yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] timbolow:
My phone gets very hot during changing n d battery life is not encouraging wat kernel can i flash on it plz am new hia thnx
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Try doing a factory reset and try not to restore any of your apps for a little while to verify that it is the ROM causing the issue and not the apps you installed.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jrosetto:
I've got all my MP3's at 320kbps and when I play them in the media player on the phone they skip sometimes. Does anyone know the max bitrate for an MP3 not to skip on our phones? Any other suggestions also appreciated.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fabricatedhero:
Well everyone's opinion is different and mileage varies when using juice defender...everything i said was a suggestion lol

@tim i changed my kernel to basic kernel with a twist and nothing different changes on the rom if you do... Only difference is if the kernel contains additions like voodoo sound or even bln
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ericmpanda:
Anyone having issues with youtube?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fabricatedhero:
Nope non here

What's wrong with it?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ericmpanda:
Trys to load then says this video cannot be played
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] solrac1212:
Well try to wipe data, system, cache, dalvik cache and re install the rom again if it doesn't works try check if YouTube is in the latest version
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ericmpanda:
No luck
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Ronio777:
Just Flashed

I just flashed this ROM over the weekend. It went really smooth, but I wan't to point out a couple things after the install..

Voodoo Sound - complained it was not installed properly, I had no sound from speakers or headset jack. I had to uninstall and re-install Voodoo Sound.

MX Player - complained it had been installed with no codec. I had to un-install and re-install MX Player

SwitKey - kept complaining about an activation key. I simply removed swiftkey.

Go Launcher - all the widgets complained they weren't compatible.

Thanks,

side note, Using the initials FB is a registered trademark for FaceBook, what does this ROM have to do with FaceBook?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Juls317:
Its for FBis251
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Registered trademark. Made me chuckle.

EDIT

Well it looks like this rom is getting abandoned, as you can see I haven't updated it since May 29, 2012. Raver has said that he's going to continue development of Valhalla Black so you'll most likely be able to use his awesome rom that way. Installing apps along with the rom is just a convenience but you can always do it by hand from Google Play. I think he mentioned that he was using some of the modifications I made to the rom in his next update but we'll have to wait and see.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sdorinxdadevelopers:
thank you! ...compliments

Seems like this is how my sgs4g should've been running all along...

Fast, stable, robust.

Not perfect - some of the included apps incompatible or need reinstallling to work.

But...this is a great ROM. I'm actually a bit disappointed - I decided to try a bunch of ROM's before buying a new device, since at the point I thought I needed a new one I had nothing to lose by trying this first. Now I'm totally happy w/my sgs4g and don't have enough justification to by something new. LOL
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hdeg2007:
noob, needs help

hope this is ok to ask a question here, i tryed to flash the rom but i get error that my phone is not a SGH T959V but it is RaverX3X RC2 installed, and am flashing over it. Do I have to go back to stock rom to flash your rom?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
If you are/were on an MTD ROM (ICS ones) you need to use a One Click (Heimdall or Odin) to go back to a BML ROM. I suggest either Gremlin Remover (Odin) or Bryan's or Eollie's Heimdall One Click to go back to a stock GB ROM.

What I did to come back to this ROM was to use Gremlin Remover, then flashed this and it worked. If after flashing this ROM you get the Samsung bootanimation or get stuck in a loop then flash it again and it should work fine.

Hope this helped.

*If you want to go back to an ICS ROM, make sure you CWM Recovery version is 5+. So after getting the ROM booting, flash a new kernel like Anton's Basic with a Twist or the new one from Bryan... Blast Off?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mytoobits:
Bummed this ROM is no longer being developed. Phone broke so I had to bust out the trusty (?) SGS4G. Until I find something as rock-solid as this one, I will stick with it!

Thanks FB!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hdeg2007:
Thanks so much for your help, I hit the "Thanks":good: everyone on here is great and I appreciate all the great information here. I will be flashing again, the One Click is such an awesome tool. Again thank you and all the XDA Dev,s:o
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] yakabud:
The only rom in my phone. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lonoguge:
Hey just wanted to report an issue I'm sure many have already mentioned. The phone app force-closes for no reason sometimes so you can't dial or access contacts. Usually the only way around it is by installing a market app or restarting the phone. I actually made the effort of getting an alog cat but I don't know exactly how to use it (don't make fun of me it's confusing!)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] VillaCastana321:
Is there anyway to get signatures in sms?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
I know this is an old ROM and that it is not being supported anymore or w/e...

I have used is since it came out and just a few days ago I noticed that when I open the dialer and if I press the "microphone" (icon at lower left) it forces the app to close and gives me the following error:

Sorry! The application Phone (process com.sec.android.app.dialertab) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

I know it's not a big deal, but I would like to make it work. So if anyone still using this and wants to help me out, just let me know. I'm not sure if on Raver's version it gives the same error so I might try that.

