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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
I think nk1 requires some additional steps. I would think everything would work in the end but I'm not sure what those other steps are. I hear nc5 is easier to deal with in regards to selinux and the modules. The problem is with the Roms in the op is that they are not vzw so things are just different. Check out the kitpop thread. Its supernexus built for vzw and I believe it has instructions for nk1 as well. Might give you some answers

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development/rom-kitpop-v1-0-t3019132

That's what I'm on right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] iLeoable:
No I am good now, and I put the verizon apn in and I didn't touch it at all. I then flashed it and it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
Any takers on what I suggested earlier, packaging all this up into more ready to go VZW load. The build.prop could be edited to Verizon-ize it better too. I did that to mine.

Question: How do you get to the Task Manager, the list you get in NC5 by long-pressing the Home button?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
I think it is a great idea to get it all packaged in one flashable package for safestrap Verizon folks. I have never done this before so it would take me some research to figure everything out. I will ponder this. If anybody else has ideas or thread links for how to do all of this post em up. I'll do some looking too.

For the recent app list install Xposed and then the gravity box module. There is a setting in the navigation tweaks in gravitybox to enable the long press on the home key to bring up recent apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
The real S4 GPE edition phone likely has a simple method to get this list, every clean AOSP I've ever used on a Nexus phone had this.

I see this, plus the missing USB data xrfer, plus finicky WiFi start after boot, plus no tethering, plus the trick needed to get reliable Play Store as enough to make me not at all use this as my daily use setup. I'm back to NC5 and watching progress. I also posted in the ATT thread asking if any of the issues were being worked on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Spike96:
I will definitely be using this as my daily driver. It is just insanely smoother than any touchwiz rom I have been on. Customization is endless and without any sacrifice of speed.

Very happy I came across this thread.

[MENTION=5942286]RickGrimes411[/MENTION] , I found a post that has instructions to combine flashable zips: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1972351

Every phone would have to start with a stock NC5 rom. Then if we could use the utility above to combine the zips in a particular order, we would really have something.

The order would be something like:

1. 4.4.3 (modified for Verizon)

2. Wifi Module

3. SU 2.01 zip

4. 4.4.4 (modified for Verizon)

5. Wifi Module

6. SU 2.01 zip

This way, we combine 6 steps into one and make it possible to upgrade from a stock NC5 rom directly to GPE 4.4.4 with working wifi and root. (It's my understanding that you just need to flash 4.4.3 before 4.4.4. Is it necessary to boot into 4.4.3?)

I'll try the utility out and see what happens. In the meantime, tell me what you think!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 15goudreau:
On my galaxy s3 it was by holding the menu button normally but on this, it just brings up the menu option, no longpress action.

Also to my issue, Yes I reinstalled SS but it says it was sucessfully installed, I press the button to reboot recovery, and it provides the toast, saying the command has been sent to reboot.... but nothing happens. I used the same towelroot install method as when I was first setting it up. Should I just flash the superuser.zip along with 4.4.3 instead of towelroot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Spike96:
Same thing happens with me when I try to reboot to recovery within the safestrap app. The command is issued, but nothing happens.

As I said in my last post, do not try to reboot to recovery from within the app. Simply turn the phone on and off. While the phone is booting up, wait for the safestrap robot to come up on the screen and then press the menu button. You'll be in safestrap recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 15goudreau:
I tried doing that. When I do that it doesn't take me to recovery just a permanent black screen that needs a battery pull, and if I do that and try to boot into the ROM it does a black screen too, and the only fix is a factory wipe. I tried both 2.75 and 2.73
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Spike96:
Do you see the robot at all? Or the black screen happens after you click menu to go into recovery?

What rom were you on before you flashed GPE 4.4.3? Was it stock NC5?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 15goudreau:
Yes the robot said it wasn't active. It was red vs the green one. I clicked menu to go into recovery and got nothing. I was on stock NC5 flashed with Odin, just like the guide said. I got SS from the link in the guide but it was for the galaxy s5....not sure if that matters.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Spike96:
The robot saying it isn't active just means your flashing in the stock slot, and I did that as well so that doesn't matter.

I got safestrap 3.75 from the same link in the galaxy s5 forum so that doesn't matter either.

So from NC5 you booted into safestrap and flashed GPE 4.4.3 and rooted. Before rebooting, are you installing busybox? Safestrap requires busybox to be installed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 15goudreau:
Yes, busybox was installed prior to SS.

The main issue my friend currently has is the wifi not working. Is there any other way besides a soft-reset to take care of the issue? Or do we still not know at this point. I was assuming it would be something that needs to be flashed, which is why I am trying to figure out this SS stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Spike96:
There has been no fix for the wifi yet. Soft rebooting shouldn't be an issue as long as you're not full rebooting very frequently. Even once a day wouldn't get annoying (IMO). This is what I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.leonardsimonse.softreboot&hl=en

As for your safestrap issue I'm not very sure it sounds like you are doing everything right. Sorry, maybe post in the safestrap thread?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 15goudreau:
Ok, I'll try this with my friends phone and hopefully that will sort it out. This is some awesome work people! Kudos all around.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryannn29:
I just noticed a small issue. The GPS isn't working properly, it won't lock onto my location. Getting a lock on my location using WiFi and mobile networks works just fine but if I try to use the GPS only it won't lock on. I don't believe it is the ROM that's causing this because the same thing happened while I was on Chaos ROM and Echoe ROM. Anybody else experiencing this? Or can someone shed some light on the issue? Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rrrrrrredbelly:
Came from HD 16.1, had no issues with wifi, couldn't get working data. This fixed it, thanks (still on 4.4.3)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Michaelmansour1997:
Things that I've found that are broken:

-GPS lock issues

-Changing volume in some apps

-When sending an pictures via MMS they are compressed like crazy (doesn't happen on touchwiz)

Thoughts:

I don't know what is causing the MMS issues, it might just be asop that's doing it, or it might be the messaging app. Also when I had 4.4.3 installed my wifi worked after every boot,(no soft reset needed), but when I upgraded to 4.4.4 it required a soft reboot. Also I found some instability while playing various games, the game would crash. Also my phone does some random vibrating, i do not know what's causing this. Also the build.prop needs to be changed to be more verizony. Other than that it is smooth and quick.

For those of you having issues with LTE or any type of service. Here are the steps you must do:

-obtain root either by means of towel root or flashing in as( recommended)

-once you have flashed the ROM in ss and have installed the modules WiFi should work and LTE won't, (or if its the other way around this will still apply) you must download the xposed module installer here (http://dl-count.xposed.info/modules/de.robv.android.xposed.installer_v33_36570c.apk) and the gravity box installer (http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2846191&d=1405108023 ). YOU MUST DO THIS BEFORE YOU REBOOT OR ELSE YOU MUST START OVER.

-after you install xposed modules and gravity box feel free to restart your phone. To get LTE working you need to go into gravity box, then click QUICKSETTINGS MANAGEMENT, then tap TILE SPECIFIC SETTINGS, then tap NETWORK MODE SETTINGS, and make sure that BOTH boxes are checked.

-then find the signal type tile in the pull down toggles, and tap through till it gets to LTE and your LTE should turn on.

Now for WiFi

-go into gravity box and tap on POWER TWEAKS, then make sure that ADVANCED POWER MENU is checked.

-then press and hold the power button and tap REBOOT and then tap SOFT REBOOT.

- your WiFi should now be working BUT you'll have to do the soft reboot every time you restart or shut down your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swears11:
What if your LTE and Wifi do not work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Michaelmansour1997:
First make sure your on stock before you go to gpe ROM

Second make sure you've copied your APN config file over to the ROM zip

Third, make sure you flash the nc5 modules and no other modems/modules/WiFi fixes

Fourth, make sure you don't reboot after initially setting up the ROM

Fifth go into your cellular network settings and see if you can change anything with the 3g and LTE to make it work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
The dev of this ROM, over in the ATT thread, got back to me that this is the end of the line for any changes or improvements in the load. About the only thing that can be improved then for us on VZW is a cleaner build.prop so About Phone at least looks like it's VZW. I'm personally stuck.

On the one hand, my 'blue pill' TW 4.4.2 NC5 is pretty much completely de-Samsunged and de-VZWed (via TiBu freeze and NoBloat), is running the Google Now launcher, is bug free, everything works, and it's damn fast.

On the other hand, this 'red pill' GPE version has the cerebral plus of being 'the GPE 4.4 version', but it hurts a bit to use, and needs propping up here and there with better apps, like a better camera and tools to cover missing function.

:confused::confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aknotts415:
What is the blue pill rom your speaking of lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
I said, it's the cleaned up NC5. That's what I'm using. To me, function trumps cool in a mobile phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Royalaid:
Just a heads up I had to change the network toggle "Network mode tile mode" from "2G/2G+3G/3G/(LTE)" to "2G/3G/(LTE)" in addition to the above for phone calls to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zombolt:
I really hope the GPS is fixable. Since I am stuck using safestrap, this rom is just about all I could ever ask for. But GPS is a must-have. I didn't realize this was an issue until after I installed the rom, and was extremely disappointed about the GPS not working:crying:

on another note, after flashing 4.4.3 I noticed clipping in the notification drop down menu. After I flashed the 4.4.4.zip the clipping issue went away, however I noticed in settings the system verson still says 4.4.3. I even tried re-flashing the 4.4.4 zip and i'm getting the same result.

I noticed that dalvik is the default compiler. I tried booting with ART instead. The phone took forever to boot. most things worked in ART, but when I was doing anything taxing it would force close.

I would like to see a bounty on the GPS getting fixed. If the mk2 bootloader cannot be unlocked, I feel like this rom would be a good compromise if a few kinks can get worked out. Not sure what I'm missing out on by not using ART..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RyaNov1333:
First off Rick, great write up! Thanks so much for this!

Secondly, I am up and running 100% on this ROM (albeit MTP doesn't work)! Wi-Fi, Play Store, Chrome, and MMS all work just as they did before. Even more so, my GPS seems to be working just fine. Haven't run into any hiccups as of yet, will keep this updated if I notice anything or if anything comes up!

Only thing I did differently was used SafeStrap 3.72 instead of 3.75 because the latter would only recognize my internal storage being 4MB in size (weird, and couldn't figure out why). After I switched that, everything flashed and worked perfectly!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
Glad to hear that everything is working. Others have mentioned that SS 3.72 works fine. So I added it to the OP. SS 3.75 is kind of wonkey for me too but it works.

Sent from VZW S4 GPE 4.4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zombolt:
One thing I would like to give thanks for, besides being the best s4 safestrap rom EVER, is the install instructions. Easy for me to understand, and it worked exactly as it said it would. I know I'll need my GPS soon but I'm in denial about it. Navigation and directions are essential. I want to stay on this ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
I just took a road trip to a cabin on the Mississippi river this weekend. Used google maps navigation to get there and to get around once there on this ROM. Worked great.

Sent from VZW S4 GPE 4.4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aknotts415:
Okay gotcha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zombolt:
Sounds like you were away from WiFi hotspots? I would sure like to know when it doesn't work and what makes it work again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
I was away from WiFi. Surrounded by endless Minnesota farmland most of the trip. Maps crashed once on me but otherwise it was fine. I didn't do anything special. Unsure why it's giving you problems. Maybe I'm just not understanding the issue?

Sent from S4 GPE 4.4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryannn29:
You're GPS works? So you can get a lock onto your location using ONLY GPS and not WiFi or mobile networks?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pfizzle:
I'm in to know as well, it turns on fine but can't get a fix with GPS only
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
Mine seems to be working. I turn location on and set location mode to device only so it is not using WiFi or mobile data. Google maps locks on my location. Are you doing it differently?

Sent from S4 GPE 4.4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryannn29:
No I'm doing the same steps as you are. But I have the very same problem on ROMS like Chaos and Echoe. Although the problem doesn't happen when I'm on Hyperdrive or Eclipse ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RyaNov1333:
Yes, works just fine from what I can tell. I turned location on and set it to device only (so it uses only GPS) and it still got a lock on where I was. I haven't tried navigating somewhere with this setting yet, but I will later on today and let you know what happens with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
So my signal keeps showing up as "empty" instead of Verizon wireless. When this happens I can't make calls or texts.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
Can you do anything to bring it back? Like reboot or toggle airplane mode on and off.

Or does it just come back on its own?

Sent from S4 GPE 4.4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
Its very random. It comes at random And last random amounts of time.

I feel like it may also have something to do with the fact that sometimes my WiFi will turn of for a split second then turn back on. Doesn't effect me much, except for it makes the keyboard go away mid sentence [emoji19]

But I did ref lash the nc5 modem, the "empty" thing happened right after reboot for about 3 minutes then went away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rrrrrrredbelly:
Anyone having issues with Google music? I download podcasts from espn, when i DL a new file it won't play until i reboot the phone. Can't remember the actual wording, just that an error occurred during playback.

I have been saving files to ext sdcard, will try internal to see if that matters.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryannn29:
I think I may have found a fix for the GPS problem. So this same problem also happens with me on the Echoe v26.1 ROM. I decided to reinstall the Echoe ROM to see if it would fix the GPS issue, but to no surprise, the problem persisted. I rebooted back into Safestrap and dirty flashed the Echoe Rom again. I rebooted once again and GPS was working! So I decided to do the same thing with this ROM but when I installed it the first time the GPS was working already, I didn't have to flash the ROM again. I went ahead and upgraded to 4.4.4 and the GPS is still working. So here were my steps that I used to get GPS working again:

-In Safestrap, go to Wipe>Advanced Wipe and check everything but micro sd card

-Install Echoe v26.1 ROM

-Flash WiFi modules and then flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.01

-Reboot

-Go through the Setup Wizard

-Reboot back into Safestrap

-Flash Echoe v26.1 ROM again (dont wipe)

-Flash WiFi modules only

-Reboot ( GPS should be working now)

-Reboot back into Safestrap

-Go to Wipe > Advanced Wipe and check everything but the Micro sd card

-Install this ROM like you normally would

You can probably replace the Echoe ROM with the gpe_443_safestrap.zip but I haven't tested it. Anyway, this is what I did to get my GPS working so if you have any questions then ask away. I'll try to help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
That's not a GPS 'fix', it's a procedure you used, but you have no real clue why it worked. A three year old spins around and doesn't know why s/he gets dizzy, but adults know about a semi-circular canals in the ear.

Someone who knows more about it than you and I might be able to read between the lines we can't see and know what to tweak to fix it right for everyone, once. Until science kicks in, it's all religion.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RyaNov1333:
While I am glad to hear that your GPS finally works, I wouldn't truly call this a "fix." To me, I don't see anything technical in there that would allow GPS to begin working, rather, it seems it was just luck. It may work for others, it may not. Again, I'm glad yours is now working, but there is probably a better, more technical fix out there somewhere that is waiting to be found.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] techguy2002:
hotspot!!!

I have noticed that after I upgraded to 4.4.4 and flashed the wifi fix to get wifi and hotspot working it downgrades back to 4.4.3! Anyone else noticed this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryannn29:
I probably could have worded it a bit better and I know the process seems to be a bit of a stretch. I've been digging through these forums for the past couple of days to find out how to correct the problem and it's been nothing but dead ends. But doing this is what made my GPS "working again." And I'm not trying to sound mean at all but what would you guys call it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
Think about it more. Why does it matter what you (we) had loaded if you wipe system/cache/dalvic/data. I suspect there is residual stuff still there after the wipe that is causing issues. I ask, what is left uncleared after those four things are cleared? I don't know, but I believe the answer is not nothing. What does an odin load of a stock non-rooted VZW load actually load that wouldn't be cleared by the wipe we do? I think the TWRP devs should be asked these questions, since they would know what they clear.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pfizzle:
You're right! Wow I did not notice this before.. Really weird, this happened to me as well!

Did you end up flashing 4.4.4 or did you just leave it? Now I'm not sure which I'm actually on haha 4.4.3 or. 4?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RyaNov1333:
To me, the process is just too far of a stretch. But hey, if it's what got yours working, then congratulations! :) I would call it a personal workaround rather than a fix!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] techguy2002:
I'm sticking to 4.4.4. I still have unlimited data so the Hotspot would be nice but not required.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zombolt:
Still trying to figure out why I can't update to 4.4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
That is odd. Did you come from stock NC5 or was it another ROM?

Sent from S4 GPE 4.4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
Hey I flashed the nc5 modules but still couldn't get wifi to work.

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If you can leave it functioning at 4.4.3 , what is the benefit of doing the 444 upgrade?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zombolt:
Came from eclipse nc5. My bl is mk2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skepticmisfit:
THANK YOU!!

OP, this is one of the best finds ever. Seriously, this GPE ROM is as fast (if not faster) and works better with certain things *cough*s-view cover*cough* than Eclipse, a touchwiz ROM. This is seriously amazing. although my data (4g) never really functioned until i did the 4.4.4 update. also i have to soft reboot if i want wifi to work. among the other bugs mentioned. but other than that this is absolutely fantastic. this ROM with xposed and gravitybox (pretty much a must-have IMO since it has a 4-way boot menu with a soft reboot option) is pretty much identical to what i would want out of cm. thanks again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gsciullo17:
Service Issue Resolution

I don't know if I'm the only one, but I had a major problem with my cell service after this. I noticed that the GPE changed my Verizon galaxy to the international version (SCH-I545 to GT-I9505). But thought nothing of it. Turns out that when you install this, at least for me, it changes your network settings from CDMA/LTE to Global. This makes your phone enter roaming mode frequently and makes you have a significant decrease in service. I solved it by this: Settings>More Networks>Mobile Network>CDMA/LTE. I don't know if this was an actual problem or not but I just don't want other people to think that they damaged the phones files for their antenna. I overreacted a bit. Let's just say that I overreacted a bit and I'm now on stock 4.4.2 via Odin. I'm gonna wait until the WiFi bugs and SE Linux bug is fixed before flashing this again. By the way, can anyone give me clear instructions in getting wifi to work? I used flashed the modules and even tried gigilies WiFi fix to no avail in GPE 4..4.4. Gigilies worked on 4.4.3, that was the only way I could get WiFi to work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rrrrrrredbelly:
Turn your wifi off before you reboot and you won't need to do the soft reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skepticmisfit:
thanks, i actually saw that in the OP and it worked.

i'm actually going back to Eclipse though. i miss the cm file manager :( and usb data transfer
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Don't know about usb data transfer but cm file manager should be installable on this rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryannn29:
I did not know about this, thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skepticmisfit:
im sure it is, i think there's an app on google play called "cm apps installer" or something, it'll install the file manager or whatever else you want, i was just too lazy to put it on there :p