yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
Okay, I have run into a problem with my TWIZtd S8 install... and that is, when I use the camera with the screen lock on (one does this by double pressing the button at bottom end of screen to bring it up) the camera works... until the pic is snapped. Then instant reboot. And it gets worse. At least it did for me. I had to pull the battery but even that didn't bring the phone back. Finally had to TWRP restore the S8 before I used the camera; fortunately for me I had a copy only 2 days old. But yes, not using the camera from now on unless the phone is unlocked first.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
GPS doesn't work on unofficial builds, however it does work in the official trltexx RR remix, HOWEVER you have to edit the build.prop file manually before it will flash, then the incallui is dead - black screen, no sound.

personally i use stock firmware since the security patch is August 2017, and all the N7 ports are July 2016 since the model was recalled.

any note 8 ports?

UPDATE December 25:

I have flashed Apocolypse N7(N8?) port and the Flashpoint v3 kernel on top of it. It's been about 24 hours, but so far I am enjoying it.

This port registers as an N950F port (Note 8 International)

Pros: August 1 Security patch. Able to purchase and apply Samsung themes. Bought one for $0.79+ $0.06 tax (85 cents). So far it has been running fairly smooth.

Cons: No wifi calling (I don't typically use wifi calling as it causes issues sending MMS). Still running MM, although it does have an nougat-ish-like feel to it.

Edit : Jan 2 - Lineage ROM does have working GPS, however the reason I don't use it is the camera quality is poor (very choppy video)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ShaDisNX255:
I use Ramdisk RC2, seems it's stable too and it came pre-installed with the ROM I am using now, which is Astra Dream S8, which seems to have very active development.

I began to distrust the Norma ROM, not only was there something that was detected as a trojan, as you stated in the OP, but the Astra Dream developer also warned about this app sending information to servers, as you can see in this post:

All ROMs appear to become more stable. I had experiences of random reboots and was fearing my device was starting to develop the emmc fail problem. But it turned out it was my aged battery, after getting a replacement I have not experienced any reboots
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
to answer your question, Flashpoint kernel v3 or 3.1.

As for norma ROM, I am curious, how does the GPS work, not only in maps, but also in the Starbucks app, and Marlboro MHQ coupons app, which require a GPS signal near the store where it's being used at? I had issues on the norma ROM on those certain apps, but it was the build 6 months ago, so they could be fixed by now. Also, what security patch does it include?

ApocalypseX_M works well for me, the only issue I had which was 100% resolved by flashing the N4 Camera app, was choppy video. I'm assuming it's very similar to Batman, since they're from the same dev. But ApocalypseX_M is on the latest August security patch.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
Hmm. Might have to try Flashpoint. Thanks. And re latest security patch.... August 1, 2017 for Norma v26. And I do not know how GPS and maps work yet... I never use the other apps so couldn't say. Will report when I know. ;)

UPDATE: Flashpoint did not work for me.... despite trying it twice. I maybe could go to an older version (3.1 was just released). But dunno if I'll bother. Anyway, what happened was that I flashed the rooted version, it hung for over 10 min the first time and over 15 the second time. Nothing happening.... ;) So back to RamRom's RC3 kernel.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
Interesting. What ROM did you flash it to? There are several versions. I use the 3.1 ported extended battery one on ApocalypseX_M with no issues
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
I'm flashing to Norma v26. I used the standard rooted kernel.... thought about trying the unrooted one, but not sure it is worth it. :p
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
I'd say it's worth it. It overclocks to 2.8Ghz. make sure you're using the ported version.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
Thanks. The ported (and rooted, which I chose) version did it. The documentation doesn't mention downloading a ported version for our phone, but that's fine, as it did work and worked fast; I flashed it and the phone rebooted in about 30 seconds. I note under "security" it has three different security listings. I am not sure I'll use the overclocking options, as I have a standard (though new) Anker battery and overclocking can't help but tax it a bit more. Plus, that dread EMMC error that hits at least some older Note 4's is one I don't want to tempt by overtaxing the memory chips. But again, thanks for that tip.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
If overclocking is a concern, you can always set the max frequency lower in kernel Auditor & tick apply on boot. One cool thing is you can also lower the minimum frequency on the MSM Mpdecision hotplug from 300 to 268. So far I like the kernel. It's linux version 3.10.108
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
Another UPDATE on Norma v26:

First, for my N910T phone, the new Flashpoint 3.1 Kernel is working well (I flashed the rooted and ported version 3.1). The older RamRom RC3 (also RC2) run fine as well, but I'm rolling with the newer kernel for the moment, waiting to see how it does with battery. One *very nice* feature here is that the rooted version of Flashpoint 3.1 contains the latest magisk root within it; no need to flash root seperately, unlike the older RamRom kernels which did require a separate root flash. Remember to download *ported* version - there is a rooted and non-rooted version of it to choose from.

