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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JohnnyBlack10:
What is this Tap&Pay ???? It's useless! Learn more???? WtF?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Masami1975:
guys please which kernel for update: KT Aosp or GE? Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Prodigalza:
https://support.google.com/wallet/answer/2466137?hl=en
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dartoumi:
KT is GE version. Well at least mine is GE :p
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Masami1975:
there are 2 version of kt kernel... aosp and ge...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dartoumi:
This ROM is based on GE, so u need the GE version of KT kernel
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dclarkg:
Dandvh ROM, latest KT kernel on KT settings... Niiiice. My s4 never felt so smooth and stable

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dartoumi:
Which KT setting do u mean exactly? The one pointed out in post #2?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 4info:
just test it one more time. VPN Internet access works fine with old build (01112014). I think there is something different with ip tables or routing.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] thrutheeyes:
Gieef. Settings. Now
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dclarkg:
Exact same settings as ktoonsez, post number 3 of the KT kernel thread.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] thrutheeyes:
Highest I can set my Max Mhz is to 1890?

Also this setting isn't here Congestion Control=hybla

and where is?

LED Fade Mode = Enabled

LED Time on = 3000

LED Time off = 3000
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bemymonkey:
Awesome thanks. Just transferred my stuff over and it's working fantastically. Here's to hoping Samsung get their ass in gear soon with 5.1 GPE :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] markiarom:
I've a big problem with this ROM. On call i often can't ear my interlocutor, i ear nothing and interlocutor cant't ear me too. With stock ROM i haven't this issue. I tried to clear app data, cache without good results. When full wipe the problem disappear for a while and then return... What can i do?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
howdy again,

i restored my optimised build nandroid, to look into the sound issue, and volume is lower on headphones on the GPE than on the optimised.

there is a threshold, on samsung rom, at bout 3/4 volume, where the system displays a message saying that "listening at high levels for a prolonged time, can blah.. blah..".

it seems to me as though the entire volume range of the GPE is limited to to that value. dunno how to say this.

like 3/4 of volume is actually 100%.

please, to the both [MENTION=3443334]MattBooth[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION] if you have time look into it. just compare to optimised or 0303 build. the latter are louder :( on same kernel and player settings.

sad to hear, but it's your rules..

in my experience, googy is the slowest of the lot. even hulk is faster. alucard is in a whole other league than the other 2.

doesn't matter really, one can just flash the kernel they want. dunno how discussions have escalated like this?

if i may, what's the point of having aroma installer if there are no options?? you can just add more kernels in there, so the people can choose, like in the old builds. that helps the lazy people that don't want to read 3 posts to figure out how to flash a kernel, and will help keep alucard motivated to work on the GPE kernel. because it is by far the most advanced kernel for this device. jsut my 2 cents.

also, i have no idea who fixed this, but i can confirm GPS now works after coming to this rom from the CM12.1 / optimised builds. THANK YOU for that :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] johannes140:
misha, please bear in mind that this is a different experience for different phones. for me, googys kernel is the smoothest, fastest and lightes on the battery - by far. and i think several other users mentioned the same ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
right you are. i'm still trying to get my head around why that is, since it's the same good ol' i9505, but maybe US variations AT&T, and that stuff, might actually have differences.

did not want to be dissrespectfull to googy, or hulk, or anybody for that matter, but bottom line is, the discussion escalated needlessly, for a somewhat trivial matter. it's not as if you can't flash what suits you best :P

just reacted because the users were kind of harsh on a guy who tried to do well. and did / is doing great stuff for this device IMO.

i still say, why not just leave the lot of them in the aroma installer, and let the users pick.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sid3winder:
Switched to googy and haven't looked back since. On a side note though, my boot times seems to be on the long side, and I know I shouldn't compare but my tab s on lollipop boots in a short time
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Galaxy X7:
When will the 20150630 build avaliable for download?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
Tonight.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dadykhoff:
As a dev by profession (granted not for Android), I have a hard time being convinced by this statement. Surely, just because it hasn't happened to you doesn't automatically make it not an issue with your product? It could be a certain setting configuration, etc. that you are not using on your instance of the ROM. Next time I flash I will test the issue before modifying anything to see if the issue is present with only the included apps, and if so I'll capture some logs and send on to you devs. I just don't think this one should be swept under the rug so fast.

I don't mean to sound condescending and certainly don't mean to ridicule the way you run your product and development cycles, just wanted to get an alternate point of view out there for consideration. But like I said, I don't work with Android besides as an end user, so you may have carnal knowledge that allows you to definitively say that it isn't a ROM issue, I don't know!

Cheers!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bemymonkey:
The reason things like this are "swept under the rug" so fast when only one person reports them is that in 99.9% of cases like this, the problem ends up being user error. If you can reproduce the issue on a freshly wiped device, by all means, let's see a log file.

