[Q] Is it worth installing CM ROMs on S4 i9505? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all!
I want to ask if it's worth to use a CyanogenMod (or any other AOSP-based) ROM on the i9505.
I know that with any non-tw ROM I will lose features like Air View, Gestures, Sammy's Camera, WatchON IR communications etc. So I'm wondering if there are alternatives to these things, using the proper HW (eg. not like the simple proximity sensor)..
Thank you all in advance, for any answer

Very worth, of course the regret is about camera, but I don't use it often, so it's ok to me,
In one word, YES!

qtwrk said:
Very worth, of course the regret is about camera, but I don't use it often, so it's ok to me,
In one word, YES!
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OK
Can you explain me why? What are the pros of CM on the S4?

iJo09 said:
OK
Can you explain me why? What are the pros of CM on the S4?
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More and easier personification.
And smoothness is way better above Sammy.
You should have tried it yourself.
As I said, the only regret is camera. But it isn't bad anyway

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Is there any way to get Samsung's gimmicky features on the Nexus 4?

Features like the air view, and the flip to silence or any of that.
I don't want it, but a friend of mine needs it. Also, preferably, without reducing the smoothness of vanilla.
For stock w/o root if possible but will root if needs be.
Are there apps that do this or does he have to flash something or what?
Look at Locale or Tasker in the Play Store for flip to silence. Air View will only be found in TW.
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Hybridnoob said:
Look at Locale or Tasker in the Play Store for flip to silence. Air View will only be found in TW.
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Uhm. Actually air view was the more important of the two. No app / mod that supports this?
as far as im concerned. Air View is hardware. you cant add it
Mohit12 said:
Uhm. Actually air view was the more important of the two. No app / mod that supports this?
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aqsede said:
as far as im concerned. Air View is hardware. you cant add it
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Yep. I've tried using the S-Pen on my phones and they never work. So air view would probably not work. It would probably need extensive hardware and software modding to get it to work.
Isn't air view basically just a combination of your front camera and proximity sensors?
What about the eye scrolling thing?
Or the thing where when you look away from the phone the video pauses?
Mohit12 said:
Isn't air view basically just a combination of your front camera and proximity sensors?
What about the eye scrolling thing?
Or the thing where when you look away from the phone the video pauses?
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All those things are a TW feature/Gimmic only. They will never work on AOSP based roms. Even the GE version of the S4 doesnt have those things.
zelendel said:
All those things are a TW feature/Gimmic only. They will never work on AOSP based roms. Even the GE version of the S4 doesnt have those things.
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So there's absolutely no way of getting them on the Nexus 4? Damn.
Alright. Thanks!
Mohit12 said:
Features like the air view, and the flip to silence or any of that.
I don't want it, but a friend of mine needs it. Also, preferably, without reducing the smoothness of vanilla.
For stock w/o root if possible but will root if needs be.
Are there apps that do this or does he have to flash something or what?
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a ton of custom roms have the flip to silent feature

[Q] CM camera quality and battery life

I have a Galaxy s4 (lte internacional) and i flashed CM last week and have been enjoyin it so far. I have only two concerns about the ROM, first is the battery life, i have found it to be somewhat worse than TW`s, how can i solve it? The camera is the biggest concern I have, i have found it to be worse, what do you guys think? is it really worse? is there a way to solve it?
Are these problems normal in CM?
Sorry for the bad english, im not from US
arthurvaz said:
I have a Galaxy s4 (lte internacional) and i flashed CM last week and have been enjoyin it so far. I have only two concerns about the ROM, first is the battery life, i have found it to be somewhat worse than TW`s, how can i solve it? The camera is the biggest concern I have, i have found it to be worse, what do you guys think? is it really worse? is there a way to solve it?
Are these problems normal in CM?
Sorry for the bad english, im not from US
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What version of CM are you on?
To be honest the TW camera is the only reason I still use TW based roms, I feel that it's undoubtedly better.
Vishak315 said:
What version of CM are you on?
To be honest the TW camera is the only reason I still use TW based roms, I feel that it's undoubtedly better.
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Same here. The keyboard with numbers on top and the camera. If these were on aosp. It would change android completely
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Yah...
I am using CM 10.1.3, i wish there were a way to port the TW cam to CM, i really miss the features and cam quality. Does anyone know a way to do so, or at leat improve quality of the photos?
arthurvaz said:
Yah...
I am using CM 10.1.3, i wish there were a way to port the TW cam to CM, i really miss the features and cam quality. Does anyone know a way to do so, or at leat improve quality of the photos?
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I've just started learning php coding. In tempted to design a keyboard and camera that replicates tw with no loss of quality and keyboard thats themed to aosp but had the numbers on top.
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skrapi said:
I've just started learning php coding. In tempted to design a keyboard and camera that replicates tw with no loss of quality and keyboard thats themed to aosp but had the numbers on top.
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It would be awesome if this eventuated...I'd certainly use it!
arthurvaz said:
Yah...
I am using CM 10.1.3, i wish there were a way to port the TW cam to CM, i really miss the features and cam quality. Does anyone know a way to do so, or at leat improve quality of the photos?
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Unfortunately no The TW camera needs the TW framework to operate...it hasn't even been successfully ported to GE roms yet.
skrapi said:
I've just started learning php coding. In tempted to design a keyboard and camera that replicates tw with no loss of quality and keyboard thats themed to aosp but had the numbers on top.
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Good Luck doing so! Hope you are succesful i really wish i nice cam, im loving CM so far.
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Unfortunately no The TW camera needs the TW framework to operate...it hasn't even been successfully ported to GE roms yet.
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There isnt even a better app?
Vishak315 said:
It would be awesome if this eventuated...I'd certainly use it!
Unfortunately no The TW camera needs the TW framework to operate...it hasn't even been successfully ported to GE roms yet.
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I've never done anything with apps/porting before. But... Any idea if it would be possible to edit the tw camera enough that it still works and and has the same functions but change enough that it will work as a 3rd party app?
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skrapi said:
I've never done anything with apps/porting before. But... Any idea if it would be possible to edit the tw camera enough that it still works and and has the same functions but change enough that it will work as a 3rd party app?
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I think that the source code for the TW camera isn't available, so I'm not sure how one would go about this...
arthurvaz said:
There isnt even a better app?
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I haven't tried any myself, but I know a lot of people like Snap Camera...try out a few and see which one you like, most of them offer trials.

