2.2 Alpha 1(Froyo) ROM - Features and Workarounds

[Guest StevenHarperUK]

The HTC keyboard works for me if you use the one thats modified for 2.2 :), its on here somewhere

Look at the main post on this thread : its there

[Guest ri2la]

Not sure if I should, but I just pushed the calc and clock from a hero 2.2 build, and worked fine.

[Guest StevenHarperUK]

This was a bug for me (just a bit unpredictable), but can be turned off: Settings > Sounds > untick "Turn to mute".

Added to post - checking gforums now

[Guest StevenHarperUK]

with Gforums' .zip calendar is now working for me too.

Jon

Where is this please

[Guest MDCFan]

Where is this please

Right here in forums

http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...te-blade-alpha/

[Guest StevenHarperUK]

Right here in forums

http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...te-blade-alpha/

Any chance of the calendar apk s users don't have to completely re-flash

[Guest StevenHarperUK]

Any chance of the calendar apk s users don't have to completely re-flash

Ok so have CalendarGoogle.apk

It wont install normally - do I have to SU it u - or get it installed in some special way?

[Guest buntoid]

2.2 Alpha 1 - Features/Issues/Benefits

Features/Issues

[*]Seems to Unlock the Phone for ANY network - FEATURE!

Does anyone know if this is a permanent feature when returning to 2.1 on a phone that hasn't been unlocked prior to installing 2.2?

[Guest JingleManSweep]

Added this rom to Android Guide:

http://www.androidguide.co.uk/release/unof...e-blade-alpha-1

[Guest Jon_V]

Is anyone able to get coarse / network location functionality working?

Google maps etc report 'location unavailable' with GPS turned off.

[Guest socialworker]

Is anyone able to get coarse / network location functionality working?

Google maps etc report 'location unavailable' with GPS turned off.

Same here.

With gps enabled it works spot on, but I really do miss the coarse positioning.

[Guest gingerninja]

Does anyone know if this is a permanent feature when returning to 2.1 on a phone that hasn't been unlocked prior to installing 2.2?

The sim lock returned when I reverted back to2.1 (sebs rom). Dont know about any others.

[Guest coupedummy]

Think im going back the r4-5 2.1 Getting a few unresponsive touchscreen with this rom.Wont unlock...Great work tho...hopefully polished off soon

[Guest shakerist]

any work being done to fix the air control game i know its not important but I like it :) if its a simple thing to do can u please do it if not dont waste ur time

Thanks

[Guest xzyk]

FM Radio: With the latest incarnation of Froyo 2.2 I have managed to get absolutely everything to work smoothly and with no FCs, all except FM Radio. This has the well documented (on several threads here) fm radio problem where the radio reception starts momentarily and then the sound goes off. I noticed that moving the media volume up/down brings the radio back to life momentarily again but I have been searching high and low for a solution to this one final annoyance.

So my question to the knowledgeable guys here is: Is this radio issue a kernel problem or an apk (or one of its dependencies) ? IF its apk (or a dependency) we should be able to fix it, if kernel well as we all know everyone is waiting on zte for the source on that.

BTW: please do not reply about installing OTA radios, I know there are plenty of those and many of them work just fine, but i am reluctant to use my wifi (or data plan) simply to listen to FM radio which after all is even available on a 20pounds Alcatel jobbie nowadays.

Edited October 30, 2010 by xzyk

[Guest nicksoph]

With the latest incarnation of Froyo 2.2 I have managed to get absolutely everything to work smoothly

Does that include:

coarse positioning using the mobile telephone network,

the weather in Fancy Widget getting its location from GPS,

camera auto focus

custom notification sounds, and

the dialler app reporting high battery usage?

These are the current problems outstanding in the thread

http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...te-blade-alpha/

which uses a ROM derived from this one.

If it does include any of the above would you mind giving some directions?

Thanks

[Guest Stooby]

I may have just found a fix for the GPS positioning problem (i.e. where the GPS thinks you are near Skipton!).

Edit /system/etc/gps.conf and change the line "INTERMEDIATE_POS=1" to "INTERMEDIATE_POS=0"

I suggest you make a backup copy of the file before editing it.

You may need a reboot afterwards.

Please note that this will take longer to get a satellite lock, but it should be more accurate when you get it!

I've just tried it and it seems to have worked for me, but I would be interested in whether it fixes the problem for other people.

