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Epic not rotating pictures correctly

Pictures taken in PORTRAIT (with just holding the phone straight up) do not save EXIF data correctly, and are shared as LANDSCAPE when "Shared" to Messaging, Gmail, etc. This is ****ing embarrassing.

You can try out Camera 360. I love that app and use it as my default photo app, I have the paid version. It might resolve your issue. Since I have not gotten my phone yet I cannot test to see if it works.
Link to free version.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/vStudio.Android.GPhoto

You sure it's not just your web browser, or Gmail? I haven't checked in a while, but Exif rotational data was rarely used in browsers in recent history. Try opening your photo using the new version of Picasa to see if it's rotated correctly.

No, it is still screwed up. Take a picture in portrait. Then click "Share" to Messaging, Gmail, Facebook, whatever. It will preview as a sideways (landscape) photo, thus looking stupid.

It does preview that way, have you confirmed it sends that way?
Picture related, my panorama shots do not work, I get panorama failed pop up
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ImSoHungry said:
It does preview that way, have you confirmed it sends that way?
Picture related, my panorama shots do not work, I get panorama failed pop up
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Yes, I've confirmed that it "shares" that way to Messaging, Gmail and Picasa, and of course Facebook.
Interestingly enough, the original Droid has this problem. It doesn't seem to bother anyone. This is a huge bummer. No idea how to fix this.

Also after taking a photo, and previewing it, the whole screen orientation is in Landscape, no matter what you do. Keyboard open, keyboard closed - all the same. That's frustrating as well. Anyone got any ideas or insight?

Try using a photo editor such as PicSay and rotating the picture into landscape. Then maybe when you send it, it will send the right way

That definitelyorks, although I prefer Photoshop Express. But that is an honest unecessary hassle.
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Does this eriously not bother anybody else??
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oxeneers said:
Does this eriously not bother anybody else??
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Bugs the hell out of me.
As far as I can tell there is no portrait mode on the Epic - that's why all of the controls are locked to landscape mode and rotating the phone doesn't do shiz.
I really hope they fix this.

pissinguoff247 said:
Bugs the hell out of me.
As far as I can tell there is no portrait mode on the Epic - that's why all of the controls are locked to landscape mode and rotating the phone doesn't do shiz.
I really hope they fix this.
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Yeah, I noticed that too. The EVO 4G used to be like that, but in the Froyo 2.2 update they made it so the controls will auto-orientate to portrait mode. But, when you used to take photos pre-Froyo, they would always rotate correctly.
I've been rotating my photos in Photoshop Express but holy **** it compresses the hell out of them, making them go from 1MB~ to almost 30kB. Anyone have any ideas?

Same issue on my Vibrant
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oxeneers said:
Yeah, I noticed that too. The EVO 4G used to be like that, but in the Froyo 2.2 update they made it so the controls will auto-orientate to portrait mode. But, when you used to take photos pre-Froyo, they would always rotate correctly.
I've been rotating my photos in Photoshop Express but holy **** it compresses the hell out of them, making them go from 1MB~ to almost 30kB. Anyone have any ideas?
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Maybe our Froyo update will fix the whole shebang. I really hope that Samsung didn't just frak me over with a crippled crappy phone that doesn't get bug fixes like they did with my Intrepid (the bastard child of Windows Mobile and Samsung) - Galaxy S is their flagship and they need to get on top of stuff.

I am not getting this issue. Can you give me the steps to duplicate it?
I pressed the camera button.
I took a portait picture.
I went into gallery.
I shared with both Picasa and emailed via gmail to myself.
In both it was displayed as Portait.

I noticed this last night. It's extremely annoying. Have to go on photoshop express as well.
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Again, I am not getting this issue at all. Can someone detail how to duplicate it?
This could be a usage pattern thing. I detailed how I did it, and it works fine. What are you guys doing differently? If needed I can make a video showing that it works for me.

