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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Did you do a full wipe before trying to flash this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] andrewqueen:
yessir
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FitChicago:
Mattix: Noticed in your list of recommended apps you list Pimp My ROM; wanted to warn folks who choose to use Pimp with FK23, DO NOT install Sony xLoud Enhancement in Pimp's Apps & Mods section as my experience was that it will cause reboots whenever you touch the volume keys. Seriously, the xLoud is a FnNightmare
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Thanks everyone. It really wasn't too difficult to put this together, I'd say it took more time uploading than it did building.

I was actually thinking about making a How To thread on how this was made. Other ROM developers might get mad cause it really is that easy lol.

I'll add some more apps to post #2 and try to get some tweaks and mods there as well. Time for me to wake up and dive into some apks signs hope I can figure it out. I've only modified apks once a couple years ago for a theme I put together for the cricket zio.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
I just put a new mod in T&A you're more than welcome to it. It's here:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Awesome. Now I really need to start modding some apks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Use ruj's aio script. It is easy to mod apks. I was able to edit pngs and then sign and all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
131 Dev Host downloads woot!

I wonder how many on Goo... 83!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Yay Mattix :D

+1 on moving SystemUI out of preload.

If you want to release some addons/tweaks zips I can help you out with making an aroma zip for it.

Click here for custom mods for your E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FitChicago:
If you're looking for add on/mod suggestions, I'd like to lobby for: lock screen music controls available on the Swipe unlock security setting.

While lock screen music control widget appears in both password and pin unlock, it does not on swipe unlock. IMO tweaking it to run with the swipe unlock setting would perfect the new lock screen features.

I know that widget locker and a few other apps would allow for this, but I've tried all of them and they're not as featured as the new stock lock screen.

Thanks, in advance, for considering this mod idea for your awesome first ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Yeah, it is pretty weird that Samsung put some key apps in the preload directory...

There's 107MB free on the system partition so I'm sure we can move some important apps back to the system. Then put some of the bloat in preload.

I'll look into it tonight, as much as I hate to say it... my idea of being able to provide small update zips might not happen so easily.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] manufan721:
Thank you sooooo much for this man

Hooligan X, coming soon to an e4gt and GS3 near you......
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] transitoyspace:
So does anyone know if this will work on the Virgin mobile S2.

Main problem was getting MMS working on virgin. Dont know if anyone has had sucess.

Either way I really appreciate all you work, as others said above. A nice close to stock, fast clean rom is always best.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Its hard to say if they really did. I restored my tar install of FK23 and the systemui.apk was not in the preload folder. It was in system/app like it should be. Btw, like I already said, its as simple as moving the systemui.apk over to the system/app folder in the install zip file. No other changes need to be made and it makes it a lot easier to mod that way too without the really long path.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sec1rxg:
Well done, sir.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evo3d6:
Just some ideas..... developers are already doing some wild stuff:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingdazy:
i'm one of those devhost. ;) just wanted to say: great job! this thing was blind easy to flash, no issues, runs smooth as s**t, not one issue after several hours of testing, batt drain seems good.

thanks for putting this up. (and implied thanks to everyone that made this available to him) this was the zip i was waiting for. :victory:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joshuadub:
Been running this this bad boy with no problems! Thanks mattix
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TedT100:
Battery life is awesome, GPS locks quick, extremely responsive ( after de-bloat) thanks a ton mattix.

Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Currently trying to get multi window working...

I'm running into a few slight issues, but I'm going to keep trying.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] transitoyspace:
double checking but is the audio issue fixed?(low audio problems)

Does this have the ripple lock?

Thanks again
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
FK23 Extended Restart Menu

FK23 extended restart menu - includes Dan's water ripple lockscreen.

To activate this menu, select the 'Restart' option from the Shutdown/Restart menu.

Deodexed only. Please backup your rom first. Tnx - TD
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Very nice. I just flashed it and it works... well I haven't tried rebooting yet but the options are there.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
And they work! Thanks tdunham.

If it's okay with you I'd like to use this to try and get multi window working.

I have some questions you might be able to help me with, if you have gtalk add me. My username @gmail
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Yeah, I'm working on the same exact thing you are. Send you an invite.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sclarktay4:
is there an easy way to add the galaxy note 2 gallery?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TedT100:
Would you recommend flashing the extended boot menu alone or flash Agat's kernel first?

