CWM for 4.4? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I just ODIN flash stock rogers 4.4.2 and rooted and debloated. I Was wondering if I can install a custom recovery to flash zips?
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Jose0726 said:
I just ODIN flash stock rogers 4.4.2 and rooted and debloated. I Was wondering if I can install a custom recovery to flash zips?
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I did pretty much the same last night... Installed the "test release" (OYA_I337MOYAFNC1_880525_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT) of the Bell one on my Virgin phone (because the Official Bell release was downloading REALLY slowly), They had the same build date and file names and sizes so I think they're pretty close to identical.Rooted, then restored my TiBu backup of apps and data, then disabled KNOX, removed the Bell Bloat, and froze the services I don't use (Ant, print, books, flipbook...) and my CWM was there and working... it told me there was an update of CWM available when I first ran it so I went ahead and installed it... I have tested it as much as I can without actually using it to flash over my fresh new ROM, including going to recovery and mounting/unmounting, deleting cache,

Did you noticed it getting a bit slow when you uninstall system apps? I find that in my case it was smooth normal but when I started debloating it felt kindo slow it transitions etc..
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Jose0726 said:
Did you noticed it getting a bit slow when you uninstall system apps? I find that in my case it was smooth normal but when I started debloating it felt kindo slow it transitions etc..
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I did find the battery was definitely draining a lot faster, and it was seeming a bit slow... but now a full day and a full overnight charge later it is much better... Currently showing 72% left after six and a half hours of more or less normal for me use... several txts sent and received, read a few CMC and newspaper articles, checked the weather a bunch of times like any Canadian in winter (are we just hoping it was just a bad dream??) looked at FB, and checked Play Store for updates of my apps... all with wi-fi on.
One thing I do notice is that "Android System" and "Android OS" have taken up 22 and 8 percent as the #2 and #3 consumers respectively... they used to be way down the list... I actually installed a silly kitkat live wallpaper that also has sound that I found amusing... won't last long though 'cause the novelty is already wearing off.
I have not frozen the Samsung Hub, Push, Link, or ChatOn services yet 'cause I thought I might give them a try for a few days...
I will probably freeze them tonight and see if tomorrow shows a difference.

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motorola social widgets

ok so i updated to GB and love the new blur. however i still went around theming it but after a few things i noticed my social widgets werent updating and wasnt letting me update them even tho i had my info in it correct. So i tried flashing the original .apks i had themed then it bootlooped so i sbf'd to the old froyo, so im stock right data/factory reset too. entered my twitter stuff and the old blur social widget still isnt working correctly, am i the only one having these problems?
edit: reflashed rootedgb.zip working fine now lets see what happens when i re-flash gbrooteddeodexed.zip
Please let me know your findings, I'm having the same problem after installing the deodexed gb. I did not test it on the nondeodxed rooted version but it worked great on the original gb leak.
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ghettomuffin said:
Please let me know your findings, I'm having the same problem after installing the deodexed gb. I did not test it on the nondeodxed rooted version but it worked great on the original gb leak.
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idk half the time i flash they work half the time they dont im still not sure
Same thing here. I used sbf and reinstalled gbroot and gdeodex, then my market wouldn't sync but social networking worked. I had hoped third time would be the charm but now I'm back to square one. Anyone else out there have this issue or know a fix?
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ok one thing i noticed and kinda forgot, go to settings > battery & data manager > battery mode > performance mode, otherwise it wont continual sync, i think thats part of the problem, cuz when u first load it puts it in battery saver mode
I tried that and it hasn't worked. My problem is slightly different than yours though. It will push thru link posts or picture posts, but no status updates or tweets from anyone. Makes no sense at all!
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ok also I think it might have to do with restoring with TB i think we need to do app only I think restoring data messes up stuff like before... my wireless seems to be broken
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You may be on to something with TB. I didn't actually restore anything with it but just redownloading it in the first place may have caused issues.
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Yeah I ran in to the same issue.

Shell denied superuser permission?

