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[Verizon] [rom]jbsourcery v5.4-lte[06/07/13] jb4.2.2 The Final Call

clemson77on said:
First of all, thanks to the developers of this ROM and all of the hard work put forth. It's the best!

I'm still running 5.2 which is the best ROM I've ever used. It's absolutely perfect. But like always, I want the absolute best performance and battery combination I can achieve so now I'm focusing on kernels. I've used several kernels with it (for several days at a time), and I always come back to the stock Sourcerizer kernel. FWIW, my favorite kernel besides the stock was the Fancy kernel. My battery has never lasted longer and the performance was great. That came after some tweaks to the settings. But for some reason, my Bluetooth streaming to my car suffered. I switched back and forth several times and it was always a problem.

I'd like to know what settings people are using on the stock Sourcerizer kernel and what those tweaks accomplished (better battery usage, performance, both). BTW, my goal is mainly better battery with the kernel. Performance is already great.
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+1. Nothing stable after 5.2. Same apps 5.4, Sourceress UI force closes and loses status bar, but good ole 5.2 hangs right in. I tried different governors & underclocking and improved battery life. BUT at the expense of performance. Got 4 batteries now, just in case and using performance governor and speeds of 1400 & 700. Snappy :)
 
Ok I tried again and everything seems to be working fine now. The only issue is that the signal bar does not show any blue bars. Both on 4G and 3G. I tried rebooting, turning on airplane mode, etc. but nothing seems to work.

Any ideas? Other than that it's all working fine as far as I can tell.

Thanks guys.

Dave
 
do voice calls work?
try opening the browser and visit a webpage to see if the data connection works.
if it does not, maybe the sim card is dead
have you tried wifi to see if the icon turns blue?
 
Just to let you know folks, the new Android 4.3 Camera/gallery .apk floating around out there FIXES the panorama mode for me. It's GREAT!

Android 4.3 from the Google Play edition Galaxy S4 leaked

Fantastic addition to Sourceress (or whatever version you're on). Make a nandroid backup, reboot and install. You'll need to put the camera and gallery icons back on your homescreen.

If install fails: use a file manager to go to System --> Apps, mount R/W, rename Gallery.apk to Gallery.apk.old and then install the new app. Done :)
 
mruno said:
do voice calls work?
try opening the browser and visit a webpage to see if the data connection works.
if it does not, maybe the sim card is dead
have you tried wifi to see if the icon turns blue?
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I rebooted a second time now and it's now blue. :-) Weird. Thanks.
 
Ok so I have been out of the game for a while. I was super happy with 5.2. I'm liking 5.4. The only issues I have right now are that the Google search crashes again, I can't find the skip track option with volume rocker, and using the volume rocker for moving the cursor. I'll go back and look for a fix for the search. It seems like there was a fix before. Does anyone know where the skip track option is?
 
I see in Push Notifications that I missed TWO important things:

(a) I missed Eagle's birthday Sunday and I feel awful - HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY EAGLE! :o

(b) There is a masterkey security fix in ROM Updates. What is that and why is that important? Is that to fix that exploit that "98% of Android phones have"?

Thanks!
 
Okay, I flashed it. No problem with Sourceress... thank you Eagle for the security fix!


EDIT: Android 4.3 system dump for Nexus available... shouldn't be long before we start seeing GNex ROMs for it. *hint hint* ;)


EDIT 2: Is anyone else having a problem keeping their wallpaper with Sourceress? I imagine that about every other day I have to reload my LWP...
 
Is there any way to download Sourceress other than through the ROM updates of Sourcery Tools? Every time I try to download it through that it's a bad download. I've looked on the forums with my phone's browser a few times, but didn't find any links for Sourceress.

EDIT: Failing that... anyone recommend what of the other ROMs out there are even close to as customizable as Sourcery, but stable?
 
I'm having trouble getting the wallpaper to stick and I'm still having issues with Google search. I fixed the search for a couple days but it is broken again.
 
galaxy nexus development seems to be on the decline. i hope the moto x is going to be unlocked because that phone looks so awesome.
 
snapcase said:
Is there any way to download Sourceress other than through the ROM updates of Sourcery Tools? Every time I try to download it through that it's a bad download. I've looked on the forums with my phone's browser a few times, but didn't find any links for Sourceress.

EDIT: Failing that... anyone recommend what of the other ROMs out there are even close to as customizable as Sourcery, but stable?
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If you haven't found it yet, let me know and I'll get it for you :)


EDIT: Never mind, PM Sent


EDIT 2: Whoo hoo! Android 4.3 is out! Let's all be very nice and politely BEG Team Sourcery to conjure up Sourcery 5.6 ;)
 
Wow, it's been a long time since I've been on here and I wanted to say how much I love this ROM. Reading through the past 15 pages made me really sad when I heard that this ROM was done being developed...and then happy because it seems like there's still updates going on. I'm rocking 4.5 because it was nice and I didn't feel the need, but I definitely can't wait to put on the latest version soon! Thanks to the developers for making such an awesome ROM and the people on here that are so helpful.
 
Running Sourcery 5.2 with BeanPicker. Nice. Very Stable. Unless I am missing something I don't see enough new in jb4.3 to entice me away from Sourcery. Biding time until 32Gb unlocked dev edition S4 comes along or Nexus 5 WEOF. Maybe Moto X if it has the X8 core configuration & can root.
 
snapcase said:
Is there any way to download Sourceress other than through the ROM updates of Sourcery Tools? Every time I try to download it through that it's a bad download. I've looked on the forums with my phone's browser a few times, but didn't find any links for Sourceress.

EDIT: Failing that... anyone recommend what of the other ROMs out there are even close to as customizable as Sourcery, but stable?
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Same thing with me...tried 6 times over 4 days...I gave up and went back to LiquidSmooth until I get bored, then will restore my JBS 5.4 Got to LOVE how customizable this thing is...:D

That was fun, stayed on Liquid for about an hour...back on 5.4. So...whats this new Believe? Anyone try it yet? what should I expect IF I attempt it?
 
The_Chief said:
Thank you Eagle! Just got the push notification about the Believe ROM. New bootloader, SuperUser, ROM and Gapps downloading now! :D
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You just couldn't leave us could you Eagle! :D I am not-so-patiently waiting for it to all download so I can explore later tonight!
 
Just got 5.4 up and running, awesome! I noticed though that I can't stand the new theme for messaging.. I tried tweaking it but there are certain elements I can't change, and I guess I really liked the version in 5.2 (what I was last on). What would be the best way to fix this for me, could I install the mms.apk from the 5.2 zip?
 
Thanks for the quick reply, as always. I'm not sure exactly where it is, I looked through the extra apps and some other parts of tools, but didn't see it? :confused:


EDIT:
Nevermind! I found the Black Magic toggle. ^.^ Works for me! One other thing I was going to ask a long time ago was, is there anyway to add a toggle or a homescreen shortcut to toggle the ticker animation for notifications, I saw the option in the settings, but I'm wondering if there is a way to make it more quickly accessible.
 
I'm still using Sourcery. You guys have spoiled me ....between the ad blocking being superior to anything I have found, there are a couple of little things that I love having as well.
 
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