My wife got the nexus S from sprint the other day and her first complaint is that there is no LED for notifications ...
is there any hack or application that would maybe make the capacitive buttons on the bottom flash for notifications?
There's an app called Backlight Notification that has been tested on I9020T, I9020A and I9023. I don't know if it works on the Sprint variant of the Nexus S 4G. It does require root and a custom kernel.
iTouch24 said:
My wife got the nexus S from sprint the other day and her first complaint is that there is no LED for notifications ...
is there any hack or application that would maybe make the capacitive buttons on the bottom flash for notifications?
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BLN is supposed to be the alternative for LED however, I can't get it to work with the Sprint Nexus S. @iTouch you need to be on a kernal that supports BLN
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Search market for "noLED". I use it.
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I installed noLED & have been happy with it so far
matt2053 said:
Search market for "noLED". I use it.
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I like noLED on my NS4G, except that the backlight on that menu buttons stays on while there is a notification. And i feel like its eating the battery a bit.
kevyli85 said:
BLN is supposed to be the alternative for LED however, I can't get it to work with the Sprint Nexus S. @iTouch you need to be on a kernal that supports BLN
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with netarchy's kernal and bln it still doesnt work.
noLED
thanks for the suggestion guys !!!
i will have to give this a go on my wife's phone tonight and see if it makes her happy !!!
BLN works on my 4G. No problems at all! Loving the **** out of this thing.
Brutus2TheMax said:
BLN works on my 4G. No problems at all! Loving the **** out of this thing.
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what are u referring to when u say BLN and u also need to be rooted and use certain kernel correct?
iTouch24 said:
what are u referring to when u say BLN and u also need to be rooted and use certain kernel correct?
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BLN is Backlight Notification. Search it in the market. I rooted and flashed Netarchy kernel. It supports BLN as well as Voodoo which made the colors on the Super AMOLED screen 10000 times better.
wow ... BLN is exactly what i was looking for ... just have to get wife to allow me to root and put on stable new kernel ...
if it was my device that is the way i would go
options, rooted and specific kernel
BLN
anyone have links to supported BLN kernels? to help other users
no root needed
noLED
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BLN is Backlight Notification. Search it in the market. I rooted and flashed Netarchy kernel. It supports BLN as well as Voodoo which made the colors on the Super AMOLED screen 10000 times better.
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doesnt voodoo control sound not picture?
are there threads up for rooting the new Model: SPH-D720 (Nexus S 4G)
Compatibility: Sprint? i see many threads on the different versions, GSM
is GRJ06D just the new maintenance update that was pushed out to phones ... it wasnt pushed to mine yet .. have to see if i can manually do it ...
Noled doesn't need root or custom setup. Play around with the settings, you will find that it will give you more information than just a led would. It's especially cool to enable battery percent while charging. You never have to wake up the phone to know the progress. There are quite a few things it does that would be a waste for me to type it all out. After you get all the settings the way you like it, set it for start at boot then reboot the phone and you're good to go!
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BLN is Backlight Notification. Search it in the market. I rooted and flashed Netarchy kernel. It supports BLN as well as Voodoo which made the colors on the Super AMOLED screen 10000 times better.
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Are you using netarchy cfs?
Update: I read in the kernal thread that the test notification for BLN doesn't work -that is why I thought it wasn't working. I'll test it out now.
Update 2: I bought the Pro version and I can't get BLN to work with the BFS or CFS kernal. I am texting myself and it doesn't work. Any ideas??
kevyli85 said:
Are you using netarchy cfs?
Update: I read in the kernal thread that the test notification for BLN doesn't work -that is why I thought it wasn't working. I'll test it out now.
Update 2: I bought the Pro version and I can't get BLN to work with the BFS or CFS kernal. I am texting myself and it doesn't work. Any ideas??
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Voodoo controls sound and screen settings (gamma, rgb multipliers).
I ran BLN on both CFS and BFS. I'm on CFS now because I think it's more stable (Overclocked to 1.2ghz with smartass set). Test notification DOES NOT WORK. You have to enable BLN blinking or whatever it says and then I unchecked when it starts and stops and set the blink rate to what I wanted to.
Had my phone for 2 days now and I'm already feeling like I can do this in my sleep! Let me know if you need help.
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Voodoo controls sound and screen settings (gamma, rgb multipliers).
I ran BLN on both CFS and BFS. I'm on CFS now because I think it's more stable (Overclocked to 1.2ghz with smartass set). Test notification DOES NOT WORK. You have to enable BLN blinking or whatever it says and then I unchecked when it starts and stops and set the blink rate to what I wanted to.