I was going to avoid Agat's kernel with so many people reporting errors.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Flash the rom first. Use mobile odin to flash the repack. Flash the extended power menu
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asd87:
This thing I'd running awesome!! Thanks so much! Video playback quality is so much better then AOSP or CM10.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JSnively:
Now all we need is to start getting flashable Themes. Yipee
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
New mod for context aware service available here :D You can now have 12 apps on screen when you plug in your headphones :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I can see if a theme can be put together. The only issue I can see with that right now is how the SystemUI was placed in the preload directory when I extracted everything from the original tar using the kitchen.

I might need to make a flashable zip to fix that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Just do the normal package extract to system and then use the delete function in the updater script to delete the symlink :)

Click here for custom mods for your E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fabolousrmx:
Can anyone comment on this build vs Dan's FK23? Oven been running Dan's for about five days and it isn't as responsive as I'd like
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
Crawls into corner and cries eyes out :( Just kidding. Great job! Keep up the good work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I saw on your goo that you had both tar and zip versions up, you can still release yours. You can do your normal stock versions, this will change over time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asd87:
This is the the actual FK23 leak. _Dan's is the FK09 leak with the FK23 kernel/modem from my understanding.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fabolousrmx:
Dan also did a tweaked fk23 build too. It's buried in his thread as well as the tar thread. Was released the same night as the original leak.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
This is exactly the same as the original tar except it has been deodexed, rooted, and has busybox. This will give you everything you get with a stock ROM plus the ability to customize how you want.

_dan's FK23 has been debloated with deodex, root, and busybox.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
Hey all,

I'm thinking about trying this one but have a few questions. I'm currently on stock FI27 w/ custom kernel. I wanted to know if its ok to do an advanced data restore after flashing so that I don't have to go through the hassle of setting everything up again? Will this work when coming from ICS?

EDIT: also, no custom recovery with this right? Have to flash agat's fk23 repack?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
Depends on the app data. I had trouble with a few of my apps restoring.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Matrix, am I able to flash the extended power menu using the stock recovery that comes with this ROM? Or should I just flash it right after flashing the ROM in the EL26 CWM? Haven't flashed the ROM yet, just curious.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] arehm:
Coming from caulks gb. TB my apps, flash from caulks recovery, restore apps?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
Depends which kernel you're on. Make sure u are on a safe recovery like chris41g's found here: http://rwilco12.androidfilehost.com/?dir=Kernels/Recovery Kernels/GB/Chris41g/ACS
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
No offense, but is anyone reading the OP?

I recommend using agat's source built kernel to flash the ROM. Then if you want a repack see post #2 and flash using Mobile Odin. Then you can flash the extended power menu with the FK23 repack.

The reason I recommend using agat's source built is because some recoveries don't create the symlinks from preload to the system. You will get as far as the setup wizard and get FCs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Btw, I have a working extended toggles I'll be posting soon. The flashlight causes FC's though so I'm taking a look at that first.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
You're a machine bro! :D:beer:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Do you plan on adding that to the extended power menu?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
Cool. Sorry, thought any safe recovery would do the job

So to answer your question, disregard my previous post. You must first upgrade to agats ICS kernel (using the any safe GB kernel,such as the one I provided the link to). And from there you can flash this.

On a sidenote, just got this up and running and am setting everything up, and I must say it is very smooth so far. Will see how battery is.

Thanks Mattix

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EDIT: Problem. Restored apps with system tuner pro and non-stop force closes. Anyone able to succesfully restore apps from an ICS setup? If so, which program did you use?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mamouton:
Copy the apk into system app. I renamed the secgallery apk and pushed the one from the universe rom works great
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] colonel.shepard:
Decodexed only?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
Titanium backup
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I suppose I could combine them.

Extended toggles resides in systemui so that brings up the dilemna of where its going to be flashed because of the preload folder situation. Then again, everyone has already flashed the original build. We'll have to wait and see. ;)

(Yes, Sheppard, deodexed only.)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
Thanks....

So just to be 1000% sure so I dont have to do this again....

I'm in stock FI27. Backup with TB. Flash this WITHOUT wiping/flashing wipe scripts. Then restore with TB.

I guess I'm asking whether I should do a wipe all or not? Couldn't hurt right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
You can wipe, it wont hurt anything :beer:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
If they are seperate mods, different apps/jars modded it would still be fine to release separately.