So around 1:31 tonight, my nexus went a little nuts, notifying me every second or so that shell had been denied superuser permissions. check my such log, and there are a few hundred entries in a couple of minutes tonight, and half a dozen last night. What gives?
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duloz said:
So around 1:31 tonight, my nexus went a little nuts, notifying me every second or so that shell had been denied superuser permissions. check my such log, and there are a few hundred entries in a couple of minutes tonight, and half a dozen last night. What gives?
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Using glazed?
Was using paranoid with trinity 64 with to OC. Ditched trinity for the time being, as this never happened using paranoid alone, though I guess it could also be the too manager?
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Further mystery. Behind play store in my data usage, second highest usage is "10138"...
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Use SuperSU
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I've always had this on my Sensation, accompanied by a bit of slowdown. I've not been able to deduce why.
This morning... I too noticed it happening on my nexus7. All I've done is 'fastboot oem unlock', install root, cwm, adaway, rommanager & titanium backup. The upgrade to android 4.1.2 also happenned.
The SuperUser Elite app shows several dozen entries a minute for 'shell' with no explanation.
Buck767 said:
I've always had this on my Sensation, accompanied by a bit of slowdown. I've not been able to deduce why.
This morning... I too noticed it happening on my nexus7. All I've done is 'fastboot oem unlock', install root, cwm, adaway, rommanager & titanium backup. The upgrade to android 4.1.2 also happenned.
The SuperUser Elite app shows several dozen entries a minute for 'shell' with no explanation.
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Dozens a minute? Lucky! My SuperUser log flooded to its capacity of 200 within half that time.
It seems I trigger it by using a multimedia app like YouTube, or Play Music whilst being connected to Wi-Fi. And when this happens it just destroys any fluidity to watching a video or playing a song, it's so frustrating. It's like buffering an MP3 over EDGE 2G.
And occasionally, it changes from denying its permissions to granting it, both resulting in a performance slowdown.
Buck767 said:
I've always had this on my Sensation, accompanied by a bit of slowdown. I've not been able to deduce why.
This morning... I too noticed it happening on my nexus7. All I've done is 'fastboot oem unlock', install root, cwm, adaway, rommanager & titanium backup. The upgrade to android 4.1.2 also happenned.
The SuperUser Elite app shows several dozen entries a minute for 'shell' with no explanation.
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Are you on stock?
Did it start after upgrading the ota update?
If so I'd try flashing superuser zip cuz the 4.1.2 update broke root on my brothers stock n7.
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A little lag

Ok so I have had a few nexus 4's and seems like everyone has been the same experience. I root and/or flash custom ROM and load all my apps from my titanium backup which honestly think dates back to my epic 4g I had a while back. I have about 170 apps and none are very big.
Seems like I get a little lag here and there and my gf who has about 80 apps ( I am going off when it says android is upgrading) and hers just feels faster just a little.
Could this be because I have never done a clean install of the apps. Most have been upgraded thru updates so I would think this would not matter.
Can anyone shed some light on this?
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I am running stock unrooted still locked boot loader and I have no lag at all and I have >120 apps
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I clean installed all my apps and restored data only from titanium, no lag here and I have a hundred or so apps.
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I use google to restore all my apps, they're mostly all from the market, so its a five minute process every time I wipe or install a new rom. No real lag here, unless I cause it by tinkering lol.

Qualcomm BatteryGuru vs. Greenify

Can't sleep tonight so just researching apps this morning. Have you guys or gals used either? Do you recommend one over the other?
BatteryGuru is officially made by Qualcomm so you would expect it to be pretty key to phone optimisation. Also it didn't require root.
Greenify had received many great reviews and the author is constantly updating which is good. Requires root however.
Thanks!
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Greenify here and happy
I'm running battery guru and it works quite well, it'll take about 5 days to give you some savings, but it works. I'm way more impressed then I ever though I'd be...
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Using Greenify, works great.
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Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. I'm testing Snapdragon BatteryGuru so far but still learning and will let you know how it helps. Scared to root yet!
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Khalsa4G said:
Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. I'm testing Snapdragon BatteryGuru so far but still learning and will let you know how it helps. Scared to root yet!
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No real reason to be scared to root any more. We have the stock images in case you soft brick, boot loop, etc. I was worried to, but it was an extremely simple and quick root process. You just plug in the phone and your rooted after a couple mouse clicks
Also, I recommend freezing the ota applications in TiBu. Never know when at&t may send an OTA that could patch the boot loader exploit. Better be safe than sorry with this one.
Sorry to drag the thread off topic. Just thought I would throw in my $.02 after your comment on rooting. Best of luck
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How does that greenify app work? Say you select all your apps, and then it hibernates them does it wake up when needed or if you get a message or notification?
The app specifically says not to enable apps that have certain notifications such as SMS and whatnot, so I would make sure that you don't do it to apps that you need to be notified.
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How does that greenify app work? Say you select all your apps, and then it hibernates them does it wake up when needed or if you get a message or notification?
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They will wake up when you open them, then hibernate when you close them. Basically if you use it for all apps expect to not mulitask at all (looking at messages, wont recieve phone calls; looking at Internet, wont recieve SMS)
If you have to use either one you don't know how to save your battery. Get better battery stats and learn what is causing your battery drain. These apps only use battery.
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jd1639 said:
If you have to use either one you don't know how to save your battery. Get better battery stats and learn what is causing your battery drain. These apps only use battery.
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Greenify uses a lot less battery then tons of bad apps running. I like using Facebook app but couldn't careless about the notifications and such. Yes I coukd go in and stop them but not all apps let me (cnet for example) so having a single place to hibernate the apps I dont want running in the background is nice.

