yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] cbazz1378:
Got to have it!

So now that we have a bootloader workaround from DJRBliss and this ROM has a LOKI tag to it, on a scale of 1 to 10 how stable is this ROM? I know it is in BETA and everything is fresh and new, but ever since upgrading from my infuse 4G to the GS4 a month ago I have been having withdrawals from my Slim Rom. It is by far the best possible ROM and my anticipation of having it back on my new GS4 rivals the anticipation I felt of getting my GS4 in the first place.

I am a 5.5 on a scale of 10 semi-noob that knows my way around CWM and flashed many packages and ROMS on my old infuse but I am not the expert that any of you devs are and my hat goes off to you for all your hard work in this community.

I like to think from time to time I ask questions on here that a lot of other noobs are embarrassed or scared to ask and I can't help but wonder if there are others like me itching to get Slim back and wondering the same thing

So my questions are these:

1. Is is safe to use this ROM just yet?

2. Can anyone point noobs in the direction of a step by step from stock all the way to flashing the loki patched Slim Rom.

3. If not, any ideas from the dev community how close we are to an official build of Slim for our GS4's?

Any answers are much appreciated! And thank you all again....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Hozae21:
Then go back into data, select network mode and select lte/gsm/wcdma

The 4g icon at the top of the status bar means lte
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Dallenn:
Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
1. I've been using this rom since day 1 of receiving my sgs4. The only things not working are headset in-call audio and NFC. If you don't use either then the rom is functionally flawless.

2. Use Motochomper to root; Download GooManager, install TWRP; Download rom+gapps/AIO and flash in TWRP.

Since both TWRP and Slim are loki patched the process is identical to any other device.

3. Build 6 should be the official release for the sgs4. As I said, with the exception of NFC and people using headsets to make calls, this rom performs perfectly with exceptional battery life and responsiveness.

Hope that helps answer some questions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Hozae21:
Yes its safe, been using it for about 6 hrs now with no problems.

1. Download twrp

2. Download this rom AND gapps

3. Reboot into recovery (with phone off, power and volume up button, when screen comes on release power keep holding volume up until recovery screen)

4. Wipe dalvik/cache/factory reset(all one button)

5. Flash rom and gapps

6. Reboot(finished)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Dallenn:
same here, ill say its super safe and stable, not a single problem, and fast as hell

edit: might be a weird q, but how do i take a screenshot?

edit 2: nvm volume down + power, just gotta hold it for a sec
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Hozae21:
:thumbup:no problem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] david.degraw54:
Can anyone else confirm that the notification light is not working for texts? Its working for when my phone is charging but it doesn't light up when I get texts. Even tried using Light Flow but still no luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] cbazz1378:
Thanks so much fellas! I thank you, and like I said, a lot of other shy noobs probably thank you as well.

Of course I will root first with the motochopper exploit before those steps, I have not even bothered with much until the bootloader issue was resolved so I have been painfully using stock for weeks, but it looks like I will have my wonderful Slim ROM back by the weekend. I will follow those steps Hozae21, much appreciated. You didn't have to take the time to do that but you did, that is what I love abouth the XDA community.

Cheers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
Remove light flow and setup notification leds in Settings -> Interface -> Display -> Notification Light.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] h3r3tic:
I can confirm the led light works fine for texts make sure it's not set on custom. Only thing I found was the clock settings I can't add hide small am/pm or change to center alignment. The setting doesn't stick. Other wise flawless.

I also found tiles and layout won't stick either. Never mind fixed it with a simple reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Dallenn:
I love this thing, trying to make it perfect. When sending a text, and attatching a picture, it always brings up 3 choices

slim file manager

gallery

dropbox

i hate having to select gallery all the time, but theres no option to set it as default, anyway to do this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Hozae21:
Oh and awesome job with this btw blk_jack:thumbup::beer:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] cbazz1378:
I don't use headsets or NFC, so it looks like I am clear... Hope to lend my hand reporting any future bugs or blips to continue making this ROM perfect. Thank again everyone! This is a great community!

BTW, one more quick Q and I will stop cluttering this thread with noob talk... I don't mind switching and trying something new, but does anyone have any reservations about the difference between using TWRP for recovery rather than CWM. I used CWM for years on my old Infuse and it is all I know, but ever since scouring the threads for the S4 months before I even got it, It seems that everyone is only using TWRP in all of the threads, I don't even know if there is a CWM for the S4 yet....Was I just living in the past and didn't know or is it still just a personal preference thing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] palletguru:
Amazing ROM! Smooth as butter, battery for days!

