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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
Android 4.3 update (04-24-2014)

-Stock kernel

-Samsung autobrightness disabled, using AOSP values

-Removed home button lag

-Remapped hardware buttons to perform like CM and other AOSP roms

-fixed the menu and back button wake when locking the device

-Updated to my 4.4.2 AOSP email

-Updated Novalauncher

-Updated Superuser

-Updated GoogleTTS

-Updated Google Keyboard

-CSC disabled and removed

-All bloat removed

-Removed useless libs

-4-way reboot menu included, deodexed the ROM

-1% battery icon is now simply a holo blue circle battery (stock CM)

-Superuser preference added to settings

-removed useless libs

running well on my phone, for now i'll be keeping a nandroid of this aswell as my 4.4.2 current release, yes, Jellybean was awesome enough to keep development going. Holo blue rules!

Download the 4.3 build here

md5: 25310fcad83e7d0cea2ef543d74320ea

(Remember these are official drivers included, 4.3 is ROCK stable and there are no bluetooth, camera, tethering or network issues, this is a VERY handy zip to keep around, newer is not ALWAYS better for some users.)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maciejk-pl:
Thanks, you're the man. Just the thing I was looking for. 4.4.2 acts strange on my device and 4.3 is just the thing. Flashing right now. http://xdaforums.com/images/smilies/good.gif
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
No problem mate. I honestly thought Android 4.3 was flawless, this ROM is a killer option.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Thanks again Dan. Your dedication to updating your ROM for us on XDA is outstanding. :good:

I can sense you must be getting bored, and twiddling your fingers until you get your hands on 4.4.3!

:D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
No problem

52 min screentime 87% battery..

4.3 or 4.4.2 (both stable)

Hmmmm its a matter of personal preference now. Remember guys windows 7 is far superior to 8
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] duk3r:
Haven't used this rom for a long time. Is Touch to Focus working in HDR mode or still missing?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maciejk-pl:
Missing from my experience with the latest 4.4.2 and 4.3.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] DLAddict:
(1) There is no support for Emoji though, right?

(2) I am currently on 4.4.2. Can I just dirty-flash down to 4.3, or would that need a clean wipe?

And what if I were to do the other way around (4.3 to 4.4.2)?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] PiggySmalls:
Clean flash for both of those, not real sure about emoji
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Gavin01:
trying the 4.3 at the moment. Im hoping for very good battery life. I like the rom already after only a few minutes its very snappy.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41756874&postcount=3&nocache=1&z=3651661057956516

ive also followed that guide but cant find the last few governor settings.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
1. correct.

2. no, you cannot downgrade from 4.4 to 4.3 without a full wipe.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Gavin01:
is there any way of boosting loud speaker sound and ring tone?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] maciejk-pl:
OK, ~three hours in, changed kernel to latest KT, profile Ktoonsified v6, installed xposed, gravitybox and a bunch of small modules, greenified lots of stuff like G+ etc etc.

Extremely snappy, boots MY GOD LOOK HOW FAST, will report back on battery life in a day or two. A much better experience than 4.4.2, especially when it comes to s-view support. On KitKat we can't anwser calls and so on. I hope this will be fixed on 4.4.3...

EDIT:

I'm on ML6 right now as you can see. Is that the recommended modem or maybe there's another one...? Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] TheKeyboardWarrior:
To the developer of the ROM,

I've been using the ROM for the past day and so far this thing has been excellent, stable, fast and smooth. Definitely the best ROM I've tried so far and just the thing I was looking for. It runs great and GravityBox gives me any features that I felt to add to it. The only criticism is that there's still some Holo blue remnants around, mainly the volume bar and settings buttons, any way to change these to the white Kitkat theme?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] VictorLallemand:
+1
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] PLUG313:
+2 :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sushidog:
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/536130/20140128/android-4-3-5-major-bug-fixes.htm

Sent from my Nexus 7

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It's just me or this new design is awfully like windows stuff?! IT'S UGLY.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...-shows-alleged-android-4-4-3-dialer-redesign/

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] chemamontevideo:
yes
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
Nope
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] chemamontevideo:
so?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Narsil:
Exact opposite problem here : notifications works with all apps (exchange, whatsapp, sms etc.) except gmail

Any solution would be great !

Diego
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
I was going to great lenghts to get this sorted out, tried just about every possible kernel tweak there was. Changing scheduler, min mhz, governor, screen off governor, scheduler there aswell, gpu settings, also tried alucard kernel and installing the original AOSP exchange and email.apk's. I'm not sure if it's a ROM issue or kernel issue, but I do know I only have this problem using this ROM/kernel combination. Back on CM now cause I'm dependent on exchange push, but if this issue gets sorted out I'd probably switch back.

