Wifi issue in CM 7.0.2 - Nook Color General

I used Rom Manager to update to CM 7.0.2 today. I also included the gapp update. After reboot, all applications seem fine. Even my LCD density setting was as before (it's supposed to be reset at each reboot). However, my nook color cannot detect any wifi. All of them are out of range.
I rebooted several more times but that didn't help. So I just restored to old ROM. However, the problem remains. What's worse, none of my installed apps, except for the gapps, are runnable. My nook color is useless now.
I guess I will have to do everything from start again. But what was the problem? I wish I had never tried to update to 7.0.2. I was quite happy on CM7.

AndroidDeer said:
I used Rom Manager to update to CM 7.0.2 today. I also included the gapp update. After reboot, all applications seem fine. Even my LCD density setting was as before (it's supposed to be reset at each reboot). However, my nook color cannot detect any wifi. All of them are out of range.
I rebooted several more times but that didn't help. So I just restored to old ROM. However, the problem remains. What's worse, none of my installed apps, except for the gapps, are runnable. My nook color is useless now.
I guess I will have to do everything from start again. But what was the problem? I wish I had never tried to update to 7.0.2. I was quite happy on CM7.
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I have had CM7.0.2 installed for a few days now and have not had any issues with it. Did you wipe /system and /data before installing? It sounds like it could be a hardware issue if this is the case.
migrax

Dunno about the apps not running, but the wifi borking like that is a common problem.
You just have to "forget" your known wifi hotspots. I've heard people saying that forgetting just one will work. The one time it happened to me i just took them all out.

See sig...

My wifi works fine after installing 7.0.2 and the OC kernel, but the indicator in the notification bar no longer works. It shows zero bars no matter what. It's the same on two different brands of routers. No big deal though, just an aesthetic thing I guess.
I didn't wipe /system or /data, for whatever that's worth.
edit: forgetting the network and reconnecting fixed it.

I'm having the same issues...
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I also noticed the same on 7.0.2. Perhaps is it is just aesthetics but I was noticing other minor glitches (simi clock fails and battery gauge) so fell back to 7.0 and things are moving along swimmingly.

One thing to keep an eye out for is that CM7.0.0 and 7.0.2 apparently dont like AES encryption on wifi. I had a hell of a time getting my wifi to work on my new nook as of Wednesday (omg so much fun) but once I switched my router to TKIP it works great. Kind of annoying, but a simple fix.

2.6.32 is coming *soon* and it allows me to build a new wifi driver. This will hopefully fix the AES issue that some people have.

phiremod's 6.2 has solved this wifi issue.....not sure what build he is using

AndroidDeer said:
I used Rom Manager to update to CM 7.0.2 today. I also included the gapp update. After reboot, all applications seem fine. Even my LCD density setting was as before (it's supposed to be reset at each reboot). However, my nook color cannot detect any wifi. All of them are out of range.
I rebooted several more times but that didn't help. So I just restored to old ROM. However, the problem remains. What's worse, none of my installed apps, except for the gapps, are runnable. My nook color is useless now.
I guess I will have to do everything from start again. But what was the problem? I wish I had never tried to update to 7.0.2. I was quite happy on CM7.
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I was in the same pain, but backed down one version to the nightly 55 release and it's been beautiful. Clearly they're working on the new version, since there hasn't been a nightly in about a week. I'm fairly new to CM, and it wasn't hard. Download the ZIP, boot into recovery - flash the ZIP, wipe cache and came right up. Do your backups (nandroid and titanium) just in case, as always. ;-)

I had same problem. Then I did install official Nook Color Stock firmware. Wifi works perfectly... So CM 7.0.2 has software based problem...
By the way, I have never used OCed setting...

nemir said:
I had same problem. Then I did install official Nook Color Stock firmware. Wifi works perfectly... So CM 7.0.2 has software based problem...
By the way, I have never used OCed setting...
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I've never used the overclocked settings beyond what CM will offer.. the 925mhz. Considering going to the 1.1ghz since others are reporting that's stable.
But seriously - go to the 55 version of the nightly build. In my experience, the WiFi is FAR more stable than the official 7.0.2 release.
http://mirror.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore&type=nightly