Pops_G said:
Again, I am not getting this issue at all. Can someone detail how to duplicate it?
This could be a usage pattern thing. I detailed how I did it, and it works fine. What are you guys doing differently? If needed I can make a video showing that it works for me.
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I am doing the exact same thing as what you're doing, and still getting pictures showing up as landscape, when they were taken with the phone held straight up.
Do you notice after you take a picture and click the PLAY button from the camera UI, the whole "preview" mode is in landscape?

oxeneers said:
I am doing the exact same thing as what you're doing, and still getting pictures showing up as landscape, when they were taken with the phone held straight up.
Do you notice after you take a picture and click the PLAY button from the camera UI, the whole "preview" mode is in landscape?
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No, in preview they are also correctly in Landscape. Perhaps you need to have the phone in portrait when you start the camera application?
Even while the camera app is loaded I took one picture in Landscape, then Portrait. Both displayed correctly in preview and after emailing.
I can feel your frustration though, that would be lame if it didn't do that. I will make a video tonight, not sure if it will help, but it might give you hope. As a last resort maybe you should try a hard reset back to defaults? I hate to recommend that, but it might work. Seeing as mine works and I have not tweaked anything camera related.
p.s. This might not be related, but I did not get the OTA patch after starting my phone, my GF's epic did. So my phone shipped already patched. I will test her camera tonight as well.
Settings > About Phone > Hardware Version = D700.0.5

my phone does the same thing and it annoys me A LOT

Honeycomb 3.1 Initial Impressions

If Honeycomb gives every users a mind-blowing experience from Froyo and Gingerbread, Honeycomb 3.1 is quite a update in terms of user experiences.
It improves over quite a number of areas to fix the glitches from here and there due to a first generation OS release.
One phrase to describe it is
Smoothness and responsiveness.
I had a head-to-head comparison with iPad 2 (my friend's) and my Xoom last weekend.
While apps I can find almost what I need from both iOS and Android (tablet compatible), one observable issue is the screen and apps responsiveness. Even my Xoom at that time was overclocked to 1.5G thanks to Tiamat's kernel, it barely matched iPad 2's screen by screen browsing, web page browsing and speed of apps opening etc.
With this 3.1 update, I thought Google hit home run on this front.
Other improvements includes previous mentioned by other folks
1. Recovery boot option appears (from folks who updated "naturally")
2. Under system update , there is a button to hit "check now" , so that we don't need to change system time to force a check everytime.
3. Resizable widgets (Gmail widget tested) is very handy
4. other publicly announced improvements.
Still exploring features now, rooted with instructions from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073884
Thanks stachre!
Will post a quick review with more screenshots on website. =)
Happy xooming folks!!!

Along with your points, I like that the recent apps bar now scrolls as well.

The YouTube app looks awesome in HD.
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Bluetooth sucks. My keyboard keeps dropping when the mouse is connected. Other than that this thing seems great. Just waiting for some new kernels to drop now!

The new Quick Controls in the browser are fantastic. Overall the browser is much more responsive.
I've also noticed the keyboard lag seems to be gone.
Other differences are minor....
- the selection carrot when typing is more green
- the keyboard clicks as you type
- the Wi-Fi icon shows when you are uploading, downloading
I'm sure I will find more but its only been an hour since I flashed.
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I'm wondering if you guys could test and see if the portrait lag is still there?
When you are in portrait mode, does sliding left or right in the home screen still lag? Thanks!

Windstep said:
I'm wondering if you guys could test and see if the portrait lag is still there?
When you are in portrait mode, does sliding left or right in the home screen still lag? Thanks!
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1. yes. I think it is considered lag.
2. no, not at all.

flippingout said:
The new Quick Controls in the browser are fantastic. Overall the browser is much more responsive.
I've also noticed the keyboard lag seems to be gone.
Other differences are minor....
- the selection carrot when typing is more green
- the keyboard clicks as you type
- the Wi-Fi icon shows when you are uploading, downloading
I'm sure I will find more but its only been an hour since I flashed.
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Also in Market, you can choose "app content filter". Damn I can't select "High Maturity" alone.

Thanks jiwengan for the quick reply. Not exactly sure how I should interpret your answer though? Are you saying that there is no lag when in portrait mode anymore? Thanks again!

Can you actually rate apps in the market on Honeycomb yet?

What quick controls in the browser? Mine looks the exact same

DroidHam said:
What quick controls in the browser? Mine looks the exact same
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Quick controls look just like the ones that were already present in labs.

do you still have to be rooted to use a screenshot app?

I'm liking the performance enhancements.
For the browser quick controls, just to go settings in the browser, advanced and google labs.
I don't see any addition to leave comments yet in the market though.
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Quick controls look just like the ones that were already present in labs.
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in labs? So what exactly changed in 3.1? People keep saying they love the new browser but i dont see it any diff?

Labs is a section in the browser options where you have a few options to alternate your UI for example. One of which are the quick controls.
And they changed a bit so they got even better. Just try them...

