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[Help Eachother] STOCK / CM11 Issues&Solutions

The point of the topic:
Post your issues found in STOCK / CM11 or post a solution.Simple as that,very productive.
I'll start with a list of bugs:
CM11 ISSUES:
-Video recording lags in reduced luminosity.
-The phone heats too much when playing/watch videos for long time and so on.
-Volume during call is too low.
-Ocasionally freezes & crashes.
-Some graphical issues when the phone freezes.
-Wifi MAC Address is always 00:0a:f5:89:89:ff.
If there are 2 Xperia L using CM11 / Custom Kernel connected to the same wifi, both connections will be dropped.
STOCK ISSUES:
-Video blinks in low light(from what I've read it focuses wrong on the light source and starts blinking).
-The proximity sensor remains on after a missed call.
-Multi touch doesn't work as well as on CM11.
-Some weird freezes during call ( the screen remains off / freezes and you can't end the call / sometimes even answer )
-Camera doesn't have as much detail as in CM11 ( if you zoom in,the image doesn't clarify).
-Wifi MAC Address is always 00:0a:f5:89:89:ff.
If there are 2 Xperia L using CM11 / Custom Kernel connected to the same wifi, both connections will be dropped.
CM11 FIXES:
-Lag in video recording can be reduced by lowering the exposure.In medium to low light " - 1 " works pretty good and in very low to low light " - 2 " .However,when you use " - 2 " ,the recorded video will be very dark.Still haven't found a solution for this.
-About heating problem,you might want to try @Shivam Kuchhal 's kernel.He reported that his phone doesn't get heat up more than normal.
-About volume during call,it's been solved partially in newer releases by editing snd_soc_msm file.However,if the value is too high,the phne volume will also be too high and the speaker will produce distorsioned sound.However,I see they found a resonable value and both,the volume during call & speaker is about fine.
-For headset buttons not working,you must edit Generic.kl file.Here's a short tutorial to help you:
Go to: system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl and change as below
key 226 HEADSETHOOK
key 256 BUTTON_1
change to
key 226 BUTTON_1
key 256 HEADSETHOOK
STOCK FIXES:
-For proximity sensor and weird freezes during a call use this tutorial .Haven't tested it personally,but people reported it works even on latest .17 fw.
-For Mac issue [ works for cm11 as well ]
1)Restore original MAC Address
Open /data/etc/wlan_macaddr0
Copy it's content. Ex: 01:12:13:14:15:16
Open /etc/firmware/wlan/prima/WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini
Find this line
Code:
Intf0MacAddress=000AF58989FF
Replace 000AF58989FF with the content of wlan_macaddr0, but write back to front. Ex: from 01:12:13:14:15:16, write to 161514131201. So it will look like this
Code:
Intf0MacAddress=161514131201
Save & Exit, Reboot the phone
That's all for now,continue to post bugs&fixes and most important:
HELP EACHOTHER

Marius Cristian said:
The point of the topic:
Post your issues found in STOCK / CM11 or post a solution.Simple as that,very productive.
I'll start with a list of bugs:
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Proximity fix not working!!!

More Kitkat Bugs List:-
1. Headset buttons
2. Camera experiencing crashes randomly, sometimes cause overexposure and being unstable at flash mode
3. Black graphical glitch/scanning effect first time after you turn your screen off then on again after first restart/turning on phone.
4. Call bugs(e.g. distortion etc.)
5. Lag when using the video camera
6. battery draining faster then on stock rom. (was improved on early nightly releases....now its back again)
7. GPS not working again (for some it does...others it doesnt....again...wasnt there on first nightlies)(Mostly Happens In CM11)
8. Camera quality is much,much worse then on stock rom
9 . Phone may left hanging and screen wont turn on for several seconds...
10. Some apps are unsupported on playstore...

CM11 bugs
CM11:
1. Switch to HDR mode and within 3 snaps camera app will FC.
2. Headset buttons.. I have to manually edit that Generic.kl after every nightly update.
3. As mentioned above, graphical glitch after updates.

Some of bugs that u mentioned @David pro has been fixed by users, but device maintainer didn't merged it for some reason in official builds. So, get started:
1. These buttons can be fixed, someone(I don't remember who, Sorry) has created a modified Generic.kl. You can find that file somewhere on this forum.
2. Camera quality is medium, but videos are very poor..
3. Still exist
4. @up
5. As I said, videos are bad
6. Caused by Google Play Services, 1st method is use xposed Framework and one of its add-ons, 2nd is just disable Services from Settings>Apps(i'm using second one, because I just don't like Xposed)
7.GPS is working fine, at least for me. No fix needed
8.Yep, on stock it is better.
9.It's caused by "Black graphical glitch/scanning effect first time after you turn your screen off then on again after first restart/turning on phone."
10.Well, some of them are only for one platform or type of devices,eg. Tegra 4 games.

