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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
No lie man... Alliance is the only thing that kept me from having to breach contract and jump to a different carrier for a Nexus. There is no feature I can imagine them ever implementing that would make an OTA worth taking until Alliance has a build up for the firmware, going back to stock is not even an option at this point. During the several minutes of stock required for setup from build 1 to 2 I realized just how awful stock really is.. I can't believe I have been running stock Android all these years until now... then again as awful as iPhones are, before I took the time to learn a bit about rooting I suppose that was still my best option. This rom definitely makes me love a device that would be very, very disappointing to me without it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Boarder277:
I hear ya, that flexibility is what makes android so great, I've been rooting and flashing ROM'S since the days of my DROID X and DROID X BOOTSTRAP...haha and the original green ClockworkMod Recovery!

So much time spent Crack flashing my nights away lol...there had to be 30 or 40 different ROM'S available at any given time that you could flash and try out, just make a Nandroid and onto the next haha...even then we had the locked bootloader, im not sure why there isn't an awful lot of interest in the Galaxy S5 but I'm happy that those who are interested in developing for this device are so focused on individualized customization...man that makes this Alliance ROM cool
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Maphack:
Why did you need to revert to stock? Just because you wanted an extra clean flash?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Actually, come to think of it, I went from stock rooted with a ton of Xposed modules back to stock to take NE9 OTA, rooted on NE9, went back to stock NCG to install this rom. I suppose there was no stock involved in switching builds, just setting my phone up again.. after about the sixth setup it's hard to keep track.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Maphack:
Are you just trying to avoid using Odin to install new firmware? It just seems like you're going through a lot of unnecessary hassle.

Edit: or I've been doing something significantly bad

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Not trying to avoid Odin at all. I'm just a newbie, first rooted device ever, Alliance is the only custom rom I've ever used, so I've just been following whatever instructions are posted and said to be safe. I don't really know the practical difference of a clean or dirty flash, for instance, because the only install instructions I've ever been provided were for a clean flash... not wanting to brick and having no experience I've just been following what I've read would work on here and been learning as I go. If you could, please explain what looks to be unnecessary about the processes I described.. I'm inclined to believe that unless you're new to rooting as well (join date leads me to believe you're not), it's probably not you doing something significantly bad, but me wasting a significant amount of time.. if there's a way around it I'd be quite grateful to know what I've been doing that's unnecessary.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ludeawakening:
Alright I will try to explain a little for you. I'll start with the clean and dirty flash. When you do a clean flash, it means you wipe everything. Most people just do the "Factory Data Reset" when doing this. But to truly do a clean flash, I do the FDR, then go to advanced and manually wipe the cache, Dalvik cache, system, etc... To get a very good and true clean flash, it's good to manually wipe all partitions, except for the external SD. Most of the time just doing an FDR will suffice, especially for newbies. Now on a dirty flash, you don't wipe anything, you just install the next build on top of what you're already running. That way you don't have to go through the entire setup procedure again, and you will still have all of your apps and data that you previously had. It's only recommended to do a dirty flash on the same exact ROM. For instance, if you're running a ROM and a new build of that ROM is released, you just flash the new build without wiping. It's not recommended to do this if switching from one entirely different ROM to another, even if they use the same base, because a lot of settings may be different. Most of the time the Dev will say if you can dirty flash and be okay. Now for the unnecessary steps. If you ever see a ROM that you want to try, and we have the firmware you can flash with Odin, you never have to go back to stock to actually receive an OTA update. You'll be flashing the same update with Odin. There's no need to work backwards just to receive an OTA. But all you're doing is losing time, and if you're okay with that, I say do what's most comfortable for YOU. You're the one that's going to be using the phone. Luckily with this S5, mistakes are very forgivable. If you completely screw up, you can just Odin back to stock and start over. This is a very good device to explore and learn on.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Thanks so much for dumbing that down for me... I was actually able to understand all of that. I never heard mention of a dirty flash from Beans so I'm not sure if Alliance is "safe" to dirty flash or not.. if so that'll make my life a lot easier as I do not plan on switching roms, at least not right now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ludeawakening:
No problem at all. I know some of this stuff can be very confusing for someone just starting to root, flash ROM's, etc... I always try to explain things in the easiest way possible so pretty much anyone can understand it. I will never be rude like a lot of people and say stuff like "Google it" or "UTSE" (use the search engine or unable to self educate) I may ask if you've searched for it yourself, but there's never a reason to be a Douche Nozzle about it Haha. But if you do ever have questions, just look around the forums before posting the question. If you do that, then chances are you will most likely find the answer, and possibly learn other stuff you didn't know in the process.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Not incoherent at all. I appreciate you taking the time to explain to me.. definitely sounds like I've been wasting a lot of my own time. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

