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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SyNiK4l:
So. i recently broke my s4 and had to replace it. Now my bootloader is updated. Am I screwed? Or will SS work for this? I've tried to use it SS 3 times now with m9-9/2 and 9/3 and everytime. I either get com.android.phone has stopped over and over. Or I just never load at all. Boot anim never even plays after SS loads.

Sorry if this has been asked. I searched didnt find anything
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Yeah, it's been asked.

If you do not have or can not install CWM or TWRP you can't flash CM. It will not run on a device using Safestrap. Your original bootloader must be MDK and it can not have been updated to any other version. Note bootloader and baseband are not the same thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SyNiK4l:
There's no way back to the MDK bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Unfortunately, no.

Your only other option would be to go to a place like swappa.com and buy a MDK device and sell what you have.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SyNiK4l:
wonderful. Well this blows. Totally havent been part of the community for awhile. Break my phone come back and now im ****ed. Oh well

Thanks for the help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
YW, wish I could give you a better answer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swordmastr54:
How is 9/3 for you?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gonzlobo:
Ok, [MENTION=2419035]fitsnugly[/MENTION]'s build works perfectly. If past performance is any indication, official cm will have this fix in a day or 3.

It's good to be back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
So far I have noticed that I still have my BT issue. The earpiece works as far as talking and hearing goes, but the button on it no longer hangs up calls and when I turn it off the S4 doesn't see it go off. When I turn it on I have to power cycle BT for it to connect.

It also will not do the hand-off from WIFI to mobile data when I leave the range of a connected WIFI. I don't know if the same issue persists when going from LTE to 3G or LTE/3G to no service and back but I suspect it may still exist. I'll find out in the next day or two. (Will probably be on a later build by then too). :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stile:
Tried this and immediately got acore process has stopped on reboot, tried clearing contact storage data after researching but still was getting error...back to M9 even though I have some BT issues even on that build...hopefully the CM team gets the BT issues figured out

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and I did wipe/reset and wipe dalvik...so not sure what the issue was...but did not have much time to play around and figure it out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Have a new one to post up. I was unable to get WIFI to turn on this afternoon, had to reboot then it came on and connected to my WIFI. I dirty flashed 9/3 over 9/2 so not sure if I need to clean flash or not. Last clean flash was done for the 8/30 build.

Logcat attached.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fm9bbjzb4s5t3mp/Log_2014-9-03_17-48-39.txt?dl=0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] drt054:
Gps is still effed on 9/3, back to M9
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vanberge:
What base band?. Im on 9/3 and gps is fine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
Been there. My phone stopped working and I got it fixed to find out that I was no longer on MDK.

I wanted a new flagship-spec phone with custom recovery but did not have any options on Verizon as they lock down their phones tight these days. HTC M8 was the only option but the camera on it was bad. I ended up selling my S4 and buying an MDK S4 on ebay.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
I think I will see what the x+1 developer edition pricing looks like, or just bite the bullet and switch to crappier at&t service and get a nexus 6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I'm on 9/4 and GPS works good for me too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vanberge:
I flashed to 9/4 and my Google Voice app FCs now. Tried wiping cache/dalvik and clearing data and even re-installing. Nothing.

Flashed back to 9/3 and everything force closes at bootup.... ugh.

At this point these sporadic issues with BT, GPS, and data loss while going to/from Wifi have me resorting to a clean flash of M9 where I'm going to stay for awhile while this all settles.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trekuhl:
anyone had issues with getting phone/SMS to work? data is ok but cant make or receive calls. get error "mobile network not available" when attempting to call out.

i was in africa last week using a local GSM sim there and was working fine. prior verizon network worked no problems. the weirdest part is data works ok LTE.

IMEI is listed fine in normal settings\about phone. can go into advanced settings from dialer, lists IMEI and have proper phone and current network listed as VZW but GSM state is disconnected.

the issue appears to be the preferred network type resets on reboot to LTE/GSM and if i manually change to LTE/GSM/CDMA then GSM state goes to "in service"

something aint stickin...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Try this

Open the dialer and enter *#*#4636#*#* and make sure you are set to LTE/CDMA Auto PRL. Exit, save, and reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
Before he reboots, he should also go into settings -> mobile networks -> "preferred network type" and toggle it to LTE, then 3g, then back to LTE before rebooting. I had to do that to get the diagnostic mode trick above to stick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trekuhl:
thats where im changing it as i said in advanced settings from the dialer. it just doesnt stick on reboot.

this worked. if i did it first from advanced, (im doing LTE/GSM/CDMA myself to cover the bases) then went back into the standard settings area i now had a global option i set to so i should be ok for both local and foreign. it now saves on reboot/battery pull
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I noticed a new one today (on 9/4). Got a call from a number that's not in my contacts. When the call was done I added it. Everything looked normal while I created the new contact. After I saved it the number in the recent call list didn't show the fact that it is now a saved contact. Every other number I have done this with did.

