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ENABLE CallRecorder API RECORDING FUNCTIONALITY ON ROMS BESIDES SKY ICS 2.3.5(AND ICS LEAKS)
This thread is for those of us who wish to have the ability to use CallRecorder, but would rather not use seanzscreams' Sky ICS 2.3.5, a Roger's UXJK7-based ROM, or an ICS leak. If you're running Sky ICS 2.3.5 or an ICS leak, this thread shouldn't concern you as these ROMs have this functionality built in. If you're using a Roger's-based ROM, this probably doesn't apply to you either. The bottom line: If CallRecorder works for you, that's terrific. You can go find a cure for cancer, or pop that giant zit on your back that's growing a goatee. Either way, I don't care. But please, stop wasting everyone's time with your false-positive statements saying that CallRecorder works for everybody. IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY. CAPISCE?
I've been having select individuals test this out for a short time now, and it seems to work rather well on a number of different ROMs. So far, it's been reported to me that this works on Romracer's 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and faux's 2.3.6 kernels, as well as AlienROM and NexusMOD 2.x-4.x. I'm sure it works on others as well, so give it a shot and post your experiences for everyone's benefit.
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Ok, so basically there's a reason why all the different call recorder apps you've already tried aren't working (Total Recall, newer versions of Call Recorder). You can thank AT&T for this, plainly and simply. Their Stalinist codemonkeys sucked this capability out of your device. So to remedy this, what we have here are some modified libaudio libraries and an app called CallRecorder. These modified libaudio files will remove the Goebbels garbage that AT&T left behind and allow CallRecorder to record 2-way conversations directly from the Android API (not the speakerphone), and, as far as I know, without beeps.
Standard Disclaimer: I won't take responsibility for anything that might go wrong. I seriously suggest that you do a nandroid backup in CWM before starting this procedure. And, in the likely event that this does work for you, just hit the thanks button on your way outta town. Thank you..
First, you need to be rooted with ClockWorkMod Recovery already flashed. If you are, proceed. If not, there are threads in the Development section that will help you accomplish this. These directions assume that you have a basic operational understanding of ClockWorkMod Recovery. With that being said, here's what you need to do.
1. Do a nandroid backup in CWM. JUST DO IT.
2. Download "call_rec_libs_skyrocket_2.3.5.zip" and "CallRecorder_v.1.2.2_trial.zip" below.
3. Flash "call_rec_libs_skyrocket_2.3.5.zip" in CWM.
4. "Wipe cache partition" and "Wipe dalvik cache" in CWM.
5. Reboot and make sure you have "Unknown Sources" checked in Settings-->Applications. Then extract "CallRecorder_v.1.2.2_trial.apk" from "CallRecorder_v.1.2.2_trial.zip", copy it onto your phone and install it. Once the installation is complete, you can un-check "Unknown Sources" if you wish maintain the security of your phone in that way.
6. Open CallRecorder, then hit the menu touch key (lower left corner, next to home), and then go to Preferences.
7. Change the "Record calls from" option from "Kernel with 2-way call recording patch" to "Standard Android API"
8. Customize any other settings if you wish, and then call your mom (or voicemail ) to test the 2-way recording functionality.
9. Complete the call, then open CallRecorder. You should see the recorded call on the screen. Touch it to play back the call. To your amazement, you should hear both sides of the conversation.
10. Live long and prosper..
Thanks goes out to noodles2224, who lent me his updated copy of CallRecorder for tesing purposes (which I have now purchased from the Market). Credit for the libaudio files goes to seanzscreams (as far as I know, I have no idea where he got them from), and skvalex for CallRecorder. All I did was put 2 and 2 together and throw the libaudio files into a CWM flashable zip.
CallRecorder is an app that's found on Android Market, and the version that I've attached is a trial only. Support the developer (skvalex) by purchasing the full version from the Market here ($5). I'm sure skvalex spent A LOT of time creating this app, so show this Russian bad-ass that you appreciate his work and help him justify all that time spent. If you do buy it from the Market, be sure to uninstall the trial version beforehand.
