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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
You have some crazy thing going on there. Alright, I wait, if TWRP 2.6.0 is working now on your device.

If not, I check for the bootloader.

PS But for Odin you need stock recovery with volume down, home and power, but you know that, I am pretty sure. :D

PS2 Here are the official firmware and pit files from Samsung, hopefully including bootloader:

Firmware I9505: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9505

PIT I9505: http://d-h.st/v7C

Firmware I9500: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9500

PIT I9500: http://d-h.st/l6D

You have to select Re-Partion and F.Reset without Auto-Reboot and reboot manually afterwards into recovery to do a full wipe/factory reset, but I guess, you know that, too. ;)

You can see, the PIT files were uploaded on 2013-05-17. Was that before mh8 bootloader came out?

For all the other guys: Stay away from this and never use Re-Partition on your kernel flashes with Odin! That is just for complicated situations. :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bluefa1con:
haha yeah i know

seems like my device shipped with some messed up bootloader, flashed twrp via odin

still have to boot to recovery via power volume up and home, when it shows booting recovery i have to leave power button and keep pressing the other buttons

a quick google search didnt give me any good bootloaders that might fix this situation permanently and i dont want to install bootloader via kies knowing it might flash mh8 bootloader from which there is no going back

Edit : saw ur ps2 now, dunno if i ll flash that bloated sammy firmware again for just the bootloader, will search for bootloader later on when i get time
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
I added some files to my last post. Maybe a help for you?

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Btw, that mh8 stuff REALLY sucks ...

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Here you have a very old stock firmware: I9505XXUAMDE [JB 4.2.2][Odin][DBT][1T][12.04.2013]

It is from the middle of April, as you can see.

http://netload.in/datei21LbmS6Aqh/I9505XXUAMDE_I9505OXAAMDE_DBT.rar.htm

http://www.share-online.biz/dl/097I4XLM0W7

http://hotfile.com/dl/207614128/e79aea3/I9505XXUAMDE-DBT-1TEIL.zip.html

http://uploaded.net/file/e14haf9x

Password: handy-faq.de

Actually, I think this is the very first firmware, but I am not sure.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 13pointseven:
How do I change the shutdown animation?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] nabelo:
No worries buddy :D I flashed it this morning. Everything went smooth.

i used latest Philz Touch 5.13.9 from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45475895&postcount=1712

Regards,

Manuel
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
I tried flashing the 09/13 nightly and the installation was aborted, I'm using Philz as well, maybe it's because a corrupt download.

Edit: yep, it was a corrupt download, everything fine now, build is very smooth.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] nabelo:
Nice. Im glad its working out for you.

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
so philz working correctly now. really missed it
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
Yes, but you MUST be using latest version of Philz recovery.

Cheers mate.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
what should we do if someday somehow we lost radio? what is the best way to recover radio? will it affect imei?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
Just reflash the ROM with a compatible recovery, I recommend latest official CWM.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] UniX1rm:
Yes, very bad battery drain, and random poweroffs
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
Not really here, everything works perfect and smooth! No reboots or something else
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] nabelo:
same here. Cant complain..Works very well !
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
Can I change the animation of closing a window/app?!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] alberber:
All my user apps are in 360p, is there a way to make all of them display in 480p (normal mode)?

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
360 is normal. 600 is Phablet. 720 is tablet.

... and yes you can change anything in the settings.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] alberber:
Default dpi in this device is 480p

and yes, I know I can change everything in the settings, but I mean a way to set ALL apps to display in 480p, as they are displaying in 360p (because this is the usual dpi for this kind of mobile phones)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
Wtf? You are mixing up layout and density.

Layout: 360, 600, 720. No 480.

Density: 280 - 480. 480 is standard, yes.

You can change them all at once there:

Settings > PAC > Hybrid prop ... > Tools > Expert mode

Then go to "Interface" and change there system and/or user apps with only one settings.

In "Apps" you can change every single app.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bluefa1con:
It will be coming soon, ability to change transition animations
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] alberber:
Ok, then for any reason it's not working for me. I set both system and user apps to 480p and they're displaying in 360p. In fact, I changed those settings and when I entered to hybrid settings again, the two sliders were put at 360p, not 480

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] exxpired:
hows the battery now? I was only getting 10hours with moderate usage had to move back to a ge rom so I could get back to about 18 hours :/ miss all the features.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
Really? Display on 2 hours, standby 16 hr and 78%, pretty amazing ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] DuckMcQUack:
You must be using a different kernel. This is not possible with stock CM one.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
No... Came from stock 4.2.2 and I have the same stats as before... Didn't flash a kernel, just the rom...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] FlanjeUK:
You are not understanding the help people are giving you,

change the DPI to 480, thats 480 D.P.I.

