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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phantom1999:
i have my s4 mf3 rooted and have blocked the ota update. what is the major difference in kitkat 4.4.2 and jellybean 4.2.2? i only need my phone rooted to make it a hotspot.thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nellush:
Thanks for the reply. I did my research when I found the problem...Location settings work very different in 4.4 but my issue was not settings. My phone is currently in to Samsung for the second time trying to fix the issue. When it comes back it will likely be on eBay and I will have an N5 on the way. It's a nice phone but I am tired of having a locked down phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Whizzpopper:
I'd like to know this too. I'm on MF3 (with root) and would like to know what the advantages are to updating to 4.4.2. If I were to install this update, I'd follow one of the root tutorials and I wouldn't be able to go back to MF3, so what in 4.4.2 is worth a) my time to go through the update and b) being stuck on 4.4.2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] electricpete1:
I'm in between...on 4.3 with ota blocked and at least 1.5 years left on this phone. I'm wondering if there are any patches important to security that I'll be missing if I stick in 4.3?

Said another way: In pc world, not upgrading to latest software can be a security risk, is it similar for android?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigron77:
I have old bootloader and had the same problem. Tried just about everything under the sun. Finally after doing more reading I found a simple fix:

Flashed the MDL modem and all of my GPS issues on 4.4.2 were solved.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] johnus:
It's the same for every type of computer in the world, including phones, watches, tablets, cars. Short answer: yes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] CarbonROM:
Reserved
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
Downloaded this rom this morning, no hiccups thus far. Its real nice to have carbon back on the I605! Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wtoj34:
Oh snap thanks for the release! Havent used carbon in a long time excited to give it a shot :D. I'll run it for a while and will report back with any bugs. Good work! :D

EDIT. Working great! All features have been working as advertised, noticed a couple of things. Speaker volume is very low, probably a cm thing. Also for those of you who use agni kernel I was having difficulty installing it on this ROM. Stock kernel running fine. Good work with this easily acceptable as a daily driver
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] CyD13:
Soooo excited for this!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikelikesbikes:
Whhaaatt!! What is this? What is this I see?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] WeThePeople13:
Is art working proper?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wtoj34:
It's not. Boot-loop until you clean install. Seems to be the norm for custom roms now :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] WeThePeople13:
Thanks...... art is what makes me love 4.4.2. I will stick with where I am at now then. Thanks bro!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] CyD13:
Love this! But I couldn't get root after an install. Titanium backup wouldn't work! :[
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wtoj34:
Worked fine for me on latest TWRP with paranoid android minimal gapps. If you can't get root flash this supersu file in recovery then download the supersu apk in the play store.

http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip

EDIT. Helium backup worked fine for me aswell
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] CyD13:
Awesome that worked for me. Now that everything is working, some things aren't working lol. On a clean install, themes provider is force closing, and I'm getting some random reboots. Other than that it's pretty solid!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wtoj34:
Good to hear. I don't personally use theme checker so I can't chime in on that, but I'm yet to have a reboot. Check to see if you have a bad download. Download the app in the playstore "md5 checker" and load your zip in there. Here's my md5 (not official one) and see if they match.

76cb40584037c62b0627242538f7543e

I simply did the basic wipe in twrp, installed the ROM, and then installed the paranoid android 0 day minimal gapps. Good luck :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
Titanium picked up root for me I always the first app I download and run.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] synapsesboob:
Omfg! Awesome! Downloading now. Guess I'm back to dual booting on devil to ride the Carbon gravy train.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spy9000:
Why am I left with no signal after installing any 4.4 rom? As soon as I go back, I'm fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] akellar:
Because you're using a non 4.4 compatible version of your recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] spy9000:
Thank you, that worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] CyD13:
I don't use theme checker either, but every once in a while the force close message pops up anyway. The md5 is the same. Unfortunately the reboots are happening a lot, almost always when I turn the screen off. I have to go back to CM for now but I'll be keeping my eye on this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrewjt19:
I've always loved this ROM but I had to change. I'm not sure if this was an isolated issue or an issue with the ROM but I couldn't send text... I thought it must be something in the APN config file but that also like very different...

