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[Amazon Fire Phone] BagiMT:
android.process.acore has stopped

I have been using this ROM for years now and I love it. I am on the latest version. Yesterday I started getting an error message saying that "Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped.". The message pops up seemingly randomly (but more in apps like Messages, Skype etc.). Anybody has any suggestion what could be causing it and how to solve it. On other phones people suggest to do a factory reset, but I would rather not do that if I can avoid it.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Sniff26:
I usually get that too sometimes but when i turn my wifi on..A reboot should fix that,if wont try wiping dalvik cache and cache
[Amazon Fire Phone] BagiMT:
Tried reboot, tried cleaning dalvik cache and cache, installed the ROM again (without wiping data), installed Gapps again. Still the same problem. It has something to do with the contacts and apps accessing contacts. Will probably have to try a full wipe.
[Amazon Fire Phone] BagiMT:
Ended up doing a factory reset and re-installed apps with Titanium Backup. Everything working so far, fingers crossed.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Donation incoming :)

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I have a voicemail notification icon that seemed to appear right after I flashed the ROM and it won't clear , anybody else got this ?

Sent by SlimKat FirePhone
[Amazon Fire Phone] madushan1000:
Can we edit the makefile for liblog so that android build system will retarget it to something like liblog_cm.so? Then we can have both amazon blobs and open-source ones on the same rom.

I don't know much about android build system, but this should be possible in theory.
[Amazon Fire Phone] mhill1986:
Unfortunately, I'm still getting the same Google Play Service crashes as I had on CM11. Doesn't bother me, but I've had probably 8 since I flashed Slimkat yesterday. This with two separate installations of Slimkat. First time, I got the crash after setting up Gmail. Second time, I had no problems for a long time, but I wasn't rooted. Wanting root, I flashed Supersu in Safestrap. I then installed xposed framework. After a reboot, lots of Services crashes.

I have no idea what I'm talking about in these matters, but I'm wondering if there could be leftover files outside the system partition (which I both wiped and flashed clean system partition in) that are causing the crashes?
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
Installed without a hitch! Thanks GGOW! Got all my settings in android done and installing my apps now. Nothing like a $33 smart phone with anfdroid really solid specs!
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
OK, I know this is a stupid question and this may be the wrong place to ask but how do I get my screen to light up when a new notification comes in? Using SlimKat and Next LockScreen. Is it the Locksreen app that controls this or is it in system somewhere?

Thanks,
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
I would also like to know the best way to be alerted to a notification with Slimkat on a Fire Phone. If anyone can offer some insight that would be awesome!

I tried using Open Camera from the Lock Screen and set it as default. But when I press the dedicated camera button nothing happens. Anything else I should try?
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
OK, I added an app called Screen Notifications (Yellow Lightbulb). That lights up the screen but the screen stays on unless I hit the power button, the screen timeout in the app does not work... Any help?

Also, any way to use the home button to wake up the phone?

Thanks again,
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
My Home Button wakes up the phone. Thanks for even asking that because I never even thought to try that and was pleased to see it does. I am unsure if I messed with any setting in the phone that would activate this.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
I just encountered a bug that stated "Package Access Help Has Stopped" when I run the new Star Wars app. I did some looking and found this thread. No idea if the thread has a fix for it, but figured it may help somehow.

http://xdaforums.com/android/help/package-access-helper-stopped-custom-t2924362
[Amazon Fire Phone] Gabe-rz:
Any way to change the DPI on this ROM? Texdroider doesn't seem to be working
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
Another minor issue, when I plug in a microUSB drive (an actual USB storage drive but has micro USB connector) the phone does not recognize it. But I noticed under storage it has an option to mount a USB drive, but when I click that nothing happens. Anyone have any similar experiences with this?
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
USB OTG doesn't work.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
Is that an issue with this ROM or Kitkat in general or? Not a big issue with Google Drive and other cloud services, but it would've been nice.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Anybody else getting the voicemail notification coming up , mine clears if I clear data in the dialler app but re appears after re boot , any ideas or is fresh install the answer ?

