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[Q] Custom ROM Suggestions

Let me start of by saying I am a Noob. I have been learning about the root and custom ROM process for about three weeks now. I have succesfully flashed the latest PacMan ROM and the latest SlimBean ROM. Both times I have reverted back to my Stock ROM. Everytime I flash a new ROM using TWRP, I wipe the Cache, Davlik Cache, do a Factory Reset, and Wipe the ROM. This leads me to believe I getting a clean flash, and everything seems to go smooth with the install. I have no problems with the inital boot, and it usually happens pretty quick.
I understand that each custom ROM has some great new features, but it hasn't out weighed that the battery life and speed (responsiveness) is still better on the Stock ROM. Is the reason I am seeing this is because the ROM's I have tried are 4.2.2 versus the stock 4.1.1? Is there something obvious that I am missing? If it appears that I am flashing correctly, is there a ROM that is should try the will improve me battery life and speed?
Thank you!

a full wipe also includes format /system.
how long are you using these roms before flashing back or trying a new one? the software takes a little time to settle in so if you're hopping onto a new rom every few days, you may not see the best that each rom has to offer you.

xBeerdroiDx said:
a full wipe also includes format /system.
how long are you using these roms before flashing back or trying a new one? the software takes a little time to settle in so if you're hopping onto a new rom every few days, you may not see the best that each rom has to offer you.
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Do I format the internal memory of in TWRP? After doing some that is TWRP still functional? I have been afraid to do that because when I think of formatting it wipes everything. My thinking was the phone wouldn't operate.
Can you walk me through it in TWRP?
Thanks!

Huskerjeff said:
Do I format the internal memory of in TWRP? After doing some that is TWRP still functional? I have been afraid to do that because when I think of formatting it wipes everything. My thinking was the phone wouldn't operate.
Can you walk me through it in TWRP?
Thanks!
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as long as your recovery is current, you have a backup (nandroid) and you have the ROM/gapps zips on the device, you're good to format (wipe) system. that erases the OS and allows for a new, clean install.
make a backup (if you dont have one)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
wipe system
flash rom
flash gapps (if required)
reboot
let device sit a few minutes and reboot again.

Theres more to it then just flashing and having a better running phone. If that was it everyone and their mother would do it. You need to learn about the system and ROM you are operating on and tweak the settings to optimal performance for your phone, and more importantly to your liking.
Every phone is different. If one rom works great on one persons phone it may not run so good on another persons. You have to learn and have enough know how to be able to set the phone up in a way that runs good for you. While it may be frustrating at times I guarantee if you take the time to try out a couple different roms for a couple days at least, and play around with the settings until you know what they all do and why they are there and how work for or against your goals you will end up with a phone that you enjoy using on all levels. Features, performance, looks, etc.
Hope this helps, and good luck finding your custom rom 'sweet spot'

Try AxisM RLS18 rom its a great rom with so many features to it.

xBeerdroiDx said:
as long as your recovery is current, you have a backup (nandroid) and you have the ROM/gapps zips on the device, you're good to format (wipe) system. that erases the OS and allows for a new, clean install.
make a backup (if you dont have one)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
wipe system
flash rom
flash gapps (if required)
reboot
let device sit a few minutes and reboot again.
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TeknoGodz said:
Theres more to it then just flashing and having a better running phone. If that was it everyone and their mother would do it. You need to learn about the system and ROM you are operating on and tweak the settings to optimal performance for your phone, and more importantly to your liking.
Every phone is different. If one rom works great on one persons phone it may not run so good on another persons. You have to learn and have enough know how to be able to set the phone up in a way that runs good for you. While it may be frustrating at times I guarantee if you take the time to try out a couple different roms for a couple days at least, and play around with the settings until you know what they all do and why they are there and how work for or against your goals you will end up with a phone that you enjoy using on all levels. Features, performance, looks, etc.
Hope this helps, and good luck finding your custom rom 'sweet spot'
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Update: I searched for a ROM using a 3.0 Kernel and found one with great battery life reviews call "Sons of Android". I installed it using TWRP 2.4.4 with the directions quoted above, and everything is great execpt for two things.
First, I always seem to get mirrored data. There is a Emulated folder and an SDcard0 folder that appear to have the same data. I have searched in the forums and found that it is an issue, but havent seen a solution.
Second, Netflix is draining the battery twice as fast as the stock 4.1.1. Before I could watch 45 minutes with 10% of battery and now the same 45 minutes is taking 20-25% of battery. Is this a 4.2.2 problem. It has been a problem on all the ROM's I have tried.
I am going to stick with this ROM for a while beacuse other than netflix the battery life is good. Just about the same as my stock ROM.
Thank you for all of your help for the Noob.

