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[G1 Android Development] merdely:
Autostarting apps

I have autostarts on my phone. Certain apps have themselves configured to start if certain conditions occur. For example, the MP3 Store starts when the phone boots, when the network connectivity changes, and others.

I don't use the MP3 store, so I use autostarts to disable that behavior. For other apps that have this behavior (last.fm), I uninstall them because they abuse Android's system by starting even when I don't want them to.

As has been documented, when you have a LOT of free memory (swap and/or compcache and/or 10 MB hack), more apps will start and when that happens, the phone really slows down.

I use the 10 MB hack, no swap, no compcache, home in memory, disable MP3 Store with autostarts and for the most part, my phone is extremely zippy. I do not have Advanced Task Manager (ATM) autokilling anything anymore and when I launch ATM, I hardly ever see apps running that I didn't start myself (Facebook, K-9, Touchdown).
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
You don't need space. Android needs space. And who knows better when Android needs space than Android? Whatever - If housekeeping what should be housekept (and is, for most of us) automatically is what it takes to make you happy, please keep it up.

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] gab1972:
Cyanogen to OpenEclair to Cyanogen

Please, please, please forgive this n00bish question...I've done some searching and can't really find a clear answer.

I have a rooted MyTouch 3G in which I've used ONLY instructions and guides form cyanogen's wiki [great wiki btw!!]. I'm up to the latest build. I've done all the AmonRA stuff. Used the 10mb hack. Formatted SD. Etc, etc.

Here's my question:

A friend with a MyTouch recently rooted his phone and decided to use the OpenEclair ROM [found on xda done by a group of devs]. He loves it. So I wanted to try it out. If I have cyanogen 4.2.14.1 ROM, then wipe and flash with OpenEclair...can I wipe and flash back to cyanogen 4.2.14.1 if I don't like OpenEclair?? Or do I have to follow the instructions from the wiki under 'flashing from a version less than 4.1.99 or another ROM' [or something like that]??

I just wasn't sure if it's as simple as wiping and flashing whenever you want to switch ROMs.

Thanks in advance.
[G1 Android Development] randomness55:
wow that's crazy. Mine is always around 25-30mb. I can't get anything better than that. I also use apps2sd, and I thought Cyanogens ROM automatically sets the cpu to the highest setting automatically?
[G1 Android Development] randomness55:
You'll want to do a Nandroid+ext backup before you flash the OpenEclair ROM. Once you have that, make sure you copy the backup to your computer so you have it saved somewhere just in case it gets erased from your SD card.

Then you can go ahead and flash the OpenEclair ROM. if you want to go back to Cyanogen, just simply go into recovery and restore the nandroid back up you made (make sure it's still on your SD card)
[G1 Android Development] Vermithrax:
Here is something that I just got into testing on my G1... Thought you might be interested...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=622666

I have not been using it long enough to make an educated decision yet though..

PS: It is from the Hero forum, but the developer of the App states that it should work on any Android device... It is also funny to read through the thread and see the Hero users talk about not wanting their free memory to get below 90M... If we were only that lucky...
[G1 Android Development] gab1972:
OMG I seriously didn't know what the nandroid thing was for. Sad, because I can actually get around the MyTouch pretty well...I just didn't know what all of this was for.

Kind of like a rodeo clown driving around a Lamborghini!
[G1 Android Development] gab1972:
Where exactly is the nandroid backup file stored?
[G1 Android Development] jimmyhawk:
download an app from market called afile lite or astro or even any file manager and in there you will find a folder called nandroid. its on the root of your sd card
[G1 Android Development] nyctrini3:
@randomness

wow that's crazy. Mine is always around 25-30mb. I can't get anything better than that. I also use apps2sd, and I thought Cyanogens ROM automatically

you may want to back eveything up to your computer format your sd to fat32 and repartition it again its very easy via Amon_Ra it does it for you through the terminal havent seen 25-30mb in forever!
[G1 Android Development] jimmyhawk:
im going to take a wild guess and assume its just your charger thats messing up the process. when you turn your phone the charger probably loses connection. see if your usb connector feels any different when u plug it in than the regular charger. maybe it connects better or something.
[G1 Android Development] xtenpeben:
nandroid is a backup tool we use. nandroid + ext on Amon_Ra's 1.5.2 Recovery, lets you back up the apps you have in your ext partition. in case you have to wipe the ext too.