Cheers

Sent by SlimKat FirePhone
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- not seen this before so not sure
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
Try changing the drivers in device manager. I had to try a few. I think one of these worked. https://drive.google.com/folderview...FWb3hYOHlCXy1iRkNraWJTS09QZlRtb0E&usp=sharing

There are 3 options.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Viperise152:
No luck with those, but thanks for the suggestion going to see if i can find some other drivers.

Update: I ended up installing the android sdk stuff, adb, fast boot and drivers from scratch on my lap top and it work fine this time.
[Amazon Fire Phone] mnknight:
I have been getting play services has crashed. Hasn't happened much, but wanted to let someone know.
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
Try turning off location High Accuracy and use GPS only.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
I installed this ROM from a basically untouched Fire Phone with stock Fire OS, forgot what version since I used it for all of like 5 minutes to put the needed files on it and that was it.

The only issues I have found are:

-Package Access Helper has stopped

-Cannot get the dedicated camera button to open the camera

-No OTG support

Other then those 3 things I have not had any other issues. No play services issues, no phone crashing, nothing. Very pleased with it overall, especially when it's the first version of the Slimkat ROM for this phone.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
[MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION], im curious if youre still not getting the play services crash. I went about 36 hours after flashing. Just wondering if youre doing something different. I did switch from high accuracy mode but no change.

Also have this weird pixelated flash in the status bar that occurs periodically. Could be xposed mod or possibly my weather widget but it mostly happens in the browser.

Other than that its fast and really fun to customize!

Edit-it was my widget. It displays clouds and when I touch the screen they dissapear. Looked like a flash.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ItsDon:
Rom is running really well! No issues to report. Question though, is there an app or a mod that would fix the tinny sound from the speakers? I recall them sounding more robust on FireOS.
[Amazon Fire Phone] amfractal:
After a few days of use I experienced Google Services crash a couple of times today. So seems it does happen, just less frequently than CM11.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Fire Phone back in stock $130

For people looking to buy another. And this was asked here the other day when amazon listed it as unavailable.

http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-fire-phone-back-in-stock-and-still-130/
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
Seems they are sold out again.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Yes. Sorry about that. Wish I had seen the article earlier. That was fast though. There might be a way to get notified when products are back in stock, not sure.
[Amazon Fire Phone] connellr:
Can you confirm if this rom has the stage fright fix baked in?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Stagefright fix isn't in the the current build

- Will add into the next
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Haven't had a single crash since installation

- Xposed mods might cause problems with Cyanogenmod or Slim ROMs

- Xposed is best used on AOSP Based ROMs
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Only thing I can suggest is to use DSP Manager App to adjust the EQ settings
[Amazon Fire Phone] connellr:
Thanks GGOW, I went ahead and made the switch from the CM11 build and now that I got things configured the way I like I'm quite happy with it - as always, I appreciate your hard work.

The only problem I've noticed so far:

The super user that is built into the ROM doesn't seem to work - or maybe I'm doing something wrong. I saw the option in developer options and enabled it but Titanium Backup would not request root, would just error out saying it couldn't get root. I ended up flashing the SuperSU zip from your CM11 build onto it and that's working just fine.

Side comment:

I missed the sounds (ringtones, alerts, etc) from the CM11 build so ended up extracting them from the zip and adding them.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
For the first time ever I have had Google Play Services error. This only occured after I flashed the SuperSU zip from the CM11 post. I went into the settings and disabled the internal SuperUser option, thinking MAYBE that was the cause of it, but who knows at this point. Will report back if I notice any changes.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Thats how I did it, forgetting that slimkat has su built in and im getting crashes. But those didnt occur till about 36 hours after flashing so im not sure its the cause. I just disabled superuser as well. Ill report back if it fixes it for me.

Update-play services crash at 918pm. Im wondering if I should make a backup and flash it the proper way (with supersu zip?) Are the users that did it right not getting the play services crashes?
[Amazon Fire Phone] Jaxidian:
Great ROM! I'm very happy with this - a free pizza or two incoming for ggow!

I too:

A) Had to flash the SuperSu from the CM11 thread (I did this within an hour of flashing SlimKat).

B) Didn't get play services crashes until ~24 hours after flashing.

C) They're nothing nearly as bad as what CM11 sees. I did do some very minor modding (freezing/removing a few system apps) before the crashes began so I very well could have caused the problem myself.

Other observations (most are known, I believe, but I'm listing them here just in case I misremembered):

1) Battery details are missing

2) Seems especially slow to make a cell connection after booting up (~1 minute) but then it's fine.

3) Signal seems significantly weaker than my other phones. I'm not sure if this is a display issue (i.e. # of bars is measured differently) or if it's truly a weaker signal. I'll have to look more into this.

4) I can't figure out how to get the Camera button to open a camera app. Once it's in a camera app it works to snap the picture. (No, selecting a Camera app via the lock screen doesn't help.)

5) Is the camera button supposed to have two stages to it? i.e. half-press to focus, full-press to snap? I can't get any half-press to work.

6) Can't seem to load Amazon Prime Music. Does it not work on KK or do I just need to spoof some other device to trick the Play Store? #lazyweb

7) Battery Life seems to be pretty great! It's too soon to know for sure, of course, but gut feeling is that it's pretty darned good.

Regardless of the issues, this Fire Phone is 500% more useful than what it was with stock software on it. This is great! Thanks, ggow! Keep up your great work!
[Amazon Fire Phone] mhill1986:
For Prime Music, you need to download it from the Amazon AppStore. It'll work, no problem.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ItsDon:
-I'm also getting the sporadic Google Play crashes and yes, they started several hours after initial install. No biggie, just an irritant.

-Viper4Android seems to work well with this rom to pump up the bass from the tinny sounding speakers

-I use CameraMX and it works really well (camera button does not work to start it up, just like all the others)

-Is there a 'close all' switch for the recent apps? I can't seem to find it and closing One-by-One is a PITA.
[Amazon Fire Phone] appelsaft:
Play services started crashing today. I changed nothing, even play service build number ist the same as yesterday.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
I tried a few things to stop the Play Services crashing...

Like I said earlier mine started just after flashing SuperSU via recovery from ZIP.

-Disabling internal SuperUser did not work

-Uninstalling and re-installing Play Service updates did not work

Other then that at a loss of how to remedy it on my side, but it is rare and not thing problematic just kinda takes you outta the moment so to speak. Also, I wish I could get the camera launcher to work.

Side-note in terms of what I did on my phone. I dislike the power button placement on the phone. As such the home button does turn my screen on and in settings I made long press turn the screen off and double press takes a screen shot. This makes using the phone a lot easier for me, thought this might help someone.
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
I updated to latest Google Play services 8.1.05 (2218116-036) and all is well so far, no crashes. Only been @ 10 hours.

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Is there an english version of this? Only looked at screenshots...
[Amazon Fire Phone] ItsDon:
The version in the Play store is in English. The screenshots show Chinese but you'll be OK.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Running Google Play Services 7.8.99 (2134222-036)

- No crashes since installation
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
Where did you get this version? Play Store only updates to 7.8.99. I can find the APK on google search, but it seems weird that isn't live yet on the play store.

I am at the same version and have gotten like 5-8 crashes in the last 12 hours or so I think
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ices-8-1-05-2218116-036-android-apk-download/
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
Thanks but why do they have the APK but google does not have it live on the play store?
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
I dunno, bootleg? You can get Cortana there too and it's not in the play store...
[Amazon Fire Phone] mhill1986:
Agree on this version of Play Services. I was just going to post the same thing. No crashes at all since I installed it. Fingers crossed!
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
I just installed as well, here's hoping!

