[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Exynos)] ananjaser1211:
Refined nougat beta 2

RefinedNougat BETA 2​

WARNING : PLEASE DO NOT PROCEED TO DOWNLOAD UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE ENTIRE POST !​

Is this custom firmware suitable for you ?

You are able to understand the nature of custom ROMs and especially Ported Roms with Higher Android Version, and that they are never truly Bugless

You are ready to give up on some functionality (bugs) and ready to sacrifice on some ease of use in some areas (mentioned below)

You are ready to use a ROM that will have basic CAMERA functionality (1080P recording, 3rd party camera is almost mandatory)

You are able to understand Basic "English" and have the ability to understand AND follow instructions

You are not a nit picky person who is on the hunt to find Bugs that do not affect daily usage severely (Legit bug reports are welcome)

You are capable of Finding 3rd party apps that might fix some bugs that might show from this rom

You are Aware and take responsibility for any Damages caused by YOU or the CustomFirmware weather thats a failed alarm or a 2018 note 7

If the Answer to the above questions was "YES" please continue with the Post. if the answer to ANY is "NO" Please go Here And install a different Firmware. if you Lied and still felt obliged to spam the thread with reposted questions, lazy questions, stuff that are in F.A.Q and so on, i encourage everyone in this thread to IGNORE YOU and skip your question as it was never there.

Red Items in the Changelog have important notes below

BETA 5.2 Changelog

Camera Fixed (ReadNotes)

New Nougat keyboard for languages fix

- Oreo keyboard selectable in aroma

Fixes to DPI

Tons of feature tweaks again

Fixed weird small 4G Icon and replaced with LTE icon (N910H Would show 3G only)

Init.d changes

Added more init.d scripts / optimizations

Much more debloating

AdaptSound fix

Fixed magisk not installing

Updated security patch to August2018

Removed some Apps

Hotspot/USB/Bluetooth tethering fixed

WifiDirect Fixed

Rom Will default boot at 2K Res

Kernel ramdisk reworked to allow propper execution of scripts.

Sensorhub Patches applied

Added aroma from my J series ROMs with debloat mods and other stuff (screen shots in the channel)

Re did N910U kernel for RIL fixing

Added GoogleFaceunlock

- Found in smartlock

Audio Workarounds using custom app

Fixed video resulotion issue on 1080+ playback

Magisk 17.1

Busybox 1.29

Removed the boosted audio

- Use external audio mods

HeliosKernel 1.4

N910U Changes for RIL

Redid Ramdisk tweaks

More work on init.d

Run all scripts after boot

Some camera Work

some gpu/cpu minor changes to freq

Reworked RIL so it loads instantly

Install Notes

1) DirtyFlashing from ALPHA 1 is possible , yet a clean flash is always much more recommended

2) Its recommended to MANUALLY Wipe SYSTEM,DATA And CACHE when doing a clean install

3) Busybox installation will take an extra minute or two

4) if the ROM was stuck on splash, Update your Recovery to the latest available, (if none available wait for [MENTION=5463272]DahakePL[/MENTION] to add support)

Special Notes (Very Important)

Camera

- SamsungCamera is very unstable, but sometimes takes photos (with all samsungs optimizations), For video recording use FootejCamera (included in the rom)

- Video recorder in 3rdParty apps will only record upto 1080P 30FPS

- Video recording will not work in Samsung camera at all

- API2 Features like pro mode or brightness slider WILL crash the samsung Camera

- Camera works flawlessly on 3rd party apps like snapchat etc

- Camera VideoRecording might have issues with SOME 3rdparty apps Therefore record in Footej only

Audio

- EliteScripts app is mandatory for all users to have a "good enough" experience with Audio in this ROM use it to switch Audio states

- N910C/H Audio will allow earpiece calls for those variants, and 3rdParty app Microphone support, Bluetooth audio will not work

- N91xSLK Audio will allow earpiece calls for those variants, but NO 3rdParty App microphone support, Bluetooth Audio WILL work

- N910U Audio will allow earpiece calls for those variants, but NO 3rdParty App microphone support, Bluetooth Audio WILL work

- Audio State can be switched on the Fly without reboots using EliteScripts

- Each Audio state can be used on any variant, with the difference begin what it allows, so C/H Users can pick SLK when they want to use Bluetooth Audio devices, And N91xSLK/U users can pick C/H when they want to use 3rd party recording apps

Special Notes about EliteScripts App

- This app is Inhouse made in less than 20Hours, expect bugs

- QS Toggles are Slow to change QS Color only, but fast in changing audio state

- The app WILL NOT work without Root

- QS Tiles are hidden by default, press the top right menu to show them

- When the QS is blue, the script has been activated

- Run it atleast once before use at boot

- Whitelist it from smartmanager battery optimizations

- the app might FC if it was removed from recents or cleared ram in some scenarios

Other

- Sensorhub is disabled in this release intentionally, as 24 hours ago it was discovered that its causing some random reboots for few testers

- Audio by default sounds near Stock, if you want to increase it, you can do so yourself by using 3rdParty apps, or magisk modules such as Viper4Android or DolbyAtmos

- Adapt sound and SoundAlive will only work when N91xSLK/N910U is selected in Elite Scripts

- ROM uses WQHD resolution by default, and boot animation will and forever will be Cut in half when you set to FHD

Bugs

- Offline GPS Navigation (Will only work with mobiledata or Wifi)

- SmartView

- IR Blaster

- Fingerprint Sensor

Quick F.A.Q

Q : Phone is HOT, battery is bad , how to improve ?

A : You have full control on the kernel included, open EliteTuner and play with frequencies and various other tunables

Q : Samsung Camera is usable ?

A : It works the best for selfies, everything else is buggy

Q : Will the audio ever be improved?

A : Well i thought the camera could never be fixed, so only the future can tell

Q : EliteScripts keeps FCing sometimes

A : Always keep the app running in the background to use QSToggles

How to report New bugs

If the bug does not have notes, or not listed then follow these simple steps

Method 1 : provide a logCat (Mobile) OR Use LoggingKit.zip Then provide detailed explanation of the problem and how to recreate it

Method 2 : The ROM has an Auto Logcat service, Using any root explorer, navigate to /Data/Refined_Error.txt And Upload that file with a detailed explanation of the problem (Especially for FCs!)

P.S : That file is created on each boot, so if you reboot after your issue happens, the log is useless until the issue happens again

Personal Notes

Finally im able to bring to you, loyal note 4 owners the BETA 2, its another major step in my plan to fully discard custom rom users of Old, outdated, and horribly looking Marshmallow (very evil i know). i believe that with this update if you fit the criteria above then this may very well be suitable to be a daily driver, and so it was for my self for the past year. The camera isnt something to write home about, its serviceable at best but does do its job in some scenarios. the Audio is quite messy to be honest, but i think its matter of few days before new users can get used to it. until a real solution is found (one that supports all these variants is highly unlikley). This update was a tough one im not gonna lie, lost my data twice, the Audio real time switching was a headache to deal with and develop at the last minute. heck the entire test rom got leaked for 10 minutes ! but with team work i am quite happy to say that this is a good update. Ofcourse this does not mean this rom is gone, there is alot more work left to do, that im still willing to do. and my plans for beta 3 to not be 3 months away.

Now to shell out. as you guys can obviously tell This has been a long project in the making, if you appreciate the work i have done, Feel free to buy me a cup of coffee @Paypal im kinda running out of, or simply by leaving good feedback, constructive criticism and a Thanks :good:

Downloads

GoogleDrive : Download

AndroidFileHost : Download

Mega : Download

Screenshots : Aroma || ROM || Camera Test

Credits

[MENTION=8393497]Griffin98[/MENTION] and [MENTION=8916794]mohi1117[/MENTION] for working on the Camera with me.

[MENTION=6716894]Yahia Angelo[/MENTION] and [MENTION=7594127]TaifAljaloo[/MENTION] for their splendid work on Elite Scripts in the short time given.

[MENTION=1665654]Eliteteam[/MENTION] Whom i consider Family for always supporting my projects

[MENTION=8233634]Voytec83[/MENTION] [MENTION=5463272]DahakePL[/MENTION] [MENTION=2438295]claude96[/MENTION] [MENTION=6715387]ghembuls[/MENTION] [MENTION=7870750]Enginyaman[/MENTION] [MENTION=1877258]MrNova[/MENTION] [MENTION=4521654]Seemanthinis[/MENTION] and more for being the best testers you could ever want.

[MENTION=1649452]geiti94[/MENTION] for teamwork

[MENTION=7098450]Kill-Switch[/MENTION] for his hospitality and the best Azerbaijani tea you could ever taste