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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tep065:
Yah, I got that too, annoying, I would close the keyboard, hit the power button to lock and turn off the screen, unlock and use the soft keyboard, then do it again, and try the hard keyboard...it would occasionaly clear up that issude, if not, id reboot and would be fine...but it seemed to be a precursor to my screen going bad and getting a dead area which allowed me to replace the whole phone with t-mo(was still under warranty)..just got the replacement yesterday. Never figured out a cause though..also my R button started screwing up too..would double click or register nothing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] billyskip:
Random Shut Downs

For the last month (10 nighties or so) I will find that my phone is off.

Battery levels will be varied. These shut offs are accompanied with randoms reboots as well. I noticed this started about the same time as the kernel change. Could this be a hardware issue?? Are any of you experiencing the same thing??

Frustrating as Hell.

Thanks for the input
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
Same here.. But I rarely get random

reboots tho
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
The only issue I'm having is the one where the phone powers back on after trying to power off unless connected to charger. I know its been meantioned but has anyone had any luck with a fix? Search didn't pull up anything but the old recovery issue (the one where it would the phone would boot into recovery after powering off connected to the charger)....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] petard:
No need for all that to fix the search button opening applications bug. Just press the search button on the keyboard, this stops the app launching. There is a bug in this feature. The feature is supposed to work like this: press and hold the search button, then press another key. That will launch the assigned app. It seems that sometimes Android thinks the search button is pressed, so it starts launching apps. If you tap the search button on the keyboard, it realizes it is no longer pressed.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Weird I have not had that issue since way back on an older version of clockwork recovery. Are you running the latest version 5.0.2.0? I can power off my phone connected to the charger or not. I am on the regular g2 hboot if that means anything.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
Nah, I'm on the old recovery still. I wish it were that simple ;) I haven't flashed any new hboot version since root (about a year ago). I may try the old superwipe. Its probably that time again:( Bleh... thanks for the suggestions though.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ptesmoke:
im now experiencing this again too. last time it happened, i had to full drain the battery, then once it powered off and stayed off i had to charge it until 100%, once i turned it back on it would power off properly. i just havent had time yet this week to fully drain and recharge, as i use gentle alarm to wake myself in the morning i need to leave it on all night charging so, will have to wait til the weekend lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
I just manually copied all my apps (some of them are off market and its just handy to have them in .apk) to my SD card and then nandroid backup. I am going to reflash recovery (for sh*ts and giggles) then superwipe and reflash. I haven't wiped in forever and I hope its just that. Its been going on forever and can't remember when it started. That's the only issue so a wipe hasn't been needed anyways plus I've been on Nightlies forever and cache/dalvik cache wipes plus permissions fix is all that is needed usually. I'll post back on what fixes it, if anything ;)

UPDATE

Okay, reflashing recovery doesn't help. I even tried flashing and alternate and back to 3.0.2.4 but same deal... Time to wipe:mad:

Well... well... well... Superwipe and flashing CM7 (this was BEFORE a restore or anything. just a fresh flash of cm7 nightlies #185) did nothing. same issue. Oh well, wasn't too important. I mainly on power off to charge the phone faster so the issue is minor. anyone with any suggestions is welcome to comment. I did recently drain the battery all the way and charged 100% and wipe batterystats so I doubt that will help this issue. like i said... pretty minor deal so no biggie ;) just mainly a curiosity...

Okay, went back and found some decent search results this time.... looks like you had this issue before and draining the battery helped you. I'll give that a try and wipe stats via recovery instead of manually deleting it.

Weird though it happens with my backup battery and it's dead. I'll try and determine if its just batterystats.bin or the battery itself via logcat on adb. Well, that might be hard while its connected via usb since it won't hiccup while connected to any kind of charger, lol! I read that they were giving you a hard time because you didn't have a log of it and I was thinking they were nuts because it can't be reproduced and get a log at the same time. Lol!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidtoy09:
I’m going crazy. I need my fix!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] autom8r:
Me too... started looking at other roms for a temp. fix... even considered the MIUI train...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] onelikeseabass:
FTA: "The attack was undetected for at least 16 days and has sent members of the Linux kernel community scrambling to check for compromises."

So it went unnoticed for over two weeks. Egads... thank goodness for SHA-1 hashes!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kusuriurikun:
OK, I have a rather odd bug I've found with GPS that needs reporting to the CyanogenMod team...

Basically (to make a very long story short) I've discovered that the GPS driver for Cyanogenmod will only read/send a partial NMEA string (basically this is a string that a GPS satellite sends to a GPS receiver telling it where the heck it is)--it apparently DOES read it but fails to send the full string along to other programs.

