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jnusz

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You definitely don't have to Odin to upgrade to a newer nightly.

Unfortunately FE, I'm going to have to as I can't get into recovery. Things have been crazy around my house as my wife and I are gearing up for 2 big events with the dog rescue foundation we work with.. I'm hopeful that I can get the time to odin to stock and go to a newer nightly some time this coming weekend.

But I have successfully flashed from one nightly to a newer one, just by flashing over the top (clearing cache and system of course.)
 

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Unfortunately FE, I'm going to have to as I can't get into recovery. Things have been crazy around my house as my wife and I are gearing up for 2 big events with the dog rescue foundation we work with.. I'm hopeful that I can get the time to odin to stock and go to a newer nightly some time this coming weekend.

But I have successfully flashed from one nightly to a newer one, just by flashing over the top (clearing cache and system of course.)

Why can't you get into recovery? Are you using a GB boot loader? Have you tried with both vol + pwr, and have you tried with just vol down + pwr?
 
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CyanogenMod for the Vibrant currently contains intermittent issues with the emergency dialing system. I strongly urge you NOT to use CyanogenMod on the Vibrant until they can be fixed.

Further info coming soon.

Please take conversations about other kernels to their respective threads. Thank you.

This question might seem really stupid, but I read on wikipedia that 112 redirects to 911 on mobile GSM phones. Will that still work for the Vibrant on CM9? Is someone willing to test?
 

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CyanogenMod for the Vibrant currently contains intermittent issues with the emergency dialing system. I strongly urge you NOT to use CyanogenMod on the Vibrant until they can be fixed.

Further info coming soon.

Please take conversations about other kernels to their respective threads. Thank you.

Are you going to be sharing further info with us. I am eagerly waiting to find out. Any idea if this can be resolved? Interestingly, I had just reported a successful testing. Also, if there is any testing assistance that you may need, I would be glad to help. I appreciate all that you do for this community (and my phone).
 
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This question might seem really stupid, but I read on wikipedia that 112 redirects to 911 on mobile GSM phones. Will that still work for the Vibrant on CM9? Is someone willing to test?

I think that is directed via the same methods. Also the issue is intermittent, it's not happening constantly.

Are you going to be sharing further info with us. I am eagerly waiting to find out. Any idea if this can be resolved? Interestingly, I had just reported a successful testing. Also, if there is any testing assistance that you may need, I would be glad to help. I appreciate all that you do for this community (and my phone).

Yes. Basically, due to the advice of another CM member, I'm just taking another approach to this issue. Putting up a disclaimer and taking down download links to discourage usage till it's fixed. Also took down the 911 poll. I will be putting up a special build and instructions to test emergency services. I will need dumpstates of every failure. Every failure. I do want to resolve all the issues, but I need info, and feedback.
 

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Yes. Basically, due to the advice of another CM member, I'm just taking another approach to this issue. Putting up a disclaimer and taking down download links to discourage usage till it's fixed. Also took down the 911 poll. I will be putting up a special build and instructions to test emergency services. I will need dumpstates of every failure. Every failure. I do want to resolve all the issues, but I need info, and feedback.

I live in Nicaragua, and I'm really willing to help to solve this out with anything that I can do to help.

I've Linux and Pascal and C# programming experience, about 2 years on each, I hope they can be useful something...

I find interesting on doing 911 tests because I'm a outside US user, and my feedback will also help on international functionality of 911/E911.

I'm doing my best on finding info to accomplish these 911/E911 results on here where I live, I'll post as soon as I get results.

If there's anything more that I can do and can be helpful to the devs, don't dude to ask for it!
 

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Why can't you get into recovery? Are you using a GB boot loader? Have you tried with both vol + pwr, and have you tried with just vol down + pwr?

FE, I guess my CWM got messed up when I did some flashing back and forth. I went from stock to cm7 to cm9 nightly 3/31.

When I stopped being able to get to recovery was when I flashed 4/18 (i think) and realized I hadn't backed up my SMS. So I restored my 3/31 nandroid and haven't been able to get back to CWM since.

I didn't think I was on GB bootloader but I tried the VOL DOWN and POWER, but that didn't work either. Any of the manual recovery methods just boots normally, but if I try reboot to recovery from within the rom, it gets to the Vibrant splash screen and stalls out there. It's not the first time I've done something to kick myself out of recovery so I'll just odin and then jump to whatever the latest nightly is when I get that chance.
 

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Okay, I've got results. I'm on the April's 18th nightly build, everything's clean n' wiped and as stock as it comes.

With sim card in, I got an average of around 70 percent good 911 calls.

