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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MonstaDriva:
Todays Commotio 01-26

Seems to be a bad build . I recommend skipping it . Tried it on two phones several ways and can't get booted up all the way .If anybody can log it please do .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackmeth:
awsome i can post in here now!!

im going to try and setup a system to help in getting this ROM going. keep in mind im new to building android OS's .. but im prity good with steep learning curves :P
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MonstaDriva:
Vanir 01-26-2014

Runs smooth as silk , like butter here . still no 3G . Install and log any issues please . build 01-26 . If we could only get that 3G icon lit up we'd be doing great .

LucentBirch , any headway on your ART issue ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LucentBirch:
No not really...I've given up ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kvevand63:
Have you tried this? In settings select ART. While you see the rebooting pop-up, hold power and volume up keys together to reboot into recovery. Wipe cache and dalvik. Reboot. It will take a long time to boot up, in fact with last nights Commotio build, for me it was a record 18 minutes on the boot animation after enabling ART. Just be patient. The above described method worked for users on the first Villuminati release, my self included.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MonstaDriva:
You mean yesterday and or last nights Commotio build works ok for you ? I can't get either up and running . When I boot and it first gets almost to the start screen it tells me exchange service has stopped running . From there I can get past the activation screen but before it goes to the home screen it hangs up with a black screen . treid both phones every way I know to flash with same results . Repeated bootups will never make it past the commotio boot animation .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kvevand63:
Yes, running for me no problem. After I read your post advising to skip it, I downloaded it and unzipped file. I think the problem is possibly related to the data folder containing the /data apps. Used Zarchiver to delete the apps out of it, then flashed. Booted up no problem. Currently running this mornings update, did same procedure, booted up, enabled ART, running absolutely beautiful. Caution, if you do delete data apps like I advised, be sure to have an update.zip to flash along with the ROM containing the apps you would need to start up the ROM. I use Zip.me, works better than TB when it comes to update zips.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MonstaDriva:
You mean the 5 apps being browser, email , launcher m quicksearchbox and soundrec apks ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kvevand63:
Correct. Delete those out. Make an update zip using your current working ROM with at least the launcher of your choice and browser. Flash it at the same time as the ROM. That extra folder is possibly the problem and the updater script was not configured correctly, just a guess. Did not look at updater yet. Will later. Good luck, please have nandroid.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MonstaDriva:
Your exactly right ! Good work . Maybe you can figure out our 3G issue <grin> I passed that info along to DHO and let him know you discovered the problem . Thanks a bunch .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kvevand63:
Deactivate your device, issue solved lol!! You are doing a great job Monsta, keep it up!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MonstaDriva:
LOL , that's too funny :) . Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LucentBirch:
There's something about this latest nightly that is working for my phone...usually having wifi on is killer for my battery, but the wlan_wake is not draining battery, nor is Android system...very interesting, keep it up guys!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sin-cal:
Thank you. I will give that process a go.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
I hope they find a fix for the Xposed SNAFU. I like having my name in the status bar. On the flip side, ART ROCKS! Battery life is amazing. I will keep my ears to the street and see what happens. B68 is not bad. It actually has fewer apps than Vanir. The build I am on is very stable. Like you I do not prefer to try nightlies. I prefer extremely stable.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
I tried commotio and it didn't work. I've literally never used it since monstadriva mentioned it to me way back. I get an error. I don't think xposed will work on KitKat and art. It's not in the author's plan. It will on L though. And i have hopes that we'll be getting that too ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Yea. When I tried ART and Xposed, it just coming back Dalvik. I read a post that they didn't like each other. Once I uninstalled Xposed, everything went smooth. I just got a copy of DU 4.4 and wanna try it out. I am truly torn between upgrading and not. Every time I think about it, someone comes out with a new ROM or an update that I want to try. Guess it is inevitable for me to be here. I will admit, I do enjoy helping folks out of trouble on this phone so maybe that's a good thing I don't upgrade.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
Yeah I saw. I just flashed clean so I'll probably hold of for a bit. I DO recommend it to everybody though. I have it on my other phone and it is chuck full of stuff. It has that name thing you want. May not be as smooth as vanir but honestly you might not even notice.

