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[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
New Validus build is up, NFC is fixed :)

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75284664&postcount=269
[Nexus 6  General] Setialpha:
Awesome, signature spoofing included, too. Only 'huh?, what's that' was, that ambient display defaulted to 'always on', it took me 1 or 2 Minutes until I knew why the screen always came back after turning it off, lol.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Lol, yeah, that caught me by surprise too
[Nexus 6  General] jimbomodder:
Flashed beta 1 the over day just before 2 came out and it replaced twrp with stock android recovery, no idea why but I'd only flashed ROM with nothing else just to test it out and got stuck unable to flash any zips, had to adb twrp again and change. Is there something that over rights twrp with stock within the build?
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Yup, I ran into that too on the last build, it's fixed on the new build.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
New build is up ?

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75364569&postcount=274
[Nexus 6  General] NUGZZ420:
has anyone been able to get Gmails widget to work using Nova Launcher? Mine just says fails to load...
[Nexus 6  General] michele72:
I too have this problem.

Some widgets just display an error "Failed to load widget", for me they are Bitcoin Checker and also both the native Calendar and Google Calendar.

I too use Nova, but I also tried to revert to the original launcher included with the Rom (Launcher 3) and I have the same problem with those widgets.
[Nexus 6  General] NUGZZ420:
Thanks I was trying to make sure it wasn't just. Me. All and all the is Rom has been running great.
[Nexus 6  General] michele72:
So, finally found a little bit of time to post. I come from Oreo AICP 8.1, been a long time user of LineageOS based Roms. Finally installed Validus and I have to say that this ROM already cured some of the headaches. My setup with Magisk 15.3, ElementalX 5.05 Kernel, Viper installed as Magisk module (Ahrion) works amazingly well! This is now my daily driver and it feels solid. Kudos to all the developers and community! Some of the issues/missing features that I found, that absolutely are not major roadblocks for daily usage:

- Tried different GAPPS packages and always get this problem with the native Calendar not synching. It continuously prompts for the Pattern and when I pass that it asks for a Google Account (which it shouldn't because the phone has already a mapped Google Account to Playstore,Gmail etc.) When I insert my Google Account, it says that is already mapped but the calendar doesn't sync. Anywway I found a workaround: Frozen the native calendar and installed Google Calendar from Playstore, it now syncs perfectly. Interestingly, just by installing Google Calendar it fixes also the native calendar, so maybe what is missing in the Rom is some cal sync library that gets installed in any case via Google Calendar.

- LED Lights management: Found the settings, however it doesn't preview the actual light when picking the color from the color picker. As a result the actual color is might be really different from the one that is desired. In addition to this, how to customise colors for Voicemail, missed calls etc., if the picker only allows to select apps. This LED Lights management feels a little bit behind in terms of features when compared to the LineageOS/AICP one.

- in WolvesDen, I enabled "Power Notification Controls" that is meant to enhance the customisations of notifications for each app. I am very familiar about how this should work, because in LineageOS it allows to set am individual "level" of access. Anyway this doesn't do anything in this Rom, the Notifications for every app are showing the same options as before.

- Some widgets cannot be displayed (see previous posts).

Cheers for the best Shamu Rom!
[Nexus 6  General] zzenyoo:
ElementalX is officially on flar's website http://elementalx.org/devices/nexus-6/
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
New build is up ?

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75616220&postcount=280
[Nexus 6  General] Setialpha:
I've looked for center clock in both Display, aswell as WolvesDen/Satusbar, but can't find it... am I blind?
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
It's in Wolves Den, status bar, various, clock options :)
[Nexus 6  General] Setialpha:
Huh, not seeing it...
[Nexus 6  General] leytedaniel:
crt effect? or music ticker?
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Well, it's definitely there. Did you clean flash?
[Nexus 6  General] Setialpha:
After a clean flash it's here now. Thanks.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Ok, great, glad you've got it now. Gotta love that center clock :)
[Nexus 6  General] kgiri247:
Anyone know how to disable the voLTE icon? I must be blind, I can't find it. Thanks

Edit:nevermind I was blind, found it . Great rom so far running great.
[Nexus 6  General] konflikt1911:
Hi haven't loaded a rom in years I'm back wanting to see if I can get Oreo on the Nexus. This looks good are there any steps on how to do this since I'm running on stock.
[Nexus 6  General] Danny 0311:
Wicked battery drain. About 8% per hour, and the phone is just sitting on my coffee table. CPU-Z says that my battery is good, and i've rebooted and reinstalled the rom. Can someone point me in the right direction, so i can solve this? Thanks for any help.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Did you wipe system as well as data and caches before flashing the ROM?
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Install TWRP, make a backup, factory reset then go to advanced wipe and wipe system, flash ROM, gapps and root choice, wipe caches again and reboot
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
There's a new Validus build up

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75875696&postcount=294
[Nexus 6  General] Danny 0311:
Yes i did.:(
[Nexus 6  General] gothy.gothy:
Just a quick question: is the 5G Wifi working in this release?

Thanks

A changelog would it be possible?
[Nexus 6  General] Danny 0311:
New build is good. Did an advanced wipe, newest rom, open gapps, and magisk 16.0.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
I don't use 5g so can't say, flash it and let us know
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Enjoy the ROM :)
[Nexus 6  General] Schiben:
Welp... through some combo of messing around I'm now stuck at this screen... Pressing "Next" does nothing.

View attachment 4316062
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
The permissions for OK Google were removed from GZR gapps to reduce the size of the gapps package, you can try Open gapps if you like. I don't use OK Google so I can't help much with this issue. Beans gapps would be the gapps of choice for Ok Google but they haven't been updated for Oreo yet. Time will solve the problem, it's early in Oreo yet
[Nexus 6  General] AlexX-DE:
Restart your Phone solve this problem!
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
There's a new build up in the GZR forum, new features including Slim recents :D https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74340145&postcount=111
[Nexus 6  General] shadowcore:
Its a great rom. I just have sometimes random reboots.

Other than that, ecerything else seems good. Im very surprised with battery life.

Dont know if its oreo, or your rom.

Another issue that i have is chromium swe does not have sound during youtube play. Dont know why, because in nougat it did work.

Could be a program issue. Normal chromium works great though.
[Nexus 6  General] rogconnect:
Now I am stuck with wrong pin after reboot and system/data got no files to delete.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Mount system, if you still have a problem, go to the official thread and give them more details
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Yeah, a couple of people have reported issues with sound, but most users aren't having that problem so it's really hard for the devs to pinpoint the problem. I wasn't able to reproduce it
[Nexus 6  General] gothy.gothy:
Please let me know what restrictions are in the ROM that I can't see the 5 Ghz WI-FI connection.

Tried 4 routers: mine, at work and 2 friends and the same result.

Thanks
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
If you're the same guy who asked the same question on our devs G+ post, you're better off waiting for him to respond as there's nothing I can do to help you.
[Nexus 6  General] canodroid15:
Just bought an N6 as a backup for my 5x in case it dies lol. Should have it in a few days. I'll definitely be checking this out!
[Nexus 6  General] shadowcore:
There js also another issue. The screen turns off when eriting down in comments, like in this casw during the time i was writing this post.

When i select to write into thw field, the screen turns off, as if presses the power button, but i dident.

There is also some hangups which happen. In other oreo roms, when a hangup happens, the device reboots.

Hangups/freezes happen when deleting text.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
I hadn't run into that, but if you get a log and link it on our forum thread, the devs will take a look at it
[Nexus 6  General] gunzup3:
Hey guys great ROM, fast n smooth and great battery life. Been running it about a day with no issues except today went to use hotspot for work and not working, it turns on but won't show up in my networks list on my laptop not sure if its my setup or in the ROM, any ideas?
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Do you have Verizon? We've had one report of that from a Verizon user, our dev is looking into it.
[Nexus 6  General] ajaynsurana:
yes, I also had the same issue when I installed this ROM. Was having the same issue with Velocity ROM which forced me to try other ROM as hotspot is essential to me. Otherwise, I must say it is great ROM and thanks for all the hard work put in here.