Thanks, worked as a charm
ylixir said:
Dunno about the apps not running, but the wifi borking like that is a common problem.
You just have to "forget" your known wifi hotspots. I've heard people saying that forgetting just one will work. The one time it happened to me i just took them all out.
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had tried hard reset, multiples on/off of wi-fi
but forgetting one network did the trick

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[Q] Erratic Touchscreen Issues

No matter what I do and however many times I flash cm7, I seem to have erratic touchscreen behavior.
The nook is BRAND NEW (two days) and I flashed it with cm7 7.0.2 stable (after phiremod's 6.0 & 6.1) and flashed it about four times now.
I have tried it with the OC and without.
It's not the SD - it doesn't matter if it's in or not.
Not the wifi, since I didn't even set it up the third and fourth time - it was too erratic to even try.
Plugged in or not... still the same problem. Doesn't seem similar to the other forums topics about touchscreen issues WHILE charging.
Screen is near spotless... no smudges.
It is important to note, that it waits until I have done a few things to start going crazy. I restart it and it's fine, until I do some cpu intensive stuff - live wallpaper is the simplest activity that causes it.
Any ideas?
I have also tried NSR (screen re calibrator) to no avail.
Would love a quick fix rather than re-installing stock and returning it and convincing them to replace it. I am not sure if it does it with stock... didn't wait long enough to find out before flashing it.
have you tried a screen protector? my screen wasnt the best for precise touches but since i put a screen protector on and clean the screen regularly it has since changed my problems to almost non existant.
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Others may be able to help you more than I can with exactly when the CM7 may be doing this, but returning to stock to find out is actually not hard at all.
In the development thread there is a post that has the 1.2 stock zips (one keeps CW in place, the other returns it completely to stock). Which ever one you pick it's still just as easy to return to stock as to reflash CM7 again. This is especially true if you used a SD card with CW to flash (which is what I do), since when you want to go back to CM7 you won't have to worry about flashing CW to emmc again.
angelic.pariah said:
No matter what I do and however many times I flash cm7, I seem to have erratic touchscreen behavior.
The nook is BRAND NEW (two days) and I flashed it with cm7 7.0.2 stable (after phiremod's 6.0 & 6.1) and flashed it about four times now.
I have tried it with the OC and without.
It's not the SD - it doesn't matter if it's in or not.
Not the wifi, since I didn't even set it up the third and fourth time - it was too erratic to even try.
Plugged in or not... still the same problem. Doesn't seem similar to the other forums topics about touchscreen issues WHILE charging.
Screen is near spotless... no smudges.
It is important to note, that it waits until I have done a few things to start going crazy. I restart it and it's fine, until I do some cpu intensive stuff - live wallpaper is the simplest activity that causes it.
Any ideas?
I have also tried NSR (screen re calibrator) to no avail.
Would love a quick fix rather than re-installing stock and returning it and convincing them to replace it. I am not sure if it does it with stock... didn't wait long enough to find out before flashing it.
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Hate to say it but it sounds like it might turn out to be a hardware issue. This is not a CM7 issues that I've seen from anybody.
Can you describe the behavior in more detail?
dalingrin said:
Hate to say it but it sounds like it might turn out to be a hardware issue. This is not a CM7 issues that I've seen from anybody.
Can you describe the behavior in more detail?
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It seems to start selecting things on its own after I have been using it for a while. It's difficult to describe except that there isn't really a pattern... it selects something different and keeps at it. At one point I almost purchased an app from the market before I had to power down.
I will return it to 1.2 stock and report back. I was mainly wanting to know if these was a commonly reported issue or not. I guess it's not. Thanks for the help everyone!
