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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] beast3300:
My phone has always stuck to highest speed internet even if it's one bar. This has always been the case for me with att phones. My S4 is on a different ROM and "prefers" hold LTE over anything else (even if it dross LTE every other second) to stay on LTE like it does in my friend's basement. Luckily GoldenEye let's me change to faux 4G etc manually (I love that).

Once upon a time I had a Samsung flip phone that was dead set on 3G when it could have used edge at full bars but it rather stick to 1 to 0 bars 3G.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] BigE:
Change the car.. :laugh:

Works fine on mine (I don't have a Ford..)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jetpackjeff:
This ROM + Gravitybox is pretty much the best thing on my phone yet =D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tachyon_1:
Pretty nice. only 2 issues so far

Installed on my Bell I337m yesterday. So far this ROM looks pretty good. I've only run into two issues.

1. Mobile Odin Pro now reports my device as unsupported so I can't update my radio from MDJ to MK6. Despite that so far, data, WiFi, and calls appear to work fine.

2. How the frig do you bring up the task manager?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mbonus:
Task manager: double click the home button
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mlkemac:
I was in the same situation. I had to change the build.prop back to the i337m and mobile odin worked perfect.

after the modem updated, I reverted back to the kangakat build.prop

there is an app that facilitates build.prop editing

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.nathan.jf.build.prop.editor&hl=en
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tachyon_1:
THANK YOU!

This was driving me nuts. ;')

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Much appreciated. I installed it and I'll keep this in mind. I haven't had any trouble with my current baseband despite the warnings that you must run a 4.3 baseband. If I do, I'll use this trick to update. Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chocodough:
I have a theory why my phone has been having signal issues with 4.4.2.

Some backdrop. Certain areas in my town my phone will drop from LTE down to HSPA even though I know there are still 3 bars of LTE. For instance sitting at one of my local Starbucks, initially it will have like 3 bars or so of LTE, while I am sitting there using the phone, it will drop back to HSPA. If I go into Airplane mode, and toggle back, it will lock back on to LTE with again around 3 bars, then shortly after go to HSPA.

With 4.4.2 it seems the ROM is pre-programmed to keep the phone locked on to LTE unless you are just in an area where there is no LTE at all. That would explain why when my phone drops down to 1 bar of LTE it doesn't switch to HSPA like it's supposed to.

As far as signal at my house, it seems there might be something going on with AT&T's load balancing of towers. Sitting in my bedroom and just watching signal, it will be at full bars one minute, then drop to 2 bars, then up to 4 bars, then down to 1 bar, and on occasion 0 bars, before going back up. It could be a load balancing issue with the towers and I might be getting bounced around towers, but that doesn't explain why my wife's iPhone 5 doesn't do it. Her's stays steady on LTE without the bar fluctuation.

I still have yet to put on KT's kernel like I planned, I just didn't have time today, so maybe tomorrow. But I honestly don't see how a kernel change is going to fix it.

I never had this problem with GE 4.2.2 or GE 4.3 builds, outside of the fact those were clean unmodified builds except for faux's mods to the stock kernel, whereas Kangakat is only slightly stock.

I would rather stay with 4.4.2 being as I prefer to stay current with my OSs, but I might have to go back to GE 4.3 again if I can't resolve this.

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The whole "must be running a 4.3 baseband is a bunch of crap. I'm running the MF3 baseband which I believe is from 4.2.2 and it works no different than the MK2 baseband I was using beforehand which is 4.3 based.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] 78Staff:
I have terrible ATT 4G/LTE reception at my house, so I use tasker and autolocation to switch to 2g mode anytime I am at home and on wifi...and back to LTE when I leave - signal is greatly improved.

We also have zero signal at work, due to high floor and behind data center walls, etc - so am going to try 2G there as well next time I am at the office to see if it makes any difference. It may not, but worth a shot :).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] iB4STiD:
If you were using a i337m or a T-Mobile s4 then yes you would have to be using a 4.3 baseband . i337 MDL would work fine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chocodough:
Ok I stand corrected. :) Must be why I haven't had an issue on my i337.

BTW, do you have any idea about the problem I am having? Do you think it could be kernel related?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] stangman:
Sorry...your loss ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] djjuno:
Holy ****!

This Rom is sleek, smooth, fast as all hell and Awesome battery life. It works with my Samsung flip cover and it's not a TW Rom. This is the best Rom I have loaded on this phone so far. Great Job!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] vanstorm:
Awesome ROM no issues killer battery life
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] EpicMango:
Well. For anybody that is having the screen wake issues on call like mee...

For some reason putting in a pair of headphones while on a call will make the screen wake up and shut off like normal....

but as soon as the headphones come out the phone is useless again....

