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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jdgesmlls:
3rd Party Lock screen

After doing some research, it appears that when running Echoe 35.1 on a VZW SCH-I545 the PIN lock screen issue at reboot is a known issue with no fix.

Can anyone recommend a good 3rd party lock screen app that will enable as soon as the phone boots? I have downloaded a few and most don't even offer a PIN lock option, let alone have it load when the phone boots... :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tommydukes:
This worked

I messed around for 2 solid days trying to find a modem (wifi) module to work with my sch-i545 4.4.2 Hyperdrive rls19 install.

Your post worked like a charm.

Thanks!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vegita319:
Just wanted to comment. I'm on Verizon, MDK bootloader, TWRP recovery, and Echoed 35.1 w/ Int v25 aroma patch.

I can receive MMS group messages but I cannot reply MMS in group conversation back. Sending a picture message mms doesn't work either. If I uncheck the group conversations and send it as individual messages, it works. Wondering if you were able to get this to work.

I did a clean wipe, flash echoe v 35.1, aroma v25 patch, and then signal bars.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jdgesmlls:
Samsung "custom" boot screen fix on SCH-I545

When I installed Echoe 35.1 w/ the Aroma V25 patch my phone immediately upon reboot went to the "Samsung Custom" screen with the unlocked lock icon. This doesn't have any affect on functionality but I know some are neurotic about not seeing this... I figured I would try Triangle Away to fix this but when you run it is gives a big warning screen to ensure your device is a "GT-I9505" or you could possibly brick you device. Since I have an SCH-I545 I wasn't sure if the Triangle Away fix would work so I didn't go ahead. Here is how you can get around that.

1. Install Triangle Away from the play store.

2. Use ES File Explorer/Root Explorer (any that can mount /system in RW), and go to /system and locate build.prop.

3. Make a BACKUP of build.prop just in case!

4. Edit build.prop in a text editor and change the following:

Change:

ro.product.model=GT-I9505

to:

ro.product.model=SCH-I545

5. Save build.prop and reboot.

6. Run Triangle Away and it will correctly identify your device as "SCH-I545" and follow the prompts to run the tool. The device will reboot into recovery and you can reset the counter and status. The device will reboot again and you should be back to the stock "Samsung Galaxy S4" screen when your phone turns on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ascallop:
I'm also on MDK, but I can't get 25.1 to boot. It just sits at the Samsung logo. I flashed the rom, then v25 patch with the full Verizon option and stock kernel. The MD5 verified. What am I missing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LGtMgG2t:
When installing the v25 patch try not selecting the 'full Verizon' option and instead select minimal. Also, dont select a kernel and instead select no kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ascallop:
Thanks LGtMgG2t, I'll give it a try.

EDIT: Thanks! That did the trick :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbasssssss:
Nope, I'm still running 29.1 on SS. MMS group messaging works most of the time but every once in a while I get an individual response to a group message. I haven't had much time to mess around with it lately. When I get a chance ill try again and let you know what happens.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbasssssss:
35.1 and 36.1 FIXED GS4 MMS

FIXED. I was looking around on the Echoe Forums and found a post from "chevylowered" in "Echoe Rom for Verizon s4 SCH-I545". Below is from his post...

"Got V35.1 working on mdk Verizon S4 Verizon. What was causing MMS not to work was secmms-blue.apk . that version wasn't patched and over riding secmms.apk in the private-app. Working great, no random reboots like v29.1. (Fingers crossed). For people that want to run 35.1 steps are:

1) wipe factory

2) wipe system

3) flash echoe 35.1

4) flash international patch v25

5) flash signal fix patch

6) boot, wait 5min.

7) with root file explorer delete

/system/private/app/secmms-blue.apk or rename to secmms_blue.apk.back bak. reboot and all should be good.