I wouldn't say it is a bootleg, maybe it was released in another region or perhaps the beta tester(is that even a think for Google?) and someone leaked it online.
[Amazon Fire Phone] connellr:
It's not quite as easy as the button on CM11, but you can still do a close-all on the recent app by clicking on recents, then pinching inward (like you would do to zoom in on chrome/maps/etc).

As for crashing the first time I tried it I had A LOT of crashes, but I think this was due to the fact that I had installed an update.zip created by TitaniumBackup that I had hoped would restore all my apps/settings. I then re-installed the system doing the steps below and I've been going for days without noticing a single play services crash.

- Wipe

- Install Slim

- Install Play Services Pico zip

- Install SuperSU zip

- wipe dalvic cache (not sure if this was needed but did it anyhow)

- Boot, go through initial google setup

- Immediately let PlayStore update Play services to the version it recommends

- Install Titanium Backup and restore apps & settings manually (this step isn't required - just pointing out that if you use TB it seemed to work better to do so manually rather than as a bulk zip)
[Amazon Fire Phone] ItsDon:
Did not know this! Great workaround - Thanks!
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
I also made a Long Press on the Home button kill the current app. Sadly it does not remove it from the task manager area, but it does remove it from taking system resources.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
If you have xposed you can install recent apps cleaner. It gives a few options to clear recents.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
Does anyone know of a way to hide the network status icon in the notification area? I do not have cell phone service, I use google voice/hangouts/grooveip to make free calls and texts on wifi. As such that notification is useless and somewhat annoying to me. Thanks to anyone who can help!
[Amazon Fire Phone] java007:
Thanks for this ROM ggow. Quite stable.

One (very) minor item I noticed is that the Simple Explorer version installed is 1.9.1, with the latest version available via F-Droid at 2.2.5. Maybe something to consider for the next release.
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
My Misfit will not sync. It used to, I went back to an old TWRP backup that I knew worked and it still fails to sync. Bluetooth does see the device. Syncing fine with iPhone.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Jaxidian:
This was my process exactly except for the last step - I did not restore any backed up apps although I did restore backed up SMS/MMS and Call Log w/ TiBu.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
24 hours later still no Play Service crashes! Hope it continues.
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
Same. New play services working great!
[Amazon Fire Phone] ItsDon:
Same here, no crashes :) This is with the newest Play Services from APK Mirror. I actually just posted a glowing review of this phone with SlimKat on Amazon. Without SlimKat 2 stars - with SlimKat FIVE stars :)
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
I am really bad with camera settings, like seriously bad. When I take photos I point and shoot and that's it. So can anyone offer up some good settings for Open Camera to get the best picture quality? I know it changes based on the lighting and the room and the subject and I am sure a bunch of other stuff. But maybe there are some settings that are good to use that gives decent/good photos in all types of lighting?

Like I may not get 100% amazing photos but I can get 80% of the way there with those settings.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
Same here. If it keeps up for a few days this should probably be noted in the op or included with the next update if possible.
[Amazon Fire Phone] skeppley:
Google Play services 8.1.05 (2218116-036) confirmed no crashes here either. Phone is great with this and SlimKat!!

Thanks OP
[Amazon Fire Phone] absolut1:
Great work GGOW

if any one here have problem installing Amazon Android app Store ???

fail to install
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Downloaded it from apkmirror, it seemed to install fine.
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- If a few people report running for a few days with no problems then I'll add a note to the OP.
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
I crashed 8.1.05 (2218116-036) but I'm sticking with it. FYI, I was using Google Now to teach it my wife's name via voice.
[Amazon Fire Phone] absolut1:
im still having problem installing Amazon Android market !! fail to install any ideas?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ItsDon:
I am on day 2 with no crashes after updating to the latest Play Services - Awesome! I beat the heck out of the phone yesterday trying to get it to crash. I used pretty much every function available, force fed the new Google Now app from APK Mirror, sent tons of texts, lots of phone calls, a bunch of YouTube videos and let the Play Store update several apps. No crashes. This phone rocks with SlimKat.
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
When you say "Google Now" do you mean the launcher or search?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ItsDon:
Google Search. I use Nova Prime as my Launcher.
[Amazon Fire Phone] jeffreystryker:
I also moved here from CM and am two days in without a crash after updating.
[Amazon Fire Phone] hawsey:
Me too no crashes since the post about Play store update :)

