[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] SeaFargo:
Installation Help and Known Bugs still in v6.1.30

I'm keeping this post updated (see the update date and time below) so please report all your issue in this thread and I'll try to mention here.

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I'm starting to test this ROM since seems the most "official" MIUI for SM-N910F so far..

Here are some useful info for future users like me and for the developers to help make this project grow faster.

The starting point is a brand new SM-N910F with stock N910FXXU1COJ3_N910FITV1COI1_N910FXXU1COJ3_HOME firmware.

1. The recovery to use:

- philz_touch_6.59.0-trltexx-coi3 (which was the only one to work on other devices like I9505) this time doesn't works. An infinite booting occur and so it's impossible to use. Very strange ...

- Cyanogen Recovery (tested the cm-12.1-20160123-NIGHTLY-trltexx-recovery) also doesn't work, it fail the signature verification. Also here very strange since this recovery should be the most simple and standard product so far.

- twrp-2.8.7.0-trltexx (International N910-F) is actually the only choice, and it works. I am not very happy to use this recovery to first flash this ROM because is the farest from the original recovery project, and in many other phones is not raccomanded to be used in this specific case (first flash or OTA flash). On the other hand it's the best for backing up the system. In any case no choice about it. Seems to be the only recovery working here (did you have some more recent experience? If so please report starting version, recovery version, rom and version to flash).

Considering the many questions about installation procedure I specify that:

1. You can install this ROM starting from stock TW 5.1.1;

2. You have to wipe all internal memory before proceding, so:

- Dalvik Chace;

- System;

- Data;

- Internal Storage;

- Cache;

- Android Secure

You just can avoid to wipe Internal Storage but only if you previously wipe all other files and folders created by previous operating system (by AROMA Filemanager DEGUNG GAMELAN- 1.91 - BUILD 130903 lauched by philz_touch_6.59.0-trltexx-coi3), leaving strictly your personal data only. In any case consider that you should (know and) do so for every rom installation procedure.

2. First start issue and bugs:

- If you setup your Wi-Fi nework in the first wizard procedure, this network will be disconnected at every reboot. If you skip the Wi-Fi connection and do it later, everything work as usual.

- There's no multilanguage. Just Chinese and English. On the other hand Language Enabler 2.8.0 gives you the possibility to change languages. Use this app after the Seper SU installation, since it need root acces.

- Ther's no root manager (although all latest MIUI7 have no built-in root manager). In Security, permission, Root there is a "root switch" that is not a root manager at all and it never ask you on-the-fly the root request of the app. In any case the built-in SU binary (com.lbe.security.miui) doesn't work in many builds, this included.. No problem here, there's the well known Chainfire SuperSU as a zip script to be installed from the recovery. I've used the BETA-SuperSU-v2.67-20160121175247.zip installed by twrp-2.8.7.0 and it works.

- Bootanimation: The original Samsung animation load instead of any other bootanimation. Sometimes start loading Samsung than change to MI. Still dont'n know how to fix it..

- Audio: even if you set OFF "vibrate on silent", after pushing up and down the volume that option switch on itself again and never switch off itself anymore. That means it's not possible to push down the volume and turn the phone completely silent (no sound and no vibration like all other MIUIv7 devices).

- No even Google Keyboard to start, but a chinese keyboard with latin font asking something in chinese.

- To unlock the lockscreen the first swype attempt fails quite always... I discover that to prevent this issue is enought to turn on the "prevent pocket dials".

- The lockscreen crashes if tapping the icon top right (which is the settings) if you are NOT using as default laucher the MIUI launcher.

- The background menu crash and seems not possible to change home and loockscreeen wallpaper. It is actually possible from the theme app and from other 3rd party lauchers background menu. In any case the background menu doesn't crash if you are using as default laucher the MIUI launcher.

NOTE: I've find out that this last two bugs are partially solved in the last version 6.1.30, but just when using the default MIUI launcher.

- The Bluetooth doesn't work [deep tested on SM-910F, while it works on some others SM-910x version]

- The Xiaomi App Store doesn't work and shows only a blank white screen (thanks to MFT89)

- Contact issue in sms and call log (not showing saved contact name). There is a fix for that, thank to tyre777 and to mormegil and RoshanDoon for reporting: just manually modify the file /system/csc/sales_code.dat from the code CHN (which means China) to the code of your country and reboot. You can find the list here: Sales Code (Country Code/CSC). You will need a fine manager with root capabilities (like Cheetah Mobile File Manager HD, enable root and enable /system partition to be writeble, ther's an option for both of them).

[to be continued ...]