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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] __Miguel_:
Advice for CM user?

Hi, guys.

I've been following this thread for a while, now. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, I haven't been able to switch to Slim as quickly as I wanted.

At first, only CM was available (the installer just made everything quick and easy), and since then, every time I wanted to jump ship, either something happened to the ROM that made me miss it again, or I simply did not have time, or I just opted to wait a little bit more for a stable version.

So, now that SlimKat just hit the second stable version, and I have enough time to do it, is there any particular advice for a CM (installer, which means it's stuck on February 24th's release) user? Should I upgrade the recovery? Which one is working best? Also, should I clear system and data?

Thanks a lot in advance for any help you might give me.

Miguel.

P.S.: By the way, has anyone else experienced odd "band jumping" when using data connections, lately? My phone has been having a few issues handling downloading from the Play Store (I can surf the web just fine), and keeps jumping between "no service", 3G and H+ modes (LTE is behaving even more oddly, nowhere to be seen for a while), no matter when or where I am. Can it be from me restricting background data on most apps, or telling the Store I only wanted it to install over WiFi, even though I explicitly pressed the "Install" button? And yes, I know this is not a CM support thread, I am just asking around, since a friend of mine with an I9505 still on TW has been having this same issue.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] s3icc0:
Just make sure you are on latest recovery version (i think cwm is preferred last days) . and make full wipe and /system format ... If you are following the rest is written every few pages
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] __Miguel_:
OK, so I'll track down the CWM thread, and get ready to re-install everything. Which is the lamest part of switching ROMs, having to go back, restore my messages, and go through the software list to get it back. Not too bad for Play apps, since they mostly auto-load, but sideloaded apps are a bigger pain.

As for following, yes, I've been reading pretty much everything. I was just a bit worried for coming from anything other than TW.

By the way, which launcher is Slim currently using? Play seems to think I like having two, and I can't figure out which one I should remove from my app list :P

Thanks again (already pressed the button)!

Miguel
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] wonsky21:
Nova Launcher

GT-I9505 | SlimKat 4.4.2 UNOFFICIAL build 4 by kantjer
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] steveria79:
With fullwipe ,come on change lockscreen ribbons custom icon this message!!

And provider network lte ,gsm....bug is not fixed on s4 !

slimKat Build 4 ~ Stock
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] wonsky21:
April fools?

GT-I9505 | SlimKat 4.4.2 UNOFFICIAL build 4 by kantjer
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
That's what I thought and then I looked and was convinced because it said specific devices but maybe that was the point as a convincer if so it got me hook line and sinker lol!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Formhault:
Oh, come on... was that the best you could come up with?

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Launcher Nova

kantjer by 4 build UNOFFICIAL 4.4.2 SlimKat | I9505-GT
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Metalazzo:
thanks for the explanation :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bunu:
Is anyone else having issues with youtube? I was on SlimKat 3.6 before I upgraded and on that version, if the youtube app updates to the latest, the app will foreclose automatically. I just uninstalled updates and it worked 100%.

Now on SlimKat 4.0, since I flashed the new gapps, the app just forecloses and there is no way for me to go back.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] steveria79:
By me much more Force closed, back to 3.10!

slimKat Build3.6 ~ Stock
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
Did you update latest gapps?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bunu:
Yup! I cleared /system and flashed SlimKat Stable 4.0 and the new gapps that was released at the same time. I am using Alucard's kernel but I don't think that's the problem.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Formhault:
Very wow.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
Yeah, I use alucard too, just checked you tube and it's working fine here with trds. Have you tried the obvious - settings/apps/you tube - clear cache, clear data and reboot? Failing that uninstall it (I use no bloat for system apps I don't want) and reinstall from play store.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] wonsky21:
Bad mood, buddy?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bunu:
I tried clearing data/cache from the app and youtube still foreclosed.

I cleared dalvik cache and cache in recovery and youtube still forceclosed.

I tried removing the .apk from /system/app using Titanium Backup and SlimSizer and the apk wouldn't go away after a reboot (there was a success message from both apps but the app was still there after a reboot)

I used Simple Explorer and after rebooting, the app was gone so I installed it from the play store. Youtube still foreclosed.

I don't get it. Can you link me to the TRDS gapps you used. Maybe I grabbed the wrong one. The weird thing is that the gapps I used with SlimKat 3.6 had a working youtube but it only worked if I never update the app.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Hen-3:
Tried fixing permissions?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bunu:
That option isn't in Philz Recovery and I heard that the option doesn't even do anything for modern ROMs :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Formhault:
Nah, mate. It's just a meme :D.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
slim AIO gapps

To uninstall you tube you need to flash supersu in recovery then use no bloat from Google play ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] twinsen.net:
Please, profiles to be back! I really miss it. And much wider customization of status bar...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
Lol, so that's what happened to all my dogecoin!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bajong:
gallery Force Close always

USB tethering not working

Thx slim team mabuhay
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pitastrudl:
gallery works fine here, did you do a full wipe and flash new gapps?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bajong:
yes sir
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bunu:
I flashed SuperSU in recovery.

I flashed those gapps and then tried youtube. still foreclosed

I uninstalled youtube as a system app using no bloat and installed it again via play store. still foreclosed

Why is this happening :( Do I really have to do a full wipe to get youtube to work properly again?

Do I have to use the slim gapps? Can I use the PA gapps?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bajong:
always do a clean install (format system,data,dalvik cache, cache) before reporting a FC this will help the community ^_^
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
Yes, you can use PA gapps, however if you do trds will not work on them. I suggest you do a full clean install now as it sounds like some data has been corrupted which even if you decided to live with no you tube is sure to cause you problems further down the line! Also, I doubt that it is slim gapps causing the issue as you have uninstalled you give and still problem persists with play store version.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] __Miguel_:
Just a heads-up for those coming from CM: full wipe (as in, factory reset) is mandatory.

I tried doing it the "easy" way, as in only formatting /system, and clearing caches. The result was Android complaining about mismatching UUIDs, and FCs happening left and right (mostly with the Play Store, with 3-second intervals), to the point the phone simply froze altogether.

So, yeah, NOT fun. A reboot to recovery and a factory reset later, presto! SlimKat on my phone, finally! :D Let's see how it works, it's fully charged now, and I'm going to take it for a test.

Take care, everyone.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] aeroman:
Thanks for the Stable Version.

Works all so far well, incl 2G*3G/LTE Toggle.

to this version is also much smoother. :good:

Regards

●Sent from my Galaxy S4-LTE√
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] __Miguel_:
Which reminds me... How is it every time I select "Global" (LTE/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA) manually, it drops down to LTE/GSM/WCDMA? Doesn't really worry me, since I live in Portugal, but I always found it odd (same thing happened with CM)...

Oh, and btw, the 2G/3G button behaves a little inconsistently, at least for me, when you don't use it, and instead go into the Settings menu to change network mode. I currently have "GSM only" selected manually, and the button still reports as 2G/3G. Again, not really worried, though.

Cheers.

Miguel

P.S.: Apparently, the whole 3G/H+ jumping around seems to be better, now. I can download from the Play Store with no issues. CM bug, probably.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] s3icc0:
For the switching it is language problem - switch your phone to US English and problem is gone ...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] __Miguel_:
I only use US English as a language on my phones, including my S4 (I just double-checked, to make sure). It has been like this for about 15 years now, it's one of the first things I "correct" when I get a phone that comes with a non-English interface language (I just like English best).

As I said, though, I'm not too worried about it. [EDIT]Especially because it tends to eventually sort itself out, at least now. It just popped itself back to 2G correctly. Maybe a GUI sync thing?[/EDIT]

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cypher85:
Bluetooth won't turn on. :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] iamnotkurtcobain:
Does this rom have the NEW theme chooser?

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] tylok:
Random Reboot

Now after trying every weekly I just got my first soft reboot with the STABLE VERSION:eek:

and it happened while the phone was off. And then after a Quizduell request came in it happened:crying:

Is it possible that this was caused by the kernel profile? Cos I tried a new profile which I have never used before...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] s3icc0:
Hm ... I tried it again and had the same issue (but I swear around SlimKAT 2 it was fixed) - anyway why do you need CDMA and EvDo networks? :) I see you Portugal, so you don't need these ...

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Not now ...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pitastrudl:
Im running KT kernel with the 4.0 and had 0 reboots so far. using ktoonsified v5 and smooth operator script.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] __Miguel_:
Just tried it myself. No issues. Did you do a clean install?

No. It's still being worked on. No ETA.

LTE works just fine. It's only the 2G/3G toggle that may lag a bit behind while displaying the changes. It still works correctly for changing modes, so I'm not worried about it :)

As for CDMA, you're absolutely right, and I said that in my post. I was just wondering why that happens, I tend to be curious about random things, and this is one of those times... lol

Cheers

Miguel
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] aeroman:
as i said before, here in Germany works 2G// 3G // LTE Toggle now Fine with latest build.