No heating issues noticed so far(I use my kernel obviously) and yeah the camera and video quality isn't anything worth praising. Also the hwcomposer issue happens only one time after every boot, after that its all fine.
I normally use AOSPA.

Actually,I think the cm11 camera takes better photos than stock,but it can be buggy sometimes :silly:
About GPS,it's working fine for me too.
About video camera being laggy...I think it's because our phone lacks drivers update.It's hard to believe the video camera will ever be 100% fixed.
I'm sorry I'm kinda busy those days and I don't have time to administrate this thread.I'll edit the main post as soon as I can with solution you guys posted.But it's true,there are things which can't be fixed.Until I come back, HELP EACHOTHER

an another bug with stock rom is that "camera not available "or the camera takes a long time to recover after taking a shot
chrome browser restarts the phone or makes the phone to hang

vishalaestro said:
an another bug with stock rom is that "camera not available "or the camera takes a long time to recover after taking a shot
chrome browser restarts the phone or makes the phone to hang
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Haven't experienced those kind of issues when I used stock.Try to do a factory reset or flash the ftf again.Maybe you added some mods or apps which affected the system.
Overall,we have to admit that CM11 is blazing fast and that's why I'm still using it.I'll update the OP now with your solutions.Thanks guys and keep helping eachother.

Marius Cristian said:
Haven't experienced those kind of issues when I used stock.Try to do a factory reset or flash the ftf again.Maybe you added some mods or apps which affected the system.
Overall,we have to admit that CM11 is blazing fast and that's why I'm still using it.I'll update the OP now with your solutions.Thanks guys and keep helping eachother.
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another BUG with the stock ROM
1)walkman app flickers in the widget lockscreen
2)poor memory management need to restart the phone daily else the phone lags like a hell
3)camera app didn't respond ,it doesn't even the focus sometimes ,clearing the app data solves this problem temporarily and i think it was not present with the .12 update ,so if anybody could extract the camera app from the .12 update similar to the phone app freeze issue the problem might be solved.
3)walkman app or any other music player makes music to stutter when the same song is played more than one time provided if the songs are stored in memory card also i know that my sdcard doesn't have any problem because it worked fine with galaxy s3.my sd card is sandisk ultra class 10 32 gb
4)battery drain heavy when wifi is switched on compared to previous android 4.1.2
note:i have not rooted my phone or modded my firmware .all i run is the apps taken from the playstore.i have done a factory reset for more than 4 times.

CM11 / Stock (using custom kernel) bug:
Wifi MAC Address is always 00:0a:f5:89:89:ff.
If there are 2 Xperia L using CM11 / Custom Kernel connected to the same wifi, both connections will be dropped.
Solution:
Restore original MAC Address
Open /data/etc/wlan_macaddr0
Copy it's content. Ex: 01:12:13:14:15:16
Open /etc/firmware/wlan/prima/WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini
Find this line
Code:
Intf0MacAddress=000AF58989FF
Replace 000AF58989FF with the content of wlan_macaddr0, but write back to front. Ex: from 01:12:13:14:15:16, write to 161514131201. So it will look like this
Code:
Intf0MacAddress=161514131201
Save & Exit, Reboot the phone

solution for Play Services battery drain in CM11

CM11 issues
1. GPS Not Working
2. NFC not Working.
3. NFC icon not provided in Status bar when NFC is ON.
4. Frequent Crashes : Blue Screen on latest Nightlies 20140827.
5. Camera quality getting worse.

chinmay1234 said:
1. GPS Not Working
2. NFC not Working.
3. NFC icon not provided in Status bar when NFC is ON.
4. Frequent Crashes : Blue Screen on latest Nightlies 20140827.
5. Camera quality getting worse.
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Nfc icon not in statusbar is on all cyanogenmod/aosp based rom

chinmay1234 said:
1. GPS Not Working
2. NFC not Working.
3. NFC icon not provided in Status bar when NFC is ON.
4. Frequent Crashes : Blue Screen on latest Nightlies 20140827.
5. Camera quality getting worse.
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1. For many people works,for some don't.I don't understand how's possible...
2.Haven't tested it...for me it's a useless feature.
4.Well,crashes happens.However,they're not too frequent.
5.I really like the photos cm11 takes.About video...another story.Try to notice the details in the photos in comparison with stock.
I am going back to stock in order to see if I can obtain(with all the bug fixes from here) a more stable software than cm11.I'll report to you soon guys.Until then, help eachother