8) optional: contacts settings will crash so there is a file that needs to be renamed I think seccontacts.apk but not sure. Do some research. Saw it at XDA echoe 29.1 verzon forum."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] spydernys69:
wifi/hotspot/data not working

Galaxy S4 ATT love the Rom after install don't mind I lost root either, however I also lost wifi connection, data connection and ability to turn on hotspot not working. I'd like to re-install again if there's a fix for this RLS20 disregard I posted this in thread for entire different ROM..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] reliant_turbo:
ok..... im a noob to xda.... not so much to flashing roms and rooting devices and such.....

i see the references to 35.1 and 36.1 yet this thread has 29.1 as the highest rev..... where do i find other revs.

sorry for the echoe noob question.

thanks

Brian
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hightower24:
Everything above v29 is at the echoerom website
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] reliant_turbo:
thanks. Found it. :)

Brian
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] German9003:
Hello! Dear Frends help me, after installation v29 (i545 ....NC5) is not working dialer, process Contacts stopped?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] UglyCody:
I have the Verizon S4 (SCH-I545) and I can't get MMS to work on this ROM. If it helps, I'm using Straight Talk on my Verizon S4. I also use the same APN from muy stock ROM on this ROM, and MMS will not work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hightower24:
Stock MMS has known issues. Try using Chomp or similar apps. My preference is Chomp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pizza_pablo:
Here is my delema, from the main thread. My apologies for not finding this Q&A thread, prior.

Will the 25.1 patch help this situation?

Also, what is the left pointing box (in attached pic), with plus sign, in the left corner of the notification panel?

I believe it is related to GPS. Is there a way to get rid of it?

Something I noticed, when attaching the screen shot, the name of the file is "ATT_1425165337226_Screenshot_2015-02-26-21-06-23.png"

Does this mean that I downloaded the wrong build for my Verizon S4?

Also, I've started getting random reboots, About 4, today.

ETA: now the S4 is rebooting, every time I put it down after use.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pizza_pablo:
^Related.

I haven't experienced any random reboots, today, but now, every other tone I unlock my S4, the home screen is frozen. I have to hit power button to turn off screen, then home or power to wake, unlock and then can manipulate home screen.

I've been thinking about what the cause of my issues could be.

What does LOKI do? Do I need it?

To get the Hyperdrive ROM on this MDK S4,all I did was flash the ROM and go.

Did I do a bad thing, by restoring my missing apps and settings with Titanium Backup, after Google had already restored apps via the startup wizard?

Do I need to flash the 25.1 patch?

Was it a bad ROM download, or would that cause way worse issues?

Is it something I added or something I failed to install, that is causing these issues?

Look at my signature. The app thinks I have a GT-I9505, but it's actually an SCH-I545. Did I get the correct ROM version?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pizza_pablo:
And this keeps popping up, but login always fails. "Try again later"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pizza_pablo:
I think that I may be on to a cure. I didn't realize that this is a "foreign" ROM. I guess I should be impressed at how well it is working, instead of focusing on the glitches.

I found this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2674280

Now to determine which patch applies to my phone. I believe it should be v25.

Can anyone confirm?

Attached is my phone info
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pizza_pablo:
Ok, now after reading this thread

http://echoerom.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=41

I'm confused.

It states that v25 - 29 have been modded for Verizon S4.

Do I need the patch?

It also states that loki is needed for v25.

Do I need loki for v29?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hightower24:
Anything above v29 requires one of jrkruse's patches. I don't have mdk, but it is my understanding that you need to flash the loki patch every time you flash a rom. I could be wrong though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pizza_pablo:
Ok. Then I'm going to try, in this order,

ROM

Patch

Loki

Super SU

and see how it goes.

ETA: Result = boot loop. Did I mess up the order?

Can't seem to get back into TWRP The closest I got was stuck on the screen with SAMSUNG CUSTOM and open padlock, with blue text, in upper left, reading RECOVERY STARTING, but would not continue.

While waiting to download the factory image files, for Odin, I finally stumbled across the correct button and release timing and got into TWRP! YAY!

I wiped everything, twice and restored my last Hyperdrive backup.

Now to find the proper install order of steps......

Well, I found in the International ROM patch thread, NOT to flash Loki, as it is inside of the patch.

This time I flashed: Echoe 29 / PATCH_NK2_S5_MODS_TEST.zip / Wiped Dalvik & Cache / Super SU.

Its been stuck on the spalsh screen for 3 minutes. Will wait 10 Min, before battery pull and trying something else. \_0_/

Stuck on splash screen for 15 minutes. Battery pull. I don't know what else to do. I really wanted to try this ROM.