Without sim card, I got an average of around 20 percent good 911 calls.

I've done around 12 and 12 calls on each case.

I've never had to shutdown the phone, or no signal after 911 call, or magic reboots just because the 911 call. Nothing of strange things, just the call didn't connect and I'd to call again normally with no waitings of any kind or another troubles.
 
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Okay, I've got results. I'm on the April's 18th nightly build, everything's clean n' wiped and as stock as it comes.

With sim card in, I got an average of around 70 percent good 911 calls.

Without sim card, I got an average of around 20 percent good 911 calls.

I've done around 12 and 12 calls on each case.

I've never had to shutdown the phone, or no signal after 911 call, or magic reboots just because the 911 call. Nothing of strange things, just the call didn't connect and I'd to call again normally with no waitings of any kind or another troubles.

I need radio logcats of the failures. Can you get one or two failures again and get me the radio logcat? You can download aLogcat from the Market and go into preferences and set buffer to radio, then get 911 to fail and then save the log and pm it to me.
 
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THE EMERGENCY TEST BUILD
As promised here's a build for testing.

Test rules
  1. You must wipe before flashing.
  2. You must not modify your phone in any way after flashing this build. (Kernels/build.prop mods/framework mods)
  3. You must follow the proper procedures as outlined below.
  4. You must send me a dumpstate (instructions below) if it fails, do that before trying again.
  5. Please state your carrier and rough location (i.e. United States) on your report.

Proper procedures for testing emergency dialing
  1. Find your PSAP (Public Safety Access Point) here
  2. Call the NON-EMERGENCY number for your PSAP.
  3. Schedule a 911 call with them.
  4. Call at the specified time
  5. If it succeeded, ask them if they received your location. If it fails, get me your dumpstate.

How to send me a dumpstate
Open the terminal emulator and run these commands:
Code:
su
dumpstate > /sdcard/dumpstate.txt

The second command may take quite a bit, do not cancel it. Now PM me the dumpstate.txt file from your sd card. (Don't post it here)

I HAVE READ THIS ENTIRE POST TWICE AND I WILL PROVIDE A DUMPSTATE IMMEDIATELY IF A CALL FAILS
 
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THE EMERGENCY TEST BUILD
As promised here's a build for testing.

Test rules
  1. You must not modify your phone in any way after flashing this build. (Kernels/build.prop mods/framework mods)
  2. You must follow the proper procedures as outlined below.
  3. You must send me a dumpstate (instructions below) if it fails, do that before trying again.

Proper procedures for testing emergency dialing
  1. Find your PSAP (Public Safety Access Point) here
  2. Call the NON-EMERGENCY number for your PSAP.
  3. Schedule a 911 call with them.
  4. Call at the specified time
  5. If it succeeded, ask them if they received your location. If it fails, get me your dumpstate.

How to send me a dumpstate
Open the terminal emulator and run these commands:
Code:
su
dumpstate > /sdcard/dumpstate.txt

The second command may take quite a bit, do not cancel it. Now PM me the dumpstate.txt file from your sd card.

I HAVE READ THIS ENTIRE POST TWICE AND I WILL PROVIDE A DUMPSTATE IMMEDIATELY IF A CALL FAILS

Thanks, I will certainly do a test before the weekend is up.

I have a couple of questions. Do we need to do a wipe before flashing the test build? Also do you want reports of successful tests or just failures (with dumpstats)?

Sent from my SGH-T959 using Tapatalk 2
 
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Thanks, I will certainly do a test before the weekend is up.

I have a couple of questions. Do we need to do a wipe before flashing the test build? Also do you want reports of successful tests or just failures (with dumpstats)?

Sent from my SGH-T959 using Tapatalk 2

Yes, wipe, and yes tell me about all tests, just only provide dumpstate's when something goes wrong. (i.e. if the test fails, send me the dumpstate, then you can try again)
 
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Is there anyone having headphone problem? mine is on 04/08
it doesn't produce sound just weird static noise


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I need radio logcats of the failures. Can you get one or two failures again and get me the radio logcat? You can download aLogcat from the Market and go into preferences and set buffer to radio, then get 911 to fail and then save the log and pm it to me.
I'll get you these, and also, dumpstates. Give me a couple days, I'll post lotta more than one result ;-)
 
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    Please note that there may be intermittent emergency dialing issues and/or GPS/AGPS issues (including GPS daemon crashing, which does not restart) which could hinder location of you in an emergency.

