yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] davanw:
I was about to sell my S4 and pick up the Nexus 5, but I thought I'd start a conversation here first.

I think most, if not all Canadians in here, are aware of the data drop issues we have with our phones when running KitKat roms. My assumption is we still have to patiently wait for Samsung to release us a new modem for 4.4..... but perhaps there are some talented Devs in here who can help.

Over the last week I've been testing almost every kitkat rom available for the jfltecan model. Most ROMs end up with the dreaded data drops. I have spend numerous hours trying odin, mobile odin and cwm flashes of different kernels and modems. I soft-bricked my phone three times last weekend alone trying different combinations.

Here is the list of ROMs I have tried thus far, and a brief summary of my experience. I hope someone is able to make sense of all this, and lead us toward a solution for all ROMs!

Danvdh 4.4.2 Google Edition - data drops

Euroskank VM11 Nightly Kangs - data seemed okay but the ROM itself was sluggish

ShinySide Carbon Kitkat Nightlies - no data drops

iB4STiD Goldeneye, Kangakat, MDOB - no data drops, though Kangakat is the only 4.4 ROM here, what I'm currently running

bippi79 Avatar ROM - data drops

Octane70 Infamous Open Kang Project - I don't recall....

ZPaul2Fresh8 AOKP Kit Kat Unnoficial - Couldn't get this one to boot regardless kernel and modem used

kejar31 Gummy Nightly's - data drops

ks3rv3rg VanirAOSP Nightlies - aweome rom, but data drops

BDogg718 Dirty Unicorns - data drops

I'm a server/network guy, not much a developer myself. So I'm hoping someone with more knowledge than myself will be able to look at which ROMs work, and use that to apply to all the ROMs which don't work... If there is any more info I can provide, by all means just ask. Let's figure this thing out! :)

TIA, everyone! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] jsr84:
What modem are you running?
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] cantenna:
if youre not running modem mk6 youll have the issues you decribed:

i followed this tutorial:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47819176&postcount=9322

and i am using this rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2537495

lastly i bought fauxclock from google play and downloaded and installed faux kernel ver m not u; m is for a non overclocked kernel.

Zero issues, most stable my phone has ever been. also rom was just updated with a world dialer which is nice if you unlocked your phone an plan on travelling!

also here is another very good rom:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349077

i have to say; the nexus 5 doesn't impress me at all! Really dont get the hype.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] finnmacool:
I am on CM 4.4 nightlies and have never experienced 'data drops' at the rate you have described. Used carbon, GE and others and haven't seen them there either. I am on MK6 with my I337M.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] davanw:
I had been on MK6 the whole time while doing all this testing. Still the data drops as my original post explained.

I'm now using MG1 and while the signal is terrible, I'm not getting data drops. :/
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] cantenna:
Which carrier?

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I had these issues but only when I want using mk6, actually I was still experiencing connection problems to come to think of it until I went into access point names and manually switched to lte.rogers

What carrier are you with? I'm with Rogers obviously. I have also unlocked my phone. Perhaps this helps? Worth trying if you haven't yet

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[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] jsr84:
First I've herd of issues with MK6 (I'm on Rogers). I've been running MK6 on Danvdh for months without any issues. Best of luck.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] davanw:
I'm with Bell. The apn setting in my phone was always set correctly, automatically.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] davanw:
There are multiple examples of this issue in this forum, but they're scattered throughout the many ROM threads. That's why I created this thread - to try to bring it all together.

In those ROM threads, the developers always dismiss the issue as a modem problem, yet there are several of us who still have issues regardless of mk6 modem or otherwise.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] 0mega1:
Try the modem from the Canadian KK Package, Make sure you extract it from the tar first and just load it, as the non hlos file is in the tar, obviously.

I've sent you the link in a PM, Don't want people accidentally thinking this will help them with other stuff and screwing up their phones ;)

If you're curious about the source, the main thread is in my post history. I'm currently running this modem in a full Canadian KK build on my phone, 0 issues thus far.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] rymanh:
I'm confused.. I want to install the Canadian modem too. I've downloaded NC1 rar file and there is modem.bin and NON-HOLOS.bin ..

Which one do I load with Odin. . And do i load it with PDA or Phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] davanw:
Extract only the modem.bin file from the tar.

Put it in the Phone slot of odin, and flash it.

I found it took a couple tries to get it to stick...

Flash modem.bin in the phone slot like normal, but uncheck Auto Reboot.

When Odin finishes, let it sit for 60 seconds, then shutdown the phone by pulling the battery or holding the power button.