Until then, all you can do is ask if anyone else has seen this issue - and believe me, if it was actually an issue, you would likely have 10 different people confirming it right here in this thread by now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
I suspect it's an app because I've had an app continuously asking for SU permissions in the background before doing this same thing, but without showing the SuperSU permissions window. Furthermore, the changes that are made in the code for the ROM never pertain to waking the device like that.

If it's the ROM, then it'll be reproducible by everyone.

Anyway, I agree with you. There's no reason that just because it isn't happening to me, it isn't happening, but as it says above... There is often something else going on here. This isn't a single product, but a culmination of many products that interfere with each other, haha.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MatisyahuSerious:
i had no idea that's how ROMs were made, to be perfectly honest.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] TheDude:
From my understanding FaceBook removed access to the API that allowed apps etc to sync contact pictures with facebook. Got to download them manually now and apply them... Stupid..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Galaxy X7:
Yes, I have the exact same problem. I suspect it's the kernel problem - in hope that tonight's release will fix the issue. Will it?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] reg66:
I too have the back and menu buttons alive for two secs after turning screen off. Just haven't reported it. Happens quite a lot when I put my phone in my pocket. No biggy
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] caloyzki:
We're waiting. :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
hello sir,

did you look into the volume level thing on this upcoming release?

also, the BT stutters? anything done for those? i tried what you suggested, and while it helps, it still did not get rid of all of them. i still get random stutters. am i the only one with these problems over BT??

i also tried latest hulk kernel, same thing, and optimised builds do not have this issue, so it's safe to say it's a ROM thing...

thanks for the hard work!!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] feydakin:
Hmm, screen mirroring still not working with this rom or is it just for me?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] eltigre4jc:
Hi!

Are there any scrrenshots for this Rom or a Video ?

Also for the UltimaRom and UltimaMod?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Galaxy X7:
Yes, I also cannot wait sonce the current release is driving me crazy with touch problema when the screen is locked.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Xdevillived666:
knox

hey guys, quick question:

I am using this guide to root so as not to trip knox and void my warranty:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55142358&postcount=1

Can I flash this rom using mobile odin pro and keep knox at 0x0? Is the kernel stock samsung or is it a cyustom one that will trip knox? I really want an AOSP rom because I hate touchwiz

Additional- I have to keep my warranty as this is a refurb I bought on ebay, and from my understanding, it was affected by the simtray problem,as when I first got it, the wim wouldnt register and I had to immediately send it back for repair:-/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] noooooo:
I cannot find "wake up" option in app op, only "keep awake", is this normal?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
I haven't done anything to address bluetooth, sorry. I've tested BT time and time over and never been able to reproduce a problem (including using FLAC files). Many, many, many more have said using the suggested kernel settings removed the problems for them, and GoogyMax had some fixes for it too. It might be a ROM thing, but consider the issue closed, because there is really nothing I can do about it.

It's not working.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
yeah, i can understand this, maybe it's a problem on the my car stereo too, coupled with something the ROM does...

i will try to play around with settings, if i find the right ones for me, will post them here. maybe they can help someone.

i just pushed the question because i have NO PROBLEMS with my phone and car on the optimized builds.

one more question.

because of the lower volume thing, i'm thinking of reverting to 0303GPE.

i see on the alucard kernel thread that no newer GPE kernel was posted.

errr, you wouldn't happen to have a flashable zip of the latest one, would you??

if not, can i extract the boot.img of the last release, and place it in the 0303 zip. will i brick my phone, or is it that simple?

thanks!!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] regaber:
Just curious, have you tried flashing the Viper4android addon ?

It lets you push the volume way higher, and I a amazed at the quality you can get out of our average-sounding device.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bemymonkey:
There are multiple issues at play:

CPU-skips

I/O buffer underruns

Bluetooth issues in general

The CPU skips happen when the CPU is clocked down (like when the screen is off) and doesn't switch to a higher speed quickly enough when needed, such as when the buffer needs to be refilled. You can solve this using Tasker (set lowest CPU speed to ~800 instead of ~400 MHz when music is playing) or set playback to high priority in PlayerPro DSP pack or PowerAmp. Activating a few DSP add-ons that are done in software (non-native EQ etc.) also helps, as this keeps the CPU from clocking down - your phone will take a hit in battery life though. Switching CPU governers also helps, but doesn't alleviate the issue completely with Hulk and Googy, at least on my device.

The I/O buffer underruns happen when the default I/O governer is set *and* when the I/O buffers are set too low - especially if your music is on your SD card and it's not a particularly fast one (like one of those old Class 2 ones).

