Sunday, April 1, 2012

CM9 alpha2 for the Epic 4G Touch now released!

Once again, the Epic 4G Touch team is proud to present our second alpha release of CyanogenMod for your Sprint Epic 4G Touch. Please, follow us on Google+ and Facebook for the latest news. Even for being an alpha, with it as stable as it is, be wary of bugs and other kinks for the matter, as they are still being worked on.

Changelog
  • Android version has been updated to 4.0.4. This brings along with it all the bug fixes upstream that it introduces. Big thanks to the Andoird Open Source Project.
  • Video recording has been fixed. A big thanks to the guys at teamhacksung for the patch.
  • The issue regarding Netflix and other similar video players has been fixed. Thanks to our Sbrissen for the fix.
  • The phantom voicemail issue has now been fixed. If the problem seems to persist, even after flashing alpha2, try pushing this apk to /system/app.
  • Capactive lights now turn on by last action. This was a request by the users, for a convenience, especially in nighttime, so the lights don't bother them.
  • Dock settings has been introduced into the ROM.

Release Notes
  • With Android 4.0.4, testing has shown the following:
    • Smoother overall experience
    • Camera autoflash works properly now
    • Better overall battery life
    • One tester noted that sync with Exchange, which was broken for him in 4.0.3, now works with 4.0.4
  • We have removed Sprint VVM from the base package, for the sake of legalities. See the customization guide, for how to get it back.
  • Stock android recovery is still being used in the ROM. This is for your protection, so you don't brick your phone due to all the people whom having flashed an ICS kernel, bricking when flashing a rom, wiping, etc. If you would like to backup or restore, or do any flashing, please go back to an ELXX gingerbread kernel, and do it from there.
  • Dock audio confirmed working BUT users must select 'Use Dock USB Audio' from Settings->Dock BEFORE connecting device to dock (setting locked when docked). Default is UNCHECKED.
  • Do NOT use SetCPU with this ROM.  It is known to cause the "Sleep of Death" issue.
Links

See the CM9 Status page for more details concerning the ROM, then head over to the CM9 Install Guide to install the ROM. Please, check the Epic Touch CM Issue Tracker, to see if your bug has been posted already, before filing a bug report.
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27 comments:

  1. BrianApril 1, 2012 at 9:19 AM

    I hope this is not an April fools joke. LOL

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  2. PepKilzApril 1, 2012 at 2:19 PM

    Are there still issues with some market apps not installing correctly?

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    1. Ameer GhouseApril 2, 2012 at 11:03 PM

      Which market apps issue are you referring to? if you are talking about the one where apps wouldn't install due to an error regarding external storage, that has been fixed.

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  3. asafApril 1, 2012 at 2:50 PM

    What kernel does it come with?

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    1. Ameer GhouseApril 2, 2012 at 11:04 PM

      FC24... Once source drops, we'll have an actual CM kernel from source in this rom. be patient with us (ie, attempt to be patient with samsung ;) )

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  4. Jlear3April 1, 2012 at 10:28 PM

    I hate needing to flash rom then gaaps then vvm in one sitting! Makes me nervous lol

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    1. wtogamiApril 1, 2012 at 11:40 PM

      Shouldn't make your nervous. It is at least safe to do so.

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  5. Zach HillApril 2, 2012 at 9:07 AM

    Thanks so much! Installed and running great so far.

    However, I disagree with the choice of capacitive button backlight being active on touch; the traditional CM way makes more sense to me. If it is light out, you don't need the buttons lit, and if it's dark, you need them lit so you can see them. Perhaps add a toggle to switch behaviors?

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    1. Ameer GhouseApril 2, 2012 at 11:00 PM

      What Brian said is exactly why we changed the behavior. In the future, we may indeed add a feature to control panel lights via menu toggle; but for now, this is the way they'll be featured, as per user feedback.

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    2. Zach HillApril 3, 2012 at 8:59 PM

      Interesting. I thought that the ambient light sensor activation was the CM way (CM7 was this way), and touch activation the TouchWiz way.

      If that's true, then I completely understand the work involved with reengineering upstream code, and agree it's not worth the trouble.

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  6. JohnApril 2, 2012 at 10:34 AM

    Any word on MHL adapters?

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    1. Ameer GhouseApril 2, 2012 at 11:05 PM

      that's a known issue, and is being worked on by the CyanogenMod Team.

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  7. vzzmhxApril 2, 2012 at 2:21 PM

    external sdcard not recognized!!!!

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  8. Ameer GhouseApril 2, 2012 at 11:01 PM

    Try pushing the linked phone.apk again; i've reuploaded it. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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  9. jdm81389April 3, 2012 at 2:23 PM

    It would be nice if it had an option to turnoff capasitive buttons light, since it drains battery

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  10. DeagleApril 3, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    Having some issues with wireless tether anybody have a fix. Just came from the cm 9 alpha 4 and it works fine with that

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  11. Mr. RobotApril 5, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    This is how you get rid of the phantom voicemail bug, 100 percent guaranteed...

    This file is based on alpha2's phone.apk.

    http://db.tt/1rcin9q2

    Installation instructions
    1: download the file above
    2: use es file explorer, under the settings menu make sure there's a check next to UP TO ROOT, ROOT EXPLORER, and MOUNT FILE SYSTEM
    3: navigate to /system/app and rename the existing phone.apk by replacing the .apk with .bak
    4: move the phone.apk you downloaded into the /system/app folder... long press on it so that you can change its permission to rw-r--r--
    5: go to the cache/dalvik-cache folder and delete the SYSTEM@APP@PHONE.APK@CLASSES.DEX file
    6: reboot

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  12. ananthApril 6, 2012 at 6:23 AM

    I'm loving this !!! Can't believe this is an Alpha.
    How can I go back to Stock Gingerbread. Is it ok to use the sfhub's OC EL29 ODIN Tar?

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  13. UnknownApril 6, 2012 at 8:49 AM

    Not sure what i'm doing wrong but I can't seem to upgrade from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4. Doesn't even start to flash...

    Hmm, Think i'm going to have to retrace.

    Regards

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    1. UnknownApril 7, 2012 at 8:03 AM

      OK got it to flash But whenever I flash 4.0.4 then flash clockwork mod using Odin it doesn't boot up fully but when I flash 4.0.4 again clockwork mod erases or ceases to work and candy flash gapps for ICS. :-(

      Can anyone help?

      Regards

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    2. UnknownApril 7, 2012 at 8:06 AM

      How can I flash the gapps on 4.04?

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  14. Life's GreatApril 7, 2012 at 2:00 PM

    ;) cool.

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  15. BiggTiny210April 7, 2012 at 4:42 PM

    running good for it being at the alpha stage...dope work!!

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  16. T McWeeApril 8, 2012 at 4:56 PM

    I'm comming from the Epic 4G which was on a beta release so pardon the noobish question. I was used to just flashing updates right over the current CM9 version. This looks a little more involved. Do you have to odin back to GB for every update? Or is it just the GB kernel with CWM? I'm guessing this wipes everything everytime or is there a way to build a nandroid of your CM9 build to advance restore from to not start from scratch?

    Thanks in advance

    Love your work CM team.

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  17. McFlyApril 13, 2012 at 5:34 PM

    I am also having issue with my external SD. it show up in storage info, and I can browse it with a PC connected via mass storage. The gallery also sees it. No file manager does though.

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  18. MBrauckMay 3, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    The external SD will show as "EMMC" if no one has figured that out by now.

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