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4.4 Firmware feelings/discussion

My impressions on 4.4 update:
Camera gets pictures faster after getting proper focus compared to 4.3
UI seems a bit smoother - it just feels smoother
Webpages get loaded faster
Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea
Nothing new in camera apps. I got terribly disappointed.
We've got the new video editor that has the slow down the video option. That looks like they didn't remove that function from the Z1 or maybe Timeshift Video is coming for us. I'm sure that .681 FW is going to be updated soon as creative app is laggy just like on ported version. Same thing for showing camera apps (change mode from SA to anything else)
Camera apps can be rearranged by tap and hold.
I can't tell about any REAL new features. We've got wifi data transfer and printing. So far I can't see any other features.
Statusbar can't be swiped to change from notifications to toggles. You have to press the toggles button to change to those. It's not really a big thing, but I got really annoyed by that in 10 minutes of 4.4 on Z1.
Camera launches faster.
Summary:
I'm kind of dissapointed by the update. I hoped to get more out of it.
I'll give it a try for a few days though. We'll see if I'd really benefit from the update. (TBH I'm too lazy to do rerooting, restoring backup etc. and I'm a bit curious if there's anyting new here.
Please drop all your opinions/feelings about 4.4 update below.
PS. If you think that this thread is useless - let me know. I'll tell the moderators to delete it.

olokos said:
My impressions on 4.4 update:
Camera gets pictures faster after getting proper focus compared to 4.3
UI seems a bit smoother - it just feels smoother
Webpages get loaded faster
Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea
Nothing new in camera apps. I got terribly disappointed.
We've got the new video editor that has the slow down the video option. That looks like they didn't remove that function from the Z1 or maybe Timeshift Video is coming for us. I'm sure that .681 FW is going to be updated soon as creative app is laggy just like on ported version. Same thing for showing camera apps (change mode from SA to anything else)
Camera apps can be rearranged by tap and hold.
I can't tell about any REAL new features. We've got wifi data transfer and printing. So far I can't see any other features.
Statusbar can't be swiped to change from notifications to toggles. You have to press the toggles button to change to those. It's not really a big thing, but I got really annoyed by that in 10 minutes of 4.4 on Z1.
Camera launches faster.
Summary:
I'm kind of dissapointed by the update. I hoped to get more out of it.
I'll give it a try for a few days though. We'll see if I'd really benefit from the update. (TBH I'm too lazy to do rerooting, restoring backup etc. and I'm a bit curious if there's anyting new here.
Please drop all your opinions/feelings about 4.4 update below.
PS. If you think that this thread is useless - let me know. I'll tell the moderators to delete it.
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may i know did u wipe data?

your device gets very hot with this update?

I'm happy we got kit kat early even though we're missing the Z2 features
At least we got the stock kit kat features
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No option to select runtime so no ART
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olokos
What did you mean by:
"Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea"
Where is this feature ?

chunlianghere said:
may i know did u wipe data?
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I tried to get kk without wiping data and cache, but I just ended up in bootloop. Maybe that's because I should have wiped cache. Doesn't matter - I made a backup with TWRP.
yok3r said:
your device gets very hot with this update?
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I can't really tell the difference yet.
MobileBritain said:
No option to select runtime so no ART
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Confirmed. That's a bummer.
Multitasking seems to be better now.
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MobileBritain said:
olokos
What did you mean by:
"Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea"
Where is this feature ?
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Xperia connectivity. It's for windows 7+. Z1 basically shows up just like you would have connected it via USB cable in MTP mode. Haven't tested it any further though.
I accidentally thanked you for no reason xD
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sound effect bug fixed?
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yok3r said:
your device gets very hot with this update?
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Mine does it's the only issue I have so far and I wiped my device but I'm going to kill my battery and then charge from dead since my battery life with Wi-Fi is crap now
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im liking it had it on for the last 4 hours battery use seems a tad better as is the camera
now has anyone created a boot.img with cwm yet so this can be rooted
never developed anything in my life but my fingers are twitching and googling how to's

olokos said:
Xperia connectivity. It's for windows 7+. Z1 basically shows up just like you would have connected it via USB cable in MTP mode. Haven't tested it any further though.
I accidentally thanked you for no reason xD
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Where is this feature enabled ?
How do you use it ?

