yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] flacraker:
so in order to get the lock screen id need to be stock nae, then reroot and flash this.. what does KNOX do?? just count how many times you flash something or is it more then that???? like a back door spy wear for samsung lol just curious... im so loving this rom.. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND YOUR TIME....:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] beseenwithgreen:
Hey guys, been on 5.6 for a while now and thanks Sacs for your work and others that contribute to bring these roms and mods to the general public. I read a few pages back and am still a bit confused as to what is the best method to flash this rom. I'm currently DLing stock KK non rooted tar. I dont care about any warranty issues just want the most stable way to get v2 on my phone. Could some one please reply with a order of things that I can DL and install so I dont run into some screw up with my phone. Thanks in advance for any helpful input. And feel free to check out the mp3 ring/sms tones I have made, link in my sig. and PM any requests you may have, I'm all about the instrumentals so please dont ask for songs with lyrics because I wont upload them to mobile9. I will do it for you if you really want it and email it. Anyway please help me with getting v2 on my phone lol, thanks again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rlmiller:
Please see OP POST # 3

There is a VERY DETAILED instruction already waiting for you to GET YOUR PHONE READY

Please see OP POST # 2

There is a step by step instruction on HOW TO INSTALL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] beseenwithgreen:
Ok Thanks bud I guess I did not go past the OP and then just backtracked from last page, my bad on that part then. Before I start this thing, any idea on when v3 drops and will that make flash any easier or should I just man up and go for v2 now, I'm in no particular hurry besides the fact that I like to flash new toys as many of us here do as well :highfive:

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So the idea for whatever reason it is is to avoid the knox bootloader right? meaning I should NOT install the unrooted stock kitkiat tar. It's a lengthy looking list but I like those as long as they work and dont screw me S4 up ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rtwrobert10:
I'm running v2 atm and it's stable for the most part. I'm going to dirty flash v3 when it comes out. I recommend manning up ;D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] beseenwithgreen:
OK so it shall be. I will follow the instructions from OP 2 and 3 and cross my fingers :)

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Is there any other mirrors to DL	SPH-L720_MDC_Stock_Restore.tar.md5.gz as the one provided in the OP is taking 4 hours to DL? Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ewkabel:
I am having trouble with the lockscreen it will not let me change any of the settings. Is there a fix or do I have to reflash. Also it will not let me change any of the files in /system/media. I wanted to mod the boot screens and system sounds. I would appreciate any help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] beseenwithgreen:
I dont see any other links to speed up the DL, 3 hours to go, so looks like I'll just spend my Saturday night playing with my phone, myself needed a break anyway :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] leaderbuilder:
There are 52 posts regarding lockscreen in this thread. Search and check them out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] churchey360:
Take the 4.4.2 ota and these problems won't exist js lol :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
As leaderbuilder has stated, there have been multiple questions regarding the lockscreen and while I would prefer people try to find answers before asking questions I don't mind answering them... Only part that's repetitive really is the flashing and people not looking past the 1st OP.

Anyways, yes, that's a known issue on 4.4 custom ROMs. The password and pin and advanced setting when you select swipe are null right now. What churchey360 is talking about is also true. Anyone that took an OTA update to NAE or flashes back to stock NAE will have access to lockscreen settings. If that's something you wanna do, go for it. Look in 3rd OP and flash stock ROMs accordingly.

If your issue is in the general settings like the effect then please try dirty flashing the ROM and see if that fixes the problem.

As for your other question... If you flashed with TWRP then you will likely encounter problems with your internal SD card. Not everyone does. It's a known issue though. Flash the CWM tar in Odin and then reflash the ROM clean
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] churchey360:
Is there a flashable zip for this stock kernel because I flashed ktoonzes kernel and every time I turn the screen off my phone shuts off completely lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JhoonB51:
any chance you used twrp as recovery, if so do a restore and choose boot only, should get original kernel back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dschachm:
Anyone else have to reboot their phone in the morning? Every morning when I wake up I hit the power button and nothing happens. So I have to hold the power button to reboot. Not a big deal just annoying.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] 5oo:
Ok I am running 4.4 I activated device and data came back

When I flashed rom I didnt flash kernel I stayed with stock kernel from the rom but I thought it mite fix problem

Only one thing and is that there is still saying preparing data is DM services if I click on info app I can close it but is there any other way not to show up and I cant update prl too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kreizyidiot:
low aux volume?

