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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chites:
First I have to say the GE roms are by far the best that I have run on my S4. Everything is 98% there... The issue that keeps me from being able to run this rom full time is the data drop problem. I have experienced it on this rom and Nitro's. I have the correct settings for CDMA/LTE Auto but I still get the loss of data sporadically. Display indicates I'm receiving LTE/4G but no connection. I am hoping there is a magical silver bullet out there to fix this problem. It stinks because everything else is as close to perfect as I have seen in a rom!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DjLuBe:
Why does this roms launcher only have 3 home screens???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
That's just the way the stock launcher is. Try apex or nova for a aosp style launcher that is customizable.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I accidentally swapped out the 5 page launcher for the one I use. It'll be swapped back next time.

I use 1 or 3 pages because I hate clutter
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
LOL I use nova in part because I only use 2 screens

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DjLuBe:
Does anybody have a link for a stock launcher
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Loop4zil:
One screener here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mp3sum:
Anyone have battery issues, specifically Google Services always chewing more battery than anything else?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Do use Google now or navigation a lot? I think one of those had a recent update that is causing some drain.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
I keep GPS and Google Location Services on all the time, use Google Now and all that fairly often, not to mention Facebook, and this is what my usage looks like. And yes, everything is up to date. While I'm glad it's working great for me, I do find it odd that it's so inconsistent among users.

4.9 Odex with hlxanthus' short navbar and stock battery revert, Crossbreeder 7-2, and reflashed Elite kernel after playing with the new Chronic release (Elite is still better).

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thafngame24:
The same exact thing has been happening to me. It is showing full LTE bars but I have no data connection. Going in and out of airplane mode has helped but its hard to notice it has happened in the first place
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chites:
Agreed. Sometime I don't notice it's not working. Drives be crazy. It's to bad there isn't a VZW version the GE rom that the talented dev's can build from.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mp3sum:
I do not use Google Now nor have I used Maps since observing this for 2 days. I am running the tweaked deodexd, and will try pure google next. This was a clean install, and no one else has had this issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Loop4zil:
Is Google Wallet working for you guys? When I launch the app it will force close. Was about to attempt the work around but wanted to see if any one else has already tried it or has gotten the app to work 'natively'

Using 4.9 dubbsy's way
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Dubbsy said he has fix incoming on that

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I finally got MTP working right on a stock kernel. Stock TW kernel doesn't play nice with GE and MTP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Uploading Pure.v5.4

It's an aroma package built by hlx. Loads of options. hlx did a great job!

I fixed MTP and it's now using a modified stock GE kernel. And google wallet should be working out of the box now. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
Thanks y'all, I'm giddy with excitement for a build with Aroma, 4.9 Odex has been awesome, so I can't wait to get more customization on top of that!

Can we still use Elite kernel with this build, and will it break MTP?

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
You should be able to use any kernel you want besides stock TW as I found out. Even kt's works great with no SODs if you change the settings in ktweaker. Kt's has low voltages stock so without messing around and making it run 10x better(because no one would want a better running phone >.< ) there are some issues with some devices. Some devices handle low volt/overclock differently.

But yes MTP worked fine for me on KT, elite, and chronic
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
It's up. With md5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ejhollyer:
*excited face*

at work has to wait until later

*sad face*
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
Just to clarify. I'm on 4.9 Odex right now using the stock TW kernel, and everything seems smooth/stable other than MTP not functioning. Without switching to PureG 5.4, which kernel could we change to (if any) that would fix MTP on 4.9? I see your post about the stock TW kernel not playing well with things like wifi, but I'm not experiencing any issues aside from non-functional MTP. Or is the fix to MTP only currently available in PureG? Thanks for your work on this!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mp3sum:
FYI to prevent Google Services from draining my batter, I uninstalled Maps and reinstalled. Now I know for the next release :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I personally use either elite kernel or kt. Both work well for me.

We will have a build out soon that will have the performance tweaks as an option. And then after that we will have a build with the option to odex. Trying to consolidate everything into one aroma package :)

Still splitting time with this, 4.3, blukuban, chaos, and real life :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thadialeckt:
i dont know what im doing wrong but i cant get this bad boy to boot. installing with twrp 2.6<---------------------------------------doh go it working
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] msid:
Wifi Not Working

I just flashed pure 5.4, wiped everything and installed with defaults.

I can't get wifi to turn on - in the setup screens or in settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jazzman97:
Same here, just flashed exactly has you described and wifi toggle just flips back to "off"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] itsdubai:
Same here. Wiped and installed. Could not get wifi to work at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Looking into it now. :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] leyvatron:
Same with hotspot.

