[ROM] [5.0.2] Official CyanogenMod 12 for Desire 816

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Oct 17, 2015 at 10:17 PM
aftertzf said:
A5_ul eu here, bouygues telecom.
About to try same.
Where you get the gapps from?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tk-gapps-t3116347

Hope I'm not being rude by butting in to your post but I've tried several gapps packages and personally I like these the best for 12.1 CM. Continuation of the official PA gapps and there is multiple package options and other good things I like about their installer. Sure there's other good ones. Just my 2 cents.
 
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thoctor said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/tk-gapps-t3116347

Hope I'm not being rude by butting in to your post but I've tried several gapps packages and personally I like these the best for 12.1 CM. Continuation of the official PA gapps and there is multiple package options and other good things I like about their installer. Sure there's other good ones. Just my 2 cents.
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Always good to know... :)

FYI, on cm12.1 ROM instill have same breakage.
Going to ask a friend to get source code for 20150429 and subsequent unofficial cm12.1 build, just to see if anything obvious stands out.
Former one works, all latter ones have same symptoms for me:
- very slow sim detection and connection on each startup
- cannot receive SMS
- cannot receive calls
- 'dialer' crash on attempt to make call - 1st call goes through OK though.
 
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Oct 18, 2015 at 2:53 PM
I read through this post awhile back. I could never get the mobile data to fully work for me. I finally found a way that makes it work. The only issue is the data icon never shows, it just shows that I am roaming. Any idea if how to fix that icon?
I am on the latest cm12 nightly.
 
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Oct 18, 2015 at 3:08 PM
thoctor said:
I have the Virgin Mobile a5_chl and have the same issue on #20150922 build but I just found this Virgin Mobile visual voicemail APK at the bottom of this post in Android Forum for 5.1 lollipop and just downloaded it and it all set up fine. I just want the VM notifications and it quickly showed them in my notifications bar so it's working. Give it a try.

http://androidforums.com/threads/virgin-mobile-working-visual-voicemail-on-cm-12-x-lollipop.919540/
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I did that too. I did this with the insert coin rom that I used to use for a while. The visual voicemail sucks. It's a 3rd party piece of software that is loaded with advertisements. I remember the older version of (12) sent me a sms message every time I had a VM. Very good!!!!!

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chucksaysblah said:
I read through this post awhile back. I could never get the mobile data to fully work for me. I finally found a way that makes it work. The only issue is the data icon never shows, it just shows that I am roaming. Any idea if how to fix that icon?
I am on the latest cm12 nightly.
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I spoke too soon about 12.1.

I use a bluetooth headset all the time. The bluetooth headset is unstable with this ROM. Occasionally after several minutes of phone inactivity the bluetooth will disconnect. Only way to get it work is reboot the phone!!!!! It will no longer see the bluetooth!!!!

The same thing happens with the mobile data. There seems to be mobile data, however after several minutes of inactivity it will disconnect. So if you have apps that use data, they will not get notification. Only way to get it back working is to enable/disable airplane mode.

My suspicion is this might have something to do with the APN fix. Is there a newer more up-to-date one?
 
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Oct 18, 2015 at 8:18 PM
steppinthrax said:
I did that too. I did this with the insert coin rom that I used to use for a while. The visual voicemail sucks. It's a 3rd party piece of software that is loaded with advertisements. I remember the older version of (12) sent me a sms message every time I had a VM. Very good!!!!!

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I spoke too soon about 12.1.

I use a bluetooth headset all the time. The bluetooth headset is unstable with this ROM. Occasionally after several minutes of phone inactivity the bluetooth will disconnect. Only way to get it work is reboot the phone!!!!! It will no longer see the bluetooth!!!!

The same thing happens with the mobile data. There seems to be mobile data, however after several minutes of inactivity it will disconnect. So if you have apps that use data, they will not get notification. Only way to get it back working is to enable/disable airplane mode.

My suspicion is this might have something to do with the APN fix. Is there a newer more up-to-date one?
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"the visual voicemail sucks! " TRUER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN!

