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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
its a very risky thing flashing a leaked bootloader, we don't don't know what bugs are present, hell even in the knox container. we have no SOURCE for anything

it's unlikely but possible you could be stuck on a leaked bootloader with no way to update/downgrade, who knows what issues odin will cause and for now no one has anyway to test, you can't downgrade and there is nothing to update too

On the S3 if you flashed a certain boot loader and then tried to downgrade it resulted in a hard brick. has any one tried? probably not because I'd hope most users who have flashed this know they CAN'T downgrade. either way, be careful

lets drop this convo, this is a development thread and it's my job to deliver a ROM that works, the bootloader is user choice and I want nothing to do with it, I will not link modems and bootloaders in my thread and will constantly tell users to "flash a 4.3 modem" over posing a flashable to one in my ROM thread.

either way, Knox sucks and I will not update my bootloader unless I'm forced to (which will be eventually) for now the only drawback is being unable to charge with the phone off, I've solved it by buying a spare battery and wall mount for it so it can charge without a phone in case I discharge this one fully (which never happens)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] dartoumi:
No, no Samsung root. Strange...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
Samsung WatchON 4.4.2

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23321874045862101

enjoy
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] tuniel:
[MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION],

have you got any clue on how to make facebook contacts sync working on 4.4.2?

i have seen that the folks building SlimKat managed to fix it and i was wondering: what apks are needed for that? i tried replacing ContactsProvider and Contacts in sys/priv-app, but no avail...

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
reckless copy and pasting .apk files as a whole is what breaks ROMs, if I were to add that I would decompile a fresh copy of the apk required from my clean 4.4.2 system dump and add the mod in manually like everything else I do, but if this feature is in Slim then I would only be able to see the source in .java and not .smali (compiled optimized java used in android)

with this being said, I don't want to put any more work into this particular base, I've fixed and optimized what I could. I've established a vision of exactly how I want this ROM to ship and with the amount of work ktoonsez, kryten and I have done has already laid the foundation for our next OTA release from samsung/google. ( I expect Samsung to release another 4.4.2 with full s-view implemented as the foundations are already laid out for it in the framework, among other misc things (gallery, you don't noticed it because we've fixed it manually on this ROM)

1) the clean odexed non-modified in any way shape or form ROM of 4.4.2 is complete and ready for me to flash once I have a update from google/samsung so I can then do a complete system dump and create a ROM

2) the kernel repos are good to go, ktoonsez can simply sync new source and build. he really knows what he's doing

3) Kryten2k35 is the theme master and with my help we can tackle handling inverts with no issues.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] tuniel:
yup, i see. I always make backups, so i can go back to where i was before messing up.

i understand your vision, i'm very happy with your rom - it's great!

thanks for your response
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
np fellow dutchman

I did manage to fix a minor cosmetic issue in MMS

@ everyone

the footer and header are in the system framework so they are not able to be themed without messing up something somewhere else but this is a huge improvement because you can actually use this menu now (for the one time you ever need it, if that)

keep in mind, we set the limit to 10,000 so this menu will never really need to be accessed but this just an example of my OCD, getting rid of the white text on a white background was a must!

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23321874045862113

enjoy, the 4.4.X mms is now complete and will be able to be baked right into all future builds :D, there is NOTHING that needs to be done to it and I honestly think it's the best invert available on kit kat
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] egendomligt:
Updated from 20150614 to 20150621 and got terrible performance issues. Very laggy and freezy. Did a full wipe and got the same results. Tried running the "Performance" profile i STweaks but it still acted up and froze completely sometimes. Just flashed stock GPE kernel and it feels better right away. Looking forward to the new release with the modded GPE kernel!

I flashed material dark dialer/contacts as an addon but is there any way of getting material dark settings aswell? I really liked that (but I do appreciate not having to click my way through the aroma installer when upgrading!).

Edit: Nevermind! I'ts all in the Addons section of the OTA Updates app. Got it!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Rusty_Gunn:
I had the exact same problem with 20150621 having horrible battery life and the stock gpe kernal fixed all my issues as well so your not the only one.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] davtse:
have issues with Alucard as well, getting 22k on antutu rather than 26-7k as per normal on it. Not concerned about the antutu score but it serves as a benchmark on if something has gone wrong, which i think it has. Definitely not normal because the equivalent on aosp is getting consistently 26-27k
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] burco:
I keep running into storage issues. Is it a bad idea to make /system smaller? Apparently it is 2.7GB and I am using 650MB.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Liam0o:
I don't think it's possible to shrink the /system partition, it's possible on the i9500 but that doesn't help us
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bemymonkey:
Which stock GPE kernel did you flash exactly? One of Matt's preliminary new kernel builds or really original stock GPE? Do you have a link? I'm curious :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Ritvars:
Thanks alot guys, now I'm afraid to update from 6/14 to 6/21. ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] V1P3R92:
After some tries it worked perfectly... Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 4info:
give hulk kernel with interactive governor a try!. That works very good for me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] bemymonkey:
Laggy on my device, unfortunately. GoogyMax is much faster here, closely followed by AluCard. Is there a flashable zip of the stock (like really really stock) GPE 5.0.1 kernel floating around somewhere?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Rhoban:
Flashed the new build today. Alucard kernel still has battery drain. Not as bad as before, but it is still there. Went from 100% to 92% in like half an hour. My phone was in my pocket the whole time. Wifi off, bluetooth off.

