Hello,
I have had a UK Vodafone Sensation for about a year and decided to get one that had been rooted to play with. I got it off ebay. It was really really good other than battery life ,,,, and then I spotted that the softkeys (the four buttons at the bottom of the phone) are permanently on ... unless I turn the phone right off.
When the phone arrived it had 4EXT with ICE and Sense and it was only come the evening of the second day I spotted why battery life was not good!! I tried various thing - Screen Filter, Juice Defender and other bits and pieces and then saw the AOKP Jelly Bean ROM and decided I'd start from scratch .. well almost. I'd also noticed that it said the phone type was Sensation XE.
I replaced 4EXT with CWM and flashed the AOKP Jelly Bean ROM. All went according to plan considering I'm a 63 year old noobie!! Well OK until I saw the softkeys were still illuminated all the time unless I turned the phone off. I'd got my apps and contacts on the SD card and installed the purchased version of APEX Pro that I'd been using on my non rooted phone. No amount of changes to anything I can thikn of turns them off ... but my phone does now say it's a SENSATION rather than a SENSATION XE.
I've run the battery flat and started afresh with it newly charged which has increased battery life but with these darn softkeys lit up it will never be good..
I have thought of taking it into a shop where they mainly deal with smashed screens all day long and see if it is possible to have the led backlight for the softkeys removed. I've looked at any amount of youtube videos and they all stop short of showing me the bit I want to see!! If the keys don't work afterwards its no drama as I can put 'Navigation' keys at the bottom of the screen from the ROM.
Any ideas anybody?? Your help and advice will be much appreciated.
Phil
look here ..bit difficult ..but it might solve your issue
ganeshp said:
look here ..bit difficult ..but it might solve your issue
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Hi Ganeshp. I tired to install gscript lite when I was running ICS. I managed it this time by reading what it actually said to do!!! lol.
Unfortunately even though it seemed to install ok and I ran the scripts ok it wouldn't actually get fully running before saying it had stopped. It seems other had had a similar experience. I tried various reboots etc and it still wouldn't run which is a shame as it really looked like it was the answer.
Thanks again but unfortunately I'm still looking for an answser,
Phil
Would it have anything to do with kernel setup? Just a thought. I don't know enough to actually advise you, but your led issue may be linked to the kernel.
some roms have the option built in to disable the capacitive buttons backlight, by using tweaks. ViperS rom has it built in, or you could download LeeDroid/Darkforest tweaks in the dev section. theres an option in the tweaks to disable the backlight. give that a shot before having someone look at it
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some roms have the option built in to disable the capacitive buttons backlight, by using tweaks. ViperS rom has it built in, or you could download LeeDroid/Darkforest tweaks in the dev section. theres an option in the tweaks to disable the backlight. give that a shot before having someone look at it
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Hello and thanks for the last two replies, I'll check out LeeDroid Darkforest tweak and it would be good is somebody could describe the Tasker method in this topic, We're off on holiday for 3 weeks tomorrow and will be taking my old faithful Nokia N95 so if this isn't sorted by tmw I'll go back to it when I get back.
Phil
noobvice said:
Hello and thanks for the last two replies, I'll check out LeeDroid Darkforest tweak and it would be good is somebody could describe the Tasker method in this topic, We're off on holiday for 3 weeks tomorrow and will be taking my old faithful Nokia N95 so if this isn't sorted by tmw I'll go back to it when I get back.
Phil
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I've been trying a couple of things from elsewhere on this site and still no joy. Tried tasker and rootdim but still no joy.
I couldn't see how to download LeeDroid/Darkforest tweaks ... only saw the option to flash a new rom and I don't really want to do that. If I could download just the tweaks I'd be willing to try that but not the full package.
Tks again for your help ... holiday tomorrow and I think I'll have to leave this until after I come back.
Phil
noobvice said:
I've been trying a couple of things from elsewhere on this site and still no joy. Tried tasker and rootdim but still no joy.
I couldn't see how to download LeeDroid/Darkforest tweaks ... only saw the option to flash a new rom and I don't really want to do that. If I could download just the tweaks I'd be willing to try that but not the full package.
Tks again for your help ... holiday tomorrow and I think I'll have to leave this until after I come back.
