yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] HaTrED_:
I've been noticing some "strange behaviors" with latest release, namely:

- Every time the phones boots up, it ignores the pin screen and leads itself to home screen! I can use it without unlocking it - i'm using pattern - and without entering pin code but, obviously, it doesn't get any network signal. If i don't use the phone immediately after booting, it goes to home screen and after a few seconds it returns to pin screen, afterwards all seems to go as it should!

- The first time i use slim pie, the button to return to desktop/home screen, it takes me to lock screen! Then, i have to unlock the phone (?) and after that slims pie works as it should!

I'm using ART :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] brunodu91:
Erased

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Not using pie can't commend on that. The sim pin is working normal for me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
I notice many here have recently converted to ART, please would you humour me and visit my thread ART vs Dalvik VM and of not post your experience at least participate in the poll, thank you :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wonsky21:
Done :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] brunodu91:
So if we past to art, must will to wipe dalvik cache before each flash? Or it's dangerous?

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
There's nothing dangerous,Xposed uninstalled you switch to ART and reboot.

Bootanimation will be longer so you DON'T PANIC! ;) Optimizing apps process will be a little long also but from now on there's nothing different than using dalvik...no need at all to wipe dalvik-cache before you update your rom but even if you do it won't cause any harm.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] brunodu91:
Ok thx

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] lost_:
Latest 0725 build is going good so far. I got 7 hours screen-on and 24 hour runtime with the 0717 build (with this stock size battery), and 0725 seems to be on the same trajectory so far. I haven't seen SwiftKey lag.

Running Dalvik and some Xposed modules that I don't want to part with :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
Bloody hell! How? I mean what's the performance of your device like ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] lost_:
Great performance as expected from this ROM. For STweak, I use the Saber profile with minor modification of my own (touch boost lowered to 1026, 256 kb bfq for ext awake and sleep, low oom awake and screen off to minimize apps getting killed though I do use greenify hence Xposed, 25% dirty bg ratio, 45% dirty ratio, westwood, logcat disabled), lowered auto brightness settings (search this thread, I've posted it before), boot manager xposed modules.

To manage wakeups and alarms, I greenified as mentioned, use per app hack xposed modules, and location mode set to device only (so no NLP alarms) but e-robot will set it to high-accuracy/network assisted when certain apps are on foreground (maps, yelp, etc).

Sync is off, but I set Llama to autosync when AC power is connected. Weather Bug syncs up periodically, so does Clock Sync.

(It would be easier if Slim picks up OmniRom's Wakelock Blocker)

The 7 hours is with some calls, data and wifi usage for frequent messaging (text, WA, Telegram), and reading Kindle (mostly indoor). I think Telegram is most battery friendly but I'm stuck with WA for some friends groups lol.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
SlimSaberKat-jflte-4.4.4-20140728 uploaded

change log:

synced with weekly 6.8 source

small kernel update
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
That sound like an interesting idea, but like you at this moment I have no idea how to do it. And so many other projects I'm willing to take on.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
Thanks for the new build Kantjer, very delighted to see the update in status bar, and then click and get taken straight to download page :D I don't think ever ever had a ROM that is so simple to update, I mean with the addon.d scripts and everything it's just like rebooting your phone, well a little more hassle for us dual booters as of course zip needs patching first which really isn't that much hassle and not a lot you can do about that unless you patch for us and upload to afh (mines multi slot 1 BTW) :p
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Thanks, nice to hear it's all working as intended.

There is still a cosmetic issue I would like to resolve, the ""Name: null" in SlimOTA.

Now our device is unified by default ro.product.model and ro.product.device are no longer included in the build.prop.

I have added ro.product.device back to the build.prop to make OTA working but adding a fixed ro.product.model is to risky, it's used by some apps to, based on the device model name, determine partition locations to flash stuff (SGS4 Flasher does that).

Maybe I will just add a fixed text sting in the SlimOTA app or remove the field all together.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
I would suggest just remove it altogether, one less thing to worry about, and I'm sure we all know what sort of device we have and if we don't it's probably best we are not being with ota and flashing random stuff lol
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kofe:
Sometimes when receiving a whatsapp notification, and click on the heads-up pop-up, it does nothing, the app itself won't open. Did anyone encountered this or is it just me again? :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] s3icc0:
new strategy for first boot after flash when art enabled ..... I put my phone into vacuated sack and then to refrigerator :) just to prevent overheating :)

thanks for new build!!!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] matraca:
I was also having this freezes since V4 official, I read in this thread that the culprit may be the gapps package. I had this gapps package http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2691957 saved on my SD card for a while now and decided to give it a go. Well, no freezes so far since early this morning, I just installed it and installed everything else from the playstore with the exeption of youtube which I installed from the slim gapps. Also deletwd playstore and installed the one from slim gapps so the woould work with the dark slim switch. Everything working perfectly. The reason I use slimkat is because is almost totally debloated and this gapps package is just that, at least for me. Any way I hope this helps, like I said, it's been at least 12 hours and no freezes.

Also, this camera here is pretty nice http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2751913 install as private-app set Permissions to 644
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] s3icc0:
I thought you are using minimal gapps ... For me ok i use a lot of google play services as hangouts is my main communication tool
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
I think the problem may be gnl - I'm back on slim AIO with gnl. amongst a lot of other stuff removed, and now I'm freeze free ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
I am using minimalist Gapps, indeed. I just thought Hangouts should appear there, instead of Google Play services.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] s3icc0:
nono ... google play services is connected with lots of apps receiving/sending processes and notifications, and when looking to greenify the apps with the google clound icon are all using google play services and I see I have like 30 apps with this icon, 10 heavy use
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] __NBH__:
Has there been an update to Google Play services lately? Yesterday on my phone I was flashing some roms trying stuff out (just between Slim official and unofficial) and when I opened hangouts, Google+ or maps it said an update was required. When I looked at BBS there was a wakelock called 'CHECKIN HANDOFF' which was running constantly and being caused by Google Play services. I went to Google Play services app info and clicked on 'uninstall updates' and now everything is ok again. But this was causing the GP services to apear in my battery list when it normally doesn't.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] s3icc0:
well i always run e.g. youtube app, then wait a moment, close app reboot system and voila ... update of services is there ... but nothing this time ...for me the consumption of the process is not an issu as the battery life is awesome.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
I assume Sync is not Google Play services related? Cause I have Sync on every time WiFi is on, and that never makes it in the battery usage list...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Zoot Allures:
My name is Zoot and I am an amateur flashaholic. (Hi, Zoot).

Except my little problems some apps had writing on External SD, I had none, no freezes at all in the couple of days of use.

About the "gapps" packs, I installed the minimal set with SSK 5.2 (clean installed —used the "I will install an other ROM" reset option from PhilZ Touch recovery), than the full set with SSK 5.4 (dirty over 5.2).

If it doesn't really free estate, I don't uninstall undesired processes or apps, I mostly freeze them with Titanium Backup, just in case —I'm a flashaholic but not a real geek, I think, don't want to re-install something I flushed too fast because of its appearance-based prejudice.

About the animations, I try to get rid of all of them in the developer tools as soon as I can since a smartphone or any other a tool doesn't need French Cancan to do its job done (feels like fitted carpet in a Jeep or a Caterpillar dozer).

Me too. (sorry)

I'll be more specific: since I installed SSK, the only glitches I had was listening music with Poweramp. Its source "Music Folder" is hosted on the external SD (64 GB, FAT32 formatted with internal stock KK Samsung process —no fancy ExFat nor FSFS), lossless files (FLAC, ALAC).

The audio glitches are parasite tones as if a musician's groupy GF stepped on a cable (some could tell "Stop listening to old 1961 Coltrane's recordings). On my PC, they don't have these "tones", no one steps on the cables.

It happened with other ROM, including "stock" Samsung, but it was much more like big "white/pink tone", mostly on ALAC files, and sometimes and recopy music files from PC to phone was a way to get rid of this problem.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] s3icc0:
sync is just a function which will literally enable/disable any type of update from internet (2G/3G/4G/Wifi) - ofc I mean the automated function (manually you still can update), google play services is the service through the updates are comming (for some apps)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Oh, I thought the push notification (basically, what Sync does, for about 6 accounts I have like Gmail, Yahoo, Skype etc.) uses Google Play Services, as well.

It is really weird. I guess it's Android itself. On my gf's S4 mini, on the battery usage chart, the 2nd place is occupied by Google Play Services all the time, and some times, even 1st place (so, consuming more than the screen itself)...

[MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] I'll buzz off with the off-topic. But hey, since there is no problem with the ROM builds themselves... :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
I can always try to introduce some issues in the next build
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] katze1123:
i am going to flash this rom :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] s3icc0:
sure it does ...

but some apps have they own system of push notification and how they get updates, and have own intervals when to get, some are using google play services

the sync tile or setting will only turn on/off the ability to reach internet for all these automated updates and it doesn't matter which service is requesting the update
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Formhault:
Sure! As long as the side-effect is the solving for the SlimRecents bug :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] latino147:
I had 4 freezes today :(

Different apps, different moments :(

Using nova, default settings kernel and slim gapps
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] feelpt:
i'm using banks minimal gapps from 05/16 and never had any of the issues mentioned...

i also choose performance profile in stweaks for a even more impressive experience, having easily 3,5h screen on
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] albertost:
Hello, a little fast question: i've download now this rom and i want to instal it. Does it contain the Alucard Kernel too or i have to download it? (sorry but i'm not too into deep of this personalization rom world)

Ty
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
It's included, see post #2 for the version
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
If you want an even more impressive experience, look at the "tips and tricks" I just added to post #3
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] munichsfinest:
I experienced this, too. Mainly if there are several notifications in a row.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
LMAO, great idea, I ordered this box. If I ever need to upgrade when on the road.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] coyttl:
Nevermind, error. :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kofe:
[MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] did u updated your stweaks profile? Is it available for download anywhere?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
I will update them tomorrow. I wont be home until late tonight.

I will also update the profiles included in the kernel for the next build
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] brunodu91:
[MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] So could we keep the last stweak pRofiles for the 2807 release?

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---------- Post added at 05:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:36 PM ----------

I noticed since 2 release that after a dirty flash, like before for me, there is lot of fc. So after flashed gapps, this matter is erased?

I'm not flash 2807 yet.....

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
AFAIK your the only one with this problem. Nothing in the ROM is changed to cause or fix this.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] brunodu91:
Oups! Ok

And what is your answer for stweak profiles?

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] gaww:
If you T-Mobile ROM works this ROM should also. The wrong LTE modem would break reception but not sound. Had you dirty or clean flashes this ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wonsky21:
Guys, maybe you know a way to backup quiet hours's time ranges? I use daily times which means setting every day time range takes a lot of time (after full wipe).

GT-I9505 | SlimSaberKat 4.4.4 jflte by kantjer
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] aleksik:
Bump :) Btw, just noticed that now when I open Chrome it shows the menu button for a second and then it disappears :/

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Without xposed the overflow menu isn't possible in every app. And chrome beta is working fine for me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
The kernel keeps changing so I will need to keep the profiles updated. No major updates just small tweaks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
Sorry to be all teachery and correcting and all, but I'm anal and wrong LTE/bootloader combo definitely can bork sound as well as Wi-Fi, look at the modem thread linked in my signature, very last post someone lost sound after modem flash. Never happened to me as I always flash the right ones :p
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wonsky21:
Say what??? :D

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Lol, not the fist time he makes such subliminal coming-out. I don't clearly remember the last time but the auto-corrected/replaced word was easier to guess lol,here i wonder... :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] HaTrED_:
Somethings wrong indeed... :D :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Yes,last case i've seen was a post-knox LTE modem installed on a pre-knox bootloader.

No sounds and solved by reinstalling a pre-knox non-hlos.bin
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wonsky21:
[MENTION=5528810]Jimsilver73[/MENTION], please tell us it's a typo. Please, buddy :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
Lol :silly:

Anal is short for 'anally retentive' which is a psychological term used to describe people that have a need to get the finest detail correct, everything in order and find it difficult to let go.

I'm just digging a bigger whole for myself aren't I hahaha :o
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] aleksik:
Jim'anal'silver73 :D

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] ricardofago:
Come on guys, if being anal is what makes him happy, let him be anal! This is a thread of freedom and happiness :angel:.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
Lololololol - think I'll unsubscribe now and reformat my SD card haha
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Hmm , now i remember clearly the last time..even remember that i made an "anal meaning" Google search lol (gave some apparently non-matching but well illustrated results).

What would be the short way to say i definitely lost too much neurons while my smoky youth? ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] gaww:
LOl - even I am not dumb enough to do that one...so never would have thought of it.

---------- Post added at 07:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:27 PM ----------

Ditto - use Xposed a lot also - won't give it up for ART. Just wish Xposed would get updated to handle it soon.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
100% correct
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Greggd:
Browser Lock or delay?

Is anyone else experiencing a long lag or delay when using the browsers? For the last 4-5 builds I have had links respond very slow. It happens on the browser that comes with the ROM, Chrome and Firefox. Sometimes if you hit the power button to turn off the screen and then on again everything clears up and it moves along. It's the only issue I have seen in months on this ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] John_wba:
If I encrypt my phone, will I still be able to update the ROM as normal or will it mess things up?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Done
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Don't think you will have issues with updating the ROM but you can run into trouble restoring a nandroid.

But that's all hearsay, never tried it myself.

EDIT: See next post by [MENTION=5210322]FlanjeUK[/MENTION], do not even think about it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] FlanjeUK:
see here :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Just noticed this commit on alucards git, it was pushed today.

I have have the min suspend cores value set at 1 in my profile but those that use the default value "2" be aware.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] John_wba:
Good job you said that lol, I was about half hour away from trying it ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] wonsky21:
I think it is my new record :) is it possible that art makes so huge difference? I've always had 3-3,5h screen on time.

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] brunodu91:
It seems to be good with art but the warm optimization is make me afraid!

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
As posted previously, I feel asleep whilst my phone was optimising and got stuck in a boot loop, 5 hours later I woke up to find my phone hot enough to fry eggs on, convinced I must have burnt the CPU but booted into recovery, formatted SD, restored nandroid and my phone is perfect to this day.

10 mins out getting hot surely will not hurt.

If you are really worried you can try kantjers solution he posted yesterday lol
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] munichsfinest:
Had a random reboot yesterday in the process of optimizing the apps (ART) after flashing the new SSK update... and then it went completely mad, rebooted endlessly, all data were lost etc and the damn thing got so hot it started to smell "burnt" :eek: put the battery out and the phone in the freezer.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Sometimes it's better to wait :D

https://gerrit.slimroms.net/#/c/12172/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Jsilver73:
Hmm, I've had reboots whilst optimising apps but usually the phone usually resumes optimising from the point it rebooted then it starts normally.

Seriously, freezer - that was a joke but I guess it could work but I hope you sealed your phone in a plastic bag or similar - moisture eeeeek!!!!!

I have in the past used the good old fashioned technique of take the battery out and wave phone madly back and fourth like a fan hahaha
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Bejda:
Lol i was just writing about this,let's post anyway even if incomplete:

"SlimCenter exclusively looks for the build.prop values then?

Well as you seem to think i'm not sure it worth it but a getprop ro.product.device/model command would return jfltexx/GT-I9505 values anyway.

There's also the /proc/cpuinfo file which is checked by goo.im gapps optional parts. Among others device's specifics infos we have that "Hardware= SAMSUNG JF" line."

I didn't drink my third coffee but i don't clearly understand the commit right now (third coffee drank in the meantime but it didn't really matters actually lol),it's just and only (for now) that you won't need to add product.device info to build.prop to get OTA working? I mean no need for a specific SlimSaberKat change anymore?

Additionally SlimCenter will now show both device and model infos but jflte for both?

I don't get if the changes are on SlimCenter side (the way it checks) or if some build.prop values will simply be reintroduced.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
It looks like that, I will remove my change to add the build.prop info and see if everything keeps working.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] kantjer:
Kernel with the fix can be downloaded here
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] TichDarkener:
Latest ROM Update (28.07.) and kernel update flashed and running flawlessly. :good:

Since switching to ART I do notice some system hickups (apps not responding, widgets not loadings, etc.) after optimizing the apps, but if you let the phone settle and cool off for a couple of minutes everything catches up and starts working.

I also switched from Philz recovery to TWRP recently. I installed v2.7.0.1 using the TWRP manager app. It also has an option to install an .img file, so I downloaded the one from kantjer's signature (v 2.7.1.0?!). It says "recovery flashed successfully", but upon rebooting into recovery it still says v2.7.0.1.

I also tried with the official v 2.7.1.0 from here with the same result.

I guess I'll have to try installing it manually, just wanted to make sure if this is the right command:

su

dd if=/sdcard/recoveryfilename.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21

Thanks for your continued support of this awesome ROM! :victory: