So, I just wanted to share my settings and mods from which I have found the best experience on the S4 with... I have tried all the customs ROMs out, and always find myself coming back to stock simply because everything works, and works great...
Apps: Things I cannot live without...
SD maid pro
Lagfix pro
Nova launcher pro
Titanium BU pro
Solid Explorer pro
SuperSU pro
7Zip
FolderMount pro
Terminal Emulator
Trickster
Mods: Just fun things, all 100% stable..
Nottach w/ Xposed
Trueicon fix-from different carrier forums, the Best icons period and they work with Nottach.
The V for vendetta default contact pics, no more cartons!
Latest Crossbreeder mod on xda
The all in one wifi, hotspot, CRT off mod in our vzw section- projectodex is the name
Custom Android P on apple boot, and Android robot off animations.
A few personal selected blackout app mods
Removed GPS
Removed E911 icon's
Selected bloat all frozen in Tibu
I think those are about it. Everything I listed here is the work of the awesome guys on XDA and Im by no means claiming these as mine. So please thank the individual developers!
Everything I listed here works and will work with each other. IE.., the trueicons will work on top of a completely custom drop down notification panel..
Again, all these things work on a stock rooted ROM, it looks great and nothing crashes ever. I consistently quadrant from low 13k to 14k. The phone boots official eveytime (no custom with the unlocked padlock) and the battery life is pretty great on fauxU kernel.
So, if you can't find a setup that just does it for you, give these mods a try, tweak everything out and enjoy. Remember to thank the respective devs for their work!
Quick pic
http://db.tt/4mdPCkfW
So everything runs odex just fine? Also the trueicon fix. Are those jbeitels?
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Yep, everything runs just fine on stock odex.
The icons I found in one of the other USA S4 forums, topic named something like "true icons fixed"... Something about the full pack didn't mesh well with our stock ROM, so I tried somebody's fixed version, and it works great.
How's that lagfix app work on your s4? I'm on stock rooted rom and wanna give it a try, just dont wanna screw something up..
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I can tell a difference, if that helps. I've run it since I rooted and have had no issues. Also use it on my tablet with no side effects. Hope that helps lol.
What bloatware have you frozen or removed?
+1 Nova Launcher and Solid Explorer. I run CleanROM and it's as stable as can be.
where did you find the E911 removal? the ones i find are all for deodexed roms
The E911 removal was posted in our section back when the device first launched, can't remember the thread name for the life of me....
Apps frozen:
All things Verizon/Amazon
All printer things
Honestly, just went through everything and froze what I don't use and a few random other things. There are some good guides out for this.
That's awesome. I'm going to try some of those.
Can you flash a rom(for example pacman or cm or aokp and still do all or a lot of that?
Proweedsmoker said:
Yep, everything runs just fine on stock odex.
The icons I found in one of the other USA S4 forums, topic named something like "true icons fixed"... Something about the full pack didn't mesh well with our stock ROM, so I tried somebody's fixed version, and it works great.
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Can you post the icons?
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Hmm...does anyone else use Lagfix Pro? Reviews seem great for the app, but didn't see many GS4 users reporting on it. Would like to get some feedback on it.
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Hmm...does anyone else use Lagfix Pro? Reviews seem great for the app, but didn't see many GS4 users reporting on it. Would like to get some feedback on it.
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Meh with this amazing hardware we shouldn't see any entropy issues.
It seems to me that a quad core 1.9 ghz processor should be able to handle everything we can throw at it without any lag. Personally, I find the stock s4 to lag slightly. My Note 2 however works like a dream. I guess the different brand of processors really make a noticeable difference.
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DrSadistic said:
It seems to me that a quad core 1.9 ghz processor should be able to handle everything we can throw at it without any lag. Personally, I find the stock s4 to lag slightly. My Note 2 however works like a dream. I guess the different brand of processors really make a noticeable difference.
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Not necessarily. The HTC One has an almost identical processor. No lag. Run an AOSP rom. Its touchwiz.
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keith.mcintyre26 said:
Not necessarily. The HTC One has an almost identical processor. No lag. Run an AOSP rom. Its touchwiz.
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The 8 core S4 much smoother
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What is different between Trickster MOD Kernel Settings and ktweaker from ktoonsez???
keith.mcintyre26 said:
Not necessarily. The HTC One has an almost identical processor. No lag. Run an AOSP rom. Its touchwiz.