Again, sorry for bringing an old thread up. But I just want to fully settle my phone with this ROM before I get a new one. I'm lending this one to a friend. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
Did you remove the voice dailer apk from system/app folder?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
@champ1919

No, I haven't done any changes. Might look into it. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Logcat the error I think its calling on something that isn't there so logcat the issue and see :)

Since this is a Valhalla-black based rom and valhalla black is based on val final plus a few changes and a couple tweaks I say try valhalla final dialer as well I think it should work with this as well :P

sent from my batcave in space! lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
@champ1919, @erik... erhm... Beastmode

Thanks to both. It was missing the Voice Dialer apk. Also, I might have to learn on how to read logcats.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Its not so hard just look for the force close of the app and it'll say what its missing or what the app tried to do when it crashed. That's why I figured you were missing an apk that be app called it wasn't there so it forced closed :)

sent from my batcave in space! lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] csvtjohnga:
solved problem. nothing to see here. move along.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
@csvtjohnga

I have flashed this ROM probably more than times you can count and I have never had this problem. I suggest you re-flash. But please, provide more details on what are you doing to flash it. Be sure to follow OPs instructions.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
So I have been thinking about pushing some new apps on this ROM or at least updated ones and removing some others uneeded, but when zipping and trying to flash I have not luck.

What I have been doing is removing apps from the folders, mostly data and some in system, and adding my own updated ones. So my guess is that there is more to it than just copy-paste-ing and zipping. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Also I would like to update it's kernel to BlastOff 2.5 but I haven't tried messing up with that. Just in case, clearly I'm not developing, just zipping apks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Go into more detail as to how you have been zipping the updated apps and what errors you're getting
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
I extracted the ROM zip, then deleted apks from the data folder and added the ones I pulled from my phone. Did the same in system. Then zipped all folders (meta inf, system, etc.) into a X.zip file. I used 7zip for it.

I know this is old rom but I got 4 friends besides me that are using it. Somehow this phone became famous these past few months and some friends appeared out of nowhere having it. I guess cuz' it's free on Tmo or something.

*Errors: Only once I got it to flash, when only messing with data folder apks. But when device booted, it went crazy giving me force close errors on many apps I can't remember. Couldn't do anything besides FC and it kept appearing so had to flash the original ROM. Other times it wont even flash. Have tried to do this about 5 times. No luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
The first thing I can tell you to test is to just re-zip the rom, with all the original apps that came with it. Next you can try to swap out things one at a time until you figure out which app/kernel is messing with the rom.

I was actually in the process of preparing an update for this rom back in January but also go a lot of fc's when the phone booted and I decided to not push the update
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
I got an updated apks fb-vb-4.zip. Now, can someone lend me some tips how to replace kernel?

I'm just copying, pasteing, replacing deleting... so I want to replace current kernel on the ROM with BlastOFF 2.5 with that copypaste-ing development technique. LOL

Thanks!

*Just flashed the zip with the updated apks and it works. Only error is with the keyboard, Google Services and some apps that somehow are in /system/app and also on /data/app which I'm sorting ATM.

*I know this might be a bit silly since anyone can flash old build and just update their apps via market. I'm doing this for fun and to learn.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Unzip the kernel. Copy and replace everything in system/etc/wifi from the kernel to the ROM. Copy and replace redband and zimage. Rezip ROM. Profit?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
@hechoen

Thanks! Thought it would be different and was about to copy just the zImage. Thanks!

*Well, eveything seems to be working except the keyboard FC'ing, the file is there in /data/apps so if you install it, it stops FC'ing. Maybe it needs to be assigned and coded somewhere? If it needs to be coded then I will just put the old apk in there and well, people update it. The kernel installed correctly, once again thanks hechoen. Also, Raver was the one that put me up to this some months back. Maybe he won't remember. Anyway, thanks to him too.

**BTW, Google Play Services also FC's if you don't assign a Google Account but how to do it if you can't write without a keyboard. So if this keyboard thing doesn't get sorted, I will remove it and then is up to people to install it. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
After some days of use, the ROM (flashed with my updated zip) is kinda buggy. I don't know where to start. So, I decided not to post it.

Among the issues with some apps FCing every now and then, signal drops and data hangs. I'm trying different modems. At least in my area (PR) KG4 is very bad. Also, Wifi connection is lost from time to time no matter where I stand from my router. Maybe it's an issue with BlastOff 2.5 kernel?

