yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jhong91:
Yes, I installed the odex version.

I'm thinking its an issue with my phone...gpu perhaps? Didn't have stuttery animations on stock TW but quite a bit (especially with maps) on the google editions (4.2.2 & 4.3).

All my google apps &play store are up to date.

I guess there's nothing I can do about it

Thanks though!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Firedcylinder:
OUDHS does autoloki. Doesn't seem to work with this rom. You'll need to put lokidoki on your sd somehow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Simonzi:
Does this ROM reset the headphone jack volume and give the warning every time you try turning it up, if you unplug the headphones and plug them back in? TW and the 4.2 GE rom both do, but CM doesn't. So I'm not sure if it's a TW thing, and the GE rom does because it uses a TW kernel, where this doesn't. It's one "feature" that drives me absolutely insane. Don't want to flash to this only to have to restore back if it does :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lovepump:
Latest update from me is now Bluetooth isn't connecting to my car. It could be a car issue, I'll post with further feedback in a day or so.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
It doesn't have any headset warnings. This is pure AOSP no tw anything. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] MJHawaii:
Everything is running stable no real issues I do notice that Dash Clock Widget does not work on 4.3 I had no issues on 4.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] djmouse:
i buy ciggs everyday with it,not on this rom but google wallet dosent have a restriction on what you can buy except a money order i think,i tried to buy one and it wouldnt go threw,but never had a problem ive been using wallet since the lib fixes were out on the s3.and some cashiers that have never seen it before they dont know what to do I've used it in the same store same register different person and there must be something on the screen they accept and some of them dont know it,ive had that happen,ive actually got into arguments with them telling me i cant do that,and i seen the guy that knew me and i use it all the time,he came over and boom it worked,so sometimes its the cashier, operator error.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] h3r3tic:
Well that's good. After today I been seeing way to much sticking with the kernel. It would lock at 1.5ghz with two cores on from time to time making the phone warm. I tried to tweak the kernel with the tuner but not much seemed to change other then getting all cores to be less active. I Didn't have much of performance problems other then that. Super smooth Dash clock widgets worked fine for me as well as all my usual apps. Battery graph force closed on me that's about it.

After I got wallet working and the rom wasn't working out for me I decided to flash to a different rom and got wallet working there. Which makes me happy. Once they put a little more elbow grease into it 4.3 will be so slick mixed with cm. Something exciting to look forward to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] djmouse:
is toonz 7/7 kernel working on this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] h3r3tic:
I didn't try flashing any kernels
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jhong91:
i found that the animation for bringing up (&down) the keyboard has slightly been altered. it's more of a fading in and out. very subtle.

maybe something OP would like to add to the 4.3 vs. 4.2.2 section.

correct me if i'm wrong
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] MJHawaii:
Google Wallet working perfect no issues

---------- Post added at 10:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:06 PM ----------

No issues with the keyboard here and when I installed I ;

wipe data 3X

wipe cache 3X

wipe dalvik 3X

Installed the ROM and then flashed Loki zip rebooted then booted back into recovery flashed the root zip and done
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mr_blanket:
Not sure how many people this will actually effect, but can anyone get CNN App, Live TV to work on this ROM? I signed in with my DirecTV user and pass, like I can do on the website or iPad, but I cannot get any channels to work..

I get "this video is not available" error...

It's only on this ROM, so I think it's checking my 4.3 and kicking it out.... but I'm not sure....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
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Never tried, it theres a few apps doing this (Apex launcher/Dashclock)

I'll add it to the OP so people know

I also updated the OP with the link to updated google play, thanks for the link :)

I'll throw you in the credits.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mr_blanket:
No sweat! Thanks for keeping this thread going. This is one of the most actively OP monitored thread I've seen and I'm sure we all appreciate it.

I wish I could say the same thing for *ahem* OTHER GE threads ;)

I'll ask "the boss" if I can throw some dollars your way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
I'm really just interested in seeing what other people find out is going on with the rom and really want to make sure questions are answered and the OP is kept up for current and new users/readers.

As far as throwing some dollars my way, please don't :)

I did nothing to make or develop this, I simply grabbed the link from SamMobile after they posted it and threw an OP together to help everyone get it going and give the community a place of discussion on what works and doesn't.

I am however getting in to development just trying to get my sources and everything figured out in linux, a bit rusty so its taking a while lol

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edit - thanks for putting me in your sig but may I ask you to kindly remove me lol, i don't want to be called out or harrased since i didn't really develop the rom. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jhong91:
=(

This is my third cycle .. at most 7 hours with 2 hrs screen on time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
Odex or Deodex?