Anyone's camera no longer focuses?
I'm getting this in logcat:
Code:
E/caladbolg( 298): 275221439 excal_idt_ctrl.cpp (688) 10990 E [EXC] [IdtCtrl ] Received error event from FocusDetector
E/caladbolg( 298): 275221685 excal_idt_ctrl.cpp (692) 10990 E [EXC] [IdtCtrl ] Call returnBuffer for HwFocusStats 0xb7d59a80
D/mm-camera-intf( 298): mm_stream_read_msm_frame: VIDIOC_DQBUF buf_index 4, frame_idx 0, stream type 9
D/dalvikvm( 1425): GC_CONCURRENT freed 393K, 14% free 50955K/59036K, paused 4ms+3ms, total 20ms
D/mm-camera-intf( 298): mm_stream_read_msm_frame: VIDIOC_DQBUF buf_index 5, frame_idx 181, stream type 1
FR related, C&J firmware fixed it.

kkd28 said:
sound effect bug fixed?
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Confirm fixed. C6906

Lost + button to add more themes.
But big question is...
Anyone could pls explain how localization now works on 4.4.2?
In 4.3 I could have localization thru 3g on and gps off, then I'd turn gos on with a switch when using maps on nav app, and ogff again when finished.
Now all I have is a switch that enables/disables localization and an option with 3 way of working: 1. gps + 3g + wifi, 2. Gps + wifi or 3. gps only.
I am lost... If I choose option 1 than is my gps always on sucking battery? If I choose 2 how can I easily enable gps when in nav app? And if I choose 3 how can I still have google localize me thru wifi when localization is off?
This is so stupid, they should have kept 3g and gps localization separate...

MON5TER said:
im liking it had it on for the last 4 hours battery use seems a tad better as is the camera
now has anyone created a boot.img with cwm yet so this can be rooted
never developed anything in my life but my fingers are twitching and googling how to's
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Doomlord has 1 already out.

Finally the ability to shoot 4:3 in superior auto

mikailmohammed said:
Doomlord has 1 already out.
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Can you please link it I cannot find it anywhere

MON5TER said:
Can you please link it I cannot find it anywhere
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632808

mikailmohammed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632808
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ahah thankyou didnt realise he updated the old thread :good:

Besides the localization question above, how do you add a secind widget on the lickscreen?
Update: never mind, found answers to both questions
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Anyone has found a templerun2 link not working in app drawer?

Multitasking - best case scenario

Hi guys I was so confused on choosing between G4 and S6 and actually I was about to pick G4 for it overall great performance. Then few people told me that custom roms can give me even 7-8 hours SOT on s6 and i trust them because I had completely debloated note 2 that could run 5-6h sot every day. Now I'm using Z3 which I love despite the terrible (in comparison to Samsung and LG) camera. I wanted to change but I'm looking for good performance in all sectors - battery, camera and multitasking.
Now here's the deal. If anyone can run similar multitasking situation like the one on the video (13 apps switching simultaneously on my Z3, could do more but it's not the thing, at least 10 is what I'm really looking for, if more is possible that would be great too! ) and could post a video + information of changes (rom, mod etc.), I would be so much grateful.
Don't ask why I want, don't tell me it's useless, in my opinion it's the best android feature that works excellent, as you see on Z3 makes opening all apps extremely smooth without need to reopen anything (even throughout the whole day).
PS. Actually just make this just like battery thread, showing how good it can multitask. I think it might help other people who hate this device for poor multitasking.
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We all already know how it multitasks.
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@Elisha
Yeah maybe, but I couldn't find any good custom rom multitasking performance on YouTube, only stock (which performs very bad). Luckily I found nice video.
This guy runs xtrestolite rom. I'm a heavy user so that's why it was so important to me. I thought of switching to nexus device, but I use camera from time to time as well.
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I am using this on my s6 edge. And my best multitasking scenario was 16 app at the same time(3 games, browser, carbon for twitter, youtube, spotify, etc)
I think there is room for improvement for the s6. but if you want maximum multitasking. wait for the moto x style. according reviews it has an excellent camera and is the closest as it get to aosp.

Turn all of your apps into bubbles.

Jhayzt what do you want how do you turn the to bubbles please??

Jhayzt said:
Turn all of your apps into bubbles.
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Only works for apps that can run in pop up view
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ChongoDroid said:
Only works for apps that can run in pop up view
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But at least you're given an option to turn some apps into bubbles right?

