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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] orgulloso4202:
[MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION] sorry I been out for a while. What to you need testing. I'm still on 10.8. What's new with the test rom?

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[/COLOR [MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION] also do you need me to do a fresh install or can I just dirty flash?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Fresh install is best, testing audio, I think that's the only thing that anybody is having problems with.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
What are your Viper4Android settings?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] orgulloso4202:
Ok will do a fresh install tomorrow.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] turkbot:
I can say after 8 hours of music changing tracks and what nots, audio issue did not rear its head last night, using power amp, stock music will be tested tonite
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Josey Wales:
Which one(s)?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
If you could screenshot all of them I might be able to pin down the popping/crackling as I cannot recreate this without changing my V4A settings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] turkbot:
The poping /cracking the audio is clipping he has something set to high on his end, most of the time it's caused by too much bass
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] nasaiya:
Well I've just clean flashed the new 10.9 test version and immediately turned on some music with jetaudio and proceeded to restoring all my apps and such slowly but surely. Haptic feedback and touch sounds are still on and so far so good! Previously it would have certainly crashed by now with all the touch sounds... We'll see how it goes... I've only been testing for a half hour or so.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] nasaiya:
I've noticed while testing if I repeatedly lock and unlock the screen over and over again (while playing music) the popping/crackling starts.... but stops as soon as I stop doing it...

I definitely think whatever you removed was the main problem at least in my case.... haven't had any freezes yet despite significantly more use than my normal use. I would have had 100 freezes by now the way it was before...

Edit: Fyi I have not altered any audio related settings whatsoever....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Well guys and gals, I think that this is a good as it's gonna get. I have Wednesday and Thursday off and finally have nothing on my agenda so I'll add a few more things that I have been working on (hopefully) and then I'll release the final version of Wicked X v10.9 by Friday (that's the plan, at least).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ryebread1974:
K.. I apologize for the question. How do I get rid of the red Wifi and location toggles when you pull down the top menu?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] carwashman:
In the all inclusive post #3 of this wicked thread!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Post #3, Toggle Backgrounds... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3115583
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
Or you can just flash 10.9, it had black and white toggles

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Lol, I just noticed ads on this forum. First time I've ever seen them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
Forgive me if this is a stupid question. How do we get 10.9 as loud as 10.8. I never used viper and my phone was plenty loud. On my wife's phone which has 10.9 her ringtone on loudest is like the same ringtone on my phone on about 75%'
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Josey Wales:
Screens of my settings in a .zip below:

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
You have the bass boost set really high, that might be the cause of the popping/crackling.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Volume boost, post #3.... It will be back in the final version. I removed it just to see if it was part of the problem and it is definitely not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Josey Wales:
These are the same exact settings I used in my old ROM without any issues whatsoever. . .

I cut down all my eq settings across the spectrum last night while leaving all other settings untouched, including Bass Boost. This alone practically eliminated the pop/crackle. Whether this truly solves my issue. . . I'm hoping so. I was experiencing the pop/crackle even at very low volume levels.

Bass Boost shouldn't cause any problems at very low volume levels(near mute) in which I only experience with my screen off. IDK. . . I will report back tomorrow after my workout since I'm off.

Thanks to turkbot. Made me rethink, troubleshoot my eq settings. . .

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] orgulloso4202:
[MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION], like I said. I flashed the 10.9 today did a clean one. I didn't experienced any issues with the music and didn't have them with 10.8.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
Can you post whuch battery settings you used. I tried all 5 of the different animations & still get the freeze when trying to answer a call when plugged in or coming from deep sleep.

I am using the author users battery number 26, anumation 1, size adjustment 0.

Im still on 10.8 thou, perhaps I should move to 10.9 first to see if problem still exist.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] redspeed:
I dont think it matters which battery icon you pick mine was the original one and I chose animation 1. However I still would freeze up when the phone was sleeping. Tried flashing the rom about 4 times removing all bloat and trying different things but its just not stable for me. Ended up switching to GPE 5.01 which seems to work really well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
I have never had these problems, I use charging animation #4 and battery icon users/#34. I cannot seem to recreate what you two are talking about. I do have mine set as Single Tap Mode instead of Swipe in Settings/Accesibility.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
Thanks gonna try that. The phone does respond to tap because I can feel the vibration feedback, but it's the swiping that doesn't seem to respond. You get the vibration and see the highlighted ring around the answer button but it doesn't move enough to pick up the call. This only happens when plugged in charging

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Also I'm using nova launcher, should've mentioned that also

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jelive:
I use similar settings to yours on 10.8 and no problems at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Reboot required... [emoji106]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Dynamic RAM Bar in Recent Apps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] carwashman:
I like when you have time off work, lol [emoji2]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
For the Settings, any chance of getting that blue/green to black?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Inside the circle. Change to black?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Yeah I've been meaning to look into that and the ugly Yellow in the Messaging app. Theming is a real pain on Touchwiz Lollipop.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
No luck on the Settings yet, but I kind of got the Messaging app done (don't know why the status bar is still yellow).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Yeah absolutely zero luck on SecSettings, I've tried changing colors everywhere and I see absolutely zero change. I'll have to see if someone more knowledgeable in theming knows what to do. It was so much easier when everything was images, just replace the background image with an all black one and change the text to white. Now everything is just a name and a color code, it's a lot of stabbing in the dark, and they are in absolutely no discernible order (if you notice the line #s on the left side, SecSettings goes well past 2500 lines of this stuff just for colors). #ff000000 is black ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Ok DazednConfused informed me that Settings title bar and the status bar color are both controlled by framework_res, now for another needle in the haystack hunt.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Well I fixed the status bar on Messaging but still no luck on SecSettings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Dang that looks GOOD!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
I'll be uploading the final version of Wicked X v10.9 for testing later tonight after the kids go to bed, if nothing is reported after a day or two I will make it public.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
I was also thinking of doing a Bare Bones version with the minimum amount of apps. What do you guys think?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
I set v10.9 to upload and I'll be going to bed shortly, good night.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] elcocolo50:
Good night?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
I will be cutting out stuff that this old guy will never use. I would like a refresher on what is "Sprint critical" on initial flash. All that Samsung account stuff goes, the Sprint software goes, and other stuff.

I vote for a bare bonez
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
I'm able to receive text and send MMS. I cannot send sms text only...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Sprint SMS Down

Sprint is down. Not a ROM issue.

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https://twitter.com/sprintcare/status/713388221267329025

Sprint SMS issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Code 98 is a Sprint system error, nothing to do with your phone. I was just experiencing the same thing for about 2 hours.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
Ok...thanks bro.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Can the black on the messaging app be brought to the stock email app?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
And the Gallery and the Music app and whatever other apps have that ugly teal/blue... All in due time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Found an Xposed module that stops Chrome from changing color - ChromeColorKiller
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Bare Bones is up for testing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Don't see it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Dang, must have errored out, it was at 80% when I left for work.

Edit: yep, errored out at 99%, reuploading now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Samsung released an update to the Internet browser in the Play Store. It seems to be the browser from the S6, I had actually Ported the S6 browser a month or two ago, but I couldn't get landscape working correctly so I never released it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Bare Bones is now up for testing... Happy Easter.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] JhoonB51:
Thanks, and Happy Easter to you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] turkbot:
Has busy box been broken, have tried to install viper and it fails every time, have also tried playstore
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
I haven't touched Busybox from V10.8. Do a clean install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] life-in-3D:
So for 720t testing bare bones just flash the 10.8 converter [MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION]?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
No need for the converter anymore, but yes you can do that if you want the Spark data icon, I believe that's the only difference.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] life-in-3D:
[MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION] you the man thanks!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] carwashman:
Rocking barebones without any issues at all. Thanks [MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION] for this!