Then turn the phone back on and go right back in to Download mode, and flash the modem again.

Then reboot the phone normally, and you should be good.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] rymanh:
Thanks.. it worked like a charm
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] JDM STi:
Hi rymanh, could you share the link you downloaded the NC1 modem please?
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] rymanh:
Hmm this app on my phone won't let me insert links but I found the modem in the general section in the If 370 Canada leak thread.. In post number 21..

Sorry best I can do when I'm not on a computer lol
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] JDM STi:
Hidden URL :D
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] rymanh:
Yeah inserting a URL wouldn't work for me.. Also auto correct is defeating me too..

On a side note.. since the xda developer app is an app made for a community of developers..it amazes me that they can't develop an app that works properly lol..

OK my 2 second rant is over..

Go to the general section.. Canada kitkat leak thread and the link is on post 21
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] JDM STi:
Thanks! Found it.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] davanw:
Well. I've discovered some more unsettling news.

Per my original post, there are some ROMs that work well with the MK6 modem, and others that end up with data drops.

I thought the new FNC1 modem was going to solve this issue.

But it hasn't.

I was running iBastid's new Skyfall rom with the new FNC1 modem. All was good for three or four days.

Then I went and flashed Danvdh's Google Edition rom. After a few hours of using this ROM successfully, Data Drops. With the same FNC1 modem that worked fine under Skyfall.

It has to be a ROM issue, despite the ROM devs saying it is a modem issue. That is the only conclusion I can come to, having tested multiple ROMs now, with both the MK6 and the new FNC1 modem.

To complicate matters, i've found that the data drops are inconsistent.

For example, today at work all was working well when I was connected to our Wifi. Then I went out for lunch. When the phone switched over to LTE, I couldn't use Twitter or Foursquare or the Play store or Gmail. But Chrome would still load web pages.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] JDM STi:
Funny thing... I had a similar experience. My S4 had MG2 baseband and I had GE ROM for half a day before I decided to go back to CM. When phone had GE installed and MG2 modem, signal was terrible. It had no signal for some time. But strange though, when phone showed up with 0 bar, it actually could receive call. Very strange!

Afterwards, I found NC1 above, flashed it via ODIN (not mobile) followed with CM ROM. It worked like charm for some certain area but in suburb, I only got 1-2 bars of signal. I also noticed that when switching from airplane mode to operation mode, phone took longer time to pick up signal. Maybe I need to look up a MK6 to try it out.
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] cantenna:
Fnc1 modem semi bricked my Canada Rogers gs4. Had to do a factory restore using odin , luckily I got through it call and have avoiding knox

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Also my boot loader is mdj
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] JDM STi:
It would be great if someone can share a link of the Canadian MK6 modem.

Update: Don't like to assume but would Bell MK6 modem works for Rogers?
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] cantenna:
I have mk6 modem that I'm using and it works well but its interesting is you need to install infamous 4.2.2 ROM to install it. It won't flash via Odin PC (tried to recently) only mobile Odin can flash it. Then after you have upgraded modem you can install any ROM you wish. Id recommend. Before flashing that ROM, be sure your phone meets the requirements.

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here is the tutorial to upgrade

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2313469&page=941

try to find the origional yhrough google as this quoted tuutorial seems to be missing some steps

as you can see the person who quoted had difficulties upgradeing its because odin is picky! need to jump to infamous 4.2.2 temporially to upgrade

let me know if you need anything else

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I have copies of these files if needed
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] JDM STi:
Or this
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] davanw:
Over the last 24 hours, just for testing, I've flashed almost every single ROM available in this forum, and with different combinations of MG1, MK6 and NC1.

My results are pretty simple.

Every single ROM made by iBastid worked without issue.

Every single other ROM dropped data.

Intersting to note, that iBastid's ROMs are the only ones where he includes a flashable "Canadian Fix". That can't be coincidence that his are the only ROMs working properly...
[Galaxy S 4 Developer Discussion [Developers-Only]] cantenna:
Thanks for the link. I have shared the reminder of my experience with this in your link.

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I know, it works, just used it again yesterday. Odin is very picky from I learned from using it. Different versions of Odin flash different things. This worked for me, in fact its the only thing that would work for me on my hardware.