I will keep messing around with it. Hopefully some other users come and keep this one GB ROM alive.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] kuroy301:
VB FB

I love this rom so much that I already missed it. I had it since FB put this out like 6 months ago. Here is my dilemma...I flash CM9 and flash mileatone 6 but I realize FB VB is way better...So my question how to GO BACK from Miles 6 to VB FB...??? Any help peeps...???

Thank you

Allen
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Follow this guide to get you back on BML GB, then you can flash a custom kernel with CWM and then install VBFB again

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] neckershawn:
awesome ROM

Great ROM. I can't stop showing everyone how cool this is. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
I think it should get updated. I have tried many times but without luck. What you say FB? It seems many people are still using it. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
I would love to but I just started school again.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
It's OK. We will be patient. May you have success and luck. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Zixx:
This was one of the best GB ROMs out there if it was working on my new sgs4g I would still be rocking it.

Hope to see that.

And good luck with school FB
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
I can add some stuff from dknjght to your update :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
https://github.com/teamacid/valhalla-black/commits/master

Added those last few commits but I started getting FC's after that. I think they're the latest ones, but I'd have to connect to my computer at home to verify that I pushed everything I had locally.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Make sure and I'll send you a pull request with new framework edits and a few others lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
So you're bored and wanna update more roms since you're done updating cm10.1? :D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
Maybe it could be removed DriveSmart from Settings menu and add a screenshot option. I don't know just throwing it there in case two devs where to update this ROM out of nowhere. Who knows....

And BTW, I think Bryan's kernel is no good with VB. I had bad reception, crashes and I'm better with Anton's.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Ive been working 12hr days so i said f it lets update some

Roms lol

For sure drive smart is out lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Zixx:
This is so exciting!!!! I'll be going back to GB when this happens. thanks dudes!!!

Keep up the AmazingnezZ

PS blastoff didn't work good for me either, AnthonsX did though and Wi-Fi calling was also working with AnthonXs kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jaromil.rojo:
FYI here I've posted a free light version of ZShaolin for the XDA-DEV forums

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47594948&postcount=7

It contains a Zsh 5 static binary that is well portable.

The full ZShaolin app has more tools inside and is available on the Google Play market.

Hoping you find this useful, I've posted this here to contribute something back to this very nice community, I've learned many things here :^)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Thanks, unfortunately I can't add this to the rom zip without testing it. The last time I tried adding any new apps/files to the zip my phone kept force closing. I really liked using this ROM so I wish I could at least give it one last update but I can't be sure the update will even work without testing it.

Have you see the github page for the rom? If you'd like to add the zsh binary yourself and try making a zip with the makefile I have on the github repo then I could post the update here.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Try another one of these:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192436
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mguelph:
+ thumbs up + was thinking the same thing.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Build 2 is up
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Kyndig66:
What sort of deviltry is this? ;) Guess I picked the wrong time for a nap! Thanks for the tweet FB! :p
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] blazen2000:
i just flashed the 1click gremlin then the vb fb edition now im getting bootloop of tmo and samsung non stop any ideas?

EDIT: went back into cwm then checked the mounts before i reflashed and changed them to ummu and fixed the problem. Now it booted to a big blue FB.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] vgcraze:
Use the GB Starter Pack or use Heimdall to remove traces of leftover Roms, then try to flash this again.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Core618:
Cleaning up now, saving the impo'tant stuffs and loadin' 'er up!

Thank ya sir
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Juls317:
By the way FB, you didn't update the thread title, just thought id let you know
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Core618:
Hmmm, I thought Aroma did all the wipes... so I skipped wiping, was surprised to see my wallpaper still on, quick look in the drawer and still got my apps installed, etc...

Re-flashing, with wipes this time.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Juls317:
It may have restored yur data
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Core618:
Must have... ran it again, wiped first, and ran 'Quick' instead of Custom, I ran custom the firsttime just to see what was there, didn't change the check boxes..

All baked in now and adding a couple of essential apps back, will run it this way for a day, then start adding my other 'crap' back an app or two at a time.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sublimespot:
Running great and good battery again :) thanks for the tweaks fb and raver of course for the base rom
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
About instruction number 6 and 7...

I did followed instructions and read whole thread but I think it does nothing if you don't have paid version, right? Just being sure. Thanks!

*Also, after using Gremlin Remover when I flashed this ROM the phone bootlooped, I had to re-flash via CWM and it did the trick. Same thing happened with SCOM. Just thought it might be worth looked at.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sublimespot:
None are paid apps ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
Then how to do it? I read through the TB app and it says that the feature is available only through the Donate app.

