yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Android Development] renegadedj:
on a brighter note 3.9.4 should be called 4.0. amazing! thanks for all the hardwork.

the thing i noticed that has the most noticeable speed change was actually the setup screens that you get when you wipe settings. i always wipe my settings now even when im juist updating the same build to check all goes right in those setup screens as well.
[G1 Android Development] Binary100100:
Wow. I noticed that my phone is a lot faster now with compcache enabled. Thanks for the quick update. Much appreciated.

Also worth noting is that I get a LOT less fc with the process.acore (or whatever) now. I'm not sure what you did but it runs much smoother now.

Thanks again.
[G1 Android Development] richpadg:
I've noticed since 3.9.2 that the available memory went from 89 to 74. I now have 65 of 74 available instead of 78 of 89. Anyone else notice this? And I did clear caches.
[G1 Android Development] sacredsoul:
Have not encountered a single FC in 3.9.3 and 3.9.4 yet. Seems extremely stable and unbelievably fast. I feel like making a video :D
[G1 Android Development] johnnylicious:
I noticed on v3.9.3 it drains the battery very much quicker :/ anyone notice this?
[G1 Android Development] devsk:
Same here. From 100% to 88% within an hour on standby without doing anything.
[G1 Android Development] Payne IV:
I noticed the exact opposite..
[G1 Android Development] johnnylicious:
yeah i was surfin on the web browser and twitterin for about 10-15 min in bed and i notice mines at 86% very odd hmm.
[G1 Android Development] bkmo:
Yes, it is draining faster than normal for me too. I have never had issues until now. I also have to unlock the phone to see who is calling, never had do it before 3.9.3. Going to wipe before 3.9.4.
[G1 Android Development] cyanogen:
The ringtone is played in a different thread, so the display appears right away and isn't slowed down by the resume.

The email client changes are all under the hood from what I can see.. Lots of fixes for IMAP.

How do i reproduce the # bug?

I've never seen this happen..
[G1 Android Development] uwonsum:
For some reason, I never have battery drain issue.

Anyways, I tried 3.9.3 (skipped 3.9.1 and 3.9.2) and there is definitely a difference in response which I also see in 3.9.4. I will be keeping this build for a while unless...

Thanks for you work Cyanogen
[G1 Android Development] JAWheat411:
It seemed like the Force Closes I was getting with the last build have gone away. But it also seems like after a wipe some of my apps were gone. Not all but some. How can I check if all of my apps are going to SD like they are supposed to?
[G1 Android Development] sacredsoul:
1. Check current remaining space in Settings.

2. Install some apps from Market.

3. Check settings to see whether space has decreased or remains the same.
[G1 Android Development] cyanogen:
If anyone feels like taking some nice screenshots (no crazy themes) to show off the new features, that would be awesome. I'm lazy :)
[G1 Android Development] hiroots:
is it just me? i cant access the dialer/contacts. it says the acore has stopped. i didnt wipe or redo my partitions when i flashed .4 from .3. do you think thats the issue?
[G1 Android Development] JAWheat411:
So far neither free space has changed. Available space or the SD card secondary.
[G1 Android Development] uwonsum:
It may just be you...no issue here. I always wipe. leaves a clean feeling.
[G1 Android Development] hiroots:
alright i guess i gotta repartition and wipe.
[G1 Android Development] G1-evolve:
Battery goes by hella quick; ammorite? :eek:
[G1 Android Development] uwonsum:
I am not saying you need to repartition.
[G1 Android Development] robpet2:
if i know how to access some of the new features i would.. other than the home screen.. lol...
[G1 Android Development] bmfc187:
hey could somebody slap the noob outta me, please? I thought this meant that the browser has tabs now like firefox, but it all looks the same, am i missing something?

-BMFC
[G1 Android Development] Stretch3000:
I got the battery drain issue (3.9.3). battery went from 100% to zero in 4 hours.

Flashing 3.9.4 now to see if it corrects the problem.
[G1 Android Development] marshallladd:
For some reason in 3.9.3 and .4 the terminal emulator was gone. I installed it from the market. Just wierd not to see it off the bat.
[G1 Android Development] jack222k:
Does anybody know how to add VPN certificates? (*.p12 file format..)