OK, well apparently the NK2_S5 MOD patch was incorrect. Kept getting stuck on splash screen.

I decided to give the AROMA_PATCHER_V25.zip a whirl. This time I actually had to step thru some Aroma type settings, on the PATCH and during that read some VZW SCH-i545 stuff. It is now booted and on the setup wizard. I will wait 15 minutes to manipulate. YAY!

ETA: Up and running well, for more than 24 hours.

After 48 hrs , all is well and now I have Gear Manager v2.2.15011799 & Gear 2 Neo vR381XXU0BNE5, running well, receiving notifications and re-pairing when coming back in range.

Over 3 days and v29 is running smooth and responsive! Opening apps and selecting options, etc & swiping on Swiftkey are fast and smooth!

HAPPY-HAPPY-JOY-JOY!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2] Joeprime14:
It's telling me could not locate magic header
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] MazingerZed:
I can't find ANYTHING on the popularity of this phone, not that I care, but from what I can see, XDA doesn't care about this phone, but if you go to the Note 4, it's full of threads, and custom roms are there already!

Please guys, support this Alpha, it's such a lovely device! I just wish I could throw in a custom ROM so I can delete the crappy UI and the bloatware. Amazon, Computrace, Google+, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tataenozec:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] neofral:
Why don't you just root and you'll have access to plethora of customization options. You can debloat, uninstall unnecessary apps and even install a louncher of your choice. You can also install exposed and also have thousands of options/customizations :D

As per CM, i think we will not see any build amytime soon as our device having exynos processor is not supported by CM
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] neugenusis:
Probably not going to get much support in the US, since its exclusive to ATT, which hardly advertises the alpha and makes it unrootable. No one I know knows what the Alpha is.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Gray44:
If its not popular here it kinda means it's not a great phone.

They try to imitate apple but without the quality (os) at almost the same ridiculous price tag, Samsung must think the more I ask for this phone the more it sells...

Here is a comparison with the build cost of an Iphone 6

http://www.businessinsider.com/teardown-parts-price-samsung-galaxy-alpha-2014-10
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] svengalis:
This phone is only on att with a locked bootloader of course there are not many roms the notes 4 is on every carrier
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] limitbreak09:
If its not popular it doesnt mean its not a great phone. i had the choice to pick between all latest flagship fone but I picked the Alpha. Its not well advertised thats why its not popular
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] crankykirk:
Similar situation here. Came into at AT&T because I couldn't decide between a Note 3 (Didn't feel the Note 4 was a huge upgrade) and an LG G3. Saw the Alpha hiding in between and fell in love with it instantly. The S3 was the last Samsung phone I liked. No regrets so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] robertkoa:
I was impressed by Alpha when I saw and played with it.

Still wish it was also available as Alpha Pro with Note 4 specs..etc.

But may get Apha over Sony Z3 C.

Not for AT&T, for use on METRO PCS/TMO

Discovered the Canada Bell Alpha which has PERFECT

BANDS for Metro PCS /TMobile USA and the 2500 Mah

Battery Kit, should be a good functioning phone.

IF I could choose between about 10 Different Sony Z3

Compacts , I could find better Camera and Speakers but

I need to send emails, proposals , presentations and can not mess around with faulty Keyboard Input, spotty MMS messages etc.

Z 3 Compact seems a bit buggy , right ?

Also Alpha is MUCH more durable.

My theory is that Sony, not being on many Carriers has not been forced to optimize software for Texting,

Keyboard, etc etc, now on TMobile , they will somewhat.

Love what Sony is doing I hope Z4 and Z4C are amazing

and rock solid but I am a bit nervous about the Z3 C not functioning well for simple tasks, like Keyboard Input, Texting, Slideshow Presentations, Emails through Google Desktop..etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Simona Simmy:
w ell u lucky they made thread for alpha .. for ours Huawei Honor 6 they cand be arsed make separate thread for it .. !

if u wanna delete all apps just root it and delete it .. change wallpapers .. and that is it
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] calinormy:
The exynox powered phones are not very popular here because samsung do not release the source codes for processor and everything else. But the device is very very nice and works well and the sound quality seems to be over S5 and Note 3 and you can actually use it with one hand...., the build quality is on top, I guess nothing to complain here. We are lucky to have root. After root you can do a lot of customisation. Enjoy your phone
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] robertkoa:
Popularity of Alpha Pro ! Or Galaxy A 100.

