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[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
missed SMS and phone calls

I continue to have a problem with missed SMS messages and phone calls, currently using nk hero themed ion with pre bluetooth initrd/roofs/zimage, and new data file created with the latest nk hero. it seems as though if my phone has been sitting for a while unused, this is when I miss SMS and calls. If I have used the phone recently, they seem to come through. Today missed 3 SMS and one phone call after my phone had been sleeping for a while, turning on phone there is no evidence that anything had been trying to come through. Would a log-cat be able to see anything? I will try to get one, sometimes I don't know that anything was missed until hours later when I get home and my wife is upset that I never got back to her mid-day. i use pm_sleep_mode=0, and i have no_console_suspend in the line of my default.txt. I am wondering if after a certain amount of time in power colapse suspend mode if the radio turns off, and then nothing even comes through.

Also, every once in a while, I turn on my phone and two or three SMS pop up that were within the last 15-30 minutes, but I never got notified about. this also seems to be after the phone is off for a while.

Anyone else experience this? thanks for the help in advance.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] craig0r:
Yes, now that you mention it... I didn't really think much of it, but I have been noticing that with the SMS's. As far as I can tell, I've never had an issue with incoming calls though.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] TheKartus:
I can't say that I have ever had any issues with android missing calls or texts... I guess I really wouldn't know though if I missed a text. But noone has called me out on it.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
tried to logcat after missing a bunch of texts, but got an error that it was a read only file system and could not write. used logcat -b radio >radio.txt, also tried logcat -b radio >\sdcard\radio.txt. what am i doing wrong?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Fasst1:
us cellular phone

will this work on a us cellular phone? I don't see much on the vogue for this carrier
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
if anyone else is having the same sms messages not getting through problem, an update: ran for a day with sleep.mode=1, it sure ran my battery down a lot faster but still two sms messages that did not come through at all. going to disable SMS pop-up next, but can't imagine that it is integrating to a degree that would make messages not get through at all, but I've got nothing else left to try. still nk hero themed ion, pre-bluetooth init/root/zimage, on sprint.

EDIT: turning off sms pop-up had no effect.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] TheKartus:
I am pretty sure I used that image with no issues. Maybe try a different Ion system image, and keep the data file and test? Also, maybe backup your data file, make a new one and try. See if any of that helps if you have not already done it. May also give us more clues as to what the issue is.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
i've used mssmison ion, same problem. I've used old and new/clean data.img. more clues were posted previously, sorry for not linking:

any ideas? tried running a logcat, had this result. no one posted back with suggestions on how to do properly.

It's pretty hard to tell that texts are missed when this happens, as there is no clue on the phone that anything tried to come through. only reason I know is my wife texts me 5-10 times a day, and get's upset when I don't reply. I compare our text logs in the evening, and that's how I know that I was missing texts.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] dzo:
Should be:

logcat -b radio > /sdcard/radio.txt
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
thx for the reply dzo

EDIT: this may be a general cell phone issue rather than a android issue; there are a lot of posts about this on many different phones. going to try windows mobile for a week and see if I still have the problem. also sprint reports an issue on their network issue with text messages, so we'll see, I don't think it is likely android.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] JeckyllHavok:
Is there any terminal command to reset the battery counter of android?

I'm wondering cause in android myy battery lifetime goes dramaticaly down and after a reboot to windows it shows half full and stays on. I have this not with a special version or so.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tornadog:
so the partially working bluetooth is not yet ready for pairing with headsets, right?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] craig0r:
It should pair just fine, but you will have issues actually using it.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] dzo:
It pairs and it works fine on my headset but when the phone sleeps, bt gets switched off so it's no use for incoming calls. I'll see if I can fix it.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bchi49:
I got the latest builds for enabling bluetooth, I wasn't able to play audio through Motorola T505, no sound, and volume control shows unknown device for routing.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jdm4life:
help!!