I find it strange that this isn't being prioritized, as Exchange push/notifications in general is something alot of people are depending on, and I've talked to lots of other people having exchange / notification issues with this rom/kernel. It is literally the only thing that's keeping me from using it.

In your case, you can try going into ktweaker and setting more agressive settings, it did help me a little bit, but it was still nowhere as good as stock/cm/other roms, usually with a 3-4 min dealy at minimum but then again it could go 6 hours without notifying me at all.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Narsil:
Thanks, but I'm a bit scared about tweaking this kind of parameters : it's my main phone ...

Anyway, the fact that it does affect (as far as it seems) exchange (your case, gmail working fine) or gmail (my case, exchange working fine) looks like it's a notification bug. What could tweaking the system change ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
I did have the occasional gmail, snapchat, facebook bug aswell, but it was consitant with exchange. Not sure what triggers it, or why it's not consistent along the different types of push notification apps.

As for tweaking the kernel, it's not very dangerous, just try little modifications at the time. Change the governor to performance, highten min. mhz with a couple hundred mhz, stuff like that. At one point I was running all 4 cores at 1ghz min when screen off, and even that did not help completely, but it was totally safe (and killed battery life :p)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
nothing I can do without a repo, 4.4.3 hopefully fixes these issues? I haven't run into any of them myself but if its bothering you that much just use the 4.3 build I posted last night, its bug free, not a single damn thing wrong with it :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] iamnotkurtcobain:
We should hope the Dialer redesign is fake... Looks so ugly... It should be a List view.

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
dialer will be themed by either kryten or myself, don't expect me to release that garbage looking like that, I might not get to it right away, but it will be done

nice to see kt still updating his 4.3 GE kernel, what a guy

4.3 is honestly superior firmware in general to 4.4.2, 4.4.3 might change the tide into kit kat's favor

now im not saying there is anything wrong with 4.4.2, but there are some google bugs still present that are out of my control

-no led on missed call

-some bluetooth failures on certain devices

-exchange

-camera

-sview for ppl who use it

-4.3 AOSP browser is the best browser
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] iamnotkurtcobain:
THANK YOU! You have taste.

Btw do you like the hamburger/slide out menu in all the apps? It's so janky sometimes.. Google should rethink it.

Why doesn't Android reserve ONE cpu core completely for UI to have smooth UI and the other 1-7 cores for all the rest.

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] 0nyx:
+1

There is a thread over in the themes section by [MENTION=5638945]RonnellTapawan[/MENTION], who created a white theme, but it seems to be discontinued.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] PLUG313:
http://pocketnow.com/2014/04/25/ok-google-everywhere

anyone kinda excited for this? :)

not sure what I think of the home button changing to a google button though...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
emoji is in the keyboard and the MMS app, your choice

also to anyone using 4.3 or 4.4.2

Snapcam HDR > any nexus stock camera
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] jrfurlan:
I think this is a issue: i tired to hide my phone number at the calls settings and when i change the option to "hide number", i can't do any call. Every time it shows to me " Call ended ".

Happened with yours?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JohnnyBlack10:
Why in 4.3 is not possible option to change preffered network type like to Wcmda, LTE.....etc?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
ANDROID 4.3 UPDATED

ok here it is, there is nothing else to be done to Android 4.3, in this update I have added the following

04/26/2014

-World unlocked the dialer

-Allow network mode selection between 3G and LTE (unbelievable that Samsung didn't do this for you guys in 4.3)

-Enabled in call noise supression (once again Samsung, how can you forget to activate the noise cancelling mic on phone calls)

-Enabled App ops in settings > Security

Android 4.3 Google Play Edition full feature list

-Stock kernel

-Samsung autobrightness disabled, using AOSP values

-Removed home button lag

-Remapped hardware buttons to perform like CM and other AOSP roms

-fixed the menu and back button wake when locking the device

-Updated to my 4.4.2 AOSP email

-Updated Novalauncher

-Updated Superuser

-Updated GoogleTTS

-Updated Google Keyboard

*Nothing will need updating from the market on a clean flash*

-App ops enabled in settings>security

-In call noise suppression enabled

-Network mode selection now available for easy swapping between LTE and 3G/HSPA

-User theme able MMS (Complete customization! including emoji)

-CSC disabled and removed

-All bloat removed

-Removed useless libs

-4-way reboot menu included, deodexed the ROM

-1% battery icon is now simply a holo blue circle battery (stock CM)

-Superuser preference added to settings

-removed useless libs

100% bug free and ready to go as a daily driver

note: to disable the OTA nag, download the update, delete it in /cache and then goto settings>about and try to do the update, it will count down but not do anything since the stock recovery isn't there, just reboot manually and you will never see the nag again

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download the final 4.3 build here

md5: e8d68de650c3e086c1088e26d14a90bc

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sushidog:
Dan, I've been using 4.4.2 for some months without major problems but yesterday I downgraded to 4.3. JB is much polished, folder/system logic more logic and bug free. BUT...

