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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brandonair95:
1. Toggle plane mode on

2. Change APN

3. Turn off plane mode

4. Verify your preferred network settings are set to the first option

You did this?

I've been using these steps since Wednesday
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BizzLeonDaCouch:
This is what I did to get it to work right after install, but once I did #4, I rebooted right away and it stuck to LTE like a charm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tkacer:
That process worked on my initial install of this ROM - like a charm - . After losing LTE on every nandroid, that process did not work when I attempted to get LTE on the nandroid copy of the 14th, fresh install of the 14th, or fresh install of today's. The app would not let me change off of EHRPD-Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheDude:
I also had to disable the radio (airplane mode) to get the APN app to set the apn... Turned airplane mode off confirmed the network selection was correct and I have been golden since. This rom rocks, thanks guys!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] egore93:
I was in the same boat as you. I kept switching back and forth and I finally got it to switch and stick. It took me about 13 tries and 20 minutes. I didn't want to go back to HD14 because I dig this rom. This is to confirm the lte
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
OK.I almost gave up on this ROM but decided to give it one last go! I got LTE to stick...downloaded today's updated file and did the airplane mode thing, now got LTE to work and my signal seems to have improved(back to normal) and phone calls are good now...not gonna mess with the APNs anymore:) I've restarted the phone 4 times now and LTE is back every time....thanks for the tips guys..I really appreciate it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
:highfive:

let me put it this way people

82 downloads today, only a couple people made a nandroid back to an AOSP ROM and there APN changes needed to be changed back, flashing a stock ROM fixed there issue, everyone was able to connect to LTE - Verizon Internet if you followed the OP instructions

Confirmed working

Data

Calls

MMS

Tethering

Verizon network extender

Bluetooth

HDR

1080p recording

I'd say we are in good shape, hell CM doesn't even give you access to an APN menu? I've even read report that the stock ROM doesn't even have an APN menu

wth do you do when you travel?

thankfully I've included 99% of the APNs for every every carrier in the world with this ROM, swapping a SIM should allow you to use the phone while travelling

if anyone could pop in a tmo sim and test it out that would be great :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Demiurge7:
Yep, I was one of the ones who lost data on an earlier version. Had to flash back to stock to get LTE back. Just got done installing the 2-15 and it went off without a hitch. This ROM is truly smooth, like nothing I have used. Getting everything situated now, but just fantastic work. Thanks for sticking with vzw on this bad boy for us Danvdh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
how do you like having a system setting in Settings > More that actually works for access point names? ;)

so glad that apn shortcut app is gone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Demiurge7:
Brilliant. Makes the whole process a no-brainer. Plus having the app adds a bit of perceived potential instability or incompatibility. Nice work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] spotmark:
I'm pretty much willing to flash anything on my own phone, so I've been here with you from the get go, and haven't regretted it. I maintain family and co-workers phones. This ROM has made it to the point where I told my father to make sure his phone is fully charged, when he gets to work on Monday, so I can flash it with this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
I am on today's build and am finding it less stable than yesterday's build when it comes to holding the lte Internet APN.

I did dirty flash from yesterday to today. Should i go back to yesterday's Nandroid or try a clean flash of today's build?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
Are there any flashable volume hacks for this ROM? How about flash player and ad blocking?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] spotmark:
:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mcconvict:
Is the flash player the one with using dolphin browser?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mcconvict:
Just making sure there wasn't a new way I was missing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
I have been using FlashFox Pro with good results when viewing a site that needs Flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
So flash player will work with dolphin and Flashfox?

What about volume hacks and ad blocks?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
your phone may switch in low signal or if verizon feels like it, it is normal for verizon to swap to that APN, you just dont realize because those idiots block you out from that menu, that APN will even give LTE coverage, its new technology

once you follow the OPs simple instructions and connect/authenticate with LTE Verizon - Internet and verify that it sticks on reboot like so many users have already reported that it sticks on MULTIPLE reboots, you should never need to touch APN again or worry about what your on

no changes were made that would affect holding LTE compared to last build, this new build is very minor, I just had to add settings for APN and performance

no idea why I search XDA and see that the APN menu is being blocked out via a android:key in smali. in teleservice.apk, CM hasn't fixed this either but for GE you need access to this menu, no if's and's or but's. what happened to this verizon global crap i heard about? pure idiocy if you ask me

To stop any FC with Gravity box or xposed at boot simply freeze setupwizard.apk in system/app or rename it to .bak

this will only effect users with xposed + gravity box, something with GB and CDMA conflicts at boot once and then it goes away for good, for people who don't use xposed the ROM is confirmed to have ZERO fc's at boot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
So yep, awesome.

