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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
Boot to download mode, power + vol down when the phone is off, press vol up to select dl mode. If it says knox warranty void 0x0 or 0x1 you have the knox bootloader. Note that if it says 0x0 your warranty is still intact. Flashing this rom will set it to 0x1 and void it.

If you have knox, I would just flash the whole NF1 firmware to get the latest everything, lte and gsm modems, bootloader etc. It wont matter anyway if you already have a knox bootloader.

When I say NF1 I mean xxugnf1, the whole firmware is called I9505XXUGNF1_I9505OXAGNF1_DBT.zip youll find it on sammobile but i'd try to find a mega mirror on xda first as thats A LOT faster.

You will only get wifi and sound issues flashing a newer lte modem on a non-knox bootloader. If that happens you fix it by flashing a newer bootloader or an older lte modem.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] supjoker:
Thanks again. Yes, I have checked and it shows 0x1, which means I have knox bootloader and I already have voided my warranty, Right? Plus, I have found the I9505XXUGNF1_I9505OXAGNF1_DBT.zip firmware as followed, http://pan.baidu.com/s/1mg0Y88C

and I am about to flash this one.

So, do you still recommend dan's latest ROM?? Need your opinion on this one as well. ;]
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
Correct, flash away NF1 in odin to get the latest improvements.

Which rom you should run is very individual, I myself prefer CM11 nightlies. I get better battery life with CM than GPE, probably because GPE has a lot of underlying touchwiz elements as it's built by samsung. CM also has all the modifications I like do to built in, so there's no need for xposed and gravitybox to configure the rom the way I like it.

Although CM11 nightlies have been stable for quite som time, there's features and fixes added every day, which means you may get breakage and unstability. GPE is considered stabe and is, atleast on paper, a much 'safer' rom to run. Also, since GPE is built by samsung, it has official drivers for bluetooth, camera, touch buttons etc. Not that I have any bluetooth or camera issues on CM (HDR is a *****, but that's samsungs fault and doesnt work as good as it should on GPE either), but some people have bluetooth devices with which GPE works better than CM. You'll also notice some minor stuff on CM, like touch button leds lighting up when you touch the screen aswell (since cm doesn't have access to samsungs drivers), so I just turn the lights off permanently. You'll also notice a certain lag when changing the brightness on CM compared to GPE/stock roms, but it's all pretty minor stuff. Atleast it doesn't bother me.

I suggest you check out a few ROMs to see which ones fit your needs the best. If you choose to go with CM instead of GPE, you can find the latest nightlies and changelogs here http://www.cmxlog.com/11/jflte
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Cozmos23:
The latest CM nightlys are everthing but not stable lol.

Also they are not Battery friendly because CM is fixing their Theme Engine instead of other in my opinion more important errors.

This Rom is much better in usability and is way more stable.

Nothing against CM but they are ignoring the community and just doing their own thing.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
Sorry to hear that, in my experience the latest nightlies have been very stable. Note that since they've gone from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 in a matter of weeks, you should consider a clean install if you're having issues (as you should with this rom aswell if coming from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3).

Battery life on CM for me is about 30% better I'd recon, the biggest culprint on all roms is of course the screen with which there's little we can do, but on GPE I have a constant drain that exceeds CM. If you take a look at dan's cm thread and other comments in this thread, you'll see that I'm far from the only one getting better battery life with cm as opposed to gpe. If one isnt feeling adventurous enough to run nightlies, you can always opt in for the stable M releases instead.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 4info:
please STOP comparing ROMs here! that's not the goal.

feel free to take your choice. stop
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] supjoker:
Wow, it does give me another perspective to look at these two ROMs, Thanks again!! Btw, the cmxlog link you gave me dose not work. Will I be able to find the ROM in forum? Just being nosy lol which cm ROM are you using at the moment?? I want to try it out.

Thank you!!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
Link works great here, you can always use http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=jflte&type=nightly but that doesn't give you a changelog. I'm on today's nightly (06/21).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 4info:
Android 4.4.4

any update in progress?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] speedytr:
+1 but I found that no GPE devices updated yet.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] joeb690:
Thanks ended up putting TWRP on my SD card and that did the job. Now having a proximity sensor issue, don't think its ROM related though. Anyone else experiencing this. Really loving the ROM super fast. Thanks:good::good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MohamedN:
This will solve your problem

www.androidlegend.com/how-to-perform-proximity-sensor-calibration-on-any-samsung-phone/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maurocds:
not sure if ROM issue but i just can´t have google+, facebook, mesenger (facebook) to 100% hibernate with greenify, they auto wake up

there must be a wake lock somewhere

i have ART

yes root, latest supersu, no notifications for google+ and facebook,

but somehow they always auto wake up doing something on their own,
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] furbyx92:
Verify if sync is not waking up them.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 4info:
how to switch back to old brightness. system?

