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[selebaruc]

c11 in speaker have mic fail in speaker

Hi I tested cm11 in my s4 active for 2 months; its very stable and fast; but i never used the speaker, but today i put the speaker on and the microphone dont work, i tried make other call, but in speaker the mic dont work. Sorry for my bad english. Thanks

 

[O-T]

@selebaruc
Preliminary test build here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55841925

 

[Philler1337]

Hi I tested cm11 in my s4 active for 2 months; its very stable and fast; but i never used the speaker, but today i put the speaker on and the microphone dont work, i tried make other call, but in speaker the mic dont work. Sorry for my bad english. Thanks

Seems to be a well known problem at some newer builds of different ROMS.
Correct me if i´m wrong.

 

[GuestD2085]

Recovery

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[selebaruc]

@selebaruc
Preliminary test build here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55841925

thanks; the cm-11-20141006 unoficial work!
i have speaker again!

 

[mrfoyl]

Great work

I run this rom as my "toilet device" right now nightly 10.12.2014
And no problems.
Have not tested phone functionality but it works great with video, web surfing and LTS data and wifi.

An issue I have noticed is excessive power-use when syncing (owncloud). might be related to wifi.

I want this room to reach stable badly. Please tell me if there is anything you need.

 

[O-T]

Hi everyone,

I use CM11 on my phone for a few days now and I love it, I have been waiting for quite some time. I have just two questions:

1: Could you recommend me a recovery to use for the i9295? I am currently using PhilZ Touch 6.57.9 / CWM 6.0.5.1 since it was listed in a german forum (can't link since I am new..) on rooting the phone. However, the path to the sdcard in the recovery is obviously different than what is given in the update-scripts, so the automatic nightly updates do not work and I always have to select the file manually. Also I think I have read that PhilZ announced that he won't be working on the recovery any longer.
So in short: Which custom recovery should I use and where can I find it?

2: Should I update my Baseband? I am currently on the relatively old version I9295XXUAMF5 - Is it worth to update? If so - do I need to flash a full Samsung firmware, or can I get the baseband seperately and flash it with Odin? I was already told that the last Knox-Free version is NE5, so which baseband do you guys use?

Thanks in advance,
daLuiz

1: @spegelius has put 6.0.5.0 on his Gdrive. Built Aug 15. Link in OP of CM11 Original Dev. tread. @allram has 6.0.5.1 on his Gdrive. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55589413&postcount=871
Both is OK for clean/dirty flash or backup. Both have Reboot = ShutDown. No big deal, just power on after. External SD exfat support is only 6.0.5.1.

2: Baseband ???
After reading some posts and seen the use of baseband = modem, baseband = bootloader and baseband = LTE modem, also aware that System - About... present this as tag for ....? (not sure which of them)
This is certainly a source of confucion and also probably the reason why some experience loss of WiFi when they have done a Odin flash of LTE modem =NON-HLOS.BIN on wrong bootloader (aboot.mbn, sbl1.mbn, sbl2.mbn, ...) version.

It is NOT reccommended to mix 4.2 bootloader and 4.4 LTE modem.

Some collected info and links from here
Please keep in mind that i9295 Active is really similar to i9505 S4 LTE in hardware. Thats why my link in the CM11 thread point to a well visited thread for i9505.

BE AWARE that modem/LTE/bootloader IS NOT interchangeable for the two devices AFAIK.
You _must_ be sure it is for i9295 Active.

If you choose to do it the Odin way with modem.bin, NON-HLOS.bin: first identify your bootloader version in CM Terminal or ADB:

getprop ro.bootloader

Samsung last 3 letter code naming:

N = year = 2014 (14th letter of alphabet)
E = month of year (May in this case, 5th letter of the alphabet)
x = build # of that month (10th for, "A", as they start 1-9 first, before letters)

NE4 = 2014, May, Build 4 (4.4 KitKat)
NH2 = 2014, Aug, Build 2 (4.4 KitKat)

Generally - if you have working WiFi/GSM/LTE after CM11 flash = no need to fiddle with modems.
The safe way to update is by flashing a complete original Samsung TW ROM for your region/country that has this bootloader-LTEmodem chain setup correctly. When later flashing CM11 nightly, flashing CM11 nightly,... you keep whatever bootloader+GSM modem+LTE modem version you had from first transition to CM11 world. CyanogenMod does'nt touch any of them.

 

[tommy-77]

Camera Crashing

Hi All,

anybody else having problems with camera? It's crashing a few seconds after starting camera. Tried 20141019 and 20141016 build. Same Problem. Just tried the google camera from play store. Same problem...

Greets

 

[O-T]

Hi All,

anybody else having problems with camera? It's crashing a few seconds after starting camera. Tried 20141019 and 20141016 build. Same Problem. Just tried the google camera from play store. Same problem...

