[ROM][AOSP] Fire Nexus ROM - KTU84Q [17 Oct 2016]

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pitchdarkice

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Just switched to Fire Nexus from stock 4.6.6.

I use it as an offline music/video device. So there is no sim card in the phone.

Battery drain in Airplane mode. Pretty much all the battery usage from "Cell Standby". Which should be off if we are in Airplane mode. Lost about 90% in about 15hrs. Didn't experience this issue with the stock ROM.

Thoughts?
 
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First, great ROM, love it!

Second, I also have the battery drain with no sim even when airplane mode is on.

Third, Google Camera works great on this ROM with the exception of it crashing when you try to take a picture with HDR on. I know HDR is a known issue but would it be possible to do something like in this ROM and add a wrapper to disable the HDR altogether?

Aside from that this ROM is basically perfect ? good work.
 
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voluptuary said:
First, great ROM, love it!

Second, I also have the battery drain with no sim even when airplane mode is on.

Third, Google Camera works great on this ROM with the exception of it crashing when you try to take a picture with HDR on. I know HDR is a known issue but would it be possible to do something like in this ROM and add a wrapper to disable the HDR altogether?

Aside from that this ROM is basically perfect ? good work.
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I've started to integrate the September security updates from Google, so will look into this before release.

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
 
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pitchdarkice said:
Just switched to Fire Nexus from stock 4.6.6.

I use it as an offline music/video device. So there is no sim card in the phone.

Battery drain in Airplane mode. Pretty much all the battery usage from "Cell Standby". Which should be off if we are in Airplane mode. Lost about 90% in about 15hrs. Didn't experience this issue with the stock ROM.

Thoughts?
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Are you running with gapps installed?

I did a clean install without gapps, SuperSU and no sim installed and the battery life was great

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
 
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ggow said:
Are you running with gapps installed?

I did a clean install without gapps, SuperSU and no sim installed and the battery life was great
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Yes, it was a clean install. I am running with the base fire nexus ROM in your first post, which I believe includes the gapps-nano? In the battery usage informational screen, at the top was Cell Standby.

Other apps installed, Amazon underground, Amazon Instant Video, Amazon Prime music. Other than that I haven't done much to it.

Great job on the ROM though, you are keeping the fire phone alive for many of us =).
 
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pitchdarkice said:
Yes, it was a clean install. I am running with the base fire nexus ROM in your first post, which I believe includes the gapps-nano? In the battery usage informational screen, at the top was Cell Standby.

Other apps installed, Amazon underground, Amazon Instant Video, Amazon Prime music. Other than that I haven't done much to it.

Great job on the ROM though, you are keeping the fire phone alive for many of us =).
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Sorry, I was thinking about the wrong ROM. Failed context switch ?

I'll try to reproduce it on the coming week.

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
 
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Thanks for the ROM. It took about 5 or 10 minutes to get it going after I read this thread. It turned my $30 Fire phone that had been thrown into a drawer after we no longer needed it as a hot spot (what we had bought it for) into a great, upscale phone just at the time my old phone died and I needed one. :eek:

I put Google camera on it yesterday after I got the ROM going but all it had was a camera, no video and the camera was very basic. I tried several others including Open Camera, nothing but Google worked. I tried Open Camera again today and now it works great. A good camera was the last thing I needed to finish the phone for my needs.

Once again, thanks, You've saved me a lot of money and I have a lot better phone than I could have afforded. I love the pared down OS and Google.
 
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For all those having problems to connect to 5 GHz WiFi - I have found a way to enable the channels above 56.

Solution:
the file

\system\etc\wifi\WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini

should be changed so that the variable gEnableDFSChnlScan=1 (by default it's set to 0)

I opened this bug in the bug report, but now it can be closed. (though the problem of very slow wifi speed in 5GHz band still remains).
 