BT has been acting a little worse today. I can hear and talk OK, but the button on my Jabra would no longer answer calls (it did previously). Now it doesn't answer or end the call.[emoji20]

I was also looking at the changelog on the website today and I noticed it only lists the last 3 nightlies. I'm gettin the feeling I need to clean flash very soon.

On a side note I have not experienced one SOD in almost a week. Clean flashed 8/30 almost a week ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
I gotta say battery life lately has been amazing. 1 hour SoT after nearly 14 hours on battery and I'm at 75%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Gotta agree with you on that point. Above average use today and after 16 hrs (2-1/2 hrs SoT) and I'm at 42%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] drt054:
Nc5.. I was even using GPS toolbox and I got tired of waiting to get a lock. Guess I will try a clean flash
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swordmastr54:
Yeah I updated from a nightly from last month and its much better bat life and my GPS is fine I have had no issues just finished flashing today's nightly . Just wish we had sweep to wake like kts kernel but he hasn't had time yet to update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Sweep to wake would be cool.

I flashed today's nightly this morning, too. On first boot I had to toggle airplane mode to get mobile data to connect. Haven't noticed anything else yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lw00d:
the past three change logs have been massive.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Been running 9/5 all day today. The issue with my BT earpiece seems to be fixed. I did notice what seemed like not transitioning from 1X to 3G to LTE a couple times today. Dropped a couple calls in an area where I usually have some kind of service. The signal strength said -101 but when I looked at the tile immediately after dropping the call it was switching between 1X and 3G repeatedly.

I have also noticed entries in logcat saying something about textview, textclock, second pass, and improper call. It just repeats for a bit then stops and then repeats again.

Logcat attached:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fdjmrzto0vkfste/Log_2014-9-05_18-57-07.txt?dl=0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vanberge:
You are a trooper Fern.. Thanks for testing and reporting to the masses
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
YW. It's not so bad that it can't be run as a DD, not to me anyway. There have been and still are a couple quirks but nothin I can't work with or around. It's what has to be for things to get better. Besides, I can't help myself, I'm a CM Flashaholic!

Just saw something while typing this reply. I have spell checker set so it only underlines what I don't spell correctly. When I spell "nothin", it underlined it but when I put the cursor on it the suggestions didn't pop up. After I rotated from landscape to portrait it started working as it should in any orientation.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Hmmmm.........

Looks like I have a new wakelock eating battery. Only 14.5 hours off the charger today and I'm at about 11%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
Hmm, I clean flashed 9/5 a few hours ago and I'm not seeing that one. Does it persist after a reboot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Yeah, persists after a reboot. It is a wakelock associated with BT. Based on what I read about it the wakelock keeps BT from switching off and allowing the S4 to go into into deep sleep (or something like that).

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At least turning BT off helps. I guess I'll have to bring a car charger everywhere I go until it's resolved. BT is a must at work. Some days I get enough calls that it makes it a PITA to pull over for every one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
I have my own wakelock problem :(

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Yeah, I have to restore my backup. This thing is destroying my battery. 100% awake time.

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Well I restored my 8/29 backup, then dirty flashed 9/5 over it and no wakelock. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
Battery life on 9/5 is not very good. No massive single wakelock anymore but only 71% deep sleep is horrible. :/ Guess I'll see how tomorrow goes after a full charge and a reboot before bed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Battery life does seem to be off a little. I don't think there is one clear cut culprit, but a combination of things. There have been some big changes in the last couple builds so it may take a nightly or two to get it straightened out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MustGoFast:
It appears the "Access Points" menu has returned in 9/3... BUT.. It doesn't work and I get an android crash every time I try to open it.

If anyone can provide an assist here that would be great as I'd like to fix MMS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Never even noticed, and trying to open in 9/5 also results in a FC.

Open the voice dialer and say "Open APN's". Just tried it and it works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MustGoFast:
I haven't gotten voice dialer to work in many months. Listed as a known bug on the CM site, although it seems to work for some and I have no idea why.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
Well, I took my phone off the charger ~50 minutes ago and despite audio mix constituting like 30-35% (can't remember the exact amount, took a screen shot in BBS) of the awake time, it was still at 100% battery. I turned the screen off and set another timer for another 40 minutes to give it 1.5 hours off the charger with no interaction (other than to turn it on @ the 50m mark to take the screen shot).

