[ROM][WIP/Experimental][AOSP][4.3.1] Google Edition for SGS4A (int'l) v0.8

[frater]

I tried your slim ROM before this one, but wasn't successful trying to get it stable. This one is, although it says WIP.

can't I use folders on the desktop with Google launcher? I am used to having all my apps on 1 screen. Do I have to switch launcher for this?
Another downer is that I can't get viper4android to work. Is this to be expected out should I continue to troubleshoot?

I like it and I'm glad I'm rid of all these Samsung apps. I did debloat my stock ROM though.

Thanks.
I hope you continue to work on this ROM.


Cheers

 

[ohwarumbloss]

Hey!
About the location, I had to run Maps and wait 1-2 Minutes till I got a lock. But then, all location services worked.

Launcher, the Stock Launcher is very very simple. Try "Apex" from Market, it's free, close to Stock but highly customisable.

About App restore from Market, probably this is normal. If I remember right, I had the same thing when moving from Sammy Phone (S2) to Nexus7..

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[frater]

Hey!
About the location, I had to run Maps and wait 1-2 Minutes till I got a lock. But then, all location services worked.

Launcher, the Stock Launcher is very very simple. Try "Apex" from Market, it's free, close to Stock but highly customisable.

About App restore from Market, probably this is normal. If I remember right, I had the same thing when moving from Sammy Phone (S2) to Nexus7..

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When I had to name my first company 25 years ago I "stole" the name "Apex" from an obscure small company in the US.
Soon after I found out there are thousands of companies with that name...
I will give it a try... Would that be your favourite?

 

[ohwarumbloss]

When I had to name my first company 25 years ago I "stole" the name "Apex" from an obscure small company in the US.
Soon after I found out there are thousands of companies with that name...
I will give it a try... Would that be your favourite?

LoL nice story!!
Yes, I always use Apex. It's just the best (I think)


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[frater]

Somehow all my WiFi AP's are removed from my Google account.
If I restore them using Titanium I can see them with "WiFi Key Recovery", but I can't connect with it.

If I access an AP and submit the password all the AP's are gone (except that 1 AP).

Is it related to this ROM?

I somehow resolved...
"Somehow" because I went from 104 AP's to 76,
I already noticed I was unable to do an XML-backup of WiFi using Titanium.
My latest XML-backup was October last year and the latest Binary-Backup was November.
Restoring the older XML-backup fixed everything.
I'm now able to do both the backups again (XML and Binary) in Titanium. Did loose 30 AP's, but these will come back in time....

 

[Pkt_Lnt]

Hey!
About the location, I had to run Maps and wait 1-2 Minutes till I got a lock. But then, all location services worked.

I'll try that again. I use SickSky launcher and it prompts me to enable location access every time I hit the home button, that is the one I want.

 

[spegelius]

Thanks for looking at the Glove Mode, I got the same empty response you did. Also the init.d script install stated it already existed when I tried.

I was finally able to configure my test install of 4.3.1, adding and configuring all my apps. There are two things I have found that are stoppers for me now. One is location access. I keep getting asked to enable location access, but it is enabled. I've used the Google Now screenshot and location settings since I do not have to obscure personal data.

The second is the backup and restore of settings and apps due to the fact that my account is not listed, but "debug-only private cache" is, Screenshots below.

Again, super work, and I look forward to running this as my daily driver instead of the 4.2.2 port.

I'll do more testing with the glove mode at some point.

I had some problems with locations when i first flashed the latest build, Beautiful Widgets wouldn't get a location and complained about Location providers even thoug i had gps and network location enabled. But, i tested that with SlimBean also and the results were similar. Now, Beautiful Widgets updated recently and now it's working... weird. Also for me, Google Now complains about location settings. Dang, i've been comparing logs between Slim and this and there's no difference in logcat regarding location services. Oh well...

Also that debug-only cache... i have that too, but no idea what it means. Maybe something related to this build being a userdebug, not release.

 

[spegelius]

I tried your slim ROM before this one, but wasn't successful trying to get it stable. This one is, although it says WIP.

can't I use folders on the desktop with Google launcher? I am used to having all my apps on 1 screen. Do I have to switch launcher for this?
Another downer is that I can't get viper4android to work. Is this to be expected out should I continue to troubleshoot?

I like it and I'm glad I'm rid of all these Samsung apps. I did debloat my stock ROM though.

Thanks.
I hope you continue to work on this ROM.


Cheers

Hmm, by folders, do you mean ... folders ? Yeah, with Google launcher, just drag and icon over another icon and a folder is created. No idea about viper4android (related to sound?), might need some libs or something?

 

[spegelius]

Somehow all my WiFi AP's are removed from my Google account.
If I restore them using Titanium I can see them with "WiFi Key Recovery", but I can't connect with it.

If I access an AP and submit the password all the AP's are gone (except that 1 AP).

Is it related to this ROM?