hi i finally got this to boot but now i cant get it to completely boot up it goes in a hero and htc loop any suggestions?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] TheKartus:
Check your resolution set in the default.txt. It needs to be 320x480.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jdm4life:
ok im trying right now... ill let you know how it comes out
[Touch CDMA Android Development] rainabba:
Radio 3.42 for Vogue

On the Vogue-Android downloads page, someone should upload this radio-only ROM (which took me 30 minutes to find) so it's readily available for everyone else.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37027&d=1247206733
[Touch CDMA Android Development] offroadmuddin:
gps/bluetooth

First of all many thanks to this website...So far i have not really had to right in any questions, and it is amazing what these phones can do...

Has anyone figured out how to make the gps and bluetooth work? I am using android-1.5-2009-08-08.zip 58.6 MB found on the downloads page...All else seems to work perfectly, and I love the keyboard.

Thanks again for any help on this, and keep up the good work!

EDIT: so i found bluetooth is not working in earlier post...used the search engine that I did not know exists... any word on gps no fixes?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] canyoufindben:
1. GPS has to be working in windows first. If you can't use it in Windows, then you need to get to that point before you can use GPS in Android. There are other threads in the vogue forum that can help you with this.

2. Once that is taken care of, you can turn on the GPS setting in Settings -> Security & Location -> Enable GPS satellites.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] offroadmuddin:
Thanks for the quick response. It does work in windows. do i need to run google maps before i run android? or am i just being to impatient when google maps says my location is unavailible... maybe i should try driving around with google maps on in android to make sure i am getting a clear view of the satelites?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] craig0r:
Bluetooth is sorta working, but it's still a work in progress. With the latest kernel/rootfs, you can pair with devices, but not much else. Audio sorta works, but it's sketchy.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] canyoufindben:
You don't have to run anything before Android. If you can use GPS with Google Maps in Windows, it should run in Android. Having a clear view of the Sky is a plus, but I've never had it take any longer than a minute on bad days.

Do you get a little transmitting dish icon in Android's Google Maps when you launch it?

Also, I'm making the assumption that you are using all this on a Vogue phone.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] offroadmuddin:
Yes i get the transmitting icon.

yes i am on a vogue.

i am running vahala legends for gps. with the settings changed with phm reg edit to enable agps.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] canyoufindben:
Righto.

Anyone else help? As far as I know, the GPS should work.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] offroadmuddin:
thanks again for spending some time on this...

by the way, i just drove around with it on for about 7 min. nothing no gps. rebooted phone, went into google maps from windows and it locked in about 20 seconds.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] craig0r:
I'm assuming you're using Google Maps in Android to do this... that's all I can suggest. Pull up the menu and click "My Location," and it should find it... I've tried Waze for GPS, and it doesn't find me properly. There is still a bit of a bug in the GPS code.... it apparently can get a lock, but doesn't do true tracking. Google Maps works because it just repeatedly grabs locks, but other GPS apps won't track because they rely on the GPS tracking for this, instead of repeated locks... This probably doesn't help, but like canyoufindben, I'm out of ideas.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] golfnz34me:
If you are using Valhalla in WinMO, you won't be able to use GPS in Android.

The Valhalla stuff relies on a modified windows DLL to decrypt the locked-down Verizon GPS. Obviously this is not available in Android.

If you want GPS in Android, you'll need to flash your device with specific ROMs to disable the lock on the GPS.

The instructions for this are all over this forum.

Mike
[Touch CDMA Android Development] aross6:
For anyone interested, HTC just tweeted that the HTC Magic kernal source has been posted with live changes... just thought I'd share the wealth: http://developer.htc.com/
[Touch CDMA Android Development] BenRivera:
Darth-Vader Bluetooth

I just installed the 26-08-09 rootfs & zImage files and got Bluetooth working with my Plantronics PLT-510. Called my voicemail and got the prompt to enter my password. Once I pressed the first #, the sound go distorded. It accepted my password and prompts now sounded like Darth-Vader was talking to me.