[Q] How can I install 5.0 ?

Hey.
I have SM-N900 with 4.4.2 and rooted.
My phone start to be **** and work with lags so..... its for wipe and install the new update.
so I saw this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...s-android-development/mar-10-pekakas-t3051018
and he looking good and everything
but he say that I need to have 5.0 first to install it..
how ?
and why every dev hate the Exynos ? no love for him...
sometime I want to install CM but.... the pen will stop work and more
Just go here, http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N900/
Download a 5.0 ROM, and flash it via Odin. If you find a ROM for your region then obviously download that. Done. Then you can flash any custom ROM you want.
Why Exynos hate? Well I am an idiot and as far as I know devs need to spend quite a lot of more time developing for Exynos than Snapdragon, and obviously they choose to do the easier work.
And a friendly suggestion, please STAY AWAY from those AOSP based ROMs. They will make the phone half disabled, I am just coming from one just yesterday, and one more thing, they aren't that much smoother than TouhcWiz Lollipop either, which was my main reason to flash such a ROM, and literally waste a full two hour! Call it LagWiz, CrapWiz, BloatWiz, whatever the heck you want, I am not going anywhere near those AOSP things ever again.
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Just go here, http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N900/
Download a 5.0 ROM, and flash it via Odin. If you find a ROM for your region then obviously download that. Done. Then you can flash any custom ROM you want.
Why Exynos hate? Well I am an idiot and as far as I know devs need to spend quite a lot of more time developing for Exynos than Snapdragon, and obviously they choose to do the easier work.
And a friendly suggestion, please STAY AWAY from those AOSP based ROMs. They will make the phone half disabled, I am just coming from one just yesterday, and one more thing, they aren't that much smoother than TouhcWiz Lollipop either, which was my main reason to flash such a ROM, and literally waste a full two hour! Call it LagWiz, CrapWiz, BloatWiz, whatever the heck you want, I am not going anywhere near those AOSP things ever again.
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ok I understand now how to install 5.0. thanks
but why to stay away from AOSP ?
I saw this " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYofb7zYrt4 " and his phone work great and fast also his pen work..
and what do you mean half disabled ? you talk about features of samsung ?
Seriously I can't stand my phone anymore with lags and full RAM use for unknown reason ( and even I use Greenify / Wanam / bootmanager )
still he work like crap and after restart he start to work good again for like... a few hours or days
man I really need to change
Well several number of reasons really. The deal breaker for me was there was no option to change the display mode! I mean I am talking about the different display profiles, Cinema, Adapt, Professional etc, I couldn't choose that, and I was stuck with the default Adaptive one, which is way too over saturated! Then there are the S Pen things, this and that software is there, but nothing could be as smooth as having Action Memo merged with S Note, on which I heavily depend. Then there is the camera, and the lack of 60 frames video. Also the camera photo quality in general, is it comparable to TouchWiz's stock camera? I doubt!
I was ready to compromise on all of these, but that lack of display profile thing was impossible for me to bear.
Honestly there is very minimal lag with TouchWiz 5.0, OF3, on my N9005. But I think bloody Samsung didn't implement the TW on Exynos as good as they did on SD devices, so maybe you indeed face some lag issues. I myself couldn't bear the KitKat or Jelly Bean or whatever the heck it was on my I9500, lag, bugs, what not, but TouchWiz Lollipop is an entirely different thing. I also don't see any low RAM issue at all!
In any case, if you want to try out some AOSP stuffs, do that, it's your phone after all...
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Well several number of reasons really. The deal breaker for me was there was no option to change the display mode! I mean I am talking about the different display profiles, Cinema, Adapt, Professional etc, I couldn't choose that, and I was stuck with the default Adaptive one, which is way too over saturated! Then there are the S Pen things, this and that software is there, but nothing could be as smooth as having Action Memo merged with S Note, on which I heavily depend. Then there is the camera, and the lack of 60 frames video. Also the camera photo quality in general, is it comparable to TouchWiz's stock camera? I doubt!
I was ready to compromise on all of these, but that lack of display profile thing was impossible for me to bear.
Honestly there is very minimal lag with TouchWiz 5.0, OF3, on my N9005. But I think bloody Samsung didn't implement the TW on Exynos as good as they did on SD devices, so maybe you indeed face some lag issues. I myself couldn't bear the KitKat or Jelly Bean or whatever the heck it was on my I9500, lag, bugs, what not, but TouchWiz Lollipop is an entirely different thing. I also don't see any low RAM issue at all!
In any case, if you want to try out some AOSP stuffs, do that, it's your phone after all...
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For people like you that note with its bloatware is meant for, aosp based roms are never a thing for you.
When I bought note 3 i did it for its hardware specs and really hated tw. Never gonna back to that crap.
What you miss we others that love cm find a way to live better with than living with tw.
LOL I always see these things/debates posted of not using AOSP or TouchWiz... it's really a preference... but here's the thing, TW based phones are usually more stable. The only reason being is, they have less changes to the core of the OS. AND you don't have to use TW (at least not the slow ugly launcher). TW is crap, you can use another launcher and debloat - to have something purring. AOSP do something similar, but of course it's not as stable --- but this is more developer dependent. Some are better than others, some load it with their own bloat/crapwear (because they think it's what others will want).
In conclusion... lol make your own conclusion. Be sure to read the forums (not just first and last pages) for any problems on the rom you choose. I would highly recommend something that has minimal changes, but lets you add or remove what you want.
Good luck!
kenny1991 said:
For people like you that note with its bloatware is meant for, aosp based roms are never a thing for you.
When I bought note 3 i did it for its hardware specs and really hated tw. Never gonna back to that crap.
What you miss we others that love cm find a way to live better with than living with tw.
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Yeah thanks lad, and for kids like you CM/ AOSP or whatever they wanna call it is as overhyped as it is. A ROM where bug list is lengthier than feature list, and some people still talk :laugh:
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Yeah thanks lad, and for kids like you CM/ AOSP or whatever they wanna call it is as overhyped as it is. A ROM where bug list is lengthier than feature list, and some people still talk [emoji23]
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Wow. Please stay away from anything not related to Samsung.
kenny1991 said:
Wow. Please stay away from anything not related to Samsung.
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Let me be the judge of that. I will say whatever I want, whenever I want, wherever I want. Deal with that.
You are what, 24 now? Talk when you are in your mid 30s, maybe by then you could gain some IQ and be a little practical, and the hype/ brainwash adrenaline will settle down.

Can we expect marshmallow soon?

