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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Straman1:
Here is what i had done and it worked....... UNTICK REBOOT then odin the safe upgrade firmware with no aboot, yank your battery, reboot into download again and odin the modem tar and bootloader no aboot tar, yank your battery again, DO NOT AT ANY POINT RESTART YOUR PHONE! reboot into download again, odin twrp then yank your battery, reboot into recovery and then flash the paulpizz rom, dirty install. Now you can finally restart your phone. Ifn ya fudge up then just odin the pd1 bootloaders and firmware and the reunlock the bootloader and try again. The bootloaders will rollback on this instance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
If you flash the safe upgrade tar you don't need to flash the the modems and bootloaders. Those are all included in the safe upgrade tar. Also non of the tars I posted have an aboot so you will not relock the bootloader. The aboot partition is what determines locked or unlocked... ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] howellcp:
I used flash fire to upgrade without having to use my computer. Worked like a charm. Flashed full tar then booted into recovery, flashed Rom and booted.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] refusedchaos:
I already have N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVRU2CPD1, do I need to redo the steps for N910VVRU2CPG2 ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
If you have already updated your aboot and it's in mode developer then no your good to go. That build is to update and reunlock the aboot
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] rhilway:
Did you flash the full firmware? I thought only full firmware relocks bootloader?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
ADDED THE BELOW SECTION TO THE OP

**Important information to hopefully clear up some of the confusion on updating to VRU2CPG2**

Below are tar files for the purpose of restoring back to stock or upgrading from the earliest MM 6.0.1 builds to VRU2CPG2 without locking the bootloader (aboot.mbn). If you have already updated your aboot partition to MM 6.0.1, you can simply flash the

N910VVRU2CPG2_bootloaders_NoAboot

& the

N910VVRU2CPG2_modems

via Odin which will update your bootloaders and modems, then flash the newest PaulPizzRom (or any other rom with made with the same firmware build) via twrp and you will be good to go. The

N910VVRU2CPG2_Full_Firmware_NoAboot

is meant for restoring back to stock without locking the bootloader (aboot.mbn) It contains all bootloaders (except aboot.mbn), modems, cache.img.ext4, recovery.img, and system.img.ext4.

-

N910VVRU2CPG2_Full_Firmware_NoAboot

<--- Full Framework with no aboot so you

will not

re-lock bootloader, but will unroot and restore back to 100% stock.

-

N910VVRU2CPG2_bootloaders_NoAboot

<--- Contains rpm.mbn, sbl1.mbn, sdi.mbn, &tz.mbn

NO ABOOT.mbn

-

N910VVRU2CPG2_modems
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Straman1:
Found a prob!

When i dot a hot reboot, my phone yhinks that the sd card is corrupted. A normal boot fixes that.... also, i tried the oscar kernel r13 and, omg!, the speeds were blazing but with that kernel, my phone shows sd card corrupted nonstop. Can you address this, paulpizz?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] howellcp:
Has anyone gotten the Grace Incall UI app to work on this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
I just did a hot reboot to see if I get the same problem. It doesn't happen on this end. It must be a problem with your sdcard. If I was you I'd back everything up on a pc and reformat the sdcard in the phone. Then place everything you backed up back on it. Hopefully that will fix that issue.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
Here's the file I've been using. Just rename the original file with .bak instead of .apk. For some reason when I'm trying to upload the flash able file everything is getting abbreviated and it won't work. The permission for the file 0644 and I attached a picture to give you a better idea.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] howellcp:
That worked. Thank you! I've gotten most the other grace apps working. Still struggling with calendar and clock.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] EdrickMG:
Same here
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] revdirty:
Where in odin do i place the bootloader and modem files .. BL?..AP?.. or do one at a time? im always super hesitant about odin-ing anything . dont wanna mess it up , Im on cpf3 or what eve the last one was
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] gcounts:
Thank you Paul. If I was to restore to back to stock with the PG2 Full Firmware, how would I regain root?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
I always place them in the AP Slot one at at time :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
you will need to flash TWRP via odin, the you flash chainfire's SuperSU zip file via TWRP and it will reroot..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
I finally got the SystemUI mods updated for potato clock, 3minit battery, and status bar gradient. This is for the most recent PaulPizz build.

SystemUI mods

The framework, boot animation, and TouchWiz launcher mods are still compatible from the previous build.

On a related note, I was wondering if anyone with photo shopping experience would like to work with me on some different themes. Ive never used any of that stuff much, but so far I've got some color changes and a different background for the toggles, rounded some of the corners on notifications and recent panels. If anyone wants to take a look at it you can download here. It also includes the SystemUI mods listed above.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] android-incredible:
I downloaded the theme and work fine, I liked thanks..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] refusedchaos:
Thank you!

