Root [ROM][Beta][FINAL] CM7 Android For Triumph [Tickerguy Edition, Kernel: mine] 11/19

1337sause · Nov 4, 2011

My radio is completely blowing up....It's been out for a few hours now and it happens unexpectedly.....Anyone else having this problem?

lordmage · Nov 4, 2011

ok this is a little info pertaining to CW7 and dual cameras with Google hangouts running a fresh loaded rom onto the device. there is a file on the net for "mini fake front facing camera" xml file that is loaded into permission folder which is followed by fix permission that will allow both cameras to be used in google plus hangouts.. it was the one bug i found and fixed when i was able too at home i have conformed it to work.

Device if the VM version that is stock 2.2

Ps mods forgive if this belonged else where.

metalman1884 · Nov 4, 2011

This is gonna be off topic, does everyone else have a plastic protective film over their screen? It's not the obviously looking protective screen that you take off when you unpackage the phone.
Thought my previous one was definitely glass surface last time before i exchanged it. Which made sense since glass is much harder to scratch than these sticky plastic covers. But if I look closely on the edges and corners I can see the offset.

mixedguy · Nov 4, 2011

metalman1884 said:
This is gonna be off topic, does everyone else have a plastic protective film over their screen? It's not the obviously looking protective screen that you take off when you unpackage the phone.
Thought my previous one was definitely glass surface last time before i exchanged it. Which made sense since glass is much harder to scratch than these sticky plastic covers. But if I look closely on the edges and corners I can see the offset.

All of the Triumphs I seen have this "2nd screen protector".. I took mine off and the screens clarity and responsiveness greatly improved.. The only downside of taking it off that I noticed is more screen glare. Leads me to believe that it might just be something to reduce glare on the screen.

metalman1884 · Nov 4, 2011

mixedguy said:
All of the Triumphs I seen have this "2nd screen protector".. I took mine off and the screens clarity and responsiveness greatly improved.. The only downside of taking it off that I noticed is more screen glare. Leads me to believe that it might just be something to reduce glare on the screen.

A thanks for fast reply!
So thats the only problem with taking the plastic off? None of the glue sticks back on the glass? Also how does if feel without it? Since I've noticed that the edges around the screen are already raised up a bit, does it feel like the screen is dropped down in the canvas?

mixedguy · Nov 4, 2011

metalman1884 said:
A thanks for fast reply!
So thats the only problem with taking the plastic off? None of the glue sticks back on the glass? Also how does if feel without it? Since I've noticed that the edges around the screen are already raised up a bit, does it feel like the screen is dropped down in the canvas?

Some of the glue sticks on the screen but it's easily removed with a microfiber wipe. The screen feels a lot smoother with the plastic off.. The screen feels perfectly flat with the protector off to me.. I'll PM you a link to a video of someone taking off the protector. Cheers!

GingerHail · Nov 4, 2011

klehman215 said:
Although most used Gingerbrake to Root the stock Rom but it was actually unnecessary as the Triumph was rooted out of the box and did not need Superuser for Root Apps. Weird but true as it had Sudo which is used by other Linux based operating systems to gain root access. Like me you probably did the Terminal Emulator trick with the stock Rom entering in the two lines that direct apps to Sudo for root as opposed to Su thus not needing Superuser. The other nice thing about this trick was that Root access could be easily reversed with a line inside the terminal emulator. Unless you go and install Super User which will then replace the Sudo binary with su binary. Anyhow just thought I would bring this up as I was very excited when I learned that the Triumph was actually rooted from the get go and had no need for Superuser.

That's how I did it too. Should I just go ahead and uninstall Superuser or would that give me problems since it has been in he system all this time?

GingerHail · Nov 4, 2011

tickerguy said:
Time-to-lock is not fixable on a first lock if the almanac is invalid as AGPS does NOT work on this device. However, once it gets a lock it is extremely stable. I have run multiple ~8-hour uninterrupted sessions with CoPilot up.

