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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
Hard to fully answer your question as I did not stay on 4.4.3 for very long before I updated. For me the WiFi seemed to work fine and I did not have to soft reset. I still had to set SElinux to permissive to allow Chrome and Play store to function correctly. I did not test MMS in 4.4.3 so I am unsure if that worked or not(probably didn't). I also didn't fully test file transfers/MTP in 4.4.3 but I would assume they would not work as well reading the At&T thread. I'd say if 4.4.3 is working fine for you there is no real difference between that and 4.4.4 other than some security patches. Stick with it unless you like to live on the edge like me ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chevelle1768:
As Far As I Know
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aknotts415:
I think you and me are in the same boat. Our bootloaders arent NC5. Ur MJ7 and im MK2. Wonder how this would work for us. Never heard of SS3.75
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pfizzle:
I think i'll try out, I just downloaded the rom files. I'm going to try it with just staying on SS3.72 . I'll let you guys know what happens
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
I have not been using it long so hard to get an average screentime. I looked after the first full discharge and it was not quite 5 hours. Which is about what I was getting on stock. This may improve with time. I am not using any battery mods so with some tweaking you might be able to get more.

As far as the MMS fix that was the only thing I had to do as far as APN stuff.

But there are WiFi issues that get fixed with a soft reset. Also you need root to set SElinux to permissive. File transfers are not working right now for me either. Check http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2767026&highlight=mk2 for details on the known issues that are not APN related. That's the actual ROM thread. All I did was tweak some stuff to work on verizon. No clue on the ultimate fix for the other issues.

For me these issues are fairly minor. I'm digging this ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pfizzle:
My phone booted!

I'm not sure if i still have root yet, im at the welcome screen right now, waiting a few minutes for it to settle before i start playing with 4.4.3.

I modified the procedure a little bit.. I started off on eclipse rom and SS3.72. I copied over the zip of the modified 4.4.3 rom with my apn file. I also had supersu2.01 already on my sd card, and teh wifi modules.

I booted safestrap, wiped the data,cache,dalvic,and system in the stock slot. then i installed the 4.4.3 rom, then without rebooting, i flashed the modules, and then flashed the supersu zip. then i hit reboot. my phone started up fine !

now i'm just waiting a few minutes before setting the 4.4.3 rom and then going to update to 4.4.4. I'll report back if i still have root or not

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UPDATE

I have root! my method worked without any problems
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
Since your making the comparison of phones to cars I'll make the leap with you. Some people want a 2014 Benz with all the nice features. Some people want a 100% stock 62 Impala with a big block 409. The point of android being open source is that you can add the features that you or the OEM want to. Some people want leather seats. Some prefer all the bells and whistles that the OEM puts in their ROM. Some like how pretty Touchwiz is and thinks AOSP is boring. Then there are some people want to start stock with a blank canvas and paint their own picture. That is the beauty of this platform is that it can accommodate the tastes of everyone. There are differences between AOSP ROMs and Touchwiz ROMs. Some are under the hood and some are cosmetic. Some of the features Samsung adds are pretty cool. But it is also pretty cool to have that big block 409 to play with. At the end of the day it comes down to personal preference as to what car/phone you prefer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gsciullo17:
This may be slightly far fetched, but as you said before, our boot loader can run Roms with a close kernal to ours correct? Is it somehow possible that since we can now boot aosp Roms that there could be a Verizon galaxy s4 cyanogenmod version built for us? Just wondering.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skeezer308:
I'm sure that if were built with a stock kernal or close to stock that it could work. Similar to this build with MTP not working a long with other issues.

Sent from my GPE GS4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gsciullo17:
As long as their are workarounds for the issues I'm fine with them. I know that for me and a lot of other users that made the mistake of updating to mk2 that one of the main things I wanted to achieve was getting cyanogenmod running
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
I wasn't really comparing phones to cars, more phone OS's to 'other stuff that can be had plain or fancy'. Cars are just what came to mind. Pretty much everyone here (this thread) will say AOSP is better because of it's plainness, but who here is also the plain car person, or the plain clothes person, or the plain version of 'whatever other thing you can get fancy too' person.

By the way, I was born and raised in Detroit, got my drivers license when that 62 Impala came out... might be why I went to cars first as an example.

By the way #2: My comments on this are just for thought, not meant to disparage anyone on either side of the fence.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bennyboy78:
Hows everyone's battery life on GE? Mine never seems to get more than 3 hours SOT, while on TW I can get 4.5 to 5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skepticmisfit:
How do you get 4/5 hours of screen on time on touchwiz? I seem to kinda have the opposite problem haha.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
My battery life is about the same as it was on stock TW. I lose about 1-1.5% /hr while the screen is off. I think about 4-5 hrs screen on.

