yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] markbc01:
Good Comment! Agree this is simply the nicest rom ever. :svetius::svetius:

It delivers professional performance: it's fast, reliable and full-featured (for a TW rom!).

However, I don't think about the phone these days, but rather what I need to accomplish or use it for. That's because everything is working well --it's a great rom.

So, on one point I don't agree :( I'd be afraid if Shoman94 started to tinker with success, for what really might only be illusionary improvements.

Agree that it's really fun to flash and flash different roms -and troubleshoot and fix surprise gremlins that keep popping up (or compare when others have problems, and I don't!)

However, (for me at least) at this point it's more fun just to use a solid, proven, excellent product.

Whenever I get restless for change and flashing, I simply go read the thread(s) for other "super great" i337 roms --or even their special help threads, and then thank shoman94 that our rom just doesn't seem to have even 1/50th of the hassles or problems that these other efforts take for granted -or the price for using a "name brand" rom. Shostock3 is just. . .dependable for so many users. . .I'm not eager for change. :victory:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] RockRatt:
OK I have put up a GreyedOut Theme here for those that want darker colors. LINK http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45050086

Thanks again She for a FLAWLESS ROM to work with.

And for the above comments I also agree/disagree. On my S1 and S2 I was a FLASHOHOLIIIICCCC. This was more due to trying to get better Roms that just worked. Over the years Sho has just made them FLAWLESS and now it gives me more time for OTHER THING'S to actually use my phone for. So I don't feel the need to be a flashohlic any longer since EVERYTHING just works right. I do look forward to a ShoStock based on 4.3 but until then let him also enjoy the break with his BETTER than Stock ROM.

Sent From My Spiderman Themed I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
Tbh I don't see any great improvements in the i9505 base. I'm sure there are some bug fixes... But minor I think. This summer I have been so busy with family and my house that I don't spend much time on the PC. I have been thinking about changing but I just haven't yet. It's hard when things run nice to change....

Edit; as some have mentioned... People just seem to continually have some sort of issue with the Intl base... Question is.... Is it the base itself or maybe the way it's built? Or even what country being used? Idk...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JZ SmartMort:
Q: Fastest way to get device back

I have a question of how to get back ALL of my device settings and apps --- the FASTEST and most complete way.

Hey guys I'm on version 1.6 of the ROM and now trying to get to 2.2 and it looks like a full wipe is required.

I've used TitaniumBU for eons and love it but it really only gets me back apps and their data. It does not do so well with other things like home screen layout, etc.

I've also used Nandroid backups in recovery mode to reload the entire data file (not system) only and that sometimes produces unpredictable results.

My question is what do flashoholics use to get everything back exactly how they like it with least effort/time?

Appreciate the help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Peaster111:
Sho... I couldn't agree more. I've poked on a bunch of the Int'l ROMs. Interesting, but not better... so why mess with a US blessed version? I'm good playing with this one :). If it works.. leave well enough alone. In the past ROMs were not to this level from the get go. It took numerous versions to create "perfection". Hummm... maybe the the ROM gods are watching XDA? Enjoy Family!!!!

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Beyond user apps and data (TiBU white), you can usually always selectively restore some system (TiBU red) data... We typically never recommend that, as it is dangerous. You must be proficient and knowledgeable and willing to completely start over in case you screw up.

That said... I usually restore all these "system backups" in TiBU: All XML "TiBU yellow" backups, TouchWiz Home, Wallpaper and User Dictionary. Depending on the ROM changes you may be able to restore some "TiBU green" backups. The "green" stuff is 50/50. A little "pre-flash" research will help on those.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sonihc:
Hi

I need help please. Been looking and cant find anything.

After installing SHostock the phone started to restart and shut down by itself and now it wont turn on it stays in Samsung Custom boot and it turns off again by itself. After I Odin to stock it still happens. cant go into recovery either.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] RockRatt:
One thing I have done for years is use Apex Launcher as well. Then I restore the Apex App and all my home screens and layouts are the same (excluding widgets that I do have to reset back up.)

