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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Its Google play services man that's just the unfortunate circumstance of google making horrible apps tbh...google accounts for appx 25 to 35% of your battery per charge even on my hella efficient roms...during the conversion to 5.0 apks i saw people having up to 40% of their battery killed by google apps and data drain with services wl around 18,000 in 20 hours ridiculous drain. ..thankfully I stopped a majority of data logging or think how much worse it'd be...i use as few google apks as possible but this is completely normal with services unfortunately...make sure you have latest apk, leave gps on all the time, and turn off location history and reporting, and turn off any google apps you dont use to minimize googles impact on battery

Edit: also I've seen report of people trying to 2k and 1080 youtube apk mods which imo is useless having sever drain on top of normal just fyi...also if you just rebooted give it some time it'll prolly settle down after reboot settled

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] ergibson83:
Not bad huh Mega....
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Pick_A_Name:
Leave GPS on all the time? I've always left it off because using goods sucks battery. Is that correct? Thanks!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Mayonesa:
Cheese is delicious
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
I always recommend keeping it on as every app that has location permissions will ping regardless and some will constantly ping gps until location tracking occurs successfully so it'd easier on the battery to leave it on...try it you should notice a decent not huge, but decent gain in standby

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] n3gkiwi:
So thought I would give a bit of an update (Canadian model). I replaced my phone via warranty as there was clearly a hardware problem. So you can ignore all my posts earlier regarding any of the problems I had - they had nothing to do this with this rom obviously.

So after testing it out making sure it was okay on stock, I decided to root and install Firekat again and have been running it for the last two days.... it's been amazing. I have had no lags or touchwiz lag at all. I have set the animations off and using Nova "faster than light" speeds ,and it's almost too fast - things just blink open.

I have been getting around 43 on Antutu however will see how that settles in the next couple of days. I also do not have Wanam currently installed, not sure if that disabling Dvsf will have a huge effect on that. I will see how battery and everything settles in the next week or so and then give exact details how I installed on my Canadian N910W8 model.

All I can say, is no problems at all so far. Zeroooooooooo.

Couple of quick questions though:

Stock keyboard punctuation's - I love the stock keyboard and the long press option (which the canadian model did not have), but is it possible to have one where when you long press and the symbol inputs right away. Example for things like "!" or "(" it will bring up the options to pick accented letters.

Freezing/greenifying apps - I know Mega mentioned it is better to turn stock apps to user apps and then greenify/freeze them. Is there any downside to that with any of the apps (considering you don't need them to push notifications to you). Is it okay to do this with items like map, chrome, how about google play store (I think that last one may be a no no).,

Lastly do any of you greenify apps like Whatsapp, Snapchat, or Viber? I imagine no, as you may not get push notifications.

Wowzers... I am just amazed at the performance difference between stock. I am one happy camper right now. .
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] twe90kid:
I deleted everything "Google" that I don't need. This includes - Movies, Music, Books, Google+

Maybe i'll change back to 4.4.4 in the buildprop and update youtube app.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Wow awesome man I'm super happy for you...totally worth replacing it if your doubting it at all...awesome write up and feedback man I really appreciate it...

I'm up on campus and will def readdress this post when i have more time to give a more balanced response...the short answer is I don't think so but I'm not positive I think long press is necessary although you can shorten the duration of long press in Wanam or xposed...you may have a few changes like gnow will not work voice activated thru then entire phone you lose that option although nova can restore it if you convert to user app but for the most part everything works the same...i always greenify viber tapatalk Skype ect that way if I don't want notifications i leave them off if i want them i sign in and leave it running...thanks again stoked you're back up and running finally getting the normal fk...unfortunately you won't be settled before v5 lol that's and good thing haha enjoy bro will catch up later on buddy

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Why would you even switch it to begin with?

You still have google play services obviosuly installed which is what's running...it is it's own apk at least in that WLD screen

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] twe90kid:
changed the buildprop for the 2k video on youtube.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] mikeauto3:
Mega

What's the reason yoy recommend not to active the Greenify Xposed part?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
That mod is pointless imo. ..the video has to be shot in 2k and uploaded at full bitrate and streamed in full 2k which they don't even do normal 1080 without compression and scaling at this point so I don't get this mod tbh. ..my 2 cents drop that mod it's only caused issues for people with no real benefit imo

Edit: I totally get it I was one of if not the first people to call out the fact they stripped 1080 from the phones apk which is bs but imo thr 2k stuff is useless there simply isn't enough 2k video let alone all thr issues the mod itself have caused people from the feedback I've gotten

