[ROM][GT-I9506][ks01ltexx] pixysOS-2.4 PIE UNOFFICIAL for the Galaxy S4 LTE-A

[darkness]

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
 * Your warranty is... still valid?
 *
 * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
 * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
 * do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
 * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
 * you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
 */

Pixys is a butter smooth Android aftermarket firmware. We handpicked the best features around and are adding our own juice into it.
Get ready to taste the unique features it brings with itself.
We aim to deliver an experience with original ideas and features along with the useful things the community is accustomed to.

@Subinsmani
@rahul9999
@@ki
@kvijaya
@YashGarg10

Support Us if you like our work


[SIZE=+1]Got an issue or suggestion? Reach us at[/SIZE]
Telegram: https://telegram.me/pixysos_chat

Battery icon customization
- Portrait, Circle, Dotted circle, Text & hidden battery icon styles
- Hidden, Next to the icon & inside the icon battery % styles
- New charging animation Added to Battery Manager from Pixel Devices

Display settings customization
- Font size customization according to percentage
- Toast App Icon (Toggable)
- Lockscreen Charging Info (Toggable)
- DTS(Status Bar) (Toggable)
- 21 Accents Added
- Dark Theme Added
- Black Theme Added

Sound settings customization
- Short Cut to prevet Ring added(Pressing power + volume up)
- Screnshot Sound (Toggable)
- Charging Vibration (Toggable)

Security settings customization
- Auto Face Unlock (Toggable)
- fingerprint Authentication Viberation (Toggable)
- DTS on Lockscreen (Toggable)

Button settings customization
- Volume rocker playback control (Toggable)
- Volume rocker wake (Toggable)
- Volume key cursor control
- Clear All Button
- Navigation bar (Toggable)
- Navigation bar customization

Miscellaneous
- Pixel ringtones
- Powermenu customization
- Battery light customization
- Lockscreen shortcuts
- New Wallpaper Credits to @kvijaya
- OTA Updates support

Pixys: PixysOS
Device Sources: darkness19

FAQ:

Before using the ROM:
Q. Can I have an ETA for the next build?
A. Yes, just look in the OP to see if your device is built on a nightly or weekly schedule.

Q. Does this ROM support custom kernels?
A. No. You can still use them, but discussion should go in the thread of the respective kernel. We don't offer support for bugs you might encounter while using them!

Q. Why doesn't this ROM support Xposed?
A. Xposed is a hack that is geared towards AOSP, custom ROM's modify the framework a lot, so Xposed can cause a ton of issues on custom ROM's. Now it might work for you, however it is not to be discussed in this thread, and you should refrain from posting bug reports.

Q. Alright, but I still want to flash Xposed, so which version do I need to install?
A. You will need to use the version arm64/arm/whatever for SDK 27.

Flashing the ROM:
Q. What do I need to know before flashing?
A. Check the install instructions in the first post...

Q. Can the builds be dirty flashed over each other?
A. Yes, however make a nandroid backup first as there is a chance of getting a bootloop or encountering bugs. Also bugs may only be reported on a clean flash.

Q. How do I dirty flash builds?
A. Wipe the System, Cache and ART/Dalvik cache. Flash the ROM, GApps (only needed if you wipe the system), your preferred root solution and reboot. Or just use the OTA app to preform that task for you.

Q. How do I flash kernel builds?
A1. If it's a .img file, boot into TWRP and go to the install page in TWRP, in the bottom right corner select "install image", select the desired kernel, then select "boot", then swipe to flash, then go back to the install screen and install your root method again, if you don't want to loose root and reboot.
A2. If it's a flashable ZIP, you can flash it together with a ROM update or separately. Go to the install page in TWRP, choose the kernel zip (or add it to the flash queue right after the ROM zip). Then add your root method to the queue if you don't want to loose root. Now swipe to flash, and then reboot.

Using the ROM:

Q. I installed a bad theme and now I'm getting a bootloop, how do I fix it?
A. In TWRP, flash the substratum rescue zip that's in the substratum folder on the internal storage.

