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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mr wizard:
Couple quick questions Please help!

I am running 4.2.2 on T Mobile galaxy s4 stock and rooted. I didn't know if anyone knows how to get AOSP lockscreen for it? Also looking to have a custom boot animation on stock is there a zip file to activate something like that? Any thoughts on how swap internal with external card I have a 64g external or maybe do a combine both storage's? Any battery mods that can work on my phone I was looking for some but I think I am running Odex and I only see ones that will work with deodex, any thoughts? And my big question.........If my phone only came with available space of 9gb because of the OS taking up the remaining 6-7gb if you put on custom rom why then you don't get back the extra space the Stock TW has taken up since it's now not on the phone? Does that make sense? Like for example I put a smaller size rom on my phone but it still only shows about the same internal size that when I had stock TW. Can something be done? If not I would like to see if something could be done with switching or combing my storage's.

Thanks very much for your assistance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
There are quite a free l few ROMS which give you custom boot animation and AOSP lock screen. I'm not sure if you can have AOSP lock screen without a custom ROM.

Secondly the storage won't change even if you install slimmest ROM. That's the way Samsung has created the partition for GS4. That's the way it is :( You can use folder Mount which will use your external SD card to store application/game data.

Hope this helps. All the best.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
If you were deodexed, there is a developer with a great flashable aroma that contains choices for many of the things you want, like custom boot animations and battery mods etc. here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2577050

I don't know if you have options like that on odexed roms though. Why are you odexed anyway? Just curious is all.

As for the size issue, the partitions are already predetermined by the manufacturer. Devs can sometimes shuffle things around to get more space for apps but 9 gb is about the max.

I don't understand your memory swap question though, sorry.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hs420:
Data icons

I have a potentially dumb question.

I am running Wicked v10 and am interested in editing some of the icons for the mobile data. More specifically, I would like the regular 4G icon to be an H+ icon instead. I have torn through the SystemUI.apk and can't seem to find the icons that the rom is currently using anywhere. Can someone point me in the right direction to change this with minimal effort. If I can avoid decompiling the SystemUI and just change the icon png files I would prefer that, but I am open to whatever. I just can't figure this out.

Thanks for your help! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
Dannyben is the one you want to talk to. He can help you with what you need. You can find him here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2577050

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lalec:
If you are talking about messages that were broken into multiple pieces, mine have always come out of order and I am on a rooted stock 4.2.2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
I must be getting it confused with my old HTC Vivid then. Thanks for the reply.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] roobytoosday:
Thanks!

Phrotac - thanks for your answers! Definitely interested in knowing more step by step. Don't care about device warranty though I would like to avoid ruining the device while trying to go open source. If the phone lasts a year or two I'm happy. More tired of getting mired down in procedural problems and security scares from manufacturers and networks while trying to make this transition than getting on their automatic tattletale no-warranty list or whatever.

Question: How do I tell if I have knox on this phone? Where would I find it or notice it?

SO - thank you for your help so far and I'm definitely interested in going further to switch up to cyanogenmod or replicant, etc. But I will proceed slowly with your expert advice so I don't mess it up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
Look in the system settings and ABOUT PHONE. If the android version is 4.3 you have Knox. If its 4.2 you don't

That is the quick way to tell since you are stock unrooted.

Knox won't stop you from rooting nor will is cause any problems with the phone operation. But it will likely void your warrenty
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
I spoke to the people at T-Mobile and found out that even though your warranty may be voided by rooting, your insurance will be unaffected ;)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] roobytoosday:
Great - thanks! Definitely interested in starting this process. Any idea if contact numbers will be erased in the changeover to cyanogenmod or replicant? Speaking of that - which is recommended, or what are some very simple pros & cons?

Should I erase any apps already on the stock ROM before rooting or just go for it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
If you sync with your google account then contacts will be unaffected. If you don't, download sms contacts backup from the Play store to back them up. You can also back up your calendar, bookmarks, call logs, and even apps with it. No need to delete apps or anything because you will be wiping them when you wipe your phone in preparation for a new Rom. Your first step is rooting your phone. You do that through odin with a file called cf-auto-root by chainfire ;)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chlose:
Ok so I completely went back to stock on my phone after a couple issues that I finally got sick of in the Infamous 9 ROM. I had planned on reflashing it right now, since I'm fully back on stock, but I'm still having one issue that has plagued me since I got the phone. My SD card seems to be ignored. I instead have an emulated folder that everything redirects to including recovery. How do I get my phone to actually recognize my SD card so that it doesn't have this emulated path?

EDIT: Just noticed that Alpha is done for. Going for Nemesis now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mewikime:
This is probably a bit of a silly question, but where do I get framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk from so I can use [TOOL][WINDOWS] ANDROID MULTITOOL v3.2 [ADB]?

I assume they're on my phone somewhere, but I don't know where.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
Most TW Roms won't recognize your sdcard unless it is fat32 formatted. The card comes as exFat and most Roms do not support that format. I know dbombRom does and I think Wicked does but I'm not sure.

You will find them both in your "system/framework" folder.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chlose:
Ah I see. I'll go for a FAT32 format then retry all this stuff when downloads finish.

EDIT: Ok, having some problems after I factory reset again. I'm unable to turn on my wifi and every time I boot up I get this security message. I tried some of the most common fixes for the wifi problem but none of them worked.

EDIT2: I just said screw it and went ahead with flashing things. My problems have disappeared.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mewikime:
Thanks, but.. how do I access system/framework folder? I've plugged it into the computer, but that's not there. :-/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
You have to use a file manager on your phone. A good free one in the Play store is called ES File Explorer. My favorite is Astro File Manager. I liked it so much I bought the full version, but ES File Explorer will get you what you need. Just copy the two files to your sdcard and then you'll be able to access them from your computer ;)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mewikime:
ES is doing the job just fine. Thanks :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
Awesome! Glad to hear that :)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] baseballfanz:
You need to use a file explorer that can access the root directory on your phone. ES file explorer as well as a bunch of others can do it.

You can't access from a pc, you'll have to copy them to the internal sd or external card first.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
Better late than never, right ?

LOL! Just kidding ?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mr wizard:
Hey thanks for the reply. I am on stock because I just am. Haven't found a way to deodex my rom or found a stock rom the is deodex. I could learn how to deodex if I could do it on a mac. I love custom roms tried Avatar CM10, Slimbean, GPE and some others but I like some of the samsung apps and because they don't run on AOSP I was hoping to get some AOSP stuff on my TW. I do know that Dandroid made a TW/AOSP Rom for 4.1.2 but then went to 4.3 instead of 4.2.2 I don't want to go to 4.3 for the fear of knox and that you can't go back once you are on 4.3. Aside from that the memory swap there are comments I have seen about being able on some Galaxy S phones but haven't seen for mine (M919) that there are apps or ways to write to the OS to have the phone be trick into seeing both storage's as one not two, or that you can have the sc card be the primary storage and have the phone internal as the 2nd storage that way you can install more apps without running into low storage problems like I will be having because of the limited space on the GS4.

Thanks again for your help guys!

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Hey thanks for the reply. I am on stock because I just am. Haven't found a way to deodex my rom or found a stock rom the is deodex. I could learn how to deodex if I could do it on a mac. I love custom roms tried Avatar CM10, Slimbean, GPE and some others but I like some of the samsung apps and because they don't run on AOSP I was hoping to get some AOSP stuff on my TW. I do know that Dandroid made a TW/AOSP Rom for 4.1.2 but then went to 4.3 instead of 4.2.2 I don't want to go to 4.3 for the fear of knox and that you can't go back once you are on 4.3. Aside from that the memory swap there are comments I have seen about being able on some Galaxy S phones but haven't seen for mine (M919) that there are apps or ways to write to the OS to have the phone be trick into seeing both storage's as one not two, or that you can have the sc card be the primary storage and have the phone internal as the 2nd storage that way you can install more apps without running into low storage problems like I will be having because of the limited space on the GS4.

Thanks again for your help guys!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] baseballfanz:
Haha damn.:D. Tapatalk took me to the last unread post. Need to refresh next time before I reply.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TehHobbitz:
SMS/MMS recipient limit

My wife and I just switched from Verizon to TMobile. She has the S4 (I have the LG G2). We found that both phones are limited 10 MMS recipients. We sometimes have 12-15 people all on the same thread and sending out individual messages isn't going to fly. I've seen the Wanam Xposed that the SMS/MMS recipient limit can be increased but everything I've read this limit might be imposed by TMobile and not have anything to do with the phone.

Before I take the time to root my wife's phone, will raising the limit via Xposed or a custom ROM actually fix anything? Or we are stuck to only being able to read those 10+ group messages and not actually replying to the conversation?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
You only get knox 3 ways. 1) OTA upgrade to 4.3, 2) Flash a kernel/rom that is not knox free, and 3) Odin flash stock 4.3. All custom roms should be knox free. Just read the description for the rom you are interested in to see if it says knox free. Also, you will have to upgrade your modem to mk2 if you flash a 4.3 rom or your data will drop every time your phone sleeps ;)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
I don't know the answer. But a quick call to T Mobile custom care will let you confirm or deny that T Mobile imposes a 10 person limit. If T Mobile doesn't, you should be able to increase the max users by simply using another messing app I'd think.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TehHobbitz:
So it's possible it's a carrier limit and not just a phone limit? That is what I was looking to find out for sure. I will start with TMobile and see what they say.

Thank you! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mewikime:
I want to make a couple of mods to my device which requires decompiling apks, and editing xml and smali files. I've been looking at APKTool but there are so many guides on XDA, and none of them are the same. [GUIDE][HOW-TO] Decompile and Compile apps using Apktool in 5 Simple Steps says that any apk that is compiled needs signing, but [Guide] Decompile with Apk Tool [Easy Way] says that to keep the proper signature, the resources.arcs file and any edited xmls need to be moved from the compiled APK to the original APK to keep the proper signature. Then I've read elsewhere that if it's a system app, that shouldn't be signed.

Which is right?

Also, I've been looking at APKTool mobile, at http://code.google.com/p/apktool. Same question for that - do the edited files need putting into the original APK?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] baseballfanz:
Forget all that, try this one.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2536073

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
That's an awesome little gold nugget. Me likes ?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] thartley:
How to remove "New update available" notification?

Hello,

I have a T-Mobile SGH-M919 running 4.2.2 Custom (rooted). I'd like to find out how to stop the notification that keeps pestering me to install the update.

Background: Last weekend I began receiving notifications that the update to 4.3 was available. I postponed it probably 3 times and then it wouldn't let me postpone it any more. I don't know if I accidentally clicked on something that caused the postponing to stop, but now I get a notification that the update is on the phone and ready to install. I noticed in the All section of Applications, I did have one called Knox, but that was the only place is showed up. From the Notifications swipe-down, I long-clicked on the notification which took me to the App info dialog box, but Show notifications checkbox was grayed out (with the checkbox checked) and the option to disable was grayed out. I could only choose to clear the cache.

Yesterday I rooted the phone hoping that by putting the CWM recovery on it would remove that notification, but it didn't make any difference. Before I rooted, I went into Download mode and checked that there were no Knox flags. I also verified that I was on 4.2.2. After I rooted and installed the CWM recovery, I noticed that none of the settings of the apps had changed, with the exception of AutomateIt, which asked for root permission. I tested for root with Root Checker Basic and verified that I am rooted.

I had seen a couple of postings on another forum that mentioned there were a couple of files, and one in particular, SMD.apk (I think that was it's name) that should either be renamed or deleted, but the posting was referring to the Verizon variant. I don't find that file on my phone using ES File Explorer.

My concern is that the button to Start the install is right above the phone's 'back' button, and I fear it's only a matter of time before I accidentally hit the install because the notification will have popped up just as I go to hit the back button and slip.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
You could delete the update file, but I'm not sure where to find it.

You could also just install a custom ROM. If you like the stock 4.2 rom there are plenty of 4.2 and 4.3 TouchWiz ROMs out there that do not have Knox. They will look and feel just like stock but have a ton more features and options. Not to mention better battery life and goodies like that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] thartley:
Thank you for the reply.

I guess I'm unclear on what a recovery file does because I thought it might replace the OS with another. I hoped the notification to be gone after I installed the CWM recovery. That was why I mentioned that all my settings were in tact after I installed it - in case that was a clue that might indicate to those that understand this process better that maybe something didn't get overwritten that should have. I expected that I was going to have to reinstall apps and redo my settings and preferences.

Now I'll research alternative ROMs. The two main reasons I didn't want to update to 4.3 is because of Knox and possibly losing USB-OTG (USB On-The-Go). Do you know if the 4.3 ROMs have USB-OTG activated? I read that when the Motorola Moto G came out with 4.2.x it had USB-OTG activated, but when 4.3 came out for it, Google had disabled USB-OTG. It's not that big of deal for a Galaxy S4 since they have a microSD slot, but with USB-OTG you don't need to remove the back of the phone to swap out a card, and USB-OTG lets you use other USB products besides thumb drives.

Regards.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] crisrs:
3g not working

Hello everyone, i wanted to know if someone could help me, i have a Galaxy S4 (M919) unlocked. I live in Costa Rica, and bought the phone unlocked, it came with 4.2.2 and everything worked fine.

I tried to update the phone with kies (had no luck), so i updated it using odin and the stock mk2 rom. Everything went ok, exept now 3g doesn't work anymore, its stuck on edge no matter what i do.

I have tried using a custom rom ( CM 10.2 ), downgrading the baseband (flashed mdl baseband only), and flashing a custom kernel. No luck so far, phone still is stuck on EDGE :(

Phone now sits with the stock MK2 rom.

HSPA bands for my carrier (movistar) are 850 MHz and 1800 MHz so it should be working fine.

Hope someone can help me out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
I believe you need the modified modem. Here is the thread you need:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2544612

Good luck ;)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] crisrs:
Thanks,

I followed the thread instructions, but i had no luck :( everything flashed ok, but it still doesn't work.

Do you know if these modems could work?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2324667

I still don't quite understand the "nonnhlos.bin" thing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] thartley:
Requirements for WICKED v7 ROM?

Hello,

The more I read, the more questions and concerns seem to come up. I'm pretty sure my phone is set up with the proper versions of the various items so that I will have a successful installation (assuming no operator errors) - but I'm just not sure.

Yesterday I posted a question on how to remove the New Update Available notification from my phone in this forum (post #1925). Skipjacks suggested I should look into a custom ROM. After doing a lot of reading on the various ROMs, I think that the WICKED v7 ROM would suit my needs. It isn't the newest version, but it looks like it is one of the last that keeps the phone at 4.2.2 and I can leave the modem at MDL instead of changing to MK2. I definitely need wifi phone to work. From what I can gather, Triangle Away doesn't work on 4.3 and for now I'd like the TA option. Here are the particulars on my phone:

Model Number: SGH-M919

Android Version: 4.2.2

Baseband: M919UVUAMDL

Build Number: JDQ39.M919UVUAMDL

Kernal Version: 3.4.0-440244

I have downloaded the WICKED v7 ROM to my computer and checked it with the MD5 checksum and it matches. Before I copy it to my SD card on the phone and install it, can someone with more experience with this stuff please let me know if my rooted phone is ready to accept the WICKED v7 ROM? Or am I missing some requirement of that ROM that I should be aware of? I never found a list that mentioned the requirements, or if any of the features are disabled compared to stock.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
I believe those are instruction for phones with locked bootloaders that have to use virtual slots. You don't want to do that. Your bootloader is unlocked. T-Mobile never locked them. Have you tried manually selecting your carrier?

Go into your settings, more networks, mobile networks, network operators, default setup. You should see this:

Change it to manual. This will pop up:

Click OK and wait for it to scan (mine takes about a minute or so) and then select your carrier ftom the list. It will show this again:

Hit OK and then wait for at least 10 seconds before exiting the screen. If a message pops up saying, "Searching for network?", do nothing. A few seconds after that message disappears, you can exit. Within a minute or so you SHOULD :fingers crossed: have your 4G or LTE back. I have to do this every time I reboot my phone because it keeps switching back to automatic. You may have to also.

You're on the right track so far, but you didn't mention if you have a custom recovery installed. If not, that is your first step. The easiest way to do that, since you're already rooted, is with goo manager from the Play store.

A word of advice, a small percentage of us M919 owners have had problems with the kernel writing to our phones while flashing Wicked versions 7 and 8 (v8 is also 4.2.2 and has many improvements over v7). For this reason I would recommend you extract the boot.img file from the Rom and "pre-flash" it using Flashify before you boot into recovery to flash the Rom. Flashify can also be found in the Play store.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] crisrs:
Thanks, but didn't had any luck :( i'm kind of frustrated, and i'm out of ideas. Some people tells me its the modem, but as far as i know there is only 1 moden that i can flash with the 4.3 bootloader.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] thartley:
Re: Requirements for WICKED v7 ROM

Thanks for the advice. I do have a custom recovery installed. I did the pre-flash and hopefully got it right. I was able get v8 onto the phone and I've spent some time making a few adjustments to the behavior. I need to give the wifi, calling, and GPS more testing, but that can wait until the morning. I'd like to discuss that pre-flash method a little more with you to see if I did it correctly.

Regards.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] phrotac:
If your phone booted up then you got it right ;)

The problems with the kernel not writing shows up as the phone not getting past the boot logo. No kernel = no boot.img = no boot up. If you haven't already done so, it is VERY important that you make a nandroid backup through recovery. Hint: The recovery, by default, saves your nandroid backups to you phone's internal memory. Go into your recovery's settings and change that location to external memory.

Yes, there is only one modem. I'm sorry but I'm fresh out of ideas. Hopefully someone else might have some?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] alexriio:
Does anybody know when we will get the official 4.4.2 update