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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] a_c_s:
So at this point, are we talking about a full nandroid backup of my system, including Pacman? Then if I wanted to install another 4.4.4 ROM such a MIUI, would I just flash directly without any sort of wipe, get a GPS lock, power down the phone to boot into recovery, and reinstall the Pacman backup disk image? Or am I over complicating this? Somebody else mentioned installing TW, but not sure what that is... I'm assuming it's another kitkat 4.4.4 ROM? What I'm not clear on is when to wipe if at all after I install an older ROM and get a GPS lock... if I do a full nandroid restore, will it negate the GPS lock I just got?

Sorry but really want to get this working today...

Thanks

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So if I understand, can somebody please confirm these steps for me?

1) Create full system backup in Philz of my Pacman setup as it is

2) Install an older kitkat ROM where GPS worked... I think I have MIUI on my SD card... and get a GPS lock after booting up

3) I need to reboot to recovery, but I can't do this without shutting down I don't think... if I power down to then boot into recovery, does it still save the GPS lock?

4) Once back in recovery, do a full dalvik, cache and system wipe

5) Do I then restore my backup Pacman image? Or is this a situation where I have to restore just the ROM and then start from scratch with the customizing and restoring apps if I want the GPS lock to be saved?

Thanks again guys... really appreciate your expertise in getting this fixed...
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
[MENTION=1322415]a_c_s[/MENTION]

1) yes

2) you should have made a backup of the ROM you were running before installing PACMAN, the ROM that was on the phone when you got it is called TouchWiz (or TW) ... did you?

3) correct, in Phliz if you did a backup BEFORE installing PACMAN you can do below

first backup to sdcard

then go back to the main menu, select wipe factory reset, select Installing new ROM

now go back to backup and restore, select restore and select your previous ROMs backup

let it restore

now go back to the main menu, press wipe partition cache

go back to the main menu

select advanced, wipe dalvik cache

go back to the main menu

reboot to system

once it boots; go in and get a GPS lock. in GPS status or maps

leave it there for 15-20 seconds

now power off

reboot to recovery (Vol down + home + power)

restore pacman

wipe partition cache and dalvik cache

reboot to system

I hope that helps, please let us know if you have any further questions.

EDIT: if you did NOT do a backup before flashing pacman then you need to flash a TW ROM after you backup PACMAN

instead of restoring your previous TW ROM you would

flash a TW ROM like

in your firmware says NK4 (settings about phone firmware)

use this http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/development/stock-rom-ni3-kitkat-rom-t2886171

if your firmware says NE5 then user

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2790808

let it boot and get a GPS lock

power down

boot to recovery

backup the TW ROM - you should always have one so you can restore it to update profile and PRL (more on that another time :))

then restore pacman
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] sandix:
Before doing that, you can try installing ANT+ and ANT+ Plugin service from the playstore (Came with the STock ROM for our S5) which is supposed to help GPS, CPU, and Mobile data. Not sure if it will work, but worth a shot before you spend an hour on doing backups and restores.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Yes and no... Get GPS lock in TW.

I just reflashed fresh last night. Flashing dirty works but there are much fewer screen hangs when you keep it clean. The OPs install instructions are spot on.

I got a lock on GPS in TW, than using menu keys powered into recovery. I did full wipes in Philz (the button that says "wipe to install a new rom" or something similar) and installed 1/15/15 and PA micro gapps. Everything, including GPS, works out of the box.

If y'all are having any issues... Spend a free extra minutes with your phone and wipe and clean flash.... It I'd definitely worth your time
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] a_c_s:
I guess I'm stuck on step 2.... I actually had a backup image of my phone from a few weeks ago saved on my laptop, but after I had successfully installed Pacman and set it up, I made a backup of that and replaced my old one out of habit... so basically I do not have a full backup of any prior ROMs to Pacman... I do backup my sms, calls and calendar in mybackuppro and I use Titanium for apps, so not the end of the world if I have to go back, but what would you advise at this point? I have Pacman backed up, and I have a zip of a different 4.4.4 ROM that I could install?