Phil
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LeeDroid tweaks and Darkforest tweaks are both for Sense 3.6 roms. ViperS is Sense 4 so these wouldnt work with that rom, but tweaks are already built in to it
LeeDroid= 3.32 base firmware http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24535142&postcount=5
Darkforest= 3.33 base firmware http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30132538&postcount=5
Can't you just do that by going into android settings and setting the backlight duration to never. OR You can install Total screen control from Android market. Go onto settings> softkeys backlight and click disable backlight. Then you have to select a screen filter value at which to disable softkeys backlight eg. 50% value. Your phone's backlight should turn off when your screen filter value is set to 50%. You have to be rooted for this to work.
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Can't you just do that by going into android settings and setting the backlight duration to never. OR You can install Total screen control from Android market. Go onto settings> softkeys backlight and click disable backlight. Then you have to select a screen filter value at which to disable softkeys backlight eg. 50% value. Your phone's backlight should turn off when your screen filter value is set to 50%. You have to be rooted for this to work.
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Hello and thanks to all who have replied. I'm now back from holiday and have tried all the things mentioned in this thread and they are either not available for my phone or they install ok but don't do what it says on the box. I'm going to try the ViperS ROM now and see if the tweak it seems to have for turning on/off the capacative lights works.
Tks.
Phil
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I have been searching for a couple days with no luck. My girlfriends shift is rooted and we have tried installing both synergy rls1 and currently mikshifted. The odd thing is that with both roms her charge light will come on solid as if plugged in ans wont turn off until the phone is reset. Once reset she can go about 10 minutes before it comes back on. It wouldnt be so bad if it didnt kill her notification led and more importantly kill her battery life. It dowsnt do the thing with the led on cm7 but she loves sense and doesnt want ro be without it. Any and all help is appreciated.
Not really a solution buy have you tried using supreme sense? It doesn't seem like a rom issue but who knows. If it doesn't work try unrooting and re-rooting.
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I have been searching for a couple days with no luck. My girlfriends shift is rooted and we have tried installing both synergy rls1 and currently mikshifted. The odd thing is that with both roms her charge light will come on solid as if plugged in ans wont turn off until the phone is reset. Once reset she can go about 10 minutes before it comes back on. It wouldnt be so bad if it didnt kill her notification led and more importantly kill her battery life. It dowsnt do the thing with the led on cm7 but she loves sense and doesnt want ro be without it. Any and all help is appreciated.
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What your seeing is a kb light bug and it came about when the cyanogen code was injected into Sense, the cool crt screen on and off animation, all you have to do to clear it is after you shut your keyboard just touch the status bar....or Supreme Sense i have the crt removed so no one has that bug, also i have a flashable made and posted on themikmik.com for users of MikShifted-G to remove the crt and kill that bug!
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Here the link for No CRT = NO LIGHT BUG .
Thanks all around, we tried out the supreme sense (she didnt like the 3d) but the no crt flash worked perfectly. I love these forums, although i only tend to lurk, there are always people willing to help.
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Thanks all around, we tried out the supreme sense (she didnt like the 3d) but the no crt flash worked perfectly. I love these forums, although i only tend to lurk, there are always people willing to help.
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And there is usually always options
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I have Nexus S i9020 and I have this bad problem..
It's started when I flashed AOSP ICS Brainmaster's Mix.. When I locked the phone, I had a strange yellow-green flash on the screen.. I tried flashing different kernels - no effect.. When I tried playing with Voodoo colors - no effect.. The only "semi-cure" was: if you return to "Stock gingerbread colors" that damn screenflash was seen only on the contour of clock and "that slide thing to unlock the screen" (don't know how to name it in english=))..
I thought that it was just the bug of the ROM then.. But when I flashed CM9 latest alpha everything remained the same.. I also thought that it was just a bug of the ROM..
But now I flashed ICS OTA after the downgrade to stock 2.3.6.. And the result is the same to switching to gingerbread colors in Voodoo app on AOSP old ICS ROMs.. I still have the screenflash on the contour on the lock and that "slidething"..
It's really annoying now as I'm starting to think that it is a hardware issue.. But all other functions work just perfect, not any single issue with the screen.. I haven't dropped my phone, haven't kicked it or something (bought it in June)
Can anybody help with this please?
P.S.: there were some similar threads here, but I haven't found the cure..