Sent by SlimKat FirePhone
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
And not one thanks... :(

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I'm only showing 24GB of total space, is this normal? And sorry if that has been brought up already. I have a 32GB model.
[Amazon Fire Phone] mhill1986:
Just went on a thanking spree for your posts. Cheer up, brother. [emoji1]
[Amazon Fire Phone] cdudeman:
I didn't have any Google play crashes until I installed xposed. Not sure if it correlates but just thought I would let it be known
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
What version of Play Services are you running?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Thanks for this

- Will put a note on the Op tomorrow about this

- Seems like this has help a number of people here :)

- I'm still on 7.8.99 and still no crashes at all, so I won't update unless forced to
[Amazon Fire Phone] distearth:
Are you running xposed by any chance?
[Amazon Fire Phone] ggow:
- Not running xposed

- from experience xposed is best suited to plain aosp roms
[Amazon Fire Phone] cdudeman:
7.8.99. I uninstalled xposed and no more crashes.
[Amazon Fire Phone] KLit75:
I noticed this too. I'm showing 24.69GB
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
32GB ''total'', advertised space... and yes, this is normal. Just like buying a new SD card with 32GB which has ~ 27,xGB of formatted storage.

- formatted storage is smaller & the old 1000 vs. 1024 bytes battle (but every company uses the "marketing" value)

- OS partition* (let's just call it that for short) takes another ~ 2GB, so you end up with ~ 24GB.

Fortunately the internal stor. is shared with the media storage and not an extra partition (e.g. some old phones with 4GB total storage = 1GB sys + 1GB internal + 1GB media... the struggle is real!)

side note: With SlimKat, there's 1,66GB free space on the system partition, you could fit navigation software & map for your country in there ^^ edit: this was meant as a joke, please don't attempt it, unless you are a pr0fessi0nal haxx0r, thanks.

*system, boot, recovery, mbn / bin images...
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
How did you find that out besides knowing this from memory? Is there something on the phone that I can see where it lists the free space on the system partition? How would I go about adding some apps to there if I need to? Sorry for the noob questions...

Also, still not a single crash after updating to the newer Play Services.

I am noticing some apps that use the camera, but their own internal camera and not simply open the installed camera app have issues. Such as: Twitter, Playstation (redeeming network credit via the camera), Best Buy (checking gift card balance)

I am sure there are others, but those are the only apps I actually use. I assume that is a ROM issue and there is no way to fix those on my end, correct?
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
I use Root Explorer for most of my file / data handling. It shows the used & free space in a small bar, example pic.

Adding apps to the system partition is possible in general BUT: if they receive an update from the Play Store, the update will be installed on the (regular) internal storage, so it's not really an advantage for these kind of apps.

I put some apps in the system partition, that don't need updates very often and I update them manually, e.g. Autostarts, Adaway...

About the camera issue... there are many apps that suffer from "in app camera usage" errors on the CM11 / SlimKat Fire Phone, and for now there is no cure, because:

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That was meant more as a joke because of all the vast unused space ;) I remember rerouting paths for apps which usually can't be moved to SD or anywhere else but it would be quite experimental... ^^
[Amazon Fire Phone] Saix_XIII:
You mentioned about adding maps and stuff to that part of the storage. How would someone do that?

Ah ok, the only main issue app for me is Twitter. The other two just make it easier to check the balance of a gift card or redeem a code. Nothing too terrible to be without. But at least with Twitter you can just import a photo, not sure about Instagram since I never use it.

Thanks for the info!