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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ArchangelRenzoku:
Great rom. Awesome battery life. Been using for about a week. Performance seemed a bit sluggish to me so I reinstalled the rom and that seemed to fix it for an hour. I tried to use trickster mod to set the governor from interactive to on demand and got stuck in a boot loop. Reinstalled again and tried to change it to performance. Same thing. I want to try a different app to change the governor like setcpu or voltage control but what's gonna work? I don't wanna reinstall this awesome rom every app to find out lol. Does anyone have any experience with an app for tweaking the stock kernel (my device does not support custom kernels due to their undervolting/overclock setups)?

Something I ran into you may want to know about. When changing the Brightness Slider on or off using the AllianceRom app, sometimes it disappears a few hours into use. Takes a reboot for it to come back. If I toggle it off and use the normal settings menu option in Notification Panel, the brightness slider stays for good.

I'm using version ob6 1.1 on N900T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] khanam:
Any idea why play store updates all apps again after a reboot? They aren't really updates. Just redownloads of apps that are already current. Scratching my head... Running great otherwise!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] blkmail:
Ask Google
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] khanam:
That is hardly a response you offer a fellow forum member.

Should I tell you to ask your daddy for permission to be awake this late before posting on a forum meant for adults?

I'm posting this here because this is happening to me only on this rom, no other. I was wondering if there is something unique this rom does while rebooting which makes play store think the apps are not current. Like zip aligning apks?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] slamindamalibu:
Me too!!

I am also experiencing this issue.

Ive dirty flashed

fixed permissions

wiped cache

as long as i dont reboot they stay updated
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] booogermonkey:
Not bad at all:cool:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mcheverez:
such a great battery monitor ill try it asap :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] K-alz:
Could you provide a screenshot of your WLD?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
Not the same person, but never had an issue with WLD here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] SuperSmashedBro:
I had this problem, its a permissions problem. It used to happen when I was on this ROM and it happens to other people on 5.0. I don't know what causes it but a clean install fixes it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
I noticed this and them my memory got full. After digging around I found multiple copies of the same app taking up about 5 gigs of space. Sometimes there was 7 or 8 copies! Made me dizzy looking and deleting all that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Morningstar:
This seems to be occurring randomly, and not just on Alliance, either....No idea yet what might be causing it. Looking at what apps there were multiples of, and how many, I thought it might be making a duplicate every time an app is updated, but then I realized I had 96 (yes, 96) copies of the Play Store, and I know that hasn't been updated 96 times lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Bubba:
Your just a hoarder. [emoji23]

Cowboy from Hell on a twisted trail.

Koffed From my Big Ass Outlaw Phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] K-alz:
I'm just confused as how you guys have it working. Lol

Is there a special thing you're doing?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
Didn't do anything. Have you ensured your SuperSU binary is up to date?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] K-alz:
Yup, I've actually gone ahead and downloaded the latest zip of it and flashed it not even an hour ago. I'm thinking it's a kernel thing since only us ATT users can't get it to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] YungMage:
Ah might be that. I'm tmobile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
... And I'm Canadian
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] baristaman:
I see in the Alarm settings, there is a setting to allow 'Sound in Silent mode'. It doesn't work for me, I only get vibration and no sound. Does this work for anyone else?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
Tbh, I've not checked, will have a look
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] khanam:
Found at least a 100 duplicate apps in data/app. Clogging up internal memory like a *****h. Lessons:

1. Do not dirty flash

2. Keep an eye out for anything odd like:

A. Play store updating apps but titanium saying nothing was updated

B. Android is upgrading at launch even when it was a simple reboot without anything being changed.

3. Maybe stay away from lollipop completely as a base. I see zero improvement over kit kat. And you've got the famous memory leaks, unacceptable first start up time after a new flash, inability to nandroid restore, and the crazy app duplication issues to contend with.

4. Start a fund to beat up Google's android team. Thank you, I just dusted off an old iPhone because I will have to clean flash and wait for Google to download each app directly from its servers over wifi so I need a working phone not being dragged down by bloat.

The point is android is for modders, if Google makes that a headache, they are going to be more like ios and that isn't what I want. Rant over.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
Totally agree! Each time I go and try Lollipop, I end up going back to KitKat after a bit. This never was the case with a new Android version for me before.

That said, is this duplicating apps issue a problem just on Samsung Lollipop roms?

(I could honestly see that, given how Samsung has customized their implementation of ART - hence why Xposed Framework doesn't work)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] changuiri:
Problem with APW Contacts Widget!! Transparent contacts!!

Hello:

I'm kind of a noob using this rom. I have installed ADW in my phone, and I'm using the contacts widget and calendar widget. The contacts widget for some reason when pressing a certain contact the popup with the number and everything else is completely transparent. I tried to change color at the alliance control app, but no luck. I would appreciate if someone could help me with this issue.

Kind Regards,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] YungMage:
I think a very few are experiencing any problems. Lollipop has been running great and this ROM is best out hands down. I never dirty flash even just with an update. I always flash clean. Yes it is longer but saves so much trouble. Also make sure your radio, modem, baseband are all lollipop.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] khanam:
I actually did update everything. No I love the rom. Just not happy with not being able to nandroid back if anything goes wrong and the memory leak issues. Both of those are the fault of Google not Alliance. The new way apps are also being downloaded and installed is a big issue. Again, that's something caused by Google I believe.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
Dam you Google! DaaaamYouuuu
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
I'm still running 4.4 bootloader and modem and I have zero issues with any calls/texts/wifi etc...also, the memory leak is fixed in this ROM :)

I am however experiencing duplicated user apps. I had 35 copies copies of play store, 2 copies of AndroidSystemWebView and 15 copies of tune-in radio. I deleted them all expect the latest copy of eack apk. This caused the play store to fc until I rebooted but all is now good and no more duplicated apks...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Cozmo1:
Well, I did a small test while updating some servers at work. Internal SD starting out w/ 1139MB of free space. Went to the Play Store and updated 26 applications. Free space went down to 619MB which means that my update took 520MB of space which translates into approximately 20MB per app. Not likely at all, but anyways I rebooted my phone. It sat at the boot screen for 4 minutes and then optimized 60 apps. Free space now at 473MB. Another reboot took another 4 minutes, but this time no optimization of applications, course I hadn't run any updates in that round. No duplicate apps ever found. A check of the Play Store shows I now have 59 apps to update including the same ones I had updated on the first round and a couple of apps I had uninstalled prior to that. I wish I had the time to dig deeper, but work pays the bills so it'll win every time.

Now, I noticed that my internal free space seems really low. I have a 32GB black T-Mobile Note 3 that I use on AT&T. Upon checking the storage I see it reporting that I have total internal device capacity of 16GB. I ran Phone INFO to confirm that I do indeed have a 32GB model. Anybody else see this storage/space discrepancy?

Clean install w/ bootloader, baseband, PDA on N900TUVUFO86.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
Checked it out...just vibrates for me too, another job well done by Sammy :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
ADW as in launcher? I have no experience of running that apk mate, so can't really help. But if it's a popup did you try popup background color?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
Mines a 32gb N9005, storage is reporting correctly for me...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
Where all should I look for duplicate apps? So far I know about /data/app, /system/app, /system/priv-app
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] booogermonkey:
This might kinda be the blind leading the blind, but did you use the restart menu in Alliance? Some of those changes won't take until after you restart sys ui, etc.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Cozmo1:
Difference between us is that you're still on 4.4 firmware and I'm on 5.0. Possible that it was from the firmware I flashed though. I'll investigate when I get home.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
Also, for those with the duplicating apps issue, have you frozen anything in Titanium Backup?

I'm going to try a fresh install without freezing/uninstalling a single thing and seeing what happens over a week.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
No sir, I don't use it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
Mine have only been in /data/app...deffo play store related
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
That is a good point, try rebooting device after changing the color or switching default launchers then switching back...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] blkmail:
All I can say is simply this everything I actually use my phone to actually do it does. Hands down this is my favorite Rom right now even though I've always been a alliance fan.

I have no bad issues to report sorry
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
The rom is definitely awesome! I'm quite sure any of the main issues aren't Alliance related (aside from the brightness slider disappearing each reboot, but the developer does know about it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
I'm gonna Re install with fresh wipe. This memory problem has got my nerve tweakin lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] baristaman:
I just tried the N9005 version of this rom, and it DOES work there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Cozmo1:
I took a deeper look when I got home and found that I do have a lot of app duplicates in /data/apps. I recommend you delete all the older duplicates, but if you can't see a date then keep the highest numbered one and delete anything less than it. Otherwise when you reboot the older apps get restored and you'll find yourself installing then reinstalling.

I've been testing and from I've found the best fix for this for now is to uninstall updates for the Google Play Store. Appears to be a release 5.3.6 issue (released 5 - 6 days ago). Since I've done that I've not had any more duplicates and space is not an issue.

I'm still investigating why my phone says it's internal storage is 16GB when it definitely is 32GB, but I'm leaning towards that being a firmware update issue.