Q. Do I need to provide a logcat if I'm reporting a bug?
A. If you want it to be fixed faster (or at all) then yes, you should definitely provide a logcat. (Note: Please just link the logcat from your GDrive, Dropbox, etc. and do not post the content here. Thanks.

Q. How do I get a logcat, what type should I get and more questions that can conveniently be answered by my pre-determined answer?
A1. Read this thoroughly. Also, here's a good app for getting logs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tortel.syslog (Root needed).

The ROM should contain everything you need to enjoy Android. You don't need to install any Add-on's, simply download the latest ROM, GApps, flash it and go!
If you want the device to run the ROM "rooted", you can flash a root solution of your choice after the ROM Zipfile.

It is STRONGLY recommended to fully wipe your device before flashing and please avoid restoring system apps and system data with Titanium Backup as this can cause stability issues that are very hard to debug.
If you believe you know what you're doing - then fine, go ahead, but please don't complain if you experience any strange behavior.

- Backup your personal data (Important)
- Download the ROM and GApps and transfer them to your device.
- Boot to recovery (TWRP recommended).
- Wipe the System, Cache, Data and ART/Dalvik cache.
- Flash the ROM + Gapps Zipfile.
- Flash the root solution of your choice (optional).
- Reboot your device.

The ROM has GApps persistence in between dirty flashes, so you only have to flash them once!
The root solution should be flashed together with every update (= ROM Update)

Currently Supported Root Solutions:

Magisk stable
Magisk versions higher than 14.0 doesn't require flash on every dirty flash depending on the device, some devices need you to flash it every time, unless your maintainer says otherwise it should be fine

ROM: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1hhUjNzIHDQI8VcGD0Q_nbPdoRNCj-_2d&export=download
GApps:
OpenGApps

BOTTON HOME DONT WEKEUP

- Google for AOSP
- AOSCP
- Dirty Unicorns
- Bootleggers
- Pixel experience
- AOSP extended
- LineageOS
- Nitrogen Os
- AICP & POSP Team for thread template idea
- Also many pro devs who all help us to bring this rom to you..
-@kyasu
- Please let us know if we forgot to mention your name in credits..​

XDA:DevDB Information


Kernel source:
https://github.com/kyasu/android_kernel_samsung_msm8974 ...
Vendor source:
https://github.com/kyasu/android_vendor_samsung_ks01ltexx ...

ROM OS Version: 9.0 Pie
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Version: v2.4
Release Date: 10-05-2018

 

[darkness]

Reserved

 

[khalvat]

Thank u for your work bro.
Rom is very fast and smooth but have a few bugs

Camera sometims not working
Home botton not work
Recent apps not work
Havent some lineagesos features for example weake up with sensore

 

[nhihoppro]

good jobs bro, thanks you

 

[DiamondJohn]

The following post was moved/copied from the RR thread

PixysOS-v2.1 android 9 see Screenshots
PixysOS-v2.1-20181002-ks01ltexx-UNOFFICIAL.zip
also Launcher dont work install new one

Same happened with Lineage 16.0 SO did it in the order of ROM, Magisk, (new download) GApps, boot, manually install magisk manager. That worked for LOS 16.0, so assume it would also work on this ROM. Not sure which of the above actually resolved it.

I flashed this, and was surprised how smooth and snappy it felt.

I got root to work with Magisk by manually installing the manager.

A couple of notes:

• The launcher "worked" but had bugs. long pressing the home screen popped up a white menu with white writing. I successfully changed the wallpaper in the settings
• A few times when I installed APK's from a file, the installer would get "stuck". It installed, but the done/open options never came up, and it was often a reboot to access the phone again.
• It has some extra features, but is pretty close to AOSP. ie not the customisation I am used to
• The screen had a habit of turning down to lower brightness after each time I set it to a higher brightness
• Its SELinux permissive, and when I checked, there were a heap of audit exceptions. That would be expected on an early build.
• I could make calls and send/receive SMS

Kind of inspires me to Build Pie Havoc-OS downloading the source now...

