Often imitated, never duplicated! Focused 1.8.6

[loki478]

Thank you for your hard work loving the mod so far..... now to figure out what i am doing ;0

 

[Porterhouse0]

Thank you for your hard work loving the mod so far..... now to figure out what i am doing ;0

lol it can quite confusing sometimes huh? but this community is a huge help....so dont be afraid to ask questions

 

[beantownmp]

Just installed this and the blackbarmod over 1.6 and blackjuice. Only formatted cache. So far so good! Keep up the great work fellas!!!

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

 

[droidxchat]

[AWESOME info!

For some background. That being the case, the issue is either:
--The facebook app's "sync now" function isn't working correctly, or possibly has issues with the AOSP contacts app.

--The Contacts app may have issues correctly syncing with the Facebook app.

--Something in the framework is causing a disconnect between the two...

Not sure what can be done about any of the three. Drod can confirm or deny.. but the framework isn't changing unless there's an update, and same with the contacts app, which is compiled directly from AOSP source.

I wouldn't look for any big changes to this issue any time soon... *shrug* but really really great info. Hopefully someone can take this and run with it to get this resolved!

-Facebook doesn't have a "sync now" option. It only has a passive option to change what exactly the active "sync now" function does under your accounts settings. The failure here goes to the "sync now" function under "accounts." Though, the failure could be in the "sync now" function's inability to understand direction from the facebook option.

-The contacts app will pull thumbnails from a specific location once they become available. In this case, they aren't pushed to the location until they are accessed. Normally, the "sync now" function under "accounts" would access facebook to pull them to that location. Again, the failure goes to the "sync now" function under "accounts."

-The framework is much too broad of a culprit to blame really. This would be better assessed by finding out what drod did to re-add facebook integration. I'm looking at you, "Accounts and Sync Settings v2.2"... This app manages the accounts and provides the sync now option...

The problem obviously stems from the removal of blur features, but the necessary collaborations were probably not re-added in full. With a blur rom, you'll notice that "Facebook" is an innate account even when the app is not installed. When installed, a second Facebook option shows up.

Until its resolved, i'm fine with just uninstalling and reinstalling facebook whenever i add a few new contacts in exchange for using an amazing rom.

 

[unboostedzc]

sephtin and drod, thank you both for the work and help.

coming to focused 1.8.6 from blurry .3/1.0 has been good so far, but ive got a couple of the same problems blurry had along with a few new ones.

blurry1.0 had an issue with usb and connecting to my laptop/desktop for some reason. when connected on anything but windows media sync, the phone would dismount the sd card and it would be available to the pc. same thing is happening now on focused 1.8.6.

im having issues with the signal completely dropping. phone calls still work fine while showing no bars whatsoever. it comes back after a few seconds.

the memory and random resetting issue. i understand from the faq that this is a framework issue with moto looking for blur. is this something that would be worth going back to blurry (1.x now) or hang on? i like this so far; however really had no real issues with blurry 1.0 other than the usb issue.

sound settings. am in retarded to where i cannot find anything to change the acoustis settings. was that a moto/blur app or what can i use to change the dsp settings of the phone?

the phone contacts list. is there an alternative that shows the dialer on the right side of the screen, similar to the recent call history where its a one click dial?

for ****s and giggles, im interested in the build.prop mods that alter quad scores. not for the purpose of being the coolest dude on the earth ever, but more to prove a point of how useless quad scores are altogether.

apologies if some of this has been covered before. just starting on the 35 pages backwards now.

 

[Inkarnit]

I don't feel like scrolling back for it to quote... but SenorFusion I believe posted about his installation method and included the tip about wiping battery stats after you've fully charged the phone... I did that when I got home from work today and my hats off to you. You were right on. It has been unplugged now for 5h 17m and only just hit 80%... and I've been using my phone to do stuff too, including Angry Birds. I suspect my battery will take me until after I get off work tomorrow even before needing to plug in.

 

[sephtin]

-Facebook doesn't have a "sync now" option. It only has a passive option to change what exactly the active "sync now" function does under your accounts settings. The failure here goes to the "sync now" function under "accounts." Though, the failure could be in the "sync now" function's inability to understand direction from the facebook option.

So, you're saying that Facebook doesn't add the Facebook option under accounts? It's not there until you add the application.. or did I miss something.

-The contacts app will pull thumbnails from a specific location once they become available. In this case, they aren't pushed to the location until they are accessed. Normally, the "sync now" function under "accounts" would access facebook to pull them to that location. Again, the failure goes to the "sync now" function under "accounts."

