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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Battery life is dependent to the person using the phone.

The ROM is set up to allow the user to get the best battery life this phone will allow, I believe this to be true because I haven't boggled the ROM down with useless tweaks, only what's needed, and what I persoanlly want/ I build this ROM based on what I want, and then add in requests, but Aroma is what helps make BoneStock what it is, I am able to please everyone who wants what some of us consider bloat, or crap, and others can't live without.

It's all about the usage of the phone, I've personally gotten up to 5 1/2 hours screen time on this ROM.

But, I delete ALL social apps, Facebook, Talk, etc.

The ONLY thing I have to sync is gmail, which I do manually.

and contacts - also manually.

I also am on wifi 99% of the day.

never use Bluetooth, maybe an hour a week.

use auto brightness,

wifi is set to turn off in deep sleep.

I have no google play music or apps like that that need streaming and background services.

so for me personally, I get battery life that people "dream of"

but it's because of the way I use my phone,

I don't travel much or much time for play, so 90% of the time I get incredible battery life the other 10% on weekends, or travels, and stuff like that I would have to use 4g, maybe tether to the laptop, stuff that I don't normally and battery life wouldn't be what I usually get, but I've found with stock kernel, it's just the best route, I don't need to OC, and I like the stability of stock kernel. Now if only boot loader was unlocked and we could use the one meant for ME7, and have working everything, but personally I find smart view scroll or w.e iit is so pointless and such a gimmick could care less it doesn't work and PIP, I'd literally never use, same with multi window.

A lot of these gimmicks turn me off and is why I am considering dropping this phone IF the boot loader is perm locked come another 2 months, I am def getting the HTC One.

At least on HTC I know the people behind the scenes who do the S-OFF, (basically boot loader unlock for HTC phones), I was the tester for the HTC Rezound, and HTC Inc4, so if you did S-OFF to any of those two phones, I did all the testing and was the first to be unlocked and the one who was willing to take a bricked phone for the good of the community.

I miss not knowing what's going on, for all we know boot loader is unlocked, they just waiting for bounty to hit a number like $10G or something, IMO we should give them both bounties if they get boot loader, cos if they can unlock boot loader I am sure they can release a root + recovery, so why wouldn't they release root + recovery, claim that bounty, then release boot loader and claim that one?

woops sorry for rant lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Thank you so much, Sir!

This really means so much coming from you!

I seen IHTFP69 post some screenies of TW with halo, wonder if he has anything in the works ?? :)

he is the most creative, and inventive Dev I've ever seen. (pretty sure he dis-likes me though) :(

hey bro, the name looks familiar, rooting wasn't so bad here eh?

compared to the paperclip, LOL

OMG, testing with them for that phone, I restarted my phone over 100 times using a freaking paperclip (uninsulated mind you!!) and I was doing it right EVERY time, I then go, hey, think the SD-Card could be the prob, it's a crapp 1GB one they say maybe, I switch out, and bang, week later public release for Rezound S-OFF, with suggesting of insulated paper clip LOL, that phone was a brick, took a good beating.

Hope you find yourself at home here and enjoy the ROM!

Thank you so much!!, I put in a lot of time getting to where it is really means alot, trying to get a theme out AOSP, but it's VERY hard on ME7, I may have to put out a mixed AOSP/blue theme, just something to get us off stock..

I am no themer so don't except anything special lol, but I did get perms from two of the best AOSP themers for TW ROMs there is, unfortunately porting the themes aren't porting correctly to ME7, so much has changed, this new base really is SO much better, we need boot loader unlock!!! Development would be 10x better,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] popkurn611:
Well, here is my "rant"....

I have one of the best phones on the market, if not the best one. I want to use MOST of what the phone has to offer. I love widgets and need email to be synced frequently. I also love google now, it is a great tool to use but I know that it KILLS the battery. I dont want to disable features of my phone just to have great battery life. Yeah I will have great battery life, but then what am I using the phone for??? Calls and messaging?? I might as well have a flip phone then! With that being said, yes your rom is by the far the best on battery life, but I still want to get the incredible battery life without having to disable all the great things an android phone has to offer.

I guess my question is what are some basic things I can do to maintain good battery life without disabling things I like to use? The prior post before yours gave some great points. Have my widgets sync 2 hours instead of every half hour....maybe disable some things before bed so I get good deep sleep results. I have put facebook to hibernate on Greenify which has definitely helped with Facebook syncing.

Thanks for the input Andy...anyone else feel free to share your advice or experiences!

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Also, is there any type of app that at a certain time, say 12:00 midnight that will shut off wifi, mobile data, etc. to conserve my battery overnight? I don't think deep sleep battery does it since it runs all day long. I want something that will just put my phone in deep sleep during my sleep hours, since I do keep wifi, mobile data, bluetooth, gps etc on during the daytime. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pr1meSuspect:
If you don't want to disable all those things yet want good battery life the only then the only thing I can think of is to flash a custom kernel and tweak it for max battery savings. If you do it right then performance won't be affected all that much. I hate custom kernels and stick to stock since I always get great battery life. You can use Tasker and setup profiles to turn off things such as wifi whenever you want.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mtown_cyclone:
Tasker
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Google it man, there are SOO many battery threads.

as I said everyone is different.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MHotovec:
Tasker will do it.

PhoneWeaver will do it also, with less of a learning curve (personal opinion).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mtown_cyclone:
Man, download is sloooow.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AliceBToklas:
andybones, ghostrigger suggested that is might be useful for you to link to the Q&A/discussion thread in the OP here. I leave that to your discretion.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2401474
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 93foxgt:
Anyone using the Black it all out mod with this rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
I have two hosts.. one from AFH and one from gunnermike... his isn't slow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Thank you for this input.

Did you do a clean flash?

Anyone having this issue, were you previously on darkslide, and do know if it happened on that ROM.

also what baseband?

the more info, the more we can compare to find out the issue. :)

At this point, only thing I can offer is a stock SecPhone.apk to see if that alleviates the issue, outside of that, I am lost. :(

stock phone

http://d-h.st/Ehc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MUSCULATURE:
FWIW I have been on Darkslide since day one and have had zero reboots, hell no problems actually. I will be jumping on the Bonestock boat here in a few to check it out!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
Haven't tried your zip, but hlxanthus made flashables for both MDK and ME7, I can personally confirm that both work great to change your modem. They work, and don't affect anything else.

Search GooManager for hlxanthus, and you'll see them both at the top under S4.

:thumbup:

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Much appreciated.

Am curious to know if something I did is causing the call reboots

:(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pschatz12:
I had the darkslide kernel they recommend installed... I just reflashed your rom so I have the stock kernel... Maybe it was a kernel issue?

I'm on MDK baseband... Was never on darkslide your rom is the first rom I have flashed... It did the same thing last night when I was on blue tooth call in my car.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
awesome, very much appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
so was this issue happeneing on the stock kernel, or the darkslide kernel?

also did you do a complete FULL wipe coming from v1.0 to v1.1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pschatz12:
Can anyone confirm its working?!

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Darkslide... I just reflashed flashed your rom... Haven't received a call yet to test
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
no don't use that, i posted new links that are already confirmed working in the second OP :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
ok, for now on anyone posting issues.

please,

only post issue if you have

1) done a full wipe

2) on the stock ROM, meaning you haven't flashed any themes, MODs, etc

If you aren't 100% on a clean flash of my ROM trying to solve issues is impossible.

I'm not saying that this isn't an issue, just asking everyone to follow this simple guide before posting issues :)

If you can, can you try a test call to yourself from another phone.

that would be great.

if not no worries :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Thread went dead.. lunchtime?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cruiserdude:
Hey, there's an idea, I'm pretty hungry myself.

I'm wondering who made the AOSP theme for your S3 version? That was and is by far my favorite TW setup for the S3, really can't stand any other TW on it.

TW on the S4 is much more tolerable, but the AOSP look is still much cleaner.

:thumbup:

Sent from my VZW Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
The AOSP theme for the sg3 was first built for the cleanROM based off of beans' AOSP theme, which was still mainly the same but a few changes were made by both of us as time and 4.1.1 passed and 4.1.2 came. He gets full credit for the theme.

Basically any AOSP theme for the sane phone same base will be very identical. And since it's already done my best bet from here is to see if I can use and give credit, and if not I'd then have to re-work the theme from the sg3 to the sg4, and hope it doesn't come out too identical to the one already made.

Hope this makes sense.

My first plan is to try and port it from the sg3 to the best I can, and if I get stuck ask to use the one already made and give credit for/if letting me use.

To get familiar with the sg4 I had planned on making a simple theme, basically changing most the green I can find to blue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] juanzho11:
One issue I'm having its hangouts not sending messages. It just says trying... Other than that is pretty good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fletch33:
YEAH!

thanks for this rom and look forward to more goodies. this is the first time i setup an Aroma setup since i had only had Moto phones for so long.

how do i send you some $? link goes to a profile page on here?

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i had this happen once on another rom but works great on this one. try power cycle and then if that doesnt work try uninstalling and reinstalling update. i cant remember what worked for me but it was fixable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pr1meSuspect:
If you can't use the one already made, instead of reworking it from the gs3 to the gs4, would porting it from the intl gs4 be easier? Vertumus already has it made here. Love the rom man and honestly I have no issues with the way it is. Touchwiz or AOSP, this is my daily driver.

:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Thank you very much Sir, donations are always very highly appreciated and always go to great causes, mainly to new devices, and recently thanks to my sg3 users was able to get my mother an sg3.

My PayPal donation email is acd2788@gmail.com

Awesome man this would help very much, once someone shares something with someone else on XDA new policy states that you are then allowed to use it with credits given, still curious to ask, but since it's been shared I can use it.

The new policy came from HTC side of forums, I was actually apart of the team that the new policies were rewritten for, if anyone is familiar with HTC and Team Venom and the VenomTweaks getting kanged and then put on play store for a huge profit while our better code was for free.

It took a long time to solve but that situation is alleviated, the man behind the kanging was ultimately banned, all of his work is now considered as malware on XDA and must be removed from any ROM that had it before their threads unlocked. But I digress, the new rules shortly followed and that's were that new sharing policy is now from.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fletch33:
sent thanks!

you should add that to OP so people can find it easier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Thank you very much for your donation, Sir!

I will, thank you for the suggestion.

I assume you are on tapatalk or something and it can't be seen from there, but when I post, to the left, where my name is, I have a thing set up that says "donate to me now" and when click it brings you to the page. :)

but will def be easier to add into the Q + A section.

thank you again!

Everyone check out the kick a$$ new splash screen on the first OP, that Gadget so kindly made up for me!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Anyone on v1.1, who has done a FULL wipe, that is on the Stock kernel, Stock ROM, able to confirm that they have gotten incoming calls and everything working fine, please?

I haven't run into the issue (yet), but I am hoping it was kernel and or not a full wipe flash related to those having the issues, and that can be solved by doing those things.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MisterKrispy:
I keep seeing people talk about conserving battery overnight... am I the only one that keeps a charger plugged into the wall by my bed and plug in every night?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
I always worry the same thing. Maybe they don't have electricity? :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
I don't see the point I only lose about 5% tops..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MHotovec:
I put mine on the charging pad around 9pm or so. However the green 'fully charged' light is very 'bright'. So generally somewhere around midnight I take it off the charger. Prior to using a pad I would just put the phone face down on the nightstand, that doesn't work using a charging pad.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chefthomas99:
I turn my phone off at night. Best battery ever.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] popkurn611:
Haha brilliant! I actually use mine as my alarm so I have to keep it on. I never charge my phone at night I let it run.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
I leave mine on the bar in the kitchen on the charging pad next to my keys, work badge, wallet, etc. You have to charge it sometime. Might as well start your day with a full charge. I guess for me pretty much every other time is less convenient. I'm old school and have an actual alarm clock, lol. I don't carry my phone around the house, either.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 93foxgt:
Is there a multiwindow mod for this rom or am I missing a setting somewhere?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JaeKay:
All the apps should be enabled by default, and you just edit it from there
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 93foxgt:
Ok call me dummy had to enable in settings. Derp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] loonie01:
Anybody have a aosp browser zip?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Zer0r:
Have a good day, Andy! Thanks for the ROM!

Confirmation number: 26C35573EX574524D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
No, the only way really to get an AOSP .apk to run on TW is to compile the AOSP .apk using TW sources, something not even I know anything about, Nitro is sick with it, and his ROM has multiple AOSP applications I believe. Dialer/Contacts/Browser/SMS/Clock very cool.

I am working on this AOSP theme now from his and Vertumus's AOSP themes, and WOW.

I HATE themeing, I now remember why I left it years ago.

It's just not any fun.

It's getting there, but there's always going to be something small, as of now can't even get the contacts background black, I have the man Gunthermic working with me, well basically doing it for me actually as he is a genius. I know he will get it with time. Other than that it's coming along, but still have to make a lot of the .apks have black headers and small things like that, that I thought I would have been getting to days ago. Instead I spent a full day on contacts and got no were so I finally moved on and asked Gunther lol.

I'd say it's maybe 80% there?

If anyone has themeing skills and wants to help please, speak up. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] loonie01:
Kool. Thanx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Thank you so much!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
The aosp browser installer on the play store worked for me. It says the device is unsupported, but it works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mtown_cyclone:
I finally flashed this ROM after following this thread for a while. Forgot to wipe first so unintentionally dirty flashed over darkslide. Doh. But seems to be working fine so far. Probably do a clean flash later to make sure I'm getting all the 'bones' goodness.