Also, I find TW to be extremely ugly. The dialer makes me sick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zombolt:
Did anyone get any 3rd party wifi tether working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
Someone posted on the main thread that they got Barnacle tether working on MK2. Another person stated that the app didn't work for them.

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Thanks, and yeah, I'm on Verizon. I'm kind of new at flashing but I'm catching on. You mentioned getting my carrier's GPE files. I asked this questing because I flashed a TW ROM for the i9505 and got everything working except the Verizon network.

Also, I'm having issues with GPS on this ROM. I looked over the other thread and it wasn't mentioned as a known problem (I read about 7 pages). Can you point me to the fix or tell me? I thought I'd ask since you mentioned it.

Thanks for all your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bennyboy78:
Huh that's weird. I'll try again

Honestly idk, haha I just use the phone mostly for browsing/reading, it's a weird issue. Guess every phones different
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sinner822:
For GPS backup GPE.. Wipe all but sdcard. Restore NC5 backup. Boot NC5 get lock on gps. Boot into recovery. Restore GPE with no wipes just let it do its thing. Turn on device only GPS all works. Use GPS Essentials to see satellites.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
So your saying that turning on GPS in my stock backup then restoring a backup of the GPE ROM will activate GPS? On a side note, is that the same as doing a dirty flash?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sinner822:
Not the same as dirty flash.. Recovery wipes as part of its restoration process.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jesuajovan:
Works perfectly for me. At first I had a wifi issue when it won't turn on at first boot even though I flashed both modules and modem. Then after I odin'd NC5 stock, and turn off the wifi before flashing ROM, the wifi finally turn on. Now I'm using ART as my runtime and the apps run very smooth. By the way, I live in Indonesia so I skipped the APN procedure. The APN was sent automatically from my provider (Telkomsel) at first boot. Usually, even though they didn't sent the APN, I can simply made one with just fill APN "internet" and leave username and password blank.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skepticmisfit:
How did you end up with a Verizon s4 in Indonesia? Let alone this thread haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jesuajovan:
I bought it from one of the seller that bring smartphone from other countries (such as US and Korea) and sell it here. It's cheaper than buy GT-I9500 from Samsung Indonesia. So, after I got one, I go straight to this forum because it's the only place I can think of when I want to discuss about this phone. I also want to confirm that sinner822 way to fix GPS is work on mine. Though I had a little problem last night. My phone suddenly reboot when Wifi turn on, then after it start again, wifi doesn't turn on. I tried to reboot few times but it doesn't turn on again. Any idea how to fix this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryannn29:
You need to do a soft reboot to get the WiFi working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
So this happened after doing his gps fix? I haven't done it yet.

Someone on the at&t forum said that fixing GPS is as easy as flashing modems. Anyone know if that's right? I haven't had to flash modems yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sinner822:
You have to reflash your module. One softboot after flashing takes care of it. After that wifi should work with no softboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jesuajovan:
I tried few times but it's not working

No, it happened before I tried his GPS fix. Although I already flashed modems when I first flashing this ROM, along with modules and SuperSU.

Nope flashing modules doesn't work too. I wonder if ART is causing this problem. Is it possible? Anyone using ART right now?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sinner822:
No ART here...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Spike96:
What ROM did you start with before flashing? If it's not 100% stock NC5, there is your problem. SO go all the way back to step 1 and ODIN to NC5. Root, safestrap, and flash from there and your wifi will be working.

It'll take a little time but trust me, it's definitely worth it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skeezer308:
Well, I didn't start with stock NC5. And I'm not having those problems. I'm also using ART and not having any of those problems. Maybe you should check out one of the other GPE zips and take the build.prop and the APN file from that. I would either check in the GSM unlocked S4 forums or here there is David's 4.4.4 Rom that requires loki, but I think you could still use the build.prop and APN from that.

Sent from my GPE GS4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rrrrrrredbelly:
For what it's worth, i came from hd 16 and have had no problems
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jesuajovan:
I came from stock NC5 when I was flash it. Anyway, I give up and re flash the GPE. Everything went back to normal now, but setting up again took me some time. Wish none of you will get this issue later.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skeezer308:
Just found myself in a situation where my network had dropped off again and tried this before re-flashing. Worked like a charm. Good stuff thanks for submitting that. Network picked up instantly after selecting lte/cdma through the phone information menu. If I could thank the post again I would. Lol. :thumbup:

Sent from my GPE GS4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zmedhaug:
hey man i used to be on US Cellular before they got somewhat big. well having their device was a pain in the a** because there was absolutely NO device support at all. So I learned to edit a lot of files to get stuff up and running on their network. a lot of this stuff is just a simple apn file change. delete this file here and add this file there. would you mind if i took this and made some changes to see if i can fix some of these bugs?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
I don't mind friend. Do your thing. Its not my ROM so permission should be asked/credit given from/to the creator if your making changes in the ROM itself and posting as you own. I have not had any of the issues talked about in the thread(other than the known issues with the ROM itself). It has just been working fine. Other than replacing the apns.conf file I didn't have to alter any other settings as far as mobile network stuff. The issues people are having seem more like a flash gone wrong or a cache not clearing completely to me because not everybody has had the same issues on the same device.