I'm going to start working on a zip to move some of the apps back to the system partition and delete the symlink from preload.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
The ROM itself will wipe while flashing. No need to use any format all zips.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
I know, but it wont hurt even if you did it. I do it out of sheer habit LOL

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Interesting find, if you leave this build and try to reflash you get boot loops :banghead::confused:

Followed the same steps to flash as the first time, I don't get it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
I got that same thing. Also, I noticed with no wipe, you get not intro wizard, and with wipe you do.

BTW, Im on round two right now. Restoring apps with TB. Hopefully this goes well.....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Zip for moving apps coming soon.

Anyone have any idea what block the preload partition is?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
A full wipe gets rid of your google account and settings, causing the wizard.

12 in case anyone else was wondering since I already told you ;)

Click here for custom mods for your E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] willv23:
ran into a bluetooth bug with this build. worked fine using a normal bluetooth without media audio. but when using a bluetooth headset that had phone/media audio it would play media like videos through the headset fine but when in call the audio would sound like a chipmunk when other person speaks lol thought that was pretty weird lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
The Bluetooth issue isn't anything to do with this ROM. I simply made this from the leaked tar.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
*Success kid meme here*

Move apps was successful.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FitChicago:
I flashed it with el26 because agats recovery isn't playing nice for me with this Rom; for me it is easier to use the proven el26 than have to deal with potential problems...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I've had no issues with agat's repacked recovery while flashing add-ons. You just can't flash the ROM with the FK23 repack.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FitChicago:
I understand that. But I stand by my post.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fyrusher:
a bit laggy while closing apps and getting back to home screen
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I am going to start working on an aroma package for the extras. That way everything can be added with just one zip rather than multiple.

I also plan on adding some apps from the Note II like the gallery, camera, pop out browser, etc. Probably some of the recommended apps, free versions only of course.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Also going to make a script to remove some bloat, it will work pretty much the same as the Move Apps zip.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattweed9:
I also had problems after flashing the kernel. Kept end getting the cannot install to USB or ad error when trying to install apps. I flashed via mobile modin from the root of the ad as Agat suggested in his post. Going to give it another go later from the root of my external sd later and see if that helps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hardwirk1:
I am unable to install apks. I read somewhere that it may be due to the use of agat's recovery but im not sure. I get the error, "application not installed". I have the box checked to allow installation from 3rd party sources or whatever it says.

Im not sure what to do at this point. Any help would be appreciated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
where are you installing them from? some backup? market? what apks? I would suggest doing a complete wipe, using calks wipe all or something similar, then flashing the rom. Then agat's. I got it up and running very smoothly.

Just make sure when restoring your apps in TB that you only restore user apps. Restoring anything else will cause crazy madness.

GL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elwood:
Flash back to the regular stock kernel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hardwirk1:
At the risk of sounding like a complete idiot...what specific kernal are you referring to? I just want to make sure becuase I dont want to brick this thing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rantoca:
hello friend

Happen to me that issue and the way I resolve was a start fresh from regular Odin ,when finish automatic reboot the phone,process email and a bunchs of apps i have when you finish all installing add i Oidn the repack and i used only for like mattix say just for addon

have agreat day and week too
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abadasstanker69:
I always use the el29 direct boot kernel. I know everyone recommends el26 but I've been using el29 since the ics brick problem and I've never had an issue flashing anything
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hardwirk1:
the apks are for applications that i have downloaded...like off of here etc

I think that is just the answer i was looking for...one last question...is there a way to completely wipe this thing? like put it back to stock...i want to get rid of the left over folders that i have from things that i uninstalled but im not sure what some of the files are for...so i figure if i can wipe it back to stock and go from there...does this make sense?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sclarktay4:
what did you rename the secgallery2.apk to. It only showed videos. It listed my pictures but says it could not load them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
Usb mass storage, save what you want, delete what you don't :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] calisro:
Anyone gone through the trouble of figuring out what bloat can be removed? I simple disabled a bunch of the bloat with the stock app manager and the ROM wouldn't boot anymore.

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Guess I should have seen this before I posted! :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
Mattix, I'm just curious what is the benefit of moving the apps from the preload to the system partition is?

EDIT: BTW, been running this for half a day and I gotta say HUGE difference compared to ICS. Much smoother. Much quicker. Much nicer looking.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Well the SystemUI should have never been in preload to begin with, SecLauncher, Facelock... basically these apps should have been in the system and not symlinked. Plus I wanted to make sure we can mod apps without any trouble.

