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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] riironman:
Can I dl using my phone or am I better off downloading via pc and moving Rom to phone like in the past phones?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
Depends on your connection. I've got a pretty good download speed so I've almost always downloaded to my phone. I've only run into issues once or twice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dillionaire:
Heck yeah! I was just waiting for that prl write. The newer PRLs destory my data in my area. I dont understand it but oh well. I havent installed the rom yet but it will be later today. I'm sure it's awesome as I have installed your work before. Thanks for the hard work. Much appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ErichArndt:
Thanks, RW. Looking good.

Just a quick note: the power off charging bug is still present here, but I'm guessing you knew about that.

And a quick question: It says in the OP that the debloated apps are available through the updater. I was wondering if you could provide instructions on how to do that, exactly. I can't seem to locate them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
The power off charging "bug" for this specific ROM is due to the fact that it is missing all of the needed files contained in system/media. I'm not sure why they were left out again but all you have to do is manually add them back to the rom zip and reflash OR [MENTION=4011301]jlmancuso[/MENTION] has a flashable fix in his Community ROM thread. Another cause for this "bug" is most likely having an incompatible bootloader. Ever since I updated to the NE2 bootloader I have not had the power off charging issue. I hope this helps you understand and lead you in the right direction to fix it yourself.

[MENTION=4513677]rwilco12[/MENTION]. I see that you decided to go back to the stock NE2 phone/contacts (which is what I did as well). Is there a reason you didn't use the S5 dialer that JLMancuso used in Community 1.1 which greatly reduced incoming call screen delay?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] hondafreak513:
I haven't had any delay on incoming calls yet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
On which rom/version and which phone/contacts? Stock NE2 phone /contacts has no issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] hondafreak513:
On rwilcos newest. Been on it for a while now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
There were two reasons. The first was that I was shooting more for the stock NE2 experience and didn't feel the S5 launcher really fit in. I also had the testers test the stock one to see if there was any lag on the incoming call screen and they all reported it worked well.

Since I'm not super familiar with the power off charging bug would you be able to provide me more info? I honestly am in the dark on that one but if it's a bug I want to get it fixed. :)

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ErichArndt:
For me, the power-off charging bug means that plugging the device in to charge, while turned off, will cause the device to power-on or, similarly, when the device is plugged in powering off will simply cause it to turn off and back on.

It wouldn't be a big deal for me, except that when my battery dies completely, it's really hard to get the phone turned on again. Plugging it in will boot it before it's got enough power to run, so it'll shut down again, and reboot again... endlessly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Doc50000:
Got to say, running great sir, thanks for your hard work....... :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
The Bug:

Like what has already been said the bug occurs when you turn your phone off then plug in the charger. You will see the big battery icon in the middle of the screen but it never shows the green charge level and scrolling indicators at the bottom... It will simply reboot your phone after apx 7 to 10 seconds. The phone charges normal while powered on.

From everything I have discovered by trial and error as well as suggestions by JLMancuso, I have concluded that the primary cause of this bug is running 4.4 TW rom with a pre 4.3 boot loader. Upgrading the bootloader to NE2 has solved this issue for me. Now the other reason this bug is happening on your rom is due to the fact that the appropriate .qmg and .spi files in system/media are simply not there. (Not sure why) Looking inside a stock NE2 rom [system/media] will show you the files I'm talking about.

I hope this better explains it. Thanks for you rom, i'm running a custom hybrid version of it right now!

In the meantime people can flash this fix for the power off charging issue. Credit goes to [MENTION=4011301]jlmancuso[/MENTION] for the zip. Alternately you can manually add the missing files yourself as I described above.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kotowski:
Oh man! I was able to write a different PRL. This ROM is beautiful. I've had the Samsung keyboard FC on me a few times, which I'm monitoring (it hasn't happened for awhile now). Thanks for the awesome ROM!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ErichArndt:
How complex is upgrading the bootloader? I'm not worried about warranties or anything. Just don't wanna brick my phone messing around with stuff that's over my head. If it's a simple flashable zip, I can do that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] SASQUATCH:
Think I found a bug if I go advanced power menu and I hit reboot or hot reboot nothing happens. Download and recovery are fine. Has anyone noticed that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ErichArndt:
Yep. I get that too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kotowski:
Reboot and hot boot work fine for me on 1.1. I had an issue with 1.0 where long-pressing the lower button didn't bring up the reboot menu at all. I reflashed and it was fixed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] enormous:
I'd like to know this as well. Phone info reports that I'm on L900VPALJ1, which is pretty old. Does upgrading the bootloader have any negative consequences?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ceabbott2:
Same here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kotowski:
On 1.0, I used an Xposed module called, "No Wake On Charge for S5" and it worked to prevent the screen wake when plugging/unplugging. I noticed that with 1.1, it's not working anymore. I always get the screen wake. My bootloader has been 4.4 (NE2) for 1.0 and 1.1.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
Did you guys full wipe or wipe flash dirty?

