[ROM][September 4] Andromadus Mimicry v1.5.0 [ICS / CM9.1 stable]
- Thread starter blk_jack
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going back to GingerBread
If I want to go back to Gingerbread (CM7.2),
is there anything beyond the traditional wipe+install in recovery mode that needs to be done ?
If I want to go back to Gingerbread (CM7.2),
is there anything beyond the traditional wipe+install in recovery mode that needs to be done ?
Has anybody tried the new Nova 1.3 beta launcher on this Rom, it has quite a few improvements including memory and performance improvements.
i wanted to try it but i don't know if any changes have been made to the launcher in this rom, is it a bad idea to try Nova 1.3beta6, i am using mimicry 1.4
how do i go about it, can i just flash the NovaLauncherUpdate.zip in recovery.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1389071
anybody else using the new Nova beta what are your observations.
i wanted to try it but i don't know if any changes have been made to the launcher in this rom, is it a bad idea to try Nova 1.3beta6, i am using mimicry 1.4
how do i go about it, can i just flash the NovaLauncherUpdate.zip in recovery.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1389071
anybody else using the new Nova beta what are your observations.
I use Nova myself but have not included the new versions in Mimicry because I found they were much less smooth than the latest stable. I've made a few posts in Kevin's thread about it, but so far no answer.
You can always give it a go to see for yourself, though.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
That's your phone hot rebooting. It does that when there's an out of memory issue, or if a system framework/app crashes. I can't help you unless you provide more debugging information and a logcat.
one major issue i had in 1.4.0 was that in landscape mode, when a call was coming through, it wouldnt show the name or photo for the person.
has that been fixed?
also,
system settings -- Lock Screen -- Weather
when enabled, i still see no weather widget on the lockscreen, am i missing something?
has that been fixed?
also,
system settings -- Lock Screen -- Weather
when enabled, i still see no weather widget on the lockscreen, am i missing something?
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Thanks if its less smooth then i'm not touching it.
btw which beta version did you try beacuse the latest version has some performance improvements according to the changelog.
You have to activate:
system settings -- Lock Screen -- screen security -- show widgets before unlocking
I hope you find it - I tried to translate my german settings...
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
This is a CM9 issue that I believe stems from the fact that we're able to force portrait w/ the keyboard. I think the thing is that there's no proper layout files for landscape so the interface you see isn't drawn correctly. Look at their issue tracker & file an issue appropriately would be my suggestion.
I try all the Nova versions as soon as they come out. Ever since the merge w/ the JB code base things have been laggy. I've tried wiping data, reinstalling, etc. No dice, still lags. On my Nexus 7 though the latest Nova beta runs fine. Makes me sad
thanks that worked perfectly.
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ok good, at least im not alone in this issue.
thanks for your suggestion.
where can i go to submit this bug?
because on the CM website the only supported versions are 7.2
It's something I'll look into once the JB ports are further along. Right now we're still working on getting the basic Andromadus features into the ROM, so I haven't looked into any new functionality yet.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
I'm having an intermittent problem that I've tried to look into, but am not even sure what to search for. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction based on my admittedly confusing description...
Every couple of days the blue signal bars turn white and I have no connection. These aren't the dark grey bars that show signal strength, but white ones that reflect actual signal strength and indicate when my phone is trying to upload or download. So, instead of having blue on dark grey bars, I get white on dark grey bars and can't call or access data. The white bars show a pretty strong signal and indicate that I'm on the Bell network. Does this make any sense?
I had this same error on the previous version and reboot didn't fix it. However version 1.5.0 came out and I updated right away. It's happened to me twice since the update and both times it was resolved by a reboot. I'm on the .19 radio on the Bell network. The first time it happened I was on an older radio (sorry, not sure which one)
I'm happy to do any wipe and re-installs needed, but it's happening so infrequently that I'm afraid it could take me some time to determine the actual fix.
Other than this annoyance, the ROM is fantastic!!!
Thanks for your patience!
Every couple of days the blue signal bars turn white and I have no connection. These aren't the dark grey bars that show signal strength, but white ones that reflect actual signal strength and indicate when my phone is trying to upload or download. So, instead of having blue on dark grey bars, I get white on dark grey bars and can't call or access data. The white bars show a pretty strong signal and indicate that I'm on the Bell network. Does this make any sense?
