yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] norml:
ADB Shell can uninstall system apps easily.

[YOUTUBE]uHzxykZYuYk[/YOUTUBE]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
i had one small issues with root this morning. root explorer said it couldn't gain root. opened SuperSU and all was fine. went back to root explorer and all of a sudden it was working again lol

being back on older linux kernel, i've been using quick boot again :silly:

battery mod just gives you a visual numbered representation of your battery level from 1-100. you can also change those images if you like.

the new file explorer can also remove system apps. there are many many uses for it :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] norml:
GTFO, no sh*it? Will def check that out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
yep that and category view are just a few of it's awesome features.

I thought it might make a great addition to the ROM
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] scorpio_bpl86:
really ?

alright need to look into that then ...

edit :

just deleted both the apps ... it was so easy

this file explorer is great

thank you sir ! \m/

thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] whytechapel_x:
Hey mr v. Do you think you could whip up some colored battery's? That would be sick. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
there are tons and tons around the forums. when I get back to a computer I'll link you. with 7-zip you can view the zip as an archive, drag new images over, then flash
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] NinoBrown1911:
question

Hello, i wanna flash this rom so badddd but i was going thru most of the comments here and correct me if im wrong but i didnt see anything about what custom kernels i could flash with this rom, so is there any custom kernels that you can flash with this rom? i know is not aosp is tw kernel, I'm looking at flashing the 4.3 version of the rom, thanks dev for all you do!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] scorpio_bpl86:
noob question :

how do you take screenshot in this ?

( tried : home +power , power +vol down , power +vol up )
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Docavelli:
Vol down + power works for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Laggedoutal:
Plus 1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
there are currently no custom kernels in existence for 4.3. 4.3 is a leaked firmware and that is partly why.

there are quite a few to choose from for 4.2.2. there's the stock kernel, Faux and KT to name a few.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ktetreault14:
If I flash the latest 4.3 will I have to re flash the MMSv4 if I dirty flash
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
yes, you will
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Trev420:
were any of the new tweaks in 4.3 battery related?

could u go into more on what was tweaked?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] abalosmusic:
Are u sure ur a virgin mrvirgin? Cuz ur a fkin stud.. Thanks brothaa for this
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ktetreault14:
Thank you. Lovin it. Amazing rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Laggedoutal:
The center and mod together zip the URL is down. Anyway I can get a mirror

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For 4.2.2 sorry

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Asop keyboard black with blue.. Works with 4.2.2 just put into system app and change permission to rw r r reboot

http://db.tt/jF4fG8Z9
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ArgentSun:
Ah, I can finally post here! Praise to the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

Let me start by saying, mrvirginia, despite the fact that I am really new to ROMming, VirginROM looks exactly like what I would want from an OS / ROM for my Android phone(s). It's clean, it's pure, it works, and it's fast - not merely a "good enough" option, but "exactly right" one. So thank you!

This being said, I have a few questions I couldn't get answered in the general QA threads. Looking at the activity in this one, I am glad I can finally ask them here:

Lock Screen (1): Using the Slide unlock option, it looks like I can unlock my phone by draging the lock icon to one of twelve (?) locations, each one marked with an unlocked icon. My guess is that those are intended to be used for application shortcuts / favorites, but I can't figure out a way to configure them. Assuming I am on the right track, is this something that a) works in the 4.3 leak, but not in the ROM? b) might be an intended feature in 4.3, but is not working neither there nor (obviously) in the ROM? or c) is a feature that works perfectly fine in the ROM, and I just can't figure it out?

Lock Screen (2): I played with lock screen widgets a little bit, and noticed that any widget taller than (I think) 2 rows has two modes if display - "downsized mode" (in which the widget gets scaled down to 2 rows) and "full mode" (in which the widget appears normal). Click links for IMGUR screenshots. The former is the one I get when I first land on my lock screen or when (after being in "full mode") I touch the unlock icon; the latter is what I get when I move to a different widget screen / page, and then go back to the original one... but as long as that one is active, the unlock icon is not interactive (or, rather, it becomes interactive as soon as I touch it, but that downsizes the widget). What's up with that?

Contact Merging: Finally, when I was using my old HTC phone had a Contacts feature that allowed me to (manually or automatically, based on contact details) merge contacts across accounts even if their names didn't match. So if I had "Alex" as a regular phone or Google contact and "Alexander S." as a Facebook one, I could either choose to merge them manually, or let the built-in Sense merger do it for me, assuming they had something unique in common (e.g. the same email). Is there something like that in stock / VirginROM?