    CyanogenMod is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

    Code:
    #include <std/disclaimer.h>
    /*
     * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear
     * war, or the current economic crisis caused by you following these
     * directions. YOU are choosing to make these modificiations, and
     * if you point your finger at me for messing up your device, I will
     * laugh at you.
     */

    This thread is for the development of CyanogenMod 9 nightlies for the Samsung Vibrant (aka SGH-T959), the Galaxy S 4G / Vibrant 4G (SGH-T959V) is not supported here. Nightlies are built each night with the very latest code, for this reason, they are extremely experimental and should be avoided by beginners and people who have important responsibilities tied to the usage of their phone.

    CyanogenMod is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. CyanogenMod does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

    All the source code for CyanogenMod is available in the CyanogenMod Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to CyanogenMod, please visit out Gerrit Code Review.

    [font=Calibri, Arial]Known Issues[/font]​
    Probably still has intermittent emergency dialing issues (such as 911) like CM7
    See the rest of the issues here.

    Please report new issues here:
    http://code.google.com/p/vibrant-cm/issues/list


    [font=Calibri, Arial]Downloads[/font]​
    Did you read known issues? No? Go read them.

    DO NOT USE AS A DAILY DRIVER

    ROM: http://get.cm/?device=vibrantmtd&type=nightly
    Google Apps: http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip


    [font=Calibri, Arial]Installing[/font]​
    ... from another CM9 nightly
    1. Reboot into recovery
    2. Do a nandroid backup (just in case)
    3. Install from ZIP
    4. Reboot
    5. If it gives you trouble later, wipe cache, and reboot. If it still gives you trouble, do a full wipe, install again and reboot.

    ... from CyanogenMod 7 or a CM7-based ROM
    1. Reboot into recovery
    2. Do a nandroid backup (just in case)
    3. Wipe everything (wipe data/factory reset)
    4. Install from ZIP
    5. Optionally install the Google Apps add-on.
    6. Reboot

    ... from stock 2.2 Froyo
    WARNING: Don't install if it's your first time flashing a phone!
    1. Install CWM Recovery by following this guide.
    2. Reboot into recovery.
    3. Wipe everything (wipe data/factory reset)
    4. Install from ZIP.
    5. Optionally install the Google Apps add-on.
    6. Reboot.

    WARNING: If you use Titanium Backup to backup your apps do not backup system data or system apps, restoring either of those on CM9 could cause issues.


    [font=Calibri, Arial]FAQ[/font]​
    Q: I can't add my Google account!
    A: Install the Google Apps package from CWM recovery, linked above. This is standard procedure with CyanogenMod ROMs due to licensing issues with Google.

    Q: Can you enter service mode with *#*#197328640#*#* like CM7?
    A: Yes.

    Q: I keep getting "Installation Aborted" error 7
    A: Install the Glitch kernel and retry.

    Q: Where's the changelog?
    A: http://changelog.bbqdroid.org/#vibrantmtd/cm9/latest

    Q: When will the Linaro tweaks be merged?
    A: Don't know.


    The CyanogenMod team would like to thank everyone involved in helping with testing, coding, debugging & documenting! Enjoy!
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    [font=Calibri,Arial]How to Build[/font]​
    First initialize your build environment.

    Now follow the "installing repo" section in this guide:
    http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html

    Now downloading CyanogenMod source:
    Code:
    mkdir ~/Desktop/CM9
    cd ~/Desktop/CM9
    repo init -u http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git
    repo sync -j24

    More setup:
    Code:
    . build/envsetup.sh
    breakfast cm_vibrantmtd-userdebug

    Getting proprietary files:
    You must have a copy of CM9 for the Vibrant running on your phone for this part.
    Code:
    ( cd device/samsung/vibrantmtd && ./extract-files.sh )

    Compiling:
    Code:
    mka bacon
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    911

    Ok so here is my 911 experience. I live in Denver by the way, and I just emailed the 911 operations manager about doing a test call. She said that is fine just please do it between 8:30 and 11:30 as that is their lowest call volume.

    So the first time I called it clicked, hung up and disabled my entire cell signal. No signal no data nothing. So I rebooted my phone, and google voice informed me I had 2 missed calls from the Denver PD. I tried again and it worked perfectly. I explained I was testing a piece of software, the woman was very friendly said that was no problem and they wouldn't send anyone out. She also confirmed that all the E911 info came up properly on her screen.

    So I'm not sure what to make of this exactly. One time it did nothing though at least my number got through. The other time it worked great. I mean the first time could have been a glitch entirely unrelated to CM. Hard to say. It leaves me ambigious though. If I have a real emergency I really don't want to wait for the phone to reboot!

    ---------- Post added at 10:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:59 AM ----------

    Oh and per my previous message of issues with Exchange.. turned out my work Exchange server was down. Working great now!