Once your rooted, you can flash any ROM you want as long as they are compatible with your system. Like 32B's won't work on 32A phones, someone still has to port them. anyways, always do a back up before you wipe and flash another rom. or even without wiping, when ur flashing a new rom, do a backup. so then if u don't like the newly flash rom, u can wipe and restore.
[G1 Android Development] jimmyhawk:
try to go to recovery and do a wipe and then reflash the signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip (if u have it,if not find it) then flash cyan 4.2.14.1. then reboot. that might help
[G1 Android Development] pityr:
Wierd, I'm using mine now. Its the reason I rooted the phone and went with cyanogenmod. One of the stock updates killed it sometime last year.
[G1 Android Development] mttmllns:
If any of you are interested in using the new Google Buzz web app (http://buzz.google.com) it looks like we're out of luck on CM at the moment. I created an issue on the issue tracker to try to learn more about why it doesn't work and if it will with a User-Agent change or if the eclair-backport of the browser isn't a full backport:

http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=1090

Star the issue if you're interested or reply if you have information I don't.
[G1 Android Development] :
It can be accessed by the 4.0 maps, but that locks in your location, giving you no option to opt out (the web buzz does). Also your google profile name appears next to your posts.
[G1 Android Development] _zygo_:
Why would the user need to download a phone application to backup nandroid to the PC? The folder is on the SD card, not in the file manager.

gab1972, plug your phone into your PC, mount your SD, open your PC-based file manager, navigate to the SD, manipulate your files. Just because there is an app available, doesn't mean you have to download and install it. It's a phone, not a PC. Try to use native and existing apps to get these infrequent jobs done. Use the market as your repository for one-time, infrequently-used apps.
[G1 Android Development] randomness55:
Well you can either do one of two things. you can get either of the apps that jimmyhawk mentioned or you can connect your phone to your computer, enable usb connection and then open up so you can view the root of your SD. you will see a folder that says Nandroid, and that's where your backup is going to be located.

after I do a nandroid backup i usually take that folder and copy it to my computer because like I said, that way if the one on your SD card gets deleted, you can use the copy you have on your computer to put it back on your SD card.

you can backup any ROM, that way you can switch back between ROMs easily
[G1 Android Development] randomness55:
well I already did that. when I flashed the latest update I decided to wipe everything, including my card and repartitioned. it still says I get around 25-30mb. I was told by someone that this number is actually normal. I only run one widget. when I open up my task manager I usually only have 2 or 3 things running. so i'm not sure what is taking up my memory
[G1 Android Development] TeeJay3800:
CM sets the maximum frequency to 528 MHz (up from the stock ROM's max of 384). However, I get MUCH better performance after installing SetCPU and manually controlling settings. I believe that although CM does increase max to 528, by default it uses a high "scale up" setting (the CPU usage level where the speed will begin to scale up). With SetCPU, you can lower that value to dramatically increase performance, without significantly affecting battery life.
[G1 Android Development] Lemeja:
I have a weird problem. My phone was slowing down so I decided it was time for a wipe. Ever since I wiped it though, I constantly get a force close of gapps. Also, I can't download anything from the market. It just stalls on "Starting download". Google Talk force closes as soon as I open it as well.

A nandroid restore fixes it, I can download apps again, but my phone slows down because it's so packed.

I'm running CM 4.2.12.2, I'll try updating to the latest and see if it works but I doubt it.
[G1 Android Development] tnpapadakos:
alarm clock

my alarm clock worked this morning...

i thought this thing wasnt working??
[G1 Android Development] xjjjay:
me too... I got two alarms this morning. One from clock.apk and one from alarm clock.apk. Now when I press the alarm shortcut on beautiful widgets, both alarms open. I deleted alarmclock.apk from system/app/ and everything's peachy, but it's curious how alarmclock just started working again...
[G1 Android Development] SilentTweak:
Okay so I got a little retarded and didn't realize something when I decide to flash CM over an EBI1. I accidently flashed the OTA, then the CMROM then thinking I could use the EBI1 patch. Basically after this, the phone bricked. I was reading on CM Wiki and I found this line, "eg: you currently have an EBI1 system and recovery image. If you flash an EBI0 radio image you will no longer be able to boot your phone. In this situation it is fixable if you know how but there are other situations that are not." Does this actually mean what I did is fixable? If someone knows how, please let me know! PM please.
[G1 Android Development] mak213:
anyone know why icant download google maps 4.0?
[G1 Android Development] agentaaron:
Does anyone know if there is a backported version of the calendar app from 2.1?