And thanks for helping. Every time I look around the threads to help you always beat me to it :D #stayingalive
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
I appreciate the acknowledgment. I can't take credit because I tried to pattern myself after someone on the forum. [MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION], [MENTION=3053298]Stryke_the_Orc[/MENTION], [MENTION=5859245]Krazy J[/MENTION], [MENTION=5244502]micmars[/MENTION]. These are some of the guys I learned from. No matter what I did to screw up, they were there to make sure everyone was up and running. I really miss them. I do see some post from them in this forum from time to time. I remember once, we all posted pics of ourselves. Truly the best bunch of ppl on XDA. Never a cross or discouraging word from anyone. :crying: I really miss them. With that said, glad to run into you. :cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
That's cool. I'm also glad to run into you.

anyways

is anyone else having issues with Google apps? They can't connect to the internet for some reason both minimal and full. I thought it night be Google but it's working fine on my other phone. Usually when this happens I use Tor and that works out. Not anymore though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
I miss those days too, much simpler times...

Thanks for the kind words Mike, I'm still around just not as much as I used to be.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
I'm just paying back what I received. :beer:

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
Is there any known issues with Bluetooth?

I tried using it to stream Pandora in my car this morning and it kept rebooting the phone.

I used to be able to do this but this is the first time I've tried it and it's not working. Idk if it's an app or rom issue but I have the same apps, even less now, as before and it used to work.

I also keep having a strange issue where it seems something is getting stuck running and my phone is using 50% cpu min. I have tried some apps to monitor things and none show the process that is pegged.. My phone gets really warm tho and the batt drains... This has been happening since day 1 on the first version I flashed and on the newest.

Is there an app that might show what's going on so I can try stopping it? Rebooting fixes the issue. I've tried different kernels and same thing happens.

On vanir 728
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
I saw a drain on my battery the other night. It was google ears. The "OK Google" was check and draining my battery even during deep sleep.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
Yes "ok Google" takes a lot of battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
Sent a reply but it's not showing so idk if this is a double post or not...

I have OK Google turned off and don't use the Google now features. I did notice that it's turned on for when I open the search. I turned it off so I'll see if it helps.

Thanks for the suggestion

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I have another question too, I see u guys talking about art, and I found the runtime setting in dev options. Should I turn it on or leave it as dalvik
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Go with ART. IMO, it is the cats meow. I got 1 day of battery use with 3 hrs of screen time. (Stock battery from 2012). It uses a little more space then Dalvik, but the trade off is worth it. How long does it take to boot your phone on a custom ROM? Try it with ART. Boots like a regular phone. I love this stuff. I am truly happy with my phone, so I won't be upgrading anytime soon. Plus looking through the forums, most of the ROMs are still 4.4.2. I am 4.4.4 :P I have come to adore AOSP over TW. I don't want to go back. Just think if all the Devs that had left this phone had stayed.......Jellyverse KK, Blu Kuban KK, Project X KK, Wild for the Night KK, CarbonROM kk, PAC KK. We just got Dirty Unicorns KK. I would think that sales for the S3 and above would drop drastically. Sorry, I got to ramblin'. :P
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
do I just turn it on in that section? It won't mess up anything? do I change it and then reboot? any chance of it bricking my phone cz I don't have time for that one tonight lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
Try it and if it does bootloop just reflash and you should be back to dalvik.

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You forgot cm ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
My bad. :D

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
Converted to art. No bootloop woot! Let's see if it gives me better batt life ;)

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Anyone else notice that the 3g turns off automatically and doesn't turn back on even after leaving WiFi? I like the battery savings but I can't get mms till I turn it back on and I always have to turn it on before I use data. Is it just my phone or the rom etc?

Nothing to do with art, it's been this way since my first flash of this rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
You should see a difference in battery life.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
I've heard of that. The way you would fix it was with a rule to toggle it. but since this phone isn't activated I have no idea. Try search amigo, here or on the cm thread.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
charged at noon and im at 25% now with little to no use.. just some texts and checking email for the most part. was at work and school the whole time so didn't really use it.. I'll have to let it settle for a few days before I can be sure there is an improvement, as this is my normal batt life..

I have a new batt I just put in abt 1mo ago.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
I have Greenify and all apps are in hibernation. I have DS battery Saver Pro with custom settings. I have H-tweaker installed with all tweaks activeated. Pegasus/SIO 1000/100, GPS, Data, WiFi stays off until needed. I have been increasing on battery life since I flashed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
I have none of those tweaks. A lot of them are placebo I'm sorry to say ( I'm looking at you greenify). Usually the only thing I change is to turn of sync and radios unless I need them and pegasusq/sio 800/100. But lately I set it to max 1400. On my small battery I get 2 and a half hours on screen heavy use. On my big battery its 3 and a half? Crummy battery tbh. Vanir has a lot of tweaks for battery already. They're just not toggleable so we don't know about them ^ ^
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Are you turning off the radios via RTB? How has the phone responded on 800/100. How long is the battery lasting with heavy use?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
I also use pegasusq as it seems to work the best for me, tried all the others too!