NOT 480p layout...

leave the layout set at 360p for everything
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] exxpired:
Are you on the latest nightly? I have never got anywhere near those stats.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
No I'm on v4.3 build 1
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
What's the date of the build?

I'm getting a good battery life but not even close to the one you're having.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] alberber:
Mate, look:

This is what you mean right? But when I apply and reboot the sliders stay at the centre, and the UI and all apps stay in 360p, here is Tapatalk in 360p:

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
Select stock UI.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Biker1121:
HELP

could I flash it with plilz TWRP recovery ?????
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
Better flash it with official CWM
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
There's no TWRP based Philz recovery, but I know you meant the normal Philz recovery.

Yes, you can use it to flash the ROM but you MUST be using the latest version.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
Heya, Blue, phone back working? Did you flash Samsung stock again to get

the bootloader working again or did you use the stated PIT files?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ntnlzr:
hi,

i've flashed this rom(wiped all before) and black screen @ boot
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Cptn:
And again Use CWM Recovery

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ntnlzr:
I've use cwm
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
Which version?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Biker1121:
doesnt work for me....ive downloaded philz_touch_5.13.9-i9505.zip flashed, recovery works fine but if I flash rom it doesnt work nothing, yes I follow all instructions but still nothing, if I flash this rom than is black display I have to take battery out and than it turn on and rom starts but wifi, mobile data doesnt work...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ntnlzr:
Last phio version

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Phil version sry
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
That's weird, I've been flashing the recent nightlies with it.

Are you sure that you have the latest version?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
Guys, just give a **** about that Phil stuff.

Use TWRP 2.6.0 (not 2.6.1!) or CWM 6.0.3.6!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kona786:
Yes if you use Nova Launcher
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ntnlzr:
i've flashed pure cwm now and i'm trying with it , can i use cyanogen 4.3 gapps or there is a pac version? Cause mirror of goomanger is offline now
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
You can use any new gapps (for 4.3, of course).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ad346:
How do I change the basic haptic strength when I click on apps etc?

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
Yep sure... Thanks :D can I also switch the statusbar into transparency?!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Obagleyfreer:
Just wondering if anyone else's weather widget on lock screen displays egg shaped suns and moons? Lol I know it's random but I've come from CM10.2 and they were definitely round! Also why is there serious lag on brightness slider on this ROM? it's almost unusable. Definitely wasn't there this bad on CM.

Sent from my GT-I9505 whilst taking a s**t
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] runningdeer:
Have you found any information about this? I've scoured the web, English and other languages, and cannot find anything on this. I might just be a horrible internet searcher but I'm pretty sure there's no thread that relates to turning off Fast Dormancy in AOKP. If you know anything please let me know!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bluefa1con:
The boot loader was working before, didn't find a new boot loader in kies files

I used the pit file from un rooting thread but it should be same as yours

To get in recovery I still have to leave power button and hold volume up when it shows recovery booting but that's not a big issue
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ntnlzr:
hi, confirmed with pure cwm rom is working fine, so don't use phil recovery for this rom
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] rob151515:
Can somebody point me to the setting that disables these icons?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mr.r9:
I see 15/9 is being uploaded :silly:

Waiting for it to complete :highfive:

Btw, are custom kernels playing nicely with Android 4.3?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
Yep can confirm this, doesn't really work..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
btw, the broken contact shortcut in messaging is fixed since 13/9 but the contact icon has been removed, i noticed. thanks

is notification icon limit working? i tried to limit to 5, but still can see many twitter notifications... more than 5
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Biker1121:
what does it mean NIGHTLIES ? What I have to download normal 4.3 build or go to the nightlies shortcut and there downlad newest file ?? thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] diaboliko.hacker:
HI al all, I've a question, why in my s4 I9505 running Pacman version 4.3 build 1 15.09.2013 the ir doesn't work? I install watchon and other ir app but it doesn't work
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
i managed to switch on my philips audio player (nightly 15/9), but not very responsive *delay

when you get it to work, try playing with volume. if you press volume down many times, no response. but later, the device will start responding (like a ghost still controlling it) LOL
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dashrink:
Had exact problem with nightlies, but it's not there in vertigos builds. Thats why I'm sticking with them.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
Here you go :) not perfect but good right now
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
Great, great! :) Life is a beautiful thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FDfrG7FiMY

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Thumbs up. I am saying this for WEEKS or even MONTHS, because it happened on my S2, already.