[Guest LorianNod]

I don't have my phone on me, but I also notice (from other threads) there are these settings that seem to be related too:

# Intermediate position report, 1=enable, 0=disable

INTERMEDIATE_POS=0

# Accuracy threshold for intermediate positions

# less accurate positions are ignored, 0 for passing all positions

ACCURACY_THRES=2500

# Wiper (wifi positioning), 1=enable, 0=disable

ENABLE_WIPER=1

SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com

SUPL_PORT=7276

What are they set to?

[Guest Stooby]

This is the complete listing of my gps.conf file:

NTP_SERVER=xtra1.gpsonextra.net

XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

# DEBUG LEVELS: 0 - none, 1 - Error, 2 - Warning, 3 - Info

# 4 - Debug, 5 - Verbose

DEBUG_LEVEL = 1

# Intermediate position report, 1=enable, 0=disable

INTERMEDIATE_POS=0

# Accuracy threshold for intermediate positions

# less accurate positions are ignored, 0 for passing all positions

ACCURACY_THRES=2500

################################

##### AGPS server settings #####

################################

# FOR SUPL SUPPORT, set the following

# SUPL_HOST=supl.host.com or IP

# SUPL_PORT=1234

SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com

SUPL_PORT=7276

# FOR C2K PDE SUPPORT, set the following

# C2K_HOST=c2k.pde.com or IP

# C2K_PORT=1234

################################

# EXTRA SETTINGS

################################

# Wiper (wifi positioning), 1=enable, 0=disable

ENABLE_WIPER=1

#################################

##### AGPS Carrier settings #####

#################################

CURRENT_CARRIER=common

DEFAULT_AGPS_ENABLE=TRUE

DEFAULT_SSL_ENABLE=FALSE

# TRUE for "User Plane", FALSE for "Control Plane"

DEFAULT_USER_PLANE=TRU

...and yes, that really does say "TRU" on the last line!

I have only edited the INTERMEDIATE_POS parameter - everything else in the file is as it was when I flashed the ROM.

I don't have my phone on me, but I also notice (from other threads) there are these settings that seem to be related too:

# Intermediate position report, 1=enable, 0=disable

INTERMEDIATE_POS=0

# Accuracy threshold for intermediate positions

# less accurate positions are ignored, 0 for passing all positions

ACCURACY_THRES=2500

# Wiper (wifi positioning), 1=enable, 0=disable

ENABLE_WIPER=1

SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com

SUPL_PORT=7276

What are they set to?

[Guest oh!dougal]

This is the complete listing of my gps.conf file:

<...>

#################################

##### AGPS Carrier settings #####

#################################

CURRENT_CARRIER=common

DEFAULT_AGPS_ENABLE=TRUE

DEFAULT_SSL_ENABLE=FALSE

# TRUE for "User Plane", FALSE for "Control Plane"

DEFAULT_USER_PLANE=TRU

...and yes, that really does say "TRU" on the last line!

I have only edited the INTERMEDIATE_POS parameter - everything else in the file is as it was when I flashed the ROM.

Maybe supplying that missing 'E' might fix AGPS?

Worth a try?

[Guest Stooby]

Maybe supplying that missing 'E' might fix AGPS?

Worth a try?

That was my first thought, so I tried that first but it didn't work, so in the age-old tradition of only making 1 change at a time, I put it back to TRU before changing the other parameter!

[Guest Azurren]

That was my first thought, so I tried that first but it didn't work, so in the age-old tradition of only making 1 change at a time, I put it back to TRU before changing the other parameter!

I can remember something in the pulses code was spelt wrong. Turned out it was meant to be :)

[Guest Jon_V]

Fix for youtube:

Uninstall youtube with titanium backup (pro?) - presumably this can also be done another way

reboot phone

install youtube through market

[Guest popoyaya]

Fix for youtube:

Uninstall youtube with titanium backup (pro?) - presumably this can also be done another way

reboot phone

install youtube through market

tried this, it always says installation unsuccessful even though he download was complete.

<edit> worked now after i "unistalled updates" for youtube app in task manager.

Edited November 1, 2010 by popoyaya

[Guest Stooby]

tried this, it always says installation unsuccessful even though he download was complete.

I just tried this - it downloaded successfully but then told me it was an "incompatible update"