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[G1 Android Development] tnpapadakos:
browser & default video players

can someone tell me what is the "default" video player for the browser (and/or dolphin), if and how can it be changed

i'm streaming my live tv via mycast.orb.com

when i login and view a live stream, the video never fills the screen

on cyans browser, it is 75% of the screen; on dolphin it used to be about 80%, now in 4.2.12.2 its about 50% of the screen

other apps showing video (like vodcasts, lukluk or directv's nfl supercast) show at full screen and play in other players (like movies or nsw player)

there has to be a way to get full screen out of the browser+default video player...IMHO, its not the size of the source material, as one browser shows in one size, and the other in a different size, all with the same default player
[G1 Android Development] ciryan:
What is considered the base rom? I'm running 4.2.9.1 right now, I recently tried 4.2.11.1 when it was released and had issues with no data, never could get it working so I went back to 4.2.9.1. I did the wipe then added the ROM, am I missing something?

I want to give the latest a try, but I want to do it right.

Another question if I back up using Nandroid and restore will everything be set up as it was before I flashed any new ROM?
[G1 Android Development] sagementor:
I encountered the same problem because the /cache was full. I ran the following command in console to fix it.

mount /cache

busybox rm -rf /cache/*
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
Well, to merge base 1.6 with every CM release before flashing sounds like a more cumbersome method than occasionally having to start with flashing 1.6 before the CM update. YMMV.

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] thefunkygibbon:
for some reason i dont have the htc mail app. could somebody please link me to the latest apk for it? I've reflashed the rom and still not there. Does removing the app previously mean that it wont ever come back when reflashing the rom? (also the same with amazon mp3 but thats no use outside of usa anyway)

thanks
[G1 Android Development] tmhung:
I 'm buy o new one and start new with cyan ............ i don't have any bugs in this rom
[G1 Android Development] bornmw:
I'm on 2.4.12.2 and GPS takes a few minutes to get a fix.

Do you know if there's any non-destructive way of improving just the GPS?
[G1 Android Development] vache:
I had the same prob. I just pushed IM.apk, ImProvider.apk & TmoImPlugin.apk from an older release, and now it works great. No FC, and i can download apps from market.

adb remount
adb push IM.apk /system/app/
adb push ImProvider.apk /system/app/
adb push TmoImPlugin.apk /system/app/
adb shell reboot
[G1 Android Development] gdaniele:
Check your APN settings! The APN type should be either blank or "default,supl" . If you have only "default" then AGPS is disabled. Please see:

http://identi.ca/notice/16780189

BTW I reported this to cyan and he fixed in the newest releases.

Cheers,

DAniele
[G1 Android Development] no6969el:
The HTC base 1.6 image.. (the first you would flash, it asks you to reboot then flashes the radio as well.)

then after that you would flash what cyan updated.

About your nandroid question.. Yes
[G1 Android Development] no6969el:
Well if that was the only difference.. yes.. but its not..

IF you start with flashing 1.6 before the cm update.. im going to ask how come you didnt wipe....

if you say you have wiped then this is why!

I dont want to have to wipe, and by having this merged it prevents the need to wipe when you flash as much as you would have to right now. It seems after every 1st or 2nd update my phone will slow down dramatically.. this is tested on two phones.
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
Yes I did, but this was the very first time I wiped since Google and Cyanogen went separate ways. And was due to my sd card being ejected while I was using the phone. If that hadn't happened, I'm sure I'd still just keep flashing CM updates and nothing else. (I have not skipped a single version of CM since I switched from JF ROMs, with the exception of those versions Cyanogen has replaced within minutes of discovering he's made a mistake.)

Even if CM included Google code, I'm confident wiping had been the solution anyway.

That's your experience. My, is that the phone just keeps getting faster and faster with every CM update (with the occational incompatibility with installed apps) until I do something stupid (like having my SD card hot ejected).

Right at the start of CM releases without Google code, I think someone did just what you're looking for - made a "side distribution" of CM + HTC Base rolled into one - but that was a long time ago.

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] Charrion:
Thanks for the tip, I was wondering why I wasn't getting any geolocation data from my carrier when they claimed to be sending it. Turns out their default APN entry has "default" as the type.
[G1 Android Development] no6969el:
Yes I noticed that which made it become a variable when I was troubleshooting. Now i wont spend any time here telling you that you have NOT been experiencing faster and faster results with each upgrade. You instead fall into a category of people that everything is great for. But there are alot of G1 phones that have been made from alot of different times, possible different quality components (meaning how like some gpus have better dies than other due to random manufacturing variables) so that makes alot of our experiences categorized in different levels of issues/difficulty.