So we'll see, but maybe the battery life is not that bad...

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Still 100% after 1.5 hours off charger and idle. I think the CPU states was misleading since it's not accounting for (subtracting) when the screen is on. So I think for me batter is fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Flashed 9/7 about three hours ago and I have noticed to following.

The msm_serial_hs_dma wakelock issue is still present and not going into deep sleep. (BT related - something about quick switching off when going to deep sleep). Turning BT off when not in use stops it.

I sent myself a test SMS and MMS. SMS sent and received fine MMS sent but did not receive. Guess I need to check/adjust/reset APN settings to get it to work (receive).

The APN menu item still results in a FC of android.com.phone. Voice dialer allows me to enter APN settings.

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MMS is now working.

Manually editing settings does not work. When you change the values and save the VZW Internet APN disappears from the list. Resetting to default restores it. After selecting it and rebooting it will receive an MMS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phonedawg:
I opened a bug - https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-5267

I also posted a video in the bug report - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XHj3-ASO9I
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MustGoFast:
any advice for someone who can't get into an APN setting menu? VD crashes and the menu in settings crashes...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
The only other thing I know is to edit the apnconfig.xml file. I have never seen it so I do not know what to change.

Have you tried clean flashing? If you are coming from anything before say 8/19 or so I would recommend one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MustGoFast:
I have, still the same issue. I can receive MMS, but if I try to reply it hangs sending and EATs my battery. (last clean was 8/30 I think) with 2 dirty's since then all with the same issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Hmmm......

Sounds like you've done pretty much the same thing I have. Clean flashed 8/30 and have dirty flashed everything except 8/31 and 9/6 (skipped those).

When I clean flash I factory reset then boot into CWM and manually wipe everything before flashing CM + Gapps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wowthatisrandom:
has anyone been seeing the incoming call ui coming over the in-callUI? been having this issue for week or so now and cant figure out the cause. a reboot seems to fix it for the time being but it comes back eventually. from what i see it only happens on outgoing calls

a video of the issue can be seen here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1kt0ghxvyocn1d/callui.mp4?dl=0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MustGoFast:
same here.

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Which version are you on? I was having the same issue (I think on 8/30). When I updated to a newer build it went away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wowthatisrandom:
im on 9/5, im not sure what causes it, i go long periods wo seeing the issue, but once it happens it happens every call until reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swordmastr54:
Just updated to today's build it won't let lte work for some reason but besides that I'm fine no fc or anything else.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Glad I read that, was just gonna flash it. Have you tried going into the APN menu and resetting to default? Seems to fix the MMS issue so I was curious.

For me to attempt it would require a backup, flash, try it, restore if it don't work. Phone would be out for an hour or so and I'm on call at work (power co). With the monsoon rain beatin our back door I can't be without the phone for that long.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swordmastr54:
It fc on the APN menu so I can't but I did get lte when I went outside so idk it could be showing lower signal but that was after I wiped cache its alright now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Can you get in via Voice Dialer and saying "Open APNs"? Some can some can't. The APN menu item FC's for me but the voice dialer works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Still runnin 9/7, noticed the msm_serial_hs_dma wakelock is still present but not the entire time BT is on. Today it only shows for about 4 hours but it's still on the top of the list. There must be another wakelock or something, though. After almost 14 hours off the charger battery is closing in on about 40% where I'm normally closer to 60-70%. My S4 has not entered deep sleep all day (sits at 0% deep sleep).

Not sure if there is anything to show in it but here's a logcat for pretty much the entire day.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/55r9lku6lowm0sl/Log_2014-9-08_19-30-11.txt?dl=0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Here's a commit many would like to see for 9/9.

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/72576/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] drt054:
9/8 nightly after flash and on reboots I have had to go into airplane mode sometimes more than once before mobile data comes on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chopes:
Have seen similar problems myself. Mobile data sometimes is finicky requiring a reboot or two or extended airplane mode before re-enabling.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jackburnt:
I'm on 9/8 with no issues so far. LTE works fine, but haven't tried MMS yet.

BT issue seems fixed from earlier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Finally got to flash 9/9 about 30 minutes ago. A few things to report.

The APN menu item works!!!!

Toggle WiFi off and LTE picks right up.

My BT earpiece connects without any intervention on my part.

I had to go into the APN menu, reset to default, and reboot to get MMS to send and receive.

I'll report later on the wakelock issue I've been having (gotta let it go to sleep and see).

Overall it seems pretty good so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
Was this a clean flash or dirty flash? Bummer that MMS gets borked every time it seems. I wonder if that's specific to Verizon? Speaking of Verizon, I think if the moto nexus rumors are true the s4 will be my last Verizon phone. I'm sick of their draconian BS locking down devices. Verizon's coverage here is by far superior but perhaps moto radios/antenna design will make the new nexus perform on par with the AT&T iPhone which was much better than my Nexus 5 on signal. It will suck to lose unlimited data but I'm sure Verizon is scheming a way to punish us for having it in new and improved ways. haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Dirty flash as usual. The last one I did was 8/30 and I think that was what finally kicked my SoD issue.

One other thing I've been noticing is I can't seem to view the changelog from the update list. It just says changelog not available.

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Well, it's been over an hour and I am not entering deep sleep so I guess the wakelock issue persists.

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Just saw this commit

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/72667/

Maybe the APN issue and all that goes with it will be resolved.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AntsInMyPants:
I am having the same issue which makes the ROM unuseable for me. I have wiped like crazy and tried clean installs many times with no luck.

It seems the issue started about the same time that the S-View Cover feature was added to the ROM.

Any help woulde be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] .Ejekt:
Anyone here using an alternate kernel with the latest nightlies? If so, please link.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
I haven't really found anything that required a custom kernel at this point. I don't use any of the swipe/knock to wake stuff, though. The only reason I ran a custom kernel in the past was for battery life, but the cm kernel doing great in that department for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swordmastr54:
Sadly I do like the swipe to wake but I don't know of any custom kernel that has been working for a while if there is I'd be glad to know aswell
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Just flashed 9/10 and noticed one thing immediately. After flashing, installing BBS as a system app, and rebooting I let the phone sit for a few minutes. It actually went into deep sleep for the first time in almost a week.

I also noticed something earlier today (before flashing 9/9), I went into a no service area for a few hours and when I returned to service mobile data automatically reconnected to LTE without toggling airplane mode.

Things are lookin up!

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Also noticed that the msm_serial_hs_dma wakelock is no longer present. Progress is a good thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] drt054:
Anyone having issues with tethering(native)? Seems connection keeps breaking off after a few minutes, same issues on 9/8 and now 9/10. My computer still says its connected but the browser doesn't says no connection.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NickSaul:
I haven't been able to get LTE all day on the 9/10 build.

Usually toggling Airplane Mode a few times and a few reboots does it, but not today.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] whiteout7942:
Looks like 9/9 and 9/10 broke wi-fi on ktoonz kernel and faux kernel. Clean flashed 9/10 this morning, wifi worked then flashed custom kernel and wifi was stuck on turning on. Could never get it to work :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gunnermike:
Wtf is going with Bluetooth? The last month or so on any CM build Bluetooth is spotty at best.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Train88:
Last I heard, they still had not updated their kernels to work right with all the new CM stuff. Granted, I never bother with custom kernels anymore bc battery is awesome for me on stock.

Read the last 3 pages, at the very least.

Team BlackOut... or Back Out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
BT, WIFI, and mobile data (LTE, 3G, etc) have all been working well for me since flashing 9/10. I did, however, notice an issue with the compass. While driving I decided to test it out today (been a little borked for some time now) and it would quickly get a GPS lock and turn to the proper orientation. The issue is once it locked on the correct orientation (N S E or W) that is where it would stay regardless of direction of travel.

Logcat attached, maybe there's some good info in it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dzjgjap4my99me7/Log_2014-9-11_19-05-36.txt?dl=0

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Forget to add I am on the stock kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkc120:
For the folks with the answer overlay on the phone in mid call, this might get fixed in tonight's nightly: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/72814/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I have also noticed that for whatever reason I still can't view the changelog from within the menu. Been having this issue for 4-5 days now.

Guess I'll flash 9/11 (never forget) and see how the new nightly is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Well, now running 9/11.

Compass is borked. Orientation is not working, always points North.

I am also still unable to view the changelog from the menu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scarmon25:
looking to see if that change is reverted to fix orientation and proximity. Went back to 12/16 for time being. So far not seeing it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamesd1085:
Is there a setting to keep home screen backgrounds centered?...I set it and its centered but it shifts to the right at random and at reboots...I haven't seen anyone else with this problem which makes me think I'm missing something
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Black6spdZ:
also get battery green light with builds 12/16 and 12/17.. and the "IR Remote" app worked on the unofficial cm11 builds but not on any of the official CM builds so far.. it tells me I need a phone with IR blaster support
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Slash8915:
I'm having random drops in Wi-Fi connection after 12/17.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Zmnypit:
Still no lock screen weather even when selected and saved. Other than no IR 12/16 is working great for me.