Both the CPU and I/O skips are short and harder to notice. Setting the CPU governer to Interactive or Intelliactive, using FIOPS and larger buffers (I think I set 2048kb for both internal and SD) and setting the PlayerPro audio playback priority to max completely eliminated these skips for me - I absolutely can no longer reproduce them with a fast SD card (my old 8GB card, on the other hand, still skips no matter what I do).

Bluetooth A2DP (on my device at least), on the other hand, has drop-outs which last hundreds of milliseconds - there's a very noticeable pause. This happens once every few minutes and can get quite annoying if you start to listen for it. Easiest solution? Switch to a Bluetooth receiver device that supports APT-X... although this is more of a guess, since I only have one APT-X device and one non-APT-X device... the APT-X device (a Denon Envaya Mini) doesn't have any dropouts whatsoever, while the regular A2DP device (a Sony Bluetooth headset) does have the dropouts. Also tested a buddy's car stereo (no APT-X there) and had dropouts there too...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
yes, i installed it. what it does is dynamic range compression, and i hate that.

you can not push the volume higher than what is considered max, because it will clip. so you can analyse the sound and when it is not loud, push it to max, and when it is too loud, drop the volume. DRC.

also, i don't want to add DSP in the mix, just because it doesn't sound as loud as it should. 0303 had correct volume level on headphones and BT, the following one, and the last release do not. something was changed, but i have no idea what. since nobody else seems to mind, i will not bug the devs to look into it any more. i'll just use the release that suits me :)

the GPE just sounds right as is to me.

i would agree with you that the i9505 is average sounding if i'm using the CM12.1 / optimized rom, but to me GPE sounds better, and doesn't need DSP. player of choice is neutron.

i will try to install viper again, just to confirm that my memory is not messing with me. but this is how i felt when i tried it some time back.

thanks for the tip though!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] markiarom:
Really sorry for UP, but is so annoying
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
love this thread, so many people helping out.

THANKS!

CPU skips - probably have that. i think in the past i concluded that if i disable hotplug, and set minimum and maximum cpu frequency in sleep (only on alucard kernel, the rest don't have this) to 810 (so constant freq of 810 when screen is off) i solved most of the issues. but battery.. the poor thing :(

I/O buffer. i set ROW with 1024 for internal and FIOPS with 2048 for external. for external i sometimes used ZEN. on the optimized builds, ZEN external with 2048 read ahead, ABSOLUTELY no problems.

i am not complaining of any skips while on headphones mind you. for me GPE has always been perfect on headphones. just BT suffers. also, my ext card is calss 10, never gave me problems since BT was fixed in CM12.1 / optimized.

if i remember correctly they just increased BT buffer :P which seems to be what i'm hearing here. BT buffer is not full, CPU probably undercloked, request comes in, CPU needs to scale up, and too fill BT buffer but does not make it in time, so i have a short stutter.

same device with same car, no special changes to CPU, just ZEN+2048 works perfectly on optimized builds.

so probably a problem in BT stack of the ROM. BT stack probably is compiled, and the dev can't do anything about it.. samsung.. closed source.. bastards, etc...

didn't know about the APT-X thing, but it's the car's build in receiver.. can't do much there :( the media system is integrated in the car, not a pop in replacement.. so.. bummer. i only get the problem on the GPE, that's why i brought it up. good to know i'm not the only with this kind of problem, on the other hand... bummer :(

as far as players go, i use neutron, i used poweramp, and did use the priority thing, but no luck.

my next move will be to configure threshold where alucard kernel scales up. if i can get it to not go as low as min frequency when music is playing (maybe scale up at 45%~40% load) and stay arround 500~ish maybe i will get pause free playback. my battery will take a hit, but at least when there is no music playing the device will sleep properly. i have freq for responsiveness which i can set lower, so the device will only scale up with 40% until that specific frequency, then scale up normally.

like i said, if i find a solution that works for me, i will post it here.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bemymonkey:
If you solve the Bluetooth-specific part I'd love to hear a solution - I'm trying to stop myself from spending $100 on a new Apt-X Bluetooth headset right now, so hurry up ;) :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] feydakin:
Any Chance you can fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Galaxy X7:
Release date

Hi there. Will the update be avaliable today?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
i have used the GPE in the past, but due to utter lack of configurability of the googy/hulk kernels, i couldn't do what i described above.

i did try this on the CM12.1 before the fix, and i remember it helped, but i am not optimistic. i still think it is a buffer under-run what i'm hearing, and if code is compiled, the devs can't do a thing about it.. unless there is a magical configuration file somewhere that can be edited.

i'll try but i think after this weekend. have a roadtrip planned, and i spoke too soon about the GPS. i restored a nandroid backup of CM12.1, and when i restored the GPE backup, no GPS :(

i do know how to fix the no GPS thing, but the only way i know how is time consuming. so i will stick to CM12.1 until after my road trip, because i need GPS :P then fix, install GPE and play around.

hopefully by then [MENTION=3443334]MattBooth[/MENTION] will tell me how i can install the latest alucard kernel on the 0303 build.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
I find this hilarious, because there is no difference in BT or GPS from 20150303 to 20150621. Literally none, but you're on 0303 because you think there's a difference :/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Madlisboa:
Guys there is a way to activate the missed notification using goolge launcher,the only thing i can do this i using nova laucnher + plugin + missed it,but i rly want use google launcher.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kees1982:
Have the same issue. When I flash a CM12.1 ROM, and revert back to this GPE, GPS is not working anymore.

