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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
Not sure how many apps/games you have on internal memory but check if you have any nandroid back ups there. They usually take lots of space. I've seen quite a few people ignoring that ;) Alternatevely check for folder mount to use ext sd card to save app/games data. Hope this helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] caloyzki:
how to do that? i dont have any folder under nandroid back up.

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i could not even donwload anything from play store or update the apps. and i couldnt even open my gallery now, it says no memory :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
Folder is called: Clockworkmod>Backups
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
purely coincidence

thanks for confirming!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
Some people have been able to charge though, Mr.V. I saw some on Danvdh's ROM that were able to. I flash the 4.3 tar and updated and then tried to downgrade (totally crashed). So I'm just on whatever this is with your ROM :). I think it would work though. I'll try again when the tar is released.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
some were able to? did you ask them if they were running a specific Kernel?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
They just ran the OTA from stock 4.3. I can't do that anymore cause of Knox :/. But I would bet it'll work. I can't because I had stock 4.4 and flashed 4.3 in Odin and that might've corrupt the boot loader or some other file.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
this is exactly why i won't be buying another samsung device with touchwiz. as long as knox exists.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
If I had money: HTC M8 :D. But guess what? I just tried charging with the device off for the hell of it and it charged while the screen was off! It wasn't working yesterday...but I did just install the latest KTkernel

Edit: But all in all, I love everything about this device. Only qualm I have is of the "SEAndroid not enforced" message on the boot screen, wonder if there's a way to change that....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
it's likely the Kernel. Dan and i were talking recently and he said it could be bypassed via Kernel. i haven't check KT's thread in a while. maybe it's in the changelog somewhere
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
Not in the change log, but for the record, KTKernel GPE 3/12/14 let's you charge while the phone is off, would be good to be on 4.4 Baseband though.

Also, I checked your Google Plus and I did NOT expect you to have dreads--no offense at all. Lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
ahhh nice. good to know that very last thing is finally fixed.

i've had dreads for... almost a decade now haha
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
:P LOL. Don't ask why, but I was expecting a middle-aged white man.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
rofl that's hilarious. i'm a modern day geek who's very alternative... and not even 30 yet ;)

also, multiracial.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
Haha, I don't know man, the name "mrvirginia" just springs up the image of a white man LOL.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] qxps:
Holding the US flag from the rooftop of his house :laugh:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnny crapple:
Where can we find the g+ page?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dr. Fed:
Has anyone (that is running the latest VirginRom 4.4.2) flashed the latest GSM NB4 modem in Odin (as per Shiamatsu) while still on the MDL bootloader? And if so, any issues? TIA.

I think I just read that someone updated to TW 4.4.2 and then flashed back to VirginRom, but I wasn't sure if they updated both there GSM and LTE modems to the latest (NB4) and could still run this without issues. I believe they must have knowingly tripped the Knox counter in order to do this. I figure if we want to keep the Knox free bootloader, we need to maintain the MDL LTE modem, but we can update the GSM modem. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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Aha this is what I read. Just so I can understand your process, could you please share what modems you are currently running? Thanks!

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He has a little G+ link on his sig. It looks like the older G+ square thingy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnny crapple:
Thanks I couldn't see it because I was on tapatalk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
Lmaoooooo. Check his profile.

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You just Odin the 4.3 update and then grab the update.zip from the general section and flash that in STOCK recovery. After that just flash a custom recovery and flash this ROM, then do as you please.

BUT if you don't want Knox there's a hacked modem in the general section as well if you're still on the MDL bootloader.

I flashed the OTA so that I could get the boot loader so I could charge with screen off :), but if you just want better data, the hacked modem is perfect. The new update is called M919UVUFNB4.

Added note: Yes both my modems are updated to latest.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dr. Fed:
To quote MrVirginia, "thanks mate." Good to know that VirginRom runs just fine even after Knox is tripped. I've been on MDL/MK2 hybrid modem for a while, at first I thought Knox would lock the bootloader, but apparently all it does is (maybe) void your warranty if the counter trips. I'm not sure this is a big deal. I'd like to check out the new ROM, as long as I can get back to this once I've tired of it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnny crapple:
I already said I couldn't see it on tapatalk. No point in saying again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
The update affects your camera too, so the camera on this ROM is much better after.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dr. Fed:
Say whaaaaaaat? How exactly does it affect the cam, and how is it better? If that's true, I'm friggin' psyched.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
It upgrades the camera firmware. I think it looks better, but it might just be a placebo effect and the firmware is wiped with the ROM but idk man, looks really good to me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
placebo effect
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
yeah the bootloader doesn't really matter with the exception of it adding KNOX for our M919 devices.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dr. Fed:
Some have said that it prevents reverting to an earlier version, but I think they mean an earlier boot loader. I don't see that as a big deal. But some have said that once Knox is tripped, you can no longer Odin flash official stock fiirmwares for our device, old or new. What's your opinion on that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
once you have a KNOX bootloader, you can't get rid of it by downgrading the bootloader. i'm not sure if you can downgrade the bootloader, as this is something i have not tried, nor would i suggest trying it (with some devices this will brick you).

