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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heath2805:
Just go to a Corporate store and just say you need a new SIM. Tell them you've only got 3g and need a new one. What she said was BS! I've even taken my devices in rooted. Its none of their business whether your rooted or not. You paid for it, not them.

Edit: by any chance have you checked you CDMA subscriptions in mobile settings? Make sure its on RUIM/SIM and not NV.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
What he said. The SIM card is a separate purchase. Look at your order receipt. So even if you voided your warranty on the phone, you didn't on your SIM card.

Edit: I just looked. My SIM card even had its own line item on the shipping manifest with its own tracking number. It is NOT part of the phone, any more than a case is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jackdubl:
Is this sort of screen usage/battery use normal? Just bought this S4 coming from an S3 and am a bit stunned at how much worse battery life is when the screen is on. Love this rom, though. This screen drain is taking me back to my Galaxy Nexus days.

Free storage from Copy:

https://copy.com?r=cScoov
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] moparfreak426:
Yeah, for some reason s4 does use more juice....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cryogenic666:
Yep. That's about normal. Occasionally I'll get closer to 4hrs of screen on, but it's not normal. But this is hardly G-nex type of battery drain. On my VZ G-Nex, I got 5 hours of TOTAL time on battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] theineffablebob:
Damn that's pretty good battery life.

I get 1-2 hours screen on time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Modernly:
So I have a somewhat strange question/request. I initially used this ROM with the baked in kernel and had some pretty lackluster battery life. I flashed away and have come back again after reading some good comments about using it with the GPE 4.4.2 kernel (works great). As part of that process I froze KTweaker and let the GPE kernel do it regular thing.

Here's the issue, charging is slow. Really slow. I remember there being a fast charge option in KTweaker, but since I've frozen it in Titanium Backup I can't enable that setting. Does anyone have a work around? I'm using my Samsung charger, etc etc. Did some Googling but didn't find anything solid. Thanks for any help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
Looks normal to me. You are an extreme user, you know that right, lol? (We all are around here.) 3+ hours is like 20% of your waking life looking at a 5" screen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Powell730:
Anything we can do about MMS pictures running as a sideshow when the people send text within the same message? Really enjoy the stock messaging app except for that, getting sick of telling people to resend without text in the message.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zeb carter:
Rather than going back to the corporate store, I went to a franchise store not far from the house. Because I didn't have some info last6 night, the guy there said come back today and he would take care of me. He wasn't there this evening but another man working fixed me right up with the new sim and tested it out. No song and dance against running custom software or anything like that - he thought it was cool!!!

So a big thanks to all who tried to help me out!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zilla.:
I just flashed this ROM for the second time after going back to Hyperdrive but that ROM was causing me problems.

Anyway, I'm getting this problem where I can't send texts. This happens after I take my phone to a location that has zero signal. Once I get out of the dead zone and the phone picks up signal, it cannot send outgoing texts. However, other functions still work such as phone and data. I CAN still receive incoming texts. I cannot send any SMS texts until I reboot the phone.

I have both xposed framework and gravity box installed.

The reason why I went away from this ROM at first was due to the same issue. But at that time, I was also getting force closes of the main android process.

Does anyone have a resolution to this issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] znel52:
I am curious as well I had the same issue. Only way i could get it working again was a reboot. Still an amazing ROM though, it is the fastest and smoothest I have ever used.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vprasad1:
Running 3/29/2014 version for past few weeks-- no recent changes. Today I suddenly stopped receiving MMS attachments in Messaging. I receive the text portions fine, but no attachments. Is there a log file I can check to see what is up? Is it possible I've exceeded storage allocated to GPE / AOSP MMS attachments? Or did I trip something with Verizon? Or did some app mess with permissions for wherever MMS attachments are retrieved (where is that?)? I'd rather not delete threads if I don't need to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] halloween240:
Been on this rom for a week or so, LOVING it. Thanks for the amazing work!

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] licwid:
I am currently on a rooted MDK, will using this ROM allow me to use the AWS spectrum?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Dependent on your modem not your ROM. Flash an MJ7, MK2, or NC5 modem without nonhlos
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] licwid:
Sorry, my mistake. Thanks for the info!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
Any updates coming soon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] halloween240:
Anyone having trouble with Google maps? My turn by turn seems to be broken, not a big deal but just curious if there is a fix

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] iamjerry123:
Hi,

Anyone else's battery charge REALLY slowly? I recently re-flashed my my ROM to this and it started charging extremely slow. solutions?

