yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] VegarAndroid:
Having an issue with the microphone through the Google Dialer application. Latest version of this ROM. It works fine in voice recorder, but it just produces a lot of noise in the Dialer. Anyone else?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Hey guys!

I was on vacation and after that didn't have time to look into anything CM related. However I applied some fixes from RaymanFX he did while I was on vacation and built a new ROM. I have to say 'WOW'. CyanogenMod did some really nice changes while I was away and the ROM feels much smoother when opening or switching applications.

I'm uploading BETA6 right now. It should be available in 1 hour.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] grosbedos:
Thanks modpunk ;)

Can you give us the change log ?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] charleshere:
Thanks a lot for this. There's one mistake, though. It says the beta version is 7, not 6.

Another thing, have the issues with the camera been fixed? It would be nice to have the camera blobs added to this rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
The CM camera, called Snap, works without any issues for me. It is ever faster than before during startup.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] km1306:
Can you put the link for this app? Pls...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
It is the default camera. If you flash gapps with google camera, the google camera will be used. Simply only flash pico or nano opengapps.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] charleshere:
I just flashed this rom yesterday (without gapps) and everything has been working so far. The camera works quite well. Did you use samsung drivers or the same kind of blobs than the 12.1 version? I don't seem to have any loss in image quality.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] ArisRafaelli:
About the camera, does it still crash in 3rd party apps or is that also fixed?

Also can we get a change log?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Farly77:
and what about video quality ? still camera doing ugly, low bitrate videos ?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] sunsettrack4:
What about updating the source code on Cryptomilk?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
They are up2date. I didn't do any changes to the device tree ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] x33k:
[MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION] having some problem with camera in beta 6. Switching to video mode crashes the camera app! And after that it just shows cannot connect to camera, until a reboot. I am using fresh install+pico gapps. Can you please check if this just me or is it happening to you too? 3rd party apps are also affected. Let me know if you need a logcat. Thanks for the good work! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
That's a bug in Snap. It worked before ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Woobydoob:
Silly question, but how can I update? Can I just flash new ROM over existing setup? Or I should wipe everything?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] km1306:
:(

Problems with camera app still existing , no matter dirty or clean install beta 6. I`ve tried Snap and 3rd party apps and all of them in the end crashed when switch front/back or photo/recording mode....:crying::(
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] jReX-:
I just flashed the new one over the existing one, everything worked fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] lulle2007200:
Will this Rom be updated to Android N?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Gray44:
also interested in this.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Miky060:
I am quite new to this rom, I am using it since beta5. I can confirm beta6 is faster and smoother than beta 5. In my case it also solved a problem with inbuilt music application that on beta5 NEVER worked and crashed every time I booted the device.

But we still have the issue with the camera. Can someone tell how to solve this problem? Is the cm camera fix still the road to take?

Moreover I still have a problem with this rom: Facebook App freezes and crashes very often. Anyone else with this problem?

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Little update: it seems the flashlight stopped to work! anyone else with the same issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
What about pro mode in camera, does it has support?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] sebtouch1:
pb with mms with tihs rom

Hello

i'm a french guy

I have a problem with this rom.

I can't receive more than one MMS than i lost my internet connection and can't receive or transmit any mms.

I have checked the apn configuration, and it's ok.

If i restart my phone and restore the APN, i can receive an other MMS but not 2.

Can you help me ?

thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] km1306:
Hi everybody who has problem with camera. Snap Camera HDR from this article seems be solution http://www.xda-developers.com/best-android-camera-apps-for-2016/ I`ve been tested switching between most of functions in this app and still working smooth...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] lXDAdeveloperl:
I've updated to beta 6 but something wrong with the earphone plug. I've plugged it but no sound coming from the external speaker/earphone. On beta 5 it worked just fine. Anybody can help?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] bukojoe:
I have a G850K and I flashed this ROM with Nano GApps. I get no SIM inserted and my IMEI and Baseband are both blank. I tried flashing the modem.bin of my stock ROM using Odin 3.10 but still I get the same problem. I also tried restoring the EFS partition that I backed up through TWRP but still the same problem. I even tried installing Xposed and IMEI changer and then setting my IMEI to the one I previously had but still the same problem. I really want to have CM13 on my device and I've tried everything I can think of to make it work. Please help.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] jmbdamata:
Hello people, have a week testing the rom. I have the G850M model and this rom worked normal. First I would like to thank modpunk, did an amazing job. The ROM is stable, the camera works with a lot of quality, sometimes close, but few, switching between the front camera and the back is normal. The voice call quality is also normal. So far only found two bugs, the first one called by Whatsapp does not work, you hear but the person does not hear you, finally the microphone does not work. The second is the camera the option of placing the power button as the trigger to take a picture, the camera error, so back to normal have to clear its data. The rest is working extremely well, with full flow. The battery'm feeling more economical in relation to stock rom and rom ozcam. Finally, a tip for those who will install the rom when download the GAPPS, download the nano or pico version. For other versions the gallery disappears when the GAPPS is installed. I downloaded a version of GAPPS 680MB and this happened to me, so I was downloading all the other smaller versions and repeating the installation process to the gallery appear. Again, thank you, I was afraid to install a version of cyanogen and is full of bugs, but really surprised me, this version is close to a stable and I do not uninstall ever again! Thank you! :D:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
Is WhatsApp calling a routing issue or there are some drivers missing?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] jmbdamata:
I believe that the drivers are ok . It may be something related to whatsapp . because of that, today I will try to make voice call on other apps to see if it works. Later i post the result. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] jmbdamata:
I tested now voice call on Skype as I said earlier and with the skype happened different from WhatsApp . The people can hear me, but I can not hear her.:(
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
Hi guys,