@underd0g
Nice fix for WiFi-Mac interference problem. :good:

Marius Cristian said:
1. For many people works,for some don't.I don't understand how's possible...
2.Haven't tested it...for me it's a useless feature.
4.Well,crashes happens.However,they're not too frequent.
5.I really like the photos cm11 takes.About video...another story.Try to notice the details in the photos in comparison with stock.
I am going back to stock in order to see if I can obtain(with all the bug fixes from here) a more stable software than cm11.I'll report to you soon guys.Until then, help eachother
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guys please try to solve the issues with stock ROM because they are the stable ones and the bugs are easily repairable if the bugs are reached to right hands.so pls first concentrate on stock ROM

I've been playing around with 4.4 video recording..what i think is the lags occurs when we record in low lights related with the kernel..i'm testing with snapcam as its has auto flash when recording in low lights..First result is same as stock..but in snapcam it has touch to focus when recording..after touch,the recording will get a bit darker when it refocus and walla..no lags..
What i found is, the camera will automatically reduced the exposure to -1 for avoiding the lags even it is on default setting..
When moving the camera in low lights,the recording will lags again after few second..that is with continuous focus..set to normal or auto..no lags..so our stock cam using continuous focus for recording..
Back to the kernel thing..from what i see from the recording is same like this when i'm playing with cnt rom to to get wifi and overclock working.

Ok,so I went back to stock.I'm amazed by the battery life,it lasted 2 days and I used the phone a lot ( especially for calls ).
However,after using the fix for freezes during call and so on,I still have experienced this morning an issue.While I was talking to someone,someone else called and the phone was beeping but the screen was frozen.I had to press the power button to lock the device then unlock it to get the screen to show who's calling and to give me the possibility to answer the call.What do you think I should do?For now I'll wipe phone app data,but I'm also waiting if someone knows a good,another solution to post.

Anyone know a way to remove the automatic shutdown?
My phone shuts down if it reaches 25%

Recorded video and YouTube playback errors

Noticed today that when I record a video on my Honor 8 I can not play it back. It's just a black screen with audio. Also, the YouTube app just "loads" - good 4G LTE signal or over WiFi. Might be separate issues. Cleared the cache and uninstalled the YouTube updates.
Anyone else seeing this or know of a fix?

eth3rton said:
Noticed today that when I record a video on my Honor 8 I can not play it back. It's just a black screen with audio. Also, the YouTube app just "loads" - good 4G LTE signal or over WiFi. Might be separate issues. Cleared the cache and uninstalled the YouTube updates.
Anyone else seeing this or know of a fix?
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if you have installed magisk uninstall and it should work i had the same issue and it went away as soon as i uninstalled magisk with the provided zip on the thread after 21 day and couple of hours of troubleshooting

I don't have that installed.

eth3rton said:
I don't have that installed.
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But you might have another app that messes with the video driver.
Unless anyone pinpoints the exact cause I suggest you backup with Huawei Backup to SD or PC, factory reset, setup Google account and nothing more. THEN test to see if it behaves the same.
If it does, then you might have a malfunctioning unit.
If it doesn´t then it´s either an app or a file messing with your ROM. Try to restore your backup one-by-one app until you see the problem appearing so that you can identify the app.

eth3rton said:
I don't have that installed.
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How about xposed?

Hi There, we recommend you back up the device and perform a "master reset" to see if that fixes the issue. To perform a master reset, you will go into your menu and click settings, then go to Back Up & Reset. Follow the prompts on the screen to back up and factory reset, then continue by following the steps to restart and activate the device (note: you will need to have your Google email/password present at startup).
If you still can't get playback on your videos to work properly, you should call in to our knowledgeable Honor customer service center at +1-844-524-6667 and they can further diagnose the situation you are having with video recording and playback. Thanks for your question! (NS)

Video playback seems to be a general weakness on the phone. I have experienced occasional glitches as well as battery drainage. It could be that the hardware (imaging processor) is weak.