TappEd from my Note II

Check out my website for encouragement....

www.projectintercession.blogspot.com
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drahpatel02:
Bt voice search

Hi, does blue tooth voice search works on this rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
probably not since all the aosp roms come from Cyanogen Mod rom and i dont believe sbrisson has that fixed yet on this device. check the cyanogen mod thread once it gets fixed there it will trickle down to this rom and other aosp roms eventually.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Njenson:
Theme manager was force closing for me as well... I had to go back to an old version of gummy for now. It seems as the newest gummys are doing it as well... weird
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wtoj34:
That's strange. One thing I may have done different is use a bloat remover and remove Google plus. Try using no bloat free and freeze and or remove theme changet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eBoody:
ooooh yes. carbon oh how ive missed thee
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
Play Music

Im still on the very first Carbon KK build on this phone. the only thing i have noticed is in google play music. the audio would cut out. the reason i say it may be rom related is because the songs were on the phone (not streaming) it did it through speaker and through head phone jack.

its not a deal breaker for me. the songs are very much still able to be listened to. but i was curious if anyone else has experienced.

id try a new build but im waiting for the change log to get a bit more changed up before clean flashing another build.

been on that first build 24/7 since it released im getting about a day worth of battery. it was terrible at first more so than the other kk roms had been i installed xposed and greenify donate and that extended it out to a day. and a resonable 3% battery loss per hr according to better battery stats. on aokp i was getting 1 day 20 hrs without greenify and exposed though. with the same apps installed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigshotrob22:
You try clearing data on theme chooser? Someone donated a Note 2 to Carbon but it has a locked Bootloader. So I'm trying to find someone that will trade me a Note 2 that hasn't been updated to 4.3. Sucks because I can't really troubleshoot any issues since I can only root the device :banghead:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Njenson:
It was a fresh install
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] CyD13:
Trying things again on the latest nightly. Dalvik works well I think, no more force closes and so far no reboots. We'll have to see how ART runs because thats what I use!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nkhex19:
Let me know if ART works on the newest nightly. Volume boosts that sbrissen merged into CM was added in tonights nightly. Tried one of his test builds a week ago and audio is way louder.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] CyD13:
ART runs fine, it looks like. I have noticed that the battery life has been very poor, an issue I haven't had on Cyanogen. Android system, as usual.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
Guessing spotty bluetooth must be a cm bug. Works great with my bluebuds x but won't stay connected with my wife's car. Great to see carbon back on our note 2 though!

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Neuman.Tim:
That on the latest nightly or which build? The BT stays connected and auto plays on my wrx no problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
The last two builds. Could just be her car, I don't know. I just sold mine so can't compare but I never had issues on any rom. Hers is new with Ford sync so there's no history with it. Her car gave an unstable bluetooth notification and would connect and disconnect over and over. I restored a tw 4.3 rom and issue went away.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Neuman.Tim:
Weird. Clean install of carbon and everything huh?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
Of course clean. Its by no means a deal breaker since it's not my daily car. I'll look into it again after flashing a newer Nightly later this week. It's weird when my bluebuds work flawlessly so thinking it's possibly the particular head unit. Just hope all is well when I get a new unit in my new car.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] grilledbacon32:
LTE connection issues.

Is anyone else having some LTE connection issues, I'm only getting 3G?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
Have you verified mobile network is selected to lte/cdma? Do you have a lte toggle selected to show in quick settings and is it on? I've had to switch from global before when flashing aosp roms but not this time.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] grilledbacon32:
Hey Jason,

Thanks for the reply, I have it set to CMDA+LTA/EvDo, The toggles in the quick setting just say 3g. What is weird is right after I flash a nightly LTE will work for about 10 seconds, it then drops network connection and then its just 3g from then on.

Edit: Not only is it every time I flash a new nightly, but every time I turn my phone off and on I will have LTE for about 10 second if that and then its to 3g.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
That's strange. Maybe the developer will give some insight for you. It's a new issue I'm assuming and your not on in a spotty lte location?

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] grilledbacon32:
Thanks for your advice Jason, nah LTE is pretty strong in my area. I ended up calling Verizon talked with there tech support, and they ended up doing something on their end and now its working. Well it started work after I got off the phone and after they put in a order for a new SIM card. But hey, a FREE new SIM card :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
Awesome I didn't think it was the rom but I'm no developer. Glad you got it figured out.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
well i have never been one to complain about battery life but. i just threw on Cyanogenmod 2014/03/04 nightly and same apps i had exactly as i ran them on carbon rom. and the difference is quite noticeable according to better battery stats. carbon would run 3 to 4 % battery loss per hr with greenifying the apps that tend to run in the background and cyanogen mod is pulling a steady 1.0-1.5% battery loss per hour. without greenify.

i did try carbon rom without greenify but it would be running even higher depletion per hr than with with greenify running.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] harshybar:
awesome rom but have dialer issues

Once I make a call the screen goes black, can't get it back on have to restart the phone. Therefore can't put it on speaker. :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] str1der_D:
noticed developer settings are missing from the menu. was this removed on purpose or am i missing something?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wtoj34:
Go into settings, about phone, and rapidly tap build number
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] str1der_D:
lol thats weird. got it though. thanks!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] harshybar:
Fixed this after a couple of reboots.

