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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] pjilka:
Why does my Google Keyboard keep crashing?

I installed 4.4.3 yesterday and faced the same issues - It worked initially, I was able to get through the setup process, but some time after it crashed and kept crashing whenever I needed the use of the keyboard even though I was using swype. I finally managed to fix it by restoring an older version from TB.

Now I've tried installing 4.4.4, Performed a factory reset before starting.

I installed 4.4.4 along with PA MINI MODULAR PACKAGE Gapps.

When I reach setup, Google Keyboard just keeps on crashing and I'm unable to type anything
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] PiggySmalls:
Do not install gapps with this ROM, as they are already built in. I don't know for sure, but I'd say there is a very good chance that is what's causing this.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] zoleegee:
Is there any way to have ART by default?

Sent from my Cyanogenized S4.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] pjilka:
Hmm, that's strange, as yesterday none of my google apps were working when I installed 4.4.3, so I assumed they weren't included.

Aite I'll give another go to flashing 4.4.4 without gapps

Update: I've flashed 4.4.4 but Google Search keeps crashing. I can't even remove the widget from the home screen due to continuous crashing. Any advice? There seems to be an update available in play store, hoping that solves it, but gotta wait till its turn to install comes up in Play Store
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] amacrobie:
Google Search FC

Dirty flashed Pure Nexus over top of 4.4.3, wiped cache, Google search FC's immediately on boot. Wiped cache, dalvik, system, data and reinstalled - same again.

Wiped all except SD again, installed modded version instead. Google search still FC's, nova runs fine though.

Deleted KTweaker folder in case it was related to settings carried forward.

Any thoughts ?

EDIT : It's hotword detection, turning this off stops the FCs However, the recognition engine doesn't work at all, manually tapping the mic results in the voice search app opening momentarily then closing. Possibly some goofed up data on the SD somewhere.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] pjilka:
Yeh it was the same issue for me. I think Google Search has now been updated from Play Store and the crashing has stopped.

P.S. The ROM is still missing Gmail, Chrome, Calendar, etc. What's the best way to get them back? Play Store, TB?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] netban:
Anybody having problems with Search crashing, update at Play Store fixes it.

[MENTION=5354838]pjilka[/MENTION] they can be easily downloaded from Play Store. Some people like myself don't use any of those but it also helps keeps the ROM size small.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] amacrobie:
Yep, that's fixed it - thanks!

I've been getting them from the play store, tbh.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bluefa1con:
need some help

flashed 4.4.4 and NC9 modem

if i open the camera it says updating firmware and crashes camera

i tried flashing sammy firmware and update camera firmware but camera firmware update app wont open

its kind of urgent as i am travelling in a day and need my camera, would be grateful if u can help

update for anyone having this issue: i am on old bootloader and flashing a old modem fixed it
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] seagerfreak:
is there any option for haptic butons led to stay on? does the screenshot works?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
New L preview boot animation is great
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andreiav:
Hi guys,

I did a clean install of the customized build and I'm having some issues.

After each restart, after some time, I get a FC for Google play services and after that I'm having wake locks from

SystemUpdateService.

If I use a tool like auto start manager and try to disable the activity SystemUpdateService$Receiver, it doesn't stay disabled, but it fixes the wake lock until the next restart/FC.

Anybody else had this issue? Any ideas?

Thanks

Sent from my GT-I9505G

---------- Post added at 12:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:01 AM ----------

Only with GravityBox

Sent from my GT-I9505G
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jrhoop:
So long since i used a boot animation. Can't even remember where I'm supposed to drop the zip?!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
I can't be responsible for crashes and bugs that occur when xposed + modules are enabled, I can't repeat any of this on a clean flash of the ROM with no mods
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
Apparently boot animations don't work currently. I will be investigating later :)

EDIT:

You can try this:

Unzip the attached file in this post. Copy the bootanimation file to /system/bin. Overwrite and set permissions to 644

Copy the bootanimation form the previous post to /system/media/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jrhoop:
Just a black screen. No animation :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
Hmm, Dan reported the same thing.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
must be kernel ramdisk then? its funny because 4.4.2 custom bootanimations worked fine on the stock 4.4.2 kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jrhoop:
While your here Dan -

I get an error message pop up when trying to turn on the torch using Gravitybox. Both from the toggle and from the lock screen ring target.

"Updating camera firmware" toast which hangs around for a few seconds and then disappears.

Do you have this? Was both 4.4.3 and also 4.4.4 but dont think its a ROM thing as xposed torch works.