I am running the arter97 note 5 custom rom version 4. With his kernal(same version). I'm on 5.1.1 base. Multitasking is the best I've seen on this device. I have approximately 10-12 apps open as we speak and am able to switch between them with no reopening of any kind. It is the "back to not3" rom in this forum. Best rom I've ever used on a smartphone and the best for multitasking I've used on the s6

[ROM] CyanogenMod 12.1 for Meizu MX4 (20151015 testing update)

UPDATE: 20151015 testing package is out! Check it out for details.
Hello, I've updated the CM12.1 testing package and translated the release notes at my blog. Also took the time to support Disqus for the English blog posts... the release can be found here.
Also that I will stop regularly updating the port at October 20th, having to allocate much of my time to academic work. Security updates and minor bugfixes (as in not requiring massive porting) will continue as usual, however. Feel free to make ssuggestions!
(Note: I don't know how to patchrom so I can't do the Flyme camera app porting, or anything but the easiest features requiring porting of closed-source components, sorry about that but I'm primarily a Web/Android developer and as such don't have much time to learn about smali and the likes.)

don't know what to say ,.. but thanks for you awesome work is it's source on github? maybe we find someone who can do this

Anyone have FC on Facebook app when it want to play a video? I haven't had this problem in previous versions of rom
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Me too
Inviato dal mio MX4 utilizzando Tapatalk
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DeadAngel43 said:
Anyone have FC on Facebook app when it want to play a video? I haven't had this problem in previous versions of rom
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Disable the autoplay of videos and the app works well!! Tested [emoji14]
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issue
I have a weird issue : phone locks automatically when i make a call, the only vay to hang up is to turn off the phone !

La Blatte said:
I have a weird issue : phone locks automatically when i make a call, the only vay to hang up is to turn off the phone !
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Distance sensor have some problems, you can set power to hang up.
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https://github.com/xen0n/android_device_meizu_arale/issues/7 Proximity sensor is fixed, the solution is beyond my wildest imagination... Having looked at pile after pile of smali code and kernel sources to no avail a simple echo gets it.
Next release scheduled in ~3 days, stay tuned.

Xenon, can you fix notificarion volume level? All notifications are too loud. I try to fix it by myself, but i didnt find config in /system/etc

Thanks xxxxen0n! i'm waiting for the next release (for proximity sensor fix) then i'm going to install this rom
finally an unlocked bootloader and CM12.1 for meizu mx4. i tought that wasn't possible, but here it is!
Thanks again for your work!

I've tried to edit manually ps_data... XD acces denied even with kali linux adb root and recovery wtf??!!! XDDDD
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Working great for me, except mobile data. Battery life is awesome, smooth animations, all sensors are ok, only data connection and would be perfect. Thanks for this rom

I'm not sure is it concern to this ROM, but I have strange issue.
Paired Sony SmartBand Talk SWR30 with Meizu and battery of band drying within one day. When switch bluetooth on the phone off, then drying stops. Previously I have used the same band with Sony Xperia Z3 and battery lasts 4-5 days.
I can't imagine what wrong with Meizu and CM12. Factory reset of the band did not help. Bluetooth stack incompatibility? Wakelock detector shows big activity of com.android.bluetooth process.

artlov said:
I'm not sure is it concern to this ROM, but I have strange issue.
Paired Sony SmartBand Talk SWR30 with Meizu and battery of band drying within one day. When switch bluetooth on the phone off, then drying stops. Previously I have used the same band with Sony Xperia Z3 and battery lasts 4-5 days.
I can't imagine what wrong with Meizu and CM12. Factory reset of the band did not help. Bluetooth stack incompatibility? Wakelock detector shows big activity of com.android.bluetooth process.
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I have the same device and test it on CM12.1 No problem! 5-10 percent by day in paired mode. Do you use aditional widgets for SWR30 like Clocki?

Do you use aditional widgets for SWR30 like Clocki?
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No, currently only default settings - default digital clock (with date) and activity monitor are in the use.
After full reinstall yesterday and freezing Lifelog, today battery is much better - from 7am to the 5pm battery have 80% juice remaining, but it still worse that was with Z3.

Try to wipe dalvik/art cache via philz
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Hey everybody watching this, fresh build is out for testing! Please see the announcement for details.

thanks you

@xxxenOn could wake the screen gestures, double tab and gesture upward and could import slow motion mode and manual camera?
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works great, but notifications are still much too loud.

For camera you could try these ports
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/themes-apps/flyme-os-camera-ported-t3165380
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/port-meizu-mx5-apps-device-t3155760

Witch One ROM is the best?

