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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Your contacts will sync anyway. That's built into the app "contacts" and "contactsprovider". The Google data and app backup only restores your settings apps and data from what you've installed from play store.

But as far as backup goes I use ROM toolbox pro.

The reason that the backup function doesn't universally work correctly is each ROM is setup different. Not all will have issues. But switching between an aosp ROM to ge to miui to sense to blur to touchwiz... They are all very very different layouts. Stuff isn't going to play nice. Which is why I think Google needs to drop that option.

I'd rather teach people how to properly backup stuff than deal with the bug reports from those who don't know about it. Also the various backup tools (ROM toolbox, titanium backup, carbon backup, etc) do a MUCH better job of backing up your stuff and selectively restoring the items.

Sidenote: its not always wise to restore data for apps. I'd suggest selectively backing up data. Many apps you don't need to edit a bunch of settings so there is no need to backup data. The apps that get push messages you should not backup data because sometimes your push services will act up. The apps I do backup are the ones I've setup my way. Like mxplayer, quickpic, xdapremium, yahoo fantasy football, sdmaid, and my games and Photoshop touch.

And if things arent working properly in an app don't just report it... Uninstall and try it again. If it doesn't work a second time then uninstall and install fresh without data. Then if it doesn't work report it.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alekurkudi:
So I unfortunately just found out I cannot receive phone calls on this ROM which is very disappointing to me considering how amazing it runs. Well I guess I'm just going to have to wait for an update. Thanks once again for all of your hard work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ninoedgar:
Yeah.. I cant receive calls either... I was so happy with this rom... I went a whole day without problems until i found the calls bug... Well once this is fixed this is gonna be my daily rom...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jeremiah_1988:
Would love to try this! Just needs to be a little more stable
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
I can also confirm the no call bug. I read on the gt-i9505 miui thread that other snapdragon s4s needs two files copied over from a working ROM. Were those two files copied over? I was just curious I would love to help make this better just don't know what to do or how to help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jonestown:
Yes, those two files were copied in addition to about 20 others.

This is a framework issue, Dubbsy will get it sorted in time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
The list has grown since I last talked to you too lol. As I dig into any of my projects I figure out more about all of them. :good:

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jonestown:
You're a hard workin man, Dubbsy. :D

Fighting the good fight.

Thanks again for picking this up! :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Crossoverdoc:
Can't wait to see this become more stable! This has been the ROM I've been looking for since day one. Thanks for the work, Dubbsy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
Thanks Dubbsy for your hard work :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Exodus885:
Thanks for the ROM dubbsy!

Are people able to download apps from the playstore?

It just hangs at "downloading" for me, LTE/3G works fine in browser. I still have the old play store as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Play store updated for me almost first thing. Also my dls worked fine. Miui has popups asking you if you are sure you want it to do things. You have to hit yes

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Exodus885:
Using Wi-Fi made play store update for me, no troubles downloading any app except facebook...some 404 error lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lookout4theyeti:
Everything running great for me with the exception of the known call issues. Extremely smooth ROM!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Can someone test these kernels for me? I'd do it myself but I'm busy tonight.

May or may not boot due to ramdisk edits.

They are just slightly modified Chronic kernels. If you test, please test both and let me know the outcome.

1 http://db.tt/y9OKexWn

2 http://db.tt/uj66g95w

If either works, then for next release you'll have the option of stock or overclock. :good:

And no worries, if no one can test I'll do it tomorrow :)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
Test Kernel #1 didn't work for me, but the 2nd one did however. Out of curiosity I sent myself a call and still didn't receive the call. Other than that sms works..mms works (slow to receive could be because I'm in the basement sending myself something to test it out with).

Playing around with it some more...if you want me to check some other things out let me know
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
If you could grab a log during a phone call and attempted hang up that may help :)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Oh and check the second's ability to OC. You'll need to have trickster root and then check and and see if it works. Great news though. :)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
I'll see if I can get a log for you...all I did was send a call from a website to the phone...if I get a chance i'll try to call a number and hang up-not sure about how to get the log (i can google it I know). Dunno if I wanna try to OC it as this is my only phone and kinda need one lol.

Downloading from the play store however is real slow (it took forever to even get started and it's just a facebook app so it should fly being on wifi but nope. 4g it wouldn't even download :( )
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
For 4g speed try both CDMA/GSM/LTE and CDMA/LTE in phone info.

