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Root [ROM][4.0.4][BETA] CM9 for Virgin Mobile and Sprint 10/3/2013

any idea why my email is not showing? It is coming through but I am not seeing all the bulk of the messages, just mainly who it is from and the subject title

That happens to me sometimes when using this rom. Restart the phone, and if that doesn't help, restart in Recovery and wipe cache and Davlik.
 
@phenom have you looked at the lg open source page of their site under mobile? There's several ICS upgraded devices one that jumps put at me is the Viper (CDMA and the same camera) I was thinking being able to look at that driver/hal/lib combo may give you some insight. Just something to chew on. :)

They don't have the same camera.
 
Same update routine (flash update and reflash google apps without wiping anything)? Will we need to re-do the phone.apk install if we updated to Starkraving's recommended phone.apk?
 
Just a quick thought and not to question anyone's intelligence or insult anyone...but when flashing a new ROM do it the SAME way every time.
A. Verify your download and md5 checksum.
B. MAKE A BACKUP!!!
C. Wipe EVERYTHING!(format/wipe system, data, cache, dalvik cache)Don't let being lazy cause you problems.
D. Its an extra step but it works for me and that's mount system and data partitions.
E. Flash your zip(s)
F. Reboot(If specified by the OP fix permissions.)

So in short this is my method I've been using since forever (G1 CM2) Lol. I've just never seen so many people having issues flashing ROMs so I thought I'd share this.

I've done all this step by step and I've had 8 reboots in less than 2 hours. I even went and reformatted delvik and cache and fixed permissions. Gonna do a reflash tomorrow.
 
I've been running this since yesterday no reboots or any problems running smooth.

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I've had no reboot problems either. I'd suspect that the majority of issues people are having is coming from software conflicts introduced primarily by restoring backed up data from older roms using TiB or Nandroid restores, as well as flashing speed or audio tweaks through recovery that may not be fully compatible.

The more variables you add to the phone the more likely there will be problems or conflicts. If you are suffering from problems like misbehaving software or reboots and want to find the problem; start by doing a complete wipe and fresh install of the rom, including formatting all applicable partitions prior to flashing the rom and gapps. Then start the phone up, sign in to Google and let it download all your backed up contacts/settings/apps. Once that's all done and you've given the phone a few minutes to do any background work that may be going on; reboot the phone again and this time just let it do it's thing. At this point you should have a completely clean install of your rom and basic apps/settings. I would go into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, and make a backup so you have a good place to return to if things go wrong later.

Once you've got a clean install, and if you're patient and thorough enough you've given it a day or two to see if there are any problems; you can slowly start installing any apps, restoring backed up data, and flashing any zips you want. I'd suggest doing it one, or at most a few at a time. Then, give it a day or two and see how the phone reacts. If you start seeing problems, it will be much easier to track down the cause this way. This is how I discovered that restoring specific apps through TiB was causing random reboots on my phone after in installed Sleipnir.

It's a slow process, but if you want to tweak your phone you have to expect there to be problems to overcome. It's part of the fun.
 
I've had no reboot problems either. I'd suspect that the majority of issues people are having is coming from software conflicts introduced primarily by restoring backed up data from older roms using TiB or Nandroid restores, as well as flashing speed or audio tweaks through recovery that may not be fully compatible.

I have been having random reboots and my battery has drained in less than 2 hours. I am going to give your advice a shot and see what happens.
 
@phenom,

Came across this and some other stuff in a saved IRC chat regarding GB kernels and the CM9 camera..."We have it mostly working by removing some code dependencies from camlib." Once I get home I can send the whole convo. Hope it can help.
 
I know how amazing this rom is, but I just cannot get past the camera bug. The camera is a quintessential part of my smartphone experience, so I guess that I'll just have to due without the holy grail experience of CM9 for just a little while.

Slepinir isn't all that bad, anyway.
 
No answer to my question about updating v installing from stock. If updating from last version do you have to wipe anything? Reinstall gapps? Thanks
 
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