yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] miszko77:
Hi, i wasnt here since year i think :D I remember that there was a problem with echo in-call with android 6.0. This bug wasnt existing on all phones. Things change? Any new about that? My secondary phone is mi 5 now and i am expecting same issue :( Most ppl arent complaining about that. Those questions is for [MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION].
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] echo124:
As soon as you guys can help fix things.

Bluetooth is important.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Bluetooth voice calls are working and I got Lifevibe blobs for Nougat, yay!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
What is lifevibe?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] echo124:
Very exciting!

https://www.cmxlog.com/14.1/ :o :silly:

https://review.lineageos.org/#/c/156805/

https://review.lineageos.org/#/c/18369/

https://review.lineageos.org/#/c/36201/
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Nougat libraries from noblelte for AEC (Acoustic Echo Cancellation), AGC (Automatic Gain Control) and NS (Noise Suppression).
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] davidcaicedo123:
Now please realize the new beta, please.:fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] echo124:
So that people can complain about more features which do not yet work?:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] davidcaicedo123:
Yeah, that is the reason it's called a beta version... But one of the most important things right now is the microphone. That is why I have been asking for it (the new beta) all this time. Please realize it now. If you can. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
The modem of my device ends at CPB1 does this means that it is newer than this one mentioned by you?

Complete modem is G850MUBU2CPB1 (UBU i think it has to do with the pit file)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] echo124:
Look at the release dates for the variants. You should be fine. I doubt developer would know, he doesn't have g850m. I can confirm cpf1 works fine with beta3. Just compare release dates.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
Please, don't ask for ETA.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Razvan:
This ^^^

Thread cleaned.

Asking/Demanding ETA of updates is considered quite rude and disrespectful in a development community that provides to you free of charge.

Thanks

Razvan

Forum Moderator
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] BunnyKillBot:
As this ROM is the focus of development I have moved my handset to it. The VoIP fix makes it worth it over the CM release and I look forward to more to come. I am reasonably technical and I would love to help, but the barrier to entry is quite high. It is difficult finding guides to compile sources, setting up the tool chain for cross compilation, methodology etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
That's all included, just follow the README.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] line____:
keep up going bro god job
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] davidcaicedo123:
Didn't knew it was rude to ask for Beta 4, it's just that I am really looking forward to it, because we all want the microphone and the issues mentioned to be fixed in this awesome ROM this great people is developing to the damned and forgotten galaxy alpha. Just thank you, and if it was some kind of "rude" sorry. But I will not stop saying please release the new Beta. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] watchoutbehindyou:
G850F is not dectecting my SIM Card. Is this Modem version issue related? I've came here from EpsiRom 4.3.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
The patches for the new audio HAL have not been fully reviewed yet. There are some bluetooth bugs I fixed and the OMX resize bug is also not fixed like it should be. So you have to wait till this is done.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nicche:
Hi everyone!

first of all I want to say thanks to [MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION] for this rom and its developments.

I flashed the rom with the last version of TWRP ( 3.0.3-0-slte-1.1 ) and it worked fine but I have an issue, when i try to speak, the mic doesn't work at all, for example, when i try to record a vocal audio on whatsapp, it's possible to heard just an awful noise and not my voice

or even when i try to speak to someone, calling him, i can hear him, but he can hear me. what I can do?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
That's a known issue, fixed with next release. No I do not have a date for the next release yet. Probably next week.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nicche:
Hey, don't worry about it! I mean you are doing this for free and for passion, take your time! I really appreciate what you have done until now....thanks for the answer I'll wait for the next update ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] davidcaicedo123:
Google camera not working

Is it me? or is google camera not working on this rom? I installed every version for 7.1.1 and does not work. and then the versions for marshmallow, non of them working, not even installing them as system apps. Is there Any solution for this??
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
I probably expects cameraserver which we do not have. Our camera blob is so old we need ugly hacks to get it working in Android 7. Use the default and be happy ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
BETA4 is out!

Read the changelog!!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
A very basic question: How do i know if my phone is sltexx or not? and what is it?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] sandrino1983:
great!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gtrs36:
what do you mean? in BETA 4 which camera there is?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] davidcaicedo123:
Thank you!!! :D

Do you know if theres anybody working on the fingerprint sensor support?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
Snap.

---------- Post added at 09:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:51 PM ----------

The answer is the recipient of your question :)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
Does our phone records using h.265 or just is capable to play h.265 videos?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
From known issues: HEVC videos don't work.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
I know how to read, i meant with stock rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
Flashed Beta 4 few hours ago and it seems to be working excellent! Thank you modpunk!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Moerkes12:
Found Bug in Beta 4

Hello everybody,

i follow the development in this section for a while now and i really appreciate the work the developers put into this rom!

today i tested the new beta 4, the last one i tested was still android 6 based, but due to the crappy voice quality i rolled back to the stock rom.

in beta 4 the voice quality sounds pretty decent and overall calls seem to work fine.