The APN switching was kind of odd. I went to airplane mode. Then switched to the lte APN. It did not seem to stick, but it popped to lte once I switched the radio back on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ahoslc:
My phone always crashes when I go to make a call this happens on fresh install LTE works data works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
no idea what to say to you man

my testers consist of ktoonsez and many others who do not report this. disabled xposed and try again

also to everyone else, I've updated the OP and updated the instructions to be alot more user friendly :) please take a look around and let me know if you have any feed back :D I'm in the process of updating the Q&A

-Make sure you can use loki!

-Full wipe

-Flash ROM

-Reboot (if at anytime recovery asks you to fix root, say no)

-Your phone will boot with 3g, this is normal on GPE ;) set up through this wizard like normal and then just let the phone settle for a min or two (lots of things going on, phone is warm, be patient and let her cool down, this step should always be taken on ANY rom you flash)

-Open Settings > More > Access point names and enable LTE - Verizon Internet, if it doesn't stick simply toggle airplane mode and try it again

-All network modes can be accessed in Settings > More > mobile networks > preferred networks - With our APN above we should have LTE/CDMA/EVDO/GSM/WCDM and LTE should kick in and stick on reboot, congrats you have a fully activate GPE ROM on Verizon :)

-THERE IS NO NEED TO TOUCH APNS ANYMORE - rock and roll on pure vanilla Android released by Google and samsung, the first nexus firmware to support GSM, CDMA and UMTS

To stop any phone related FC (just 1 might occur at boot if you have Gravity box or xposed enabled, simply freeze setupwizard.apk in system/app or rename it to .bak after installing the ROM and setting up LTE :)

this will only effect users with xposed + gravity box, something with GB and CDMA conflicts at boot once and then it goes away for good, for people who don't use xposed the ROM is confirmed to have ZERO fc's at boot which is good for ART runtime users like myself ;)

Xposed

-Open app drawer and open xposed, press the framework button and install the framework, reboot your device

-Open xposed one again and enter the module menu and enable gravity box, reboot for final time

-Enjoy the many features at you're fingertips located in the Gravity Box app :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
What we're your flashing steps, and did you restore anything via TiBu? You're the first to report something like that on the latest build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
I just had a tester on the latest build call me ;)

he called his voice mail

he called his wife

his wife called him

I dunno ;) I updated the instructions in the OP to explain things alot cleaner just now aswell, hopefully that helps this guy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BizzLeonDaCouch:
I flashed Adobe Flash and it's working (got the zip from another Rom)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] harrytery:
All is good dude. I honestly don't understand all of the confusion people are having. This ROM is flawless if you follow instructions. I've rebooted 2 dozen times and have been making calls since 7AM, after Team USA kicked some @$$, and haven't had any issues since the build you uploaded this morning. You guys knocked this out of the park.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] snael:
I can't seem to get it to switch to ART, any ideas? I just did a fresh install and set it all up but whenever I choose ART it asks if I am sure, reboots and stays on Dalvik.

Even so ROM is great, havent encountered any problems other than that. Looking good!:D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mcconvict:
If you are using xposed framework, art won't turn on. They are incompatible
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] snael:
Great thank you! I didn't know~
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] harrytery:
Care to share?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brandonair95:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2548001
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
no update tonight, all my testers are happy campers on hangouts, including ktoonsez :D

have a wonderful rest of your weekend Team USA

cheers from Canada
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vwpiper:
Thanks for such a great, smooth, fast, and stable ROM. I'm on the 15th and it's running great here too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
Nice having the compass, etc working on a non TW ROM.

I'm running ART with no apparent issues. See how l long before I cave for circle battery and centered clock, lol.

Also need to find a replacement for quiet hours/blocking mode.

Edit: looks like the volume work around borks at least some of the volume control apps. Might have to load up tasker.

Edit 2: Tasker seems to be working to turn silent mode on and off. Which is fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dust.:
Excuse my language but this ROM is ****ing amazing!