A word of warning to those coming from stock: AOSP doesn't support ExFAT, so your external sd card will need to be reformatted to Fat32. Make sure you account for this and that your backups are safe.

I made the bonehead move of blowing up my nandroids by reformatting my external card. Not that I'd ever want to go back after seeing how slim bean runs on this beast of a phone.

**JUST DONATED 1X360885AE228541V**
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] david.degraw54:
Didn't even notice that option haha thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Blaze9:
When I select LTE/GSM/WCDMA, I lose all network data connectivity and there's no 4G icon (Stock rom, same location I have full service full 4G speeds). I can't access the internet at all, my signal strength is also significantly lower. If I do GSM/WCDMA preferred, I get H+ icon, and H+ speeds, and my signal is full again. I can deal w/ this for now, but I hope it gets resolved. Even better I hope I'm doing something wrong.

*EDIT*

Changed APN settings, got 4G working, slow speeds still (3MB/s) but it's considerably better than H+. Amazing rom so far!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] wally3614:
Nutz bro about to flash thanks B!!!!

deviantlife
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] mannerheim77:
Wow this ROM is really good so far. I'm flying through the screens with no delay or lag whatsoever. Every feature I've tried works so far, and I'm really really digging the lcd density and small icon sizes. You can really fit a lot of stuff on the screen!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] h3r3tic:
Donation sent. I have used slim for way to long. Always fantastic.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Bjray:
Anyone else using "Google Play DPI Fix"?

I'm using it to change my DPI to 400 and mod the play store, but I can't get passed "No connection" and I'm spamming the heck out of the retry button. Anyone else have this issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Dallenn:
Theres a fix built into the rom

under setting, in interface
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
What are you trying to accomplish? Slim gapps Playstore supports variable DPI out of the box and you can adjust the DPI natively from slim's Interface settings page.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Bjray:
For some reason I was getting compatibility errors on some apps in the play store when using the built-in DPI changer. Thought this would work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
Are you not using Slim gapps? Make sure to follow the instructions on the DPI adjustment page if you have issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Bjray:
1: Using SlimGapps - "Slim_Gapps.4.2.2.build.5.x.zip"

2: Following the instructions to the tee.

I'm just going to redownload & reflash... If all else fails I'll just use the stock 361 DPI.

Thanks for your help :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
Good luck. You shouldn't be encountering issues though. Very strange!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Southrice:
wow... this rom is incredible!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Relys:
Do you need to re-enable LTE? I'm not in an area to test this out, but I came across this setting while exploring and changed it.

1. Settings->Wireless & Networks->More...->Mobile networks->Network Mode.

2. Switch from GSM/WCDMA preferred to LTE/WCDMA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] freebee269:
i'm getting the same issue with the native rom dpi settings. i followed the 6 steps in the instructions and when i get to step 6 to enter a custom dpi of 400 and reboot, it comes back still at 320 dpi. 320 dpi is a little too small for me. i'd like to make things the same size as the stock gs4 rom was.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Dallenn:
This Rom is still amazing, been running it all day. Using the ktweaker kernel with it, amazing!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] xdeslitx:
which one do we need for this rom the aosp or the touchwiz version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] freebee269:
aosp
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] evodon84:
Stock is 480

Dude AOSP....

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] freebee269:
thank you. i was able to change it by going into slim file manager in the apps section then going to system folder and change that to mounted as rw. then opening build.prop and use the build properties app when the prompt asks how you want to open it. then scroll down to ro.sf.lcd_density and change the property value to 480. then reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jamezr:
OMG this rom is soooo smooth! Been running for about 12 hours now and and time and effort put into to make this rom is amazing. THANKS!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] LostInMyHead:
I thought stock was 441
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Will822:
I'm new to Android and flashing ROMs being an iPhone user all this time but I am loving the move to Android. I just have a bit of a noob question. I would love to flash Slim Bean. I have TWRP recovery installed and if I understand correctly, I just boot into recovery and hit install to flash the ROM and add-ons. My question if I wanted to revert back to the stock ROM how would I do that? Do I just run a backup in TWRP and restore from this or would I need a stock ROM image and go thru the same process as if flashing Slim Bean?