Just to mention, I am from India & using Vodafone network if that helps in someway to get this issue fixed.
[Nexus 6  General] gunzup3:
No, um on ATT. And also video playback isn't working I noticed today, when it does play there's no volume but most of the time it skips and buffers a lot. Um gonna try a different kernel when I get home n see if that does anything. Thanks for the reply
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Ok, let me know how it goes. We've had a few reports about no sound with Chrome especially, but that's been hard to pin down as well, since it seems to affect only a few users. We're looking into it, but it would be helpful if you could get a log and provide more details on our forum thread so the devs can look into it further.
[Nexus 6  General] DimmosGeeknd:
is the UiValidusDark.zip a recovery file or theme, i cant flash in cf flashfire. should this be needed? great rom by the way am using this on 2 nexus 6's because i cant get anything for ASUS zenfone 3 Ultra yet
[Nexus 6  General] fraz14:
I had the same problem with video sound on chrome.

But with chrome beta it works.
[Nexus 6  General] vasolini:
I also had the same problem with the video playback, but it went away for me with this latest build. The only thing I did differently is use stock Open Gapps. Not sure if that helped or not, just throwing that out there, but the latest build works very well.
[Nexus 6  General] ozzmanj1:
Anyone know how to remove your carrier name from up top left of your phone's screen? Can't seem to find it on this rom. Mine currently says TMobile wifi calling and I want to remove the whole listing. I know if I disable Wifi calling then it just says T-Mobile. I'm wondering if it's possible to remove the whole thing on the top left.
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
It is under display network name. You can only remove it in the status bar, but not under quick settings. So whenever you pull down your quick settings the network name will always show up. But yeah, I would like to remove it completely too.
[Nexus 6  General] ozzmanj1:
That did the trick, thank you! Was searching everywhere for the solution, much appreciated.
[Nexus 6  General] micko046:
I have problem with sound and video playback

When I play AOV(moba game) no sound at all

Other than that great rROM
[Nexus 6  General] 906836920:
Wifi hotspot not working
[Nexus 6  General] xpdragon:
+1

---------- Post added at 02:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:55 AM ----------

Bluetooth tethering works fine though.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Good morning, everyone :)
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
Security update soon? ?
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
No ETA on updates, as always lol
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
I know, my bad. :cool:
[Nexus 6  General] DimmosGeeknd:
mine too no 5ghz on sky q hub which has 2.4 and 5

---------- Post added at 06:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:05 PM ----------

also can you find out why screen record doesn't work. it records but the file is empty, zero file sizes. sdcard/pictures/screenrecord
[Nexus 6  General] fraz14:
Its a known issue.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Ohai :D
[Nexus 6  General] fraz14:
Hey [MENTION=5213564]Char_G[/MENTION] :cowboy:
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Hope everyone is doing ok :)
[Nexus 6  General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=5213564]Char_G[/MENTION]: Tease. ;)
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Guilty :p As soon as the devs release it, I'll link it.
[Nexus 6  General] gothy.gothy:
5 GHz wifi works?
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
No idea, I don't have access to 5GHz wifi
[Nexus 6  General] vasolini:
Strange.... I'm on the 10/29 build and My 5 GHz wifi has always worked. Not sure what the difference may be.
[Nexus 6  General] ozzmanj1:
Been on 10/29 build and have flawless working 5g wifi a room just works. Hotspot I haven't tested as I never use it anyways. And I know it's not working. Nfc I also never use
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Yeah, I don't use NFC or hotspot either so it's hard to test for them.
[Nexus 6  General] MikeCriggs:
Works for me.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Ohai [MENTION=3376095]MikeCriggs[/MENTION] :)
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Happy Monday everyone! Here's a nice fresh Validus build from [MENTION=5867522]fraz14[/MENTION] :)

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74580072&postcount=157
[Nexus 6  General] Pkt_Lnt:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand minutes after he posted it @ Today, 11:41 AM

AFH says....................................

It is now 12:22 PM PST

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! :cyclops:
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Gotta love Android file host lol. I waited for a mirror quite a while too just now. I'll try again in a few minutes and if it still doesn't work, I'll see what I can do ;)

Ok, got a mirror this time, so just keep trying.
[Nexus 6  General] Pkt_Lnt:
Thank you, I don't want you to go out of your way, I have almost infinite patience, unlike many here on XDA.

It will work when it works. Just sucks that I have an account there and they are so poorly maintained. This has been unreliable for so long now.

