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ironass
Extreme Android User
Hello and welcome to Android Forums,. S4, ATR, Hawker! :shakehands:
In answer to your question... errr, let me think... :stupid:
(Need more coffee... lots more! ☕ Hawker would have to pick a day when I have a steaming hangover, to join and ask questions)
In answer to your question... errr, let me think... :stupid:
(Need more coffee... lots more! ☕ Hawker would have to pick a day when I have a steaming hangover, to join and ask questions)
Hawker
Android Expert
I'm all rooted and philz recoveried up butty, so you can continue your hangover in peace!
General gripe tho, why am I finding it so difficult to get into recovery mode?
Takes me about 5 goes at times.
I'll have to install a 4-way reboot and fast!....
ironass
Extreme Android User
I'm all rooted and philz recoveried up butty, so you can continue your hangover in peace!
General gripe tho, why am I finding it so difficult to get into recovery mode?
Takes me about 5 goes at times.
I'll have to install a 4-way reboot and fast!....
Using ROM Manager with PhilZ, see the PhilZ CWM Recovery - Dummies Guide, #1.7, boots me up in about 10 sec's.
I would suggest, when you have finished playing with stock, getting off the old ME2 ROM and get on to MGA, stock, modified, unbranded. See #1.2 of the DjeMBeY ROM's i9505 - Dummies Guide.
My brain hurts!
sntaylor
Android Expert
Good to finally see you over here sir hawker...
Now where is your cleaning script
Seriously though I've found that with booting into recovery I was maybe just holding the volume button to close to the middle, that and I wouldn't take my fingers off volume or home until I saw the blue writing!
Now where is your cleaning script
Seriously though I've found that with booting into recovery I was maybe just holding the volume button to close to the middle, that and I wouldn't take my fingers off volume or home until I saw the blue writing!
ironass
Extreme Android User
Right!... on 3rd coffee now and I'm doing shapes and colours! 
So, Hawker old boy! You emerged from your cave on Mount Doom in the Welsh Mountains and gone and got yourself a Samsung Galaxy S4, i9505, I presume.
I can now disclose why Hawker took so long to join us on the S4....
It stems from the fact that in Wales, a small principality in the UK, there are a lot of people with the same surnames, like Jones, Morgan, Davies, etc: Something you'll know if you've ever seen The Englishman who went up a Hill and came down a Mountain or Zulu. We won't go into the reasons for that just now. Therefore, to distinguish between them they have nicknames or add-ons like, Morgan the Goat, Jones the Builder, Postman the Pat, etc:
Unfortunately, Hawker is known as, Hawker the Flasher!
Anyway, long story short, he needed me to confirm why he was known as this. I might have been able to help him a lot quicker if he'd told me that the police in Wales are called, "Heddlu".
... and that is a true story... teetotallers honour!
Anyway, back on topic. You've no doubt discovered that there is not a great deal of difference between the SGSII that, I hasten to add, was/is IMHO, a blooming good phone, and the S4.
Samsung have actually done all us modders a favour by building a phone and giving us the battery that can deal not only with Android 4.2.2 but also all the extra features and bloatware that Samsung have added on...
Because this means that when the bloatware is removed, depending on your definition of bloatware, you have a stonking, powerhouse, of a phone and battery.
Things you may notice, coming from the SGSII...
1. No combined root kernel and recovery so far.
2. Modems on the i9505 have to be flashed via Odin.
3. CWM is replaced by ROM Manager
4. Some things that Samsung have added are actually very good. For instance, their camera is far superior to the stock, Android 4.3 Special Edition, camera as there are a lot more, easy to access, settings and you can store stuff on the extSDcard which you cannot do on the stock Android SE.
5. The S4 has an LED indicator. :thumb:
6. ES Explorer doesn't, "seem", to offer read/write system changes and I'm using Root Explorer. Update... should read, "special permissions".
There are other things that I'm sure I've forgotten... :dontknow:
(P.S. Syd seems to have lost his Kiss of Death, (KoD), with ROMs and kernels and has therefore shown a distinct yellow streak when it comes to testing anything a bit, "iffy", in case he spoils his nice S4.)
So, Hawker old boy! You emerged from your cave on Mount Doom in the Welsh Mountains and gone and got yourself a Samsung Galaxy S4, i9505, I presume.
I can now disclose why Hawker took so long to join us on the S4....
It stems from the fact that in Wales, a small principality in the UK, there are a lot of people with the same surnames, like Jones, Morgan, Davies, etc: Something you'll know if you've ever seen The Englishman who went up a Hill and came down a Mountain or Zulu. We won't go into the reasons for that just now. Therefore, to distinguish between them they have nicknames or add-ons like, Morgan the Goat, Jones the Builder, Postman the Pat, etc:
Unfortunately, Hawker is known as, Hawker the Flasher!
Anyway, long story short, he needed me to confirm why he was known as this. I might have been able to help him a lot quicker if he'd told me that the police in Wales are called, "Heddlu".
... and that is a true story... teetotallers honour!
Anyway, back on topic. You've no doubt discovered that there is not a great deal of difference between the SGSII that, I hasten to add, was/is IMHO, a blooming good phone, and the S4.
Samsung have actually done all us modders a favour by building a phone and giving us the battery that can deal not only with Android 4.2.2 but also all the extra features and bloatware that Samsung have added on...
