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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Most weather apps don't use gps but use the cell information (much more battery friendly)

Also my weather app is reporting the correct location.

I tested with a navigation app solely relying on GPS, that is also reporting my location spot on.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
It seems that for whatever reason, Bejda's handset is referencing a different wget command to the standard. Its expecting a hard-coded http address, and isnt clever enough to just accept www.

I've updated the script and uploaded to the usual place.

This one will work universally,and is not just for Bejda!

The wget command will add "http://" to the address.

I've tested it and this still works with the standard wget.

Hopefully it will work for Bejda too.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] John_wba:
Its Google maps that is putting me 10miles away. And it varies a lot each time I open the app, I've been in a field, someone's garden and in the river in the last 5min, all miles away from my location :( going to have to try a fresh install. :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Mistertac:
Do you have Privacy Gaurd on Google Play Services by any chance?

I know that can screw things like that up
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Just wondering what's the consensus here on this ROM?

ART or Dalvik?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] John_wba:
I only ever use ART mate.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Building a new kernel with updated script. I will post it asap (won't take long to build)

New kernel to test, here
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Never used ART, I'm to addicted to Xposed.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] John_wba:
Thanks, for some reason it set itself? I don't know why as it wasn't set before. Either way its sorted now, thanks for the tip :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] FlanjeUK:
ART since December, never looked back :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Xposed just adds another layer, and outputs loads of debug info.

ART in theory should be faster and better on the battery.

In practice, I've not noticed too much difference to be honest

What do you use exposed for on SSK? It's already got pretty much everything you could want.

What modules are you using?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wonsky21:
Mostly to use Greenify

GT-I9505 | SlimSaberKat 4.4.4 jflte by kantjer
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] __NBH__:
I use Art now, I liked xposed but in the end I was only using 2 modules so decided to ditch it. The only mod I miss is the extra volume steps and art takes ages to rebuild the cache when you wipe it but battery seems better for me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Post #2153 for you to test.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] fivecheebs:
Thanks for the tip, it worked great and was very easy lol.

I've adjusted it again. The glow is now the same color as the word slim, and only gets to 75% opacity now. It's still not great, but it's better. I'm not sure if I liked it fading so many times though.... anyway, new flashable version. Btw, love the Monty python reference :D a uk tv channel screening Monty pythons recent live gig on sunday...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Yup,couldn't report sooner (at work and in a rush) but it's ok :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] T3T3droid:
7/17 is awesome and seems faster! You da man [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Mistertac:
I agree. The latest build is running awesome here. Best yet for me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] brunodu91:
Released ok

Adblock ok

Thx kantjer!

Envoyé de mon S4, via tapatalk 4 .

Slimsaberkat 4.4.4 released, alucard Kernel , buzz launcher , modem ET bootloader NC4.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
[MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION]

Just letting you know I've updated the ad-blocker script again, available to download from the usual link.

Its even more efficient now, and after testing it through STweaks itself, I've updated its output so that its less cluttered, so the user has a better chance of seeing the important information in the toast message.

No urgency to update it your side mate. Just do whenever, or even wait until the next kernel update.

Knowing you though you'll want to update it straight away!

:)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Will do it in the morning, off to bed now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] gaww:
I am running multiboot also, and get the same thing as you are seeing. I use Ad Away, but would use this if it worked for me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Kernel with updated ad-block script.

Should now also work on multi-boot systems. Please test and report back. If everything is OK I will push it to [MENTION=4899086]alucard_24[/MENTION] so he can ad it to the official kernel.

Download
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
To make you ART lover a bit jealous :D

I just installed Blurred System UI, looks very stylish on our ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] s3icc0:
looks good ... suits the transparent lockscreen :):good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Exactly :good:

Together with the Xposed "Lock Screen Wallpaper" module they make the phone look great.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Mistertac:
Thanks for sharing your modules. I'm trying the blurred system ui one and the lock screen one now.

Question though... Can you show me a screen shot of the system ui blur. I'm not sure it's working correctly for me with HK Themer.

I rebooted and lost my HK Theme and now everything is just Trds.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
This is how it looks for me (HK Themer still running fine)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Mistertac:
Appreciate that.

I rebooted again and now have my HK , System Ui , and Lockscreen modules working. I guess I thought the system ui module blurred more than it did that's all.

Either way it's very cool and I have always liked the modules you report here so please keep doing so!!

Your Roms the best!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
It's only the first release of the module, who knows what comes next.

Also play with the "Notification transparency" setting to make the effect even greater (I have mine at 50%)

EDIT: "Tiles background transparency" set to 100%
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wonsky21:
Where did you find this setting???

GT-I9505 | SlimSaberKat 4.4.4 jflte by kantjer
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Setting-> Interface-> Notification & QS drawer-> Style-> Tiles background transparency
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
My 2 pennethworth :p

Really like the boot anim, maybe you could combine the current one with your one so we get the open curtain effect and then the multi colored s flashing in time with the saber (maybe a bit softer flash/blur there)

I have absolutely no idea how you would do this etc, just full of 'good ideas' lol :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
I don't have a single freeze on SlimKat.

I use Slim AIO gapps without any single app removed from both rom or gapps, despite the fact I'm multibooting I exclusively use SlimKat at least since about a week,i have a heavy usage of that damn device (almost always in my hand,screen on,browsing forums,writing stuffs using Swype keyboard,copy/pasting stuffs [writing/using keyboard,maybe even more using Swype keyboard rather than stock or Google one is one heavy resources and battery consuming process]>battery full cycle is never longer than about 5,6 or 7 hours with me) but no,not a single freeze.

Only thing i did noticed in the past was,as Formhault and some others users once reported , freezes that leaded to unexpected reboot while playing some "loud" videos (actually was some Game Of Thrones episodes,about 300 to 700mb .avi or mp4 files no matter if they're was on external or internal storage) using MXPlayer and mostly but not exclusively when trying to browse forth or back to a part of the vid.

Was specific to SlimKat as i ended up getting the habit to switch to another aosp/cm based rom before watching such vids for it doesn't happen. Didn't watched such vids since a few weeks so can't say if solved since then or whatever,but yeah..not single freeze since long.

Edit: To summarize a little I'd say that the only,let's say "buggy", thing I ever noticed on SlimKat was some media related process. The vids story then + some music crackling sounds while screen off (PowerAmp). This always on stock kernel,KT once bundled one or current stock and with no regard to media files location (external/internal storage).

Maybe a media related process could leads to some freezes,dunno..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
Or maybe I'm not getting freezes now quite simply because I took time to complete clean install - however that doesn't make sense of why when I tried brood ROM with sk AIO Gapps I also had freezes - common denominator there is gapps right?

When I get time I'll try installing sk AIO again and see what happens.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Give it some time. I'm still freeze free since flashing 5.4 and stripped new AIO gapps last Monday.

Correction, just had 2 in 10 minutes, both times when starting VLC
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] _Sofos_:
That's why I already said the problem has to be in aosp source.. been playing with ram options in stweaks as well since yesterday but no joy.. freezes are rare but they are there, especially if you use your phone when watching a video in the background I think (the highest the resolution of the video the better chances to get a freeze).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Just made a few attempts to make a screen recording of the bug, and guess what I couldn't reproduce it any more.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tinasintunes:
The recents bug still happens for me with software buttons. And pie buttons. And gestures. And EVERY button.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Just uploaded a mid-weekly build.

This build included all new SlimKat commits until now and the exFAT fix I posted earlier.

No kernel changes.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
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Make a video recording of the bug in action, please.

Why am I asking you (and [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION], and anyone else who has this bug) for video proof? I have a video recording myself (and will do more), but I need some from you, guys, as well, so that when I approach Kufi to tell him about the bug, he'll see it happened for more than just my crazy self :).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tinasintunes:
[MENTION=4129455]Formhault[/MENTION] Unfortunately I don't have anything to record with. Don't think slim has the screen recorder does it? I know the bug isn't just on Slim. It happens on nearly every rom now apart from those that have fixed it. I have only found one rom that never has the bug. That's Beanstalk. :(

[MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] Ohhhhhhh more saber magic.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Try this app : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spectrl.rec

What the hell... So it is a widespread issue, huh? :eek:

Can you please tell me the exact name of the ROMs that had the bug and got it fixed? So that I can ask the devs / maintainers what the problem was and how can we fix it on SlimKat as well...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Any KitKat rom has a built-in screenrecord option.

screenrecord sdcard/video.mp4 terminal command will produce a mp4 file on sd but anyway market app like this one would be a better and far more handy choice.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iwobanas.screenrecorder.free
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Tinasintunes:
[MENTION=2461180]forma[/MENTION]hault Oh yeah, its widespread. I've seen people talking about it on different threads. This is a link to the only ROM I've found that doesn't have it. Beanstalk. Its a unified build so it'll work on i9505. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2673598

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Lmao right now [MENTION=4129455]Formhault[/MENTION], I just flashed the midweek update and I can't get the recents bug to happen! Too funny! Wth! [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] did u fix it??? :)

Edit..... I have an idea.... [MENTION=4129455]Formhault[/MENTION] do you use Xposed?? I'm wondering since I absolutely cannot get the bug to reproduce now after flashing the update is it because I haven't yet reinstalled the Xposed framework?? Soooo, I am satisfied that the bug is not happening right now, straight after the update, so I'm gonna reinstall the xposed framework and see if that starts the bug.....

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Edit edit edit! I can't reproduce it at all. No matter what I do. I dunno what you did [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] but looks like you may have fixed it..... :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] _Sofos_:
Can someone please use an app like CpuTemp for example and let me know what temperature you're getting while simply browsing xda through tapatalk?

40% brightness, only Wi-Fi on.

Thank you in advance.

Edit: I'm one step before going back to KT because of that..
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] _Sofos_:
Ok we've got pretty much the same temperatures. It's mostly between 40-45°C.

No idea why it bothers me that much now, maybe the weather here got hotter so I can actually feel it now. It's annoying tho.

Will check with KT as well i guess.

Thank you very much for the quick respond.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
As long as it doesn't reaches 80-100°C I'm OK with it.

AFAIK 40-45°C during normal use is pretty low for a CPU.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Last time I tried that app, it was crashy and overall not working properly...

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[MENTION=5265986]Tinasintunes[/MENTION]

If Beanstalk never had that issue, then it isn't really relevant. I needed to know the ROMs that had it and fixed it. I can't ask the devs / maintainer of Beanstalk "hey, why does bug X never happen on your ROM?" lol.

And Xposed can't be the culprit, as the bug happened even after performing a bunch of clean installs (right after completing the first setup, when nothing else but the ROM and Gapps were installed).

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Same here. 24 hours with no freeze... I watch a bunch of YouTube videos and all the sudden, rotating took 10 seconds (freeze).

If it happens once every 24 hours, I'm good with that.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Yes i remember your post and comment, wasn't the same app you gave link on previous page then? (saw your post after i wrote mine and didn't checked)

I remember i couldn't confirm what you said about it that day with default settings,installed and tried it again right now and all is fine,max resolution,sound on,no special lag i could notice etc..

From the very little i heard and tested it was a good one to use if needed,don't know much as i usually launch terminal command when needed even if it seems built-in screenrecord can't handle max resolution and often produce a far too little and unreadable mp4 at first launch (second one is usally ok).

Edit:Thanked you involuntarily but well as it seems you're sometimes the only one reading my posts you deserved it lol,it please me to discuss a little with others users on xda sometimes ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
To all, including myself ;)

I think you should try to minimize the OT talk here, otherwise it will be very difficult for user not visiting so frequently to find what there looking for. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] coyttl:
I had a 12 sec freeze last night. I noticed this in my Log -

That last message is repeated a couple times, with the time dropping some.

Not sure if it'll help, I'll grab another log when it happens again. Didn't this morning.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Mistertac:
[MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] if you haven't already done so check out the ios7/Flat Style Module too http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50739767

Adds a nice touch to the status bar and it also has blur options for recents and notification panel.

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Also just one last thing to share here don't recall if I have shared this theme or not but it works great on this ROM and adds a nice touch I think.

It's called Circle

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lex.theme.circle

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
In the stock SMS app, how do I send a long text (>160 chars) as one single SMS without MMS conversion?

All I can seem to do is either send it as a MMS (big no-no, as my network charges me for MMS) or it gets sent out as 2 totally separate SMS messages.

All other stock SMS apps I've used show the text as a single item.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] FlanjeUK:
(From the Messaging app Settings) Tick the box :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
Damn. I saw the initial setting for that option mentioning MMS, and I didnt even notice that after ticking it, it mentions SMS.

Cheers mate

:good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Not sure of what I'm seeing lol,which kernel/script version are you referring to exactly?

You followed the story from the start,tried every ad_update or at least each released kernels and each time had exact same behavior than mine?

Don't waste your time on this more than you wish huh but your "confirmation" here lacks of details, you know it's so easy to jump on conclusions sometimes..

Well anyway it's great if Alucard's STweaks ad-block implementation is now bullet-proof,was really interesting to follow and learn from it, many thanks to [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4272718]hawkerpaul[/MENTION] again for their work especially for sharing some details publicly :good:

There's still some things i wonder though..The initial ad-block Alucard/STweaks implementation never worked for anyone until now? It's a know story on Alucard's thread or something? ( xda search function is a joke sometimes..)

I installed latest "official" Alucard (2.6.9b 07/10) on about 3 "multiboot edited" CM/aosp custom builds in the meantime (one was a SlimKat 6.4 based build) and ad-block option (initial implementation then) always worked.

About ramdisk edits due to multiboot that may interferes at some point i fell upon some post making relation between ad-blockers installations and SELinux policy.. I can't see why SELinux status would change something from my noob's point of view but i don't really know..

Mine is "disabled" every time i use Alucard patched for multiboot support.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
On this subject, that option, and the following one:

Settings>Interface>Notifications&QS>notification transparency

Both dont seem to have any affect at all on the notification drawer and QS panel transparency for me.

They both dont look transparent at all, even if I set them to 100%
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
I have no idea, both option are working fine for me.

Set them to 100% and the background is completely transparent.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] FlanjeUK:
Theres 3 settings in total, the Notification Transparency is for you actual notifications, there's another for the tiles, and if you scroll to the bottom of the Notifications & QS Settings screen you will see a third option, that sets the actual background transparency, it looks like this at 100%:

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Mistertac:
Are ya running any other modules that effect your notification or QS panel?

I am and it's taken me a few reboots to get things working correctly.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] munichsfinest:
[MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION]: I just noticed something interesting: A while ago I had problems setting up my phone when making a clean install. I figured out it had to do with flashing an adblocking host file, when I didn't flash it before setting up the phone everything worked just fine. Now I did a full wipe and wanted to set up the phone again, having had the kernel with the adblock script installed - and it can't connect to google servers, exactly as it was in the situation described above.

Anyone stumbled across this problem too?

Edit: It finally worked after flashing KT Kernel and using a different IP (my parents use static IPs), it's weird nevertheless...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
The ad-block script in the kernel does nothing as long as you don't run it.

So a clean install comes with a clean (empty) host file, and won't interfere with contacting google.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
No modules at all, as i'm on ART.

I can't get any level of transparency at all. The drop-down notification panel remains solid even at 100% transparency.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Mistertac:
Ahhh my fault I must have missed you saying you're on ART.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Just in case, are you talking about the background of the notification itself or the rest of the screen ?

The setting you are referring to only influences the transparency of the notifications itself. And also not all notifications can be changed. eg Lux stays fully black despite the setting.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
I'm taking about the notification panel itself

I dont see any of my homescreen behind it. Its 100% solid for me, with or without notification on the panel itself

Same goes for the QS panel buttons for me
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
I'm out of ideas ATM. Al I can say is that it's working for me but that doesn't help you :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] gaww:
When you said you were obsessive on things like this - you were not kidding - lol.

So just tried on my multiboot (without app sharing) and it appears to work (I have deleted Ad Away so I can tell if it is actually blocking - unless I have to also delete its hoast files).

I have also tried it on a multiboot with app sharing and it also loads and updates OK now. Also, no interference with anything like Google account, etc. Will wipe system and reflash later to get rid of other host files and make sure still no problems.

Good job guys.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
If "clean install" induces a wipe system otherwise our hosts files are backup/restored but you know it sorry it's just that for me "clean install" is the usual factory reset.

It was about the same story for SlimSaberKat default dpi now settled to 420 on latest changelog, generally when you refer to clean install i(we) must understand that you consider wipe system as part of it?

Edit: "for me clean install is the usual factory reset" i mean it's just the way I'm used to the "clean install" term,i know factory reset (wipe /data + /cache) is not that clean on CM/aosp builds as addon.d scripts preserve our gapps and others stuffs.

I just ask for following discussions on this thread,to make sure we understand each others.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] hawkerpaul:
No worries mate, I'm not bothered. I dont usually set it to transparent anyway, but was just confused as to why it seemed not to work.

A more "serious" one for me is for incoming calls.

I have Clock set as my Daydream, and if this is active and I receive an incoming call, the clock daydream screen remains on screen and I dont get the usual incoming call accept/reject screen

Is this a bug, or again, just for me?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] FlanjeUK:
For me (just tested) it rings and vibrates as usual, but the screen doesn't change at all.

You can however pull down the status bar and answer the call from there...