And yes, this ROM is awesome. I don't believe that anybody was thinking that the ROM was causing the space issue. Some things may be ROM related, but this is not.

Uninstall your Google Play Store updates after you do your cleanup and let me/us know how it works for you after that. Should be fine at that point.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] changuiri:
Lol. I have tried averything including restarting the phone every time a change is made on the alliance app. :confused::confused::confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
So I did a fresh clean install to start from scratch so everything will work the way its supposed to. I tried a theme and the wallpapers didn't change but everything else did.

Anyone else experience this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
Fixed for next release :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
Also fixed for next release
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
Ah thanks man. I feel like I'm going crazy sometimes.

The ROM is def masterpiece and I'm gonna buy you some beers when payday comes around :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] srod562:
Great rom! Really liking all the features and customization. Thanks developers. I've got a quick question. I've searched the thread and have looked everywhere in the rom and I can't seem to find the theme shown in the OP. I went to OTA updates and only see boot animations. Also went to the theme settings and when I select open themes it's just blank. Where do I view and install the super hero themes and others?

Sent from my SM-N900T using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
Open Alliance Control, navigate to themes and colors, open Alliance Manager :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] srod562:
Here right? When I select choose theme that blank page shows. Is it because there not on my internal SD card under themes? Not sure if there suppose to come pre loaded when flashing rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Goldie:
Delete alliance folder on internal sd and reopen
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
Delete /data/media/0/Alliance and reopen Alliance Manager

*edit* ninja'd by [MENTION=3065070]Goldie[/MENTION] :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] srod562:
Thanks Goldie and sparx! This rom is awesome and runs like a champ. Will be donating later today. Thanks!!:thumbup::beer:

Sent from my SM-N900T using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mkrunk12:
Weather issues

Copy file frI'm bloat folder, placed in root browser under system apps, changed permission and still no weather widget or lockscreen?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
I have been looking for 2 days and I can't figure this out. What is the icon background from the drop down called?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dikkebas:
Toggle background, you find it in Themes/Colors /bachgroundcolors, under dropdown header

and you seem to have set it to a gradient:D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
Thanks mate!

I do have it set to gradient :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
This is odd maybe I am missing a check box or something.

I changed it thanks to your help dikkebas , bit it only change the lock screen:

Lock screen

Unlocked
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
I know it's not the rom's fault, but I'm just curious: Anyone else get severe lag with Spotify? It gets so bad I have to do a force stop on it. Basically, it starts taking 5-10 seconds before responding to things like changing tracks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] blkmail:
I only use Pandora with no lag
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
I was having lag and connection issues until I Odin the stock kernel. Now Spotify works perfect. have you tried another kernel?

Edit: the last Spotify update seems to have made the app sh*tty and not work properly. They should update it soon . I hope
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sparx:
Did you try restarting ui after?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
Yes I even restarted the whole phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mike B.:
I only have very limited experience with this particular ROM, but I wonder if the several reports about "duplicate apps" are not simply the result of updating system apps through the App Store. If an app is embedded in the ROM in "/system/app/", any update to that app from the Store will go into "/data/app/", effectively creating a duplicate app (in internal memory) even though only the latter is used. To free up that internal memory and replace the old app with the new one, a convenient method is TitaniumBackup's "integrate updates of system apps into ROM" batch action which doesn't require any manual step. This "duplication" happens with any ROM, with any system app that already resides in ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Morningstar:
That's what I was leaning towards too, but I had 96 copies of Play Store, and Play Store hasn't updated 96 times lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
Also, I've had standard user apps like Titanium Backup, Timely, and ACdisplay doing this - so it's definitely not just system apps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] khanam:
Same here. Something else is the culprit. Wish I was young enough, or bright enough or driven enough (or a combo lol) to actually be able to figure it out. Completely mysterious.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
I haven't had the problem since I Uninstalled the playstore updates. Now is not telling me I have to update apps that don't need it and adding them. I always turn auto update off. If it was on I probably would have reach 100 copies too

Edit: I'm not young bright or driven this was someone else's idea lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ctkatz:
I have two questions that I don't think were addressed:

1. can I flash stock using cwm before flashing this? I ask because for some reason odin will no longer recognize any of my devices. I've tried most fixes online to get odin to start working again but no luck. I do have access to another computer but it isn't a constant access like I do with my laptop.