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I spent 20 plus hours fixing my phone after a bad modem flash. This is one of the things I did to fix

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Here is where to go to return to stock, you need to used the odin version here or else stock f/w dont flash. Make sure you do not re-partition. Follow the guide perfectly and make sure your current bootloader is same version of stock fw your returning to. I didnt bother resetting flash counter with triangle away, just adds more brick risk. after that I re-rooted with chainfire su for canada, installed cwm recovery via playstore, upgraded to philz recovery. Next i installed infamous 10.1 R2 rom *make sure your phone is compatible with this rom. From there i followed tutorial to upgrade to mk6 modem from above. Finally i wiped factory resest via philz recovery and installed a kitkat build that require mk6 modem. All working great!!

see

http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html

My bootloader is MDJ so i returned to MDJ stock! I did not have knox and still do not. Be carful not to accidentally install knox know upon first boot with stock fw.

I believe if you have an MK6 bootloader then it means you have knox.

Another safer option is to restore via samsung tool but then you may loose some root functionality
[Android Apps and Games] aryuautku:
Hello, and welcome to Project Prudence.​

Project Prudence is a closed-source, community-based intelligent voice assistant. It is constantly learning by collecting completely anonymous usage data.

Prudence is powered and raised by the community itself. Requested features are constantly added to the application with updates.

I've been using this personally for the last couple of months. I've decided to share it with you guys to explore its full potential now. With enough input and a few developers, we can make Prudence BIGGER than any closed-source corporation-based voice assistant.

Current features:

Anonymously records unknown queries for development purposes. (No spies here.)

Basic GUI.

Listens on command. (Push menu button)

Talks back. (Use Google TTS from Play Store for the best optimization)

Plays music! (commands: play "song name", pause, stop, repeat song)

Tells you the time.

Tells you the weather! Can find your location with (command: weather) OR can look up the weather of another place (command: weather NYC, for example)

Can call people! (Command: call contactname)

Can call numbers! (command: call 04818321421 for example, MIGHT BE BUGGY)

Can send text messages to people and numbers! (Command: new message or new sms. You will be guided from there)

Can change the volume. (command: volume (percentage) OR sound (percentage))

Things to do

Will act as an alarm. Can possibly act as a sleep assistant by checking your movements and waking you up when you are out of REM sleep. (possibly sleep2android integration)

Driving support.

Translation: what does xxxx mean in another language? Example: What does cheese mean in French?

Perfect the music player system. Add artist and album playing. Add shuffle and repeat.

Improve GUI

Need to enable volume controls in app

NEVER ENDING GOAL: Continuously add responses to new queries from users. What I intend to accomplish here is a somewhat-intelligent application that can at least imitate human conversation.

ALL IDEAS ARE WELCOME!!!

Instructions:

If you have a capacitive menu button, it acts the same as the Speak button.

Click "Speak," say your command and click speak again. You don't have to click the speak button again, but it's easier to understand for the speech-to-text system that way.

Download:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/7812g5zdyxiaui3/ProjectPrudence.apk

User Agreement:

By downloading and/or using this application you agree that unknown queries(queries that are not recognized by the application) submitted to the aforementioned application will be recorded and delivered to the developer for further development purposes. In any case of device malfunctioning, the author of this application can not be deemed responsible.

Let the developing begin!

XDA:DevDB Information

Project Prudence, a App for the Android General

Contributors

aryuautku

Version Information

Status: Alpha

Current Beta Version: 0.1

Beta Release Date: 2014-02-02

Created 2014-02-04

Last Updated 2014-02-04
[Android Apps and Games] Trozzul:
looks pretty great my friend! im not good with apps yet but if you need any help i would love to help out!.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kfreels:
I've searched for this and read through 23 pages on this device and didn't find anything about this.

I have this phone running 4.2.2 and activeroot.

About twice per day I will pull the phone out of my pocket, unlock it, and in front of me will be some app that I didn't launch. Not only that, it isn't an app that has a shortcut or widget on my home screen. Usually it's a page of something that normally requires multiple clicks to get to. (clicks? Punches? Pokes? Touches? What's the right word here? )

For example, today I opened the phone and was presented with a list of wifi connections. That is buried in Settings/Wifi/Connections. And I hadn't visited that page EVER. In fact, the last time I was in the settings menu, I was in Settings/account/more/battery but I had since used the task manager multiple times to kill everything that needed killing.Yesterday my phone opened to my calendar settings.