angelic.pariah said:
It seems to start selecting things on its own after I have been using it for a while. It's difficult to describe except that there isn't really a pattern... it selects something different and keeps at it.
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So my NC started to do the same thing last night. I have been running CM7 (at 7.0.2 now, but nightlies before then with dal's OC kernal) for quite a while now with no problems. Only thing I did last night was to delete about 1GB of ebooks off of my NC and reload them through Calibre.
I left it alone last night after it started doing it and then this morning it started doing crazy touches again. I was in Aldiko and it was selecting books and turning pages at random. Rebooted and it seems to be fine for now. Little odd though considering it has been running perfect for a few months.
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So my NC started to do the same thing last night. I have been running CM7 (at 7.0.2 now, but nightlies before then with dal's OC kernal) for quite a while now with no problems. Only thing I did last night was to delete about 1GB of ebooks off of my NC and reload them through Calibre.
I left it alone last night after it started doing it and then this morning it started doing crazy touches again. I was in Aldiko and it was selecting books and turning pages at random. Rebooted and it seems to be fine for now. Little odd though considering it has been running perfect for a few months.
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So now I have installed nook stock 1.2 and NO PROBLEMS. I have run everything trying to get something to happen, and nothing.
Is it possible that I installed something the wrong way with cm7? Could I have used the wrong CWM version (3.0.0.6)?
Should I try cm7 7.0.2 or something else again?
I would try and return it, but I can't recreate the problem... if I could, I would be in their face right now.
Thanks for the help so far.
I think I solved it!
The newest nooks (in the last week or so) have 1.1.0 factory stock. Apparently there is a glitch that has been reported a lot recently about handling the touchscreen AND the SD card. These were fixed in the 1.2 upgrade. SO...
1. I flashed factory stock back on (in this case I went back to 1.0.1)
2. Then turned it off and "restored factory" settings using "Power+N" to turn it on. Repeated that a second time to get B&N's factory reset screen to come up.
3. Pressed N twice to accept restore prompts.
4. Upgraded to 1.2 (no glitches already by this point with touch or SD)
5. Booted CWM 3.0.0.6+
6. Formatted /system & /data
7. Flashed phiremod 6.1
8. OC'd to 1.1Ghz
...and DONE. No problems so far. I still see the "Read Forever" opening screen, but it still works wonders. WAY better than before.
I am still having issues with Wifi, but I can deal with that.
Now to attempt dalingrin's OC to 1.3!
Thanks guys... hope this helps others.
I think they call it "Touchscreen goshting". It started happening to me when I rooted the nook and the keyboard would go crazy. Now in CM7 7.0.2 with latest kernel, it happens more frequently. About 5 minutes in from boot, fast random touches occur. Most of the times this gets fixed by pressing the power button to turn the screen off (sleep), and on again. I guess it could be a hardware issue where some devices are affected. I haven't tried any recalibration apps to try to fix it yet, its kind of annoying when it happens in fast intervals.
I had weird touchscreen issues when using the interactive cpu governor. I later found only performance is supported. Using performance setting, everything works much better.
queseyo said:
I think they call it "Touchscreen goshting". It started happening to me when I rooted the nook and the keyboard would go crazy. Now in CM7 7.0.2 with latest kernel, it happens more frequently. About 5 minutes in from boot, fast random touches occur. Most of the times this gets fixed by pressing the power button to turn the screen off (sleep), and on again. I guess it could be a hardware issue where some devices are affected. I haven't tried any recalibration apps to try to fix it yet, its kind of annoying when it happens in fast intervals.
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I had the same issue. I exchanged it the other night and now my new one does not have the problem. It probably a hardware issue...i hope you are still under warranty!