I also use Tibu paid version and can restore all I can as the above poster Peaster111 commented on. Some system settings I just usually reset up since some things may have/probably changed and I don't want to mess things up. But from a complete wipe/factory reset I can be back up to normal in about 10 minutes most of the time. Plus with Tibu (at least on the paid version) I can make a flashable zip that restores all my data apps/data as well

Sent From My Spiderman Themed I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sky_fox:
Thanks for the quick and simple response , sho. I understand weekday you are saying . It makes sense because the att base is having virtually no problems . However I'm running an mh8 base and is the fastest tw I've ever ran. There are a few visual changes that I like and there are a few changes in networking speeds that have increased . Those aren't huge changes since mf3 had some updates too . I just feel like if you made a second rom that was higher updated base ( that was still as reliable as your shostock people would really like it and really thank to you for it. ) Your rom is beyond needing anything done to it but just throwing in some 2 cents . Lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
[MENTION=1885258]sky-fox[/MENTION]

I'm not making 2 ROMs.... I don't do this for the glory or money.... Basically we only do it for the phones we own and use. We share then and sometimes I'll add things I don't care about to satisfy some here as long as it benefits many. As far as speed.... I see no difference between our mf3 and any i9505 so far. These phones are plenty fast anyway so as long as there is no lag, I'm more concerned with stability and battery life. Not sure what you mean about visual and network speed changes though... Care to clarify?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Little Bigboy:
I use a combination of TiBu/Helium and Nova launcher for restoring home screen layout and icon themes. Hope this helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] markbc01:
I use Nova launcher (like LittleBigboy) and that preserves all the layouts and launcher settings. Also TitaniumBackup (TIBU) for apps, it's faster than google's restore. So prior to flashing (1) I make a nandroid (just in case), then (2) backup all apps in TIBU then, (3) backup my Nova setting in the Nova backup menu. Then flash.

After new rom boots I (1) download/install TIBU(pro) from play, (2) restore only the apps I want (including Nova plus) then reboot and (3) restore Nova using its backup/restore menu, including desktop wigets! That can be as fast as 30 minutes total.

Advantages are (1) you can see immediately the difference between the old rom performance and new rom since it is running "your" setup -easy to compare and (2) there are no issues about trying to setup and trying to remember how the setup was.

The screen layout and apps I use are all exactly where I want them. I do have re-enter my email accounts on the default email app since it is/maybe different, but that's less than 2-3 minutes. I don't save text messages, but there are apps like handicent that can be added to that routine if you want to do that.

hope that helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sky_fox:
Oh well that's cool....

I didn't say anything about glory or any of that , I just meant people would probably enjoy using more of your work.

By speed I meant the speed of the home screen. If you try ib4stid GoldenEye you can see very noticeable huge speed increase ,as in home screen switching and animations . Also if you speed test network and WiFi speeds they are scoring much higher too .

The updates have increased network speeds ,WiFi speeds, animations and snappiness , and added visual changes such as the ability to increase legibility. Also a few new features. Really though it has a drawback . The drawback is that you can longer use stock kernel so I have to run a custom kernel . I still use GPE most of the time but I enjoy tochwuz every note and then.

Edit : so I checked the Samsung new release that Iactually discovered today. The changelog contains 1374094(actual code changes) changes just from mh8 . mh8 had 1276000 (code changes from the mh1) I literally just read that the new MI forward is out.

-sent from my galaxy s4 running CyanogenMod 10.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ZephCr:
I just tried to put some sho goodness on my wife's phone & now it's stuck at the shostock logo. It was same setup as mine using shabby penguin. Only thing it wasn't able to finish nandroid backup for some reason. I flashed anyway because it was stuck in boot loop. Any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SyberB:
Still havent heard anything on this subject that helps. Wondering if it has anything to do with the JB bug that makes accounts get list on reboots. If I hear anything about it I'll post. If anyone has any ideas please post. Thanks.

Made 4 U by Me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
This are total changes not from each version. Most of the things you mentioned are already in mf3 and as far as Wi-Fi speed... I max mine out with 2gbps up and 30mbps down.... No issues there. I'm guessing you haven't used 2.2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sky_fox:
Yeah I've tried the mf3 base. It's pretty damn good though from what I saw . Its just I was far higher speeds within the ROM and network and WiFi was just insanely fast in the latest version international I've tried. I usually just run my home made aosp or GPE ROMs but I always keep like 2 tochwiz nandroids. I get higher performance from 4.3 so I try to stick to source based or close to it. I just have fun tailoring my own aosp most of the time. It's just fun to me.

-sent from my galaxy s4 running CyanogenMod 10.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Little Bigboy:
I've never tried it before but is it safe to flash animated battery icon mods on this rom ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JZ SmartMort:
Thank you all for responding to my backup/restore questions. Much appreciated!

My methods were pretty much perfectly correct. In the old days when I used the old Shostock ROM for SGS2, I did use Apex Launcher but with the new SGS4 I kept the launcher stock. I'll try restoring the data for TouchWiz via TiBU along with a few other green/yellow/red pieces that may bring back my settings. Although I feel that switching back to Apex is probably a good move for the restorability aspect.