I somehow resolved...
"Somehow" because I went from 104 AP's to 76,
I already noticed I was unable to do an XML-backup of WiFi using Titanium.
My latest XML-backup was October last year and the latest Binary-Backup was November.
Restoring the older XML-backup fixed everything.
I'm now able to do both the backups again (XML and Binary) in Titanium. Did loose 30 AP's, but these will come back in time....

Hmm, could be the rom, could be Google's code. A logcat might reveal if there's some sort of limit in AP storage, or if Titanium simply crashes when parsing that amount of AP's (personally i've had only 10 or so max)

 

[frater]

Hmm, by folders, do you mean ... folders ? Yeah, with Google launcher, just drag and icon over another icon and a folder is created. No idea about viper4android (related to sound?), might need some libs or something?

It works as you described.... but only after installing Nova Launcher.
It was not working with the original launcher...
First time I bumped into this...

 

[ohwarumbloss]

@spegelius, getting position with maps didn't help? Once I had it locked, weather widget (cLock) worked fine.
Right now I'm on CM because I didn't figure how to get the AOSP to dual boot and I need Sammy sometimes..

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[spegelius]

@spegelius, getting position with maps didn't help? Once I had it locked, weather widget (cLock) worked fine.
Right now I'm on CM because I didn't figure how to get the AOSP to dual boot and I need Sammy sometimes..

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Nope, Google now refuses to see that network location is on. I installed CM (testing the kernel changes i did yesterday) and on it there's lot less LocSvc prints on logcat... i'l have to dig more thoroughly.

 

[ohwarumbloss]

Nope, Google now refuses to see that network location is on. I installed CM (testing the kernel changes i did yesterday) and on it there's lot less LocSvc prints on logcat... i'l have to dig more thoroughly.

I'd never expected that this is all that complicated

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[alirey]

Nope, Google now refuses to see that network location is on. I installed CM (testing the kernel changes i did yesterday) and on it there's lot less LocSvc prints on logcat... i'l have to dig more thoroughly.

I had the same problem with network location on Sammy Rom (GPS worked). Switched to slimrom and network location is now working.
I suspected xposed framework

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[frater]

Viper4android is running now in so-called compatibility mode

Cheers

 

[ohwarumbloss]

Installed 05 again today and for location:
Go outside
Start Maps
Wait
Get a lock (yes you will)
End Maps
Start GPS Status from Playstore
Calibrate Compass (I had to do it 2 times)
Be happy with Location Services

For the Launcher
To create a Folder, just drag 2 apps together, it will create a Folder. Worked for me but I still prefer Apex.

Greetings
Thomas

Edit, nah, it won't work inside. Maybe it can't get location via Network/WiFi?

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[spegelius]

Installed 05 again today and for location:
Go outside
Start Maps
Wait
Get a lock (yes you will)
End Maps
Start GPS Status from Playstore
Calibrate Compass (I had to do it 2 times)
Be happy with Location Services

For the Launcher
To create a Folder, just drag 2 apps together, it will create a Folder. Worked for me but I still prefer Apex.

Greetings
Thomas

Edit, nah, it won't work inside. Maybe it can't get location via Network/WiFi?

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Yes, it seems to be something with network location, dunno what yet.

I uploaded ver 0.6 to Google drive. There's also dualboot version available now and system is not formatted during install. Contains the kernel changes i did, no visible change in usage.

Oh and i finally figured out why the need to copy libbt-vendor.so from CM: a) it's not Qualcom bt, it's Broadcom bt. b) Google's Broadcom hardware libs didn't account for vendor dependent files. Using CM's libs, all works well

Edit: oh and Backup now shows my account properly, not the debug-only cache thingamajig. Dunno what i did, but i did it fine
Edit2: crap, it was CM not AOSP. >:|

 

[Pkt_Lnt]

Yes, it seems to be something with network location, dunno what yet.

I uploaded ver 0.6 to Google drive. There's also dualboot version available now and system is not formatted during install. Contains the kernel changes i did, no visible change in usage.

Oh and i finally figured out why the need to copy libbt-vendor.so from CM: a) it's not Qualcom bt, it's Broadcom bt. b) Google's Broadcom hardware libs didn't account for vendor dependent files. Using CM's libs, all works well

Edit: oh and Backup now shows my account properly, not the debug-only cache thingamajig. Dunno what i did, but i did it fine
Edit2: crap, it was CM not AOSP. >:|

Downloading now, will install tomorrow when i have time.

OT - got a link to what I need to be able to dual boot? I'm not finding it for the I-9295.

 

[ohwarumbloss]

Downloading now, will install tomorrow when i have time.

OT - got a link to what I need to be able to dual boot? I'm not finding it for the I-9295.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49421030

There you go


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[leonpr]

Hey. Thanks for the ROM. Always nice to see something in development for the i9295.

I stuck 0.6 on my S4A today and all looking good so far except I'm getting a "cannot connect to camera" message when opening the camera app (or Snapchat)

Quick search has someone with the same issue on page 1 but the following posts are more focused on restoring root.

Any ideas?

Clean install.