Do a factory reset and see if it works

I'd actually like to raise awareness about this issue, my device works great other than this video issue arising and is progressively getting more annoying every time it happens.
There was this previous thread where, someone else had this problem and someone said that it was a "Known Bug", but I'm not sure where the source for that information is. Thread HERE.
I've done two factory resets since I got the phone in hopes that the problem clears up but it still happens from time to time, and the only way to fix it is to reboot the phone.
A summary of the issue is this:
- Youtube videos only load, but don't play. If you have youtube red, the video plays once you leave the app and audio only plays in the background, and when you return to the youtube app the video continues to play, audio only, with a black screen.
- Playing recorded videos from the video app, or any video app for that matter (Built in Video app, MX Player), videos only show a black screen, and plays audio only.
- Playing videos in Chrome, or anything that uses the android WebView (Such as Reddit while looking at GfyCat''s), doesn't load or shows a black screen
- The only way to get it all working again is to Reboot the device. However, in some rare cases, it magically starts working again.
I did speak to a live support agent on the honor website (David B) about the problem about a week ago in order to try to raise awareness of this issue, in hopes that someone takes notice and finds a workaround or fix for the problem.
I know for a fact that this issue isn't caused by Root, Xposed or anything related to unlocking the bootloader as the issue happened with a fresh restore, and an unmodified device a few days into owning my honor 8.
In conclusion, we need to see and know how many total are having this problem, and how many people haven't had this issue at all, just to ensure that those having the problem (Like me) don't have a defective unit. If only a small percentage of us are experiencing this issue then there is a possibility that those who have this issue like me have a defective device and would need to take action quickly to somehow obtain a new device.
P.S: I've been trying to figure out what triggers this issue to happen and what 'Magically' fixes it while the device is on, without rebooting, ever since I got my device. I'll report back if I ever come across something significant
Update Sept22: I can confirm that there is some issue happening with the hardware decoder as in MX Player video doesn't play when HW Decode is selected but works when SW Decode is selected. Still trying to figure out how to get it working again from its broken state without having to reboot the phone

It seems that there is a software issue which makes the phone unable to use HW decoders correctly

its a reported problem with honor 8, many users are facing the same issue, hope honor fixes it soon with a software patch.

It released an update for both US and EU model, now it's time to wait and see

minigreen said:
Do a factory reset and see if it works
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factory reset would solve the issue for a day or two, as it would reappear again

minigreen said:
Do a factory reset and see if it works
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Members reported that even a factory reset wouldn't solve it

When streaming a video my fault is. It plays a bit the video pauses but audio continues as normal. This can be fixed by rewinding or fastforwarding a little but same happens again ever so often 3 times per half hour playback

raazaonex said:
When streaming a video my fault is. It plays a bit the video pauses but audio continues as normal. This can be fixed by rewinding or fastforwarding a little but same happens again ever so often 3 times per half hour playback
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wait for the update, maybe it will be fixed

raazaonex said:
When streaming a video my fault is. It plays a bit the video pauses but audio continues as normal. This can be fixed by rewinding or fastforwarding a little but same happens again ever so often 3 times per half hour playback
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You may receive an update, but I don't know if it fixes the issue

raazaonex said:
When streaming a video my fault is. It plays a bit the video pauses but audio continues as normal. This can be fixed by rewinding or fastforwarding a little but same happens again ever so often 3 times per half hour playback
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Pester Honor team for a fix to this software issue through their FB and their official forums. A bugfix update will do the need.

I know updates etc talking to Honor n that .If enough of us complain on here it could be considered to link them to here to see for them self errors in software... infanct I know a couple of official Honor mods are actually on this forum. We want them to go nag the heads of swu

I just talked to Miles of the hihonor website live chat, and he told me the following:
When asking about the bug:
Miles S 07:32:56 pm
Ah! Yes, our team is aware of the bug and are planning on patching it soon.
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Asked for an ETA and specified my model FRD-L04:
Miles S 07:35:24 pm
So, no ETA as of yet, just a message letting us know that our team is on it and it will be patched soon.
Thank you, we found that it's the US model and it's an android bug.
No worries though, we'
We'll get this patched up as soon as we can.
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Great solid phone for a great price but just this one bug which is driving me nuts haha, hopefully in the coming weeks it'll be patched!