All the best!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
Did you wipe data? did you try it again? Did you try going back to stock again?

Probably not... but you never know....depends on the battery mod I guess.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] switters1:
I just noticed that my baseband does not say MF3. Does that mean my flash failed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Venom0642:
No it means your on MDL And Rom Base is MF3 So you didn't do nothing wrong my friend it should look like that!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] RockRatt:
Also means that IF you flash the MF3 modem it will change your Baseband to whichever modem you flash. ShoStock doesn't install any modem (baseband)

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Sent From My Spiderman Themed I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ZephCr:
Yeah, had to Odin back to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mgfjd:
Thanks Shoman for this ROM. I tried to leave a donation but I couldn't find any links.

My vote for international roms is because when I go to the Football games or big events I can switch the phone to 3g or 2g networks to be able to make phone calls or send texts. ATT roms removed that capability.

If there is some volume enhancer that can be added to the rom that would be great. Definitely the line out and the bluetooth is lot quieter than other phones I had in the past.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
It right under my name next to my avatar....

Yea there a few differences....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
I hate it when people just take **** from other ROMs without permission. Morals... where are they today..... people's are work just copied and pasted.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Peaster111:
Ut oh... Missed something... What prompted this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
Downloaded another rom and poked around because i was just suspicious.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Peaster111:
That is soooo not cool. I really despise that. Man oh man. Sharing and learning is great... Stealing is bad. No reason for that. Especially on xda.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] s8freak:
I'd name it Sho get it out in the open...let people know imho

"Zed? Zed's dead baby Zed's dead"

I'm a hopeless flashaholic please help...ATT S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rav4kar:
CWM flashable%

Note: you must have already got recovery to flash this.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Will822:
Installed ktoonsez's latest kernel and inserted an exFAT formatted SD card but the device would not recognize it at all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] D00lie:
great work, looks like a lovely rom, wish we could get it on our canadian variants :(. I tried flashing this rom with twrp on my canadian s4, stuck at boot screen. Only thing I haven't tried is using the same recovery the OP is using.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rfb813:
Can we get rid of the ATT white bootup screen?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Will822:
You can check out this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2280121
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] McGragger:
No boot

I have not been able to get this to boot with or without an external card. Just stays at the Samsung custom screen. I am using ShabbyPenguins recovery. I tried re-downloading too. Any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] adoute:
I was rooted stock before I flashed this (full wipe). Loving it so far, except for 1 issue.

Using the stock email client, whenever checking or unchecking an email, the phone announces 'checked' or 'unchecked'. I have confirmed that TalkBack in Accessibility settings is off. I have also toggled it & rebooted, and turned it on, rebooted, then turned it back off & rebooted.

Can anyone else confirm whether this is a ROM issue, or something specific to my device / configuration?

Thanks

PS - SHO - loving the ROM, and my 13 year old daughter is loving 3.0.2 on her 'new to her' I777! She got my trusty old SGS2 when I got my shiny new S4...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] b18apwr:
Sho, first thanks for this ROM. I'm a long time i777 ShoStock user. I do have a question. Do you plan on including the S4 alarm widget in this ROM? I use it all the time, and I've noticed that it doesn't seem to be included.

EDIT: For now, I've used the .apk from another deodex'd ROM on this forum to get it back in to ShoStock. That seems to take care of this for now. Thanks again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
I'll keep looking into it.

All I can say is you should be able to by installing a kernel for your phone. The modules for the kernel have to be installed as well. You have to use a recovery for your version also. Likely build.prop will have to be edited also.

Other then that I'm not sure yet what needs to be done.

Working on it.

Verify md5? Installing on an at&t variant? Flashing from what?

It's not happening to me so it must be a setting.

You'll be able to add it. I don't use it and it runs all the time no matter what so I removed it. Sorry
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Will822:
Thank you sir. Can definitely say this awesome ROM is running great with ktoonsez's kernel. No issues to report so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rprice17:
Are you finding the battery life to be superior to the kernel included in the rom? Or did you change kernel right away?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Will822:
Honestly it would be tough for me to judge. I only used the included kernel for a couple of days before flashing to ktoonsez's kernel this morning. This phone also doubles as my work phone with exchange email coming in throughout the day. On the included kernel, my battery would last most of the day. I would unplug it around 6:00am and by the time I get home around 6:30pm I would have about 25-30% battery left.

I'll have to give this kernel some more time given all the optional settings we can modify.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] adoute:
That's what I thought, but figured I'd see if anyone experienced it. Guess I'll be doing a full wipe when the next release is done.

