[ROM] [JB] CyanogenMod 10

[dotaloc]

Thanks for the tips!

_Settings_

No dice. I ensured that settings > advanced > 'Protect SD card' was not checked. Additionally, I went to settings > developer options > launch tools > media provider and clicked 'scan sd card'. It says 'scanning /storage/sdcard1', but doesn't seem to finish or display any useful information. An option to 'Insert 20 albums' causes a 'Unfortunately, Dev Tools has stopped' notice with an 'OK' button. My external SD card is called sdcard0 (by ASTRO).

_3rd Party Apps_

N7 Media Player: Saw nothing by default. I was able to use a setting to 'filter media folders'...when browsing to filter folders, I was able to see that my sd card/media/music/ folder had 500 songs in it...but specifying to play that folder only still didn't help.

Camera 360: This app (without special settings) allows me to view past photos taken with Camera 360, but not other files. I think this is by design for this app.

Dropbox: I use the 'automatically upload photos' option and it seems to be working whether I shoot with the bult-in Camera app or the Camera 360 app.

Astro File Manager: Shows internal and external SD cards and allows me to browse both. I can also verify that 'Camera' and 'Camera 360' are storing new pictures in the same place (external SD card, sdcard0) that existing pictures are located from last phone. Additionally, from here, I found a music file and clicked 'play with' for both Apollo and N7 -- Apollo didn't work at all, N7 played the file, but still shows 0 files in the library. Can't 'next track' or anything. Filter still set properly to my music folder, but no available content except explicit play through Astro.

_Built-in Apps_

Gallery: Shows photos I've taken with either the camera 360 app or the stock camera app, but no 'older' photos. Locks up (seemingly) when I try to go to 'settings'.

Apollo: Shows no music and shows no way to specify directories.

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Thanks, again, for helping out with this / looking into this. Let me know if I can assist in any way.

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[dotaloc]

Another thing...I just let my battery drain to absolutely nothing. Then charged it all night...and have been using it moderately today and heavily for an hour and it still has full battery. Awesome!

[GoCliffGo05]

Another thing...I just let my battery drain to absolutely nothing. Then charged it all night...and have been using it moderately today and heavily for an hour and it still has full battery. Awesome!

That is a glitch.... reboot because it is not at 100% for sure. This is the same battery reporting bug that affected us on 2.3.4 anyway.

Thank you for all the insight. Did you see my last suggestion going to settings - advanced and switching to external? If I missed that, sorry. This one is going to have to be left up to the Dev. Most people are not having this problem but the few that are can't seem to find anything in common as to why... I've let DZK know and the best we can do at the moment is assume its a bug. If I hear anything back from him I'll pass it along.

You could always PM him too with your problem and all the things you have tried to do. Maybe him hearing it from multiple people will convince him to look into it further.

Sent from my X2 using DXF

[sewerurchin]

Hi. I've just recently updated my DX2 from Verizon's 2.3.4 to CM10 A2. One of the problems that I have been experiencing is that the phone does not always start charging when I plug it into a charging block. I haven't been able to find a pattern to it. Also, it seems that the battery drains much faster than it did with 2.3.4. I tried to pin down the cause using BetterBatteryStats but couldn't find it. I know that battery life has been an issue for some. In any case, I found an article that mentioned that it might be necessary to go into the BSR menu and obliterate the battery stats. So I have two questions:
- Is this a good idea?
- dragonzkillers upgrade instructions say that you should use the unpatched BSR when upgrading from Blur. But I get the impression that I will need to upgrade the BSR again to be able to access functions like 'obliterate battery stats'. Is this true and if so, how do I go about it without messing up my current setup?

TIA from a relative noob

[GoCliffGo05]

Ok about your charging issue, that shouldn't be a CM10 issue... I personally havn't experience this and I can say that I have had no one else say they have this problem either... Are you using the stock cable that came with your phone and did you ever experience this issue on any other ROM/ stock setup?

The "poor" battery life is because we are trying to run JB on a device that isn't meant for it. We do not have the correct kernel or drivers for it to run at optimal efficiency. There is nothing that can be done about it at this point. And I think you are referring to "wipe battery stats" in BSR which will also do nothing for us. To sum it up, battery life is just something we are going to have to live with for a while (if it ever gets fixed.) One thing you can do is download Titanium Backup and freeze all the apps and processes you don't/wont ever use and it will clear a slight amount of battery life up for you.