[Q] Gremlin cleaner?

I searched for something like this, but couldnt find anything. Ive been flashing between different Roms since I got my phone, and wanted tosee if there was something that I could flash to wipe away all the gremlins from previous Roms. I still do a clean flash and wipe dalvik, cache, and factory reset. But ive been noticing little issues here and there.

itsLYNDZ said:
I searched for something like this, but couldnt find anything. Ive been flashing between different Roms since I got my phone, and wanted tosee if there was something that I could flash to wipe away all the gremlins from previous Roms. I still do a clean flash and wipe dalvik, cache, and factory reset. But ive been noticing little issues here and there.
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Well There isn't one as such. Typically what I do is.
1. Factory Reset
2. Wipe Dalvik, Cache and sometimes /Data
3. Flash the Rom & Gapps.
4. Reboot Setup everything
5. Reboot Again to Recovery and then wipe Dalvik+Cache and then flash custom Kernel if I wanted.
I may skip Step 5 if I want to stick with Rom's own kernel. I know you went through this, I just wanted to specify the sequence. If you still have issues then post them on the new rom's thread.

Perseus71 said:
Well There isn't one as such. Typically what I do is.
1. Factory Reset
2. Wipe Dalvik, Cache and sometimes /Data
3. Flash the Rom & Gapps.
4. Reboot Setup everything
5. Reboot Again to Recovery and then wipe Dalvik+Cache and then flash custom Kernel if I wanted.
I may skip Step 5 if I want to stick with Rom's own kernel. I know you went through this, I just wanted to specify the sequence. If you still have issues then post them on the new rom's thread.
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Thanks. I know on the SGS Blaze 4G someone developed a gremlin cleaner that you could flash along with wiping everything manually. Just wondered if there was one for the S3. Im using Goosh rom, but it looks like the developer dropped support.

itsLYNDZ said:
Thanks. I know on the SGS Blaze 4G someone developed a gremlin cleaner that you could flash along with wiping everything manually. Just wondered if there was one for the S3. Im using Goosh rom, but it looks like the developer dropped support.
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Take a look at this thread. Hope it helps.

itsLYNDZ said:
I searched for something like this, but couldnt find anything. Ive been flashing between different Roms since I got my phone, and wanted tosee if there was something that I could flash to wipe away all the gremlins from previous Roms. I still do a clean flash and wipe dalvik, cache, and factory reset. But ive been noticing little issues here and there.
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What little issues and on which ROMs? It matters.
Factory reset wipes data and cache. Dalvik cache is on the data partition, isn't it?
So factory reset, wipe system. Should be all you need to do.

Aerowinder said:
What little issues and on which ROMs? It matters.
Factory reset wipes data and cache. Dalvik cache is on the data partition, isn't it?
So factory reset, wipe system. Should be all you need to do.
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Ive been reflashing Goosh rom, but after 2-3 months or so I have to reflash it because it slows down and starts to have issues. Havent installed or updated any apps. I dont have many and I know they can affect it. So thats when ive been doing. I really like the rom and get great battery life, but the dev has dropped support for it. Even to tell me to "use a different ROM" because he doesnt care. But each time I reflash it after a couple months, it doesnt seem to work as well as the very first flash from when I first got the phone. I feel like things are building up/not getting completely wiped.

itsLYNDZ said:
Ive been reflashing Goosh rom, but after 2-3 months or so I have to reflash it because it slows down and starts to have issues. Havent installed or updated any apps. I dont have many and I know they can affect it. So thats when ive been doing. I really like the rom and get great battery life, but the dev has dropped support for it. Even to tell me to "use a different ROM" because he doesnt care
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Please try Auto Memory Manager on most aggressive setting. Check and see how things go. If you see FCs then dial back to medium.
On a side note, Better Battery life ? See these Screenshots for Battery life of other roms to compare/

