yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
No problem at all. I say give it a week or so and see how you feel then. For me, now having used slim ROMs for so long whenever I go to anything else I can't stand how huge everything is!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
So I got that figured out. Now I'm getting all my apps back. Used titanium to restore most of them. But Facebook will not install. So I tried installing it via play store and I'm getting this error.. I tried wiping cache and dalvik. Still getting the error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
Well its not the rom.. flashed back to Alliance b26 and same thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
I've been experiencing some minor glitches since roughly build 6.

Now crashing. Vibify not working. I couldn't get preferences to stick on Chronus for a day. Notifications not sounding or lighting up occasionally.

Little stuff.

My phone seems to need the External Storage Fix and Folder Mount of all 4.4s, so those are installed, as well as Xposed with XGELS.

Anyone else having similar issues?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jnewberry1:
Only problem I have is the slim pie won't launch for me sometimes. I just use lmt but would have liked slim pie to work for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
DrunkUncas - I haven't had any issues at all with the slimkat rom itself like notifications or anything, however, I did recently just have an issue with my external storage (my sd card) and I couldn't get philz recovery to mount it. Was also having issues with evernote telling me over and over that it found a new sd card even when it was the same... So.... I just copied everything to a different new sd card, put that into my phone, and no issues ever since.

both these cards are formatted fat32, which is beyond ancient, so I'm thinking it might just be that fat32 has little to no error correcting as a file system and over time it just... kinda... gets tired... lol.

Might try a new card?

Also, sorry, but never heard of chronus or vibify, so can't help there.

For me, as a daily driver, this rom is rock solid and I'm absolutely loving it! I'm also having such awesome battery life right now I'm actually thinking of sticking with this build for a long time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
Yeah, I'm in love with it. I may roll back to the last 5.x build after I try out a couple of other ROMs for a few days.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] physpher:
Have you tried seeing if there is dust in between the sensor and glass? That was my issue at one time. Got compressed air and blew out the ear piece very well. My speck of dust was barely visible.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] guardianali:
I want to move from TW. I dont like the bloat and it would be nice to have almost 2 gigs of internal space back to use.

I tried CM11 but they are still having bad camera issues with the camera app freezing after a few pictures, etc...

Does this rom have that issue as well?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
I have had zero issues with the camera, on any of the half dozen slimkat builds I've flashed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] HeadKase:
I haven't had any camera issues in quite a while. Stills and Video seem to be working quite nicely :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
CM is not representative of AOSP on this device.

Start flashing!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JTProuhet:
I guess i was on Beans roms to long cause I'm still having a hard time sticking with this ROM. There are features in this one that i really like. I guess im just used to TW. Still having a hard time adjusting to nova. But I'm dealing. But i must be doing something wrong, cause my battery life has been far from great..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
Can you guys verify that your "OK Google" functionality is there?

Now can you try it three more times? 3 seems to be the threshold before it needs a data wipe to remain functional for me here, and on the similar Liquid.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilDX:
just did it 6 times without issue on a clean install.

this is a great ROM, I just wish the SLIM guys would merge in CM's navbar keyboard arrow keys, I can't live without those.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
Phil, just curious, why do you have a navbar at all when there are physical buttons? Also, Kii keyboard has arrow keys. I use them all the time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
Thanks.

It never ceases to amaze me how much of a difference there is between our individual phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilDX:
it's just a personal preference. I like using a navbar in lieu of hard buttons. the screen is huge so I don't mind losing a little space. I used to have a galaxy nexus so maybe it makes me feel like I still have a nexus device on VZW :)

I actually disable the capacitive buttons entirely and I map the home button to power (same as power button). I modified Swype to include a number row with imbedded arrow keys which works great on this size device, but sometimes I like using Google's key board and I need navbar arrow keys for that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
I'm just curious gchild, it just seems weird that slim officially supports the international note2, regular lte note2, tmobile note2, att note2, but not the verizon one. Is there any specific reason for this, or they just decided to leave it out because they wanted to? I mean, they've even got official support for REALLY old devices on there, like the original galaxy S for instance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gchild320:
Cdma is a pita.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
Huh, didn't know that. Oh well, thanks to you we have our version!

The only reason I still stick with Verizon is in most places I go, their network simply is the best. I'd rather use T-Mobile for device and price reasons but their network is awful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] HeadKase:
My fiancé has the T-Mobile Note 2. Her service is horrible and the network is dog turds sllllooowwwwww. I still need to upgrade her ROM to SLIM from the Jedi one I installed right after she got it. That might help a bit in bringing some new life to her device. I would rather pay the little extra for Verizon over the other 3 and Verizon does pretty good banking on the fact that a lot of people know their service areas and network speeds are better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
I've got a general question on "keep awake" in the Android OS battery usage graph. I cannot seem to figure this out, and when I search the general googley machines and specifically xda threads, there are eleventy billion different opinions and threads, but I can't seem to find consensus. So I apologize in advance if this topic has been beaten to death.

my issue: Some days, for whatever reason, the process "android os" in my battery usage graph uses FAR more percentage than my screen, and the battery will drain like crazy. It's always related to the "keep awake" sub-process inside "android os" --- but it doesn't say WHAT is causing that keep awake to activate, so I can't figure it out. Some days, my keep awake will list at 5 minutes or something and I'll have crazy awesome battery life, other days the keep awake will be damn near the entire up time of the phone, like 12 hours or something, and I'll have an almost dead battery. Right now, I've been on battery for almost 7 hours, and the keep awake is listed at a little under 6 hours. The ONLY other app even in the list of apps affecting battery that isn't a system process is gmaps, and it's keep awake is listed at 0 seconds.

So how on earth do I figure this out? Any links or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gchild320:
The app betterbatterystats will give you much more detailed info. However it won't tell you how to solve it. Most common are kernel wakelocks, can't remember the specific one that is prevalent in note 2 though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
Wake lock detector is pretty decent. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector

OS Monitor works pretty good as well, IIRC. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eolwral.osmonitor
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
Thanks very much for the quick response guys! So I installed the wake lock detector, and yep, its a kernal wake lock that's sucking the battery. See attached. Thats a listing from the kernel wake lock section. I'm going to Google it now to see what on earth that means and how I can fix it.

In the meantime, any suggestions? Would trying a different kernel like agni help? I usually like to stick with what's default for kernels unless some compelling reason shows up to change. Performance wise I'm fine, but these locks are killing the battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gchild320:
Yeah that one is present on most if not all aosp based roms on I605. When it comes up reboot your phone. That's the best advice I have for you. Also, don't pull the power plug out with the screen on (I remember that actually seemed to matter).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
T-Mobile in PA is like not having signal at all. Complete garbage. Verizon and AT&T are the only ones to even consider. Sprint sucks too.

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Gchild is right that kernel wake lock is not fixable on the note 2 no matter what kernel or governor you select. Rebooting is the only temp fix.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
I convinced my brother and his closest friends and my closest friends to do a friends and family plan, so now we've maxed out a verizon plan with 10 devices and I'm paying $67 a month for unlimited talk/text and I get 2.5 gigs worth of shared data, on verizon. I still think the data limits are miserable, but as you all have said, there's really not much other option and I love the network coverage when I travel for work.

On the wakelock front: damn, that's no good to hear. I placed a wakelock app widget on my home screen though, so I'll just monitor that, and when it starts turning mostly red, I'll just do a reboot.

Thanks everyone for the info, helpful as always!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilDX:
have you guys tried deleting (or renaming) the /system/bin/gsiff_daemon file? there are threads here on XDA and elsewhere discussing this file - it has something to do with the sensors and it consumes a lot of CPU time when the mdm_hsic_pm0 wake lock is over-active. I haven't had an issue with this (or any) wakelock in 3 weeks since doing so. I haven't noticed any side effects either, in particular, GPS still works fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Hey Guys I have worked with gchild and am hoping to take over the builds for him.

I have a build that I built and am running and everything seems to be working.

Please flash and report back how it all goes. **BACK UP FIRST** since I have been the only tester so far.

If all goes well after a week or 2 I will start my own thread and hopefully free up gchild. Download link:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567716244 - Build 6.6

Also - I tested both flashing over a previous build and a clean flash. Both worked great so it should be like nothing even changed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DrunkUncas:
I had one day of running this where my battery simply vaporized.

At least I know where to look now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Appreciate you taking this over. 11 posts and taking over rom building. I'm impressed. Never seen you around before. But in any case if you have 11 posts or if you have 5000 if you can build we all are grateful for rom options on our notes.

BTW I tried normally would have thanked your post but the stupid thank limit for me is maxed out for today lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
I have been on the forums for years, just never felt I had anything important to say. I do expect the post count to jump up from here!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ztotherad:
i'm looking forward to seeing this continuing onward! I've fallen in love with slim so I'm up for flashing/testing. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Awesone . give it a flash and let me know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
nwh thank you so much for offering to take over for gchild. I know he was looking for someone so we all appreciate it. I absolutely love slim on my note2 so I'm happy we can continue to get builds for it!

I dirty flashed this just now (with a clear cache and dalvik) and on first boot I got basically a never ending stream of force closes. I tried to take a screenshot but then that made the media process force close lol... Basically it was all kinds of system processes fc'ing. No regular apps that I could see. I did a regular reboot and didn't get them at all and am now posting from my phone.

No idea whats up with those fc's but I'll let you know how it runs in a few days.

Thanks for the build!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
That is strange I flashed it a seemingly countless number of times and never got that. I have gotten into the habit of formatting system when dirty flashing. Not sure if it helps at all but I have had good luck.

Let me know how it goes from here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
Doesn't a dirty flash format the system anyway? I can't remember exactly but doesn't it format and mount system when you install the zip, or am I thinking of something else?

Anyway, been running totally fine since that second boot so hopefully just one of those weird things.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Not really sure if it is a full or partial format. I know specifically when Slim has a big weekly change (4.4.2>4.4.4) the changelog mentions to also format system. Since I saw that I just made a habit of it on a weekly basis.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
Ahhhh okay.

So steps for a dirty flash would be: format system, format cache, format dalvik, install zip, reboot... ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
I know the format system step is not official.. Just my doing. I do:

-wipe cache

-wipe dalvik

-format system

-flash ROM

-flash gapps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jnewberry1:
Yes the system is wiped on this dirty flash. All I did was wipe cache and davlik then flashed ROM. I had to reinstall all my system apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
jnewberry, that's weird, I did the same as you and I didn't have to reinstall any apps at all.

nwh - oh okay you flash gapps on dirty flash as well? Gotcha. I'll make that my routine. Thank you for the info!

I usually go two or three dirty flashes then I'll do a clean one just to make sure everything's running as best as it can be.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Wanted to let you know your build is pristine. Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Thanks. I'm going to give it one more weekly then start my own thread to give gchild a break.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] danaff37:
I haven't tried to pay for something yet, but I was able to get wallet to set up tap and pay (and have tap and pay show up in settings) by adding a file in /etc/permissions called android.hardware.nfc.hce.xml with the following in it:

Spoiler content hidden.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adamw1101:
Are you supposed to change LCD density to 320 to return it to the normal scale?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Correct, but I bet if you give it time you will love the default 245. From the 2nd post:

Q- Everything is smaller on this ROM than what I'm used to?

A- DPI is set at 245. You can change it in build.prop in your system folder. Make sure you set permissions back once you have messed with the file! 320 should get it back to how you see it on most ROMs with no tweaking. You can also use an app such as ROM toolbox to change it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Build 6.8 is up

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567719571

All is working well for me but again, if you don't mind reporting how the flash goes that would be great. I want to get as much feedback as possible before letting gchild completely off the hook(Thanks gchild!).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] timmyd463229:
How's GPS working
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Rock solid. I'm getting instant locks indoors.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] timmyd463229:
Did you have to load a tw rom first?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
No but I never had to. I feel like some people have to do that and/or adjust the GPS config file and others are fine. I have been one of the lucky ones the whole time I have owned this phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] timmyd463229:
O OK cool I will have to try out your ROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adamw1101:
I thought changing the LCD density would give me full access to the play store. For some reason it says my device is not compatible with the app. Even though I know that app will play on my phone. Any thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Are you running slim gapps? They should allow all apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] esalce:
I am running slim gapps (normal). There are a couple of apps that i can not run. Its because of how the rom shows play store what device you are.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
There is also an xposed module 'all apps in play store' that may help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] esalce:
Nice,I will have to look into that. I have not messed with xposed much but I will fix that later. Thanks for the head up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
That's weird, I've never had a single issue with any apps on the play store, I think slims gapps play store is modded specifically to allow all apps as normal. Which app are you trying to install that won't work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
running 6.8 perfectly fine all day! I did a dirty flash on top of 6.6 and everything seems to be running totally fine. Did not get that odd "everything force closing" like I got last time, so that's good.

Thanks very much [MENTION=5721370]nwh5024[/MENTION]!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Thanks for the feedback. I think I am going to call it 'good'. Anyone else feel free to let me know how it goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] djd338:
I've daily driven it for several days & it's running great. Tho, some functions I admit I don't use often. Camera has worked OK with light use, even HDR mode. Bluetooth, I just went on a all day trip & it paired up several times & streamed radio all day. Some functions I'm a heavy user of & as of yet - no prob with anything. I also dirty flashed. Oh & I flashed Agni 2.8.3 with it so can't comment on the included kernel. Great work I'd say.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Thanks for the feedback! I run the stock kernel for a day or so to test each build but spend most of my time on agni as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] djd338:
Yeah I run agni mainly to increase all volumes for my old ears! I can also add, I use GPS daily & it's been running perfect. I spend alot of time in out-of-service zones with pre-downloaded maps. Not a glitch yet. I love my Note & wanna thank you for taking over the maintaining to allow us the benefits of this great rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gchild320:
Alright guys I'm out. Thanks a lot for the support, much appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
Thank YOU gchild !

And djd, which mapping app you use for offline? Osmand?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] timmyd463229:
Where can I find the agni kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] esalce:
No no thank you sir, you and your team have given this phone a much needed boost and new life .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2608679
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] timmyd463229:
I'm running the new version now and its very smooth ...but I did a speed test on 4glte and only got like 0.5mbs but on WiFi its no problem its fast has anyone else had this problem

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Is agni the pure cm11 anyrom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilDX:
yes, pure CM is for CM/AOKP/etc. pure stock is for a TW based ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] timmyd463229:
I can't get a GPS lock with this build anyone have any ideas I've already done the stuff in FAQ and changed that profile like from 0 to 1

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Has anyone tried this http://*********.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=13
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
Looks like the link is broken. I know some have had luck flashing a TW rom, rebooting to recovery while they have GPS lock, then flash this.

* I have never done this but just saw this in the thread somewhere. Someone else feel free to chime in with more details.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] djd338:
I use Backcountry Navigator. It's all topo maps from many different sources to choose. Like the name - it's for navigating back country offline.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
This method worked for me. Timmy, seriously, you gotta read the thread man. Or at least do a search. All this has been discussed over and over. GPS works totally fine on this ROM. For some it works without any issue, others it takes a conf file edit, others (like me) required the tw lock trick, but it only takes the one time.

And thanks for the mapping app suggestion!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] timmyd463229:
I did get a lock on tw first I have read about all that stuff I was on alliance and got a lock and went to this ROM but no GPS lock ....last time I was on this ROM I changed that profile lime from 0 to 1 and it worked for me but not this time that's why I'm asking now for help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
Ever since I did the tw lock fix for my phone, I've never had to mess around with any of the settings ever again, my gps has just always worked through clean and dirty flashes. If yours is the phone type that requires a conf edit, I've read that people just save the conf file on the external sd, and as soon as booting a new rom, overwrite the default conf with their saved version and they're fine. Let me see if I have an old gps conf file saved I can post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] timmyd463229:
Thanks man I was going to try that when I get off work but if you have the fine that would save me some time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jarm3r:
Try this. It's a custom gps.conf from "flyboy" - I can't even remember where I got this from, since it was long ago and it didn't work for me, but it might for you... Just back up the default one!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] timmyd463229:
It didn't work but thanks anyway I will get a lock on tw then save the config file and save it to this ROM and see what happens
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] m.jude.m:
Google Now Interaction Causing FC

I'm on build 6.8 and when I try and set reminders with Google Now voice commands (e.g. "OK Google, set reminder") it force closes Google Now. I haven't read about anyone else experiencing this, so I'm just sending out a feeler to see whether or not it's just my phone.

I originally dirty flashed over build 6.6, but then went back into recovery (PhilZ v6.48.4) and wiped dalvek, wiped cache partition, Clean to Install a New ROM, formatted system, installed build 6.8, and installed gapps. No change, Google Now still FC'd. Anyone else experiencing this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nwh5024:
I just tested setting reminders, opening apps, etc. And all is working no force closes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] m.jude.m:
Appreciate it... I'll re-install again later this evening. Great build, by the way. I'm another flash addict, and I just can't find a reason to flash any other ROM because of how stable this is (I can say that now that I know my Google Now issue is isolated to just me)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gchild320:
Hey when you flash make sure google now is up to date on the play store as well as Google play services, voice search, and whatever keyboard you are using.