i'm also not sure if you can go backwards in firmware. again, i wouldn't recommend a full firmware downgrade. if you, for example, update to official 4.4.2, the only way i would "downgrade" would be via a custom ROM and not a full firmware. there's really no reason to even attempt a full firmware downgrade once you have upgraded. not sure why anyone would do this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] qxps:
You can flash a 4.3 system image with its kernel (system.img.ext4 and boot.img) with odin to downgrade, or maybe just the system image itself. People on the at&t variant have been doing that to downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.3 and be able to root. But there is no point in doing so on the tmo variant considering its not boot locked and root is as easy as cf-root, unless the 4.4.2 is too buggy that you need to use 4.3.

Extracting the 4.3 system image from the stock odin tar and tarring it individually is easy. But its probably more convenient to simply cwm flash a mildly modded custom image based on touchwiz 4.3, unless you really want it fully stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
yes, exactly this. i would mainly stay away from a downgrade of bootloader.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dr. Fed:
Thanks for the reply, that all makes sense to me. I think someone would be tempted to downgrade firmware if they believed, for example, that they had better reception on the previous firmware. Or if they noticed some apps were acting wonky due to Kit Kat SD card changes. Or, if during some flashing, they soft bricked after updating to official 4.4.2 and thought they could fix the device by Odin-flashing the official 4.3. Whatever the reason, it'll probably happen and it probably already happened.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
yeah people make mistakes and do some derpy stuff without thinking. i'm guilty of this myself. happens to people all the time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
Happened to me, I had no phone for a day. If that happens to you, Odin flash a recovery with adb or folder mount. flash a ROM and you're good
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] leo9891:
From my understanding, this will turn a regular S4, into a GPE S4. I read somewhere that the regular HTC One can also be converted into it's GPE counterpart AND receive OTA Updates from Google making the HTC a completely GPE phone. Does this go for the S4 as well, or is it JUST a ROM like any other AOSP ROM? And if not, know of any way to convert the regular S4 into an official GPE?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnny crapple:
It will not work and I haven't seen it done either, I have seen a thread of people trying but failed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
You can't repartition the phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dr. Fed:
You might recieve update notifications from Google, but they won't flash. But Mr. Virginia has been great about regularly updating this rom to follow closely with the GPE updates. I wouldn't compare this to AOSP roms. Way less bugs here. In fact, its difficult to find any. Samsung made a rom to run great on its hardware and never added any TW to it. Mr. V worked his magic so we could flash it.

This is the best way I know to convert your TMo S4 into a GPE device. IMHO. Flash it, you won't regret it. And, you can add Xposed and then Gravity Box to add customization if desired.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fenny:
Yeah, no kidding... believe me, I've tried. Extensively.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
Any bricks? Lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] winco209:
anyway we can get the inverted MMS it would save on battery life tired I'm looking on all that white screen on the 4.4.2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
thanks [MENTION=2522616]Dr. Fed[/MENTION] :highfive:

you can use any inverted MMS mod that is compatible with 4.4.2 AOSP... many of these are floating around xda
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] airnique23:
Am I the only person that gets much better battery life on Touchwiz then any GPE rom? GPE I get around 2 1/2 - 3 hrs screen on time which isnt bad but with TW I get anywhere from 4-5 using the same apps regularly. Problem is, I hate TW :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
Here's my stats, gpe is superior
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TigerDNA:
Is there any way to increase the max volume level?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] airnique23:
How are you doing this!? Lol. Im running with the KT stock kernel and greenify all of my apps, I can barely get 2 1/2 hrs screen time total :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] sker100:
Hi, one question. I read on the internet that the international 9505 could install almost every rom from the other variants. Can i install this rom on my device or is better don't do it ?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lotzakritters:
The i9505 and the tmo m919 can flash each others roms and kernels, usually without any changes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] qxps:
Kernels, are you sure? I thought the i9505 and m919 kernel had some differences. What I've done on my m919 is flash the i9505 rom and flash a custom kernel for the m919.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lotzakritters:
For the most part they all work for me. Sometimes I do have to flash a kernel afterwards
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] spctm:
I need some help with troubleshooting sensors on my galaxy s4. I have a galaxy s4 (metro PCS version) m919N model. I have flashed virgin rom on it. The problem is that none of the sensors are working. In CPU-Z it does list all the sensors but none of them are registering a reading. As a result screen rotation, proximity, auto brightness, accelerometer, do not work. Youtube plays only in portrait mode, during a call the screen does not go blank, etc.

