yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
Get that hair cut swag xD

Lol

Use go SMS. Stock SMS sucks. Really my only other work around. I haven't used stock SMS in years. I even modded go SMS to auto close the reply window. But yes go SMS is the best!

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Fyi may wanna edit the pic to remove Kristas number ;) unless I can get a hair cut too?? xD
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] seanvree:
HA HA, wurd brotha.

Thanks for the tip.
[General Questions and Answers] mohaimed:
Hi guys.. is it possible to flash i9500 modem in my korean galaxy s4 E300L?? I live in Bangladesh and use 2g Network. And I am getting very slow internet connection. Tried to check with the network provider. My nexus works just fine. I get around 5kb/s whereas my nexus gets 25kb/s.So I am looking for the best modem for maximum 2G speed.

Currently running MF2 modem with MG2 build.

Try to help. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
[Q] What ROM do you guys use as your Daily Driver?

Provide the hyperlink to the explanation/download page of the listed ROM.

Give your reasons.

List length of time on current ROM.

This Poll is created from the list of ROMS in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2297370	[GUIDE] Official List of Roms, Mods, Kernels, Root, etc. All credit for the list goes to theidoctor and all Devs of ROMS!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Painterface:
I've been on liquidsmooth for about 1-2 weeks.

I chose it because it seemed like it was stable, smooth and awesome.

It ended up being stable, smooth and awesome.

No complaints so far.

It's the only ROM I've tried so far and I'm going to keep it for a while.

I'm interested in trying others, though, but for now I'm cool with liquidsmooth.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2324742
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Harleydroid:
I'm on Eclipse 1.5 for about 2 weeks now. I like it because of the blackout apps. Its still mdk but Im sure he's working on porting it to me7. Its a very stable ROM and he's in the process of another great build now. His ROM along with Team Blackout updater is awesome. I've tried me7 Roms and other aosp Roms and I like how his provides bits of TW and aosp features together. This is his TW ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2351840
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
Vote.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TCM55:
No BoneStock by AndyBones? You are missing out on an amazing one.

Link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2384362&page=77

Reason: Smooth, problem free, great on battery, nice extras.

Usage Time: a few days
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bjaxon:
I am on Bone stock 1.13 as well. It runs very nice. I would like to get PIP working and smart view. Yet kernels are were I get confused cause theu cause so many problems
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
Ask theidoctor to add it to his List. I just made this POLL off of his comprehensive list of what is available and stable...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bdv11:
I live and die by jellybeans. Buttery smooth and have had zero lag or bug issues.

Sent from my SCH-I545
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skrazz:
I use Korky69's Xtra-Chromosome 2.1 nightlies, with Aspy tweaks. Runs pretty well with BrickmyphoneMod Kernel but I wouldn't recommend it in a million years.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tsukasa Buddha:
I use Google Edition Pure by Dubbsy and hlxanthus.

I started with the modified version for a month or so, then I played around with PAC-Man ROM RC1 by Papa Smurf151 for a few days to test out a ton of custom features in one go. Some of them were quite good, but I got tired of all the options and customisations and just wanted stock Google again :o . So now I am on Google Edition Pure.

Being able to go to HALO and Pie to hardware buttons to the soft navbar (mod by hlxanthus) and all around again has really helped my form my UI tastes. Turns out I prefer Google's on-screen buttons, and one of the reasons why I bought the S4 was because of its hardware buttons!

I sold my iPhone and got the S4 on the weekend that the new update rolled out. I was able to get it home and root it and flash the GE ROM all on the first day. The only bugs have I've noticed have been the missing 4G bars (fixed), garbled carrier name (unimportant), and a few recent build glitches that I think are fixed now as well (MTP botched and random reboots). On the other had, I tried installing Google Wallet before, but I ended up having to reflash the ROM. Now this latest version has Wallet working out of the box.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zerofighter1:
Stock ME7 unrooted. Not by choice obviously, but to be honest with force gpu rendering it's incredibly fast and smooth for a stock experience. Great battery too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
Vote please. The POLL is the what this thread is all about.

Its best if everyone would do both thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Is my ROM not good enough for this list? :(

Kind of odd considering my ROM is the ONLY VZW ROM to feature Blocking Mode and the first customized ME7 ROM, not too mention seem to be one of the most active DEVs..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] resurektz:
I have to say I love your rom and I dont even think about changing roms. :p btw hows the blue theme coming along?

Sent from my Bonestock S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
Flashed over to Official PAC RC1 yesterday, and it's pretty awesome. I have yet to experience an issue, and it runs like a dream. I ran an older PAC on my Incredible2, and this just further cements my enjoyment of it. I'm sure I'll miss the TW camera soon, but that's what AndyBones BoneStock is for :good:

Also, forcing people to vote is probably going to get the thread locked as a "best ROM" thread. Not to mention the list is missing quite a few options, even those found on XDA - PAC has been around since we first got root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
I specifically stated that this poll is using the list that theidoctor listed in his thread...

