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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] spocko:
I have used both with the default talexop kernel and haven't noticed any significant difference. I didn't do any specific testing, just normal usage.

I'm like you, it takes me hours to get my phone set back up after a clean install. Since I had just recently done a clean install of 18.2, I gambled and restored data in recovery after upgrading to 20. So far it has been fine, but obviously that's not the recommended practice, and I can't say I've seen any real benefits of version 20 compared to 18.2. If I was in your shoes I'd probably just stick with 18.2 for now. Just one man's opinion.

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I have not seen anyone else reporting that, but you don't mention which version(s) of the ROM you are talking about, so we can't comment specifically.

I can offer some general observations as a regular reader of this thread. It seems to me that goldeneye versions up to 5.1, which used the stock Samsung kernel, were very stable for pretty much everybody. Starting with version 6 it became necessary to use a custom kernel to work around Samsung's security stuff, and that's when more people seemed to start having issues, and iB4 started providing alternate kernels for people to try. There was a bit of a rocky period were more people were having issues, but with more recent versions of goldeneye the number of issues seems to have reduced again. However, some people do still have issues with certain kernels, so some experimenting may still be necessary.

I'm not sure why the older versions with Samsung kernel seemed to be more "universal". Maybe that kernel was more conservative and didn't push the hardware to the limits, so it was more tolerant of hardware variations. Just a guess.

In any case, I think you need to try to figure out if your decreasing stability is due to the software or hardware issues. As a test, I might suggest that you go back to either stock MDL or goldeneye version 5 or below and see if your phone is stable in that config. If yes, then your hardware is presumably good and then you can focus on finding a newer ROM that works for you. Good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] EgOrus:
I tried already install some apps from market and then restore only data for them from TiB - same problems, migrate set in TiB don't help either.

Made clean install of TiB (rename TiB settings folder before)... No success.

Any thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] iB4STiD:
Odd.. Never had a problem restoring apps with tb.. As a matter of fact your the only person I ever heard had that issue .. Not sure what to say man
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] walletless:
Very odd... never had problem restoring non-system apps..

Do you have Nandroid backup from before? Restore to that nandroid, delete your TiBu backup directory from sd card, re-do the backup, clean install GE20 and try again... its very odd to have such problems.. almost sounds like the backup file was not correctly written or something...

Do you have enough disk space in the SD card where you are backing up?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] EgOrus:
yes I have 64gb exfat sdcard and almost half is free. And yes I have nandroid backup, and I'll try to backup to internal storage, than restore to clean GE20. Thanks for advice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sgndroid1:
I would try formating the sd card to fat32 and see how it goes. I don't know if it's normal, but it took almost 15 minutes to do a nandroid backup to the sd card with exfat format. On fat32 takes less then 5 minutes.

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How's your battery life("Screen on Time") lately on this Rom. I haven't had much luck with 4.3 roms since it sucks battery almost twice as much then 4.2. I used to get almost 5 hours of Screen On Time on 4.2. I'm now having issues with Google Play Services sucking a lot of juice. I tried clearing Google Services data, cleared caché and Dalvik, fixed permissions, and the bastard is still sucking the battery like a *****.

It seems to me that every time a newer update is out, you get a lot less battery then previous versions. I wonder how is 4.4 gonna do on battery life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] guut13:
Same thing happened to me coming from sho 3.1. Issue was restoring data. When I just restored the app, all worked fine.

[MENTION=1380660]iB4STiD[/MENTION]. As far as I'm concerned... you got this puppy tuned in. I'll admit, don't really use my phone at work but...

Yesterday. only about 15 min of screen time... after 8.5 hours... 95% battery left

Today. 60 min of screen time... 12.5 hours... 77% battery left.

You are awesome. Sent a little something your way. Thank you. Keep up the good work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] yongh:
any data drop on tmobile ? and are u on 4.3 modem ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] iB4STiD:
Thank you very much for that man!! Really appreciate that .. And thank you for the feedback and kind words!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sgndroid1:
That's freaking good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] eterno13:
No drops an yes im tmobile 4.3 ..but my rom is not this....is the other ge i9505 version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] yongh:
i know , can u tell me what modem u on ? and lte work ? also what kernel u on ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] eterno13:
Mk2..yes lte
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] yongh:
thx i will try to flash to see if any date drop
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] seanpr123:
Gotta say, this is my favorite GE yet.

Everything really seems tuned it, and my idle battery drain is FINALLY down to where I've wanted for months now.

Check out my BBS from last night, .4% drain per hour, can't argue with that.

Screen time is amazing as well, over 4 hours, close to 5 depending on phone use.

