yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] nanodan:
No, I didn't say vanir corrupted my SD card. I said my SD card got corrupted installing vanir. It was a freak accident that rarely happens but nevertheless scares me from flashing anything else for a long time, which is what I said.

Vanir is a great ROM, as I've said multiple times. I'm sorry for any confusion.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Dennisg34:
No, it doesn't make sense because the two pictures I showed you are not the Quick pull down menu toggles, they are the Quick access toggles (which BTW same design to add/edit as quick pulldown ones which is why you are the confused one) located at system settings>interface >notifications>quick access toggles. The bottom picture shows what I tiles/toggles I have enabled while the top picture shows what I actually see/have. Bluetooth is the only one not that doesn't show up that I have enabled. I don't use the quick pulldown one

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Also not sure if ROM related or actual app but every time I click to reply/quote on the app it force closes
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Dennisg34:
It's weird, on xda app only when I try to reply to someone's (on this thread only) quote by clicking on it I get FC
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Triscuit:
If you're talking about the xda app. Its not ROM related. Does it all the time
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
Been trying to figure out how to change my font on this rom, haven't found it or seen it in the thread...
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ahoslc:
I use a program in market called Ifont works great!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
I clicked use after choosing my font but it goes to settings to where font style usually is but it wasn't there, just font size
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] btvolta:
Ifont only works if you have a built in installer, this ROM doesn't, so I used font installer root from market and it worked.

Sent from my SPH-L720 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] mcconvict:
ROM toolbox will do it
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] sigmaxaa:
Battery drain question

Hi all,

Been running this for a couple days now and am loving the speed/responsiveness of this ROM but am seeing some pretty quick battery drain compared to some of the TW roms I've used in the past, primarily Google Services seems to be eating 25% of my battery on average. Anyone seeing the same thing? Also, I know there's an app out there that looks at wake locks/apps that are eating battery but can't remember the name of it...

FYI...I'm using ktoonz kernel (ktoonsified v2 with the Min setting adjusted to 594 and a max of 1998).

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] mcconvict:
Better battery stats is the go to.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] bkrickles:
I've been running commotio for about a week and love it.

Decided today I wanted to flash newest nightly and knew the best thing to do would be to clean flash, which I did.

I get constant system ui fc's to the point I have to pull battery and go to recovery and restore my previous version.

I downloaded todays nightly and yesterdays 2 times each and clean flashed each time with the same result, so I don't believe I had bad downloads or bad flashes as I did it multiple times and I'm pretty experienced with flashing.

Anyway, I went to vanir's google + page and I'm not alone with this, but I haven't seen anyone here have this issue.

If I read correctly, it's happening to people on vanir and commotio.

Any thoughts?

I'm on twrp recovery, 2.5.02 or something close to that

I believe the commotio nightly I'm running without issue is the 1/7 build.

Anyway, I guess I'll try again tomorrow

Also, I tried all of these flashes with dho gapps and pa mini gapps
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] TMYINC:
I believe that sometimes when they try to implement changes to the systemUI.apk they don't always merge well. I think they have been trying to add more options to the interface tools such as status bar options, fixes to quick settings and so on. Just a bit of trial and error I imagine but its just a thought.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Ok... So far I see what you're talking about. One solution may be to remove another toggle and check if possibly you are limited on the number of toggles in the notification menu .
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
I personally don't run Commotio because I don't find it as stable. I've flashed every nightly almost and haven't experienced this kind of fc. Also, I believe that twrp is up to 2.6.x.x or something now. Maybe on wrong but if not I'd say you should absolutely upgrade. Especially with regard to flashing KitKat ROMs.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
Hmm anyone use any good modifiers? I used to use Wanam when on tw, but being aosp it doesn't work as well... Anyone got suggestions to modify my status bar and everything else?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
TW will pretty much always give better battery life than aosp/cm. Just the nature of the beast it seems.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
The xposed framework works great with aosp and this ROM. I currently have it enabled and run xprivacy among other mods. I couple pages back someone was talking about some mods they use as well. Should work well.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] sigmaxaa:
Thanks for the reply! For some reason, I've always figured that AOSP roms got better battery life than TW roms - guess I thought that the cleaner interface/less "razzle dazzle" of AOSP would be more battery friendly than TW. Also I guess I thought that they'd be closer to similar battery life - I'm seeing a significant difference so thought I would ask.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] btvolta:
I use xposed with xblast, unicon icon themer, and greenify donation version and they all work great!

Sent from my SPH-L720 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Basically it takes a little more effort in aosp ROMs to get battery life tweaked to your liking. Its possible to get it close or maybe even the same as TW. I know 4.3 ROMs that I used had better battery life. I believe its something being addressed as we slowly get KitKat sorted out.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] sigmaxaa:
Thanks for the heads-up. I was definitely surprised by the battery life but I'm liking Vanir enough to keep it as my DD as they keep working on it. It's a great rom!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
That sounds crazy...Maybe it's right but it sounds crazy! After being on tw for awhile, and now on this, I really like aosp better... Just hope all the little bugs get worked out!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] brizey:
I posted the issue several times. I had been running 1/7, too. I gave up and switched to Vanir. I hope the active notifications make it here eventually.

Also, I am using the latest TWRP and get the same results you do.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] bkrickles:
So you didn't have the same issue with plain vanir?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] brizey:
Nope. Just flashed 1/13.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Yeah aosp is the best. The bugs are only really from the transition to 4.4.2
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Triscuit:
Trust me, I've tried going back to TW a few times and after a day or two I jump back to AOSP. The only thing I miss from TW is the camera...
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ahoslc:
Found what I was looking for
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Dennisg34:
Agreed. Camera and multiwindow...and sometimes the Air View..HALO basically replaces the multi window for me and i never realized how much i dont use the TW features of the camera
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Dennisg34:
does anyone have link for commotio rom? I'm on the Vanir google+ page and see the threads for this and atom rom, but no links?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] JBeXX:
Check the OP ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] bkrickles:
If you flash todays commotio build please let us know if you get constant fc's.

Many people have been experiencing this over the last 3 nightlys.

It seems to be ok at first and then starts somewhere when you're adjusting interface settings.

It doesn't appear to happen with plain vanir

Anyway, please let us know. I'm not going to have an opportunity to flash until later today

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Dennisg34:
Ugh sorry for the noob question, the one time I don't check the op Haha I assumed since this was vanir it wouldn't be there but thanks!

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Will do! Won't be flashing til tonight (12am est) when I'm at work but by then will prob be new nightly but I will report back!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Crossoverdoc:
So those with battery issues.. Are you experiencing them on Vanir or Commotio? I've been questioning my battery life and I'm on Commotio right now.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] TMYINC:
On vanir I have great battery life. Using KToonz kernel and ktoonzifiedv2 profile. Usually get a day and a half with high usage, 2 days with mild to moderate usage.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
I was on it with ktoonz also, but my battery life wasn't too good... Plain vanir, just sitting there, every 5 min or so I would lose a percent... Not sure what it was...
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] mcconvict:
Google services has been beating my battery up. I downloaded the new google play services..just installed it. Hopefully, that helps
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
Nice where'd you get the app from? Let us know how it goes...I know some people with ktoonz get great battery life but I never seem to be the one that does...the stock kernel seemed better to me...

Edit;

I also noticed that Google services kept eating my battery also...I had location services on, yet a bunch of processes within Google Services was constantly running in the background...

Wonder if it mattered which Google apps I flashed...
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Triscuit:
I've found shutting off location helps a lot with battery consumption.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] josephpalozzi:
I get good battery life with location on. I keep GPS going (Device Only Mode) under Locations settings and turn off WiFi scanning in the Advanced Wi-Fi menu (uncheck "scanning always available").

This greatly cut down my Google Play Services and I get accurate locations with Maps or yelp or whatever. I guess the drones can find me easier though...
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] usmcamgrimm:
With location on on and 3+ hours screen time I average about 16 hours on battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
I just realized that my post said I left location services on, actually I had it off this whole time and that was a typo...I did however go into apps and clear data for both Google services and play store, then went into advanced settings for wifi to turn off always scanning... Well see if it helps!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
These are the two process/services that constantly run and I can't find what's getting it to run
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Turn off Google location services.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
Oddly, it is off!

I think I actually got it! I kept cutting the connections to Google services on greenify (about 4 or 5 times) if they were related to location services type things... Hopefully it works and helps with my battery life
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Train88:
I personally get better battery life than I did with the tw 4.2.2 that was on the phone stock. And I've ran Slim, DU, OSE, and Vanir (not all on KitKat). Also, one of my friends with nonroot stock S4 gets 3-4 hours less battery than me. No tweaking, no greenify/juicedefender, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Demiurge7:
Just flashed and setup the latest Commotio build. Tried all previous nightlies and all had constant FCs when accessing the interface settings (specifically lockscreen settings).

Had one close this time - UI restarted and haven't seen it since. Got everything going & setup: theme, Xposed, etc - and so far so good!

Figured I would share for those who posted w/similar issues. Gonna keep test driving and will post any findings.

Halo and active display seem to be working fine. Love the speed of both, but some options on this version are a huge plus.

One humble suggestion: Could we get the dates added to the commotio nightly filenames like w/vanir? Gets kinda confusing...
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Dennisg34:
nvm, i had a noob moment
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Demiurge7:
On Verizon S4 grab the jfltevzw build:

B62-nightly-Commotio-jfltevzw.zip

The folders are labeled with date - but filenames are the same. Going through testing them, I wasn't always sure which nightly I had downloaded the night before.

Not a big deal, just figured an easy fix (vanir version is date labeled). Awesome ROM, nice work, donation in order
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Dennisg34:
yeah after a friend ( [MENTION=2648468]Triscuit[/MENTION] ) pointed out the obvious it was organized from model (used to vanir site) i literally smacked myself in the head haha
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Demiurge7:
Hah, NP, never know. I have several vzw devices I tinker with, and get names mixed up sometimes myself. We all start somewhere... I just get excited when I have an answer ?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Dennisg34:
Love the screen record! Was thinking a month ago wish someone would do this! Same issue with vanir with no BT toggle but everything else is fine. It's weird

Was gonna post video of screen but can't here
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] sigmaxaa:
2 things...

As I've played with this rom (and loving it BTW!), I've noticed a couple things:

1. Sound level on calls seems pretty low, even when I've pushed the volume all the way up. Is there a way to boost this slightly? I'm not looking for a huge bump but being able to increase it slightly would be nice. I'm running Viper, and it works great for audio/music, but doesn't seem to have any affect on call volume.

2. When call comes in or I go to end a call, there's a small lag before the screen comes on (2-4 seconds). Any way to fix this? From old Sense/TW roms, I remember there being a tweak in the build.prop to decrease the proximity sensor time but not sure if there's something similar in Vanir.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Crossoverdoc:
I've never used xposed framework before, but I feel like messing around with it today? Is it (GravityBox more specifically) safe to use with Vanir? I know it says not to use with ROMs, but I believe most do.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ecsnead69:
Any chance of getting the dark UI toggle?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
The dates are on the folder. Glad its working well.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Yeah the BT toggle thing is weird. The one in the quick settings drop down does work fine and a long press takes you to the BT settings. So although not what you're used to doing, at least its still fairly quickly accessible for ya. Glad you're enjoying the ROM. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Where does it say do not use with ROMs? Xposed is completely safe. Download the framework the install from there. Download some modules and get going! I use xprivacy mainly and its great. But there are so many modules its crazy. Have a look in the android development and hacking section. They also have a list of available modules in xposed itself.

Yes, gravity box will work. Couple others here are running it very successfully with vanir/commotio
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Demiurge7:
Right, which is great when looking for a particular nightly - but if you download nightlies regularly, it gets confusing which is which saved on the phone. The vanir build filenames end with 011414, etc - so its easy to know which is the latest you downloaded. Again not a big deal, I can deal with it - I just have to remember to delete the last downloaded version after flash. Just a suggestion.

Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Check the gerrit everyone. Some pretty exciting changes starting in the 1/15 build! :) link is at the bottom of the OP.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Yeah I hear ya. Thing is, the vanir and commotio builds are two different people and two different peoples organizational methods... So in a perfect world your request would be easy... Sorry man. :(
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
I've been trying to run on ART runtime, just to try it out, but after I select the option, it reboots like it should be the setting doesn't stick... Is that a Ron bug or is it something I've setup (xposed, custom kernel)?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Tortuga:
ART is not compatible with XPosed Framework - from what I gather. You'd have to/want to use the Qualcomm Optimized Davlik for a performance boost simliar to ART.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
Thanks for the heads up...I guess I'll try it another day then cuz depend on xposed for greenify! I do have the optimized dalvik running but was just curious about ART

Edit: Yup I was reading the op in the xposed thread and yes, ART and xposed do not work together...Jus in case anyone else didn't know that
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
I believe that exposed still doesn't work with ART. Qualcomm davlik is better anyway.

BUT if you look at the gerrit you'll see that vanir has begun to implement a lot of art optimizations.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
Oh I looked at that Gerrit list, but didn't notice the implementation of art! Awesome! I hope xposed figures out out and gets his framework running with it!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Lockscreen notifications are now working in vanir! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] bkrickles:
Todays build?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] amosavitas:
yup
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Triscuit:
Anyone having issues with YouTube videos not playing over 4G? It started happening on the 1/14 build. I haven't tried 1/15 yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] amosavitas:
working fine for me on 1/15
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] mcconvict:
Couple FC's while customizing status bar but other than that, build is really smooth. The active display/lock screen notification is a nice touch. Awesome work guys
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Glad you're liking things! :) With so much going in its awesome its so stable.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] usmcamgrimm:
Couple of walls I made for Vanir
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Sweet! Thanks for sharing!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Triscuit:
Ugh wtf now I can't load videos on YouTube or see any pictures on Facebook while on 4G. Running the 1/15 build with ktoons kernel. I'm about to flash 1/16 to see if it helps.

Edit: BTW guys, I'm not complaining, usually when this happens, its an issue with the app itself and we all know how "amazing" the Facebook devs are.... :banghead:
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] TMYINC:
No issues here with vids or FB pics on the 1/16 build.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Efrenjr15:
No issues here either running smoothhhhhhh with KT kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] bkrickles:
running 1/15 here with kt kernel and also no issues.

So nice that I didn't even bother flashing 1/16. I'll wait till tomorrows

There was an update for youtube today, maybe that will help

Really great rom!!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ahoslc:
Anyone notice any difference on 1/16 build since the art changes?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
Just making sure. Did you manually activate art?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ahoslc:
I do yes but have not upgraded yet
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] usmcamgrimm:
Just did a clean install of 1.16 and running great so far
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] sigmaxaa:
Dirtied to 1/16, running Ktoonz kernel...this thing flies! Thanks for all the great work!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] mcconvict:
Tried with optimized dalvik and it was good. Just enabled art a couple hours ago and wow...this absolutely flies. So unbelievably smooth
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] sigmaxaa:
Didn't run the optimized dalvik when I dirty flashed, figured I'd just make sure it dirtied ok and then go back if things worked out. Haven't tried ART yet, was hoping to see more feedback about how well it worked before trying it. I just get more and more impressed with this rom the more it settles in...great stuff!

Was initially getting some not-so-good battery life then tweaked a setting in Ktweaker and it seems to have helped stretch my charge to almost what I was getting on HD12.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] mcconvict:
I'd recommend giving ART a try. I didn't expect anywhere near the results I got.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] sigmaxaa:
Very nice, will give it a try. I read that you change the setting then let it restart/get things going. Did that take long?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] mcconvict:
Yeah it auto reboots then optimizes the apps. I had 166 processes to optimize and took 15-20 mins I guess
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] sigmaxaa:
Not bad! I'll definitely give it a try but having a hard time thinking this rom could be faster/more smooth than it already is!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] mcconvict:
I'll wait for your reply once you test it out. Those were my thoughts too
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ahoslc:
Guys art really flys and make scrolling seem so much smoother to me.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ks3rv3rg:
I'll tell you what, ART has been amazing on the 1/16 build! Totally smooth with KT kernel. I think y'all will be very happy with art performance so far!
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
Art does fly! Just wish xposed worked for it so I could greenify some system apps/process/services to preserve battery a little better!

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Actually I just found and am trying out a new app from the play store called disable service, and am using it to disable some of Google location services (which constantly run in the background even when location services is off) and it seems to do a pretty good job instead of using greenify
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] usmcamgrimm:
Just rebooted with ART...and the difference is amazing...wish I had tried it out sooner.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] crossen0:
Seems like everybody is really enjoying ART in here. I enjoy a good finger painting myself ?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] ahoslc:
What settings do you run on Ktoonz?
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] Efrenjr15:
1/16 is running amazing with KT latest and ART. Using the sleeping dragon quad core profile and script and battery seems very good and performance is by far the best since I've had this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unified Development] 808phoneaddict:
I'm also on the 1/16 nightly, running ART with ktoonz, and I been on 'dead by April' profile and script... And been loving it!