I notice that ther GPS is a little wonky on this rom (keeps having to search for GPS here and there while driving). Hopefully that mellows out with usage.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
Make sure your location settings mode are on high accuracy. Hopefully that will help.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
First, I need to oppologize for for being a noob to the note 4 (just got a new one), retired my note 3. I did all the safe upgrades after rooting and unlocking 5.1.1, and flashed the latest GP2 in Odin and lost root :(. I am unable to Odin TWRP; fails everytime.

Advice?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] refusedchaos:
Already had that on. I'll give it another week or so for it to iron itself out before I reflash.

Also you zip file for your xposed uninstaller is corrupt (tried all mirros as well). I just went to the dev site and grabbed it from there.

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Did you follow the directions in the OP?

So you unlocked the BL on 5.1.1. Did you flash the MM full firmwire rom, reroot, and unlock the BL again? You have to do that first before you jump to any MM rom.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Rev. Voodoo:
Thank you! I was a bit confused and kept reading back and was 99% sure I understood but was hesitant. This confirmed I understood, upgraded with no problems!! Running great so far.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
Yes. yes, and yes.

It is very unfortunate that instructions in almost every post jump all over the place, and usually leaves important details out. One should never assume that people know, "oh yeah, Odin TWRP and flash SU in TWRP, after updating partial firmware and modem. (BTW, how to you flash two separate tar files in Odin without have to pull the bat and re-enter download mode again?)

I hope I can downgrade again to 5.1.1. (?)

Oh, and I love how VZW voicemail app is included but doesn't work with 6.0.1 ... what a joke!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
Yeah I think that stock restore file has some missing some lib files for the voice mail app. I think it was slapped together in a hurry, lol. You should be safe to downgrade if you used the pg2 files in the op. Once you get your bootloader unlocked on 5.1.1 there is a hybrid firmware that you need to flash in odin and then you'll repeat the same process that you used to unlock 511. I think that might be the step your missing. In a nutshell it's :

1. Unlock 5.1.1

2. Flash hybrid tar

3. Unlock hybrid firmware

4. Flash stock restore tar

Once your unlocked on 6.0 your good to go and you can skip pf3 and flash pg2. Does that make sense to you? I'm off work today and will be home most of the day if you have questions.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
Hey Kevin! I'm glad you're on Pauls Rom still. Yes, your instructions make sense :) I was safely upgraded to 6.0 using hsbdr's thread, then I used Odin to flash both the no aboot, and modem tars (PG2), and then TWRP tar would fail. :( Good to know that I can downgrade back to 5.1.1 Thank you!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] EdrickMG:
Good you got rid of that horrible blue I was using some themer apk from galaxy note 4 thread (snapdragon) but I would love to get different ones like the one showed in your pic thanks!!

I tried system on my actual systemui but it still in blue what was the correct process to get toggles in that color?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
Yeah that's good, your still in good shape then. From the look of some of the unlocking threads people are having some issues with kingroot. It would be nice if there was a way around that part, but unfortunately "thems the brakes". I wonder if your better off using an older version of kingroot.

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If you have some ideas on what you might like I can try it out. There's still a few things I can't color but [MENTION=7439032]shadeau[/MENTION] is looking in to doing some photo shopping and hopefully between the two of us we can come up with some cool stuff.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] android-incredible:
what about to theme the blue tube,camera,4G,wifi, and signal icons..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] android-incredible:
Like this one..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
Yeah that's what shadeau was talking about as well. Most of those parts would need to colored through photoshop. There are mods that can be done to change a lot of this stuff on the fly but so far when I try to do them it's been a force close extravaganza. To make matters worse verizon lays there own pictures over top the stock samsung ones so the one time I got it to not fc it just didn't work. But hopefully soon we'll have a solution.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
bad "twrp" tar....

Holy heck! I figured it out! I was going to re-download all fresh files for re-rooting and unlocking, and I realized I had been using ODIN with a bad TWRP tar. So I hooked back up in Download mode and Odin the good one and it took!!! I'm booting the latest Paul as I type:fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
Fixed corrupted xposed uninstaller link.

Thanks [MENTION=5200163]refusedchaos[/MENTION] for bringing this to my attention... :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Telemachus:
Wifi toggle!!

I love Paulpizz, but have had WIFI toggle issues for over a week, and have just been using mobile data.

I have to admit, I'm not quite sure which Aboot I am on at this point.

I started all over again today.

I followed this guide for my old Developer's Edition:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67690579&postcount=1690

I started by using Odin to flash: N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVZW2BPA1_VZW.zip

I rooted and unlocked its bootloader.

I then flashed N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVRU2CPD1_FullFirmware.tar.md5.7z

and rooted and unlocked the bootloader.