So once I get a lock, as long as I don't turn the GPS radio off, I should be in business right?

isaacj87 · Nov 4, 2011

GingerHail said:
So once I get a lock, as long as I don't turn the GPS radio off, I should be in business right?

Yes. However, I've found that even if I do turn it off, the lock time is still much quicker once I turn it back on.

metalman1884 · Nov 4, 2011

mixedguy said:
Some of the glue sticks on the screen but it's easily removed with a microfiber wipe. The screen feels a lot smoother with the plastic off.. The screen feels perfectly flat with the protector off to me.. I'll PM you a link to a video of someone taking off the protector. Cheers!

Awesome! That's what I remember the screen looking like on my first one! And compared to the protective screen look now it looks beautiful and sharp. I recommend taking it off, it's super easy too.

GingerHail · Nov 4, 2011

hangdogdaddy said:
I tried to get a lock today before I went to Winston Salem and it kept searching. So I went to the market and installed GPS Booster and Gps Fix. Once I had those when I left on my trip it locked instantly and stayed that way for the forty minute drive that it took me to get there. I also used Endomondo for my ride and it kept a lock during my one and a half hour ride. I know the ideal is to not have to use outside apps but the two don't seem to intrusive and it works for me.

I just checked your apps out on market. They both seem to do the same thing but GPS Fix has adware. Why are you using them both?

GingerHail · Nov 4, 2011

isaacj87 said:
Yes. However, I've found that even if I do turn it off, the lock time is still much quicker once I turn it back on.

Thanks Isaac. After turning on the GPS radio, I've been starting up navigator to get it to lock (regardless if I'm actually ready to use navigation). Is there any other way to do that? Like with a widget or something where lock status is always displayed?

hangdogdaddy · Nov 4, 2011

GingerHail said:
I just checked your apps out on market. They both seem to do the same thing but GPS Fix has adware. Why are you using them both?

I noticed during the heavy rain we had during last night that GPS Fix would pop up and say no connection or something like that so I uninstalled it. It seemed to be running all the time and I thought that would drain battery. The only thing I use gps for is navigator when i'm going somewhere so I don't use it very much.

tofu4hobos · Nov 4, 2011

How do you get the green bar that shows your battery level on the status bar? Under cm settings, I see the option to change the original battery icon to a number, but how do I get the number AND th green vertical bar that shows battery level (not the original battery icon)?

metalman1884 · Nov 4, 2011

tofu4hobos said:
How do you get the green bar that shows your battery level on the status bar? Under cm settings, I see the option to change the original battery icon to a number, but how do I get the number AND th green vertical bar that shows battery level (not the original battery icon)?

Go into the that setting and select the percentage option again and the bar will appear, at least for me it did. Might be a glitch or something, cause it doesn't change first time you choose it.

Chairshot215 · Nov 4, 2011

GingerHail said:
That's how I did it too. Should I just go ahead and uninstall Superuser or would that give me problems since it has been in he system all this time?

I would say no, if you are still using the stock Rom Sudo was overwritten with SU binary when you installed Superuser and will be needed now that it has been installed. If you are now using another Rom you will still need superuser as they do not have Sudo installed. Either way you are probably stuck with Superuser. I did the same thing not realizing I would no longer be able to user Sudo after installing Superuser. I prefer Superuser just because I like to be notified when an app is doing something that requires Root access witch you did not get with Sudo. Anyhow the fact that the Triumph had Sudo included inside the stock Rom is not the norm as Android generally uses Superuser or su binary and the Sudo thing was a fluke. I think someone at Virgin must have known they messed the phone up pretty bad and snuck Sudo in there, just a theory.

fototogo · Nov 4, 2011

tofu4hobos said:
How do you get the green bar that shows your battery level on the status bar? Under cm settings, I see the option to change the original battery icon to a number, but how do I get the number AND th green vertical bar that shows battery level (not the original battery icon)?

Yes and M___884 is correct, checking the battery percentage and unchecking it and rechecking it again gives both the percentage number and the green bar since late alphas and it was also the case for many mods for the Virgin LG Optimus V.

fototogo · Nov 4, 2011

fototogo said:
Yes and M___884 is correct, checking the battery percentage and unchecking it and rechecking it again gives both the percentage number and the green bar since late alphas and it was also the case for many mods for the Virgin LG Optimus V.

So to get the battery on the status bar to show both the numerical percentage and the green battery icon (where the tip of the green icon shows when the battery is charging by pulsing up and down)....go to settings, CyanogenMod settings, interface, Status Bar Tweaks, Battery status style and toggle between percentage and either of the other two choices and then back to percentage and the green battery bar will show next to the battery percentage number.

iceman99393 · Nov 5, 2011

Ok so I just installed cm7 the latest build. And I noticed my capacitive buttons are much more dim than the stock rom. Is this normal and or changeable? Please tell me I'm not going crazy here.

Thanks

fototogo · Nov 5, 2011

iceman99393 said:
Ok so I just installed cm7 the latest build. And I noticed my capacitive buttons are much more dim than the stock rom. Is this normal and or changeable? Please tell me I'm not going crazy here.

Thanks

It's been months since I had the stock rom so if the capacitive buttons are darker I like it better. The is a program or two that might tweak them back up if you prefer, or shut them off (which I do if watching video or streaming news). I have AdjBrightness since an early post on this forum and when you hit buttons it temporarily shuts them off. You can predifine values for lights and it also has a dimmer and variable screen time out. I have never had a problem with it working in any of these builds going back to one of the first alphas of this rom.

isaacj87 · Nov 5, 2011

iceman99393 said:
Ok so I just installed cm7 the latest build. And I noticed my capacitive buttons are much more dim than the stock rom. Is this normal and or changeable? Please tell me I'm not going crazy here.

Thanks

PWM control on the cap keys was added a few builds back. You can adjust those settings in Settings --> CyanogenMod Settings --> Display --> Automatic Backlight --> Edit other levels...

EDIT: Originally, the kernel only allowed the key backlight two states - Completely on or off. TG added PWM control to the keys to allow us the ability to dim them should we want to.

iceman99393 · Nov 5, 2011

isaacj87 said:
PWM control on the cap keys was added a few builds back. You can adjust those settings in Settings --> CyanogenMod Settings --> Display --> Automatic Backlight --> Edit other levels...

EDIT: Originally, the kernel only allowed the key backlight two states - Completely on or off. TG added PWM control to the keys to allow us the ability to dim them should we want to.

Awesome thanks for the answer. I take it 100 would be like factory? Or whatever the highest levels are?

And oh yea are you going to take this rom over for us? (giggles)

isaacj87 · Nov 5, 2011

iceman99393 said:
Awesome thanks for the answer. I take it 100 would be like factory? Or whatever the highest levels are?

And oh yea are you going to take this rom over for us? (giggles)

0 to 255 is the range. With 255 being max brightness.

Did TG finally decide to leave VM for good? Last I talked to him, he was leaning in that direction, but he hadn't finalized his decision and was still exploring new options.

xthedakmanx · Nov 5, 2011

Couple questions and an idea.
First off, is there anyway to lock the touch controls when, for example, playing a game? I've hit the home button soo many times on accident.
Secondly, is it just cm7 or the actual hardware that makes the touch screen kinda suck when using two fingers? Like, when your fingers are horizontal from eachother (I noticed this while playing dead space) they orientation kinda snaps to an exact straight across line, even if your fingers aren't exactly across from eachother.

Okay and just a small idea, could it be possible to incorporate the market thunder prop already into the rom? Yes it's not the same phone, but the hardware specs are ally basically identical,you can run more programs (games) they on it (and the ones I've tested work perfectly), and idk about everyone else, but every time I install a new cm7 build, I always install the thunder prop afterwards.

But anyways, keep up the amazing work. We all appreciate all the hard work you've put into this :-D

xthedakmanx · Nov 5, 2011

Sorry for the double post but it's kinda a different subject. Is it just me or is all video playback, youtube or anything else, choppy/buggy when viewed in vertical mode, but horizontal is perfectly fine?

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