Edit: Seem to have fixed issue
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
Is it possible to get navbar keys on this rom? I have an aroma installer that typically enables this, but keeps failing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tepifan:
Poke around in GravityBox once enabled. Should be in there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pkaczor:
Pardon my noobishness- is there an option available to reboot directly into recovery on this ROM? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
install xposed and gravity box
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vtx67:
Working SIP

Any ideas on getting Native SIP working?.. The new dialer is just to cool to give up on and use a different app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
Has anyone noticed a difference in picture quality between this rom and the various other AOSP ROMs now that this is based on Samsung drivers?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brandonair95:
No but I do know that Chrome Beta has degraded picture quality. Are you using that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] reebz:
I want to try this ROM. I notice one of the requirements is that you must be on latest MK2 modem. I've flashed many ROMS, but I've never dealt with my modem before. My baseband is I545VRUAMDK. So, do I just flash one of the modems in this thread, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2487298? If so, which one? I just want to be sure before I move forward. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jds3118:
From that thread you want I545VRUEMK2 zip and flash in recovery :thumbup:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
I can confirm that volume hacks work on this ROM!! can't find the link right now, but I had it on my SD card from previous ROM and just decided to flash it and give it a try...boom! Successful! Really glad it works...I'll look for the download link later if anyone is interested
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
I did a full wipe and reinstalled this ROM. LTE locking seems much better.

I had to freeze the messaging app to shut off notification since I am using Go SMS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
My signal is always kind of low at the house, one or two bars. Clean flash of 2/15 = solid LTE lock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheDude:
Only thing I miss is "quite hours"... Such a nice feature.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] spotmark:
Sound Profile is what I use. Works pretty much the same as quiet hours.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=Orion.Soft&hl=en
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
I'm referring to taking pictures rather than just viewing them online. I feel for me it is more of a placebo effect.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brandonair95:
Oh well have you tried the HDR option in camera?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
nope

1080p recording works

HDR works

the real drivers make a big difference, also the stock cam kinda blows, I use snap cam HDR
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Yeah i was going to say there are way better 3rd party options
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
Anyone tweaking the kernel for better battery life?

How about Ktconserv for the governor and noop for the scheduler?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] natec003:
I use both of those. I had > 2hours of screen time at 68% not sure how others aee doing without changing anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
The stock camera blows as in lack of features, or overall picture quality?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
I think it's more that the stock Android camera interface is way behind in terms of features and general usability. Quality wise, the stock cam in this ROM is great. But the interface is way clunky compared to the TW cam.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
I agree with that on clunkiness. So you have experienced better picture quality on this ROM, compared to say cm11?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
Truthfully, I don't take enough pictures yet for it to matter. But I do like the quality. Plus HDR works and looks great. Last I knew that feature didn't work on any AOSP/CM ROMS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
Ok, so I might have spoken too soon. My LTE stuck all day yesterday and most of today. Then today I was on WiFi at home, turned the WiFi off and lost LTE, I was on 3g. Went and checked the access location it was back to EHRPD - Verizon Internet and my phone was jumping from 2-3 bars of service. I changed back to LTE(worked no problem and now sticks) with LTE I have 1 bar and in some rare cases it jumps to none but I can still make phone calls with no problems. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brandonair95:
Since day 1 with this I've gotten mostly 1 bar in houses and in rare cases 2. Outside I usually get 3 bars with LTE.

Also, even with only 1 bar, my internet speeds still feel the same as on other ROMs. It doesn't feel slower or sluggish so I stopped caring about the bars
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mcconvict:
Yeah. The only way I care about how many bars is if my service is affected. But I haven't noticed it reading lower than normal
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JCBiznatch:
Not for me. Barely even 3g. Had to even load clockwork mod off the play store to re boot into recovery. Home+power+volume up wouldn't work. ....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] johnfoam:
I had a similar experience when coming off of wifi, except I lost data all together. Checked and no apn was selected. Had to reselect lte, toggle airplane mode and then data returned.

Love the rom though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shockz:
How bad are the CM camera drivers compared to the Samsung ones?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shpotik:
Yeah same here, my service doesn't seem to be actually affected
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] egore93:
+1 on that note. I have a NE when I leave my house I have to manually put it back to LTE network. For some reason it will make the handoff. Plus I can't send picture txt because it will not pick up 3G.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
That's correct. HDR does not work with AOSP. I just like having a camera that can take the best pictures possible (keeping in mind that is still just a smartphone lens)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] justda:
This camera uses the stock drivers from Sammy, dont know if that was you question? if not then the CM camera has issues, some people over look them and deal, but when I point and click I want a picture...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shockz:
I meant if there was any sort of huge quality difference between the two.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swieder711:
I will be trying the same handoff tomorrow when I move from my house to my car. I hope that the hand-off from the Network Extender to LTE works properly.

Having to switch to LTE manually would be a drag as I don't like to fiddle with my phone while driving!

I will update my experience once I get to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] justda:
I am using KT and noop and they work great I under clocked a bit but haven't noticed any real power savings. I am going to try out some of the prebuilt since I really have no idea what I am doing editing the kernel.

I haven't noticed any difference at all.

HDR seems darker than stock TW. Nothing to write home about but a few shades darker with this camera.