The issue is really only detectable with some stand-alone GPS programs (CoPilot Live which is sometimes slow to get a fix with CyanogenMod versus stock; Aspara (a freeware GPS troubleshooting suite that has the capability of showing NMEA strings live) and Turbo GPS show the NMEA issues (Turbo GPS gets blank messages; in Aspara it becomes obvious we're getting time and sat location fixes but not a full NMEA string).

NMEA string as received by CyanogenMod driver (based on NMEA string received in Aspara): 2011-09-08 12:34:12, 238, (next NMEA string)

NMEA string as received by stock rom (stock T-Mobile rom rooted and de-odexed): 2011-09-08 12:34:12, 238, $GPGSV, 4, 1, 13, 03, 21, 047, 17, 07, 82, 331, 22, 08, 51, 319, 19, 11, 38, 140, 18*7F

(As you can see, a SIGNIFICANT part of the header is getting bobbited)

This is causing issues with some GPS programs either having wildly varying GPS locks (swings of 40 meters or more) or in some cases not working at all (I did find this with AAA Triptik); it can also cause NMEA-dependent GPS apps to lock up the GPS trying to get a full fix necessitating reboot.

There are a number of programs this doesn't cause issues with (Google Navigation doesn't have too much of an issue, Google Maps also tends to work OK, probably the Google suite can still manage despite this bug) and *most* GPS apps are functional if slow to get a good fix; wanted to pass this along so we can get it working with everything :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nemiroG1:
SO glad someone figured this out! I have been continually frustrated that CoPilot will not get a fix (despite seeing satellites), while Google Maps will pick it up instantly. I have been blaming the CoPilot folks for this little issue. Thanks for doing the research!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
May be it was meant to so it would provide a quicker lock on google maps. Just a guess... still though, its very strange.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ptesmoke:
yea i had reflashed everything with no help. after fully draining its key to charge it while off for 4ish hours...only thing that fixed it for me
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
I just charged it all the way (overnight) and wiped stats via recovery and manually right after it first booted (just to be safe). I'll let it drain to 0%. I have been doing that usually but will try again. Its not too big of an issue because the only time I power off is to get a faster charge. When the phone is hot or on for a few days straight I usually pull the battery out and let the battery and circuits cool down for 10 minutes. when she needs a refresh, I just reboot... so rarely do I need to power down without charging. the only time it does suck is when the battery dies... she'll reboot lol and die in a second or two after the boot is complete. other than that, its no problem.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lawalty:
(shaky hands) okay... I have figured (shaky hands) a fix for my crack flashing habit. I (shaky hands) pretend that I just (shaky hands) downloaded a new nightly, and I go (shaky hands) into recovery mode clean cash, and wipe (shaky hands) dalvik cash. I reboot and say "wow a new nightly!" I know (shaky hands) its a lie, but it holds back my (shaky hands) crack flashing habit withdrawals..

(shaky hands)

Come on nightlies! (shaky hands)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
May be this is good time to a wipe all. It will help give you a fresh start and keeps the withdraws down:p There is a nice rom with some custom stuff and some bloat removed based on Nightlies you could try. Runs good.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ptesmoke:
yea mines on all the time too hehe, except its a pain for me because some days i have to work in a sensitive area where cell phones/radios/car starters must be off or 2kms away lol
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Buddatearz:
Steve jobs did it, him and bill gates
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Buddatearz:
Heavy user, no random reboots. What are you clocked @? Thats the only time I get a reebot when i clock too high for too long. I have noticed my ohone getting hot while charging and using lately though. Could be related
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kusuriurikun:
It looks to me like Google Maps, and possibly the other Google GPS-related apps, may actually have a different method of pulling the data (long story short: there are apparently no less than two separate ways of getting GPS data from the chip in Android, one effectively "native", the other using NMEA strings; CoPilot definitely does the latter, Google Navigation the former).

