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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] hailmary:
Guys.if u want to use a philz recovery...try only the 5.11.0 ver of the philz for s4..its what i use for convinience of other features i need... Switches from tw,ge,cm,aosp bases back n forth no problems.

I never tried to use twrp in my entire android life.it looks cool though.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] kobi_shalom:
yaaa i did it !!!!! good rom!!

Just one question ..Which modem is the newest and best to install with your rom?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] boterkaaseneieren:
MH1
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ptrsr7:
I was just wundering how soon it would be done... Nothing else...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] drnjstj:
Yes I am too, can't wait for the new release.

Didn't want to be rude.

The thing is that this a forum with developers that do things in their free time. They build new releases the whole time, when they have the time. Asking for a release date doesn't make things faster and it might just make the developers annoyed.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] drnjstj:
Don't worry. All is fine. :)

Now back on topic.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
Ah, luckily it's not my phone/setup. Was wondering the exact same thing and was contemplating doing a fully fresh start, yet again. No need to, apparently, as more users have the same issue.

Yesterday it was very annoying as I was just pulling down the drawer as I got a call. Couldn't answer it because the phone was stuck. In those instances this bug can be rather awkward :D

Have used other Roms with Gravitybox as well and never had this happen, once. So I doubt it's a GB-issue on it's own.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] 9Lukas5:
Has anyone else here a problem with flac playback? I know that there is a patch in AOSP yet and think that is included here, too. But I still have a problem.

I'm storing my music on the external sdcard (64Gb/fat32) and using Poweramp for playback. I have randomly appearing moments where the music sounds terribly distorted for a moment.

Anyone an idea if it is rom related or maybe a setting in Poweramp that should be changed?

L

sent from my snapdragon powered galaxy S4 on KitKat
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] 0kti:
I have the same problem in rc2. But on rc3 is fixed for me

Send from my Galaxy S4 powered by KitKat
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pimjai:
i am going to install this rom now (thanks for the hard work broodplank), and i was wondering if there is any reason to not install the boosterpack from the OP? does it have any disadvantage in comparison with running it stock?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
I believe that the boosterpack is not current for the latest RC build (RC3). I think most of the changes from the boosterpacks were incorporated into the base rom at this point.

I've been running RC3 for a while now and don't have the boosterpack and I'm not noticing any issues with speed.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Lither:
Is anyone running RC3 with stock or KT kernel, can you tell me your opinion on which one I should use please?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Fouad Aslam:
Both are fine. Performance can be further increased (smoother scrolling etc) by changing governors and tweaking settings(Ondemand or Conservative instead of Interactive, at least for me) on either Kernel. Another good Kernel is the Alucard kernel. It all depends on your needs. You can grab a kernel tweaking app and test various settings to see which one suits your style.

One advantage with KT kernel is the various profiles that are already available to just download and apply, no need to change settings on your own if you don't like that process :) With so many out there, one profile is bound to fit your needs! But stock is great too, no real problems at all.

Some of us requested Brood if he could share his recommended/personal settings in a post sometime back. If he shares those, then that maybe the best set-up to replicate.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
I'm using the stock kernel here. Phone seems snappy enough through I haven't done any benchmarks. Back in the 4.3 days I used to use the KT kernel with Broods rom but didn't see the point after awhile. The stock kernel with this rom is great no real need to change it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] -sandro-:
Hi, do you think it's possible to make samsung service mode work on this ROM?

It's for TW and GE ROMs.

BTW I also noticed those problems where the notification bar hangs for a few seconds, but even worse the phone freezed for 5 seconds and rebooted. It happeend twice:( Just installed the ROM
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Laggalot:
stock is fine but the customication options in KT made me switch to it

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Fouad Aslam:
Proximity Sensor not working properly

My proximity sensor is not working properly. Incoming calls when answered, the screen stays on all the time. Outgoing calls (when I call) screen turns off, but then doesn't turn on again when the phone is held away from the face. If I have to end the call then I have to press the home button to turn screen on and then disconnect the call. I am on stock kernel. Clean install of RC3. Anyone else with proximity sensor issues, or any suggestions to correct this?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
I've been getting it sporadically hadn't narrowed it down as much as you had through.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] -sandro-:
Did you notice the display dims and brightens very unevenly? I mean that it changes levels at harsh steps, it's not smooth. Also I suppose as a consequence if you try to change the brightness manually you'll notice that the slider is very unresponsive to the touch and it lags :|. Why is that and can it be fixed? This doesn't happen on GE ROMs
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Can you tell me the what samsung service mode adds, since maybe I can replace STK (simtoolkit) with Samsung service mode, if it's better :P

And im uploading a non official build today, with the REAL (and yes for this time real) fix for hang at boot. also this temporary build will NOT include SELinux (NSA). build online within 2 hours
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] -sandro-:
Sure, with service mode you can monitor the network you're connected to (most importantly if it's DC-HSPA), the frequency,channel, CID, LAC, the status of 3G data (if idle, DCH, FACH etc.) and you can lock the device to every single frequency supported for each type of network 2G, 3G e LTE.

Do you also notice the brightness problem I posted above?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] TemporaryTester:
Backup your ROM, flash back to TW, then try this, check to see that it is working, then restore your backup.

The proximity sensor calibration values are stored in /efs/, so it will persist through ROM flashes.

Also, [MENTION=4354408]broodplank1337[/MENTION], what is the AOSP vanilla-o-meter percentage at for KitKat right now?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Hmm I will have a look into it. sounds interesting. anyways, yes I know the brightness problem exists, but there is no fix afaik! :/

Just made a calculation and it seems to be: 83,8%

oh and the new build thats about to release (unofficial) has next to that the hang at boot is fixed, also new wifi firmware! Which should to fix the wifi issues for some users (also wifi connects much faster now)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
PreRC4 has been Released --- UNOFFICIAL ----

Notable changes:

- Fix hang at boot

- New WiFi firmware (fixes issues for some users and connects faster)

- No SELinux (Seriously I hate NSA)

- RealTimeClock support, device should be able to turn it self on when it's off, this only happens when an alarm is set (no guaranteed support so far)

>>> Download <<<

http://www.broodplank.net/files/AOSP442-i9505-PreRC-4.zip
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] giarob78:
thanks man!! need a full wipe or just wipe cache and dalvik?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
I never wipe any of those 2, just leave it dirty. it does not matter.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] 0kti:
Operator names in network searching now working :)

And I love new WiFi drivers, it connects to network very fast
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Brotuck:
I was back to a 4.3 sammy rom for some comparisation. But this rom is way better ! Downloading now....

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sagemda:
Hello, i have plans for flashing this awesome rom but i have a noob question... what is the latest build ? RC3 from post #1 or Final Release 5 from post #2 ? Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] 0kti:
This is latest

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49933864&postcount=4602
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sagemda:
oh ok so rc3 will be the one before, thank you very much
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] !crazy:
I am on CM atm but would like to run kernel without SELinux. Could you tell us is it possible to run such kernel on a random AOSP based ROM, or there are some further ROM tweaks needed for that?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
You can use the stock kernel on any AOSP 4.4.2 based rom for the S4. you must be sure to also copy the modules (/system/lib/modules) as well.

No further rom tweaks required

so if you take the zip of my rom and the one from cm, both open them in an archive manager, left aosp, right cm, just drag boot.img from the left to the right, then go to system/lib/ in both archives and move aosp's module folder to the right inside cm's system/lib folder.

then reinstall rom and it's done, this is really the easiest way
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] !crazy:
Many thanks for the answer! Just to make sure I have understood you right, by stock kernel you actually meant your kernel without SELinux compiled? Or you have just disabled SELinux in the configuration?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] 0kti:
Delete please

Send from my Galaxy S4 powered by KitKat
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
You're welcome. and yes with stock kernel I mean my kernel without selinux compiled ;). And yes it's compiled WITHOUT Selinux enabled. there are still some remains in the ramdisk, but don't let them scare you, the selinux system is not active. (and also cannot become active suddenly hehe)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
I just discovered something about wifi :o

If you go to settings > wifi > menu button > advanced and then uncheck Wi-Fi optimization you will get the FULL wifi speed. (or atleast almost)

With that setting checked (which is default)

I only got up to 12mbit at speedtest :/

with that setting unchecked

I got a steady 40mbit at speedtest :)

another mystery solved
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] 0kti:
Maybe in next update it will be unchecked by default. Maybe do you add this fix on 1rst post ;)

Send from my Galaxy S4 powered by KitKat
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] -sandro-:
I don't know why but on this ROM tapatalk is extremely sluggish, sometimes it even hangs between animations. Is it because aosp uses different graphic drivers?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] 0kti:
Tapatalk works fine here.

Send from my Galaxy S4 powered by KitKat
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] destevez:
I dont know whats wrong con tour phone, but you are lately reporting strange stuff.

My phone works 100% with tapatalk.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] -sandro-:
Did you ever use the app on TW/GE ROMs?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ricardoporto:
Strange!