I'm very thankful that the community is working on projects aside from the official android system. I want to get rid of my current OS (5.0.2) and want to install cyanogenmod on my device. I am aware that it lacks fingerprint censor and SMS do not work(?) and i am fine with that, but first i would need some advice from you guys.

1. BASEBAND is G850FBOU1COL3, but i cannot find it in sammobile, any hints on a trusted source?

2. How do i back up all my current system( especially the EFS directory) ?

3. I downloaded twrp-3.0.2-0-slte-1.0, i plan on flashing it using Odin3 v1.85, is that fine?

By the way, my phone is not rooted yet.

If there is any other information i need to know, please let me know.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Mat7e:
Did anyone experience issues with calling also on SM-G850F?

In my case people I am calling report that they always hear an echo of themselves which only occurs since I have flashed this mod.

Beyond that really a very nice mod, thank you modpunk!

Btw: is there any chance to downgrade back to google nano or pico to get the galary back without flashing whole device again?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] fiddelindell:
Screenshot bug?

Hi all,

Many thansk for your great work modpunk, I really like the rom :)

After some two weeks of usage I have only found one bug that is quite annoying, it does not occur every time, but quite often. Noticed when:

- Opening recents menu

- Taking screenshoot

- Rotating device

The problem: Seem like when an image is rendered I get horizontal lines.

Have anyone else seen this? Is there a fix or workaround? :)

Many thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
I think the mic on top of the device is catching his voice since the speaker is there too
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Miky060:
I have the same ECHO issue!! :crying::crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] martino.pavese:
Anyone uses a flip cover? I just got the Samsung one but the device does not react to the opening/closure of the flip.

BTW I'm enjoying this ROM since January, good job!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] bruzze:
Hello, does anyone know how to disable the background lights of the menu and back key when touching the screen?

Edit: fixed it with gravity box

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One more question: everytime i open an app or return to homescreen, the background music stops for half a second.

Is there any fix available?

Edit2: turning off Google now search fixed it
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] kzip:
For future reference it's;

Settings > Buttons > Backlight.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gtrs36:
Hey guys, there is any planning to CM 14.0 (Nougat) rom?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] JellyShakers:
Hello, just want to say, that I have the same issue in all releases of this rom. Always wanted to report it but I was too lazy and hoped the dev will fix it at some point.

Note that this happens with Apex and Nova launcher, not sure if this is relevant.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Pvcabr:
I recently installed this ROM and noted the very same problem.

I had this same problem in the 6.0 resurrection remix ROM too.

I have a bug to report:

When I open the camera app and try to change to the video mode, the app crashes.

*****EDIT

There's a bug when a listen to music too.

When I open Snapchat and go to stories the music stops and right after appears a error warning on the screen.

When I'm using the stock music app it starts to play the next music, with other players they just close.

Btw, sorry for the english

Enviado de meu SM-G850F usando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] km1306:
Snap Camera HDR from this article seems be solution http://www.xda-developers.com/best-a...apps-for-2016/ I`ve been tested switching between most of functions in this app and still working smooth...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Pvcabr:
Bug Report:

Can't change to the front camera on Instagram or Instagram History.

And when I record something to post on Instagram history with the rear camera, this happens:

Besides this camera problems the ROM is awesome and stable, really great work man, appreciate.

Enviado de meu SM-G850M usando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] ArisRafaelli:
Any news from the Dev? Or is this rom abandoned? :/
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] line____:
eny news on cm 14 for are alpha
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
I will fix some Kernel security issues and release a last CM-13.0 ROM. After that I plan to move to cm-14.1. I don't have much time for cm-14.1 so it will take some time till there is a working ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] line____:
thx bro
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Ok, this took me some time but I have a new build with wifi config and bluetooth calls fixed. I'm doing a new build and uploading it afterwards.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
This is fixed now ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
Can you please explain what are these problems you've solved? I have no issues with WiFi config or calls over Bluetooth...