Also have you attempted to install new google play? (linked in OP) and remove the additional FactoryKeystring.apk from system/app using root explorer?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ambush510:
Titanium backup is not restoring apps with this rom. Any tips?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Simonzi:
I'm having problems restarting the phone after accessing TWRP. I got everything set up, everything installed fine. Installed my apps, configured the phone the way I wanted, restarting numerous times while doing so. Once everything was set up, I went into TWRP just to create a backup, which it did, but then after going to restart, it won't boot, it just gets stuck on the first "Samsung Custom" screen. Have gone back into recovery, tried clearing dalvic\cache, no prevail. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jhong91:
Odex, latest playstore, haven't tried the last one.

Will try and report back!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
Works for me, make sure you go back to chainfires root (linked in OP) and get the newest root hack. He updated a few things.

Also some apps lag pretty hard and don't recover right, maybe just do a few at a time instead of the whole batch?

I notice my phone gets stuck at the samsung screen if its plugged in to a pc when turned on. try removing the usb link and restarting then plugging it back in when its on

DEAL! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ambush510:
I flashed chainfires newest root file but still no luck. I had WiFi issues on 4.2 so I decided to flash 4.3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
Ahh I see, well i'm not too sure then. Maybe try and clear the TB app data and try again?

Or sadly try a different app to backing up restoring temporarily.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Simonzi:
I'll try that if I notice it happening again. I did have it plugged in I believe, so that may have caused the issue. I just restored from my back I had created, and it booted fine.

Now, is there a method of removing the "Custom" and lock notification that will work with this ROM? I see quite a few methods circling these forums, and just not sure if there is one that will work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
Sounds good.

As for the lock, I have no idea. I don't have the issue on mine since I use a canadian variant but I assume any of them should be safe.

can anyone else advise correctly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jhong91:
I only see one factorykeysetting..??

I haven't touched anything.

Odexed, all latest gapps, at&t

Clean install
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
Yup, delete it. You'll notice if you look in settings->apps theres two and if you go to battery stats and click on android system it lists two. I haven't tried hunting down the other one but deleting the one in system/app helped my battery a bit :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jmelan:
Thanks for the thread, - lots of useful info!

There are two copies of "factorykeystring" in the stock TW Rom as well - not sure why this would help battery life or be a good idea?

Battery life is definitely decreased over stock TW. Running odex version on ATT.

Almost everything works perfectly. Cons for me are mainly the calendar, battery life and camera app in comparison to stock TW.

With car home ultra in dock mode, the home button goes to normal home screen instead of back to car home ultra - likely needs to be fixed for 4.3 (was broken in 4.2 for awhile as well).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] h3r3tic:
I started to have an issue where I couldn't make backups with twrp when using this rom. Then I installed auto loki recovery and the back up I made then worked. So installed another 4.2.2 rom to flash back to twrp in goo so I could wipe system. I then flashed and wiped again before I was able to get settings to stick and backups to be successful. In the auto loki recovery you can't wipe system so when I flashed a new rom old system files weren't getting over written like for ex. The build prop. When I flashed slim rom over 4.3 the dpi was still 480 when slims build prop has 361.

I had also seen android os on the stock battery stats but checking better battery stats didn't show that problem. And battery life seemed plenty normal. I'm left to think it's a glitch or bug. This was on odex
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Simonzi:
Super issue with the battery for myself. Last night after installing, my phone was at ~15% battery. Left it plugged in over night, and woke up to it at ~60%. Didn't think much of it, it was mentioned in the thread it could take some time to settle, and may take a bit to charge at first.

Came home at the end of my day today, with it at 10%, and plugged it in after work. Phone managed to drain and die, while plugged in...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
Battery issues have been reported, yours is a bit extreme

Were you charging via USB or wall charger when this happened? I have noticed myself USB charging barely works and wall charging is fairly slow the first 1 or 2 times.

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Side note I have recently posted a MIUI port which has great battery life i recommend trying it you don't want to give this one another go :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dkephart:
You did the Google Play flash to fix the Maps drain, right? Also, I got rid of that Battery Guru program... that was draining mine when the phone was "asleep".

After a couple days, it is just fine.

Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] upichie:
Have you honestly achieved acceptable and normal battery life with this ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jhong91:
I'm guessing no.

Its not fine after a couple of days even with all the "fixes".

