Q&A for [ROM][AOSP] Google Edition S4/ Pure Nexus Edition[SAFESTRAP] Oct 4th.14
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Thanks Joe! And a question.
First off, I want to thank Joe for all his hard work! Ever since I upgraded from the S3 to the S4 I have been missing CM for their lack of bloatware more than anything else. Found this just over a week ago, installed it and haven't looked back at TouchWiz ever since!!! Everything works great but I have a small issue I am hoping someone can help me with, I have tried using GravityBox and a separate Xposed module to have a different picture on the lock screen but all I ever get is a black background. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them. Thanks again Joe for all your hard work and I am sad to hear you will be moving on. Was hoping to see some of that Lollipop goodness but I understand that hobbies can only take so much of your time. Good luck with your S5 work!
salpsuc said:
First off, I want to thank Joe for all his hard work! Ever since I upgraded from the S3 to the S4 I have been missing CM for their lack of bloatware more than anything else. Found this just over a week ago, installed it and haven't looked back at TouchWiz ever since!!! Everything works great but I have a small issue I am hoping someone can help me with, I have tried using GravityBox and a separate Xposed module to have a different picture on the lock screen but all I ever get is a black background. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them. Thanks again Joe for all your hard work and I am sad to hear you will be moving on. Was hoping to see some of that Lollipop goodness but I understand that hobbies can only take so much of your time. Good luck with your S5 work!
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Which rom are you using right now? I heard there's an issue with GB while on the gpe version. You might have to do a nandroid backup and try out pure nexus as others users reported GB working with no issue for them. And sometimes after applied a tweak, you must restart your phone to take affect.
salpsuc said:
First off, I want to thank Joe for all his hard work! Ever since I upgraded from the S3 to the S4 I have been missing CM for their lack of bloatware more than anything else. Found this just over a week ago, installed it and haven't looked back at TouchWiz ever since!!! Everything works great but I have a small issue I am hoping someone can help me with, I have tried using GravityBox and a separate Xposed module to have a different picture on the lock screen but all I ever get is a black background. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them. Thanks again Joe for all your hard work and I am sad to hear you will be moving on. Was hoping to see some of that Lollipop goodness but I understand that hobbies can only take so much of your time. Good luck with your S5 work!
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In gravity box switch background mode from overlay to underlay. That's what worked for me.
Google Wallet
Has anyone gotten Google Wallet to work? When i setup tap to pay, it says its not the default, but in phone setting, its thr only option. Anyone know how to fix it?
-Todd
How to Pure Nexus on SGH-1337M
Hello,
I have the SGH-I337M with bootloader I337MUMUAMDJ and with TWRP recovery, I'd like to install this Pure Nexus but I don't know what to chose when it comes to the modules.
Has anyone installed this or can anyone provide me some advice?
Thanks,
OMG I am LOVING the Pure Nexus rom on my S4!!!!! I just want to say that this was my first Android experience and was going to be my last until I stumbled upon xdadevelopers and this ROM a few days ago. I originally switched from an iPhone (which was hard enough) but when I got my brand new S4 I couldn't believe how slow and laggy it was, thanks to ATT apps and touchwiz, my phone with all these great specs could barely keep up with MMS messages and was lagging just scrolling thru my contact list!!??! :/
So anyways, I was ready to move back to the Apple side of the world before I decided to give this ROM a try and after installing the Pure Nexus rom all i can say is... WOW!!! I think i'm finally falling in love with this device 1.5 years later. This is exactly how the S4 should be stock from all carriers!! Pure, clean, fast and functional!! very impressed! Awesome work Joe!!
[ROM] Pure Nexus for SGH-I337M
Arilou said:
Hello,
I have the SGH-I337M with bootloader I337MUMUAMDJ and with TWRP recovery, I'd like to install this Pure Nexus but I don't know what to chose when it comes to the modules.
Has anyone installed this or can anyone provide me some advice?