IF Samsung made a Thicker Alpha Size Device with a 3000 Mah battery, better screen, thoughit is good now.

SD Storage, Camera from Note 4 ( killer Camera ) , Larger louder speaker for Music, Gaming, Multimedia, 3 GIG RAM, 805 CPU, key business features from Note 4 .would be HUGE if advertised.

1) The Ultimate Phone for Work or Play.

2) Gaming, Music (fat sounding, loud speaker ), Multimedia Champ,Movies, Browsing.

3) Business Pros who don't want to carry large phone, Athletes, Gym Enthusiasts,

Architects, people who need to send Presentations, Slideshows etc etc.

Ads could address all this the ultimate Pocket Power Device for work and Play.

And FINALLY to make reviewers go nuts with enthusiasm

Scaleable Touchwiz by Category, go from Touchwiz to Stock Android in different

Categories depending on Preferences !

As Big as S 5 , maybe not, but VERY BIG seller.IMO.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] hensk:
yup, Samsung S6:laugh:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcbmulder:
I've posted http://xdaforums.com/z3-compact/help/z3-compact-camera-z1-compact-t2899172 but having spent a couple of days I wanted to see if other are having the same issue.

Basically.. when I take a photo in any mode, the initial capture looks great, but then 0.5-1 second later Sony 'processes' the image and it looks worse 9 times out of 10. Example is if you take a picture of your hand, the initial capture shows all the skins imperfections and looks really good on the screen, a second later, it looks softer... I am not using 'face soften' or anything like that either.

Why is this the case? Can you disable the processing? I can't believe this got through Quality Control, surely people in the product testing group would have noticed this? Seems a weird flaw in the software...
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teeluun:
I totally get what you mean. It's as though when the shutter is half pressed, everything is in focus. Then when you snap, all goes blur.

I was attributing this maybe to my shaky hands, but apparently I'm not the only one having this problem.

More often I experience what you said in Manual mode. My photos are better in SA mode.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pssmidi:
Sony Soft skin effect ruins all pictures of people

You are 100% correct. Sony has put a soft skin effect (some asian girls love it) on all pictures of faces. It automatically ruins your picture and makes it look fake.

I'm a professional photographer, but the new Xperia phones are so "smart" that they are useless on portrait pictures. Sony MUST fix this.

You can not take a normal picture of any face with the Xperia Z3 or Z3 Compact. Nobody should buy this phone before Sony fixes the issue with "Soft skin".
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pipspeak:
I've experienced the same thing as the OP on occasion. Sony has always had rubbish jpeg processing that destroys details, even in its high-end cameras. I really wish it would offer the option of switching noise reduction and other processing algorithms off. The Z3c camera is capable of very good quality, but the software makes taking any photo a hit-or-miss experience (janky white balance, incorrect shutter speed/ISO for scene, over processing of jpegs, etc.).

I renamed the iAuto mode to uAuto (aka Unintelligent Auto)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kertong:
Does this processing still happen if you use the Google Camera app instead? My understanding is that these processing algorithms are sony-app specific and if you unlock the BL and lose your DRM keys (thanks a lot sony), you no longer get sony's denoisification/etc processing, at which point the sony camera app will behave just like any other camera app that doesn't have access to sony's processing.

