[ROM][4.2.2][NIGHTLIES] CyanogenMod 10.1 for HTC One XL

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h8rift

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I believe everyone is correct and a status update is required at this point. This was my first CM device to maintain and I have a deep love and respect for it.

We just merged up our 3.4 stuff to CyanogenMod and each of the four devices in the family have a few leftover issues before we start nightlies again.

Here's the scoop on our phone on 3.4 at this moment:

All features work except:
*720p/1080p video
*random reboots
*increased battery drain over 3.0 kernel as it is not optimized or has a stale process chewing battery. Its nothing catastrophic, but noticeable.

Issue-by-issue:
#1: this is broken on all four devices at the moment and as all of you remember from cm9, cm10, cm-10.1 w/3.0 kernel....we do camera last. Stability first, features second, polish third.

#2 I bricked my Evita while fixing this issue so it could be released in an alpha status to you all. Luckily, XsMagical has been very very kind and offered to donate me a new motherboard ($150) to revive my device. It should be in the mail coming my way on Monday. We believe we found the fix, I just need to validate.

#3 this issue will be addressed after reboots and camera are up. Hell it could be the camera or reboots causing it. That's why we polish last.

**Sidenote: in 6-8 months I will most likely get whatever new htc device is out there and maintain it too if its on at&t. Why? Because our 4 (now 6) man squad are all CM has for HTC development officially. Period. There's nearly 10 people on the GS3 and GS4 series of phones just by themselves. No one wants or loves htc devices more than us so damn right I will do my hardest to maintain as much and as many as I can. Every new device I encounter the mire I learn how to fix up the others. We figured out HDMI out for this device by working on the HTC One, for example. We are also looking at merging kernels so that yes, thus device will be continually carried through new versions of android as well as the newer devices.

Some Evita users moved to the HTC One already and I was already there having their back. I would feel more appreciative that you get an easy-going, hard working person like me to give up all this time to work on devices knowing dang well that if you upgrade to another AT&T HTC device, you can expect me along with it. I feel I am dependable and actually listen to complaints, kudos, and feedback and respond appropriately, while other developers might not really care to respond to anything. My PM box fills up daily with questions and queries about how to build android from source for random devices like Huawei, or older devices like the HTC Flyer tablet. I literally work 45 hours a week at work, then put in another 5 hours minimum every night (or 10-15 on weekends). If you have been wondering what I have done with my 25 hours on android this week it has been trying to find a way to un-brick my Evita before that motherboard arrives so I can get to work this weekend. Rohan has been helping out a lot since my device died but he is very busy at the moment.

Last but not least. As soon as I can confirm the random reboots every 5-10 minutes are gone and it is a stable phone (I'm talking voice and data, because phone call availability is #1 priority...I mean...its a phone for crying out loud...), I will be blowing this thread up with test builds to see if we catch other bugs.

But I would rather see you on a stable build from March than an unstable build today and something happens to a family member and you don't get the phone call. Or maybe you get hurt badly and your phone reboots in mid-dial.

That's what I think about. That's why there are no test builds yet. Be patient, I want to see everyone excited again once this is released again. Lord knows I could use a few hours break by having all the devices on nightlies so I can work out bugs!

Sorry for the length, but that's what's on my mind after I read the last few posts so I wanted you to know *everything* that is going on.

Thanks,
-h8





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h8rift

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Kernel 3.4 is apparently "very close", it has been like that for months, but not a single build have been posted. Currently the rom is roughly usable but very unstable.

I've been using this rom since the beginning, I was hoping the "Cyanogen" brand would mean that the bare minimum of work would be put in this rom.

Of course it's a free rom, and H8 can do wtf he wants to.
However H8 himself have been repeating regularly that he was still working on the rom. Which in practice appears to not be the case.

As a developer I totally understand that sometimes some projects are not moving forward for various reasons.

But it would be good for everybody to inform the users about the actual state of development; more than "still working on it, just wait another month for another post saying this".

Do we have any chance to get the next (to be released) version of Android ? Are we always gonna be a second priority behind the HTC One ? Is H8 gonna jump on the next HTC device in 6 months and try to support the CM rom for it too ?

Also, just to make sure you are aware...nothing had to change in our device tree. We have been working in the kernel on a different branch on our org repo, until it was solid enough to be pushed to CM. There has been weeks of work done on this.

If you don't believe me go look on github at the cm10.1 branch and cm-10.1_3.0 branches of the msm8960 kernel and notice the thousands of commit differences between them :).

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SilverFox66

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h8rift.... THANK YOU!

Thank you for taking a few minutes to post this!!! You went into greater detail than anyone could have expected, and I for one, appreciate it.

This was all that was asked for, and while others tried to speak for you, its always better to hear it straight from the horse's mouth.

There were people here who were probably wondering if they should dump their phone for a newer model if they wanted continued support.... you answered that magnificently!!

So, to the people who thought anyone who had a question, were merely wanting an "ETA" or to "argue".... this was all we were asking for. Even h8 agreed it was time for a status update.

Thanks again h8rift!!!!
 
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h8rift

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Pretty sure we nailed the random reboots due to l2addr issues because of older bootloaders from non 3.18 RUU bootloaders. Updated instructions are in the OP, and a build for you all to play with is up as well. Remember that 720/1080 video cam is busted (480 works fine), and there may be other bugs present. Since im temporarily without an evita, its up to you to let me know about the bugs.

Thanks,
-h8rift
 

pside15

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Pretty sure we nailed the random reboots due to l2addr issues because of older bootloaders from non 3.18 RUU bootloaders. Updated instructions are in the OP, and a build for you all to play with is up as well. Remember that 720/1080 video cam is busted (480 works fine), and there may be other bugs present. Since im temporarily without an evita, its up to you to let me know about the bugs.

Thanks,
-h8rift

The op says to use the 3.18 ruu, but if we are already s-off can we just follow the procedure in the the development section to update the hboot? Seems like it would be easier than going through the whole ruu and downgrading tp firmware if it would work.

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thinkhope

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Just to be clear.... If I'm s-on, 2.20 and hboot 1.14, this won't boot on my device? The carbon 3.4 kernel booted just fine.

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craig@xatik

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Just upgraded. So far so good. The only thing I've noticed is when I toggled LTE my phone wouldn't connect to the internet until I restarted.

One awesome thing, Google play music played without any modifications.

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Just upgraded. So far so good. The only thing I've noticed is when I toggled LTE my phone wouldn't connect to the internet until I restarted.

One awesome thing, Google play music played without any modifications.

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How's battery life so far compared to sense/aosp 4.1?

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ragesoss

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Thanks, h8rift and rohan32!

What gets changed with the 3.18 ruu that the new kernel requires? And what will happen if you try flashing a 3.4 build without doing the ruu?

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I'm on the same boat as the users on top of me. I have no clue on how to RUU my phone. Does that mean I have to re root and S-OFF my phone?
Is there like a guide that I'm missing here?

No. If your s-off just download the 3.18 RUU... No need to relock. Just download the RUU on to the computer... enter fastboot and run it... after its done downgrade touch screen then fast boot recovery

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    CyanogenMod 10 is a free, community built distribution of Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) which greatly extends the capabilities of your phone.

    This is the official Nightly Build of CM10.1 for the AT&T HTC One X / HTC One XL.

    To hear about the latest updates and changes to CyanogenMod as a whole, please follow +CyanogenMod on Google+!
    Code:
    #include 
    /*
     * Your warranty is now void.
     *
     * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
     * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
     * do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
     * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
     * you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
     */

    Installation Instructions (These are all required)
    1. S-Off your device (Do this before RUU'ing and it will not wipe your /sdcard)
    2. Update to 3.18 RUU
    3. Flash a custom recovery (TWRP/CWM)
    4. Download latest Nightly
    5. Download and flash GAPPS

    Nightlies return! Keep an eye on http://get.cm/?device=evita

    List all Questions and Off-Topic discussions here

    Changelog

    Huge thanks:
    intervigil, xkonni, toastcfh, deck and rohan32 - Great team to work with for the HTC MSM8960 device family.
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    @h8rift please check PM

    Thread has been cleaned out. While I realize Development has slowed, I have created an OT thread in the General section HERE For all to decompress ;)


    Lets try to stick with CM talk here.

    Thank you

    Thanks Tony, and sorry for the very late reply to your PM. You did what I would have asked :).

    Development is still going on for this device, but we're trying to work on m7 (HTC One) and this family and get them merged so they always stay up to date with eachother. Its a fun, but daunting task...so please bear with me :). Once we get this kernel cleaned up it *does* have working HDMI and no refresh lines too. So basically, it will be near perfect and solid for this device. Just need some time as alot of us have had work stuff, personal stuff, (and myself) medical stuff going on.

    We still love our S4 8960 devices, so they aren't forgotten :). We're learning alot about things we can fix here from what we are learning about the m7, so its a great experience for us and for you, the user. So kick back and relax and I will definitely put a noticable post up when nightlies return to normal and we move on to the other kernel which drops the lib that got us DMCA'ed.

    Thanks everyone,
    -h8
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    I believe everyone is correct and a status update is required at this point. This was my first CM device to maintain and I have a deep love and respect for it.

    We just merged up our 3.4 stuff to CyanogenMod and each of the four devices in the family have a few leftover issues before we start nightlies again.

    Here's the scoop on our phone on 3.4 at this moment:

    All features work except:
    *720p/1080p video
    *random reboots
    *increased battery drain over 3.0 kernel as it is not optimized or has a stale process chewing battery. Its nothing catastrophic, but noticeable.

    Issue-by-issue:
    #1: this is broken on all four devices at the moment and as all of you remember from cm9, cm10, cm-10.1 w/3.0 kernel....we do camera last. Stability first, features second, polish third.

    #2 I bricked my Evita while fixing this issue so it could be released in an alpha status to you all. Luckily, XsMagical has been very very kind and offered to donate me a new motherboard ($150) to revive my device. It should be in the mail coming my way on Monday. We believe we found the fix, I just need to validate.

    #3 this issue will be addressed after reboots and camera are up. Hell it could be the camera or reboots causing it. That's why we polish last.

    **Sidenote: in 6-8 months I will most likely get whatever new htc device is out there and maintain it too if its on at&t. Why? Because our 4 (now 6) man squad are all CM has for HTC development officially. Period. There's nearly 10 people on the GS3 and GS4 series of phones just by themselves. No one wants or loves htc devices more than us so damn right I will do my hardest to maintain as much and as many as I can. Every new device I encounter the mire I learn how to fix up the others. We figured out HDMI out for this device by working on the HTC One, for example. We are also looking at merging kernels so that yes, thus device will be continually carried through new versions of android as well as the newer devices.

    Some Evita users moved to the HTC One already and I was already there having their back. I would feel more appreciative that you get an easy-going, hard working person like me to give up all this time to work on devices knowing dang well that if you upgrade to another AT&T HTC device, you can expect me along with it. I feel I am dependable and actually listen to complaints, kudos, and feedback and respond appropriately, while other developers might not really care to respond to anything. My PM box fills up daily with questions and queries about how to build android from source for random devices like Huawei, or older devices like the HTC Flyer tablet. I literally work 45 hours a week at work, then put in another 5 hours minimum every night (or 10-15 on weekends). If you have been wondering what I have done with my 25 hours on android this week it has been trying to find a way to un-brick my Evita before that motherboard arrives so I can get to work this weekend. Rohan has been helping out a lot since my device died but he is very busy at the moment.

    Last but not least. As soon as I can confirm the random reboots every 5-10 minutes are gone and it is a stable phone (I'm talking voice and data, because phone call availability is #1 priority...I mean...its a phone for crying out loud...), I will be blowing this thread up with test builds to see if we catch other bugs.

    But I would rather see you on a stable build from March than an unstable build today and something happens to a family member and you don't get the phone call. Or maybe you get hurt badly and your phone reboots in mid-dial.

    That's what I think about. That's why there are no test builds yet. Be patient, I want to see everyone excited again once this is released again. Lord knows I could use a few hours break by having all the devices on nightlies so I can work out bugs!

    Sorry for the length, but that's what's on my mind after I read the last few posts so I wanted you to know *everything* that is going on.

    Thanks,
    -h8





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    Little update for you guys, the remaining issues are almost done for the 3.4 kernel. the permanent black screen unless USB is plugged in is gone now. We are now dealing with a screen on / off delay of a half a second and getting camera working again :).

    Sit tight, eat some popcorn, you will enjoy the update when its available (then nightlies will start up again shortly after, bc we wont need the file that got us DMCA'ed). This also sets us up for quick updates to the next version of android since we're mostly CAF, with minor HTC bits needed to run the vendor-specific hardware.
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    H8 is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

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    We're making major headway on our 3.4 kernel. No tearing and such, super smooth. Only problem right now is Camera, screen on/off delay, and if you dont have a USB cable plugged in, after about 10-15 seconds, the screen will not turn back on until you plug a usb cable back in. Otherwise its pretty much fully CAF code :).

    Sorry haven't been around, we took a break for about a week, we'll still waiting on our vendor repo to come back. That break did us well, we're making major progress now.

    There is no "giving up", its just "how long will it take". We are going to miss M3 but are trying to be ready for cm-10.1 stable. We'll just have to see.

    Thanks guys!
    -h8rift