...wow, that turned into an essay. I really need to learn to make my reports more concise :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] boterkaaseneieren:
http://www.mediafire.com/?we40wa8f1lnh5z7
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
sorry guys, i sleep sometimes :silly:

the main reasons why your battery might perform different in 4.3 over 4.2.2 would be because of the new OS, it being a leak, and different kernel. nothing i've personally done is going to make the battery performance worse.

lawl no problem mate

zip links fixed!

the lockscreen shortcuts aren't configurable in this ROM. some ROMs, like AOKP i believe, have an added option that i remember the dev threw in himself. eventually i may try to work it in but it isn't part of stock AOSP, so not something Google themselves put there and that i took out.

the way the lockscreen widgets work is how Google designed it. i don't know why it works like that. would be a question they would have to answer for you lol

contact merging...open contacts. click on someone's name, hit menu>edit, then menu>join

[MENTION=4708802]whytechapel_x[/MENTION] don't flash any of these, just pull the images from the zip file https://www.dropbox.com/sh/smwhmx4zf24veyb/b_74CY_kCo

there are many more if you look around the threads. cheers!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ArgentSun:
I can't believe I never found that... Thanks!

EDIT: Actually, this doesn't solve most of my problem :( I fixed a few Google contacts, but the main reason I was looking for a merger was because I wanted to merge my Facebook contacts into the Google / phone ones. And the Facebook contacts are not showing up at all...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Laggedoutal:
How do you pull the images and where do I put them in
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
go to your home screen.

hit menu>settings

find facebook under accounts, click on it

check Contacts

using 7-zip on a computer, right click and select open archive. navigate to the system/app/SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-xhdpi folder and look for stat_sys_battery_0-stat_sys_battery_charge_anim99.png. there should be 202 images. pull them over to the battery mod zip in the same place. if you want to see what each image looks like, you can drag them to a random folder on your computer. when you've found the ones you like, just flash.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pinan:
mrvirginia: Do you know if it's possible to port the "Call Blocking" feature from the stock TMO Roms, to yours? It's an awesome simple app that just works, and no 3rd party app needed (which I have).

Thank you sir!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
don't know if it's possible. i will look into it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
heyyy can someone screen shot the lockscreen from 4.3, upload to dropbox, and drop the link here, please?

trying to fix lockscreen of 4.2.2. think i got it but wanna make sure. all the other devs were looking in the wrong place to fix it...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tweezydak1d:
Here u go screenshot of the lockscreen http://db.tt/agRcozkq
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
thank you sir.

yep, lock ring center fixed for 4.2.2. will be in next update for this android version

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao86z8nkb5go0zs/Screenshot_2013-07-23-11-27-17.png

everyone has been messing with keyguard_screen_tab_unlock lol and that's not where our lock screen pulls from...

i can also change the menu screens to have the gradient color like 4.3. yay or nay? keep in mind that the current dark background that you see in 4.2.2 in things like Settings is not black and is therefore not saving you any battery life by being dark because the pixels are still being lit up. further, the ink blur that is present in stock TW is still present in the GPE ROMs. they got rid of it by not using an actual #000000 (black) background. the actual color code is #080808

edit: nerd status confirmed :cyclops:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jbdan:
lmao! We're right there with ya ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tweezydak1d:
Any way to switch the function of the home button around so gle now pops up on double tap and recent apps shows up on long press
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jbdan:
You can change it using a launcher like Nova
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ArgentSun:
All of my accounts are checked. I've also made sure they are enabled under Phone > Menu > Contacts to Display and People > Menu > Contacts to Display. I've given it several hours, forced sync everywhere I could find, and even rebooted my phone. No Facebook (or Skype for that matter) contacts show in my People / Phone list.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
i can't test this because i don't have fb. let me get with my brother and see if he'll let me log-in using his account...

edit: [MENTION=5179344]ArgentSun[/MENTION] yeah sync doesn't appear to work for contacts. at least not for GPE ROMs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Trev420:
i wasnt comparing the two, my question was specifically about 4.3

i was wondering if any of the tweaks u did from ur v2 to 2.1 had anything to do with battery.

op just states 'tweaks' without going into detail, which is why im asking.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] DOTC:
One issue might be the fact that Google doesn't allow their nexus phones to sync contacts because of "security" problems. It maybe that the Nexus'ish came over to GE roms and wont allow syncing. Or.. Facebook isnt 100% compatible with 4.3 yet.