But if you can figure out an easy way to resolve these that hasn't already been mentioned by all means do it up. Reflashing is more of a resolution than a fix. Even though it has worked its not necessarily ideal.

If you can figure out the WiFi tether issue you would probably be a hero for people here and the at&t thread. That seems to be the thing people miss most along with MTP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skepticmisfit:
Didn't someone say that someone on the AT&T thread got barnacle wifi tether working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RickGrimes411:
I heard that too. Haven't seen any confirmation and I haven't tested yet. So maybe.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zmedhaug:
I was not able to tether once on a rom. This sounds dumb but I fixed it by downloading different Wi-Fi tether apps and then it worked. I'm sure everyone's tried but it's worth a shot. Hopefully I'll get time this weekend to see if I can't track down the problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skepticmisfit:
so third-party tethering apps do work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skeezer308:
Tap & Pay

Not sure if anyone uses tap & pay with Google wallet on GPE custom ROMs, but I can confirm it works. I had read that the tap and pay feature had only been "included" in Nexus and Google Play Edition devices. I was curious to see if it would work and it does. I suppose that it should work as long as you have a NFC enabled battery. Granted I had never used ISIS wallet and never really cared to, so I'm not sure if it works in a similar manner.

I just figured I would pass this little bit of information along for anyone else interested in using this feature.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jesuajovan:
Just want to inform you that my wifi issue (it just happened again) apparently solved if I hit "soft reboot" button from Xposed, but that required me to change my runtime from ART to Dalvik.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zombolt:
I was unable to get 3rd party tether apps to work, including barnacle.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skeezer308:
You can still use the soft reboot function in Xposed even if you are running ART. You just can't install the Xposed framework or any of the modules with ART.

Also, if you use jrummys ROM Toolbox, there is a rebooter function in the app that has soft reboot. There is also a rebooter widget that you can place on your home screen that has a soft reboot option. It's easier than having to go through all of the menus and select soft boot.

With either of these options you can still keep ART and have a soft reboot function to fix WiFi if its needed. You can also just disable WiFi or enable airplane mode before reboot to have WiFi work on reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] slithek:
A couple quick issues I have come across using this ROM

I had some issues with my access point names (APN) and couldn't get MMS (including group messaging) to work. I tried re-flashing the rom with a fresh apn-config file and the same issues still came up. The easiest workaround I have found thus far is to install the Verizon Messages App, which uses Verizon's servers. This may not be the best solution (the app is also very ugly), but it cleared up these issues. Has anyone else encountered this issue (a constant toast appears that say "No APN found" or something) and found a better solution? I would much prefer using hangouts or the stock messaging app.

Also, I was messing around with some of the notification settings in GravityBox when I first installed the ROM and hit the Network Mode toggle, and boom, my radio settings were completely screwed up and I couldn't use my phone at all, even after a complete stock restore with odin. I eventually fixed this by switching back to CDMA in a setting that the stock TouchWiz had and the GPE didn't. I just wanted to warn anyone using GravityBox to make sure the network mode toggle (LTE/3G/2G) is set up for CDMA modes only so you won't end up stuck in a GSM network mode.

Another quick note I wanted to add is that I wished to stay on 4.4.3, and so inevitably I started receiving notifications that "phone updates have been downloaded, click to install, etc." Installing an OTA update would be quite detrimental, so I just went to app info for google play services and disabled notifications to prevent an accidental install of 4.4.4 OTA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sinner822:
MMSC settings

"http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms"

No quotes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] slithek:
For some reason my APN settings aren't showing up under mobile network settings...any idea how to fix this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sinner822:
Use root explorer extract your 4.4.3 - 4.4.4 replace under system the build.prop under system/etc replace apns-conf.xml rezip and flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rrrrrrredbelly:
Anyone having any issues using the keypad while in a call. Just noticed this yesterday, have been running this for 3 or so weeks, while checking messages in my vmail, i couldn't save or delete any messages, the keys /numbers weren't working.