BUT I SAW THE DIALER FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY :o

Still trying to find a fix for this...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gravedigger76:
This has never been an issue. What kernel are you on?

Did you fully wipe and install?

Sent from my Nexus 7
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] RK:
Screen wake in call works like clockwork on my device. Are you using a custom kernel? If not, try proximity sensor calibration
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tachyon_1:
That's odd because mine is an i337m and I'm currently running this ROM with my factory original MDJ baseband. So far no issues.

Baseband is I337MVLUAMDJ
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mark324:
I too have been having screen wake on calls,using no other kernels other than what came with the ROM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sirooga:
I

Same if you pair up your Bluetooth. But as soon as you turn it off you can no longer see the in call screen. Stock Kernal no mods and with mods, same result.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] EpicMango:
Here we go. Other people do have this problem, not just me.

I have the same issues with SKYPE Call too!!! It seems just ANTHING that has ANYTHING to do with calls triggers this.....

This happened to me on KangaKat 5 stock kernel, KangaKat 6 stock kernel AND ktoonsez's kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chocodough:
Ok I have been doing my best Sherlock Holmes deductive reasoning and a bit of 2 +2 = 4 stuff...hehe...and I think I might of found a solution to the problem of the dropped LTE signal.

Go to the VirginROM thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2343513

Then scroll down the OP and under Add-ons download "ATT specific CSC". Put it on your phone somewhere and flash it in recovery.

Personally I do a bit overkill when I flash things. Wipe Cache, wipe Dalvik, then flash the file above, then fix permissions afterwards, reboot.

That's a carrier specific CSC files as opposed to Google generic ones, and so far after putting that on, mine hasn't dropped to 1 bar of LTE. It's back to what it used to do, if the LTE signal gets too low it will downshift correctly to HSPA and then come back LTE when the signal gets better.

Hopefully that fixes the problem this time, but if I see any different results I will let ya know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Punisher420:
Nice
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] starmanj:
Home button lost function

I followed instructions on installing Kangakat but lost my home button function. Single and long press does nothing, but double press gives me list of open apps as normal. I've tried Nova and default launchers but nothing works. Any ideas how to bring back home button function?

PS I used Titanium to restore data to apps. Would that somehow mess up launcher functions? I tried reflashing the rom again but still doesn't work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ssss25:
Thanks. I am on Fido.. Canada i337m. I get one bar LTE as well.. Anyone has a Fido CSC that works on this ROM?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] starmanj:
The answer was Titanium screwed up backup. When you select to restore app data, it includes non-app data from Android embedded processes. You must hand-pick each and every app to backup data and/or the app itself; do not use the batch scripts.

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While I'm at it, has anyone figured out a trick to force KangaKat to store photos/movies on the SD card? I know gravitybox can do it but I don't think gravitybox is compatible with KangaKat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gravedigger76:
Gravitybox is compatible with KK if you get the KK version... But it does NOT give you ability to save pics to SD. It does need xposed framework so there is another module for closed called pictoSD. Works great.

Sent from my SGH-I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tachyon_1:
Two days in and so far, so good.

I have to say this ROM is pretty solid. Any issues I have with it are with the source GPE ROM and not this iteration of it.

The good:

It's clean

stable

everything works

The bad:

video seems a little flaky. For example YouTube stutters sometimes. scrolling (in any app) seems to stutter and tear more than the stock TW ROM.

Bell TV doesn't appear to work. Video error when trying to play any channel or stream. Something to consider if you're a Bell user contemplating switching to this ROM and you use BellTV.

The bad that is not the ROM's fault but carry over from the source GPE.

No App2SD ?! Seriously Google?

Launcher is awfully plain and stripped down. (eg lack of tabbed app / widget separation in app drawer, simple home screen etc)

The latter problem was resolved by installing Nova Launcher Prime. The former I'm ignoring for now since I already had an ext2 partition setup for Link2SD which, combined with FolderMount is keeping me from missing App2SD...for now.

I hate to say it, especially here, but I miss some of the TW features. Like waving my hand to see notifications and the excellent TW Camera app. I wish Google would force OEM's to move all that stuff into user space so we the users can pick and choose those features from the Play Store instead of having to hack the life out of ROM's to get things the way we want them. Oh well. Keep dreaming I guess.

Anyway, to wrap up, I'm very happy with this ROM itself, though I'd like to see some work on the video issue. That aside, highly recommended for those who love their S4's amazing hardware and want to "free" it from TW. This is a very solid, stable, clean, attractive ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tachyon_1:
Just use FolderMount. It's simple and it works. I also use it to move my Zinio library, my Aldiko ebooks and my Downloads folder.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] iB4STiD:
the youtube app is the issue... it needs to be optimized... use youtube app on a nexus 5 .. and there s no lag .. use it on any other device there is lag
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tachyon_1:
That may actually be good news then. Hopefully we'll see this fixed from Google's end with a simple YouTube app update.