I tried playing with "Transition animation scale" and "Window animation scale" in Developer Options.. Setting window animation scale to 0.5x solves the problem.. But it turns off CRTscreen fadeout.. So there is something wrong with it on my phone.. I don't want to loose it, it's beautiful..
Any advice please?
I understand that I can only annoy with this question.. But still I don't know what to do! Please suggest any possible ideas, every piece of wisdom could help!
Now I've rooted official ICS, installed Nexus Beam 4.1.0 and flashed Glados 2.1 kernel.. And the green & yellow screenflash once again all over the screen when I lock the phone..
In every other possible way the screen behaves itself perfectly.. But when it turns off I see that damn flash..
Mine does it too
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Mine does it only when i wake the phone and put it back to sleep without unlocking it
Mine has the exact same problem. It doesn't happen in gingerbread but on ics roms, even stock, it does a flash. On stock its lighter and harder to see, but if I change voodoo settings it turns green. I doubt its hardware considering it works fine on gingerbread.
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So we have not only one complaint.. Something must be done to cure it.. It's really annoying as it is the only thing that works not fine on this phone!
Can somebody of the developers please comment on this problem?
Has someone found an answer to this?
Max2mus said:
I have Nexus S i9020 and I have this bad problem..
It's started when I flashed AOSP ICS Brainmaster's Mix.. When I locked the phone, I had a strange yellow-green flash on the screen.. I tried flashing different kernels - no effect.. When I tried playing with Voodoo colors - no effect.. The only "semi-cure" was: if you return to "Stock gingerbread colors" that damn screenflash was seen only on the contour of clock and "that slide thing to unlock the screen" (don't know how to name it in english=))..
I thought that it was just the bug of the ROM then.. But when I flashed CM9 latest alpha everything remained the same.. I also thought that it was just a bug of the ROM..
But now I flashed ICS OTA after the downgrade to stock 2.3.6.. And the result is the same to switching to gingerbread colors in Voodoo app on AOSP old ICS ROMs.. I still have the screenflash on the contour on the lock and that "slidething"..
It's really annoying now as I'm starting to think that it is a hardware issue.. But all other functions work just perfect, not any single issue with the screen.. I haven't dropped my phone, haven't kicked it or something (bought it in June)
Can anybody help with this please?
P.S.: there were some similar threads here, but I haven't found the cure..
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Max2mus said:
I tried playing with "Transition animation scale" and "Window animation scale" in Developer Options.. Setting window animation scale to 0.5x solves the problem.. But it turns off CRTscreen fadeout.. So there is something wrong with it on my phone.. I don't want to loose it, it's beautiful..
Any advice please?
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Max2mus said:
I understand that I can only annoy with this question.. But still I don't know what to do! Please suggest any possible ideas, every piece of wisdom could help!
Now I've rooted official ICS, installed Nexus Beam 4.1.0 and flashed Glados 2.1 kernel.. And the green & yellow screenflash once again all over the screen when I lock the phone..
In every other possible way the screen behaves itself perfectly.. But when it turns off I see that damn flash..
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Raver27 said:
Mine does it too
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tdtylert said:
Mine does it only when i wake the phone and put it back to sleep without unlocking it
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apreichner said:
Mine has the exact same problem. It doesn't happen in gingerbread but on ics roms, even stock, it does a flash. On stock its lighter and harder to see, but if I change voodoo settings it turns green. I doubt its hardware considering it works fine on gingerbread.
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Max2mus said:
So we have not only one complaint.. Something must be done to cure it.. It's really annoying as it is the only thing that works not fine on this phone!
Can somebody of the developers please comment on this problem?
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Has someone found an answer to this?
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I've seen this discussed somewhere already, but can't recall where!? But to my knowledge, if I can remember correctly it can be corrected by resetting voodoo control settings back to 2.3.3 defaults! Something to do with gamma settings I think! But obviously you have to be rooted to have & use voodoo control!!
I've tried a couple of those settings, but it never totaly get rid of the problem, it's just less visible. But since I know it's there, i'll always be seeing it XD
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SS_Ultra-------Sense 1.0---------READ ME------------------READ ME-------------------
NS_Ultra v2 -------No Sense[Sense components [completely] removed. Anything you need that's sense type can be downloaded from the Market. when setting up NS keep clicking next,when phone boots enable go keyboard,search key or text box will bring up go keyboard setup. then set up market,email ect. It might be a small pain but well worth it.