I would really love the ability to add invites directly from the calendar app...
[G1 Android Development] Chosen_on184:
that generally happens if you had a hacked version of maps on your phone .. flash the base rom over again and that should fix it .. the base rom being the one with the google apps in it
[G1 Android Development] Chosen_on184:
alarm works .. think he ported alarm clock etc which currently works .. older versions werent working
[G1 Android Development] Tawm:
Has anyone else noticed that on 4.2.14.1 the alarm clock fails to go off sometimes? I'm not sure what causes this but it happened Tuesday last week and today (Thursday)
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
Even if I've never had any problem with alarms, if you'd try the search function in this thread, I'm sure you'd find several who has.

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] Tawm:
Aye, I just had a look back a few pages and saw some stuff about the alarm clock but there are a lot of search results :p
[G1 Android Development] Chosen_on184:
Could be that you didn't actually set the alarm .. maybe you thought you did .. just a idea
[G1 Android Development] javon27:
Background apps...

Is it just me or is this problem back with background running apps? I'm running ebuddy messenger, and i find that it's logging me off if I run at least two apps, and it gets pushed out of memory.
[G1 Android Development] jimmyhawk:
He asked where nandroid file was stored. So I gave him an idea that would help him if was not near a pc. That's all. I rarely use a pc for anything except to back up files once in a while. I do all updates and downloads through steel and afile lite.
[G1 Android Development] tnpapadakos:
yeah, i actually did set the alarm, and it didnt work a week ago, now its working

and oh, yes, i chose a ringer sound, not the default silent one....silent is an odd default for an alarm setting, i'nt it:confused:
[G1 Android Development] pilot-calc:
problem flah recovery firmware

hi... i have the nexus one...

I have get the firmware cyanogen (.zip), i have rename it in "update.zip" and I have start my nexus one in recovery mode.

Problem: installation abort

help me... please!! :confused::confused:
[G1 Android Development] daveid:
You have the wrong forum, this is a firmware for the G1/MT3G, not Nexus One.
[G1 Android Development] Bubisch:
That might be the wrong image? 4.2.14. is not for N1. You can find the Beta of CM-Mod 5 here.
[G1 Android Development] gab1972:
OK, found the nandroid folder. Took care of that. I did the backup and just plugged in my usb to copy stuff over. Been doing that. Someone mentioned using the phones native apps - kudos!

I've painfully read through almost every post in the now 1269 pages and I can't find an answer to this problem:

The clock has the weather in degrees celcius. I'm not UK, Japanese, Austrailian, etc. I live in sunny South Carolina. We use ^F around here. So, does anyone know how to change the ^C to ^F on the clock?

I saw one other post but it directed me to some other post and to download some kind of weather/news widget hack - etc, etc, etc. So is there no simple solution?
[G1 Android Development] jimmyhawk:
what clock are you referring to?
[G1 Android Development] gab1972:
You're kidding right? I'm talking about the clock that everyone claims is not there anymore and are having problems with alarms.

When I open "Clock" from my menu, it gives me a nice time and weather display along with a bottom bar that has options for alarm, pictures, music, and home.

But the problem is that the weather is in ^C
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
the DeskClock app only shows temperature if you have GenieWidget (aka News & Weather) installed. The alternate version you were redirected to should make it show F. I'm not sure if the widget has to even be on a screen for the DeskClock app to pick it up. GenieWidget isn't part of CM but has been floating around xda-dev for a while.
[G1 Android Development] gab1972:
So if desk clock shows temperature if you have GenieWidget...why doesn't it show what the GenieWidget shows? My GenieWidget shows ^F.