Also, this is minor but when you go into battery and click on your timeline image of how your battery is used it always closes the settings down.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 00negative:
For those with Wi-Fi issues try a different kernel, might help some anyway until Dubbsy can iron it out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Uploading. The updater script was trying to run a loki flash that wasn't there. So essentially, it was just leaving your last kernel installed but flashing the new kernel's modules. Breaking everything in the process. I didn't catch it because the kernel I had installed prior was the same kernel I had intended to flash.

Going to make a quick fix for those that already have it downloaded too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dmaynard83:
No worries. The new pure rom feels so smooth. Love it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
KernelFix:

https://copy.com/G79Z3

5.4.1:

https://copy.com/7a24X

These should fix it up. Let me know if you guys find anything else.

I'll look into the battery info force closing. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] edpete97:
Which version do I want if I want all of the TW apps? I read the changelogs and I believe 5.4.1 is what I want. Looking for the TW camera, WatchOn, etc. Thanks all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
None have them preinstalled.

Camera is posted in mods. Watchon is available in play store. And I don't know what you mean with etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] edpete97:
I saw that V3 had TW apps pre-installed and just missed where you said in 4.01 that TW apps were removed. Will go with 5.4.1. Thanks for the quick reply.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jacobxtyler:
Does the newest radio (VRUAME7) work on this rom? I don't know much about what they do and how they work but i couldn't find anything on it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
You can give it a shot if you want. I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I'm not touching me7 at all until it has a recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
Yes, it works fine. I came to 4.9 from Darkslide's ROM which flashed the new baseband. No ill-effects.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
I understand but the modem alone is perfectly safe. I have some recovery flashable versions around here somewhere. To flash the me7 radio or back to the mdk version. I can post if you guys want. I have flashed back and forth a dozon times.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrxistenz:
Wallet works! Thanks so much for all your hard work Dubbsy and hlxanthus. Is there any way to get the the aosp keyboard(with the special characters on the alpha with longpress) instead of the google keyboard?. I remember one of your releases had this, but I think it was removed with the release of the "pure" edition, I tried to restore with tb and it keeps failing. Awesome work getting the AROMA install and allowing the battery, nav, and dirty options :).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
hlxanthus, your flashables work great for me, found em in GooManager.

I shared them with AndyBones as well since he was asking about it, just pointed him to your Goo and gave you credit. Hope you don't mind.

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] androidrookie84:
Does apps2sd work on the 5.4.1 version?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] techspecs:
I just tried installing the 8/6 build and my phone puked. It went through the aroma and I went to reboot. CWM have me a warning about a recovery flash. I said don't let it flash a recovery. When I rebooted I got the custom screen and then a black screen. ADB showed my device with a status of "unauthorized". So I battery pulled and booted back into recovery. I wiped and reinstalled and said let it flash a recovery if it wants. Same exact result. Flashed a backup and it again gave me the recovery warning in CWM. Picked no and I'm back up on my backup. Did I mess something up probably?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bensl84:
I think you need to boot into the ROM. If not flash a recovery via Odin or adb. If not flash back to stock and root. That's my two sense. Hope it helps...

And when you flash this ROM next time. Click no when it asks you about recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
That's a strange one. I only use twrp 2.5.0.2 (the newer 2.6 is only kind of working) to flash but have never had a similar occurance.

Sent from my Galaxy S4

I think this is what you are looking for. I am planning on adding this to aroma maybe in the next build as an option, also making the Hindi, Korean and Chinese keyboards as optional (they will remain as options as they are part of the original GE ROM)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33502324

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Just to make sure I wasn't crazy I clean flashed to cm10.2 with kt kernel. Then wiped. Then flashed 5.4.1. Used the defaults in aroma. And it booted right up.

I used twrp 2.5.0.2. And with twrp I've never seen a popup asking about recovery flashing. That seems suspect.

I won't use CWM anymore. Not because of these stupid errors, but because of the stupid layout of the cache and dalvik wipe buttons.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Nope, and it probably won't until me7 gets a custom recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] roscoe08:
I flashed kts kernal and fixed it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] macravin:
Google Wallet working! This ROM is pretty much perfect now. (Best stable/tw ROM by a long shot)

The only thing it needs is init.d support, but... chronic kernel...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] techspecs:
Thanks for checking dubbsy. Back to TWRP I go...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jazzman97:
Random question...does Viper audio work for GE roms?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
It could. I will look into it more now that we are doing a full out aroma.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mercutio5:
Hate to be that guy, but does anyone know of a way to let the stock dialer in this ROM use T9 contact lookup?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Swap it out for cm10.1's phone/dialer/contacts
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mercutio5:
Awesome, this I can do.