Had my phone for 2 days now and I'm already feeling like I can do this in my sleep! Let me know if you need help.
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It is definitely not working for me. I tried both the CFS and BFS kernal. I adjusted the blink rate and activated the service. I shut off the start/stop time.
Is it supposed to activate once a sms/gmail comes in?
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It is definitely not working for me. I tried both the CFS and BFS kernal. I adjusted the blink rate and activated the service. I shut off the start/stop time.
Is it supposed to activate once a sms/gmail comes in?
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Yes. What do you have the blink on and blink off seconds at? I did Blink on 250 milliseconds and blink off 2 seconds. Turn on and turn off both unchecked.
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Yes. What do you have the blink on and blink off seconds at? I did Blink on 250 milliseconds and blink off 2 seconds. Turn on and turn off both unchecked.
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I had it set to the default 1 sec on and off. I changed it to your settings and it still doesn't work. There must be something else going on.
Is there anywhere I have to select the apps that it is monitoring?
Nope, the only thing I had to enable was to blink for missed calls.
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Ok so no matter what custom lock screen i seem to use, it works for about 10 mins then my normal lockscreen starts to apply over the custom one even tho just 10 mins before it was disabled. Anyone know how to fix this?
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Is this an issue with some apps with the .32 kernal?
Cuz I know that the LED Hack for the N1 isnt working on the .32 kernal.
I have the same issue with the lockscreens and I am till on 2.6.29.6 kernal. I have gone back to using keyguard disabler so I can use trackball to wake the phone. My holster didn't allow the other key to be activated be accident. Use bolter buddy to toggle ringer.
Checkout mylock (beta) on the market.
Are you using taskiller or a similar manager? If so some of them kill all apps on screen lock, which would kill your lock screen, or they kill on time or on autostart, just make sure theyre excluded from anything like that. Im on the .32 kernal and Nexus Torch is working for me so Im not sure about the LED issue.
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Are you using taskiller or a similar manager? If so some of them kill all apps on screen lock, which would kill your lock screen, or they kill on time or on autostart, just make sure theyre excluded from anything like that. Im on the .32 kernal and Nexus Torch is working for me so Im not sure about the LED issue.
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Not the camera LED. Its called LED Hack for the n1. It stops the soft keys from staying lit when you have the phone docked.
Reverted back to CM 5.0.3.1 stock.
Lets see if the lock screens work.
Since installing dl30 I noticed that if you go into notification setting gs it has a spot where you can turn on blink led for notification but it doesn't seem to work. Anyone know anything about this and also I noticed that at first when I sent and recievex a te,t message i would get a little toast popup at the bottom but it recently stopped showing up. Anyone know anything about this either I want itback.
There isn't any led lights for the fascinate. There are apps though that will put dufferent colored dots on your screen when you have a notification. It looks like the screen us off but a little colored dot will float around. I dont know the ansrew to your second question.
From my super clean dl30 fascinate
piperat said:
There isn't any led lights for the fascinate. There are apps though that will put dufferent colored dots on your screen when you have a notification. It looks like the screen us off but a little colored dot will float around. I dont know the ansrew to your second question.
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Yea I used screen notification. And bln and didn't care for either of them was holing they were there and just not funtcional yet.
dalrym05 said:
Yea I used screen notification. And bln and didn't care for either of them was holing they were there and just not funtcional yet.
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I had the same thoughts on it myself.
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dalrym05 said:
Yea I used screen notification. And bln and didn't care for either of them was holing they were there and just not funtcional yet.
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You have to have a BLN enabled Kernal to be able to use the app.
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You have to have a BLN enabled Kernal to be able to use the app.
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The apps worked fine. They just kinda suck.
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Unfortunately the area you believed contained an LED unfortunately houses a sensor for light instead It was the exact same issue on the Samsung Moment. They heard enough complaining about it then, surprised they didn't get the hint. And IMHO, the blinking LED would save battery life, as I'm sure having to turn on the screen and check every ten min. drains it.
I'm using SC with JT's new voodoo. BLN with Blinky does work but blinking doesn't. Does anyone know a way to make blinking work?
Don't use blinky, use BLN. Free in the market
sent from my fascinating fascinate eating delicious froyo.
justin94 said:
Don't use blinky, use BLN. Free in the market
sent from my fascinating fascinate eating delicious froyo.
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I second this motion.
Sent via voodoo android powered Galaxy S Fascinate w/ Adryn's blazing SFC 2.9.2v w/ jt's EC10 kernel with voodoo sound and color along with Nitro's awesome NitroDark Eclipse Theme
I tried blinky it worked, but it wasn't blinking the lights just stayed on lol i'll give BLN free a try.
Blinky works- the in-app test just doesn't really work. Send yourself a text or something to actually test it out.
+1^^. And I like the auto "save settings" in the new version of blinky.
good day.
I think most of you didn't read my question. BLN "does" work. and BLN Control Free doesn't give you "blinking." Only paid BLN Control gives you "blinking."
Blinky is free and it provides everything including modifying specific time intervals.
My question was blinking doesn't work and is there anyway to get this feature rolling?
deaffob said:
My question was blinking doesn't work and is there anyway to get this feature rolling?
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How did you test it? If you used the in-app test, don't trust that. Try actually sending yourself a text message, and give it about 5-10 seconds after the lights come on for it to start blinking.
Ofcourse. I tried it with gmail and sms notification.
Blinky works but I found it to eat a ton of battery for no good reason.
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On my wife's phone. Bln stopped working. I uninstalled and reinstalled still now luck. Using SC and Jt kernel. Anyone come across this problem?
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i was having the problem of my phone not blinking as well ... just a steady light . I ended up getting BLN Pro AND blinky ... blinky recognizes bln , from there i can set everything how i want in the blinky app and everything works just fine .
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Blinky works but I found it to eat a ton of battery for no good reason.
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You mean blinking or BLN?
I meant Blinky (the app) ate a ton of battery as compared to BLN (the app).
After an hour of being unplugged, and only blinking for minimal time, battery stats was saying blinky used something like 15% of the power during that time. That never happens with BLN (the app)
Oh, and btw, blinking the LEDs will use more energy than having a solid light. Or at least thats what the author of BLN (the app) says.
I am having similar issues with Blinky. The first time it is installed it works for a little while and then they just stay solid after a few notifications.
I was able to repeat this too because I uninstalled it and then reinstalled and it worked for a little while again. Clearing the data didn't work, I had to literally remove the app and then install it again. So I am not sure what is going on.
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bought the app too lol. it was working great. i wonder what happened in between... just weird how it stops working and can't get it to work anymore. waste of 2 dollars lol. well i posted on his thread hopefully he can fix it .
I think there's problem with our kernel, not the bln apps.
Blinky blinks for me!
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ok I uninstall blinky and got a text last night and my lights stayed on all night? Is their a setting with in the phone settings for bln or just via bln apps? edit never mind I just rebooted the phone and it fix it.
Since it seems that there is some discrepancy, where some BLN users are able to blink and others are not, I wonder if it is a kernel or rom issue.
using only Blinky (no BLN app) on the following setup, I am unable to get "blinking" to work. They do light up, but stay on consistently.
Also, the tick-box for "Turn the lights off after this time" under "Time to blink" does not work either. The lights will remain on until the notification is dismissed.
ROM: Superclean 2.9.2
Kernel: 0328 imnuts SV NoVoodoo
Hi.. I think I've found a working solution to this annoyance...
1) turn off auto brightness
2) manually adjust it to the lowest value
3) restart the phone
the flicker should be gone!
My setup:
Nexus S (T) 4.0.3 Stock
Static wallpaper
PIN code lock screen
If you can live with the 'dim' screen, you should be happy now just like me. Hope an official fix will land soon.
Doesn't work on mine, tried before, screen still flickers.
Running AOSP+ with Eugene's kernel.
theexel said:
Doesn't work on mine, tried before, screen still flickers.
Running AOSP+ with Eugene's kernel.
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One of the sources for screen flicker is increased screen hz , combined with improper voodoo color configs and also some CPU govs cause it also
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Nexus HAL said:
Hi.. I think I've found a working solution to this annoyance...
1) turn off auto brightness
2) manually adjust it to the lowest value
3) restart the phone
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Turning. Off auto brightness only resolves the green screen not the flicker when taking phone out of standby
Also no need to reboot.
Its color driver for voodoo with ICS
People here said supercurio working on voodoo color 2
Temp solution up your gamma settings with voodoo color plus or get a kernel that has "colorfix" gamma setting is locked at setting
the gamma setting required to get rid of this problem is too high for my taste
i can live with the millisecond flicker for all around better colors doesn't bother me its not going to damage anything
gamma too high makes colors less vibrant.
sorry guys... false alarm. apparently i jumped to the conclusion too early. the problem is back again since this morning
ps: i was running unrooted stock 4.0.3 but thanks for the technical details guys. it helped me understand what's actually happening under the hood. cheers!
matrix kernel 14.5 with lag free gov has eliminated this problem almost completely for me.
Also doesn't work on mine.
[v7][ROM] KANGYS | ICS | AOKP | Fastest & Most Stable | 15/01/2012 With Matrix 14.5 kernel.
Please try this rom / kernel combo, u will see the difference.
LOL guys that say that "Matrix fixed the issue".. You do realize that he deleted Voodoo completely right?
Doesn't work, running AOSP+ rom with Speedy.
Don't think its a voodoo issue as it happens on stock rom / kernel.
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LOL guys that say that "Matrix fixed the issue".. You do realize that he deleted Voodoo completely right?
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You do know that Supercurio himself has said that people should stop using Voodoo Colors?
EDIT: Steve Garen has also removed Voodoo colors and its freaking awesome.
*if you didn't wipe /system and /boot it is NOT A FULL WIPE*
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LOL guys that say that "Matrix fixed the issue".. You do realize that he deleted Voodoo completely right?
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if voodoo was removed completely from his kernels then we wouldn't be able to adjust any color setting in voodoo app not to mention the the settings wouldn't even be available
and that's not the case with both kernel version
like i said before lowering gamma will cause green flicker
Color fix kernel doesn't allow gamma adjustment thus no more green flicker granted not an actual fix but it is for his kernel and saves him from headaches from users who don't know how to troubleshoot themselves
The other color kernel gamma and RGB can be adjusted but expect green flicker when lowing gamma
actually there are 2 things ... one is the green flicker which is experienced when using Voodoo colors with low Gamma and another is just a quick flash of the screen when locking the phone i've seen it on my all stock ics too it happens sometimes not always just a split second after locking the device
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ill take your word if its intermitting can be tricky to reproduce i didn't give enough time
haven't used stock for while that's why i had to test again so maybe it did before just don't remember
irizwan said:
actually there are 2 things ... one is the green flicker which is experienced when using Voodoo colors with low Gamma and another is just a quick flash of the screen when locking the phone i've seen it on my all stock ics too it happens sometimes not always just a split second after locking the device
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Yeah, on SG's kernel I've got no green flash but I do get the slight flicker. It doesn't bother me like the green does though. Its really brief and since I use an all black background and keep the brightness low I hardly can notice it.
*if you didn't wipe /system and /boot it is NOT A FULL WIPE*
Wtf I never deleted voodoo xD
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irizwan said:
actually there are 2 things ... one is the green flicker which is experienced when using Voodoo colors with low Gamma and another is just a quick flash of the screen when locking the phone i've seen it on my all stock ics too it happens sometimes not always just a split second after locking the device
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Its the quick flash after locking is what In am in about, matrix fixes this 90% of the time.
I've had this issue with lag on the Nexus 4 lockscreen for quite a while.
The problem is that occasionally when I go to the unlock the phone, I press the lock, but the lock will freeze. Sometimes I have to turn the screen off, and turn back on a couple of times before I can unlock the phone.
I've had this issue running CM10.1 and stock rooted android 4.2.2. I've tried doing a complete wipe and re-flashing everything.
Has anyone else had this issue? I've asked a couple of people I know who have Nexus 4's and none of them have had this problem.
Did I do something wrong, is this a common issue, or this an issue with my phone?
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I've had this issue with lag on the Nexus 4 lockscreen for quite a while.
The problem is that occasionally when I go to the unlock the phone, I press the lock, but the lock will freeze. Sometimes I have to turn the screen off, and turn back on a couple of times before I can unlock the phone.
I've had this issue running CM10.1 and stock rooted android 4.2.2. I've tried doing a complete wipe and re-flashing everything.
Has anyone else had this issue? I've asked a couple of people I know who have Nexus 4's and none of them have had this problem.
Did I do something wrong, is this a common issue, or this an issue with my phone?
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I also get this occasionally from time to time. I honestly have no clue what it could be, since the screen is completely dry as are my fingers when it happens. Its a minor bug so it doesn't bother me that much
brandonc0526 said:
I also get this occasionally from time to time. I honestly have no clue what it could be, since the screen is completely dry as are my fingers when it happens. Its a minor bug so it doesn't bother me that much
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I also sometimes get lag when I do manage to unlock, scrolling through my screens is very laggy for 5-10 seconds, then it is usually fine.
I have a problem with lockscreen lag on a phone with a quadcore CPU and 2 GB of RAM.