Yeah, I have read about as much as I can find on these forums.. the only problem I run into is that searching sometimes leads to too many results, and due to how new this device is, Knox and Verizon locking everything down, a lot of the information I find is either not applicable for my device, or something I am not sure is applicable.. so at that point I would much rather just ask someone on the same device as me who knows more than I do than take a guess and screw my phone up. I definitely do try to do my research before asking, but I am very appreciative of you and other users I've encountered on here like you who don't mind helping educate us. "A man who teaches himself has a fool for a master." XDA as a community in general seems to be very willing to help those who are willing to help themselves, and for that I am very grateful.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mpetruzz:
Just picked up an s5 and have a few questions. I'm already rooted on NE9. The instructions say to boot into download mode and flash the NE9 Firmware only Tar Via ODIN. Do I need to do that step if I am already on NE9??

Also Step 5 says "Once booted open Alliance Manager from app drawer to create needed folder structures". What does that mean???
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] eragon5779:
No need to flash NE9 if you are already on it. And the file structure is for themes, theme backups, etc.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mpetruzz:
What's the best recovery?? Is safe strap the only option?? I tried to install and it isn't working.

I'm new to safest rap so when I install this rim I have to make a new partition with safestrap??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Iamrasz:
Safe strap is only option. Back Up Stock slot then wipe and install to stock slot. Back up first!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] eragon5779:
Make sure you are rooted and have busybox installed if it failed to install.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mannyvinny:
Safestrap is one of the custom recovery available for this device. There's no reason it won't get installed unless you have your system partition broken or following wrong method.

Flash safestrap with odin/recovery(whichever you prefer). And no,you don't need to make partition.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mpetruzz:
I made a backup and copied it to my laptop as well to be super safe. So now I can just wipe the stock slot and install alliance correct? I've read on multiple posts it's not a good idea to install a rom on the stock slot.

Also I was watching a video of how to install alliance and the person flashed an su zip after the rom. Is that necessary? It was version 1.1 I believe
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Iamrasz:
You should be good to go. You can try creating a partition slot but from what I have read, You may have issues with The Alliance ROM if it is not flashed to stock slot. I have never used anything other the stock slot and have never had an issue. As long as you have the backup in Safe Stan you are fine. Super Super is included in the file so no need to flash separately.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mpetruzz:
Thanks. I have it all setup! Is there a way to add a toggle for screen shot in the notification pulldown? Not sure of any xposed modules would work.

Which ones are the best with this rom??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Iamrasz:
Go to Rom Customizer which should now be in your apps. Then ROM settings. I know that I have seen it in there somewhere. Sorry I can't be more specific than that but I always have to hunt for things.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mpetruzz:
I've been looking for quite a while and can't find it that's why I wanted to ask. I'll keep looking. Or of anyone else knows that'd be sweet!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Screenshot option isn't in notification panel, it's in power menu. Custom settings --> Powermenu --> Screenshot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Goldie:
Or asign it to a hardware key like double click home or something
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] bitterroots:
Has anyone been able to find a solution for contacts force closing when the dialer is opened in landscape mode? I use my phone in the car dock often and would love a little help on this. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] cdrice15:
Got this running on my us cellular s5. Everything works and the rom is awesome.

I've searched the thread and read where the black glass theme would be an add on for build 2. I have not found it and when I go into rom control it's not the either. Where can I find it?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mpetruzz:
I updated to N12 but made a backup of this ROM before I did. Can I restore that backup and then just flash the NE9 kernel??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] gomagic14:
Not sure if you got your answer, but I was able to bypass thru xposed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] spyngamerman:
Does this rom have system encryption working?

thanks in advance didn't see anything when searching thread
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Iamrasz:
Anyone having random reboots all of a sudden. I had it start happening until a day or two ago.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mpetruzz:
I updated to NI2 but wanna go back to Alliance. Do i just flash the rom and then the NE9 kernel? I did make a backup of Alliance before I updated but that won't boot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Yes, Just need to flash kernel.

