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[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] genghis:
Damn, I didn't realize that I posted as a guest instead of being logged in under my account. :x

:!: *FYI, navyaircrewman = genghis* :!:

Good to know about the speaker. I ideally would like to use my XDA II when I am driving for GPS and phone purposes. Have been looking at various BT GPS devices. I was looking at the Teletype GPS but they are a little out of my budget. Then Delorme came out with their Blue Logger. The price was ideal, so I was set on getting it but stumbled across the Arkon GPS mount and wanted to make sure that I had made a good choice. Plus I really would like to be able to take my GPS with me when I go overseas and track my travel with Pocket Earth. That is one of the things that turned me off about the Arkon GPS mount.

So that answers my question about the Akron mount, but now, does anyone have any input on the Blueant Talkpad Car kit? I hope that it is pretty decent, as it would be a nice solution for the car.

Also does anyone have a recommendation of a mount that is better than the Akron? :?: Thanks again for the input.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] FredS:
genghis,

I use the BlueAnt TalkPad and the feedback I get is that the quality is great. typically people think I'm on a landline.

My setup is as follows :-

Arkon C531 powered mount (speaker cable is not connected)

BlueAnt TalkPad

XDA2

Co-Pilot 4.5 with Emtec GPS

I find the volume out of the XDA2 is quite loud enough - more sufficient to hear the GPS voice directions.

Other than the lack of a Handsfree profile for the XDA2 it all works very well. I can be using the GPS and make and recieve calls, without losing either connection.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] genghis:
Thanks for the info FredS,

So if I got the

CM475

and I paired it with a BlueTooth GPS like the BlueLogger from Delorme, I will be set?

Why did you disconnect the internal speaker of the mount? Are there feedback issues with the internal speaker?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Guest:
genghis wrote,

Not that I'm aware of.

Just to lazy to open up the rubber flap, and insert the pin.

Plus like I said the sound is quite loud enough for me.

What you decribe should work without any hassles.

Cheers

FredS
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gigobyte:
Ok, so I was transferring some files from the phone to the PC with the USB cable and the phone turned off because I forgot that it was at low battery. When I charged it for 15-20 minutes, I turned it on but it turned off after the Google logo. I thought that it wasn't charged enough so I left it charging for some time but the result was the same. I'm running the latest Paranoid Android and leanKernel. I can enter recovery without problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Screenshots:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Download:

Highway55MF9RMV

MD5: 1255a3dc819a8a69542937dd8c611977

MDL Versions:

Highway55MDL1.1RemovedApps

MD5: 903fc5dadd85ca3cdf6765028f6a255f

Highway55MDL1.0RemovedApps

MD5: 31374ad1e2b921ed7439ab1f6352aafb

Removed Apps:

Current Version:

BCService.apk

BluetoothTest.apk

Blurb.apk

Books.apk

Chrome.apk

CHS_J_Device_only.apk

Com2usPoker_ASGC.apk

ContainerAgent.apk

DigitalClock21.apk

DigitalClock.apk

DioDict3Service.apk

DualClockDigital.apk

EasyFavoritesContactWidget.apk

EasyLauncher.apk

EasySettings.apk

Episodes.apk

FactoryTest_FB.apk

Flipboard.apk

GroupPlay_20.apk

HealthContentProvider.apk

InteractiveTutorial.apk

Kies.apk

kieswifi.apk

KNOXAgent.apk

KNOXStore.apk

LocalFOTA,apk

Magazines.apk

Match3VS.apk

MobilePrintSvc_Samsung.apk

MobilePrintSvc_HP.apk

MobilePrintSvc_Epson.apk

MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend.apk

MobilePrintSvc_CUPS.apk

MoblePrint2.apk

NfcTest.apk

PickUpTutorial.apk

PlusOne.apk

PreloadInstaller.apk

S_Translator_CSLi.apk

SamsungApps_J_Only.apk

SamsungAppsUNA3.apk

SamsungBooks.apk

SamsungGames.apk

SamsungHub.apk

SamsungHubUpdater.apk

SamsungMusic.apk

SamsungOCR2.apk

SamsungService.apk

SamsungTTS.apk

SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk

sCloudBackupApp.apk

sCloudBackupProvider.apk

sCloudDataRelay.apk

sCloudDataSync.apk

sCloudQuotaApp.apk

sCloudSyncCalendar.apk

sCloudSyncContacts.apk

sCloudSyncSBrowserBookmark.apk

sCloudSyncSBrowserTabs.apk

sCloudSyncSNote.apk

SecNoteMyFiles.apk

SetupWizard.apk

SHealth2.apk

SimpleWidget.apk

SkyfireToolbar.apk

SmartBriefing4x2.apk

SMemo2.apk

SNoteProvider.apk

SNS.apk

SPPPushClient.apk

Sprint_Installer.apk

SprintAndroidExtension.apk

SprintWorldwide.apk

Talk.apk

talkback.apk

TravelService.apk

TravelWidget.apk

TrimApp_phone_J.apk

TripAdvisor.apk

Videos.apk

VVM.apk

WlanTest.apk

YahoonewsPhone2013.apk

YahoostockPhone2013.apk

Zone.apk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] LouRock:
Always cool to see more rom options.

Thanks for sharing!! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jsmcmahon89:
+1 you never know what these can turn into
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tkgadgetman:
Can you do A screenshot of " set permissions to rw-r-r " this way i know I have it right. I will need voicemail. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Psykologikal:
So since its based off stock stock features will still work? Like infrared and air view
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] zackandethan:
I believe it should look like this for rw-r-r
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Infrared and all of the Air view stuff works. smart pause and smart stay work. I cant get Smart rotation or smart pause to work. The motion and gesture stuff works as well as voice control. I have most of these features turned off, IMO there are only a few really useful ones. YMMV

Edit: Smart rotation and smart pause are working. They are just really picky when they want to work. I cannot get the palm motion stuff within Motions and gestures (capture screen and mute/pause) to work on this ROM or completely stock ROM, so it isn't something that I have removed.

I am going to add a few files back that were causing FCs in the settings menu. will probably upload a update tonight.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] k2buckley:
That's correct. First row is the rw (check read and write). Second and third row is just r (read). That's what the rw-r-r means, for people who were unaware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Uploaded new version. See OP for download. Will have post #3 updated within the hour. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] @BB:
Removed Apps

Can you put the APKs you removed in one ZIP file for downloading if we want to add certain apps back in? Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Read the entire OP. There is a link in the 3rd post. ;):)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] @BB:
Ooops! Missed that! Thanks!! :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] wojo797:
Flashed 1.1 and all I get after the Samsung logo is a black screen.. Had to pull battery..ahhhhh I forgot to flash a kernel..my bad
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Truitt.Jack:
Just use Google Voice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] wojo797:
Very nice simple ROM.. loving it.. My daily driver
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Devilock666:
This rom works, its stable, its light, its fast, and it has the best balance of features. Thank you for your work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tibedabeeto:
Thanks for your Rom, I was looking for a stock Rom with most bloatware gone but kept all functionality of phone. This seems to be it. Keep up the good work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Foulwx:
I'm trying to download the 1.1 version of the deleted files, but all I get is a 0K file. Is it just me? I just flashed your ROM and so far it looks just like what I'm looking for. All I've done so far is replace the transparent weather widget with the one with the blue time and weather.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Sorry cant help you. Downloaded just fine for me. Try a different browser maybe.

I am hoping to put out an update later this week when I get some free time. I have been trying out CM for the last week. I Will remove some unnecessary lib files and I'm thinking about adding the 4x5 launcher with the standard app drawer before I make the switch back to touchwiz.

Glad you guys are liking this ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Foulwx:
I just tried Chrome and it downloaded fine. Then I went back to IE and it downloaded fine also. The only thing I noticed was overnight it was using the Illinois #5 mirror. So I forced it to the same mirror and it failed again, so it was the server that was the problem.

In addition to your ROM I've flashed the 4x5_5x6_3x4 Touchwiz launcher, and Nottach Exposed, and everything is working great!

I just restored visual voicemail and the sprintandroidextension.apk as stated in the OP. I'm going to start from scratch and leave out the sprintandroidextension if I can, because all it did was flash the Sprint bloatware. I'll check it out and report back on whether it is needed for the VVM.

Thanks again for a very nice debloated ROM.

Foulweather

- looks like thunderstorms for PA today.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] DonToolBag:
A de-bloated Touchwiz ROM for my S4 with the "WatchON" app still installed. This is almost everything I wanted in life.

Thank You - loving it.

Question; are there any special steps required to install the Dropbox app back on to the phone? I want that 50 gigs! I had some issues last night, so I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong. (Don't remember the error...)

DTB
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dligon:
Should just be a simple placing app on sd card and installing it. easy enough for a caveman.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Funny you should ask. I was planning on adding dropbox back in on the next version. ;)

If you cant wait a few days, just move cloudagent.apk, dropbox.apk, and dropboxOOBE.apk into /system/app. Then set permissions to rw-r-r and then reboot. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] DonToolBag:
Cool - thanks for the Info. Looking forward to future versions of your ROM!

Any recommendations on Kernel? I'm just using KT (Or is it officially called KTweaker?) for now.

DTB
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
I prefer Agat's kernel. I agree with his stability/battery life approach to building kernels, as opposed to building for performance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Op updated. Was messing around and added a few more mods and put dropbox back in.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] zackandethan:
Downloaded now . I'll flash in a bit . Is this the same highway55 from the Ns4G ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Yessir! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] zackandethan:
Damm good to see ya here . It took my old brain a bit to put it together . Still got my ns4g but retired it . Soon as my battery charges ima flash and report back .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Haha I gave my nexus to my 4 year old to play games on.

You shouldn't have any issues. Just basically a debloated stock ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] zackandethan:
It's running great . Everthing working just fine . I like how stripped it is . I'll check battery life . I also run agats kernel . Been running his kernel since 2.0 .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] triz1one:
Having issues with wifi everything else is good wifi not connecting
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] elimon91:
Try to reflash kernel that should fix it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
No wifi issues here. Mine connects everywhere. I even get open wifi network notifications while driving down the road from time to time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] triz1one:
Which kernel is the best one to use and does anyone have a link to it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40951066

:cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] loc125:
Great rom, but the only issue that i ran into was random resets, anyone else had that problem?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] zackandethan:
I havent had one single issue with this rom myself . Running agats 3.0 kernel , ondemand/noop with settings as they come . Plus added reverepats v5 theme .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] xlinkx:
does screen mirroring work with this rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] wojo797:
Anyone have the vvm apk? I just subscribed to this yesterday when I was on force ROM. The removed apps link isn't working for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sweets55:
I just saw it in the Wicked ROM thread. Page 7 on the xda app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
OP updated with new version. This will be the final version of MDL. This now includes agat63's kernel so there is no need to flash a separate one anymore. More info is in the OP. Enjoy!

I will not be updating to MF9 until all of the mods are updated first. so it could be a while. Hopefully sooner rather than later. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] triz1one:
Voice mail apk not working installs correctly but doesnt receive any of my voicemails
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Did you install SprintAndroidExtension.apk and set permissions to rw-r-r?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] triz1one:
Yes I did that and it still isnt working
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
I just installed VVM on my phone and it works fine. If you were using google voice you need to go the the GV site on a PC and unsubscribe from the service to have the voicemails forwarded to the sprint voicemail.

Other than that I cant think of anything else that could be wrong. It took me less than 5 minutes to unsubscribe and uninstall GV and install VVM, reboot and send a test voice mail from another phone. Sorry man.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Updated to MF9. See OP for dowload link. I suggest updating firmware and baseband to MF9 before installing this. A full system and data wipe is required as well. Happy flashing!

EDIT: 3rd post updated with the removed MF9 apps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
For anybody who still might be interested in this, the OP is updated with a new version. It will probably be the last until there is an update from Sprint. Have fun!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] albert1500:
thinking about trying this one. any problems with the kernel?

i like the stock feel and deodexed. i want to do some themed mods and seems like this might let met with the custom kernel.

hey i noticed on your OP that on your credits, the link for the stock mf9 rom actually takes you to the mdl thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
I have not had any problems with the kernel. Make sure to nandroid before theming, just to be safe.

Thanks for the heads up on the link, I'll get it fixed when I have a minute. :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] :
Agats kernel has ran great on my end all day today. Using blue theme v2 from themes and apps section... about to flash dark dialer.. Tks op for putting this together.:sly::D

*Edit added: Had my GPS trip out yesterday and tell me some off the wall figures and noticed phone ran kinda hotter than normal at times.. Other than that I had no issues with this and agats kernel..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] albert1500:
So I flashed this rom and been running it for a few days now and it has been working great so far.

Thanks again for this. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] evo-t:
Tried installing twice and once I set up my Google account my phone gets cRaZy hot and shuts off. Booted into TWRP 2.5.0.2 and did full wipe, installed and let it sit, this time for close to 10 min then rebooted and set up Sammy acc and by the time Google finished my phone was hot as f... again and turned off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] albert1500:
when i flashed this my phone got real hot too but never shut its self off. i just let it do its thing and eventually it just cooled down. been running great for about 2 weeks now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] evo-t:
Hmmmmm. I wonder if I let it sit longer. This phone is a pain in the balls sometimes haha

tried a couple more times and still heats WAY up then turns off. I switched to MF9 stock kernal and it isn't heating up nor shutting off. I can't flash themes now with a stock kernal right, or can I?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SixSixAtl:
I went from FreeGS4 (an MDL rom) to stock/rooted/deodexed/nodatawipe MF9 (I had already upgraded to MF9 firmware & modem while still on FreeGS4) to Highway55 MF9 (without wiping data) and didn't notice any sort of overheating. This rom is seems great so far and is playing quite nicely with Xposed App Settings and Wanam Xposed. I wasn't able to get call recording to work via Wanam Exposed, so I flashed

SPRINT_MF9_FULL_MENU.zip which is available via

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2381762

and now have call recording working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] albert1500:
when i flashed it, i had the ota mf9 update already. to answer your question. you can flash mods but some may brick your wifi, if you're running the stock kernel. thats why i didnt mind flashing this rom. comes with a custom kernel and its debloated. was able to flash some mods and wifi works n all. so far its been awesome. phone seems a lil faster too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
My device gets a little warm after flashing, but never enough to make it shutdown.