I had this same error on the previous version and reboot didn't fix it. However version 1.5.0 came out and I updated right away. It's happened to me twice since the update and both times it was resolved by a reboot. I'm on the .19 radio on the Bell network. The first time it happened I was on an older radio (sorry, not sure which one)
I'm happy to do any wipe and re-installs needed, but it's happening so infrequently that I'm afraid it could take me some time to determine the actual fix.
Other than this annoyance, the ROM is fantastic!!!
Thanks for your patience!
It turns out that the matching RILs for our phone are not accurate. From what I understand, your signal should be fine, it's the display that is botched. you can verify this by getting an app that displays signal strength in dB.
However, having said that, I recently moved to a new apartment and I too noticed the behavior you mentioned. There are some spots in my place where I cannot make or receive a call while my wife's phone has no issues and we are both on Tmo. So I am not sure what to do. I have been wanting to flash the previous version of the radio to see if that fixes things. I haven't gotten around to trying that.
This rom is awesome, one reason I didn't switch to ics was because cm9 didn't have track pad unlock. I'm happy it does now and the transfer is quite easy now, a long with new features to turn on torch with the screen off and get to the camera also when the screens off. One tiny complaint I do have is I do wish .com/www. Button worked normal, and ALT + Delete would clear one whole line of text.
Other than that thanks for all your hard work making this rom
Sent from my HTC G2 using xda app
Other than that thanks for all your hard work making this rom
Sent from my HTC G2 using xda app
Hi. I'm wondering if it's possible to create a shortcut in the lockscreen to switch profiles.
I've tried to set one of the slider shortcuts to an activity, but I can't find any items from the activity picker which sounds remotely close to what I'm trying to do. I'm guessing that it's not possible, and the only way to switch profiles would be to unlock the phone and hold down the power button?
I've tried to set one of the slider shortcuts to an activity, but I can't find any items from the activity picker which sounds remotely close to what I'm trying to do. I'm guessing that it's not possible, and the only way to switch profiles would be to unlock the phone and hold down the power button?
Hey all. I too was having problems with slowdowns and system freezes on Mimicry recently. However, when upgrading to 1.5.0 I did so after a full wipe and after 4 days this ROM is running as smoothly as the day I installed.
So, for anyone experiencing slowdowns/freezes, use TiBu to back up your apps and do a fresh install. It literally fixed all my issues. I know this info is in the OP but I figured a reminder couldn't hurt.
All that said, blk_jack, please continue these awesome releases because your work is much appreciated!
Sent from my HTC G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
So, for anyone experiencing slowdowns/freezes, use TiBu to back up your apps and do a fresh install. It literally fixed all my issues. I know this info is in the OP but I figured a reminder couldn't hurt.
All that said, blk_jack, please continue these awesome releases because your work is much appreciated!
Sent from my HTC G2 running Mimicry 1.5.0
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210Andromadus Mimicry ROM – version 1.5.0 (September 4, 2012)
...Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the ROM
= Mimicry for Jelly Bean?!? =
* * Be sure to read this post here * *
= What is this? =
Based off CyanogenMod 9 and forked from thee mighty Andromadus main repo.
– Daily merges of new CM9 patches & additions.Join us on IRC in #mimicry on Freenode!
– Combines the fast and stable base of Andromadus/CM9 with new, unique features!
– Goal is to take advantage of our devices' hardware in a time where new ROMs are focused more on next gen devices – offer unique features to the Vision.
– AROMA Installer provides the user with choice on installation, saving preferences for future versions.
If you're new to IRC and without a native app, you can try the Freenode web client [link] or the Firefox extension Chatzilla [link].
= Newest Changes! =
Version 1.5.0 – September 4, 2012 [link]
– Merged in new CM9.1 changesDiscussion for v1.5.0 starts on page 184: [link]
– Requested Feature! Added remove all recent apps. Longpress app or press Trackball in Recent Apps overlay
– New Feature! Added adjustable StatusBar background color and transparency
– New Feature! Added colorize to Notification Shortcuts -- Change both the stock and default app icon colors on the fly! Toggling Notification Shortcuts resets the color
– Completely re-coded Notification Shortcuts -- faster, less unnecessary redraws
– Fixed Notification Shortcut alignment and spacing. Now draws and scales properly depending on available width. (Toggled on by default)
– Fixed exception in Notification Shortcuts causing Settings to crash on blank shortcut redraw
– Switched notification shortcut background pressed drawable to use notification_item's - will work with colorization to provide better theme consistency
– Modified default StatusBar color to act as an inactive default to allow themes to take priority
– When setting the date to appear in the StatusBar, it now maintains the same font size as the clock
– Applied hwc prop change to [mostly] fix corrupted text issue
– Updated translations for existing languages and added new languages for: Romanian, Czech, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Slovak, Serbian, Turkish & Chinese traditional!
– A big thanks to new translators: bogdan5844, CebeLL, daanas, dakf, Filip.Hunka, GizMoQC, hezeri, Jinxtedium, karalaine, Krusty, magno23, matteoa91, michuo, Petrs, shared_ptr, skui, TBest, TheGed129, tomaja & Whippler
Need help installing/upgrading? Visit the FAQ [link]
= Notable Feature Summary =
These are some of the features included in Mimicry! Visit the Feature section below [link]
– Notification Shortcuts - Up to 12 shortcuts in the notification area. Customize icons! Use the default icon, from Gallery or from a set of pre-created Stock icons. Cutomize icon colors as well as spacing and alignment
– Recent Apps mods - Search capactive key rebinded to Recent Apps (with longpress Search) and Remove all Recent Apps (with longpress or trackball)
– Mods/Tweaks - Pre-packaged V6 Supercharger, Virtuous OC Daemon, Enhanced Keymaps tweaks and Wifi Calling selectable on install
– App choice - Choose from a number of Launchers, Music players and Boot animations on install
– UI enhancements - Numerous built-in battery icon mods. Use a custom date format in statusbar or notifications and change the StatusBar color/transparency level
– Hardware button mods - Long-press Power for Quick Torch, Long-press Camera for Quick Camera, Trackball Answer/Hangup
= Suggested Ideas =
If the ideas below sound like something you'd like to see in the ROM, mention it in the thread so I can give them higher development priority
–Kill-all Recent Apps at once ability
–Add user-selectable colors for Notification Shortcut icons
–Status bar transparency/color selection
– Want more? Suggestions are welcome in the thread!
Andromadus Mimicry issue/feature request tracker [link]76== Features ==
– The AROMA Installer provides a touch screen GUI on ROM flash
– Allows optional choices of components, tweaks and mods on installation. Compatible with CWM and 4EXT.
UI Mods and Functionality Options
= Search to Recent Apps =
– Rebinds the Search Key to Recent Apps
– Long press Search Key becomes "old" Search
= Sense 4.0 Style Multitasking =
– Themes the Recent Apps overlay to appear similar to Sense 4.0.
– Includes reflections and swipe-down
= AOKP Lockscreen Weather Icons =
– Replaces the CM9 lockscreen weather icons with ones used in AOKP
= Battery Icon Mods =
– Choose between 5 available battery icon mods
– Includes both horizontal and vertical percentage-in-icon types
– Includes the popular circle battery from AOKP
System Tweaks
= V6 Supercharger =
– Pre-configures and installs V6 Supercharger to automatically optimize your memory
= Virtuous OC Daemon =
– Save battery life and make better use of the kernel CPU frequencies
– Applies a lower ceiling to the max frequency when the screen is off.
– Allows you to change the governor & min/max cpu frequency for screen on/off states (will override anything set in Performance)
= Enhanced Keymaps =
– Binds missing characters <[{}]>^\` to the unused keyboard special buttons
– Supported languages: English (DZ/G2), German, Italian, Russian
* Special key 1 bindings: \ | ^ (base, fn, shift)
* Special key 2 bindings: < { [ (base, fn, shift)
* Special key 3 bindings: > } ] (base, fn, shift)
* The @~ key now also has ` (shift)
** Special key 1 on the DZ is labelled SYM
** Special key 1 on the German DZ is labelled MENU
** Special Key 1 on the Russian DZ is labelled MENU
** For the G2, www./com. has been replaced with TAB
Exceptions
– English: SPACE key now also has SYM (shift)
– German: @! key now also has ~ (shift)
– Italian: SPACE key now also has GRAVE ACCENT (fn)
– Russian: Language key now has `
Customize Apps
= Launcher =
= Music Player =
– Choose between Apollo, Google Play Music or forego any Music player (for users of PowerAmp, etc)
= Boot Animation =
= Jelly Bean Transition Animations =
– Enable animations from the brand new version of Android 4.1
– Video of the animations in action [link]
= WiFi Calling =
– Have worked w/ EdKeys' to include his popular WiFi calling package on install
– Not on TMO? Choose the Never option and you won't be asked to install it again in new Mimicry versions
= .19 Radio lib-RIL/GPS .so Updater =
– Once again, EdKeys has given permission to include his work in the ROM. Be sure to check out his thread for additional information on flashing the radio+rcdata to ensure the best results. Note that this updater is included in with the WiFi Calling package
Important!
– Note that WiFi Calling and .19 Radio lib-RIL/GPS .so packages will back up your EFS partitions before wiping them. This means you may start to notice the backups in the root of your sdcard. In the future this will be fixed but for now you may delete new ones freely.
Unique ROM Features
= Notification Shortcuts =
Notification Shortcuts allow you to assign up to 10 shortcuts in the notification drawer
– Assign to any App or Activity
– Lightweight solution to quickly launch apps from anywhere in the system
– Choose icons from the Gallery, dozens of included stock icons or default
– Long-press to customize
– Horizontally scrollable
– Useful for launching programs that complement other apps (login/password storage, file explorer, search)
– Customize color and alignment/spacing
= Quick Torch =
– Based on the AOKP feature of the same name this lets you toggle the LED flashlight by pressing and holding the Power button when the screen is off
– Uses CM's native torch app – lets you use Deathray mode!
= Search to Recent Apps =
– Rebinds your search key to Recent Apps – shaves off valuable second of time!
– Search is switched to long-press so it ain't going nowhere
= Status Bar / Notification Drawer customizations =
– Move the date to the Status Bar
– Customize the date format by choosing one of 20 pre-baked templates, or create your own with DateFormat macros
– Modify the StatusBar color and transparency level independently of themes
– Remove the Date/Settings bar completely for all you minimalists
= Trackball Answer/Hangup =
– Ported from CM7 and enhanced for ICS. Trackball Answer/Hangup lets you respectively answer or hang up the phone with a single or double tap from the trackball.
= Screen-off Longpress Camera =
– Triggered when holding the camera button while the screen is off and will automatically wake and unlock the phone to launch Camera app.
– Save valuable time when you need to take that quick time sensitive photo.76== Oh Great, Another ROM??? ==
Let me get on my soapbox here..
This may come across as righteous, arrogant or even just plain unnecessary. You've been warned!
As a main (and relatively new) Andromadus developer it has saddened me to see the once vibrant G2/Desire Z community reduced to primarily winzip devs and kangers. There are some notable exceptions. In regards to AOSP-like ROMs, the unofficial "CM9" ROM by jerl92 and the unofficial AOKP ROM by adamz667 are both excellent and both authors have put in a lot of hard work, as well actual development effort.
Literally every single other [ICS] ROM you'll find is a version of those two ROMs or Andromadus. All 3 ROMs are open and yet no ROM "dev" compiles from source. They're all versions of the three aforementioned ROMs, unzipped with APKs and framework/prop hacks applied.
Not to completely marginalize those individuals' effort, as I'm sure most of the time they put real time and thought into what they were doing, but those creations actually offer very little lasting value to the development community for the Vision. In some cases it's actually harming the community by splintering support for the base ROM and prolonging issues that have been fixed in newer versions of the original ROM, but are unbeknownst to users of the kang.
Most of those "devs" could be putting out flashable zip customization packages that offer the exact same "enhancements" and additions that their ROMs do and yet they do not. This would solve the fragmented bug report/squashing issue, as well as allow their add-on packs to be applied across a broader ROM base. Cyanogen himself put it very well in an old post of his. Sagely advice indeed.
My goal with Mimicry is to provide actual new development and functionality to Android ICS users. I want feedback from the community and I want a ROM where new features are implemented in a scheduled, reliable manner. I've been listening to the few alpha testers very closely and implementing new features and ideas from them, and I hope to bring that to even more interested people with this public release.