Flash a custom kernel. You'll be less likely to experience lag
Don't get any lockscreen lag on my stock Android.
sigma392 said:
Flash a custom kernel. You'll be less likely to experience lag
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Have any recommendations?
nmunro said:
Have any recommendations?
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The latest trinity kernel (125) has perfected the lockscreen lag, It definitely unlocks instantly for me.
username8611 said:
The latest trinity kernel (125) has perfected the lockscreen lag, It definitely unlocks instantly for me.
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Trying this out now. I especially liked how it told me my system was corrupted once it finished flashing...
First thing I've noticed is that the colour is a lot different. Do I need to play with any settings, or do I only need to have the kernel installed?
Also how often do updates come out?
Messing with the settings is totally up to you. It works great "right out of the box." I don't like the stock color settings, I use trickster mod to change them to rgb 255, 255, 255 and everything else at 0 except saturation and blacks all the way up. This kernel is underclocked to 1026mhz by default, I set it to stock clock speeds. It's also undervolted by default so if you are having stability problems, try bumping up the voltage on all steps by 25mv. Updates come out pretty often, prolly a few times a month.
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Messing with the settings is totally up to you. It works great "right out of the box." I don't like the stock color settings, I use trickster mod to change them to rgb 255, 255, 255 and everything else at 0 except saturation and blacks all the way up. This kernel is underclocked to 1026mhz by default, I set it to stock clock speeds. It's also undervolted by default so if you are having stability problems, try bumping up the voltage on all steps by 25mv. Updates come out pretty often, prolly a few times a month.
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The colours bothered me so I'm trying the latest franco nightly. It seems to be at the stock clock speed, no weird colours, and it makes the haptic feedback when unlocking feel more like the GNex.
I'm still having this issue with franco kernel. I've been looking around a bit and people seem to say this is related to auto brightness. I'm going to turn auto brightness off for a bit and see if it still happens.
Also, does anyone know if using a 3rd party app for auto brightness would make any difference?
Okay, turns out auto brightness wasn't the issue. Still getting lockscreen lag. Help please.
If I put 5 fingers on the screen (when the screen is off), then press the lock button, when the screen comes on it will be completely unresponsive, some of the time. I'm not always able to replicate this.
for me, some releases of Franco have lockscreen lag, some don`t, try flashing the M2 or other post r121 builds, they are all great performers and maybe you`ll get lucky with one.
if ur using paranoid android, then its a stability issue i guesa cause the same thing used to happen with me...... or else try franco kernel... or update franco kernel if ur using franco, cause an older version had the lockscreen bug, which is now fixed!!!
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Flash a stock kernel. You'll be less likely to experience lag
I'm running CM 10.1 and the latest version of franco's kernel.
I've tried using a rooted stock and I had the same issue with lag.
I'm going to try franco's milestone build, see if I still get issues.
Would increasing the minimum clock likely help at all?
I had this problem no matter what custom ROM or kernel I would use I would get this problem I got a replacement phone and don't have this issue anymore
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Good Guy Mark said:
I had this problem no matter what custom ROM or kernel I would use I would get this problem I got a replacement phone and don't have this issue anymore
Sent from my Nexus 4
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I'm thinking this may have been the issue.
How does the replacement process work?
If I save a nandroid backup of my phone, can I just unlock it and restore from there?
Flash the reset kernel from _motley 's kernel thread, it replaces a lot of files that might of got changed via various other kernel flashes with stock ones.
the one that causes a lot of lock screen lag is the /system/lib/hw/power.msm8960.so file
N4_422_stock_kernel_and_components.zip
meangreenie said:
Flash the reset kernel from _motley 's kernel thread, it replaces a lot of files that might of got changed via various other kernel flashes with stock ones.
the one that causes a lot of lock screen lag is the /system/lib/hw/power.msm8960.so file
N4_422_stock_kernel_and_components.zip
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Can I just flash this with CWM? And then flash back to franco m2?
I actually just got an RMA for my phone, because of this issue and that the back glass panel is a little loose and makes creaking noises. When I send the phone back to google, if I follow all the steps here and lock the bootloader, it should be fine to send back to them?
Google's RMA process was amazing. Took me all of 10 minutes. They're shipping a new one in 3-5 days, and they pay for the return shipping of my old device. The replacement is brand-new, not a refurbished device. My dad's iPhone 4S had a bunch of issues and he would have to book an appointment at the Apple store, which happens to be an hour away, and they would only replace his device with a refurbished one.