I'm hoping to grab a G4 sometime soon.. i'll let y'all know if its working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
sorry, misunderstood. the answer to your question is no, none of the tweaks i did from v2 to 2.1 had anything to do with battery

i was testing on the 4.2.2 build. not sure why it's not working if it shows up in the accounts menu. i'll poke around the threads and see if i can find anything else.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ArgentSun:
This article leads me to believe that Facebook sync is just not something Android does. It's a cool feature/addon, if you feel like you want to add something to the ROM, but it would definitely be on top of the standard GE implementation.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
i have a strong hate for fb lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ArgentSun:
Perfectly justifiable too, I am sure, but I personally had to choose between giving in and making a Facebook account or doing my own thing and losing a few dozen (mostly useless, to be fair) connections. My information addiction finally won :(

EDIT: On an unrelated note, regarding one of the lock screen issues I brought up before - namely the one where widgets would appear in different sizes. Maybe this is the intended functionality (though it still feels weird). The reason I say this is because I can easily swipe down along the height of a "downsized" widget and it quickly expands; conversely, I can swipe up to make it small again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
it is
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lobster!:
What was fixed with the lockscreen?

And what is MMS 4.0?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
the lock circle (when you wake your phone) isn't centered in all S4 4.2.2 GPE ROMs. i've even seen some devs claim it was fixed and it wasn't. no one has fixed it yet, until me :D

mms 4.0 is just an add-on in OP. it's just the 4th version but it features quick reply. there are other alternatives that have been posted in the thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Laggedoutal:
So the new build for 4.2.2 center clock is fixed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ArgentSun:
Lobster!'s post reminded me of something that's been bothering me since I got the ROM - how do we know what the different addons and mods do?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
lock ring. the lock ring...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ao86z8nkb5go0zs/Screenshot_2013-07-23-11-27-17.png

flash it. everything in OP enables you to undo any of the mods.

example... let's say you flashed the MMS mod with quick reply and for whatever reason you stopped wanting to use it... you can pull the stock Mms.apk out of the ROM itself and place back into system/app, change permissions to rw-r-r and reboot.

flash the battery mod, center clock, etc, i've posted a zip that will return you to stock. no harm in trying any of the stuff in OP. you won't break anything :silly:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] gr33nzpoint:
How did you fix this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
by being curious :silly:

i'll write a how-to for devs if they're all interested
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] gr33nzpoint:
Haha, good one!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Laggedoutal:
I would I do some basic build properties stuff but never really went into real dev
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
:)

i got confused by this post haha were you asking how?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Laggedoutal:
I think you said you were going to write a how to dev
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lookitzjohnny:
home button lag fix worked from kangabean 4.3 rom in the att forums.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
I'd read about that some where but decided not to implement. I think some users reported problems with it but I could be remembering incorrectly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lobster!:
Haha you're awesome!

About the home button lag, is there a way to add or flash the fix? It's actually getting very annoying :(

Also! Is there a mod to invert the stock SMS app? Black would fit our AMOLED screens better.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
for 4.3? I can look into making a zip tmw

there should be an inverted stock mms app on xda somewhere. not on a computer at the moment to link
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lookitzjohnny:
Home button lag fix: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23050663588004446

from kangabean from att s4 forums

Holo themed MMS by jah0n att forums : http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23050663588004575
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lobster!:
I'm using 4.2.2, would this be safe to flash?

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I wonder why I can't delete posts..

And, 4.2.2 :)

Thank you so much!:highfive:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lookitzjohnny:
not sure if the problems will occur like virginia said in 4.2.2 but here is the home button lag fix 4.2.2

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23050663588003995

as for the mms i think itll work if not you can revert to 4.2.2 stock here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23032113221599929
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
hey guys, i wouldn't just flash random zips like this. this one includes an android.policy.jar... which could break some things in the ROM or cause other adverse problems. i will look into it tmw
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Laggedoutal:
inverted mms

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9vx04m0slv0pspw/Mms.apk

inverted mms just put it in system apps and fix permissions to rw -r--r
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] macattack510:
Thanks so much for this Rom mrvirginia... I can finally say that I feel as if my phone is running the way it was meant to.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lr4life:
Literally the fastest ROM I have used on my S4 to date. Thanks, buddy. No persistent bugs to report. I did have to preform a quick fix permissions and reboot to correct a WiFi problem I was have with a certain network, but that has been my only issue and it is easily solved.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ArgentSun:
Something (small) I would like to see eventually is an update mailing list or somesuch, so I won't have to come back to this thread every time there is an update during the process of active development. I don't plan on stopping in the near future, but it was something I wanted to get off my chest. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
if you flashed this for 4.2.2, you lost Hot Boot and your 4-way reboot menu became a 3-way (heh). luckily it seems every GPE dev is using the same public id. if most of us weren't, you wouldn't have been able to hold the power button on your phone and would've instead felt a vibrate and then black screen... lol

Home button lag fix has been added to OP under each ROM download. please be advised, you will have to hit the home button a second time after going to home screen to bring up recent apps.

i don't know of any dev that does a mailing list. some have ota app support but i'd rather not add that for a few reasons:

1) it's best to visit a thread to read/see details of changelogs and see what other users are saying about said ROM

2) the spirit of xda is to troll threads

while i understand some may not have time to hang out on xda i still think it's very important that users/non-users visit the threads so that they can get a better grasp of what they/others are doing to their phones. a lot of people install stuff but don't understand the basic terminology. the more you visit/read, the more you understand ;)

i, personally, am on xda unless i'm asleep. quite literally. sooo i spend about 17-18hrs on here...a day
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Froid:
Nice job on the lockscreen fix V :thumbup: :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
thanks mang :highfive:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pinan:
Thanks. I almost spit coffee onto my monitor.

