yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
Like what? I've been using dfuse's AOKP for weeks now with great results. Performance is excellent, the runtime is rock stable, and virtually everything works (proximity sensor being the only major outstanding issue for me).

It's easily the best ROM out there right now for the Avant, which makes dfuse's decision to pull it all the more tragic. :(

RCK

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Cue the irony: 5 mins after posting the above, I get a random reboot from within YouTube. It's the second in as many days since I installed aznrice's latest (07/05).

Hey aznrice, what do you need from me after the next reboot so you can troubleshoot? Dmesg? How do I pull one of those?

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] ninjasinabag:
Random FCs on just about every app (after the ROM has been running longer than two weeks)

RAM isn't handled well at all by the task manager.

Stock camera can't decide if it wants to work or not. (12 FCs since the other night and once in a while, my phone freezes if I use flash with my camera.)

ART compatibility works, and I've been using it to counteract the FC glitch.
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
Wow. Very different experience from mine. I regularly push my Avant hard - multiple open/concurrent apps, lots of background downloading of torrents and other media, near constant use throughout the day. I rarely see a force close of any apps, and I run a healthy mix of gmail, chrome, play music, flud, greader pro, Tapatalk, maps, YouTube, twitter, wikipedia, play newsstand, etc. Can't remember the last time ANY of the above experienced an FC.

Oh well, hopefully aznrice will release his updated CM 12.1 ROM soon.

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] ninjasinabag:
Flud only hits a force close when handling files larger than 2 gigs on my avant. Chrome is an utter no go. Other than that, different experience entirely. Glad people are having better luck than I am.
[General Questions and Answers] dustdu2017:
My avant has the newer, G386TUVU1AOD7 build. Will the same root method still work?
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
I have no issues except some performance issues when after heavy usethe memory leaks are gone with this kernal and everything runs fine I would recommend you wiping clean and reflashing the ROM and kernal
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
As we know wifi tethering doesn't work Bluetooth tethering does!!

On cm12.1
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
On which ROM? CM 12.1? Or AOKP?

FWIW, WiFi tether works fine on my Avant with AOKP.

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] jcl972:
GAMES906 Do you have Tmobile because MetroPCS just started giving away wifi tethering (limited) and there is a way to tether with WIFI Tether Router I think it's still only a couple of bucks at google play but there is a tutorial on configuration of it for the Avant
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
The ram disk needs redone is one major reason that's why people have issues, but there are other problems to the rom to, he said do a log cat you would see the problems easily.. I for one haven't jumped off stock
[General Questions and Answers] Mr. Y:
So far from the last update of Aokp before it was taken down, it's has been smooth and on point. The only thing not working is nfc which I don't use often. It has been my daily rom for weeks now and no annoying issues or reboot. And I'm always downloading, and using this phone heavily. And aznrice2k4 kernels have been gold. Can't wait for CM12.1

Edit: hope I never get the issues others are reporting because I like Aokp rom

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Could u recommend a good torrent app?
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
My experience, exactly. I'm not sure why a handful of users are having so much trouble, but it looks like the majority of us are having a great ride with dfuse's swan song.

Now, onward to CM 12.1! :)

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
Do you think aznrice should make a new thread for cm 12.1 if most of the bugs get fixed?
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
Cm12.1. Sorry!
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
Flud is, by far, the best torrent app I've tried on Android, and I've tried them all. I used to be a swarm fan - had some great exchanges with the developer, Matt Munday - but he abandoned it while back and I've been on Flud ever since. I regularly download 3-4 TV shows per day (I live overseas), and Flud and my Avant handle the workload with aplomb. I then stream the shows to my Chromecast during dinner with the family. We hardly miss Comcast at all. :)

Galaxy Avant: the cheap little phone that could... :)

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
I can't wait to use cm 12.1 as my daily driver I played around with it and its beautiful
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
Might be a good idea. It's getting harder and harder to keep conversations straight in a thread this long. :(

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
Yeah this has pretty much become the Avant everything thread
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
Does anyone have any experience with this new tethering plan? For example, when they "throttle" the tethered connection, how bad is the performance?

Note: I'm coming to the States in two weeks (I'm normally on Orange here in Mauritius), and I had planned on renewing my $60 unlimited plan. This tethering deal sounds like perfect timing for me since I'll have my two kids in tow and they'll both be tethering off of my Avant. I'm just hoping the hotspot performance doesn't fall off a cliff once they blow through that first 6GB. [emoji45]

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] ricki13th:
The Avant is a great deal for a phone. The only that's needed is a some dev attention I used CM12.1 and it was a pretty good experience. The bugs I found on it was: Wi-Fi not picking up networks, Camera, and I think Bluetooth was not working as. But its faster than AOKP withour the custom kernel.
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
With T-Mobile I'm supposed to have 100MB of high speed tethering but as long as I don't tether to a windows pc, it never counts the usage (I usually just tether to my Android tablet). YMMV I guess.