Anyway what I was stating was simply for everyone having similar issues.. for those whose G1 usage is not all peaches and cream all the time, merging those two files together and consistently flashing FULL roms might/will/may/can/prolly make your life a bit easier/ less stress / faster phone!!

Also on a forum that is mainly for improving software and developing.. it just makes sense that the common response of I am NOT having so and so issue is WAY less productive then someone who posts to agree they have the same issue. Cause no matter what i still have my issue, and by replying that you DONT have an issue clearly makes my claim less significant. No one needs to try and defend Cyanogen's roms since its not in need of defense, im obviously still on the rom and plan to stay with him.... soo its really just about fixing my current issues. Which right now are NONE since I have reflashed EVERYTHING and are just looking for a better solution for the people who DO have issues after flashing a few updates...
[G1 Android Development] SugarMouth:
Ive got a MT3G. I had zero problems with the root and zero problems logging in and setting all apps up. It was the performance after that which suffered.
[G1 Android Development] raydekok:
where can i find the genial app work email? it's gone. this app worked great for exchange.
[G1 Android Development] halr9000:
Just my $0.02, Nitrodesk Touchdown kicks "work email"'s ass.
[G1 Android Development] smurf:
not sure but i think its not cyanogen mod related. Its an android bug?! Have had this with stock, cyanogen and dwang...
[G1 Android Development] prettyboy85712:
The thread was eventually closed by the Mod's due to the license issue. The chance anything similar happening again will likely have the same result. LINK
[G1 Android Development] rmagruder:
Google just added it's location based search to google.com on android browsers, but with the latest Cyanogen Mod and its Eclair browser, I get "Location Unavailable" even though Google Maps is working fine with my location and the browser has location enabled.

Is anyone else seeing this in the latest Cyanogen build? Is this a browser problem? OS problem? Or Google Problem?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10430000-36.html?tag=nl.e703
[G1 Android Development] idbl_fanatic:
It's working for me.
[G1 Android Development] rmagruder:
Dang...wonder what's going on. I don't even know how to begin to troubleshoot it, if maps knows where i am...why doesn't the browser :(
[G1 Android Development] pityr:
+1 worth every penny.

The stock app doesn't even support any of the security policies

pityr is an enterprise exchange admin...
[G1 Android Development] tman7510:
I'm having the same problem but mine is random. Sometimes I can download and install an app from the market fine and other times it just hangs in the middle of the download other times it downloads real slow and then never installs. Has anyone found a solution to this?

I have wiped and reinstall but it still doesnt work right...using cm-4.2.12.2 with buff theme...It isn't the theme because it did the same thing with other themes.
[G1 Android Development] :
Anyhow to remove the dash automatically inserted into phone numbers in Dialer...?
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
That should be set by your choice of locale.
[G1 Android Development] mrhaydel:
Camera and camcorder force close

I just upgraded, but now I get FCs any time I open the Camera or Camcorder.

I've run fix_permissions, as well as clearing the data and cache of both apps.

Any ideas of what might fix this?
[G1 Android Development] el_smurfo:
Very odd, as the last two CM (2.11, 2.12) actually seem to have fixed the sporadic MT3G camera rebooting issues I had on previous versions. Perhaps try another camera app such as SnapPhoto?
[G1 Android Development] no6969el:
Wipe and flash the rom again..

If that doesnt work, wipe and flash base rom and then cyan update.
[G1 Android Development] RAQemUP:
That is a theming problem I believe. I believe some peeps comfirmed that using Metamorph to theme the Vending.apk (ie Market) will cause those problems. I had this problem with the same theme myself and what worked for me was going into the application manager and uninstalling the Market update (v 1660) there.

ATM I am currently running themeless however. I did a fresh wipe and install and haven't bothered to reinstall Buuf theme yet.
[G1 Android Development] mrhaydel:
Flash just the Cyanogen rom for the 1st time?
[G1 Android Development] mrhaydel:
I just tried both things: first just wiping and flashing the Cyan Rom again, and that didn't fix it.

