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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] CZ Eddie:
If you want to use APT-X Bluetooth codec for hi-def bluetooth, then stay away from AOSP ROM's because they don't have it. Otherwise, my favorite AOSP ROM was Slim Bean.

For an experience that is "stock" framework but looks AOSP and doesn't have a TouchWiz UI, then I'd install KangaBean (Google Edition 4.3) and use xPosed mods to tweak the heck out of it. You can even use the xPosed mod to run CyanogenMOD themes. This is what I'm on now and I'm loving it.

As far as camera goes, I think they all have a small lag when opening camera. Which is annoying to me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] honeyp0t:
I've started to try and use AOKP by task650 but i cant get LTE on it...

It's a pretty good rom and what i was looking for but no connection = me sad
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] FrozenDragoon:
Personally I would take a look at the Flight5 ROM. I came from an iPhone 4s, and I can honestly say this is the best from I've tried so far.

It is the default ROM, but with nearly all the bloat removed, very fast, great battery life (I average 13 hours on, with 4+ hours screen time, but that does depend on usage), and hardly any lag, if any, when opening the camera.

I've only tested one ASOP GPE ROM, but I found Flight5 to run just as fast and smooth.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2418522

Another thing that has not been mentioned yet, is there is a general consensus that the camera on TW based ROMs is better than those on ASOP based ROMs. I agree with that, from my testing. It's not a huge difference, but it is there.

After installing any ROM, I would recommend taking a look at Xposed modules, particularly WanamXposed. This will allow you to make customizations normally associated with custom ROMs, without having to flash them permanently.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] markbc01:
#1. There are so many roms here and it is worth trying many of them: AOKP can be a bit "bleeding edge" at times, so if you're not getting the results from task's rom for LTE, save time and effort and try another rom!

- Personally I have very good LTE and a very stable, no-lag experience on Shostock rom. It may not appear as flashy as some other roms, (but the bootup animation is :o) However, the Shostock threads have been very helpful and there are many responsive/friendly posters (in general)-- it's a bit more relaxed there. Also, several of the add-on packages that iB4STiD provided for GoldenEye are actually built in to shoman94 's roms. So that saves steps.

--Sho has two i377 "Shostock" roms: one is based on the ATT stock rom and is now at android 4.2.2 (VERY stable & battery life nice: a perfect daily driver) here is the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2305752 .

-- Shoman's other i377 rom is based on the international version of the S4, (I9505). It runs perfectly on the i377 and is currently at android 4.3. [Android 4.3 is newer, with a couple of changes from 4.2, but I personally am less crazy about it than 4.2 -just my opinion] Anyway, here is the link to Shostock international rom for the i377 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2468860

#2. Also, Br4nd3n's suggestion on turning off animation in developer settings is very good for any rom here. (In the TW rom menus there are three animation options.

=So go to: Settings/ More/ Developer options, and then look for the setting for "Windows animation", "Transition animation" and "Animator during scaling."Set ALL of these to OFF and the lag is generally gone.

I have had some apps that caused lag, so check that too!

#3. Also, FrozenDragoon's comment on the results for TW camera app being better is what I have seen as well. AOSP/KP and Google Edition roms are great in many ways, but their Camera app is not as good as the original Samsung one that TW roms have on them. If camera shots are important, then that's a consideration. If the camera is not as important as flexibility/customization, then GE or AO?P roms are the choice.

#4. CZ Eddie mentioned Xposed framework with (iB4StiD's other great rom) a Google Edition rom for the S4 called Kangabean http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349077 . This GE rom is fast and simple, but open to customization with Xposed framework and (I think) Gravity-Box.

- Using those two programs you can tweak the rom in limitless ways. (But it is not a TouchWiz rom, and won't have the Samsung special features). So, if you want customization that's a good direction (albeit with quite a few steps to get there;)

Good Luck

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349077
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] FrozenDragoon:
You know, the OP never mentioned what Baseband he's on. That will affect suggestions for ROMs.

Are you on MDL, or MF3 with SafeStrap?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] markbc01:
Wow! That's right. If he has MF3 with Safestrap, he can't use any Android 4.3 rom (yet), he will have to use Android 4.2 roms.

Of course the new GoldenEye is 4.3, but the old one was 4.2. . so it still is not clear:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] AxAtAx:
There are NO roms better than the other...period. all this does is start a war....

Check the roms out yourself....thay ARE ALL GOOD in their own way.

here you go, 80+ roms to check and make the decision yourself.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] reinbeau:
Thread closed

This is true. Now hit the report button next time and we'll close it up for you ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] MNykvist:
Hi guys, so i got a new Mini2, and... messed with it, pulled a firmware version from a dif zone by mistake... after i had cwm jena and clockworkz working, installed that asian firmware, and never got the phone to work again, tried several stock rom installs (17 and counting, with/without jena firmware download also), it just keeps doing the boot loop, and i can't access the Recovery menu (vol +/- home power buttons at start).

I've been reading all the meaningful threads here, tried doing button combination with battery, without and nothing seems to work.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Mdetring:
Take it to samsung service senter if u got warranty and if isnt try to use another mini 2 battery but I think it may not work and try to press all butoms at same time for 2min and if nothing work buy or make a JTag
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] brainscollector:
go to download mode and don't accept terms (up volume) and quick hold recovery combination when it will start to reboot (ofc when samsung logo will appear don't hold keys). Try few times and it will work, if not 1st then another time. Do factory restet, reboot phone and take off battery. Turn on in download mode and install MD1 XEO stock and do again factory reset using trick from above (go to download mode and don't accept terms (up volume) and quick hold recovery combination when it will start to reboot.)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] MNykvist:
Worked... :D

You sir... you are my new hero! :D key trick is pressing the recovery combination quick before logo appears and ... guess what i was holding the damn buttons so hard i was thinking they'd eventually lose pressure :D

My mini2 is alive :):angel:
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] brainscollector:
I'm glad to help you :) cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] mihaivt:
I have similar problem:

1. no recovery mode, only download mode

2. no matter what stock firmware I flash using odin I get bootloop

I tried the trick to go download mode > reject codition and then press the recovery mode combination but did not work

I wonder if there is a Cyanogen firmware in tar.md5 format so I can flash with odin ?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] meganukebmp:
Did flash a incompatible kernel? Try flashing stock kernel, recovery adn ROM.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul_one:
Heya guys,

Just unboxed my N5 and went through the rigmarole of turning it on etc.

For some reason, it didn't want me to log in with my account details before showing me the home screen (not sure why).

So it didn't give me the option of downloading all my apps from my Galaxy Nexus (I know, 2 year old phone).

So, I wanted to test out the vibration on it from a phone call, and instead of mucking about, I thought I'd check out the ADM and lock/ring the device.

To my pleasure the device showed up in the ADM: https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager - but the location wasn't being found.

I have followed the troubleshooting page: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3265955?p=android_device_manager&rd=1#

So I've cleared out the google play services several times, restarted the phone several times - all to no avail.

My galaxy nexus is reporting correctly (when I connect it to a network - I have temporarily disconnected it thinking that it may have caused an issue).

Does anyone have any additional ideas?

Is this a common N5 issue or is everyone else working just fine?

--

P1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AchimCristian:
Hello,

I have an S2 9100 with version 4.0.4. I checked for new updates, and it seems No update is available. I have another S2 with official 4.1.2....why i dont get update ? :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chekhn:
Use odin

You are not the only one with this problem, but you can flash new updates with odin ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AchimCristian:
But i have insane chip and i really want 4.1.2 !!!! I dont understand why i gont get the update...my other S2 have 4.1.2 :|
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chekhn:
You mean you have the emmc brick bug? If so you can still use odin to upgrade as long as you don't wipe/factory reset. And you can use siyah kernel which is emmc brick bug free (will also give you root)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
I can confirm siyah works, i recently rooted my wifes phone using this method.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AchimCristian:
Thanks,

Chekhn is helping me out thru skype...thank you so much:victory:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bosgarage57:
Hey fellas. I got my girl a used vzw razr to pull her from ios. She loves it so far. Only issue is finding a tether app that actuslly works. Really dont want to root, but will if really have to. We dis get foxfi to work, but the credentials on it required a screen lock, and she doesn't want one. Weve tried all the other ones. Any suggestions?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tydiamond11:
Have you tried open garden?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bosgarage57:
I want to think we have. The issue on all of them is it requests permission of the stock hotspot, tries to turn on, then of course turns back off because she doesnt have that permission to turn on mhs. I believe the foxfi credentials by passes that, but again, dont want a lock screen.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 2southwind:
nice to hear
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tydiamond11:
I do not remember having to put a password on my phone when I used open garden but u Amy have to root and put like cm10.1.3 on it to get the tether with out the password
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcm117:
Hey All,

Just moved from the N4 to N5, so this is my first time with LTE. My LTE seems to be a little slow however, pulling down only 6-15 Mbps. I was expecting to get 25 Mbps+ in Indianapolis. What ballpark speeds is everyone else getting on T-Mobile? Include your city.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shano56:
I get 15-20 down with 1-2 bars of LTE. Not bad
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerowinder:
30-35mbps. The upstream varies a lot, 2-14mbps.

I'm near Notre Dame campus, northern Indiana.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trjcasper:
25 up 8 down about 100 feet away from cell tower at my office.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrsbelpit:
Been getting between 20-35 up in Sacramento, Ca.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dia_naji:
Buffalo, Ny Area
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egofreak:
Im in Philadelphia.

I am getting speeds all over the board with mobile. Normally I get anywhere between 12 and 15-18 Mbps down and around 5 Mbps up. The up speeds are weird since I can frequently get 15 mbps up speeds.Other times the speed test will hit 20mbps up, choke a bit, then give me a .4 mbps upload speed. Something funny with this network....

I also have two speed tests that BURIED the speed needle and I got like 43 Mbps down and 10Mbps up. That only happened twice though.:crying:

Coming from Verizon with research telling me that T-mobile has the fastest LTE in Philadelphia makes me think this was a mistake. I ran a speed test on both phones LTE while I was doing my number port(Yay dual service), and my Verizon phone was destroying my Nexus on T-mobile. Buyers remorse there. Phone is fantastic though so I guess Ill deal with it.And my bill is half of what Verizon was charging so Im not going back.:good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rihc55:
curious, what kinda speed do you get these days? and in what region of the city did you test?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
on my block, southern brooklyn, nyc.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAtheistOtaku:
Also buffalo ny area
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcm117:
I can test LTE speed after the 27th of this month :(. My data is currently being throttled due to going over my limit.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kranthikumarb:
Hello Experts,

I am a bit hesitant to post this. But I searched the forum and internet, but couldn't find an answer. Please help if you can.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S Advance - I9070P model. I had android 2.3.6 and I tried to upgrade to 4.1.2 using ODIN. It loaded successfully. But My phone is not turning on. Not even the yellow exclamatory Icon. It is just as good as brick. May i call it as a hard brick?

If yes, will a USB JIG help on a hard brick? Or does it help only on a soft brick.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
If you installed I9070 JB on your I9070P phone - it could be a hard brick.

You can try with USB JIG.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kranthikumarb:
Yes I must have did that. I9070 JB on I9070P. I just ordered a jig online. I hope that sets my device into download mode.

I was worried, one of the mobiletechvideos on youtube showed sometimes a hard brick cant be fixed with a JIG. They showed a complex way (using some cables, JTAG... some techy stuff) to fix it. That was the reason for my post.

Thanks for your prompt reply. I will update this post after my experiment.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sh0m1:
Flashing I9070 firmware on P version could not completely brick it. I once flashed I9100 firmware on my friends I9100G and i got it back by putting it into download mode and flashing G firmware with odin. I think the screen wasnt even turned on, try to put it into download mode and if it vibrates and odin sees it, you can restore it.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kranthikumarb:
Unfortunately. Even with Usb jig, my phone is not turning. Now I doubt if it has anything to do with battery. I am not sure if myphone's batttry is charging when I put it to charger
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Take it to service. If you flashed P firmware over non P phone - it is hard brick.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kranthikumarb:
I took it to service and they suggested, motherboard should be replaced. $ 100. :(
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tee Eff:
I have also gt-i9070, also hard bricked, usb jig also was useless. Any solution?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tee Eff:
generic boot

Maybe some expert can experiment writing a generic boot code for Samsung galaxy to boot from external sd card so that odin can detect the bricked phone. like booting a PC from bootable CD of Floppy :confused: and then can flash the phone
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Happymaker:
Sorry but when you can´t get into recovery mode via Jig or keys you are still in big trouble...

there is just one opportunity for you...when you are able to flash a new bootloader via riffbox and on your pc (telnet) you can bring your phone back to life...this is a heavy method,but also a possibility!

;):good:

Edit: I forget to say one thing regarding the Jig, before buying or building one!

The Jig is just the same way how the key combination keys on your device. It´s only because of another voltage on your accumulator,which leads to enter the recovery mode. (CWM/TWRP/STOCK)!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tee Eff:
I know it is hard bricked, I read a lot before making my post, can be un-bricked by jtag/riftbox, but it is expensive for such old phone, maybe good for some sd card booting experiments in case it is possible and if some expert can write a boot software.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thmls:
I have the same problem

Is there any solution?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adzrules:
I've had a quick search around the forums and a bit more of a thorough search of the internet at large, but I can't seem to find an answer to my question.

With the new KitKat NFC policies etc., will it now to possible to [finally] emulate my work ID card with my phone. It would be ridiculously useful to be able to swipe my phone on the key card scanner, for example, if I forgot my card at home.

I am aware that there are security issues here, because we can't just have anyone going around, copying key cards with their phones etc.

Thanks,

Adzrules
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sluflyer06:
I'd love to do that do unfortunately my badge uses thousand bit encryption so i dunno if that would work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] br0adband:
Such a thing will never be possible - that flies in the very face of the security the RFID badges are designed to have in place to begin with. Imagine how messed up things would be if you could go to work, with your NFC enabled phone, and casually brush past a co-worker and just clone their RFID badge in a second flat and then do things using their identity with respect to the company security.

It's never going to be that easy as life isn't a TV show like "Person of Interest" where you can clone a smartphone's identity/IMEI/etc from 30 yards away just by running some uber-hack app. :D

It might be possible to have such an identity programmed into the phone by your employer but it would end up being a totally new one since the cryptographic data contained on the actual RFID badge is a one-shot and can't be duplicated. That would end up being more trouble for the company, I'd say, and not likely to end up being an SOP anytime soon, it's just too risky for them.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oasis9389:
I am having issues with my audio, as in audio playback music, youtube, etc.. it seems to simply not work for some reason on and off, a reboot fixes it or just waiting til the next time you want to use audio. i am trying to link it with an another event.. 2 things i am noticing it may be, after the phone switches networks HSPA to LTE the other event is maybe it only happens when i start the audio from the new lock screen controls..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sluflyer06:
Haven't noticed anything yet, I streamed music on the 30 minutes to work and had no issues this morning.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitemare3219:
Also having some insane issues using Play Music and usually the lock screen controls. Say I hit the next button on the lock screen, it will change and just sit there. Unlocking the phone shows that the playback seems to be taking place (a few moments later) because the button changes to pause and song time starts moving. No audio though. Switching songs sometimes fixes it, but I had an issue this morning where not even system audio worked until I rebooted the phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogio2:
How to enable vibration when you touch the keys S4 mini ....:rolleyes:

know how to do it in S3 is an option is not here
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btnetro:
change keyboard to swype
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogio2:
but I'm just a phone function keys:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahdawn:
what keys are you talking about? keyboard? if its keyboard you're talking about, you can do that with custom keyboard. like swiftkey, a.i type, touchpalx and many more
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] victorlam:
Can anybody help me how I can view the details of EXTROM? Someone told that I can use Total Commander. I have installed on Dopod 838. But I cannot see any EXTROM folder. Anybody can help on this? I have also tried to use Resco Explorer but I cannot see details of EXTROM.

How can I backup the current ROM for Dopod 838? which tools should I use?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] arnonrgo:
Unlock Ext Rom

See the following post

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=33680

Arnon
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxzimos:
hi to all

i have stock rom {sense 5 with android 4.2.2}

i unlock the phone from htcdev but in fastboot the word TEMPERED above the unlock and i can't go to recovery when i choos it

{intering recovery... with red color}is posted

i use all recovery but it can fix

before unlocking phone i don't receive android 4.3
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guich:
Which recovery?

However do an erase cache after each flash of a recovery.

The command is:

fastboot erase cache
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxzimos:
Tw and cw

I download all in one it have 8recovery i use them

Yeh i erase cache after flash
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guich:
If the recovery is flashed fine, after an erase cache will boot.

The recovery installation is fine?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxzimos:
it write {intering recovery...} then nothing happen
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guich:
I mean, when you've flashed it, the flash was fine?

No error?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akuma24:
whats happens when you type in:

fastboot devices
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxzimos:
yeh flash fine no error
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxzimos:
FA35XW913401 fastboot

it happen
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scifitrekkie:
try running fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (not the recovery.img with be what you want to install i.e. TWRP2500.img or CWM6.0.img etc)

flash it twice then fastboot erase cache
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EirmaSyaQieLa:
my note II clone stuck at samsung logo , then i press volume up/down+home+power , at i get this:

Factory Mode

Factory test

Report test

Version

reboot

and i cant click them with menu button , please.help.me :(:(:(:(:(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkkaranrk:
It's a clone so u will not get any help for this phone. :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mashed_Potatoes:
You should find someone who has a MTK chispet and ask them for help - Clones don't have real Note 2 hardware
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EirmaSyaQieLa:
Oh :(

btw i already click reset , then my after i click Wifi On my phone reboot -.-
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A.VOID:
I hope they fix some bugs in kit Kat, because I've seen multiple issues and needed multiple reboots.

-Total lockup when first opening taptu (could be taptu). Been OK since reboot

- had"app info" stuck on the launcher under the search bar. Had to reboot to clear it

- hangouts totally crashed and would not start again without crashing immediately even after reboot. Needed to clear data to use again.

Rant, ugh, rant
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koriflame:
Yeah, this is the way of almost all new software (operating systems especially). Fixes will come, we are the first and only officially supported device for 4.4 so we get to be a sort of testing group. :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calvinturbo:
Did you also encouter a bug when a Hangouts conversation kept loading?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] someone0:
Didn't iOS7 had like 3 patches in just a few weeks after launch also?