Thanks,
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I believe I was in the wrong forums, I found GOOGLE EDITION 4.4.4 by Danvdh, Kryten2k35 & Ktoonsez and I believe it is meant for SGH-I337M so I'll give it a try.
Also, I did have one question, is there any work around yet for being able to connect this to a PC via USB and being able to transfer files? Again, I'm on ATT NC1 using the Pure Nexus Rom.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
thatwasntnice said:
Also, I did have one question, is there any work around yet for being able to connect this to a PC via USB and being able to transfer files? Again, I'm on ATT NC1 using the Pure Nexus Rom.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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No. Look into airdroid or the app in the OP. There will be no work around unless our bootloader gets unlocked, from what I understand it's a kernel problem and there's no real way to fix it without flashing a kernel
Rhymey said:
No. Look into airdroid or the app in the OP. There will be no work around unless our bootloader gets unlocked, from what I understand it's a kernel problem and there's no real way to fix it without flashing a kernel
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Airdroid is really good, thanks Rhymey!
I couldn't get Multi Mount SD-card lite to work though, even after checking off MTP fix... like it shows up in my file explorer as a drive but everytime I click it, it says "please insert disk"... not sure why?
thatwasntnice said:
Airdroid is really good, thanks Rhymey!
I couldn't get Multi Mount SD-card lite to work though, even after checking off MTP fix... like it shows up in my file explorer as a drive but everytime I click it, it says "please insert disk"... not sure why?
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no idea there, i just use airdroid haha
I use the GPE ROM on safestrap nb1. Does anyone experience random "No Service" problem? It 2as working fine for few weeks and the next morning there is no service but my brother's phone(same att as me, stock) has se4vice. Thankfully i reflashed the rom and it came to normal. Will this recurr?
Adding tiles to drop down menu?
Greetings all,
Is there a way to add more tiles to the menu? Where the Brightness, Settings, Wifi, Network, Battery Life, Airplane Mode, Bluetooth and Location settings are? I'd like to have to customize this a bit if possible.
Thanks!
zodiacs123 said:
Greetings all,
Is there a way to add more tiles to the menu? Where the Brightness, Settings, Wifi, Network, Battery Life, Airplane Mode, Bluetooth and Location settings are? I'd like to have to customize this a bit if possible.
Thanks!
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You need to install Xposed Installer and GravityBox KK Modules.
Cannot see internal storage
Hello,
After flashing this ROM, I can't see all of my internal storage. Is there an easy fix for this?
Wifi difficulties on Google Play Edition ROMs for I337UCUFNI1
Hello, I followed the instructions for the SafeStrap installation of various Google Play Edition ROMs on my Samsung Galaxy S4, NI1 found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53758259#post53758259
I successfully booted into working installations for all of them (Pure Nexus Edition, Google Edition for SafeStrap v1.1, & S4 Google Edition for SafeStrap. The phone could receive 4G LTE, but could not turn on Wifi. It became stuck on "Turning Wifi on..." & never progressed elsewhere. I performed all manner & combinations of hot reboots & full reboots, with no luck.
I also tried flashing different ATT modules.zip from NB1 & NC1, none of which changed anything.
In http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/development/rom-google-edition-s4-t2837239/post55466895#post55466895
I also saw that in addition to hot/soft reboots, trying go enter/exit airplane mode may also get wifi back up again. This too failed. I'm utterly confused how hot reboots & this airplane mode fix worked for so many others.
Anyone else had luck with fixing wifi?
Requesting advice/help. I just flashed this rom and have experienced two data drops already within 30 minutes of me using the rom. What should I do to fix this?
also...just tried to install chrome from the play store. When I open chrome my phone immediately vibrates 3 times very quickly, and says "unfortunately chrome has stopped". Ive tried clearing cache/data and uninstalling, neither worked. Did I forget to do something when I flashed this rom? other weird stuff has been happening like I rebooted my phone one time and the wifi wouldn't even turn on and I had to reboot again to get it working.