I'm not sure if this is a phone thing but just bought a pair of external bluetooth speakers

I noticed that when I connect the speakers to my ipod....or computer via the aux cable, the speaker has tons of volume....extremely loud

However, when I'm connected to aux in my phone, its not as loud... I tried bluetooth..same thing

I'm on the newest sacs 4.4 rom...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rlmiller:
I will check to see if I can make a flashable zip to increase it. No promises but I will try
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kreizyidiot:
Thanks.....should the phone volume match of those of ipods or from the computer?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
CWM Question

I downloaded the CWM.tar file (galaxy s4-cwm-6.04).

I extracted it to its own folder. But it is a .IMG file. I tried to mount it with ISO. Says file is corrupted.

What Am I doing wrong. I was trying to use Odin, but it does not show up as a tar file.

Thank you in advance.

Blessings
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dschachm:
You need to flash the tar file with Odin. Don't extract it. If it didn't show up, re-download it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
Thank you for the reply

Thank you! I have Odin and will try!!!

Bless You!!!!

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All I can say is DUH!

Thank you again SOOOO Much for the Quick reply!

Next step, FLASH!!!!!! I am so sick of all of the bloatware in Stock Rom.

Blessings
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
SO Far Sooooo Good!!!!

Just finished flashing. Love The Look and feel so far!

Do Not See Any Of The Bloatware Battery Sucking Apps!!!!!!

Just flashed HotSpot Mod. oh oh!

Stuck on Sprint screen.

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I installed the wrong hot spot mod.

So I will start over! Will let you know how it goes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dbpaddler:
But the weather is gorgeous here today. Perfect night to go out. Wait for the possible 6" of snow coming : )

On a side note for anyone, is a new mf9 S4 worth any more money than a knox'd one? I have a spare I'm selling. Wondering if I should go ebay and make mention of it or just deal with CL. Not sure if it's a monetarily appreciative feature.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
FLAWLESS!!!!!!

All Is Good In The Neighborhood Now!!!!

Thank you for This!!!!!!!!

Blessings!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] churchey360:
Can I dirty flash the rom to get the stock kernel back?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] pixelsblur:
yesssirrrrrr
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
At this point dirty flash the ROM and see if that fixes the issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] 5oo:
Do you want me to reflash current rom with same one?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Yes. Dirty flash this ROM, sac23 4.4 KitKat. See if that fixes the problem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Crossrocker:
Any special procedure for flashing back to 4.3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Nope. But why would you?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
Is there a fix for 3minit settings?

Only selections I have is for battery and colors. On each tab.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Gharrington has stopped production of 3minit because devs here at XDA have been stealing his stuff. Not sure when he's gonna start back up. That's all we have for 3minit right now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JoeFCaputo113:
[MENTION=4619873]gharrington[/MENTION] will you still support/expand on QuickLaunch Panel?? :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
Ok thank you!

I hope all works out.

Is there a place where I can check and our adjust my kernel?

I just flashed this rom. Loving it, but it seems my battery is draining a little faster now.

Thank you for the reply also.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
It's a stock kernel. You need to flash KT if you wanna tweak stuff.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
Thank You again Ghost!

One last question, I think :confused:

Would you recommend that?

I primarily use my phone to stream radio stations via iheart and tunein. You tube second most use. (When Sprint has good data availability. ) I have gone from 82% to 73% in about 2 hours. No streaming. Some Facebook and XDA.

Screen use is 43%

Android System 16%

All suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Blessings
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Since I wasn't able to flash KT kernel on 4.3 I haven't decided if I'm gonna do it here even though I've seen people succeed. I haven't gotten bad battery at all.

Try downloading Greenify from the playstore and go through and look at the apps that are constantly running or might be using connectivity when you haven't even opened them. It's part of my setup process when I initially install ROMs. I've gotten 14-15 hours when on a stable connection and if you see how much I'm on XDA here in the thread helping people, plus FB, FB page manager for the pages I'm an admin on, phone calls, text messages, and the occasional YouTube video then I consider that pretty good right now.

On the 4.3 ROM I've gone 23-25 hours without charging. Sac has a way of making awesome battery life.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
Snaps. I forgot all about Greenify!

"Short Term Memory"

Thank You for your help!

Stay Blessed Ghost.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
Just had to say that of course battery isn't going to be the greatest when you first install the ROM( which you stated that you just did so). You have to wait a few days for it to full set in.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ulremember:
Thank You Daniel!

I Greenified Everything!