On a side note, FUGG YOU AT&T. I know you troll these walls.. I don't like being controlled. Leave your tyrannical codemonkey bulls)-(|t north of the 38th Parallel, where it belongs.
Bump. Many thanks. Been looking for these.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
I'll go ahead and ask this to get it out of the way.
Does this work on a stock odexed 2.3.6 ROM? It says it works on one of the 2.3.6 kernals, but that's different than stock.
Thanks for this MOD. ANything that puts the phone the way it should be (without AT&Ts BS) is a step in the right direction.
nice mod, should help a lot of people. Call recording is always fun.
But honestly, please leave the political comments out of your post... really. I have no problem with your dislike of communists, but there's no need to dictate that here.
PS....
Call recorder from market works on stock unrooted SR. Option for kernel selected in settings or Android API.
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Uncle Irish said:
PS....
Call recorder from market works on stock unrooted SR. Option for kernel selected in settings or Android API.
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I was wondering about the lib files on the odexed 2.3.6 stock ROM. The apk is no good if the libs can't be modified on the phone.
Uncle Irish said:
PS....
Call recorder from market works on stock unrooted SR. Option for kernel selected in settings or Android API.
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Funny never worked for me. Only thing that ever worked was on my captivate and that was total recall and it only worked in speakerphone mode.
Uncle Irish said:
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Call recorder from market works on stock unrooted SR. Option for kernel selected in settings or Android API.
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I'll bet you a shiny quarter that you either 1) have an SGH-i727R or 2) you're using a UXKJ7-based ROM.
The Roger's base doesn't appear to suffer from the same "deficiency" as the UCKJ2 base. I guess I should have mentioned that..
Either way, I'm glad it works for you. However, not everyone is having the same good fortune..
iandr0idos said:
nice mod, should help a lot of people. Call recording is always fun.
But honestly, please leave the political comments out of your post... really. I have no problem with your dislike of communists, but there's no need to dictate that here.
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Why iandr0idos, are you calling me... a dictator?? hahaha
I admit, not very PC language, even though I had no intention of offending anyone. I'll try to take it down a notch in the future. For the record, I don't dislike communists. I have Chinese friends, and I'm certain there's many nice people whom I'll never meet living in North Korea. It's more-so the establishment of despotism and any oppressive deviation thereof that I don't particularly care for.
scott14719 said:
I'll go ahead and ask this to get it out of the way.
Does this work on a stock odexed 2.3.6 ROM? It says it works on one of the 2.3.6 kernals, but that's different than stock.
Thanks for this MOD. ANything that puts the phone the way it should be (without AT&Ts BS) is a step in the right direction.
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Odexed shouldn't make any difference. The libraries have no .odex counterpart, and you can still install deodexed .apks on an odexed ROM. Make a nandroid backup, and give it whack.
scott14719 said:
I was wondering about the lib files on the odexed 2.3.6 stock ROM. The apk is no good if the libs can't be modified on the phone.
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The libraries aren't optimized. odex/deodex doesn't matter.
cousinit99 said:
I'll bet you a shiny quarter that you either 1) have an SGH-i727R or 2) you're using a UXKJ7-based ROM.
The Roger's base doesn't appear to suffer from the same "deficiency" as the UCKJ2 base. I guess I should have mentioned that..
Either way, I'm glad it works for you. However, not everyone is having the same good fortune..
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PM me that quarter. I restored mine from MyBackup Pro to my brothers in the AT&T store before he walked out with it this passed Saturday. Works just fine stock unrooted. Got mine from the market.
Weird it works for some and not others tho.
Uncle Irish said:
PM me that quarter. I restored mine from MyBackup Pro to my brothers in the AT&T store before he walked out with it this passed Saturday. Works just fine stock unrooted. Got mine from the market.
Weird it works for some and not others tho.
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A "thanks" will have to suffice. haha
Yep, it's true. The very first thing I did was purchase the Market version. After ten minutes of frantically experimenting will all the program options and still no joy, I hit the refund button. Then I embarked on this "crusade"..
The second I dropped those libaudio libraries in there, *p00f!* It magically started working..
I will concede that when I first started looking, I found an old, deprecated alpha version of CallRecorder that, for some strange reason did work half-assedly. Nothing newer than that did, though.
You have me thinking now....
My veraon was from the market but I am rooted and rom'd. I did a data and apk restore to my brothers phone. Knowing it can modify anything if it isn't rooted I wonder now why it worked. My bud just got the SR and the market one didn't work but he removed and installed my backup and it did. He's stock no root also. Now I'm just confused about it lol.
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mrtim8383 said:
Bump. Many thanks. Been looking for these.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
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You're very welcome. I started recording all my calls when I got my Nokia N95 4 years ago, and I have no intention of stopping any time soon..
I even have SIPDroid recording all of my Google Voice calls now. CallRecorder's great and all, but the compressed 64 kilobit audio of a VOIP call makes these sound RIDICULOUS.
Now if I could only figure out how to get the DTMF tones to work flawlessly.....
Please confirm, Can I use it on my Galaxy S with CodeNameAndroid 1.4.0 ROM ? Thanks!
This is great! Anyone had luck with Total Recall yet?
I'm still using a backup of the call recorder from skyics rom. Worked on the note, captivate, several skyrockets, an aria and a bunch of other devices also. I've just restored to each phone from my tibu backup and no probably at all on any of them.
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I intalled this a couple of days ago and here is my review...
As always FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS IN THE OP TO THE LETTER!
Here are a couple of things that may be of interest. Of course, this is how it works on my phone...how it works on yours may differ. I am using the ALien 6 ROM (and loving it!).
1. The trial version of CallRecorder included in the OP only let me open it one time before it said the trial was up. This wasn't a huge problem for me because I was planning on buying the full version anyway to support the DEV and get the fully functional version. I would have liked to do some testing before the purchase, but everything worked out good anyway. The App's Dev claims there is a place here on XDA that you can get the trial, so maybe it will give you more time than the version in the OP does. It IS worth the purchase though. And as stated, make sure you delete the trial version before installing the full (purchased) version.
2. On my phone, the recorder works great. It even records both sides of the conversation while using bluetooth. Several people in the Google Play page claim the person on the other end of the line cannot be heard. In my case, there is a slight drop in volume from the original conversation to the recorded version, but it is not huge. I could clearly hear both sides of the recorded converstation without touching the volume control...but there is a slight difference.
3. The app works great. There is an option to set it to vibrate once recording starts and stops but I haven't used it. There is an icon that stays on the top notification area of the screen while the app is active. It changes color while a conversation is recorded. SO, basically, it isn't even noticed while it is doing its thing. There isn't a way to easily turn the app off once it is activated. It runs as a service on the phone until the service is physically stopped (through settings) but it is not a big deal. There is no noticible battery usage or anything else when it is active and you never know when a call comes in that you want to record so its a good thing it runs as a service. The phone deep sleeps just fine with it running. A toggle would be nice...maybe with the ability to pause and resume recording at choice, but I didn't notice any such feature. However, there are several configurable points within the app's settings that I haven't tried that seem to allow exceptions and rules for which calls are recorded and how they are recorded. There seems to be alot of such options.
4. The recorded quality of the call is great (even with the before mentioned volume difference). You can choose between several formats for the call to be saved in and you can chose where the calls are saved to. Remeber, the app records the call as you hear it. This means if you are in a bad connection area where words are droped or slurred or where there is a lot of static that the recording will reflect it. Its not the apps fault, it is the connections fault.
5. Someone on the Google Play site made a comment about being able to add notes to recordings...well, guess what, you can! If you long touch the redording, a menu of options appears. Some of them are "delete" "move", and yes "add note" as well as many others.
To sum it up, this works great! If anything happens or if I think of anything else that someone else might want to know about it I will post it here. Enjoy!