This is a terrible "workaround" as sony doesn't give us a way to set google camera is default - and we can't disable these features in the sony camera app.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SonyDarko:
I've got the same problem even if I use the google's camera instead of the default one. I don't understand why we're allowed to turn off this soft skin effect even if we "turn off" with the button on option. I really hope Sony is going to fix this because it's so annoying.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2mal16:
Lets wait for the new android L as it will come with raw image support, so hopefully this will be a fix :).

http://www.androidauthority.com/nexus-5-lollipop-camera-api-samples-540858/
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcbmulder:
And have hdr mode on 20meg pics with a toggle option. In fact the whole hdr function needs work. Its currently pathetic.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyphomatic:
I also hate this softening. I was wondering if it would be deactivated by loosing drmkeys.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pipspeak:
It would be preferable if Sony had software that took decent auto-mode photos in the first place. RAW support would be nice, but half the time I don't want to be editing photos, I just want to take a quick photo and post it online. Preferably an photo that's sharp, with decent white balance, some detail left at high-ISO, and no pink spot in the middle -- four major things that are not guaranteed with the camera now. Not to mention the fact that the file size for a RAW 20MP image (often over 30MB) will lead to storage space filling up fast.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2mal16:
Storage should not be that much of a problem as you always can expand with the SD card if you need to.

Nevertheless i agree with you, but since this softening effect can also be observed on Sony cameras i doubt that your wish will come true.

What RAW Image support will hopefully bring is better camera apps which process and compress exactly in the way you want without further modification on a computer (as we are basically already running around with a small computer). This of course will still take some time and effort but is very likely to happen.

So i guess we still have to live with this a couple of months :).
[Sprint LG G2] Robles23:
I'm currently running ZVD Lg g2 from Sprint. Rooted with NO custom recovery. Just rooted. I received a notification about ZVE update this morning. What would be the appropriate way to take this ota update? Do i have to unroot before taking it? Would i loose root? I would appreciate some help from you guys. Thanks
[Sprint LG G2] beezar:
And after OTA, you can reroot with stump
[Sprint LG G2] Robles23:
Can i unroot with SuperSu? Or are there any other methods? Long ago i tried unrooting with super su but it just hanged there and never finished doing it's thing.
[Sprint LG G2] RohanM:
Un-root with super su only. It works.
[Note Edge General] avenging:
i dont have either 1050 USD (for the japanese version) or the 1500 USD for the unlocked korean one, guess ill just either wait for the price to really come down or check out the price in the UAE once it hits there.

7 were already sold for the japanese while nobody's bought the korean ones yet i think lol

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...53797?pt=Cell_Phones&var=&hash=item3ceb1c89c5
[Note Edge General] invisiblesense:
I have been considering one of these from eBay.

I was wondering if anyone could advise if the Exnos version had any disadvantages over the snapdragon version?
[Note Edge General] outsidah:
I believe Note 4 folks with the Exynos version were having worse battery life than those with the Snapdragon.
[Note Edge General] invisiblesense:
Thank you! It's things like that I am worried about. I am very pleased with my Note 4 battery life. It's so much better than my Note 3 was.

I'll check out the thread on Note 4 section.

Regards.
[Note Edge General] avenging:
i have heard a lot of times the exynos is the better one (not sure about battery life). the sellers all look like they are reputable sellers let us know guys if you get yours without hassle
[Note Edge General] primus123:
The exynos version does not support the US LTE. That's why there are 2. My understanding is that the exynos version is much faster and smoother, but battery drain is significant, while the snapdragon has better battery, LTE but you loose some of the smoothness if the device. I have been watching these auctions as well......

---------- Post added at 11:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:46 AM ----------

Just posted to another, forgot to add you in post.

The exynos version does not support the US LTE. That's why there are 2. My understanding is that the exynos version is much faster and smoother, but battery drain is significant, while the snapdragon has better battery, LTE but you loose some of the smoothness if the device. I have been watching these auctions as well......
[Note Edge General] avenging:
were you the one who bought the sk version? there are 11 buyers now for japanese wonder why the price difference is so big just because its unlocked?
[Note Edge General] invisiblesense:
I am in UK, do you think there might be any compatibility issues?

I also read that the exynos version does not support fast charging? Can you confirm this?

The Japanese version reviewed by Android Authority claimed to have extreme battery drain issues too.
[Note Edge General] avenging:
how much total? let us know your thoughts about it when you get the unlocked korean version
[Note Edge General] primus123:
You will be fine with the exynos version. That is the version that the UK uses for there processors. Its different bands/signals so that's why it is different. Some reason Samsung hasn't gotten theres to play nice with our LTE. Let me know your thoughts on arrival