itsLYNDZ said:
Ive been reflashing Goosh rom, but after 2-3 months or so I have to reflash it because it slows down and starts to have issues. Havent installed or updated any apps. I dont have many and I know they can affect it. So thats when ive been doing. I really like the rom and get great battery life, but the dev has dropped support for it. Even to tell me to "use a different ROM" because he doesnt care. But each time I reflash it after a couple months, it doesnt seem to work as well as the very first flash from when I first got the phone. I feel like things are building up/not getting completely wiped.
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Unless you're completely wiping everything, including internal sd, then there will of course be lingering data. But consider doing a true factory reset, which formats /data. From a custom recovery, it doesn't format because it's preserving your internal sd data. You'll have to specifically choose Format Data from within the recovery.
Something else you can try is in Settings, Developer Options, at the bottom choose Limit Background processes and I would select 3 to start. If it doesn't help much go to 2 and test.
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Perseus71 said:
Please try Auto Memory Manager on most aggressive setting. Check and see how things go. If you see FCs then dial back to medium.
On a side note, Better Battery life ? See these Screenshots for Battery life of other roms to compare/
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I cant find the screen shots on that page :/ I would like to see a comparison of battery life between roms.

itsLYNDZ said:
I cant find the screen shots on that page :/ I would like to see a comparison of battery life between roms.
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I had linked another post of mine here on XDA. Are you sure in the entire post you didn't see linked screenshots ?
There's one set near the top and bellow that there is "Hide Button" which hides my own set.
Here is a Direct Link and the other shot.

Perseus71 said:
I had linked another post of mine here on XDA. Are you sure in the entire post you didn't see linked screenshots ?
There's one set near the top and bellow that there is "Hide Button" which hides my own set.
Here is a Direct Link and the other shot.
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No, but I did read how to use Greenify to control Google Service Framework from that thread... Didnt see any screenshots..

itsLYNDZ said:
No, but I did read how to use Greenify to control Google Service Framework from that thread... Didnt see any screenshots..
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You probably clicked on a link in the post that took you to the GSF related Thread.
Also in my last post I linked 2 screenshots. Were they not accessible ?
Please visit This thread. You are interested in Post # 11.

Perseus71 said:
I had linked another post of mine here on XDA. Are you sure in the entire post you didn't see linked screenshots ?
There's one set near the top and bellow that there is "Hide Button" which hides my own set.
Here is a Direct Link and the other shot.
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Can you tell me what Rom was being used in this screenshot that you linked to? I would like to stay with a TW rom.... Also, does it matter if I flash via TWRP or CWM? Im so used to CWM....

[Q&A] JasmineROM Discussions [Chat Room]

This is the place for Q&A, general discussions, and post-installation chat about JasmineROM. Please keep your personal issues that are not related to the development, such as themes and other stuff, here.

All of the three times I flashed this rom it come up with no Status Bar, Background image and Phone apps. The first time I wiped the required partitions plus Internal Storage too. I was coming from Morom. The second time was the same except I didn't wipe Internal and I didn't flash the Xposed thing. The third time I Odin'd the stock rom and rooted it before and it came up the same. I thought maybe something was holding over from Morom that was causing it.
The Md5 for both is right. I'm a little confused because I seem to be the only one having problems. I'm beginning to wonder if there's a problem with my Sdcard. I couldn't make MultiSystem work right either.

I reformatted my card. My computer said there was something wrong. When I set it up for MultiSystem I formatted it fat32. When I re-did it just now the computer wanted to do it in exfat. Maybe it should have been exfat all along. Anyway I lost my ext4 partition. Hopefully I can get things straightened out over the weekend.
Update: That fixed it.
Sent from my SM-N910V DE

Also having this issue (edit: issue with texts not sending if more than 140 chars). Anyone aware of a workaround?
Great Rom!

etherwar said:
Also having this issue. Anyone aware of a workaround?
Great Rom!
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Like I said above. Reformatting my SD fixed it. Do you have a card reader? Is everything on the card saved on your computer?
I can't be certain it will work for you but it did for me.

