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Root [ROM][ICS] Paranoid Android Ver1.6 Beta from source (31JUL2013)

agreed, I could care less about the video camera or hdmi.
let's face it...the video camera on the triumph just ain't makin it and never will.

a jellybean rom that works as good as this one is all i could ask for at this point.
if it's no trouble. :D
 
Hello BSydz,
I'm trying your June test and May kernel. Wiped all the data and installed.
1) Wipe Data/Factory Reset
2) Wipe Dalvik Cache
3) Flash pa_triumph-1.6a-25JUN2013-202848.zip
4) Flash BSydz_PA-kernel-06MAY2013-201202.zip
5) Flash symlinked-gapps-ics-20120429-signed-Ver3.zip
6) Flash Google Now
Booted up and restarted a few times to make sure, WiFi can't find networks. Can't scan or connect manually. Going to try now without kernel and see if there is better results.
Long time fan here, glad to finally help out.
 
Tried the June test without flashing the May kernel. WiFi was still out. Went back to May 2013 PA and WiFi was restored. However, I noticed that there was a considerably nice increase in FPS and screen change with the June system. Also when switching to airplane mode the WiFi turns off, unlike the May version can it be reverted back to only changing cell service? Would have tested more but need WiFi in the deadzone up on the mountain. Keep up the great work hope to see more great work come from you!
 
Have a quick question. I have been using the June Tester with the May kernel and all is going well. Had a little bit of trouble with navigation the other day, but nothing serious. I am using the symlinked-gapps-ics-20120429-signed-Ver3.zip, Should I be using Google Now? Is there any real advantage to it?
 
Excalipoor said:
Hello BSydz,
I'm trying your June test and May kernel. Wiped all the data and installed.
1) Wipe Data/Factory Reset
2) Wipe Dalvik Cache
3) Flash pa_triumph-1.6a-25JUN2013-202848.zip
4) Flash BSydz_PA-kernel-06MAY2013-201202.zip
5) Flash symlinked-gapps-ics-20120429-signed-Ver3.zip
6) Flash Google Now
Booted up and restarted a few times to make sure, WiFi can't find networks. Can't scan or connect manually. Going to try now without kernel and see if there is better results.
Long time fan here, glad to finally help out.
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Excalipoor said:
Tried the June test without flashing the May kernel. WiFi was still out. Went back to May 2013 PA and WiFi was restored. However, I noticed that there was a considerably nice increase in FPS and screen change with the June system. Also when switching to airplane mode the WiFi turns off, unlike the May version can it be reverted back to only changing cell service? Would have tested more but need WiFi in the deadzone up on the mountain. Keep up the great work hope to see more great work come from you!
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Thanks for testing and the feedback. I can definitely say wifi is not an issue with any of the released PA ROMs, so there must have been an issue with the flash process. What recovery are you using? I see you flashed now after gapps, that may have done it but I don't know, just a thought.

Also airplane mode turns all networks off including wifi, though while in airplane mode you can turn on wifi. It has always been that way as far as I know.

I'll post my latest tester in a few minutes when I get it uploaded. Hopefully you will have a better experience with that one. Also if you are already on PA, most of the time, you can just make a backup, wipe cache, flash the ROM and gapps and be good to go. But every once in a while it will go haywire, hence the backup.

Hope this helps.
 
What's up everyone? This is an intermediate tester, meaning it has a lot of tweaks but not everything I want to include. I just wanted to share as this seems to be one of the better ones so far.

Everything should be more responsive and I got the flashlight in the status bar, it is still grayed out in settings and it doesn't even show up in the widget rearrange settings, so that's strange, but it works. :D I also worked in both of the security patches MikeRL posted here.

So, without further ado, I present the July tester...

pa_triumph-1.6a-20JUL2013-025649.zip

EDIT 3: Get the new tester here disregard the other stuff.
http://androidforums.com/triumph-al...1-6-beta-source-06may2013-15.html#post6008416

EDIT: Use these EGL/GPU drivers. I had been using the EGL libs from the Xperia Play (Zues) and they were not used in the older version that I am working with now. I changed the kernel and system but haven't got to the libs yet. This should fix a lot of stuff. Just flash in recovery during or after the ROM is installed.

