My S4 has MK6 (resulted from the 4.3 update OTA as I pulled it out of the box), rooted and TWRP installed.
Currently running Skyfall 4.4.2 ROM. Battery life seems HORRIBLE and the vibration is VERY week (with each ROM i've tried).
Also running the Zerolemon 7500mah Battery that doesn't seem to fully charge, but drains quickly.
The question is that if I take 4.4.2 from samsung mobile's site and load via Odin, will it lock up the phone from being rooted and
installing custom recovery again?
So far, I"m unhappy with the S4..... but it's my own fault for rooting and testing ROMs, I suppose..... but that's all I ever did with my
S3 with very positive results.
Suggestions and help guys???
Thanks
DSSKing
dssking said:
My S4 has MK6 (resulted from the 4.3 update OTA as I pulled it out of the box), rooted and TWRP installed.
Currently running Skyfall 4.4.2 ROM. Battery life seems HORRIBLE and the vibration is VERY week (with each ROM i've tried).
Also running the Zerolemon 7500mah Battery that doesn't seem to fully charge, but drains quickly.
The question is that if I take 4.4.2 from samsung mobile's site and load via Odin, will it lock up the phone from being rooted and
installing custom recovery again?
So far, I"m unhappy with the S4..... but it's my own fault for rooting and testing ROMs, I suppose..... but that's all I ever did with my
S3 with very positive results.
Suggestions and help guys???
Thanks
DSSKing
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The sammobile may change your bootloader, if you stay on 4.3 your bootloader will stay MK6 which means you can use a 4.4.2 rom or 4.3 rom, if you update the bootloader to NC1 you will only be able to load 4.4.2 roms. You don't mention what baseband your on so I will assume it is MK6. You may see some battery improvement going to NC1 modem (flashed through odin PC ... twice.. you will see in the instructions) I am sure there are some near stock roms out there for 4.4.2 ... Mapleleaf is close to stock. As for battery life, it depends on what you have running on the phone. I can get 2 days on mine if I don't fool around too much. urrently 2 days 4 hours 37 minutes, screen on time 1 hour 23 minutes... 40% left... I turn off all data after 10pm and don't have gps running. You can check what is using the battery with wake lock detector, maybe you have a something that is not allowing the phone to go to deep sleep.
Thank you! Valuable info! Yes, baseband is MK6...... I'll try loading the 4.4.2 from sammboile and see what happens.........
Will post results.
Any suggestions on other ROMs for our Canadian S4? I like TW ... Can't stand the look of AOSP
dssking said:
Thank you! Valuable info! Yes, baseband is MK6...... I'll try loading the 4.4.2 from sammboile and see what happens.........
Will post results.
Any suggestions on other ROMs for our Canadian S4? I like TW ... Can't stand the look of AOSP
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Try Mapleleaf .. its 4.4.2 tw pretty much stock except the kernel I have been running it for over a month now, no reboots or issues.... probably want to update your baseband to NC1, won't affect your bootloader, just modem. It is important to follow the instructions with PC odin (take off auto reboot flag) and wait for it to finish. I flashed it twice as the instructions suggest doing so.
Hello guys, lets put in this topic everything about any kind of custom roms for the Galaxy S5 G900FD, I think will be comfortable for everybody as at this moment no special section in this forum for this device:fingers-crossed:
Let's start.. I found two custom roms for this device (links to original topics)
1) SVA ROM (download of rom available after donation to the author)
2) best2all Light ROM (free)
Keep trying to find more...
3) New one made by aoprea
So gentlemen, for now it looks available only 3 ROMs...
There is GERISROM too by gsdsrock
Any news about a new custom rom ? Somethink with mod's ?
Has anyone tested any rom?
Yes, I have tried the SVA ROM and I can confirm that it is very good.
ncai97o said:
Yes, I have tried the SVA ROM and I can confirm that it is very good.
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hi... i got problem with my mobile after i flash SVA rom on my s5 duos battery life suck
android system suck battery life on standby
now i flash back to stock rom still have this issue any fix plz need help
i know no body will listen:crying:
mtayabkk said:
hi... i got problem with my mobile after i flash SVA rom on my s5 duos battery life suck
android system suck battery life on standby
now i flash back to stock rom still have this issue any fix plz need help
i know no body will listen:crying:
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The phone is used by my wife and we all know how much women like to talk on mobile phone, don't we!?
I have installed SVA ROM v.4.5 on this phone following strictly instructions on SVA's website.
The phone's battery has a life of about 1.5-2 days between chargings and my wife always or almost always put the phone on charging when the battery is under 5%.
My wife does not play any game on it.
The phone is used for endless talking, listening music, skype, yahoo, gmail and some photos.
ncai97o said:
The phone is used by my wife and we all know how much women like to talk on mobile phone, don't we!?
I have installed SVA ROM v.4.5 on this phone following strictly instructions on SVA's website.
The phone's battery has a life of about 1.5-2 days between chargings and my wife always or almost always put the phone on charging when the battery is under 5%.
My wife does not play any game on it.
The phone is used for endless talking, listening music, skype, yahoo, gmail and some photos.
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before i flash this rom i got 2days standby time.
what i used most call,music but now android system suck batty life on standby.
Skype problem
Gents HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I found one problem with Skype app. I don't know how but this app killing my battery from 100% till 0% within 8 hours in standby mode. So I delete this app and battery live became very good again, almost two days. Just for information.
mtayabkk said:
before i flash this rom i got 2days standby time.
what i used most call,music but now android system suck batty life on standby.
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dowload latest fw from sammobile and flash it using odin.
wipe data factory reset and you will be ok. dont mess with the phone unless you know what to do.
dj_tselis said:
dowload latest fw from sammobile and flash it using odin.
wipe data factory reset and you will be ok. dont mess with the phone unless you know what to do.
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hi. i flash it back to stock 4.4.2 wipe data done! but still android system sucking battery life i didnt add google account or samsung but still battery life worse on standby
mtayabkk said:
hi. i flash it back to stock 4.4.2 wipe data done! but still android system sucking battery life i didnt add google account or samsung but still battery life worse on standby
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Maybe you have a faulty battery.
mtayabkk said:
before i flash this rom i got 2days standby time.
what i used most call,music but now android system suck batty life on standby.
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i dont think its a battery problem battery drain because of android system taking 50% battery or screen on just 10%
please tell me a way to fix i will try others method too
mtayabkk said:
i dont think its a battery problem battery drain because of android system taking 50% battery or screen on just 10%
please tell me a way to fix i will try others method too
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If I were in your situation I would try the following:
1. put another battery in the phone but with the same firmware which is draining your original battery to be sure it is not a faulty battery;
2. flash another original firmware and after that install prefered apps one by one with some time between them in order to see how much of the battery it use.
Good luck!
5.0 Lolipop firmware is on :
Model: SM-G900FD
Model name: GALAXY S5
Country: Russia
PDA: G900FDXXU1BNL9
On SAMMOBILE !
Any root method for Lolipop ?
ncai97o said:
If I were in your situation I would try the following:
1. put another battery in the phone but with the same firmware which is draining your original battery to be sure it is not a faulty battery;
2. flash another original firmware and after that install prefered apps one by one with some time between them in order to see how much of the battery it use.
Good luck!
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ok i will try 2 method :good:
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xtmzone said:
5.0 Lolipop firmware is on :
Model: SM-G900FD
Model name: GALAXY S5
Country: Russia
PDA: G900FDXXU1BNL9
On SAMMOBILE !
Any root method for Lolipop ?
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Downloading :highfive: check rooting method on s5 root thread
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xtmzone said:
5.0 Lolipop firmware is on :
Model: SM-G900FD
Model name: GALAXY S5
Country: Russia
PDA: G900FDXXU1BNL9
On SAMMOBILE !
Any root method for Lolipop ?
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Downloading too I will review it and make a short summary when I have the time to install it..
S5 G900FD dual sim
im facing a problem, when i use sim 1 4g and sin 2 gsm, call out will sudden cut line and showing both line alike restart from airplane mode to normal mode.... anybody can help me ?? I've tried 2 of the s5 dual sim diff model same problem....
Hi,
The reason i updated to lollipop because i read somewhere that it improves/enhances battery time/life. But after updating, my battery consumes half of the time which i was getting before update. Why is this?
Why battery drains faster than before?
Is this the battery problem or lollipop update is causing this?
My phone model is Galaxy S5 (SM-G900H)
Factory reset after updating from KK to LP
Of you who have gone through all the available versions of stock unbranded 4.4.2 firmware for the s4 which one gave you the best battery life?
i eant to flash an unbranded version to my phone but it is tedious testing each one factory reseting etc
i have this msm_hsic_host wakelock which only gives me 80% max deep sleep which firmware of 4.4.2 minimises this the most? My main goal is battery improvement
Can anyone give me some suggestions which stock rom 4.4.2 gives them excellent battery life ie 90% or more deep sleep in wakelock detector?
Any suggestions please would be welcome? Which one gives you the best battery?
The latest.
Okey after flashing unlocked firmware on my s8 yesterday im facing fast battery draining issue..i mean i unplugged my s8 on 100% and within 10mins i lose 10% battery.
Please help if anyone faced the same issue.
I flashed XAA firmware...find screenshot for build and baseband