How are your Magic mobile batteries holding up? I think I got some bad ones cuz my phone just shuts off randomly or just gets to the optimizing screen on boot and won't start at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jayshocka:
I wound up with six of them 4 2800 and 2 3000 mah. Long story but in the end the customer service was awesome. The 2800 last noticeable longer then the 3000. I also wound up with 3 external chargers. Very happy with my purchase
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] fsstcyr:
I am completely new to anything rooting; until I stumbled upon and read this entire thread in 1 sitting. Not kidding. Ryan, you are phenomenal. Way to go, Wicked X. It was so knowledgeable and informative. I have a much better understanding of all the terms and processes needed. Still saving for a half way decent computer before i get to play. Thanks for everything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Yeah I had the same problem with it randomly shutting off (I didn't have problems with it booting though), I threw them out and bought two Ankers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Dark Calendar

-dark themed S Planner app, changed most green colors to Black

-Flash in recovery

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995307448
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
v10.9 Change Log

-Dynamic RAM Bar in Recent Apps

-fstrim binary added

-Emoji Fix in Messaging

-Dark themed Messaging app

-StageFright Patch v2.0

-Debloated

-Added new themes: S Concept and Simple Black Theme by MyGalaxyA

-Quick Menu Button Unlock (press Menu button on Lockscreen to unlock, only works on Swipe Lockscreen security)

-Choice of 4, 5, or 6 bars in data indicator (Wicked X Settings, requires a reboot to take effect)

-White Ring Toggle Background

-Wicked Black N Blue keyboard

-New boot animation

-White Lightning Unlock Effect

-Viper4Android removed, install as normal app after boot

-Audio tweaks that were causing problems removed

-Clean install recommended

Wicked X v10.9

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995304957

Wicked X v10.9 Bare Bones

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995306535

-this is a highly Debloated version of v10.9 with a lot removed (mostly Samsung account stuff, S Voice, and other Samsung apps)

L720T Converter

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995317397

***Flash this after the ROM if you have the L720T model***

-Flash the L720T OH1 Kernel-here or Aurora Kernel-here, after the Converter if you are on OH1 or OK3 Baseband. Check to see Baseband under Settings/About Device. (OK3 only compatible with the Aurora Kernel)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Perfect. I will work on some if you give me a short version of what to do!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Decompile the apk, then go to res/values/colors.xml (I recommend using Notepad++ for Windows to view and modify xml and smali files). I use an app called ColorGrab to type in hex values to see what color they are and then change them to #ff000000 (black), recompile and push to system to see changes. In most apps the top bar is called the ActionBar, but not every app. If you don't have a working knowledge of apktool then all this information is kind of useless though. You can always use the Windows tool Tickle My Android by ticklefish, which automates apktool and makes it much easier for beginners.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jayshocka:
Had the same issue with one battery for a few hours it turned off 3 times and has not happened since
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Yeah this happened about 5 times on two different phones and then it started happening with the second battery. I hooked them up to a power monitor and they were fluctuating so I threw them out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Have taken the beginner route and have the Tickle My Android. The first process appears to be pulling information that matches your phone to your PC so you can work with it. Think I've got that part down.

Now comes "looking for stuff". Can you tell me where you made the change to the messaging app to black? I want to go to that location and look at it, so I can apply it to other apps. Sort of how I learn.

Thanks in advance, and I appreciate this new look into things.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
First you need to install system/framework/framework_res.apk to PC in Tickle My Android. Then move SecMms_Candy.apk to the In folder and close Decompile, same process for any app you want to decompile. The decompiled apk will then be in the Working folder.

