[Galaxy Note5 Android Development] bogarty:
Over the last couple of months I've tried almost all of the versions of this rom with different combinations of kernels and implementations of the CSC. At least for T-Mobile, as many of you may know, there has been a lot of issues with dropped calls and other in-call volume issues and with some of those different iterations I eventually discovered that calls were not even coming in. It wouldn't ring at all and if I called somebody, then it would be like I could hear them but they couldn't hear me, even though I was choosing the correct settings in the CSC, so it took me quite a while to get a combination of things going where there wasn't eventually an issue of some kind. A lot of times it would work fine in the beginning, but eventually I'd find system issues or even experience force closing of the system and bootloops.

Anyhow, in case there are any T-Mobile people out there who were having issues trying to figure out what the right combination of roms, fixes, kernels and the CSC were, for what it's worth...

HERE IS THE INSTALLATION PROCESS I ENDED UP WITH:

1) Install Khongloi Nougat Final

2) Do Not Install Any Fixes: Should be included in Final.

3) Install The Note8 CSC: THE S8 CSC seems to cause major telephony and in-call issues for T-Mobile devices, but the Note8 CSC seems to restore all call functionality and works just fine with the S8 roms.

4) Do Not Install A Custom Kernel: The only instance on my T-Mobile Note5 where the rom wasn't majorly buggy or launched into a bootloop or just unable to get past the Samsung logo on the first boot was when I just stuck with the Kernel that comes packed into the rom. I'm not sure if that kernel is just a generic universal one that works for many Samsung devices or if it just works for T-Mobile devices, but not flashing a kernel on these roms seemed to always give me a much smoother experience.

OPTIONAL:

5) Uninstall Any AOD Files in "/system/priv app/" & "/system/app/", Then Install THIS ONE HERE Like A Normal APK: AOD does not seem to function with the installation method I've laid out above. I gather it's because of not flashing a rooted kernel. The other version of AOD I linked in this step, however, does not require root, so it works just fine.

6) Customize Your AOD Backgrounds With One Of These APKs RIGHT HERE: These are the ones I made personally because I wanted to replace all of the backgrounds, but check the OP or look throughout the rest of that thread for other backgrounds if you want. You can also make your own with the instructions in the OP. :)

NOTE: The above are just suggestions btw. If it worked for you in another way, then that's great, but please try not to reply with things like flashing the kernel or using the S8 CSC worked just fine for you or whatever, as those comments can be extremely unhelpful for those who were actually experiencing issues. Thank you! :P

WHAT SEEMS TO BE NOT WORKING:

1) Bixby Vision: It seems like I had this working with one of the rom versions I tried, but have since only been able to get a black screen on Bixby Vision. Regardless, it says something about this version only allowing for scanning of QR codes(no matter which version I install), so it wouldn't really work for what I would want to use it for anyway. It's possible that this is kernel dependent as well.

2) Bixby Voice: Not sure how many have got this working right. Had to trick it into allowing me to set it up, but then it doesn't really work and is really nowhere to be found.

3) Live Drawing: Pretty sure I had this working on one of the versions of this rom, but now it seems to be missing.

4) Khongloi Tweaks App: This worked fine until recently. Now even when I try to uninstall and reinstall it, the app still force closes when I open it. Possibly there was a setting that I changed in there that somehow triggered a bug in the app.

EDIT: I noticed that if I clear the data on the Khongloi app it will work, but will crash Everytime if I click on the Global Action, Notifications or Recents tabs in the app. Maybe because those are the only ones where I enabled a whole section of tweaks. Nevertheless there seems to be some sort of conflict there.

Anyhow, other than the above mentioned, which I'm not really too concerned about, with these installation steps this ROM has been running solid for a little over 3 weeks now. Fingers crossed. [emoji14]