Second, when I finally got around to using the nrom app, which allows some extra tuning of the rom, it inserted Chinese characters into the lock screen and also the initial shutdown screen. If you want the extra tweaks with the nrom app, no big deal... the Chinese isn't really in the way of the phone's everyday screens other than those two. I froze my nrom app with titanium after a reinstall and have left it frozen. The rom is fine to me without the custom tweaks. In fact, it is probably going to remain my daily rom.

And here, because it probably belongs here rather than where I edited it recently, my updated semi-review of the Norma v26 (and briefly, Batman).
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
I also this morning - one more sampling of newest roms - tried out the Astra Dream rom. This wasn't fair of me, quite, as I'm liking the Norma v26 right now and wondering if it has something to do with N7 based roms being preferrable to me over S8 based roms. Anyway, here is where to download / read more on Astra Dream:

https://xdaforums.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/astra-dream-s8-ux-rom-beta-v1-up04-06-17-t3667938

My experience for the N910T Note 4? Flashing went okay, and the install offers a maximum of choices including between the RamRom Kernel and Flashpoint 2 Kernel (I later updated Flashpoint 2 to the new 3.1, and this worked without issue). What was an issue? I had to flash a datafix file to get Tmobile's carrier signal (I also had to do that with the Norma v26). I did not experience any wifi connection issues, which some folks apparently do with this rom. There are some other curious choices, including having IOS emojis or icons... I didn't really care for that as I'm an Android guy not an IOS guy. Ha! But someone else might. The N7 vs N4 camera choice is there as well. Magisk is default rooting choice.

Not much of a review... there are tons of screen captures and so on at the above link if this one appeals to you. One other caveat.... While the Security Patch level for Norma v26 is August 1 2017, the patch level for Astra Dream is May 1 2017. That's a bit dated in my book.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rajil.s:
Which amongst these have a WPA2 Krack fix and Meltdown fix?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
Samsung & Google are working on it. It was just made public. We'll have to wait for the fix. It's not going to be overnight since the problem is embedded in the hardware, so there's no simple easy patch fix.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rajil.s:
It has been two months since Google has a patch for Krack vulnerability. Nothing from Samsung yet?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
AFAIK, the latest security patch from Samsung on my note 4 came in August.. We're overdue
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rajil.s:
Note 4 doesnt look like to be on Samsung's radar.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
Microsoft supports their operating systems for 7 years & then 3 more of 'extended' support. By that logic, I'd assume the note 4 would be supported through 2021..I'm not 100%, but it's just a guess.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ShaDisNX255:
Phones are way different than Windows. Phone manufacturers usually just support flagship phones for 3 years, a little more if we're lucky. After that, they expect you to upgrade to a newer phone
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
That's pretty lame, considering Samsung's newest J7 has half the internal storage, lower quality screen & no 4k video. I don't see the benefit to having an integrated battery either ?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
Okay, back to Norma v26... and I really think this rom has been enhanced by [MENTION=5755504]star53[/MENTION] (the guy behind Batman and ApocalypseX rom).

First, it now - get this - has WIFI CALLING. Now that's nice.

Second, it doesn't require a datafix flash or seperate kernel flash (both are in the rom itself). (I do intend to flash the newer Flashpoint 3.1 kernel soon and will report back. UPDATE: if you use the *UN*rooted Flashpoint *ported* kernel, and then manually flash a separate magisk file, it works just fine.... what I'm running now with great contentment.

Here's the flashpoint kernel link:

https://xdaforums.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/kernel-flashpoint-v3-1-stock-n7-ports-t-t3727407 )

Third, it does require having gapps (the link below is for both the rom and gapps).

My main interest is in seeing how this rom stacks up, stability wise, to the XT Norma v26 rom I've been running for a few days now. UPDATE: The battery is GREAT on this rom, and it has yet to show any signs of instability.

Not much of a review, more just letting folks know this is here. To download, and for more info:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75115528&postcount=938

Blessings.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
My SD card isn't recognized by either of Star53's ROMs with Flashpoint. Haven't figured out if it's the ROM or the kernel, since it loads in TWRP just fine.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Heezy01:
i have been using Star53's Norma v26 rom for a few days and it has been solid so far. i am running Flashpoint 3.1-port-no-root, manually flashed Magisk 15.2/5.5.3 and Xposed 87.3 systemless/3.14 installer. all installed flawless and working great. i am also using nova launcher instead of stock tw launcher.

i am experiencing small lag hiccups here and there, but other than that, this rom is great and i prefer the norma roms.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
Is your SD card recognized in the ROM? I hardly use my SD card besides when making backups in TWRP lol & it works in TWRP but not in the ROM. I just noticed this
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
This hasn't been an issue for me with either v26 Norma rom. I have a 64g samsung micro-sd in the external sd slot, if that helps.

Blessings.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Gerxp:
Some apps have issues accessing external sdcard.

Search Xda and flash:

ExtSD_Fix_rw-signed-v1.9b

There is a thread about it.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] li0nh3art3d:
Star53's version correct? I Haven't tried petebede's & I know there are at least a few differences. I have a 128 GB, and what gets me is that in neither ApocalypseX_M nor Star53's N ROM is it recognized, however it works fine in TWRP ?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
Yes, [MENTION=5755504]star53[/MENTION] 's version. You could try this. See:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74959176&postcount=1464
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
For those considering the two Norma v26 roms....

[MENTION=5755504]star53[/MENTION] (see earlier in this and the last few pages) did a version that works a charm on my N910T phone. It has voLTE and LAN Calling and is very stable.

[MENTION=1326896]petbede[/MENTION] has also done a heroic version as far as being nearly universal and a "one file" install... but unfortunately, there is no LAN Calling (I installed this to verify).

Both of these roms do work on the N910T phone. It is clear where my sympathies are at this stage. Will report back if there are changes.

That's it from here. ;)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rob_z11:
Thanks for the comparison, but once you start using fingerprint scanner for all your password, these ported ROM are nice, but I went back to AOSP.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] fastguy:
I insisted on the Lineages LineagesOS on my N910T, but once I hit again the Bluetooth mic bug I had to switch. I'm now on Norma v26 of star53 and it works very good. Of course it's not as fluid as LineagesOS but still good.

It has screen off memo as well.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rob_z11:
I don't use Bluetooth headset, but there were times when you use headphone to talk, it used to have that issue, but lineage hasn't demonstrate that silent but yet..
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sleekyboy24:
y

There is a third file on download. Police_samsins...zip. What is it and does it need to be installed? Thanks
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shonkin:
That is an awesome file if you like to play with fonts. It also contains a tweak to get your battery registered at the right power exactly (it is reportedly incorrectly, though not by much, in rom w/o this patch)... but the real *wow* is the extensive fonts set this file adds to your phone. I now use the "Woodman" font from this collection as my default screen font.

[MENTION=5755504]star53[/MENTION] has some other goodies cookin' that will be along shortly, or so he tells me.... stay tuned. ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pulyka:
hello!

i would like to change my Kaiser's dialer/commanager's background image.

anybody know how should i do that?

i searched the whole forum, but i always found questions about this...:mad:

i tryed to change some images in dialer's .CAB files, but that is not so obvious for me.

i would like to use this background, and simple black buttons.

thanks,

pulyka
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] khals:
I did this a while ago.

Look inside the \Windows folder on your device using any picture viewer and take note of the filenames you'll need. Transfer the images to your PC and edit them. I had to transfer them to my storagecard before being able to move them over, as my PC couldn't see the Windows folder.

After altering the images to your likings, transfer them back to your device and reboot for the changes to take effect.

Good luck with your skinning project ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pulyka:
hmm thanks, i will try it!

:)
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xBlean:
Well, it used to work just fine, but now every time I try to format my SD card as internal storage, it goes and says every went just fine, but whenever I try to move the apps or whatever, it says the card is corrupted.

BUT! Whenever I format my card as portable storage, it works just fine... I also get an error message every once in awhile

(Oh. I am running LineageOS 14)
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] UnicornHub:
What is the difference in all the RR ROMs. I'm trying to find one to run. I want one that works with themes and development is kept up on it. I have been reading through the threads of each one and can't really see the difference. Thanks in advance for the advice.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] pitrus-:
Instead of creating a new thread, you should have continued this one -> https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3607169
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] UnicornHub:
Oh sorry I looked all over and didn't see this. Can someone close this thread please
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] nitinvaid:
contact the moderator to close this thread
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Teweh:
Hi, I am trying to flash the stock firmware 5.1.1 for SM-920P (sprint s6) since I can't connect to the t-mobile network after buying a carrier unlock from a third party. I get this error:

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/005> sboot.bin

<ID:0/005> FAIL!

<ID:0/005>

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Added!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] treoarx:
I had issues as well. Try a new USB cord. I eventually got it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thunder Storm:
Hello,

I soft-bricked my Padfone A86 when I tried to flash my own kernel using TWRP 2.7.1.1. Before that I was running a rooted Android 5.0.2 (fw version WW-12.4.0.59) with TWRP recovery that I installed like described in an article at padfoneclub.com.