BUT, it's possible that the fault of the "Sync Now" function could still be the contacts app. It could be that opening the contact to get the pic works in Contacts, but that the sync now function for some reason doesn't play well with the contacts apk itself.
I'm not talking about this screen, or that screen, I'm talking about the application as a whole, same with facebook (which includes the facebook functionality in the accounts settings menu).

-The framework is much too broad of a culprit to blame really. This would be better assessed by finding out what drod did to re-add facebook integration. I'm looking at you, "Accounts and Sync Settings v2.2"... This app manages the accounts and provides the sync now option...

The problem obviously stems from the removal of blur features, but the necessary collaborations were probably not re-added in full. With a blur rom, you'll notice that "Facebook" is an innate account even when the app is not installed. When installed, a second Facebook option shows up.

Until its resolved, i'm fine with just uninstalling and reinstalling facebook whenever i add a few new contacts in exchange for using an amazing rom.

THIS is where the confusion is coming from... Drod didn't exactly remove the blur, he simply didn't include the components with Blur in the first place.
It's possible that adding back some packages or pieces of framework (blur based, or not) could make this work differently, or .. otherwise. But when I say I'm blaming "the framework".. I'm saying that the apps are probably not playing well with the framework components that tie everything together... Especially since they are from completely different sources.

Sorry for the confusion, but in all honesty, It's much more likely that it's a pairing of incompatible pieces of a puzzle, than it is a missing piece that will magically resolve this issue.

As more and more of the framework is replaced with AOSP, etc. rather than the Moto Derived (SDK or otherwise) stuff.. then we'll see more things work properly..
Due to the locked boot loader, it's limited as to what Dev's can do.. With what he has to work with, Drod has put together an amazing ROM...

 

[andylulzyou]

The easiest way for me to get the contacts fb pictures to sync was to open up the facebook app and click friends and then just scroll down through all of them while they load

and if you have sync on their pics will be in your contact

 

[sephtin]

sephtin and drod, thank you both for the work and help.

coming to focused 1.8.6 from blurry .3/1.0 has been good so far, but ive got a couple of the same problems blurry had along with a few new ones.

blurry1.0 had an issue with usb and connecting to my laptop/desktop for some reason. when connected on anything but windows media sync, the phone would dismount the sd card and it would be available to the pc. same thing is happening now on focused 1.8.6.

im having issues with the signal completely dropping. phone calls still work fine while showing no bars whatsoever. it comes back after a few seconds.

the memory and random resetting issue. i understand from the faq that this is a framework issue with moto looking for blur. is this something that would be worth going back to blurry (1.x now) or hang on? i like this so far; however really had no real issues with blurry 1.0 other than the usb issue.

sound settings. am in retarded to where i cannot find anything to change the acoustis settings. was that a moto/blur app or what can i use to change the dsp settings of the phone?

the phone contacts list. is there an alternative that shows the dialer on the right side of the screen, similar to the recent call history where its a one click dial?

for ****s and giggles, im interested in the build.prop mods that alter quad scores. not for the purpose of being the coolest dude on the earth ever, but more to prove a point of how useless quad scores are altogether.

apologies if some of this has been covered before. just starting on the 35 pages backwards now.

USB-
Not sure on this one, but the first place to start, is to make sure you have the latest 4.7.1 drivers on your PC.

Dunno about signal, a couple others have stated they're having this issue.. Have you re-activate, and re-set up roaming (both options after dialing *228) as well.. maybe that'll help?

Memory-??

Random Resetting-
More info here:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/drod2169-x/95636-quick-random-reboots.html

Sound Settings-
Drod is aware. There was an app included with 1.6, that didn't function as expected. Nothing in the ROM currently to do this, unfortunately.

Contacts-
I don't know of another contacts app that works properly with Focused. Right now, this is what is avaialble.

The build.prop tweaks.. search for Beesley's posts for this, tons of info at xda-developers site.

Good questions.. sorry if I was short on some, and/or didn't go into detail... But should get you started in the right direction!

 

[Wnclivin]

Amazing ROM, best I've used on the X. Fast, stable, clean. For the next release, 1.8.7, you should nickname it "Murder" and have it themed out in black

I do miss HDMI output and hope it will be implemented soon. Use this feature regularly for watching movies. Thanks for your work!