Edit

I would be interested to see how slow it actually gets once you use it all up though.
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
whats ANHA
[General Questions and Answers] Infinite.Finite:
I believe he's referring to the build before ANG6.

Luckily, I haven't had any reboot issues on mine so far.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Agreed mine was doing it every so often.. I cleared the cache and the helped
[General Questions and Answers] thobbs66:
ANHA is the version AFTER ANG6
[General Questions and Answers] bpear96:
I wonder how hard it would be to port CM11 from the Galaxy S4 Mini. Basically the same specs.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Different cpu, that's got a dual core this is a quad.. not to say it wouldn't work though, also the screen on that is amoled this isn't, prob would be easier than porting from something else thought
[General Questions and Answers] Black_Eyes:
Anyone have a flashable zip of Stock Rom?
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Not yet that's something we all need to get
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
Sent from my Galaxy Avant
[General Questions and Answers] jmunjr:
I don't know about you, but the CM ROMs have been nothing but unstable trouble for me on my Galaxy S Blaze. I reverted to the stock 4.04 and wow what a difference in stability. I'm using it with Solo launcher and it feels a lot more like a newer version of Android. Perhaps this one will be more stable since the stock ROM is more up to date.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
I've been wondering if anyone has had issues with stock browser.. Always loads a page and crashes after.. Kinda funny good thing I use chrome
[General Questions and Answers] crematorio:
Is anyone working on a stable CM for this phone? This unlock app is been nothing but trouble so far... You can unlock the phone and then it locks back after a day without any reason at all....
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
the unlock app is different from bootloader unlock cermatorio
[General Questions and Answers] clu1688:
Band 12 update conflict with Knox triggered?

Hi Guys,

I am about to root my Avant and reading this forum gave me this question:

Assuming Tmobile has not activated the Band12 inside Avant via software update, if I root the phone now, I will trigger Knox. Would this disable my future OTA upgrade when Tmobile sends software upgrade to activate Band12 in this phone?

I guess one could use Kies or something else to push Band12 upgrade even on a rooted phone perhaps?

Thanks,
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
You can update via kies on the PC

Sent from my Galaxy Avant
[General Questions and Answers] sk8223:
I think this phone has been re-branded (erroneously) as the Samsung Galaxy Core LTE in Canada. I bought the "Galaxy Core LTE" from Rogers, but I am 100% sure that it's actually just the Galaxy Avant, since the phone I have has the exact same specs as the Avant (1.5GB RAM, 540x960 screen with ~245ppi, 16GB internal storage, etc). I don't understand why Rogers would misbrand a phone on purpose like that. What reason could they have for doing so? Plus on their website, they even list this phone as being capable of recording 1080p... which it is not. Both the Avant nor the Core LTE can only record up to 720p. I might speak to a rep about this just to satiate my curiosity.

Or maybe... the Galaxy Core LTE Canadian carriers are selling is an alternate version of the original Galaxy Core LTE? Only with changes in RAM and internal storage? Since my box says SM-G386W, I'm going to assume it's either another iteration of the Core LTE or a misbranded Avant. More importantly--my phone is missing the gyroscope sensor, which the Avant is said to have. The Core LTE doesn't have one. The Avant doesn't have a gyroscope sensor--it has the same sensors as the Core LTE. So now I'm fairly sure that the phone I have is actually the Avant.

In any case, it's a good thing, since the actual/original model Galaxy Core LTE is a worse phone than this one in terms of RAM and updates.

I'm liking the phone so far. Shame that there are no custom ROMs out for it. Hopefully there will be a few in the future. I don't want to root yet because I don't want to void my warranty (damn KNOX!). Does anyone know if the phone's bootloader locked? If so, what a shame. What if we're stuck on 4.4.2 forever. :/

EDIT: and of course, the bootloader is locked down by Qualcomm. Perfect.
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
I also heard a lot that this phone had FM radio but it doesn't.

Sent from my Galaxy Avant
[General Questions and Answers] sk8223:
Strange, isn't it? The Avant doesn't actually have a gyroscope sensor, even though so many sites say that it does have one! What's with all the misinformation? Even GSMArena is spreading it.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
The thing about this phone is its Qualcomm Chipset, that being said this phone can and will be unlocked cause every major device also has Qualcomm, eventually it will be unlocked now how hard is it to do? Or port over? Will be the big question
[General Questions and Answers] jamesm113:
Anyone still having trouble with random reboots?