1.Download to Sd
2.(WIPE) everything (3x) recommended.
3.Flash rom
4.Flash Dta2sd (Optional)
5.Reboot and Enjoy.
[Warning:Once you have downloaded this Rom to your device,XDA or myself are not responsible if you damage,brick or otherwise destroy your phone.]
.............................SS_Ultra/NS_Ultra.....................................
DeOdexed/Zipaligned
Bash, Nano & sysro/sysrw
Busy Box & run-parts
A2sd enabled
Init'd / EPSN
Screenshot enabled
Stock kernel with Wireless N enabled
4in1 reboot via custom app
MIUI Style Battery Bar
Customizable Quick Settings via custom app
NEW 3g/4g/Wifi hacks
Optimized all apk's
Dalvik bumped to 48m
Over 300mb on clean install
Beat's Audio
Sony Bravia/Xloud
Rendered GPU
All New Build.prop/Init'd Tweaks
Qualcomm Tweaks
Ram Tweaks
Sprint Connection Optimizer
Status Bar Transparencies
Too much more to really list.
Thanks to Captain_Throwback for the original base.
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-----known issue-----SS_Ultra/NS_Ultra-----
You tell me.
Download SS_Ultra----> http://d-h.st/R6P MD5 Sum: db440e68d9e93e6ab7cb4cc9377afcc7
Download NS_Ultra v2 ----> http://d-h.st/sEt MD5 Sum: d997045ab5b2870b0d340ae4ed73a831
(Get more space and speed)
Dta2sd------> http://d-h.st/h5n MD5 Sum: 51d3aec8bca833aae85a0a75946ae7e9
Got an HTC inspire? Want a Ultra version? Link to Ultra versions for Inspire 4g--------> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746038
Thanks man, lovin the find that captain found. Gonna flash this today and check it out. Appreciat ya man. Later
EDIT: Flashing now, Already know this ROMs gonna be the next hot ticket. Thanks again ,,,
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Tommy,s extended quick settings zip does work on this ,also miui battery bar I now have working. Only problem is a pop up box with 0-9 appears every now and then in a clear box. When I get this ironed out I'll have them included. Once I learn how to port, I'll have a way better version to put out. If someone has a good guide please pm me a link.
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Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222746 ,its all trial and error,not everything in this guide works as posted,you just have to play with it.
Thanks Diablo this is exaclty what I was looking for, off to work on the build now. Thanks again.
It's fantastic, thanks man.
For anyone who likes inverted mms, try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1559437&highlight=inverted+mms it works pretty well, Thank Jessesse for it .Later
Ive got extended quick setting fully working just need to iron out this low memory/low on space warnings in the quick settings boxes. Stay tuned ill have it out soon.If you know what i need to correct please let me know
Edit.. still getting odd popup with 0-9.back to it again.
were you getting the low mem warnings before you added the quick settings, Never got any warnings myself,,,
nope just when i flash quick settings everything works just inside the auto rotation/wi-fi/mobile network boxes theres (low on space) and (phone storage space is getting low) which is not true. im going to start all over i guess.also i cant rid the0-9 popup box,which i think is related to the text popup apk i put in the rom. This was my first ever port attempt but ill get it working.
You have a pretty awesome base to work with and your doing a great job so far, Keep at it. Im really digin it so far. Theres a few things id like to see for this rom, but before i say anything, id rather see what you come up with. Thanks again for your efforts man it is greatly appreciated by all. Later
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You have a pretty awesome base to work with and your doing a great job so far, Keep at it. Im really digin it so far. Theres a few things id like to see for this rom, but before i say anything, id rather see what you come up with. Thanks again for your efforts man it is greatly appreciated by all. Later
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Agreed. Good work! It's nice to see some of the mods from previous versions working on the new base. The text being wrong in the Quick Settings issue is going to be hex edit in SystemUI.apk, I believe. outerdepth had a similar issue when porting the Express. He might be able to help.
Ive been bangin away on this rom all day and i mean all day non stop. From flashing at 97% till now its been 6 1/2 hours non stop. Different mods,, stock kernel, different other kernels constant reboots, about 35 mms about 20 sms a couple hours web surfing,just playin with it non stop and im still at 47% battery. battery life is off the chart This rom just keeps getting better and better and its not even a day old yet. Im going to hang with the new freedom universal kernel for a day and then check the lionfish 1.8 universal for a day and see which ones the best...
