[GUIDE][Nov.6] CM7 Bible - How-To & Fixes - Radio Bootloop Fix, Browser Fix and MORE!

[t0ny0]

[GUIDE][Nov.6] CM7 Bible - How-To & Fixes - Radio Bootloop Fix, Browser Fix and MORE!

FIRST POST IS HOW-TO, SECOND POST CONTAINS ALL THE FIXES AND WORKAROUNDS​

GENERAL INFORMATION AND HOW-TO INSTALL / UPDATE CM7​

Alright kids,

We are all very happy that CM7 finally came out to play. And we thank kmobs and the whole CM7 team for all the hard work. They are just... AWESOME!

But while we have that, we also have a lot of people that are either first time android users, or that are just too busy to follow the thread, or just are too lazy (nothing wrong with that, im lazy too )

So here is a guide on how to install CM7, and I will gather all the fixes from the other thread, and will also if I forget something - let me know what I am forgetting and will add it in this thread.

Now here we go:


~~~~~~~~~~~~~I am not to be held responsible if you brick your device following these guides. If you brick it - blame Santa, not me!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

INSTALLING CM7​

To install CM7 on your device, you need to first download it from HERE. Once you do that - please follow the next steps:

1. - Put the ROM on your SD card
2. - Reboot into CWM Recovery
3. - Do a Nandroid backup of your current rom. Just in case.
4. - Wipe Data/Factory Reset 
5. - Wipe Cache
6. - Go into Mounts
7. - Format /system
----- I always do that, and dont have a single issue..
8. - Flash your Rom
9. - Go into Advanced, Wipe Dalvik Cache, Fix Permissions
10. - Reboot phone

Alright, once you are done with the reboot, it will start loading the ROM. Let it be for around 10 minutes, so its done with everything. Dont set it up, Dont do ANYTHING. Just watch some youtube, or have a beer, or call that girlfriend of yours. Now after the 10 minutes are done (or at least 40 minutes if you talked with the girlfriend ) - reboot the phone again.

INSTALLING GOOGLE APPS​

Now its time to get Market, Gmail and all the other goods.

Here is the newest google apps - HERE
Now download the newest Talk with video - HERE

Once you do that - Put them on your SD card and reboot into CWM Recovery and follow the steps:

1. - Do a nandroid backup of your current ROM. Just in case things go south.
2. - Flash the Google Apps
3. - [B][I][U]AFTER THAT[/U][/I][/B] flash the gapps with new Talk
4. - Wipe Cache
5. - Go to advanced
6. - Wipe Dalvik Cache
7. - Fix Permissions
8. - Reboot Phone

Now set them up, and you are set. You have MARKET!

UPDATING FROM AN OLDER BUILD​

If you already had the CM7 on your device, and want to install to the latest Alpha - follow the instructions:

1. - Download New Update
2. - Reboot into CWM Recovery
3. - DO A NANDROID BACKUP!!!!
4. - Install the new update
5. - Wipe Cache
6. - Go into Advanced, and wipe Dalvik Cache
7. - Reboot and enjoy the newest Alpha!
8. - If it runs worst than the build you had before, and you didnt do a backup - blame yourself and Santa for destroying Christmas, and start over.

RECOMMENDED RADIO​

I recommend using radio 10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01 because this is the radio that we personally tested.
Please note flashing someone else's kernel may ruin your experience with this rom and I advise against it. This rom was a joint effort between Bumblebee, cretin45, toastcfh, defer, myself, and the rest of the CM team.

To install it - just put the zip on your SD card, reboot into bootloader, select Bootloader and it will ask you if you want to apply the update. Press volume UP to apply update, dont shut off the phone, and when its done - press Power to reboot.

DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FILE

 

[t0ny0]

STUCK IN A BOOTLOOP AFTER RADIO UPDATE​

If you are stuck in a bootloop after the radio update, all you need to do is the following:

1. - Open the back cover
2. - Remove the SD Card
3. - Pull the battery out for 5 secs and put it back in
4. - Put the cover back on
5. - Press Vol Down and Power at the same time. Keep holding on Vol Down till you get in bootloader
6. - Select Recovery
7. - Wipe Cache
8. - Put your SD Card back in
9. - Reboot phone and its all working again. Yey.

Here is another solution, thanks to joshndroid for the tip !

tony..

may i suggest in your guide thread to cm7 as a possible solution to the radio to flash AFTER you flash the ROM/UPDATE...

also;
maybe can i suggest to take the radio.img file out of the flash zip and flash it with fastboot...

1. Open zip file and place the radio.img into the location of your adb/fastboot (platform-tools or tools, depending how you set your fastboot up)
2. Place your phone into fastboot.. by connecting phone to computer and typing
adb reboot bootloader
OR
by turing your phone off and holding volume down + power on buttons
3. flash radio by typing these fastboot commands
fastboot flash radio radio.img
4. once that is finished restart phone by typing
fastboot reboot

i did both of these things and accrued no problems and as you know im not a TMOUS and it seems that every EU phone owner blames the ROM for being american in region, which we both know that is not a problem..

Thank you, sir!

INSTALLING CUSTOM KERNEL​