Every time you cold boot, you need to do a hot reboot to get wifi working.
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Hello,
the smart stay feature of my S5 is not working. If I unlock the device, the eye icon shows very quick but it disappears after a few seconds. The front camera is working normally. Currently I'm using the Phoenix-ROM, but it doesn't work with the stock rom either.
Thanks
PS: Sry for my bad english.
Same here. Never worked for me. I just gave up on it.
RuffBuster said:
Same here. Never worked for me. I just gave up on it.
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But it worked once when my S5 wasn't rooted yet. Maybe it has something to do with the Knox-counter.
I bought a used S7 edge, the guy who sold me could not verify the origin of the very cellphone. He had received it as part of a payment someone owed him. The thing is, whenever I used a stock rom the S7edge becomes laggy, if I use any custom rom it works perfectly. I have tried pretty much all types of stock roms and wipes without success. I am no developer so, I can't find any relation between the stock becoming laggy and custom working fine.
Is there a way to fix it?
Thanks
Have you researched the stock roms to see if users are reporting increased speeds? Maybe the stock just feels laggy in comparison. Also, stock usually geeks more laggy at the beginning anyway due to bloatware and more apps to cache.
I have already searched for anything like it without success. I forgot to mention that when I day laggy I mean really laggy. Also, when I reboot it loses the wifi settings as if I had not connected to any wifi networks. Maybe that can help someone find a solution.
Thanks for replying though!
rmarcus said:
I have already searched for anything like it without success. I forgot to mention that when I day laggy I mean really laggy. Also, when I reboot it loses the wifi settings as if I had not connected to any wifi networks. Maybe that can help someone find a solution.
Thanks for replying though!
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Try to wipe your s7 edge because this smartphone dont have lag.
I have tried all sorts of wipe. I'm not that newbie.
Guys? Anyone? I would like to try a stock rom without having lag, which insanely abnormal.
Help me out!!!
As mine…same with you. And couldn't helps.
I even suffer phone signal suddenly stopped and need to wait till the SIM signals recover.
May I know did you solve this problems?
rmarcus said:
Guys? Anyone? I would like to try a stock rom without having lag, which insanely abnormal.
Help me out!!!
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Hi, the solution is to upgrade your Samsung S7 Edge to the newest update. I used Odin and Official ROM to install upgrade and now my phone status became OFFICIAL!!
I bought my essential phone last week.used it for two days without any issues, yesterday after charging the phone, it not functioning properly. Calling getting delayed, unlock using fingerprint not functioning..but it's working smoothly in other launchers. Please help
Alifsandeep said:
I bought my essential phone last week.used it for two days without any issues, yesterday after charging the phone, it not functioning properly. Calling getting delayed, unlock using fingerprint not functioning..but it's working smoothly in other launchers. Please help
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Didja reboot it?
My phone just updated to android pie and now my camera and YouTube app freezes occasionally. The only way to get them working again is to keep restarting the phone. Anyone have any fixes? Thanks!
Turning off wifi calling seems to have helped a little.
Same here.
This update is an absolute ****show: The notification bar breaks, YouTube too, SnapChat too. I have to reboot twice a day.
Anyone tried a factory reset and had improvements ?
I have done a factory reset and still no improvements. I've called samsung tech and I got the runaround.
I have a SM-G892A with a Cricket sim card running Android 8.0.0 and came here looking for a way to update it but if there are problems it may be best that I don't update yet. Unfortunately there does not seem to be much info for the S8 Active on these forums. I'll just have to keep my eye on here.
I wouldn't update. My phone worked flawlessly on android 8. I wish I could go back.
A new update is out ! It's stable so far.
What carrier?
markstibbyspot said:
What carrier?
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Unlocked Sprint ! But the problems came back 3 days later
Samsung, shame on you, the S8 Active is your best hardware, but certainly has the worst software I've seen in a phone in a long time.