Thx
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
I edited my post with

EDIT: if you did NOT do a backup before flashing pacman then you need to flash a TW ROM after you backup PACMAN

instead of restoring your previous TW ROM you would

flash a TW ROM like

in your firmware says NK4 (settings about phone firmware)

use this http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/development/stock-rom-ni3-kitkat-rom-t2886171

if your firmware says NE5 then user

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2790808

let it boot and get a GPS lock

power down

boot to recovery

backup the TW ROM - you should always have one so you can restore it to update profile and PRL (more on that another time :))

then restore pacman

but try the ANT+ app, I forgot to add that to the FAQ (thx [MENTION=3100103]sandix[/MENTION])
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] a_c_s:
Thanks... I'll try this later... assuming I flash the stock deodexed NK4, which is what I have, do I then follow all the instructions you posted earlier in terms of when and how to wipe, or should I just follow directions below? I'm assuming I'll still need to wipe before and after new installs/restores? Thx
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
right; follow directions after the restore of TW in the first set of instructions.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Something I do BEFORE going to a cm/aokp/aosp from TW is a PRL/profile update, let data come back, GPS lock... Than boot to recovery, wipe and flash

Another solid build OP
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
+1
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
"interactive" governor is better than "on demand" for streaming audio on WiFi and BT.... On demand stutters. (running balanced as well)

***Stock kernel***
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] a_c_s:
Got it working... thanks for the advice all... tried to install the generic deodexed stock ROM, but it hung after install and wouldn't boot up... I went back and flashed MIUI, which booted up fine... got a GPS lock right away, powered down, and reinstalled my nandroid backup of Pacman... it works fine now... just a pain with all the backups and restores... but hopefully this will help others flashing this ROM... definitely going to be my daily driver for a while... clean, fast, minimalist and good on battery...

Thanks again guys and thanks OP...
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Prince_Basil:
I noticed something I hadn't before. This ROM doesn't let me move my files to the SD card. Am I just missing it or is this true?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
You can use this app to fix that SD Fix
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Prince_Basil:
Thank you. So far everything seems smooth. The only thing I noticed is MMS doesn't always send. I'm using Google Messenger so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. But sometimes I have to restart a few times before it will send.

Also, I was just looking at the settings and that doesn't let you move them to the SD card either. You know how you can install an app and then move it to the SD card? Well I don't get that option either. Sorry... I only have 16 GBs so I'm trying to move most of anything to my SD card.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Have you looked at this app App2SD

I think there is also a Xposed module that does it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Prince_Basil:
Thank you. I'm gonna try that. I appreciate your help.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
[MENTION=3011658]Prince_Basil[/MENTION] Also try using a different SMS app. Go SMS or Handcent work really well.

I don't have this device, my nephew does and thats how I came to build this, he hasn't said anything about this.

He uses hangouts I believe. I personally believe Hangouts just uses too much battery to use. So use Handcent (have since the Samsung Moment days)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
My pleasure, let us know how it goes.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
I'm using 8sms without issue

And OI file manager from market mounts SD for file transfer without the "fix"

Most likely user error, but I've never been able to use CM file manager with much success so OI is always my go-to
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
[MENTION=2941742]jdelano[/MENTION], does pac 4.4.4 have a dark switch for on the fly theming of sys aps (turns everything dark)?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Not that I have seen, maybe its available as a cherry pick that other cm/aosp roms use?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Updated 1/18

Multiple commits by the pac devs

Dev-host

I've found that using Firefox to download from Dev-Host works better than Chrome

EDIT: my first attempt @ uploading failed, the files are there now
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53267475

Maybe you could use the dark switch from here.... With props to the dev???
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
I'll see if I can figure out the process of merging "PAC in Black"
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Epic!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] zuzonline:
So I flashed this ROM and I'm really happy about it. The only problem I'm getting is that I'm not receiving any incoming calls. Now this might not be ROM specific since I installed KTOONSZ kernel and I tried google voice but I uninstalled it.

I tried searching but I didnt find anything helpful. Has anyone encountered this issue? I really dont want to go back to TW or reinstall

Thanks in advance
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
I'd say that is because of the kernel. no one else has had this issue on the stock cm11 kernel
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] zuzonline:
So this rom uses the stock CM11 kernel? If so I'll search for it when I get home.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Yes, its straight PAC / CM build. no frills (so far)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] zuzonline:
Sorry to bother but it's anyway you could help with with a link of the kltespr cm11 kernel? Can't seem to find one and if rather be safe with it
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
This should get you back, I just took the kt kernel zip and replaced the boot.img file with the one that is in the ROM zip for 1/18/2015.

I edited the update-script a bit because there are no apps to copy.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x8xo57clv3s7scq/PACROM_01182015_kernel.zip?dl=0

after you flash this uninstall the KT tuner apps.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
I've tried using most Sprint variant cm/aosp/aokp/pac 4.4.4 and have not had any luck receiving calls just like you... Data, sms, and calls out worked just fine though...