Other than that I haven't found any issues yet :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] V1P3R92:
Guys I don't really understand how this works... I downloaded the ROM 20150621 and installed over stock.

In the first boot I get Apps Optimization but when the Android boots all the apps keep crashing and I can do nothing... Re-flashed it and same thing happened...

I was reading since the first Post of this thread but nowhere was stated that I should flash also the kernel, but should I?

Please help...

FYI I have TWRP 2.8.5 and I wanted to get a better ROM than stock because battery drainage so don't want to have the same problem.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] neptune_:
You cannot install a custom ROM over stock. You need to wipe clean and then flash the rom

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What's the reasoning for allowing Permissive?

Can we easily change SELinux back to Enforcing?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Rhoban:
The reasoning is that some root apps require it to be Permissive to function properly. One of those apps is Viper4Android.

It can be easily changed back with SELinuxModeChanger. You can google it. It was on the play store but was removed.

Otherwise you will have to use another kernel in order to be able to change it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] V1P3R92:
What do you mean with Wipe Clean? I already wiped Data, System and all except Micro SD and USB OTD...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ** A - R **:
[MENTION=309106]neptune[/MENTION],

1). Permissive is kept as Default for Some Rooted Apps(as it's necessary, otherwise they won't operate)

2). Yes :), If the Dev Implements it For A User (As Optional)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] luiwii:
stock GE KERNEL
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
I haven't had any random reboots with the stock kernel, but [MENTION=4272718]hawkerpaul[/MENTION] who is testing has. I can't find the source of them. If anyone knows a kernel developer who knows of the fix, Please link me to a fix. I've looked at googy_anas's code and haven't seen anything.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Last-kmesg should still be in your drop box folder mate if needed
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] vinz_uk80:
Hello Matt,

Today battery life seems better than yesterday, and I hope that by tomorrow, it'll still be better.

In 2 days, I did not have any random reboots, if I get any, I'll post back.

By 5% battery left, I had 3h30 SOT compared to 2h30 yesterday with roughly the same usage.

This is still not as good as Googy Max Kernel, but I'll see with time if I revert back to this Kernel, or if I try Hulk kernel, which I never did in the past.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] luiwii:
stock GE KERNEL

where is kernel to download?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
not been released officially yet

its still under test.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ** A - R **:
[MENTION=3443334]MattBooth[/MENTION], Did [MENTION=4272718]hawkerpaul[/MENTION] Provide You Logs ?

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/8795/understanding-brightness-in-amoled-and-lcd-displays
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] luiwii:
stock GE KERNEL

ok,impatient wait for the kernel, the kernel stock always been me better than none, less for random reboots
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] V1P3R92:
Where can I find the appropriate Kernels for this ROM? In the first Post it is only the Source Code but cannot be downloaded...

Also please guide me the flashing Order, it should be Kernel first then ROM or vice versa? Is anything else needed?

I am installing for the first time in my S4 I9505 a custom ROM and I installed this ROM and after the first boot all the apps are crashing and I cannot use the system at all...

THank you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ttakacs:
Follow the directions in the OP exactly. Use a recovery that works (TWRP 2.7.0.5 works for me). Get everything up and running first before changing from the default kernel. As for finding kernels, Google is your friend.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Overlord Yuri:
With Alucard kernel I was having some serious wifi-issues. I switched to stock GPE kernel which gave me constant restarts (litteraly). Then I switched to GoogyMax again, and it's just perfect! :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] V1P3R92:
I am sure I am following everything as is written... I downloaded the ROM put in external SD Card... Of course Wipe Dalvik,Data,System, Internal Storage and then Flash the 20150621.zip i got from the first Post. I am using TWRP 2.8.5... The process goes correctly until it first boots where I get continously apps crashes where I can click only OK and they reappear... I was doubting for a kernel problem but not much experience over here... Any idea what might cause this?!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
New default kernel will be my stock kernel, so keep Googy handy... but so far the only reboots reported are when charging on AC. I honestly don't know how to fix them. All I'm doing here is using commits from other developers to build a stock kernel. So far I've just added some necessary features. Set the defaults values, and forward ported some needed changes (mainly all the Interactive govenor changes [MENTION=3332811]faux123[/MENTION] has committed to his repos.