There's something wrong since you first released 4.3. All my system is in Portuguese, I also changed build.prop to my regional settings, but calendar always show weekday and month in English (I even installed CM and Google calendars, without success).

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] VictorLallemand:
Unfortunately it is ..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JohnnyBlack10:
You are awesome Dan :) it's there converted contacts for 4.3?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] PiggySmalls:
You guys that want a white theme, it's not a full theme, but there is a white dialer, and MMS app in the OP.

Sent from my GT-I9505G

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[MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION], is it just Tapatalk being dumb, or is the thread title boogered up a little bit?

Sent from my GT-I9505G
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jrhoop:
Same on xda app. Thread titled is borked :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
Hopefully, but since it works in every other 4.4.2 rom and I haven't seen anyone with a legitimate S4 GPE having these issues, I'm not so sure the problem is on google/samsungs part.

Also, would just like to say that I didn't mean to sound negative in any way in my previous post, it was just a moment of frustration when you have a near-perfect rom but can't use it because of one tiny thing that you depend on not working as intended. CM works great, but I would really like to have samsung camera and bluetooth drivers, plus having the button lights work as they do in GPE. As for 4.3, I don't think I could stand going back to non-transparent statusbar, all the blue stuff etc. I've gotten way too used to kitkat.

On another note, I noticed that the 4.3 GPE build used stock kernel, is this something that will be possible with a kitkat gpe rom in the future, for example when 4.4.3 hits?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
I'm hoping the stock kernel works

Have you tried ditching aosp email all together? Mine syncs perfectly but if yours is screwed try k9? I'm 99.9% sure the problem is on googles end or the exchange servers.

Cm is wayyy more up to date then this ROM with syncing android, its just there is no official drivers
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
Unfortunately K9 does not work with Exchange 2010, the only 3rd party app that does afaik is TouchDown, but have you seen the UI of it? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nitrodesk.droid20.nitroid

It's yeah.. nope. :P

Guess I'll just wait for 4.4.3 and see what happens, hopefully it'll work with the stock kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
what email.apk and exchanges have you tried? have you pulled the 2 directly from CM?

have you pulled 4.3 email and exchange and tried that?

its obviously your exchange server that doesn't like the new email app, I can't think of anything else
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
Yeah, tried your white one and exchange + email apk from cm11 a week ago (as I know the CM ones work great in CM which I'm using now). Since the emails pop up when you open the app I don't think its an exchange/email.apk issue, but rather a rom/kernel one, as it's just background syncing that doesn't work as it should. That's why i suspected KT kernel, but even when adjusting the screen off values way higher than normal, it still didn't work properly, same when using alucard, although I did not do extensive testing using that kernel as it was back when it had random reboots so it wasn't really an option anyway.

Often if I send myself an email to test and it doesn't notify me, it's usually enough to just wake the screen for it to pop in after a couple of seconds, but sometimes I must open the email app aswell. It's not really very consistent in behaviour, which makes it difficult to troubleshoot.

I don't think it's the 4.4.2 email app, as that one works great in both touchwiz and CM. I was running the original 4.4.2 AOSP exchange + email.apk's in tw for a few weeks, but I just can't stand touchwiz either way.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
NEW OPTIONAL ZIP IN THE OP!

Disable CRT animation - this will enable the fade effect as opposed to the bright CRT screen off animation (4.4.2)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sushidog:
[MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION]

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Nreigota:
Im using this rom, very pleased with it. I just wanted to know if it's possible to change model from i9505g to i9505 since i need it for mobile odin to work.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] mooyaart:
Yes just edit the build.prop file. There are a few apps that can do it (google it!)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] D!3G0 #1:
guys I am with the new bootloader, I can install 4.3 without problems? could go back to 4.4.2 GE if you do not like me?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Nreigota:
Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
yep you can install whatever you like

just clean flash if going from one to the other or simply keep a Nandroid of both like I do

As for the calendar, that really is strange and out of my control. I cannot decompile a market app
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Rob2222:
[MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION]

Thank you and the others for the nice rom.

Is there a possibility to offer a stock kernel for 4.4, too?

I was using your 4.4 for 2 weeks now, but there occured to many strange things to be happy. I had crashes (3 vibrates) here an there. Sometimes it was media, sometimes it seems that reading the logcat with android tuner crashed logcat itself, sometimes location crashed in regular intervals.

The installations were clean installations with wipe. Later I restored the user apps (not system) with TB.

I am now back to your 4.3 ROM, cause the stock kernel attracts me in hope for a more stable system.