What to do after root and unlock

Could someone be kind enough to point me in the right direction. I've searched but can't seem to find the basic info. I have very little background in flashing and such.
I rooted my thunderbolt years ago with little guidance and than bought a rooted bionic. But now I'm lost with all the terms. Looking for somewhere that will explain what everything means so I can then choose what os to flash, and how to do it in recovery.
Thank you,
David
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Right now there isn't a whole lot you can do until the devs port custom roms to our phone. They didn't know it was going to be possible to unlock our bootloader or root(after kitkat update) , and therefore didn't put much effort into later versions. At most, you can install the latest CWM and backup your current rom in preparation for if you decide to install custom roms. That's basically where I am right now.
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You can freeze or remove the bloatware. Just make a backup first.
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There is a list of the verified bloatware you can remove with titanium backup without breaking the phone. Just search "Razr HD bloatware" in the forum
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Thanks guys!
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By the looks of it, I should stay with stick KK for now? I have froze a few apps with titanium but looking for something to improve my battery. I'm going through battery in about 5 hours. I was getting 10-12 on JB. Still looking for a way to go back to JB.
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davfed said:
Thanks guys!
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By the looks of it, I should stay with stick KK for now? I have froze a few apps with titanium but looking for something to improve my battery. I'm going through battery in about 5 hours. I was getting 10-12 on JB. Still looking for a way to go back to JB.
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Yes stick with KK for now. That's surprising that your battery is draining so fast now. Can you go to your battery usage and see what is sucking up most of your juice? I have heard others state that it took a few days for their phone to settle in after the upgrade (I personally think people were so excited for the new OS that they were just using their phone a lot more than they were before .) I know mine has been draining faster because I've been doing so many things with it since the update. I highly recommend the app "Greenify" since you are rooted. It will automatically hibernate any non-necessary background apps that suck up ram, battery, and data.
bill0405 said:
Yes stick with KK for now. That's surprising that your battery is draining so fast now. Can you go to your battery usage and see what is sucking up most of your juice? I have heard others state that it took a few days for their phone to settle in after the upgrade (I personally think people were so excited for the new OS that they were just using their phone a lot more than they were before .) I know mine has been draining faster because I've been doing so many things with it since the update. I highly recommend the app "Greenify" since you are rooted. It will automatically hibernate any non-necessary background apps that suck up ram, battery, and data.
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Thank a lot for the info. This motocare is sucking up a lot of battery. Don't remember seeing it before. I'm searching now to see what it is and if I should freeze it or hibernate it. Just downloaded greenify and it seems like a great app. Thanks again for your input!!
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davfed said:
Thank a lot for the info. This motocare is sucking up a lot of battery. Don't remember seeing it before. I'm searching now to see what it is and if I should freeze it or hibernate it. Just downloaded greenify and it seems like a great app. Thanks again for your input!!
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Sure thing. When its all good and working...it should appear something like this
Agree on greenify. It is an truly awesome app for improving battery life! Better battery stats with root use enabled for checking wakelocks also. I had the same experience with motorcare. Major batterydrainer. Being able to properly disable apps, is worth rooting alone.

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