Another issue I have, the wireless charging stopped working, I had this issue with Devil's kernel but worked with Agni. Anyone else have issues on this rom/stock kernel with wireless charging?

During calls I have random vibrations, can't figure out what they are for. I don't see any notifications.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] CyD13:
Getting four hour battery life for reasons. Anyone having serious issues as well?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
yea i tried two builds of carbon 4.4.x and had horrid battery drain. i used the 2014/03/03 build of cyanogenmod and battery life is superb. on 4hrs of screen time i get 1day 20hrs easy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] harshybar:
I reinstalled/flashed tw/flashed carbon still have APN issues. Love the features on this rom, but the list of issues is driving me away. I understand that the ROM is developemnt and I am no way upset, just need to get me a DD.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] harshybar:
The new CM Nightly has the APN fix, hopefully it gets put into Carbon soon. I am HATING tw
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] calicocal:
I just flashed the newest carbon rom and am having issues connecting to 4G. I can connect to 3G just fine. The preferred network mode is set to CDMA+LTE/EVDO. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] grilledbacon32:
Has anyone been able to get the backlight for the keys to say permanently off? I have it disabled but they still light up every time, not a huge deal but just wanted to get some feedback.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dricacho:
Is GPS working in this one? Mine isn't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
If you have a tw backup restore that then open maps with GPS on. Then reboot to recovery and restore your carbon backup. That always works for me.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wizayne:
I would love this on my phone, I have yet.to flash any KitKat and I'm still on carbon jb nightly from nov27 (I think that was the lAst build but.I didn't check to verify).

The reports.of.battery life seem pretty numerous, so I will hold off. But I am extremely happy to see carbon rocking KitKat for the i605.

I see that carbon got a donated i605 but the bootloader is locked. I assume that newer firmware is not unlockable using NoYouVerizon toolkit so I shouldn't do a warranty swap under any circumstances? That is definitely good to know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dricacho:
Thanks. It actually suddenly started working. :)

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BTW, what do you guys use for Calendar app? Is there an AOSP calendar app anywhere?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
Have you tried turn by turn directions to be sure? I use cal by any.do. It's a nice looking calendar app.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dricacho:
Yes....turn by turn works. Earlier it wouldn't even lock on to a location, kept saying waiting for location. Now it does it almost instantly and Navigation works. I'm going to give Cal a try, thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tswillette:
System Settings > Carbon Fibers > Device Tunables > Advanced Settings > Screen

its at the bottom of screen under Touchkeys, just untick the backlight option....

I found 2 ways of doing it and it looks like you found the 1st which doesn't work, the one I described I think takes precedence.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] grilledbacon32:
AHHHH!!!! That worked! Thanks man!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tswillette:
Not a problem, glad to help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tswillette:
Battery life

Anyone notice an increase in the battery life due to the memory leak for the 3/21 nightly? Flashed the 3/22 nightly and its back to how it was before again. Any thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
Yeah I've noticed it has improved.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] killa408shark:
how do i know i have the correct MD5? I downloaded the latest nightly i got this one E733F3BBCD7E82953405E2DF15D10696
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] naviathan:
Haven't been able to download this rom. It either stops short or doesn't start at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
i was able to at like 9:30 cst last night and it booted fine as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] naviathan:
Do you use bluetooth a lot? I've been having trouble finding an AOSP based ROM that my Plantronics Legend will work with. After the most recent Google search update every AOSP ROM stops working with my Bluetooth. I can do the hot word but everything after that fails. Even the tried and true voice dialer doesn't pick anything up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
i dont use BT that much other than music and if i feel like the conversation will be long on a phone call i will use a BT headset. but i believe the bluetooth search and such has been messed up since day one on this device on AOSP. i could be wrong it is a feature i have never needed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] naviathan:
I've been screwing around with it a lot and I've narrowed it down to the latest Google Search update. It works fine until that is installed. But you can't not update google search because then it screws with other features like Google Now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
battery life

