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[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Because touchwiz is hideous and needs to die, along with all of Samsung's and AT&T's bloatware/spyware. But yeah, you're obviously being more logical about overall pros and cons lol.

Also AOSP theming is as beautiful as touchwiz is ugly, and some people (myself included) have way too much fun flashing and modding and doing other potentially dangerous/brick-inducing things to their devices. It's all about the rush lol

Edit: The battery life you're describing is not really great at all. Even (especially) if you're staying on stock, use this. Back when I was on stock rooted, I was seeing the battery drain you're describing. Flashing that cut my overnight drain at least in half, and several times I was able to go entire days without charging.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
I totally agree. I'm loving the look of the build and have it setup the way I'd like it. I have to chase down a few issues, though. No mic when on speakerphone, general mic problems during regular calls, and the battery issue. The second mic issue might be dirty mic openings.

For the battery problem, msm_hsic_host is performing a wakelock for almost the entirety of the boot time, with suspend_backoff right behind it. From what I've seen, it has to do with the kernel which is difficult for us. I wonder if the NH3 kernel would fix it. Is it worth a shot flashing it to see if it will fix it/Wifi will work after? I tried flashing the rom on a modded nh3 and had bad luck with the wifi after.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I tried flashing the rom on stock (as close to stock as possible after rooting) NH3 and couldn't get Wi-Fi to work after. Now that I think about it, could it have something to with W0lfdroid's modified NH3 kernel that we use to keep root on NH3? I don't know how (if?) we could work around that in order to flash the rom with NH3 baseband, or how we could tweak it before or after flashing to fix Wi-Fi.

Can't really help you much on the speaker phone, I speak on the phone almost exclusively using good old earbuds (obviously a pair with a mic). Sorry

Alternatively, and I'm just throwing ideas out here, is it possible the masterpatch needs to be updated with files/modules/whatever from NH3 as opposed to NE3 which I assume it's based off of?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
Not sure if any of you follow the thread over in the S4 section, but JoeTech was asking if ant active users would want to test a version for NH3.

I'm happy with mine for now and just haven't had time to volunteer to test.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
FYI, here's my battery life. Not awesome, but about the same as my wife's Active S4 on stock ne3.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
Get ahold of Better Battery Stats. There's on old version available on this forum or the latest on Google Play. I bet under Kernel Wakelocks, you'll have at least a couple of things causing problems.

I tried his NH3 build, but it didn't go over well, so I restored back to SuperNexus NE3. I'm gonna give it another go in a few days once I'm out from under the weather.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Keep an eye on this forum and hold off on doing anything drastic for a couple days, my-blue-snog-box and I are working on a masterpatch compatible with NH3 (he's the guy who made the other masterpatches). I'm going to test my first viable attempt shortly, optimistically speaking we get a working NH3 masterpatch up tomorrow or at least within this week.

Newer update, I have everything working on Super-Nexus with NH3 with the exception of speaker phone.

UPDATE: I just flashed Super-Nexus over NH3 using our new masterpatch and everything is working: Wi-Fi, camera, hardware buttons, and LTE. Keep an eye out, I'll probably post it either tonight or tomorrow to the masterpatch thread.

TLDR: Super-Nexus on NH3 baseband and yes we got Wi-Fi

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[MENTION=6427007]rockinwaggy[/MENTION] [MENTION=2020513]bobbylx[/MENTION] [MENTION=4704158]iamdarkyoshi[/MENTION] [MENTION=6378000]_Spectrum[/MENTION] with Super-Nexus NE3 is speaker phone working at all, or has it never been working for you? I honestly don't know because I very seldom use it, and now thanks to my-blue-snog-box, I have a working Super-Nexus running on the NH3 basebands. Your answers are crucial to help me determine how finished/ready this new masterpatch is

[MENTION=6120998]nafeesdipta[/MENTION] I might have the solution, but I might need some input from you. Did you ever flash Super-Nexus on NE3? If not, disregard the rest of this post. If you did though, did speaker phone ever work for you or did it never work when you tried it?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
With speakerphone, I only get audio out. The other end of the call can't hear me unless I switch back to normal or use a headset. I haven't tested this on stock NE3 or NH3, so I don't know if it's a problem with my phone or not. I've only had the phone, let alone an Android device, for a little over a week. I can flash back to stock NE3 if you'd like.