I haven't found a newer APN fix and I don't use Bluetooth much , except for headphones, but my brother has your same Bluetooth headphone issues with CM12.1 on his phone without an APN fix so I think it's built into the ROM. There's an app someone here recommended called Connection Stabilizer Booster that turns the data settings over to the app. From then you turn it on and off through the app though. You might try it. I sometimes have to manually activate data through 12.1 CM's network settings when I switch over from WiFi but I have a5_chl not a5_ul version of the 816. That Bluetooth issue is tough for all the headset users though.
 
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OK guys here is my verdict!!!!!

1. 12.1 = Sorry but sucks on my phone. I have to use the APN fix (recent one). Even then the connection is very unstable (4g) and barely works. The Bluetooth is also unstable and almost never works. I have to literally reboot my whole phone just to the Bluetooth connectivity back! The VM also doesn't work, unless you want to mess around with Visual VM... GPS works fully, Magnetometer work fully.

2. 12 = Works the best, but not all the way. The VM works, the APN fix is required and it's much more stable. The bluetooth still disconnects after some inactivity but it will at some point re-connect. If you have connection issues with 4g/Bluetooth, you simply enable/disable Airplane mode. Only other issue I see is the standard messenging app dosen't seem to work! When you pick a person and type something the little arrow to send ( > ) is grayed out!!! Every once and a while when the screen blanks out and comes back up, all the icons are gone, blank. I press everywhere even the power button, nothing happens. Within a few seconds the phone comes back... GPS works fully, Magnetometer works fully.

So what's the advantage of going 12.1??? I know the memory leak bug is gone!!! But what else are you getting.
 
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Nov 1, 2015 at 2:48 PM
Type of gapps to use

chikkus5088 said:
Should i have to flash a Gapp after i install it or is it already built in...?
If i have to which version of gapps should i download...? like android 5.0, 5.1 ets...
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If you flash the 12.0 CM then you need to flash gapps for 5.0. If you flash 12.1CM then you need to flash gapps for 5.1. Only stock sense based roms have gapps included. I use PA gapps from right here on XDA. Their updated regularly, have several packages to choose from i. e mini, micro etc... and the installer has some nice features I like but there are several kinds you can choose from I just like this one.

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Also I'm running non stock 12.1 from this forum. Works good but still has the same quirks that all CM roms have with our phone but there's fixes and workarounds for most all of them. Bottom line is its stable.
 
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thoctor said:
If you flash the 12.0 CM then you need to flash gapps for 5.0. If you flash 12.1CM then you need to flash gapps for 5.1. Only stock sense based roms have gapps included. I use PA gapps from right here on XDA. Their updated regularly, have several packages to choose from i. e mini, micro etc... and the installer has some nice features I like but there are several kinds you can choose from I just like this one.

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Also I'm running non stock 12.1 from this forum. Works good but still has the same quirks that all CM roms have with our phone but there's fixes and workarounds for most all of them. Bottom line is its stable.
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What problems r u facing in CM...
in between i m on A5 dwg variant...
 
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Nov 1, 2015 at 3:27 PM
What problems r u facing in CM...
in between i m on A5 dwg variant...

No voicemail notification, fixed by downloading sprints visual voicemail APK, clipping at max volume due to HTC stock beats and volume limiter not being there, moderated by using a lower volume as max volume, stock SMS app can't send texts, fixed by using Textra SMS app, data sometimes won't reconnect after switching to WiFi, fixed by going into data settings and resetting APN, Bluetooth connectivity issues, don't use a headset. That last one not a fix but it's all I've got for that one.

I have the single Sim variant so if you have the dual sim I'd just stick with either sense based roms or the one version of Graraks 12.0CM that's stable for dual Sims. Heard a lot of people with the dual sim variants having a lot more issues with data connectivity than single sim versions but you can always try then go back to your nandroid backup for stock if you can't make it work for you. Always make a nandroid backup of your stock rom just in case.
 
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