EDIT: Had blocked permission for GB to use camera and that stopped it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Annunneo:
Anyone experiencing a problem where when you go to the phone and click all contacts it doesn't press and when you press back it freezes slightly and doesn't go back until pressed a few times. I cleaned installed 3 times with the same 'bug'. Others try what I mentioned and see if it happens with you.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MadBob:
Is this going to spank my modem again? Couldn't use the last one and had to flash another afterwards.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
ive seen it, it's probably just some google dialer glitch, I saw it in 4.4.3 too sometimes, nothing I can do as the dial app is closed source.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Annunneo:
Okay I just thought it was me no biggie.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mobilequest:
I just flashed the new 4.4.4 Pure Nexus Edition and it seems like the lock sign on the lock screen isn't in the center anymore. It's located slightly more to the right. It looks like a bug to me, as if they accidentally missed to place it in the center and now it looks crooked. Is there a fix for this yet?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] drziddo:
Hello OP and everyone involved.

Great great work on this one, using it since day one in my i9505. Fast, stable, batt life is great.

I am just having this little issue with the microphone not turning on during calls using speaker.

I can hear, but others can't hear me.

I have tried reading a lot on the thread but nothing.

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
i didn't touch it so no idea mate
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Warmax88:
I love this rom but there's a thing i really can't stand :180° rotation... I dont know if it's the default behaviour or a mod but i cant find a way to disable it. I think it can be changed with Xposed but i'm using art...

Anyone knows a way to disable this?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] eckka:
Since the last reboot I have noticed that my battery is running down faster than normal (5% in one hour). I decided to restore back to 4.4.3 to see if the issue was the recently updated KT Kernel. After the update of the apps etc. I wiped the caches,I flashed the latest 4.4.4 ROM again, wiped the caches again and found the same problem as quoted above. This is with KTweaker at default values, unistalled LightFlow Lite and ACDisplay. As before, it happens not long after boot.

Is there a log that I can do or find within the KTweaker app that would help? As it is I'm staying on 4.4.3 simply for battery life.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ZeroCGTI:
Is there any way to prevent the "Location consent: Allow Google's location service to collect anonymous location data. Some data may be stored on your device. Collection may occur even when no apps are running"?! It pops up every time the location on-of feature is pressed, shouldn't it ask that just once? It's really pain in the ass when you're trying to use the toggle in the quick tiles drop-down menu. :eek:

And by the way, why are you even trying to use fART? After all, it's just a developer beta, meant for testing purposes. It can easily break compatibility, increase battery drains and so on, and there aren't any real life benefits out of it, at least in the KitKat ROMs. The Google L at the I/O seemed t double the performance, but that's surely not the case with the Kitkat library. So why even bother.. I've compared both Dalvik and fART on Nexus 5 and a Galaxy S4.. there's no difference, at all. Well, except that fART breaks compatibility and can have unexpected behavior..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] CountZer0:
Problem with my Sim-card since upgrading. Could it be my modem that's acting up? I got xxufnb8 right now and my signal is so-so. As then suddenly it says no Sim. Any modem recommendations for me? I'm in the Nordic region if that's a help.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] valenfrank:
Hello guys! Could anybody tell me if I can flash this rom while using the old bootloader? (4.2.2.) thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] tuniel:
Yes, you can as long as you have a gsm modem suited for at least android 4.3
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jrhoop:
I've got the same on the customised edition. Was going to report it but thought my eyes must be playing up in my old age.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
No idea. I didn't touch anything so I'm just going to leave it be for now, looks fine to me
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] avinashadvani:
Hey how do you get that lock screen clock to show the weather below... I asked before here didnt get any clues, i used to do it before wthe cLock widget but in this rom I cant seem to get it
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] tuniel:
Clock is included in the customized edition. Otherwise download Chronus from the play store
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] klukiyan:
Battery getting worse with updates

Hi guys,

Please help me.

When the ROM was upgraded from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 I noticed considerably worse battery life. "Android system" was consuming too much.

I did a full wipe and almost didn't install any apps and still the battery was terrible.

Now with upgrade to 4.4.4 it's even worse. Random apps are keeping the phone awake all the time. Even screen is not always on the first place by battery drain. Is there a solution or I better just roll back to 4.4.2 and be happy again?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
have you been full wiping? have you tried any other kernels?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] rauschkugl:
There's a xposed module for disabling the popup.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505G mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andreiav:
So I did another clean install and this time no more FC on Google play. I am also using Xposed and everything running as it should.

But. before I got here, I installed each application one by one and checked. I again started experiencing the same wake locks after I installed and configured SwiftKey. Which was weird. I uninstalled it, finished setting up my phone and reinstalled SwiftKey and now everything has been working fine. Tried multiple restarts, no more wake locks, no FCs. Very strange.

Maybe this will help someone.

Cheers and thanks again for the ROM Dan.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] duxxyuk:
This one is imho a bulls eye... First time I'm getting very good (and low) power consumption equal to or better than stock.

Everything working. Nothing else to say.

[SGS i9505 (FNC9) latest KTU84P.S001.062614]
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] elfeneco:
Hello, I've given it a try, and it's very responsive. Good rom.

