[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] Synergy510:
FAQ / Common Issues / Bug Reporting

F.A.Q's

What makes this different from Optimized CM12.1 or CM12.1 Nightlies?

The CM nightlies are the baseline that provides a fast and clean experience. Optimized CM and my SaberMod CM try to take that even further by applying our optimizations to the source code. The difference between Optimized and SaberMod is that the JDCTeam strives to provide the best, polished experience for the Galaxy S4 whereas I’m an enthusiast turning this ROM into a collection of commits and features that I find interesting that I share for you guys.

What is SaberMod?

The SaberMod team provides Android optimized toolchains and ROM optimizations. Their toolchains are based on Google’s and cherry-pick from GNU. They also offer modular optimizations that speed the Android system even further.

Why don’t you use JustArchi’s build optimizations?

The SaberMod optimizations fulfill nearly the same optimizations with a different approach. It’s redundant to include them both.

XXX Doesn’t work for me?

I have the T-Mobile variant SGH-M919 as my daily driver, so I cannot cover every aspect of the ROM. I test enough so that I can run SaberMod CM as a daily driver, but our usage patterns may vary.

Common Issues

How do I enable Developer Options?

Settings > About Phone > Tap “Build Number” multiple times.

How do I remove the “ # “ icon from the statusbar?

You could flash SuperSU as with other ROMs, or you can turn it off in the Settings. Settings > Status Bar > Superuser indicator

*Note: A System UI FC may occur sometime after setting this, this is normal and will only happen once.

Bluetooth share keeps crashing / Bluetooth won’t turn on

Reboot your phone. Once the ROM boots up, wait for Bluetooth to automatically turn on. Make sure you turn it off, or else it will silently crash until you repeat this process.

I don’t have superuser/root

Enable Developer Options and enable Root Access from this menu. Changes in CM make it so that I can’t set root to default, so you have to set this after every clean flash.

I can’t install the ViPER4Android driver!

Temporarily set the kernel to "Permissive" through ADB shell or the local terminal (Enable in Dev Options)

su

setenforce 0

Proceed with V4A driver installation

Audio/Notification lag

If undervolted, try raising voltages

If underclocked, step up the lowest clock frequency

WhatsApp audio lags

There are some errors with the S4 and CM based ROMs due to our audio driver

Bookmark sync will ask for you to sign in

Go into Settings > Account > your gmail account that you want to sync with the Browser and your Bookmarks and switch the Browser toggle until sync errors go away. Reboot to remove the statusbar notification. The Bookmark sync wasn’t intended for Android 4.4+ so that’s why there are issues.

I can’t power on from power off while charging

It’s a known issue. Just unplug, wait for the battery icon to disappear then hold power to boot. Then you can charge once the phone is booting.

How to ask for help / Bug Reporting

Here are some steps to reporting bugs. You must follow these steps to streamline the help process, and it may lead you to finding the solution.

I will eventually ask all of these questions regardless, so let’s save a post or two:

Did you verify the MD5sum of all packages you flashed?

What ROM are you coming from?

Coming from a previous SaberMod CM release did you try wiping /system?

Coming from a different ROM did you fully wipe /system, /data and /cache?

What else did you flash? What modifications do you have?

Xposed: I do not support Xposed or any of it’s modules.

Specify a custom kernels:

Check if your problem persists within the kernel thread, then come here

It’s possible that kernels older than the current SaberMod CM build has some incompatibilities

Other system modifications must be specified

Have you searched the thread? There’s a high possibility that a problem you have in the ROM is being discussed in the latest pages of the thread

Is it in the bugs list? It may be a known problem

If it's an issue no one has reported:

Can you recreate the issue? Try to be as detailed as possible so I can recreate it.

ex. I can't play mp3s in Play Music but I can in PowerAmp

Make a logcat!

Know how to recreate the problem

Acquire software to make a logcat (ADB/CatLog on the playstore)

Do a fresh boot

Begin a logcat via "adb logcat"/start a Catlog

Let the phone settle for a bit

Create the issue

ex. Play a song that will FC/Go to an app that FCs

Stop the logcat

Send it to me over PM/Post with details on what you did

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