But there is still a bug: when you activate the speaker during a call, sound goes off completely and does not come back. my partner cant hear anything too from this point.

i have to stop the call and recall to speak and hear my partner again.

maybe someone could take a look at this :)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Bull_dog:
hi, is there anyone that could tell me, how to remove that led light when charge, it lit up the bedroom, so it would be nice to turn it off. thx
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] davidcaicedo123:
So... is that a yes?:)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
I hope so :)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Murd0ck:
Great work.

Gonner load it tonight, to help the new ppl. could you mention what super-su addon for them to pick, and also mention if wipe-cache/dalvik is needed for upgrade, or if full wipe is a better choice.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] WarlockPH:
Hi! Is this ROM compatible with G850L? Or is it only for the F Variant? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] echo124:
Great progress! Voice quality is very good.

Bug: When making a phone call, voice is muted (cannot hear anything but call is active) - "do not disturb" icon appears.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
I just installed the beta 4 today, thanks for all the effort [MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION]

I'm trying to update but whenever i go to LineageOS updates and look for an update, it says "The update check failed. Please check your internet connection and try again later." even though i'm connected to wifi. I also installed opengapps and i can browse and use the internet normally.

Has anyone experienced this?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Dump the mixer while in a call.

Push https://xor.cryptomilk.org/android/tinymix to /cache/tinymix

adb shell /cache/tinymix > mixer_incall.log
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
I see you changed the path to /cache but i'm still getting the error:

/system/bin/sh: /cache/tinymix: not found

I just did it. Assuming the file does not have any private information, here it is.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
This is from a call with speaker which is muted?

811	BOOL	1	SPK Switch Off

No, it isn't ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] kfo1187:
Bug report (elaborating on report by Moerkes12): when using loud speaker during the phone call, the sound breaks outside of phone app too. Digits beep no more when you dial a number, Play Music goes mute etc.

(Modem firmware: G850FXXU1CPC1)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
As far as I understand camera app crush is something all Lineage 14.1 users have yes?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
To me, i get the Do Not Disturb sign and cannot hear the other person whenever i initiate a call, without even using the speaker or hitting any button.

Should i create another dump with another specific scenario?

EDIT: The only fix i found so far is to rush and disable the Do Not disturb mode after initiating the call and before the other person picks up.

I just uploaded another dump, with my same scenario.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
This looks more like an upstream bug then. I tested incall speaker and it worked as expected some days ago. Nothing has changed on the audio path since then ...

Also if you disable the DND before you make the call and it works it is LineageOS issue and not a problem with our device or audio. Then they mute the speaker and do not unmute if you switch.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] vessk0:
Still voice call echo...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] sandrino1983:
me too
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
I'm not using the loud speaker, just making a normal call and waiting for someone to pick up, and when they do i cannot hear them (since obviously the Do Not Disturb mode is active).

Since disabling the Do Not Disturb mode before the call goes through seems to fix it, i'm not so sure it's a network issue.

Is there a specific scenario you'd like me to try?

EDIT:

Ok if it is a LineageOS issue, do you have any suggestion on what to do to fix it? I cannot find the setting to disable the DND mode when making calls (And i'm not even sure why it's being activated at every call).
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
I don't have one, and with a log I can't do anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] WarlockPH:
Hi! Is this ROM only for the F variant? Sorry for the noob question. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
Maybe the DND is not the culprit here. It also appears to me but has no impact on audio paths. In fact I always thought that DND is strictly related to notifications but I'm not sure.

I wonder if the problem is the modem since from this version onwards we support modem QAN elements.

What is the modem version of people with muting problems?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] shravanp07:
VoLTE Provisioned flag doesn't work

The BETA-4 update has made the LineageOS run a lot smoother. But the VoLTE Provisioned flag doesn't work. I don't think there is much of a problem when compared to other BETA builds.

Addition of the VoLTE support will be very useful.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
BaseBand version is the default: G850FBOU1COL3
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
Ok, so we can forget about that theory.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
The recommended version in [MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION] 's first post is newer than G850FXXU2COK6, do you have any idea how to know that mine (G850FBOU1COL3) is newer than G850FXXU2COK6 ?

PS: I would rather avoid flashing a new modem because there's always the possibility that it will mess things up.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Olangu:
Finally upgraded form cm13-b7.

Thanks to all developers for the effort of porting linageos14.1 to our device!

But...

I'm having problem with the browser, it won't update the screen buffer unless I scroll.

Is anyone else experiencing this? It's probably a upstream bug tho. I tried disabling battery optimization but that didn't help.