This bizarre behavior is really annoying. It's like it has a mind of its own. The weird thing is, my girlfriend's S4 does this as well. She's been griping about it for 6 months but I just assumed that she was somehow mistakenly opening these apps since she can be a bit dingy with technology. I feel bad now because mine does the same thing and now I'm wondering....is there a fix? DId we both get bad phones? Should I exchange it for another? I'm having some other issues as well but I posted them as separate threads to keep things cleaner.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JoeFCaputo113:
So I have a Sprint GS4 and it's much simpler to root and ROM it than it is the Verizon GS4 it seems lol. Now I am very experienced with flashing and all that. Checked and she is on the latest firmware/update (MK2). So if I have it all figured out, to root and ROM her phone, I:

1. Download Samsung drivers for my computer & install em' (duh).

2. Download and run saferoot (via instructions here).

3. Install safestrap and everything to do with it (via instructions here).

4. Install Hyperdrive (via safestrap instructions in Hyperdrive post #4).

5 PROFIT!

Am I correct here? Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance! :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
U got it bud
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JoeFCaputo113:
Guess I got it completely 100% right... sweet lol. Maybe I'm smarter than I thought :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
yep it's pretty easy really
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fariisiqbal:
My nexus 4 was gone for repair for a while cos the screen was broken, so i didnt get to enable USB debugging.

And i got it back and i gave it the go for update, without thinking about it, and all it does now is its bootloop on Kitkat.

Really dont want my 100$ gone to waste cos of this.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arffrhn:
Have you tried factory reset? Is your phone bootloader unlocked? If so, just flash back factory images. Guide
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fariisiqbal:
Yeah i did try factory reset, but it just went back to the bootloop. I will try that now and give you an update. I just hope that the whole USB debugging thing doesnt become an issue
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fariisiqbal:
'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

Coming up with that error when im using the cmd. Ive also set the PATH right, no avail.

Any ideas?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arffrhn:
Try shift+right-click in the platform-tools folder and select open cmd from there. Still can't?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fariisiqbal:
Got past that without a problem, flashing user data atm. Wondering if the root will come into play after this? Or will it i loose the root?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arffrhn:
Your root is lost if you flash back factory images. Just download supersu and flash it in latest cwm/twrp. All is fine then. :)

Sent from a battery powered device
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terminator1983:
My phone had mobile network signal problem like weak signal,emergency call only and not registered to network.I tried to flash different modems for the issue but it didn't resolve the problem. So i decided to flash complete firmware with Odin3 v3.04 now the mobile network seems to be working fine but i don't have any wifi bcoz the phone is not turning on the wifi at all.

I have flashed a stock 4.2.2 of France region i9505XXUBMGA and my device actual firmware was of Hong Kong region I9505ZHUAME1 can that be the cause of problem.One thing else that i have noticed in setting about phone that the baseband is still being showed of the Hongkong region i9505ZHUBMF4 that i flashed before flashing the stock France region 4.4.2.
[HTC Wildfire S] Alpha_Tester@1995:
Hey guys so listen I'm running into a little problem with v6 supercharger...... Im running crossfire77's rom for smooth gaming but I wanted to supercharge it.... The thing is my terminal emulator won't run.... It opens I get the session running notification and then poof it closes without even a error..... Script manager won't work either..... It shows the first line about executing the script and then just hangs there..... I kill it and run it again same thing..... I even tried running it through adb on my pc but to no avail it gets to the part where it first asks to press enter and when I press enter nothing happens..... Any ideas? I
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] neildo:
My Exec used to connect to my linksys WAP no probs but since I upgraded the Exec radio to 1.06 it repeatedly tries to connect and then returns to the 'available'

No settings have been changed on the WAP or the Exec so I'm assuming something has broken on 1.06 radio. Also, the Wireless status screen just remains on 'scanning network...'

Is there a thread on here describing where to obtain just the 1.09 radio update? I did a search but as people often add the radio version to their signature I ended up with 697 matches...

Thanks for reading...

neildo.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] da1:
if u browse thru the ftp server you should seen the radio file your looking for.

it is highly unlikely that an update will degrade performance of your device.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] neildo:
Thanks. I found the file but trying to upgrade it comes back with the incompatible country error....

I'm downloading the recent complete O2 update file and attempting to extract just the 1.09.00 radio file from it.

Will report the outcome.

neildo.
[General Questions and Answers] Gala2:
Hello XDA!

I need to record a 9 Hour 1080p Timelapse with my XPERIA T. Now, storage problem. My XPERIA T has a SD limitation of 32GB.

Connecting a 80GB IDE hard drive via a IDE to USB convertor, and then connect that USB to my phone, via a USB OTG cable that supports charging the phone, and then record that movie directly to the HDD. Sounds crazy, doesnt it? But is is possible?

:D Gala