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[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Devo7v:
Nope. This only works on phones with an unlocked bootloader so that a new kernel can be installed to the phone. As a general rule of thumb if the ROM is not TouchWiz based, it will not work on the i537 with a locked bootloader. Check out this thread for ROMs that will work with SafeStrap.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
I guess the Glove Mode modules is not in the CM kernel sources, is it possible to add so we can use this app?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50228691
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Hmm, shouldn't be impossible. I'll try to find how it's implemented in S4 CM kernel and try to copy it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Started to do some comparing between CM S4 Active and S4 kernels. It just happens to be that CONFIG_GLOVE_TOUCH is set on both kernels.

On another note, the kernels are quite similar, happened to some code which might affect camera functionality. Let's see if i can get a brick done :)

Edit: i tried the Glove mode app and it says Sent glove_mode,1 to kernel, but got back "". Apparently that's not what it wants. Has anyone tested the app in CM for example? It could be something outside the kernel...?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
Thanks for looking at the Glove Mode, I got the same empty response you did. Also the init.d script install stated it already existed when I tried.

I was finally able to configure my test install of 4.3.1, adding and configuring all my apps. There are two things I have found that are stoppers for me now. One is location access. I keep getting asked to enable location access, but it is enabled. I've used the Google Now screenshot and location settings since I do not have to obscure personal data.

The second is the backup and restore of settings and apps due to the fact that my account is not listed, but "debug-only private cache" is, Screenshots below.

Again, super work, and I look forward to running this as my daily driver instead of the 4.2.2 port.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] frater:
I tried your slim ROM before this one, but wasn't successful trying to get it stable. This one is, although it says WIP.

can't I use folders on the desktop with Google launcher? I am used to having all my apps on 1 screen. Do I have to switch launcher for this?

Another downer is that I can't get viper4android to work. Is this to be expected out should I continue to troubleshoot?

I like it and I'm glad I'm rid of all these Samsung apps. I did debloat my stock ROM though.

Thanks.

I hope you continue to work on this ROM.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] ohwarumbloss:
Hey!

About the location, I had to run Maps and wait 1-2 Minutes till I got a lock. But then, all location services worked.

Launcher, the Stock Launcher is very very simple. Try "Apex" from Market, it's free, close to Stock but highly customisable.

About App restore from Market, probably this is normal. If I remember right, I had the same thing when moving from Sammy Phone (S2) to Nexus7..
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] frater:
When I had to name my first company 25 years ago I "stole" the name "Apex" from an obscure small company in the US.

Soon after I found out there are thousands of companies with that name...

I will give it a try... Would that be your favourite?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] ohwarumbloss:
LoL nice story!!

Yes, I always use Apex. It's just the best (I think)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] frater:
Somehow all my WiFi AP's are removed from my Google account.

If I restore them using Titanium I can see them with "WiFi Key Recovery", but I can't connect with it.

If I access an AP and submit the password all the AP's are gone (except that 1 AP).

Is it related to this ROM?

I somehow resolved...

"Somehow" because I went from 104 AP's to 76,

I already noticed I was unable to do an XML-backup of WiFi using Titanium.

My latest XML-backup was October last year and the latest Binary-Backup was November.

Restoring the older XML-backup fixed everything.

I'm now able to do both the backups again (XML and Binary) in Titanium. Did loose 30 AP's, but these will come back in time....
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
I'll try that again. I use SickSky launcher and it prompts me to enable location access every time I hit the home button, that is the one I want.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
I'll do more testing with the glove mode at some point.

I had some problems with locations when i first flashed the latest build, Beautiful Widgets wouldn't get a location and complained about Location providers even thoug i had gps and network location enabled. But, i tested that with SlimBean also and the results were similar. Now, Beautiful Widgets updated recently and now it's working... weird. Also for me, Google Now complains about location settings. Dang, i've been comparing logs between Slim and this and there's no difference in logcat regarding location services. Oh well...

Also that debug-only cache... i have that too, but no idea what it means. Maybe something related to this build being a userdebug, not release.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Hmm, by folders, do you mean ... folders :D? Yeah, with Google launcher, just drag and icon over another icon and a folder is created. No idea about viper4android (related to sound?), might need some libs or something?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Hmm, could be the rom, could be Google's code. A logcat might reveal if there's some sort of limit in AP storage, or if Titanium simply crashes when parsing that amount of AP's (personally i've had only 10 or so max)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] frater:
It works as you described.... but only after installing Nova Launcher.

It was not working with the original launcher...