Installed Paulpizz, and WIFI toggles on and off.

I then flashed: N910VVRU2CPF3_PartialFirmware_PatechedKernel.tar.md5.7z

Installed Paulpizz, and WIFI toggles on and off.

So I flashed the N910VVRU2CPG2_bootloaders_NoAboot & the N910VVRU2CPG2_modems via Odin.

And wifi toggles.

I am going to wipe everything and try a clean install of Paulpizz again.

What on earth Aboot am I even on at this point??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
Is everything working now? If your unsure about the firmware your on, you can use an app called Phone Info that will give you quite a bit of information. I attached a picture of mine if you want to compare. Funny thing I noticed, the bootloader I'm on is cpd1 even though I had flashed the full pg2 tar twice. So I'm wondering if Sammy had even changed bootloader versions since cpd1, because I never did flash the pf3 bootloader to see if that one changed it or maybe the app is incorrect. Either way I think you did the right thing from your post and you should be good.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Telemachus:
I still don't have wifi. My PDA and CSC still not up to yours...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Vlip3:
Has anyone had issue with "OK Google" on this ROM? I enabled it shortly after installing the ROM and it worked the first time I used it but never worked again. I've trained and re-trained it but it won't respond after the first time.

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The Links under the Mods section on OP for 3Minit Batter and Grace inCallUI are broken (issue 404 not found when clicked).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
What I did was flash the full pg2 tar, let that boot completely. Then power off, go to download mode and flash twrp, boot to recovery and then install PaulPizz rom. It's a kind of long process, but at least everything should get updated properly.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Telemachus:
It's worth trying. Have you ever had the Wi-Fi toggle issue on any of the previous firmware?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
Yeah that's my bad, I took those down. The systemui ones were for the last build and I somehow botched the Incall UI zip. Here's the Grace Incall UI zip and the only systemui zip I updated so far was the one with potato clock, 3minit, and gradient statusbar. Sorry for the confusion.

SystemUI

Grace inCallUI

I forgot to add that you can also flashed that themed ui a couple pages back. It has those mods listed above plus a couple other little things.

Not that I can remember, but was kind of curious how the pf3 kernel like Oscar kernel would effect the new build. It seems like that might cause problems like that. But your issue seems to be a mystery, you have an og de note 4?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] sam298:
Will this work with *pg2-r2 build?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Vlip3:
I think my question regarding "OK Google" got overlooked. Has anyone had issue with this? Anyone know how to fix it?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
No, the SystemUI has to be build specific. All the other mods will work that don't involve it. If you want, you can attach a copy of your SystemUI.apk and I should be able add everything pretty easy.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
I did at first. I redid the settings and rebooted. It's working for me now.

Sent from my SM-N910V using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] sam298:
I bit the bullet and installed a graceui systemui downloaded from this thread. Replaced apk and rebooted. Surprisingly it is working fine so far. The only grace ui apps that didn't work for me are keyboard and weather widget. TW launcher has some issues with the dock. Most other I tried works fine. I will keep you posted if I see any issues down the road with this systemui mod. I backed up my old apk just in case.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
Custom kernel installed?

Are you by chance running a custom kernel?

I read this in Oscar kernel post...

Additional information:

Q: My phone won't remember my Wifi passwords, what's wrong?

A: You need to modify /system/build.prop to change this line:

Code:

ro.secure_storage=true

to:

Code:

ro.secure_storage=false

Hope that helps :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Telemachus:
Yes, I am running Oscarkernel... Passwords aren't the problem, the wifi just won't turn on.

But that is a good idea to try a different kernel...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
Have you updated your aboot partition? If it's still on the 5.1.1 aboot your wifi will not work. You must update to 6.0.1.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] Telemachus:
Yes, thank you for all that you do for the community! It turns out it was something with the Oscar kernel. When I reflash the kernel in your rom the Wi-Fi works fine now...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] thetrangdam:
This is my device right now.

If I wanna return to stock, or unroot, should I just go ahead and flash the above 2 files then flash the latest PaulPizz Rom NoRoot_NoBusyBox_...?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] kevintm78:
You could that or you can also flash full pg2 tar in the op. The full tar is odexed and bloated. I haven't flashed the no root, no busybox version, but I assume it's deodexed and a little debloated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
"Theme service" (?) ...

Kevin, I think it's really great you get to work on themes! And you were asking about any other mod type requests, I have one for you.... This mod is working on my note 3: http://www.samsung.com/levant/apps/mobile/theme/

Pretty sure the AryaMod ROM is using S6 compilations, but this is avaliable for the note 5 too. "Material dark" is my favorite theme. It doesn't change your icon theme(s).