Open trickster and under clock it by one step. Just want to see if the steps are working. Should be if it all installed.

Regardless the kernel should be running better than the stock one. So that's :good:

If I have time tomorrow I'll try to get another build up for you guys to play with.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
Underclocked it by one step and it still running pretty good and fast. No signal bars for 4g (however data is working) and for some reason I just cant download from the playstore at 4g...I even unchecked the little pop up warning that came on warning about file size and to download over wifi. It says waiting for wifi for a 2.46mb file?

I very much look forward to running this rom 24/7 I think you are doing a great job so far porting it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Thanks for testing everything. Hopefully be able to get a more working update tomorrow. If I can't I'll at least get its framework and files updated and post that.

To be transparent, the reason I wouldn't be able to get the fixed version done is I need to finish patching 5 files tomorrow for ge that keep getting put off. And I'll be trying to setup the buildbot for a project that trek, hlx, and I are doing.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
Can't wait to give it a full go once the framework is fixed...I apologize I couldn't get a logcat sent to you I tried last night several times it just wasn't going for me. Hopefully sometime tonight (granted if my daughter is in bed at a decent time) I can pull one up for you if you haven't uploaded an update yet...I'd love to see if I can learn how to do this because I'd like to help out on the ChameleonOS as well. MIUI and Chameleon are prob my two fave roms for this phone...:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
It's cool if you don't figure it out. If I get an update done before you get it I'll send details oh how to logcat. it's not as newb friendly as some people make it out to be IME.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
Hmm chameleon Os? What's that about haven't heard much about it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
AOSP/CM style ROM with MIUI theme engine.

I like it. It's [MENTION=3236955]Treken[/MENTION] 's project for the gs4(currently) I do believe it will be dropped to continue work on our joint project though. He may carry it still though. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
Very nice what's yalls joint project and did you ever get the us cellular version of miui up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Haven't had a chance for USC. Will do it when I build the next miui update. Late tonight or tomorrow morning.

The joint project is a source built, aosp based, multi carrier, multi platform, 4.3 Google Edition. Similar to how my current 4.2.2 ge aroma works

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
Yeah I noticed it isn't Newbie friendly (logcatting) lol. All good though-I'll figure it out one day. Bummer to hear about the poss of chameleon being dropped...the only issue I had with that was bluetooth not working or else I'd be running that right now...heck if both were working I'd be doing that one week and miui the next ha. But I know everyone has a lot on their plate with lives/family/other projects so totally understandable. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
Oooo that soundd amazing I cant wait to test it out its too bad we cant actually convert our phone to a full fledged GE edition
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
It's not so much the amount on the plate as the lack of troubleshooting support from the team. There's a lot to it actually.

Hence the new team's assembly and the new project. I always have been a loner in the Dev world in general but I always gathered "resources" and networked with those like me.

We theoretically could if our boot loaders were unlocked. Lol

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
Hmm us cellular bootloader is unlocked I was told is verizon locked down?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Yep it's locked up tight courtesy of big V.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
Damn big red sucks, hopefully someone will find a way to break the lock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AshyKnuttz:
I haven't been on MIUI since the SII on sprint, and I love MIUI but after switching to Verizon I love the 4G more so I didn't think about going back to MIUI. I see your screenshot shows 4G....do they allow 4G now?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I didn't know they ever didn't allow 4g. But yeah you can get 4g now

But I never have liked miui enough to stay on it besides the time I am actively Dev'ing for it. So I'm not up on all the miui quirks.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
Miui is my favorite not too bulky but not underfeatured imo its functional and light weight and easy to use
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
The more I mess with ROMs my is becoming pure AOSP with my own themes and mods built in. All the features I need with none that I won't use.

And it doesn't get lighter. My full system install ends up being ~300mb

I install all my downloaded apps to system to(that can) to save data space. :)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
Hmm interesting I tried to do this the lame persons way a while back by taking stock rooted nexus 7 and pimp my rom and a couple other apps but end result was okay but wasnt sure how to turn it into something to share nore do I have the technical knowledge to check if the mods stuck or not
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Maybe " when I get time" I'll post a basic how to make your own light ROM.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
That whould be awesome
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Morrolan:
This may be a freak coincidence, but I flashed this ROM last night and encountered nothing but roaming. I restored back to my previous ROM with only roaming. I flashed another ROM and encountered the same thing. I unrooted and did a factory reset, but even today, nothing but roaming. Verizon is sending me a new phone for free, but I wanted to let all those involved in development about my experience. Verizon says the antenna is broken. Sorry about the lack of information. The ROM is amazing and I hope all the problems get resolved. Keep your fingers crossed that I luck into another MDK phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] an21281:
Not sure what you mean by roaming, I know there are options for data roaming and I always check them. Don't see why it would be a problem if your phone is roaming, or how an antenna could break from flashing a rom? Is 4g not working any longer, have you tried LTE on off app or changing the data type in phone settings?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Did you follow the data instructions?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] leo524:
I had the same problem What I did is factory reset the phone go into odin mode right away and flashed factory rom roaming went away had to do it twice but it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Morrolan:
Roaming as in no 4g/3g/1x. My phone cannot connect to Verizon towers. I don't see how it's the ROM as I've factory restored and unrooted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
^^^^^

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] an21281:
Thats why I was wondering what the prob. was!? Since its a known problem with this rom, you will need to reset your data/network settings every time you reboot in order to get data working. Also even if you flash a new rom, restore or factory restore you may still need to reset your settings... Is the reason Verizon's sending you a replacement device because of this problem only?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
In the end if you are on Verizon and your network isn't set to CDMA/LTE auto PRL and subscription type set to RUIM/SIM... No service for you. Regardless of ROM.

I thought I made it pretty clear in the OP. But maybe not. :shrug:

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrkruse:
I messed around porting this rom about couple of months ago and had the same thing happened. Could not get verizon to reconize the phone. I would use phone info app and set the phone to CDMA/LTE auto PRL and it would say it was roaming when you made a call it said welcome to Verizon then it would ask for a credit card to complete the call. If I used phone info and set it to LTE only I would get 4g LTE and could use data fine but no voice service. when it was on LTE only in phone status my phone number would show up and the IMEI number would show but when I switched back to CDMA/LTE auto PRL it would go back to roaming and my phone number would show all zeros and the IMEI would show all zeros also.I got a new sim and flashed back to stock with odin and no luck got a new phone from verizon flashed Miui rom worked ok this time. Flashed back to Beans rom used it for a while flashed Miui rom to work on cleaning up some of the bugs and the same thing happened again except this time when you called It was roaming on sprint network one time and US Cellar the other time again tried a new sim tried to program the phone manually and nothing worked and ended up getting a new phone. So I dont know if there is something that triggers verizon to kick the phone off of their system. or what but I havent messed with it since but thought I would share my experience I had.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
What all did you edit for your port?

But again, If you are on the ROM I posted and use the instructions I detailed... You will have working data and when you make a call it won't ask for credit card. You just can't hang up without toggling airplane because the framework still needs edits.

The reason that preferred network doesn't stick through boot is because the telephony and framework is overriding the user defined pref. network. I know how to fix this one. And the phone connecting and disconnecting in same edit.

The only reason anyone cannot connect at all to Verizon is because the framework defaults to NV subscription instead RUIM/UIM/SIM. I haven't found that default within the framework yet. You will literally never get data without changing this no matter how many times you shake your fist at it and swear uncontrollably.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jonestown:
This is the exact same thing that happened to me when I tried to port the MIUI i9505 ROM. To be clear, this did NOT happen with Dubbsy's port, only when I tried to port it myself originally.

My phone, even after flashing to stock, would not operate at all on Verizons network. I went to the Verizon store and they tried to fix it, to no avail. I had to have my phone replaced as well. It was stuck with no data what-so-ever, no matter what ROM I flashed, no matter how many times I ODIN'd stock firmware, nothing would work.

That's why I asked Dubbsy to do it, he's a lot better at this crap than I am! :good:

I've been afraid of trying to port a ROM ever sense. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I'm 99.9% sure i can get data working again on any broken radio device(even if Verizon can't) so long as you didn't delete your /EFS partition. I've been through all the hidden menus fairly extensively when I was diagnosing my own network issues a while back.

But if anyone has any of these totally broken radio devices laying around that they aren't doing anything with... send them to me. It's been awhile but if I had another reason to dig through the hidden menus I would write down in depth the steps to get it done.

It's not as hard as it is painfully slow. Hiddenmenu is deeeeep with submenus.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Morrolan:
I followed the instructions in the OP with the ROM and did attempt to reset my network settings after trying to restore the phone. Weird thing was some settings being grayed out, such as network type and roaming on the first factory reset. On the second reset, they appeared, but would not stay on my selection. I don't want you thinking I am blaming the ROM in any way. It very well could be user error or a hardware malfunction or a combination of the two. It's comforting to see a couple of other people have had the same experience. I'm getting a new phone, so all's well that end well. I do appreciate your insight tremedously. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrkruse:
If this was the case I shouldn't have been able to get 4g let data should
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
When I screwed up my NV Data, which requires a NV Rebuild via hidden menu/dialer codes, I was able to get either 1x or 4g by forcing it. Not both, and not so they handed off to each other. Then I was excited because I was able to get 3g, but then I couldn't get either 4g or 1x.

When the NV data gets messed up for whatever reason it really fouls things up pretty bad. When I finally fixed it, for good measure I odin'd and wiped twice and reset modem/nv data 4 times with the sim card out. Then rebooted with sim in, then started the root process over again.

BTW I screwed up my NV data attempting to get 4.3 GE ported over. It's not a very friendly port at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Some settings will be grayed out due to you being on a cdma carrier vs the gsm carriers. I had planned on removing those at some point.

Also after the initial setup I found waiting about 5 minutes, rebooting, and setting up my network stuff ended up making it run well for me.

I'm really not sure what the heck is going on with yours at all. Seems strange
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrkruse:
Your a very knowledgeable guy thanks for trying to explain it and thanks for your work on these roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
Agreed with jrkruse scary work your doing for us :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Not very scary for me, but I could see where it would be.

In a month I'll have another phone that I can swap sims back and forth on anyway, which takes all scariness out of it. Then if one kicks the bucket, it still stinks, but it's not devastating. If my gs4 dies, I can still support it, I'll just need to have a good group of beta testers prior to releases. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Franzferdinan51:
:p I'll help where I can ofc I'm us cellular though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
I'm game for beta testing....in fact if you have something ready now to test I'll give it a spin ;) :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] leo524:
I was able to mess with the settings and get 4G and the phone number to register. After reboot it defaulted to gsm but the good thing is the phone number was still visible. Text works mms works calling out works market to. The problem is cant receive incoming calls. Is there a fix for that fix that that will be cool. THANKS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alekurkudi:
Any updates or progress with this rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Nope. Haven't had a chance to work on it because of work and trying to get some builds setup for other projects.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GSMag:
Hello need help this install

please step by step

i have original GS4 SCH i545 ME7 root

PS MIUI languige only English ??? need Russian
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
I don't support me7. Look into safestrap and ask questions there.

And I haven't and do not foresee me porting the global language pack over because I'm busy with other projects.

I haven't had time to actually work on this at all recently. If anyone wants to take it on as a project I don't mind helping or collaborating. But I won't be teaching, because again... I have other projects that have been taking all of my time.

On the up side, we have the core of our rom almost entirely done and it is running on the latest android-4.3_r3 JLS36C.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
I have a question-when you said "we have the core of our rom almost entirely done and it is running on the latest android-4.3_r3 JLS36C" that wouldn't happen to be this MIUI rom would it? I absolutely adore this but I can't dev for nothing. I'd love to see this rom fully running on our S4's. Maybe someone can help you out so this can happen?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
You must have missed the paragraph above the one you are referencing. It's not the same project.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
bummer-I did read about the GE receiving an update was kinda wishing for the other :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] saul1991:
This thread needs a bump. The more people interested in it the better
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jaysonvstel:
great work

Thank you for starting on this ROM... Waiting patiently for a daily driver
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GSUS969:
Yeah, I really wish someone would take this over since Dubbsy is focusing on other projects.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blueangel0508:
++++++++++1 this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Seriously... or dubs please keep this up!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] HPeterson:
It's been quite a while since someone has bumped this thread so I figured I would. When i was running it everything worked perfect except for the calling otherwise i'd be running it now! Hopefully Dubbsy can fix that really quick so we all can enjoy this ROM!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Halfie53:
Shameless bump :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] HPeterson:
Yeah this is going no where, it's sad though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
It sounds like one of you enthusiastic miui fans needs to take all that enthusiasm and harness it to learn how to work in android.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alekurkudi:
Nicely said. I am actually thinking about giving it a go as soon as school settles down
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] HPeterson:
Any updates on this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] what be up:
Dubbsys busy with other projects, so it's gunna be a while guys