First time I bumped into this...
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] ohwarumbloss:
[MENTION=3876105]spegelius[/MENTION], getting position with maps didn't help? Once I had it locked, weather widget (cLock) worked fine.

Right now I'm on CM because I didn't figure how to get the AOSP to dual boot :( and I need Sammy sometimes..
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Nope, Google now refuses to see that network location is on. I installed CM (testing the kernel changes i did yesterday) and on it there's lot less LocSvc prints on logcat... i'l have to dig more thoroughly.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] ohwarumbloss:
I'd never expected that this is all that complicated :(
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] alirey:
I had the same problem with network location on Sammy Rom (GPS worked). Switched to slimrom and network location is now working.

I suspected xposed framework :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] frater:
Viper4android is running now in so-called compatibility mode

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] ohwarumbloss:
Installed 05 again today and for location:

Go outside

Start Maps

Wait

Get a lock (yes you will)

End Maps

Start GPS Status from Playstore

Calibrate Compass (I had to do it 2 times)

Be happy with Location Services :)

For the Launcher

To create a Folder, just drag 2 apps together, it will create a Folder. Worked for me but I still prefer Apex.

Greetings

Thomas

Edit, nah, it won't work inside. Maybe it can't get location via Network/WiFi?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Yes, it seems to be something with network location, dunno what yet.

I uploaded ver 0.6 to Google drive. There's also dualboot version available now and system is not formatted during install. Contains the kernel changes i did, no visible change in usage.

Oh and i finally figured out why the need to copy libbt-vendor.so from CM: a) it's not Qualcom bt, it's Broadcom bt. b) Google's Broadcom hardware libs didn't account for vendor dependent files. Using CM's libs, all works well

Edit: oh and Backup now shows my account properly, not the debug-only cache thingamajig. Dunno what i did, but i did it fine :D

Edit2: crap, it was CM not AOSP. >:|
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
Downloading now, will install tomorrow when i have time.

OT - got a link to what I need to be able to dual boot? I'm not finding it for the I-9295.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] ohwarumbloss:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49421030

There you go :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] leonpr:
Hey. Thanks for the ROM. Always nice to see something in development for the i9295.

I stuck 0.6 on my S4A today and all looking good so far except I'm getting a "cannot connect to camera" message when opening the camera app (or Snapchat)

Quick search has someone with the same issue on page 1 but the following posts are more focused on restoring root.

Any ideas?

Clean install.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
The issue with camera might be a leftover of my fiddling with some Qualcom camera sources and not cleaning the build env before building another one, yesterday i noticed that i didn't even have the camera app anymore. Sorry about that.

But don't worry, ver 0.7 is uploading :). Fixes:

- the camera of course

- network location finally working. Took some debugging, finally found out that the available location provider for network didn't have a god enough signature for ServiceWatcher. Googled the error and finally found a thread with some meaning which instructed how to add the damn provider to resource xml in frameworks/core.

- Backup to google account: for those flashing cleanly, the setting should be on. For those dirtyflashing, you need to check this out: http://jftr.de/2014/01/fairphone-and-android-backups-to-the-google-cloud/
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
Holy guacamole! This is simply awesome. I knew you would get there, but I expected it to take more time. I am thankful you are an obsessed developer. :D

So I used the bmgr transport fix on version 6 first and then dirty flashed 7 over it and viola! Backup to my account works.

The network location fix works; ll my network location apps are happy and so am I. I open Maps and get an instant fix inside on wifi.

I actually made myself stay with version 6 for a day at work yesterday, in spite of the location errors I had to work around. Battery life blew my mind. I am in a rural area where I get plenty of weak signal traveling from home to work and back, and I usually stream music along the way. If I get 14 hours and one and a half hours of screen on time, I am happy, and plug it in overnight with about 15-19% battery remaining.

Yesterday, after 16 hours on and over two and a half hours of screen on, I still had 35% battery remaining over the GDE AOSP 4.2.2 version from Darkman that I have been running. And I usually leave wifi on all the time since I use Tasker and AutoLocation, but turn GPS off and have Tasker trigger it on with certain apps. Yesterday I just left GPS on full time as well. Blew. Me. Away.

Time to update my signature. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] leonpr:
Thanks for the quick update! Threw on 0.7 this morning and can confirm that the camera is working and location seems to be picking up as well!

Donated - Buy yourself a pint and keep up the good work! :D
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Thanks guys, good to hear its working well :)! Yeah, i guess last moth has been a bit obsessed with this, but having a almost fully functional rom is worth the trouble :). And i happen to like digging out stuff, at least when things progress. When they don't, well luckily i know when to take a breather and do something else.