The brightness slider ist totally ****ed up and it began somewhere around Android 4.2.1 or 4.2.2 back

on my S2. When I got my S4 two or three weeks ago, I hoped that **** is gone, but yeah, it is still there.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 20nvidia:
For some reason Busybox says its installed but it's not, any help please ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
Besides the very bad brightness handling I found another bug:

In Display & lights, notification lights, when trying to add an app, the settings crash. So, you cannnot add an app to choose a custom colour.

Only my handset or anyone else's, too?

Btw, I do not know how it happened, but since yesterday I do not get any notification for SMS/Texts in the notification drawer. Whatsapp, Facebook messenger, ... everything else is shown and working, but SMS/Texts is not. Sound is working though.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kona786:
You can via Hybrid properties built in PAC.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] NZgeek:
Plenty of people use custom kernels with 4.3. It's not really recommended, however.

The CM code base (which is what PAC is based on) is still changing quite a bit. Some of the bits being worked on require changes to both the framework and the kernel, and can cause issues if the two aren't in sync. This is part of the reason for the "Not stock? No support" policy on the official CM thread.

The ROM comes with a recent version of busybox pre-installed. You shouldn't need to explicitly install anything.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] CPA Poke:
Just wanted to offer an alternate perspective here...first, the decision whether or not to use a custom kernel vs stock is, and always will be, user preference. Some people prefer the more customizable experience that customs have to offer in terms of additional CPU governors and I/O schedulers, some people would rather not even touch it, and sometimes there can even be physical differences between different phones of the same model that cause one person's ideal setup to not work as well on another person's.

As far as the support disclaimer you mentioned, I would say that is not suggesting that "custom kernels will cause stuff to break"....instead, it's a way to set a constant in the troubleshooting scenario as opposed to another variable that would just add another layer of back-and-forth between the dev and the user during the support process.

As far as what you said regarding the CM kernel having specific parts that are required for the ROM to be fully-functional, I think it's safe to say that any of the legit custom kernels are updated periodically to include the most recent CM commits.

Personally, I now run custom kernels no matter what ROM I use - and I find the performance (with my custom settings, of course) to be MUCH better than stock. Again - that's my preference, and other users I'm sure feel the complete opposite. Just wanted to clarify on the functionality part of what you said, as I respectfully disagree. I've never had any issues from that perspective, ever.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JacksoNxy:
Is it a Pac-MAN ROM related problem that my gmail doesnt sync automatically anymore? At Stock ROM it does work..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] smarron:
I've setup 2 Gmail accounts and they sync perfectly. I've never had any problems with Gmail in any rom.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] NZgeek:
All good reasons for using a custom kernel. I'm not going to dispute anything here.

This is starting to touch on what I was saying. If anybody wants to run a custom kernel then it's definitely their own choice. They just need to be aware that it's adding more variables to a complex system, and this has the potential to cause problems.

*periodically*. This could be within hours, or it could be days or weeks. However long it takes, it's a period where the kernel is not fully compatible with the ROM. This breaking change may be announced, or it may be something that slips in under the radar. Whether or not it becomes a problem is down to the experience lever of the user. There are plenty of people who know how to go back to a stock kernel, verify that it's a kernel incompatibility, and proceed as they see fit. There are a lot more people who are completely clueless, and will simply post "my XYZ isn't working please fix it."

Incompatibilities are uncommon, but do happen. For example, there were some kernel changes (sysctl calls) needed to make the CM IR service work. A kernel dev could quite easily miss that changeset, which would quietly break the IR blaster on a ROM which should support it.

This isn't just a theoretical problem. Several months back, CM 10(.1?) on the S2 had a major change in the graphics HAL. If the kernel wasn't updated then you'd just boot to a black screen. It took about a week for the first popular kernel to update, and about a month for the others to catch up. Even though this incompatibility was quite clearly stated in the CM thread, there were dozens of people complaining that their phone wasn't booting. In every case they were using custom kernels that hasn't been updated.