But, I tought GPE would provide original Samsung Camera driver and apparently not. Or I'm missing something. Not speaking about pictures quality but video smoothness. For me it has as twitchy as on CM11, and I came from CM11 to this GPE only for that :/

I'm currently testing a lighten stock rom, and camera is working like a charm. What is more weird is that video shooting with Google camera is also twitchy on stock rom.

I don't understand...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] nitramcek:
Can someone make new bootanimation of Android L to work on GE? All I could find was the .zip files, but that don't work in GE. We need qmg file.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] netban:
It's Samsung's hardware, of course they can get it right. If that's all you are really bothered about, stick with Samsung ROM's.

It has been a fact for a long time that Samsung stock is better in terms of camera.

Also don't forget that the Google camera is made for all devices. Samsung stock is made specifically for the S4. Fragmentation amongst devices is common place.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] desdelaayuda:
I don't have LTE X(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] annalein:
+1 . Can anyone help with this issue?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
OT:

A good modem for 4.4.4?

I know that something good for you, can be bad for me. :p
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] desdelaayuda:
Don you have active LTE????thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] elfeneco:
Yes, it's really a pain in the ass for me to go back to stock... I really like native google experience or CM.

But I use quite often camera so I have to make a choice...

Really a shame that samsung doesn't share sources. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] saifullah90:
Donation

here to some beer ! Cheer bro and thx for a great rom

0L744288688897916
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mrCham23:
The autobrightness is really dynamic now. The interval on the automatic adjustment seems to have decreased a lot.

Could be good for the batter, I assume. But sometimes annoying when it's switching between darker/brighter every 2 seconds.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] eckka:
I've now gone so far as a complete wipe of 4.4.3 and then a flash of 4.4.4. I had a crash of Google search soon after initial start - it was in fact updating which gave me an idea. After everything had settled down I rebooted to see what would happen and sure enough, something crashed - a short vibration and a few seconds later two quick vibrations. I restored to 4.4.3, uninstalled Google search and reinstalled get the update. I cleared the KT cache and then flashed the 4.4.4 ROM.

The same problem exists. I have the latest modems on a pre-Knox boot-loader so now I'm wondering if that is an issue? I would hope not because every update has worked so far. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jrhoop:
Looks worse when using ring targets....

Somebody else mentioned it before on 4.4.3 but didn't affect me then.......
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Mirrrr:
For this Ill buy you a beer sunday with the next match. But damn I started 3 days ago with changing roms and now I can go again lol. Do I need to clean or can i do it over 4.4.3

As a matter of fact I'll just read back. Someone must have posted it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] -sandro-:
HI, regarding my investigation about 3G data drain while on standby on GE ROMs: I maybe found the cause after days of testing. I only considered wakelocks that come from system and not from apps because, as I said, when I use the same ones on CM11 and AOSP the ROMS are not affected by this problem.

I noticed that in a 8h timeframe (with screen off) com.android.phone sends 80 alarms about data-stall.

com.android.phone (): Wakeups: 81 (9.5 / hr.)
Alarms: 81, Intent: [B]com.android.internal.telephony.data-stall[/B]
Alarms: 0, Intent: com.android.phone.UPDATE_CALLER_INFO_CACHE cmp={com.android.phone/com.android.phone.CallerInfoCacheUpdateReceiver}

this also shows up in a logcat for the radio events:

06-22 04:18:35.080 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): onReceive: action=com.android.internal.telephony.data-stall
06-22 04:18:35.080 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): onActionIntentDataStallAlarm: action=com.android.internal.telephony.data-stall
06-22 04:18:35.090 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): handleMessage msg={ when=0 what=270353 arg1=40216 obj=com.android.internal.telephony.data-stall target=com.android.internal.telephony.dataconnection.DcTracker }
06-22 04:18:35.090 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): updateDataStallInfo: mDataStallTxRxSum={txSum=29685 rxSum=40236} preTxRxSum={txSum=29659 rxSum=40214}
06-22 04:18:35.090 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): updateDataStallInfo: IN/OUT
06-22 04:18:35.090 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): putRecoveryAction: 0
06-22 04:18:35.090 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): onDataStallAlarm: tag=40216 Sent 0 pkts since last received, < watchdogTrigger=10
06-22 04:18:35.090 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): getRecoveryAction: 0
06-22 04:18:35.090 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): overall state is CONNECTED
06-22 04:18:35.090 D/GsmDCT ( 1362): startDataStallAlarm: tag=40217 delay=360s

and it appears exactly every 6 minutes and it's consistent with what I found here https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35856 (answer #7) where you can see one user fixed it by applying some commits from CM telephony and the wakelocks disappeared.

This would also explain why I see high kernel wakelocks from msm_hsic_host which implies the modem port is used too much even though I don't think it's a problem of wakelocks (CPU) but more a problem of power usage used by the radio.