Then, I wiped, installed the 1.6 base rom, and then Cyan Rom on top of that, and I still get Force Closes for both the camera and camcorder.
[G1 Android Development] prettyboy85712:
Reformat your ext. partition.
[G1 Android Development] sombionix:
Hey Guys, quick questions. I'm fairly new to this, I've been running Cyan's Mods for a couple months now. I've been noticing different phone setting regarding partitions. I have a Mytouch, my question is, is it necessary to partition with a swap? Or can I partition with an ext2 and set the remaining space to fat32? Will having a swap speed up my phone using cyan's mods?
[G1 Android Development] psguardian:
The topic of Swap is a long & passionate debate. CM is designed not to need swap (but will use it if YOU set up the SD & user.init for swap) therefore ext2 (which should be upgraded to ext3, & if you have a class 4 or 6 SD goto ext4) & the rest fat32 is fine. Many people SWEAR it is better, but do acknowledge that it will shorten the life of your SD (due to the continuous rewrites that are the nature of swap space). If you wish to try it out there are threads dedicated to setting up swap & even apps that will do it for you. I personally run without.

~psguardian
[G1 Android Development] Infinite76:
Have you wiped your cache and all the partitions?
[G1 Android Development] bkmo:
On a MT3G I myself use only a fat32 partition. I see no benefit for apps2sd on a device that has plenty of internal storage for apps. Real life testings seems to support the fact that the phone accesses the internal memory faster than the sdcard.
[G1 Android Development] brownbomba:
I can confirm that I have had this problem for the last two updates. My maps fine me ok but the browser can not find me.
[G1 Android Development] formula91:
Unless you have like 200 apps, (and you use all 200 so you can't delete any) there's no need for Apps2SD. Apps2SD, even with EXT4 and Class 6 microSD, will not be faster than internal memory.

Enabling Compcache in Spare Parts with a swap partition will allow you to use swap partitions on SD cards as virtual RAM.

According to the sapphire hacking wiki, the improvements are dubious at best. 32B magics are 96MB lower in RAM compared to the 32A variant. I personally put in an even 100MB swapspace and called it that. I haven't had it for that long, but I haven't had much problems either. As for the performance, I cannot say because I did not do any benchmarks before. Though I could tell you caffienemark or setcpu benchmarks now.

Though not strictly scientific, I could just turn off compcache, reboot, benchmark, turn on compcache, reboot benchmark. The reason it's not strictly scientific is because compcache also uses the existing ram itself as a swapspace.
[G1 Android Development] daedae19ave:
im having an issue with the htc_ime when i got to use it .. i get a fc everytime !! i never had this issue untill 4.2.10 is there another way to install the htc_ime
[G1 Android Development] Chosen_on184:
just uninstall it then re install it .. you can find a link to it on the first page of thread
[G1 Android Development] no6969el:
damn, sry to hear. do you have apps to sd? IF you do have you tried repair ext filesystem/fix permissions in the recovery menu?
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
Get a log of the crash ( http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Logcat ) and put it on pastebin or post it here.

Without knowing what's causing the crash, any attempt at fixing is just guessing.
[G1 Android Development] tnpapadakos:
no takers?

is this because:

1. its a stupid question

2. i'm posting in the wrong thread

or

3. you guys are stumped
[G1 Android Development] sombionix:
@psguardian. Thanks for you help! Much appreciated.
[G1 Android Development] samsci:
Not a stupid question and I have no idea :) Did it work fine before this latest release?
[G1 Android Development] Janis:
Another Magic reboot

This is just the errors & warnings (filtered with ddms). It happened when I tired to push menu to get out of the lockscreen (yes, it's Stericsons.)