I cleared the cache, which reduced the occurrence of random reboots, but they were still happening. I then tried a factory reset, but the reboots persisted. Finally, I tried re-flashing ANHA from kies, but the phone is still rebooting. :(

Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
Mhm. I have MetroPCS and I just Bluetooth tethered with my nook hd+ for a cm12.1 update (LOLLIPOP everywhere!!!) and it didn't count against my hotspot usage.
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
Well, from what I can glean from the metro pcs site, it looks like $60 gets you unlimited, full-speed talk/text/data on your phone and 6GB of full-speed tethering. Then, after 6GB is exhausted, they don't block the tethering, rather they just reduce the speed for any attached devices (but not the phone itself).

I'm curious to know by how much they reduce the tether speeds. Do they cut it in half? More? Less?

Oh, and it seems like traffic from other Android devices (e.g. a tethered Galaxy Tab or similar) doesn't count towards your allotment. Of course, my kids both have Windows laptops, so... [emoji51]

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
Well that's your first problem lol but I've looked everywhere and I can't find a speed rating anywhere. Later I'm going to try and use up all 100 MB of mine on my computer and see what it actually is. I would guess that it's close to 2G speeds.
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
I've heard people get speeds of a whopping 15 kb/s after using the 6gb of tethering
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
Ack! Now THAT'S scary! [emoji15]

Update: Looks like the official throttling level is 128Kbps, which frankly sucks. I'll have to figure a way around that tethering allowance after all. [emoji45]

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Yes. You can either flash cf auto root then install busybox and use the avant exploded app to install cwm or twrp, or you can flash twrp through Odin and then install the latest SuperSU zip with twrp.
[General Questions and Answers] dustdu2017:
Lol. I used Odin to root and flash twrp, so your saying I could of did it all without a PC? Lol
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
No you need odin at least once, either to flash TWRP to be able to install the SuperSU zip or to root and then install TWRP with the Avant Exploded app
[General Questions and Answers] dustdu2017:
Oh OK. I actually used Odin to root and flash the twrp recovery, that was OK right? Everything seems good as far as I can tell
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Yeah that shouldn't give you any problems, using the app to install TWRP is just a shortcut. You should install busybox as the avant exploded app and other root apps need it
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
All of this is making me more excited for the improved CM 12.1:D
[General Questions and Answers] dustdu2017:
Oh geez I didn't know that. So I've already left the library where I used the PC, and its literally an hour from my home lol. So I saw I had SuperSU on my phone now after rooting with Odin, but your saying I was supposed to flash busybox too before leaving from a place with PC access?
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
No busybox you can install from an app, just search "busybox" on Google play
[General Questions and Answers] aznrice2k4:
ok guys... hears the issue guys I've been trying to figure out wtf is wrong with WiFi. still not working. Everything else should be working. I'll upload it if you guys want
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
Dang ?Luckily LTE has pretty good speeds. What would be in the upload (camera maybe)? Thanks for the effort !?
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Hey aznrice if u have time go for it cuz I mean it can't hurt, plus maybe we could help u figure out the WiFi problem
[General Questions and Answers] Kryptonium:
Hit it man :D
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
That's fine. Upload it:D
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Anything we can do on our end to help with the WiFi?
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
I've done some research and found that a lot of cm12.1 roms for different devices have WiFi problems. I just can't find a stable way to fix it
[General Questions and Answers] ricki13th:
Is everything else working like camera and recent button? I don't mind WiFi since I got a tablet now. Go ahead upload!
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
This bug has been a probelm for other phones as well like the xiaomi redmi 2 and the Galaxy grand 2 and it was fixed with a zip file called wlan

like the xiaomi redmi 2 and the Galaxy grand 2 and it was fixed with a wlan zip file

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Here is a link http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bYtZT6nKKzk
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
I watched the video. Looks like a simple process. Can anyone confirm that this works on the Avant running CM 12.1?

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
I haven't tried because its not for our device so I was wondering if aznrice could look into this and add a file made for our device into the newest build because the probelm is that WiFi is not a feature in the ROM
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
I'll give it a try but I'm gonna back up first so will take me a while
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
Also reading the comments it works but causes a bootloop
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
I'd also backup the existing file in the system folder structure prior to copying the new version ... Just in case. :)

RCK

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So...not a solution. But a pointer in the right direction, maybe...

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kkSS4Il0dc

This video might help more
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Ight I'm gonna read up on it and see if it's something as simple as changing the hardware id to the avants driver, then I'll change it by myself.
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
If you succeed, please post your technique. Thanks!

