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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kriptik210:
New cords, new ports, still does the same :banghead: Thanx tho

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Being as I have a Gs4 with the newest firmware (with KNOX) it's only the whole warranty issue that matters. Other wise you can still root without tripping KNOX as long as you stay using TouchWiz based ROMs, as far as I know. If you have insurance on your phone then it doesn't really matter because by the time it gets back to Samsung, it is stripped down and you will already have a new phone from your carrier
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kriptik210:
If you update to 4.3 or 4.4, use this link to disable KNOX

http://androidcentral.us/2014/01/how-to-disable-uninstall-knox-on-your-samsung-galaxy-devices/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PiggySmalls:
If you have the 4.3 or 4.4 boot loader, you CANNOT disable Knox. You can remove it from the ROM, but not the boot loader, and you cannot downgrade to the 4.2 bootloader
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kriptik210:
Yea you're right. You can at least freeze KNOX notifications from not allowing you to flash or download curtain things.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PiggySmalls:
Yes, that's all in the ROM. When the S4 first released, that's the only place it was, and it was a mild inconvenience, now that it's built in deeper, it's a pia
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chino9656:
I installed Fenny's 4.4.2 TW ROM and let GPS run for about 30 minutes, and it never locked GPS. Is it worth it to try a 4.2.2 JB ROM for this issue? I will probably just give it a shot, just in case.

I'll report back. Zach
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
UPDATE IN THE OP

04/08/2014

-Deodexed this ROM and kept it fully compatible with ART

-deleted old google search libs and some koreanime lib, oh and libpinyin is gone too because they are useless (since I've removed their native apps they just sat dormant in the lib folder wasting system space)

-Updated the build.prop

-This has been my daily driver for the last 3 days but today I thought I'd release

-Use new optional zips in the OP. most of them saw an update so just use new ones and don't flash the old
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] MoodSwinger:
So really is there any advantage to updating or not? I mean really if you update you can't go back prior to 4.3, but if you don't you can't update past 4.2.2...your kind of being held hostage by either. So what really is the "better" choice. I'm kinda thinking...dont need to worry about a warranty or KNOX for the most part..so to be most compatible with this rom updating would prob be best. Any good argument against?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] roblxskye:
Any advantage's for deodexeding the ROM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] polo79:
I've always been under the impression that deodexing was for easier theming and such. Odexed roms were for people that didn't want themes and might see a little better performance due to odexed files.

Again, just my unqualified opinion.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
not for you, your on ART

deodex makes it easier for me to mod as I don't need to reodex anymore (I have to redo EVERYTHING if I alter one piece of framework)

I notice no speed decrease on dalvik as thats what im testing atm, also its important to note once I added the reboot menu I had to reodex the ROM in full with a third party script

we are better off just deodexed, if I'm able to run it as a daily anyone else should, I'm pretty picky
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] roblxskye:
Cool dan.I want get into app development and ROM development. Any suggestion on were to start learning to get my feet wet.

I did game design for a game called crysis back in 2000 and now ready to learn android.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] LoopDoGG79:
Hey buddy, been in 3-29 for sometime. Best ROM out there for the S4, period. Well it be cool to dirty flash 4-8?

Sent from my Motorola DynaTAC running Lollipop
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kriptik210:
Update that beast! :cool:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] MoodSwinger:
Where can I find the Original (regular) launcher? I searched thread and multiple times it said it was on OP but I don't see it anywhere. Also how can I get rid of the NOVA launcher Import / Restore boxes on the home screen?

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hotbread:
You can get the Google Launcher Experience straight from the Play store. Make sure you install Google Search with it.(they go hand in hand)

As for Nova Launcher, you can always tap and hold on things and drag to the X at the top. Let go and it will be removed.

Dan made Nova a system app, so you can't "uninstall" it like regular user apps, but you CAN remove it using certain app management... apps like Titanium Backup. Make sure you have another launcher installed and activated before removing Nova Launcher.

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You're correct that you can't go back to prior to 4.3.

You're incorrect in assuming you are held hostage at 4.2.2 without upgrading to official samsung 4.3/4.4.

Just flash this ROM after rooting... directly from your stock 4.2.2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] MoodSwinger:
Ok so I got Google Now Launcher then Google Search. Opened launcher and it said I needed new version of Search, so I opened that, went to same one I already got so I fig'd must be because I can't have 2 Launchers running at same time, so I un-installed Nova. Now I think I'm stuck at boot loop, animation just keeps spinning. I'm guessing I have to reload Rom? didn't make backup because I'm just into it. No way to sideload or activate Google launcher right?

NEVERMIND - Got it. Just reloaded rom and in reinstalled Nova, fixed from there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PiggySmalls:
Download and flash pagapps with Google launcher
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] MoodSwinger:
Thanks guys for all the help really..i tried to get a "thanks" to you guys.

So i've been looking and initially i didn't realize how bare bones it is...which is not a complaint by any means, just brings me to a few more questions.

There are a few Samsung or TW apps I use like keyboard (i like having numbets row), and tho i really like the contacts not really fond of the dialer..so...can i steal those from the Tmob KK stock update, or do i have to find a I9505 one or GPE one?

Also is there one for TMob or csn we use a stock GPE rom to flash. I'm kinda interested to see what thats like without Dan's chg's just in case there might be something like the keyboard or something i can nic from it.

Btw...i have know where the stock KK is, but if you know of 'em can ya just point me in the direction of a GPE or 9505 one if those are what i need or can use. Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PiggySmalls:
TouchWiz apps won't work, things like the dialer and keyboard rely on touchwiz framework files, which this ROM doesn't have. If you want a keyboard with a number row, I recommend these: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2387785

You can also look into apps from Play, like the Kii keyboard.

Look in the OP of this thread, and you'll see a link to VirginROM, I think that is an untouched GPE ROM.

The dialer included in this ROM is the Google dialer, this is not Dan's addition, it's the dialer that comes on the GPE S4. You'll also get it on Nexus devices.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hotbread:
+1 on the Kii keyboard. I was a long time user of that keyboard before switching to Swiftkey... and there are times when I want to go back to Kii.

Kii is like the Jellybean version of the Google Keyboard with Swype functions on top.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] BiggJurk:
Download link doesn't seem to be working
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Concernednative:
Is there anyway to add Peek from ParanoidAndroid onto this rom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Slicktune:
Quick super noob question....Can I still install "xposed installer" on this rom with out it bricking?... Thanks in advance!! ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnny crapple:
Yes it is working no problem [emoji106]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] zhelev81:
hello

It is good and fast ROM but i have one question ... how can I safely use rom cleaner and which version do i download to optimize more this rom ... it has apps i dont use but if i remove them then i get black welcome screen and cant touch anything ...any advice ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] sinfulgray:
Flashed 4-08 yesterday and data connection was really bad..is there a preferred modem for this ROM if I have Knox..went back to 3-29 and signals were good. I'll reflash today and see how it goes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] MoodSwinger:
[MENTION=5336207]Hotbread[/MENTION], [MENTION=5292327]PiggySmalls502[/MENTION]

Thanks for all your help guys, and for the keyboard rec's.

[MENTION=5292327]PiggySmalls502[/MENTION] not to correct you, only for your ref, VirginRom is almost straight AOSP, apparently GPE is not because it's built on TW kernel. But thanks for the direction. (MY BAD, apparently after more research GPe is almost total AOSP, to quote, "Basically, Yes..Technically, No" so I'm guessing it's the TW stuff that varies it a bit. )

But all your help made me realize some of the things can just be fixed / tweaked to my liking (visually) with themes, which is now getting me into a whole diff ballgame.

I'm going to start taking my questions out of here tho and into general, as not to derail anything here.

Cheers, MoodSwinger
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dadykhoff:
What are you uninstalling? This ROM is very bare-bones so you need to make sure that you install a replacement and set it up before you remove anything critical to the system.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PiggySmalls:
I've never run VirginROM, thought it was GPE, but must have been mistaken. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me, I'll be glad to help you wherever I can.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] BiggJurk:
Is it just me or is the download link still down?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] graphreak:
Doesn't seem to be androidfilehost as I can see three mirrors when I try the D/L link from OP-

DOWNLOAD
mirror: (CO) Mirror #4
alt download
mirror: (FL) Mirror #1
alt download
mirror: (IL) Mirror #3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] MoodSwinger:
Don't know if it's right to report this here...

But being that they are included in the rom...

CM File Manager for some reason doesn't seem to see my sd card. Possible I'm not using it right as I'm not familiar with it but I installed ES and that works fine.

and the Google Weather & News force closes when I tap on an article. ( Unfortunately stopped...)

I just loaded this Rom on a rooted stock NB4. No other modifications so far.

***Edit***

I did forget I did switch from Nova Launcher to Google and Google Search...& when I just happened to run (weath / news) same result but this time it crashed search and Launcher too. Had to reboot to get out of (...has stopped) loop.

***Edit 2***

after a couple reboots seems to be working now. I guess it just needed to reload a couple of more times.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hotbread:
Yes. This ROM will work with xposed framework, but you must be running in dalvik mode. Not ART. This is because xposed framework only support dalvik right now.

I believe when GPe for the S4 was released, it was 4.2.2 and was based on the touchwiz framework(or was it just kernel?). They move away from that since 4.3.

I think VirginROM is as GPE as we can get with some minor to no tweaks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] zhelev81:
it restarts my phone when i call someone ,,how to check if this rom is the correct one for my galaxy s4 I9505G

I am from Bulgaria maybe i need to use other rom ? Europe ?

tnx for the help
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
Hope this doesn't double post. I asked a few minutes ago but it didn't go through.

I am currently running the inverted email app that came with the rom. I want to go back to the stock. Can I simply flash it or do I need to remove the accounts and or delete the current apk from the system via debloat or titanium?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
can just flash I'd imagine

flash my international build here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2557353

Nova > Gel

also in CM file manager you need to give the app permission for root mode in the settings :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] zhelev81:
mate they have the same crc 4B7D3344

maybe you gave me wrong link ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] MoodSwinger:
Or anyone else..

is there a way to adjust the status bar height, when I adjust DPI to 420 from 480 screen looks great but all status bar looks really tiny. I compromised and went to 450.

I have Xposed and Gravity Box installed. haven't found any settings in those to change that tho.

Thanks.

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I do realize it's all subjective and preferential for the most part but why? Just curious.

I do realize familiarity helps (ie: knowing how to us ES over CM File Mgr)

but what am I losing or gaining?

BTW thank you VERY MUCH for this. And when I get it set up totally and running if alls good I'll be buying you a couple beers. You're Canadian and a Hockey fan, so I'm guessing that's cool. :) GO Wings!! (Suburban Detroit here.) :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
Nova is like 2 mb, packed full of features and does not tie into google services framework, this is the superior launcher to GEL without a doubt
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Contact25:
I think it's about time I update from the new years build lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
I searched for an answer to this and have not been able to find a straight answer. My work now requires encryption with pin lock. I was trying to wipe cache and dalvik in recovery and here is the problem/question... First I tried Philz recover and I could wipe cache and not dalvik. Then I flashed TWRP 2.5.0.2 and I can't wipe either.

In short, I'm afraid to update to the new 4/8 release because I'm thinking that when I try to wipe to install a new rom that it won't do anything.

Anyone have any suggestions on how I can fix this?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] roblxskye:
nova launcher at 420 dpi is nice.

I like bulletproof coffee.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
You can run 4.3 and 4.4.2 Roms while on the 4.2.2 bootloader. No problem with that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkoenig00:
Where can I get xposed settings? This is my first time on this Rom, and op says there is a way to download it within the Rom, but I can't find it. Tia
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dillis:
anyway i can update the rom without having to start from scratch and restore? everytime
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] LoopDoGG79:
I dirty flashed from 3-29 to 4-08, no issues what's so ever.

Sent from my Nexus 7 2013 edition.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Synergy510:
One of the first things that come up when you google "xposed framework"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dillis:
what steps did you take to do this? i keep getting weird errors trying to install the rom,ill redownload maybe that was it

edit:redownloading didnt help
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I know that AOSP roms usually have weaker signal than TW roms, but wasn't GPe rom officially made for the S4 with the same hardware?

I'm seeing weaker signal, both wifi and data. I'm on MK2 so it's not the MDL issue. It's not that big a deal but I'm just wondering why this is.

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What recovery do you use?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
the weaker signal is just a graphical illusion

touchwiz adds an extra bar to whatever you actually have to make it look like more signal, in reality the signal is the same
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dillis:
i use philz touch recovery newest,should i switch to twrp?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TripFlex:
Default KitKat Email Client

If anybody wants to install the default Android 4.4 KitKat email client, I have confirmed it works on the latest version of Dandroid, and have uploaded it on my blog for anybody to download:

http://smyl.es/how-to-install-android-4-4-kitkat-default-email-client-on-custom-rom-or-older-versions-of-android-download/

I have confirmed the Exchange Bypass for Nexus works with the latest version of the kitkat email client

Enjoy!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] josephh71:
which modem file should I flash

I keep reading alerts about flashing the wrong modem and bricking the phone which I am trying to avoid.

Which modem file should I flash?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] byron1985:
Search the general forums for post called how to flash mk2 and retain sound. That will explain how to fix modem issues

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Yes its black the only reason status bar is clear is because of Google edition launcher
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jeffek:
Using this ROM on my metro PCs gs4 Gt-19505g

No problems . KitKat is so nice I may not install a launcher for the first time!

Keep up the great work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pomacat:
This is my screen using the Apex launcher 2.2.0 beta.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
*IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING DATA DROPS YOU NEED TO FLASH THE 4.3 MODEM.BIN, USE THE SEARCH TOOL AND FLASH THE ONE FOR YOU'RE VARIANT IN ODIN, THIS IS NOT A ROM ISSUE!*

added to OP

I hope everyone is enjoying my work :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pomacat:
Yes I am
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] JaZart:
Smooth sailing here. Everything works great for me. Had a random reboot but I'm 90% sure that's because of an xposed module I installed (and deleted).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PENKO956:
Battery time

battery life is amazing!

***is anyone else having issues with bluetooth. android ask for pair but device never shows up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pomacat:
My Bluetooth seems fine
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] itzik_man:
How to get back 4G on Videotron network ?

After flashing the Dandroid I am getting LTE 3G or 2G options.

How do I get my 4G radio ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pomacat:
Do speed test. You may see that it is fast as always. Mine says 3g where before i flashed it showed 4g but it's the same speed. And did you flash the new baseband?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] makomek:
If you want 4G LTE to show at the SB you need to change the build prop to T-mobile variant. other then that it's the same speed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kolyan:
what happened to faux kernel ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] LoopDoGG79:
Dan decided to leave his ROM with stock kernel, leaving the choice to you if you want try a custom kernel.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] fateownzyou3:
I just tried ktoonz 4 times, and bootlooped all 4 times. Dunno what's up with that. And I didn't see it in any other posts, but is ART not working? It didn't work when I first tried it. Odined to stock, reflashed and tried again and it didn't work then either
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pomacat:
That kernel does not work I discovered yesterday.Faux is what I am using.I had no luck with ART either
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rodrigojavier:
thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] epsix:
OMG...I'm using ktoonez now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
ART ONLY WORK IF YOU DON'T USE XPOSED

if there is no framework installed it will enable just fine
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
^^^ anyone? ^^^

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkoenig00:
Thanks, found it. One other thing is that the led does not seem to work with go sms pro. It flashes when the phone starts up, but does not work for notifications. Any way to fix this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Yeah, try TWRP. I have never had any problem with TWRP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] LoopDoGG79:
I made a small donation to the dev who made gravity box to enable "ultimate notification control" works really well with go sms pro, and any type of notification.

Sent from my Motorola DynaTAC running Lollipop
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] crawler9:
I'm having a little bit of unexpected behavior with the dialer. When I open it and press the on-screen button to show the numberpad, the numberpad doesn't come up, but the buttons at the bottom disappear. If I press back and repeat, the numberpad opens as expected.

I don't know which version this began in, but it's been happening for at least the last two releases of this ROM. It's not a big deal; the dialer is still completely usable. It just takes two extra button presses to get to the expected result.

I was wondering if maybe it has something to do with either the newly themed contacts or the unlocked dialer. I've searched a little in Tapatalk, but am not seeing much besides people reporting proximity issues. Is this a known bug, a side effect of one of the two changes to the dialer and contacts, or something only I'm experiencing?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
Dialer is stock and behaves like stock
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Contact25:
Can I dirty flash to the newest build from a build in January?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chino9656:
So, I wasn't able to get any GPS to work, even after I ODIN'd back to stock 4.2.2. I called T-Mobile and had a new phone sent out.

It came already with KK on it (and KNOX:crying:). I turned it on and guess what...NO GPS STILL!

I am in the middle of Salt Lake City and used to get a GPS lock just fine everywhere.

Could this have anything to do with the SIM card?

Zach

Edit:

A long drive outside and it finally locked!! Woohoo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] JORDVN:
Latest version of TWRP should have option to wipe cache/dalvik separately somewhere within the options. You'll find those along with a full list of other wipe-able options. Regardless, after you've flashed something, you're given the option to wipe cache/dalvik cache. You should be fine?

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Build from January is most likely 4.3? You should do a clean wipe and install for current build which is 4.4

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Vigz:
Is there a way to enable the backlight keys when I touch the screen? They only light up if I touch them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
only method I know of is CSC atm and I've disabled that, I'm looking for the proper way to do it but for now it will remain vanilla google
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Contact25:
The build from January is actually 4.4.2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
Dan, when are you moving on to the M8?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] tenxo:
Na bro, get S5 .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PiggySmalls:
I wouldn't count on that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
He's already stated he will not get a KNOX 5.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PiggySmalls:
[MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION], my mom finally let me flash a custom ROM on her S4 today. She's been running completely stock for as long as she's had the phone, and she got tired of it. I flashed your amazing ROM on it, and she told me for the first time, she's glad she got rid of her iPhone for it. You officially turned my mom into an Android lover.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] HeavyA:
Second that. I had strange error messages on CWM, but it flashed fine on the latest TWRP