Windstep said:
Thanks jiwengan for the quick reply. Not exactly sure how I should interpret your answer though? Are you saying that there is no lag when in portrait mode anymore? Thanks again!
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He got confused on your questions.
his answer number 1 which was no, meant that when you actually turn it from horizontal to portrait, it still lags slightly before changing the screen orientation..
and his number 2 was to answer your actual question, which according to him is yes, it runs smoother than before.....
I'd like to see this for myself, but I'M STILL WAITING!

Windstep said:
Thanks jiwengan for the quick reply. Not exactly sure how I should interpret your answer though? Are you saying that there is no lag when in portrait mode anymore? Thanks again!
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Portrait is smoother, but still not as smooth as landscape on mine. The update is fantastic though. Overall performance is better. The quick controls redefine tabbed browsing to me. No complaints.

The quick controls are two "rows" thick now instead of 1 and there are a few more controls. It is more definitely different from before as I used the quick controls heavily and noticed the change instantly. Overall a much nicer experience.

Has media playback improved? I'm mostly interested in how HC 3.1 does with scene HD TV show MKVs (720p with H264/AC3).
Thanks.

Galaxy S2 Hidden Bugs

I have been using the phone for 3 weeks now and have discovered the following bugs that no one reported till now:
- List View in the menu causes the app drawer to crash then return back to grid view
- Overall volume (Ringtone, Music..etc) becomes low after using the phone for sometime
- Opening more than 3 windows in the browser causes a freeze with a white screen (rotating the screen to landscape then to portrait again fixes the issue)
- Pressing the call button on my MW600 bluetooth headset causes the phone to crash
I will update more in the future, but for now I only got those
Firmware: JPKF3

I have had none of these.

Jimbojib said:
I have had none of these.
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+1 (except I have a different brand of BT headset)

BarryH_GEG said:
+1 (except I have a different brand of BT headset)
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+2 none of these

List view has been reported by other users too. I didn't encounter any of those problems till now.

It might be worth adding info about your firmware version etc
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List view also happens a lot on HTC phones

I have another one:
- Accuweather doesn't work in the bedside clock app. Somehow it can't get a connection.

elkikin said:
I have another one:
- Accuweather doesn't work in the bedside clock app. Somehow it can't get a connection.
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From within the app, have you gone in to Settings>AccuWeather>Auto refresh and made sure it's enabled?

Flash 10.3 (update) quirkiness/slight incompatibility with some flash video formats?
- I find MPEG decode artifacts with h264 flash videos e.g. videos on BBC news website.
Gives subtle but noticable flickering horizontal lines during playback, particularly when lots of contrast difference within the video.
Only fix is to uninstall Flash 10.3 back to slower 10.1.
(Firmware KE7 and now KF2)

A weird touchscreen issue on the contacts page, swipe all the way down and you get a delay in swiping back up after the bounce:/
[email protected]
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I've had the list crash issue too (stock rom).

My First impressions with KP8

First of all this is for the noobs, like me, Devs or smart users stay outta this
Below are/were my impressions after playing with KP8 for 45+ minutes,
• Hell of a lot better than previous build, KP1. Yes, I will call it a Beta, finally
• Phone calls were good, in ear volume was good and loud enough for me.
• Vibration intensity is FINALLY back to normal, unlike KP1 where it was so faint that you could barely feel it.
• Ringtone volume is normal.
• Incoming call UI is same as before and the Reject and Answer button doesn't animate while sliding. (Beta)
• Phone signal is rock solid and stable.
• 3G does work, Wi-Fi too.
• Noise Cancellation feature is FINALLY here, you can turn it off/on manually. It was presented in the previous build too.
• Stock broswer is brilliant, smooth as hell, no lag of whatsoever while Auto fit enabled. Lot of customisation options are there too, like font size, invert colors, Desktop view, Bandwith management, Offline reading etc... Flash plugins worked well too, make sure you download the latest Flash Player.
Sad part keeps remaining, no EXIT option
• Contacts have more options to display, attached screenshot.
• Stock GMail app is upgraded, same like KP1, no multi touch/pinch to zoom.
• Stock Email app is kinda weird, all black background, maybe there is a way to change it, didn't have time.
• Clock, Calender, Gallery, Maps, Calculator, Task, Memo (new icon), Mini diary, Voice Recorder, FM Radio, My Files, Voice recorder everything are same as in GB, so no, Sammy won't update those thing in TW for ICS, maybe.
• ICS Lockscreen is weird, doesn't work well.
• Camera works completely well, every settings work, same goes for 1080P Video recording.
• Task Manager is ICS style, slide left to close an app, cool.
• LWP does work, however there are some lags.
• 480X800 Wallpapers DOESN'T fit in desktop! Same like KP1. Should and will be fixed.
• Market works perfectly fine, downloading app works good too.
• No Swype, not that I expected.
• All the network based options were there, including APN's.
• GPS is fine, got lock in indoors!
• YouTube app works perfectly fine, some new options were added.
• Stock video player somehow played 1080P file, it was not watchable for me. Audio was intact on the other hand.
• Music player is SAME.
• Had 3 FC's so far, once system also froze.
• The smoothness allover UI is pretty fine, HW acceleration is definitely there, I like the elastic type scrolling, however it need more polishing, undoubtedly.
• Overscroll glow is reduced somewhat, with ICS color instead of blue. I still hate it anyway.
• Stock fonts worked. Not in Browser and other places though.
• Connection with PC worked.
• Unread SMS icon changed in LS, (I don't like it) and there is NO missed call notification icon in LS!
••• What am I doing? Of course I am going back to my Nandroid backup , no way this was a daily ROM for me.
If I remember anymore I'll update, feeling sleepy.
Attaching some screenshots.
Regards.

