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[POLL]Interested in an S4 Active ROM?

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So, what I'm wondering is this: is there anyone interested in a custom ROM based on stock 4.2.2 for the SGH-I537 optimized for SafeStrap? I've been thinking about experimenting with ROM creation, and if there is an interest then I will try my hand at it.
Really, the only pro I can see for this is the use of the Underwater Mode in the stock camera, but if you'd like to see this project then please make some feature requests.

Not being anything close to a dev, I've been playing....not much progress....just a trial and error kind of thing.

my-blue-snog-box said:
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So, what I'm wondering is this: is there anyone interested in a custom ROM based on stock 4.2.2 for the SGH-I537 optimized for SafeStrap? I've been thinking about experimenting with ROM creation, and if there is an interest then I will try my hand at it.
Really, the only pro I can see for this is the use of the Underwater Mode in the stock camera, but if you'd like to see this project then please make some feature requests.
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I would be interested in a custom tw rom. If you end up trying one pm me for theming advice. I do know a little from tinkering with my other devices.
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I would be so happy to have the stock camera back. Maybe some xposed built in.
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I think it would be great to have another S4 Active ROM, everybody loves options and I'll test whatever you come up with. That said I'm wondering if your efforts might be better spent elsewhere. There are a ton of great i337 ROMs that work pretty well on the S4A but could be a lot better. You've already begun working on the MasterPatch and it works really well, but there are some hiccups, particularly with the APN settings. What if you figured out how to port the Aqua Mode camera to regular S4 ROMs, or got the APN settings working, or getting LeJay's camera fix working properly. It just seems like there are already a bunch or ROMs out there that you could use as a base and selectively improve.
If you're looking to tinker and improve your knowledge by building a ROM then I fully support you. Maybe this is the route to go to figure out how to get regular S4 ROMs fully working on the Active, I don't know. No matter what you decide to do I'll help you any way I can. Thanks for putting this out there I really appreciate the effort you're putting into this phone.
If you do build a ROM, the only feature that I've been missing from TouchWiz ROMs is CM theme support. I don't know if it's possible but it would be an amazing feature if you can pull it off.

Devo7v said:
I think it would be great to have another S4 Active ROM, everybody loves options and I'll test whatever you come up with. That said I'm wondering if your efforts might be better spent elsewhere. There are a ton of great i337 ROMs that work pretty well on the S4A but could be a lot better. You've already begun working on the MasterPatch and it works really well, but there are some hiccups, particularly with the APN settings. What if you figured out how to port the Aqua Mode camera to regular S4 ROMs, or got the APN settings working, or getting LeJay's camera fix working properly. It just seems like there are already a bunch or ROMs out there that you could use as a base and selectively improve.
If you're looking to tinker and improve your knowledge by building a ROM then I fully support you. Maybe this is the route to go to figure out how to get regular S4 ROMs fully working on the Active, I don't know. No matter what you decide to do I'll help you any way I can. Thanks for putting this out there I really appreciate the effort you're putting into this phone.
If you do build a ROM, the only feature that I've been missing from TouchWiz ROMs is CM theme support. I don't know if it's possible but it would be an amazing feature if you can pull it off.
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I use xtheme xposed module and it works pretty good. And I hear porting themes is easy.
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It would be nice to have a stock active ROM to play around with.
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whether you can use the kernel for i9295 i9505 from? For example here is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2284252

I would like to see a rom just for the active
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someone known if exist a way to root a s4 active i537 from mexico????

bello1987 said:
someone known if exist a way to root a s4 active i537 from mexico????
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Have you tried Active Root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347793
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hello
You can add a kernel of galaxy s4 i9500 on s4 the active galaxy i9295?

bello1987 said:
someone known if exist a way to root a s4 active i537 from mexico????
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Have you tried Geohot's Active Root?

I would be interested, but only if its 4.3 or 4.4... Because honestly this GE ROM is good enough for me until I can update to one of those versions. The underwater camera would be cool, but I'm surviving fine without it.
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Diablo2424 said:
I would be interested, but only if its 4.3 or 4.4... Because honestly this GE ROM is good enough for me until I can update to one of those versions. The underwater camera would be cool, but I'm surviving fine without it.
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Agreed. Running the AOSP will holdme over till 4.4 comes out.... 4.3 however is almost a joke. Its hardly an update... its like 4.2.3

YEAH
casadelbeard said:
Have you tried Geohot's Active Root?
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yes today im try the active root but appears a message saying "only the galaxy s4 active is suported" and say contact to geohot mail thats all but active root dont work for me

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611169
bello1987 said:
someone known if exist a way to root a s4 active i537 from mexico????
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I hate the safestrap , even its give a good alternative to custom roms , i like to have our bootloader opened :/

Is root the same as jailbreak? I need info

Hello I'm huge Android fan and I never ever understood the root I've rooted my HTC one and got the Android revolution 40.3 by Mike 1986 with kit kat 4.4. And what is the big deal about root is there a cydia like program that installs stuff? I saw the bloat ware is gone and that's nice but come on it can't be just all that?
Tell me all the things as iI'm 5 years old
Thanks ahead
Edit: how do I update the rom OTA

Your 5 years old yeah sure
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When you jailbreak the iPhone you are just able to install non apple apps. You can do that out of the box on Android by allowing other sources in settings. With root on Android you are able to install customized roms, like you did the ARHD. But with root you can customize the base rom with things like Xposed. It's much more powerful than just jailbreaking. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
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That's about right. The easy way to look at it is, when you get an android phone you have guest access, bit like a guest account on a PC.
You can do everything you need but not major stuff. Rooting the phone gives you administrator access or full access to everything so you can do anything eg install a different ROM or kernel.

