[ROM][4.4.4][KTU84Q] SlimSaber - i777 [SlimKat UNOFFICIAL]

[razen_kain]

Moved? I don't think so, but maybe. I do recall that in most other firmwares it's enabled from settings > developer options; but for slim, I enable it from settings > security.

Thanks! I found it. I guess i was having a moment there. Somehow i looked and looked in the right location but just didn't see it... Is 37 too young to have your first senior moment? Lol

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[chrishaney23]

2 questions, 1 of which is stupid I'm sure.

1.) (stupid question) How do I get my external SD Card recognized? I mounted it in recovery, nothing. I un-mounted it in recovery, nothing. And in the STORAGE section, the options to do this are not highlighted ever to mount/un-mount the SD Card? Help?

2.) While on Wi-Fi... there are little red up and down arrows with numbers next to them (in the staus bar/notification area), to small to see but I assume they are the up and download speeds. Can that get turned off?

Thanks guys!

 

[cyril279]

2 questions, 1 of which is stupid I'm sure.

1.) (stupid question) How do I get my external SD Card recognized? I mounted it in recovery, nothing. I un-mounted it in recovery, nothing. And in the STORAGE section, the options to do this are not highlighted ever to mount/un-mount the SD Card? Help?

2.) While on Wi-Fi... there are little red up and down arrows with numbers next to them (in the staus bar/notification area), to small to see but I assume they are the up and download speeds. Can that get turned off?

Thanks guys!

There are no stupid questions.
These items sound like leftovers from another rom. I haven't seen red arrows beside the wifi icon, and I haven't had any issues with SD card recognition.

 

[desteele]

2 questions, 1 of which is stupid I'm sure.

1.) (stupid question) How do I get my external SD Card recognized? I mounted it in recovery, nothing. I un-mounted it in recovery, nothing. And in the STORAGE section, the options to do this are not highlighted ever to mount/un-mount the SD Card? Help?

2.) While on Wi-Fi... there are little red up and down arrows with numbers next to them (in the staus bar/notification area), to small to see but I assume they are the up and download speeds. Can that get turned off?

Thanks guys!

In your settings, go into the Status bar section, and see if there's something dealing with "Network Traffic" or somesuch... I thought there was something that showed up and down information.

 

[chrishaney23]

Yeah I found the network traffic thing. That's good. Still nothing with my external sd card.

New issue. Battery life is atrocious! Off the charger at 100%. In my pocket for 5 hours, not touched, down to 60%! I am running this room stock. No different kernel. Ideas?

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[cyril279]

These items sound like leftovers from another rom.

No one else is experiencing issues like these.

I suggest starting clean. Manually wipe /data, /system, & /cache partitions, then install slimsaber & slim GAPPS.

Enjoy the brilliance of slimsaber as the rest of us do.

-Cyril

Yeah I found the network traffic thing. That's good. Still nothing with my external sd card.

New issue. Battery life is atrocious! Off the charger at 100%. In my pocket for 5 hours, not touched, down to 60%! I am running this room stock. No different kernel. Ideas?

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[chrishaney23]

Will try tomorrow after work. I hate setting everything back up. Annoying and takes forever!

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[chrishaney23]

Quick steps for a clean wipe before following installation of SlimSaber? (I'm on CWM 6.0.4.5)

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[david72262]

Quick steps for a clean wipe before following installation of SlimSaber? (I'm on CWM 6.0.4.5)

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2 posts up from yours. It was answered wipe system data and both cashes

 

[chrishaney23]

That's what I did. I always wipe EVERYTHING! I thought there might be more to it that I didn't know about?

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[cyril279]

<<< New Build Posted >>>

Changes:

• Toolchain: Compiled rom and kernel with latest SM 4.8.4 20140910
• Core: Fix high cpu load under some situations
• Core: Introduce checks for integer overflow during division
• Settings: Move heads up to its own preferencescreen
• Settings: Heads Up background color && transparency
• Bunch of fixes in frameworks/base
• See changelog for the rest of changes

===========-Package complete-===========
zip : /home/cyril/android/slimsaber/out/target/product/i777/SlimSaber-i777-4.4.4-20140916.zip
md5 : 4a700e2f5aeae7c39edd455af3e721a0
size: 146M
========================================

 

[rogersb11]

<<< New Build Posted >>>



===========-Package complete-===========
zip : /home/cyril/android/slimsaber/out/target/product/i777/SlimSaber-i777-4.4.4-20140916.zip
md5 : 4a700e2f5aeae7c39edd455af3e721a0
size: 146M
========================================

I'm in the process of pushing the custom linaro I use in my kernel which already includes all patches needed to make it work properly and to its fullest potential. Compiling combined SM and Linaro chains has some nice advantages. They really play well together. If you prefer to use linaro for rom instead I'll give you a different version. I usually build my own toolchain

https://github.com/rogersb11/CustomLinaro-I777S2-cortex

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[chrishaney23]

I wiped everything 3x before installing the latest build. Battery seems to be much better. 3 hours off charger, lost 13%. That's a plus to me.

Also, what's the difference between SlimSaber and SlimKat?

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[cyril279]

Glad to hear that things are going better for you.

The "additions" mentioned in the OP are the most relevant differences in-between the two firmwares, but there have been many other features added by fusionjack along the way, that are not a part of slim. I don't have a quick reference to what all of them are, but other users are welcome to chime in with what they notice/remember.

I should go back through some changelogs and add the more notable ones to the OP.

I wiped everything 3x beefier installing the latest build. Battery seems to be much better. 3 hours off charger, lost 13%. That's a plus to me.

Also, what's the difference between SlimSaber and SlimKat?

 

[snipe2nite]

I wiped everything 3x before installing the latest build. Battery seems to be much better. 3 hours off charger, lost 13%. That's a plus to me.

Also, what's the difference between SlimSaber and SlimKat?

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I was coming here to tell him, battery life for me is off the charts solid, 8 days off charger, 1 hour of screen on time. I obviously don't use the phone that much but off charger is crazy crazy awesome on Slimsaber!!!! If you're having issues I would think it's another issue.

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[fusionjack]

rain of commits on github

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[kahran]

Also, what's the difference between SlimSaber and SlimKat?

I have been wondering this as well. And then there's the cross compiled SaberMod. Very confusing.

I have been sticking with SlimSaber for a while. My i777 has been running faster than ever. Feels like a device released recently.

 

[cyril279]

<<< New Build Posted >>>

Changes:

• Bluetooth: Big updates
• System: Fix some missing permissions
• frameworks/base: Stability fixes
• Added ANT+ support
• See changelog for the rest of changes

Changes:

• Settings: Add AGPS parameter settings in Location
  If you change the default AGPS setting, don't forget to save it. Press menu and choose save.
• SlimCenter: Fix SlimOTA not working on some non-english environment
• Bluetooth: Some updates from AOSP
• Bionic: Revert "DNS: make the same ip type DNS query as the interface address type"
  Some users reported this breaks VPN connections
• frameworks/base: Revert "ContentProvider: Avoid duplicate initialization of AsyncTask"
  This change could lead to a soft-reboot. See here
• Some updates on 2D graphic library
• See changelog for the rest of changes

===========-Package complete-===========
zip : /home/cyril/android/slimsaber/out/target/product/i777/SlimSaber-i777-4.4.4-20140923.zip
md5 : 0923776b847866115ecd9c8f981e8e13
size: 147M
========================================

 

[cyril279]

@fusionjack, I definitely appreciate the push-notice, There's no easy way for me to know when you're ready for me to build, and that was perfect... except that I damaged my build-box motherboard trying to help an associate recover hard-disk files. <-- But I'm back up and running as of yesterday!

For anyone's interest, if you really think your motherboard is done, then "cooking it" is worth a shot. 385F for 9 minutes worked for me!:laugh:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=cooking motherboard

rain of commits on github

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[rogersb11]

@fusionjack, I definitely appreciate the push-notice, There's no easy way for me to know when you're ready for me to build, and that was perfect... except that I damaged my build-box motherboard trying to help an associate recover hard-disk files. <-- But I'm back up and running as of yesterday!

For anyone's interest, if you really think your motherboard is done, then "cooking it" is worth a shot. 385F for 9 minutes worked for me!:laugh:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=cooking motherboard

Hahaha. I do this to my original Xbox 360 every two months. Used to have an actual reballing machine, good trick to know