You will notice much better response time in the launcher for example.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MykalDre:
Has there been any problems with themes yet? I was on fk09 and when I changed the color of my notification bar I rebooted and got a bootloop. I used rom toolbox pro to change it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
There are no themes yet. That's one of my next projects.

ROM Toolbox is not recommended for theming.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] colonel.shepard:
How do you enable it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TedT100:
I went through with TB and uninstalled all the Sprint stuff, except the optimizer, I dont use it but I didnt want to risk messing anything up.

No problems so far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
From the home screen...

Menu > Settings > More settings > USB utilities
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
FYI, I uninstalled optimizer and no issues whatsoever.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] colonel.shepard:
O nice

Does it have to be done each time or is it once and forget
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
MTP is default, UMS has to be selected each time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
Each time. But I think just plugging it in will get you into MTP mode and I think you can do everything from there as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] colonel.shepard:
Thanks guys
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Testing my script to remove bloat...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
Mtp won't show everything you have, only media files
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Script worked, forgot to remove the symbolic links... editing and uploading.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fabolousrmx:
Anyone get the 4.2 keyboard to work? Dying to try it out
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
Nice. Can't wait. What apps are removed? And if I already removed some of em, running the script wont hurt anything will it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I'm about to find out... it should just skip it and move to the next line.

As soon as I get an aroma package put together, you will be able to restore some bloat. I'm going to make it so it all goes into the preload and not in the system.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Are we also going to get a full re-release we can mod and work with? I tried flashing the extended toggles over this stock deodexed and it just boot loops. The changes I made work fine for me but I moved the system files over to where they belong. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
With all the changes I've had to make moving apps where they belong, I could make another full release for a base.

And I'll release zips for those that have already downloaded and installed so that they can have the same ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Sounds good. I can't release the extended toggles without making changes to the existing rom that will work for everyone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Just curious, have you run the move apps zip yet?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick4mitch:
Gmail.apk? Is it been removed completly?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Dude, I'm monitoring so many threads that this one got by me. I'll check it out. Maybe I'll incorporate the systemui move into my installer just in case someone tries to install it on something else, like Dan's rom.

BTW, the OP sure is getting full. :p

Looks good though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Yeah, I'm going to start moving some things to the third post
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
You can download Gmail from the Play Store.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MykalDre:
Flashed the debloat and now my notification bar is gone :banghead:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sha4000:
Ok backed up FI27Black and then flashed this rom which installed with no problems. For a good 20 minutes I could not figure out why i was not getting any data then remembered that I needed a JB modem so I flashed the fk23 modem and everything was good to go. I then Flashed the repack with mobile odin but my phone did not reboot so I figured something was wrong so i checked about device and saw that the stock kernel was still there. Funny thing is that when I booted into recovery I had agat 2.2 so I don't know what that means.I flashed the extended toggles with no problems then installed an apk from my sd card without any problems also. All my apps were re-installed from the play store problem free too. I have 2 issues right now 1) several reboots since this morning 2) when I look at my external sd through ESfile explorer it says no files are there but if I use the built in file explorer everything is right there. This is way better than ICS so I'm going to stick with it for now. Thx for all the hard work.

Edit- Just rebooted again and I keep getting the message that settings has stopped working.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
I believe agats kernel description in about phone is the same as stock so no problem there.

As for the sdcard thing. Where are you looking? JB is a bit different than ICS. Go into /storage/extstorage

EDIT: Also, if you keep getting FC's, I would recomend wiping everything with calk's wipeall or something similar and then reflashing. I know the OP says its not necessary but I think it makes for a much smoother and clean install.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I don't see how that's possible. SystemUI is not removed at all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sha4000:
Ok thx I just figured the kernal would have agats name in it since thats what im used to seeing when I flash his kernals. When I go into ESFile and check the external sd there are no files but they are there if I use the built in file explorer so I don't know whats up with that. I'm def going to reflash and wipe everything though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
The Move_Apps and Remove_Bloat zips will both wipe cache and dalvik cache.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MykalDre:
Just checked and somehow mine was.

Edit. I fixed it. Found it in preload and it was 1.72 mb if I remember correctly. Checked in system/app and its there but 0b. So I deleted it and replaced with one from preload set permissions to rw-rw-rw, reboot and shes back