About the battery: i think the good battery life is because AOSP is a quite basic rom, without all the bells and whistles for example CM has running under the hood. I mean, the kernel is the same and most of the libs related to battery management. I haven't checked if there's some framework app for managing battery usage, but doubt it.

Anyways, few camera bugs remain, albeit not critical in my mind. Well the low res video preview is a bit annoying, but at least the result video is ok. Gonna leave those for later, i'm kinda itching to see how much S4 KitKat kernel differs from JB kernel, maybe get one made for Active also... :D
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] ohwarumbloss:
Sorry about the bad news but Runtastic lost GPS after 200 meter and didn't catch a signal again today :(
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] frater:
I had some problems after a dirty flash from 0.5 to this 0.7 so I did a factory reset.

Now my Viper4Android is working again and I can really enjoy the music stored on my phone when I ride home from work.

Great....!!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] emersonas:
Full day on 0.7 awesomeness. Keep up the good work Spegelius. I couldn't find where to donate you to be honest. I'm a huge fan of your work.

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Nexus 5 step away when we have AOSP on the Active. :D
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
[MENTION=3876105]spegelius[/MENTION] Well, I was on the GDE 4.2.2 port by Darkman, which should be close to AOSP, somehow this build is signicantly better on battery. Today I am at 16h 22 min on battery, 2h 31m screen on, and still have 38% battery. I never got 2+ hr screen on with 4.2.2! Sweet.

Did you get the Glove Mode to work? I still get the returned "" when I try to set it. If you need to play with KitKat, go ahead, your work is awesome, keep experimenting. :good:

[MENTION=3168793]emersonas[/MENTION] You can donate with the browser, on the left hand side under [MENTION=3876105]spegelius[/MENTION] profile. I'm about to send another one, this ROM is just the best gift for our S4A!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Hmm, i've had a somewhat similar experience once, i was walking with tracking on and afterwards i noticed that the route had taken a over 500 meter jump to another location and back. I've also noticed that when i first start Sports Tracker and GPS gets a lock, the GPS icon will most likely disappear. It does seem to come back after i start moving... this is with CM and Slim also. I'm not sure but i thought that when Network location isn't on, the GPS stays on.

Oh and thanks for donations, appreciated :).

I haven't checked the glove mode yet, but i'm planning to do some kernel research this week so i'll see if i can find it somewhere. But it hasn't popped up when comparing S4 and S$ Active kernels, so it seems that it's similarly implemented on both kernels...
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] injenue:
unfortunately themes provider has stopped

I installed 0.7 today and upon booting up, I got the pop up saying that the themes provider has stopped. It was an endless loop and I could not click anything... Any idea what was causing that?

My previous rom was slimrom.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] ohwarumbloss:
Spegelius has changed the updater script, you need to Factory Reset your phone now manually. Go to Recovery, format /system,/data and /cache, install 07 again and it will work.

This is for dirty flashing from previous AOSP.

Greetings

Thomas
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] injenue:
Would format be the same as wipe? I wiped everything but got the same error..
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] ohwarumbloss:
No, I think (pretty sure), the wipe will not format /system.

So, if you got Files in /system, they won't be deleted. Apps like Theme Manager will stay because the updater script does not delete but overwrite existing Files.

Long story, sorry ;) but you will have to format at least the /system manually. But don't be afraid, as long as you flash the Rom straight after the format, everything will be good!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] injenue:
Just formatted and it works! Thanks!

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I happen to check and found that data roaming was set to on by default. So for those who don't want it on, remember to turn it off to prevent charges.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Format system and reinstall. I removed automatic system format from cwm update script to allow dirty flashing upgrades.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] injenue:
thanks! i managed to install and it works. One funny thing now is that when I try to turn on the phone with the power cable plugged in, it shows an empty battery charging and it does not boot up. It only boots up when there is no power cable connected.