Thanks for all your time & effort!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] McGragger:
MD5 was wrong. Cant believe I had two bad downloads. Thanks I will try again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Namolas:
Working perfectly with ktoonsez latest release. Thank you so very much!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Will822:
How did you get it to work? I installed the latest kernel and my S4 will not mount the SD Card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Namolas:
Flashed kernel, wiped caches, fix permissions, reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Will822:
Strange. I did all that and it did not work at all. Did you have to wipe the cache before flashing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Namolas:
I did not. But the kernel install was also along with a fresh install of the ROM, maybe that made a difference. Also I did try on my existing setup of MDOB to make sure the kernel was exfat friendly before making the leap to wipe everything and reinstall SHOstock and it worked fine on MDOB too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Will822:
Thanks. I finally got it to mount. It took a second reboot of the phone after flashing the kernel and booting out of recovery the first time. The phone now sees the SD card.:laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ALLDAT:
That sucks Sho
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] VICIOUSVIC1:
Guess not good time to ask if possible Shostock 4.3...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
I don't like starting drama... Me posting just let's that person know that i know... Question is.... Is that person man enough to admit it on his own.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sykoj82:
Does anybody know if this rom is compatible with safestrap now that's it officially out?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Peaster111:
I saw that it was out last night... I hear the factory MF3 folks rejoicing now. I'm sure sho or jeboo will have to answer that question. I'd bet they wouldn't argue if you wanted to be a guinea pig.. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sykoj82:
You can say that again. SS is awesome! I like the fact how it bypasses the stock system..basically I'm dualbooting right now..I can go to stock rom or use Graviton Rom by doing a simple reboot...If I read it correctly, SS is only compatible with stock firmwares/kernels or touchwiz 4.2.2 at the moment. I'm just not sure how the whole kernel thing works since shostock is using jeboo's kernel...I guess I could try it and if it doesn't work, at least I can go back to stock with a simple reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Peaster111:
Very cool... Sounds like a low risk test. Maybe you'll need to delete jeboo's kernel first? Sho doesn't have a modem included.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] upndwn4par:
Sorry to hear that man. I have had my work stolen more times than I can remember. And every time it happens it makes me want to quit sharing my work on xda.

People just don't understand that kanging hurts the entire community.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sykoj82:
I think I just answered my own question. I just flash darth stalker rom... No issues. As long as I flash shostock on "slot 1" and not the "stock slot", there shouldn't be any issues like kernel/modem being replaced. The rom will use the stock kernel/modem that my phone is currently using but I'm not 100% on this. I will flash shostock later and will report back. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] EzSqueezeCheese:
Since I left the AT&T S2 behind for a USC S4, I've really come to miss that SHO&Jeboo love I was so used to. Looks like some great work here man!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rav4kar:
Quick questions to Jeboo: Your recovery 1.1 names Nandroid bkup's read like 1970-04 %%%% , Is there a way to fix this? Just curious. :good:

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+1. Sorry to hear someone's work is taken without proper credit or permission! Android is a open source project but contributors towards the project should be appreciated for the time and efforts they put in. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Peaster111:
Not sure if that is a jeboo recovery thing or CWM itself? I've experienced that on CWM recoveries as long as I can remember. I've been just renaming them. It would be nice if it was fixed as it is a little bit of a pita.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mgfjd:
Confirmation number: 2E4493305M5421833

Thank you Buddy..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
My wife's s4 just died... Screen went black. I'm sure replacement will be mf3. ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
Cwm thing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
Thank you... That's a site for sore eyes... Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mgfjd:
LOL.. it is a great ROM. If you ever have time to look into sound enhancers to add to the ROM, that would be great.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Peaster111:
bummer... sounds like she'll be needing Safestrap!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sykoj82:
Gonna flash this rom using SafeStrap. I'm hearing it will work :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Peaster111:
Do it !!! Sho needs to know to keep peace in his martial life! :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ronnie498:
If momma not happy nobody is
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] cbb77:
Use this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2040507

Works great for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rav4kar:
Thanks but I am fine with conventional cwm recovery like Jeboo's v1.1 my only question was if it's possible to fix the nandroid backup name.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sykoj82:
Shostock works on Safestrap!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Peaster111:
Woo hoo... the stock MF3 folks are heard rejoicing from on high and Sho keeps marital bliss. Party time!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JohnMcW:
SafeStrap

Yep I have SHOstock running with no problems with SafeStrap!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] shoman94:
I think hashcode should be shown how much the mf3 community appreciates what he has done for you guys!