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
At least my modem didn't like a different value for bluetooth call path. This is fixed now. The wifi config has been cleaned up and updated. I hope fast_reauth is working now.

The new ROM is up!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Jubash:
Thanks for all your work! Just one question. When you said that the problems with Instagram were solved, this include the ones with apps that utilize the camera or just Instagram?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] x33k:
Great

That's great. A good news for all alpha owners. Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Pvcabr:
I just installed the update and the problem still persists here :(

I even try to record from the stock camera app and then upload but it didn't work either.

The problems is just for video recording.

On snapchat I can record a video but I can't upload it.

When I try to use the app while the video is uploading, the app crashes and close itself.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
It works with the default camera app for me
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] x33k:
[MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION] I had 45% of battery before i go to sleep. After 6 hours i found the phone switched off because battery drained completely. I am using beta7. Are you facing this kind of problem? Could you please confirm and let us know if there is any fix?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Zertruemmerdog:
Phone Echo issue

Still got the problem with the echoing. Can someone please upload the mixer_path.xml where it is fixed ? i just dont get the right settings.

or is there another way to fix it.

Using beta 7 modem baseband:FXXU1CPC1
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
+1. I think I just had the same problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
This is normally an upstream issue. I had a lot of them. Maybe someone could install BetterBatteryStats and find out what is going wrong ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Pvcabr:
Here Netflix is not working, stays in loading forever :(

I can chose the series/movies but they don't load

Enviado de meu SM-G850F usando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
Hey, which language did you used to build this rom?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Sure. You can always do that when updating CyangenMod. Just don't forget that you need to update the Gapps too ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
Alright, guess we don't need to use it. You're referring to root access under development tools, right? Always used supersu before but will switch to this, thanks for advise.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] sphazer:
So far the only bugs i have found is no sound in volume adjustment and losing vibration.is there a way to stop losing vibration.i know this bug was present in cm12.1 too and you said that there will be a fix in cm13.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Olangu:
When selecting no trail on unlock-screen it shows trails if unlock swipe is incorrect. Did not do that on previous version.

Is there any way to write new baseband with dd or sideload? I went trough all the **** starting up my windows machine and stuff and flashed the stock rom. And then flashed this rom. And somehow I'm back on G850FXXU1COJ5.

I just don't have the nerves to boot windows again in a loooong time. And heimdall does not work for me. So any ideas is welcome!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] klau77:
mi band also does not connect
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] sphazer:
Awesome it has multi window.thanks modpunk
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] piotr.pot:
Just updated CM13, gapps and wipe cache. Everything working fine :good:. Thank you!

Do I need to activate it somewhere? Can't see it.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Blubberor:
No need for activation.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] josepmaria:
You must activate the option in Developer options->Drawing->Multiwindow mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Try to pair your device and then send me /proc/avc_msg
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] mejgs:
This is much better than CM 12.1....The only thing that keeps me away from using it as a daily driver is the camera.....

Also Trebuchet FC when I remove search bar from the app drawer and exit using the "back button"
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] josepmaria:
Hello [MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION].

When i turn off wifi, mobile data don't works.

Logcat attached.

Many thanks for your great job.

G850F, clean install, last modem (G850FXXU1COJ5)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] omarmonajed:
Hi guys I know it's off topic but its worth a try. I searched alot for how to enable nav bar on my phone but all articles are old and I don't know if they even work on marshmallow. Does anyone know how to enable them
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] jirik152:
Check apn

Odesláno z mého SM-G850F pomocí Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] ArisRafaelli:
is this 6.0.1? i'm wondering if the new emojis are included :D
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] omarmonajed:
It is
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] jirik152:
I was wondering about the feature ambient display. Is it included (where?) or can i somehow put it there.

Thank you its fast as hell

Odesláno z mého SM-G850F pomocí Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] omarmonajed:
I wish I could find if it is there in the first place...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] SerenityS:
Try this :

In system/etc/bluetooth/bt_vendor.conf

# Firmware patch file location

FwPatchFilePath = /vendor/firmware/

to

# Firmware patch file location

FwPatchFileName = bcm4350_V0301.0634.hcd

It works on G850S :)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
There will never be a stable release because a lot of thing simply will never work. The audio chip is so complex I still miss a lot of stuff. I'm happy that it works as well as it does now. Also phone hardware is not the same, they differ. I do not have any echo problems, others do. As long as these people are not able to debug that I can't do anything. Also there are issues where other people break stuff in the ROM. I just touched a few small things and we have a battery drain now.