Question is:

- does it happen to me only, why am I the only that noticed this? If yes then it's my network and I'm gonna have to try another one to see if the problem disappears. If not when can be done about it? I have already reported this isuee to KT to see if he knows something about it.

Since I need proof this is actually the cause, the next tests are gonna be to try a TW ROM and CM11 and log everything to see if the data stall alarms are present, if they are and the battery doesn't drain I will completely give up :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] core720:
Ring lockscreen dont center
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] euslider:
does bluetooth work properly?

i can send things but i can't receive them
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] exxi:
people! I'm really loving this rom. It's amazingly fast and light - BUT - I've noticed that the battery is draining much quicker than on my other ROM (Omega)

Also I've noticed that the device sometimes gets unusually warm when compared to the other ROMS I was using before.

Can you please post your battery stats here for me? I would infinitely appreciate it :)

Also maybe you can tell me if you are experiencing more battery drain than usual.

Thanks for the help folks!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] avinashadvani:
try the googy kernel many have said better battery life, I am trying it out also now past few days and its not bad so far marginally better than the default kernel
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] exxi:
Glad to hear it might help but have you also noticed that this ROM is more power hungry than others or am I the only one with this ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
fixed ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] avinashadvani:
cant match the samsung original roms in terms of battery saving, but various people after tweaking the kernels get very good battery life, i am not an expert in that tweaking but read a lot of them change the governors in the kernel and get much better results, I just stick to the normal defaults and I am happy with it, the phone lasts the day as usual for me :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] exxi:
I just find it strange that with this rom I can't even get through the day with one full charge and I have a 2800 mAh Bat. With the Omega Rom I was running close to 30% by the end of the day with about 3hrs of screen on time.. Anyone else with bat problems on this ROM?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
I'm going to address the issue some users are having with battery life today with 2 builds (Pure Nexus & Customized) that have googy kernel as opposed to ktoonsez, Hardware is always slightly different so some users just can't use his kernel at all or get really bad performance with it :(

with this being said, 2 builds with ktoonsez kernel will be there as well as the majority can use his kernel just fine
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] exxi:
I am delighted to hear this Mr. Danvdh :)

can't wait to try the new Build.

Are you just going to change the Kernel from KT to googy or is the built going to include other changes?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
current changes

-Lockscreen unlock ring in now centered, this derp Samsung/google caused is now fixed for you guys, the problem was in keyguard.apk just so you guys know, edited one line

-Updated google play services

-Enabled touchkey light control for ART users, simply type SU in terminal and then type touchkeys

-Updated build.prop

-Reverted themed email app in Pure Nexus to stock

-Updated Google Search to the latest for Pure Nexus
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] [opensys]:
About the battery usage, my current usage is -2% with no usage at all in 8 hours, like ex at night.

I can get more then tree days with 2 hours of screen and 45m of calls with a 2800mAh ZeroLemon Battery (I have two with external charger).

Use greenify app to sleep the app's (Important), this will change you battery life allot, use boot manager to allow only some app's to start with phone, the only that you need and not all crap app's.

The app's in background consume battery, facebook, google+, skype and others are always listen for network changes and search for new events, this will use lots of battery juice... change also you dep sleep cpu to use 800mhz/1000mhz.

I have 376 applications and it's hard to control all of it. Do what I say for optimize the battery usage and you will see more battery juice.

About the kernels from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4 remains always the same drain to me.

That's all :victory:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dartoumi:
Maybe off topic, sorry for that. But I was wondering if anyone using this ROM knows a way to use NFC tag and detect removal of tag?

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] BXM500:
Yes, there is Xposed module for this.

edit:

Oh, it was answered already..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
Updates in the OP

06/27/2014

-Lockscreen unlock ring in now centered (Great one Samsung/Google!) This is now fixed for you guys, the problem was in keyguard.apk and I fixed the derp they shipped.

-Updated google play services

-Enabled touchkey light control for ART users, simply type SU in terminal and then type touchkeys

-Updated google search (Pure Nexus build only)

-Reverted themed email in favor of stock email (Pure Nexus build only)

-Uploaded 2 extra builds compiled with another kernel for you guys with "battery issues" to try out, not all hardware is made equal and some might have a better experience, all I know is on stock kernel from google the ROM is running perfectly.

-Updated build.prop

*Do not turn my thread into a kernel thread, this is a ROM development thread and I'm 100% certain I've done all I can on the ROM side of things, it's very stable and most battery issues are your issue or your phone not agreeing with a certain kernel setup, it's all about finding the balance that works for you

should be final now, nothing wrong with this ROM. no need to update until Android "L"
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Spacemonkie4207:
Which folder do we find keygaurd.apk?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
priv-app
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] makeveral:
Last time I changed ROM it was for this small thing... still don't know how to disable reverse potrait rotation without extra apps