I tested a lot of custom roms, and I still don't know witch one can be the best. I prefer ROM with very good battery time(I don't play in any games), I use xposed with a lot modules.
Now I have installed Hydrogen Os with boeffla kernel+ extreme battery profile+xposed. I am very happy, 3 days on battery but low performance
Please write something about yours roms
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kingmercian hydrogenos. GREAT ROM but the notifications do not always come :/ anyone know a fix ?

gagne.pierreluc said:
kingmercian hydrogenous. GREAT ROM but the notifications do not always come :/ anyone know a fix ?
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This is the default behavior of hydrogen.
Kstarz said:
FAQs
Why aren't my notifications, umm notifying me?
In an effort to stop your annoying ringtone going off every two seconds for "Free coins, today only!" and "You've won a free iPad" the H2OS team have a "feature" called priority notifications.
This makes the user have to manually select on a per app basis which apps are allowed to notify/alert the user of a notification and these become "priority notifications" whereas non-priority are still notifications but they just do not notify/alert you. You can set this either by clicking the icon at the top right of you notification bar and also via Settings --> Apps and permissions --> App notifications.
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khaos64 said:
This is the default behavior of hydrogen.
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Tried that and doesn't always work for hanghouts and Facebook messenger. Also took them out of hibernation, any ideas?

I'm Currently using Cm12.1 with Cm kernel (The one which is pre loaded in rom) getting 8hrs of SOT Pretty Smooth than OOS! Really alot customization! You don't even need Gravity Moudle in that Rom. It have nearly everything! Hope so Op releases M update soon, so the rom would be pretty stable with working FP and LAF

Im on skydragon now. It is much smoother than stock. Performance is slightly better. Sot around 4h. Battery drain is 5% per 6h in indle. Its many but ok
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gagne.pierreluc said:
kingmercian hydrogenous. GREAT ROM but the notifications do not always come :/ anyone know a fix ?
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Try flash: H2OS_Bloat_Remover_CrashFix.zip
Please use google yo find it. I am new and I can't write URL here.
It is update for h2o ROM from different custom complication. Should fix this one problem
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kingmercian hydrogenous

lukaszlol1990 said:
Try flash: H2OS_Bloat_Remover_CrashFix.zip
Please use google yo find it. I am new and I can't write URL here.
It is update for h2o ROM from different custom complication. Should fix this one problem
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Alright thanks buddy, installed and will be reporting soon
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enoooo said:
kingmercian hydrogenous
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Typo lol

Which Rom?

Just got a Mi 9T and trying to decide on which ROM to laod onto it? I have Pixel Experience+ on my Mi 8 Se which I like, after something similar.
I've noticed there's no official PE for this phone, likewise with LineageOS. Where these are "unofficial", what are the downsides to not having official support for a device? Are either likely to become official?
Evolution X 2.0 also looks quite interesting but I need to look into it a bit more.
So, what are others using? I'd like to get the near stock experience I got from PE+ along with the device being nice and snappy without hammering the battery more than it should.

BJozi said:
Just got a Mi 9T and trying to decide on which ROM to laod onto it? I have Pixel Experience+ on my Mi 8 Se which I like, after something similar.
I've noticed there's no official PE for this phone, likewise with LineageOS. Where these are "unofficial", what are the downsides to not having official support for a device? Are either likely to become official?
Evolution X 2.0 also looks quite interesting but I need to look into it a bit more.
So, what are others using? I'd like to get the near stock experience I got from PE+ along with the device being nice and snappy without hammering the battery more than it should.
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Only downside is that if the person who make the port decide to stop doing it, move on to another device or if life become too busy.. the ROMs will not be updated, where Official ports you kind of have updates for sure.

Pupet_Master said:
Only downside is that if the person who make the port decide to stop doing it, move on to another device or if life become too busy.. the ROMs will not be updated, where Official ports you kind of have updates for sure.
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For sure? Don't be so optimistic You apparently haven't seen much yet.
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Antyhaker said:
For sure? Don't be so optimistic You apparently haven't seen much yet.
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Dude i'm in XDA since 2014. The community always keep things alive. I'm not being optimistic.

Pupet_Master said:
Dude i'm in XDA since 2014. The community always keep things alive. I'm not being optimistic.
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Apparently still too short Unofficial versions often have much better support.
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Antyhaker said:
Apparently still too short Unofficial versions often have much better support.
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They do, but he asked the downside
The only one i can think is that if who compile/maintain move on the ROM become "abandonware".
but i agree, unofficial is better.

Running official havocos 2.9 at the moment, seems pretty good