If u greenified example Phone or similar, the also causes problems only for Info. ;)

Regards

●Sent from my Galaxy S4-LTE√
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cypher85:
Did "Advanced Wipe" with TWRP:

[X]Dalvik Cache

[X]System

[X]Data

[X]Internal Storage

[X]Cache

[ ]Micro SDcard

[ ]USB-OTG
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] __Miguel_:
No idea, then. Maybe someone else can shine a light on this one?

Cheers.

Miguel
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Technical:
No problems here with Bluetooth and no reboots at all.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] dibi91:
strange wi-fi issue

Hi all

Have just bought the s4 and immediatly flashed this rom (i loved it on s2) but have a strange wifi issue....it's not showing my home's wifi! When scanning found other wifi but not mine! On original firmware it was founded!

It's there an explanation?

Thank u!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] s3icc0:
I had this too once a time ago:

1st try to just reflash ROM

if it will not help

2nd reflash rom with /system format and full wipe and then reflash again
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] NightmareCC:
http://lifehacker.com/speed-up-chrome-for-android-with-this-settings-tweak-1555623190

I didn't test this long enough for a report.

But it is worth a try.

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] dibi91:
thank you for advice but not working..

Seems like i get it fixed by changing the modem and specify wifi region code....really strange but real happy that it worked :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Drasztic:
Updated from the previous official build 3 to official build 4 and I keep getting this Google search has stopped working repeating. I don't know if it's an error or what.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] adl:
Did you "format/ system" before flashing as recommended?

Google search is working fine here.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Drasztic:
Is format needed for updating as well? Wouldn't I lose the apps if I format?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] kantjer:
Not if you only format /system, there are no user apps located there.

Making a nandroid is always a good thing to do before flashing anything.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] s3icc0:
Try clearing Google Search data in app manager
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
All app data is in the data partition so you lose nothing, however you do need to flash gapps again as they are in system (but you won't lose the data that belongs to them)

EDIT: oops, just saw Kantjer bet m beat me to it!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] gorillaCF:
anyone got this issue with Recent Apps?

after some time when everything is fine, suddenly i just can't trigger Recent Apps. keeps getting android.process.systemui closed or smth. then my wallpaper will go to default slim wallpaper.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] seferon33:
Hi guys , i have one question. I install this rom on my device with all vipes , but when you scroll you pages its look like page scroll too slow and lagging, any ideas about this please help.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] kantjer:
Tweak the kernel or try another one.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] seferon33:
In with option on Tweak i could do this ? can you help me please. Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Chrisuk80:
Updated to the latest slimkat

I really need help before I go to college in 1hr, the last 4 calls I've had after about 5 seconds end on their own, what could be changed to hopefully stop this, this is new and never happened before
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Drasztic:
Finally got the gapps to flash without giving me ''failed'' and the Google+ stopped working went away. It popped up once.

However, there's slight lag while browsing and scrolling.

How long does it take to restore titanium backups with data? I'm stuck on 0% for the longest..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
10 mins for me for about 100 apps
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] steveria79:
Give me a Download for kt tweak app please, after reboot the app is delete from self!

slimKat Build3.6 ~ Stock
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] westray:
Any way to "clear all apps" button when it shows recent apps?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] __NBH__:
Pinch in on the recent apps list. Hold your finger down on the app icon to pick a favourite app which won't be closed when you pinch in.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] adl:
Just "pinch to zoom out" in the recent window, this will delete all apps. ;)

EDIT: Hell, [MENTION=4103644]__NBH__[/MENTION] was faster!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pitastrudl:
just reflash the rom.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] westray:
Tks!!!!!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] steveria79:
Build 4 ist not smooth!

Exist a media bug!?

I will in whatsapp or Aquamail send a picture, make open the gallery and the message come, media control.... Stopped!?

slimKat Build3.6 ~ Stock
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] adl:
Not happening here, all working when i try to send a picture with whatsapp and use the gallery. Try downloading the ROM again, i really thinks there is something messes up, as you said earlier that you also get a lot of force closes. Maybe you had a bad download of the ROM. You can also try with a different Recovery, i use CWM 6.0.4.7 and have no problems at all.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] steveria79:
I Make Fullwipe with newest Philz Recovery!

slimKat Build3.6 ~ Stock
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] s3icc0:
Build 4 is smooth ... What? Alright it is vanilla smooth. Better now!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
This is a late April fools right ??? :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] kantjer:
bit late for that
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Technical:
Two random reboots today :crying:

I was not using the phone at the moment. I noticed because Bluethoot connection dropped.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Tylog:
I don't know what's wrong with your device but the most time issues only reported by you where other devices work fine, don't feel bland but I am 100 percent sure it's no Rom issues.

Between the latest builds we changed absolutely nothing that have some influential at smoothness. In that point it's impossible to have significant differences , sorry but must be a settings or user fail.

About media control stop you are talking , no log no help, never hear before from this in whatever device thread , not like the writing over and over again.

That's the way to go

http://slimroms.net/index.php/bugs

Tapatalk Team SlimRoms
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] blankingblank:
Hi everyone,

Just wanted to say a quick thanks to [MENTION=5047159]Tylog[/MENTION] and the devs for the work you put into this ROM... it truly is beautiful.

Next, regarding my post above, in case anyone is still wondering, the exfat.zip flashable mod that was reported working on v.3.8, works perfectly on stable 4 for me on my exfat formatted sd/i337m (essentially the same as the i9505 AFAIK). To find zip, search thread for exfat; someone posted a mega link.

Lastly, is anyone else experiencing FC's when scrolling thru the gallery from within the camera app? I'm using the stock camera and gallery, with option to save photos to sd ticked from within camera settings. Consistently get FC's when scrolling thru photos from the camera app, but not when using the gallery app directly. I can pull the logs and post them if that would help. Also, I've noticed that the lockscreen can be unresponsive at times when swiping to the camera widget. It can take up to 10 or so attempts from time to time in order to swipe to camera.

This was sent from my i337m running slimkat 4, jfltecan build, stock, clean flash with latest slim gapps. Not trying to thread hijack, but this thread is waaayy more active than it's Canadian counterpart and the phones are almost identical or so I've been told. Thanks for reading
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bajong:
sir Tylog do you have a plan fixing USB tethering?

Thx
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] steveria79:
@ slim Team please look the problem!?

Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/s/imgimt6xlr8myac/bugreport.zip

slimKat Build3.6 ~ Stock
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] geyce76:
Hi to all here !

First I have to say thx to the team , you guys really make a great job ! this rom Rocks and I love my S4 even more !

I make a clean flash for V4 But I have some issues:

Impossible to connect GPS (and faster fix do not work on V4)

BT issue still here

When a message appear like "faster fix get root access", this message do not dessapear ... I have to reboot !

any idea ?

thx for your help !
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] tylok:
you have to set the superuser to apps only under settings - advanced settings.

and fasterfix doesn't work for my anymore either.

try fasterGPS as an alternative. this app does the same.:cool:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] geyce76:
Thx tylok for this fast an great answer ! I'll try out this ASAP !
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Tylog:
Thx, we take a look on it.

Yes, we know about it and look for a fast fix.

Tapatalk Team SlimRoms
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] XaeonBE:
Is anybody else having severe battery drain? I clean installed the whole thing and I must say my battery is going down faster then never before... Might be something I did but when I look at battery info it says its mostly the screen that drains it, and that's so on lowest brightness... I go from 80% to 60% in like 2 hours from doing nothing but WiFi connected... (New battery since 2 March 2014)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Jsilver73:
screen on or off?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Tylog:
Battery info not really say anything, download betterbatterystats or gsam battery monitor, let it run for some time and check what exactly drains your battery.

Tapatalk Team SlimRoms
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] aeroman:
I'm watching this topic a bit longer, the biggest battery drainer on this Rom or other kitkat Roms

is mostly Android System = Framework-Res.apk or SystemUI, with Running Activities example

ActivityManager, AlertManager or clear AudioMix. ;)

Or clear other integrated Processes, example Surfaceflinger or SystemServer etc.... :)

That's all not directly responsible to this Rom, but to Google's Kitkat Architecture! ;)

Greetz

●Sent from my Galaxy S4-LTE√
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] latino147:
And what does that mean exactly? Is there anything you can do about it without crippling your device?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pitastrudl:
running latest Kt kernel (04.02) with latest slimkat and i had problems with calls. if i answered a call with headphones connected i only heard him on my left earbud. had simmilar problem when i ran the latest slimbean with a newer version of Kt kernel. anyone with the same problems?

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] __NBH__:
I've always had that problem on slim bean and SlimKat, one earphone only during calls and that's a mixture of stock kernel and KT kernel, I always assumed it was a ROM thing.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] wonsky21:
Use another headphones?

GT-I9505 | SlimKat 4.4.2 UNOFFICIAL build 4 by kantjer
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pitastrudl:
headphones are fine. music plays on both sides :)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] malybru:
Hi,

I get audio in both ears on my Bose microphone headphones, when I answer the phone.

What I do not get is , when they are plugged in and I am listening to music , I do not get my ringtone through the headphones.

I get other alerts like text,email ,hangout etc... but not when the phone rings.

:(