Also, when the phone goes to sleep it thinks it is still connected to the headset, but you can't use the headset on a call. Even if you bring up the menu in a call and select bluetooth.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] s0v3r1gn:
Obviously someone is working on the Bluetooth driver for our handset.

I have never written a driver before and am quite curious on how to write one and more importantly how to write one for android. Would who ever is writing the driver be willing to put together a short explanation on what needs to be done to make one?

Thanks.. =)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] craig0r:
Not that I'm any more experienced than you, but being that Android is just a UI on top of linux, there's no "android specific" linux development going on. You should be able to find documentation on the internet for doing this, however doing it for a phone is a little more complicated for some fairly obvious reasons.

You'll need to know how to program in C.

Look here for getting started http://www.androidonhtc.com/get_involved

As far as the bluetooth driver goes, I can tell you that the source for the driver is at kernel/drivers/serial/msm_serial_hs.c

Take a look at the code, try and figure out what it's doing... That's about as much advice as I can give... and look up articles on Linux driver development. Good luck!

EDIT: Oh, and drivers (aka "modules") can be either built into the kernel, or as separate modules. I think all our drivers are actually built-in, so you won't have any extra files to use when you're done, besides the zImage.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] arlojj:
After messing around with the Hero builds, I have to say that I absolutely love how stable the ION build is. And fast. Never want to go back to Windows Mobile!

Slight problem though. After shutting down and restarting, suddenly none of the buttons work. None of them respond and all and I can't get out of the locked screen.

I'd really love to keep my data. Anybody know what I should delete/replace/edit to get the buttons to work again? (They work in WM of course).

Thanks.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] incubus26jc:
hi, im using the super hero bild and it works great, a little slow on my xv6900. only problem is the weather icon is missing from the clock widget. any ideas?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
are you using all of the latest files? this has happened to me when trying to use pre-rootfs initrd with the latest ion. update to the latest stable files (pre-bluetooth rootfs and latestest initrd, or the latest bluetooth stuff), if you already have these then you may need to dump your data.img :(
[Touch CDMA Android Development] stoked:
Thanks dzo, I just tried it with my MDX and it will initiate calls and pass audio both ways and end calls. However, it doesn't seem to auto connect when the car turns on. When I turn the key, the phone wakes up, but it never connects. I have to go into the BT settings and it'll eventually connect. Thanks so much btw for this, now I don't ever every have to go back to WM6.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jdm4life:
i got failed to mount data ... something about bad magic number in super block while trying to open /dev/block/loop0:(
[Touch CDMA Android Development] xeongx:
First Question: Is it possible to connect my vogue-android with USB to my PC (Vista) and transfer files?

Second Question: I still have the 1.5 Android, should I try the Hero? Is it worth it?

Thanks
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jnrbshp:
im having this prob too....i wasnt using android for two weeks cuz i was trying nfsfans 6.5 rom and then when going back to the original ion build i had since july...

..im wondering if i just have to downgrade to 6.1 to get rid of these problems?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] BJNK:
I can't answer number one, but for number two my answer is no it is not worth it at this point.

Now that Android is stable and all my contacts/info is synced I swap builds almost daily and have found that the Hero builds are just to slow. I also don't think they look that great, but if you don't mind a slow down in performance for a few more gimmicks (read:widgets) then Hero is good. If you just really like the look but don't want to sacrifice anymore speed then I suggest JACMANxROM1.4r3 by Zen. It is fast, smooth and has some updated additions that seem to run nicely. I switched to it last night and 24 hours in im still with it, where as many builds I run back to 1.5 after a few hours. It has a Hero theme which means it looks similar to the Hero builds but does not carry the bloat that our poor little phones have a hard time handling.