I went back to 4.2.2 and am getting much better battery.

4.3 is still a beta
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] upichie:
Thanks for the update. I had a similar experience. I just wasn't sure if anything had changed since I last used it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dkephart:
Well, the image shows good battery life - out at least usable.

That said, when I long-pressed on the level to try to get the picture of when the system was asleep, etc., Settings FCed.

So, yrs it's in beta. But, for me, it is good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jhong91:
Wow that's amazing battery life... how much screen time???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ferris2375:
I have no problem with battery life on this ROM. Notice no difference from 4.2.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bvm1228:
Is it possible to switch from the Deodexed version to the Odexed version without resetting everything
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] upichie:
People reporting they have normal battery life: are you on odex or deodex?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bvm1228:
Im on Deodexed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] brakedalen:
I'm also having big issues with the battery. Usually lasted for 16-20 hours with 4.2.2. Now its empty in 8!

So when i get up at 7 am I have to charge in the middle if the day to get through.

The android system uses approx 70% of the battery. Have installed new play store and new maps app. Anybody got a good solution for this?

I'm trying juice defender now, and that will probably help. But I feel my phone is crippled without constant internet access.

PS: using odexed version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dkephart:
+1

And, at the time I took the screenshot shown in my earlier post, I had used 2hrs38min screen time.

Again, I got rid of that Battery Guru app I had used successfully with TW.

This is a nice update to Android, for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jhong91:
Maybe its an odex vs. Deodez thing. I only tried the odex 4.3 with horrible battery life
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] upichie:
I as well had horrible battery life on the Odex.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] soritong:
+1 for me on the Odex 4.3 as well, went back to 4.2.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
Wipe system and you should be able to flash without a full full wipe

Ok so previous reports suggested Odex provided better battery life and working wallet and Deodex was the bad guy.

Now everyone is says Odex is terrible ?

I myself had sub-average to average battery on odex depending on the day

can we get some of you guy to test deodex instead and see if it truely does work any better and last any longer?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bvm1228:
I have been using the deodexed version and I sometimes get full day but I have had some pretty bad days where Android OS is at like 80% with only an hour or so of screen on time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kr3w1337:
Odex vs non-odex shouldn't affect the battery life at all. Speed and customizability is what should be affected for sure though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] upichie:
I agree, it shouldn't affect battery. I personally think the ROM just gives inconsistent battery life. And like a previous poster said, there's good days and bad.

Now if we could figure out what's causing the drain and just disable it, this would be one hell of a ROM. I'm looking forward to the official release.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] greenzone560:
Cannot get to root to save my life! Has anyone had root issue with odex rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kr3w1337:
I switched to one of the pre rooted 4.3 rom's from the i9505 section. If you have lte problems, I think you can flash one of the modems here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] greenzone560:
Thanks.I'll try it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] flowserver:
I install this rom and startup in 5 seconds, very fast and stable, battery amazing with 70 apps installed, very recomendable, the only bug i found is no 3G network, works intermitenly, now switch back to stock rom and ok.. (apn check and ok)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kr3w1337:
Any luck with the root guys?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] spidale5:
IMDB app not working. Anyone else having issues with this app?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jmelan:
Root method in OP worked for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] brakedalen:
Root working for me. But not imdb.

Have I miusundertood that this is the official 4.3 version? I though this was from the Google play I9505 version. I have problems believing that the phone Google sells in play store has all these bugs. Does anyone know of a better working 4.3 ROM? I really don't want to go back to TW. Looks like its running android 2.3.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] wilbarger:
The phones from the play store are shipping with 4.2.2 I just got mine this week and it did not ship with 4.3. 4.2.2 is very good on this phone. Great speed, battery life, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] McAwesome:
I still am having terrible battery life after close to six days with approximately two discharge cycles a day. I updated play store per op and also removed the keystring apk. Any ideas? I'm on odexed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kr3w1337:
Have you been constantly installing apps in that period? I noticed that while I was installing apps and stuff, the battery was just like yours. When I stopped and waited 24h then it was awesome.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] McAwesome:
Was not but here's what I did and now seems great. Did a factory wipe reflashed os then loki then supersu as soon as phone came back up logged in began to auto restore apps when it finished I installed new play store and removed keystring apk from system. Since then battery has been great. So not totally sure but wiping and reflashing seemed to fix it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mr_blanket:
Moto X is the supposed first public release of 4.3, according to a few tech news sites...

