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[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
What are you guys talking about? Clean install of the 4/5 rom had been perfect since it was released for me.Are you guys using xposed or doing other mods? Besides lower signal, i'm not sure how this one can get much better.
[Verizon LG G2] BrianTDI:
I would be content with that LG camera port if the video recording worked properly. The audio is always messed up on my videos.
[Verizon LG G2] ajcd1sc1ple:
Guess we gotta stick with stock or one of the debloated Rom's for now. Since I'm not a developer I'll wait patiently.
[Verizon LG G2] BrianTDI:
I went back to a clean install of 4/5 and my MMS functionality came back.
[Verizon LG G2] just4747:
I don't know about the other guy, but I am on the 4/12 build.
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
I'm getting 60-70 hours up time easy with 4/5 and only rebooting out of habit.it still runs great for me.
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Just wanted to chime in and agree on the quality of the 4/5 build. I haven't had a single reboot or other notable issue since installing it more than a week ago. My only gripe is that MMS takes a while to send, but it does go through.

To those running the 4/12 build: JC did mention it might break some stuff, so I would clean flash 4/5 and see how it goes.

Ah that's one thing I'm not using right now. Have you tried the new Google Camera? Does it produce good video and good images?
[Verizon LG G2] jordanl17:
Yes, 4/12 must be the problem.

I will dirty flash back to 4/5 and see what happens. I've been hoping for a newer release!!
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Me too. But I'm sure if JC had something better (he was testing full 4.4.2 RIL) it would be here!

I think official KK is close since LG has the source files up. That means it will get merged into a bunch of roms soon!
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
24A kdz file is available. I am downloading it now.
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Cool. This should be the exact same as what we have going around XDA correct? Or are you downloading it to find out? :good:
[Verizon LG G2] phaze one:
Xdabbeb checked it out and said its the same.

LG G2 ftw
[Verizon LG G2] jordanl17:
Someone please enlighten me. What is the 24A kdz, and how do I install it????
[Verizon LG G2] HueyT:
It's a backup file that allow you to restore to bone stock VS98024A for Verizon. It'll restore all partitions, baseband (radios), formatting (lose all personal data on phone), etc. It's an insurance policy in case recoveries or rom flashing gone bad. It's installed using LG PC Suite or similar software using your Windoze PC, USB connection, download mode on your phone, etc.
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
In simplest terms, it is the official LG firmware for our Verizon G2 KitKat update.

This is the same 24A that has been floating around XDA for weeks, so I would suggest installing one of the roms around here if you want stock LG KK. The significant news of this being released is that it is official, meaning the major AOSP roms can start building their roms with it, which should mean a more stable release for the vs980 variant. Although JC's 4/5 build has been next to flawless already.
[Verizon LG G2] ajcd1sc1ple:
Sounds like I need to flash 4/5 then. I'll give it a try. Thanks.
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Wondering what you guys think of the overall photo quality from the new Google Camera. Also, what would 16x9 do for us? Sorry for the dumb question.
[Verizon LG G2] scrubasarus:
So I followed the steps perfectly, had 24A on for a few hours to make sure everything worked, (it did, everything awesome) and then flashed the 4/5 build. GPS is inaccurate, I don't know if it's not locking or what but it's a 5-6 blocks off from my actual location. Does this CM have the gps.conf set up for the U.S.?

Any help is appreciated.
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Did you get a lock before flashing?
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
Just made a new build, I'm gonna test it out for a little while before uploading it. I had a regression of the "stuck with 3G" bug, but I think it was related to going back to stock for a second, then going back to my CM11 build. Anyways, I've found that backing up your radios (efs) in TWRP when you have working 4G and restoring them when your signal is "stuck with 3G" fixes the bug, if you happen to get it, and it only needs to be done once and it should work from then on. But I'm gonna give it a few hours of testing

FYI you should backup your radios anyway, and store them on a your computer and/or dropbox or something apart from your G2
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Do have a link?
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Awesome! Thanks JC!

Quick question: if the "stuck in 3G" bug does occur, do we restore our EFS only from TWRP? Or would we restore a full backup of, say, the 4/5 build? Also, how has the new build been running? It's tough to move away from this near flawless 4/5 build! Thanks again for your awesome work! :good:
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Thank you sir
[Verizon LG G2] Benny879:
Seems pictures are more detailed and snap faster. Here's a blurred pic I took last night just messing around.
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
If you currently have working 4G, make an efs backup in TWRP.

If you happen to run into the 3G-only bug, a restoration of just the efs should do the trick to get 4G working.

I think losing 4G is tied to restoring back to stock 24A. Something writes to our radios which messes up 4G
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Thank you! Looking forward to the new build, although I'm not sure it can get much better than 4/5!

Any major changes or is there a change log to look at?
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
All these changes

http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/android/65698/artifact/archive/CHANGES.txt

Except for the specific LG changes
[Verizon LG G2] funkybrunk:
Noticed a small issue on the 4/12 build, video playback in HBO Go is janky. Netflix / Youtube / webvids dont exhibit the stuttering. I'll report back after updating to the upcoming build.
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
April 17th build is up!

If you have working 4G, backup your efs partition before installing just in case something goes wrong with your data connection
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Awesome! Just curious.. what has your experience been with the 4.4.2 RIL files? Does it make a big difference with connectivity?

Interested to hear your experience with this build!
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
going to try this one out now

any status updates regarding ART usability?
[Verizon LG G2] jordanl17:
Great thanks!! How do I backup the efs? I have twrp and also titanium backup.
[Verizon LG G2] scrubasarus:
I don't think I had full lock now that I look into it more. The GPS showed my location exactly, but the icon on the status bar wasn't white, it was just grey. Spent a good ten minutes walking around outside trying to get a lock, (restored back to 24A) but that didn't do anything. I'll have to fight with it more when I'm home from work tonight.
[Verizon LG G2] funkybrunk:
And it fixed the HBO Go issue I reported. Thanks JPC!
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
in TWRP click backup and then uncheck everything except EFS. Name it accordingly so you know what it is too!
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
Cool! I hope it stays and doesn't go back to looking choppy again. Is your 4G working?
[Verizon LG G2] funkybrunk:
Yup. 4G working perfectly. Bluetooth too. I'm about to go test GPS and will report back.
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
Can you turn on airplane mode, wait like 10 seconds, then turn off airplane mode and see if 4G is still there?

After that can you try rebooting to see if it's still there when it boots back up?

I just wanna make sure people aren't reverting back to 3G
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
just did this. no problems getting back to 4g LTE
[Verizon LG G2] drlenny:
+1
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
+1. No issues regaining LTE after both airplane mode and a reboot. Cheers! :good:
[Verizon LG G2] funkybrunk:
GPS is good. Got a fix in 4 seconds, accuracy of 30 feet. The elevator ride dropped me down to 3G, looks like I'm stuck. I'll flash my backed up EFS and report back if it doesnt come back in the next minute or two.

Edit - After turning airplane mode on and off, I got 4G again.
[Verizon LG G2] drlenny:
Forced my phone to go to 3g. (Magic wall in my house) Brought it back to where I knew I got 4G previously, and after 50-60 seconds, 4G did come back all on it's own. It did take a while, but it did come back. :good:
[Verizon LG G2] HueyT:
A+ ROM, no problems. Works well for VS98024A,l 4/17/14 version. No complaints, fast and slim.

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Pandora won't play any sound until you kill the app and then it plays. Yet Google Play Music and Netflix works well and fast. :confused:
[Verizon LG G2] tacosrdelicioso:
Okay. I flashed over 4/5.first boot I had LTE. Then I rebooted within two minutes for a DPI change and I couldn't grab LTE anymore. Rebooted again..3g. Rebooted to twrp restored efs...upon boot LTE took a while to come up but it did come up. I haven't rebooted since(five minutes ago) we'll see

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Also Pandora is still effed for me. Other than that no issues
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
I also lost LTE coming off Wi-Fi. Restored EFS and returned to LTE. Will report back if there are any additional issues!

Quick question: when restoring EFS, does that bring us back to the 4.2.2 RIL or what exactly happens?
[Verizon LG G2] drlenny:
It seems that, although this build is stable, it runs hotter (I underclock to 1574 via CM settings always) than the 4.2.2 RIL did. It also doesn't seem to get as good battery life, just sitting on my desk with 4 bars of 4G.

I've checked all the funcitonality that I use on a regular basis and everything I use works fine with the 4/17 build.

4G

3G

Bluetooth

WiFi

Camera

NFC Beaming

Tap to Pay

40+Mbps speed tests (love pegging out the speedtest app)

GPS

Radios after reboot

Radios after Airplane mode

My only concern is the heat and possible battery drain that will come from it tomorrow.
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
I seem to have lost 4G too now. I'm gonna pull the build until it's fixed

Sorry everybody

I would recommend going back to a previous build unless you want to restore your efs when you lose 4G
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
I had to do the same thing. Going to play around with it for now and see how it is though because ART is working on this build now! .
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
No worries, JC. I'm sure you'll get it figured out.

Does restoring EFS go back to 4.2.2 RIL or what happens exactly? Sorry for the dumb question.
[Verizon LG G2] HueyT:
Can u fix Pandora while u recook ROM?
[Verizon LG G2] jason2302:
Switched from Malladus 2.0.1 to this. I was running the "official" CM11 a few weeks ago but wanted a better camera and more stability so I went to Malladus. Now that I'm on this ROM with what I'm assuming is the official 24A kernel, the difference is amazing. Probably running faster than Malladus did for me. However, I have two questions:

1. Is there still no way to make the camera work as well as it does on stock ROMs?

2. How's this ROM's battery life? I'm not on the 4/17 build. I'm on the one from right before it. On the official CM11 I was getting about 6.5 hours of screen-on time but with Malladus I was only getting 4.5. Will I have results similar to that of the official CM11 again?
[Verizon LG G2] cheami:
Battery life will be near the same on any ROM at all. It will depend on your usage like always. Though, stock ROMs will probably average a little higher than custom ROMs. Anecdotal battery lifes are always pointless. We will continue to get great battery life regardless of what ROM we use, assuming the ROM isn't the one causing wakelocks (which is usually never the ROM).
[Verizon LG G2] jason2302:
Hmm well I'm doing a full charge right now and I'm gonna see how this plays out. If it gets the same as Malladus I'll be very pleased. If it gets above Malladus, I'll be thrilled. I like to keep the apps I have to a very bare minimum. Wakelocks are never an issue for me.
[Verizon LG G2] jason2302:
Alright, battery definitely seems much worse than it was on Malladus 2.0.1. And why are location activities running in the background when I have every form of location reporting disabled? Not even GPS is turned on.
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
yeah i'm with you on this one. battery life has been spotty for me.

when im on device only it appears to behave for me, but with high accuracy nlpwakelocks all over the place even though reporting is off
[Verizon LG G2] Dick Ripple:
It usually takes a couple of battery cycles for everything to level out. I'd give it a day to see if things get better.
[Verizon LG G2] jason2302:
This really upsets me. Other than battery, this ROM is so great. Fast and everything. I'm not familiar with the Dev of this ROM, will he be fixing bugs we run into?

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I'm gonna do that. Don't wanna go back to Malladus so fast. I love me some stable CM
[Verizon LG G2] annoyingduck:
I find the battery here to be unmatched. Like, clearly unmatched from any stock rom (Xdabbeb's is the best for stock btw). I get easily 25+% more run time here.

-VZW LG G2 VS980
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
Holy $hit! No problem with 4G here in New Brunswick nj
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Did everyone revert back to the 4/5 build or did some stay on 4/17 with restored EFS?

Trying to decide which one to go with... pros and cons of each? (other than the obvious con of losing LTE)
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Honestly I restored efs and dirty flashed 4/5. My setup is going to be wonky I'm sure, but for now it seems okay.
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Yeah that's what I'm worried about too.

I asked this before, but what exactly does restoring EFS do? I'm just worried RIL will get crossed up by going from 4/17 to 4/5 since I restored EFS on 4/17 after losing LTE. Just shows how little I know... :eek:
[Verizon LG G2] zathus:
Its probably Google now and all its services. in order to truly see how the battery is I would think a good week is needed. Eventually Google now will stop eating out so much battery once it figures out your routine

Sent from my VS980 4G
[Verizon LG G2] HueyT:
4/5 build is still my favorite and smoothest of the builds. 4/17 has a few lags here and there. None of these CM11 builds allow my Pandora to work on my VS98024A, yet Netflix and Google Music work perfectly. Go figure :confused:
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
I'm running into MMS issues on 4/5 clean flash. Sigh... anyone find a solution?
[Verizon LG G2] smb209:
I'm on 4/17 still. No 3g/4g problems. MMS in hangouts is spotty but works fine in Textsecure with a manual APN. Otherwise working well.
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Been on 4/5 since it was released. No probs whatsoever. Stable and solid.
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Have you had any MMS issues? Can't seem to get it working without failing to send or taking forever.
[Verizon LG G2] mulderato:
What is the process to try this Rom if I am currently on malladus 2.0.1 24a?
[Verizon LG G2] Dick Ripple:
Download rom

Wipe system, data, and cache

Flash rom

Flash GAPPS

Profit?
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Nope. MMS take a little longer than normal, but not enough to notice. Maybe clear app data/cache.
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
I tried that and it actually works well sending the first MMS after a clean flash. But then it goes into the taking forever/failing stage.

This bug is specific to CM11, correct? This build is so smooth otherwise, but failing MMS is a big pain.
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
I know on CM official they had an MMS bug, but that was before the kk OTA became available. I haven't ran official CM in months due to all the probs so I don't know off hand, however I was constantly following that thread and reading about all the bugs. I ran other CM based ROMs like omni and cyan fox and never had probs with MMS. I'm thinking it may be more of a kernel issue, but that's just a guess.....
[Verizon LG G2] jesssiii:
QUESTION

I'm still on stock 24A without custom recovery or modified aboot, etc.

In steps 5 & 6, can I put the files in my adb folder and use adb shell su to run the dd commands? I would normally trouble shoot myself but this is potentially a bricking situation so I want to be absolutely sure. Thanks to anyone who can help clarify!
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
I copied and pasted the files to the root of my SD card. Then I opened terminal on my phone, typed su to get root, then cd'ed to ~/data/media/0 and ran the DD commands.
[Verizon LG G2] jesssiii:
Thanks for the reply. I'm more comfortable using my computer and adb or adb shell.
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
No worries. Using terminal is the same as using adb shell, you just don't have to use an external computer.
[Verizon LG G2] jesssiii:
I don't understand how everyone is getting this done. I keep getting permission denied even though I'm running command prompt as administrator. Can't even push to my phone. I know I can manually move the files and use terminal on the phone, but this is upseting me not being able to use the computer and adb for a simple push anymore. I was able to do it before to get to 24A. I'm on Windows-****ing-8, and it took much research and hair pulling just to get my computer to allow me to install drivers manually because of the extra security in Windows 8.
[Verizon LG G2] annoyingduck:
Where you getting permission denied? On phone or in computer

-VZW LG G2 VS980
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
have you tried the universal adb drivers that koush created

http://download.clockworkmod.com/test/UniversalAdbDriverSetup.msi

you would want to:

1. adb devices and make sure that your device shows up as an adb device

2. adb push "the file you're pushing" /sdcard/

3. repeat for the multiple files

4. adb shell

5. type "su"

6. execute the dd commands in the op
[Verizon LG G2] jesssiii:
Computer, using adb. When I open command prompt as admin and type adb remount, I get denied. When I type adb push blah /data/media/0, I get permission denied. I manually moved the files now. Using computer with adb shell su then type the -dd..... etc, will that work?
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
yes it should
[Verizon LG G2] annoyingduck:
Sounds like you didn't give adb root access. Shut down adb, Disconnect phone. Reconnect phone (be sure debugging is on), choose Internet connection, ethernet, now hit HOME. While on the homescreen open adb, adb devices, and look for the prompt on the home screen to allow computer, then adb shell and look for root prompt and grant it...

-VZW LG G2 VS980

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Type su after adb shell for root access...

-VZW LG G2 VS980
[Verizon LG G2] ddzado:
I might have to start this tonight. I'm getting sick of the instability of the CM11 official nightlies. Hopefully some of you veterans will be around! I might need help.
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
looks like it will be even easier to do now that the KK 4.4 OTA is out. definitely saves you a few steps
[Verizon LG G2] jesssiii:
I did that allow computer thing a while ago, but it isn't coming up now. Still denied. I did manage to complete this using adb shell on my computer. Once I researched how to direct it to my /data/media/0. Simply typing cd before that worked, I'm so ignorant sometimes, lol.

Now I'm afraid to reboot into recovery in case this didn't work and I'm screwed :eek:
[Verizon LG G2] annoyingduck:
Your fine, if it didn't work you can still boot back into the os by holding power

-VZW LG G2 VS980
[Verizon LG G2] jesssiii:
Hey, Duck, you're not annoying at all! ;)
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
I'm making another build, same as yesterday, but it will have the old RIL files, so 4G should be fine and there should be no thread of getting stuck with 3G like there was with yesterday's build. It will also have CM code from the latest nightly (April 18th)

Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I can no longer actively develop this ROM anymore. I'll still make a build once or twice a week and upload it, but I just don't have the time to actively debug and toy around with the broken things on this ROM that I don't ever use (Bluetooth oftentimes being flaky, Pandora not working, etc...) So those things will unfortunately be here to stay, unless of course somebody wants to take the reins on this project and try to fix the bugs.

I'm sure official CM won't be too far off with a ROM based on LG's official 4.4.2, and developers of other ROMs are free to use the sources I've posted on my github.

I apologize if you took the plunge with this ROM hoping that some bugs/features will get fixed in the future, that will probably not ever get fixed, unless somebody wants to try to fix them! :P

You guys were a great community, and I'm sure I will get back to Android development in the future; maybe with Android's next version!
[Verizon LG G2] HueyT:
No problem. We appreciate you for what you have given to us already. Thank you very much :good::good:
[Verizon LG G2] 55Pegasus:
Thank you JC for all you've done. Looking forward to your latest. I've been hoping one of the custom ROMs that use CM as a base such as Beanstock would use your build as a base.
[Verizon LG G2] simon_lefisch:
Download terminal from the play store and use the DD commands. It was easy. All you need to is make sure you have the files on the root of your SD card. After which:

-Start terminal and type su. Grant it root permissions.

-cd to ~/data/media/0

-type DD commands as normal

Its the same as using adb shell without using your computer cuz the computer is your phone. Took me all of 2 minutes.
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
sooooo 4G is now like completely borked for me. not sure what is going on. i'm back on the 4/5 build and i restored my efs from that build too andddd its all sorts of whacky and doesnt want to hold 4g

edit:

might be working properly now. going to monitor
[Verizon LG G2] minnysota:
Thanks a ton for your work JC. You brought a far-more stable release of CM11 to us way before we could have gotten it otherwise!

To anyone who flashes 4/18: looking forward reports on how it runs! I'm crossing my fingers (probably naively) that some magical commit got merged to fix the MMS bug... It does work at times, but it is just so spotty. It's the only thing making me want to jump ship!
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
thank you so much for the work you've done on this JPC. question i have is once CM official merges the official KK sources will we be able to freely flash that with the modifications that we have done to get this cm11 rom working?
[Verizon LG G2] JackpotClavin:
My best bet is that if CM were to move migrate their ROM's base to each of the G2's variants' respective official kitkat from LG, we (as in everybody using this ROM) would be fine in terms of not needing to flash different files from 12B or whatever.

Also, since my builds are using CM11's nightlies as a base for my source, we shouldn't need to do a factory reset if we were to go back to official CM11, either
[Verizon LG G2] cheami:
White knights, come out and praise. Collect your rep and post counts. Flood this topic with praise.
[Verizon LG G2] steveo17:
very well thank you!!!
[Verizon LG G2] ddzado:
I've been running CM11 since I bought my phone 2 months ago. So I'll most likely have to go back to stock i.e. ground zero.
[Verizon LG G2] tacosrdelicioso:
Yeah but our maintainer has been very mum lately
[Verizon LG G2] jordanl17:
Google Camera app. Wtf? Download. Install. Awesome. Too good to be true!

Sorry... This is a bit off topic. But a huge find for me.
[Verizon LG G2] 360Razir:
Thank you, JC, for all your efforts on the G2. Best of luck!

~ Sent from my VS980 ~
[Verizon LG G2] Benny879:
Yeah it's been nice for me too but I've been getting horrible photos if I use the flash...anyone else seeing this?
[Verizon LG G2] ddzado:
I've never seen nor heard of whoever has been maintaining the device.

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I've just been noticing that even though it's a nice camera... I don't feel like I'm getting 13MP out of this camera....