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Just a bump really, but i might as well say something philosophical. " With time patience and diligence come greater acheivements "
Dont remember who said it but it does sounc cool, does'nt it ? Later
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Update coming soon still needs a little work,and im having problems recompiling my apks but for sure its coming
Hey bro, you have all the time in the world. Use it. We'd rather wait for something great than settle now for something so so. Im still running your initial DeOdexed and lovin it man so really, no hurry, Later
PS, The new Freedom universal kernel is just plain badass with this rom,,Just throwuin that out there Thanks again
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Hey bro, you have all the time in the world. Use it. We'd rather wait for something great than settle now for something so so. Im still running your initial DeOdexed and lovin it man so really, no hurry, Later
PS, The new Freedom universal kernel is just plain badass with this rom,,Just throwuin that out there Thanks again
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Does that kernel affect your ability to use USB to PC, or affect the orientation of the front-facing camera in Google Video Chat?
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Does that kernel affect your ability to use USB to PC, or affect the orientation of the front-facing camera in Google Video Chat?
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USB to PC works fine, but front facing camera is upside down with the god mode, let me ck the universal and ill get back to you. lol, Didnt even ck the front camera till you mentioned it
EDIT: God mode is upsidedown as well
Ive already tried the lionfish 1.8 universal with almost the same performance and battery life (off the grid dude) as freedom and front facing camera is upside right. hope this helps somewhat,,,Later
I'm on universal and ffc IS also flipped
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I'm on universal and ffc IS also flipped
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try the Less- Lionfish-1.8-bright UNIVERSAL, youll get about the same performance and battery and your ffc will be right
Also try Papa Smurfs Smurfed out script, You wont regret it works great with this rom
I've flashed a lot of roms on my phone and on most of them led buttons (home, back, search... at the bottom of the phone doesnt light up when you navigate through phone...can someone tell me why is this so and if you can fix it somehow by your own?
Sorry if this thread is already up, i havent seen it...
They aren't meant to light up in normal use. They are only meant to light up when the room is dark.
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Can you tell us what is your current ROM please?
I had the same problem in CyanogenMod9, when I turned off the autobrightness. Somebody tells that it's because of sweep2wake function. By the way, when brightness is auto - everything works fine.
As far as i remember, on stock rom, those buttons always lighted up, and on my last 3 roms now they never did. I'm currently using Primos-s, but before i had Runny sense 3.5 rom, and didn't work too. i find this thing very annoying because i have to blind guess everytime... I have auto-brightness turned on, and still these buttons neve rlight up, even in dark.
In some Roms like Endymion which I use there's a tweak for the brightness at which the buttons light up. In stock they only lit up in complete darkness. Hopefully it works the same in Fallout ..
Tapa2 desire s
I'd be very happy if they light up only in darkness, but now they never do...hopefully, on the next rom i'll use they will work
xREDavidx said:
I'd be very happy if they light up only in darkness, but now they never do...hopefully, on the next rom i'll use they will work
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As mentioned above, some ROMs have implemented tweaks so they will only light up in very dark conditions. In my opinion, this is even better.
Try another ROM.
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I will flash another rom in next few days so hopefuly everything will be ok. Thanks for helping me.
What do you think, what is enhanced, what is ruined?
For begining, I want to say that i love new Sense Keyboard.
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This should be put in sticky jb thread this is gonna be locked
k1llacanon said:
This should be put in sticky jb thread this is gonna be locked
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Sticky JB thread done its job...
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It's still doing its job and as the mods have stated over and over..any jb conversations go there don't start a New thread
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Caller photo quality is OK how but photo is still small. Have the same size as before...
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Has someone got VILLE C2 Jelly Bean Update????
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Has someone got VILLE C2 Jelly Bean Update????
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Thanks, dude, I couldn't see the other posts, they are so tiny, you are literally my savior
On topic: No, S3 users will probably get it 2-3 weeks later, maybe more.
I saw, that some users reported having a brick with SuperCID, is this true?
Because I don't want to change my CID back and stuff
Busybox
Hi
Just updated via OTA, reinstalled CWM_Recovery and installed superSU 0.99.
Phone is rooted once again but it seems like busybox is unable to install, tried a few different versions and none seem to stick, a few even causes a crash/reboot of the phone.
Have a few programs that are reliant on Busybox to function.
Am i the only one with this problem ?
I think the update is rubbish. If anything its not as smooth as the Ics update, project butter must be a vanilla only experience because there is no way it's buttery smooth
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I'm really annoyed about the new keyboard layout which was an utterly unnecessary change. Not to mention that the keyboard is somewhat laggy. Apart from that it's fine and I could live with it if I would get back full root functionality.
By the way, has anyone solved their root issues (SuperSU, Busybox, and a couple other apps and tools not working) yet?
xsatquest said:
Hi
Just updated via OTA, reinstalled CWM_Recovery and installed superSU 0.99.
Phone is rooted once again but it seems like busybox is unable to install, tried a few different versions and none seem to stick, a few even causes a crash/reboot of the phone.
Have a few programs that are reliant on Busybox to function.
Am i the only one with this problem ?
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Nope I'm also having the same issues. After reading over the superSU thread it seems like HTC have done something to prevent system changes so it's basically a case of waiting until some devs find a work around
Is there an app to reorder the notifications in the notificationbar? I have 2 apps as trigger and new notifications are in the middle of these apps. I want new notifications at bottom.
Haven't got the update yet, but I'd like to know if they solved the touchbutton issue? And does USB OTG work now without extra cables? The only 2 things I'm missing.
Touch button issue is better so far but cannot say for sure that it is fixed, since now we have the Google now issue but not as frequently as before.
The new issue for me after the update is that the hands-free control is not customisable through apps after update, only single click function works for me, no track skipping or volume control
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The worst update I've made on any phone....ever!
I need to downgrade ASAP, however, because I'm a relative noob and I'm unrooted I need some assistance. Any advice will be appreciated.
Just installed and had 10 minutes with it. To me my phone definitely seems a little quicker and more responsive, might just be me being excited about new stuff though! I use Swiftkey so never touch the Sense keyboard, I just gave the new one a quick go and switched back to Swiftkey, I can type on it almost as quick as a real keyboard so it would take something amazing to shift me from it. I like what I see of Google Now so far, we'll see how it pans out though. The camera changes seem good, fairly subtle differences but I think it's quicker too. I like the power saver mode, think that will be a useful one. Switching off data when the screen is off is a great feature.
So far, so good.
captaineasychord said:
Just installed and had 10 minutes with it. To me my phone definitely seems a little quicker and more responsive, might just be me being excited about new stuff though! I use Swiftkey so never touch the Sense keyboard, I just gave the new one a quick go and switched back to Swiftkey, I can type on it almost as quick as a real keyboard so it would take something amazing to shift me from it. I like what I see of Google Now so far, we'll see how it pans out though. The camera changes seem good, fairly subtle differences but I think it's quicker too. I like the power saver mode, think that will be a useful one. Switching off data when the screen is off is a great feature.
So far, so good.
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Which processor do you have? S3 or S4? And have you played any games on it? Subway Surfer was quite quick and smooth on ICS, with Jellybean it's like a buffering movie on one of them crappy Chinese servers....
RootJunkie said:
Which processor do you have? S3 or S4? And have you played any games on it? Subway Surfer was quite quick and smooth on ICS, with Jellybean it's like a buffering movie on one of them crappy Chinese servers....
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I noticed that! Subway surfer was laggy on the JB update. Restored my ICS rom and it's smooth as butter. WTF! And it's bound to be s4 because the s3 doesn't have it yet
I am pretty fond of the new No-Lockscreen option. Something I have missed from the AOSP versions, probably the only reason I will stick with sense on JB.
captaineasychord said:
Just installed and had 10 minutes with it. To me my phone definitely seems a little quicker and more responsive, might just be me being excited about new stuff though! I use Swiftkey so never touch the Sense keyboard, I just gave the new one a quick go and switched back to Swiftkey, I can type on it almost as quick as a real keyboard so it would take something amazing to shift me from it. I like what I see of Google Now so far, we'll see how it pans out though. The camera changes seem good, fairly subtle differences but I think it's quicker too. I like the power saver mode, think that will be a useful one. Switching off data when the screen is off is a great feature.
So far, so good.
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Not sure, but since data is off while screen off, how come I receive my whatsapp messages, emails n stuff? I am just curious, since I read about power saver a while ago in One X forum, but forgot that and you reminded it to me.
P.s: I have power saver on since the update
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