Doesn't matter anyway...just a question. I'll recheck that post again and figure it out.
[G1 Android Development] jimmyhawk:
I'm sorry guys I just can't see where on the deskclock is the weather. Where at on the clock app are you talking about. Its not the number above the home pic on bottom of screen is it?
[G1 Android Development] jimmyhawk:
Nevermind. I missed the part about. Having genie widget installed. Sorry
[G1 Android Development] TeeJay3800:
The only Genie Widget I've seen on XDA is this one. If I understand correctly, that version displays the correct °F temp on the home screen widget, but displays the temp in °C in DeskClock. Where can I find the alternate version that displays °F in DC?
[G1 Android Development] philosophics:
Does anyone else have a problem with vibrate?

I have everything set to vibrate. I get a message, it should vibrate. I get an email, it should vibrate.

The only time it actually vibrates is when I get a phone call regardless of what the setting are set to.

Please tell me that I'm not the only one...
[G1 Android Development] darkfluid:
any time I do a phone wide search com.android.browser dies. If I acknowledge the force quit, it comes back each word I type. I thought it was me at first, but I checked my gf's phone (she never uses search) and it is doing the same thing.

Running on a mt3g, I can upload the exception log if someone will tell me how the upload works from the phone.

Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] eyespunker:
For me this has been a stable rom. Thank you cyanogen
[G1 Android Development] jimmyhawk:
I'm not sure but make sure in the settings menu for each app-messaging,gmail,google talk that you have vibrate checked. Each of those apps have a seperate settings menu. Check those.
[G1 Android Development] philosophics:
Ya mang, I'm aware of the seperate settings menu for each app and its a little annoying in my opinion. I think the settings should all be in one menu but I understand why its not that way...
[G1 Android Development] hstar89:
gmap

Can someone tell me how to install gmap update. It wouldnt install n it keep failing.
[G1 Android Development] aceo07:
Does it download? Or does it download completely and not install?

I noticed that I needed to sometimes reboot before any market downloads would start.
[G1 Android Development] mattseg:
I'm stuck, I searched high and low. After going back and forth between roms tonight, having the right backups, I no longer have the market. I get 'application not installed on your phone' everything else seems to be fine.

I have no clue how to fix this
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
Start over fron square one (see Cyanogenmod.com wiki) and wipe, install base (defanged) and CM

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] xtenpeben:
did you wipe before restoring your backups?

Did u click your market icon on home screen or on the launcher?

-- sometimes icon shortcuts need to be readded to the home screen to point on the right app to launch...

if everything else fails, make sure you have wiped everything, including dalvik... then flash the ADP1 image, then CM...
[G1 Android Development] babaz.it:
trouble to update

Hi guys,

I tried to update into the v4.2.14.1 but i don't know why it doesn't works. I have the sapphire 1.5.2 recovery image and the kernel bc-4.2.4-ebi1-signed but when I update the image after reboot it stops into the htc logo and doesn't move.

Someone can help me please.

Thanks a lot.

Simone
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
Have you read (and followed) the installation guides in the wiki at cyanogenmod.com ?

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
Well, from 'HTC logo' I'm guessing you do have a 32A, but I'm not sure if it's a typo or you have the wrong version of the 32A kernel. You said bc-4.2.4-ebi1, you should have bc-4.2.14.1-signed.zip.

Also, if you're coming from another ROM you'd want the DRC83_base_defanged to flash first, and may need to re-flash it even if you're upgrading from CM 4.2.13.
[G1 Android Development] hstar89:
GMAP wont install. unsuccessfull

"INSTALLATION ERROR" Package file was not signed correctly.

I have caynogen 4.2.14.1
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
Have you by any chance at any point installed some hacked version of maps since last wiping?

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
Maps problems!?!

#1: AGNTSA.

#2: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Troubleshooting#Maps_won.27t_upgrade_from_market
[G1 Android Development] hstar89:
nooo, where can i get new verison hacked map?
[G1 Android Development] hstar89:
i tried that. idk if im doin rite. it wont work 4 me. is there a video for this??
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
That was not my point - My point was that update problems often come from previously having a "non official" version of the app installed. But obviously that's not the case here (unless you unknowingly got it bundeled with some other ROM or theme...)