just replace framework jar with the old one?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
ill update a test in a few, I got some really nice edited ones now, I just bumped the brightness a bit on CMs settings and im seeing no trade off in battery but a more crisp screen without going too bright, I literally just bumped every brightness value by 10 except for the first one, that got bumped by 5 and Im liking it

might even submit this to CM for review
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
test this guys

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358549510

New

<integer-array name="config_autoBrightnessLevels">

<item>40</item> (lux)

<item>200</item>

<item>450</item>

<item>1400</item>

<item>2000</item>

</integer-array>

<integer-array name="config_autoBrightnessLcdBacklightValues">

<item>20</item> (Brightness value 1-255)

<item>40</item>

<item>60</item>

<item>100</item>

<item>255</item>

<item>255</item>

compare to the the right array on this page

as you can see, I just bumped the first value by 5, and the third by 15, all others others by 10 except for the max of course. seems to look good now, btw that extra value is always needed, so no questioning me on that :P
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] VictorLallemand:
No changes for me, still way too dark. Actually, with the last two updates auto brightness never changes. I just tested the proximity and light sensor and everything is working fine .. I don't know what is happening with the brightness.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] SuperKrog:
only me?

very frequent and very annoying
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] E_Cartman:
Is anybody successfully using viper4android (2.3.1.5) with this rom? Just can't get it to work...

Wondering if those issues are user, rom, 4.4 or GE related :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] rosmarcelino:
The camera does not seems stable to me, used it a lot this weekend and many times I had black screen and after the message " Cant connect the camera), when this happens the phone get very slow and the solution is rebooting.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] SuperKrog:
this is a screenshot of my issue... the second icon in the drawer is a folder and I opened it... but I can't see it until I rotate the phone!

this happens many times... after a phone rotation it disappears and come back after a while.

I already tried to disable animations in nova launcher...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] asfpf:
Very nice rom indeed. Congrats.

However, I had 2 random reboots in 24hrs.

Besides the RRs its all good, clean, fast and very battery friendly.

Any idea what is causing this RRs?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] jeanmarie:
+1 thank you very much
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] TJ!:
Just add an empty file with the same name and add the entry.

It will be read by the linux kernel and used on boot.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] strix75:
I use it and it works great.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] AndroGalaxyS:
Have RR too. What kernel should I flash, to have no RR?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wohenyingyu01:
I've tested the issue, that's mainly because I'm roaming abroad. When I came back home everything just fine. I'm in Philipz recovery and MK9 modem. But it's really annoy that I can't use my phone abroad....
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dianotea:
+1 ....I will try all the kernel around...but if someone has already tested them with this rom any advice would be appreciated...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 4info:
it seems that my wish doesn't come truth. But many thanks to all who work so hard to found the root cause for RR.

---------- Post added at 11:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:11 AM ----------

this solution doesn't fix RR.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] zvieratko:
It doesn't, but I only have 1 RR a day while previously (same apps, same ROM!) I had horrible RR every call, every unplug/plug to charger and while the phone was resting - at least 50 RRs a day before, down to <1. I call that success. And maybe not all RR are the same, there might be some caused by old bootloader/modem and other unrelated caused by something else. That would also explain why it differs so much.

I can only recommend those with horrible RR upgrade to newest stock and see (if you don't care about Knox status of course).

P.S. Happy holidays to all! :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bastardociccio:
I disable "dithering" for better image quality!

The image in gallery is more more better with this option disabled.

A note for "quadrant test":

I have 12000 with your ROM but I have 13000 with Samsung TW firmware (MK8 ITV)

:confused:

I think that google edition is faster (and it seems faster also in daily usage) but with quadrant test the results are worse, why ?

:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] zvieratko:
Benchmarks are worthless, they tell nothing of real usability.

On one hand, you need the phone to react fast (=ramp up frequency fast, have cores ready)

On the other hand, ramping frequency to 100% every time you touch the phone would drain battery.

Quadrant in particular is one of the main reasons why devs tend to add stuff like disabled fsync and journaling - something that has no real benefit (in fact is outright dangerous for your data) but gains worthless points at benchmarks.

Less is more, sometimes :) I for one welcome that this ROM has no such nonsense.

This is not an explanation why this ROM is slower than TW, just an explanation why you shouldn't care even a bit.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] radaloel:
Anyone knows and can explain to me what the SamsungCDMAv6RIL is? I saw it on the probam rom update changelog. Is there anyway to update it?

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505G mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] E_Cartman:
You are using a custom icon pack or theme, aren't you? That apparently causes this graphical bug.