Easily to verify by trying to play youtube videos in the browser. For me it only plays the audio unless i scroll.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
I think those last letters, mine ends with CPB1, I'm guessing that mine is newer, but i really dunno if those letters means that.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Ok, I've found the audio issue with switching to speaker ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
I don't have LTE and I don't know what the difference is to other voice calls ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Moerkes12:
I do have the exact same problem. but i replaced the stock browser with chrome which works flawless.

Also:

i dont know if this is a bug, but when i wake up my phone there is a noticeable lag between pressing the homebutton and the display switching on. shorter than a second or so but longer than on the stock rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
I'm not using the default browser, there's a browser named Brave, it works pretty fine for me, you could try it.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Camykaze:
Sound bug.

Hello. Thank you for this awesome rom. I've been using it and didn't found any issue that prevents me to use it as my daily driver. But I've found two things that could should be mentioned and I can help with logs or other stuff if needed:

1 - just as with previous CyanogenMods (12 and 13), there are visual artifacts in the recent apps pane and when taking screenshots. Didn't notice any artifacts at all while actively using the phone.

2 - Using the Music app (or other one, doesn't matter), if I keep the screen on, while I'm doing stuff on the phone or even staring at the lock screen, music goes to the headphones without a itch. But as soon as the screen goes off, crackle sounds and artifacts keep appearing while listening to music. they go away when screen goes up again, and return when off again. As it happens with all music happs I'm thinking of something with the audio software driver or battery optimizations (only happens in screen off). But i've turned all optimizations off and the problem persist.

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] dannerph:
your second "bug" also happens on cm13b6 approx. every 1-2 minutes, so the reason does not need to have a connection with the audio HAL rewrite
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
I think your mixing firmware (normally the PDA part) with modem (or phone) version.

So for instance look here - https://samsung-firmware.org/download/GALAXY ALPHA/628f/XSE/G850FXXU2COK6/G850FOLB2COJ1/

You can see that G850FXXU2COK6 contains G850FXXU1COJ5 modem. We should probably always refer to modem version when we're talking about modem images.

Unless someone knows better I would say that G850FBOU1COL3 and later are the more aligned with beta4 and later.

---------- Post added at 05:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:10 PM ----------

Hmm, there was a FIMG2D (2d graphics acceleration) update this version.

[MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION] FYI.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Camykaze:
I've only noticed now, and as far as I can tell, only happens to me relating to the screen status. I can go with 20 minutes of normal music if I keep the screen awake. The moment it goes off, crackles again. It does not appear cyclical to me. Regarding the HAL rewrite, I don't have enough programming skills to understand where the problem comes from, only reporting what I've found so it can be eventually fixed when the developer finds it appropriate.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
Anybody else experiencing camera app crush most of the time? Maybe any other camera app you could recommend other than stock app?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] vessk0:
Hello, the issue is actually happening on random... The first call I've made on this ROM the other side said me that my voice is robotic (has a large amount of echo), then it disappeared, but after that I've made a few restarts and it happened again, this time I;m hearing the other side with metallic and echoey voices. the modem I'm using is G850FBOU1COL3.

But I have a worse issue! Most of the apps which login relies on Facebook are not usable, because when I click "login via facebook" button, there is a facebook crash popup, no matter what I do, other apps are randomly crashing, but facebook most of the time.

Otherwise performance is very good and I really like it....
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Hamedkhy:
Hello

How can I root this rom?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Fixed audio HAL if someone wants to test it: https://xor.cryptomilk.org/android/audio.primary.universal5430.so
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nicche:
In accord to [MENTION=4297219]modpunk[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Olangu:
Tried that one, but did not help me. I don't seem to get audio when dailing, but recievning calls gets audio most of the times. Same on both HALs. It's very possible this is due to me running an old modem. Don't have the software for installing a new modem (not running windows). If anyone would provide a flashabe zip with the latest modem that would greatly help...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
Anybody else experiencing camera app crush most of the time? Maybe any other camera app you could recommend other than stock app?

---------- Post added at 01:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 PM ----------

And how is battery life for you guys? Mine seems to drain a bit too fast... during night sleep it went down from 60% to 28%. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
Did you do a full wipe?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
I want to test, but can anyone walk me through it? Where do i put that file? What to do exactly?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
Yes!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Olangu:
Battery drain seem higher for me too than cm13.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Retry, same link.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
If you update from CM to LineageOS it isn't needed. I didn't wipe my device since 4 years.

See FAQ on first page ...
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Olangu:
Nope. No sound at all, not for incoming sms or nothing. Don't know if something is wrong with the permissions on the new lib. Did a chmod 644/chown root:root on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
No, I switched to your ROM from stock Lollipop. So I did the full whipe...