---------- Post added at 12:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:07 PM ----------

A couple more things I noted:
1.There is no music player (Thats ASOP, and Pico GApps) I downloaded Vinyl from Playstore, as it allows dark theme'ing.
2. There is No Audio FX. I rooted via magisk, then simply installed Viper v2.6.?.? , installed the drivers, rebooted, enabled it, and it worked :good:

...have a few bugs

Camera sometimes not working

Didnt test yet.

Home botton not work

Home button does work for me, and so does the new Pie onscreen nav

Recent apps not work

Recents app works fine for me also.

Havent some lineagesos features for example weak up with sensor

Thats not a bug, but a character of ASOP over lineage; some see it as a reason for going ASOP! Its like saying RR has a bug because I cant set the lockscreen date font colour, but I can on Havoc.

You are using german specific NTP Servers.My preference in my ROMs is to use the more "international" NTP Servers of

#Global
NTP_SERVER=2.android.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=time.izatcloud.net

#North America
#NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org

#Australia
#NTP_SERVER=au.pool.ntp.org

#Test
#NTP_SERVER=time.gpsonextra.net

#Europe
NTP_SERVER=europe.pool.ntp.org

#Asia
NTP_SERVER=asia.pool.ntp.org

maybe un-comment North America.


I tested many servers using

ping

(NB: they dont all respond to a ping request) and

w32tm /stripchart /computer:2.android.pool.ntp.org /dataonly /samples:5

NB: from the device without WiFi.
My bad, that's a windows thing

 

[ashishpoudel995]

Great ROM !!! Using this ROM for 3 days and not many bugs ! The only bugs are camera sometimes fails to open / takes long time to open and home button doesn't work on wake up ! All other things working great ! Super fast! Great interface! Great job ! Looking forward for new updates???

 

[NamLesnar]

This Rom is f.... smooth but the only thing that my power button is broken but the home button doesn't wake the phone .. Pls fix this . I love this rom
"Sr for my bad English"

 

[darkness]

This Rom is f.... smooth but the only thing that my power button is broken but the home button doesn't wake the phone .. Pls fix this . I love this rom
"Sr for my bad English"

HOME BOTTON WAKE problem and nfc form the rom itself i cant fix it
home wake up and nfc work in lineage/aospex and PixelExperience
i build new one you can wake up device by volume
to enable it GO system/Buttons volume
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NWPOK7qYBiq-MqBB7-Tq9deruawYs62R

 

[NamLesnar]

HOME BOTTON WAKE problem and nfc form the rom itself i cant fix it
home wake up and nfc work in lineage/aospex and PixelExperience
i build new one you can wake up device by volume
to enable it GO system/Buttons volume
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NWPOK7qYBiq-MqBB7-Tq9deruawYs62R

:good::good: thnks i'm going to test =]]
one more tim sr for my bad english

 

[tatan1185]

wow, smooth and faster , iwork fine in shv-e330s.. thx sir

 

[tatan1185]

Usb storage not detect on pc.. Usb debug hash enable.. Please update sir. Thx

 

[foxrft]

I miss my galaxy s4 :crying:

 

[iambinaytiwari]

Thanks for Update

 

[iambinaytiwari]

PixysOS-v2.4-ks01ltexx-UNOFFICIAL-20190210-0444.zip

New build is available .
Home Button to Wake is Fixed. Thanks @khalvat
Sync with the latest PixyOS source.

Changes:
https://github.com/darkness19/device_samsung_ks01ltexx/commits/rr-7.x
https://github.com/darkness19/android_kernel_samsung_msm8974/commits/Pi

 

[iambinaytiwari]

PixysOS-v2.4-ks01lte-UNOFFICIAL-20190510-171926.zip

New build is available .
Sync with the latest PixyOS source.
May Security Patch

Changes:
https://github.com/Soft-Bullet/device_samsung_ks01ltexx
https://github.com/Soft-Bullet/android_kernel_samsung_msm8974