ROM with good GPS?

Im currently using CM 7.0.3 and the GPS is pretty much useless. Does it work well in 7.1 or in any of the nightlys? Also I see that the nightlys stopped in the download page, just end of life for the N1?
I'm on CM7 nightly, my GPS is always good.
Do you use GPS Status and Toolbox? It's a good app that download GPS data
to help for faster lock.
+1. What BBF said ^. Using 7.1 myself.
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After reading your title i started to think about when was the last time i had a phone that got a GPS lock in under a minute with no extra apps. The last time i can remember is when i had a my Mytouch 3g about 2 years ago. I had great GPS locks on CM when i had that phone but since (G2, G2X, nexus one) have all has horrible locks unless i download the GPS toolbox and even then it isn't very fast.
Has there been something in the last two years that would cause cell phones to lock GPS signal at a slower pace?
may be your area, but almost always and now on Nightly 253--almost instant locks
Lythandra said:
Im currently using CM 7.0.3 and the GPS is pretty much useless. Does it work well in 7.1 or in any of the nightlys? Also I see that the nightlys stopped in the download page, just end of life for the N1?
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I haven't had any issues with my phone getting quick locks. And that is throughout my whole time with CM7 (and I never use GPS Status to refresh my agps data). When you upgrade to 7.1, I would highly recommend wiping the device completely including MANUALLY wiping the /system partition through recovery. Then install 7.1 and gapps.
You can back up apps and app data, but don't back up any system settings as restoring those could bring your gps problems back.
Oh, and the reason for no nightlies is the build machine for CM is having hardware problems (and there are no nightlies for any device, not just the N1). There is still life left with our N1
I'll probably upgrade the ROM this weekend. My GPS was great pre-CM 7.0.3 where I was using CM 6.xxx which is why I was asking.
Thanks for the answers.
I use CM 7 and it works well, it's really true that you can get a better signal with other mods?
Thanks
I downgraded to Enomther's last froyo mod a few weeks ago because I have no luck getting similar performance with any gingerbread mod. I've tried CM7,7.1,as well as a lot of the nightlies, Oxygen Mod, and stock gingerbread. The GPS performance just isn't anywhere near as good as on froyo, which is quite frustrating since I depend on it a lot. I've tried the GPS status app which helps occasionally, but it becomes a hassle if you constantly need to use it. :/
Still searching for a good gingerbread mod though.
Lythandra said:
I'll probably upgrade the ROM this weekend. My GPS was great pre-CM 7.0.3 where I was using CM 6.xxx which is why I was asking.
Thanks for the answers.
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The reason is because CM 6 was based on froyo and CM 7 is based on gingerbread. Same reason my Enomther's mod works so well. There is a huge post on google's message board regarding the GPS problem in gingerbread, and they have claimed that a fix was released, but it never fully solved the problem I think it's fairly clear that the issue is with gingerbread and that any mod based on gingerbread will have this problem.
I haven't had any issues with GPS on my phone, and I have been running CM7 since the alphas started back in December (or maybe January). I have always had quick locks, and I haven't had it lose it signal while using it (and I use it frequently for both short and long distances). I use the 5.08 radio (but I have used the 5.12 as well, and had no issues with GPS while on it).
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I haven't had any issues with GPS on my phone, and I have been running CM7 since the alphas started back in December (or maybe January). I have always had quick locks, and I haven't had it lose it signal while using it (and I use it frequently for both short and long distances). I use the 5.08 radio (but I have used the 5.12 as well, and had no issues with GPS while on it).
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Very odd. So you'd say it performs equal to froyo?
I'm inclined to believe that it's not hardware related since, as i mentioned, on froyo it's near perfect -- close to instant lock, definitely within 10 seconds, and it never loses it.
I'm going to try another gingerbread mod soon because I miss some of the GB features. I'm also on 5.08. hmm
I would say it performs better than froyo, but it is probably just because my phone tends to run cooler, so I don't have freezing issues.
Make sure when you install the Gingerbread ROM that you MANUALLY wipe the /system partition from within recovery and perform a Factory Reset/Data Wipe. You can back up your apps and app data with a program like Titanium Backup, but stay away from restoring settings as restoring those could restore any incompatibilities between Froyo and Gingerbread. CyanogenMod recommends doing a full wipe when upgrading between Froyo and Gingerbread based ROMs (well, at least for their own).
My cm 7.1 works well
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bassmadrigal said:
I would say it performs better than froyo, but it is probably just because my phone tends to run cooler, so I don't have freezing issues.
Make sure when you install the Gingerbread ROM that you MANUALLY wipe the /system partition from within recovery and perform a Factory Reset/Data Wipe. You can back up your apps and app data with a program like Titanium Backup, but stay away from restoring settings as restoring those could restore any incompatibilities between Froyo and Gingerbread. CyanogenMod recommends doing a full wipe when upgrading between Froyo and Gingerbread based ROMs (well, at least for their own).
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Thanks. Works like a charm. Locking gps used to take at a least 10+ minutes, it now lock in less than 10 seconds. BTW using kang-o-rama 1.3 s2e version, which is based on CM 7.1.
P.S. was previously on same Rom before. I just did a full wipe without restoring any system data.
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Try FasterFix
Code:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix&hl=en
and select the server that is nearest to you to see if it improves.
Very odd. Tried a CM 7.1 based rom today, and the same GPS issue persists. I cleared the /system partition and everything else, but the GPS would not lock for one, and if it got a lock after minutes, it wouldn't stay locked. After restoring a backup to froyo, the GPS worked perfectly again.
And yes, I tried GPS tools, I tried fasterfix, but no go.
I'm on 7.1.0 and my GPS locks on within around 3 seconds.
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Very odd. Tried a CM 7.1 based rom today, and the same GPS issue persists. I cleared the /system partition and everything else, but the GPS would not lock for one, and if it got a lock after minutes, it wouldn't stay locked. After restoring a backup to froyo, the GPS worked perfectly again.
And yes, I tried GPS tools, I tried fasterfix, but no go.
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I have been struggling with the same/similar problem ever since the2.3 upgrade.
The GPS doesn't lock for the first time, it gives up after couple of seconds ( no flashing GPS thingy ) and if locks it easily looses signal and never tries to lock again ( no flashing GPS sign ) unless I restart the app.
very annoying since since I'm using mytracks/sports-tracker to record my tracking/cycling.
is there any workaround? other than buying a new phone?
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is there any workaround? other than buying a new phone?
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I think using a Froyo ROM is the only way certain way to fix the GPS issue but you have to be willing to sacrifice battery life.
I haven't heard anything about how GPS is on the latest ICS builds though, so maybe there is hope?
Stock, Cyanogen and Evervolv all support GPS on my Nexus One, it works fine on all of them. It's probable that you're chip's busted.
Edit: that's Evervolv ICS p13, by the way. Previous versions worked too.