Very exciting! Can't wait to try it out! This all sure makes the device more enjoyable.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
That's exactly what I happened to me, I can hear on speakerphone but the other end can't hear me. If I remember correctly, I think I do, speakerphone is working just fine on stock, which leads me to believe it's an issue with the rom, anyone with stock or hyperdrive could weigh in, I'd appreciate input.

Oh wow actually read and registered your post. Welcome to Android!!!! The water's fine lol. I've been on several devices over the past three years, started off as a completely knowledge-less newbie, and now, while I'm certainly no expert, I know how to do crap I never would've dreamed of. There's so much to do and see on this wonderful OS, so much top level and bottom level tinkering and customization possible.

Don't bother flashing back to stock just for my sake, it's not worth the trouble. I'll post the link to the new masterpatch in about an hour or so, depending on how confident I feel, how much feedback I get, and just how my phone behaves. So far so good, everything seems normal.

OH! [MENTION=6120998]nafeesdipta[/MENTION] if you are still on stock NH3, is speaker phone working (I assume it is)...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] _Spectrum:
Does your Super Nexus rom with NH3 have a fixed speakerphone? I haven't tested my speakerphone on NE3 Super Nexus btw so I can't tell if there are bugs. Also what's the difference between NE3 and NH3?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
No the speaker phone isn't working with NH3 Super Nexus, that's why I asked, I wanted to see if those on NE3 Super Nexus could help me figure out if it's an issue with the rom or the masterpatch. I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough.

According to AT&T's website NH3 has connectivity improvements related to receiving calls and text messaging, as well as a security patch. Many users either updated by choice since there is still root or unknowingly took the update. I also remember reading a couple of posts in the forums reporting marked call improvement on NH3 compared to NE3. HOPEFULLY with this new masterpatch, they will no longer have to downgrade their firmware (or more specifically their baseband) in order to flash a custom rom. In short, it's all about having the most up to date software/firmware.

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I posted the new masterpatch over in the 4.4.2 Fix for Roms thread.

You should now at least be able to flash Super Nexus coming from stock rooted NH3.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
Downloaded and restoring to stock NE3. I'll let you know my progress in a bit. I'll be doing what I understand is a "dirty flash". Going to rooted NH3, restore to the my backup of SuperNexus NE3, then flashing the new stuff over top the old WITHOUT wiping. If that doesn't work out, I'll post here that it didn't and then flash a fresh NH3 SuperNexus build after a wipe.

Consider it my part of the testing process. :)

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I am fairly sure you'll encounter problems dirty flashing the way you're describing. I don't know enough to tell you definitively, that's just what my gut is telling me. Go ahead and try if you want though. I always preferred installing fresh from a wipe just to be safe
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
10-4. I'm gonna run stock rooted NH3 for a day to test out speakerphone and battery life (Kernel Wakelocks), then start the flashing. I'll keep you posted.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] nafeesdipta:
Hello Guys, I have contacted joe few days ago for the wifi problem in purenexus in nh3. So, he asked me for some files like module of nh3 and i sent to him. Then he modified the rom for nh3 and gave me this link. but, I didnt try it because I am not sure whether it will working or not. if not,then I have to stock back which i got tried. So, here is the link. you can flash it in nh3.if works,then post a replay.And anyone has successfully used purenexus on nh3 with everything working and please give us proper instruction. Someone also told me that this rom's wifi was not working on nh3.but if you stock back to odin ne3 and flash it then it is working.Speker was working while i tried this rom and also in nh3 but i am not sure.Thanks to everyone.please let us know asap.Link below

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3XXKgU5prRdWDlWUlliYzZablU/edit
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
The one I posted has working Wi-Fi, just fyi
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] nafeesdipta:
Thanks For the patch. Now, the big question. which is better nh3 or purenexus?is it worth flashing? and tell me the wiping process.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I haven't been on stock for so long I probably can't give you a useful comparison. That said, stock with this flashed had phenomenal battery life, and using that tool on Super-Nexus hasn't seen quite the same battery life improvement. Other than that I can't think of any notable issues. OH! On Super-Nexus you have to turn off Wi-Fi before you reboot or shut down, a minor bug and not really inconvenient at all. I think it ultimately comes down to a matter of personal preference. I detest the touchwiz look as much as I absolutely love AOSP-theming, so obviously this rom is the right choice for me. I think when I decided to try and make the new patch I had in mind people who were determined to be on an custom rom but wanted to be using the most updated baseband (for connectivity reasons mostly).

The rom is plenty stable, I use it as my daily driver and am perfectly content. Is it perfect? No, but it's certainly plenty good enough, and as someone pining for the good old days of Cyanogenmod, it's my best option. Make a backup and try it out if you want, you can always flash back to stock and it's pretty easy, AS LONG AS YOU ALWAYS BACK THINGS UP.

Don't forget there are other roms (mostly touchwiz-based) out there that are known to work with our phone, such as Hyperdrive, Omega, Graviton, Wicked, etc. If they were working on previous basebands with previous patches, I see no reason why they won't work with NH3 and this most recent masterpatch. The only reason Super Nexus is singled out is because it seems to be the only (or at least the best) AOSP-like rom for our phone
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] nafeesdipta:
Is there any way to use lollipop version rom because now we have masterpatch v3?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Unfortunately not. With our locked bootloader, we can't have custom kernels (nothing but stock kernel, even on custom roms). Until there is an official Lollipop release for this phone, there is no Lollipop kernel that will run on our phone, and therefore no Lollipop roms. That said if you know about theming at all it is possible to give your phone a very lollipop-like look, especially on Super-Nexus (since it's 4.4.4) but even on stock or the touchwiz-based roms. It's pretty straight forward to make Nova launcher or Google Now launcher to look very much like lollipop (and Nova at least lets you scale down or even do away with the screen animations, saving some battery there too).

TLDR: Sadly, unfortunately, no, not until there is an official release
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] nafeesdipta:
Super Nexus 4.4.4 on nh3 i537

I have flashed masterpatch v3 and wifi is working

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Battery is draining a bit fast. Any Suggestion? Using supernexus 4.4.4 on nh3.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
UPDATE: The dirty flash went well. Backed up the stock rooted NH3 rom, wiped system and data thru SafeStrap, then restored my Old NE3 SuperNexus build. After without a reboot, I went straight into the install section of SS and flashed the NH3 build pre-today's update (I guess). Then the new masterpatch v3 and supersu.

Rebooted, then a hot-boot to get wifi going then installed/update xposed and rebooted once more.

Everything's working and good to go. Speakerphone still isn't working. I've confirmed it must be a rom issue as it worked perfectly on stock NH3.

I'll get it charged to 100 then run off battery to see if the issues are still there. The stock NH3 build did not have the kernel wakelocks problems like the SuperNexus NE3 build did. I'll keep y'all posted. Nice work everyone involved.

Inital Update Post Flash:

The phone does not enter deep sleep, ever. Under Kernel Wakelocks in BBS, Msm_hsic_host is at 70% for wakelock time/system boot time. PowerManagerService.WakeLocks is at 17%, then suspend_backoff at 17%. I'll do a dump then post the betterbatterystats here tonight along with a dump from Stock/Rooted NH3 which worked properly. This is definitely a rom issue that many of us are seeing.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
Hey everyone, just stopping in. I worked with [MENTION=5954417]thisisapoorusernamechoice[/MENTION] to get a new patch working for NH3. I'm pretty busy, but if you have any problems you can feel free to contact me and I'll do what I can. I received a PM asking if I take donations: I do have PayPal and Bitcoin donation links in my profile and I gladly accept donations, but I would also encourage to donate to Arch Linux. Anyway, like I said, feel free to contact me if you think I can help!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
Just wanted to make a note that selecting ATT LTE does not work for me. I had to use the ATT Phone listing which I then edited to match the exact specs here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2791564

Maybe edit the post thisisapoorusernamechoice?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
So edited.

Thanks for the heads up and sorry for your trouble. Just out of curiosity, are you on AT&T or a different carrier?

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Just out of curiosity, is Arch Linux the distro you use? Is it worth checking out?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
Yes, I'm on AT&T.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
Yes, it is what I use. It is light weight and highly configurable, but configuration is mandatory. Of course I think it's worth checking out, but you will experience frustration--things will go wrong, and you will have to read up on how to fix the problems. Thankfully, the ArchWiki is spectacular.

There is a bit of a learning curve with Arch. I have learned more about Linux from installing and maintaining my Arch media server than I have from anything else. I like knowing that if something doesn't work, then it's my fault and not the operating system's.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] nafeesdipta:
Hyperdrive RLS20

Anybody use Hyperdrive RLS20? Is everything working?How about battery life?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] NGD1:
I want to try it but the aroma installer freezes and goes black screen so I can never flash the master patch before it boots :/
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Is it possible to remove the aroma folder and files from META-INF/com/google/android inside the zip and then edit out the aroma parts from the update-script ?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] _Spectrum:
Just updated my Super Nexus rom to the new GPE rom by Joe Tech and it works with the previous safestrap method. Everything working so far, Wi-Fi and 4G. Haven't tested speakerphone yet.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Oh yeah let me know how that is, was waiting to try it until there was some feedback
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] NGD1:
I'm sure there is, I did a little research and yeah with careful picking we could remove all the elements we don't want, and revert it to a regular zip install, it'd be cool too to add the master patch IN TO the aroma install but I don't know enough to dig around or add stuff without breaking another. The rom installs perfect..just that one ending bit messes up..If we could get the master patch installs before the brain Fart would be magic ahah
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
I'll take a look at it. I will contact the dev and see if he minds if I were to take the ROM and tweak it to work for the I537.

Edit: you can see my post in the Hyperdrive thread here. I'll let you know what the dev says.

In the meantime, can you let me know exactly what part of the zip fails (preferably with a log)?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] NGD1:
I'll see what I can do today.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
Just popping in and saying that the SuperNexus NH3 ROM by JoeTech is SUPER stable and very quick. Paired with SafeStrap 3.75, the only issues are battery life and speakerphone. Joe knows about both of these problems and has logs from betterbatterystats on both stock touchwiz and a fresh flash of SN. Other than that, it's a beautiful rom. If you can deal with poor battery life and a partially non-working speakerphone, it's by far the best rom available for this device.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] NGD1:
What all did you do to get hyperdrive working?

the Aroma didn't seize on you after install?

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I can confirm that GOLDENEYE-Rom

Works almost flawlessly on our I537

no aroma hickups & only non working aspect is Stock camera (nexus / google and lenovo super camera work fine)

Wifi / Tether are working (using tether to write this now)

Upon Aroma install completion DO NOT RESTART, Quit the install and let the masterpatch go through

Going to be testing GoldFinger-Rom Shortly.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
Goldfinger works just fine. Same issue as Goldeneye, have to install another camera.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] nafeesdipta:
Battery Life

How is the battery life?draining like super nexus?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zervon36:
i537 Ciq free

Can someone please direct me to a rom from this topic that is Ciq free, or allows the Logging Test App to remove Ciq. thanks. I am on stock 4.2.2 with my i537 and removal / patch doesn't work. I would now like to use saftstrap with a ROM that allows removal or already has it removed. thanx.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] blazer323:
Wicked rom

Wicked ROM works well with the appropriate patches, comes with an att apn and the lte mms fix is needed. Ive been using it for about a week with no issues.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
Wicked ROM runs great. Mobile data takes a while to enable on boot and I get 2 phone FC in a row then all works. This has the deviant kernel. When we flash our kernel modules that overwrites deviant correct?

GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] naifs_br10:
3 files ?

Steps for flashing a ROM

1. Download a ROM file (must be 4.2.2 based with stock kernel)

2. Create ROM slot in SafeStrap

3. Flash the ROM and three update.zips: keys fix, camera patch, and modules fix (MF1, MF2, or MF3 depending on your stock firmware).

4. Wipe cache and dalvik.

5. Boot system

6. Report on how it works if you have problems and share any success.

in step 3 where is it that i can find the 3 files for google play edition i found the camera fix but what about the other two

update: installed the rom as it is with jus camera fix wifi wont turn on and i dont know where to find the 2 other files i need to flash please help me thank you all
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
From the OP:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] naifs_br10:
How do I know what version to select for the file mf1 or mf2 or mf3 and where can I find the version of need for my first ware I tried looking km about phone but didn't see any hints ?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
You should also read the second post of this thread as it links you to all the necessary files you need.

As far as module files go, you need to determine what baseband you have (keep in mind you can only use SafeStrap for the AT&T version of the phone). To determine what baseband you have go to: Settings->More->About device->Baseband version. The last three characters of the baseband version will tell you what module file you need to flash. If you bought the phone and haven't used Odin to return it to stock you're either on MF2 or MF3.

I suggest you read a bit more about SafeStrap and how it works before you try this. The first 3 posts SafeStrap thread explains exactly how everything works, what files you need to flash, and the order to flash them in. I can help you if you need it, but you really need to understand the basics of how SafeStrap works before you flash anything otherwise you could run into major problems.

EDIT: This video is for flashing custom ROMs using SafeStrap on the Verizon S4, but it is essentially the same process for flashing ROMs on the S4 Active.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] naifs_br10:
Thank you my brother God bless will do and get back to you

UPDATE: After installing the rom everything seems to work fine but nothing is able to install from google play store and nothing I can update I installed all 3 files now the wifi work bonnthebsoeaker

Update 2:,WiFi is now working and able to download from play store but when I'm making a phone call and turn speaker on my voice isn't going through its as if I'm muted on then speaker. In need this fixed loving the ROM and no bloat overall any help or feed back will be welcomed

Final update just realized everything works but speaker phone while in a car from s4 port post I want to thank you al for your help God bless
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] deltaden:
Need Help With No Data Connection

I have a Galaxy S4 Active with AT&T. Using the safestrap method described in Post #3, I flashed the Hyperdrive Rom into Slot 1.

The Rom seems to work fine but I am not getting Data Connection. Internet browser shows (server not found). I have a "Network Signal Info" App that shows Data State: Disconnected. The "signal bars" in the status bar shows a few bars. What Preferred network should I be using? Should I select "Automaticaly Select Preferred Network? Also it keeps asking me if I want to use Global Mode (still no data connection).

GPS works, Phone works, camera does not work but I used another from Play and that works. Any Idea from others?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
First off I just want to make sure you flashed the correct MOD file after flashing the ROM and without rebooting. If either didn't flash the MOD file or you rebooted after flashing the ROM and then flashed the MOD file, I believe you need to start from scratch (delete your ROM slot and recreate it). If you did flash everything properly, then you may have a problem with your APN settings. Take a look at this post that has the proper APN settings for AT&T and make sure everything matches up. Other than that I don't know what else could be wrong. I used Hyperdrive for about a week without any problems. I'm downloading the most recent version (10.2) and I'm going to give it a try tonight. I'll report back.

EDIT: I also just found this post, it looks like somebody else is having a similar problem to yours.