Lastly, any major bug fixes or small feature additions I apply to Mimicry will also be merged into the main Andromadus repositories. This fork exists because the new work/code being done is too much of a departure from the standard CM9 source code that we sync with. I solely maintain these forks and merge them into the Andromadus/CM9 branches myself with every new Mimicry release.
== Credits & Thanks! ==
Thanks to ufoman, Zubs, Cimer, ashwinmudigonda, Nipqer, magic_android, EdKeys and pierre_ja for their help with testing both the tweaks and the Mimicry alpha builds to support them. Kudos to shapr for first publicly acknowledging the Dr. Strangelove reference.
- Andromadus Team - This ROM would not be possible without the efforts of the Andromadus Team! Much love to fellow Andromadudes darkspadez, Flinny and fyodor. <3
- V6 Supercharger was created and is maintained by zeppelinrox. Thanks to him and wraithdu for their help and with testing the webapp.
- Virtuous OC Daemon is the work of rmk and the Virtuous team.
- Enhanced Keymaps were tested and contributed to by xep and zub on freenode. LW_temp helped with and tested Russian keymaps.
- Sense4 Style Recent Apps is by evilisto [link].
- T-Mobile WiFi Calling & lib-ril and .so updater packages created by EdKeys! [link] [link]
- AOKP Lockscreen Weather Icons & AOKP circle battery icons are of course from the incredible AOKP team and their ROM.
- Translations
– Chinese: lz2android, michuo, dj_frc
– Czech: dakf, Krusty, Petrs, TBest
– Dutch: HugoBoss, dinfinity
– Finnish: lempiainen, hezeri, Whippler, karalaine
– French: xviames, dwardo, GizMoQC
– German: TpmKranz
– Hebrew: SuperKid
– Italian: lombardia2k, matteoa91, skui
– Japanese: LordGenki, montydrei
– Korean: goodhyun
– Lithuanian: daanas
– Polish: ufoman, Ventricle, WMP
– Portuguese: magno23
– Romanian: bogdan
– Russian: VitaliyK, NeverGone
– Serbian: tomaja
– Slovak: Filip.Hunka, shared_ptr
– Spanish: Latino38, Jinxtedium, SuperKid
– Turkish: CebeLL, TheGed129
== Disclaimer ==
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for damage to your device due to this ROM. While this ROM has been tested by myself and other individuals for months, I cannot guarantee that you will have the same positive experiences we've had. Flash at your own risk, etc. This ROM is built using the same methods as Andromadus Audacity and as such there is no additional risk over flashing any other custom ROM on this forum.
In the same vein as my above "rant", do not kang this ROM as a base for other ROMs. If you have an idea, suggestion, addition or enhancement PLEASE discuss it in the forums and, if it is good, will likely be included in the ROM itself. Hurray!
== Donations ==
I will never ask for or accept donations for anything I've done on Android. The contributions I have made pale in comparison to the contributions of the CyanogenMod & Andromadus teams as a whole. There are so many people involved in the process that to me, donations for ROMs seem a bit misplaced. The small amount of money I pay each month for hosting and whatnot is such an incredibly tiny price to pay for all the benefit I've gained off others' work over the years.
Not to say I don't appreciate the kind words & offers of beer, as I do and they definitely inspire and motivate me with the work I do.
That said, feel free to rate this thread to appropriately match your experience with the ROM
69== Downloads ==
Before you start..
Flashing between Mimicry versions will preserve gapps. You only need to flash gapps when installing Mimicry for the first time! If your Google account is missing after flashing a new ROM version though, it's because gapps was erased somehow.
Before you report any issues you need to read the FAQ/Known Issues section below. Still want to report an issue? Follow these steps first..
Analyze the problem and try everything you can to find solutions for yourself. Wipe caches, revert settings you have made, factory reset, wipe app data, etc. Assume the issue is on your end and try your best to isolate it. Before you do report an issue keep in mind this is a developer thread -- collect evidence, do some research and try to always provide a logcat by recreating the problem as reliably as possible.
= September 4, 2012 =
Mimicry v1.5.0
= August 17, 2012 =
Mimicry v1.4.0
== Change Log ==
= Version 1.5.0 – September 4, 2012 =
Changes
– Merged in new CM9.1 changes
– Requested Feature! Added remove all recent apps. Longpress app or press Trackball in Recent Apps overlay
– New Feature! Added adjustable StatusBar background color and transparency
– New Feature! Added colorize to Notification Shortcuts -- Change both the stock and default app icon colors on the fly! Toggling Notification Shortcuts resets the color
– Completely re-coded Notification Shortcuts -- faster, less unnecessary redraws
– Fixed Notification Shortcut alignment and spacing. Now draws and scales properly depending on available width. (Toggled on by default)
– Fixed exception in Notification Shortcuts causing Settings to crash on blank shortcut redraw
– Switched notification shortcut background pressed drawable to use notification_item's - will work with colorization to provide better theme consistency
– Modified default StatusBar color to act as an inactive default to allow themes to take priority
– When setting the date to appear in the StatusBar, it now maintains the same font size as the clock
– Applied hwc prop change to [mostly] fix corrupted text issue
– Updated translations for existing languages and added new languages for: Romanian, Czech, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Slovak, Serbian, Turkish & Chinese traditional!
– A big thanks to new translators: bogdan5844, CebeLL, daanas, dakf, Filip.Hunka, GizMoQC, hezeri, Jinxtedium, karalaine, Krusty, magno23, matteoa91, michuo, Petrs, shared_ptr, skui, TBest, TheGed129, tomaja & Whippler
= Version 1.4.0 – August 17, 2012 =
Changes
– Merged in new CM9 stable changes
– fn+backspace (delete line) is now fn+longpress backspace. This should prevent accidental deletions
– Added complete translations to Andromadus/Mimicry Settings for Chinese, French, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Polish and Russian
– Added partial translations to Andromadus/Mimicry Settings for Spanish, Finnish, Korean and Italian
– Special thanks to all the individuals who helped out by contributing/voting for translations!!
– They are: dinfinity, dwardo, goodhyun, HugoBoss, Latino38, lempiainen, lombardia2k, LordGenki, lz2android, montydrei, SuperKid, TpmKranz, ufoman, Ventricle, VitaliyK, WMP & xviames
– Help out with translations! Join the Andromadus project to contribute [link]
– Extracted hardcoded english strings in Andromadus/Mimicry Settings - can now be translated! Cleaned up strings and translations
– Fixed CM's backuptool and implemented it to work properly in Aroma. This will automatically preserve gapps between Mimicry flashes
– Added OTAUpdater. This will automatically inform you of new Mimicry versions!
– Updated ApexLauncher to v1.3.0beta2
= Version 1.3.2 – August 6, 2012 =
Changes
– Merged up to CM9/Andromadus repo head
– Fix ring/notification volume not restoring correctly on headset (dis)connect
– Merged in patch to fix a crash on audio initialize
– Added zram to initrc
– New Feature! Added AOKP Circle Battery icons
– New Feature! Added Percentage-in-Icon Battery icons
– Fixed transparency on notification shortcut backgrounds
– Fixed Aroma bug where installer would silently abort without flashing the kernel
– Fixed Sense 4 Style Recent Apps squashed preview bug
– Updated Aroma to 2.5
– Updated ApexLauncher to v1.3.0beta1
= Version 1.3.1 – July 27, 2012 =
Changes
– New Feature! Added Jelly Bean animations option in Aroma
– New Feature! Added ability to customize the Notification Area/StatusBar date format
– Requested Feature! Device now wakes on QWERTY hardware keyboard input (like in GB)
– Updated NovaLauncher to 1.2.2
== Installation FAQ / Known Issues ==
= FAQ =
Q) I'm coming from <some rom>, do I have to wipe?
A) If the ROM is AOSP ICS/CM9 based you should be okay with flashing the rom zip and gapps without having to wipe anything manually. The ROM will automatically wipe /system and your caches for you. That said, always make a backup and if you encounter app FCs, lag or any general weirdness, try wiping the offending app's data and/or wipe your /data entirely.
Q) I'm upgrading from an older version of Mimicry, what do I do?
A) Everything said in the above question applies here too, except as of version 1.4.0, you no longer have to flash gapps when upgrading Mimicry. Aroma will remember your settings from previous installs and present those as your defaults. Even if you update launcher versions in between Mimicry versions, things should function as expected. Unless you wipe /data, the only thing that will get overwritten are custom Virtuous OC Daemon frequencies/governors. Your apps and settings should all remain intact
Q) Okay I didn't wipe and now I'm encountering issues like lag or FCs!!
A) Ah, tough luck. First try to fix permissions in recovery and reboot. If that doesn't work you need to reboot into recovery & wipe /data. Once booted you may restore user apps from titanium backup or a similar app. You did make a backup, didn't you?
Q) I'm noticing strange slowdowns with apps and/or errors not encountered in previous versions!
A) First of all, disable zram if you have it enabled. Alternatively, this may also be caused by apps needing their data cleared. Go to Settings->Apps->All, find the app and clear its data. Some apps are just poorly designed for ICS. The Facebook app particularly has been known to cause lag and excessive battery drain for a lot of users.
Q) I wiped /data but I'm encountering lag and weird issues anyway!
A) This is rare but it can happen. First off, make sure your partitions are ext4 by downloading 4EXT from the Market and flashing the 4EXT recovery. If you are new to ICS you must do a complete reformat of all your partitions (excluding sdcard obvsly). Second, if you restored apps from a backup it may be their doing. Try a fresh wipe and then restore your apps in small batches with appropriate testing inbetween to determine if they're the cause. Lastly, wiping data from the Market app (Play Store) has been known to cure lag felt after updating installed apps.
Q) I just flashed and battery seems to be acting funny or draining rapidly
A) Mimicry IS CM9/Andromadus. There's nothing functionally different in the backend to cause different battery consumption. Please read this post to gain some insight and maybe help diagnose what could be draining your battery, regardless of ROM.
Q) Camera app <some app> doesn't work!
A) Due to the hacks implemented to get the camera working with ICS and the 2.6 kernel you will find that many camera apps do not work or will not work properly. It's recommended that you stick to the stock camera app until we migrate to the 3.0 kernel. If using Instagram, make sure you disable their built in camera.
Q) My WiFi doesn't seem to be working after a new install!
A) Users of EdKeys' WiFi Calling [link] and .19 Radio lib-RIL/GPS .so updater [link] have reported this on occasion. At the moment it's not 100% clear why this can happen, but please discuss appropriately in his respective threads. European/Asian country users need to consult this thread specifically. If you've tried methods & tips described in those threads and still can't solve your issues, re-flash the ROM and choose 'No' to either WiFi Calling or the .19 Radio lib-RIL/GPS .so updater options. As a final option, it has been reported that an app called Wifix [link] can also fix this issue.
Q) After flashing I'm stuck at the HTC logo screen!
A) This is likely the result of a bad download. Check your downloaded md5sum hash against the one listed next to the download link above. If the md5sum matches up then it may be because you're coming from 2.3.X without reformatting your partitions to ext4. One method is to download and install 4EXT Recovery and choose the option to format all partitions (except sdcard). This is similar to the Superwipe method except has been reported to work in cases where Superwipe did not.
Q) Everything is great except for issues A, B & C, help!
A) Since the Vision has no official ICS release (nor an official CM9 release), there are the occasional glitch with this, and every other ICS rom. The first thing you need to do is check the issues list below and on the Andromadus tracker. If it's not on the traker, add it. Be patient, there are a number of people working tirelessly to fix the issues and make ICS on our devices as perfect as possible.
Q) I can't send/receive MMS and/or voicemail indication doesn't work!
A) Check your APNs. Make sure you're using the right one and that the fields match what you had in CM7 or what other people have posted as working for your provider. Also beware that there is a known issue with EdKeys' WiFi Calling package where MMS over WiFi Calling is broken.
= Issues =
Most everything is working, however you may encounter some minor issues. Check the Andromadus issue tracker as well as the list below..
– Text may randomly appear corrupted or glitched. This is a known bug [link] and affects every version of ICS for the HTC Vision. Do not report this bug, as a solution is being worked towards. Please try to capture any log cats or comment on the bug via the report on the website. A temporary solution to this is to wait (it'll go away eventually), or enable Long Press Back to Kill App in the Developer Settings and simply kill the glitched app when it happens. It often seems to happen shortly after rebooting or flashing a new ROM.
– FM Radio is only functional using certain apps. Wide success has been reported with Spirit Radio [link]
– Camcorder does not record in 720p (issue affects all ICS ROMs)
– Wireless 802.11n is disabled in the kernel due to an issue with n mode dropping the wifi connection silently from certain APs (affects all ICS roms)
– WiFi has been known to be buggy or disabled after flashing EdKeys' WiFi Calling [link] or .19 Radio lib-RIL/GPS .so updater [link] packages. Please discuss appropriately in the linked threads. Re-flashing the ROM will allow you to de-select either of those packages should you be unable to solve your issues. There is a FAQ question specifically aimed towards this issue that provides additional information/links.
– You may experience the occasional slow-down. From experience, this is almost always caused when the Market or Titanium Backup restore an app. Another reported cause is the browser loading flash heavy websites (cough Adobe cough), as well as non-stock camera apps.
– Some users have reported issues w/ wifi -> data (after 2h) not working. This seems to be based on radio/RIL and can be solved by flashing EdKeys' RIL matcher package [link]
– Some users have reported issues w/ GPS. This also seems to be based on radio/RIL, the same link above should resolve such issues.
– Overclocking to >=1.7GHz may result in the occasional freeze or lockup. Use at your own risk.It's important to point out the distinction between Mimicry, Audacity and CM9.
First and foremost, issues known and common to Andromadus should be discussed and reported in the Andromadus Audacity thread [link].
This thread should be used for support of features and functionality unique to Mimicry. The reason for this is to lessen the splintering of bugs unique to the ROMs and centralize issue discussion with workarounds and solutions. If you do find an issue, the first thing you should do after following the appropriate steps in re-creating it and making sure it's not just the result of a dirty flash is visit the Andromadus issue tracker [link]34Mimicry 1.5.0
Andromadus Mimicry v1.5.0 - September 4, 2012
= Changelog =
Changes since v1.4.0
– Merged in new CM9.1 changes
– Requested Feature! Added remove all recent apps. Longpress app or press Trackball in Recent Apps overlay
– New Feature! Added adjustable StatusBar background color and transparency
– New Feature! Added colorize to Notification Shortcuts -- Change both the stock and default app icon colors on the fly! Toggling Notification Shortcuts resets the color
– Completely re-coded Notification Shortcuts -- faster, less unnecessary redraws
– Fixed Notification Shortcut alignment and spacing. Now draws and scales properly depending on available width. (Toggled on by default)
– Fixed exception in Notification Shortcuts causing Settings to crash on blank shortcut redraw
– Switched notification shortcut background pressed drawable to use notification_item's - will work with colorization to provide better theme consistency
– Modified default StatusBar color to act as an inactive default to allow themes to take priority
– When setting the date to appear in the StatusBar, it now maintains the same font size as the clock
– Applied hwc prop change to [mostly] fix corrupted text issue
– Updated translations for existing languages and added new languages for: Romanian, Czech, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Slovak, Serbian, Turkish & Chinese traditional!
– A big thanks to new translators: bogdan5844, CebeLL, daanas, dakf, Filip.Hunka, GizMoQC, hezeri, Jinxtedium, karalaine, Krusty, magno23, matteoa91, michuo, Petrs, shared_ptr, skui, TBest, TheGed129, tomaja & Whippler
I'm somewhat of a completionist, so having that To-do list in the OP with all those outstanding features lingering started to bother me. But after some time developing them, and a good week of testing (thank you, team!), they're now included in the ROM!
That said, this SHOULD really be one of the last versions of Mimicry for ICS. I'm sure there will be a few revisions to add in the minor upstream changes CM is making, as well as any new translations I get. On that note, a massive thank you to everybody who helped by adding and voting for translations! You guys have made it possible for us to have this ROM's features available in 19 different languages, and that truly blows my mind.
We're always looking for more languages, or fixes to the existing translations, so feel free to sign up and help out! [link]
Download v1.5.0 [link]
Upgrade/Flash instructions are in the OP. Installer FAQ/Known Issues are in the OP. Please consult these posts and understand the type of thread I'd like to maintain here before posting either Issues/bugs and before asking questions answered in the FAQ.
Thanks everyone for your continued co-operation & help with finding and fixing issues. - Andromadus Team - This ROM would not be possible without the efforts of the Andromadus Team! Much love to fellow Andromadudes darkspadez, Flinny and fyodor. <3