Show me a more full comprehensive list and I will update. Its hard enough to find the roms as a newbie but when someone makes a list you should ask to get yours added...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
I saw that in your op. I commented on that ROM/Mod/Kernel list thread, as I didn't realize it was still being updated.

"Daily Driver" is a term people throw around way too loosely, and it means different things to different people. For me, a daily driver is a ROM I can use for my normal activities without major bugs adversely affecting it. Longevity, to me, is irrelevant because there are quite a few ROMs that meet my criteria. I don't think I'm a "crack-flasher" so nightlies aren't my thing, but I've gotten pretty fast at setting up on a new ROM. So even though a ROM may run great for me, I like to change it up every now and then. I loved Beans' and DarkSlide - and would consider those daily drivers. I am now on PAC, and so far it meets all of my requirements. I'll probably switch to BoneStock in the next couple weeks, since ME7 is very smooth and the TW camera is a nice improvement over AOSP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Volvogia:
Im using HellsRom and its great. Pure stock and that's the way I like it for now. I havent found any bugs yet. Everything works great and very fast.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skrazz:
Why isn't Timbo32's Buttersquirtz rom on here? Or KnightMan12's Gloryhole DaRk-TheMe-DrEaM Rom? Biased much?

Sent from my SCH-I545
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] soad1789:
No Omega, Pacman, or Revolt?

I'm currently using Hyperdrive but it's my first custom ROM and I'm not too thrilled with it. Battery life seems a little worse than stock and TouchWiz just feels bloated naturally-- all the S4 stuff doesn't seem to work at all? Smart scroll, smart stay, etc?

Hyperdrive for me has been quirkier and actually a tad slower than stock. I don't mean to blame it but it's my observation based on the options I chose upon install, etc. Don't get me wrong, it's a solid ROM for sure, however I'm definitely not tied to it yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbmggm:
Use Buck's Elite kernel from Darkside's rom; it's compatible with BoneStock and fixes PIP and Smartview:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489996576

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+1 for Andy; his rom kicks butt and he is probably the most active and responsive Dev out there right now.

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I just flashed this from rwc95; runs great:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2394179
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Harleydroid:
Going to try out your ROM my next day off work. I know your an active Dev I see you in all the threads
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
Cyanogen 10.2

5 days

Smooth, surprisingly stable, better performance than any TW ROM I've used.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
eclipse...tw with aosp quicksettings...awsome
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I'm not here to spit or kick dirt. But my beta BluKuban has had full native blocking mode since the first test build I did for vzw(before you had your gs4) but that's because it's a sprint port.

Either way, mine is still a work in progress(that I keep getting side tracked off of) and not complete so your BoneStock ROM is a better option for stability anyway. :good:

sent from my GE gs4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
yes but I ported the code to VZW applications. (spent at least 30+ hours on it...)

Much more difficult than copy and pasting a few Sprint .apks to achieve a MOD. (same thing as a port, you didn't have to do anything special to achieve the MOD.)

I had to find the specific smali file and then the specific smali code for all of the applications that Samsung removed them from.

A Sprint port is not a comparison by any means.

I plan to release the ports publicly for all to use like I did for the SG3,, in time.

Until then, there is no other way to achieve blocking mode using VZW applications without using my work, since I haven't given permission for it.

and FWIW, I am just kidding about not being in this poll. I could honestly care-less, just thought it was funny one of the only ME7 ROMs with constant support wasn't in it, along with the stock ME7 build that I uploaded, the one here is pointing to a thread without a ROM.. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] leyvatron:
I use Eclipse. Its bad ass. A little of stock and a little TW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sbreen94:
Well technically since you have posted your s3 mod for all to use it probably could be ported to the s4 without your specific s4 files so there's probably is a way for it to work ;) not trying too start stuff but its been shared so it's free for all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Lol, I shared blocking mode on the sg3, XDA rules state that once shared you can use it, you could have ported it to the SG4, instead of waiting for me to make it public and credit me and I wouldn't have cared..

That's the whole reason I shared it in the first place..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cubarican84:
BareBones 1.1.3 ktoonz kernel and everything works great so far. ME7 smoother than MDK
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sbreen94:
Thanks andy, I appreciate your hard work bringing a feature to the s4 that Verizon removes for some reason unknown to mankind
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I think you may have misunderstood me. I wasn't discrediting the work you did at all. I know what it takes for that kind of result.

When I looked into everything I would need to tear apart to get full blocking mode on stock vzw I gave up and moved onto another project. :P

I don't think people understand just how clutch blocking mode is on TW. I get about 10-15 emails a night and without blocking mode i would have to disable sync or turn volume down. So you really did vzw a solid!