I really don't like the menu style with Google and focal, I prefer the TW camera. I found a thread where they got about half the settings from the TW camera to work with AOSP but the half I like dont work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tortuga:
Yeah TW cam is much better, but the only way to use that is to switch to a TW ROM. For my purposes, I prefer the interface and speed of a non-TW ROM. Especially a KK ROM. I may just nandroid back when I need to heavily use the cam, but by then Verizon should drop KK, and ideally our devs will cook something nice up from that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PaintDrinkingPete:
Just a quick tip...you can always use Terminal Emulator to do this...

At the prompt, type:

su -

This will ask for root permissions, and change the "$" prompt to a root "#" prompt.

Now, simply type:

reboot recovery

("reboot bootloader" also works)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
yes it will
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
LTE/CDMA (auto) might hand it off better

either way, you just need to experiment, the phone is fully activated on the Verizons network now, as for the network extender I truly hope it works out for you mate
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Demiurge7:
I got viper to work on this if anyone was interested in trying. Followed KK instructions, and only had to modify one or two build.prop lines. Works great.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kizildur:
Questions on install

Totally lame beginners questions, for that I'm sorry.

I want to install this ROM on i337 that is most likely mf3. I rooted the phone. Trying to install custom recovery but cannot. And cannot flash this ROM with Odin (or don't know how to).

I'd appreciate any help for me to have progress with installation or an explanation of what am I not getting.

Thanks you beforehand.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Danvdh:
you need to be on the AT&T forum looking into safestrap recovery, take a look at hyperdrive :) it's a very good touchwiz ROM because with MF3 you are out of luck on anything other then a touchwiz kernel

no AOSP, go GPE

sorry bud

hope this helps you out though

very quiet in this thread today, 250 downloads and no hiccups and no complaints out of ktoonsez
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PaintDrinkingPete:
I finally got the chance to install this ROM this weekend. Absolutely fantastic. Gonna run it for a few days, and if this does become a daily driver for me (and I highly suspect it will), expect a donation from me.

Great to have a stable, fully working AOSP ROM specifically designed for this device.

I've been a fan of the Galaxy S series for a while now, and frankly don't mind TouchWiz at all...but I'm getting sick of the locked bootloader games (and yes, I know that Verizon is probably just as much to blame here), and figure I'll probably move on to a Nexus phone for my next device, even if it means having to leave Verizon (love the network coverage, hate the BS). Anyway, in that spirit, I've been itching to give AOSP a shot. Never ran AOSP on a phone before, but I own a Nexus 10 tablet already, so I am familiar with stock Google Android and really love it on that platform...so I was excited to see this available.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Latest build has given me no problems yet. I'll send a small donation tonight and a big one next week. Thanks so much for bringing it to our carrier I know you spent a lot of time porting it.

[MENTION=4304370]jds3118[/MENTION] I'm gonna send some donations your way too because I know put a lot into this.

You guys are the best!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vwpiper:
I'll give you a complaint.

This rom is so good.

Now what am I going to Flash? ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] spotmark:
Here's my report, on my NE to LTE hand-off, this morning. Glad to report it went off without a hitch. :victory: Here are my settings. Mobile network set to CDMA+LTE/EVDO. I use CarHome Ultra, and I have it set so when activated, it automatically shuts off WiFi. Hope you guys made out well, as well. :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PaintDrinkingPete:
Quick Tip:

This is something I noticed, and I apologize if it's been mentioned already...

If you use Xposed w/ Gravity Box and activate the expanded Quick Settings tiles, you'll probably want to disable the "Network Mode" tile. This setting doesn't support LTE mode, and if you accidentally hit it (as I did), your preferred network mode will change, forcing you back into the settings menu to change it back...and even worse for me is this forced my APN setting to change to "EHRPD- Verizon Internet". Granted, I was able to change it back to LTE (after placing in airplane mode) and it seems to still stick fine after reboot so no harm done...but I figured I'd point this out so others don't make the same harmless mistake.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheDude:
In my opinion the tile is useless so disabling it is the best option but... further down there are options for 'Network mode tile mode' and 'Use CDMA network modes' that in theory should fix that. I also hit it out of curiosity ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Divine_Madcat:
So, i figured on the whim (ok, i was bored of TW again) i would give a AOSP style rom another go. So far, i think i like this one, but i am having one issue, that while not critical is annoying.

I have wiped a few times, and followed a few different sets of advice in here. No matter what i do, my phone always has a com.android.phone force close when this start. It looks like on this latest attempt LTE does stay between the reboots, but i am still a little gunshy on having the APN not stick. I followed the steps in page 1 to the letter.. anything i am still missing?