:laugh:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
lol :good::good:

i can be comical. sometimes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Paradoxx123:
Is there any other home button fix? The one currently it take you home then to recent apps. A way to remedy this is to change recent apps to long press instead of double but idk how. Any help appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ArgentSun:
I don't think this would be a fix. From what I understand, Android itself doesn't allow you to re-map your buttons functionality. I believe what the new fix does is remove the delay after you press the home button - delay added to give you a visual idea of how much time you have if you wanted to double press and open the Recent Apps.

[MENTION=2651267]mrvirginia[/MENTION], Google just held an Android / Chrome event (though you probably know about that) and one of the announcements revealed that 4.3 (officially rolling out to Nexus devices) includes multiple user profiles and optional restrictions for some of them. I don't know if it makes any difference to you knowing this, but even if it doesn't, it does no harm to post it here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jbdan:
I believe that feature set is for TABLETS only
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jav4u:
Thanks for share. I created mirror for all mems

Thanks mrvirginia

http://uploaded.net/file/urq48ojt/VirginROM_v2.1.zip

http://uploaded.net/file/uk09yo3k/VirginROM_v2.zip
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
what ArgentSun said is partially true in the way that the lag fix works. you can re-map your button functionality, though. system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl

long pressing home button currently brings up Google Now...

i'm looking into that file now to see what, if anything, i can do.

[MENTION=5179344]ArgentSun[/MENTION] yes i saw the event. waiting for Nexus dumps to see their build branch. JWR66V could be final...

that's all that i care about really lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
edited:

edited again for correctness...

for any devs that might be lurking, here were the builds:

JWR66L is 4.3_r0.9

JWR66N is 4.3_r0.9.1

JWR66V is 4.3_r1 - that's the one that goes on existing devices.

JSR78D is 4.3_r2

JSS15J is 4.3_r2.1 - that's the latest one, on the new Nexus 7
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] norml:
Sew it up!

:fingers-crossed::svetius:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lobster!:
So recent tasks will only be working in the homescreen?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
spoke too soon. the people in the Nex4 section are derpin' out. awaiting Google to put it on their site...

yes, that would be correct. unless i can figure out a re-map. the "lag" doesn't bother me personally. another reason why i didn't bother when i saw the mod floating around before.

edit: in hindsight, even a re-map would still cause problems. currently the home buttons has 3 fuctions...

1) go to home screen

2) open google search

3) recent apps

re-mapping, the home button would lose one of these. maybe i can re-map long-press menu for google search...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Paradoxx123:
For me personally, I just want long press to be recent apps, Google Search can be either menu long press or double click? I don't its just my opinion I don't know how the rest of the ROM users would feel.

The only reason I want it to be long press, is so that with the lag fix, I can access Recent Apps w/o going to the home screen, would that work? Sorry for all the questions.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
couldn't do a remap of double click for anything if you use lag fix. because single click will always take you to home screen. mapping anything to it would mean click>home screen>click
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Paradoxx123:
Ohhh I get it now ok. Thank you for clarifying.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lobster!:
Awesome, thanks!

Can anyone tell me if Titanium Backup and the IR blaster works for 4.3? I wanna jump over to that Android version since it was officially announced today. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] evocalante:
Hey guys anyone having any WiFi problems? I can't connect to my Wi-Fi and I've tried to reboot the phone, forget my router, and reflashed the rom. I still having the same problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
yeah looks like JWR66V is our final build.

not sure if IR blaster works but i know Titanium is having problems on 4.3. it hasn't been updated in the market yet.

was not having Wifi problems on 4.2.2 or 4.3 and i believe this is the first time someone has mentioned such. could be your router...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] tofi1:
No problems with the IR blaster on 4.3. I have Smart Remote, WatchON and DSLR Remote all working great.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] evocalante:
Well my brother is connected to the same router. I'll do a full wipe and see if that helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Actionx1:
Can I install the xposed framework and apps on this to control the app dpi?

Sent from my SGH-M919
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
did your issue get resolved?

i wanna say Jamison said the code needs to be re-worked but you could give it a shot to be sure. i don't mess with any of that stuff.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Actionx1:
Thanks I'll give it a try and report back.

Sent from my SGH-M919
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] evocalante:
I'm waiting for my phone to charge some before performing the flash but I will keep you updated once it's done!