But when the original I9505G is on 4.4 already, would it not be possible to make a 4.4 stock kernel for the I9505? I wonder why almost all "GE Roms for I9505" bundle a highly tweaked/tweakable kernel. Would be nice to have the actual stock 4.4 for flashing, too.

BR

Robert
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
the stock kernel does not work with 4.4.x at all on the i9505, sadly it random reboots like mad, it only works on North American devices

ktoonsez kernel does work however, this is why we bundle it because we have no choice mate :(

if you are on a North american device check my tmobile thread
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Rob2222:
Ah, so that's the cause for not finding a "almost stock" 4.4 port from the I9505G.

Well, no matter then. Thank you for your good work anyway! :o

Edit: [MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION]

Maybe one last question... Do the GE ROMs have samsung/qualcomm/proprietary (better?) binaries/libs/devicedrivers that maybe CM or SlimKAT may not use? If yes, are they in the kernel or in the rom?

BR

Rob
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] sushidog:
Yes, its really odd. This is only happening with your 4.3 ROM, CM and 2 other more work just fine. I also can use those calendars on your 4.4.2 but not on 4.3. Seems obvious that's something to do with your ROM. Are you using some kind of CM code on your 4.3 version? (I'm asking because on some CM nightlies there wore some problems with clock and date not being accepted on particular regional settings).

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] D!3G0 #1:
[MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION] there any way to change the battery icon for the stock GE?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
4.3 or 4.4.2? which battery icon did you want mate?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] D!3G0 #1:
4.3 so is completely stock;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407589717

enjoy
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] D!3G0 #1:
thanks bro! your work is much appreciated :victory:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
Just trying to make everyone happy with their s4. No need to upgrade ppl. My gpe 4.3 and 4.4.2 are worth keeping this phone for, the wait for 4.4.3 is killing me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andrewbat:
Aborted Flash

Hey guys,

Trying to flash this rom a friends phone...I have it on mine...but no matter what I try it keeps aborted the installation.

It says - found update package....opening update package...installation aborted.

Any ideas why?

I have tried Philz 6.15.whatever and Philz 6.29. whatever as well as CWM 6.0.4.7

Any help appreciated... :confused: :confused: :confused:

Thanks

PS: It is on a new bootloader if that makes any difference
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Danvdh:
Use twrp but I feel the problem is a incomplete or corrupt download of my rom
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] andrewbat:
Aborted Flash

Hey Danvdh,

Tried to flash your 4.4.2 rom as well as the 4.3...but both are the same.

Having trouble downloading TWRP from it's main site...do you have a link to the file please

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Just tried TWRP...but no good...

Still the same.

Will try a download I have at home as we have downloaded now 3 times..... :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Gavin01:
THanks for this rom its so good! very fast and smooth and everything justworks!

Is there anyway of boosting the ring tone and speaker up a bit? Some of the other roms have this option?

Thanks again
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] joekiddo:
Question...does ART work on this ROM? I'm trying to enable it via Dev Options but the option is set back to Dalvik.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] tuniel:
Do you have xposed installed? If so you should disable it, as it is not compatible with ART and will switch back to davlik

sent from my gt-i9505G
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] joekiddo:
Yep its definately xposed related then. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] chemamontevideo:
It is possible get AOSP browser in our 4.4.2 version?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] petrus764:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.aospinstaller
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] JohnnyBlack10:
I have a wish Dan :( i wan black inverted contact for 4.3 . please :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Matt3333:
The only thing keeping me away from this ROM (4.4.2), is the heavy lag on video recording as soon as you move the phone :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] DSA:
Enjoy your new rom
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Matt3333:
The least you could have done is given me an apk to a perfectly working camera :p
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] VictorLallemand:
The least you could have done is read the thread and find the answer : SnapCamera HD
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Matt3333:
Already tried smart ass.. not at all the answer
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] VictorLallemand:
Then move on and find a better rom, smart ass
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Nemeth782:
Since flashing this rom I seem to have lost all mobile coverage....

I was previously on a 4.3 GPE rom if that helps!

Any fix or is my phone now bricked? :/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
So, GE 4.3 is better than 4.4.2? Actually, that makes sense, as JellyBean had so much time to mature, while KitKat is just in its infancy, relatively speaking.

And still... no 4.4.3 on sight. You know... the build that should have landed two freaking weeks ago... Darn rumors! :mad:

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Try flashing a newer modem... This may (actually, really should) help you.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Nemeth782:
Thanks for trying to help!

Tried flashing it with that via odin, I'm now on stock android. Cell reception works but Wifi won't turn on at all, I press the button it just goes back to off.

Tried a new radio version (xxufnc9) and the one listed as fixing wifi for older roms (xxubmh1) to no avail.

Wish I'd just stuck with what I had :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
What's your bootloader? Knox or not Knox?