Removing bloat or flashing? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I have a s4 with all this bloat.
i don't see any lagg-ness on tw but i notice i don't use many of the things on tw.
the only things i like is the camera and lock screen.
If I flash can i still be able to have the lock screen like tw? or will that vanish too?
Does anyone have a list of things I can remove (bloatware)

honeyp0t said:
I have a s4 with all this bloat.
i don't see any lagg-ness on tw but i notice i don't use many of the things on tw.
the only things i like is the camera and lock screen.
If I flash can i still be able to have the lock screen like tw? or will that vanish too?
Does anyone have a list of things I can remove (bloatware)
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Its been answered before all you have to do is search. Besides att thread of s4 there's also Verizon and international s4 forum that has been asked before. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398845
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Its been answered before all you have to do is search. Besides att thread of s4 there's also Verizon and international s4 forum that has been asked before. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398845
There's different ROMs there are tw based ROMs aosp ROMs aokp. If you want lock screen flash a tw ROM there's also ROMs that already have be debloated and running fast. I'd suggest this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391142
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Transparent status bar and gallery Wallpaper.

Hi all, couldn't find a thread for this subject.
I like the transparent statusbar and I understand that when using apps or in certain screens it will be black but when I crop an image to use as a wallpaper shouldn't it be fullscreen ratio? On the stock wallpapers it is transparent but with a custom image it's black. Not sure if there's anything I can do as I'm no dev, but if anyone knows of a solution I'd like to hear it.
Thanks
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Bigbabyjesus said:
Hi all, couldn't find a thread for this subject.
I like the transparent statusbar and I understand that when using apps or in certain screens it will be black but when I crop an image to use as a wallpaper shouldn't it be fullscreen ratio? On the stock wallpapers it is transparent but with a custom image it's black. Not sure if there's anything I can do as I'm no dev, but if anyone knows of a solution I'd like to hear it.
Thanks
Running rooted telus stock.
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Samsung has a new update that has the transparent notification.
I make my own custom wallpaper. It shows up transparent just fine. I am/was confused about the transparent fix Samsung announced.
Currently I have a picture of grass I took. The picture was taken with the phone camera. The stock wallpaper app seems to do a good job cropping.
On the laptop using GIMP I crop and scale to 1920x1920 300 DPI. Canvas adjust to 1080x1080. Then Image size to 1920x1920 300dpi.
First screenshot is the grass background I made in GIMP. Second is a dandelion picture I captured and cropped on phone. They both have a transparent notification bar. Hence my confusion.
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Seriously? You're using a launcher..
I'm a bit of an idiot today. I forgot I use Nova. I'll just stand over here and nervously whistle... Lol :screwy:
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j510 said:
Samsung has a new update that has the transparent notification.
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Ah, well... I am running rooted stock and when I go to update software I get toasted with something like "this device has been modified. There are no updates available" any way to fool it into thinking I have unmodified binaries or am I going to have to get on a custom rom to stay updated? I have put a lot of work into build.prop tweaks, init.d scripts, audio/visual mods, etc....it's just that the opaque status bar is a little thing that irks me. I also am a little bummed out knowing that I'm missing out on some cool little updates.
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Bigbabyjesus said:
Ah, well... I am running rooted stock and when I go to update software I get toasted with something like "this device has been modified. There are no updates available" any way to fool it into thinking I have unmodified binaries or am I going to have to get on a custom rom to stay updated? I have put a lot of work into build.prop tweaks, init.d scripts, audio/visual mods, etc....it's just that the opaque status bar is a little thing that irks me. I also am a little bummed out knowing that I'm missing out on some cool little updates.
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The new update has only been released to the Germany T-Mobile AFAIK. There are a couple custom ROM based on it using the transparent notification. If you want to keep root and a recovery, I would not recommend flashing anything from AT&T since its rumor they are working on a fix for that...
nakedninja42 said:
The new update has only been released to the Germany T-Mobile AFAIK. There are a couple custom ROM based on it using the transparent notification. If you want to keep root and a recovery, I would not recommend flashing anything from AT&T since its rumor they are working on a fix for that...
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Yeah. Att doesn't work so well for me anyway. I have to flash a jfltecan kernel with any att rom I've found or I get stuck in bootloop and I'm worried about a potential bricking. Either way I don't like having att posted all over my telus phone so I steer clear. There are some cool telus based roms but I like to try and figure the mods out or at least ask around for reading material to help me.
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Bigbabyjesus said:
Yeah. Att doesn't work so well for me anyway. I have to flash a jfltecan kernel with any att rom I've found or I get stuck in bootloop and I'm worried about a potential bricking. Either way I don't like having att posted all over my telus phone so I steer clear. There are some cool telus based roms but I like to try and figure the mods out or at least ask around for reading material to help me.
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Err . I didn't mean to add ATT crap in there since I saw the M on your sig... opps, its a habit
You can flash I9505 ROMs from what I have read. Not sure about your carriers track record in releasing updates in a timely manner (ATT sucks about that). Have you checked out the I9505 threads? Just make sure its I9505 Qualcomm and not the Octa-core I9500.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303125
Btw anybody notice this? I found it in the i9505 thread. It says it should work on any variant but I think I might be doing something wrong when manually editing build.prop because it hangs at the Samsung logo boot animation forever. When flashing the zips it says editing build.prop so maybe the manual edit is unnecessary? If I get it working I'll let anybody interested know, likewise if anybody else takes interest and can make it work let me know how.
(Edit) this doesn't work according to multiple people in the thread. Sorry for wasted space.
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Err . I didn't mean to add ATT crap in there since I saw the M on your sig... opps, its a habit
You can flash I9505 ROMs from what I have read. Not sure about your carriers track record in releasing updates in a timely manner (ATT sucks about that). Have you checked out the I9505 threads? Just make sure its I9505 Qualcomm and not the Octa-core I9500.
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Yeah. I would like to keep my stock base though, like I say looking to do mostly my own mods. Unless I can find something that I can't live without my daily driver will be telus base. Thanks though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41027340
If anybody was having the same problem as I was in my OP I found the solution for me. Not taking any credit just posting a link.
So I tried this out with i377m jfltecan s4. Works with all my gallery pics. Just flash the 9505 version.
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Bigbabyjesus said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41027340
If anybody was having the same problem as I was in my OP I found the solution for me. Not taking any credit just posting a link.
So I tried this out with i377m jfltecan s4. Works with all my gallery pics. Just flash the 9505 version.
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Why don't you just install NottachXposed? - it'll allow you to set whatever transparency you want for the status bar...and much more.
nacos said:
Why don't you just install NottachXposed? - it'll allow you to set whatever transparency you want for the status bar...and much more.
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Can't get xposed framework installed on my device. I'm running stock Canadian rom.
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Bigbabyjesus said:
Can't get xposed framework installed on my device. I'm running stock Canadian rom.
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Have you tried the last 2.1.4 version? Any version prior to this soft bricks our S4!!!
I'm also using the stock Canadian on a SGH-I337M and I've never had any problems installing XposedFramework + many modules
No I got it to work. I was getting a parse error. I just installed it a different way. Don't remember what I was doing wrong but it works now. Thanks buddy, it's doing most the stuff I wanted to do.
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By the way does the volume up flashlight toggle work for you? Won't work on mine, not sure if there's a specific flashlight app I need.
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TW apps on Google Edition ROM's.

Hi, can we have a place so we know which TW apps work with Google Edition ROM's? If anyone knows any please post.
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Why would you even want to use TW apps on stock android? If you want Touchwiz experience, go back to stock.
UrbanDrawer said:
Why would you even want to use TW apps on stock android? If you want Touchwiz experience, go back to stock.
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You right, but its good to know which apps work. We might want to mix things up.
If the Google Edition ROMs have TW framework then why not to try. I read somewhere that the camera app works but I don't know where to find the link to the apk.
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TW Camera: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341770
It would be nice to have Samsung Link on the G E rom, anyone know if this will work?
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Do tw apps work on this
UrbanDrawer said:
Why would you even want to use TW apps on stock android? If you want Touchwiz experience, go back to stock.
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If a person has S Memo information that they want to recover.
If a person has my calendar data they want to recover.
S Health users...
Just a few uses that extend beyond your own.
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Watch On
Just as a basic addition to your list
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WatchON works, download it from PlayStore as normal app.
s voice
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How about the motions. Like swipe for screenshot. Would those work
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With the proper libs also added id say all of em
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I would like to have S Health app on my device (running google version 4.2.2)

Power Toggles - Music Controls not working (possibly because of 4.3)?

So on my home screen I've used the app power toggles a little bit in my setup. Though recently, when redoing my home screen today I've noticed that the music controls have not been working. I did just update my phone to 4.3 so I'm not sure if that's the reason why. Anyone else have issues?
All perfect here
filthykid said:
All perfect here
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What version of Android are you running? Stock 4.2.2 or 4.3? Or a custom rom?
Looks like it is grayed out on my side (back, Pause/Play and forwards).
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If you are using a third party launcher, it could be causing the issues.
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Toronadian said:
What version of Android are you running? Stock 4.2.2 or 4.3? Or a custom rom?
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Stock 4.3, never rooted. M using PT version 4.8.4
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fernandezhjr said:
If you are using a third party launcher, it could be causing the issues.
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Negative. As I am using Apex launcher pro and PT is working absolutely fine. Prior to that i was using stock launcher and it was working great on that too.
OP check the version you are using and report back.
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fernandezhjr said:
If you are using a third party launcher, it could be causing the issues.
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Thing is though, prior I was using Power Toggles (and the music buttons) with Nova Launcher Prime previously and there wasn't issue.
Closest thing I've been able to find from Googling around is this: http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-4/300241-power-control-widget-bug-4-3-a.html
Seems like it's an issue with Nova possibly when you update to 4.3 and use power toggles. Not sure if that's the case but the only thing I've found so far.
I have seen some posts on other forums where Nova is causing issues with widgets in general.
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You can go to the Play Store page for Nova and weed thru the reviews, picking out the ones that mention 4.3, and you will see what I mean.
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Missing My Stock Android Features