Take it with a grain of salt though, I enjoy the clean look of default android compared to the blacked out Hero builds... to each their own.. but I am sticking with the JACMANxROM1.4r3 even though its Hero themed because it runs so nicely with a few new features (widgets/settings) I like.

Oh and if you want to experiment, just boot into WinMo, copy your entire SDcard to a folder on your desktop, delete everything off the SD and then load the new 'experiment' version of Android you want to try. If you don't like it, wipe the SD card and copy and paste all the files from your desktop back onto your SD card and just like that its like you never left :D
[Touch CDMA Android Development] BJNK:
I have not had an issue with SMS not going through since one of dzo's early builds and that was back in April or so... BUT I did have a problem with SMS PopUp severly messing up my texts.. but apparently that didn't work for the other guy..

Changing WinMo should not affect your Android, assuming that everything is functioning in WinMo. I would recommend trying the new builds, specifically Zen's JACMANxROM1.4r3 as it seems to be running great for me.

Make sure you EMPTY your SD card first. Delete everything. If you've been playing the game correctly all your contacts are synced with your gmail already and will come back when you launch a new build. As well all the apps you download are available again free of charge on the market. The only thing worth backing up are any media files you may have.. The hour it takes to try and mix and match system.img and intrid's etc is much more painful than it is to take 15 minutes to re-sync and download your apps again :D
[Touch CDMA Android Development] xeongx:
Thanks for the answer, I'll just stick with Android 1.5.

Question 1: Does the Android 1.5 camera application has problem with taking photos or is it just my camera?

Question 2: Will there be a fix in the future?

Question 3: Android 1.5 usb to PC (vista) sync possible?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
Quick question, after switching from ION to Hero and immediatly switching back to ION because it is the most stable and the fastest, I noticed with the new package (8-8-09) the buttons are back to the original layout.

(Vol. up back...) .

Before I was mucking around the camera button was back. Is something wrong with one of my files? Or have they (vilord et al) reverted back to the original button layout?

Thanks!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jamezelle:
what files did you change when you reverted back to ion?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
Well i downloaded the 8-8 package because I think I was running the 7-7 package. And since the buttons didn' work, I removed initrd, system.img, default.txt, data.img, z-image and rootfs , and install all new ones from the latest package.

Which file handles the button arrangement?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] refthemc:
I think its Zimage, and it changed in "zimage-15-08-09"
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
Ok that would make sense, i remember there used to be a zimage on the site that says 'changed button arrangement' or whatever.

I think that there should be another official package compiled for the page. In the meantime could someone link me to the 15th zimage? (EDIT: I see the 26th is there, i'll try that, thanks!)

Thanks.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] refthemc:
http://vogue-android.googlecode.com/files/zimage-15-08-09
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
Thanks, the one from the 26th works too!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bchi49:
Thank you!!!! I didn't know it existed as radio only. Nice! It works and I didn't have to re-authenticate my phone.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
I don't think this has anything to do with windows. I am unsure whether this is an android thing or just an intermittent problem. Many users on many types of phones have this problem after doing a search on google; however, I definitely see this consistently with android, but didn't see it using windows for two days. Also sprint reported a problem with sms that they were supposed to fix last week, but I missed a bunch of sms on sunday, so ??? who knows. I don't think there is one simple answer to the problem, I think it is multifactorial, and and still suspect that android may factor in somehow since I can't reproduce the problem using win mo.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jnrbshp:
FIXED for me...

i downloaded some of the depreciated files....

rootfs-2009-08-16.zip - rootfs with compcache (faster, replaces swap), dma wlan.ko, fixed radio lockups (vogue)

zImage-24-08-09 - Kernel (rename to zImage) - some vogue audio changes (experimental)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mrkite38:
Not sure how fully featured a sync you need, but for transferring files check out adb push and pull.