stueycaster said:
Like I said above. Reformatting my SD fixed it. Do you have a card reader? Is everything on the card saved on your computer?
I can't be certain it will work for you but it did for me.
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Sorry I though I quoted the post I was referring to about texts not sending if more than 140 chars

etherwar said:
Sorry I though I quoted the post I was referring to about texts not sending if more than 140 chars
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Oh Ok. Yeah I was wondering about that one too.
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fz798 said:
Runs FANTASTIC. I am really happy with it. I have it skinnied down quite a bit, I've frozen about 100 apps. When I clear cache, I "optimize" about 240 apps, whereas out of the box it was well over 300.
Between WLD, Greenify, ES Task Manager doing its optimzations, and my own pruning/tweaking (overclocked/undervolted, thanks to hsbadr's kernel and Synapse), I'm getting insanely good battery life and ridiculous performance, while retaining all the tweaking I'd gotten used to on KK,... I am running a dozen or so xposed modules without issue.
Thumbs up! :good:
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Hey is there any way you can elaborate a bit more on how you optimized your battery life?
I was on definitive 4.4.4 not too long ago getting an average of 5+ hours on screen time. Moderate to heavy usage. Which I thought was pretty good.
After installing this rom (which it runs amazing) I've noticed my battery life running a bit shorter. Screen on time is 2h 30min at 26% right now. 14% of my overall usage right behind #1 "Cell standby" at 16% and Android OS at 6% and android system at 5%.
I've only been running this rom for several days so far. I don't think it's something I've installed, or at least nothing that wasn't on kitkat. I'm on wifi a lot and barely use data. Battery Doctor says I have 45 power issues to optimize if that means anything.
I use greenify, clean master and battery doctor. Along with tasker to shut off mobile data when connected to wifi and a few other things (I'm still trying to learn it).
I also went through permissions and stopped a bunch of apps from checking locations and autoruns.
Any suggestions would help thank you! Battery life is the one thing I wish the note 4 was better with haha

Guidan said:
Hey is there any way you can elaborate a bit more on how you optimized your battery life?
I was on definitive 4.4.4 not too long ago getting an average of 5+ hours on screen time. Moderate to heavy usage. Which I thought was pretty good.
After installing this rom (which it runs amazing) I've noticed my battery life running a bit shorter. Screen on time is 2h 30min at 26% right now. 14% of my overall usage right behind #1 "Cell standby" at 16% and Android OS at 6% and android system at 5%.
I've only been running this rom for several days so far. I don't think it's something I've installed, or at least nothing that wasn't on kitkat. I'm on wifi a lot and barely use data. Battery Doctor says I have 45 power issues to optimize if that means anything.
I use greenify, clean master and battery doctor. Along with tasker to shut off mobile data when connected to wifi and a few other things (I'm still trying to learn it).
I also went through permissions and stopped a bunch of apps from checking locations and autoruns.
Any suggestions would help thank you! Battery life is the one thing I wish the note 4 was better with haha
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It turns out that "Cell standby" is the issue, at 31% as I write this. Under 30min on screen time. It drained my battery by over 40% over night! I tried searching several threads, it seems this is a common issue. None of the 8+ threads I found had a solid answer, mostly theories that don't work for most. Please post a link if I have missed a solution somewhere!!
Thank you!

New to Android and Rooting/ROMS
Does anyone have any tutorial videos for installing this ROM? Do i need to be rooted? Will this work on android 5.0.1 Hardware Version N910v.05? Snapdragon variant? If not how can i downgrade to make it work? Any basic custom rom Installation videos?

Is there a way to get Android Pay to work on this ROM?
I've been using Google Wallet for tap to pay with no issues but it just updated to Android Pay which doesn't seem to work with root. I've tried all the workarounds I've found including disabling root but it's still not working, would that be because I am using your ROM? Is there any way to get it working in this ROM?

@hsbadr on the AOSP build, after restoring some apps with Titanium backup and rebooting, I lost data again. Tried rebooting and toggling some settings but it's still gone. Why is it so hard to keep data connected on Verizon with AOSP ROMS?
Edit: for some reason it didn't like me restoring my previous Android ID. I created a new one and data is back. funny.

shadow2514 said:
I've been using Google Wallet for tap to pay with no issues but it just updated to Android Pay which doesn't seem to work with root. I've tried all the workarounds I've found including disabling root but it's still not working, would that be because I am using your ROM? Is there any way to get it working in this ROM?
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Android Pay implements security checks including root. It should work fine on unmodified stock system or this Safe OG5 Upgrade!
wy1d said:
@hsbadr on the AOSP build, after restoring some apps with Titanium backup and rebooting, I lost data again. Tried rebooting and toggling some settings but it's still gone. Why is it so hard to keep data connected on Verizon with AOSP ROMS?
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I don't have any of these issues (data connects automaticly after the 1st boot & persists). Also, @jlavallee25 had data issues while testing other modems but none on OG5 modem. I'd re-start clean with OG5 Safe Upgrade.

hsbadr said:
Android Pay implements security checks including root. It should work fine on unmodified stock system or this Safe OG5 Upgrade!
I don't have any of these issues (data connects automaticly after the 1st boot & persists). Also, @jlavallee25 had data issues while testing other modems but none on OG5 modem. I'd re-start clean with OG5 Safe Upgrade.
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Thank you again for doing this @hsbadr! I'm going to give it a shot as soon as I get around some wifi.
Do you think it's possible to implement a dual boot with this and touchwiz sometime in the future?

jal3223 said:
Do you think it's possible to implement a dual boot with this and touchwiz sometime in the future?
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Yup, but when I've time to complete MultiSystem v2.

hsbadr said:
Yup, but when I've time to complete MultiSystem v2.
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Awesome! Thanks again.

Re: AICP
A few questions...
1 - Is FastCharge enabled? I don't see the notification I would see in TW... but it seems to charge pretty quick.
2 - What version of xposed (if any) should I install?
I'm having the following issues so far:
Trouble restoring multiple apps with Titanium Backup (this is a typical problem I have... but present again). It will hang on one app, and I have to kill TiB, install the app manually, and restart. This is a problem because...
I currently can't install anything from the Play Store. It's weird... according to the status, it skips downloading the app, and goes straight to installing, where it sits indefinitely. This may be because...
After restarting the phone a second time, I lost LTE, and have no connection to mobile data.
Any help?
I've got the ROM and Gapps files on my phone, but I won't be able to re-flash the modem with Odin until I get back home tonight. If needed, could I dirty- or clean-flash the phone and reinstall AICP without the facility of Odin?
Thanks

Thank you so much for AICP!!! I flashed last night according to your instructions, had a little trouble with mobile data, but after trying the fixes and rebooting, data finally sticks. All I can say is I'm loving the ROM. Everything is working perfect so far, data, GPS, calls, mms, Bluetooth.... Wow its a whole new life for my n4...thank you @hsbadr

gcounts said:
Thank you so much for AICP!!! I flashed last night according to your instructions, had a little trouble with mobile data, but after trying the fixes and rebooting, data finally sticks. All I can say is I'm loving the ROM. Everything is working perfect so far, data, GPS, calls, mms, Bluetooth.... Wow its a whole new life for my n4...thank you @hsbadr
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I can't get LTE to turn back on. I've toggled it back and forth, and rebooted it several times. I had this problem with AICP v 8 (or 9, can't remember) a few weeks ago.
What fixes (bolded above) did you try, @gcounts? I did the OG5 safe upgrade over a month ago before installing Jasmine 3.0/3.1. After trying AICP 8/9 a few weeks ago and not having luck with Titanium Backup or mobile data, I did a factory reset in TWRP and reinstalled Jasmine 3.1. This morning, I did a factory wipe in TWRP (several times for good measure), and flashed the AICP rom and Gapps. I rebooted to Download mode from TWRP, and flashed the OG5 modem in Odin. At completion, the phone rebooted to AICP. I had LTE data at this point.
1st boot: I had LTE data before starting the initial setup... Upon completion of initial setup, I was on my home wifi, and installed Titanium Backup. I started restoring my 300+ apps, when it got hung on the 3rd one. I rebooted. At this point, I was at work, and did not have wifi to fall back on.
2nd boot: I had LTE data when it rebooted. I started Titanium Backup again, and it got hung up. I tried installing the app that was hung up from the Play Store, and the Play Store would skip downloading, and go straight to "Installing" status, and would hang there. Weird. I know I had LTE at this point because I could search and find results in the Play Store. I rebooted.
3rd boot: It booted, and I had the exclamation point by the signal (no LTE/data). I let it sit for a while, and it said LTE at some point... but I still couldn't search in the Play store. It would tell me I wasn't connected. I rebooted.
4th boot (and several following): No LTE/data connection. I toggle it on/off, wait several minutes... nothing.
Does any of that help to narrow down my issue?
@hsbadr - Do you have an idea of why some of us are having data problems? And... does your custom version with more Verizon tweaks have any hope of addressing this issue?
Thanks

DrPhant0m said:
1 - Is FastCharge enabled? I don't see the notification I would see in TW... but it seems to charge pretty quick.
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Yes, it's enabled but no notification.
DrPhant0m said:
2 - What version of xposed (if any) should I install?
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Try the official xposed framework for LP SDK 22 (xposed-v75-sdk22-arm.zip from here).
DrPhant0m said:
I'm having the following issues so far:
DrPhant0m said:
Trouble restoring multiple apps with Titanium Backup (this is a typical problem I have... but present again). It will hang on one app, and I have to kill TiB, install the app manually, and restart. This is a problem because...
I currently can't install anything from the Play Store. It's weird... according to the status, it skips downloading the app, and goes straight to installing, where it sits indefinitely. This may be because...
After restarting the phone a second time, I lost LTE, and have no connection to mobile data.
Any help?
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DrPhant0m said:
I've got the ROM and Gapps files on my phone, but I won't be able to re-flash the modem with Odin until I get back home tonight. If needed, could I dirty- or clean-flash the phone and reinstall AICP without the facility of Odin?
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DrPhant0m said:
I can't get LTE to turn back on. I've toggled it back and forth, and rebooted it several times. I had this problem with AICP v 8 (or 9, can't remember) a few weeks ago.
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DrPhant0m said:
What fixes (bolded above) did you try, @gcounts? I did the OG5 safe upgrade over a month ago before installing Jasmine 3.0/3.1. After trying AICP 8/9 a few weeks ago and not having luck with Titanium Backup or mobile data, I did a factory reset in TWRP and reinstalled Jasmine 3.1. This morning, I did a factory wipe in TWRP (several times for good measure), and flashed the AICP rom and Gapps. I rebooted to Download mode from TWRP, and flashed the OG5 modem in Odin. At completion, the phone rebooted to AICP. I had LTE data at this point.
1st boot: I had LTE data before starting the initial setup... Upon completion of initial setup, I was on my home wifi, and installed Titanium Backup. I started restoring my 300+ apps, when it got hung on the 3rd one. I rebooted. At this point, I was at work, and did not have wifi to fall back on.
2nd boot: I had LTE data when it rebooted. I started Titanium Backup again, and it got hung up. I tried installing the app that was hung up from the Play Store, and the Play Store would skip downloading, and go straight to "Installing" status, and would hang there. Weird. I know I had LTE at this point because I could search and find results in the Play Store. I rebooted.
3rd boot: It booted, and I had the exclamation point by the signal (no LTE/data). I let it sit for a while, and it said LTE at some point... but I still couldn't search in the Play store. It would tell me I wasn't connected. I rebooted.
4th boot (and several following): No LTE/data connection. I toggle it on/off, wait several minutes... nothing.
Does any of that help to narrow down my issue?
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Do you have an idea of why some of us are having data problems? And... does your custom version with more Verizon tweaks have any hope of addressing this issue?
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Apparently, your issues are mainly due to restoring apps or device ID via TitaniumBackup app... Report them to the app developer & don't use it for now!
As for flashing the modem via Odin, you may skip it or test different modems. However, this build is only tested & supported if you follow the instructions here.
gcounts said:
Thank you so much for AICP!!! I flashed last night according to your instructions, had a little trouble with mobile data, but after trying the fixes and rebooting, data finally sticks. All I can say is I'm loving the ROM. Everything is working perfect so far, data, GPS, calls, mms, Bluetooth.... Wow its a whole new life for my n4...thank you @hsbadr
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You're welcome. Glad I could help!

Resetting phone to completely factory settings without loosing data.

So I tried the Deuces Script to reset my phone to factory settings deleting -w
and it seems to keep saving settings / bad battery life coming from roms.
Currently on Dirty Unicorns. Cause it seemed like the most stable rom.
But I would like a guide on how to go back to stock in case it drives me nuts with how many apps force close (chrome and google now are annoying).
I have tried downloading full factory images and manually flashing it through fastboot while in bootloader.
Even making it unbootable. Coming from a long history of being a flashaholic. This phone is just problems with flashing. LOL. Beauty of a phone regardless. I do miss squeeze to activate google now as well. LoL and getting 8 hours of SOT (screen on time). OH! And I miss how fast it charged on stock rom while keeping my phones heat down!
START DISCUSSIONS! haha

mr.notsotech said:
So I tried the Deuces Script to reset my phone to factory settings deleting -w
and it seems to keep saving settings / bad battery life coming from roms.
Currently on Dirty Unicorns. Cause it seemed like the most stable rom.
But I would like a guide on how to go back to stock in case it drives me nuts with how many apps force close (chrome and google now are annoying).
I have tried downloading full factory images and manually flashing it through fastboot while in bootloader.
Even making it unbootable. Coming from a long history of being a flashaholic. This phone is just problems with flashing. LOL. Beauty of a phone regardless. I do miss squeeze to activate google now as well. LoL and getting 8 hours of SOT (screen on time). OH! And I miss how fast it charged on stock rom while keeping my phones heat down!
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Make sure your fastboot adb is all up to date
I had issues on Mac at least getting the newest I updated on my windows box flash all worked great back to stock took about a week for me to see normal battery life back
I also had issues manually flasing all so I did flash all for it to work
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Thanks for the read and reply. I tried to update it and I'm not sure if I did it right. I'm running out of space on my PC so I didnt wanna download any big files lol. Would you have a guide or link me to one on how to update adb? I won't have to re download all of the newest sdk packages for android oreo right?

mr.notsotech said:
Thanks for the read and reply. I tried to update it and I'm not sure if I did it right. I'm running out of space on my PC so I didnt wanna download any big files lol. Would you have a guide or link me to one on how to update adb? I won't have to re download all of the newest sdk packages for android oreo right?
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This should work it's been a few months so not sure if this is what I did let me know
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
Followed from
https://www.google.com/amp/s/lifeha...l-androids-adb-and-fastboot-to-1586992378/amp
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gjkrisa said:
This should work it's been a few months so not sure if this is what I did let me know
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/lifeha...l-androids-adb-and-fastboot-to-1586992378/amp
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I already had it setup with the latest . LOL wonder what the problem is. Gave you a thanks anyways. And my path was setup for sure 'cause I remember setting that part up.
oh well, I wonder if anyione else uses greenify with this phone. Maybe using it is whats equating to all the random **** going wrong with my phone.

mr.notsotech said:
I already had it setup with the latest . LOL wonder what the problem is. Gave you a thanks anyways. And my path was setup for sure 'cause I remember setting that part up.
oh well, I wonder if anyione else uses greenify with this phone. Maybe using it is whats equating to all the random **** going wrong with my phone.
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With all the problems you are having, I think it is time you tried a complete wipe of the device, including data. I've had more "issues" on this device then I ever had on my shamu. I've done a complete wipe (including data) twice to solve issues that had no other solution. What I can tell you is that the complete wipe did solve the issue. You can backup your data to your PC and then reload it after the wipe. If you are using Duces script (which I did), the last command asks if you want to wipe data. Take the plunge. I did and I wasn't sorry.

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With all the problems you are having, I think it is time you tried a complete wipe of the device, including data. I've had more "issues" on this device then I ever had on my shamu. I've done a complete wipe (including data) twice to solve issues that had no other solution. What I can tell you is that the complete wipe did solve the issue. You can backup your data to your PC and then reload it after the wipe. If you are using Duces script (which I did), the last command asks if you want to wipe data. Take the plunge. I did and I wasn't sorry.
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Some files I also upload to Google drive my pid list, dashboard, and other setup files for torque pro and keep them organized in the drive folder same way.
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Help With Reset

Thinking of a full reset to see if battery life and speed improve. Haven't done this maybe ever on this phone since release.
Currently: Rooted with stock Recovery but might install TWRP seeing as it's available now. Stock latest Android P image. All apps and data backed up with Titanium Backup. All data (pics, etc.,) backed up to PC folder.
Should I just install TWRP and wipe data and cache partitions and start copying data back over/restoring apps?
Anything else I should wipe?
Maybe it would be better to reflash the latest Factory Image and keep the "-w" to wipe data?
What if I just reflash the latest Factory Image and don't wipe? This would save a lot of time. Think this might help?
The phone isn't that slow and I get about 5 hrs SOT time. I just replaced the battery too. I thought it might be higher.

Can anyone provide any thoughts on this please? This would be hours of wasted time if it didn't work.

5 hours SOT is probably quite good. You may be able to get more if you use the ex kernel and underclock your CPU. I did find in the past that Oreo could get some more SOT than Pie and Q for that matter. I guess what I'm saying is not too expect too much more than what you're currently getting.

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5 hours SOT is probably quite good. You may be able to get more if you use the ex kernel and underclock your CPU. I did find in the past that Oreo could get some more SOT than Pie and Q for that matter. I guess what I'm saying is not too expect too much more than what you're currently getting.
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Thanks man. I think you are right. Maybe I will go with EX. I used to use it on my 5X. I do think Oreo was better too as you stated. But it's kinda hard to go back, mentally.