Thanks for the reply.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ookiller:
Can anyone help me? My signal drops completely on wind after a minute or 2(like it's on a timer) and to get it back I have to search for network operators and select Wind again.. I'm guessing it has something to do with this rom changing my radio?

On Rogers S4 AWS moded to work on wind.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] starmanj:
Foldermount looks interesting, but it does not find my camera app in the "apps analyzer" function. I assume you mean the free app from Madmack?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Jonnyredcorn:
Does anyone on at&t use Google Wallet and have it working? I've asked before and haven't been able to find an answer. It worked on kangabean...think it has something to do with the build prop but don't know what to change.

Sent from my AT&T Galaxy S4 Running KangaKit powered by ktoonez's Kernel!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chaosclarity:
What's not working? It loads for me and "appears" to work although I haven't tried it at the store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tavito05:
Fully functional. Use it everyday with no issues at all!! Love it :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] doodio:
Does the IR work? Can't get mine going.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Punisher420:
Mine works fine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tavito05:
Yeah not problem here at all either
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tachyon_1:
Oops!

Sorry, I should have linked it.

I mean this one here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount

The free version allows only 3 folders, which is enough for me for now. Though I will gladly pay to upgrade should I need more.

The Link2SD app I am using is here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD

Which I'm using with an 8GB ext2 second partition on my 64GB SDcard. Works great and basically replaces the need for App2SD support in the ROM.

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Mine works fine, though I have noticed at least one app that doesn't work that did on the TW ROM. My guess is that the app in question wasn't accessing the hardware in an approved way and broke under the new ROM. Most other IR apps seem to work fine on either ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] xonkwerdna:
I'm trying to install on my new bell s4. Just hangs on samsung screen. I did canadian fix. what am i doing wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] pokedroid:
Going to need a few more details please. Please illustrate the steps you took, in detail. Also, have you tried rebooting to recovery and wiping data/reflashing the ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] xonkwerdna:
Yeah, cmw recovery, wipe/factory reset, installed rom a couple of times to see if it would work again. I upgraded the baseband to 4.3 before I tried to install. Not sure if that is causing the problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] pokedroid:
Thanks for the update :good:

Have you tried checking the md5sum to make sure you have a proper download? Could you restore from a nandroid and redownload if need-be?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] xonkwerdna:
Yeah, I did restore. I'm redownloading rom and canadian fix now to see if that was the issue. I will check md5 sum this time. Didn't first time around. I'm just new to the s4. Didn't know much about all these firmware versions. Wanted to make sure that this rom is supposed to work with Bell S4 out of the box
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] stigmatix:
Does gravity box work with KK 6.0? I didn't see it listed in the addons so I just wanted to make sure before I installed it. Also does the ktoonsez kernel work too, if so which one would I choose to install with this ROM? I installed it one time and I remember getting an error and it wouldn't boot so I had to go and restore my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] :
Just use the kk gravity box and correct kt kk kernel for your carrier. You need too wipe caches after flashing kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ssss25:
Anyone using this ROM with Fido (or rogers I guess). I am getting around 12mb/s to 15mb/s download ... I am sure I used to get 25mb/s...

I thought the one bar lte is just display but doesn't really affect actual speed.

BTW I am on mk6 modem...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] stigmatix:
Okay, thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Jonnyredcorn:
The NFC pad at the 711 next to my AT&T store keeps declining my cards. I haven't tried it other than that one 711 by work, but it always used to work. For example, I will turn NFC on, tap my phone to the pad, it will recognize it's been tapped and open google wallet, I enter my PIN, then it says the transaction failed and it's declined. I thought it may have stopped working when iBastid changed the build.prop for those wanting the AT&T entries opposed to the Google Edition ones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jimmycalhoun:
Seems like Smart IR Remote stopped working for me in the last couple weeks. I know it was working on this KitKat build, but I notice now when I open the app and try to turn on devices, there is no blue LED light when I press a command. Already tried obvious things, rebooted phone, cleared the apps data, uninstalled the app, reinstalled, tried multiple devices. Seems like the app is just not working the IR hardware. Anyone else have trouble with IR remote apps lately? Haven't tried any other IR apps yet. I'll try that next.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] adoute:
I'm not running KangaKat at the moment - I switched to danvdh's 4.4.2 GE build. Smart IR remote still works fine for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] trunzoc:
Smart IR Remote is still working for me.