I'd say GE is after that, then Nexus, etc...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] McAwesome:
Just wanted to show all battery life on Odexed. Originally I had a ton of problems but after reflashing and updating play store immediately along with removing keystring from system apps been great. Op if this is wrong place feel free to move to non dev forum I looked couldn't find one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] soritong:
Figured it out
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] brakedalen:
This is great! But how many accounts do you have syncing?

Could you also please show the screenshot of the WiFi usage etc? (Have to touch the battery in the battery usage view)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] greenzone560:
[MENTION=3035878]flowserver[/MENTION] Have you tried flashing one of the standalone modems available for 4.2.2? It worked for me and im on AT&T.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] spidale5:
This is a dumb question but I can't for the life of me uninstall the FactoryKeystring.apk using ADB or any other root app deleter. What method did you guys use?

I do have root permission.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dkephart:
/system must be mounted rw. Maybe you don't have full root access. In ES File Manager, when you press Root Explorer, it should give you a menu of items, one of which is about mounting /system rw.

Once you've done that, you can rm or mv FactoryKeystring.apk in /system/app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] flowserver:
No, i don't try.. anyway, rom stock is better for me, stable, good batery life, infrared control, switches up bar, icons, etc..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] McAwesome:
I have four Google accounts two exchange accounts a Facebook a LinkedIn a twitter and a Dropbox account syncing. My understanding is a standard factory wipe doesn't wipe pictures and media. If that's true then I already had that synced. WiFi appears always on even thought I have it set to disconnect when the phone is asleep so not sure. Here's a pic of the WiFi I will post another tomorrow after I let the battery run down. Hope this helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SysAdmNj:
Yes it will worked for me yesterday.

Flash the ktoon aosp version, this isnt a tw rom. Should work fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
Can confirm that no addition kernel needed for CAN variants, OP updated.

Pending Loki zip for american variants
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Noobla_Khan:
I had that same question.

GE 4.2 had Touchwiz framework in it, I don't see it in this 4.3, that may be why. I used the loki-doki method which works fine with the stock kernel on ATT devices.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Jodicus6645:
Can we include this kernel in OP? Been hearing it works well

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2342298
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] oldblue910:
I think the opposite. Just flash taht kernel yourself. I think we should keep everything absolutely untouched in here and just make everything else flashable add-ons. I can't be the only one who would rather have the stock kernel and a completely unmodified ROM...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Jodicus6645:
I understand just trying to share info. Only reason I suggested was they are reporting a 10-20% better performance than TW kernel suppose to be ripped from GE system dump. Regardless I'll be flashing later today. Apologies if I crossed linesm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
No kernel is needed other then included one.

I have updated OP with correct steps and removed kernel links.

if you would like to use that kernel and report back feel free :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] h3r3tic:
Works perfectly fine with shabby penguins auto Loki 1.0.3.4 recovery. Us att s4. Everything works besides Google wallet.

I also welcome the double tap home for recent apps. Its like an iPhone unfortunately but makes a faster response into recents. Just wish we could at least change quick toggles.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] oldblue910:
Google Wallet works fine for me...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Cusa:
Ir blaster works on 4.3?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] oldblue910:
So since we now know that the stock kernel runs just fine on I337/I337M devices...

Do you think we might be able to turn this into a thread that will keep up to date with the latest GPE S4 ROMs? Meaning, we keep them unmodified with the stock kernel, ROM unmodified, etc...just keep the ROM up to date? I also dig the choice between odexed and deodexed (I prefer odexed since I'm not interested in customizations). That would be amazing to keep this up to date and continue giving those of us with I337/I337M devices the opportunity to enjoy the same stock experience that people with the GPE S4 get.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] h3r3tic:
Idk I tried clearing data wiped caches just force closes after saying may take 5 mins to setup. no root either.

Maybe its cause i chose de-odexed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] freebee269:
mirror for android 4.3 UBMFP deodex.

http://d-h.st/1kW

works well. you may need to restart the camera app if you get no view on first start.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] oldblue910:
So...has anyone had the balls to flash the I9505XXUAMDM radio to an I337/I337M phone? Technically, there's no reason it shouldn't work...but it would take someone braver than I to test it. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kylecore:
I'll try my best!

Might also add preferred mods to the OP if people suggest tips tricks and fixes :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Radukk:
GE ROM runs just fine without any kernel flashing.. Please stop asking/forcing people do unnecessary thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] toxicpaulution:
This isn't 4.3 lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] oldblue910:
What are you talking about?