Lastly yes, since you came from stock 2.3.4 you used the regular BSR. Once CM10 is flashed however you will have to use the CM7 patched BSR. If you have the normal BSR (same one you used to flash CM10) installed then uninstall it. Download the patched BSR from here MOTODX2_Bootstrap-CM7-signed.apk and then place it on your external card and install from there.

[sewerurchin]

Thanks for the quick reply. I've sort of seen most of what you said in various places, but it very helpful to see it all explained so well in one place (and by someone that I know knows what he is talking about). As far as the charging problem goes, I don't think it started until soon after I flashed CM10. I believe you when you say that it isn't CM10 related, so it mostly likely the timing is just a coincidence. I swtched to a different cable that was plugged into a different charger port and it worked fine - for a while. Now it is sitting here charging with the original cable. I've tried the cables in my wife's tablet and they work fine. IDK, maybe the micro-USB socket in my phone is starting to have problems :-( Thanks again.

[GoCliffGo05]

It's no problem! You'd be surprised how much cables make a difference for our phones. Always try and use the one that came with it for anything important. Anyway, you could always try to check and see if the charging issue is somehow related to the ROM (unlikely but you never know.) You could make a nandroid and then restore a nandroid of stock 2.3.4 (if you made one) and check to see if you have the same issue and then just restore the backup you made of CM10. That seems like a lot of work though, so as long as you can successfully charge your device I wouldn't worry about it. One thing to note however is if the port is starting to come loose/go bad then you could have a problem in the future trying to SBF or transfer files if it gets worse.

[dotaloc]

That is a glitch.... reboot because it is not at 100% for sure. This is the same battery reporting bug that affected us on 2.3.4 anyway.

Thank you for all the insight. Did you see my last suggestion going to settings - advanced and switching to external? If I missed that, sorry. This one is going to have to be left up to the Dev. Most people are not having this problem but the few that are can't seem to find anything in common as to why... I've let DZK know and the best we can do at the moment is assume its a bug. If I hear anything back from him I'll pass it along.

You could always PM him too with your problem and all the things you have tried to do. Maybe him hearing it from multiple people will convince him to look into it further.

Sent from my X2 using DXF

That glitch got me. I was so excited...then my alarm didn't go off due to complete discharge, apparently. Honestly, it seems to have drained faster when displaying full charge than normally, when accurately reporting charge level. Oh well, things happen.

I did try the 'advanced > external' thing, too. I'd hate to complain to the dev (since so much awesome work has already been done), but I guess it won't hurt to inform him. I'm happy to help troubleshoot in any way possible. I haven't tried a different sd card...maybe I'll give that a go.

Oh, streaming music (Google Music) seems to work with no trouble...this isn't particularly surprising, but I thought I'd mention it.

Thanks!

[sewerurchin]

I don't know if this will be useful to anyone, but I thought I would toss in my experience with the battery reporting 'glitch' with the hope that it might help lead to a solution. My typical routine is to make sure that I charge my phone to 100% percent before I go to bed, start Tunein Radio on a 1 hour timer and go to sleep. Normally when I would wake up, my battery would be down to about 90%. This was very consistent. After I flashed to CM10, I would wake up to find the battery gauge at 50%. I know that CM10 uses up the battery more quickly than stock, but that seemed to be a bit excessive.

The other day I came home and my battery was at 40%. I plugged it in for about 20 minutes and then tried to restore an app with Titanium Pro (which promptly froze up). I finally hit the power button and did a restart. WHen it was back up, it showed my battery as being at 100% charge. This was obviously wrong, so this time I shut it down completely, then powered it back up. Once it was up, it then correctly (I hope) showed the battery to be a 40%. I know that this doesn't really mean anything, since I wasn;t able to test it a number of times in different ways to establish a pattern, but it is one more datapoint that might be helpful.

[GoCliffGo05]

Thanks for the info. I imagine DZK will eventually fix this issue by using battery stats from 2.3.3 like he did on previous versions of CM. As of right now it just isn't that important because a reboot fixes it. He'll iron out a few of the more "major" problems and then get around to this one day.