 

[droidxchat]

So, you're saying that Facebook doesn't add the Facebook option under accounts? It's not there until you add the application.. or did I miss something.

No I'm saying facebook itself doesn't have a sync now function. It only has an option to change what "sync now" does under accounts > facebook. but that sync now isn't a function of facebook its a function of Accounts and Sync Settings.

BUT, it's possible that the fault of the "Sync Now" function could still be the contacts app. It could be that opening the contact to get the pic works in Contacts, but that the sync now function for some reason doesn't play well with the contacts apk itself.
I'm not talking about this screen, or that screen, I'm talking about the application as a whole, same with facebook (which includes the facebook functionality in the accounts settings menu).

No because the sync now function of gmail works fine with the contacts app. This is because the "sync now", which again is a function of Accounts and Sync Settings, not the contacts app or facebook, is successful in pulling the information from gmail, whereas it is unsuccessful in pulling the information from facebook.

THIS is where the confusion is coming from... Drod didn't exactly remove the blur, he simply didn't include the components with Blur in the first place.
It's possible that adding back some packages or pieces of framework (blur based, or not) could make this work differently, or .. otherwise. But when I say I'm blaming "the framework".. I'm saying that the apps are probably not playing well with the framework components that tie everything together... Especially since they are from completely different sources.

Sorry for the confusion, but in all honesty, It's much more likely that it's a pairing of incompatible pieces of a puzzle, than it is a missing piece that will magically resolve this issue.

As more and more of the framework is replaced with AOSP, etc. rather than the Moto Derived (SDK or otherwise) stuff.. then we'll see more things work properly..
Due to the locked boot loader, it's limited as to what Dev's can do.. With what he has to work with, Drod has put together an amazing ROM...

Right, so I was responding to you saying 'framework won't be changing unless there's a big update' and so I shouldn't 'look for a big change to this issue anytime soon'. I'm pointing out that this isn't really to do with the framework, but more to do with the partial restoration of apps responsible for facebook syncing to contacts, specifically, this is a problem with account and sync settings pulling the information from facebook. currently, it does nothing when given the order to sync facebook information.

Put simply, the problem is with the contacts app retrieving information from facebook. the pathway is Contacts <-> Accounts and Sync Settings <-> Facebook. We've already established that it isn't a problem with the contacts app tying into accounts and sync settings because gmail works just fine, even with contact images. That leaves the pathway between Accounts and Sync Settings and Facebook as the culprit. Now we look for another standard: In blurry, which doesnt have this problem, the same facebook app is used as in focused, which does have this problem. The difference between the two roms lies in Accounts and Sync Settings, and other blurred apps that are missing. The culprit is then narrowed down to Accounts and Sync Settings not having the required collaborative support.

 

[kiwiruss]

FYI all, My Droidx is still running great on this release.
I see a lot of people doing undervolts and overclocking. is there a good guide out there for undervolting and overclocking a rooted droidx ? maybe even a good app to use to do it ?

 

[digitalslacker]

FYI all, My Droidx is still running great on this release.
I see a lot of people doing undervolts and overclocking. is there a good guide out there for undervolting and overclocking a rooted droidx ? maybe even a good app to use to do it ?

I use DX/D2 Overclocker. There is probably a better method but it's simple and works for me.

be warned that some phones just can't handle overclocking.
mine is one.
if i even go to 1.1 i crash in a few minutes

when you use DX/D2 Overclocker be sure you do NOT have the settings apply on boot until you are sure you are running stable.
otherwise on a crash and reboot the system overclocks and crashes again before you can undo the setting and go back to stock.

 

[kiwiruss]

Thanks - Ill try that

FYI all, My Droidx is still running great on this release.
I see a lot of people doing undervolts and overclocking. is there a good guide out there for undervolting and overclocking a rooted droidx ? maybe even a good app to use to do it ?

I use DX/D2 Overclocker. There is probably a better method but it's simple and works for me.

be warned that some phones just can't handle overclocking.
mine is one.
if i even go to 1.1 i crash in a few minutes

when you use DX/D2 Overclocker be sure you do NOT have the settings apply on boot until you are sure you are running stable.
otherwise on a crash and reboot the system overclocks and crashes again before you can undo the setting and go back to stock.

Thanks or the fast response. I'll give it a try

 

[theidoctor]

anybody have any trouble getting into these extra settings?

Dialer -> *#*#4636#*#* --- mine just seems to remove the number but it doesnt open up anything... it worked with 1.6