Now, I looked under /system/lib/hw and it does have needed system libs, particularly sensors.msm8960.so. Also, under /sys I see these

:/sys/class/sensors # ls

accelerometer_sensor

barometer_sensor

gesture_sensor

gyro_sensor

light_sensor

magnetic_sensor

proximity_sensor

ssp_sensor

temphumidity_sensor

If I "cat" the file raw_data under each of the sensors directory I dont see the values change. Anyone have any ideas as to where I should potentially start troubleshooting this thing. I tried wiping and installing a few times, that does not work. Tried a few different roms but with partial success. With cm11 I got most of the sensors working, but it is not a daily driver, I kept having other stability issues. I have a reasonable idea that it may not be hardware. Any suggestions would be great. If this has already been discussed and solved I apologize for asking again, but my searches did not yield anything significant.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
FYI... MK2 speeds vs. NB4.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TigerDNA:
Is there a way to increase the max volume level?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dr. Fed:
So...are you saying I should I update my modem from MK2➡NB4 ?

You're on the MDL boot loader, yes?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
Yes and yes.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
it sounds like there are some vast hardware differences with your M919N model versus our M919 model. i would try pulling those libs from a stock TW M919N system dump and replace them in VirginROM. that is the best advice i can prob offer.

this was a vague question, which is likely why no one answered the first time you asked.

max volume level for ear piece, speakerphone, both? they're both loud to me, esp speakerphone. there are mods floating around.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TigerDNA:
Sorry, I would mean all of the above. I noticed that my headphone was really low compared to the AOSP ROM (SLIMKAT) that I normally run.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
earpiece, speakerphone or headphone? do you mean when you plug a set of headphones in? there is prob native audio gain going on in slimkat. again, there are mods floating around that will do this for you. try a bit of searching ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TigerDNA:
Yes plugging in headphone. Also I noticed a reduced volume in the earpiece as well. I found the mods but as this is the first GE ROM I have delt with, I wasn't sure if I should be looking for TW or AOSP compatible things. LOVE your work btw.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
thanks!

AOSP compatible.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] spctm:
Thanks, I was thinking along the same lines. But more specifically what libraries should I pull from the stock ROM? I do have stock ROM dump.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
i don't know off the top of my head specifically. i'd start with what you listed and go from there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dushmanius:
Hey guys my hardware buttons have no vibration on it. Menu, back and home. I tried Installing KT kernel, and adjusting vibration in the main options but that does nothing. I tried downloading Hydra profile too but that does nothing.

I do not know what to do and it seems I am not the only one with this problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
I would reflash whatever ROM you're on. Wipe Data, Cache, Dalvik, and Format System. If that doesn't work, Odin Stock. If your keys don't work then, it's for warranty (if you're not on NB4).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kinggheedora:
The ROM is really smooth, and noticeably faster than the 4.2 GPE Edition one i previously used, and faster than stock T-Mobile that came on the phone.

THe only trouble I had was that the phone wouldn't maintain a connection to the t-mobile network, so I couldn't call or receive calls. I fixed it by flashing the NB4 modem. I found the download for the NB4 and instructions for flashing here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2678774

One trouble i ran into at first was getting an error about not being able to write when I first tried to flash. I upgraded to CWM recovery 6.0.4.5 (http://true-android.blogspot.com/2014/01/install-cwm-6045-advance-edition-on-t_15.html) and then tried again, and it worked.

Next, I installed Xposed framework, and then these two modules: "Advanced Power Menu [9.0.1]", and "Exchange Bypass for Xposed [1.6]"

The latter let me set up syncing of my calendar and emails with Exchange without having to set up lock screen or grant them crazy permissions like remote wipe. The former gave me an advanced power menu (reboot menu with options to reboot, reboot to recovery, reboot to bootloader, and soft reboot).

