[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] fffft:
Hey Guys. Nice to have found this thread. Judging from what I've read so far.. which is about 300 posts into the thread, it looks like a great ROM (thanks iB4STiD) & a great group of people pitching in.

I'm not getting out of the starting gate with this ROM though. No doubt that's something that I'm missing.. but i can't figure out what that is. My S4 won't boot after the first flash and re-reading the instructions.. two, three.. four times isn't getting me much further. If anyone would like to take a stab at suggesting which wrong turn I took, I'd appreciate that.

Trying to do a clean install of GE 18.2 onto a Canadian S4 (RWC I337M). No pre-existing mods other than stock ROM having being rooted. And I'm not getting far enough to consider any of the add on mods from this thread yet. The phone is stock odex and has the 4.3 base band (MK6). This is a clean install, without any previous GE bits or gremlins in the shadows. And I did check the md5's of all the files.

Crash & burn #1

factory wipe /reset

flashed Goldeneye 18.2 ROM (GE-XXUEML6-18.2.zip)

did not reboot

flashed 18.2 Canadian kernel fix (GE-I337M-XXUEML6-18.2.zip)

wiped cache /Davlik cache

reboot

phone hangs on the boot splash logo (pulsing Samsung logo)

i know that a first boot will take longer so waited > 45 min and the phone was clearly non-responsive. And very hot. Phone 1. Owner nada.

Crash & burn #2

read the instruction again, ensuring that I had the Canadian file versions

factory wipe /reset

flashed Goldeneye 18.2 ROM (GE-XXUEML6-18.2.zip)

did not reboot

flashed the Jan 7th updated kernel (Stock_Modified_4.3_1102014l.zip) instead of the kernel fix

wiped cache /Davlik cache

reboot

phone hangs again. possible hotplate replacement if i remember to buy the smallest possible eggs

Sanity check

re-read all the instructions

did some keyword searches to see if anyone else was seeing similar issues

double checked the md5's

reflashed just the stock ROM to confirm that the backup image was problem free

Crash & burn #3

Found post #9892 (and of course #9392) which said that the Canada fix file was outdated.. but alas false hope, with that appearing to have been fixed several weeks ago. So.. faithfully retraced the steps in #1 again. Predictably ending with an overheated and unhappy phone. At least if the phone had blown up or joined Dancing with the stars, it would be interesting.

More reading. Only 700 posts to go.. well, plus the 100 or so new ones sure to sprout up during the read. Noted that the instructions for the new kernels don't spell out whether to apply the Canadian kernel fix or not. reading between the lines.. sounds like the OP is patching the updated kernels & just need a full wipe. In any event, I could try both options when i get to that crossroad. Also saw the recent CSC /build.prop posts. And the instruction comment about "carrier zip" is a bit cryptic. But also moot since I'm not getting that far yet. And I'm sure that I'd figure it out in context. Zip code or carrier specific flashable zip probably.

Regroup

I'll try two more flashes with the alternate ausdim kernel.. and some completely different 4.3 kernel to try and narrow down what is going awry here. Will report back about that. In the meanwhile.. helllllllllllllllp?

Tries to make the phone feel guilty by glowering at it while foraging for leftover Christmas Cheer..

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