Was reading this and given the note 5 ports thought it might not be long until we get a Samsung marshmallow n5 port for our n3?
http://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-...beta-for-galaxy-note-5-to-first-testers-in-us
I know there are 6.0.1 cm13 builds but I like using the stylus or at least having the option to, I might use it some day, you never know
I use CM13 and my pen... there are plenty of ways to get it working.
emuandco said:
I use CM13 and my pen... there are plenty of ways to get it working.
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Oh, with pressure sensitivity? does the camera still work well? 60fps and so on?
Last time I checked there were just too many features from the Samsung roms missing.
defroster said:
Oh, with pressure sensitivity? does the camera still work well? 60fps and so on?
Last time I checked there were just too many features from the Samsung roms missing.
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CM SPen Addon and Squid ftw. Works perfect. Camera works fine, too. No clue of 60fps, I dont need that.
emuandco said:
CM SPen Addon and Squid ftw. Works perfect. Camera works fine, too. No clue of 60fps, I dont need that.
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Using temaseks build? What the heck is squid?
defroster said:
Using temaseks build? What the heck is squid?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.steadfastinnovation.android.projectpapyrus&hl=de
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tushar.cmspen2&hl=de
The captured images won't be of same quality on CM like it is on TW ROMs. Forget about 60 fps, LOL. It's just the something is better than nothing approach, nothing else.
ithehappy said:
The captured images won't be of same quality on CM like it is on TW ROMs. Forget about 60 fps, LOL. It's just the something is better than nothing approach, nothing else.
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Talking about quality on a phone cam sensor? Lololol I have no quality problems BTW.
emuandco said:
Talking about quality on a phone cam sensor? Lololol I have no quality problems BTW.
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Yeah, I am talking about quality on a phone cam sensor. The quality difference is so much that even with naked eye, and even a dull headed person will notice the difference! And I am a DSLR guy by the way!
My biggest issue with CM is that there isn't a good multiwindow implementation yet. I know they're working on it (I think Google, could be CM, not entirely sure who exactly it is that's working on it), but the feature is still in early alpha. I can't use my phone without it. It's like not having a browser or a SIM card.
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Yeah, I am talking about quality on a phone cam sensor. The quality difference is so much that even with naked eye, and even a dull headed person will notice the difference! And I am a DSLR guy by the way!
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Same camera sensor quality, just no FPS changes currently available, thus far. I am a micro-4/3 guy by the way, but don't see the relevance to this post :silly::silly::silly:
hapa8o8 said:
Same camera sensor quality, just no FPS changes currently available, thus far. I am a micro-4/3 guy by the way, but don't see the relevance to this post :silly::silly::silly:
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Who was talking about camera sensor! Everyone knows software can't change the hardware sensor! Its the post processing that matters, and that's where TW will thump over any CM/AOSP any day, any time.
Guys i have got good news here !!!
Official marshmallow!!!
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Guys i have got good news here !!!
Official marshmallow!!!
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Sweet. Could you link to that specific website, though? I don't want to be that guy, but it would be nice just for quick verification reasons. I might send it to a tech news website then too.
Amanoo said:
Sweet. Could you link to that specific website, though? I don't want to be that guy, but it would be nice just for quick verification reasons. I might send it to a tech news website then too.
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I cant send the link because it is a chat between me and developer in samsung.
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I cant send the link because it is a chat between me and developer in samsung.
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I meant to the website where this chat function is implemented, just to be completely that it really is from Samsung. I understand that I can't see your conversation. I'm just curious to take a quick look at the page where the function is located.
Amanoo said:
I meant to the website where this chat function is implemented, just to be completely that it really is from Samsung. I understand that I can't see your conversation. I'm just curious to take a quick look at the page where the function is located.
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http://www.samsung.com/us/support/live-chat.html
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Who was talking about camera sensor! Everyone knows software can't change the hardware sensor! Its the post processing that matters, and that's where TW will thump over any CM/AOSP any day, any time.
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Then I suggest you go find a custom TW ROM :laugh: problem solved? :silly:
hapa8o8 said:
Then I suggest you go find a custom TW ROM :laugh: problem solved? :silly:
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No, not solved. I didn't have a problem to solve at first place :laugh:
ithehappy said:
No, not solved. I didn't have a problem to solve at first place :laugh:
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Oh, life must be swell then Keep rockin on, friend. :highfive:

Am I missing quality / features by using custom ROMs?

Hey guys,
I was always the one guy having a custom ROM on all of my smartphones, even if that phone is only one hour old.
But am I right that this way I might miss many features the smartphone has?
I mean, I really love the mass of settings I have in ROMs like Lineage. But for example the S8 has many features which don't work / exist with custom ROMs because they are missing the stock apps. Am I right?
Like for example if you have a smartphone running Lineage, mostly the camera app isn't that good like the original one from the manufacturer.
And same **** for the Galaxy S8: I love having masses of settings so I am using the Camera FV-5 app. But by using it I am not sure if these apps have same good quality like the stock ones, even if I now have my nice amount of settings.
I would really like to have all features of the S8 but with the mass of android settings I have in custom ROMs like Lineage. Is that even possible?
How can I have all of the masses of settings from Lineage or other custom ROMs without losing quality of the smartphone or apps like camera, etc. by using those ROMs?
Because in stock android settings of S8 are less options like in lineage. But I don't want to change to a custom ROM this time because I think I might miss nice features which only work / exist on stock ROM or the quality will be lower (like in camera).
Really hard to explain what I mean but I hope you got it
Maybe somebody can help me.
Greez, skrippi
No, you'll not lose anything, except knox apps like samsung pay.
dmartuniac said:
No, you'll not lose anything, except knox apps like samsung pay.
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And Samsung Pass...
Is Samsung Health working on custom roms?
silverkin said:
Is Samsung Health working on custom roms?
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yes
You also need to make sure you can flash your Carrier's CSC, otherwise you may not have Volte or WiFi calling, assuming your carrier supports those features.

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