for the masses of people who use this rom i though i would post that battery life is (IMO) back to normal depletion. first use of rom got 1d 12 ish hours and 30 mins of that was screen on with gps running at the same time so i think it would have made it to my normal 1d 20hrs that i can get on cyanogenmod. im running the 2014-3-30 build
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigmike35:
Hows latest nightly running? LED notifications , camera work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rudy_Ruettiger:
So far everything works great. Floating notifications, pie, built in Boeffla sound control. Much improved since my last try months ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] obiwannn:
okay, wanna give this a try....but the slow development and following keeps putting me off
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adamw1101:
4.4.4?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlavallee25:
Last few builds phone reboots when updating apps from the play store any ideas
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mao04:
I'm on 9/7 and it's running great. You might want to try a different gapps. I'm using Slim ROM's 4.4.4 beta "normal"gapps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Can you please upload a mirror? The official site mirrors are down. You can PM me the link. I'd appreciate it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mao04:
PM'd you. Let me know how it goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Thank you very much! I will try @ some point today.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mittadam:
MMS not working?

HI all,

I'm sorry if this was already discussed. I couldn't find anything about MMS not working in the search thread.

When I send a text, the first one will go through. When I reply to the text it does not go through. The only way it will send is if I restart the phone? Is anyone else having this issue? I came from a touchwiz rom. I have tried other 4.4.4. roms and have had the same results.

Thanks in Advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hidavi:
does this rom have the splitscreen features like the stock one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] MBCO:
Which GAPPS have worked best for you guys?

Sorry if this has been covered, coming from Carbon on the S3 and will be using a Note II temporally. Of course.....it has to have Carbon:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigmike35:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44417509
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlavallee25:
Installed the newest nightly and mobile service is gone.... Anyone else having issues?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Nope everything working great here.

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PA gapps all the way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlavallee25:
i know this isn't the thread for this but....... is there a way to test your phones radios? my sim card is working in other phones i have tried a few different roms fresh installs still no dice. any help would be appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigmike35:
So your sim works in other phones but not working in this phone? What does the baseband say? Service says? What are the symptoms.

Does it say "unknown". What version of recovery are you using? Kernels? Flash back to stock to see if it works?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlavallee25:
Your questions prompted me to swap recoveries from twrp to ClockworkMod and all is working again..... Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Wifi isn't quite right in the last few nightlies...It works initially but when you turn off wifi or reboot the phone it doesn't retain the password that you have saved.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] redskinsfan:
Anyone try the 10/26 nightly to see if the WiFi issue has been resolved?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
I have been flashing the 10/16 build and then dirty flashing the latest nightlies and the issue isnt present. When I clean flash the newer nightlies minus 10/26 the issue is present. So they broke something after 10/16. I haven't tried 10/26 build on clean flash but upon looking at the changelog nothing was changed for wifi. So I'm thinking to answer you question it's still not working correctly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DatacomGuy:
All, any link for the latest stable? I'm only seeing nightlies on the carbonrom.org website for i605? Or am i not in the right spot.

Also, i'm on 4.1.2 after flashing to stock to recover from a brick. What do i need to do to get up to the latest stable? Do i need to flash the custom MJ9 first before going from 4.1.2 to 4.4?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Yes follow the instructions in the sticky thread about getting to mj9 and then I went ahead and flashed the ND7 modem only. The nightlies are very stable for carbon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DatacomGuy:
I'm up and running, all good.

Only issue i have now is that bandwidth seems to be running very slow. Did not flash any modem - should i flash ND7? I show LTE, but lots of delays. I'll try to go to a website and it'll take 15-30 seconds for the site to even respond, then it loads fast. Did not have any issue like this on any other rom..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Weird I don't have that issue. Trying nd7 won't hurt though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] madmuthertrucker:
I flashed this rom & it's working good. I've been skeptical of AOSP roms. This 1 had renewed my faith. I did a clean flash w/ Philz, I have nd7. Thanks for putting this out there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
It's great I love this rom. It's the most stable and feature rich aosp rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] revdirty:
I love this ROM expect for the floating windows thing.. is there anyway to completely disable it.. from recent and notifications.. I know chrome has issues with no going back to full screen after being windowed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Mine is disabled stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DatacomGuy:
Gang.. I have three issues that make this rom (or any aosp rom) challenging to sure..

Unstable camera, essentially when I need it most. Is there any known fix? The typical camera has stopped responding.

Next is Bluetooth. Requires frequent toggling on and off. It'll work, but if it becomes disconnected for whatever reason it goes Unstable.

Last is that the phone won't tell me if I have voicemail. And I can't find anywhere in the rom settings to turn this on.

Any thoughts on any of these? Any fixes?