As for an ActiveSync-style sync over USB... I've been reading the vogue kernel thread and I think the short term answer is no, because USB networking has been disabled in the kernel. I'd love to be wrong about that if anyone knows differently.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
How long have you used this combo for (i.e. are you sure, as it does not happen every day for me)? The newer rootfs should have these changes incorporated. I am currently using rootfs2009-08-18.zip (rootfs with compcache, updated wlan.ko, more fixes for radio lockups), and zimage18-08-09 (i've been avoiding the new bluetooth changes until power consumption probs are worked out). If you definitely had the missed sms problem, and have tested the new files for a few days with no probs, I might give it a try.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jnrbshp:
sorry...i guess it was a false alarm....

..this morning after leaving the phone on for the night i tried to dial my number and it went straight to voicemail...
[Touch CDMA Android Development] stealthkk:
android slow

does anyone have a trick to make this usable in real world?

It's really cool, but not very responsive. on the vogue, how can i make android run...normal? :)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] craig0r:
Any of the builds other than Hero should be fine. I think everyone here will agree that they are faster than Windows Mobile.

What build are you running? (aka what files did you download?)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] stealthkk:
hero

ah that makes sense. I did download hero.

initrd-01-09-09.gz

rootfs-01-09-09.img

squashfsbasefiles.zip

zImage-26-08-09

what should i dl to replace?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] zenulator:
download the android-1.5 bundle to start off with. it's the most stable and will give you a better overall experience.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bchi49:
yes, that's true.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] clockworx:
The only exception to that advice is that there were radio lockup issues at that point still (radio would enter "No Service" and not come back on its own until restarted). So you may want to update at least to the point of being able to use the "radio lockup fix" rootfs.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Kiiv:
Hi everybody!

I come from the Polaris community! (Yeah, I know, I may add my phone in my signature... ^^)

I'm very exciting to try different builds regularly from http://code.google.com/p/vogue-android/downloads/list.

Yesterday I've tried the last hero build in squash FS format (http://vogue-android.googlecode.com/files/hero.zip).

I found this build very very stable. For exemple, in other builds, the UI reload entirely each time I come back to home screen (with back or home button). I haven't got this issue with this build and it's great! I don't know if it's the build version or the squash FS system which resolve this problem...

In the other hand, the system is very slower than standard build in .img...

I don't know if it's the same on Vogue?

Is it possible to have the latest build in .img format to try it?

If it's not possible, don't worry, I'll wait for next release :)

Thanks for all your work, it's so great.

(And sorry, but I haven't read all this thread so if it's an already answered question, throw me away :p)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] natefish:
I agree. And if you want to say to yourself, "OMG, this makes my phone so darn sexy!" then download the latest xROM. That's always my favorite non-Hero build.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] ruizit0:
:confused::confused::confused:

never works out of the box!!!

in my kaiser doesnt work out of the box... :rolleyes:
[Touch CDMA Android Development] pmos69:
It does work "out of the box", yes.

It would not have been released if it didn't.

What problems do you have?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] ruizit0:
in vogue maybe works.. but im talking in kaiser..

doesnt boot :|

where is villord ?

its just me or i think villord stoped with this project ? :(
[Touch CDMA Android Development] themac:
ruizit0 is right.

This new "msmison.zip" release doesn't even boot with Haret.

I already succesfully booted Android with many other releases.

But this one, simply, doesn't work.

Haret say "booting linux" and hangs (i tried waiting for 20 minutes).

I must say Android is incredibile, as incredible is the effort of many, many developers.

The real problem (this is only my idea, respect it, please) is the lack of information about every new release . The first post has not been updated since June/July.

On the googlecode page there's always a really brief description, but is really TOO brief. :)

Anyway....thanks again, i'm now trying to boot android with the new "BASEFILES", let's see what happens :D

TheMac
[Touch CDMA Android Development] plemen:
The latest basefiles have a conf file Hero, Ion and Roger. Then pick one of the two zimage (newkeymap or oldkeymap - I like new) you want and rename it to zimage.

Works very well... although I have a Vogue so your experience with a kaiser may be different...