Thank you :)
[G1 Android Development] uwonsum:
You might have missed it but it's there-- Dev Tools.
[G1 Android Development] devsk:
Try *225# on your phone. Does it get the balance? For me it says "Non-existing short code"
[G1 Android Development] cyanogen:
Hmm, almost looks like that part of the UI is missing.

I'll fix this in the next build.
[G1 Android Development] richpadg:
You should be using #225# instead of *225#.
[G1 Android Development] jack222k:
:( Unfortunately it's the only client that supports cert auth... do you think you can fix/add it?

Thanks already for your efforts!
[G1 Android Development] mdavidf:
No wonder you're having issues...you don't use the asterisk (*)

#225#
[G1 Android Development] webgrafix:
Okies Folks.... I searched, but could not find a specific reference to this ROM.

In Settings > Security & Location towards the bottom there are settings for "Credential Storage". OK.. what is this for? I tried "Set Password", and nothing I tried worked. As I have never seen these settings before... I am pretty confident I never set a password for it.

Could someone explain what "Credential Storage" is for, and do we really need to access it? And what might the "password" need to be.

Thanks!

Web
[G1 Android Development] SimonNWalker:
I can't find any browser tabs either.

Is there a setting to turn on?

I've searched and can't find anything.
[G1 Android Development] JAWheat411:
Yeah I think my apps are not going to the SD. On Secondary storage I got Total Space 197 MB and 23 MB available space. I have about 200 megs setup on EXT3 partition for the apps.
[G1 Android Development] cyanogen:
Its for the new wpa-enterprise and vpn support. You have to enter a fairly strong password for it to be accepted, the UI just doesn't tell you that.
[G1 Android Development] bug666:
v3.9.4 fails on verification

E:Corrupt file:

system/lib/libopencorenet_support.so
[G1 Android Development] silasrye:
Bluetooth

as of updating to 3.9.4 (my last was 3.9.1 or 3.9.2 can't remember) my stereo bluetooth headphones are taking the audio when playing music.

it does work for calls though

and the symbol is showing at the top for both scenarios
[G1 Android Development] JanetPanic:
OK guys, can we please stop posting battery experiences after having had a ROM for an hour? Get a realistic set of data before making the judgment.

1) Let the battery completely drain.

2) Charge the battery completely

3) Power cycle the phone.

Preferably drain and charge 2-3 times noting durations to get a meaningful set of data. Right now every ROM we have some people saying battery life is worse and some saying it is better. Neither side is presenting a significant, systematic, set of data to back up their statements. this makes the evidence anecdotal at best.
[G1 Android Development] cyanogen:
Check your md5sum
[G1 Android Development] oldsk00lz:
This is working fantastic! Even a call popped up the display quick. I had set up an mp3 from my sdcard as ringtone, and it started around the 2nd ring. I think I will clip the song and store it internally to see how responsive it is.

Mine drained from 100% to 60% in about 45min. Note that the phone hasn't been recycled since I first installed 3.9.3 last night, and is running a linux swap partition this round (no userinit issues after my flash last night). I have seen similar crazy battery usage that starts behaving after a reeboot. I am going to recycle, test for another 30min and view battery. Then I'll check out 3.9.4 for some similar patterns.

-oldsk00lz
[G1 Android Development] dallas.maverick:
Dude, check what you are trying before posting this as a bug, ofcourse there i no such thing as *250#, what do you want it to come back with??? Valid T-Mobile shortcodes start and end with #, #225# or #BAL# will give you balance, #686# or #NUM# will return your phone number, #646# or #MIN# will return your minutes, #674# or #MSG# will return your messages left and there is other shortcodes.

Ofcourse if you try something like *250#, it appears that you are using a shortcode, so ofcourse let the network do its processing to figure out that you are typing something invalid and it is exactly telling you that. Stop wasting Cyanogens time by reporting these as bugs, if you have issues like this, go seach on google how you are supposed to dial. If you keep forgetting, go and install something like selfhelp from the market so that you dont have to remember any of these shortcodes.
[G1 Android Development] andonnguyen:
Sure thang. :)

Could't find the tabbed thumbnails anywhere in browser, I literally went through every menu, more screenshots below =]
[G1 Android Development] oldsk00lz:
I think it's still helpful to identify the various patterns and maybe the underlying root issue can finally be discovered. Possibly more background info or further testing results would be more useful. Yesterday I posted a battery time schedule that showed initial run-off that leveled off the longer it was used. Possibly, calibration errors, but seeing that a reboot fixed it may point to some runawayy app. Also from reading recent posts, seems some people mentioned bad behavior right after the initial flash.