I have to flash stock ROM and restore a GPE backup to get it back to work.

Read somewhere it's related to the CSC. Somehow the CM12.1 changes something...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dvhttn:
This also happened to me. Went to a CM12 ROM briefly and GPS was fine. Back to GPE and nothing. Had to flash a stock ROM to get GPS back again. Why ..?? Who knows ....... but at least there's way to get back :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
How? CM12.1 doesn't use CSC.

I help developer the Optimised CM12.1 and this ROM, never had a GPS issue between them.

I also don't take Nandroid backups, nor restore one., They take too long.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Ritvars:
6/21 description says that the Alucard battery drain is fixed. Is it true? Want to now before updating.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
wasn't saying there's a difference in GPS. i will flash the old 0303 just to be sure about the general volume.

but i remember clearly, in the past the next release after 0303 HAD lower volume. there were people that complained! i wasn't the only one.

and the last build with alu kernel, has lower volume than my current 0206 optimized.

like i said, volume is lower both on bluetooth and headphones. i did not change anything in settings. really sorry i can not prove it but it just is :(

you think i'd go through the trouble of trying to install alucard newest kernel on an older rom just for the heck of it? i would keep the 21/06 and be done with it.

also, for the record, the audio stutters over BT are unrelated. they happen on any GPE i tried.

i can strongly back this up!!

dunno about the latest build, did not try to reflash it.

but in the past i installed CM12.1 optimized, then i wanted to come back to GPE. i restored nandroid. to my surprise, GPS did not work.

i said "whatever", booted to recovery, wiped cache,dalvik,system,data (like you should do) and reflashed GPE.

even after this, GPS did not work. i googled, and found how to fix. CSC related.

you flash a samsung firmware via odin, boot into stock recovery, that says applying multi CSC. after that you boot back to rom, root, install custom recovery, and install GPE rom. presto GPS works.

now when i say gps does not work, i mean i can turn it on, but if i run an app like gpsfix, the app shows no satellites. none, no matter how long you wait.

after i do the above mentioned steps, GPE gps runs perfectly.

GPS will always work for the CM12.1 on the other hand. right now, i'm on 12.1 because i tried to come back to GPE, saw gps was not working, so i restored 12.1. and it works :)

if there is a way i can prove it to you i will. it will only take me 5 min to restore my nandroid. how can i log, or should i record my screen?

---------- Post added at 10:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:43 PM ----------

in case you mean the high drain during sleep, of the first alu kernel, it most certainly is!

battery life still better on optimized builds, though i did not spend that much time on the last GPE to say for sure.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dvhttn:
That's what I saw too. tried all the usual ways to get GPS working but none did. Didn't have to flash a totally stock ROM via Odin, just flashed a pre-rooted 'stock' ROM via recovery (forget which one) and all was well. No idea why and didn't have the time or inclination to find out so just an observation from my part ....
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
just for the record:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60364867&postcount=19468

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60331356&postcount=19444

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60254044&postcount=19347

but there were not that many people that complained.

i remember reading a post where [MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION] replied saying the exact same thing. nothing was changed in audio. but i can't find it for the life of me :P

but the volume just is lower. with the optimized build and headphones, comfortable listening for me is at half the volume bar. with the last build of gpe with ALU kernel, i need to go up to 3/4.

again, i would not needlessly complicate my life. but i like how this ROM runs. i like it better than optimized. all phone features just work great, except for BT. phone feels snappier.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Ritvars:
Would you say that GoogyMax (even though it is "outdated" since Googy stopped working on it) could be better for 6/21 build instead of Alucard?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] misha0209:
sorry :( dunno. i didn't use googy that long even in the past. like i said, felt like the slowest.

i tired to make alucard work, but because of the sleep bug i couldn't get through a day with a zerolemon 3000mah battery. so i moved on to hulk.

i did that because it had more things i could tinker with, and i hoped to solve the BT stutters, but also because with googy the phone seemed sluggish. i remember good battery life on googy though. same with hulk.

i am saying that the configuration capabilities and snappiness the alucard kernel brings, are by far worth going for than using googy, even though it seems to be a stable, battery efficient solution.

haven't used hulk for too long to comment.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dadykhoff:
Have you tried flashing Viper4android?