***i was on NE5 and flashed the partial update to 4.4.4***

i have since flashed the full rooted 4.4.4 TAR for Sprint and have not had an issue on this version... Everything works flawless. Again, I'm on the full rooted 4.4.4 TAR

Not sure if this this is your issue... But is seems though we've both had the same problems
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] zuzonline:
I restored a backup i made before i flashed KT kernel, I haven't had any luck with it even with the Touchwiz ROMs. All fine again.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] a_c_s:
Having a strange issue with Google Play... I'm on the 1/16 version of this ROM with Pacman Gapps installed... when I try to launch any apps I've purchased through the play store, I get validation and/or license check errors, and the apps close out... it's happening on multiple apps by different developers, so no common cause that I see from an app standpoint... I've spoken to both app devs and Google Play support and am still at a loss... they've have me clear cache on Google Play, Google Play services, uninstall all my Google accounts and reinstall, uninstall and reinstall the apps, reboot and do a raindance... Google Play support suspects it has something to do with the fact the phone is rooted, but I've been rooted for years and used tons of custom ROMs, and have never had this issue before?

Anybody else experience this on this ROM or others, and have any advice?

Thanks
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Well geesh can you at first try a few things before asking the question??? :silly::laugh::laugh:;):p

Have you tried boot to recovery and wiping partition and dalvik cache?

if not, you might have to opt for the ole factory data reset :eek:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] zuzonline:
Man you were quick on your responses! by the time I saw this I had already flashed, I realized that my backup was only 3 days old. I'm still curious whether it was the kernel, google voice with sprint integration (which I was trying to use voicemail using my sprint number and keeping my google voice number *no luck*), Xposed apps, or just playing around with settings (which I always go crazy when I install *my way to learn*). At the end, this is definitely caused by Error between keyboard and chair :D

Anyway, thanks a lot for the super fast responses, I'm actually going to get that file you posted just in case I

This ROM is super fast and I love the features. The last time I had CM was on my EVO4g a while ago. Kept TW with MOAR on the S3 and the S5. It's fast and stable, I recomend to everyone wanting something faster than TW and with amazing features!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57988087

For those missing Voicemail apk.... App works perfect
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Updated 1-21-2015

Find the newest zip in the download folder
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Any new goodies or just commits?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
There are like 60 commits :eek:

My Note 3 is charging up so I haven't flashed it yet. My nephew flashed this and said it feels smoother. He is on me to build for his Samsung Tab 12", hehe

I know there were some memory mgt tweaks, I saw something about adding a feature to the camera

I'm disabled and can't use my hands a whole lot, so I don't spend time scrolling through the change log too much.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Thanks for your builds
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Squeaky clean install with full wipes.... GPS location sticks between full wipes just fine.... All else is blistering fast.... Another home run OP

Audio seems a touch louder - always good.

A bit more buttery with transitions.

Take a look at your battery stats.... This girl falls dead asleep the moment the screen turns off... Awesome!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] rsimas:
Can i flash this rom in my galaxy s5 klte version?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Yes, that is exactly what this is built for :)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] rsimas:
But its in sprint version of galaxy s5 i ask because mine its 900F.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
[MENTION=2941742]jdelano[/MENTION] Any luck finding Pac in Black?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Ah, well thats different. :angel:

You can not flash this on that phone :D sorry.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
I was just reading a message from the dev that is working on the official PAC-MAN Lollipop in the S5 unified thread.

He said PAC dropped it in KitKat, so it'll be a no go as it stopped being updated after 4.3.

Any PAC thread that is KitKat but still lists PAC in Black as a feature; just hasn't updated the OP.

The other thread you pointed to for Slim has a theme engine, kinda like PAC. Which uses the CM theme engine (I'm try'n to get up to speed here) so we can use CM themes from the play store. Is what I'm told :)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Thanks [MENTION=2941742]jdelano[/MENTION] for the update, bummer about no more Pac in Black, oh well, I've got my phone pretty blacked out. The black switch would just be the sprinkle on top of the cherry on top of the whip cream on top of this *****en ROM.

And yes, theme engine works perfect.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Swede2008:
Super excited Pac 4.4.4 is being maintained still, flashing now! :D
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
You're in for a tasty treat
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Update 1-24-15

Find the newest zip in the download folder

As always you're welcome to checkout the PAC Changelog to decipher it :highfive: :cool: :eek:

This build has everything up to & including this row (my browser is wide enough for 3 commits per row) "Merge "i9300: Re-order the order in which patches are applied." into pac-5.0"
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Dl now... 10 min til I'm testing.

If you guys are NOT streaming audio go to menu/PAC /init.d /sleeper... Check. Your phone falls asleep almost instantly when the screen is off. Those who stream audio, this tweak will cause stuttering through BT because the tweak is trying to force the phone to sleep... Not good if you need the constant stream. Raising CPU minimum to 422 will not help... This tweak is like taking an Ambian

Edit: wiped cache and dalvik, flashed ROM, rebooted and waited for apps to optimize. Phone hung for a few min so I pulled batti. Restarted just fine with all previous settings still in place.

