CM9-Tip Sharing Thread(Working man's version) Beta 4 is out!

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Thank you CM9 team for bringing the impossible to the best keyboard phone out there!

This thread is for us working slobs who are afraid of getting flamed in the Official CM9 threads. Flaming in this thread will not be tolerated and I will report flamers if necessary. This is a Tips sharing thread Of the people, By the people and For the people (cue patriotic pfife playing). I will attempt to keep relevant tips in the OP.

Here is the CM9 guides, FAQs and Status as well as download links in the Install Guide
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-status.html

And the CM9 Customization guide:
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/03/c...ion-guide.html

Jdelano has an excellent Q&A thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1512831

Tips:
To disable the "auto-add" of apps on your homescreens, go to "Market" "Settings" and uncheck "auto-add widgets".

TW Apps:
Ported TW apps in the app section work on CM9.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1452004

Voicemail:
Sprint Voicemail works. As well as 2 other options found here. You need to follow the instructions for download and installation. Thanks to Alias8818 for fixing the redraw issues.
Phantom Voicemail Notification:
Clearing data in phone.apk has worked for some. Danipoak and tbob18 stumbled across this gem that worked for them:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1543057

Auto-Rotation issues:
There are three separate options for this, one for the default launcher home screens:
(Menu > System Settings > Launcher > General > Auto-rotate screen)
one general use with apps:
(Menu > System Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen) and another in
and in accessibility
(Menu > System Settings > Accessibility)
For those having rotation issues this has helped some..flash either a TW ROM or the EL30 temporary boot flashable and do the Horizontal Calibration. For real stubborn phones it is recommended to Odin back to EL30 stock, calibrate and move forward from there.

Themes:
There is no Theme Changer working yet, that is upstream. Themes for now have to be flashed traditionally. There are some good CM9 themes in the Themes subforum.

Screenshot:
If your on CM9 hold the power and volume down button. The it'll take a screenshot. Or just hold power button and select screen shot.

Gtalk:
If Gtalk is missing Big Goron has a solution here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=563
When you set up CM9 it keeps you logged in to Gtalk. Make sure to sign out to conserve battery (thanks Meetface).

Wired Tether:
If anyone is having trouble getting the Wired Tether 1.4 to work here is how:
IMPORTANT: USB debugging must be off. With cable unplugged and usb debugging off start the Wired Tether 1.4. Click to start tethering. Now connect the cable to the PC. It will install drivers (again...I know). When it completes the driver installation a new network will appear and $$$ Profit.

Native Wifi Tether:
If the built in Tether shuts off on you try leaving it on and rebooting. If it still doesn't work toggle it off and on. It may connect, disconnect then connect and start working.

100Mhz minimum frequency issues:
It is recommended by the CM9 team to flash this ROM and not change the kernel or any governor settings and your phone will drop to 100 Mhz. They also state the default setting is the best for battery life.

Thanks to all that have contributed. If you really like one of these tips find the post and thank that person. If you see a tip I missed and think it needs to be here in the OP please PM me.

WIki - Thanks to AmericanJedi001 for creating this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki...yanogenMod/CM9

Any tips on a good kernel to use for best battery life?

Originally Posted by Orion78

Any tips on a good kernel to use for best battery life?

That's what I'd like to know too. Currently the battery drain on CM9 is pretty high. Just about as bad as the original stock ROMs were.

Bro there is already a thread with tips.

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Originally Posted by Orion78

Any tips on a good kernel to use for best battery life?

Don't ask that. Unless you find another user who uses their phone EXACTLY like you do, you can't compare. What is good for one person is bad for another. There are only 3 kernels. Try each out for a day and see how it works for YOU.

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Originally Posted by Frostacious

Bro there is already a thread with tips.

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Ummm...no there's not. Opinions and comments are not tips. Too many people giving opinions. I don't want opinions in this thread. Like the OP says I just read 23 pages of which 22 are praise and some bugs. This is for tip sharing.

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I know this has been posted in other threads but I think it is very helpful to a bunch of people.

To disable the "auto-add" of apps on your homescreens, go to "Market" "Settings" and uncheck "auto-add widgets".

Originally Posted by Coycaine

I know this has been posted in other threads but I think it is very helpful to a bunch of people.

To disable the "auto-add" of apps on your homescreens, go to "Market" "Settings" and uncheck "auto-add widgets".

Nice.
It is also been said that the ported TW apps in the app section work on CM9.

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Couple of tips.

- Don't like the Market spewing new apps on your home screen? Just disable it in the settings.
- The persistant search bar can be disabled in Trebuchet's settings.
- Nova Launcher is an alternate to Trebuchet. I'm using it. It has a couple of useful features, like grid size. You can also disable widgets in the drawer, and get your standard long-press menu back. I highly recommend doing this if you use Beautiful Widgets, as that will spam up your widget drawer. Use AppWidgetPicker 2.0 pushed to /system/app to take care of this.
- Want your 4G toggle? There's a widget for it. It'll show up in the quick panel later.

Unfortunately, the voice actions are not available as of yet. Voice Search can be downloaded from the Market, but the speech-to-text as demonstrated on the GNexus is nowhere to be seen. It's an upstream issue.

I haven't explored VVM yet, but will post when I've got something. EDIT: As of right now, VVM is just plain not happening. I switched to Google Voice, which works well at the moment.

Repost from previous thread. Also:

FYI, Beautiful Widgets is a battery-drainer, possibly due to geolocation issues. Will be testing the latter later. Fixes will be in later public builds.

Its geolocation still isn't working right. It still may drain battery. I don't recommend it at this point (unfortunately).

Thanks K0nane!

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