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
You would also have to completely add the WiFi portion of the rom, since it was taken out at the time he was building the rom
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
But aznrice hasn't yet released his new build
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
I know, I'm just saying at the moment there is no WiFi present in the rom to fix, simple reason is he took it out as he built the rom, not so simple reason is there was something that made him do that
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
Soooo the fix didn't work for me sadly, but it didn't cause a bootloop!
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Same just tried applying it, causes no change
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
The file isn't for our phone
[General Questions and Answers] ninjasinabag:
Either way, WiFi or not. I'd still like to try out the new rom, can't figure out what's wrong without some testing, eh?
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
Same. Even if I can't use it as a daily driver, I'd still love to test it.
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
It's uploaded
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
If only we could get WiFi working... :(

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Think about it this way, in a month we got a near fully functional cm12. 1, that's pretty dang fast considering the phone we're dealing with.
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Pretty sweet man. Anyone know what bugs there still are?
[General Questions and Answers] ricki13th:
I'm download this right now has anyone actually installed it yet to see what bugs it have. I know WiFi is not working but what about stuff like camera, recent button, torch, proximity sensor, etc?!
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Flashing now
[General Questions and Answers] kishi720:
With a dirty flash, I got stuck in a boot loop immediately upon trying to boot into CM after optimization. With a clean flash, CM didn't like the fact that wi-fi wasn't there at the start and booted me when I got to it trying to turn it on in setup and then I got stuck in a boot loop. Dunno, but it might be me.
[General Questions and Answers] ricki13th:
It might be the gapps you are using try flashing without them. My Internet is so slow or else I would have boot this thing up awhile ago. Lol I too anxious!
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Same happened here, bootloop after optimizing apps and when you get to the wifi network select screen in the initial set up
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
Almost there, just that one teensy problem:D
[General Questions and Answers] ninjasinabag:
It freezes right after skipping through the cyanogenmod login screen. The WiFi screen pops up in the background, but never makes it into the foreground before rebooting. After that it gets stuck in a bootloop.

3 times with different gapps, 3 times without.
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Attempt at fixing wifi?
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
The second time it boot looped on me, I saw my list of WiFi networks for a split second. The WiFi could, indeed, be fixed this time; however, the boot loops are preventing us from confirming that right now
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
Same here. I thought it was just me lol
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Okay, restoring data from a previous nandroid to see what happens if I try to turn wifi on in system>settings>wifi

If it even boots that is

Nope, apps optimize and it looks like it's going to finish booting but it just bootloops, any other ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Got it to boot because i did a dirty install. As i can see so far, there are no fixes, camera, etc., even the menu button appears the same. Perhaps aznrice didn't mean for this to be released and it was only a test version?

Once i click on the wifi in settings, i cant even boot up, same bootloop issue you guys are experiencing. I have a feeling this is a wifi test build he was working on.
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
My route:

1)dirty flash (didn't work/bootloop)

2)semi dirty by wiping everything but data (no go)

3)semi dirty, flashed 6/19 (worked, back to normal)
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Yeah guys I think we should just wait till 9ish when aznrice normally responds cuz he might have some other flashable zip that needs to be installed.
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
This may be a noob question, but what's the difference between a clean and dirty install?
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Nah ur good a dirty install is installing over the old rom, the one he released previously. A regular install is when u wipe ur data and install the rom.
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
Thanks for filling me in on that info
[General Questions and Answers] aznrice2k4:
Guys I uploaded the wrong zip.... I'm in the processed of getting wifi working on this current build that's compiling right now. It's bootlooping due the wifi being borked. it works...but on reboot, you will bootloop to kingdom come.
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Told u fam. BTW aznrice the WiFi is working, because I saw my network and then once u try to connect it causes the boot loop and repeatedly occurs.
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
So is this the last major bug aznrice
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
I am sooo stoked for the first working lollipop for this phone!!! :D
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Just so u guys know there's another Version up. I'm not home so I'm not gonna get it yet but aznrice uploaded it
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
Currently downloading 77%
[General Questions and Answers] spsaipoluri:
Sweet dude tell tell me how it goes
[General Questions and Answers] malnash52@gmail.com:
currently booting I had to a current back up of aokp

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still bootlooping im guessing this is just a test build
[General Questions and Answers] ricki13th:
Should I download the latest build as of 6:00p.m. today. I now see the previous one was the wrong zip?! Hoping we can this right now lol.
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
That one bootloops as well, got slightly further into the set up wizard but then it just started bootlooping again
[General Questions and Answers] aznrice2k4:
Yeah, I messed up somewhere guys. I'll build a new one later today. I have school work to do.
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
Best of luck with your new build :)