BSydz-PA-ICS-ZuesEGL.zip

EDIT 2:
Forgot some files for the EGL/GPU

BSydz-PA-ICS-ZuesEGL-2.zip

I can't stress enough, feedback, feedback and more feedback. I know we are slowing down around here, but if you have a problem, any problem, report it so I can fix it if possible.

Enjoy!
 
cowboy44mag said:
With the July tester is it good to go or should we still flash the May kernel?
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It's good to go, with a more up to date kernel. It seems to be pretty quick, and it should stay more stable over time.

I did notice an issue over the weekend, and I know somebody posted somewhere in the thread, about games just crashing out of the blue. After looking at the logs it has to do with google services, and is remedied by booting to recovery and reflashing Gapps. I don't know why but that seems to fix it. Just one of those things.I'll put a note in the OP.

Hope this helps.
 
I don't know if this has been hit on before, but I thought I would just throw it out there. I've done a little testing on the new build and so far haven't found anything that isn't working great. BSydz you really are amazing!!

I seen a post awhile back commenting on Google Navigation taking a long time to GPS lock and loosing the lock. I use Google Navigation a lot, and I think the GPS locking problem is more phone hardware than anything else as even stock OS had issues. I've found that by launching a free app called GPS Test first and then launching Google Navigation it tends to lock quickly and I've never lost the lock. Saw a post awhile back about that and just thought I'd throw it out there. The July tester locked and launched voice navigation within 20 seconds when I tested it a moment ago!!
 
Great work on the ROM!
Running the July tester...so far its really good. I just wanted to mention something on the previous rom (June tester with may kernel): I received the roaming issue for the first time during the day. As usual it happened after a prolonged period of not using the phone. I was wondering since toggling airplane mode refreshes the signal, if there was any sort of script that can be written to automatically refresh the signal when it is lost...
 
I've been happily using your Sharp ROM for quite a while, BSydz, but I think this latest version of your PA ROM is about to make me switch! So far it's been running nice and smooth. One of my professional apps (TeamViewer v8) was a bit buggy in Froyo, but is working great on this ROM.

I've successfully changed the bootanimation.zip file (slightly different location in this ROM vs Froyo/Sharp). I noticed there is no startup sound, which is better than Virgin Mobile's startup sound, but on the Sharp ROM I had added a small MP3 that went well with my bootanimation file. Does Paranoid Android have a startup sound file? I looked for one and could not find it. I tried adding a PowerOn.ogg file to system/media/audio/ui, and made sure the permissions were rw-r--r--, to match the other sound files, but the startup was still silent.
 
I'll give it a try again. Right now I'm on the ReVamp ROM, but am missing some of the more modern conveniences. Just having trouble getting the symlinked gapps to download.
 
raillard said:
I've been happily using your Sharp ROM for quite a while, BSydz, but I think this latest version of your PA ROM is about to make me switch! So far it's been running nice and smooth. One of my professional apps (TeamViewer v8) was a bit buggy in Froyo, but is working great on this ROM.

I've successfully changed the bootanimation.zip file (slightly different location in this ROM vs Froyo/Sharp). I noticed there is no startup sound, which is better than Virgin Mobile's startup sound, but on the Sharp ROM I had added a small MP3 that went well with my bootanimation file. Does Paranoid Android have a startup sound file? I looked for one and could not find it. I tried adding a PowerOn.ogg file to system/media/ui, and made sure the permissions were rw-r--r--, to match the other sound files, but the startup was still silent.
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Thank you.

This might help you, also I am looking in to the code too.
Enabling boot sound - Page 2
 
Just installed the July tester last night, so haven't had too much time on it, however, the roaming issue occurred while I was sleeping, when I got up there was no signal, and it isn't from lack of actual signal as I live one block from the tower, other than that it is running well for the rest of the time, I haven't seen the roaming repeat yet
 
BSydz said:
It's good to go, with a more up to date kernel. It seems to be pretty quick, and it should stay more stable over time.