2. I made a nandroid backup. can I flash that with no ill a fter effects in case I don't like it or I have some problems? I haven't seen anything saying that downgrading by flashing was possible.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mike B.:
Out of curiosity, what are the

exact names and locations

of all those unwanted duplicates? That information might help [MENTION=4207059]sparx[/MENTION] find the source of the problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rlop747:
Anyone else have problems with videos? Whenever I watch a video from facebook, youtube or a stream from twitch it plays fine after a minute then the picture freezes but i can still hear the video
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JamesEh408:
It is recommended that you Odin to stock. My phone wasn't recognized wither and it turned out I needed to update my samsung drivers.

As long as your using the same kernel a nandriod will work just fine I believe.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Cozmo1:
By chance, did you read post # 625? I haven't seen nor has anybody else mentioned having duplicates anywhere else.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mike B.:
Yes, I have read every post in this thread, including your #652! ;)

You refer to an old Play Store 5.3.6 which hasn't been current in over a month (latest is 5.4.11) but it's unclear that everybody reporting duplicates has that same version. While you may have solved your problem, that doesn't imply that others with similar same symptoms have be able to also, especially since "duplicates" haven't been reported in other OB6-based ROM threads.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Cozmo1:
You're right about the release date of 5.3.6, still the fact remains that so far people that have uninstalled updates for the Play Store have yet to receive the error again. Uninstalling updates for the Play Store removes all of its updates (I'm sure you know) and it seems to be a good workaround for now though I'm sure there might be better.

Actual location of duplicate files, at least reported in this thread, including sparx is /data/apps

Are you having the issue as well? What have you found so far?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ih8unot:
Been using this ROM all day and I love it!!! Congrats on a great job. Can someone please detail how to add some of the bloatware? I tried installing but nothing happened....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mike B.:
I've only tried this ROM a few times, but didn't have any issues with duplicates. However, I immediately updated all sysapps and never tried reverting to an old Play Store 5.3.6. The true "workaround" might be to simply use the current Play Store (5.4.11?), making sure it's properly integrated into the ROM (i.e. make sure there's only one Phonesky.apk and that it resides in /system/priv-app). Presumably ,a future release of this ROM will already include updated gapps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
I haven't had the issue since doing a clean install and NOT restoring using Titanium Backup. (that part was key, since it did trigger the same issue when I first tried restoring from my backup).

(Note that some did have the issue without using Titanium Backup).

If it happens again, I'll try grabbing a logcat of what's happening when I "update" the apps from the Play Store.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Cozmo1:
True, upgrading to the latest play store might also be "another workaround" and something I would try if I still had the issue, but there's no denying that removing all updates for the play store has worked well for some. No good way of knowing if it'll work for all because not all have tried it. You, for example, haven't. It's just a lot of assuming from you at this point which is never a good thing.

BTW, there are no multiple phonesky.apk files, or incorrect permissions set on it. Gapps appears to be integrated just fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dvainsa:
I have that same problem. I have to pause the video and then go back a few seconds just to keep it going. It's getting kinda of annoying. :(:(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mike B.:
Removing all updates from the Play Store may appear to "work" but then sooner or later you'll need to update. What happens when the next Store version is released some time in the next 10 to 30 days? I haven't tried to revert to older versions simply because it would be pointless and prove nothing. It is proper practice when installing a new ROM to grab all updates from the Store including the Store itself (and integrate those when needed). Truthfully, I was only calling it a "workaround" to be nice, but it's simply the correct approach with any ROM. Google apps are constantly updated and it's unrealistic to expect ROM uploaders to always include the very latest at any given time.

I'm only "assuming" that using the current Play Store version instead of an obsolete one is the sensible things to do! I merely suggest that you forget about that old 5.3.6 and resume your testing with the current Store version, but if you're more comfortable with that you have, you can clearly hold on to it for as long as you wish.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] khanam:
In my case I found them in /data/app. I didn't even check system/app or app-private
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Devhux:
Seeing as /system is read-only, they definitely wouldn't appear there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mike B.:
Thanks for the confirmation. I suspect the originals are/were in /system. Out of curiosity, was this happening under Play Store 5.3.6? Did upgrading to a newer Play Store (5.4.10 or 5.4.11) make the problem disappear?

In general, under Lollipop (at least 5.0x, unsure about 5.1), the upgrade/delete mechanism for sysapps seems to often require a reboot for the upgrade to "stick" and failure to do so may trigger several duplicate updates but I'm still wondering why such duplicates are reported in conjunction with this ROM and not others.

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It's not readonly on a fully rooted device! ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ssmr2t:
Hello all, I have a question... IT says to place ROM on internal SD card before flashing... but also says to do a full wipe to make sure that the MODS stick... If we did a full wipe, wouldn't that delete the ROM located on the internal SD card?

Thanks,

SSMR2T