Greets

1017 & 1018 or older never crash.

System settings - Apps - Camera:
Force stop + Clear data
This will not delete any pictures /video.

CM11 camera version is 2.0.002, Google camera replace CM11 camera and has a higher version.

There are pending updates for CM11 Camera in next nightly. If Clear data doesn't help do you recognize similar issue fixed as listed in cmxlog web page (change log) ?

 

[tommy-77]

1017 & 1018 or older never crash.

System settings - Apps - Camera:
Force stop + Clear data
This will not delete any pictures /video.

CM11 camera version is 2.0.002, Google camera replace CM11 camera and has a higher version.

There are pending updates for CM11 Camera in next nightly. If Clear data doesn't help do you recognize similar issue fixed as listed in cmxlog web page (change log) ?

Hi and thanks for your help.

I have deinstalled google camera, force stopped camera, cleared data. Still the same problem. When i start camera, the camera opens and starts focusing. During focusing it force closes.

In the changelog of 20141019 there is a similar topic. http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/74734/

And here is the bug report:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Media server died.
at com.android.camera.CameraErrorCallback.onError(CameraErrorCallback.java:33)
at android.hardware.Camera$EventHandler.handleMessage(Camera.java:1017)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)

 

[saahleh]

Does the IR suppose to work? Upgraded from a nightly from may 2014 to the nightly 20141024 last night (without wipe). The saved remote in the app ASmart remote doesn't turn my TV on. Anyway to check if IR is supported?

 

[mrfoyl]

msm_serial_hs_dma Wakelock when bluetooth is on

Title tells it all.
running CM11 nightly 20141024 and phone wont go into deep sleep as long as bluetooth is on.
Is this normal? known issue?
Does anyone know how to fix this?

-Ole

 

[GuestD2085]

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[Gaffyboy]

help

I observed exactly the same on my phone. Bluetooth on = no deep sleep.

Sent from my GT-I9295 using XDA Free mobile app

can somone please tell me how to install custom rom on my sghi537, I tired the stocky rom but it didn't work, Help pls

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can somone please tell me how to install custom rom on my sghi537, I tired the stocky rom but it didn't work, Help pls

 

[O-T]

can somone please tell me how to install custom rom on my sghi537, I tired the stocky rom but it didn't work, Help pls

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can somone please tell me how to install custom rom on my sghi537, I tired the stocky rom but it didn't work, Help pls

Your i537 has AT&T locked bootloader. This is different from the i9295 and topic of this thread. No known CyanogenMod or AOSP option available for the i537.
Try this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7827

... and advice you to use xda forum search or open a thread in Q&A section if no search hit match your next question.

 

[mrfoyl]

Still an issue on newest release.

Title tells it all.
running CM11 nightly 20141024 and phone wont go into deep sleep as long as bluetooth is on.
Is this normal? known issue?
Does anyone know how to fix this?

-Ole

Now running 20141103
This is still my number one issue. Got any ideas?

 

[Devo7v]

Does anybody else get a FC when trying to reply/forward to an email in the new Gmail 5.0 (1569867)? The only way I can get it to work is to roll back to Gmail 4.9 (1271612).

Any ideas?

 

[O-T]

Have flashed CM11 Nightlies only doing cache clean between. Have kept pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20140923 in /system along with cm flash. Play Store and Services updated automatically during this.
No issues besides known like man. carrier search.
Along with CM11 1105 I did a /system format and flashed updated pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20141103. After that I had slow down speed from Store, below 100kb/s usually over Mb/s.
Repair:
Went to apps and deleted data from Google Services, removed Play update, let Play update (pressed Play - About inside Play) =speed restored
Delete data from Google Services won't remove account or contacts
@Devo7v
You could try the Services trick. I don't know if Gmail has links to it.
Alternatively K9 can handle several accounts including Gmail.

 

[Devo7v]

Have flashed CM11 Nightlies only doing cache clean between. Have kept pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20140923 in /system along with cm flash. Play Store and Services updated automatically during this.
No issues besides known like man. carrier search.
Along with CM11 1105 I did a /system format and flashed updated pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20141103. After that I had slow down speed from Store, below 100kb/s usually over Mb/s.
Repair:
Went to apps and deleted data from Google Services, removed Play update, let Play update (pressed Play - About inside Play) =speed restored
Delete data from Google Services won't remove account or contacts
@Devo7v
You could try the Services trick. I don't know if Gmail has links to it.
Alternatively K9 can handle several accounts including Gmail.

I wiped Google Play services, Google Services Framework, and Gmail data, but still Gmail 5.0 FCs whenever I try to reply to an email. I uninstalled Gmail updates and reinstalled Gmail 4.9 and no problems. I think I'm going to convert it to a user app with TiBu and see if that works. If not I guess I'm wiping the phone and starting over.