The only thing I can think of that would be causing this is the build.prop performance and battery life edits I have made. I will try to upload a flashable .zip of the stock build.prop for you to test.

Other than that this is just a debloated stock rom.

EDIT: I guess Agat's kernel might not be agreeing with your device too. I will upload a stock build.prop to try first before I can say it's the kernel...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] evo-t:
I actually let it cool then booted into TWRP and flashed the stock MF9 kernel. Then rebooted and let it be while I downloaded Agat's kernel, then went back to recovery and flashed it. Been running like this since, no problems! Phone gets hot when I take a lot of pics, but it did that when I first got it. Anywas AWESOME ROM!!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] raven69david:
Not sure why, but the icons on my main screen do not have labels. If I click the "app" button, I can see all of the downloaded apps and they all have their labels underneath each icon. Any idea why the labels are not on my home screen/main screens, but can be seen in the "apps" catalog on the phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
It is supposed to be that way! :D I included one of fgr's modded launchers in this ROM. I like the clean look of no icon text on the home screen.

There is nothing wrong. It is supposed to be like that. If you don't care for it just replace seclauncher.apk with the stock one or another one of fgr's from the previous link. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] raven69david:
Hey thanks for the quick response and explanation. Now it makes sense and thanks for the solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SixSixAtl:
This rom deserves more notice...

...so I thought I'd give it a well deserved bump! As I mentioned in a previous post, before flashing this rom, I had previously been running FreeGS4 V2 (an MDL rom) and was a happy camper. With a forum moderator closing the FreeGS4 thread and with no indication from the developer if an upgrade to MF9 would be forthcoming, I decided to flash stock/rooted/deodexed/nodatawipe MF9 (I had already upgraded to MF9 firmware & modem while still on FreeGS4). A few days later, I read a post by albert1500 in another thread enthusiastically recommending Highway 55's MF9 rom and thought I would try it out. I flashed without wiping data and had no installation or operational issues.

Apex, my long time preferred launcher, runs flawlessly; Xposed App Settings works great for my per app dpi preferences; Wanam Xposed works great for my status bar mods: center clock with date, circle battery icon, colorize all status bar icons to FFFFE400 (my favorite yellow - try it, you'll thank me!). To get the camera mods I wanted, I used Root Explorer to access system/csc/feature.xml and text editor to change CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu and CscFeature_Camera_EnableCameraDuringCall from false to true. I wasn't able to get call recording to work via the Wanam Exposed setting, so I flashed SPRINT_MF9_FULL_MENU.zip which did the trick and is available at

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2381762

A few days ago I noticed that the FreeGS4 developer made available V3 (an MF9 rom) and reopened his thread. In spite of several users posting reports of installation or operational issues, I decided to flash V3. I did so with the latest version of TWRP and without wiping data. It booted fine, and I noticed no operational issues. The built-in Rom Control feature, however, didn't provide for the status bar mods I like, and as another user had already posted, Wanam Xposed doesn't play well with the new version. so that was reason enough for me to fall back to Highway 55. Earlier today I noticed that there has been no activity in this thread for several weeks, so I decided to post an updated and more detailed account of my positive experience with this rom and to give Highway 55's thread a well deserved bump!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
Thanks for the kind words. I haven't been paying much attention the last month or so. I have been flashing different AOSP/CM ROMs. Although nice, every one of them has a few issues. The major ones being data and MMS. I'm back on this ROM now, everything just works. :D Usually a quiet ROM thread means everything is working well for those that are using it. Thanks guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SixSixAtl:
"Everything just works..."

...about sums it up for this ROM. The downside of a quiet ROM thread is that it might go unnoticed by someone who has recently acquired a GS4 and who is searching through the various ROM threads in this forum to shop for a suitable custom ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Foulwx:
Since I'm not sure what visual voice-mail is, will the normal voice-mail work with this ROM? Thanks in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Highway 55:
You mean by just dialing the voice mail by holding 1 in the dialer? That should work. All I removed was VVM which is just an interface for that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chris-allen:
Everything working great..no bloat...thank u :₩
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dzilla23:
Woooo wooo running strong 4 weeks NO reboots, lag and all the other BOOOOO's! Great rom and thanks!

Sent from my SPH-L720 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SixSixAtl:
Hey '55 I'm curious to know what you're thinking regarding upgrading your phone to 4.3/MJA - whether you've got your eye an another dev's work in progress or if you think you're going to build your own again. I've been enjoying your "It just works!" MF9 build for months now, and with all the new plot twists I'm reading about with MJA (firmware/bootloader, knox/flashcounter etc.), my current thought (short of buying a different phone) is "I'm going to do whatever Highway55 does".