Side note, I do have a Moto X arriving in the mail today to play around with and I see iB4STiD has an X as well, look forward to checking out that ROM alongside this guy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] twcobra:
If Lenovo byes Motorola then my interest in a Moto X2 may have dropped several notches.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] beast3300:
They did.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] EgOrus:
OK, I made some research with GE20 Safestrap and Titanium Backup, I think but I'm not sure that something wrong with GE20 (Safestrap version) or maybe Samsung ENA4 firmware (I'll try another rom with ENA4 base later). Now I can say that TiB don't work correctly at all, so I make clean GE20 Safestrap install in Stock ROM slot, then make clean install TiB and some apps from market for testing. I don't use any previous backups. After that I make backup with TiB and try to restore. Try to start this restored app and it just close or close with error. And even when I just wipe app with TiB the app hangs or closes with error.

So I can't use TiB, it can't restore anything on GE20 even if I made backup of my apps from GE20.

I tried remove supersu and reinstall it from market, tried diiferent TiB settings, different microSDs as backup location, tried format external card as fat32, tried to backup to internal storage. Tried to install GE to Slot 1, tried restore data files of apps inhand with Root Explorer, tried fix permission. And nothing help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lowspeed:
This is how good the battery life. And this is a 10 month old battery!

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sameer1807:
Has anyone experienced the time not changing? It only changes If I lock and unlock the screen. Have auto date time enabled..any thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] buggerritt:
I have noticed that a couple times with beautiful widgets but only that app. When i pull down the status bar, it shows the correct time and then my widget corrects itself. Maybe I'll re-add the time to the status bar and see if it gets stuck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gravedigger76:
You can also try to clear app data and cache for any time widgets/apps you have for time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] anthonyly:
whats the difference between lolkd and strap....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Reinaldo33897:
Lolkd are those that were able to unlock bootloader when we rooted (MDL) and strap are for those that were unable to unlock bootloader (MF3 or above) where Sammy locked down the bootloader and you need safestrap to flash a custom room.

If I'm not mistaken but anyone welcomed to correct me.

Sent from my GoldenEye S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] RTBee:
Same problem here while using Gentle Alarm. I was thinking it was only the app that had the problem, but maybe there's more to it since others are having issues with other apps as well. :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] freebee269:
actually loki does not unlock the bootloader. it circumvents the bootloader to make it possible to flash custom roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] twcobra:
Kind of like a wolf in sheeps clothing. Howwwwwwwlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] freebee269:
[MENTION=1380660]iB4STiD[/MENTION]

how you been man? hope things with you going well. your roms are legends. some people that went to lg g2 from s4 like me were in the g2 forums talking about how good your s4 roms are. so when are you going to bring out the 4.4.2 version since it leaked?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] iB4STiD:
Hey man!! Right now I'm staying at a hotel .. In the process of moving lol..

I'll be at the new place next 2 days .. And thank you man that's very nice of you to say !! Hope all is well with you man !! Where have u been ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] freebee269:
i've been on the g2 forums. i see you got a baby g2 AKA nexus 5. nice. how are you liking it? i thought about getting a nexus 5 also but i cant give up the camera and battery from the g2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] iB4STiD:
make sure that ur apps like greenify arent kill that apps process .. also none of the changes i made would effect time or an apps ability to update it self

you should pick one up if u can.. i like it .. also the camera isnt bad at all... my gf had the g2 for about a day .. she also had the note 3 .. she now saw the lg2 in white .. im right next to a verizon store at the hotel .. she has a moto maxx 2013 . i have a feeling a new phone is in her future :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] walletless:
KitKat leak - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2624782

Seems a bit old though... posted 5 days ago.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gg_monogram:
omg.... the rom seems perfect but i flashed the DISABLE HOME WAKE....... that's not what I wanted, how do I RE-ENABLE it back?

dirty flash will hurt?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Hahahaha... sure you were;)

[MENTION=1380660]iB4STiD[/MENTION]

Is the reboot to recovery supposed to work in SS version?

Can any add ons (stite dialer) from OP be used on SS?

Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] iB4STiD:
Yes I believe the extended reboot should work .. And yes all addons will work kind sir :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lilg754367:
is the att network icon supposed to be in the top corner or no?