At any rate, went ahead and reported this here and on the CyanogenMod G2/Desire Z forum.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nospin:
When the next release candidate comes out, post this in the issue tracker. Great job!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yogi2010:
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before or not, but is there an issue in CM7 with attaching apk's to a message in the Gmail app? or perhaps is it a Gmail app thing? when I try to send an apk with the Gmail app, the message shows up with no attachment, but it works fine using my Gmail account in K9 Mail. does anyone else experience this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] C.Flat:
I just tried it and it worked fine for me. It even had a little "Install" button for the apk
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yogi2010:
that's really odd, are you doing it on a G2 on CM7? because I just tried it again and no attachment.... I even sent one to myself, and I saw the attachment on the message when it was 'sending', and then as soon as it 'arrived', the attachment disappeared! and also other people are reporting no attachment when I use the Gmail app. and this has been the case for months now. not really a big deal, since I can use K9, but it's strange...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] C.Flat:
I used my phone with CM and it worked fine. How big is the apk you are trying to email?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
Gmails attachment size limit is 25MB but it won't send that size if the other mail servers limit is lower. I've personally sent 15MB at the largest but anything larger is painfully slow even on wifi. If you have anything larger than 10... I recommend sending a link and uploading it elsewhere.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yogi2010:
thanks for the responses, guys. it happens even with say, a 2 MB apk! photos will send normally however, and apks will go thru with K9. can't figure it out, lol, but it's more of a curiosity than a big problem.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
That's weird... I had no idea we could even send apks (I thought it would be considered an exe type and not allowed. Virus threats, I guess.) but I did just send one. Have you cleared cache and all the usual?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yogi2010:
hehe yeah, I send 'em all the time to friends and stuff. and yes, I have done all the wipes over the past couple months, and even just wiped cache and dalvik, but still same result. it's just really strange to send one to myself, and to see the attachment there and to see it disappear once the message come in. what file program are you using to choose the apk?... maybe that's it... I'm using Root Explorer.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
Nah... that's what I used. Hmmm... have you check to clear out drafts or any remaining in outbox? Or clear defaults, cache, and data on gmail? What about manually deleting gmail from system and repushing it, unistall updates, or maybe k9 is the cause? Those are my only ideas really...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yogi2010:
well, I actually went probably 2 months or longer without even having the Gmail app on my phone, and I even uninstalled it and reinstalled it last night. and I just tried uninstalling K9, but still same result. I'm stumped for now as well, lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
Curious, indeed... I'm out of ideas. Maybe the others have some? Let's hope...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wujxin:
I have this problem for months : when enable the mobile data ,it didn't work and there is no "E" icon ,only reboot with mobile data enabled or turn on and then off air mode could fix.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] EdKeys:
I tried sending myself an apk and it appeared to send fine but it didn't show up in my inbox. I renamed the app.apk to app.txt and sent it and this time the app.txt showed up and I was able to download it. I renamed it back to an apk file and it installed fine so that would be a workaround. Just rename the file to a .txt file before you send it and tell your recipient to rename it back to an apk after he receives it. It looks like Google is blocking the reception of apk files..at least with the Android gmail app.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nospin:
When sending an apk what is your process? Sometimes they fail to attach for me if I keep them in their native folder, and the only way to attach them is to copy the apk to the root of the sd card, then it attaches just fine.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lawalty:
a few months ago, i had this 'great' idea of emailing myself all my most coveted .apks that i use on a daily basis, to my gmail account, and keep them safe.

Eventually, gmail prevented me from emailing any .apks anymore. It started just fine, then after awhile it stopped. I got me very frustrated! Gmail was treating .apks as .exe files. It would say it would go through, but the attached .spk file would disappear! WTF!!! No matter how many times I would try, it would disappear!

I figured out a solution that works for me.

I simple change the .apk to .app. It then emails just fine as an attachment. Once I receive it, I use "Download All Files" (free from the market) and before I download it, I simple change it back to .apk.

I hope this works for you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yogi2010:
thanks everyone for the responses regarding sending apks, I definitely appreciate the workaround. I will have to train my recipients, lol. I was wondering about Google maybe blocking us from sharing apps and stuff. it does mostly work fine thru K9, although come to think of it, my GF has been saying that even when I use K9, the attachment will show up, but the 'install' button will not be there, but only 'preview'...(I assume she is opening the message using Gmail app). curious indeed... thanks for the input, I thought I was the only one!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yogi2010:
dang, I tried this, but still no attachment :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lawalty:
DITTO!

I really appreciate everything the Cyanogen team has done! They have my backing!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lawalty:
I remember not that long ago, that deviant individuals (hackers) pretty much left Linux alone because of the 'open-source'ness off it. Linux is based on thousands of members participating in something that's from the people, made for the people. That is why CM7 uses ADW Launcher because of it being open-source.

It's a damn shame that childish individuals mess with things that don't need to be messed with! :mad:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
Cyanogen wasn't hacked, kernel.org was hacked. There won't be any new nightlies until the kernel.org team can verify that none of the repositories were compromised as the android kernel resides in their repositories.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] martonikaj:
Just put them on dropbox...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ptesmoke:
+1 dropbox is amazing. im surprised most ppl dont use it!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lawalty:
Aarrgh! Going through flashing withdrawals! I need to flash something! Re-flashing the same nightly every morning kinda kept the symptoms aside, but now its not doing a damn thing! I can't help myself! Aarrgh!