EDIT: Scratch that. I found it. Correct me if I'm wrong but if you select reboot first it works. If you do hot reboot and then reboot neither one does anything? If you shut off the screen and try reboot again it works?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ErichArndt:
Totally clean. In Philz, wipe for new rom, wipe media, reboot recovery, flash.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] SASQUATCH:
OK I tried that and no go. I hit reboot then hot reboot and nothing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
Can you pull me a logcat?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] SASQUATCH:
I've never did that before. Can you tell me how?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ceabbott2:
Download logcat app from play store. It will run in background
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Bootloader upgrade is just a simple odin flash and besides the knox counter there is no negative effects. Only issue would be trying to downgrade the bootloader. I can try and get my odin file (only sboot.bin) uploaded. Maybe it will be okay now that afh has done its updates. Before it would corrupt on upload.

Here is my dropbox link but remember this is dropbox. Hey traffic will kill the link.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/utgf096wvtoskaq/bootloader.tar.md5?dl=0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
As far as the bootloader goes, if you have ever taken the MK4 or NE2 OTA update then your bootloader should be fine. Like myself, if you have never taken ANY OTA then you will have on old LJC or possibly MC2 bootloader which seems to cause the no charge problem on 4.4 TW roms. You can Odin the bootloader that [MENTION=4011301]jlmancuso[/MENTION] uploads or you can just go back to stock unrooted LJC or MC2 then take the OTA's. I had chose to go back to stock unrooted LJC with flash count reset then I accepted all the updates till I was current with NE2 KK. Then I Odin flashed the newest version of Phil's recovery and rerooted using the re root option in Phil's recovery. Then I flashed a custom rom and all is well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ErichArndt:
Yes. That fixed the charging bug. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Last thing about the power off charging issue. Kernels can also cause this problem. I know both shift and devil devs are working to get this resolved. Since they run on multiple bootloaders and android versions they have more work to get it going but they will have it fixed soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
This is a summary of all the things I've done to this rom to make it the way I like it. I would also consider this a Hybrid rom. LOL

S5 Launcher (still tweaking landscape)

S5 Weather widget

S5 keyboard (I customized the keyboard background, looks great)

Most all S5 apps

ChromeSyncAdapter for syncing google bookmarks in web browser

S5 wallpaper picker along with Rwilco's wallpaper picker

Android L boot and shutdown animation (the real deal, looks awesome)

Other than that I kept it looking completely stock other than my 4G icon/data arrows mod. I kept all Rwilco mods and updater apps etc.

This will likely be a good stopping point for me until I either get a new phone or [MENTION=4011301]jlmancuso[/MENTION] releases a nice update to Community rom or something irresistible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] enormous:
Can you expand upon this? Is the Knox counter only a negative if you try and get warranty service? I've only read "scary" things about Knox and how it should be avoided. My phone is going on 2 years now, but so far I've been able to stay away from anything Knox so I'm a bit leery of it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
Thanks for sharing!

For the upload issue - The issue is more than likely with your FTP program. I use Filezilla and have run into the same issue myself several times. The program sees the .md5 and reads it as a text file and tries to convert it to an ASCII file on upload thereby corrupting it. If you use Filezilla go to Settings, select Transfers and then Tile Types. Set it to Auto in the Default Transfer Type. Go to the Automatic File Type Classification section and delete both tar and md5 from the list. You should be good to go at that point.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Yes I use filezilla and will check out what you suggest. Thanks!

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Knox is not scary or bad. It is actually a pretty good thing except for people like us (xda members). The sad part is it being forced upon users. The bootloader only contains a knox void indication so warranty is voided. Since yours is 2 yrs old that would be of little concern to you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gimmezell:
I know nothing about bootloaders except that I have an old one, MC2. Should I update to a more recent one? What will gain by updating my bootloader while continuing to use this ROM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] burna:
Rwilco12 could you look into protected drm when i take certain screenshots it qont let me i used to on the 4.3 srock rom but now it wont let me? Any info on how to disable this would be appreciated. And GREAT ROM by the way battery life is awesome.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] badvcr:
[MENTION=4513677]rwilco12[/MENTION] first of all thank you, and second I have a question... do you have any idea what change in this new release that could've made the sound start skipping/hiccup? It did not do it on 1.0, I listen to podcast and music pretty much all day and its not too bad but I do get it once or twice in every song only when screen is off though, I flashed ROM fresh wiped everything even internal storage, I also raised the minimum clock speed to 300 but it's still there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kotowski:
This. I am experiencing the same thing. I disabled the Google Now voice recognition, but I still get stuttering. My audio was flawless in 1.0. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] pfroyjr:
I have the same issue. I think it may be related to a data speed problem, but I can't be certain. It seems since the update to 1.1 my data speeds are slower than ever. Another note; the arrow in the Samsung keyboard to add personalized words is gone. Am I the only one? Otherwise, I'm digging this ROM.

Question about theming that I know isn't ROM related, but given the vast knowledge base here maybe someone can assist. I noticed in the system UI file there are all the various icons for Spark. Anyway to get those to show instead of stock? I've been customizing icons manually because xposed modules don't seem to change them and statusbar theming doesn't seem to work on the Note. I would greatly appreciate any assistance getting pointed in the right direction.

Thanks again for all your hard work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kotowski:
I thought the audio issues might be data speed related, too, so I downloaded some podcasts and the issue still existed, disproving that theory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ColeTrain!:
I have an old one too. If you are not having problems you don't need to do anything. Older bootloaders have been linked to the phone answer delay problem. There is a updated bootloader zip around if you want to upgrade. I think in this forum. Not needed if you are not having trouble.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] pfroyjr:
Another side note: noticed while busy using an app when getting a call it no longer pops up the small box at the top to answer or reject the call, but rather like the original TW you get the full screen incoming call screen. Is this something with the ROM or something I changed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
To answer your question about the stock Sprint Spark icons, There's a couple of ways to accomplish this. One is to change the smali code to reference those png files instead of the current 4G LTE files and the other would be to rename them to what the smali code points to. there will be problems either way because there's a different amount of png files referenced in the Spark files and 4G files... but it can be done. I thought about this myself but soon abandoned the idea because I had other more important things I wanted to do.

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Sorry for the double posting but multi quote doesn't work...

The reason you don't have the call popup is because RW 1.1 has the stock NE2 phone and contacts while 1.0 has the S5 phone and contacts. To be honest the S5 phne and dialer offer little to no advantage/features other than introducing the awfull frustrating BLACK incoming call screen which you can't answer your calls. The fix is to make an outgoing call upon each boot but I like the stock dialer better as it has the voicemail button instead of the useless non working video call button. That's my opinion.

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Are you talking about the S5 incoming call black screen delay? If so, I updated my bootloader to the newest NE2 and the incoming call screen still refuses to show up in time for me to answer my calls... unless I do the outgoing call workaround. So I don't think it's related to the bootloader. I think it's caused by something else such as the minimum clock speed of the processor during sleep mode. bump it up and see if it shows incoming call straight away. It seems to me that the S5 phone/contacts has more features/social media integration that it's trying to scan for during incoming calls which requires a bit more power than what our min clock speed (during sleep) is capable of processing in a timely manner.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] TADitto:
OK I've found an issue on this ROM, not sure if its ROM related or app related but it has me a bit stumped. When using chrome beta and allowing the screen to turn off by itself and leaving the phone with the screen off for a few minutes it becomes impossible to wake the phone. The only way I've found to fix the issue is to pull the battery and restart the phone. I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling chrome beta. Anyone else had this issue or have any suggestions as to how to prevent this from happening besides not allowing phone to go to screen off while using chrome beta?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
It sounds like the Google Chrome app is the problem. I don't believe it is the rom itself. A quick Google search resulted in several links with possible fixes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shadowpaw:
Just incase anyone was curious I went ahead and tried the devil kernel 3.0 from community rom and so far been working great. Have been running a lil over 24hrs now with it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Doc50000:
I actually the same issue but with Pandora and sometimes on my music player, on Pandora it skips really bad. I have since rolled back to 1.0 with no issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
The s5 caller delay issue is in the dialer not ROM or kernel settings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] daveo24:
Quick question. I'm on version 1.0 would dirty flash to 1.1 be okay? I always do a full wipe but I was just wondering since it's an update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] hondafreak513:
Try it but back up first. I did it for the test and I didn't have any problems that I knew of..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] daveo24:
Alright thanks man.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] doubleu:
+1 on the Pandora "popping" issue every other minute or so. Not consistently, but like you said, i wasn't hearing this with 1.0 (this is something I experienced quite often with CM11 in the past)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
I'm going to see if I can get an incremental update uploaded today. Should fix the power on on boot bug and the music popping issue. Fingers crossed!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
There are two or three ways you can go about this. The first requires a ton of smali edits and isn't actually all that hard it is just time consuming and requires a basic knowledge of apk decompiling and recompiling.