Thanks Andy. Been looking for a CleanRoM replacement and looks like this is the one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Protibus:
Check this thread out. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2368586

[App] AOSP Browser 4.2.2 [7/22] for TW w/ Bookmark + Flash support

Or here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2407310

Aosp 4.2.2 browser
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JaeKay:
What modem is everyone running? I wanna try the ME7 modem but the battery life...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] popkurn611:
Andy, will smart stay be working in your next update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Atheron121:
Smart Stay is kernel related. There are different kernels available that activate that feature, can try one of those after you do a NAND backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] popkurn611:
I know its a kernel issue and want to stick with the devs kernel which is why I was asking if smart stay will hopefully be fixed maybe in his next update by figuring out how to update his kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MHotovec:
Andy says it won't work, and my tendency is to believe him, but you could look in to this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2385933
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ilkevinli:
Sorry if this has been answered already. I have been trying to keep up :D

Has anyone been able to get the transparent status bar 100% working yet ? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pschatz12:
You mean when you open an app? I don't think so... But personally I think it would look ugly if the status bar was 100% transparent with apps open. I don't think it would look right... Imo it looks better when it disappears when you open the xda app then have it transparent... Looks better pitch black imo
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ilkevinli:
No I like it black when apps are open. What I was referring to, was when booting, it's not transparent until you open and close an app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Atheron121:
Andy doesn't make his own kernel, AFAIK. He said he always uses Stock Kernel with his ROMs (this one comes with init.d support). So, unless Stock kernel gets updated to run Smart Stay, it looks like that will be the only one included with the ROM releases. There are a couple of kernels that are being tested by peeps here, including KToonsez one that was being run by Andy (7/7 version I believe). But it sounds like that will always be more of an after install option than ROM included one.

Darkside Elite also works well with this ROM, and it allows both PIP and Smart Stay to function. Battery life with it is pretty good, as well.

I hope I'm not stepping on any toes, and if my info is incorrect, I certainly hope someone chimes in and corrects it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
This is right on the money.

Kernels aren't my thing guys, which is why this series of ROMs only supports stock kernel.

Also I don't support your issues once you flash off of stock kernel.

:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Zer0r:
I can't find anywhere - where did you find this kernel? Could you point me please?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AliceBToklas:
There is a link in the OP in the DarkSlide thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2376140
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Atheron121:
Here you go, from gatesjunior's own site for his Darkside ROM:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489996576
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Zer0r:
Thank you, guys! Is there anything else interesting, except PIP and SMartScroll fixes?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jaxon01:
That is a subjective question. I do not find PIP and SmartScroll interesting. I tried a highly recommended kernel and returned to stock the next day.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] popkurn611:
Well I want to stay on the stock kernel, don't get me wrong. Maybe I am confused BC I have always ran the stock kernel and smart stay has always worked (on other Roms). I was on beans build 5 and it worked. Thought that ROM was stock kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbmggm:
You are comparing apples to oranges; MDK versus ME7. The ME7 base breaks the PIP & Smart Stay feature when used with the stock kernel.

Custom kernel is preferred if you want those desired features. KTOONZ, Darkslide, & Elite for example.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] popkurn611:
Ok makes perfect sense now. I am on mdk. Is that the case for stock s4's too or just rooted?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbmggm:
The PIP & Smart View breaks on ME7 Custom Roms (using stock MDK kernel);

all though PIP is working on Hyperdrive's RLS8 build

VZW MDK & ME7 >> Yes

MDK based custom roms >> These features still should work barring any bugs from the Dev builds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] drbveb88:
Im running the me7 radios and can tell you that I have "averaged" 16hrs with 4.5 hrs screentime. This weekend I was on wifi all weekend and had a 36 hrs with 3 hrs screen time battery cycle. Also this is the first ever rom to give me 6 hrs screentime. (8hrs up with 6 hrs screentime) AMAZING!!

They have helped with my reception alot, therefore helping with battery life. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jdub251:
Andy. I'm still here brother. I've tried other roms but end up back here. Bonestock gives my phone that premium feel if you will when others can't match it. They feel weeeellllll... Cheap. Great work here man and def looking forward to whatever you have up your sleeve.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joeyx2:
How Do I Tell What Modem/radio I'm On? I Did a Clean Install Of darkslide When It Came Out. Then Did a clean install of this so I'm guessing I'm on the me7 modem/radios but want to make sure?.

Downloaded android system Information from The Market And It Says My Radio Is unknown?????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Protibus:
About phone in Settings, Baseband will say ME7. Darkslide includes the baseband when flashing, so you should have it already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbmggm:
Go to: Settings / More / About Phone / Baseband Version

I545VRUAMDK or I545VRUAME7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Stauf99:
what is this picture in picture everyone is talking about?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JaeKay:
You can take pictures while shooting video
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 00negative:
You sure or is it the using both front and back cameras at the same time