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ratbags:
Yes fire os even with gapps for me has awesome battery life compared to any phone with Google more heavily integrated.
[Amazon Fire Phone] CadBuRy.VN:
can you port the MIUI rom ??? :p

http://en.miui.com/download.html

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[Amazon Fire Phone] ratbags:
Just get the miui launcher.
[Amazon Fire Phone] v6ser:
Audio suddenly stopped working. Here's the logcat: http://pastebin.com/VpQXFgjw

EDIT: Never mind, forgot that i was testing something and didn't give the right permissions to media_profiles.xml and mixer_paths.xml
[Amazon Fire Phone] CadBuRy.VN:
I 've used MIUI launcher v6 but I want it to work the entire features of MIUI os
[Amazon Fire Phone] anameOSF:
You can use the pedometer from tayutau. It works quite well. I compared it once with the pedometer sensor from the galaxy s4.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
I'm not seeing high drain in real time use. Actually was pretty impressed by battery life of cm11 but always wanting to do better installed greenify+amplify last night. In one hour's use today I've seen it drop from from 100% to 92%--seems pretty high, no? Especially since all I've been doing is web browsing and monitoring battery stats. The whole time I had mobile data disabled, and Bluetooth for the latter half hour.

Thinking I either did something wrong or I just need to let the ROM regulate battery usage. It was doing a better job than greenify/amplify....is anyone using effective methods to improve battery?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Battery life seems fine to me. Mild to moderate us all day. And now only down to 83%.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Google Fit seems to be working fine.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Yes. Yesterday I would've describe it as very good to great but that was before I tried to make it even better. Greenify/amplify combo worked well on stock HTC but seems here I'm better off leaving it the way it came. I'll give it another day just to monitor then probably disable the mods.

Edit--no serious battery drain. Last nite I set screen timeout high because I was testing something unrelated. Simply forgot to put it back to 30 seconds.
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
Just got round to installing..

SuperSu won't update binaries and Google errors
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Did you flash the SuperSU.zip after the ROM and gapps?

Also in the thread there is a link to mini gapps which people have had better results. I'll remove hdx nexus gapps link tomorrow and recommend another.
[Amazon Fire Phone] dhack21:
In regards to the Google play services errors people are getting I found that using CM mini Gapps have worked quite well here with location services set to device only and only syncing app data. I only get 3-4 errors a day.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
I'm using pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20150410-signed.zip from:

http://xdaforums.com/android/software/reborn-gapps-t3074533

Same results 3-4 errors a day, mostly none at all.
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
How would I start the fresh install again from scratch..I try to but the hdx gapps is still there, I want to just restart the whole process
[Amazon Fire Phone] boomerxyz:
I installed your rom without issue and it is running as expected. I did notice I have static in the headphones when I wiggle the jack a bit. I thought it was a hardware issue so I returned it to stock and did the same test. I did not have any static. Could this be a rom issue?
[Amazon Fire Phone] MortaLPortaL:
ironic, that is the one I use lol. It always force closes.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hungrymr2:
Same here beucase I still have a lot of data lingering from FireOS after wipe, but before I do something stupid I wanna know if its wise to format the entire internal sdcard before any installation.
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
Ok I think im there..I formatted system,that removed a lot, I'm rooted and no Google errors, so far so good, debating whether to buy the camera app that was recommended or just use Google cam

Spoke to soon..Google services keep erroring
[Amazon Fire Phone] Plonko:
I updated to the latest google play services apk earlier today and have not had a force close yet. Not definitive until it runs for a couple of days, but it's looking good!

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ices-7-8-87-2077814-030-android-apk-download/
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
What would be the cleanest way to flash mini gapps but keep data?

Also, not sure if this is a bug but notice I often need to reboot when plugging in headphones/audio jack. This happens mostly in my car where I have Bluetooth for phone but still need audio jack to listen to music. Not sure if its a conflict using both protocols...
[Amazon Fire Phone] jman315:
I wasn't seeing my 5GHz network until I set a channel. No problem connecting at 2.4Ghz though. Thanks for the suggestion.

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I took advantage of the same deal. I'm sure if Amazon released this device with an AOSP like ROM it would be considered anything but a flop. Big thanks for making CM 11 and safestrap possible for this.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Did you do a clean install? I didn't think PA gapps could be flashed over HD nexus?
[Amazon Fire Phone] sumDewd:
Hey guys,

I read the 1st half of the thread last night and briefly scanned over the last couple pages tonight. I installed last night and just used the official gapps from the cyanogenmod site for kitkat (the full version), and over the last day haven't had any Google services/etc crash once. I would highly recommend giving it a try.
[Amazon Fire Phone] gunslingerfry:
Any chance of getting NFC working? Would be nice to get tap to pay. The build is functioning stellarly for me so far, thank you!
[Amazon Fire Phone] billclay1988:
I installed this version of Play Services and haven't had a Play crash all day! Thanks for the tip. :good:
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Yes a clean install is required.
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
a clean install doesnt remove the hdx gapps, infact nothing does..does it matter what gapps is used as they will always get updated anyway??

also last night i saw a 25% battery loss, seems very high
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
I will make a flashable.zip which can clean the /system partition safely.