I did notice an issue over the weekend, and I know somebody posted somewhere in the thread, about games just crashing out of the blue. After looking at the logs it has to do with google services, and is remedied by booting to recovery and reflashing Gapps. I don't know why but that seems to fix it. Just one of those things.I'll put a note in the OP.

Hope this helps.
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After some more usage there seems to be an issue with games closing, I am trying to figure out what is causing it. I'll post as soon as I figure it out.


EDIT: I think I found it, it was the EGL/GPU libs, I had been using the EGL libs from the Xperia Play (Zues) and they were not used in the older version that I am working with now. I changed the kernel and system but haven't got to the libs yet. This should fix a lot of stuff.

BSydz-PA-ICS-ZuesEGL.zip

EDIT 2:
Forgot some files for the EGL/GPU

BSydz-PA-ICS-ZuesEGL-2.zip
 
BSydz said:
This might help you, also I am looking in to the code too.
Enabling boot sound - Page 2
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Thank you. I tried it, but it did not work for me. The problem might be the MP3 file, itself, or a compatibility issue with the PA ROM. The MP3 file plays fine on the Sharp ROM, but shows up as damaged, and is unplayable on the PA ROM. Other, larger MP3 files play okay on both ROMs, so maybe PA has a minimum quality requirement? The MP3 that does not play on the PA ROM is 64kbps / 22 kHz, and the others that do play are typically higher quality 128kbps / 44 kHz, or better. I'm going to redo the lower-quality MP3 and see it that makes a difference.

EDIT: I just recreated my MP3 file as a 128kbps / 44 kHz file, and it plays fine in PA ROM. I then tried embedding it in the bootanimation.zip file, and I tried putting it in system/media/audio/ui with the name PowerOn.ogg or PowerOn.mp3, but none of those attempts made any sound during power-up. I also tried renaming it to android_audio.mp3 and putting it in the same folder as the bootanimation.zip, but that did not work either.
 
BSydz said:
After some more usage there seems to be an issue with games closing, I am trying to figure out what is causing it. I'll post as soon as I figure it out.


EDIT: I think I found it, it was the EGL libs, I had been using the EGL libs from the Xperia Play (Zues) and they were not used in the older version that I am working with now. I changed the kernel and system but haven't got to the libs yet. This should fix a lot of stuff.

BSydz-PA-ICS-ZuesEGL.zip
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I've been running your July Tester and just flashed this update today as well. Most everything has been working really fast and nice, however I seem to be having trouble sending picture messages. It will say its sending for like 30 minutes or more before it actually sends it and I don't attempt to send pic messages unless I'm on Wifi. The only other head scratcher is when the phone has a 30% charge it will sometimes shut down saying it has no battery left. Upon reboot it will show 0% battery, however if I pull the battery for a minute and put it back in it will boot with the 25-30% charge:confused:
 
cowboy44mag said:
I've been running your July Tester and just flashed this update today as well. Most everything has been working really fast and nice, however I seem to be having trouble sending picture messages. It will say its sending for like 30 minutes or more before it actually sends it and I don't attempt to send pic messages unless I'm on Wifi. The only other head scratcher is when the phone has a 30% charge it will sometimes shut down saying it has no battery left. Upon reboot it will show 0% battery, however if I pull the battery for a minute and put it back in it will boot with the 25-30% charge:confused:
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That's probably a bad battery, I have one that acts like that consistently, if you take the battery out put it on a flat surface and flick if it spins then the battery is going bad, the battery will still work just lasts for a lot shorter time
 
calitrippin said:
That's probably a bad battery, I have one that acts like that consistently, if you take the battery out put it on a flat surface and flick if it spins then the battery is going bad, the battery will still work just lasts for a lot shorter time
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I was wondering a bad battery too, when I was running CM7 I had this problem a lot. However with PA CM9 the problem all but went away and never occurred with the June Tester. I was actually amazed at how well the battery was lasting with PA CM9, this is the first time its done this since I've been on PA CM9.