Maybe Cyanogen can chime in and if he doesn't think it's worth wading through the needles in the haystack can request battery comments taken it to another thread, since many of the tests and scenarios are apples to oranges.
[G1 Android Development] robpet2:
very nice.. screennies... my ddms kept freezin up on me.. need another pc
[G1 Android Development] JanetPanic:
Under what situation is a battery report of less than 2 hours useful when it is known battery calibration is not accurate immediately after a flash?
[G1 Android Development] bkmo:
And you know for a fact that this was the case with all reports. I have yet to move to 3.9.4 and my report was with 3.93. that I installed last evening. I noticed it today after several reboots, charging all night, and finally removing it for an extended period...3 hours off charge. For me it dropped considerably faster on 3.9.3 than with any other cyanogen rom. I have never had a problem before, and I do on 3.9.3. I will report 3.9.4 issues after I have given it a day to settle down too.
[G1 Android Development] sullitf:
I'm no electrical engineer, and paid little attention to the few hardware classes they require for CS, so I'm just tossing this idea out there.

Is it possible that by bumping up the amount of power the phone pulls, and thus charging faster, is in fact holding the battery back from charging completely? I forget the exact physics behind it, but I think the faster charge could actually be causing a less densely charged battery. I could be totally wrong, but it would make sense as to why the phone didn't charge that quickly to begin with. You would think T-mobile/htc/google would set the phone to charge as fast as possible while still providing a complete charge.

edit: the easiest way of testing this... fully charge, cycle, and drain with either 3.9.3 or 3.9.4. After getting some solid results, change the charging preferences back to default so it will charge slower. Run the same tests with the same rom, only different being the charging settings.

It would take some time to test correctly, but that'd be the easiest way I can think of
[G1 Android Development] wpbcubsfan:
What it says is thumbnail tabs. If you have multiple windows open now when you go to the <windows> menu in the browser you can actually see pictures (thumbnails) of the webpage that's loaded in that window.
[G1 Android Development] Beast84:
Amzingly fast! Love the new changes. Just a small request that I hope you can do easily. I was wondering if you could add a 5 minute option in the settings>sounds & display>screen timeout?

There is an app to change it to that but its a hassle to change it everytime I wipe. I wipe, install it, set the time, uninstall it. Then I do it all over again when I wipe. It would just be so much easier if it was build in already. Thanks in advance if you do add it
[G1 Android Development] Gimpeh:
Quick way to figure this out is just to compile a build without that customization and see if there is a difference.
[G1 Android Development] cmg1:
What's new (at least I haven't seen it in a previous version, but I may have missed it) is attachment support. I sent myself an email with MS Word and Excel attachments, and Email gave me the option of opening it with Documents to Go or QuickOffice. What I still don't see is the ability to set a signature.

I have been using K9 for attachments and signatures. When the Android Email program supports both, I may go back. Since I have K9, it isn't THAT important to me.
[G1 Android Development] mdavidf:
I flashed to 3.9.4 as soon as it came out. I already had nearly a full charge; in fact, after I flashed and rebooted - still connected to power - the battery read 99%. So, I waited until it read 100% then I shut down my phone, left it on the charger until the green light appeared, pulled the power cord from the phone and booted. And in about 45 minutes I went from 100% to 85% and the only thing I did was send and receive 2 text messages. And, to make matters worse, I have the 2600mAh battery.

I'm going to cycle my battery to see if it helps, but I have a sneaking suspicion that something is going on because, like you, I didn't have battery issues until I flashed 3.9.3.
[G1 Android Development] pistol4413:
no this is very true i saw someone saying this in an other thread about the little green android charger and how it will make it charge faster but as result it will die faster. srry i didnt provide the credit i dont remember who said it:D
[G1 Android Development] piercednevins:
Its possible that the problem is an app you are running. Several times I have experienced massively horrible battery life only to discover that I had a market download that had never finished downloading/installing and was just sitting there all day running in the background. Often I would notice my battery go from 100% to 40% in an hour on standby, so it was early enough in the day to see a marked difference after canceling the market installation and charging back up to 100%.