[Q] Absolutely awesome!!!!

Extreme kudos and awesomeness and gratitude to jcsullins and all the folks involved with developing CM10/Android for the TP. Thank you.
I had been watching the forums to figure out a good time to "jump in" and yesterday I took the moments to install CM10.1 (4/18/13) on my TP. I was amazed at how seamless and flawless the installation was. It seemed it took less time to do the install than it did to download CM10 (download was ~100kb (kB?)/s). CM10 came up running without any problems.
Of course, it wasn't without some issues After confirming CM10 was functional (along w/Wi-Fi, etc.) I installed gapps and that's where the problems began. I first tried gapps-jb-20130409-signed (which did not get installed with CM10). After it was installed, I lost the keyboard app (kept getting messages about the keyboard no longer working). I tried suggestions of default/reset and clearing both caches. Didn't fix the problem. Wasn't sure how to uninstall gapps, so I did a complete CM10 reinstall and tried gapps-jb-20130409-signed again. Still no good. I thought maybe it was a compatibility issue (I could never be absolutely clear which gapps would work with which CM version). So, I went with gapps-jb-20130301-signed. Same problems. I then came across gapps-jb-4.2-Gapps-And-Extras-Signed (I changed the name to be sure it would work with ClockWorksMod) mentioned in a posting. This seemed to do the trick. Keyboard remains fully functional.
I'm curious if there are any log files kept on the TP from the install. Each time I installed CM10, I noticed in the messages rolling up the screen that certain directories couldn't be found. And I think a few of them were related to gapps installation. I'd be interested to see what that was about.
The only problem I've noticed in the short time I've played with it is that the Wi-Fi went inactive (and not temporarily). I went into settings and tried to turn it off and then back on. Once I turned it off, I wasn't allowed to turn it on. There are prob'ly 1/2 a dozen or more Wi-Fi sites nearby, but the TP couldn't see any of them. I ended up doing a power down/reboot and that brought back Wi-Fi.
Anyway, I am very pleased with the new OS. And happy to be independent from WebOS, since its future is unknown.
Cheers....Steph
A two years old device with the latest Android, yeah, its definitively a great work!
Log files are saved in the back up and/or in /cache/recovery/last_log . Also do you have the "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" setting set to Never? That might be why your wifi is having issues, because I had the same issue when mine was set to Never. Now I usually keep mine set to Always and it hasn't had that issue and doesnt seem to use the battery too much.
Surge1223
Im curious, were you testing CM10 or CM10.1?
Go and read a guide again, you're installing the wrong gapps. The ones it specifically says not to use.
You need this one:
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip

Anyone downloaded and used cm-10.1.0-RC5-quincytmo.zip yet?

Curious about experiences. Right now I'm on the M3 Experimental.
It's really stable.. By far the most stable cm10.1 build I've ever used. Only thing Is the instagram videos come out fuzzed out and you can't see anything. That Sux
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Only one bluescreen in 24 hours so far. Using its boot image in the newest Slimbean, hope it continues to hold up.
I was just coming to post this exact same question. I had to go back to M3 because there were too many bugs in the subsequent nightlies.
But I think i'll try RC-5 and see what it's about.
I did flash it. Since that time I've had some issued with bluetooth where I've had to reboot the phone to get it to work. Also some "blue screen" and random reboots. Someone suggested I should probably reflash and clear everything (data, cashe, dalvik etc...)
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I did flash it. Since that time I've had some issued with bluetooth where I've had to reboot the phone to get it to work. Also some "blue screen" and random reboots. Someone suggested I should probably reflash and clear everything (data, cashe, dalvik etc...)
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The bluetooth issue seems inherent in any of the 4.2.2 roms. I've done clean installs , wiped with Darkside, etc. It doesn't really seem to matter.
I noticed today there was a new release on 6.24.13 under "stable" cm-10.1.0-quincytmo.zip . Could someone explain to me the difference between this and the "release candidate" cm-10.1.0-RC5-quincytmo.zip which was released on 6.16.13? It would seem the former would be the more updated because of the later release date? I already have the RC5 flashed on running. Some issues here and there so just curious.
Thanks,
John
Installed 10.1.0 using the updater and had lots of problems. Audio bad, Bluetooth not working. Installed clean with a factory reset and it is very stable. Only issue is still some camera apps (Google drive scan, latest evernote) require setting Disable HW Overlays. But other than that, seems good
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I noticed today there was a new release on 6.24.13 under "stable" cm-10.1.0-quincytmo.zip . Could someone explain to me the difference between this and the "release candidate" cm-10.1.0-RC5-quincytmo.zip which was released on 6.16.13? It would seem the former would be the more updated because of the later release date? I already have the RC5 flashed on running. Some issues here and there so just curious.
Thanks,
John
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Lots of random reboots followed by a blue screen, I have noticed that it happens a lot during or after viewing a video and certain games, it even has happened while texting. No where near stable, battery life is horrible and like I said the reboots are random but often.
I'm using the CM 10.1 stable release as the boot image for PAC-Man rom. So far, no blue screens, reboots or anything. I've messed around with it, adding the Google edition camera and other goodies I found in i717 forum. Flashed in the S-4 launcher and everything is still holding together. Battery life is okay, considering I'm using livewall paper and wifi also. 60% remaining after four hours.
I'll give it a few days to settle in.
10.1.0 (4.2.2), good so far
jdekoven said:
I noticed today there was a new release on 6.24.13 under "stable" cm-10.1.0-quincytmo.zip . Could someone explain to me the difference between this and the "release candidate" cm-10.1.0-RC5-quincytmo.zip which was released on 6.16.13? It would seem the former would be the more updated because of the later release date? I already have the RC5 flashed on running. Some issues here and there so just curious.
Thanks,
John
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I've been running the 'stable' version for a couple days and only one b.s.o.d. Runs smooth and battery is about the same at RC5. Camera is good as well. Don't use Blu-tooth so can't testify for that. I reboot every morning and that seems to make a world of difference.
Wish stock JB would come to us.
Anyone know how to get stock screen resolution back?
20130804-Nightly stable
Hey all, just thought that since I complained about how buggy the nigthlies were, I should come back and say that I am now on the 20130804 and it is very stable. I have been using it since Monday and i've only have one reboot. I initially had some screen flickering when I had a solid green background (from an MIUI theme), but I switched to another wallpaper and don't have that problem anymore.
Just FYI.