Hope this saves someone several hours of chasing down of downloads and instructions that I had to do.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TigerDNA:
Would some one mind posting a flashable stock kernel. I realy don't want to reflash the whole ROM, but I replaced my rear camera and I am getting the idea that flashing the stock kernel is the only way to get the "firmware to update"

NVRMND got it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
Kernel doesn't change anything about the firmware download. Does it [MENTION=2651267]mrvirginia[/MENTION]? Cause we're not on the true gpe.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TigerDNA:
I think your right. Not to get off topic at all but I went full stock and it doesn't work. So of course I restored to this awesome rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
i believe that the Kernel here won't change anything in regards to new cam firmware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] HenryTheUnicorn:
[MENTION=2651267]mrvirginia[/MENTION]

You should update the thread to include that with the new update to KT's GE Kernel, we can charge the phone when its off now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
I will try to get him to merge it into the stock kt kernel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
Dang I just flashed you're ROM Dan, and got everything perfect lol. Now I gotta flash some more. :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
Mr.V

This stock kernel will fix the inability to charge with the device powered off on pre 4.4.2 bootloaders

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407582478

stock source, compiled with Linaro, some debug spam removed for speed and the charging fix by fenny, kernel compiled by ktoonsez

source is here: https://github.com/ktoonsez/KT-SGS4/tree/stock-ge-ml4

to anyone flashing this, it's been tested and good to

Flash kernel

wipe caches

fix permissions

reboot

enjoy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
hey thanks bro! now a reason to update ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] NATA8986:
I'm on Virgin 4.3, and my problem is that games like "Candy Crush" or "The Room 2" freezing or force closing every time I lunch them. Anyone else having same issue? Is there a way to fix it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
maintenance update

i have added the newest Kernel to OP under 4.4.2 ROM download. with this Kernel, the phone will now charge while off.

i've also edited Q/A section a bit.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] HenryTheUnicorn:
Nice. When can we expect to see an update to the ROM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
It's already stable... Nothing new to add until 4.4.3 gets released.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] chroot:
Hey [MENTION=5322235]Globel[/MENTION] I'm really excited to see that you got this working. I'm in the exact same boat as you.

I hoped you could expand on what you've done to get this working.

I have the I337UCUAMF3 Baseband

I've installed the 3.71 ATT SafeStrap. (JFLTEATT-3.71.apk)

Created a new Slot 1

Installed this ROM (VirginROM_v3.1.2.zip)

Installed the MF3 Modules pack (JFLTE-MF3-modules.zip)

Installed the ATT fix from this link. (ATT_CSC_fixer2.zip)

However I boot with the S4 logo. I get the SafeStrap little robot and then the screen goes black.

In about 5 seconds it vibrates, vibrates again and reboots.

Thanks to EVERYONE here for supporting the community. Once I get this up and running expect some beer donations.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
as [MENTION=5135677]nivekx9[/MENTION] said, there's no need to update really. this is meant to be a stock solution. [MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION] covers the modified side of things ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
a tad confused. you are having the OTA issue or you can't get it to boot?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
I think he was trying to get this to work with at&t
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] chroot:
You're both right. I was excited to see a GPE and made the cardinal rookie mistake, I didn't look where I was. On a T-Mobile thread.

The error was on boot but of course I am on the wrong carrier/build for this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dr. Fed:
Hey folks.

Besides the phone charging issue, are there any other significant advantages to the ktoonsez kernel? TIA
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
that would depend on your definition of significant.

i personally run it. it's more feature rich than stock Kernel and the performance is better imo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nivekx9:
This ROM works for other carriers. I don't know for sure. But I think it's just loki-doki and CSC flash isn't it?

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Haha reminds me, you're right! I tweaked with the KTkernel one in his thread so much that my battery wasn't too great. Stock ktkernel really has some nice battery. 2.5-3 hrs screen time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] gregorina:
On tmobile and Anyway to get wifi tethering working? This so far has been the best rom for me except for tethering. I can't really use it consistently without it. I need it fairly often. If I make a donation could you be persuaded to get it working?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mralexander006:
Wifi tethering works for me without any problems on a Straight Talk T-Mobile sim... though don't let that stop you from giving the dev a donation :).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] moesasin:
I'm having the same issue. The hotspot keeps turning on and off intermittently. This was not happening on Dan's ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] gregorina:
Awesome!! so there's a way. My sim card says tm9258, how can i tell if this is a straight talk sim card?

Oh Straight Talk is a different plan altogether...can I get it to work if I'm not on straight talk?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] cswroe:
Tethering works for me. I did change the APN though. I only have a single APN entry for T-mobile and followed their doc here: http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2090
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] gregorina:
wow that worked. thank you!!! that should be put in the op because i watched the review and it said tethering wasn't working on tmobile...so I just assumed it wasn't working.

Have to give a donation now...would feel awful using something like this for a long time and not compensating....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
thank you for the donation [MENTION=4307349]gregorina[/MENTION] :highfive: