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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dark_Spark:
Custom in settings

Hello again, guys! I used Triangle Away as per the suggestions earlier to get back official status. I just had one other question. When in download mode, my status and binary show as official, but when I go to settings and look at the phone status there, it reads as custom. I'm pretty sure that it's because the phone scans itself at boot and the status it finds then is showed in settings, but I was wondering if there's a mod or something that can be patched in the ROM to make it say official in settings too? I really dig this ROM, and it's just something that bugs me, but I really would like to find a way to have the status under settings show as official too. Sorry if I'm getting annoying with these questions. Thanks for the help though guys! This ROM is awesome!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tkacer:
For those interested - totally kickass all black ui theme can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2657344

as always, please nandroid prior to flashing!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mystique:
Does anyone know what it takes to make screen rotation break?

Mine no longer rotates, but apps that force rotation (from the play store) say that the rotation is working.

Also apps that report accelerator sensors also say everything is working normal..

Stock Rom plus Wanam..

Thanks in advance.

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Sorry for the second post, Monday ADD..

Since this is stock, does that mean that carrier IQ is still running/loaded?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Zmnypit:
Couple issues I'm seeing that I've yet to find a fix for on the 4/29 build

~ When pressing the home button while on the home screen I get "Application not installed" and it tries opening the play store which errors out saying no connection.

~ While tethering phone will give the "cooling" down message and eventually power off. I haven't touched and of the kernel settings I just leave it like it was after install.

~ A few times data seems to go away and I have to switch mobile data off and on then it works fine again.

Other than that and a couple freeze's with reboots on various apps all is well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mettee:
Jrkruse,

Messaging failed again, same thing, won't send regular message. I'm the cache wipe and permissions will fix it again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
I was having data issues until I checked and made site I enabled auto switch networks in Settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Zmnypit:
Where is this under network settings? I see no auto switch
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Gahar:
Go to WiFi then click setting the select advanced then just check on Auto network switch.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shawn12350:
Hey guys for those of you using the s5 transformation pack I have modded the S5 systemui to remove the quick connect and sfinder buttons.

Download and push to system/priv-app set permissions and reboot. Enjoy guys.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/91zmw62rkvj4dr2/SystemUI.apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
So nice to have that cleaned up. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jpen:
What do you mean by push to? Do I just paste it in that folder and replace the other systemui.apk?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shawn12350:
Yes paste it in that folder to replace the other systemui set permissions to r-w-r-r and reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
I have had one system UI crash since putting in the updated version. Woke up this morning and my phone would not wake up at first then when it did it showed the crash briefly and then it re-booted.

I'm going to wipe caches, maybe something there contributing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] theresin:
I'm getting "message failed" errors as well. Once or twice a day. Only fix has been a full-reboot. I'm using the standard, non-modded MMS.apk ... Other than the occasional freeze while streaming music over BT, things have been running great with the included kernel. My battery life has been fantastic as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mettee:
Same behavior here, other than I have to wipe cache/dalvik to get messages to run again. Including the freeze issue while on blue tooth, etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] theresin:
I have another issue that I've just verified to be non-random ... whenever I take a picture that requires "processing" (like a Night-Mode shot, or HDR) the progress bar will freeze for a couple seconds before the phone restarts itself (and the picture isn't there upon reboot). Sometimes I get one or two pictures complete before this happens, but it has never failed to happen. I thought maybe it was just bad luck the first few infrequent times I used the feature ... but now I realize it's always happening.

This leads me to believe it's kernel related (as bluetooth and camera issues typically are) ... if anyone else is still on the included/packaged kernel and can try taking some night-mode shots, let me know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jpen:
I am on the kernel that came with the ROM and just took a few night mode pictures and it worked fine. To be honest I haven't had one problem. No reboots or freezes. Could just be a lucky one tho.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 318sugarhill:
What radio is everyone using with this? I tried NC5 but LTE was constantly dropping back to 3g in places I've always had 4g. Switched to NC2. Better but not as good as before KK.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trmiv:
Same issue here with the NC5 radio. Not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] seanatsb:
Just tested 4 photos in night mode and 5 in HDR, no problem at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FordNate:
Had the exact same issue happen this morning. Saw a car on fire click the first 2 pics fine n when the actual awesome shot would've occurred it was processing then rebooted. I'm talking gas tank exploded as i clicked n i was only 4 car lengths from it.

Running Kt kernel build 4/28 running on smooth operator. Couldnt grab a logcat due to me being on the road.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrsean:
No it does not. I have verified that pin lock still remains easily bypassable with the Talexop Kernel installed. Any other suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
Works perfectly for me with Taxelop. How are you bypassing pin lock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mochamoo:
I've had this happen sometimes too. I haven't seen it lately but then I haven't been taking very many photos. I tried just now without issue. I had thought it was tied to burst mode but don't really know. I am currently on kt 4/28. Maybe there is a kernel tweak that would help this. Have you tried asking in the ktweaker thread?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrsean:
The same way as before - swiping in just after reboot.

I'm starting to think that is a rom problem and not a kernel one. It's odd that pin lock has not worked with 4 different kernels (although they all are probably based on the same source code). I cannot find anyone using a different rom but the same kernels complaining about pin lock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stang5litre:
Mine works as well stock 4/28 kt kernel. Did you install the aroma version ? Last time my pictures where doing what your saying my sd card went bad(if you have a spare try putting that one in and taking layout picture and reboot to make sure it stays). But of course that's not gonna cause you reboots unless when you were installing from your sd card it some how messed up during the install process. Have you tried re flashing? The only thing I found missing is the voice mail app . Which for some reason won't let you install the apk file. But not a big issue for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
Mine comes up directly in the PIN screen, no opportunity to swipe at all, same with KT 4/19.

Not sure why it's otherwise for you...Did you try removing and adding the PIN back?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] theresin:
Thanks to everyone who chimed in with their camera results. Interesting to see someone else had the streaming BlueTooth issue as well.

I think I'll do a full re-flash. I just had another strange issue happen this morning: while texting the phone went into safe-mode (mid typing) ... after a reboot, all of my user settings (such as keyboard choice, live wallpaper, etc) were reverted back to stock. I still think this is a fantastic ROM, so I'll definitely be sticking here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Rafael4096:
Screen rotation not working.....add me to the list.

Going back to MDK.

Thank you for the ROM, though!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tbcpn:
No issues with screen rotation here, FWIW. Assume you've checked "Auto rotate screen" under Settings --> Display. Kernel issue, perhaps. I'm running Talexop--no issues of any sort, and great battery management.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Rafael4096:
Yup....tried that and every other control I can think of that handles rotation.....including the one in my launcher "Holo".

It did it with the stock launcher too.....before I loaded Holo.

Not yet familiar with changing kernels.....but have been loading different roms on numerous devices for a while.

No biggie....4.2.2 brought nothing I needed. I am sure others will find benefits.

Don't mean to complain. I certainly respect and appreciate the work that was shared here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tbcpn:
Devices are all different, to be sure. In my case, I'd pretty much drawer-ed my S4 for my Note 3 because the N3 was soooo much smoother and faster than the S4--both on 4.3. 4.4.2 completely rejuvinated my S4, and now the N3 is in the drawer (with 4.4.2 loaded, as well). I still go back and forth between the two. I don't always bond with the size of the N3...except when I'm using it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Scorp123:
I was thinking about trying Talexop kernel, but from reading it seems I need a loki doki zip?? Not sure what or where that is. If you could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
There is a download link to it in this thread a few pages back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] seanatsb:
Polaris office 5 is not working. Every time i try to open a pdf or word file, i get a msg saying "unfortunately, Polaris Office Viewer 5 has stopped."

Can anyone help with this?

I did a clean install of TW 4.4.2 Stock Verizon I545VRUFNC5 For MDK BootLoader (aroma) after odin back to MDK stock from a hyperdrive ROM .

Running KT kernal.

I also uninstalled the packaged Polaris app using titatium backup, extracted the Polaris APK from the NC5 flashable zip, and reinstalled the app. I still get the same error msg. Maybe there's something wrong with the included APK and I need a new Polaris office viewer APK? I don't know...just thinking out loud.

Please help.

Edit: Well now I'm pretty sure the included APK in the NC5 rom is faulty. I found a polaris 5 APK pulled from the S4 a year ago and installed that and it works fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stang5litre:
I am not having any issues that I am aware of everything seems to work fine here. Stock 428 build aroma. I keep seeing everyone talk about Taleop kernel. Is there anything better about this kernel than kt's? Isn't that a kernel for sprint? Which would probably be why you need the loki patch just curious if people are getting better battery or just because of issues. Also anyone find the best radio to run with kit kat? On nc5 , I see people going back to nc2 big difference? Or any others. Thanks in advance sorry long question board

At 75% unplugged at 7 moderate/med heavy use

And I would just use King Soft over Polaris.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ejohn3288:
I am getting pretty bad battery life lately. Has android system is hogging more than the screen. Anyone else having this issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
I'm on a different KitKat Rom atm but for what it's worth: http://www.droid-life.com/2014/05/16/google-services-experiencing-issues-how-are-yours-acting/

I think that has to do with it. My Android System has skyrocketed today, couldn't connect to play store, push gmail was all messed up and slow.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jds3118:
Google has been updating a LOT of apps lately probably due to 4.4.3 being released soon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GRICKMAAAZ:
I'm in the same boat. Only update I get in play store in for wanam xposed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stang5litre:
Anyone notice when. You get a call and someone beeps in your swap call button is missing. I can't swap calls hangs up on everyone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrsean:
I tried that. There was no change so I tried reflashing Talexop and loki-doki. I also cleared caches and fixed permissons. Now things are worse. Pin lock does not show up at all upon boot up. The phone defaults back to swipe unlock every time it is rebooted. If I turn the phone screen off and back on again pin lock is re-enabled and working once again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
I think at this point you may have to wipe and reflash. Things sound pretty messed up...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Caesarg:
mms issue

love the rom and the looks with the s5 mods. I have one minor issue with mms threads. Messages come in and go out fine but the incoming messages don't show the sender. I end with a list of messages but no way of knowing who they're from. Have checked all the settings but couldn't find anything to fix it.

As a side, big thanks to all devs involved in this. Great work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] egore93:
Go to text app/settings/notification/inside of notification select the previews you want.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 3colby3:
Yeah +1 on that. That's why I never keep the international dialer, even though I like the way it looks more. Function over fashion. I just flash the stock dialer on any ROM that I get that comes with the international version. I was always surprised that it was never a bigger issue for other people too...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryantjopplin:
So the battery life is bad, but is this from Google apps or the rom? Anyway to fix this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] guyver2077:
so the official release still hasnt come out?....jesus
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] coldhardtruth:
Do you have a link for the dialer?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tbcpn:
Post 434.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
It has been released, that's what this is based on, official Verizon KitKat 4.4.2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] guyver2077:
I thought this was based on a leaked version...?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Nc2 was the leaked version, nc5 is official and has been out for a few weeks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] guyver2077:
Thanks for the clarification.. i missed that.. I think i'm still on the leak so i'll give this a try. Sounds like people are still complaining about battery life
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
Battery life is not amazing for me. I've tried a few kernels (AEL, Taxelop, KT), but none of them have been that good. Maybe 4.4.3 will fix some of these issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] guyver2077:
just my luck.. flashed this and went through the setup etc, everything was running fine and then I did a reboot.

Now i'm stuck at the 'Samsung' boot screen with led blinking blue. I can't even get into recovery as that just causes a reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tbcpn:
Conversely, I'm getting the best battery management I've ever had with any ROM with this NC5 + Taxelop kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] HoosierDaddy2442:
So I updated to latest version of TWRP and I'm still getting a constant 1 vibration and 10 seconds later 2 vibrations. It's just looping? Any ideas?

Update : Menus and lockscreen are extremely laggy and I have no sound at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrkruse:
I put together an aroma installer.

Added the mobile hotspot fix

Added Extended Reboot Menu

I545_VRUFNC2_AROMA_4_18_14.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JCBiznatch:
Downloading now!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] avid.aria:
S5 Toggle s and boot animation

If you guys are like me and don't like the Verizon bootanimation of S4 toggles here are 2 zzips I used to get those in line with S5.

jrkruse: feel free to add that to the AROMA, sorry, I didn't know how to :(

EDIT:screenshot added
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Velocifero:
Awesome man. Is there a reason why the Sound toggle isn't in the S5 style? And is there a way to revert back to S4 styles if we wanted to?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] avid.aria:
I just changed the theming so it looks close to s5. Don't have another zip to revert, I guess a nandroid should do though ;)

EDIT: lol , now I see what you mean, all the sound setting are themed but the mute :( will take a look if I get a minute...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] radpp16:
How does this differ from FNC9? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
It is a Verizon S4 KitKat ROM, not one from another carrier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stanfna:
any way we can get the dark sms & dialer from old&slow's ROM (here) ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sigmaxaa:
+++1 on this if it's possible....pretty please???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
I installed w/the version of TWRP that Jkruse provided, no issues.

If you're still having this, you could try booting into recovery, wiping data again, install the ROM again (and you could try the new Aroma installer), but don't log into your gmail acccount so you don't restore any apps, and see if your issues persist.

If you don't have those issues at that point, it is likely some app that is getting restored is causing the issue.

If you continue to have issues w/out restoring any apps, it will be clear that your phone is possessed. I.e., something is messed up but I have no idea what. Good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EMSpilot:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] old&slow:
Those are actually [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]'s dialers. He may work his magic again and pull them from the int'l side 4.4.2 for the vzw folks. Not sure but maybe. [emoji4]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NikolaiVolkov:
Thanks so much for this after installing 4.4.2 on my Note 10.1 2014 yesterday and seeing the toggles on that, I realized that was the only thing i was missing for this wonderful rom on my S4, both of them look great
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stanfna:
Anyone figure out how to fix screen rotation?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heath2805:
Screen rotation is fine for me. Sure you have the toggle on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stanfna:
Yes... Was the first thing I checked.

Has anyone noticed that if you make a change on your SD card (create a file, edit a file name, etc.) That after a reboot, the SD card reverts to where our was when I installed this ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrkruse:
Working on this. My method from last time doesnt work so on with a new method. I will figure it out just will take lots of compile/decompiles and reboots!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mochamoo:
It is all relative I guess. My battery lasts me through the day and then some so I am happy. So much better than with my old Galaxy Nexus. Now that was BAD battery life. Currently on the talexop kernel. I don't notice a substantial battery life difference between it & KT. Maybe a bit better on KT depending on the profile/script combo.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] markwebb:
Correct ,however doesn't it use a different kernel than official OTA?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tbcpn:
True that. I'd just look at my GNex and lose 10% battery... .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] halloween240:
I have had decent battery life on this rom. Not incredible. But def not an issue for me

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trmiv:
I'm getting a ton of sleep of death and random reboots. On the KT 4/19 kernel. Stock settings. Is there another kernel i should try?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tbcpn:
My S4 and Talexop kernel have been getting along very well. Don't forget to flash the Loki-doki.zip after the kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stang5litre:
Can anyone switch between calls? Button is gone and. Won't let you. Also video call from phone doesn't work either though maybe a app besides tango for this not sure. Does old &slow s blue mod work for icons?. Thanks for.the great rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Scorp123:
This zip works perfectly for making the notification share toggles blue instead of green on this ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
Yes, though I've forgotten which. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryantjopplin:
Which app when unistalled will cause no screen rotation? I read somewhere maybe s health might be the problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mochamoo:
Try clearing ktweaker data and cache.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] downhillvinnie:
has anyone lost root flashing this

I seem to have lost root when I flashed this, anyone else run into this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryantjopplin:
Reboot it and it should work, mine did the same thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] guyver2077:
So yea.. for some reason NC5 killed my phone yesterday. I had done a completely clean data wipe ,etc and installed fresh. Went through Aroma fine and rom even booted up perfectly. Did some basic installs and last thing I did was install xposed framework and rebooted. After that, It just stuck on the Samsung screen with blinking blue LED.

Attempting to boot into recovery also failed as the device just rebooted. I was at work so I had to odin in a stock firmware so I could atleast go home with a usable phone. I'll have to go through the root process again it seems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 3colby3:
Yeah about the switch call button, it's not on the international dialer....at least I couldn't ever find it. Anyway, you missed the conversation we were having earlier. It starts at post#769.

As for the video call feature, I was never able to get that to work either. I'm guessing it requires simultaneous voice and data at the very least, but maybe it doesn't work on Verizon S4's and only on the int'l models. I'm not sure why as I never really experimented or researched it, I just always flash the stock dialer over the int'l dialer. Someone more knowledgeable on this topic may be able to help you more. But one thing that may be worth mentioning, jrkruse just posted the latest int'l build and in the features list he mentions simultaneous voice and data. I don't know if this matters at all for the video calling, just throwing that out there. Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] crossen0:
Right after installation keyboard symbols are enabled but once I install wanam they go away and the toggle inside wanam doesn't bring them back.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Redflea:
45 minutes screen time...On Wi-Fi the whole time. KT 5/14 kernel, stock settings. Not looking good so great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stang5litre:
Do you have a flash able zip of the stock dialer blacked out theme per chance. Don't know why this would have been international dialer as this was the official Verizon version . Video call I'll just use tango like I always do. Just can't switch between calls is a little bother some. So if I can get that fixed would be awesome. I see everyone talking about tele kernel does anyone have a link to the correct one. I know loki doki after. But other than that and voice mail being gone rom is great. On KT KERNEL that came with the 4.28 aroma build . Pin lock works as well.

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Why do you have 2 battery indicators? And that is a lot of android system use. Seems like something is running in the background. Did you log it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Zmnypit:
Is there a way to remove the Pullup FakeJap? When you press the home button while on the home screen it wants to open a program. Is there a way to choose no action?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrkruse:
I think you goto the laucher settings and turn it off or delete the apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrkruse:
I will fix this problem I guess I dont get enough calls to ever have needed this feature I will move the record button back to the menu this should fix it give me a few days I will get it fixed