Because with nova or GEL nobody has similar problems.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] skorzo:
Where is that setting? Can't find it

In the other hand... 72h uptime for me without RR since kernel settings changes (Interactive, Row). LTE network, Movistar Spain

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505G mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] AndroGalaxyS:
How can I change the kernel settings?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] FruityTen:
If you're using stock kernel with this rom (faux) download fauxclock from the Play store.

I can confirm reboots are much better now and using interactive and row. However had a 5min call today and it rebooted. No issues when charging or sleeping though.

Have a great Christmas all.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
brightness doesn't use the prox sensor, and no issues with it here adapting to the different lux with the light sensor
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sushidog:
Do yourself a favour and read previous posts. Majority are complaining about darkness.

/// Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505

/// Press "THANKS" if I helped you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
hoping those at are flash the test
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maciejk-pl:
A bit better I think, in low light looks good. I'll report back tomorrow with more info.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bak-er:
flawless rom terible camera

I've only one problem so far and that is the camera, Its just terrible compared to stock.

Always a blurred photo.

Cant save to a specified location.

No options or auto.

It has the camera shutter sound you cant turn off (SIGHS)

Is there a way to flash stock camera with this rom at least?

Also can you flash stock keyboard as this one is awfull.

Im not moaning because rom is amazing piece of work :)

But camera is high importance in phone and google camera takes poor pics at best

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mobilequest:
+1

Brightness in low light seems better now. I'll test it outside tomorrow.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] member292:
It looks better. But I think not enough. Maybe you could make this one for test?

<integer-array name="config_autoBrightnessLevels">

<item>40</item> (lux)

<item>200</item>

<item>450</item>

<item>1400</item>

<item>2000</item>

</integer-array>

<integer-array name="config_autoBrightnessLcdBacklightValues">

<item>30</item> (Brightness value 1-255)

<item>50</item>

<item>75</item>

<item>100</item>

<item>255</item>

<item>255</item>
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
Way too high for low light
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sushidog:
You clearly didn't give a sh***t to search and learn something about this two amazing ROMs. Now you come here, talk about your frustrations, criticize camera, keyboard, and above all you only proves you don't know what you're talking about.

/// Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505

/// Press "THANKS" if I helped you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
It's odd that I'm getting great results from the latest cm brightness curve that comes with the latest build, and others are finding it so dim.

For me it's adjusting perfectly to the current light conditions.

I wonder if people's mdine or trinity mode settings may be having an adverse affect perhaps?

My trinity is set to cool, scenario ui-mode, background mode dynamic, outdoor mode disabled.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] olskar:
Now 4.4.4 has arrived :)

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...lable-for-nexus-devices-source-code-now-live/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Annunneo:
What is this trinity you speak of?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] remorema:
Anyone tried beats audio installer from market in pure nexus ROM? Is it worth it ?

Tapatalked from I9505 Google Edition
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Obi-man:
I've got the same settings as you, I think those are the default settings. Or the default settings when using Ktoonsified V6 profile.

The brightness settings are perfect in low light, they are just to low when in bright light. The display is too dark when I'm outside, if I don't turn off auto brightness I can't see anything. The previous version of the rom had better brightness settings for me, but that one had the annoying flickering of the screen and that is gone now. So that is a great improvement.

I think it's going to be impossible to please everyone :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sushidog:
It's a placebo, you can have same results with a simple equalizer.

/// Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505

/// Press "THANKS" if I helped you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] netban:
Everyone starts somewhere, perhaps explain it a little. Keep it civil etc...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
A current lux of 1400 or over will put the screen on maximum brightness, 255.

For you, the problem must be on the 450-1400 range, as the stock screen brightness for this range is 90.

Perhaps you need this changed to something between 150-200.

This is easy to do if you can decompile and recompile.

If not, try experimenting with gravity box auto brightness settings, and when you're happy, might be an idea to post up your ideal settings, and perhaps between us all we can get the perfect brightness curve that most are content with.

I'm happy with the current stock curve like I've mentioned, as it seems to be working really well for me, but when i was using gb, these were my settings:

Level, lux, brightness:

1, 5, 1

2, 15, 15

3, 60, 40

4, 100, 100

5, 500, 180

6, 1000, 225

7, 2000, 255
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] janggu:
format() expects 5 args, got 4 error on I337M

Hi there,

I am trying to install your ROM on I337M but I get "format() expects 5 args, got 4 (status 7)" error.

I rooted with CF-Auto-Root and am using CWM. I wiped my device in recovery as below:

In CWM:

1. Select Wipe data/factory reset

2. Select Wipe Cache

3. Select Advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache

4. Select Mounts and Storage and format /system

And, did "Choose zip from /storage/sdcard1". The instructions are from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2314494

Any help would be much appreciated! I am dying to use my new S4 with GPE ROM as soon as possible. :(

Thanks very much in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sushidog:
Hey [MENTION=4386493]Rizur[/MENTION] it's your turn, be my guest.

/// Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505

/// Press "THANKS" if I helped you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] PiggySmalls:
Switch to TWRP recovery.

Sent from my SM-G900T
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] iampaoloxd:
Is there any way we can get the Ultra Power Saving Mode? The feature has been ported to S4 (thanks to tamdir or Phoenix ROM). I don't want to leave GPE yet. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] netban:
Nope.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Cozmos23:
U can switch to flightmode xD. As far as I know there is nothing special about this, it just deactivates everything.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maciejk-pl:
Hey Dan, How about turning on the heads up notifications like CM guys did? Since it is in the code anyway. Looks pretty darn rad, but I don't want to leave GPE for CM.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] member292:
I suppose you're right about low lux. What about daylight. I have about 60-90 lux indoor during day and my eyes is suffering because screen is too dim in autobrightness. Is it possible to tune 60-90 lux a bit brighter?

Thank you for your work.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] strix75:
With googy kernel and the new cm brightness values i have the best battery life I ever had. Still 25% left and screen time 3.45min up and running for 29h
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kraven0731:
Using mobile data all the time?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] -sandro-:
I recorded a logcat of 8h including radio logs trying to find out why on GE ROMs on 3G standby my battery always drains at 2.5%/h and above when it should be around 1%. Any RIL experts can find a pattern or reason?

This was recorded in a steady position with high reception (-75dbm).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxmixfdvb5z2qa9/2014-06-22-03-59-42.txt
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] katolo:
Is it possible to enable HD VOICE on this rom?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] joeb690:
Have tried this twice now and used an app called Proximity Sensor Finder, it shows that the sensor is working at first but then with a single pass of the sensor it locks at 0 and does not react anymore. Making calls is quite irritating without the sensor. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
Unfortunately, this is not a CM issue, it's an S4 issue. There's a flaw in the S4s design that allows dust to enter the speaker grill and cover the proximity sensor after a while. When that happens you will get the symptoms you describe. I had the issue myself and RMAd my phone to get it serviced.

Samsung has known about this issue for quite some time, but never done anything about it physically. What they instead are doing is tweaking the values in touchwiz for when the phone should turn the screen back on when in a call. CM uses default AOSP values.

You can manually calibrate it using this method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2569141 and http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43806906&postcount=15 but it's a hassle and doesnt fix the underlying problem being a dust covered sensor.

If you're still within warranty you can try and get it fixed/replaced like I did, or you can open your phone and try to clean it manually with compressed air or something.

In the meantime, to turn on the screen while in a call you have to press the power button twice and it will turn back on.

Btw, this issue is not only affecting the S4, the S3 and Note 2 has also had the same issues, but to a lesser extent. Probably one of the reasons Samsung opted to make the S5 dust proof.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] remorema:
Hey guys. Im using the latest pure nexus as secondary ROM in my dual boot setup. The thing is every time I reboot time and date are wrong and they need network to auto correct itself. Is it ROM related or something with the dual boot patcher?

Tapatalked from I9505 Google Edition
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
how does this look guys?

<integer-array name="config_autoBrightnessLevels">

<item>40</item> (Lux sensor)

<item>200</item>

<item>450</item>

<item>800</item>

<item>1400</item>

<item>2000</item>

</integer-array>

<integer-array name="config_autoBrightnessLcdBacklightValues">

<item>20</item> (brightness 1-255)

<item>40</item>

<item>60</item>

<item>100</item>

<item>150</item

<item>255</item>

<item>255</item>
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] CypherMK:
I can't see, my screen is not bright enough [emoji12]

Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9505G met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] flash3d:
Dan,

Do you have it in flashable form? Don't know how to change it otherwise.

Sent from my bla bla bla bla bla

---------- Post added at 06:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:20 PM ----------

Want this too, this is the only thing I'm missing from TW roms.

But I don't think it's incorporated in GE roms.

Dan or anybody else have an idea?

Sent from my bla bla bla bla bla
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sid3winder:
+1 to this too, I'm having heavy msim hsic wake locks too
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] -sandro-:
Yup that wakelock msm_hsic_host is the only proof something is wrong (along with Android OS keep awake time). Other than that there's nothing, except for my logcat which I'm not qualified to debug.

Are you using a knox or old bootloader?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] tarektarabichi:
4.4.4 any idea when ?

Travelling by the end of the month and would like to carry the update.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bartik168:
Autobrightness

I have tested autobrightness during the weekend.

Autobrightness is little bit darker for me but I can live with them;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] strix75:
Yes i do. Always 4G Email, FB, instagram, XDA,
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 4info:
if this settings are included in your file brightnesstest.zip then in my opinion that is OK now.