I'm coming from a romed Samsung Galaxy Nexus using Android 4.3. The reasons why I bought this phone are:
1. The large, bright, crystal clear screen
2. The ability to multitask (having two apps pulled up and interacting with both of them).
3. The new S Pen
I miss some of my stock android features. Reallllly hoping someone creates a stock android rom for this. Miss the ability to reply to texts from the pull down notification window and miss the stock keyboard auto correct features.
focrum said:
I'm coming from a romed Samsung Galaxy Nexus using Android 4.3. The reasons why I bought this phone are:
1. The large, bright, crystal clear screen
2. The ability to multitask (having two apps pulled up and interacting with both of them).
3. The new S Pen
I miss some of my stock android features. Reallllly hoping someone creates a stock android rom for this. Miss the ability to reply to texts from the pull down notification window and miss the stock keyboard auto correct features.
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Stock keyboard can be found in the market and used on tw rom. And an aosp rom will take away all the "features" samsung has on this phone it will be like a giant nexus 4 with a stylus
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mikeb85 said:
Stock keyboard can be found in the market and used on tw rom. And an aosp rom will take away all the "features" samsung has on this phone it will be like a giant nexus 4 with a stylus
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What about replying from the notification window? Any apps that would help achieve that?
There was an app ppl used on the note 2 to do that I cant remember what it was maybe someone else can help u out in the meantime I will try and find it.
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Its called sms popup in the market
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focrum said:
What about replying from the notification window? Any apps that would help achieve that?
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Sms popup in the market
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Why we have no ASOP Roms?

Why we have no ASOP roms for our Note 3 ?? No cyanogenmod? No paranoid??? no carbon???? WTF we have a popular device and so many people waiting for this? is there a problem???????
Der_Flooo said:
Why we have no ASOP roms for our Note 3 ?? No cyanogenmod? No paranoid??? no carbon???? WTF we have a popular device and so many people waiting for this? is there a problem???????
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Cm is in developement. Be patient, they will come or contribute to development. :sly:
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davitox87 said:
Cm is in developement. Be patient, they will come or contribute to development. :sly:
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cant remember if it takes such a long time with note 2 last year ?
Didn't have the note 2 so I couldn't tell you, but from my understanding it was a few months as well.
Take a look at this for a slight peice of mind knowing that it's being developed.
https://plus.google.com/app/basic/p...zh2i&sview=1&cid=5&soc-app=115&soc-platform=1
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The wait is making me nuts too. I bought a Nexus 5 just so I could get away from Touchwiz for a while.
illogic6 said:
The wait is making me nuts too. I bought a Nexus 5 just so I could get away from Touchwiz for a while.
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Ehh, why not just use a different launcher? Nova, Apex, stock Kit Kat, GO, MIUI, etc etc.
bigillz said:
Ehh, why not just use a different launcher? Nova, Apex, stock Kit Kat, GO, MIUI, etc etc.
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im using kitkat launcher for now but i would like to have KIT KAT oder just asop stuff...! a nexus feel on my flagship!!
Der_Flooo said:
im using kitkat launcher for now but i would like to have KIT KAT oder just asop stuff...! a nexus feel on my flagship!!
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You can have a "nexus feel" right now. And the CM stuff is quite different in general from stock Nexus. Install Beans ROM - get your CM pie menus, get your Kit Kat launcher, change your status bar / icons, and you can have a setup pretty much identical to stock Nexus and most of the way there to CM.
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bigillz said:
You can have a "nexus feel" right now. And the CM stuff is quite different in general from stock Nexus. Install Beans ROM - get your CM pie menus, get your Kit Kat launcher, change your status bar / icons, and you can have a setup pretty much identical to stock Nexus and most of the way there to CM.
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(The Kit Kat launcher and supporting files were all released and can be run on the Note 3).
bigillz said:
You can have a "nexus feel" right now. And the CM stuff is quite different in general from stock Nexus. Install Beans ROM - get your CM pie menus, get your Kit Kat launcher, change your status bar / icons, and you can have a setup pretty much identical to stock Nexus and most of the way there to CM.
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(The Kit Kat launcher and supporting files were all released and can be run on the Note 3).
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do you ever had an asop rom installed?? you checked the diffrence between asop and touchwiz? the smoothness and the light rom? yes, than please dont come with themed touchwiz roms... really....touchwiz is sometimes nice but cyanogemod is a way better..
and yeah i have all apps from nexus 5 installed!
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do you ever had an asop rom installed?? you checked the diffrence between asop and touchwiz? the smoothness and the light rom? yes, than please dont come with themed touchwiz roms... really....touchwiz is sometimes nice but cyanogemod is a way better..
and yeah i have all apps from nexus 5 installed!
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It's AOSP for starters, not ASOP. And yes, I have used many, many ROMs - AOSP, AOKP variants included. And yes, you can have things quite comparable by stripping out unneeded services/software and a number of boot, cache, etc tweaks. Do some research, learn about many of the optimizations available, and you can be happy.
I will wait for cyanogenmod...
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