I'm about to leave for lunch and I'll try when I come back. If I just had better AI on this linux box to do it for me while I'm gone or sleeping. :highfive:
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Sounds good, enjoy your lunch. I'll upload it to Drive in case you still have problems
[Nexus 6  General] vasolini:
Trying to boot after a clean flash and it's asking for a pin. When I enter the pin I use for the lock screen (which it shouldn't have since I did a clean flash), it says "wrong pin". Anyone else getting this? Any advice?
[Nexus 6  General] Pkt_Lnt:
Got using my phone, thank you. I usually download to a local folder that syncs to Drive which I prefer, but good ole AFH. :eek:
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Yup, I ran into that with the last build, not sure where it came from. Formatting data in TWRP fixed it.
[Nexus 6  General] vasolini:
That's what I just did. Unfortunately, I just wiped everything I had on the phone. :crying: It's okay, nothing I can't replace. I'm trying to flash again now. Thanks Char_G.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Yeah, it was a pita to be sure :( Hadn't had any issues after that though
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Everyone enjoying the new build? Any issues?
[Nexus 6  General] 906836920:
NFC and wifi hotspot still not working
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
NFC seems to be checked and I cannot uncheck it to turn off.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Hmm, not sure why that would be. I'm not seeing that here but I'll check into it
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
The description is grayed out but it won't let me uncheck and turn off. The button stays on.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Did you clean flash? Wiping system as well as data and caches?
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
Yes I did clean flash on the new update. I will try again later. Also, my camera app some times disappears after a reboot.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Ya, I would clean flash again, no one else is experiencing that afaik.
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
I cleaned flashed and still have the same problem with NFC not turning off. I guess I will have to live with it stayed on.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
I'll mention it to the devs and see what they think
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
DUI coming in the next update :D
[Nexus 6  General] nixie2121:
when updating to the newest update, MMS stopped working for me, reverted to last version and it worked fine. Nexus 6.. TMobile...anyone else?
[Nexus 6  General] pinkfloyd3:
wow i love it :o

any news about BT get fix ?

cus my watch can't connect to previous version :(

sorry for my bad english
[Nexus 6  General] fraz14:
Yes, we have to look for this ****.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Clean flash?
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Not sure as I don't use Bluetooth, I'll mention it to the devs
[Nexus 6  General] nixie2121:
dirty
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
I'd clean flash and see if that resolves it, the devs won't be able to do anything on a dirty flash.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Here's a new build with DUI, but note that NFC does not work yet. If you have battery drain, you can delete the NFC folder in system/app.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74650960&postcount=187
[Nexus 6  General] lazer77:
I'm sure it's some kind of an error on my end but getting no sound from Spotify.
[Nexus 6  General] lazer77:
Yeah it was clean. I'm almost positive it's something ony end, was just curious. Gonna reflash.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Ok, let me know how it goes :)
[Nexus 6  General] Setialpha:
I'm not getting sound from AC Pocket Camp and FE Heroes, but from Mario Run. I'll post a logcat later. Else great ROM.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
I can't install either of those on my shamu or my bullhead, it says they're not supported.
[Nexus 6  General] Setialpha:
Dunno why, always worked here. Edit: they use SafetyNet, so without Magisk they won't run, but I don't know whether that effects installing them, rather than running them, aswell.

Also two observations: lift to wake only worked, after I disabled and re-enabled it (has two toggles btw), Laytons Mystery Journey locks whrn trying to access save data (aicp had that issue aswell until 13th Nov build).

When I'm home today evening (CET) I'll post logs and more infos.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
There's really not much we can do about 3rd party apps, but I'll pass the logs on to the devs just in case there's something they can do
[Nexus 6  General] vasolini:
Running 3 days now and no random reboots so far. Everything I use works well. Definitely progress being made on this ROM!
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Good deal, glad to hear it. They're making progress on the NFC fix as well :)
[Nexus 6  General] Elektroschmock:
NFC fix is easy: Use the right HAL and don't use the 64 bit binder. :p
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Thanks for the feedback :)
[Nexus 6  General] d3vilskid:
Curious, wondering if anyone is having this issue. Setting up pin unlock on the phone I don't get prompt to have pin after a reboot. When I first flashed it, it ask me to set it up on boot when I restart it for more sercurity. But I wasn't able to log in the phone with the pin saying it was wrong and thus wiped my phone.
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
It sounds like you have setup smartlock possibly. So it can unlock at home or at work for easier access.
[Nexus 6  General] d3vilskid:
Sorry I worded it wrong. I meant that when I reboot the phone it doesn't ask me for my pin. Which I wasn't it too.
[Nexus 6  General] rogconnect:
You need to wipe internal data. No warning from OP this....it's sux....lagging ROM even FDR.
[Nexus 6  General] d3vilskid:
Okay
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Yes, I'll let the devs know about your issue with the pin unlock, I don't use one and so hadn't run into that.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Wrong quote, sorry :p
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
I guess you missed the part about this ROM being in beta? If you're not going to contribute useful feedback, there is really no need in commenting at all.
[Nexus 6  General] Setialpha:
Sorry for the delay, but as compensation I offer you the solution instead of a logcat. I've found the issue with no sound from some games: they look for mixer paths that are not available. I shamelessly tried the AICP mixer_paths.xml, as it contain's that exact path they complain missing - et voila, it works now. Attached you'll find the mixer_paths.xml from AICP and a diff from Validus > AICP mixer_paths.xml.