Sent from my AT&T S4 running KangaKat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Jonnyredcorn:
Is watchOn working for anyone? Or is it only smart remote that works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tavito05:
Mine gets declined there too. I never use it at 711 because it never works. Its their NFC receiver because it works everywhere else
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tavito05:
For those of you who might be having battery drain issues with Google play services , I read and tried that If you force stop it and clear and cache and restart the phone it'll go away for a few days. Tried it out today and have not had any drains .

Try it out and let me know if it works for you too !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] soraxd:
snappiest rom since my galaxy s3! man it feels like I'm using my s3 again this rom is so snappy.

only down side is battery.. went to bed with phone at 100%, woke up with it at 30%.. so battery is pretty harsh.. but man is it smooth..

in spite of the battery, 5/5..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ~wolverine~:
The battery life seems pretty damn good on mine. No complaints here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chocodough:
There are a few of us that I have seen having similar issues. I've been talking about my similar issues a few pages back.

I don't think it's this ROM, I think it's just KitKat in general, being as Ive seen a few people in the VirginROM thread in the Tmobile forum here with the same issue.

I've tried everything I could think of, nothing worked. So in the end I just went back to a clean GE 4.3 ROM that I have been using for awhile without any issues.

I have been trying to find a version of AT&T's 4.3 update for the GS4 that I could flash in CWM, but haven't found an unaltered version, all the ROMs are modded. I prefer clean versions that I can tweak myself and just leave it as stock as possible.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dillis:
i had this happen in canada,my only fix was flashing back to 4.2.2 using odin flashing mk6 and then flashed back to 4.4 ive been fine ever since,also download lteonoff app and network signal info if you want to learn more about nearby towers etc,i know this sounds like a huge drag but mk6 is so worth it,does anyone happen to know if their is a better radio than mk6 possibly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ookiller:
Are you with wind though?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] doodio:
Have it working with app update but it seems weaker. My ir blaster on the tab 3 is flawless. Works from anywhere and is powerful....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chocodough:
Thanks for the reply.

I have tried 4 different modems and all yield the same results. GE 4.3 works fine, so definitely there is something coded incorrectly in the 4.4.2 ROM.

Although I love having the latest version of things, but after using 4.4.2 for almost a week while I tried to fix it, I really didn't see anything all that new or "must have" in it.

So I guess for now using the GE 4.3 isn't so bad. I'll wait until some more updates to KK come along to try, or to see if the larger screen iPhone comes out around May as the latest rumors suggest. I'm seriously getting tired of having to constantly tweak the phone, or bend over backwards when a new OS comes out trying to get it to work at an acceptable level.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chaosclarity:
What are you speaking of? I've installed this ROM and haven't tweaked a damn thing - it just works. :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chocodough:
I just mean tweaking android in general when you deal with custom ROMs.

You can have 10 different people with the same type phone install a ROM and each one could have different issues. To me that makes no sense, but it happens all the time.

Changing kernels, adding/removing mods...etc...sure it's fun for awhile, but everything gets old sooner or later.

For instance, I have been really trying to find a good camera app that works just as fast as the iPhone camera. I haven't found an acceptable one yet. With the iPhone, it focuses when you hover over something, you hit the capture button and boom, the photo is taken in the blink of an eye.

Whether I use the stock GE ROM camera app, pro capture(which I bought), Samsung stock camera, or some others I tried. They take forever to focus, and when you take a picture then spend forever refocusing before they take the picture. I miss many good shots of my daughter because of that. When I try to take video with either the GE camera app or the stock Samsung app, it constantly refocuses while I am following my daughter around. Again the iPhone doesn't and records perfectly.

Matter of fact my brother was out recently with his 2 year old at a Children's museum where the kids paint. His Note 2's camera shutter was so slow he missed many good shots. He sold it the next day and bought an iPhone.

Now I am not trying to turn this into a Android vs iPhone debate, nor am I trying to start a flame war here, I'm just stating my experiences. Personally I HATE iOS 7. I think it looks childish and Apple messed it up compared to iOS 6.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rurouni572:
I agree with you on this one. I love Android, and I'd never think about jumping over to iOS, but troubleshooting Android phones is just ridiculous and frustrating. There are so many variables to consider and just because one particular fix works for one person doesn't mean it'll work for another. Just look at all the crazy battery threads and radio signal posts. I feel that's definitely a weakness in the open source nature. You can "do whatever you want," just be prepared to face the consequences when things don't go well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dcoulombe:
I have good results with either the free Focal (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.xplod.focal) or paid Camera FV-5 (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flavionet.android.camera.pro).

A lot of my pictures taken with the stock camera app of this ROM turned out blurred.

Hope this helps.