System/priv-app/SecMms_Candy/SecMms_Candy.apk/res/values/colors.xml/Action Bar color (or something close to that)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Fascinating! Seeing way too much. I made one adjustment to the email app. I used Tickle My Android. Having confusion on how to get it back on phone. It's a single .apk. I tried to made a flashable zip, but am hitting a wall.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Look at the Dark Calendar zip, unzip it, I'm sure you'll understand after looking through it. You can put SecEmail_K.apk in system/app/SecEmail_K (you'll have to create this folder and put the apk inside), then delete the SPlanner folder and rezip and you have a flashable zip of your Email apk. Apply this method to make a flashable zip of any apk.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Pick the correct "app" or "priv-app" and leave all the other stuff alone is what I am reading. That is insanely easier than what Tickle My Android was putting me through.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Yeah, I wrote it so I can easily pop an app in and have a flashable zip for almost any situation.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] rnsxl666:
Running 10.9 bare bones with the FreedomPop apn fix,all i can say is WOW. Just when I thought this ROM was perfect before it just keep's getting better. Thanks so much Ryan for keeping my S4 a bad@ss phone:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] carwashman:
Well, you should be here, but yes, any TW based ROM would accomplish that ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Yes... ^^^Also, what he said above^^^
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Why would you run an OS that WON'T let you do something? Like buying a Ferrari with no engine - looks great, but you ain't going nowhere.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
How do I get past this to get hotspot to work?

I'm on OH1

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Working fine for me... Do you have a SIM card inserted?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
I'm attempting to make changes to the SecEmail.apk with regard to color. I did all the Tickle My Android stuff, made a few changes, but have seen nothing change once I load it back in. Do you make the color changes inside the actual app, or use the "framework-res.apk"?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
From what I've been told, SecSettings and SecEmail are both controlled by framework_res.apk. This is the post that somebody was getting to help me, I haven't had any luck yet, but haven't had much time to test -

"Hey, the colors are actually linked to the material_blue_500 or whatever in the colors.xml. The best way to change them without effecting other things you dont want is to edit the styles.xml. Usually under device default light style. Take a hex picker and grab the color code for the area you want to change. Then search that code in colors.xml it may show up as several things but the one you are looking for is the material_blue_X00 or material teal X00 color id. Then instead of changing it in colors.xml search the styles.xml for all occurences of that colors name. eg material blue 500. Then you will see where under the device default light style that color is called on. One of them is called something like actionbarColor. Change the [MENTION=403934]Color[/MENTION]/material_blue500 to #ff000000 or how ever you want to do it. Hope this makes sense if you need help shoot me a pm.

Edit forgot to say this is all done in framework.res not in the secsettings.apk."
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
No my phone didn't come with a sim card. My wife's phone has the SIM and she gets the same message.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Best way to put "framework" files back on phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
Is there anyone that doesn't have a SIM in their phone that has hotspot working?

If so can you post how you got it working???

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
Same way, there's a framework folder in my flashable zips.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
You could try Galaxy Tools, I still have the apk - https://www.dropbox.com/s/gluf7517nz01sh5/GTv3.1.5.apk?dl=0

Some people have said that cutting up an old credit card and inserting it in the SIM slot works, but some have said that it didn't... YMMV. What carrier btw?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bilgerryan:
I set my brightness all the way down and underclocked the CPU a little and did nothing but Internet browsing and got absolutely ridiculous screen on time... My eyes hurt.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bodyshop:
Sprint. My wife gets the no sim with a SIM inserted.

Thanks gonna try the tools and see if that works. If not I'll try an app for Wi-Fi tethering

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] themakersmarketandroid:
Using Tickle My Android:

1. Get files on PC (framework.jar, framework-res.apk, services.jar, SystemUI.apk, android.policy.jar)

2. Open up "framework-res.apk" from Working file

3. Navigate to res/values/colors

4. Mess with stuff using Note++

5. Save

6. Recompile "framework-res.apk" (moves to "Out" folder)

7. Copy new "framework-res.apk" to your "Flashable Zip" template (adding the extra folder)

8. Flash in Recovery

9. See if it worked.

Beyond that, you can pull any .apk you want into this, and do same thing.