For my Blu port I ended up having to decompile damn near everything because the whole ROM is themed. So swapping apks and other files simply was not an option. :good:

sent from my 4.3_aosp gs4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
sorry if I came off the wrong way, was in an argument with someone an didn't mean to post it like this, sorry again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
It's all good buddy. Just a misunderstanding. :good:

sent from my GE gs4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CC268:
I am running Hyperdrive R7...I noticed that development kind of came to a halt for a lot of ROMs when the update came ;/

Still on MDK...never upgraded
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AliceBToklas:
I voted for JellyBeans since I've been on it since the day I got my phone (the same day the OTA came out so I was in a rush). However, after one aborted attempt I've just made the transition to BoneStock (

should

be a choice in the poll) and doubtful I'll leave - at least for long anyway - as I've come to love and trust andybones' work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Thanks for the love Alice!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jdub251:
Just the amount of votes in this thread and the fact that every time you open the Android development thread Bonestock is at the top should be enough for the poll.

+1 for Andy Bones man! It is the smoothest most stable rom I've run on my S4. It paired with Ktoonsez 6/23 is the truth. Oh yea and blocking mode does work very well.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mightycaptain:
I have 2 DD's. But have been consistently on RSL7 for the last few weeks. BeanStalk is the other. My wife has stock ME7. side by side with RSL7. There is no comparison. I have all the all the touch wiz bloat enabled. RSL7 runs circles around it. The transitions between screens, opening the same apps, visiting the same Web pages. Better Battery. The difference in performance is significant. BeanStalk had also been very good to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jlegros:
+1 for Beans.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CC268:
How are the AOSP camera's working now a days? The only reason I won't run anything other than TW is because of the camera...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Thanks brother.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zerofighter1:
Andy, I used your rom on my gs3 and it was by far my favorite. I even asked about getting it ported to the N2 while I had it. If/when ME7 becomes unlocked I'll be returning asap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] magicalwilly:
Liquid smooth all the way
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xAudacityx:
Hyperdrive because I gotta get my tweaking on.. May end up switching to darkslide me7 here soon and of course keep my KT kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Travisdroidx2:
Eclipse TW build 100%
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Protibus:
Bonestock 1.1.3 with ktoonz kernel and lovin it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xs11e:
I like Bonestock by Andy Bones but....

... like most other TW ROMs it doesn't run right on my phone (too long a story to tell here.) I'm gradually deciding I have a defective S4 but it's long out of warranty and it runs perfectly with any non-TW ROM so....

CyanogenMod 10.1 is my daily driver (I also have problems with the 10.2 versions.)

I'm NOT done with Bonestock yet, it shows a potential to work on my phone so I have a nandroid of it and will probably spend more time on it.

NOTE: Definition of "Daily Driver", a daily driver is a ROM that makes me stop flashing other ROMS! I haven't found one yet.

Is there a FA (Flashaholics Anonymous) that I could join? I really need help for this addiction....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jfu:
Eclipse TW. I love the look and feel of AOSP, but just can't ditch some of the TW features. If I could find an AOSP build with TW camera and airview, I'd be set.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dr_g_baby:
Was running dubssy's GE rom last night but then went back to hyperdrive
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CC268:
Agreed...I would run AOSP in a heart beat if it wasn't for the TW camera -.-
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jova33:
Wouldn't let me vote twice, but I use both AOKP and Hyperdrive. On days I know I'll be taking pictures, Hyperdrive. mainly AOKP though

I just can't get used to TW, but there's no comparable camera app for this phone. If it were possible to port the TW camera over to AOSP, I'd never touch a TW ROM again.

Hyperdrive and Eclipse are superb TW ROMs though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnemone:
Nice

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Suggestion on anyone dats supports app2sd
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbmggm:
The only Rom's that support Apps2SD are the custom ME7 based one's. And yes it works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] coldhardtruth:
Replace all the ugly ass stock green with ICS blue , invert MMS, dialer and contacts and I'd bet your ROM would make "the list". :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
The cold hard truth, I like it.

IMO, development comes before theme ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] coldhardtruth:
LOL. I kno man. I'm totally just playin!! :thumbup:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rot47:
hyperdrive for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jova33:
Girls always ask what color it comes in before they ask what's under the hood.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] taxi333:
Thanks to this chart I tried Hyperdrive and I love it. (I was using synergy ROM before)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] waderedsox:
i use paranoid android, because i had it on my galaxy nexus, and love it, and touchwiz gives me a strong desire to vomit, however it has issues and if i was not obsessed with paranoid, it probably wouldnt be great, im really hoping the small issues get ironed out soon, but since im the only person who marked it as their dd, i wouldnt be surprised of im goning to have to start learning how to do the builds myself, which will probably end badly lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] coldhardtruth:
Troglodytes are always late to the dance. :thumbdown:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] holla420:
Hyperdrive rls7 here. Been on it for weeks now and still running smooth and so beastly
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DraconicSeed:
Actually had a question about this. What exactly do you mean by Blocking Mode? Nearly every rom I've seen has the blocking feature in it at this point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
It blocks notifications, calls, sms, etc... and you can have it used for certain times a day. So it works just like Tasker's Silent mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
You are quite mistaken my friend.