Nice list. I think that we've reached the point where we should stop talking about what works, but rather about what does not yet.
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external SD (micro)
TheSniperFan said:
Nice list. I think that we've reached the point where we should stop talking about what works, but rather about what does not yet.
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I would ask if you are able to manage the microSD memory and if USB connection to PC (direct access to the two memory section from PC ) is working or not
thanks in advance !!!

@ ithehappy
you beat me to the list!! didnt see your thread, would have slept earlier

tower5 said:
I would ask if you are able to manage the microSD memory and if USB connection to PC (direct access to the two memory section from PC ) is working or not
thanks in advance !!!
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It's not on my phone right now, so I cannot tell you.
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I actually get fc in
Browser settings
Google + when clicking the notifications
Must say its way better but probably going back to kl1 which is the best so far.
Btw I use the kp8 with magic locker android 4 theme and nova launcher.

How are the sensors working? Proximity/auto brightness/accelerometer and so on.
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petsasj said:
How are the sensors working? Proximity/auto brightness/accelerometer and so on.
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Seem to work fine for me. Made a few calls. Screen went off. Not bad. Accelerometer works when flipping phone. =)

Is there a new modem in this relese? Please post a tar or a cvm file for test.
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krazykat said:
Seem to work fine for me. Made a few calls. Screen went off. Not bad. Accelerometer works when flipping phone. =)
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How responsive is the accelerometer? When you flip the phone, doors it take long until the content flips?
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Really great thread, thank you. I'll stay with my current setup until there are better custom roms based on this or later updates from Samsung.
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TheSniperFan said:
How responsive is the accelerometer? When you flip the phone, doors it take long until the content flips?
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I would say half a second delay. But I dont have any equipment to make an accurate judgement. =p

krazykat said:
I would say half a second delay. But I dont have any equipment to make an accurate judgement. =p
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That's okay. The latest CyanogenMod build I tried had a delay of like 5 seconds. :-\
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So it noise reduction only available in a call or also in a section under settings too!? I get echos in my case!
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great summary. what's lwp?

I think this rom is still half cooked i terns of ui. We.might see little change. I am surprised that sammy is sill using old voice app.
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planetf1 said:
great summary. what's lwp?
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Live Wallpaper

I found the whole thing to be somewhat unresponsive and the lack of proper SD card support was killer for me.
- Then there was Samsung's firmware update notification that failed when I tried to accept the terms and would not go away.
- Certain apps like gmail would crash and the hole phone would become unstable.
- Overheating problems
- Lockscreen is buggy

Needed a small help. In case, any one of you is going to revert to a more stable ROM, can someone check whether this mod for skipping music when screen off works before doing so?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1269606
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Does this camera have ZERO shutter lag ?

*[Discussion] CM11 Novafusion bugs and problems"

Hey guys,
This is a discussion about cm11 Novafusion bugs and problems if anyone have any bug
. He can post it here and @New Macław can check it to keep his thread about cm11 rom clean and talk about development only

Shuts down while charging
Answer button of Samsung hearphones doesn't work.
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Problem with On Demand TV apps
I have a real niggle at the moment where I cannot use the BBC iPlayer, the ITV Player or the 4OD apps. The apps work and provide the ability to select programmes to watch but each fails to play video and audio (sometimes e.g. iPlayer there is broken/distorted audio).
I have noted that there are a few similar reports on maclaw.pl from other rom users.
In earlier versions of the ROM these apps did work, but I cannot recall which. I am currently using 11-20140318-UNOFFICIAL-golden.
I used to get lots of reboots but after installing this ROM and doing a factory reset these have stopped. This version for me is incredibly stable and works well except for this issue.
Can this be resolved?
PCS