I haven't installed any new apps or xposed modules, i had been running 4.3 up until this morning when i upgraded to 4.4 with full wipe.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] slithek:
I replaced the apn config file but didn't replace build.prop when I flashed, that may be the issue...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nickco43:
I got it working on my GS4. Does anyone know if OTG will still work on this rom or a fix to the usb file transfer bug. Also is there a way to put the apn in the stock messaging app, I hate hangouts for sms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] southpaw5271:
Screen turns off during phone calls

I was able to successfully install 4.4.3 on my Verizon Galaxy S4 but now I have a serious problem. Whenever I answer a phone call the screen goes black and will not turn on. To end phone calls I have to pull the battery. Anyone know of a solution? Would updating to 4.4.4 help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
It's the proximity sensor, it's a common problem on this phone with aosp. You can either try cleaning the sensor (just Google it) or used the xposed module made to address this issue that turns off your proximity sensor.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nickco43:
I think I might take a crack at moding the ATT rom into a true Verizon one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] damnyouwaffles:
Hey guys, could someone help me out with the GPS? It turns on but it won't lock on. I'm on 4.4.3 right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] HBK008:
Just tested the 4.4.4 rom, and it looks like USB OTG works fine with a FAT32 drive. NTFS doesn't work, though I would expect that's the same for most Android phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
Some apps are not working properly and I am experiencing crashes. Is it possible that this is ROM related?

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Someone gave me a pretty complicated fix for this issue and I haven't tried it yet (it involves flashing the ROM on top of stock with GPS enabled). Search the thread. There's gotta be an easier way though, right? Right?...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skepticmisfit:
make sure SELinux is set to permissive otherwise this ROM has issues. might want to download SELinuxModeChanger from the Play Store to do that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
I've had that app installed since I installed SafeStrap but thank you for the response :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zmedhaug:
i have tracked down the tethering issue. i will not be able to fix it. this is hard to explain but i will do my best. In mobile networks there should be an apn setting. you can get the apn setting to pop up by changing the preferred network to 4gLTE. when you do this though the phone will not connect to mobile networks. i changed the eri.xml in framework. this did not fix the issue. the build.prop is missing a lot of network info compared to the stock. i am not 100% on if their needed on AOSP though. the missing entries could just be touchwiz specific.

here are a few solutions i will explore. if the modules did not have to be flashed tether would work. so our problem here is in the modules file. somewhere the file is breaking apn configurations.

tether is not working because the apns arent sticking.

the apns are sticking when i edited the 4.3 file to reflect verizon apn's when modules are not flashed. native messaging sent mms fine. apns stuck. though wifi would not activate. i do not know how to open the modules files to view their properties because they are KO files.

i then wiped. reflashed with modules. and the phone will only connect in global mode which will not allow wifi tether.

so to fix tether we will have to explore how to fix wifi without the modules. but without fixing wifi tether will not work either

Possibilities would be to remove one file in the modules. it is possible one file is helping wifi and another is breaking apn's. it could be a combination in one file. if anyone has any ideas help me out here. thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
Ok so I have had no network access since this afternoon. I didn't notice until someone mentioned that my phone was going straight to voicemail. I cannot make or receive calls, or send sms messages. I tried configuring it in the settings to no avail. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] damnyouwaffles:
Is everyone having a problem with gps? And by the way guys I had another question. I try to put my runtime to ART but when I set it and it prompts me to reboot, that's all it does is reboot. I check and it still is running dalvik.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zmedhaug:
I have no problems with GPS

Also here's the fix to hotspot. Still working on permanent solution

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54878857

thank surge for finding this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryannn29:
Do you have Xposed Framework installed? If so you need to uninstall it to get ART working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zombolt:
I had this issue and rebooting fixed it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skeezer308:
Page 16 post 152 should be the answer to your problems. When I've had that happens it's because I screwed with the APN settings and it broke my network. All you have to do is follow the steps in the post I mentioned and it should be fixed. Just don't mess with APN settings or networks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
I actually tried to restore my stock backup to see if it would fix it, but it didn't. So I Googled it. All I had to do was dial **228 and it fixed it. I flashed the ROM again and some things have been a little weird since.

Thanks for your reply, wish I read it sooner!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Slowbalt:
I had read on here (xda) and other forums that *228 can toast an LTE sim card. that may be why your are now having issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skeezer308:
Yeah no problem. Anymore if I start having issues with my network while using this ROM that's been my go to solution. So far it's worked every time I've had to use it.

Yeah restoring backups doesn't seem to do anything. I don't know what it is, but the network just need to properly be set.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] marbertshere:
My issues were actually caused by an Xposed module. Everything is back to normal :) thanks for the heads up though

Sent from my SCH-I545 running pure AOSP on SS!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Only if you are on touchwiz and dial it, i believe
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skeezer308:
So what about *228 and touchwiz can cause a sim card to "meltdown"? I had never heard of that before.