Any idea why?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
Almost all AOSP ROMs I have used are like that, the 4.2.2 version from Darkman and all the GNex ROMs I used. Manufactures like Samsung probably change that. (My S4A only had Samsung stock for about 6 hours. :D )
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] leonpr:
I noticed this yesterday (I thought I had broken something) - Been using random roms on many phones for years and never seen it before.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
For what i know, it's a feature in Clockworkmod from Cyanogenmod... dunno how much is S4 Active spesific. But yeah, it's bit annoying when it just goes on charging mode when trying to boot it. I'd rather not try to mess with clockwokmod :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] leonpr:
Yeah not really an issue... only time my phone is off is if it dies (not as much now I've moved to your rom) or if I'm rebooting to reflash so hardly end of the world stuff :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
About the glove mode: i seem to be able to turn it on. I'm basing this on the fact that after Fix permission of cmd file-button, i get Succesfully sent glove_mode,1 to kernel. What the actual effect should be, i don't know. I did try to use the phone with a glove, but didn't work :confused:. Is this working on some other rom that CM 4.3 or AOSP 4.3 or SlimBean 4.3? Those use the same kernel as this one.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] mythi:
Awesome v7 is here ... ive just got my s4a from warranty CUZ SAMMY IS ********** (it was water damaged for some stupid reson):laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Uploading 0.7.1 now. Nothing has changed on the rom itself, only kernel changes

Newer Broadcom wireless drivers from S4 CM 10.2 kernel

EXT4 and JBD2 drivers from S4 CM 10.2 kernel

MSM-8960 related stuff from S4 CM 10.2 kernel

Assorted stuff from S4 CM 10.2 kernel, check the commits in https://github.com/spegelius/android_kernel_samsung_jactivelte if interested (and if something seems wrong, please tell me :)

What i've tested myself, everything works as before. And actually not expecting drastic changes, the kernel has been working very well already.

Whati i hoped to achieve was to get S4 and S4 Active kernels as close as possible and i'm happy about the results. Also, i hoped that the 720p recording would've been kernel related, but no. I did some camera debugging and what caught my eye is that even though the quality is set to 720p, debug say that resolution is set to 1920x1080. But needs more investigation.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] leonpr:
Thanks for the update, will download/flash now and report any issues :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] emersonas:
Updater said v0.8.1 :D
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
Time warp. :angel:

Me too, and I can get the Glove settings app to work it seems. Have not tested with gloves, but tomorrow I will.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Hehe, true, i was doing test builds and forgot to remake them with proper version... oh well :).
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] leonpr:
Noticed yesterday that Instagram crashes when trying to take a photo
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
THere seems to be some unstability with the camera, it has happened to me with AOSP, CM 10.2 and CM 11, the camera just hangs and cannot be connected to again. I really don't know what to do about it at the moment and i fear that proprietary files are part of the problem and that means it might impossible to fix :/
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] leonpr:
I've noticed the same with the camera crashing every so often and requiring a reboot, only mentioned Instagram as it was the one app that flat out wouldn't work but since they released an update the other day it seems to of resolved that :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
And ver. 0.8 is online or uploading at least. Got the camera fixes implemented here too, needed some changes to Gallery2 code. Also audio settings copied from SlimBean.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] pen²:
With 0.7.1 I had a strange gps issue. While playing ingress (augmented reality game), I completely lost the gps from time to time (ie the gps symbol went away completely and after some minutes it would come back again. In the Android settings, gps was activated all the time, and sometimes when I lost gps, disabling and then enabling gps was a cure for some minutes.)

Is there anything I can try? (at the moment I'm back at Samsung mk3 without this issue). Maybe radio related? Were there any changes for 0.8 which could affect gps?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
I had similar with CM10.2, Slim and aosp. Starting a workout with Sports tracker would show gps and then lose it. But if left like that, the workout always had tracked very well, so for me it wasn't that big deal. It's hard to say if it's because of Android 4.3 or something related to kernel or props because we don't have and 4.3 rom from Samsung and can't compare.

The little i've used GPS in CM11 GPS seems to work steadier.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Devo7v:
I can tell you that on the i537 4.3 stock ROM a lot of people are reporting issues with GPS and WiFi dropping constantly.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
[MENTION=3876105]spegelius[/MENTION] does the updater script format /system when dirty flashing or not? I remember some discussion about this before and that you might have changed that.

I ask since the V4A music mod works great on 0.71 with some sound libs and a build prop addition. I dirty flashed 0.8 and then the mods and it is not working well. Trying to work solve this, though it is not an issue with the ROM directly.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] spegelius:
Latest version don't format /system. Initially it did, i changed it around 0.6 or 0.7, can't remember when. I might have marked it in the first post on changes.

I have no experience of V4A (Viper?). But you mentioned a build prop change. Of course the build prop is updated even though system isn't formatted, old file is overwritten.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Original Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
I searched the changelog first and did not find it. It might have been one of the other ROMs you have been working on. Thanks for the clafification.

I knew the build.prop would overwrite, so I changed that after dirty flash. I just did not flash the other audio files so they remained. Yes Viper4Android works well. I have other better sound mods on my GNex, but this is good. Not many devs working on the S4 Active as we all know. Thanks for your staying active with it.