Because this means that when the bloatware is removed, depending on your definition of bloatware, you have a stonking, powerhouse, of a phone and battery.
Things you may notice, coming from the SGSII...
1. No combined root kernel and recovery so far.
2. Modems on the i9505 have to be flashed via Odin.
3. CWM is replaced by ROM Manager
4. Some things that Samsung have added are actually very good. For instance, their camera is far superior to the stock, Android 4.3 Special Edition, camera as there are a lot more, easy to access, settings and you can store stuff on the extSDcard which you cannot do on the stock Android SE.
5. The S4 has an LED indicator. :thumb:
6. ES Explorer doesn't, "seem", to offer read/write system changes and I'm using Root Explorer. Update... should read, "special permissions".
There are other things that I'm sure I've forgotten... :dontknow:
(P.S. Syd seems to have lost his Kiss of Death, (KoD), with ROMs and kernels and has therefore shown a distinct yellow streak when it comes to testing anything a bit, "iffy", in case he spoils his nice S4.)
sntaylor
Android Expert
If you use an app such as shortcut maker and search for torch light, you have a hidden setting to allow you to use the torch with the screen off.
This is a stock method, but I don't know what firmware it becomes available from(I had found it on mdm, but it didn't work, mf8 it did work but became temperamental! Regardless I now have it coming on by touching home button on lockscreen thanks to 3 minute mod
)
Just another of the little add ons on stock
This is a stock method, but I don't know what firmware it becomes available from(I had found it on mdm, but it didn't work, mf8 it did work but became temperamental! Regardless I now have it coming on by touching home button on lockscreen thanks to 3 minute mod
)Just another of the little add ons on stock
ironass
Extreme Android User
That reminds me, before anyone else starts making demands on you...
I need, pretty please with a cherry on top, a transparent notification bar with a centred clock and the round battery with the % in the middle that is a, "tart", mod that I can flash to any build version via custom recovery. Same as the one I had to grovel for on the SGSII.
No pressure old boy... tomorrow will do!
I need, pretty please with a cherry on top, a transparent notification bar with a centred clock and the round battery with the % in the middle that is a, "tart", mod that I can flash to any build version via custom recovery. Same as the one I had to grovel for on the SGSII.
No pressure old boy... tomorrow will do!
sntaylor
Android Expert
Have you tried 3 minute mod?That reminds me, before anyone else starts making demands on you...
I need, pretty please with a cherry on top, a transparent notification bar with a centred clock and the round battery with the % in the middle that is a, "tart", mod that I can flash to any build version via custom recovery. Same as the one I had to grovel for on the SGSII.
No pressure old boy... tomorrow will do!
ironass
Extreme Android User
Hawker
Android Expert
Yeah I know. A short attention span doesn't help either. Kind of means I get bored with my toys quite quickly so I did well to hold out over a year
A short attention span is one thing you could never accu
ironass
Extreme Android User
Lots of familiar faces here. I should be joining you all next week as I'm ordering a gs4 tomorrow when I get paid. I'm kind of like a bad smell you just can't get rid of
Somebody pass me a can of air freshener... quick!
Shotty... the only Guide on Android Forums to make Apple Maps navigation look good.
This is de ja vue from 2 years ago.
You're just a Samsung whore!
You could have left out the bit about Samsung!
Extract from Hawker's wedding speech... "I would just like to say to Kerri, my new wife, that I.... oooh, look! A squirrel!"
Shotgun84
Extreme Android User
Your threads may end up in the completely wrong forum but I'm not that bad. Hang on I see your point, at least Apple Maps got you to the right place occasionally
Shotgun84
Extreme Android User
Dam this thing looks sexy in black, I'd forgotten how much I disliked my S3 in white until I compared it to this. Rooting went without a glitch, well after I managed to find the developer options. Who'd have thought one of ironass' guides would turn out to be useful
Anyway now to find a ROM and theme. I'm considering wanamlite as it was a solid all rounder on my S3, to be honest the only reason I stopped using it was because sale came along and stole the show so maybe time to give out another chance. Or on the other hand I might try something completely new.
Anyway now to find a ROM and theme. I'm considering wanamlite as it was a solid all rounder on my S3, to be honest the only reason I stopped using it was because sale came along and stole the show so maybe time to give out another chance. Or on the other hand I might try something completely new.
ironass
Extreme Android User
Welcome aboard Shotty!
That had better be another beer in the ironass beer bank! :cheers:
If you liked sale's NEAT ROM's then have a look at the stock, modified, DjeMBeY ROM, MGA. #1.2 in the DjeMBeY ROM's i9505 - Dummies Guide.
Rooting went without a glitch, well after I managed to find the developer options. Who'd have thought one of ironass' guides would turn out to be useful
That had better be another beer in the ironass beer bank! :cheers:
sale came along and stole the show so maybe time to give out another chance. Or on the other hand I might try something completely new.
If you liked sale's NEAT ROM's then have a look at the stock, modified, DjeMBeY ROM, MGA. #1.2 in the DjeMBeY ROM's i9505 - Dummies Guide.
Hawker
Android Expert
Look no further than an MGA ROM (I'm using djembey's with the brilliant 3Minit framework
3Minit is like JKay but so much better.
3Minit is like JKay but so much better.