.bak the current .apks, then install the CM10.1 ones as system apps? Been a while for me with this stuff - my last phone was the GNex and needed little modding. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Yep that'll work. Just set permissions rw r r and reboot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tbgreen89:
Is it possible to add theme chooser to this?

Btw fantastic rom though. Runs smooth! Thanks keep up the good work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
I can confirm that it works quite well! I've always just installed it the old fashioned way, putting it in /system/app, chmod 644, reboot. Then install the driver for Cortex A8(which is what Snapdragons should use according to the dev) and reboot, then activate it. I can change things on the fly and hear quite a difference, and the volume boosts are significant (the gain gains!)

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] igacek:
Hi all,

Appreciate the hard work going into this ROM, Dubbsy. However, no matter what I do, I can't seem to get a data connection. I've wiped the data/cache/dalvik, reinstalled the ROM multiple times, and it always seems to be roaming and I can't get data. I have LTE in my location, and HyperDrive ROM works great, but just can't seem to get it working with GE ROM! I searched the entire thread but couldn't find anything. When I check "Roaming Data" in network settings, I can get it, but I can't seem to get LTE working.

Anyone got a tip? Thanks a ton
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
Everytime you open Mobile Network Settings it switches the phone to WCDMA. You need to open the LTE On/Off app that Dubbsy includes with each build, find the drop-down list, and change it back to LTE/CDMA auto (PRL) instead of WCDMA. That should fix you right up.

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] igacek:
Thanks for the help, but when I opened LTE On/Off it was already set to LTE/CDMA auto (PRL).Hmmm... I'll quadruple check in the morning though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Loop4zil:
I have experienced this same thing. I get stuck on 3g and can't get 4g.

This was using the 4.9 odex
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jazzman97:
Thank you very much!

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You're the best sir!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
HIGHLY doubt it. T-Mobile theme chooser is dug too deep into the framework and files. It would take forever to get it working properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Out of town today and have really poor signal. Data wouldn't work at all. Restored to euroskanks cm10.2 and data works but really weakly not quite sure what info to give to help figure out what the difference and why one ROM works and the other does not. Bit it seems really poor 3g data/signal does have issues.

[MENTION=5168775]Dubbsy[/MENTION] would a syslog report help figure that out? I could flash back and grab one for you. Might help point out other things.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
If you could get a log that'd be great. I know I have more work to do on a lot of the framework files.

More so on 4.3 :-/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wessiide:
I'm sorry if this point has been dug into the ground, but is gps supposed to be working properly yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] docnok63:
Just fired up 5.4.1 and I'd like to applaud Dubbsy and hlx on a great release. Aroma was a bit glitchy with the scrolling, but that's a known issue (you need a splash screen too.) I'm trying hlx's battery mod and I like it except that at 100% and plugged in the bolt should stop flashing. It was funny to see that I had a new device today...(screenies)...hehehe ;)

AFAIK, GPS has always worked. the two main issues have signal bars/data connectivity and carrier labels. Signal bars now work, though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
I can confirm that data connectivity is not yet the most stable. Works great the vast majority of the time, but occasionally I'll have to toggle Airplane mode to get something to load, although the signal icon and bars still indicate a strong LTE connection. I have yet to have an issue with a call, but occasionally an SMS will get stuck. Again, the icon does not indicate data drops or switching, and signal strength is the same as with any other rom.

Still much better than my S3 was, so it's not much of a problem, but still its there. A little different from hlxanthus' issue, but is there any info I could get you that would help?

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
HLX made a splash screen last night. :cool:

I started building a folder for more aroma options including the performance tweaks.

I still need to get the odex script buttoned up for aroma too.

Today I was just digging through smali trying to figure somethings out for better service.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mp3sum:
FYI I was running 4.9 deodex, and today bout noon found I was able to make receive calls,. but there was no audio in either direction.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Made this image last night . . do you all like!! For the next release it will be the aroma splash . .

[MENTION=5168775]Dubbsy[/MENTION] I put that log into drop box for you

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Got them. I got toasted in my desktop that files were uploaded. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
I think for the next build I will make them multiple screens instead of having to scroll, took me like 5 minutes to select root browser (my favorite free file manager, really dislike ES but seems a community fav).