If you want a stable ROM, learn C and Java and help improving it ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
You should probably know, if you don't already, that this is not an official port, so what you are asking for, about procedure, probably has a very simple answer: single developer best-effort.

I, for one, have been using this ROM variant since CM12.1 (or CM11 I don't remember correctly). Regarding CM13 it's working very well in my device. It would be great if we could I have the following improvements:

- sometimes (seldom) I have the echo-problem on the other side of the call;

- switching between photo and video in the snap camera is successful but with a crash in between :)

I have no use for SMS broadcasts

VLC plays HVEC videos just fine

Don't care about fingerprint because I don't work for NSA :)

And VoIP works for me (registered against local SIP register/proxy), perhaps the problem is with skype, etc but I don't use those on my smartphone, only on the laptop and tablet.

Extra note: regarding the battery drain a few posts ago, I can say that it happened *only* in the first boot after update. After a second reboot the battery usage is fine again.

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
I would like to disable SMS broadcasts, but I haven't figured out how to achieve that yet.

I didn't change anything with the camera, so upstream broke the camera. If I find the time I can look into that.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Farly77:
and what about issue: very ugly video recording quality (low bitrate) ?, until this is not fixed, is recording videos on this rom useless.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
I just a recorded a video with my device running BETA7, it's fine here, so you probably have a more specific problem there. Have you looked into the logs, etc?

Here's the video file properties.

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'VID_20161115_103021.mp4':

Metadata:

major_brand : mp42

minor_version : 0

compatible_brands: isommp42

creation_time : 2016-11-15 10:30:31

location : +41.1684-008.5478/

location-eng : +41.1684-008.5478/

com.android.version: 6.0.1

Duration: 00:00:08.49, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3845 kb/s

Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080, 3009 kb/s, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc (default)

Metadata:

rotate : 90

creation_time : 2016-11-15 10:30:31

handler_name : VideoHandle

Side data:

displaymatrix: rotation of -90.00 degrees

Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)

Metadata:

creation_time : 2016-11-15 10:30:31

handler_name : SoundHandle
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] ArisRafaelli:
I think what JL.93 is trying to say is, instead of jumping on to CM14 and basically start all over, the Devs could at least try get CM13 in a stable build.

The same happened with CM12, it's also in beta...

There is not one stable build yet.

Still I appreciate the work. CM13 is dope the only major issues I had were camera and VoIP. Which are pretty important for a phone hence why I wasn't able to use this rom as my daily.

I hope you won't take this in a bad way. And I'm actually excited for CM14 release.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Farly77:
yea i have it the same, 3845 kb/s is very low and quality recorded video si ugly (too much compressed) compared to video recorded on stock rom where is bitrate more than 4x higher.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] IIGutsII:
Thanks Dev

Hi guys,

I'm not an active user on XDA but I would say many thanks to all devs (and modpunk particularly) for CyanogenMod roms. I still consider Galaxy Alpha phones as 4,7" phone killers (hardware, design, materials...) but official updates are a shame. Galaxy Alpha users are a small community and I'm very thankful for such devs.

Keep going guys!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
Could anyone debug that call echo issue and then the VoIP call test?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Pvcabr:
Besides de video recording problem in some apps and netflix I'm very happy with this rom. I'm not facing any drain problems.

The battery is not better here because the xposed problem with the security update from November.

Enviado de meu SM-G850F usando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
Granted, i'm no expert on video but I believe that bitrate is enough for 720p under x264. Perhaps we could have better, I don't know, but I admit I don't feel the need and I certainly would never call the result ugly.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] x33k:
The battery drain seems to be one time deal after flash. Shouldn't be any problem anymore. But still i am trying to figure out if this happen again and what's causing it. WIll soon post debug info as soon as i can regenerate the issue. [MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION], I know C,C++ (Not a pro though) and a little bit of java. I will try to help in anyway possible. I know you are a very busy man. Me too. But i will take a look at the sources as soon as I get some spare time. It will take some time to get a hold of sources and understand whats going on.

About the camera issue , couldn't you just use camera blobs from stock, I saw kyasu used blob back in the time of LP 5.1.1. One more thing, removing stock camera and libs and installing(flashing) the google camera seems to fix some camera issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
We use the camera blobs. However there still needs be support in frameworks/av for the camera and also in the Camera App (Snap) itself. Snap worked just fine some time ago. No crashes when switching and working video capture. However upstream changed something and broke it again.

I don't have the time to follow every bit upstream. It is already hard to to get the device in a workable state. If you really want to help, I can explain how things are working once you get it compiled yourself.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] echo124:
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850M same phone as 850F?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
Yeah, but M stands for Brazil while F is for Europe