I don't have any issue with someone wanting to use a custom kernel, so long as they know what they're doing. It's the rest of the mindless drones that bother me, and there's no shortage of them on XDA.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] memphisuklf:
Really bad battery drain overnight on latest nightly. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tak23:
I dont understand :?

okay so I just reboot into recovery and flash the new rom 4.3 I dont have to do a factory reset before flashing new rom and do I have to install gapps to?btw the rom looks amazing!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Zerostress:
which version of rom?

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Just open GMail and activate the synch

after that it should work

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Eplusz:
I'm having Exactly the same problem
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Zerostress:
two options you have ....

First flash vertigos latest build many people reportet his work as battery friendly

Second flash latest Nightly 15.09.13 and enjoy

But keep in Mind that Nightly means that this version not recommended for dayly use

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mark.m.moran:
Just this second flashed this ROM and am loving how FAST it is so far!! I had it on my Note II and loved it and so glad to see it again on the S4 and the camera works perfectly ;)

Cheers,

M
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Zerostress:
which problem? plz take the time to write all related things about your problem ;)

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
PAC-Settings: Custom System Animations.

Allows setting of some system animations.

Current List:

Activity Open

Activity Close

Task Open

Task Close

Task Move to front

Task Move to back

Window Open

Window Close

Window Intra Open

Window Intra Close

Duration Control

Prevent overridePendingTransition option

- is this it? looking forward to this :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] gavin-phelan:
God battery life is horrible!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
pretty bad on 16/9 but it came with more halo features
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MadCobbler:
I've done another update guys... mainly because I've had a message off [MENTION=4277844]chenxiaolong[/MENTION] saying he's done the Apps2sd patch again so this time you can turn it off in developer settings under 'app moving' if you want to use foldermount..... So don't forget to thank him for his hard work ;)

Now I've just compiled this myself and not had time to test it yet.... so let me know if the apps2sd switch is working OK :D

PACman v4.3 Build 1 16/09

Enjoy...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
Thanks mate, I was downloading the newest nightly but had to cancel because of you.

I'm gonna test it ASAP.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
Great, thanks, does it have all the updates until now like nightly 15-09 or even 16-09?

It has beend said, that 16-09 has severy battery draining.

Do you know something about the weird behaviour with the brightness slider or the crashes, when trying to add an app to the notification light settings?

Thanks a lot in advance, mate. Btw, a beer is coming up. :) (Just saw, no donations, sorry)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MadCobbler:
Well it was synced and built this morning, so its likely to be like the last nightly... as for the issues, not tested them as I've not had the rom on for a few days as I've been running my own AOKP and PA builds for the last few days now... but I will flash it when I'm home from work and will check everything out
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xsycox:
Great to hear. Btw, I am using your PAC builds only, too.

So, those two problems (brightness and notification light apps) I mentioned hang in there, as well. :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
Actually the brightness dimmer is more responsive with the recent build, the battery life is good, I think vertigo's kernel is much more battery friendly than stock CM.

The build is very smooth and responsive.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] jayjay2244:
New to pac, how do i restore bloatware such as watchon, dropbox (50gb) and camera? also led doesn't seem to work..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
LED works, you can't have Samsung's apps in this ROM because you need to be running jizzer in order to have them, but you can have WatchOn find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44152220&postcount=1513

Cheers.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] simondavies315:
The apps2sd switch works well. I turned off App moving and FolderMount functions fine
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mark.m.moran:
Hey all, I flashed PACman v4.3 (latest stable, not the nightly) this morning and I have had a random reboot twice already today :( Music was playing in Google Music, I make a call, and when I end the call the music continues to play but as soon as I unlock the screen....bam...random reboot!? It happened twice exactly the same way, just after I came off a call and woke the screen!? Can anyone replicate it? Other that that the ROM is blistering fast!!

Cheers,

M

PS: I have no sound when I increase\decrease the volume using the volume rocker and no ringtone set be default? Is this normal?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] winzhangout:
Same with this and the 3.99 Paranoid Rom out there, my datatraffic works fine first 15 minutes with the rom then i lost all datatraffic, have waited 24 hour and test wipe cach and reboot, and same with bad phone connection.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] soyusado:
Try with a different modem, but that shouldn't be a problem.

Here in my country the data service is not the best and I don't have datatraffic issues.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] okgnew:
Do you use Chrome Beta? It causes random reboots.

I don't have random reboots after I uninstalled Chrome Beta.