01-08 23:43:19.722: WARN/SurfaceFlinger(6903): couldn't grant gpu core to pid 6903
01-08 23:43:19.722: ERROR/libEGL(6903): h/w accelerated eglGetDisplay() failed (EGL_SUCCESS)
01-08 23:43:19.742: WARN/HAL(6903): load: module=/system/lib/hw/copybit.trout.so error=Cannot load library: load_library[1052]: Library '/system/lib/hw/copybit.trout.so' not found
01-08 23:43:19.742: WARN/HAL(6903): load: module=/system/lib/hw/copybit.trout.so error=Cannot load library: load_library[1052]: Library '/system/lib/hw/copybit.trout.so' not found
01-08 23:43:19.762: WARN/HAL(6903): load: module=/system/lib/hw/copybit.trout.so error=Cannot load library: load_library[1052]: Library '/system/lib/hw/copybit.trout.so' not found
01-08 23:43:19.762: WARN/HAL(6903): load: module=/system/lib/hw/copybit.trout.so error=Cannot load library: load_library[1052]: Library '/system/lib/hw/copybit.trout.so' not found
01-08 23:43:19.762: WARN/HAL(6903): load: module=/system/lib/hw/overlay.trout.so error=Cannot load library: load_library[1052]: Library '/system/lib/hw/overlay.trout.so' not found
01-08 23:43:19.762: WARN/HAL(6903): load: module=/system/lib/hw/overlay.trout.so error=Cannot load library: load_library[1052]: Library '/system/lib/hw/overlay.trout.so' not found
01-08 23:43:19.772: WARN/HAL(6903): load: module=/system/lib/hw/overlay.msm7k.so error=Cannot load library: load_library[1052]: Library '/system/lib/hw/overlay.msm7k.so' not found
01-08 23:43:19.772: WARN/HAL(6903): load: module=/system/lib/hw/overlay.default.so error=Cannot load library: load_library[1052]: Library '/system/lib/hw/overlay.default.so' not found
01-08 23:43:20.092: ERROR/MemoryHeapBase(6903): error opening /dev/pmem_gpu1: No such file or directory
01-08 23:43:20.142: ERROR/MemoryHeapBase(6903): error opening /dev/pmem_gpu1: No such file or directory
01-08 23:43:20.222: ERROR/MemoryHeapBase(6903): error opening /dev/pmem_gpu1: No such file or directory
01-08 23:43:20.262: WARN/SurfaceFlinger(6903): couldn't grant gpu core to pid 6912

I have no idea if this is useful to anyone. If it's not, and it's annoying, just holler.
[G1 Android Development] :
Thanks! That does it... I'm not in the US but happens to use English. Do you know which one is most similar to the US without the dash in phone numbers? I've configured as of currently English (Singapore) and it seems to work.

And besides the dash position, what things are changed by changing the locale...?
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
Language displayed is the most obvious, but date/time formatting (including the first day of the week), the phone numbers, probably some other stuff I haven't gotten into. AFAIK the three North American English locales include the dashes, the rest shouldn't.
[G1 Android Development] mrnv45:
just updated to 4.2.12.2 i cant sync to google...

i try to open the data sync in setting it just closes immedatly or it dosent even open nothin..

HELP!!!

i wiped.. and i re installed the 1.6 recovery =(

starting to get frustrated with last 2 updates!! ive been stuck on 4.2.9.1 for a while now!
[G1 Android Development] tman7510:
I haven't tried to theme the market. I have just applied the theme like anyother theme. I guess I will try to wipe and reinstall using the defanged img
[G1 Android Development] ronsix:
alarm clock bug...

i just noticed something about the alarm clock, when the alarm is triggered, the screen doesnt turn on, and u always need to unlock it even if the "alarm requires unlock" is uncheck. :)
[G1 Android Development] caseyf75:
PLEASE HELP! I have posted this issue several times over the past few months, still cannot resolve it. I have a T-MO MT3G and the highest ver I can get to work is 4.2.3.1. Any higher version I try installing just hangs at the green MyTouch splash screen on boot. This happens regardless of whether I do a complete wipe and install, use CM Updater, or manually install the .zip over the existing. I just tried again tonight with a complete wipe and fresh install of 4.2.12.2 and got the same thing. Frustrated beyond belief...please any help?!?!

---------------

T-MO MT3G

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)

CPLD-10

RADIO-2.22.19.26I

May 27 2009
[G1 Android Development] jedinger:
I second that. It's pretty annoying actually. My phone is my only alarm clock.
[G1 Android Development] xtenpeben:
Some people say that clearing the cache before flashing helps with this problem.

edit: the system cache i meant, not the apps cache.
[G1 Android Development] caseyf75:
I'll give it a try, but can someone tell me how to clear the system cache? And do you mean before I do a clean install, or before I apply the rom .zip?
[G1 Android Development] xtenpeben:
i'm not quite sure if its before a clean install or what, check out cyan's website and check the comments.I think someone said something similar to this problem. if u can't find it there, try the IRC, might be a little helpful than me.
[G1 Android Development] BrutalHoe:
wtf is with text despairing while typing on the damn browser i had to wipe my phone cuz it wouldn't get of the caps before that
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
Psst. See your own signature for advice.

http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=913
[G1 Android Development] oreoOozZz:
Oh Shiyettt.
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
to be fair to dumbestcrayon, it is a 'closed' issue because I merged a lot of the background-app-dying issues into one ( http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=989 )

But like the advice in my signature says, you should search ALL issues, not just open ones.
[G1 Android Development] BLKro:
Hello and thank you for your work. I have a problem with a 32A Magic. I installed Cyanogenmod then bcrook's kernel from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=592377

All is well but I have very weak wireless network reception, just like with RAv1.6.3 - DONUT that I installed yesterday. Can't find any info on this, I would be grateful if someone could give me a hint at least.