So this pretty fast battery drain is not something everybody has no?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] YokoBR:
Thank you for the beta 4. Now everything seems to work here. Great job!

For those asking for fingerprint lock, Samsung doesn't give the source code. Só, most likely it will never happen. Please guys, stop asking for features that are not yet available on the changelog. It's so stupid when you say "metallic voice" or "no sound recording" when they WERE KNOWN ISSUES. Repeating it here again won't make the develpment any faster.

#peace

---------- Post added at 01:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:46 PM ----------

I'm using force doze here.. Also greenfy seems to help a lot with battery drain.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Yes, sounds like. You need to push with adb as root, else you remove the sepolicy.

Settings -> Developer Settings -> root: adb + apps

adb root
adb push audio.primary.universal5430.so /system/lib/hw
adb kill -TERM audioserver mediaserver
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Olangu:
I'm doing it from twrp , don't have adb on the job computer.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
Run: restorecon /system/lib/hw/audio.primary.universial5430.so in Terminal as root.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] O_Yashiro:
I also switched to LineageOS from stock lollipop, without wiping all data (only dalvik cache, etc..), and i still get the battery drain issue. I removed battery now and kept the phone shut down, going to charge it fully then we'll see.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Popey900:
Works fine. Thank you ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Olangu:
Had to do the restorecon then reboot. But yeah, the latest audio.primary.universal5430.so works. Can even switch between speaker and earpiece.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] modpunk:
It is almost working. nunofrf still has an issue, I'm trying to fix that one right now. I hope that's the last one.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
Anyone managed to get root working?

I flashed addonsu-arm, but in SuperSU I can't update binary and root is not working
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] kfo1187:
I flashed this file from twrp: (cannot post links, so google "SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip androidfilehost")

and then created a symlink (some programs look for su elsewhere):

su
mount -o rw,remount rootfs /
ln -s /su/bin/su /system/bin/su

alternatively, you can flash it with odin (though you'll need an odin specific zip)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] davidcaicedo123:
Hey mr. Modpunk, I know there are other problems in the Beta and stuff, but do you know if there´s a chance that someone at some point will add support to the fingerprint sensor? Or is it true that there is no possibility to do that? So can you just confirm it?

By the way the ROM is working perfectly in here, thank you for your work. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] YokoBR:
Most likely not anytime soon. Please, read first. Fingerprint sensor is not open source. So, right now it should require lots of reverse engineering, and it's not a priority. Also life is not like Mr. Robot.

---------- Post added at 08:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 PM ----------

After flashing you must enable developer options, then in developer options enable root.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] lukpav15:
thank you for the awesome work on this ROM. I downloaded Google pixel lauchner and installed ... but I still have the original icons, ... I would like those from Google pixel ... you have some ideas jaknje get there? Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Olangu:
nuno.f.ferreira is said to be working on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] nuno.f.ferreira:
Correction, I said that the person he was asking the question is considering working on it. I've discussed the matter a bit with modpunk but if a solution is going to be found then probably it's going to be found by your usual hero :)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] davidcaicedo123:
Ok, just needed to ask that, but some are rude when it comes to answering a simple question... Also everyone working in this rom are doing an awesome work :)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] line____:
hi bro very good rom ....god job men

this problems i find so far

1_camera photo not bad is god but video is very bad it cant record 4k and slowmao very bad quality on video recording.

2-its lag with pixel luncher

3-cant open the phone with pin fast ..have to press enter.

4-meny apps or unstable like opera mini

5-i get this erorr abut network erorr cant brows the internet without vpn

6-some time call cant be heared

thnx for your work men
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
1) On stock ROM I used to get pattern screen lock as soon as I unlocked phone, but now I have to swipe first to get to pattern lock and pattern lock isn't working properly for about 1 second. Any solutions to this?

2) Camera app is really buggy - crashes almost every time and video quality is really bad. Maybe any other camera app from store to replace this?

3) I get some weird Cell broadcast messages from time to time, anyone know how to get rid of them?

4) Some artifacts appear from time to time in recent apps window

5) Battery seems to be draining pretty fast

But overall, very great ROM! Hope these issues get sorted out!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
Ok, solved 1st one. - settings/security/lock screen settings/ and turn on Directly show pattern view.

Now pattern lock works without freezing too
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gtrs36:
There is any option add this rom a "stock Galaxy Alpha camera" or "Google Pixel camera?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] RadoDennZ:
I've tried the beta 4 but I've no audio during calls. I can't hear the others but they can hear me. Modem version is G850FBOU1COL3

Other little problem: The cLock App crashes when i try to update the weather information.

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] normis85:
I've tried various camera apps, but none of them seems to function properly on this rom... crashes&very bad video quality. Looks like problem is deeper than just a app
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gabrielking9:
What about photo quality?