There's not alot of activity on these forums so I must respectfully say, don't expect answers immediately. When someone who knows an answer, they will reply. :P

No need to post the same thing twice. :thumbup:

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mpetruzz:
I did a clean flash and then flashed the NE9 kernel and when it boots I see the logo screen but then it goes black and stays there.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
That's weird. Try the whole firmware zip see if that helps

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] howellcp:
How can I get the home button to wake up phone on this rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] eragon5779:
In the custom lock screen settings
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Anyone know which setting change the text color for text message notifications in the dropdown menu? I switched themes this morning and I cannot for the life of me figure out which option changes this text color.. I've figured the rest of the text colors out, but this one eludes me. If anyone knows I'd greatly appreciate it... been messing with menus and restarting UI for over an hour now and still no dice.

Edit: To be totally clear, it's the text in my "quick reply" notifications from 8SMS that I am trying to change.. so many different text options I figure that might help clarify.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jpmcnown:
What module did you enable to bypass Exchange security, precisely? Did you enable it after setting up connection to an Exchange server, or before? -thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] yu42hit:
Anyone having problems with the ui crashing? It might be unicon, maybe.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] gomagic14:
jpmcnown- There were 2 modules that I tried. The one that worked was by pmg, Exchange Security Bypass. Delete your exchange account, download this module, reboot and then add your account. Hope this helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] PHiiLiZz:
Anyone had device memory damage on this rom? When I reboot it I got memory damaged twice today. So how can I fix it? Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] adamant13247:
I had this happen to move and I rebooted to recovery and wiped cache and Dalvic. Haven't noticed since. Are you on stock rom slot? I changed my to stock slot. Hope this helps. ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] PHiiLiZz:
Yes I'm on stock rom slot I just check my storage that I have only 1.54GB left. And noticed that miscellaneous files have 14.53GB.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] PHiiLiZz:
Does that mean I have device memory damage cause of this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Boarder277:
Quick question, I was rooted on NI2 stock, I made a Nandroid backup in Safestrap and saved it to my external SD card...

I then used Odin to flash the NE9 firmware so i could flash Alliance build 2....

If i should encounter a problem, can i restore my Nandroid backup that i made of stock rooted NI2?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] gomagic14:
Click on misc. and it will show you what is in it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] PHiiLiZz:
I just deleted some but it is still 14GB....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] drummerboy814:
When can we expect Build 3?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
ETA's aren't something you'll find here.. when Beans and the rest of the Alliance Team have it finished, we'll get it... when you see the thread getting a lot of replies suddenly, Build 3 has probably dropped.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] JFam5:
Beans,

Don't know if it happens to be in the rom but gallery takes an extremely long time to load and view pictures from the SD card. Worked normally before build 2 and I've tried to up the SD card cache to compensate. No log cat since nothing crashes.

Thoughts?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ludeawakening:
If you have the Verizon s5, then SafeStrap is the only recovery option, unless you have the Developer Edition ET-G900VMKA.

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Hmm... It's most definitely not in the ROM unless my phone is special Lol. I haven't had that issue while running Build 2 from Stock slot or Slot 1. You might need to backup your apps with TB and just reflash the ROM. I'm sure you did, but I have to ask, you did flash the NE9 firmware correct?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] yu42hit:
Does anybody have 360 rotation issues when installing a 4x5 launcher? I'm trying to rotate the homescreen. I checked the option to do that, but it's not working.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Boarder277:
The video over LTD function is only available on NI2 firmware correct?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jpmcnown:
I attempted to use both Xposed Exchange security bypass modules, with no luck. I don't often install Wanam Xposed while I prefer most of the stuff included in Gravity Box, and normally end up with settings in one module canceling out the other. But none the less, as a last ditch effort, I activated Wanam Xposed 3.1.2, and enabled "Bypass exchange security" under security hacks, and poof, it's bypassed. Thanks for you help, just thought I'd post my experience in case another user can benefit from our trials.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] marvelous7325:
+1 for needing to know where the black glass theme is at. I put this theme on my rom just for that.....and the customization. Either way, the rom is still phenomenal. If there's a heads up on how to get that theme in particular, I'm sure we're not the only ones who'd like to know.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] JFam5:
Ludeawakening,

Yes, I did flash ne9 (came from ncg). It was a clean install without TB so that shouldn't be the case. I've been playing with the cache size and it is set at 128 kb to start and does better if I bump it up over 2048. If you are having a 5-10 second buffer time then it must be something else.