Also, the last time this happened to me it was the donate version of the weather widget that was trying to update the weather constantly. Still did it after reboots, so I killed it and removed from my home-screen...hoping the developer has a fix soon. Have you noticed your G1 lagging a lot? that was actually what tipped me off on it. After I killed the widget it was suddenly snappy again.

Mainly what I am saying is that you might find the issue is something other than the ROM and in fact, in my experience, it often is.

Hope that helps. :)

piercednevins
[G1 Android Development] devsk:
guys, that was an example I picked from my address book which was automatically created by T-mobile. But I have problems with other numbers I have for calling cards. If you are in the US, try calling 18772474047pp147#. I will of course not complete because it will ask my PIN etc. but it will point out the problem I am describing above.
[G1 Android Development] devsk:
never mind. I found a bug logged for this '#' with android at google code page. So, its not really cyanogen's ROM but any ROM which may be using that code base. I wonder how much the kernels differ between cyanogen's and other ROMs floating around here e.g. drizzy's doesn't have this problem, neither do soulife's ROMs (both ION and Rogers).
[G1 Android Development] JanetPanic:
Where is any information that would be useful for debugging, or verifying. No list of times, usage report, or even if he let it drain and recharge. No idea of what he was even doing during those 4 hours. Wireless tethering would pull the phone down in 4 hours without a problem as an example.

No usage report, no information on attempts to calibrate or debug

ditto

some usage information but no evidence of calibration or attempts to debug.

No information on calibration, usage, programs running, or attempts to debug the cause.

anectdotal evidence to the opposite.

more anecdotal evidence to the opposite.

no usage information, attmepts to debug, information on baterry calibration.

I got tired of going back through the thread at this stage. For applications a success or failure is easy to replicate. Stacktraces are generally pretty precise. For battery usage to be understood and corrected we need more information to determine the cause.

The post mdavidf a couple posts up is probably the only useful one I have seen so far. Even then a little more data would be useful, another power cycle or two as well as what apps are running, top output, etc... There may be a problem, and if there is it would be nice to be corrected. But attempt to narrow down the problem and give enough information we can be systematic in determining improvements or worsening of the situation.
[G1 Android Development] killerspaz:
Just to throw this out there, I was getting an error coming from 3.9.2 to 3.9.4, it would fail to flash SYSTEM. I had tried to wipe, but still had the same problem.

So I had to use fastboot (per cyanogen via IRC) to erase the partition... reflashed, and all was fine. I restored back to my nandroid backup of 3.9.2 and flashed again without problems; bizarre, but it worked.

Also, I changed the build properties files to make the phone think it was a valid T-Mobile push for the My Account app to work.

here's my current /system/build.prop with the lines hilighted that i recall changing:

http://klrspz.pastebin.com/m7822e2a9

Nothing major, but you can see why the app didn't think it was a valid rom.
[G1 Android Development] Gimpeh:
What IRC room does cyan idle in? #android ?
[G1 Android Development] pinetreehater:
edit: I was wrong.

But by the way, dialing *225# works for me.
[G1 Android Development] pinetreehater:
person, let it go....you are wasting more space than they are. Jeez.
[G1 Android Development] pinetreehater:
Don't believe that is new...CM 3.9.2 has it (I'm looking at it).
[G1 Android Development] bhang:
userinit.sh example

I hope to hell I didn't miss it, this thread is still getting a good # of thanks man! great work, im flashing now type posts but I guess we can all miss out on a post or to in such big threads..

I removed the exit; from my userinit.sh and got it booting 3.9.3 but I still dont have my swap working, compcache or partition, what should the userinit look like in both of those cases?

running w/o swap seems to have slowed me down a bit
[G1 Android Development] bkmo:
I hear you, and am not new to the roms. I have nothing out of the ordinary running. The same as I have had on all cyanogen roms right from the beginning. Nothing changed but the version of rom, and I was merely saying me too to another poster. I have wiped now before 3.9.4 and will see what happens now. Thanks
[G1 Android Development] bkmo:
Read the first post in this thread....it will tell you what to do with swap questions.
[G1 Android Development] Bavilo:
That's exactly my point...People don't care to read the last few pages, and report the same thing over and over and over again. It's really annoying.
[G1 Android Development] shotad:
this is what I do when i charge my battery 100%

terminal and type

su

rm /data/system/batterystats.bin

then reboot.
[G1 Android Development] skepsis:
Is it just me or is terminal missing from 3.94 ??

I know I can just go dl it from the market but still..
[G1 Android Development] SimonNWalker:
I don't ever remeber not having thumbnails in the Windows screen before or am I just going insane..LOL

I thought the update was talking about Tabs in the browser? Something new !
[G1 Android Development] missxoash:
I just noticed this....hmm.
[G1 Android Development] mygti02:
you can find Term in Dev tools
[G1 Android Development] shotad:
it's been answered a billion times, its in DevTool.
[G1 Android Development] missxoash:
I freaked too when I couldn't find it, but I'll be honest, I like it better tucked away neatly in Dev Tools!

Anyone else?
[G1 Android Development] SimonNWalker:
Cyanogen (or someone else in the know),

Can you clear up exactly what

means?

Are we talking about tabs for easily switching between Windows that are different from the thumbnails in the Window screen?

Thumbnails in the Window screen have always been there....haven't they...

There seems to be some confusion in the threads.

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] shotad:
i acutally like it better that the terminal is in Dev Tools..i mean, isn't it kind of a 'dev tool' anyways? :D:D
[G1 Android Development] shotad:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4246521&highlight=browser+white#post4246521

answer to the thumbnail tab on browser
[G1 Android Development] uwonsum:
Per Battery Drain issues

The last test I conducted was playing music for 1hr 46mins with build 3.9. I started while the battery was at 92% and at the end of the test, it got down to 73%. Unfortunately, I have no data to back this up, and cannot tell you if the decline was linear. I retrieved this information from my #android irc chat log.

Now, I am on build 3.9.4. I will run a test for a few hours. This test will be monitored by a program called battery graph. I will export a cvs file and post it at the conclusion of this observation. More information will be posted along with the results...
[G1 Android Development] andonnguyen:
I've always had this feature...I never got blank white spots. I wish there was more clarification on this.
[G1 Android Development] igashu:
Where exactly are the default wallpapers stored? Even after fastboot flashing my system and data back, that (admittedly cool) new Android-on-a-skateboard wallpaper seems to remain intact. Just out of curiosity, where are those system wallpapers located on the filesystem?
[G1 Android Development] Lakers3408:
Ditto, must be something else
[G1 Android Development] userfriendlyme:
I tried this some post back http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4245125&postcount=1513 I did that and was able to get it running without a problem afterwards.
[G1 Android Development] bkmo:
3.9.4 music widget icons

The play/pause icons on the music widget are not toggling with play/pause pushes. The pause icon is there when the song is first entered into the widget, but subsequent play/pause toggles only shows the play icon and not the pause.

I did a wipe before 3.9.4, and have NOT installed a theme or other music player.

Can anyone else reproduce this?
[G1 Android Development] shotad:
@Cyanogen, how do we use the thumbnail tab in browse? i really have no clue how to enable this feature.
[G1 Android Development] userfriendlyme:
Yes i noticed that also but it still pauses when you press it even though just the play button is present....Not really a big issue but something im sure he can correct. Also just a note when it moves to the next song the pause button re appears.
[G1 Android Development] pistol4413:
com.Android.acore fc

I'm jumping from 3.6.8.1 to 3.9.4 with no wipe and the acore was force closing anyone had that happen to them? I'm guessing a wipe would fix it. Am I right?
[G1 Android Development] pyen:
I had the same problem, which for me was caused from widgets i had on the home screen. I removed the widgets and reflashed the rom and everything worked fine.
[G1 Android Development] pistol4413:
@pyen

U removed all widgets, as in the ones from the market as well as the picture frame widget from the gallery apk?
[G1 Android Development] yukkio:
Hi, has somebody problem with wifi? I can't enable it. I did wipe before install 3.9.4. Any idea?

Thanks!

BR.
[G1 Android Development] pinetreehater:
That's not it either...

BTW, how do people insert pictures directly into the post. I tried and it showed a broken picture icon and no picture resulted (it was only 20kb)