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New Build is Up

- Dated 22 September 2016
- Ported September 2016 Security Patches
- Updated integrated gapps to open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160922.zip
 
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ggow said:
- Dated 22 September 2016
- Ported September 2016 Security Patches
- Updated integrated gapps to open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160922.zip
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Hmmm.. After upgrading to this new version by using the dirty flash (over the previous version from 13.08), then re-install the Xposed - now every reboot it goes over "andriod is upgarding" - optimizing apps, so a restart of the phone now takes several minutes. :(
Weird.
 
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Runner_cz said:
Hmmm.. After upgrading to this new version by using the dirty flash (over the previous version from 13.08), then re-install the Xposed - now every reboot it goes over "andriod is upgarding" - optimizing apps, so a restart of the phone now takes several minutes. :(
Weird.
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I got the same thing.

For the rest the rom is fine! Everything works.

Sent from my Fire Phone using XDA-Developers mobile app
 
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This is one more reason to separate the ROM itself from the Gapps - and distribute the ROM only. Anyone, who needs Gapps will then need to install the Gapps version as he likes it: nano, pico, full, etc. And from any date.
 
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Hackashaq said:
Several people had same problem with the latest cm11 release for fire phone. Using an older version of open Gapps fixed it. I am using July 31 micro open gapps with latest cm11 for fire phone.

Sent from my Fire Phone using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Thanks, will try that.

One more question: I cannot get Google Duo to work. It says that the camera can't open or is in use. Is this the camera bug that's stated in the OP? I've installed OpenCamera, and that works.
Thanks!
 
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Best rom.

This rom is awesome!! I flashed it today and it is working quite nice and to that bug that snapchat and camera not working is not true, my snapchat is working great and yes there are few bugs in camera regarding to switching to front facing camera otherwise everything is working marvelously. Real appreciation to the developers of this rom hats off to your work i hope that in future you keep giving these efforts for us and this rom gave new life to my fire phone. Thaaaaank youuuuuu!
 
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Runner_cz said:
Hmmm.. After upgrading to this new version by using the dirty flash (over the previous version from 13.08), then re-install the Xposed - now every reboot it goes over "andriod is upgarding" - optimizing apps, so a restart of the phone now takes several minutes. :(
Weird.
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I have reproduced the issue and will be working on a fix in the coming week.
 
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ggow said:
I have reproduced the issue and will be working on a fix in the coming week.
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Great! Thanks! Look forward for a fix. And I (as well as all others here) really appreciate your work and efforts! MANY THANKS!

P.S.: On the other hand, the issue is not that important or critical. :) It may sure wait till the next regular ROM update, e.g. due to the security patches, etc. We are not in a hurry. :) I usually restart my phone 2-3 times a month.
 
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ggow said:
I have reproduced the issue and will be working on a fix in the coming week.
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That's awesome!

I've found one more thing: when opening Whatsapp Web (to use Whatsapp on the internet: https://web.whatsapp.com), the camera is not working properly. It cannot read the QR code. Can someone try it?
Don't know it's something that can be fixed, but it would be a lifesaver for me since I always used that :)

Thanks again for the rom, it's amazingly fast and stable.
 
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 * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war,
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 * in the products you find here before flashing it!
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    Introduction
    - This ROM is for the Amazon Fire Phone
    - Fire Nexus ROM is a refreshed and updated version of the formerly named HDX Nexus ROM.
    - It was the first ROM I ever made for the Kindle HDX Tablets
    - I have tested most functions but this is still in the Testing phase
    - Any help that can be provided to test will be appreciated.
    - I personally still consider this ROM to be the best for the Amazon Kindle Line of Devices.

    Information + Features
    - Pure AOSP Experience
    - Open GAPPS nano is built-in
    - SuperSU is and very fast
    - Lean and fast
    - Ideal for customisation through Xposed

    Prerequisites for Installation
    - Must be running Safestrap v4

    Project Status
    CM11_Fire_Phone_Status.png

    updated: 07 Jan 2016

    Reporting Bugs
    - Please report bugs here
    - Report only one issue per bug report
    - When reporting bugs please post a logcat and/or dmesg containing pertinent information regarding the issue...