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ENABLE CallRecorder API RECORDING FUNCTIONALITY ON ROMS BESIDES SKY ICS 2.3.5
This thread is for those of us who wish to have the ability to use CallRecorder, but would rather not use seanzscreams' Sky ICS 2.3.5, or a Roger's UXJK7-based ROM. If you're running Sky ICS 2.3.5, this post does concern you as your ROM has this functionality built in. If you're using a Roger's-based ROM, this probably doesn't apply to you either. The bottom line: If CallRecorder works for you, that's terrific. You can go find a cure for cancer, or pop that giant zit on your back that's growing a goatee. Either way, I don't care. But stop wasting everyone's time with your false-positive statements saying that CallRecorder works for everybody. IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY. CAPISCE?
I've been having select individuals test this out for a short time now, and it seems to work rather well on a number of different ROMs. So far, it's been reported to me that this works on Romracer's 0.1 and faux's 2.3.6 kernels, AlienROM and NeXuSM0D. I'm sure it works on others as well, so give it a shot and post your experiences for everyone's benefit.
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it will work on Xperia X8i(E15i)?
Hey,
I'd like to be able to make calls via GSM network (not via wifi/voip) with my SIM card in my Xoom MZ601 (running a rooted stock ROM 3.2).
I saw some screenshots of some custom ICS ROMs, such as the "code android" ROM which apparently has a feature to do real calls (over GSM) with a Xoom (see pic in attachment).
Now I was wondering:
1) can you really make true GSM calls with "code android" ROM?
2) do other custom ROMs offer this feature too, such as Team EOS?
3) does this even need a ROM at all or will merely an app do the same job on Android 3.2?
I am not certain, but I believe it was harder than just putting the phone.apk on tablet. Your question has been asked before, have a search if you want.
Also, Skype? May seem obvious, but..
it would need cell radios.
try skype/voip/etc.
I don' think it is possible since I heard people say it doesn't have the hardware for it. Though I'm not sure if that's really the issue here. Anyhow from what I heard they have SMS enabled ROMS or mod.
Sms enabled roms?
Do u know which ones?
hey guys, back again for rom number 5
to start, im not gifted enough to know how to develop, im just a lowly borrower, so if i have nothing to borrow, i have nothing to offer
also i take no responsibility for your phone crashing and burning in an epic fashion, and/or if your cat jumps off your keyboard and makes your coffee spill on your lap, or war, or famine, or disease, or anything of the sort. try at your own risk, dont bother me if your phone blows up
dont give me any credit, give the following people mad props and donate to them if you wish to:
original rom link from wfs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749474
dudeman1996 for his port (link above)
erwinp for the youtube fix
stritfajt for getting the camera working
mongoosehelix and all the crew over at the eris forums for the base rom
1ceb0x and the crew over at the hero gsm forums for the init.rc tweaks and the minfree settings in kernel
dsixda and his kitchen
matt, dastin, jaybob and the heroc crew
zeppelinrox and his v6 supercharger script
im sure i forgot people, im sorry if i did and if i forgot you please yell at me and ill make sure to thank you
this is based off of 4.0.4, ParanoidAndroid for the Wildfire S
what works:
touchscreen
sdcard
radio (data and calls)
adb
camera preview and taking pics
bigger keyboard, more like gb
wifi
sound
buttons
audio
root
vibration
bluetooth
zeppelinrox's supercharger script (just to supercharge launcher)
video playing from sdcard (use quickpic and .3gp video format)
minfrees set in kernel at boot time
mms hopefully
usb mass storage
themes
youtube (non hd, and video looks like a slideshow for some reason)
try messing with camera settings in camera app, i turned down the resolution from 5 mp to 2.5 and picture taking worked quicker and looked better in my opinion
works with problems:
youtube, i believe its a density issue, if anyone can figure out a fix before i can please let me know
long press home displays large previews, not sure why just yet
other stuff im sure
what i didnt test: (lol its your jobs to test it)
pretty much everything else
when you flash this, remember i did not sign it, so if your using clockworkmod recovery toggle signature verification
i recommend you go let this boot all the way, then reboot. then after that, go into settings-developer options, and click the tick box next to:
background process limit/ at most 4 processes
show all ANRs
and make sure animations are off
i turn off all vibration, except for notifications, that includes the keyboard as haptic feedback slows things down.
