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[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
1. Download and install the Samsung USB drivers into PC;

2. Download and install ODIN in desktop;

3. Disconnect the phone from pc (if it was connected) and power it off;

4. Boot the phone into Download Mode (Volume Down + Home + Power buttons at the same time);

5. Plug in the phone to the PC. See the Added! message in the Odin window;

6. Click the PDA or AP button in ODIN and load the TheWhisp´s image.tar;

7. Leave everything else in ODIN as it is: have "Auto Reboot", "F. Reset Time" and "PDA or AP" checks ON in ODIN;

8. Press Start
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Thanks, it worked ;) Now I´m gonna test it :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Hi, só I've been using it, so far so good, it's super smooth, I applied the Gem theme, WOW :)

Its so much lighter than stock, thanks for ur work TheWhisp, and lets move on to Android L :D

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
USB drivers

Hey how are you? Want to ask you a question. Which USB drivers do you use to plug the phone to Windows pc?

I´m asking this because i cannot browse my phone in the pc while connected via usb. I do know that the phones now use MTP or MPT and it is way different from usb mass storage, but lately i cannot see any of the photos taken with the phone located in the DCIM folder in sd card.. So i cannot save them into my pc and that is so odd..

Yes unlocking the phone allows me to see the internal and external folders of the phone, but i still cant see most of the files in them. I even transferred a couple of movies (.avi) files to the phone and now they do not appear in windows file explores....

Does anyone have a solution for this issue? (i really want to use usb cable instead of airdroid or pc wifi tranfer apps)

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
Could someone try downloading KK kernel source from here? http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=gt-i9195

Maybe you get higher speeds. For some reason the download is really, really slow for me.

And then, if you could, upload it to some respectable hosting site.

Peprhaps I can use some things from that kernel to improve Express 2 builds :)

Thank you.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Anto2:
Hi, here you go:

https://mega.co.nz/#!EctVmSTB!QYWaS_nFKCfT0QrXPwL2reG74xS-qs8fQbjfjZugqYA
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Hi, until now going smooth

Any news?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cthulhu79:
Hi folks,

is anybody experiencing imprecisions while using the stock keyboard?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
I recall I mistyped every now and then. I guess I adapted my typing meanwhile.

Is there an app/setting to improve/adjust/correct touchscreen accuracy?

Something else

GPS locks very slowly. Unlike my other devices it finds 19 (!) sattelites (others find 3 or 4) on same location.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cthulhu79:
Yep i don't know if it's a keyboard or a screen issue
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Is it going well my friend?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
Does anyone still have the bug when sometimes other party can't hear you on incoming calls?

Sent from my SM-G3815
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Yeah , and u have to reboot.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
Same here. And i still have the minor bug that when pressing the back button, it will randomly swap between apps
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
could someone try to capture a logcat? And I don't experience that "back button bug".

Try switching mute/unmute, perhaps it helps
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
It only happened once
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
on what network are you on when this happens? LTE?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
yes, i´m always on LTE and with wireless on (no clue if this info helps out)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
could someone on stock ROM upload a logcat while calling and switching between earpiece and speakerphone?

Then reboot and do the same with stock voice recoder

Sent from my SM-G3815
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Can u help me going back to stock? because im facing some problems in camera with snapchat and other things Thanks in advance bro
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Any one please help me going back to stock? I got the last firmware now, what I do on odin, i got the drivers installed already, just need some orientation please
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
So do you have the zip file for stock rom? Just go to Recovery mode, and flash it, like you would do with the CM rom´s of this thread. I´ve done it a couple of times and all works great, just delete all dalwik and caches from the advanced options while in recovery mode.

Now if you want to go all the way back (to un-root phone), sorry cannot help, don´t know how to.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
Just flash it with Odin. Make backup before if needed.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
I already did it.

I tweaked and rotted again and flashed cwm, so now its blazing fast stock, cause I removed lots of unwanted apps too. I just hope samsung will provide android 4.4 to this phone :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
Kitkat Kernel sources are already on Samsung Opensource Website, so official KitKat is coming to Express 2 pretty soon I assume :laugh:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
You're right. Download while it's up. Could someone do that for me?

Sent from my SM-G3815
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Hell yeah ;)

But what? Download and put on another host for u to download like mediafire?

If yes, give me the link to download the source.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=SM-G3815

Download the EUR_KK
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
I know, the problem is I get really low speed from there. From the size it seems it contains just the kernel, so most likely this doesn't indicate an upcoming KK update
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
Yes it contains, only kernel, you are right! Wait, I thought, that when KK kernel is released, firmware will also be
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
I dunno, will u go upload that for the whisp ?

---------- Post added at 10:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:07 PM ----------

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/34012-samsung-releases-android-44-kitkat-update-list

Its on the list for the update bros!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
that's the old list, Samsung released a new one in May, no traces of E2
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
I've been reading samsung agreements and all that stuff, they say that they dont update phones that are more than 1 year old, so we might have kitkat as it says on the list :D the kernel source of kitkat is the first step, next is the firmware :D

---------- Post added at 10:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:18 PM ----------

Damn :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
I downloaded the source, there are some platform open source parts after all, the kernel is up to date with S4 mini release, even a little more updated. The latest changes date back to middle-July, approx. month for testing, I'd say if there is an update, it should come out within a month, if testing phase goes well.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Thanks for checking that up bro ;) lets just hope for that to happen, it would be easier for you to improve cm builds ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
Cool catch!

So yes, why would Samsung publish KK Kernel and Platform open source? Perhaps because they plan an upgrade for the Express 2? Or just to be kind to people that build KK custom software such as CM 11 ;)

FWIW: kernel builds fine (even with arm-eabi-4.8 after a few changes)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pedestre:
In Link you can find the Spanish 4.4.2 ROM (you need to register for downloading). I'm uploading a mirror and I will edit this post with the link.

Regards¡¡

Edit: mirror to the new kk ROM : G3815XXUCNH1_G3815PHECNH1_PHE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
nice, the firmware should allow us to fix NFC, if they used pn547 NCI implementation.

edit: has anyone flashed it yet?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
Unpacked it, there is an nfc.MSM8960.so, so they did not use pn547 NCI implementation
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
Yes. I just flashed it. Too bad.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
So, is there any way to make NFC work on CyanogenMod?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] anamorphica:
Godammit.. I dropped my E2 to water jug few days ago and soiled my pants :D ofc I opened everything I could and dried but when I tried to power it on after 24h E2 logo appeared and then just plain blank. Some colors flashed randomly. Yesterday I tried again and it works great, screen has some color problems but it seems screen is fixing itself etc today it's almost as it was when I bought it :D

So what we learned, this actually has some water resistance :D

Also I'm getting back to flashing new roms :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
Yes. Currently it's in almost-working state.

As for official kk update - apart from android update everything is pretty much the same
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
I grabbed NFC libs from Express 2 KK drop and got these errors:

I/BrcmNfcNfa( 3797): NCI version mismatch!!:0x10 != 0x00

E/BrcmNfcNfa( 3797): NFCC version is too old

E/BrcmNfcNfa( 3797): Failed to reset NFCC

Also these:

D/NxpFwDnld( 3797): FW Image Length - ImageInfoLen 34654

D/NxpFwDnld( 3797): FW Image Info Pointer - pImageInfo 47c110ec

D/NxpFwDnld( 3797): MW Major Version Num - 2

D/NxpFwDnld( 3797): MW Minor Version Num - 5

D/NxpFwDnld( 3797): FW Major Version Num - 1

D/NxpFwDnld( 3797): FW Minor Version Num - 18

D/NxpFwDnld( 3797): FW Image Length - 34654

D/NxpFwDnld( 3797): FW Image Info Pointer - 47c110ec

D/NxpHal ( 3797): FW version for FW file = 0x118

D/NxpHal ( 3797): FW version from device = 0x60316

D/NxpHal ( 3797): FW image older than device's, skip update

Any hints?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
Samsung uses older implementation, those libs won't work with nci solution
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
Thanks pedestre !

New stock ROM appeared on SamMobile as well.

Now, how do you guys flash this new stock and keep root?

I have some ideas on howto (in fact I once did so)

1) boot in recovery (which has root and adb)

2) adb

3) dd the partitions (not recovery itself) to their device

4) copy su and superuser to correct place in system partition mmcblk0p21 (tmp mounted somewhere)

But I am not sure if I can dd the *.mbn files as well

So I would rater want to install the entire ZIP from recovery.

But such would also overwrite recovery itself and then I wonder if I can still do step 4 or if I would get kicked out of adb

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
edit: nevermind...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
The best solution for me:

1) Flash the tar.md5 archive with ODIN, found inside the zip

2) After that flash Custom recovery, then root the device via CWM

The 3rd method, is very risky, and I haven't seen anyone flashing roms this way
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Im from portugal, does the new spain rom works for portugal?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
I think, this shouldn't be a problem
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
My problem is: I have no Windows computer (only) Linux ones.

I will try heimdall which supposedly is ODIN compatible.

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
hmmm I may wait for Portugal update.

EDIT: What do u think [MENTION=4148720]TheWhisp[/MENTION] ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
I flashed it today (I am from Baltic region). Now I am back to CM. You can flash it, Samsung has tendency to upload a lot of almost identical ROMs for different regions.

About NFC: I sent an e-mail to a NXP developer who worked/works on NCI hal, I said I need some help fixing it on AOSP based CyanogenMod, he replied our device doesn't qualify for it. LOL.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
So, no NFC for us? LOL, what the f*ck?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
We could try to force download firmware. The version reported on device seems bogus.

Sent from my SM-G3815
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
how can we force download the firmware?

[MENTION=4606400]MegaDJPlay[/MENTION] We are talking about CyanogenMod
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Wait, but in this samsung update the NFC doesnt work? [MENTION=4148720]TheWhisp[/MENTION]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
read a few pages back

[MENTION=5344004]kostoulhs[/MENTION]

the attached hal will try to force update the firmware, first try with the libpn547_fw from stock, then with the one I have in my vendor repo.

I'm not sure what can happen..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
I really dunno if I should update or not, cause Portugal firmware is named Portugal (Vodafone), and that´s what I have, and Spain it´s only Spain.

What´s your opinion? And it´s all good on the new update?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
is there someone on stock 4.2.2 that could send me a logcat when enabling NFC? I need to see FW versions.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] arco68:
[MENTION=5344004]kostoulhs[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4148720]TheWhisp[/MENTION]

I've been working on the KK kernel sources for I9195, and have merged in support for your devices. The plan is to eventually replace the current CM kernel with this one, so you might want to test it and verify it's working on your devices.

https://github.com/arco/android_kernel_samsung_msm8930-common
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
[MENTION=3044346]arco68[/MENTION] it seems to be working fine on E2
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Installed the official update, on antutu it went up till 42 fps, always stable, it was a nice improvement on graphics, I got 20100 on antutu. Hope CM gets like that ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
[MENTION=3044346]arco68[/MENTION] strange, it does not work for me, well, it boots but before bootanimation a strange image appears(many pixels) then bootanimation! Booted once and phone stuck, tried again, but same results! Also my system font became bigger without making any changes
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
FYI: I ran into the kitkat external sdcard not writeable issue but there is a good app to fix it

look for

NextApp Inc SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD

on Google Play Store
[Miscellaneous Android Development] arco68:
Resync the kernel sources. I added some more missing changes for loganre.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
Anybody else has complaints about GPS locking on the road?

I use GPS Status Pro and E2 sees -many- sattelites (one would argue that's great) where others just see a few, but, unlike others, it does not seem to converge, or, very slow.

For me this is a bit of a E2 showstopper (I like to show the device, but not for GPS apps)

I have installed CSC PRO (my provider is Proximus) files in /system csc and linked to csc_contents to no avail

Also tried a few NTP GPS fix apps

Still I believe this may be a pure CSC issue

Here and there I read CSC change implies factory reset. ... Of course I would rather want to avoid that

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
same thing, also I can't capture any logs, device is not detectable by adb
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Use an app from play store called a catlog it works

EDIT: LINK

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nolanlawson.logcat
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kotzir:
I try to logcat at boot, so this is useless

Also I am logcating with ADB
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MegaDJPlay:
Ohh then its useless
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
Sorry to insist, let me phrase it the other way around, does someone -not- have complaints about GPS locking?

If so, then, at least, I know there are different experiences. And also: it would give hope to search harder for fixing my setup. I searched a lot already.

Have a nice day.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
Good morning, I've been using a lot the device as a gps, i use tomtom external app and i dont have any complain.

If i use gps only it can take up to 2 min to acquire signal (more or less the same as my previous mobile)

If I'm using the high accurate mode it is almost instant, i would say 20 seconds. Hope this helps.

Following this thread, I've noticed that there are many different bugs that not everyone experience, i used to be one of the few that had the low volume speaker phone bug, every day i experience the back button bug (press the back button will open random apps, and I've never been able to logcat this one) and the most frustrating for me is, big part of my whatsapp messages are only received if i unlock the device.

But still, i prefer this rom to the stock one, thank you thewisp for the development, and i guess we're all were trying to creat Av awesome rom
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
Thanks shinra00

I am using rooted KK stock ROM but I had same GPS issue with rooted JB stock ROM.

I read in various forums about similar experience. Some exotic solutions require to open the phone touch the hardware, ... Other solutions are about setting CSC and require factory reset. None of both look appealing to me.

The GPS used to work so I guess I will have to try some reflashing.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
FWIW

I replaced the G3815XXUCNH1_G3815PHECNH1_PHE CSC files with the G3815XXUBMK5_G3815VFGBMK5_PRO ones.

Then I let GPS search for long time. It synced 10 of 20 sattelites green.

Not sure if this was just good luck for me...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
Hey, how´s the development going? I hope that everyone dind´t move to stock rom because i do love CM.

Thanks for the work :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
Thank you!! Downloading and will test asap :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] crxixo:
Hello!

What types of changes have occurred in this new version of the rom?

Could you quote me some?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
Quoting the dev:

25/08/2014

* Sync with CM sources

* Fix some issues with camera (hangs while changing modes etc.)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] crxixo:
Thank you to answer me. I have already this changes, but I wanted to know something more specific.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
I guess you could need to look up then what changes the CM sync brought in.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] crxixo:
I don't understand you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
[MENTION=4148720]TheWhisp[/MENTION] please correct me if I am wrong ...

Basically CM is a device independent firmware, but, certainly for new devices introduced (respect for TheWhisp), each update includes,

from more general to more specific:

- android version updates (in this case not much I guess since already [MENTION=346061]kitkat[/MENTION], but perhaps new Samsung kernel update)

- CM device independent updates (these are just what CM gives you on a daily basis)

- (new) device dependent updates (here is where TheWhisp does its glorious magic and what he/she will mention in changelist)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cthulhu79:
I'm the only one with both google play and apollo not working after the update? Above all, thanks the Whisp for your effort
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
For detailed change log just see cm gerrit and my github

Sent from my SM-G3815
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
Thank you for solving the random launch of the camera app whenever pressing the back button :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
my gmail app wasn´t working, i had to unistall and install all the updates again
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cthulhu79:
ok, will give it a try
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
ohh new build doesn´t have anymore the percentage indicator of the charged amount when the phone is off =(

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am i the only one that if i change any setting of the alarm clock (rom app) it doesn´t make any sound when it goes off?

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Can anyone add a new ringtone in order to be used as an alarm sound? Have converted a mp3 to ogg file, added the file to the ringtones and to the alarms folders via root FX file and still whenever i try to set a specific alarm sound, it doesn´t show on the list. Have had this "issue" since i can recall. Any tip?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cthulhu79:
I apologize in advance for the noob question, but not found the answer in previous posts: how to move apps to sd card with this rom?

Thanks in advance :confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheWhisp:
You can put alarm ringtones in a folder called "Alarms" in internal storage

Sent from my SM-G3815
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shinra00:
So in android kitkat android changed that property. It is no longer possible to move the apps to the sd card because it was crashing / slowing the system (a lot of people, including me, have cheap and slow memory cards).

This is my interpretation but apple doesn´t have external memories and because of this apple phones are so reliable, there are no bugs reading from a slow sd that can be removed crashing the system. Android is trying to have theirs also as reliable as possible: avoid users to write apps in the sd´s.

After some reading regarding this there is one app that actually works FoulderMount. GL

damm... it was only necessary a reboot afterwards.. i feel dumb.. thank you thewhisp

-----edit

Love the soft reboot added functionality, thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Claghorn:
Do google engineers have too much time on their hands?

I just noticed that if I use the two finger drag to pull down quick settings it will sometimes randomly apply a different animation than simply pulling down from the top (I've seen unfolding and spinning around at least :).

Am I crazy, or have others seen this too?
[Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] aaronito:
daer users,

Will there ever complete themes. I would like one in black, but fully themed
[Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] chanthoeunpen:
i saw a black full themed at ebay.. there you can get it:D:good:
[Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] Goldie:
Alliancerom comes with a choice of stock or black glass theme
[Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] aaronito:
Yes, indeed you ROM comes with black glass theme, but is not fully themed.

I like the black glass buttons.

the notification panel and setting menu is not themed in black glass.

and I had the problem that the dialer is not completely black themed

can you have with your rom other apps like email themed in black.
[Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] Goldie:
Notification panel can be themed pretty much however you like with black everything and whatever highlights you want. Settings is also themed and dialer is also black with a choice of whatever color tab images and numbers you want. The only thing you mention that is not is email which I will be working on a mod to switch from light to dark theme some time soon
[Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] aaronito:
I gonna try out your rom again tonight.

i like your black glass theme , but notification panel isn't themed in black glass?

and what can i change in settings can i change the colors of the icon in black or white?
[Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] Goldie:
The noti panel is not themed black glass but you can choose any image you like for it and also change toggle backgrounds to gradients etc so for example something like....

and settings you can choose any background for and also change text colors. I will be adding an aosp theme soon that will have all white icons
[HTC Sensation] Kl0nLutiy:
Hello. I have Sensation XE (Z715) with Vipers 5.2.0. I want to flash stock rom but I can not do it, because comptuter can not see the device in fastboot mode. How to fix it. Win 8.1 x64. Thanks.