Installing the custom ROM damaged (at least) the boot and recovery partitions. That means I only have access to fastboot which I can not use to flash to those partitions:

fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.7.1.1-unofficial.img
target reported max download size of 1879048192 bytes
sending 'recovery' (10124 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.321s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Security is Enable, close 'flash' function !!)
finished. total time: 0.338s

The remote: Security is Enable, close 'flash' function !! error must have been introduced by a patch to the bootloader because I don't recall having this issue when I first flashed TWRP back then when I was running some previous firmware version.

What I can do though is to boot the boot.img (only from fw versions 10.12.3.116 and 10.12.3.130) like this: fastboot boot boot.img

Using saferoot I managed to get root access which enables me to write to the recovery and boot partitions like this:

dd if=/sdcard/twrp-2.7.1.1-unofficial.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery bs=4096; sync;

Although I can confirm that the memory gets changed using the dd command the bootloader neither loads recovery nor the system on the boot partition.

I looked at a hexdump of the recovery partition and it seems like the only thing stored in it is the TWRP image followed by zeroes. Trying different block sizes didn't help neither.

Confusingly that method seemed to work for some people. Maybe TWRP requires to be written over some stock recovery and can't boot on its own?

I was only able to try to flash the stock recovery for fw versions above 10.12.3.13 as ASUS only included patch-files for the recovery partition before. That didn't work neither. I was assuming that the recovery is running on its own and does not depend on being the same version as the system (or the bootloader). Or might there be something on a different partition that prevents the recovery from working properly?

Booting into recovery results in getting into fastboot mode (fastboot continue doesn't help).

Booting the system stops at the bootloader which shows the error message: ERROR: Can not load Invalid boot image!!

The frustrating thing is that although I seem to have full access to the device memory I still don't manage to fix the recovery partition.

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealWelder:
Try getting rid of the bs part. Flash the image at it's normal size.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thunder Storm:
Thanks for your reply.

I flashed both TWRP and stock recovery without the bs parameter. Same results as before: it doesn't boot into recovery.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] sean-32:
Hi

I am having a problem when my phone is between 2 towers.

The download/upload speed slows to a crawl on both 4g and lte.

This happens even if the signal strength from each towers is high (around -80dbm).

I use network cell info to confirm this. My Wife's V20 has the same issue.

As soon as I can achieve around a 10 or better dbm difference between the towers everything speeds up again.

There are 2 locations near me where this happens (with different towers).

My other phone (a note 3) does not have this problem.

I'm on T-Mobile.

EDIT. I have also discovered this only happens on band 12.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Derpatron44:
Hello. My name is ford, i have a galaxy grand prime with no current OS on it. this is because i was attempting to install a custom ROM onto said phone and the video i had watched, had me go into twrp, (which i had installed previously) and wipe the internal storage. ( i had used odin to flash onto the phone). I then god a custom rom, lineage os i believe, and attempted to install with twrp, but a good 75 % of the way through, no matter what, the phone would reboot. this happened with multiple roms i had tried, all ending with the same result, with the phone still having no os. i then thought that it might work with cwm instead. so from there, i had installed cwm, also with odin, with twrp still installed. i figured cwm would go ahead and either become the default cstom recovery, or it would just replace twrp altogether, but then after i had rebooted and put in the key combination for the custom recovery, it would still show the text in the top left for twrp, but then the screen goes black. I had turned the phone on and off multiple times with the same result every time. i don't know this is because the phone may be confused as to which recovery to boot into, or some other alternative reason, but it will not boot into anything now, just a black screen. I still know the phone is on, because it is noticeably lit, like it is just displaying a black screen. Now to the reason for my post, (if that wasn't enough), i then just tried installing my roms with odin. and no, there is nothing wrong with the roms, as they are all tar, and are all valid, but whenever i attempt to flash any rom, the little debug will say "file analysis" and then a second later crash. (by crash i mean windows will has it has stopped working). As i have said this has happened with all roms. It doesnt matter what order i do the steps in (plug in phone, then load files; load files, then plug in phone etc...), and i have reinstalled the c++ redistributable to make sure i have all of the dll's, but absolutely nothing is working. and no it is not because of the versions of odin, because i have tried multiple. So honestly im just aggravated now. Am i just stuck with a phone with no os now, or what? Seriously will try anything. PLEASE HELP
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Wintrmte:
Anyone know if this can be (or is) a live wallpaper? If not, would look amazing as one.