I'll now have a look at Laytons Mystery Journey save data access issue.

Edit: Layton also fixed with this. The other apps simply had no sound due to missing mixer path, but LMJ instead froze. So all good for now.
[Nexus 6  General] Setialpha:
Validus does not force encrypt the device, [MENTION=2259216]d3vilskid[/MENTION] previous ROM seemed to do so. I also had that issue the first time I switched from force encrypting to non force encrypting ROM. To fix this you've got two ways:

* format /data and start fresh (will wipe /sdcard, too)

* use a custom kernel that does enforce encryption (none yet for Oreo)

Atleast it sounds to me like this issue.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Thanks, I'll pass it along to the devs. Nice job :)
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Well, my shamu hadn't been decrypted since LP until I had to format data to fix the issue.
[Nexus 6  General] johnb380:
All Shamu Oreo roms have issues with encryption and setting a pin lock both seperate issues. Oreo as a whole is still wonky for both. If you don't want issues unencrypt and use swipe to unlock until they are fixed. I've seen this on every ROM out there it isn't special to Validus at all.
[Nexus 6  General] fraz14:
Fixed in next build. NFC too.

Thanks [MENTION=4187311]Setialpha[/MENTION] for testing.
[Nexus 6  General] pinkfloyd3:
my watch still can't connect to this rom (last build) (i had no problem with other rom :( ) (i think i can live with that :crying: )

ok google cant record my voice (screenshot in attach) :rolleyes: (open gapps micro)

screenshot in power menu is not work ! :silly:

I do not have this problem

sorry for my bad english
[Nexus 6  General] pinkfloyd3:
Fast charge!? hmm

Has it been mentioned before?
[Nexus 6  General] fraz14:
Screenshot is fixed in next build.

O.k. google can not record the voice, but it works from homescreen.
[Nexus 6  General] johnb380:
[MENTION=5867522]fraz14[/MENTION]

Idk if you'd be willing to try and fix it and I'm sorry to mention a different rom in your thread, I love Validus on Shamu I really do, but ColtOS for Shamu has the OK Google working even with screen off so I figured maybe you could look at the way they are doing it and maybe implement that way into Validus Oreo for our Shamu and then this ROM would be truly flawless for all!

Either way Thanks a lot for all your hard work and the whole GZR team for everything.

Here's the source, I'm not sure where in there it is but here's the link...

https://github.com/Colt-Oreo

This is not an endorsement for Colt Os ... Validus in my opinion is a much more polished and complete ROM ...

If you want me to delete this post I will hopefully you understand I'm trying to help Validus be best it can be. Nothing more nothing less!
[Nexus 6  General] daimonmustdie:
Will MMS (Verizon) be fixed also in the next build? Seems like the only Oreo ROM with the fixed MMS problem for Verizon owners is nitrogen.
[Nexus 6  General] Char_G:
Thanks for the feedback, we appreciate your help :)
[Nexus 6  General] pinkfloyd3:
Any solution for Google play service battery drain?

50% in 2 hours :((
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
If you use Magisk, you can download the module "Enable Dozing for Google Play Services" and see if that helps.
[Nexus 6  General] pinkfloyd3:
Thank you for reply but no still the same
[Nexus 6  General] selw0nk:
Hey, it's still better than 39% much better.
[Nexus 6  General] pinkfloyd3:
lol :D

ok thank you