[Q] Audio stops working from time to time

Hi everyone!
I have a strange problem with my Droid 4: sometimes it stops playing sounds (or music, or ringtones), and I can't figure out if there's something in particular that triggers this. Anyway the only fix I could find is rebooting the phone.
There's another problem though: when this happens, if I try to use the phone app or the contacts app, the app itself hangs before I can do anything. If I kill the hanged app and retry a few times, the phone reboots itself.
Any idea on what could be causing this? What could I try to diagnose the problem?
I'm using a Verizon-branded Droid 4 with CM10.1.3, but I had the problem on 10.1.2 too. If it's relevant, I had to install "Tobby's mod" to enable GSM (I'm in Europe)
Many thanks for your attention!
This is the only and the known problem with droid4 on cm10.1 cm10.2 but I have a very good experience with the latest nightlies using buildprop editor to change only the telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice=0. Don't use the patch and se if it helps for you.
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I have that property "zeroed" already, do you mean I should try reverting Tobby's mod?
Try the latest nightlies, there are some changes regarding to apns, it's updatable from cm10.1 and make only that change don't apply any patch.
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Joril said:
Hi everyone!
I have a strange problem with my Droid 4: sometimes it stops playing sounds (or music, or ringtones), and I can't figure out if there's something in particular that triggers this. Anyway the only fix I could find is rebooting the phone.
There's another problem though: when this happens, if I try to use the phone app or the contacts app, the app itself hangs before I can do anything. If I kill the hanged app and retry a few times, the phone reboots itself.
Any idea on what could be causing this? What could I try to diagnose the problem?
I'm using a Verizon-branded Droid 4 with CM10.1.3, but I had the problem on 10.1.2 too. If it's relevant, I had to install "Tobby's mod" to enable GSM (I'm in Europe)
Many thanks for your attention!
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I've seen this on stock, and I think it's related to bluetooth - perhaps it's not releasing the audio properly after a device disconnects?
There's an app in the Play Store called "Earpiece", and I can use that to bring the audio back when that happens by switching it on, and then switching it off again.
HTH.
Steve.
I don't use bluetooth at all, but I'll try Earpiece, thanks
the problem is that it will crash before you realize and you will loose the next call, so I don't think it is of some use.
I tried latest nightly and safestrap 3.65 (from 3.63) and I had lots of black screens, several on one day and then I realize that before, I had it working stable on cm10.1 when I found out that noop was the problem, cfq and deadline was ok (after speaking with hashcode it made the default to cfq) but it was on safestrap 3.11, but then newer versions of safestrap appeared and I updated it and from time to time it started to go bad again.
I reverted back to 3.11 and I have it working ok since 17.11.2013 (almost 2 days of stable, finger crossed)
I would ask hascode if safestrap can be a problem, but now he has retired in supporting the d4, of course this can be applied to razr
Regards
lucize said:
I reverted back to 3.11 and I have it working ok since 17.11.2013 (almost 2 days of stable, finger crossed)
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How is it going?
For me is very good, tried 4.4, now back on cm10.2 nightlies, so
Ss3.11 and only the lteoncdma change, everything else is working fine except tha battery that is shorter than moto default
Regards.
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lucize said:
For me is very good, tried 4.4, now back on cm10.2 nightlies, so
Ss3.11 and only the lteoncdma change, everything else is working fine except tha battery that is shorter than moto default
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Ok, now I'm on a 10.2 nightly, with just the lteoncdma fix... Let's see how it goes
It took a while to connect to the GSM network, did this happen to you too? (The signal strength icon even changed to a question mark at one point)
I first have no sim, then no signal then I get full bars
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I had it working nicely for 6 full days, but this morning sound went out again Better than before, but still...
I'm on the 28/11 10.2 nightly, I'll try updating again this evening
Joril said:
I had it working nicely for 6 full days, but this morning sound went out again Better than before, but still...
I'm on the 28/11 10.2 nightly, I'll try updating again this evening
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I'm on kitkat, I think that I had it too with 28, try 27 or other, maybe stable, anyway is better than 1 or 2 days
Regards
Definitely better, yes So you're using CM11? Any problems?
Joril said:
Definitely better, yes So you're using CM11? Any problems?
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the 05 fromm stargo is not so ok, the previous was stable, or at least I didn't had problems.
I'll try the 07, I have problems with deep sleep and I don't know why, because for now wakelocks can't be accessed on 4.4, then again is not a new install, is an upgrade from 10.2
the strange thing is that now I have another error in catlog when it goes out of sound compared to the error when it is on the gsm patch, maybe I'll try a test without changing build.prop at all, in the end it doesn't matter if the signal icon is wrong as long as it's stable.
Regards
Hey! Joril! I posted in your other thread, on another forum, about this same topic, but I figure that I'd get comfy here, since the Droid 4 "scene" has seemingly migrated from DroidForums to this website.
Anyway, I haven't been able to fix the problem. In fact, at one point, when the audio died, I went through the typical steps - I turned off Bluetooth, and reset the phone. However, when the phone was "coming back", so to speak, an "Android is upgrading" box popped up. Odd, I thought, since I didn't do anything different. Anyway, it gets through this, and... I get an UID error. Something about the UID being inconsistent with the system, and that the data partition was terribly unstable.
So, my phone was freaking out. Great. I was missing several apps, and the whole device is incredibly unstable - apps are crashing, left and right, as well as background services. It is at this point that I decide to bite the bullet and restore my phone to stock settings.
I do so. I use the Droid 4 Utility, restore the stock ROM, getting rid of Safestrap 3.11 in the process. Everything's back to normal. Stabilized. I commence to rooting the phone, installing the latest version of Safestrap, and installing CyanogenMod 10.1.3. I get it running, and... the problems remain. I still have the same audio issues. MMS is still iffy. GPS is a hit-or-miss process; every once in a while, if the planets align, a system reboot will "fix" GPS.
Anyway, that's my story. I've been doing some research - or, rather, a lot of research - and it seems to me that the audio problem was, perhaps, fixed in the latest CyanogenMod 11 build. Something about the previous code not playing well with the "Audio HAL", whatever that is, and the Audio HAL issue being consistent with other phones with the same processor, I believe - or something to do with an "MSM8660". I believe that "MSM8660" is a Snapdragon processor, but I could be wrong!
To make a long story short: CyanogenMod 10.1.3 seems to be stuck with the audio/crashing issue, but CyanogenMod 11 may fix it. I'm not ready to make the jump to CyanogenMod 11, though, not until it is FULLY stabilized and out of Experimental/Alpha/Nightly status. In that regard, I wonder how open Stargo, Hashcode, or another coder would be to patching up 10.1.3 with the GPS/MMS fixes that have been seen in the later builds? I don't know how to code, but it should be relatively simple to patch the few crippling bugs remaining on 10.1.3, using code from future builds and versions.
Jishkah said:
CyanogenMod 10.1.3 seems to be stuck with the audio/crashing issue, but CyanogenMod 11 may fix it. I'm not ready to make the jump to CyanogenMod 11, though, not until it is FULLY stabilized and out of Experimental/Alpha/Nightly status. In that regard, I wonder how open Stargo, Hashcode, or another coder would be to patching up 10.1.3 with the GPS/MMS fixes that have been seen in the later builds?
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Right now I'm on a CM10.2 nightly and the audio issue appears a bit less than when on 10.1, I'd say once every 5/6 days instead of once every other day... Anyway I'd like to wait a bit more before trying CM11 too
CM11 has this issue also, but the error will not be the same if the build.prop has only lteoncdma modified, for me, if I apply the full gsm patch the error will appear more often and catlog will show the cpu pegged error.
the problem with CM11 (for me) is no deep sleep, the sound issue is not so important anymore

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