I'm not a kernel developer, and I don't intend on releasing it publicly outside of this ROM (though the source code will be/is available)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] TheDude:
Thank god for GED-5.0 and the death of the stable branch!

*** Oh, and I have not had one single reboot with your stock kernel... I was getting them all the time with googy/hulk. They seemed to occur when I would hit the power button to turn the screen off, then reboot... I took it in and had the replace the power button and flex cable, still had reboots... None since running your kernel bro! Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Undefined Origin:
Matt,

Here is the screenshot of the dark dialer issue. In the screenshot it looks clean and clear, but actual use ... say in a car trying to switch to headset it is very hard to see
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Undefined Origin:
Where most apps can be found :p F-Droid or Playstore!

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Strange, I'm getting 27 on the Alucard and all default settings
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ttakacs:
FWIW, I'll offer some suggestions. Download the ROM to your internal storage and flash from that location instead of your external SD card. Verify that your download is not corrupted. Flash an earlier build of this ROM (try the June 1 or June 14 builds). Use another version of TWRP. Make sure you are on the latest modem for your device. I've read through this entire thread and AFAIK no one else has reported issues such as yours.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] davtse:
Just to be clear, I use antutux not antutu. It prevents "cheating" by the OEM for benchmarking
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Rhoban:
I am running Hulk kernel (OC version) since yesterday and haven't had a single reboot. Not even when pressing the power button.

Really? I used to get 32000 on this rom. Even went up to 36000 once (With changed resolution). And that was with Googy-Max kernel.

Unless they changed how AnTuTu calculates the score, I'd say that's pretty low.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] egendomligt:
Got random reboots (quite often at that) with stock. Switched to Googymax 1.3.0 now which ofc was what I was using before since it was the default in earlier builds. Seems to work nicely.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Historically, random reboots on the GPE stock kernel has been exclusive to the INTL variant of S4's.

All other variants seem to be RR-free.

These RR's are most frequent during charge (either off the wall or USB), but I've also had a few when not charging.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] TheDude:
git -b GED-5.0 --single-branch clone https://github.com/MatthewBooth/JFLTE-GPE ROM results in Unknown option: -b ?

meh, I just used git clone https://github.com/MatthewBooth/JFLTE-GPE ROM and it worked :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] flashpaz:
Can anyone point me at a GPE kernel that I could test on my Intl S4? Is the kernel available through the add-ons a good candidate for testing?

I'm coming from cm12.1, now running 0621. Battery is not fantastic but definitely not catastrophic either.

I'm ready to help testing and I promise I won't complain if having reboots...

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] egendomligt:
Yeah, I'm on i9505 (=="INTL"), and it was indeed while charging the crazyness began.

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I tried the one from the OTA Updates app's Addon section. Give it a shot. Try charging straight away, should tell you sooner if it'll work (it didn't for me).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Talha7866:
Cell standby is draining my battery too much
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kaosklin:
very good rom

Guys congrats this rom is perfect very stable baterry life is good just awesome,

just one question can you put theme engine on it (download on addon) something like that?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
The stock kernel will be the new default, so hold onto your hat, lol. The performance of it is great though, so it's worth the step to add it as default.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] shawn.irwin:
If this has already been solved I apologize. Is there a fix for the voicemail notification that won't go away?

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Also, this appears to be the exact same rom as in the Sprint thread. Is that correct or is this only for the variant listed? I ask because the sprint thread isn't showing any ROM updates past march.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] xxnurrexx:
with fast charge support? :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] caloyzki:
Im using sygic gps. How come using tgis tom gps signal to detect takes forever? Even using high accuracy. :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
Yep :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] olster:
How come the aroma setup was removed?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] V1P3R92:
I installed yesterday version 5.0 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2595599 and everything went perfect. It was installed perfectly from SD Card. Now the problem this version has are random reboots.

Should I try to flash latest googymax kernel or try to flash GPE 5.0.1 of this thread as the version I already flashed doesn't have OTA?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ttakacs:
Make a nandroid backup first. You might try to flash this ROM and see what happens. Then flash the GoogyMax kernel. That is what I am using.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] nostrings:
Mirëmbrëma shqipe ;)

Sounds like you've got yourself a kernel issue - definitely give Googy 1.3.0 a try. Or you can try Hulk (based off of Googy), though personally I have found Googy to be the most stable (Intelliactive governor, change the read-ahead to 1024 and 2048 for internal and external SD cards, respectively).

Another thing to watch out for is to ensure you have a recent bootloader and modem - especially the latter.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] The assasin:
Does the camera on JDC team optimized build will work here? how? the camera in that rom has save to sd card option and i like that camera, But i like this rom. I am still on 3-15-15 build and have no problem ever since it was released. I want to upgrade to the latest version but the aroma option was removed.:D

I already tried to push that camera in the system, set permision but the result was camera FC.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] nostrings:
For us mere mortals - can you give us a little more info on this optimized camera (ie: link)?

If all you want is the ability to save to SD, then OnePlus and Moto cameras (in the addons) can do that. Or if you can spare a couple of dollars, Snap Cam HDR is the next level of cameras that can also save to external SD.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Undefined Origin:
Anywhere from 27 to 32. I haven't figured out the discrepancies yet.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ** A - R **:
[MENTION=3443334]MattBooth[/MENTION]

The Addons in OTA are Up-to-date or in Romhut ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] :
Mirmbrema Shqipe

Gzohem qe po shoh shqiptar ktu,si pot doket versioni i fundit be pra ki build 21/2015 a osht

Nrregull kerneli be no se e kan dhi krejt me qikto build-at e fundit se mos ta ndrroj palidhjen versionin stock firmware se pom merzi e barem tpriti per naj update ,klm shqipe

MOD Edit: Once again, English only please! This does not translate legibly
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] MattBooth:
It won't work, reading the log should help you find out why. I tried a while back. I will port the Camera options to CM 12.0, and then easily port it to here. When I get time.

If an addon is added to RomHut, it automatically becomes available in the OTA app, likewise, if an addon is updated on RomHut, it becomes available on the app.

English please.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] nostrings:
Hi [MENTION=3443334]MattBooth[/MENTION]

Is there a way to use the GPE camera libs on an AOSP/CM ROM? Or is it plagued by Samsung's framework that the libs are useless if moved over to AOSP ROM?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] luiwii:
stock GE kernel

how it will work with the stock kernel, willing to try, there are already solution for random reboots, thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] flashpaz:
Random reboots fully confirmed. The way back to Alucard was a bit painfull and went via a full wipe.

Once I know how to easily switch between kernels, I will do some more tests. Would /proc/last_kmesg be of any value?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] AllSeeyinEye:
I have never ever wiped anything when flashing kernels in my 6 years using Android. Never had a problem related to the flashes either.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] flashpaz:
I went back by dirty flashing the full ROM and it failed (Chrome FCed, for instance). Obviously my mistake... Would it make sense to provide the different kernels (including the default Alucard) via OTA updates ?

Cheers!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] AllSeeyinEye:
That would make no sense at all, for every kernel has it's own thread and distribution method (usually a download from XDA or some hosting provider).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] vinz_uk80:
I went back to my previous backup yesterday, ROM dated on the 15th of March 2015 which runs perfectly well with Googy Max.

I had too much battery drain with Alucard’s kernel, and the phone seemed to be slower than on my previous installation.

Yesterday, doing nothing on the phone for 3 hours, it went from 100% to 85%. This morning, using the phone for 20 min in 3 hours since it is unplugged, and I’m at 94% of battery.

But there was nothing special in Better Battery stats to explain this drain.

I had a good score at Antutu (31000) but benchmarks don’t reflect real usage.

So right after my restoration, I immediately could feel that the phone was more responsive launching any apps.

I’ll wait a while before testing a new kernel. I did not have any reboot for 3 days with Alucard’s kernel, but with my usage, I did not find any improvement vs googy max kernel.

Thanks for your efforts for the community.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
I've no idea why, but my particular device has never played well with Alucard. Huge lags for me, particularly for several minutes directly after bootup.

And I am one of those who's device doesnt agree with the stock kernel.

It may be outdated, but Googy 1.3.0 is still by far the best kernel for me on this ROM.

Hulk a close 2nd (which is very much based on Googy anyway)

It will be interesting to see how the new version of Hulk fares on this ROM when it is released
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] TheDude:
I got drunk last night, fell backwards out of my chair and hit my head on the air compressor. It hurts. I just felt like I should tell someone.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wonsky21:
Hi, can anyone tell me if this rom supports s-view cover from Samsung?

GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Edgio60:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57495488
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tampinha:
Can I install this rom on S4 I9500 ?

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I found the answer (NO).

Sorry guys.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] picozzo:
Hello,

I have problems with photo app. If I want to create an album or a colage, after selecting pictures (even only two), the app crashes when loading files ... solutions?

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] pjedi:
For the time being, looks like I'll be sticking to the 2015-03-15 update as it appears the be the last stable version.