Using cfq tho.. Should I switch i/o to sio? What's the benefits?

Took phone off charge at about 730am and I'm at 80% with light use at 930am so 10%/hr..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Yea, you should try SIO. I am not sure of the "benifits", I have always used the 2 together. Do you have H-tweaker? It puts the battery into deep sleep. You probably should try to calibrate the battery if you can.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
Switched to sio ;)

I don't have h-tweaker, it's not in the market. Do u have a link?

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I used to use greenify and it seemed to work, maybe I'll try it again and I will really be able to tell if it does or not cz I have a good baseline ;)

My clocks are 1100/200, should I drop them both by 100MHz?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Standby for the link in a PM. You can drop, but do it based off of your use. There are a few things to remember about getting the best battery life:

1. Each user uses their phone differently

2. Each phone is like a fingerprint. What works for my may not work for you.

3. The amount of apps you have and are using

4. The apps that are not "sleeping"

5. The use of WiFi, Sync, Data, Bluetooth and GPS all make a VERY BIG difference on how long your battery will last.

Here ya go for H-tweaker

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2644914

give it a try. It can't hurt. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
Thanks! I installed h-tweaker and notice a lot of the same settings that are already baked into the rom(cpu tweaks) . The one for battery seems to be the one I need to use, but what should I change the settings to? Any other settings I should mess with?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
That's pretty much all you can do. The other tweaks should be in the normal settings(performance) selections. I really don't know what else there is.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
Nah just airplane mode :p that is heavy use ^ ^ its fairly smooth on 800 if you don't have a lot of apps that like to hog resources. Candy crush takes longer to start but all in all just fine.

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The fallacy with greenify is that it makes the apps you hibernate less useful. Your better uninstalling them sometimes. Or turning off sync. Granular control is good nonetheless.

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To clarify; here's the article that incited me to comment on tweaks being placebo. Its not really from experience because I'm too lazy to do proper experiments :D

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...acebo-or-actual-development-see-for-yourself/

And lastly http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/info-battery-stats-wiping-helpful-t2256038

This explains what "battery calibration" is and what it does (nothing ^-^)

Now I'm not trying to be mean but I can tell you too much tweaks can do more harm then good.

Sorry if I come off as arrogant ~^ ^
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mavrikmeercat:
I've done some modding, tweaking, flashing, and even a little development for several other phones ranging from froyo to jb.

Not so much on the e4gt because im a bit late to own one. I've used and tested what seems like 100s (maybe not actually) of different tweaks and mods many different times. IMO, with the exception of maybe 4 or 5, most of them don't make much difference or cause some things (like some apps) to not work right, or they actually cause harm to the firmware like kernel panics or worse.

I'd have to agree with you there.

Although I do believe in the tweak options when compiling from source like the devs for this rom do. Because they've been tested or needed for stability.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
Thanks for developing for free ^ ^

And if your referring to linaro vs GCC, then you are very correct :) there is tangible evidence that it is better.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ryan prevatt:
yo mike,where did you get b68 at?i looked for it and couldn't find it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
http://www.emccann.net/dho/3-Vanir-mirror/4-nighties/07-27-2014_nightly_444/

This is the build I am running now. I can't complain about it. Everything works. No issues. Smooth like Parkay.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
65% after 9hrs off the charge with no use cz I was sleeping! The screen use says 50% from when I looked at it before bed, then cell standby at 20%. Why would that be there and so high if it turns off automatically?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Look at all the processes. There is something that is on the same amout of time as the phone. Go to Google Now settings and uncheck "OK Google". I had the samething and saw that Google Ears was on as long as the phone was. Even with deep sleep. If you are using the Google Now launcher or anything "hot voice" app, that will drain your battery also.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] electricallew:
You might take a look at better battery stats app. There is great documentation linked from the thread. Even an XDA version. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
I'm using Nova launcher which I saw has the ability to use OK Google but it's not on that I know of. I'll look through all my settings again but I'm pretty sure I turned off all the OK Google and Google now stuff

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Thanks I've used bbs before and it's a great app, I'll grab it and see if anything rears it's ugly head
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ryan prevatt:
Hey Bud, thanks for the link, I flashed it and it's smooth just like you said. I flashed the fl24 modem too, but I can't tell much difference in batt. Would it be possible for you to jot down some of the mods and tweaks you've done? Thanks for all your help, by the way.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
1. DS Battery saver Pro - Custom settings with sync off/night mode/kill apps/tune CPU

2. H-tweaker - everything checked on the 1st page. Battery deep sleep state is set to 5 and check fair sleepers.

3. Battery saver mode in settings.

Everything except a couple of apps are greenified. That's it. I got nothing else. Hope this helps. Whenever I need to use the phone, I always have something there. I change batteries when it gets down to about 4%. I have extra batteries on external chargers so there is always a charged battery in the house.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
I checked the fsync, vacuum, and io log in h-tweaker and also installed greenify. I got much better battery operation today. Unfortunately I did 2 things... So I froze the greenify app and will run with just the h-tweaker settings and see if it continues to give good battery.

I also lowered my clocks from 1100/200 to 1000/100. I don't think this is the reason for the better bat life tho because before I was getting high usage in the upper frequency but now I'm not so something else is stopping apps from using all the cpu. Will see if it was greenify I'll report back soon!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ryan prevatt:
LOL!!!!!! I've got my processor set to hotplug,and minimum set at 400 and max is1000.I'm trying to fing a good freq.that makes my phone crazy fast,and it seems to be flying.I haven't done a speed test yet but I plan on it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maheboi:
Does everyone's google voice search still fc?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Try TBO's or this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2163866

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
XDA pro app sux, just saying.. Can't count how many times I've had to repost because after hitting send the post just disappears....

Anyway, 11.5hrs and 27% batt left. Much better but still not that great cz I barely used my phone today. Going to unfreeze greenify and see if it helps more. Big ups to bigmike as the h-tweaker really works, and works well with his configuration, thanks for sharing cz I wasn't see such good bat life till I turned on those few extra settings!

I do notice that everything Google is taking up most Cpu and network ops when I look into bbs. Google play, news & weather, g+, etc it's interesting because I haven't used any of them all day...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Did you turn off "OK Google" in the Google settings?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
Yup, turned everything off.

I notice that google+ is always pending hibernation in greenify.. I wonder if it's my problem app? I'm going to Uninstal and see
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acesavant00:
Hey guys. I've been trying to successfully run Commotio 4.4.4 , but every single time I flash it, it boots at the Samsung splash screen then repeatedly bootloops at that point. I'm even unable to boot into a recovery! I always have to Odin from my computer to restore my phone... what could the problem be? I always factory reset to clear the data and cache, and Commotion even appears to install fine in CWM recovery. Is there something wrong with what I'm doing?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
What recovery are you using? You need to EL29 first. Then you need to flash Philz touch recovery, then you can flash Commotio.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acesavant00:
Ohh, I see. So I'm gonna hafta mobile Odin to el29 then flash that. Thanks for the help! Gonna test it out now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Yea. Mobile Odin EL29

Flash Philz touch

Flash ROM

Flash Gapps

ENJOY
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1mp4c:
14.5hrs @65% battery! Things are looking up! Still light use today but it seems to be an improvement using greenify as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maheboi:
Does the latest builds get have adblocking?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
I'm gonna say no. Your best bet would be a third party adblocker. There really is no shortage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] irmtmaol:
Any chance of getting audio.r_submix.default.so in future builds for mirroring? http://xdaforums.com/hardware-hacking/chromecast/experimental-enable-mirroring-device-t2812193
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
So happy to see a Kitkat ROM for a phone that was released on GB. Kudos to the dev for it. You rock! If I still had this phone, I would totally rock it :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
Looks cool but unless you do it yourself or find someone to commit it for you no. Pretty strict on request. Sorry :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bielphc:
my knock on stops work. but knock off is working. what can i do to fix the knock on?

thx

i have a d805 device
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LucentBirch:
So what do the different sleep state numbers mean and what are fair sleepers? I installed h tweaker but my phone seems to be draining battery faster, but BBS isn't picking up anything keeping my phone awake...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Linux guy:
Wrong thread. This is for the d710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
Click on the help button and navigate to the XDA thread and it will give you a breakdown of all the tweaks. Check your process to see what is draining your battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LucentBirch:
Yeah I read all those. They're not very specific, so its not clear what they're actually doing. I just turned everything off and rebooted to see if the battery draining stopped.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigmike6200:
I can't give anymore info than that. It works for me however, each phone and user is different.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] theclarkster:
WiFi Passwords

Anyone having issues with the WiFi passwords being forgotten after reboot on commotion nightly builds from the last few weeks? I know it was an issue with builds awhile back and was fixed. I performed a clean install a couple of weeks ago and have had issues ever since. It's not a deal breaker by any means, since I can always reenter the passwords. More of an annoyance than anything else.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dirtyhewr:
Yea I still have it... Someone posted a while back to just turn off WiFi before reboot and it remembers them...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dirtyhewr:
Anyone else getting a system.ui FC when toggling auto rotate?