Sorry for the noob questions. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] the3lement:
Anyone experiencing issues sending/receiving MMS?

I've got the right APN settings, but anything I try to send hangs at "Sending..."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] LostInMyHead:
Mine had to be switched, so make sure it's PTA apn and LTE \ GSM \ WCDMA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] greekunit690:
Yes thats exactly it, make sure your backup is complete and if you run into any problems just restore from backup in TWRP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Will822:
Thank you. Can I also restore my apps from say Titanium backup? Or would I need to re-download all of them?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] LostInMyHead:
Yes, but don't restore ANY system apps...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] greekunit690:
Of course thats all I use...if you did a backup in TWRP however all the apps will be there but titanium backup is also great. Just make sure you dont restore system apps and data...its always a little wonky
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] the3lement:
No such luck, still gets stuck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] h3r3tic:
I'm finding that a lot of settings won't stick after being booted for awhile you just need to select one then reboot. And change apn to att lte. Also sometimes when I hold the button for recent or shows nothing open and I have to close and do it again for recent apps to show correctly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Moose0704:
Loki Patched Slim running great on my AT&T Galaxy S4!! Thank you very much for this!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] the3lement:
Did a fresh install and now it's working perfectly, go figure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jawonder:
Have anyone tried restoring a backup of stock they made before flashing this Rom, to test if recovery is working well ?.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] thacounty:
Works great on ATT.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] the3lement:
I did it and it worked perfectly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jawonder:
Did you use TWRP ?.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] thacounty:
Yea, that's the only recovery I use now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Will822:
I ran into the same issue not realizing that exFAT is not supported. It somehow corrupted my SD card. I had thought I lost everything on the card including my pictures, and backups. Luckily I ran a program called ZAR recovery and it was able to recover most everything including my pictures, backups, and music. You will need an SD card reader and connect it to your PC. Run the program and select SD card. It can take up to an hour to recover data but it was worth it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] hostilebynature:
hey guys, i have a question...havent been around in a minute..what exactly is LOKI?

also, i tried to flash 5.6 and it just put my phone into a bootloop, flaed 5.4 and it booted just fine...i wonder whats up?

rogers s4, twrp..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] mattdm:
You need to read before you post. And definitely read before you flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] apascual89:
Loki is only needed for the att version because of the locked bootloader. You flashed the wrong version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] JJ5150:
Just installed Slim Bean... very smooth, and very cool rom indeed. Awesome job.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] :
Not gonna lie I hate AOKP/CM10.1 based roms but wow... this rom is NICE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
This rom is only for at&t. Stick with the jfltecan version. I'll be putting out a 5.6 build for it shortly, though it's mostly minor fixes and polish before build 6.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] freemeech:
Love the rom just trying to figure out why my lte signal is extremely low ...normally its 2-3 bars in my house..since I flashed I'm lucky to pull 1 bar...Any suggestions??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] aturbs:
so just wondering, if I install this rom, the smart scroll and teh feature that pauses the video when I look away won't work right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] :
Correct.

---------- Post added at 05:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:21 PM ----------

Could be reporting incorrectly.

Why dont you do a speedtest with another ATT phone and yours and see what happens
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] drucquerkellan:
Also, there doesn't seem to be a setting for NFC anywhere...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] freemeech:
Don't think NFC is supported guy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jawonder:
Install this and it wiped my external SD my stock backup, Titanium backup and all .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
The ROM doesn't touch /data/media (internal SD) or your external SD card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jawonder:
---------- Post added at 08:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:50 PM ----------

I know it shouldn't do that but after doing a normal wipe in TWRP and installing there's nothing on my external SD and i have my Stock Rom and Titanium backup on there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] f100cleveland:
Maybe this is known, but if you go to advanced > device > sound > extra gain in voice calls, if that's enabled, the phone will lock up during calls and reboot. I can get a log later if needed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
The stock external sd is by default formatted with exfat which aosp doesn't support.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
Yea, I'm aware of that issue and it'll be removed from DeviceSettings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jawonder:
So that means the backups might still be there but not showing ? .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] frostrambler:
I found a weird, it seems that when I reboot the phone, the wifi and 4g radio are both greyed out, then wifi closes and settings app freezes if I try to mess with it, except for turning it off. Once I turn it off and wait a few minutes, I can then reactivate it. Anyone noticing anything weird with WIFI?

I am using APN of PTA, and the LTE/GSM/WCDMA settings that are posted here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
Yes, try mounting the sdcard on your pc with appropriate exfat libraries. I don't run windows or know offhand what you'd need to make it happen though. Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] frostrambler:
I found a weird, it seems that when I reboot the phone, the wifi and 4g radio are both greyed out, then wifi closes and settings app freezes if I try to mess with it, except for turning it off. Once I turn it off and wait a few minutes, I can then reactivate it. Anyone noticing anything weird with WIFI?

I am using APN of PTA, and the LTE/GSM/WCDMA settings that are posted here.

It seems disabling bluetooth fixes this, although after I did that, the phone took about 10 minutes on the Samsung Custom screen before rebooting into slim, I ended up wiping data and cache and starting from scratch again just to make sure but bluetooth and wifi being on at the same time during boot seems to mess up wifi.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] :
So I was wondering if there will ever be a fix for the weird distortion in the camera app. And also is there a fix for no sound during video recording?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] winco209:
Where or if this rom have NFC settings
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
I havent suffered from any camera issues. If you can reproduce this after a fresh wipe, get a log and send me it. Otherwise it doesn't help me at all.

OP, read it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jawonder:
Anyone know a a way to read ExFat SD card from a PC or Mac ?. I'm using a 64GB Sd .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Southrice:
Anyone experiencing some lag in some apps? I've noticed it lags when im scrolling through groupme, play store, reddit, gmail, etc, when compared to my brothers s4 which is completely stock no root. I'm on slimbean with ktweaker kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] :
So I'd have to flash it again and then put log cat in it? I don't get it. No sound at all when playing video I record and the viewfinder distorts the image. Which I think is normal.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
I can't speak for all those apps, but the ones I have don't lag how you're describing. Try to reproduce this using the stock kernel. I'm not familiar with KT on the s4 so you're going to have to reproduce these things using the stock kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] freemeech:
I have no sound on my videos as well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Will822:
I had the same issue. I popped the sd card into a reader and my PC was saying it is corrupted. What I did was download ZARA recovery. I found it on a thread on this forum. Google it and download the version for external storage devices. You will need to have your sd card plugged into the reader and plugged into the pc. The program will run for a while but it will eventually recover data on the sd card. That is how I was able to recover my pictures and titanium backups.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Sledutah:
Flashed this a few hours ago. Everything is running great and blazing fast.

This is my third phone running slim bean.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jawonder:
Thanks will try this .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Will822:
Just noticed the typo. It's actually ZAR recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] mannerheim77:
Same issue here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jawonder:
Yeah i'm running it now .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] luigic81:
feels good to be on AOSP :D

Anyways to have the stock camera on this rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] h3r3tic:
Kt was being slow and using multiple cores when I wasn't really doing anything. I went back to stock kernel nice n smooth. Also I noticed Kt didn't provide as much battery life. That still could have been determined though but after seeing all 4 cores on almost always I was certain it's using more power with a decrease in performance.

Scrolling is completely smooth now with stock kernel btw
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] freemeech:
Post stock kernel please
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] h3r3tic:
Just reflash slim bean. No data or system wipe needed just cache n dalvik
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] :
Stock kernel is in the rom so flash over it with this rom. Dont wipe just wipe cache only once you're done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Southrice:
Your right, it was the kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] RicoStang:
So I'm assuming that flashing NFC enabler would do bad things?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Spunjah413:
Also having sound issues with the camera doing videos.

I did have a small weird error earlier. Booted the camera app up and it kept telling me to insert an external SD card to use the app (I don't have one). I had to do a reboot for it to stop giving me the message.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] blk_jack:
I can confirm there's a weird issue w/ recording audio in. I'm in the process of testing fixes locally and once it's fixed I'll roll out a new build ASAP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] cbazz1378:
Me too

I second that, good to be back on slim, been using it for a couple years now... However I am really missing a couple of the cool samsung features that came stock on this phone, especially the camera setup now that I am having the same audio problem with the video camera everyone else is... Hoping some bored dev down the road builds a flashable addon for the stock camera features.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] freemeech:
This ROM is awesome sir...I will be waiting for the camera update!