[ROM] Official MIUI ICS

[alaindesjardins]

Hopefully there will be an update soon. The MMS is the only real problem that I am running into and text messages not converting to MMS after reaching a certain length. Other than that, the other issues aren't really a big deal (signal bar, etc).

[netman74501]

Hopefully there will be an update soon. The MMS is the only real problem that I am running into and text messages not converting to MMS after reaching a certain length. Other than that, the other issues aren't really a big deal (signal bar, etc).

MMS send/recieving is quite easy to fix. I just did it. However, I don't know what the heck I am doing so follow at your own will and do a nandroid first just in case (I use Linux btw so these are Linux commands):

1. Pull the 'build.prop' file from your phone using ADB:

./adb pull /system/build.prop

2. Edit the 'build.prop' file so that 'ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric' is set to '310120'. The edited line should look like this:

ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric=310120

3. Push the 'build.prop' file back to your phone using ADB after remounting '/system' as read/write:

./adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
exit
exit
./adb push build.prop /system

(Be sure to replace '/dev/block/mtdblock2' and '/system' with appropriate device path and mount point, as obtained from 'cat /proc/mounts' if your device's mount points are different!!)

4. Reboot your phone and check the APN settings via Settings->Mobile networks->Access Point Names

5. if you have 'Sprint' as an APN in addition to 'USCC', which you should if everything was done correctly, delete it. Reboot your phone and check once more that USCC is the only APN. (If you have nothing at all or have a different APN, then press menu and choose 'Reset to default'.)

That's it! Should be good to go!

P.S.

I also changed 'ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha' to 'USCC' and 'net.cdma.pppd.user' to 'user[SPACE]US Cellular' but, I don't think these affect anything with actually sending or recieving MMS.

[weblexa]

2.6.1 is up at roms.miui.us. MMS still won't work, so please follow the instructions netman74501 provided in the post above to get MMS working for now. I should have MMS working by Friday's release.

[rzdw92]

Much easier fix here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/26687-miu...or-uscellular/

Alternate to using voice dialer is: Settings --> Mobile Networks --> Access Point Names

[alaindesjardins]

Can we get the "Toolbox the MIUI.us Toolbox by |0xD34D|" in the next release? I'm really interested since I had that in before ICS and it was amazing.

[alaindesjardins]

I have this strange problem where my icons look pixelated. And something that has been noticeable for a while now is that every line of text that is truncated such as an app name, "Applicatio..□", and even headers in the status bar when I get emails will have a "..□", thats a dot dot square at the end.

I tried to take a screen capture, but that isn't working either, or at least the screen caps aren't going where they are supposed to. I don't even get a notification in the status bar that I took a capture, even though it makes the shutter sound.

Apparently the icon problem is an issue with high def icon support. Other people have noticed it, http://miuiandroid.com/community/thr...g-icons.16815/

edit: Apparently the truncation and dot dot square that is showing up was font related. Now that I reset my theme to the default MIUI, icons are fine, text is showing up ok and everything seems to work fine. However, other icon sets don't show up as well and are pixelated as well... I just won't use them. The whole theme system has been kind of broken since v4 came out, mostly because old themes aren't really designed for v4 yet.

[matamlayin]

Is this working with samsung galaxy s II i9100?

[netman74501]

Much easier fix here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/26687-miu...or-uscellular/

Alternate to using voice dialer is: Settings --> Mobile Networks --> Access Point Names

The link you provided is incomplete in it's information. From what I have gathered: yes, you will be able to send MMS messages using those settings but, because the MNC (mobile network code) is not changed, you may be using Verizon's network to send the MMS message (I'll admit, I do not fully understand what the MNC does or affects). The complete settings for USCC's APNs are found at: http://miuiandroid.com/community/thr...settings.2601/ which are in line with the defaults listed in the apn-config.xml file on the phone but, from my experience you cannot manually change the MNC through the APN interface, hence my work around posted above.

Changing '310004' to '310120' in the build.prop file works because that setting is what tells the phone to pull the APN settings from the apn-config.xml file which contains the default settings for all carriers for when you reset the APNs using the APN interface. (That is why Sprint's APNs also show up after resetting the APNs. ie. Because Sprint and USCC share the same MMC and MNC.)

I simply want to be sure I am on USCC's network and am not using another carrier's network.

I have this strange problem where my icons look pixelated. And something that has been noticeable for a while now is that every line of text that is truncated such as an app name, "Applicatio..□", and even headers in the status bar when I get emails will have a "..□", thats a dot dot square at the end.

I tried to take a screen capture, but that isn't working either, or at least the screen caps aren't going where they are supposed to. I don't even get a notification in the status bar that I took a capture, even though it makes the shutter sound.

Apparently the icon problem is an issue with high def icon support. Other people have noticed it, http://miuiandroid.com/community/thr...g-icons.16815/

edit: Apparently the truncation and dot dot square that is showing up was font related. Now that I reset my theme to the default MIUI, icons are fine, text is showing up ok and everything seems to work fine. However, other icon sets don't show up as well and are pixelated as well... I just won't use them. The whole theme system has been kind of broken since v4 came out, mostly because old themes aren't really designed for v4 yet.

I've noticed those same issues so I stopped trying to use themes... especially since after changing themes, the custom icons stay the same and I have to refresh them by deleting them through ADB. Plus, themes in general don't work for me; only a few parts of the UI seem to get changed. It's all just a big mess when it comes to themes for me for some reason. Do any theme's work for you? I've tried so many to no avail.

Strange, screenshots work for me... Try installing airdroid and seeing if it can capture a screenshot for you. This is a nifty little app that lets you remotely control the phone from a web browser and one of the new features is screen capture.

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Now I need to go charge my phone so I can try the new update! Will hopefully report back later.

[rzdw92]

The link you provided is incomplete in it's information.

no problem, you're welcome

I simply want to be sure I am on USCC's network and am not using another carrier's network.

If that's your concern, then fix it and test it out: send yourself an MMS to your own email address and inspect the message source (i.e. traceroute info). I just ran a test to my gmail and it says: "Received: from a.mx.uscc.net (a.mx.uscc.net. [xxx.xxx.xxx.x]) by mx.google.com"

I'm guessing the shortcut fix merely hardcodes in values that would otherwise be looked up in the xml file by the MCC/MNC "index" value. Besides, I'm not sure how it could go thru Verizon's network with a uscc username/password/url value.

[netman74501]

As I understand it, the user name and password combination simply point to and login to USCC's server as long as you have a data connection. That part doesn't really have anything to do with logging onto the network.

As I previously stated, I don't know if the MCC or MNC really matter or not but, from what I've gathered from reading on the net, you won't be on USCC's network (MMS or data wise). Why would those settings be there at all if it doesn't really matter what they're set to? Why not just remove those settings from MIUI completely then?

I'll just call USCC and ask... Can't hurt to ask, right?

Edit:

The USCC rep said that the MCC and MNC should determine what data network you are connected to and that any other settings other than what their servers accept should not work.

So in theory I guess you shouldn't have a data connection at all or it shouldn't be fully working properly but, if it works, it works!

I'm still not going to go with what the default MCCs and MNCs are set to, (which are for Verizon's network). I guess at this point it's just a personal preference as to whether or not you want the complete and correct settings for your network or to just halfway do it and hope for the best.

Edit2:

This article seems to be in line with what the rep said in regards to the network:

http://internetthought.blogspot.com/...obile.html?m=1

It states that the MCC/MNC combination is used to identify what network the phone is subscribed to. So, in theory, if you use Verizon's settings, you are being identified as a Verizon customer and shouldn't have data as the article states the codes are used to identify who has access and where to route the data. You should also be reported if discovered. Feel free to correct me if I've extrapolated the wrong view on how MCCs and MNCs work.

[alaindesjardins]

I'm going to let weblexa fix it for the next release so I don't have to worry about changing anything. I did the workaround in the article and it seems to work but honestly... i'd rather have the correct settings in there to make sure it's all right. Also really interested in getting the Toolbox baked into the next release I downloaded the Suave HD v4 theme and it works for the most part... icons, font, lockscreen, status bar and dialer all get themed properly but i reverted since I didn't like that not all of the theme was working properly. The status bar seemed a little wonky and the font was somewhat unreadable in certain areas.

[weblexa]

I'm working on 2.6.8 now. Should have it uploaded by morning. MMS should be fixed. Toolbox won't be included this week...having some trouble getting it to work in my port but I'll keep working on it.

[alaindesjardins]

Screen captures aren't working either. Somehow they got broken with the last update. I wanted to screen capture to show some things but realized it didn't work when I couldn't find the pictures.

[weblexa]

2.6.8 is up. Screenshots are fixed in 2.6.8. I've tested and they work like they did on 2.5.4. Also, let me know if MMS isn't working for you.

[rzdw92]

This article seems to be in line with what the rep said in regards to the network:

http://internetthought.blogspot.com/2010/12/truth-about-2-and-3-digit-mobile.html?m=1

It states that the MCC/MNC combination is used to identify what network the phone is subscribed to. So, in theory, if you use Verizon's settings, you are being identified as a Verizon customer and shouldn't have data as the article states the codes are used to identify who has access and where to route the data. You should also be reported if discovered. Feel free to correct me if I've extrapolated the wrong view on how MCCs and MNCs work.

interesting. thanks for doing the legwork.

so I just did another MMS test, to see if I could "force" my connection to be on USCC:
- toggled off wifi, keeping mobile data on
- Tried to eliminate data roaming by going to Settings --> Mobile Networks:

-Made sure Data roaming was off

-Switched System select to Home only

- Sent an MMS to my own email address

It went thru! The received message had the following source:

Delivered-To: xxxx@gmail.com
Received: by 10.204.xx.xx with SMTP id p16csp46365bkb;
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 07:38:35 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.101.xxx.xx with SMTP id e18mr3936015ano.23.1339252714425;
Sat, 09 Jun 2012 07:38:34 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <1234567890@mms.uscc.net>
Received: from a.mx.uscc.net (a.mx.uscc.net. [166.182.xxx.x])
by mx.google.com with ESMTP id f61si10745659yhh.135.2012.06.09.07.38.33;
Sat, 09 Jun 2012 07:38:34 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of 1234567890@mms.uscc.net designates 166.182.xxx.x as permitted sender) client-ip=166.182.xxx.x;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of 1234567890@mms.uscc.net designates 166.182.xxx.x as permitted sender) smtp.mail=1234567890@mms.uscc.net
Received: from unknown (HELO mmscknxv1.uscc.net) ([166.182.xxx.xxx])
by tnknox01-csnmx-01.uscc.com with SMTP; 09 Jun 2012 14:38:33 +0000

so I still don't understand MCC/MNC either. Did my message travel thru Verizon's network in spite of my phone settings?

I guess that's why I'm not an Android developer nor a cellular network engineer . I am, however, looking forward to trying out weblexa's newest version.

[netman74501]

2.6.8 is up. Screenshots are fixed in 2.6.8. I've tested and they work like they did on 2.5.4. Also, let me know if MMS isn't working for you.

Did not realize he was talking about the upgrade earlier... sorry about that. I still have yet to find the time to upgrade.

interesting. thanks for doing the legwork.

No problem. I like learning new things.

so I still don't understand MCC/MNC either. Did my message travel thru Verizon's network in spite of my phone settings?

From what I understand of it, yes. Either that or the MCC/MNC pair is being ignored by USCC's network (which according to the rep, should not be happening).

I guess that's why I'm not an Android developer nor a cellular network engineer . I am, however, looking forward to trying out weblexa's newest version.

Me too, on all three points!

[rzdw92]

MMS works ok for me on 2.6.8. I did, though, save my username and password in the USCC APN before trying it out. The original values were * and have no idea if it works with just that.

Anyhow, great work again weblexa!

[bmpod14]

Went to 2.6.8 and everything works fine except toolbox. The app itself works but none of the features change. Anyone else finding the same?

[alaindesjardins]

Yeah weblexa said it doesn't work yet. I tried it to just to see and it def doesn't work.

[weblexa]

Guys, I posted a link in the OP to the MIUI.us Toolbox. Download and flash if you'd like. I'll bake it into all future ports.