*I have noticed that there is a "Google Search" widget that doesn't work. Anyone else? This been in some ROMs now.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] m0bstr:
does this rom have a screenshot option??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jislam88:
thank you FB & Raver

think this is by far the best rom ive used for SGS4G

also those that are having issues after gremlin, make sure your on UMMU before flashing it with aroma thats what I usually do and it worked for me the first time.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Fb why are you never on IRC anymore ;( lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
You are right that option is only available in the PRO version.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sublimespot:
Oops thought you were talking about the installed applications sorry Chris
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
@eollie, @sublimespot

Something interesting happened last night after I set up the ROM. After removing some apps with TB like the email and market installer apps, moved some apps like Drive Smart and TMobile Contact Backup to system... In CWM I fixed permissions and when phone rebooted it went crazy force-closing everything. Literally. Couldn't get pass the lockscreen.

No, I don't have a logcat.

No, I haven't tried to reproduce it.

Yes, I read the OP.

Yes, I read the whole thread.

Yes, I tried to fix it myself.

No, I am not complaining.

Here is what I did. I went to flash ROM again, everything working fine... this time, instead of fixing permissions through CWM, I check with the File Explorer app and did the changes. I think that changing permissions through that app is slightly different from Root Explorer since you get 2 more options above the permissions. I think that one should change the above options from the check marks to "root". If you try it, you will see what I'm talking about. That's the only thing different I did and phone it's been on and on going and what a ROM! I thought this couldn't get better but it seems that it is better already.

Hope this was informative enough and helpful. I'm not complaining. Just reporting. Thanks FB for this and I don't think I can thank Raver more than I have. So... keep up the good work. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] twystn:
I've had this happen before, once on fb's edition and 2 or 3 times on black edition. Could never find out what did it and fixing permissions didn't help to fix it. I had to reload the ROM in all 3 cases. Did the same steps again and it worked the second time...odd.

Sent from my toaster.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bkoon1218:
Did anyone try OC values for this ROM yet? Mostly won't need it, but just curious for some games that need it to run smoothly.

I think the values change between ROMs, but someone can correct me on that.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] P06o:
I haven't tried any OC settings w/ this edition, but ran OC'd on raver's release w/o issues. I will happily test it tomorrow morning. Running UV #s from dsexton's AS15 thread w/ no stability issues so far.

On a related note, has anyone tried AS 14-1 or 15 on this edition? Would we even get anything from it?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
I've been playing around with Go Launcher Ex for the past 15 minutes. I'm REALLY liking the newest release. I hadn't tried this launcher since a good while ago.

It's got a LOT more features than Launcher Pro does. Launcher Pro hasn't had a release in a good while now too.

As far as init.d tweaks go, just be careful since most init.d installers will wipe out the scripts that I set up in the folder so you'll most likely not have zipalign or a permissions fix that works with this rom since I edited Team Kang's init.d scripts to work with out phone, but specifically with Valhalla Black.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Warrenforfree:
Me too i been using it seen i've got this phone and begun to install custom roms in it.. and i love the version of ur vb stable and fast, just like raver's version... thanks for the heads up. hope to see some more updates....
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] P06o:
For some reason the app won't allow me to thank you FB. But thanks for the response. I was pretty sure there would be conflicts and/or some of those tweaks were incorporated in your build anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jislam88:
Does anyone know how can install the Google talk app? It doesn't come with this rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Third link in my signature. I believe the apk is called talk2.apk.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Core618:
Twice now I have found my phone unexpectedly 'Off', powered down.

Yesterday afternoon it happened, and I thought maybe I had somehow pressed the buttons while in my pocket, so didn't take the time to mess with it.

This morning the phone was on the charger, I had checked a few emails, check the weather for the day and then when I came back a bit later the phone was off.. It would not power back on until I did a battery pull. I had't reinstalled logcat since flashing, and I was leaving for work when it happened... so LogCat is back in, and if it happens again I'll see if there's anything worth sharing.

Other than that, the only thing I see is battery drain... just under 6 hours today and was down to 57% - I had flashed BH's latest kernel last night, since I noticed poor battery performance yesterday as well.

Crappy report, I know... no logs, no notes, but this is observation, not complaint, best I have for the moment, just been busier than a one armed paper hanger and not had time to do it right.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Try rc3 kernel v.2 has issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] twystn:
You can just hold down the power button till it reboots. This had happened to me also but I thought I did something.

Sent from my toaster.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jigglynuts:
I have not had this issue happen on either build. I am absolutely loving this FB. It is almost exactly how I set up my phone.

With that in mind, is there a reason you use swiftkey trial over swift key 3 beta?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] :
Two things...

1. Try to attach something with the file explorer app to an email or upload a video to Youtube from it. Doesn't work. It FC's.

2. With stock Gallery app one could see Picasa web albums but not with QuickPic... Is there a way to do this with QP? If not then how to put the stock app?

Thanks!