First impressions.... Hold on, this one's quick.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] a_c_s:
I'm on 1/21 as I can't even keep up with the great updates from the OP... only niggle I notice after a clean install (vs upgrade) is that when I'm in an app requiring onscreen keyboard, like text, gmail, etc... eventually I can click the entry box but the keyboard does not pop up and the back soft key stops working... I can reboot and all works fine, but it recurs and is a bit annoying... anybody else notice this or have a fix? I am on an S5, and have tried with the included keyboard, as well as Swiftkey Beta, and the same thing happens...

Thanks for any pointers...
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
I run swiftkey(free from market) exclusively.... Once installed and setup, I uninstall stock keyboard. I also run 8sms as opposed to hangout or stock messenger(for text messages)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
I run SwiftKey as well. Also now that we're at release. You can just wipe partition cache and dalvik cache after flashing the update zip and you will be good.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] a_c_s:
The problem was happening with several downloaded SMS apps in addition to Hangouts... given nobody else experienced this, I decided to download 1/24 and start from scratch... so far so good...
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] omgpk:
Since CyanogenMod has completely removed any KitKat ROM off their download site, I haven't been able to downgrade back to KitKat.... Until now. All I can say is thank you. Lollipop is way too buggy atm for daily use and apparently cm doesn't care about KitKat anymore. I guess you're my choice for my new daily driver, as long as this remains buttery smooth.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] sandix:
So far no issues!!!! Flashed, wiped cache/dalvik, and I am working like I was before. Of course the Changelog changes are here as well.

Loving the ROM man! Always love to see fellow devs (I develop for the LG Optimus F3 for Virgin Mobile) working hard on their stuff.

Been running for about 3 hours no issues.

Again thank you so much for your hard work!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
1/24 release - 17 hours on, 2 1/2 hr screen, 1 hr streaming Pandora with BT. Stock kernel, greenify.... 50% battery left... Great job [MENTION=2941742]jdelano[/MENTION]
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
Slower updates?

Would it be better to do weekly instead of every 3 days? (Ha! I can't believe I asked that on XDA ... hahahaha) :silly:

I know backing up and flashing is a hit on the battery, so I was thinking like every Saturday AM EST I could do it until y'all move on to lollipop or PAC ceases updating.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
1-27-15 Update

This is the last in week update, because there were 72 commits.

Find the newest zip in the download folder

As always you're welcome to checkout the PAC Changelog to decipher it :highfive: :cool: :eek:

This build has everything up to & including this row (my browser is wide enough for 3 commits per row) "Remove the disclaimer from the build script"

This ROM will be updated every Saturday morning starting 1/31
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
1/27 is a great update... Very, very smooth.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] zuzonline:
I did some research and played around google voice settings. I believe that it happened after I did the sprint google voice integration. Because I previously used google voice for my business, I had call screening turned on. I had also unchecked the "Forward google voice to this number". Once I removed the call screening and checked the option to forward google voice to that number, I started receiving calls again.

One last thing I had to do is that if I had gmail opened and someone called, I would sometimes miss my calls because it would also keep ringing on my computer. I was afraid of leaving the computer on with gmail opened while someone called. I clicked on the drop down arrow next to my name(and picture) in gmail and disabled "ring on incoming phone calls".

That might resolve your issue, it did to me!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
1-31-15 update

there are 70 commits.

Find the 1/31 zip in the download folder

As always you're welcome to checkout the PAC Changelog to decipher it :highfive: :cool: :eek:

This build has everything up to & including this row (my browser is wide enough for 3 commits per row) "Settings: make AudioFX tile not translatable" on 1/31

This ROM will be updated every Saturday morning
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Again, another solid build!

And here's a link to some great info... I use system tuner with every ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43424843
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
[MENTION=2941742]jdelano[/MENTION] - not a single problem with this rom. 1/31 is rock solid. Everything (as far as CM/AOKP/AOSP/PAC) is spot on perfect. This is the exact rom I've been looking for. Lightweight and battery life is amazing.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jdelano:
2/7/15 Update

Find the 2/7 zip in the download folder

As always you're welcome to checkout the PAC Changelog to decipher it :highfive: :cool: :eek:

This build has everything up to & including this row (my browser is wide enough for 3 commits per row) "switch to split-screen" on 2/7

This ROM will be updated every Saturday morning
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ffkip911:
Butter!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Prince_Basil:
I can't remember what build I was on before, but being on the latest build, it won't let me accept MMS while on WiFi. It used to just connect my Data when a MMS came in but now it just stays at downloading until I turn WiFi off. I've completely wiped and reflashed. And I've used multiple third party messaging apps just to be sure. Any ideas what could be causing that?