The easiest option is to change device/product name in the build.prop but this could have other changes. I couldn't find a link on how to do it for the N2 but I know it can be done. Here are a few links describing the process for other devices.

http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-transform-your-galaxy-s4-into-an-s5

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2387426

http://www.andromods.com/apps-mod/g...e-carrier-label-and-replace-4g-lte-icons.html
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
Yea changing the device id would cause other issues . I don't think it's worth it for such a moinor cosmetic thing like a icn or two. The smali code is something you really have to learn and it isn't something I ever expect to master. LOL. I will attempt some basic stuff but I know when to call it quits and seek help or abandon an idea. The spark Icons is a simple task but really not worth the trouble for me, especially when there are so many battery mods out there already. (I lied the Spark icons will not be a simple task!) I'm still rockin' RW 1.0 with a lot of my own personal touches!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwilco12:
Hey everyone,

Got a beta test build uploaded. I haven't had a chance to test it much yet but I think it should fix the issues. Let me know if it works for all of you.

Thanks!

http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...tom ROMs/Rwilco12's Mostly Stock NE2/ZIP/BETA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] pfroyjr:
Trying now. I'll post updates. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ErichArndt:
Is this cool to dirty-flash?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] pfroyjr:
I dirty flashed and still have the audio issue. Gonna try a fresh install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
Honestly dirty flashing is not a good idea unless you know for a fact that the rom is identical to the installed rom with only a few very minor file differences. In this case you don't know what all has been changed. Personally I NEVER dirty flash. It only leaves you open to issues and it's not worth the risk. Troubleshooting is basically a process of elimination so dirty flashing on top of your current rom pretty much adds to the process of elimination which means more time and work pinpointing the source of the problem. I highly recommend a clean flash everytime so you know for a fact where the problem files are coming from... the most currently flashed rom. Don't add more work in the troubleshooting process... reduce the possible causes as much as you can from the start to be more productive. Sorry for the long post
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dragonfyr:
Which dialer can i use on Version 1.0 of this rom to remove the first call black screen delay?

I want to stick with 1.0 for a while until the new versions bugs are ironed out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kchannel9:
If I'm on 4.3 MK4 rooted, de-KNOXed, with Philz, can I make a nandroid of my current setup, and flash this, then if I have issues, could I restore the nandroid, or will other things have changed? Also, could I put the stock recovery back and take the 4.4 OTA, and then nandroid restore back to my current setup after doing that? Any insight would be appreciated

Sent from my rooted SPH-L900 Sprint/Ting Note 2 running 4.3 MK4 with tripped & disabled KNOX, on Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kotowski:
1.2 looks like a winner! Plug/unplug no longer wakes the screen and the audio stutter issues are gone for me. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] smaw51:
I somehow lost root going to 1.2 from aosp, probably something I did
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kotowski:
I was a little premature in my excitement. The audio stuttering is back :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shadowpaw:
There is a option in philz recovery I believe under advanced to reroot phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fuzzer:
SDCard woes

Off topic for the current conversation, but I've had the same issue with v1 & v1.1:

Media on my sdcard is not "recognized" by built in apps..

Gallery does not see existing pictures eve when I tell the camera to save pics to external storage

Play music player & samsung music player do not see any music on the sd card on my "music" folder.

I used the phone to format the sdcard and copied my DCIM & music folder back to the SD and still no luck.

I know kitkat has sdcard permission limitations, but I can't find any resolution..

TIA

Steve
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ceabbott2:
I've never had any issues with my phone not recognizing my photos or music. So is the stuttering just on streaming services or does it happen from everyone's saved music that's on the device?

Charles
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fuzzer:
My local music plays fine...just have to find it myself.. sprint sucks in my area so I can't stream anything to test
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] pfroyjr:
1.2 Beta is running great. My only issue is the music skipping. Storage music or streaming doesn't matter. Headphones or Speaker makes no difference either
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ceabbott2:
Pretty much the same here when it comes to Sprint signal, almost non existent off the beaten path.