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i downloaded that att network thing in addons and flashed it and still nothing in top left corner? Is this normal?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] beast3300:
I haven't seen that since bone stock. I think that was only with syscope or Knox working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lilg754367:
really? are you on mk2 ss att
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] beast3300:
Yes @ really; no @ SS. Luckily I'm on MDL bootloader. I don't remember which version it was that iB killed the ATT in the left corner of the status bar.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lilg754367:
oh so he did kill the att logo in the corner
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] beast3300:
I think so.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lilg754367:
hopefully he be on so i can find out i just want to make sure thats right i love the rom cant wait to see how battery life is i just flashed today
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Solace50:
got a rr earlier today when waking the phone, logs attached. well actually it occured on 18.2 as well a few times. only happens when initially waking the phone at random times.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] EgOrus:
Finally I found that all roms with safestrap based oh UNA4 firmware don't work with Titanium Backup, it can restore app only, but if restore data or make wipe data with TiB it dosn't work. I will wait new GE version for safestrap maybe it has better compatibility with titanium. Anyway GE20 is the best ROM i tried for att safestrap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gte460z:
Is anyone else having problems with the desktop dock freezing up on GE 20? I'll put phone on the dock and in a couple of hours, the clock freezes which means the alarm doesn't work either but as soon as I take it off the dock everything is fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bruceo:
This is the primary reason that I had to look elsewhere. GE seemed to be the best but too often I would miss a morning alarm because something just isnt right with docking. Not sure if GE is totally to blame. It seems something with GE and/or Tasker and Wanam. If GE only I didn't seem to have the dock lockup or reboots at all then adding either my tasker automations or wanam caused problems. On other ROMS I could run my automations and wanam without getting reboots or dock lockups. I could dock during the day no problem but for some reason when docked on my night stand something happens during the night and locks up the clock process and therefore alarms failed. Otherwise I hate leaving these GE/MDOB ROMS because there is no more responsive ROM cooker than iB4astid
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gte460z:
So it was happening on MDOB as well? I was planning on flashing that today to see if it fixed the problem...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] buggerritt:
Anyone else experiencing failed video uploads to Facebook with an "unknown format or damaged" error?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sk8trix:
I switched over from MDOB to this rom. After a clean install I can say that so far I am having no issues at all. My desktop isnt freezing or anything like that, and battery is great. Performance is also very good even with a third party kernel and in regard to the facebook issues mentiond before by other users, I am not sure since I don't use facebook.

I made a small review for any noobs on here who aren't sure how this rom looks like( although touchwiz cant look any different) so maybe it helps anyone who has no clue on roms understand a little about the rom:

for the video I am using an I-337 Lok'ID

removing samsung crap

clear accuweather

hope it helps any newbs

http://youtu.be/p1Fm6AWNIlY
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] greekunit690:
None on my end...I actually uploaded 3 pretty big videos yesterday with no problems at all
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bruceo:
On previous versions. I havent installed the most recent MDOB but I suspect I would have the same issues with my combination.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mairei:
Is this with the samsung alarm and the docking accessory stand? I use Alarm Clock Extreme without any problems, maybe try one of the Play store alarms?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Mairei:
RBC Wallet (rooted status)

Anyone figure out how to hide root from inside the GoldenEye ROM? I want to use the RBC Wallet app for mobile payments but the app somehow detects the phone is rooted. I've done buildprop edit to stock Bell model etc.

This fellow figured out how to do on a stock rom then root and custom kernel: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49936544

Just wondering if any fellow canadians figured it out on this ROM here, not expecting developer support :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Reinaldo33897:
Good grief I miss flashing roms. I'm going to have to do a full wipe and re flash GE20 just to get my fix. ?

Sent from my GoldenEye S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bruceo:
I ise a deskclock app that is good but I use the samsung system app for alarms. I put the phone in a desk dock but it just plugs in to a regular miniusb plug so it would be the same as just plugging in to charge. If I have wanam and/or Tasker active something causes a freeze and then the alams wont work until it reboots or I hard reboot it. GE clean there was not a problem. The ROM I am running now is extremely customizable and I can run Wanam on top with a few more customizations and run my tasker automations, which include poppling up a menu when I plug into power and allows me to select docking/car/night modes. Run for over a week with no freezing or rebooting at all.

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I only run TiBU manually
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lowspeed:
So in what cases TiBu works?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bruceo:
TiBU has always seemed to work for me when resorting my settings for ROM flashes. I as most do I assume only restore my apps and data do not restore any system stuff.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Chrifister:
Well finally got some free time a few days ago to update this cool ROM. GE 15 with Ktoonz kernel with Hydra script was peppy, but something was unstable. Symptoms were random freezes where I could not get the screen to turn on and required a reboot, slight freezes here and there, and a few random reboots for no reason. The most annoying issue was with my sms messages. Sometimes, my phone would go crazy with a bunch of messages coming all at once. These messages were sent hours and hours ago and for some reason decided to all come at once, just like I lost service and suddenly regained it. They have the current time they are received instead of the time they were sent.

Upgraded to GE 20 and immediately notice a difference. Smoother or something. Using the i337m Canadian kernel fix. Haven't had any of the previously mentioned symptoms yet. Have a new issue now. Sometimes when people try to call me, it goes right to voicemail. My phone doesn't ring. This has been happening on and off for days. Last night the girlfriend came home annoyed that I wouldn't answer. To prove the problem to her, I had her hold my phone and call it with hers. Went straight to voicemail every time without so much as a peep from my phone. Might as well have it turned off. I called her and it "fixed" the issue and she could call me again. Oddly enough, I do get the notification of new voicemails.

Not sure what to blame this issue on: my carrier or the ROM? Seems like it is periodically losing connection with the tower until I use the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] walletless:
Sounds like a modem issue.. Try a different one.. mf3 works well for me here in San Jose, but mk2 (newer) gives me similar issues. Depending on your location, some modems may not work well, so I suggest trying a newest first, then older ones t if that does not work.

Not sure about i337m, but i337 modem can found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2496517
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] twcobra:
KitKat is here. Jeboo has a working KitKat touchwiz kernel in the ShoStock I thread. Now IB4 has something to work with for Version 21 :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lfyllarra:
That's a question I was going to post here. So I can go straight from GE 15 to whatever the current version is?

Enviado desde mi Nexus 7 mediante Tapatalk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] s0ulreaver:
I have been testing every version of this great ROM since v18. Now on v20 I have had some of the issue you had and so far I was thinking it was maybe something I was doing.

I had a few reboots with the GE-I337-TALEXOP-ML6.zip so I tried KToonsez kernel as I like the options that come with it the the KTweaker app.

With KToonsez I had the screen freezing, not responding, phone freezing completely behaving erratically when connected to the charger, etc.

This happened with no customizations of the kernel, no overclocking, nothing. I'm sorry about this as I would really want to use this kernel.

I switched to 'Stock_Modified_4.3_jovy23.zip' and have been running it for a week with no issues.

See if this helps, try Stock_Modified_4.3_jovy23.zip from here:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=8905

One more thing: with v18 and up, your phone must have the latest v4.3 modem/baseband:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47819176&postcount=9322
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Reinaldo33897:
Kind of odd my phone runs flawless and I'm still on MDL

Sent from my GoldenEye S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] spocko:
I think Canadian users need to have a 4.3 baseband, but US users on AT&T do not.

I'm on AT&T and I ran GE 18.2 with the MDL baseband for a while and had no problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Chrifister:
I upgraded my modem to I337MVLUEMK6 before installing GE15. Is the kernel you posted compatible with the Canadian i337m?

Today the phone is working as it should. The problems seem to be random and I'm positive the phone is losing connection with the tower, almost like timing out after no activity or going to sleep or something. Once I use the phone to send a message or make a phone call it's like it reconnects. A quick Google search came up with others having the same issue with the S4. Perhaps my phone is faulty? Never had the issue for the first four months on the stock 4.2. The girlfriend did the OTA update to Knox-enabled 4.3 and hers is working fine. Actually I told her to wait but early one morning she just okay on the popup and it updated lol

Other than this weird modem issue, this GE version is excellent. I really like it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] iB4STiD:
Yes I am alive ..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rfb813:
Great!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] s0ulreaver:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=8905

The link is from the 1st post, posted by iB4STiD with the recommended kernels for i337m.

Try jovy's kernel, see if it makes a difference.

Although from what you say, it's exactly the symptoms of not having the 4.3 modem... really strange.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] iB4STiD:
News Feb 5th 2014

OK at new place .. I will need a bit of time guys .. Gf is not taking leaving NY so well tho her idea .. So needless to say I will be playing shrink for a bit .. I want to thank everyone for helping each other ..

Sigh .. Been tough couple of days
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gravitywell:
Ugh.

So, my beautiful and wonderful s4 took a fall and the screen and digitizer broke. I sucumbed to the monster that is ATT and bought into their Next plan to get another s4. It came with 4.3 and MK2.

Now I'm stuck with Safestrap and working on installing GE20. I'm already not a fan of this entire thing. Why would they do this to our poor devices?

First world problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] moobieboobie:
a brand spanking new Red N5 might ease the pain... and then ship me the old N5. we both win.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] widek:
im uesing adam 1.4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] balpreetsaini:
custom kernels have some issues with certain touchwiz features with these roms . Install the Canadian Kernel fix from the OP and flash that. It will fix the smart scroll.