Jerry
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
Did you make sure your location reporting on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] halloween240:
Hmm yeah I usually turn that off. I'll turn it back on and give it a try. Thanks

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
Yeah that's why turn by turn isn't working:) u can keep location history off
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rmanaka:
Just an FYI, its working great for me using a bmobile 1GB data Sim (GSM LTE by Docomo) here in Japan (on a 10 day trip) and together with Google search it has been a lifesaver. I have been able to navigate the city of Tokyo on my own, finding good eats, and together with the Hyperdia app (public transportation schedules and routes) moving about has been painless!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] halloween240:
Turning location reporting on didn't fix it, strange, not a huge deal though. Im gonna stay on the rom anyway. I almost never use turn by turn anyway. Otherwise this rom has been excellent

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
Download an app GPS status and make sure your GPS locks first
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
Sometimes after updating there are some bugs that pop up. Try uninstalling any updates (or the app altogether), clear cache, then reinstall.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] halloween240:
I tried that too, thanks for the suggestion though

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sherdog16:
This. I would doubt you have a GPS lock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] halloween240:
This the app you guys are talking about to get a lock?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

I tried this one too

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cochibo.gpsstatus

I could not get a GPS lock with either and the "fix" in the second app did not work. Any got an idea how to get gps to lock again?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sherdog16:
Make a backup

Flash tw ROM of your choice - I use 4.3 eclipse

Get solid GPS lock

Reboot to recovery right after

Restore backup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] halloween240:
Hmm thats a good call, will prob give that a try when I have some time.

thanks,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
Also, make sure your screws are tightened in the back of the phone...loose screws may cause problems with GPS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] halloween240:
Interesting, I'll take a look
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sherdog16:
Is that an issue with the S4 too? Haven't heard that yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
I am still on v. 3.06.14... Can I update the kernel to the latest Ktoonzes GE? If so, has any done so and seen any improvements? Finally, is there any benefit in upgrading to the latest version of the ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheGag96:
Hi, my friend has this ROM on his S4, and he reports that after he flashed this ROM, he can no longer reboot into his recovery (download mode only), as if this ROM replaced it entirely. We've been trying to get a recovery back through Odin, but we can't seem to get it working. What would be the best method for (re)installing a recovery on the S4?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
First off, download SuperSU and make sure binary is updated and of course make sure you have root. You can do so with rootchecker. Then, Download goomanager from there you can boot into and/or install recovery. Hope this helps. Report back with results
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
If you still have root: You can also use Flashify to download and flash...Goo has been flaky at times for installing TWRP on the S4.

Also, a lot of us have been finding ktoonz's build of TWRP to be more stable than the official build. It's in his kernel thread. You do not have to use the F2FS features. I have yet to get stuck on splash while booting to his version after maybe 20-30 boots. No way you get that on stock 2.7.0.1.

If root is gone, then you may just have to odin back to stock MDK, reroot, etc. I had to do it a few weeks ago for the first time and it is not really all that bad. I keep very little on the external sdcard so a wipe is no biggie.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
Just out of curiosity, does your friend know how to boot into recovery when it's not in the reboot menu? Restart, when the screen goes black hold the volume up button, until you see the blue "booting recovery" text in the upper-left corner. If you can't get in, then proceed to the other suggestions.

If this is so obvious it's insulting, I apologize.:angel:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DjLuBe:
Phone stuck on 3g I didn't change any settings
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vprasad1:
Rebooted since?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zeb carter:
If you tried like I did to update your PRL (preferred roaming list) by dialing *228, Opt 2, you will most likely need a new SIM card.

A corporate store did not want to help me out but a retail store did help. The corporate store didn't like the fact I was rooter and running a custom rom; the retail store said "cool!".

Check up thread for more info on settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
can anyone with a stock firmware please send me the kit kat verizon globalconfig.jar? upload anywhere and send me a link

Edit. Got it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
I am back on MK2. I tried NC2 again and had dropped calls.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jackdubl:
Wo. Haven't heard of this fix since my old Thunderbolt days(sub Sense for TW)

Free storage from Copy:

https://copy.com?r=cScoov
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
Today is fun day. Eta 8 hours or so.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] amoeller:
I’ve been using this rom without really any issues for over a month now but I’ve found certain applications aren’t running correctly. The app Blackboard itself runs ok however if you click on the Learn account in the phone’s settings, it crashes the phone’s Settings. I’ve also noticed how once in a while enabling WiFi, it either won’t connect or not turn off. I’ve found restarting the phone fixes this. The last bug I’ve noticed is anything with OpenVPN causes cell service to drop data connection and the only way to get it back is by toggling Airplane mode on and off.

I’m not sure if this is just a KitKat issue or a rom issue but I thought I let you know about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Alxoom33:
Eta? New base?