Please download and test latest 20140320 release
Changelogs:
20140320
CM sources update
stable release
minor RIL fixes
better battery life due to disabling looking for LTE networks
Odin package update
20140319
CM sources update
stable release
minor RIL fixes
fixed mic issues in Google OK (thanks PedroM.CostaAndrade)
again fighting with camera – for me it’s ok at all
Odin package update
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piskor said:
Please download and test latest 20140320 release
Changelogs:
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+1
Please before reporting about any issue .. make sure that u follow the installation structions and using the latest release cause maye your issues is already sloved

gaming app bugs
I've downloaded two apps on my s3 mini and there are bugs that i never experienced with stock rom
the new app flappy bird makes a distorted sound when the bird in the app falls and some of the letters in the app jus come up as small black boxes.
i was getting the same problem with a game called car parking the letters bearly show up and the sound is distorted when i navigate through the menus.
i have no idea whether its a problem with the rom or if its the apps that bug out itself
ANY SOLUTIONS???

just some minor bugs that doesnt effect daily use.
i have
*sound adjustment and discrepancy
*whatsapp loads late or doesnt load at all
apollo looks weird with scrollbar
didnt Experience clock freeze.
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incall loudspeaker volume (have to press vol+ or vol- every time) and delay answering call (people never hear the first "hello").
why doesn't anyone fix this i8190

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2248340
kwasi.orosco said:
I've downloaded two apps on my s3 mini and there are bugs that i never experienced with stock rom
the new app flappy bird makes a distorted sound when the bird in the app falls and some of the letters in the app jus come up as small black boxes.
i was getting the same problem with a game called car parking the letters bearly show up and the sound is distorted when i navigate through the menus.
i have no idea whether its a problem with the rom or if its the apps that bug out itself
ANY SOLUTIONS???
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Maybe the problem with audio driver ..
Just a suggestion try to backup your rom then un install dspmanager and flash acid audio engine with clear audio + addon and see if it is solved .. if not just restore your rom again .... ( just for trying)
I was using it with my wonder and now use it with s3 mini and work good

Yeah thanks for that never thought of that will try that later ....... BTW jus asking what's the latest version of the rom? Is there an update for it?
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On my phone "camera widget" in nav bar doesn't work

kwasi.orosco said:
Yeah thanks for that never thought of that will try that later ....... BTW jus asking what's the latest version of the rom? Is there an update for it?
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There is an update today see it in development section

GT-I8190 I8190XXAMG4
cm11.0_golden.maclaw.20140314.ODIN_TWRP.tar.md5
- no video acceleration in diceplayer, mx player
- camera app crashes then trying to record a video
- function keys backlighting is lit every time an sms is received even though lights are disabled in settings

Harry Turner said:
GT-I8190 I8190XXAMG4
cm11.0_golden.maclaw.20140314.ODIN_TWRP.tar.md5
- no video acceleration in diceplayer, mx player
- camera app crashes then trying to record a video
- function keys backlighting is lit every time an sms is received even though lights are disabled in settings
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camera already fixed in latest release 22/03/2014

Wifi direct
The only bug that I have found is about wifi direct.It doesn't work at all jaja

bugs
hi dev....
i found any bugs in this rom
- ajust bright setting can not chose in auto mode
- if i scroll wallpapper in home, is can not back to center posittion
how to fixall that ???
please dev ... help me...
thanks before

odoy said:
hi dev....
i found any bugs in this rom
- ajust bright setting can not chose in auto mode
- if i scroll wallpapper in home, is can not back to center posittion
how to fixall that ???
please dev ... help me...
thanks before
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we dobt have a light sensor. so its normal that you cant enable auto-brightness
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- background image cannot be set sort of it changes position often afterwards or the zoom doesn't go with what was set
- cannot change network mode (3g, 2g)
- doesn't find software updates
Thank you for making the rom though ;D I'm very happy with it! :victory:

Aronuser said:
- background image cannot be set sort of it changes position often afterwards or the zoom doesn't go with what was set
- cannot change network mode (3g, 2g)
- doesn't find software updates
Thank you for making the rom though ;D I'm very happy with it! :victory:
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:3 :v we cant directly apply cm updates. maclaw adding theese daily cm updates to his releases.
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Notification Sound
Has anybody else no Notification Sound?
Tried to change but there comes no Sound.