Anyone have any alternatives from CM? How are other crack flashers handling this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
Try this: http://kan.gd/yrc It's a CM7 kang, the only difference is the boot animation. He doesn't take credit for the ROM, he just builds it to share. And follow @gearheadcustoms on twitter.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BootloopedMillennials:
Is it safe to download and install the Nightly's still up on the Cyanogenmod website? Dont want to risk getting a vulnerability due to the hacking.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
They pulled the only nightly that could have been an compromised and haven't compiled any since so, the latest nightly available is fine (been running it myself since it came out).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wilnotdie:
Lol people keep saying this, but if I'm not mistaken, it was hacked for about 2 weeks before anyone noticed. In theory, aren't all of thoes nightlies candidates too? If what kernal.org said was true, then no they should be fine, and 187 should be fine too. I'm sure the dev team is still making nightlies, just using alternative or existing files. Its probably just a hassle to update the build server to do the same. Its probably just turned off, because the builds will fail if they can't pull from kernal.org, since they're still down.

I don't know, perhaps I'm wrong :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Critical Jeff:
Anyone else getting hard locks on the latest nightly? It's really starting to get on my nerves.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gravis86:
I'd say you're probably right on. There was no official word on whether that last nightly was pulled due to compromised code. It was something I suggested (because it made sense) and everyone seems to have taken it as fact. Funny how things like that work :rolleyes:

It is true though that if there is compromised code, chances are it goes back a couple weeks, not just that last day.

Your whole post sums up my thoughts exactly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] billyskip:
Aarrgh! Going through flashing withdrawals! I need to flash something! Re-flashing the same nightly every morning kinda kept the symptoms aside, but now its not doing a damn thing! I can't help myself! Aarrgh!

Anyone have any alternatives from CM? How are other crack flashers handling this?

Mexdroid is great.. super fast. just disable the dumb swirling animation..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Fallen Spartan:
Don't forget folks, there are plenty of other roms which you can flash to cure your itch while nightlies are down.

Out of curiosity which roms are most of you's trying or recommending..... bar kangs

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You can lead a fool to wisdom but you can't make him think! XDA, mobile wisdom, not a n00b feeding ground!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] martonikaj:
I just flashed Bulletproof MIUI 1.9.9, its pretty darn cool so far. VERY different. My first time using a MIUI ROM.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
I flashed this yesterday mainly to see if my battery grain is ROM related or something else. I've played with MIUI before, but only the official MIUI US. Bulletproof is very smooth. My wife says I'm a traitor for flashing an iPhone like ROM, but since it's actually based on CM and is way more customizeable than Sense, I don't feel that way at all. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BootloopedMillennials:
Also flashed this rom. The unknown number in about this phone is the only thing that really bugs me. Seems like a issue that is not important in that thread. I also switched from the MIUI launcher to the stock gingerbread launcher, I need my app drawer.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tun4f1sh:
Feeling all the Bulletproof love in here ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tun4f1sh:
The "unknown number" problem is almost always a SIM card issue. Different ROMs handle the issue in different ways. I'd recommend you call your carrier and ask them to send an OTA SIM card update to your device. If that doesn't get you anywhere, swap your SIM card.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SteveRiley:
No need to replace the launcher. You can create a folder and put all your apps in there, which closely approximates non-MIUI launcher behavior. You can even create multiple folders and organize your apps in whatever fashion makes sense for you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SteveRiley:
What do get with an OTA SIM card update? I've not heard of that. Will your typical T-Mo service rep understand what that means?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] C.Flat:
I have been getting pretty poor battery life, I have an extended battery on the way but I have uninstalled maps for the time being because it runs NON STOP. Hopefully it helps my battery life somewhat
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] c00ller:
Were you using Latitude? I know that has been known to cause wakelocks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kusuriurikun:
Actually, in a week's worth of testing I've found this bug goes all the way back to at least the LAST release candidate, so I've gone ahead and posted this in the issue tracker with gory details.

(Also in testing other ROMs, this pretty much affects ANYTHING using the Google base code--not just CyanogenMod and its variants, but MIUI as well. The only non-stock third-party ROMs I've seen yet that behave well in this regard are Virtuous G-Lite; still using the T-Mobile engineering H-Boot, so haven't gone with Virtuous Unity to see if it's behaving.)

EDIT: My problem is now merged with the mothership thread on NMEA issues--seems this problem has affected every Gingerbread build of CyanogenMod. (EXPLETIVE DELETED), but I wish HTC would share their fixes to the driver code with the class :P

Those having GPS issues--PLEASE star that thread so it gets bumped up in priority.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] C.Flat:
No. not knowingly