MY VZW ROM has blocking mode WORKING.. As of now, no other SG4 ROMs have it even 10% working, LOL..

I spent countless hours poring the missing codes from the other SG3/SG4 variant phones that didn't have this feature removed (thanks Verizon...)

I initially spent 30+ hours porting this MOD for the SG3 to which I released publicly for all DEVs to include in their ROMs.

I then spent another 10 hours porting it to the SG4..

What you are seeing is DEVs making the blocking mode OPEN.. they are able to do this because I found the change that Samsung did in SecSettings.apk to change "false" to "true" in the bools.xml...

This is FAR from working...

Go ahead and try and see if it works, I know it doesn't because I spent a very long time on this MOD and know just about everything there is to know about it.

SG4 DEVs are free to use the MOD in their ROMs, with full credit of coarse.

Go to any other ROM besides mine, turn on blocking mode, go ahead and set an alarm.. it will turn the screen on and sound even though it isn't suppose to (I fixed this by finding the missing ClockPackage.apk smali codes)

Try to add a custom contact to allow users to still call you and not get blocked.. you will get a F/C, (I fixed this by finding the missing SecContacts.apk smali codes)

Most importantly though,

turn on blocking mode, and then see if the call actually gets blocked.. it wont..

rendering the blocking mode completely broken..

(I had to find the missing smali code in the SecPhone.apk)

I then had to port this missing code to all our VZW ClockPackage, SecContacts, and SecPhone.apks.

Since I share my work, I posted it publicly in the SG3 forums for ALL to use,

and under XDA rules once shared ANYONE can use it..

If you want to see how blocking mode is suppose to work 100% check out my ROM, but DEVs should be adding this into their ROMs so you aren't forced to use mine.

I don't fight for users, un-like a certain DEV I know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DraconicSeed:
So what you're saying is that even though most Dev's have blocking mode available in their features for their rom that it doesn't actually work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Not to be stepping on your shoes, but the only reason I didn't post how to get blocking mode working was because in this thread I posted I asked if people wanted it and you replied that you would release to the public soon. I have blocking mode working on my s4 (stock root deodexed mdk) and I also had to figure it out digging through the endless smali strings. I respect the amount of work and effort you put in to development, but I don't think people like me and others who have got it working themselves need your permission. Since no one expressed much interest when I posted my thread I forgot about it and to be completely honest it would take me a long time to figure track all the changes I made and be able to post a guide that is easy enough for less experienced people to use especially since I had to deal with quite a few force close and hot reboots before I got it working correctly and yes at the time of my post blocking calls worked but you were right about the alarm not working properly and thanks for that but I fixed that too eventually. There are ways to achieve blocking mode in vzw applications without using your work, even thought I did use use parts of AT&T's apks to figure out what was missing and for used at&t SecContacts.apk they are virtually the same as VZW's because I changed all the AT&T strings to Verizon, modded the apks to add/delete files and edited a lot of the xml files in system/csc to make them as close to VZW apps as possible. Im just saying your way isnt the only way to get it working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
I wasn't aware that you had blocking mode working.... also I wasn't saying you can't EVER use it as XDA rules state that since I posted it publicly (in SG3 forums), anyone is free to use it... I hadn't wanted to have anyone use it yet on sg4, cos I was still re-finning it, but I have it all good now and anyone is free to use it, and they could have used it without my permission, it's just courteous to ask.

I would be interested to see how you got it to work compared to the way I did it. maybe the two can achieve a better way?

I wasn't ever saying it can't be done another way, there is multiple ways to achieve these things, I was just simply stating my ROM is the only one with 100% working blocking mode (I had no idea you had it working..). And that I simply didn't want people to use it until it was fully ready.. :cool:

If you'd like please PM me so we can get on gtalk and compare notes..

The whole point of Android is sharing and bettering the experience for all of us.

I mis-read the part about you having a working blocking mode except for contacts, and I apologize for that.

the clockpackage.apk and secphone.apk were easy as pie (since I did all the hard work on the SG3, it was easy to port to SG4), it's the secocntacts.apk that's teh hard one, were you able to get that? I'd like to compare, and if not maybe you can check my code out and see what you think?