Is it the horizontal battery you were referring too? It is easy enough to edit that animation and you are right that is a little weird. If it is the CM style one, I will not alter it. That is a port and will not mess with anothers work that way. In fact there are 800 battery mods that with a little work could be flashed over the CM style ring battery

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chuckleb0ne:
Dubbsy: I know you are busy but I was just wondering if your next build will include the carrier banner fix...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Macknzie:
I've had the data connectivity issues with all versions of this ROM that others have reported. It seems to occur when moving from WIFI to cell data. At first, I used the LTE app to turn off the cell radio, but I've since learned that I can just go into settings and toggle the data off and on to get it working again. It's a minor inconvenience, and it's my favorite ROM otherwise.

MW
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] docnok63:
The Aroma scrolling bug was supposedly fixed by the Synergy ROM folks, but they haven't released their new version with Aroma yet :(

Yeah, I was talking about the horizontal battery. I like it a lot, but I'd like it more if it would stop flashing at 100%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
If I find the fix for it reporting correctly by then. Or why it's not reporting correctly. However you want to look at it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Eeiden:
I've been watching this post since it's creation and have flashed every update, and ran each one as my daily. Besides way back when with the keyboard issue, I have never experienced any of these reported bugs. I run the ROM without any tweaks or addons. No data problems, signal and banner report correctly, everything works.

Maybe I'm a fluke
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] edif30:
Wondering if anyone noticed Google services is chewing up more battery? I've had great battery life up until recently. Its def not this ROM as I've read on other forums of the same issue. I heard reinstalling maps did the trick. Anyone experience this?

Also I'd like to report something regarding data. At first when I began using this ROM I would get weird data drops when going from 3g to LTE when moving to a 4g tower. Once I hit the 4g tower I would drop data and unless I would toggle via the LTE app, I'd have to wait to get back on a 3g tower to get data back. But if I connected back on the 4g tower, it was fine. Almost as if my Mac address or IP was then learned by the tower switch. Since I've pretty much hit all the 4g towers in my area, I haven't seen the problem again. It may sound weird but its just what I experienced. Might have something to do with the fact our phones report as a GSM phone on a CDMA network. Idk... Thought it might be worth mentioning.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I was reading that some Google updates caused battery use to spike. I haven't personally seen this but it doesn't mean that it's not true
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EVOme:
Going to load this and then Hyper R5 later tonight! Thanks, OP!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Because of what I do for fun I have mine always set to r/w. Easier to pull things.

#!/system/bin/sh

busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
It's not a permission issue because all the system apps are set the same in my updater so all would be messing up if that were the case.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] reinert012:
Unfortunately that did not work. It still say's i dont have permission to sync with the server.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kpa2727:
I would have to think then it's related to some type of hand off , Technically there shouldn't be a issue since their all based the same , you did reboot after adding those right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Did you set permissions before reboot also. Typically when you copy an app from storage to system it drops in as rwx rwx rwx or rw- rw- rw- neither of which will install.

And if you happen to be odexed good luck. I've never had good results from manually pushing files that were odexed for some reason. I've always had to flash them
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] reinert012:
I am odexed, i guess i should probably flash the deodexed one and copy the files over eh?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kpa2727:
Strange issue I'm having, I had cwm mod touch recovery, I went and restored stock, flashed twrp then made a back up of my touch wiz. my niece was over and I bumped a option while I started the backup. I got a red error saying backup failed. thought whatever, re ran backup and went to reboot, try to oot and my touch wiz from won't boot just hangs on Samsung logo. fix permissions and and it boots past Samsung logo, plays music then reboots and freezes. kicked back into twrp, reflashed 4.1 got up and running again. flashed cwm non touch, restored my first touch wiz backup which worked before. reboot and it hangs. What the heels going on? I tried cache wipe, Dalvik, fix permissons, even factory reset on my restored recovery and still not booting. what did I do in TWRP? did I turn something on forcing touch wiz not to boot?

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Isn't Odex what touch wiz is? that's where the Apk's are from.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
That sounds like a bad card or bad backup. Did you have md5 verification on? And I've had a backup fail but never had a backup mess up my system. I don't know how it would have changed anything in your system.

And I've already gone from aosp to tw and back again many times. No problems
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kpa2727:
yea it's really odd since it's every backup, no matter twrp or cwm. I used the backups once already in cwm last night and they worked fine to get me back to tw but not today.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] angst911:
sprint port? You've got my interest. The sprint S4 thread for this effort disappeared today for some reason.