then use script manager to run zeppelinrox's v6 supercharger to bulletproof launcher
this is the gapps i use from eris: http://www.mediafire.com/?qbpc1zthauh4c1h
md5sum: 2b4d664eda701da65d2ea2c5c928267d
(this is the same gapps offered over at the eris forums, i just added geniewidget as i like my news and weather widget)
go into phone app, hit menu, then settings, and check your voicemail number, im on boost so mine is my phone number
this port will not:
most likely be a finished project
win a beauty contest
make your manhood bigger
if you see something wrong, please fix it or ask me to
and now for the link before i forget:
ParanoidHeroc
http://www.mediafire.com/?m08751o5jnks112
if you see problems or have suggestions, please let me know
happy flashing!
Awesome once again.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
thanks thats what i strive for
the release schedule for this is going to be on par with the wildfire s, and the link is in the op. when they update (beyond fixing hw problems) i will too
What's this are you DAGR8 stuff about in the backup
Sent from my VS920 4G using xda premium
megaghostgamer said:
What's this are you DAGR8 stuff about in the backup
Sent from my VS920 4G using xda premium
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is that where it asks you if you are a certain user and to click yes or no to confirm? i have no clue what bearing that has on the backup app, i'd say just disregard it.
so here it goes guys. im out of the game for now. expect no new updates on the ics roms i have ported before. jb is the future, and shelnutt is the guy to get us into the future. ics roms never quite ran great anyway, so no big loss. i may pop back up in the future and throw down on some jb paranoidandroid, aokp, miui, or anything of the such, but i cannot guaruntee a thing. its been nice, but support for these roms stops here. (unless of course, anyone else would like to take these over for me, or i can get the guys from gsm hero using my allinone installer full time, then heroc will have everything they get)
if anyone would like to take over, please message me. ill be more than willing to send everything your way, since im way too busy with life in general right now.
Thanks for all your work brother! Wherever you go, keep up the great work!
Thanks for everything!
You are truly a great guy, and thanks to your allinone installer I will continue to update this for the hero, heroC and Eris
So sad to see you go:/
thank you for all the kind words guys
im not fully gone, just havnt had time (and wont have a whole lot of time for the forseeable future) to maintain anything. jordfaz, 1ceb0x and kemoba over at the gsm hero forums are doing excellent work, and im going to try to get them setup with allinone installer (jordfaz is already fluent in it, hes doing great) so that the work they do for one device can trickle to us too. they seem to be getting way more done than i can so look for those in the future.
the only thing i may possibly maintain (if i can get my scripts working right, still poking at them here and there when i have time) is allinonecm10 nighly releases. they will be stripped, with no need for firerats. shelnutt is doing a great job, and any kind of burden we can take off of his shoulders about supporting the jb work he does would certainly help him acheive more.
thats not to say there wont be jb ports of miui, aokp, and paranoidandroid. those will most definitely come, and when the time is right i will personally (as long as my old heroc is still kicking lol) make sure you guys get those in hand to play with.
id like to see an update to this, a favor if you will?
waeponx said:
id like to see an update to this, a favor if you will?
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I've tried porting v1.6a to the hero GSM (the last paranoid android for ics), but it doesn't boot fully. When I get it booting, I will be sure to use the allinone installer made by whoshotjr2006 so that the heroc and the Eris can use it
If I can't get it to boot, wait for whoshotjr2006, he's better at porting than me.
NOOB Alert !
OK Continue :
Hi,
I flashed to the: OpenSensation2 Cyanogen Mod, using instructions on this page :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002883&highlight=phone+calls
PHONE: HTC Sensation.
ANDROID VERSION: 4.1.2
KERNEL: 3.0.52 [email protected] #1
CYANOGEN MOD: 10-20121207-Bruce2728-pyramid
BUILD DATE: Fri Dec 7 09:40:44 GMT 2012
BUILD #: cm-pyramid-userdebug 4.1.2 JZ054K eng.bruce.20121207,093835 test-keys
Flash was good and props to Bruce, just not enough posts to thank him yet. I did have some questions relative to this ROM but cannot ask it in the relevant forum. These Questions are below :
ISSUES: ( In order of severity/importance )
1) CALL ISSUES:
Both incoming and outgoing calls, randomly occuring eg
Incoming call and i cannot hear the other party just dead air, requires I call them back.
Outgoing call and the other party cannot hear me, requires I call them back.
Occurence: approximately 10-20% of calls.
2) GPS ISSUES:
Google Maps takes forever to get a lock, sometimes not at all. Applied GPS Fastfix, made no difference. GPS Tester sometimes reports a lock with 5 plus sattelites and Google Maps will still not get a location lock stays on searching for GPS.
NOTE: If the GPS does lock, invoking Google Maps Navigation App will hardlock the phone requiring battery removal to reboot.
3) CAMERA ISSUES:
Occasionally camera will lock up after shooting a picture and the picture is not saved.
NOTE: The JB Camera Sucks anyway...it is truly awful. The HTC Stock ICS Camera puts it to shame.
4) MMS ISSUES:
It can take up to an hour to receive an incoming MMS, a picture for example.
5) GMAIL SYNC:
Gmail sync is broken, requires a manual sync and even then it will not sync correctly, emails will show also about an hour after they have been sent same as MMS.
6) PROJECT BUTTER:
Uh yeah......OK, I'm not sure what the fuss is about, I see no improvement at all over stock ICS. I'm not comparing to iphone because I simply don't care about Apple, But I will compare to Windows Phones, you want to see how smooth a phone GUI should be checkout a new windows phone, it is night and day.
OVERALL THOUGHTS:
I am reminded of the days I used to mess about with LINUX, I used OPENSUSE years ago, nice operating system if you were a complete geek, there were tons of LINUX distros available, each one claiming an advantage over the other but the bottom line was useability for the average user, looks and a crash-proof GUI for NOOBS.
There is a reason LINUX does not dominate the PC OS market, opensource software is not necessarily a market driven model, it is nerd driven and does not represent a useful product for most of the sheep out there.
Flashing custom Android ROMS is exactly the same, based on my NOOB ROM Flashing experience above, tons of ROMS, not one of them completely stable and the end result is a phone with a negative user experience and an evolving kernel that caters not to the market but to those geeks patient enough to want to F with the minutae of an evolving OS and then not necessarily in tune with Market demands.
CONCLUSION:
I flashed my ROM, to check out Jellbean's Buttery smoothness.
RESULT:
Jellybean is neither Buttery or Smoother than the stock ICS ROM at least on the HTC Sensation on the above listed ROM and my phone is now not even able to function as a phone, I cannot recommend a NOOB flash anything other than their girlfriend or wife, stay with stock, enjoy a working phone and read these forums if you want a nerdgasm just leave your phone well alone.
NEXT STEP....
Spend the next 2-4 hours of my existence trying to get my phone back to stock ICS when it worked.
That Is All.....Carry On.
UPDATE.
MU2MARC said:
NOOB Alert !
OK Continue :
Hi,
I flashed to the: OpenSensation2 Cyanogen Mod, using instructions on this page :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002883&highlight=phone+calls
PHONE: HTC Sensation.
ANDROID VERSION: 4.1.2
KERNEL: 3.0.52 [email protected] #1
CYANOGEN MOD: 10-20121207-Bruce2728-pyramid
BUILD DATE: Fri Dec 7 09:40:44 GMT 2012
BUILD #: cm-pyramid-userdebug 4.1.2 JZ054K eng.bruce.20121207,093835 test-keys
Flash was good and props to Bruce, just not enough posts to thank him yet. I did have some questions relative to this ROM but cannot ask it in the relevant forum. These Questions are below :
ISSUES: ( In order of severity/importance )
1) CALL ISSUES:
Both incoming and outgoing calls, randomly occuring eg
Incoming call and i cannot hear the other party just dead air, requires I call them back.
Outgoing call and the other party cannot hear me, requires I call them back.
Occurence: approximately 10-20% of calls.
2) GPS ISSUES:
Google Maps takes forever to get a lock, sometimes not at all. Applied GPS Fastfix, made no difference. GPS Tester sometimes reports a lock with 5 plus sattelites and Google Maps will still not get a location lock stays on searching for GPS.
NOTE: If the GPS does lock, invoking Google Maps Navigation App will hardlock the phone requiring battery removal to reboot.
3) CAMERA ISSUES:
Occasionally camera will lock up after shooting a picture and the picture is not saved.
NOTE: The JB Camera Sucks anyway...it is truly awful. The HTC Stock ICS Camera puts it to shame.
4) MMS ISSUES:
It can take up to an hour to receive an incoming MMS, a picture for example.
5) GMAIL SYNC:
Gmail sync is broken, requires a manual sync and even then it will not sync correctly, emails will show also about an hour after they have been sent same as MMS.
6) PROJECT BUTTER:
Uh yeah......OK, I'm not sure what the fuss is about, I see no improvement at all over stock ICS. I'm not comparing to iphone because I simply don't care about Apple, But I will compare to Windows Phones, you want to see how smooth a phone GUI should be checkout a new windows phone, it is night and day.
OVERALL THOUGHTS:
I am reminded of the days I used to mess about with LINUX, I used OPENSUSE years ago, nice operating system if you were a complete geek, there were tons of LINUX distros available, each one claiming an advantage over the other but the bottom line was useability for the average user, looks and a crash-proof GUI for NOOBS.
There is a reason LINUX does not dominate the PC OS market, opensource software is not necessarily a market driven model, it is nerd driven and does not represent a useful product for most of the sheep out there.
Flashing custom Android ROMS is exactly the same, based on my NOOB ROM Flashing experience above, tons of ROMS, not one of them completely stable and the end result is a phone with a negative user experience and an evolving kernel that caters not to the market but to those geeks patient enough to want to F with the minutae of an evolving OS and then not necessarily in tune with Market demands.
CONCLUSION:
I flashed my ROM, to check out Jellbean's Buttery smoothness.
RESULT:
Jellybean is neither Buttery or Smoother than the stock ICS ROM at least on the HTC Sensation on the above listed ROM and my phone is now not even able to function as a phone, I cannot recommend a NOOB flash anything other than their girlfriend or wife, stay with stock, enjoy a working phone and read these forums if you want a nerdgasm just leave your phone well alone.
NEXT STEP....
Spend the next 2-4 hours of my existence trying to get my phone back to stock ICS when it worked.
That Is All.....Carry On.
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I got my hands on a Samsung Galaxy SIII, running stock Jelly Bean in order to compare the user experience.........wow........
I must conclude that project butter cannot be part of the OpenSensation CM10 JB release I flashed above.
I realize that the SIII has better hardware specs, however, V-sync, triple buffering and a 60fps refresh rate is not hardware limited on the Sensation.....
The Galaxy is buttery smooth, exactly what I expected. The OpenSensation CM 10 JB ROM feels like ICS, it's a nice ROM but it ain't the Jelly Bean user experience......not even close.
I am still of the opinion that the Windows 8 OS GUI is the smoothest I have ever seen on an HTC phone. the stock JB ROM I saw on the Galaxy is about 90% there.
The OpenSensation Custom JB ROM I flashed is about a 5% improvement on stock ICS as far as speed, but a 10-15% downgrade from stock ICS as far as useability and absolutely no improvement over Stock ICS as far as UI improvement.
Still looking for an HTC Sensation JB ROM and Kernel combo that shows off that buttery smoothness.
Hi, just putting in my 2 cents here, I've been using bruce2728's CM10 nightly for months now and it has been working fantastically that entire - link is here if you're interested http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1782009
Cheers.
markinaus said:
Hi, just putting in my 2 cents here, I've been using bruce2728's CM10 nightly for months now and it has been working fantastically that entire - link is here if you're interested http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1782009
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Thanks for the link.
Yeah it's a pretty stable ROM, but Trebuche and the messenger service hang from time to time, clearing the cache and the dalvik help when this starts to happen, I still get all the other issues I listed.
Project butter IS implemented in this ROM, so why does it run about the same as ICS ? I just don't see the butter....Force GPU rendering for 2d drawing is on, I'm running the BADASS CPU Governor with the CFQ scheduler, I have moved every app possible to the SD card to free up RAM and I'm not getting any smoother animations out of the GUI than I got out of stock ICS.
Jittery animation all around. Reduced touchscreen sensitivity, reduced scroll flick speed, jittery browser scrolling.....
I just have to believe something didn't take because I have to tell you JB is absolutely horrible on the sensation compared to stock ICS.
So I was wondering if there was another stable JB ROM out there that I should try to flash for comparison? Like I said stock JB on the Galaxy SIII is extremely smooth compared to opensensation, it makes opensensation look like ICS with a JB skin, it is night and day, there is no comparison. This is why I assumed Project butter had not been implemented on this ROM....
Like many of us here, I am interested in upgrading my custom ROM when something comes along that is better, more stable, etc.
Unfortunately, we do not have a matrix stating which ROMs have what functions (or which functions are missing).
I am currently running Brian Lee's ver Bravo2.2v1.6 everything works, but slow and somewhat buggy - but most games aren't acceptable (i.e. Angry Birds won't even run). That is probably a RAM issue.
I get the impression that some of the ICS / Gingerbread versions like CM 7 or CM 9 are much better, but it seems that something is always missing, like no sensors, no camera, or no video or no radio, etc.
I have searched and read in this forum for hours and hours and can't seem to find if there is a fully functional ROM out there.
But if we had some kind of matrix that showed what was available, we could make an educated choice. I for one, would give up radio for a functioning camera.
I was interested in Falcons work on CM 9 - but I couldn't even find where that is right now. If we can't get a matrix - maybe someone could just tell me what I want to know?
Thx for any assistance,
Skorp
Oh...look what I found...!!
Originally Posted by Woodrube
There are a host or ROMs for this phone right now and it is quite hard to narrow down to "The Best". Each as their own +/-'s and while one might be a monster in speed, it might have poor muti-tasking or bad camera. Here are some of the ROMs we have and some of the +/-'s they have (not all, just some +/-'s).
In no particular order other than the top came out first and bottom is the latest.
2.1 Stock - Came with the phone. You can falsh via RSDlite the sbf file for your region.
2.1 Stock~ESB (Eclair Strikes Back) - Same as above, but has aorking app2ext, camera, FM Radio. Still it is 2.1
Dexters 2.2 with MZ patch - First successful attempt to port 2.2 to our phones. All features of 2.2 but camera is sketch and FM radio doesn't work (unless you apply FJfalcon radio patch but then it is still loud), media button doesn't work.
Kahlpower's V2/3/4 - Optimized version of Dexters. Same issues as above but is more stable and generally was the choice as a "home" ROM for many users. I have my wife on this one as we speak. Low maintenance, a good everyday driver. Has App2ext/ Link2sd, native Froyo App2sd.
Cincinnati Bell's "official" 2.2 - More or less a glorified version of Dexters 2.2 but I think the Mioz7AE found a "listening" script that may or may not send info back to developer. I would stay away from this one. Plenty more to choose from.
Wanhu 2.2 (also Wanhu's Kahl's Optimized) - Korean port of 2.2. FM radio and camera does work. Number formatting is off. App2ext works fine as does native Froyo app2sd.
XDA Special/ Hellmonger Edition - This was moveing really well and then Hellmonger's phone crapped out on him and his carrier gave him an HTC Penache, so no more support for this one. But is DOES work and worth a try.
CM6 - our developer Mioze7Ae's masterpiece (for now until he moves on to something else) All the features of CM6, including themer. Has App2ext and Link2sd.
WIPs
Brianlili's Brovo 2.2 - This one is almost done, jsut a few little thing to finish it off.
JYDaddy's CM7 (nightly/ HoNo/ iceandfire...)
FJfalcon's CM7.1 (make massive progress daily on this one as it is being built from source).
Like I said there are +/-'s to each but the are all spelled out for you in the OP of each thread. Plus, unlike other phone forums, we actually answer your questions and dont respond with, "search".
Good luck and remember to always BACK UP.