That's all I want for christmas santa, ha ha :laugh:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] howellcp:
If we could get the Theme engine to work on PaulPizz that would be great!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] shadeau:
Looking at the link you posted I'm not seeing any UI changes other than text and icons, which can be altered using a different launcher. Is that all the theme engine does? We're looking into changing the status bar icons as well as the quick action stuff. [MENTION=4486077]supergrobi94[/MENTION] has allowed us to modify his zips (http://xdaforums.com/note-4/themes-apps/theme-customize-galaxy-note-4-n910f-t3017621) and apks to work with the Verizon variant (which I am very grateful for :)). I like the AOSP theme, but we'll see how it goes. [MENTION=5285430]kevintm78[/MENTION] and I are making progress and we'll see how much customization we can actually do. We'll post in the theme section when we have something.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] EdrickMG:
Yep I'm using hero s7 theme pretty amazing!! I hope you an bring to Paulpizz roms
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
It's TouchWiz...

The themes are all touchwiz. Changing backgrounds (+UI). I.e. "Material dark" changes all the backgrounds dark and font to light; of which my eyes prefer. No bright white screens.

As I recall, my note 3 that's running the Theme changer is using a S6 build prop. If there is a way to add this feature without changing the build prop, I wouldn't know :( Maybe within the Theme app(s) themselves there is a way to tell/fool Galaxy apps that it's an note 5(?) ... And it's seems to work just fine deodexed.

I'm out of my element and just guessing now :laugh:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] rhilway:
Hey Guys, Happy Thanksgiving. As I sit here flashing very thankful for all the work you devs do I can't help but ponder the meaning behind "Paul Pizz". Is it supposed to be a play on words for something else? A nickname or some inside joke. I searched but didn't see anyone else wondering about such things.

Thanks

Rich
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
Well PaulPizz is a nick name for myself. My middle name is Paul and my friends used to call me pizz.. Somehow or another it has evolved into PaulPizz. So I named the rom that. After myself. Nothing special. [emoji106]

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! And all that have supported this project!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] thetrangdam:
Hi PaulPizz

Does Private Mode work on your latest rom?

I've been using PaulPizz's rom but none of those version had Private Mode to work, even if I editted the build.prop.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] bishop0114:
The features list that the S6 theme manager is included in the rom. How do we access it?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] homephysician:
Long press on screen and select themes.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
There are a few choices preloaded. But unable to buy or choose more from galaxy app store :(

Sent from my SM-N910V using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] tmushy:
Is there a way to check what version aboot we are on?

I previously had the issue with your latest rom. The wifi kept toggling on and off after doing a fresh install.

I decided to do a fresh install again and the wifi worked fine for a few days. Out of no where, it started having the same issue again a yesterday.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
Use this app. Under firmware it will say what bootloader (aboot) your on.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] tmushy:
Thank you PaulPizz

Bootloader version is N910VVRU2CPD1

Is that what it should be?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] howellcp:
Mine shows PD1 and I have no WIFI issues.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] 1Xfan:
No. The LATEST firmware ends is PG2. Read the OP, and update

Sent from my SM-N910V using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] swartlkk:
I am also on *PD1 with no issues with the wifi.

The aboot is not updated via any of the updates available in the OP. As far as I have read, updating the aboot to *PG2 would relock the bootloader. So showing bootloader version *PD1 in the firmware tab of PhoneINFO shouldn't be a problem. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
Yes that is the correct aboot. It looks like you have a problem with a bootloader. If I was you I'd try flashing the bootloader.tar and the modems.tar found in the op and see if that helps. Something has to be corrupt to cause your issue. If you try that please report back with your results..

Yes you are correct. Just as long as you are on a MM 6.0.1 aboot your good. It's the LP 5.1.1 that creates the issue with wifi. It seems a driver the wifi requires on the 6.0.1 firmware is on the aboot partition.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] tmushy:
I reflashed both bootloader.tar and the modems.tar . Still having the same issue. Here is a 10 second video of what is happening

http://sendvid.com/yfmn2939

If I tap the on button in time, the wifi will stay on.

This issue never happened with any of your previous marshmallow builds. It only started with the first version of N910VVRU2CPG2
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] PaulPizz:
That's strange.. The only other thing I can think is your aboot may have been corrupted some how. Which happens. I've seen it before on a t-mobile device. You may need to reflash an fresh aboot and reunlock it. It's a pain but it seems that may be your only option. If you have tried everything else it has to be that.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] tmushy:
Thank you I will try that tonight and will update
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] android-incredible:
I'm on cpd1 and no problem with wifi.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] EdrickMG:
[MENTION=5285430]kevintm78[/MENTION] hi sorry to bother you but in which thread could I check write on external storage with tibu
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] android-incredible:
I don't know if this is what you looking for..

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/development/rom-paulpizz-rom-t3360469/page160