I take it 4.4.3 has not dropped.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
No mate. Its all speculation but I think it will be here this summer. This is a improved 4.4.2 release that will up performance by a lot. Will also come packed with a more user friendly kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vprasad1:
Will it have F2FS support?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Isn't that a kernel thing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
F2FS is not supported in Samsung Kernel source, KT and I still have some digging to do to get this working on Touchwiz and GPE

another hour ill start uploading guys, just making sure everything is top notch before I upload
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] itsdubai:
You're the man! Have been patiently waiting!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
uploading now, my connection is as slow as molasses now that I'm back with my parents helping them survive the terrible economy, sorry for the wait, its rather tough times right now for my family and I.

change log is quite big, lots of improvements
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
I just uploaded using USB tethering on LTE

2mb per sec! lol i didn't feel like waiting

typing changelogs and stuff now and ill throw up a link
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] defe:
Is there any chance that apps2sd or storage swap will ever be available?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
UPDATE AND FINAL 4.4.2 AVAILABLE IN THE OP!! HAVE FUN VERIZON!

05/23/2014

-custom compiled Stock kernel for a more user friendly experience, this is the kernel I personally use, zero tweaks required, its stock with a few addons

-Kernel compiled with Linaro

-Kernel d_mesg spam removed for speed

-Charging with the phone off is merged into the stock kernel source

-LCD colour temperature tweaked for better more vibrant LCD colour* (Yes colour, not color!)

-Performance option in settings removed (will provide optional flash if you are a KT kernel user and want this feature back)

-Framework-res auto brightness tweaked a bit, I made the max indoor brightness just a TAD brighter to make our 1080P screen look sharper

-Updated Google Camera and binarys

-Updated Superuser

-Updated Busybox

-Updated Google services framework

-Contacts clear field image is now visible, was black on black

-Updated the official Google Camera and binary into the system

-Menu will no longer unlock the phone from the lock screen if no password is set

-Small framework edit, cleaned up some code regarding the volume panel, nothing you will notice

-Updated build.prop

-Deodexed this ROM and kept it fully compatible with ART (Believe it or not this fixes some strange issues for me, I think my odex script might break some things? all has been well for me now and I'm not seeing random SystemUI slowdown)

-deleted old google search libs and some koreanime lib, oh and libpinyin is gone too because they are useless (since I've removed their native apps they just sat dormant in the lib folder wasting system space)

-Everything up to date on a clean flash, no market updates required

New optional flash: Disable CRT effect

Tough times right now for my family, sorry for the late update but I promise you i'll get a 4.4.3 GPE going on Verizon even though

I don't benefit one bit from it, I'm 50 miles and a customs trip away from any Verizon coverage and I'm on a GSM device, I appreciate any support I'm given from this community, I like you guys :D

things google has addressed in 4,4.3

-Camera improvements

-LED on missed calls

-Data drops

-H+ icon (GSM only)

and other minor stuff that you won't see unless your debugging, those are the big ones I can name right now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Awesome! You are the man. What a colorful update ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
i see what you did there..

:P

remember folks, this is VERY important

[YOUTUBE]BRI-A3vakVg[/YOUTUBE]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lordunknown:
FYI - I got a "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless..." message upon dirty flashing.

Edit - In case it happens to anyone else, you can bypass the error message to recovery by pressing the up-volume and power multiple times while booting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] itsdubai:
I got the same Verizon unauthorized software upon dirty flash and clean flash :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
I'm wondering if this has to do with Loki and the stock kernel, if so I can fix it, its just a dumb ass loki issue
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] radpp16:
So it didnt let you proceed at all with install?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
its a loki issue, fixing it now mates, ill upload on LTE again so you wont have to wait long
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andreiantal:
Flash the loki patch script after you flash the rom. And should take care of that vzw custom krap
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] itsdubai:
Thanks man, you're on the ball!

---------- Post added at 04:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:21 AM ----------

It installed fine. Then right after the Samsung screen, it popped the Verizon unauthorized software error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
yep just loki patch needed, will be required to flash after you flash the ROM, the stock kernel does not come loki'd

you can fine loki patch here

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yhrq0tia8512rj9/3xEnf7gtor/loki-doki.zip

try that and report back guys, sorry guys I'm not used to dealing with Loki as Canadian and T-MOBILE/international are all fully unlocked devices (Stupid Verizon), i might not even need to reupload the ROM, im pretty sure the LOKI exploit just needs to be in the ramdisk somewhere and the loki patch should take care of that and insert the needed lines of code
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
I had already used a Loki script I had on the sdcard. Works fine now. Flashed dirty...no issues except Loki. Already did triangle away to get rid of the custom splash, too, lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
no need to upload a new ROM then mates, I'm simply just going to update the OP with the instructions :)

enjoy

edit: OP updated with fool proof instructions and my own mirrors for the loki-doki patch, you guys are in business :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dementio:
Am I the only one having problems getting the latest from AFH?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JaeKay:
Yup. I think the servers are down
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Feltmacer:
For those who use the Google keyboard, are your keypress sounds quiet and almost low quality? Wondering if it's just this rom or Google keyboard
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
servers are down :( all variants are complaining atm, they will resolve soon im sure

until then

check this out guys

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2641557

Motox active display, XDA style!!

quite possibly THE BEST app I've ever had on my phone...

I'm in love.....

enjoy it guys! saw it on the portal today, no cycles running in the background, no debug spam in adb and no wake locks, this app is incredible

I personally use active mode so the screen turns on when i pull the phone out of my pocket and disable wake on notification (my personal preference), does not interfere with our lockscreen one bit and no graphical glitches, lots of options, black background on our amoled draws NO battery because the pixels are OFF and not ON (This is why I invert alot of my apps and try to keep things darker)

if you don't like the ongoing notifcation you can simply disable it in the apps menu like any other app :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dementio:
Server's back up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
Is there anything in the new ROM that would make it work better with the NC2 or NC5 modems?

I'm back on MK2 with thev Mar 29 release because I had issues (needed airplane mode toggle to get back on 4G and dropped voice calls) with the newer modems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rajones19:
What GAPPS is everybody using? PA-GAPPS are failing to install. Error is:

file_getprop: malformed line "v# begin build properties": /system/build

E: Error executing updater binary in zip '/external_sd/pa .... (includes the whole path to the file).

Not sure of the entire message, as it is apparently truncated in TWRP and I can see it all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
No separate gapps required, it's a gpe rom with play store pre installed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rajones19:
Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. So used to just loading the whole batch of them at once.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
can anyone +1 this guys? this is by far the most important post in this thread today, if you don't mind please post your results on the current modem you are using, everyone will be different based on their location and coverage but it would be nice to get some feedback to see if there is any kind of consistent issues

as for improvements

the kernel uses stock source for if your not some extreme power user who tweaks everything and just one stable performance with good battery life, go for this one

the framework

the deodex (I traced odex to causing me weird issues on GSM)

all the best man, I'm glad at least one modem works flawlessly, keep in mind modem.bin is only the 3G modem, LTE modem is non-hlos that cannot be flashed on your exploited unlocked bootloaders
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
There's been some weird reports on the 4.4 modems in our update discussion thread, I haven't updated mine from MK2 because of it. I'm having no connectivity issues on the latest release but I haven't really ever had that problem since the second release.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
thanks you very much Josh for you're input, I'll see what else I can find on this

keep the reports coming guys!

cheers

Dan
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
Danvdh - What kind of results are you looking for?

Here is what I can tell you anecdotally:

With the MK2 modem the phone seems solid

With the NC5 modem, when in a weak signal area I was only getting a 3G signal. If I toggled airplane mode the phone would sometimes pick up an LTE signal, but usually went back to 3G until I was in a area with a stronger cellular signal

With the NC2 I had a dropped voice call in an area with a moderate signal.

I have an app called "Network Signal Info Pro" that reports Network Strength and all sorts of other data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
[MENTION=4239524]swieder711[/MENTION] was it just one dropped call? or more then one? I've dropped a call before but thats generally the networks fault or could have been the other person, 1 dropped call isn't enough to justify a problem IMHO, could have been during peak hours or the tower just had a issue (which can happen)

also is NC2 the leaked modem and NC5 the official? I'm not from VZW so im not quite sure which is the most recent modem, my guess is

MDx = 4.2.2

mkx=4.3

NC2=leaked modem

NC5= official?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
I am getting the same message.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
you are not supposed to flash gapps with GPE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
From my understanding, that is correct.

On a side note, is there any reason why this Aroma installer would keep failing. It is suppose to add the nav bar, disable hardware keys, and turn off capacitive lights, all while allowing the home button to wake the device. It worked for the 3-06 version of this ROM, but now reports "set_perm: some changes failed" and "installer status 7"

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hf2q3ndoafjvu1p/NAV_Universal_AROMA_16.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
update-binary isnt playing with CWM, have you updated recovery? my rom would have nothing to do with flash errors
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
That is what I thought, however, I am using the same recovery as when I flashed 3-06. I am using TWRP 2.6.3.1.