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] yu42hit:
Something keeps crashing and turns my homescreen background back the theme detfault, please help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Any Xposed modules running? Also, since it sounds like a persistent error, try getting a logcat. If you don't know how, download Catlog from the Play Store. Load it when your phone boots up and get a log of the crash happening to post here, or to the appropriate thread if it turns out not to be related to this rom.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Boarder277:
May be a dumb question, but does anybody know how to revert to the stock Alliance theme after installing the carbon blue theme from the Alliance theme chooser?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Isn't stock Alliance theme stock S5? I believe it is, if that's the case just go back into Alliance Manager/Themes and install S5_Style, stock S5 theme. That's what loaded for me on Build 2, so I am assuming that's the stock Alliance theme you're referring to, just the stock S5 theme.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Boarder277:
Thanks, also when i install a theme i get a message that Alliance manager was denied superuser permissions because of an inactive shell.... any idea what that means?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
I would try opening SuperSu. Go down to Alliance Manager, click it and make sure next to "access" it says "Grant". If it says anything else, change it to "Grant" and save. If that doesn't work, maybe try updating your SuperSu binaries. I know a know SuperSu pro was released a few days ago, dunno if maybe SuperSu binaries were updated as well. My guess would be that you accidentally did not grant access to Alliance Manager, though.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] yu42hit:
I will download log cat. I have bubble upnp, greenify, and unbounce for xposed modules. That excludes the ones added by default. Also I disabled xgels.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Yeah, could be related to an Xposed module. Try submitting a logcat. Make sure you open CatLog as soon as your phone boots, and make sure it is running when the error occurs. Try to reproduce it so whoever is able to read logcats (I won't be able to make sense of your log, but I know a logcat is what someone who can will need to determine your issue) is able to understand the context of how it happens to pinpoint what is causing the error. Hopefully it'll be easy to reproduce and log and someone here will be able to help you.. I know there are more than a few people on this site capable of deciphering logcats. Hope it helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] yu42hit:
Ok, I left log cat on all night (when I wake that's usually when it happens). I use an app called android sleep and when the alarm goes off com.system.ui crashes. I'm not able to find the crash in log cat nor I'm able to upload it because I'm on mobile right now. But now I know it's com.system.ui crashes.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] drummerboy814:
Can't wait for 4.4.4, something about this ROM on 4.4.2 is just making my battery its *****.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] popkurn611:
I had battery issues too and went to stock 4.4.4. So much better.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Boarder277:
Yea 4.4.4 will be awesome
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
New wakelock from Google play wakw:com.google.android.gms is making everyone's battery its *****. It's something to do with wearables but sucks down battery life even if you don't use or even own any..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Is that really 54% with 30 minutes screen on?.. Jeeze

Your battery usage doesn't really have anything really abnormal. Are you sure your battery isn't defective?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] drummerboy814:
Yep. I have the same issue when I restore to stock 4.4.2, and the OTA doesn't work, so I'm just praying for quick release of Alliance Build 3.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
I kinda think u may have a bad battery. But I'm no genius.. I don't see anything alarming in your screenshots to conclude anything but the battery itself.. I'd try another rom or stock just to see

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ct_tec313:
samething happens to me, no exposed module running clean install no add ons....systemui.com crashes too
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] yu42hit:
It seems to happen when the screen Rotates on a certain screen. I have 360 rotate off, have locks screen rotate off and launcher rotate on. I can't rotate the launcher though, because I flashed a 4x5 launcher. I hope this is fixed in the next build. I'm also hoping to have a better customizer for the tw launcher.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] JediMindTrixx:
Nice rom!

Is there any way to make the 4x2 weather widget transparent on the home screen?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
if you find one i'd be curious to see, best i've found is yahoo weather, only transparent 4x2 weather/clock widget that's as accurate as the accuweather that comes stock with the s5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jagrave:
Yall mean like this?

I just put the widget on the screen, clicked the widget, went into the settings for it, transparency and moved it to 100%.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] JediMindTrixx:
Yes, that worked... Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Weird, mine only has these options.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] eric00716:
hey wrongway can you link in the app version in question?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Tibu says Weather 140415.01. I don't have the AccuWeather app installed, but still have the widget.. Not sure how that works but don't think AccuWeather came installed on this ROM, or does it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] JediMindTrixx:
Is anyone running ART? I tried changing to ART and after reboot it says it's still in Dalvik. I don't have Xposed installed.