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE INSTALLING THE CM7/AOSP KERNEL, AND NOT THE SENSE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are having any issues with the current CM7 build - you can always flash a custom kernel. Head over to Faux123's Thread and download the newest kernel. Just to be on the safe side - download the regular newest kernel, don't go with the extreme edition (if this is your fist time flashing a kernel), as it might be unstable for your device.

How to do that, you will ask?

1. - Download the kernel
2. - Put the .zip on your SD card
3. - Boot into CWM Recovery
4. - Format Cache
5. - Flash the .zip file
6. - Go into Advanced
7. - Format Dalvik Cache
8. - Reboot your phone, and enjoy your new kernel

Big ups to Faux123 for all his great work, I have been following him since the MyTouch 4G, its always a pleasure to see what he has cooking for us!

FIXING SOUND VOLUME​

To fix the sound volume - you need to do the following:

1. - Go to Settings
2. - Go to Cyanogen Mod Settings
3. - Go to Sound
4. - Scroll down and find "Always play on speaker"
5. - Check Notifications, Ringtones, Alarms

Now you have a full working Sound. People say that right after you connect your headphones - it removes these settings. So you might have to do them one more time. Just do it! There is no known permanent fix right now. Hopefully in one of the nightlies it will be addressed.

HOMESCREEN LAG​

If your homescreen is lagging, like mine did - I suggest using a different launcher. I removed ADW and installed Launcher Pro. I havent had a single moment of lag after that.

Or you can head over to the second post, and download the 2D or 3D replacement Launcher, which will make things better. Big thanks to xboarder56 for sharing them with all of us!

BATTERY ISSUES​

First - If you have problems with your battery draining too fast - maybe its because you installed another kernel. So try reverting back to stock kernel (Follow the "flashing CM7" guide, just dont wipe anything).
If issues are still there - Try to recalibrate your battery. You can do that by two different ways:

1st - Charge your battery to 100%, drain it all the way till it shuts off. Now dont turn the phone on, just plug it in, and leave it like that for 7-8hrs. Best done overnight. In the morning - turn on the phone, and repeat everything again. That should fix it.

2nd - Download "Battery Calibration" App from the market. Install, and follow the guides

BETTER CAMERA FIX​

Alright, thanks to jjdeveau for this fix. If you do not like the camera that comes with CM7 - you can use the MIUI Camera.

Here is how to install it:

Okay so.. For all of you who want a better camera. Here is the miui camera apk.

DO NOT JUST INSTALL IT!

#1 Open rom manager and Back up your Rom
#2 copy to system/app replacing the stock one.
#3 change the permissions but tapping and holding on the app and going to properties then hit change make sure the permissions looks the same as the other aps in the folder.
#4 open app let it install.
#5 I had to reboot phone then it showed up in my aps as miui camera.

The downside is the camera zoom still does not work and it does not support the front facing camera. tap to focus is working as well as the stock effects. it also has the panoramic view and is about as close to the sense camera as you can get right now.

Just download it from HERE and follow the instructions above, brought to you by jjdeveau. Thanks buddy!

CORRECT APN SETTINGS FOR TMOBILE-US USERS​

Fixed my issues with Wifi-Calling MMS.

I talked to TMobile and they gave me the correct info for the APN settings.

I deleted both of the APNs listed under wireless settings and created a new one.


Just in case any of you are having issues with SMS or MMS using Wifi-Calling.. give this a shot.

Create a new APN.

Name: T-Mobile
APN: epc.tmobile.com
Proxy: 216.155.165.050
Port: 8080
Username: leave blank
Password: leave blank
Server: leave blank
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS Proxy: 216.155.165.050
MMS Port: 8080
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
Authentication Type: leave blank
APN: default,supl,mms (Very important to not have a space in there.. just the ,)

hit the menu button and hit save. then use that apn. You should now have working MMS and SMS.

Hope that helps. Cheers.

FLASH PROBLEM WITH STOCK BROWSER​

There are two workarounds to this issue:

1st one is - just download and install opera mobile from the market. It runs flash with no issues.

2nd one is coming to us, thanks to LSears:

For those of you having problems with Flash, it seems to be happening on a few devices with CM7.1. It can be fixed by altering the config.data file of the plugin within any app using it.

So, with the default browser as an example, you'd need to change directory (in ADB shell or a terminal emulator) to...

/data/data/com.android.browser/app_plugins/com.adobe.flashplayer/.macromedia/Flash_Player/

and then alter the permissions of the config.data with...

chmod 000 config.data

I've also done the same things within the BBC News app and BBC iPlayer. All now work perfectly! I hope that helps those with problems.

GPS LOCK FIX / WORKAROUND​

For people that have GPS lock issues - I have a little fix/workaround that worked out great for me and my issues. I hope it works for all of yall.

You need to go to the market, and download GPS Test by Chartcross Ltd (its free).
Open the program -> hit the menu button -> select Settings -> hit "Clear AGPS" and after that hit "Update AGPS". Give it a few minutes and you should have a much better reception and lock on more sats. I got 6 sats locked from the inside of my house.

If it stops showing you the GPS icon - thats fine, just reboot the phone and it will all be ok.

 

[Walto]

It's bit obivious...

but I would add doing Backup before wiping/formating etc... just if something goes wrong.

 

[daman215]

Why not put this in the cm7 thread in the op just pm the dev

 

[digiholic]

but i would add doing backup before wiping/formating etc... Just if something goes wrong.

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[t0ny0]

Why not put this in the cm7 thread in the op just pm the dev

Cause in my experience - there is NEVER any guides provided by the CM7 team. In every phone sections that you look at - there is always a separate thread for guides and fixes.

Plus all the questions that are answered in this thread are asked over 15329852 times in the ROM thread, and its probably good to have them all in one place, instead of people having to read through hundreds (soon to be Thousands) of pages...

 

[dcmtnbkr]

I would add a step for making a nandroid backup. Good writeup though.

 

[t0ny0]

but I would add doing Backup before wiping/formating etc... just if something goes wrong.

Thanks bud,

Almost forgot about that... Would of been a big mess for some of the new to android people around

I would add a step for making a nandroid backup. Good writeup though.

Already done

 

[psychedelicx]

Does Wifi Calling on TMOUS require a separate flash?

Thanks!

 

[t0ny0]

Does Wifi Calling on TMOUS require a separate flash?

Thanks!

Nope, its already included.

 

[forelli]

Nope, its already included.

Thanks for the guide, very helpful, and I'm sure not only for beginners.
f.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e

 

[pr0x2]

Nice post but didn't CM got like a whole wiki website for this stuff?

 

[saquib]

Any info on a fix it workaround for calls disconnecting when putting phone against your ear, I.e. when proximity sensor kicks in? Mainly affecting uk users.

 

[t0ny0]

Nice post but didn't CM got like a whole wiki website for this stuff?

They might, but that doesn't really stop the billion questions asked all the time, so that makes me think that people are not going to the wiki, they are looking for answers up in this forum.

 

[sosquidtaste]

They might, but that doesn't really stop the billion questions asked all the time, so that makes me think that people are not going to the wiki, they are looking for answers up in this forum.

Just a little anecdotal support-- when I rooted my first Android device (Nexus One, if it matters) I started off in a Guide thread in the Development section. Of course, I did finally end up at the CM Wiki, which I don't think it could hurt to link to eventually.

However, the extra bits at the end about flashing the latest GTalk and workarounds for common bugs in the Alpha version are things that I don't think would necessarily make it to their official Wiki. I think the scope of this thread is perfectly helpful

 

[Profondo_Rosso]

Very useful guide.

what is the recommended radio for cm7? I searched the cm7 thread and read the question asked several times but no clear cut answer. Might be helpful to add that info for people like me

Also, on reboot I lose network connectivity and have had to flash twice already...full wipe both times. I think it might be radio related.

 

[jeremybara]

Cause in my experience - there is NEVER any guides provided by the CM7 team. In every phone sections that you look at - there is always a separate thread for guides and fixes.

Plus all the questions that are answered in this thread are asked over 15329852 times in the ROM thread, and its probably good to have them all in one place, instead of people having to read through hundreds (soon to be Thousands) of pages...

THIS. Thanks for your contribution!

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk

 

[stanny2k]

Wifi calling FC still on going after following both your fixes ... any other ideas

Sent from my Sensation using XDA Premium App

 

[t0ny0]

Wifi calling FC still on going after following both your fixes ... any other ideas

Sent from my Sensation using XDA Premium App

I am fresh out of ideas..

Maybe go ahead and try Faux kernel, and see if its gonna keep FC after that...

Very useful guide.

what is the recommended radio for cm7? I searched the cm7 thread and read the question asked several times but no clear cut answer. Might be helpful to add that info for people like me

Also, on reboot I lose network connectivity and have had to flash twice already...full wipe both times. I think it might be radio related.

I am using 10.42.9007.00P_10.11.9007.15

Seems to be working for me... Added it to the GUIDE and linked to the thread where it can be found, and also that other thread has instructions on how to install it

 

[saquib]

Issue with call disconnecting resolved.

Confirmed working. Details here :

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261154

I installed the file using es file explorer. Set it to root enabled and to mount the system as read write and then copy file to system/lib