- Flash this in Safestrap

- This wll clean the /system partition ready for fresh installation.

- You will then need flash a new ROM, Gapps etc.

- This is required, as a result of a change I made in the recovery code to protect Safestrap from been wiped out.
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
cheers buddy for that, will get onto it now

yea its wiped all the old existence of gapps, which is good

nice one
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Thanks for letting me know :)

I'll create a frequently asked questions section towards the top of the thread and include it there.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
Frequently Asked Questions

I have added an FAQ section in Post #3.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Baconrind:
Sound quality issues

Hi

Is anyone getting poor sound quality on phone calls. Its fine at my end but the caller states my audio is poor.

Any ideas ? anything I can try to improve it?

Thanks

Bacon
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
Google camera freezes using HDR mode, is this normal??
[Amazon Fire Phone] chris_ds:
Thanks for the great work, it's so much better than Amazons vision of Android. :)

5g works fine for me. The play apps are working great (no crashes for two days) after updating and restarting.

The camera kind of works with open camera. But is there a way to launch the camera app with the camera button?

I am experiencing stuttering when video playback is at 1080p.

Tested Sky Go and some high quality YouTube videos. Is anyone else seeing this too?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
At the moment, yes it's a known issue.
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
Oh do all the apps have this issue at the moment
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- There must be way to launch a specific camera app with the button. But I don't know what that is.

- The stock cyanogenmod app does launch with the button - but I have not included it due to problems that make the app unusable.

- 1080p video seems good for me.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Maybe you can clarify something? Last nite I wiped dalvik & cache then flashed mini gapps. Thought I was OK till I read your post But I looked in system/etc/g.prop and it indicated I do in fact have mini gaps 4.4...

If something else needs to be wiped can you please explain what and where it is? I just thought I had done it right. And, I guess on a side note, I ran battery tester and got what I thought were excellent results. So far nothing seems to be off.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- What I said only applies if you install a gapps package which contains scripts that will allow the CM-11 installer package to preserve gapps.

- If you're setup is currently working under mini gapps then all is good.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
A lot of apps like bar code scanners etc seem to have problems.

Snap Camera seems like our best bet at the moment for functionality.
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
So I'm going to have to shell out £1.29..damn. ;)
[Amazon Fire Phone] RainGater:
Camera ZOOM FX 5.6.4 works great... Try it out!

Install OpenCamera for Vidoes and all in all, it's an amazing CM11 ROM. Considering the convoluted-bloated-FireOS, it's a truly blissful experience ;)
[Amazon Fire Phone] ravi_buz:
Tried it and it works great! Thanks for this.

Wanted to check if there is a bug where the phone is not detected when plugged to PC. Also, does this ROM support OTA or we have to manually update it?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Check post number 162 if phone is not been detected.

- Update is manual
[Amazon Fire Phone] RainGater:
OpenGAPPS works great. In fact, it's the best package for all phones.

Install the pico version (ARM 4.4) and wipe dalvik/cache and all good. No play services error for the past hour or so...

http://opengapps.org/
[Amazon Fire Phone] apkbalaji:
PC doesn't show this phone

PC doesn't recognize my FP after upgrading to CM11.

All other features are working great except USB.

Plz help
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
Plz read. Zank you.
[Amazon Fire Phone] rsshivs:
I was about to post the same. Yes receiver end states they are not able to hear me properly.:(:( They are hearing lot of background nice or echo of their own voice..It was fine at my end too..:rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Amazon Fire Phone] king200:
Please post/edit for a couple of days.

I updated to "Google Play services 7.8.87", 07/18 release and still had crashes. I upgraded manually by copying the app to proper directory and setting permissions.
[Amazon Fire Phone] RainGater:
I had the Play store errors consistently before with HDX Gapps and now it stopped. Okay?

I will post it after a day to confirm it but now am very happy!
[Amazon Fire Phone] russy23:
i used the small cm11 gapps from their wiki link earlier, no errors so far

Spoke to soon.. :(
[Amazon Fire Phone] Assasi9:
So i tried the flashable zip to clean system files and then tried to install the opengapps mini package however the hdx gapps still stick, or at least it seems so. any ideas?
[Amazon Fire Phone] boomerxyz:
I wiped with SystemClean zip and did a fresh install with the PA Gapps in op. All seems fine so far except the color scheme is white text on white background in PlayStore and Google Search box on the desktop. Is this just me? Fixable?

Edit: Never mind. Installing Google Launcher fixed it all.
[Amazon Fire Phone] azheng:
can someone please show me how to transfer file from phone to window pc, i have already downloaded sdk manager , 15 second adb , nothing is working so far. but i did get the phone to connect to pc, just dont have a driver . :confused:
[Amazon Fire Phone] boomerxyz:
Third post in the OP.