I didn't noticed better performance disabling that option!

I got the same results...

Sent from GT-I9505 | KOT49H | AOSP | 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
did you restart wifi? I turned it off and on, reconnected and it worked like a blast
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ricardoporto:
Yes, I did!

I did some tests, disabling and enabling that option, but It's not clear what is the best...

I'll keep with my tests...

Thank you for your awesome work!

The best KK version!

Sent from GT-I9505 | KOT49H | AOSP | 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Faschoda:
Wow that wifi tip is damn awesome brood!! My wifi is now running like a beast. Never experienced that quickness before. But there's left this question : why there's enabled the wifi optimization by default? I know it's not your fault, maybe Googles fault. But... Just why?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Obagleyfreer:
Hi [MENTION=4354408]broodplank1337[/MENTION].

I have noticed that on AOSP 4.4 there is no menu popping up if you want to upload a file from your phone to a website using the browser.

None of the custom AOSP ROMs have this including yours. I use this feature a lot and I'm sure many others do too.

Is there any chance you can add it?

An example is using photobucket on the browser, I logged in and wanted to upload a photo from my Gallery but clicking on the upload button did nothing, it was like it wasn't even a button. I went back to 4.3 AOSP and it worked fine.

This is the menu I'm talking about:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sagemda:
How is the performance/battery with this rom? Also boosterpack makes a difference and it is necesary to flash? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Hmm strange, to bad it does not work for you. please try again later :P

and thanks :D

Nice :) I was also stunned by the result ^^ and its enabled by default because it should increase battery life (at least I think thats the reason).

anyways, I prefer a bit more drain and better downloading speed. instead of slow downloading and a bit less drain (probably downloading fast with a slight drain will still drain less for the time you leave wifi on)

Look what I created for you ;) I saw a few "add uploading function" patches a while ago. Please test and report back! if working I will merge it.

http://www.broodplank.net/files/chromium-upload-function-test.zip

Performance is very good (in smoothness and responsiveness, antutu score are a bit low tho, but don't mind that). Battery life is pretty good :p

oh and btw I'm soooooo glad that the hang at boot is 100% fixed now :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sagemda:
Thank you for quick answer, i have a question also. Flash rom, flash gapps, first boot, then flash boosterpack, or boosterpack right after gapps then first boot ? I dont want to mess up things.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
sorry I forgot to answer about the boosterpack, you just flash the rom, then gapps lite + root (from OP). and additionally you can flash boosterpack, but it's not needed, and also it's kinda outdated. If you install latest release I posted (preRC4) together with the boosterpack you might screw up the "fix of hang at boot", I would not flash boosterpack in this situation, please enjoy a non hang at boot system over some extra performance ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sagemda:
Again thank you very much, sometimes the nice people makes you take the right decisions (flashing this rom in this case), a big thank you again and keep up the awesome work and the helpful and respectful character :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] andpizzolato:
[MENTION=4354408]broodplank1337[/MENTION] What's the best build to flash on a primary daily-use device? Do you still recommend RC3 or Pre-RC4 is good enough?

Thanks for your hard work, really appreciated. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] perr0.br:
I haven't noticed any problems with proximity sensor in RC3. I will pay closer attention.

--perr0
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] DuckMcQUack:
I dirty flashed pre-RC$ wiping cache and dalvik, than installed rom, pa-gapps and supersu 1.91

The device booted straight after the flashing without issues, it is a lot snappier and it does seem that every problem with poweramp is now solved.

Thanks brood. :laugh::good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] umd:
This rom reminded me the day when I first flashed a AOSP rom on my HTC Desire and now I realized how much kinda bloated CM roms right now.

This rom is just what I need. Much smoother, faster and cleaner. Great job. Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
I would say preRC4. its better then RC3 because the hang at boot is fixed, and that is pretty rare if you consider it took months before its fixed

Idd, boots every time now :D. you're welcome :p

Nice :D and idd CM is way more "bloated" then you would think, aosp is really clean, and you really notice the difference in the weight of the system, even with a quadcore ;) I hope you enjoy aosp ^^ Thanks, and you're welcome
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] umd:
Just got you a beer :good:

CN:4N7512959X338163T
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Thanks man :laugh: Really appreciate that :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Shocky2:
Where is RC4?

I tried RC3 but the freezes on start and dodgy performance in benchmarks put me off.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
it's PreRC4 so unofficial. but here is the post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49933864&postcount=4602

no freezes on boot, and dont mind the antutu score, thats actually a REAL score, no samsung benchmark booster score.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sagemda:
i guess its ok to flash via phillz right ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Shocky2:
Ahh so that's why the scores were lower, thanks for the link, I'll give this a try. :)

I'd prefer to use this rom because foldermount works, but doesn't work with any of the Google Edition roms.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Sure :p I use it as well

Yes samsung spent more time on making fake benchmark scores then on getting the external sdcard to work properly :')
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] fedef12evo:
lol, what is the score of this rom? because you are talking about low score...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
first of all, no it's not a low score, it's a unmodified score (no samsung benchmark booster), and it's about 26/27k for me. and besides that, is antutu really the one who decides whether a rom has performance? no I don't think so. if you take GE for example, higher scores, but is GE better? No way :)

dont let a score fool you, if you kill mpdecision (multi core cpu daemon, but a really bad one) and do a benchmark you get 8k score for example.

I have to admit that getting a score near 30k is cooler then 27k but hey who cares. it's not a game of getting the highest score after all
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] fedef12evo:
yes, sure man, also score is useful for 3d application like games, still waiting broodrom :p

if you want high score just flash cm11 by euroskank and dalvik optimized it's like 29500
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Brotuck:
with and without wifi optimalization does not make any difference here. Using a 5 ghz wifi connection.

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Yes 3d score is kinda useful idd. but the cpu score is cheated at sammy roms. broodROM will have killer performance

And it also depends on the chipset series you got, for example I got one the worst, my phone gets hot very quickly. first day I bought it (on stock tw rom) i did antutu test and it became 110 degrees. and of course instantly went off. on aosp it goes (at my phone) up to 75 degrees, which is cool if you compare it to stock tw

lol your speed is great anyways, or is your connection faster?, for example I jumped from 12mbits to 40mbits, thats a notable difference, because it really got capped by the wifi optimizations thing, but your connection seems to be fine (unless you have 120mbit xd)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Brotuck:
I have a 200 mbit / 20 mbit connection. But wifi is always at max 60 mbit.

utp connection works at 200 mbit... :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Shocky2:
Is it normal that the HDR mode doesn't work properly? the lighting looks worse than without HDR. :confused:

Also tried ASOP camera but the images are gray in the gallery.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] TemporaryTester:
That's HDR "working".

HDR is definitely broken on AOSP camera, though.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sagemda:
so camera doesnt work properly ? or only hdr ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Shocky2:
No it's not, I took an image of my lamp and the image showed the lamp with the rest of the image pitch black. That's not working as it should.

EDIT: Tried a few more shots in normal lighting and the images are very dark, sadly it's safe to say the HDR mode is not working.

Just HDR.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] DuckMcQUack:
I am shooting great HDR photos by using "a better camera" from the playstore. You will not use stock cam anymore, just try for yourself.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Shocky2:
The end result is good but it takes too long, you have to wait for it focus and take three shots I believe and then there's a long wait for it process the images.

Also holding your hand in the exact same place for all the shots is not easy and is impossible in some situations.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] DuckMcQUack:
You can't have anything in life :D

If u want good camera, you're forced to flash a TW rom IMHO :crying:

EDIT - I wonder why google does not improve stock camera app.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Shocky2:
The aosp camera is fine when it's working, it's the interface that sucks.

You can get working HDR with GE roms, but then foldermount doesn't work, sure you can go stock but it's not so simple with knox.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] TemporaryTester:
Hence, the quotes. ;)

HDR in the CM camera works in the sense that it can take a picture and that there is a noticeable change in the lighting. Beyond that, no, it doesn't, and I definitely agree with you.

HDR in the AOSP camera doesn't work to the point where it takes a nonexistent picture, so that outright doesn't work.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Indeed this is true, in CM it's just a lame version of the actual thing. but on AOSP it's real, but it's only working for nexus devices, the Nexus 5 really has an awesome camera, it's literally the only phone atm that actually got a better camera technology then the others. but honestly I think the commotion about HDR is just a bit over the top, the photo's you take with the CM camera just look crappy, let's be honest, it's way too dark and the quality sucks balls (4mb normal pics comparing to 800kb hdr pics which are low quality/resolution)

Anyways, will do anything to keep my rom users happy and make this rom 100% bugfree :good:

HDR is just a troll.. only works decently on crappy stock firmware :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sagemda:
Why not so simple with knox ? just flash the stock one and you are done.

ALSO... i just finished flashing this rom and its normal at Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 logo to hang a while ? its been 2 minutes now..a quick answer pls to know what to do

EDIT: more than 15 mins.... at hang