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Becuase the system is already insanely optimized and punting system functions only brings in problems and issues thst otherwise wouldn't be there...and it's not even remotely necessary given the performance and battery life...so the benefit to stability doesn't make sense imo...i dont use it

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] ArioK13:
Megalomanic14 ROM is nice. Been rocking it for couple days. Im using wanam and xtools to change a few things, using go launcher ex, note 4 N910T and it smooth. Was wondering if "booster plus battery saver" actually? Works. I'm running it but cant tell no difference. Maybe you would know if its really worth running it. Thanks for your feedback and work. Wonder what v5 will bring dah dah dah… thumbs up bro
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] ThC23:
Has anyone done the update and then reflashed v4?

Thinking of doing update, but want to come back to this lol.

Anyone? Issues if any?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] mocsab:
I have nandroinds of this and several other roms I have flashed. I did the update to get the most recent firmware and a back up of the latest full stock release - I then restored the Nandroid I wanted to use - and had no issues.

I have done this a number of other times - on different phones and different roms - never had a problem.

---------- Post added at 03:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:45 PM ----------

saw this from the OP- now I am counting the minutes - love this rom and can't wait for the update - really looking forward to V5 - you said earlier it might be after Thanksgiving (or in the middle of the weekend) not looking for an ETA but hoping this post implies it might be sooner....fingers crossed...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Dovigoldberger:
Why is the recent apps sooooo slow?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] theonetruecoco:
No issues at all. Even with the baseband update and this build being built off of previous build. I'll report back with any battery difference.

I did make full nandriod before hand however and would recommend anyone else trying to do the same. Just in case.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] fadi33:
I also have the same issue with slow/delayed recent apps.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] n3gkiwi:
Nothing to do with this rom. It is just as / if not slower on stock.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] sky high:
Yep I tried some of the fixes here and they worked for a bit but my recent are still slow usually from switching from browser, it's more acceptable from other apps. The rumor is the new update fixes it but Idk. It's really jarring because everything else in the rom is almost nexus fast.

I tested launching and switching side by side with my nexus 5 on lollipop and this rom is like a fraction of a second slower. However give that the note 4 has the screen and features it has plus triple the battery life of my nexus I felt it's a moot point.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Art Vandelay:
Agreed. Love my Note 4, but even my Nexus 4 on lollipop doesn't lag on recents menu. This needs to be optimized for such a high end phone.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] sandman7793:
Mega,.

What about the Gear VR update that is included in the update?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
What about it?

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Yea as I've posted to the few others complaining about slow recent apps...tbh I can't tell you because I don't have that issue...recent apps renders just like everything else in the rom...instantly...ive posted since v1 mine recent apps renders instantly either from a game to hone screen or game to game...even playing fifa 15 jumping to tapatalk and back occurs instantly without hesitation...the only thing I can point to is something in these specific setups ...a couple were simply annoyed by the insanely long and exaggerated animations google went with in 4.4.4 so simply cutting animations in half solves 50% of the issue off the bat. ..but also as posted a few times before. ..the app entropy from play store seems to fix whatever causes this issue in these people's builds...so if for whatever reason you feel recent apps is slower than it should be in context to the performance of the rest of the rom make sure you follow my op2 as my roms aren't typical roms they're full rebuilds and try entropy

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] sky high:
Idk what it is I tried leaving my phone with just the apps included on the rom and your op2 suggestions for two days but I still had recent lag. I don't think it is anything you have done to the rom. I had the same issue on stock and other roms so maybe it is an issue affecting some people and not others . I never timed it but there is enough lag to make me think that I miss pressed the button then press it again which closes recent right after it finally opens. Would a log cat help illustrate the issue?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Yea v5 will more than likely come on thanksgiving....it may be earlier later depending as I go on break tomorrow... and tbh there's very little to do over v4 it's more tweaking this and that, a few cool new mods and bits of kit before eventually moving to the next base as v5 will probably have pushed this rom to the absolute peak of performance/battery life...

V5 is esssentially taking v4 and giving it a little more love...i posted the tentative list a few pages back...

Already modded and optimized

4x5 launcher (my favorite tw layout)

Running stupidly fast lol will post optimized stock 4x4 in op2

Further enhanced sound

With a couple system gain scripts thatll be posted in op2

Some slight dalvik and cache changes to better optimize slight variances in 4.4.4 controllers

Idk a few others but I'm too lazy and can't think right now lol...i have parts of v5 already running in my test modded v4 and it's def gonna be a fun thanksgiving for us lol

Will keep everybody posted...

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
No as you just said it's not an apparent "issues" per se...its not like an indexable bug for instance...its more an subjective thing and it's actually really random as you can see from the small amount of relative posts...that's the hardest part of determining something like this that has no practical source to point to otherwise I could simply kit it out and fix it you know what I mean...especially when I pick up mine touch the button and it immediately jumps to the cards it's hard for me having built it and know my setup thru and thru to pinpoint where or what variables could account for it blind on someone else's setup ...I'm working on a few things that will increase the speed of it across the board for everyone as I detest the direction google has gone with these ios style animations and their exaggerates durations but as to the extent of it one setup to another...idk? Are you on tmo or Canada n4? And what launcher do you use?

Did you try entropy...?

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] sky high:
I'm on tmo and use nova. I tired entropy using the seeder app and it worked but it my phone wasn't as smooth like it was stuttering. I'll try entropy again using the entropy fixer app but unfortunately the app doesn't have much instructions so I'll have to do some research on what the correct settings are.

I wasn't really worried about it much anymore tbh since you're dropping v5 soon. I was just agreeing with the other poster that I too have had this lag. I'll run a clean install with no additional mods and apps after v5 drops, for a few days and let you know how it goes.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Yea no worries I appreciate all the info...unfortunately it's not something I can easily point to like most anything else and say do this that and your good...it seems somewhat random tbh...but yea just see how v5 goes and how v4 settles because time is also another major factor it will take several days to even see peak.,..as for that entropy and seeder again just relaying what the few others said worked for them...I'm trying something with v5 that may be an add on script or something but yea well figure it out....oh just to make sure you were shutting off dvfs right i mean that's one of, if not the most crucial things in op2. ...that and disable gpu rendering

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] GatoL0c0:
Recent apps for me takes almost exactly 2 secs for it to show up after touching on the capacitive button and another near 2 secs to switch to another app. I'm not too bothered by it at all but if I could get it to be instant like yours is, that would be sweet. If you do release v5 this week, I'm going to take the opportunity to do a fresh install instead of restoring any data. I was planning on doing this anyways ever since you announced v5.

...I should note that I'm using Nova.

*update*

Interesting....I tried it again just now and it's down to about 1 sec.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Yea and see when you guys introduce stuff like titanium data restore or dirty flashing it when i say clean flash and dont restore...it completely removes any shot at me tracking down if it's something even in the build base or more than likely your setup...or simply a result of issues compounded by restoring ect ....its why I say it's worth the extra 10 minutes to clean flash when your getting an experience like this and going thru all the hassle anyway

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] GatoL0c0:
To be fair, it will take much longer than 10 mins for me to restore all of my apps. Lol ??

...but you're right, I'm sure it's worth the fresh flash.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Quick and easy "clean restore"...set it...and forget it lmao...i usually do chunks of 50 or so at a time...was over 300 but cut back...all 217 apps downloaded in about 30 mins on my crap wifi lol...that's how I always do it now that play store has multiselect

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] sky high:
Yep I do the same. I only use titanium to make google apps user apps. Titanium has caused so many issues even on other roms I've just given up on it.

After reading some more posts from Mega I decided to give multi core controller a try and my recent is much more consistant. Not instant but it doesn't feel like it makes more than a second now. I set all cores to interactive governor, 1.4 min and 2.7 max with cores 2 and 3 on dynamic hot plug. Before I was using faux 123 but it has way to many setting and I don't know what half of them do so I decided to keep it simple.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] simplymiko:
So I wasn't able to find anything on this. But what's the difference between the Canadian version and the T-Mobile version of this ROM? When I flashed the Canadian version I still see some of the T-mobile bloatware like wifi calling, visual voicemail, etc...

I flashed v4 and I'm on a Canadian Note 4.

Also side question, when V5 comes out. Can I dirty flash on top of V4? I know its recommended to clean, but since I just spent an hour restoring apps I was hoping to not have to go through it again next week already.

Thanks for the great work.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Yea that's another variable is if you've flashed another kernel other than stock...i don't use any kernels but stock and the kernel is a huge determining factor..and all my replies will be addressing it as such just FYI for anyone following our back and forths....I'm a huge mcc fan...I'm not a fan of hot plug I recommend interactive and using all 4 active just drop your min scalar frequency

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Thanks a lot man glad your enjoying it...their identical...canadian has no kernel in the zip...no never dirty flash my roms I've repeated it over and over 1000x and is in the instructions...enjoy the rom v5 will be out later this week

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] twe90kid:
surround sound? haha
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Lol were you the one that asked before lmao?

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Josh McGrath:
I guess I'm going to try to move away from xposed cause it slows things down. I really only use it for X privacy but I can go back to LbE. Wanam is nice too but is there a way you can include "hold back to kill app" into the newest version? You do great work and I hate asking for request...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] simplymiko:
Thanks for the quick reply. So the kernel in the normal FireKat version is just the stock kernel? Cause I followed your instructions for flashing on a Canadian Note 4 and flashed StarKissed kernel prior to flashing the Canadian FireKat. Are there incompatibilities with the kernel in the normal FireKat version with the Canadian note 4?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] d12unk13astard:
Hey mega, loving your rom bro! I'm still on v3 but plan on updating to v5 when you release it.

Do you know how to make a flashable .zip that switches the internal SD and External SD so that all app/game data/obb go to my larger 128gb SanDisk.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
No man I wouldn't do it tbh....once the complexity of android increase due to things like Knox and selinux plus some other base framework changes made this increasingly difficult and less stable since 4.1.2 tbh...i pulled it off for a friend of mine on 4.3 and it almost immediately trashed his class 10 uhs Samsung card...there's possibly a hack but especially on 4.4.4 man I had to literally try an hack bits and rewrite parts of the base to get around as much as I did and that's really just system wide. You may run into far more complications than benefits unfortunately ....class 10 cards are not fully supported in the source code anyway and have a very high failure rate alone cuz google stopped updating source support several years ago

Thank you very much bro I appreciate the feedback...Def jump to v5 as it's gonna be a decent bit of kit for us enjoy

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Sorry dude I hate that mod...there's nothing really wrong with xposed per se tbh I use it constantly with wanam...it'd more the mods you use and or what functions in a given mod are compatible ect...i hate x privacy personally as 4.4.4 seems to punt it randomly but wanam has been pretty solid and issue free for me...but the back to kill drives me crazy man lol you'll want at least wanam for dvfs disabling

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Yea I rock the stock kernel from tmo base...had planned on doing a kernel but found this kernel stable and runs fantastic with fk...you cannot use the Tmo kernel on your note as their MD5 specific meaning the pieces of your rom system have to match to function properly...in theory a well done kernel should function on par with a stock kernel especially one that's relatively unmodified...meaning no overclock or any of that as imo it's unnecessary on the n4 given the rom speed an raw hw power

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] megalomanic14:
Sorry fellas I'll check back in later...got physics exam tomorrow before thanksgiving break lol yea I know right complete tool giving an exam on pregame turkey day lol...will try an get back to any questions or pms later if not I'll catch up tomorrow...bear with me it's just me no team or cavalry lol

Mega
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] mailistman:
OG Battery Mod on FireKat v4

just in case anyone interested to have OG Battery Mod on FireKat v.4, i stumbled upon thread on USCell modders which worked on their S5. i tried on Note 4 with this ROM and run perfectly fine.

flashable zip is here. all credit goes to OsamaGhareeb for his OGBatteryMod . Installation is just usual, go to recovery, wipe cache and dalvik cache, flash zip, and reboot. After your phone is booted, tap the battery icon three times and select one from a list of 80 + icons and apply on-the-fly without having to reboot for it to take effect.

PLEASE NOTE: If you use Wanam Xposed or any other Xposed module to any other battery mod, you should disable those options within those modules before flashing as they could interfere with OGBatteryMod causing the battery icon to not show up at all or system UI error.

happy turkey day everyone !
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] iunlock:
PM me as I'm a xprivacy user as well and love it. I think I know what you're trying to accomplish and I may have some pointers for you. This ROM runs great with xprivacy and that "" really works like a charm.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] GatoL0c0:
I've heard of X Privacy before but never used it. I think I'll check it out to see how specific you can get with the privacy settings.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] webstas:
what do you use instead of Titanium, i have been having a hell of a time with it and im done.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] gregma:
I'm on a totally clean build, no titanium or any other type of restore. And although I've never used this recents tab thingy, I just tried. Just a tad over 2 seconds after pressing the button to the screen. Wouldn't have ever noticed it if it hadn't been mentioned.

Thanks!

Greg
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] dj2big:
I installed multicore pro...

Everytime I restart my phone I have to go in there and set the profile?

I do have the set at reboot option on but it does not kick in.

If I don't go on there based on the monitor it says to cores are sleeping if I don't restart the multicore app