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That being said, my note runs tw without issue. That was my point. Both are flagship devices running great hardware and similar software. Could be all the extra sensors they threw into the s4.
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Thought i would come and let you guys know about my tweaking app for the galaxy note, I know i'm a different version to you guys but it should work for you AT&T guys as well
Here is the description
Love One-Click Install? You'll love this app!
This is a simple app that will allow for easier installation of tweaks to speed up your system as well as adding other useful apps and Librarys in a oneclick fashion.
This is a app i developed to help myself learn to code so please give me your opinions and there may be bits in the ui that don't fit on your phone (I designed it on a Galaxy Note). Any Feedback really is appreciated and even if one person finds this useful i will consider it a success
Main Features:
Designed for the Galaxy Note
Ability to Backup and Restore the init.d folder
Check Currently Installed Tweaks
Easy install of:
Bravia Engine
All Galaxy Note Modems (18 in total) there may be different ones for you AT&T folk or they may work who knows xd
ultimateRAMmanager
Beats Audio Library
AdBlocker
Dolby Sound Library
Carbon Booster
Other General Tweaks that AlignZips on boot (Only does this on unaligned zips) and boosts 3G speeds.
And here is the link to the thread in the N7000 forums! Let me know if it works for you cause it should!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664210
Install went smooth.
I ran the Carbon Booster - rebooted - seemed to go fine.
Went back in and re-ran Carbon and followed the steps for the Booster Settings / Get fully boosted / downloaded a new Services.jar. Rebooted fine again.
So far no complaints. I'll test a couple of the flash items later.
netsyd said:
I'll run a backup and give it a go.
Thanks!
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Awesome let me know how it goes there is no reason why it shouldn't work!
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Thanks man, trying it right now
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Thanks man, trying it right now
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I'm waiting to see what you have to say
Smartguy included this in his AOKP ROM didnt he, i thought it worked pretty well was nice to one click alot of those features gonna try it out later today
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Install went smooth.
I ran the Carbon Booster - rebooted - seemed to go fine.
Went back in and re-ran Carbon and followed the steps for the Booster Settings / Get fully boosted / downloaded a new Services.jar. Rebooted fine again.
So far no complaints. I'll test a couple of the flash items later.
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Glad its working if you encounter any bugs be sure to let me know!
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Works perfect here also...thanks man...appreciate it...
What does this do?
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builtboosted said:
What does this do?
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One click Instant tweaks....
Works good here, haven't verified any increases yet however
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I am using the ultimate ram manager. Seems to be working pretty well.
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Works good here, haven't verified any increases yet however
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Only thing I will say is I have found benchmarking very unreliable for gauging tweaks like these, just try a mix of stuff and see what you think feels best. I also usually find that it takes a day or two to work at its best after install
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does the beats library one click work for ICS? i know in the other threads that the beats wasnt working for ics, only GB. anyone try the carbon booster yet too? Im running fj's latest ucle2 rom
simbill said:
does the beats library one click work for ICS? i know in the other threads that the beats wasnt working for ics, only GB. anyone try the carbon booster yet too? Im running fj's latest ucle2 rom
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Yup beats works for Ics
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When trying to uninstall the thunder tweak it just freezes at 100 percent. I am on fj ucle2 rom.
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Running this on Seraphim Mesosphere Remix rom with no issues. Tested all features and using Thunderbolt tweak as my DD rom tweak. Kickass job. If you ever offer a paid version, I'm in.
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Using this works great thanks
this is far out ,man!
excellent job in creating this. dont stop what your doing. sweet stuff here.
thsnks for this!
Only one question, will it work on stock rom with dagkernel? If so, this sounds like what I need!
I love our somewhat reliable/stable JB ROMS (thank you, XDA Devs!!) But losing stock Note functionality with S-Pen (double-tap for S-Memo, press and hold for screen capture, Photo Editor) always kept me running back to stock Touch Wiz. I was a flash-ahloic til something I did broke GPS and made it unusable. So I Odin-ed back to stock and still couldn't get GPS working. Eventually, I took my Note to the AT&T Device Support Center and they flashed the most current Samsung Firmware and I'm good to go. I've been Stock, non-rooted for 28 days, 11 hours and minutes LOL.
So I've resisted even rooting my Note at this point. Just been playing around with different launchers and widgets. It's still fun just customizing the Note to my liking. But I found that lags and freezing still even happen on Stock non-rooted, things I used to blame on any particular ROM I'd flashed.
Now the flash addiction is creeping up on me...
Paranoid is looking really good to me right now
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I feel the same way. I have been a flashaholic since i had sonys xperia x10a. I, myself, have fallen in love with jellybam on the note. it has treated me quite nicely. no forcecloses. only one reboot but i dropped my phone so i think that was just from the battery popping out and in. other than that this rom is near perfect. its the best of all worlds. amazing battery life. hopefully we will be getting all those extra features soon when the official jb comes out.
Cure for Flash Addiction...and S-Pen useablility!!!
pklovecraft said:
I love our somewhat reliable/stable JB ROMS (thank you, XDA Devs!!) But losing stock Note functionality with S-Pen (double-tap for S-Memo, press and hold for screen capture, Photo Editor) always kept me running back to stock Touch Wiz. I was a flash-ahloic til something I did broke GPS and made it unusable. So I Odin-ed back to stock and still couldn't get GPS working. Eventually, I took my Note to the AT&T Device Support Center and they flashed the most current Samsung Firmware and I'm good to go. I've been Stock, non-rooted for 28 days, 11 hours and minutes LOL.
So I've resisted even rooting my Note at this point. Just been playing around with different launchers and widgets. It's still fun just customizing the Note to my liking. But I found that lags and freezing still even happen on Stock non-rooted, things I used to blame on any particular ROM I'd flashed.
Now the flash addiction is creeping up on me...
Paranoid is looking really good to me right now
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Got the perfect cure for your flash addiction...try one of the Padawan Roms!!! My wife has been running V7 and now V8 for over a month...and has had 0 yes, zero. restarts or hiccups, I was amazed!!! The v8 is based on the rom from singapore, it's fast tight, and has lots of tweaks built right in...and it's a touchwiz rom so all the spen stuff works great. I'm a convert. Good luck
psycoartwork said:
Got the perfect cure for your flash addiction...try one of the Padawan Roms!!! My wife has been running V7 and now V8 for over a month...and has had 0 yes, zero. restarts or hiccups, I was amazed!!! The v8 is based on the rom from singapore, it's fast tight, and has lots of tweaks built right in...and it's a touchwiz rom so all the spen stuff works great. I'm a convert. Good luck
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I liked the Padawan ROMS, that guy is a great developer. I'm amazed that he doesn't even have an AT&T Galaxy Note, but he does solid work. The only thing is that I'm not so fond of the blue themed icons.
That Jellybam ROM sounds awesome tho
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pklovecraft said:
I love our somewhat reliable/stable JB ROMS (thank you, XDA Devs!!) But losing stock Note functionality with S-Pen (double-tap for S-Memo, press and hold for screen capture, Photo Editor) always kept me running back to stock Touch Wiz. I was a flash-ahloic til something I did broke GPS and made it unusable. So I Odin-ed back to stock and still couldn't get GPS working. Eventually, I took my Note to the AT&T Device Support Center and they flashed the most current Samsung Firmware and I'm good to go. I've been Stock, non-rooted for 28 days, 11 hours and minutes LOL.
So I've resisted even rooting my Note at this point. Just been playing around with different launchers and widgets. It's still fun just customizing the Note to my liking. But I found that lags and freezing still even happen on Stock non-rooted, things I used to blame on any particular ROM I'd flashed.
Now the flash addiction is creeping up on me...
Paranoid is looking really good to me right now
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Take a deep breath and flash on my friend There isn't a cure Hell I am running a perfectly stable ROM and setup but can't wait to find a hiccup to justify the need of flashing another ROM.
pklovecraft said:
I love our somewhat reliable/stable JB ROMS (thank you, XDA Devs!!) But losing stock Note functionality with S-Pen (double-tap for S-Memo, press and hold for screen capture, Photo Editor) always kept me running back to stock Touch Wiz. I was a flash-ahloic til something I did broke GPS and made it unusable. So I Odin-ed back to stock and still couldn't get GPS working. Eventually, I took my Note to the AT&T Device Support Center and they flashed the most current Samsung Firmware and I'm good to go. I've been Stock, non-rooted for 28 days, 11 hours and minutes LOL.
So I've resisted even rooting my Note at this point. Just been playing around with different launchers and widgets. It's still fun just customizing the Note to my liking. But I found that lags and freezing still even happen on Stock non-rooted, things I used to blame on any particular ROM I'd flashed.
Now the flash addiction is creeping up on me...
Paranoid is looking really good to me right now
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You are not addicted then.
Addiction is what I have, I downloaded everything I needed to root and flash a custom Rom before I received my note. The minute I received it, i rooted it and flash a custom rom. That's addiction.
Ltilt2 said:
You are not addicted then.
Addiction is what I have, I downloaded everything I needed to root and flash a custom Rom before I received my note. The minute I received it, i rooted it and flash a custom rom. That's addiction.
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Hahaha that reminds me of myself. I ordered a black S3 64gb and even before I got it in my hands I was already downloading the ROMs and applications that I wanted on my phone. It reminds me very much of the windows mobile days.
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el_vacano said:
Hahaha that reminds me of myself. I ordered a black S3 64gb and even before I got it in my hands I was already downloading the ROMs and applications that I wanted on my phone. It reminds me very much of the windows mobile days.
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It all started with my HTC tilt2 running xdandroid.
Ltilt2 said:
It all started with my HTC tilt2 running xdandroid.
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I remember flashing my first phone- Motorola V180 if I'm not mistaken - and I use to tweak all my friends RAZR's then I went to the T-Mobile MDA
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It all started with my HTC tilt2 running xdandroid.
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I started flashing on the AT&T Tilt 1. Those HTC smart phones were the business. It was not only a ROM flashing frenzy, but finding the perfect radio too. And the .ruu blues
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pklovecraft said:
I started flashing on the AT&T Tilt 1. Those HTC smart phones were the business. It was not only a ROM flashing frenzy, but finding the perfect radio too. And the .ruu blues
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Oh yeah and keeping an eye on the green LED light....good old days.... when running GB on the tilt2 was like dreaming about having JB 4.2 on our Notes.
I now think, I'm just going to let my contract end and see where I go from here. I've read good things about the AT&T version of the Galaxy S4...we'll see or the Nexus 5
Me to I wish we had multirom like nexus 7 or Motorola defy I don't see why not we have twrp then we could multi boot man its the best
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You can just have 2 diff backups and flash when needed
Just an update:
So I ended up flashing Jellybam and what a joy that ROM was! So many customization options and it just ran smooth. That is until I got a Random Reboot.
So then I flashed Paranoidandroid, put on LMT and found that it didn't work as well as I'd hoped as a replacement for Swipe Pad. Anyway, I proceeded to customize it to make it my daily driver when RR strikes 4xs in an hour.
At this point, I go running back to ICS: Novena. I dig the boot animation and that ROM has always been solid for me. And of course everything performs flawlessly: no RRs and great battery life.
But am I content? LOL
Lurking in the Blackstar Dev thread, I read about the combination of X and Flappjaxx ICS 3.0.2 kernel.
Getting to the point of this post:
That combination is AMAZING! And not in the hyperbolic sense. TRULY AMAZING!
This feels as fast as any JB ROM I've tried. Tho I'm not OC/UV, I'm only using Wheatley and battery life is PHENOMENAL!
So I'm still enjoying my "OG" Note and glad that we have a sharing community in XDA forums and gifted dev support, but if we never get any new ROMS for the lack of a source JB kernel from Samsung, I'm now on my Daily Driver.
Holla back if this combo works for you too.
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That rom/kernel combo is a favorite of mine as well ...
I also enjoy cm9.1.0 with the FJ AOSP kernel ...
Both are rock solid for speed and battery life ....IMHO
Those kernels are simply the best running code I've ever used ..
And the wheatley governor is ....well ....amazing on the note.
My thanks go out again, to our incredibly talented developers, and all of our loyal users.....for making the note run the way it was meant to be ......g
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Just an update:
So I ended up flashing Jellybam and what a joy that ROM was! So many customization options and it just ran smooth. That is until I got a Random Reboot.
So then I flashed Paranoidandroid, put on LMT and found that it didn't work as well as I'd hoped as a replacement for Swipe Pad. Anyway, I proceeded to customize it to make it my daily driver when RR strikes 4xs in an hour.