    Fresh Installation
    - From Safestrap recovery perform a Factory Reset
    - Installation in the Stock Slot is Mandatory
    - Flash the ROM File
    - Reboot and enjoy!

    Upgrading to new version
    - Flash the ROM File
    - Reboot and enjoy!

    Downloads
    *** Please do NOT create any mirrors ***
    - Fire Nexus ROM for Amazon Fire Phone

    Source Code
    - Kernel Source: Kodiak stock kernel, build number update-kindle-35.4.6.6.1_user_466001420

    Credits
    - Google
    - CAF
    - Cyanogenmod

    XDA:DevDB Information
    kk-fire-nexus-rom, ROM for the Amazon Fire Phone

    Contributors
    ggow
    ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
    ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
    ROM Firmware Required: Safestrap 4.0.1
    Based On: AOSP

    Version Information
    Status: Testing

    Created 2016-02-17
    Last Updated 2016-11-03
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    New Build is Up

    - Dated 17 October 2016
    - Ported Google's October 2016 security patches
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    New Build is Up

    - Dated 11 October 2016
    - Revert to older open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160729
    - Build logcat from source
    - Clean up media codecs
    - Fixed bluetooth tethering
    - Fixed USB tethering
    - Fixed bug in dual band WiFi detection
    - Enabled WiFi background scanning
    - Enabled WiFi batch scanning support
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    Release Notes / Changelog

    17 October 2016
    - Ported Google's October 2016 security patches

    11 October 2016
    - Revert to older open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160729
    - Build logcat from source
    - Clean up media codecs
    - Fixed bluetooth tethering
    - Fixed USB tethering
    - Fixed bug in dual band WiFi detection
    - Enabled WiFi background scanning
    - Enabled WiFi batch scanning support

    22 September 2016
    - Ported September 2016 Security Patches
    - Updated integrated gapps to open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160922.zip

    13 August 2016
    - Ported August 2016 Security Patches
    - Updated integrated gapps to open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160813.zip

    27 July 2016
    - Use liboemcrypto.so from hammerhead
    - Fix loading of widevine firmware
    - Fix loading of keymaster firmware
    - Ported July 2016 Security Patches
    - Disable mm-pp-daemon
    - Cleanup unused amazon binaries
    - Switch to using Amazon's 4.6.6.1 binaries and boot.img
    - Update openssl with upstream fixes from "openssl-1.0.2h"
    - Update libpng: 1.2.46 -> 1.251
    - Updated integrated gapps to open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160727.zip

    09 June 2016
    - June 2016 Security Patch Level

    03 Jun 2016
    - Add auto configuration of APN
    - Add selective APN
    - Add AOSP contacts app

    25 May 2016
    - May 2016 Security Patch Level
    - Added security patch level string to settings app in the "About" page
    - Fixed swype gestures for Keyboard App
    - Fixed keyboard suggestions force closing apps
    - Updated integrated gapps to open_gapps-arm-4.4-nano-20160525.zip

    07 Apr 2016
    - April 2016 Security Patch Level

    25 Feb 2016
    - Fixed Screen Rotation
    - Fixed Proximity Sensor
    - Fixed Compass
    - Speed up boot time
    - Fixed CVE-2015-6602
    - Fixed camera picture orientation
    - Fixed setting default launcher for latest versions of Google Now Launcher
    - Fixed Exchange has Stopped crash on startup
    - Backup your apps and settings via Titanium, dirty flash may not work for this update because of the large number of framework changes.

    17 Feb 2016
    - Initial Release
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    supratentorial said:
    Thanks ggow for making firephone great again. Any news on an update? Thanks.
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    hammaad5 said:
    I am just asking, ggow, when will you update this fire nexus rom further?
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    I haven't received my new laptop back yet. Then it needs to be configured and tested to see if the CPU throttling problem has been sorted out or not. If it can't be fixed then I'll have to choose another machine.
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