Blessings
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
Greenify is literally a (battery) life saving app. Lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] dbpaddler:
I can vouch for that. I was churning through battery for the first few days to the point I was tempted to go back to Negalite. Does seem to be settling down now. All I can say is thank god for the charge only cable I picked up for the car. I'd go through a battery during decent usage in just three hours.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Hey guys, so just spoke with sac23 a little and lemme tell you what... The V3 update is badass. I can't give too much away but.. I can say we will have a whole bunch of S5 stuff built in that's gonna be enabled.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] pixelsblur:
booya!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] churchey360:
Sound awesome lol I can't wait!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jbuggy1:
Hey [MENTION=2744265]sac23[/MENTION] how the update going got the itch again. Thinking of trying the kt kernel wondering if you will support it in next coming versions? keep it Rollin man. Oh ps. Pretty please [MENTION=4619873]gharrington[/MENTION] to help dev with you and make this revival s5 lol

Sent from galaxy s4 rocking sac's 4.4 v2 ...Long live Sac23 The great ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Dude I JUST posted about the update... Top of the page. Also, people are successfully flashing KT kernel with this ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jctello1:
Hey ghostac........When v3 comes out, is it safe to use the latest twrp recovery to flash? And also can I make a backup with the latest twrp that will work? Thanks in advance ...

Stock GS4 4.4.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JesseAaronSafir:
Well yes this is even with all Xposed stuff disabled and after a dirty flash of the ROM. I do have the LG Optimus lockscreen app installed but disabled. I doubt that has anything to do with it. I think my next step is a full wipe clean flash.

Also unrelated but of note is that my "Messaging + Google Voice" app crashes immediately and us unusable. I've tried clearing data and cache to no avail.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
At this point I agree, the clean install is the easiest (most unwanted) option available to you now. Sorry we could let resolve the problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JesseAaronSafir:
Samsung warranty? Recently a rep at my local Sprint store showed me their T&C that specifically talked about rooted phones and that their policy is that they will still try to help you even if you're phone is rooted but they'll set the software back to stock unrooted.

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Yeah tried last night. Didn't help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Sprint said it voids THEIR warranty and techs won't work on the phones.

I'm gonna have to look that policy up then... Few months ago I took my old S3 in to get the power button fixed so I could give it to my mom (she had a S2) and they wouldn't do the work cause it was rooted running a custom ROM. Paid one of those fix it places to do it. Now there's another hardware issue with it and they turned her away again. If that's the case and they will help and their policy states they will... Store Manager is gonna get a new hole chewed.

Sorry, back on topic now. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JesseAaronSafir:
Now they've upped that to $50 to fix or attempt to fix a broken phone.

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I had that experience with my HTC Evo 3D but since then another rep showed me the new T&C and that they no longer care if you root your phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] wilzard:
Halp, please.

My friend somehow soft bricked his s4.

I was unable to get a clear story from him. Something about he tried to take a picture, got an error his phone started to reboot and never came back. It boots to download mode and nae stock looking recovery. Last I knew he was on freegs4v3 mf9 twrp 2.5!! WTF - and I don't think he would try to flash anything himself.

It only booted to the yellow sprint screen when trying to boot regular, factory reset doesn't fix anything. Recovery was NAE stock as far as I could tell.

I used cf auto root and it looked like it took. I also flashed cwm 6.0.4.4, and it looked like that took.

I can boot into cwn and do wipes, every time I use it to reboot recovery it asks me if I want to iinstall root and I select yes.

I followed sac23's directions to flash the rom, assuming my friend's s4 was on nae, yes I rebooted recovery after wipes before installing rom - stuck at yellow sprint screen.

Tried again and yellow sprint screen.

Tried flashing twrp, wiping, rebooting and flashing sac's rom and still stuck at the yellow sprint screen.

And now I am at a loss as what to do. I have been following this thread.

Do i need to flash stock mja or mk2 or nae? Then make sure it boots up and everything is working? Then root and go from there?

If so, which stock image do I need, mja, mk2, nae, or can I flash sac23's 5.6 and see if that works? Halp!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
[MENTION=3756178]wilzard[/MENTION], try flashing NAE modem and then flash ROM with TWRP first. If that fails then please see OP 3. Also, you better find out from your friend and make sure he was on MF9 bootloader before you attempt anything. If he took a Knox OTA you CAN'T go backwards which means you'll have to do MJA to MK2 and trip the bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kirschdog1:
Is anybody's Google maps upside down or sideways when using navigation?