At this point, I go running back to ICS: Novena. I dig the boot animation and that ROM has always been solid for me. And of course everything performs flawlessly: no RRs and great battery life.
But am I content? LOL
Lurking in the Blackstar Dev thread, I read about the combination of X and Flappjaxx ICS 3.0.2 kernel.
Getting to the point of this post:
That combination is AMAZING! And not in the hyperbolic sense. TRULY AMAZING!
This feels as fast as any JB ROM I've tried. Tho I'm not OC/UV, I'm only using Wheatley and battery life is PHENOMENAL!
So I'm still enjoying my "OG" Note and glad that we have a sharing community in XDA forums and gifted dev support, but if we never get any new ROMS for the lack of a source JB kernel from Samsung, I'm now on my Daily Driver.
Holla back if this combo works for you too.
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I can't find FJ 3.0.2 Kernel I only have 3.0.2 JB kernel, what if I flash the JB kernel on BSX
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gregsarg said:
That rom/kernel combo is a favorite of mine as well ...
I also enjoy cm9.1.0 with the FJ AOSP kernel ...
Both are rock solid for speed and battery life ....IMHO
Those kernels are simply the best running code I've ever used ..
And the wheatley governor is ....well ....amazing on the note.
My thanks go out again, to our incredibly talented developers, and all of our loyal users.....for making the note run the way it was meant to be ......g
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Thanks g, I'll have to try that combo as well then.
On the goo.im app, the gapps that's "paired" with CM 9.1.0 is ICS 20120429. Is that the same gapps version you use for that combo?
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I can't find FJ 3.0.2 Kernel I only have 3.0.2 JB kernel, what if I flash the JB kernel on BSX
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I don't know what will happen if you do that, but BSX is an ICS ROM and won't be compatible with a JB kernal. I recommend installing goo.im from the Play Store and search for Flappjaxxx in there: results will show his ROMs and kernals. Good luck!
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I don't know what will happen if you do that, but BSX is an ICS ROM and won't be compatible with a JB kernal. I recommend installing goo.im from the Play Store and search for Flappjaxxx in there: results will show his ROMs and kernals. Good luck!
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Would SGH-I717-UCLF6-FJMod-B12.zip be it?
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Would SGH-I717-UCLF6-FJMod-B12.zip be it?
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Nope I think that's a ROM and although I haven't flashed that one yet, if it's a new ROM maybe Flappjaxxx has the 3.0.2 kernel already cooked in there. I'll be trying that ROM out soon I sent you a PM.
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So been thinking about trying a custom rom but not really sure since there isn't much to pick from so I'm looking to see what everyone else is doing and how they like what they are getting from there current setup?
I would just give it a week or so and I'm sure some more stable releases will come out
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shockingly I'm using TouchWiz. My only complaints with it are the inability to flick away desktop icons, no play store in the top right corner, and the folders are annoying. Why not just leave the stock folder function?
I use Apex Launcher overtop of TW which gives me the customization i want but still maintains all the Samsung functionality that is really pretty cool. After coming from AOSP Roms on my Gnex, its kind of a nice change of pace.
I rooted and removed some bloatware and verizon stuff I knew I didn't need.
Installed novalauncher and called it a day. I plan to stay with the stock kernel. I might be a little jaded coming from having to reformat my last few phones every few months once I started flashing roms.
I am completely stock, no root yet. Just testing her out to see if I am going to keep it first. Battery life and signal issues plagued my last two phones, so those are what I'm testing. So far so good.
Can someone explain what TouchWiz is? I don't see it anywhere on my S4. I'm coming from a Thunderbolt.
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Can someone explain what TouchWiz is? I don't see it anywhere on my S4. I'm coming from a Thunderbolt.
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TouchWiz is Samsung's Sense.
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I'm stock rooted running Nova Launcher. I froze most all the bloat I don't use and I'm loving this phone! Battery life is great and I have zero lag (especially since I came from a Moto Bionic.)
Im stock rooted running Nova launcher as well. Removed all the bloatware and have zero lag. This phone is amazing. What a difference coming from Gnex. I use svoice alot and it actually works well for what I use it for.
I'm running the aokp build. Does have a couple of issues, but I'm an aosp guy
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Running Nova Prime, Xposed v5?, Another custom framework mod to give me an Android guy in my drop down Window, Stock Rom frozen bloat, 64gig fat32 Sammy SD card w/folder mount, fauxU modded kernel, TWRP, No WIFI notification and no GPS icon mods...
I am getting itchy flash fingers though... Im reading we can use other carrier ROMs as long as we loki it.... May try that or....
CleamROM dev just got his VZW S4 today, and his ROMs are the best of the best, so I may just wait for his. ...
Currently hunting for a keyboard that can be themed, and a way to theme the rest of the Window box colors in settings/messages/reboot etc..,
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Think I am going to try a tmo rom tonight. Wish me luck.
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Good luck! Def. report back with how it goes!!!
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Rooted but still on stock ROM, using GoLauncher on top of TouchWiz, Swiftkey dark theme keyboard, haven't removed/frozen bloat yet (but will soon, just rooted yesterday). I'll be eventually loading a custom ROM but waiting out the alpha/beta builds.
Really enjoying the two finger swiping/gestures, though i don't use them much. Comes in handy on the notification bar for quick toggles, and Toucher is a pretty cool app especially when themed properly.
Not a fan of all the notification clutter, but thats just my OCD kicking in.
SmartStay/SmartScroll stopped working after day one, not sure why, but seems kind of a hokey feature anyway...
I agree, the tweaked folders are annoying, enjoyed my previous ICS folders using DeckReloaded on my EVO.
By and far my favorite phone that I have owned.
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Good luck! Def. report back with how it goes!!!
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So I tried it. It booted into the OS just fine, but the phone process was force closing so bad I couldn't get though the setup. I would type a character then it would freeze. Just lost patience, lol. I had backed up my APN but could not get through the setup to restore it.
But what this tells us is that porting ROMs will potentially be pretty easy.
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Ah crap. Thank you for maning up and giving it a whirl!
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Ah crap. Thank you for maning up and giving it a whirl!
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Going to take another shot...I replaced the apn config file.
And if it does not work we have hyperdrive to play with.
Edit: still the same deal. trying Darthstalker. wonder I need to try a spring (cdma) rom?
Has anyone tried hyperdrive rom yet?
alekurkudi said:
So been thinking about trying a custom rom but not really sure since there isn't much to pick from so I'm looking to see what everyone else is doing and how they like what they are getting from there current setup?
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Can u advice some stable release?
I was reading through the ME7 ROM and saw that someone used the kuban odexer app to odex the framework but in the app's description the galaxy s4 is not listed. Can someone please Confirm this?? Thanks
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nazzo123 said:
I was reading through the ME7 ROM and saw that someone used the kuban odexer app to odex the framework but in the app's description the galaxy s4 is not listed. Can someone please Confirm this?? Thanks
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Ill ask the Dev who made it, for you.
Yes it works. I've used it already in the past to quickly odex my deodexed ROM. Ruj is epic
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It works perfectly. I had to use method 2 and run it twice. The first run odexed the framework and the 2nd run odexed the apk's.
I've only ever done option 1. Worked every time with no hiccups.
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Thanks guys for confirming.
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How worth it would you guys say this would be? Significant noticeable performance improvements?
loldi said:
How worth it would you guys say this would be? Significant noticeable performance improvements?
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I personally feel an odexed system runs smoother. The difference is potentially in my head though. It's not that substantial. But from a dev'ing perspective they are a total PITA because to decompile an app you need to deodex it first. Sometimes whatever tool you are using to deodex will get through all of the apps/jars but then stumble on 2 or 3 of them. It ends up being agrivating at points. That's why you don't see a lot of Devs supporting odex(at least that's why I wouldn't, if I wasn't. :silly: )
That's why I haven't released another odex'd GE yet. Since I am actively working in it, I didn't feel it was too important to run an odex script and build the system. Plus, people could odex it themselves if they wanted. :good:
I bought the odexer because I am pretty much using all of ruj's stuff lol
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I personally feel an odexed system runs smoother. The difference is potentially in my head though. It's not that substantial. But from a dev'ing perspective they are a total PITA because to decompile an app you need to deodex it first. Sometimes whatever tool you are using to deodex will get through all of the apps/jars but then stumble on 2 or 3 of them. It ends up being agrivating at points. That's why you don't see a lot of Devs supporting odex(at least that's why I wouldn't, if I wasn't. :silly: )
That's why I haven't released another odex'd GE yet. Since I am actively working in it, I didn't feel it was too important to run an odex script and build the system. Plus, people could odex it themselves if they wanted. :good:
I bought the odexer because I am pretty much using all of ruj's stuff lol
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Cool, thanks. I mean if the difference is in your head, then it's still a difference, right? From the bit of research I did I understand the idea behind odex/deodexing ROMs, but always got the "vibe" that deodex was ALWAYS better, but didn't actually know why. I guess I'll give it a shot, at the very least it's an opportunity to support a dev.