Thanks in advance!
[G1 Android Development] htcjordi:
Hi, I've just flashed CyanogenMod. It's a great work! I've been looking for ideas or requests and I haven't find anything. So I'll post here , for those who have the broken accelerometer It would be great to have a widget or a hotkey to manually rotate the screen.

Greetings,

Jordi
[G1 Android Development] Nickedynick:
Hi all, quick question...

I've just bought a new SD card, and use apps2sd on CM 4.2.12.2. Just wondering what the best way is to transfer my apps, etc. to the new SD card?

I tried copying the files over from both partitions to the new card, but it doesn't want to work with protected apps like Maps - they're not appearing as installed when I reboot.

Is there a better way, or do I need to wipe and reinstall the base image?
[G1 Android Development] aryndar:
1. Amon-ra recovery

2. Nandroid w/ext backup

Copy ALL files to a PC

3. Install new sdcard, partion it as you like via amon-ra

4. Copy your files to new sdcard

5. Restore backup via amon-ra (nandroid/ext

Reboot

Apps should be in the new ext partion on your new card
[G1 Android Development] randomness55:
someone earlier in the thread recommended BARTs backup in RA-recovery...does it matter which one you use (BARTs or Nandroid)? Just wondering because I'm also about to switch my SD card
[G1 Android Development] skrki:
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=967
[G1 Android Development] jweezy92:
word is cyanogen isnt making roms for the g1 anymor he had enough and hes goin strate to the N1 -_-, sad but oh well i quess it was fun while it lasted
[G1 Android Development] skrki:
Yes it does matter. Bart can backup nandroid, ext, and dalvik-cache, and any combination of these. Nandroid creates a plain old nandroid (system, kernel, recovery, cache and user settings). Read more in BART thread, for instructions on how to use it and how to combine the things you need backed up.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4569600
[G1 Android Development] MilanoChris:
I think I have broken my phone.

Copied from another thread:

This is not working for me. I am trying to downgrade to 1.5 from 1.6. It's a Vodafone UK handset.

Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAPP100000)

Radio-2.22.19.26I

Doing the following:

# Copy the sapphire.img & place it on your SD card, then close everything & disconnect USB.

# Turn off phone.

# Boot into 'Fast Boot' like this: Press-&-Hold END/Power AND Pres-&-Hold Volume Down until the Fast Boot screen appears.

# Press the trackball (action button) and wait for it to flash the sapphire.img

# Once fully complete reboot phone & proceed to INSTALL section.

It starts the update process after pressing the action button, then after about 2 minutes it displays:

Model ID Incorrect!

Update Fail!

Do you want to reboot device.

I've tried a few times.

Any help appreciated.

Did not work so I used SDK, following the guide on the CM Wiki. http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_MT3G/Magic_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod

I followed the Non-TMobile 32B Magics section and then the Flash Android 1.6 & CyanogenMod 4.2.x/4.1.99+

After I reboot my phone, all I see is a vodafone screen, nothing happens. I can get into fastboot, but not recovery. SDK can still see the phone.

Any pointers would be great, thanks.
[G1 Android Development] daveid:
Who's word? Because Cyanogen's word on the 7th was that he still has some things in store for the G1. He still owns a G1, and an ION, and his wife has a MT3G, so why would he stop developing for those devices?
[G1 Android Development] Chosen_on184:
you might be mis informed .. he said he would continue development for the g1 etc ... however i think there will be longer delays in between updates since he will be balancing between nexus updates and ours
[G1 Android Development] jweezy92:
i seen it on leakdroid but maybe im wrong
[G1 Android Development] randomness55:
alright, thanks for the link
[G1 Android Development] tnpapadakos:
never worked full screen on the mt3g

very odd

if i could only change the "default" video player, i think that would solve my problem

but i think that would take modding the browser apk

right?