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] Jinson7:
DRC83

Do you really need to flash this if coming from a different ROM? I didn't and mine is running ok. Would it make any difference if I did this? I have DRC92...
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
You only have to flash the DRC83 base if you want to avoid problems like the ones listed in the last few pages such as not booting/hanging on the splash screen, maps not upgrading, market not opening, gmail not syncing, etc.

You can, of course, do whatever you want. You don't have to do anything, just don't expect anyone here to help you with problems if you haven't followed the directions.
[G1 Android Development] Jinson7:
Thanks for the explanation :)
[G1 Android Development] kdonev:
google apps disappear

Hi,

I updated my phone from 4.2.12.2 to 4.2.14.1. Then after start of the phone, all google applications like gmail, market, etc. disappear. I checked in /system/app and their .apks are with zero file size.

Do you have any suggestions how to restore them without wiping my other data.
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
You could try extracting the apks out of the defanged image, then pushing them to your phone with ADB

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] witzend:
maps 4

have you guys experienced this? since updating to Gmaps 4, it became unstable.

Um using a G1 running 4.2.14.1, everything un modified, just flash and use.

since updating Gmaps to 4, it has became unstable, it sometimes won't "find" me and keeps searching for my current location. sometimes it won't update where my fren's lattitude location is, sometimes I get signed out of latitude, and quite a number of times, it is as though um launching Gmaps for the first time. Anyone has any ideas?

um not running any themes, no CC, no swap no A2SD either.
[G1 Android Development] zim2dive:
With regard to Stericson lock screen

Was there an answer for this? I'm wondering the same thing.. I'd like battery percentage on my lock screen (just like when its charging). Didn't know if this was compatible with the latest CM.

thanks,

Mike (Android newbie)

EDIT: I'm open to other Lock screen replacements too.. my search pretty much only came up with Stericson as an option tho.

EDIT2: I also found this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=511183 .. but the implication is that it may not work with all ROMs? (I'm still learning my way around Android)
[G1 Android Development] skrki:
Not the link you found, that's ooold!

This came up first in Google.. probably a good starting point:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=555190

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=557061

http://twitter.com/stericson

http://github.com/stericson

EDIT
[G1 Android Development] zim2dive:
thanks! that 2nd thread appears to have up-to-date versions of Stericson lock for CM (I was using the forum search and missed that thread)
[G1 Android Development] Raziel2:
Hi everybody

I just finished root my Rogers Dream and and install the 4.2.14.1 CM guidelines:

Link download :

Current Stable Version : http_://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/update-cm-4.2.14.1-signed.zip

Current EBI1/32A kernel : http_://briancrook.ca/magic/cm-ports/bc-4.2.14.1-ebi1-signed.zip

But after the flash, my Dream rebooted and hung at the Rogers logo. I tried many times but still so. Please just help me what to do next. Thank
[G1 Android Development] FRSP:
usb host / kernel compilation

Could anyone provide hints on compiling the kernel for 4.2.14.1 from git?

I would like to try porting the hero msm7201 usb host code posted on the android kernel google group to see if it works on sapphire 32B, but first need to rebuild the stock cyanogen kernel.

I am able to get a clean compile using a .config extracted from the phone, but it goes to a black screen without the android logo; additionally my zImage turns out a bit smaller than that extracted from cyanogen boot.img, which is worrisome.

So far I tried to recycle the ramdisk image and repack it with my new zImage. I expect eventually I could have problems with the modules, but didnt expect them to be incompatible just from recompiling with the same .config

which git branch or tag was 4.2.14.1 built from?
[G1 Android Development] d3spis3m3:
Bug 1

Bug 1 :

Merging calls... cuts off 2nd line...w/ add a call...
[G1 Android Development] schmickers:
A quick question - what would be the ideal things to backup and restore with Backup for Root Users? I have five separate email accounts setup in K-9 Mail, as well as five home screens with carefully arranged icons, etc. Is there any way to back these up and restore them after a wipe and reflash? I tried it this morning with a backup of everything, but got lots of Force Closes when I tried to restore it, so much so I had to revert to backup (oddly, my recovery was not working either, I ended up having to fastboot in).