I just let the battery totally die and charged it to full with the phone off, pulled the battery for a few minutes, plugged back into charger to ensure I had a full charge and restarted. I'll see if it happens again. Maybe the fact that I only had a 40% charge when I installed the July tester had something to do with it.

I am still having issues sending picture messages though. Connected to Wifi so there is no data issues and its taking the phone 30 min to send a pic message. Its really not that big of a deal to me, but just reporting it as it is a tester;)
 
I don't know why but I get low performance with the JUL 20 rom. I really like the JUN 25 Rom which gave great performance. But I'm going to factory reset it and install it that way and see if that fixes the issue.

Edit:
After doing this, it helped a little but I still get low performance compared to the JUN 25 rom. Also this rom seems to use a lot of ram memory.
 
cowboy44mag said:
I was wondering a bad battery too, when I was running CM7 I had this problem a lot. However with PA CM9 the problem all but went away and never occurred with the June Tester. I was actually amazed at how well the battery was lasting with PA CM9, this is the first time its done this since I've been on PA CM9.

I just let the battery totally die and charged it to full with the phone off, pulled the battery for a few minutes, plugged back into charger to ensure I had a full charge and restarted. I'll see if it happens again. Maybe the fact that I only had a 40% charge when I installed the July tester had something to do with it.

I am still having issues sending picture messages though. Connected to Wifi so there is no data issues and its taking the phone 30 min to send a pic message. Its really not that big of a deal to me, but just reporting it as it is a tester;)
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Picures are sent along the 3G network exclusively. It won't send them through WiFi. Unles you have a third party app that does it for you.
I don't know why but I get low performance with the JUL 20 rom. I really like the JUN 25 Rom which gave great performance. But I'm going to factory reset it and install it that way and see if that fixes the issue.

Edit:
After doing this, it helped a little but I still get low performance compared to the JUN 25 rom. Also this rom seems to use a lot of ram memory.
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ICS does use a lot of RAM. JB does even more. It's the price we pay for having an OS that is squeezed on to a phone.
 
dsmryder said:
Picures are sent along the 3G network exclusively. It won't send them through WiFi. Unles you have a third party app that does it for you.


ICS does use a lot of RAM. JB does even more. It's the price we pay for having an OS that is squeezed on to a phone.
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You know, I had no idea that pic messages were sent exclusively on 3G network. It actually makes a lot of sense when I think about it though as I was attempting to send in my house (I have horrible 3G inside, but good 3G outside of my house, which is why I have Wifi.). Just tried to send a pic message outside and it went through smoothly. Thank you for pointing that out, I like learning new things:D

As far as the performance of the July rom goes I was experiencing lower performance until I flashed BSydz-PA-ICS-ZuesEGL.zip. After flashing this file my performance was much, much better and smoother. Don't know if it was something that got fixed by going into recovery or it was the zip itself, but the performance now is better than the June tester.
 
Originally Posted by cowboy44mag
I've been running your July Tester and just flashed this update today as well. Most everything has been working really fast and nice, however I seem to be having trouble sending picture messages. It will say its sending for like 30 minutes or more before it actually sends it and I don't attempt to send pic messages unless I'm on Wifi. The only other head scratcher is when the phone has a 30% charge it will sometimes shut down saying it has no battery left. Upon reboot it will show 0% battery, however if I pull the battery for a minute and put it back in it will boot with the 25-30% charge:confused:
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Have you tried wiping the battery stats in recovery?
 
I just installed the July tester and updates to my wife's Triumph and she is having an issue. She uses Facebook and Instagram, I don't use either of those apps and never have, but she informs me that her phone will restart itself when running those apps. I don't know if its the apps or the OS, but she had the same issues with CM7. Just thought I would get some opinions on it as I try my best to keep her happy.
 
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