So, I'd you run the odexer, then run tibu, and then flash a deodexed ROM...
Then restore the apps with tibu, do sad things happen?
Just wondering before I make that mistake.
Dubbsy.... If it's in your head then it's in mind too. LOL. I can definitely feel the difference in an odex rom. It seems like the phone has no trouble running the rome, It's just straight butter! Zero and i mean zero lag, super smooth transitions and to me it even seemed like it slept better. I ran clean rom odex for a while and still would be but I am a sucker for inverted apps and themeing.
Bring on a odex rom with beautiful blue themeing (blukuban anyone?)
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So long story short I came from a long line of HTC phones and one of the big things I miss about the ROMs is when the developers would take a stock OTA and debloat everything down to just the basic elements and throw a launcher on it. You would get all of the benefits of the OTA (better camera, better reception, etc) but still have the slimmed down fast OS. AI still have not seen that here. I was wondering if any dev would mind stripping a ROM down or if anyone just feels like I do?
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Why not aosp or cm or any of the other source built roms? Seems like a waste to de touch wiz a rom when those are available. .
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I just want the better camera and reception really.
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I just want the better camera and reception really.
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I know what you're talking about. Its not quite the same, but you could take one of the already debloated ROMs and go through and remove as many system apps as possible before affecting stability and performance.
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mlin said:
I know what you're talking about. Its not quite the same, but you could take one of the already debloated ROMs and go through and remove as many system apps as possible before affecting stability and performance.
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Just pick a nicely debloated ROM and then use a launcher like Holo HD. You can customize the heck out of it...you will never know TW is even there.
I found a really good debloat script for the Note 2. Worked like a dream. I took a debloat ROM and stripped it down even more. I love it. Here is the link for anyone else like me. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932202
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I just want the better camera and reception really.
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The reception is up to the radio which we can flash separately from any of the roms if we like. Camera I belive you could just pull the app from the new image of the update. Glad the script got you the right set up.
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I found a really good debloat script for the Note 2. Worked like a dream. I took a debloat ROM and stripped it down even more. I love it. Here is the link for anyone else like me. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932202
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Did you use the flash able zip or the one that needed a computer?
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MunkinDrunky said:
The reception is up to the radio which we can flash separately from any of the roms if we like. Camera I belive you could just pull the app from the new image of the update. Glad the script got you the right set up.
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Not sure how exactly the note 2 is compared to the S3 that I had, but this isn't necessarily true. CM based roms have to reverse engineer the radio resulting in worse signal and data handoffs relative to touchwiz. As far as I know, there has never been a fully functioning touchwiz camera ported to CM. Correct me if I am wrong.
If you want better signal and camera, touchwiz is your only option. I've flashed dozens of CM based roms, and all have the similar data and csmera issues. Remember, your experience may vary, but this is all relative to touchwiz, which has the proprietary drivers.
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I used a flashable zip. And I also came from a samsung galaxy s 3 and I assume that the camera and radios like you said are reverse engineered. I have a four month old baby so to me I need the camera or my wife will kill me
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kude87 said:
Not sure how exactly the note 2 is compared to the S3 that I had, but this isn't necessarily true. CM based roms have to reverse engineer the radio resulting in worse signal and data handoffs relative to touchwiz. As far as I know, there has never been a fully functioning touchwiz camera ported to CM. Correct me if I am wrong.
If you want better signal and camera, touchwiz is your only option. I've flashed dozens of CM based roms, and all have the similar data and csmera issues. Remember, your experience may vary, but this is all relative to touchwiz, which has the proprietary drivers.
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Ahh yeah I've only used tw roms I didn't think about CM