Any known fixes?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SHYZZA:
Man I know when I jump on this I'm going to miss my lil broom feature in the pulldown.. 4.3 has been sooooo dam good! But I got a feeling the next update that he puts out for this version is going to be the one to make me come on over!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
I'll confirm the broom will probably be in it. Talked with him about that also.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JoeFCaputo113:
Hey [MENTION=2744265]sac23[/MENTION] or [MENTION=5175952]GhostTac[/MENTION] what is this?! Under settings--->my device--->display "Informative screen"??g
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
[MENTION=3756178]wilzard[/MENTION], please see my other post before you do anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] travisw0204:
Wow Sac is making me rethink my purchase of the S5 with this awesomeness. LoL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JoeFCaputo113:
+1 on that. May just get the Gear 2 Neo instead (I see no need in having a camera in a watch so the Neo makes sense)!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Dude, I seriously wouldn't do it. I just spent 45 min reading articles that showed me it's just not worth it. The changes are so minor. Couple cool hardware features? Not worth it. Sac bringing S5 features to the S4 is where it's at man... Plus maybe some N3 stuff? Who knows...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] travisw0204:
Sac is a beast. I may just do like Joe does and cop a Gear instead of the Neo. The S5 was just so disappointing in terms of what it has over the S4 but you're right. I just hope Sac keeps devving for us even after the nonsense that happened some pages back with G Harrington.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
That's how I felt about the gs3 to the gs4. But I had an upgrade so I went with it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SHYZZA:
Yep I read up on the difference from s4 to s5 also.. psss what a waste! As long as we got our sac buddy I see no need at all. I was itching and waiting for s5. I'm good! the new neo gear does look slick though.

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I like that.. "and some note 3 stuff also. Who knows" lol you know you sneaky sneaky guy you! ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chris-allen:
just kinda jumped into this thread... thinking of flashing...anything not working befor i do? hotspot/4g/mms/calls?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rlmiller:
What you listed... It's all good to go

Jump on in :) we'll be here if you need help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chris-allen:
ok..thanks.....about to download now... brb
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SHYZZA:
No 5g....lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
I know nothing SHYZZA... Lol. I just know a few ppl have asked for some N3 stuff. As usual I'm sure sac will try to get us everything we ask for if he possibly can.

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Just make sure you follow directions in OP 2 and if they don't work then look in OP 3. Also, hotspot fix and mms fix are in OP 1. You'll need those. But other than that, it's awesome!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SHYZZA:
Of course he will he's always been good about watching to see what we are asking for an incorporating it if he could. Been on sac's s4 Rom from day one and it will be what I stay with till my next whatever phone! Lol I said I been on sac's
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Try and find out more for you brother. It seems pretty self explanatory and I think I know what it is but I can't seem to get it work...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] 5oo:
No it didn't help and won't save pics on sd card
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] kevinsturf:
Hey guys! Just wanting to know if anyone other than myself are experiencing this issue. Recently, images in various apps stop showing up completely. They appear to be a missing icon or shows a broken attachment. For example, in the tapatalk app I'm using and in twitter and tumble apps. Images just don't show at all. Anyone have any clue as to why?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] wilzard:
Flashed NAE modem only from unknownforce's thread. Don't know if it took though because it won't boot, it passed odin at least, I use 1.85, I did not have auto reboot checked

In twrp now.

wipe - advanced - wiped internal, data, dalvik and cache multiple times. Rebooted recovery, installed ROM and rebooted - stuck at yellow sprint screen.

This was also the first thing I tried when he brought this crap over to me. When I set it up for him before he was on mf9/mf9 4.2.2 tw rom and I am not sure how he did this.

I already had mdl and mf9 official tars so I'm going to try flashing mf9 stock in odin next while I'm waiting for nae to finish downloading.

edit: ghostac - if it helps puzzle out where he left me, it says unknown and custom in download mode, it does not currently list a firmware or baseband.

ODIN MODE

product name: sph-l720

current binary: custom

system status: custom

csb-config-lsb: 0x30

write protection: enabled

update 2 - I reflashed twrp, then wiped and wiped and wiped everything except external sd multiple times. Even rebooted recovery and wiped again.

Then rebooted recovery.

Then flashed sac23's 4.4 - it booted to the dreaded yellow sprint screen then actually dimmed - and it hadn't done that before. I was shortly looking at the setup screen.

lol it restarted in the middle of me skipping set, then set up android then rebooted itself again. While typing this I let the screen sleep, when i went to wake it it turned on, I swiped, it froze then went black and I couldn't get it to wake. The hardware buttons lit up for a second one time. I had to pull the battery.

When I can get in I'll edit with the firmware and baseband.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] GhostTac:
Well, next step is the dreaded clean install of the ROM again. Just start fresh.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] travisw0204:
Did you dirty flash using TWRP or CWM?