ANOTHER Fingerprint Hardware Not Detected Issue

Hey guys
So i had this problem a while back, it also attaches to video playback errors (YouTube app mainly) and the camera app
So I had this issue a while back, I was unlocked, rooted, Xposed - the lot and i was able to find a fix that got them all working correct again (think it was DRM patch but truly don't recall)
Anyway, I decided to go legit again, use Android Pay and mobile banking etc and I'm now unrooted, twrp is gone and used flashtool to lock my bootloader, but in doing so the error has eventually come back (all 3) but in the process of trying various fixes I have found one cause when I load this one game (it happens after a length of time that I've not been able to determine yet, but loading this game will trigger it 100% even moments after a fresh boot)
Im running stock 7.0
Kernel: 3.10.84-perf-g1016077 [email protected] #1
Build Number: 32.3.A.2.33
I remember when I was first rooting I had flashed some different kernel but was all so long ago i have all but forgotten what I did :/

Painkiller1985 said:
Hey guys
So i had this problem a while back, it also attaches to video playback errors (YouTube app mainly) and the camera app
So I had this issue a while back, I was unlocked, rooted, Xposed - the lot and i was able to find a fix that got them all working correct again (think it was DRM patch but truly don't recall)
Anyway, I decided to go legit again, use Android Pay and mobile banking etc and I'm now unrooted, twrp is gone and used flashtool to lock my bootloader, but in doing so the error has eventually come back (all 3) but in the process of trying various fixes I have found one cause when I load this one game (it happens after a length of time that I've not been able to determine yet, but loading this game will trigger it 100% even moments after a fresh boot)
Im running stock 7.0
Kernel: 3.10.84-perf-g1016077 [email protected] #1
Build Number: 32.3.A.2.33
I remember when I was first rooting I had flashed some different kernel but was all so long ago i have all but forgotten what I did :/
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Fill out the details please, you're not even mentioning the game in your rant (or spilling out your thoughts)

Lol, my apologies, I didn't mean to rant, the game I mentioned was township
I will eventually get the YouTube black video, fingerprint hardware and camera in use glitches sooner or later even if I don't open the game, it's just a sure fire way to trigger it
I also tend to get the YouTube glitch as soon as the fingerprint glitch appears

Is there any other details you need?

What are the glitches that you mentioned? ''get the YouTube black video''?
There's another threat in this box suggesting that flashing a patched kernel fixed most of your problems. Be sure to check it out and be more specific on your ''glitches''.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/help/fingerprint-scanner-video-recording-t3630726

Sorry, the main glitches I encounter (that all happen at the same time) is the fingerprint scanner stops functioning, the camera functionality stops (no pictures or video, app acts like it's being used by another process) and any video playback is just a black screen, but I still have audio playback and control over skipping through to various times

Will this be an issue flashing onto nougat? I didn't see mention of anything past mm

Painkiller1985 said:
Sorry, the main glitches I encounter (that all happen at the same time) is the fingerprint scanner stops functioning, the camera functionality stops (no pictures or video, app acts like it's being used by another process) and any video playback is just a black screen, but I still have audio playback and control over skipping through to various times
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Try flashing a patched kernel.
I'd suggest a factory reset (if you haven't unlocked your bootloader) or a full swipe (including system) in twrp (if you have unlocked your bootloader) and reflash the newest build.
If the problems still persist, i think it's best to have your phone checked for hardware problems.
And no, it's not a Nougat problem.
Good luck with your phone.

Video playback issue on my S6

Heya everyone!
I am having an issue with my S6 that involves video playback.
The 2 scenario's I am experiencing this issue in are:
- youtube app: it will play audio, but video gives a black screen
- whatsapp: will open a video, but it doesn't play (as if it was just a picture). also doesn't open gif files at all.
yet youtube works fine in the browser, and i can watch my whatsapp gifs and video's from the gallery as normal too. (but it is still a BIG problem!!!!)
Sometimes when I restart my phone, it will start working. and other times it will just randomly start working again too.
But after a while, it will just break again and goes back to the problems described above.
I am experiencing this on different versions of the Stock Nougat firmware, even after full data wipes (including wiping the internal storage).
So I am totally clueless, but I find it hard to believe this is a hardware issue, since it does work sometimes, and then it doesn't work other times.
Any help, advice or insight in this issue is appreciated

youtube freezes randomly

youtube app freezes randomly while playing videos. it starts playing again after 10 seconds or so.
i 've also noticed that if i pull up the keyboard in another app (while youtube video is frozen), the keypress sound doesn't work.
it seems like the audio component of android craps out at random times which causes the freezing issues.
happens rarely but it's annoying nonetheless. and it only happens in youtube. never had any audio/video issues with mxplayer.
is it just my phone, or is this also happening to other folks with the z5?
running official firmware 7.1.1. I was using NOBA firmware (7.1.1) before, but i have since switched to Canadian firmware(7.1.1). So far so good, but I'm sure this problem will come back soon enough. I've also tried 7.0 Global firmware and youtube crapped out on that too.
No unlocked bootloaders/roots or anything like that. Running pure stock mode.

Full wipe and flash last rom.