Yeah I've got that xposed installer but what is great to install and what or why does I need to change the rom or kernel... But is the xposed installer "the big thing"?

sliz said:
Hello I'm huge Android fan and I never ever understood the root I've rooted my HTC one and got the Android revolution 40.3 by Mike 1986 with kit kat 4.4. And what is the big deal about root is there a cydia like program that installs stuff? I saw the bloat ware is gone and that's nice but come on it can't be just all that?
Tell me all the things as iI'm 5 years old
Thanks ahead
Edit: how do I update the rom OTA
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Five years old huh?? Hmmm..
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U can download stuff without even rooting.,Kid
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I think he meant "Explain it to him like he is 5 years old".
Either way, you want to know what is root used for in Android? I'll help you out : Click Here

sliz said:
Yeah I've got that xposed installer but what is great to install and what or why does I need to change the rom or kernel... But is the xposed installer "the big thing"?
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You don't NEED to do anything. Everything is based on personal preference. Different roms offer different levels of customizations and performance and gives you options based on your wants. Different kernels offer more customizations to the power source of the phone. And let's you control and adjust different aspects of the phone you'll never have the opportunity to during stock. Xposed installer can be "the big thing" based on your needs. There's no way you're going to learn all this in one thread so I'd advise doing some research first like everybody else. Google has a ton of lists on why you should or shouldn't root, and install different kernels and roms. This entire thread sounds like a giant troll to me but if it's not I would advise you do your research. Because why install a different rom when you don't even know why you're doing it?
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With an iDevice, Jailbreaking does things like allowing you to install non appstore apps, installing themes, and a few other odds and ends. With android, a lot of those things can be done out of the box. And anrdoid phone that has been rooted allows you to install custom ROMs, as has already been mentioned, and do various other things like overclock or underclock the processor and graphics, or make major changes to the phone itself. A lot of things you can do with rooted phone can potentially make the phone unstable or unusable to a degree, if you don't know what you are doing.
With root you can use the Xposed framework which can do a wide variety of things like changing the battery icon to show the percentage of the battery, make the notification bar at the top transparent, add widgets to your lock screen that you normally wouldn't be able to add, or even make it so you can hold the volume up or down buttons to change the song your listening to. There are almost endless possibilities with what you can do with rooted phone.....and that's really putting it in the simplest terms possible.
My suggestion would be to look around XDA at some of the things that require root access on you android device. Things like overclocking and underclocking, I wouldn't mess with until you have a firm grasp on what it can do and the side effect of what happens when you do it wrong.
Since it seems like you are new to android, I wouldn't worry at all about root, as you have a lot to learn before having root access will have any real use for you. It's much like buying a new house and wondering how many cable channels you'll be able to get. It's not one of those things that is a major priority. I've been using android devices for more than 5 years and still don;t find root access to be a mandatory thing.

I know what rooting is and what it does but I never found the great thing about it beside bloat ware is removed and the reason why I rooted was to get rid of them and can't get back to stock cause of bootloader is unlocked and can't get OTA on my phone with stock rom.
But I've read the ARHD rom offers OTA how do I setup my device to that. And I looked around in xposed installer and there are some preeeety nice software there

With root you are like a parent and can do things that you wouldn't let your kids do, such as eating chocolate before dinner. ?
The root user can do pretty much anything in a *nix OS, such as modify the system partition or running low level commands.

sliz said:
I know what rooting is and what it does but I never found the great thing about it beside bloat ware is removed and the reason why I rooted was to get rid of them and can't get back to stock cause of bootloader is unlocked and can't get OTA on my phone with stock rom.
But I've read the ARHD rom offers OTA how do I setup my device to that. And I looked around in xposed installer and there are some preeeety nice software there
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ARHD has never had OTA updates
the only roms I have used that did OTA is ViperOne and MaximusHD their could be others I have just not used them
InsertCoin uses an update system but it's not OTA like the others

[Q] Just got an unlocked Samsung s4 Active!

Phone is great and already rooted it. I wonder, should i install a custom ROM or keep the stock one? What are the benefits of installing a custom ROM on the active? In the past i always installed customs but for the Active i'm not sure i need it at the moment. Thoughts?\\

30secs said:
Phone is great and already rooted it. I wonder, should i install a custom ROM or keep the stock one? What are the benefits of installing a custom ROM on the active? In the past i always installed customs but for the Active i'm not sure i need it at the moment. Thoughts?\\
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There are countless articles on the benefits of Custom vs Stock ROMS. I personally love CM10.2 that I currently have installed on mine. I'm waiting for CM11 but that looks a while off. If you leave it stock, though, you'll easily be able to update to 4.4 soon. I personally HATE the touchwiz interface, but I'm jealous of some of Wanam Xposed's capabilities. Other than that, you've said you've already used custom ROMs before...

tiskael said:
There are countless articles on the benefits of Custom vs Stock ROMS. I personally love CM10.2 that I currently have installed on mine. I'm waiting for CM11 but that looks a while off. If you leave it stock, though, you'll easily be able to update to 4.4 soon. I personally HATE the touchwiz interface, but I'm jealous of some of Wanam Xposed's capabilities. Other than that, you've said you've already used custom ROMs before...
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I've installed nova, and themer and about me. all amazing interfaces. also found a workaround to enable wifi tether. what else can i do on a custom rom on the S4 Active that's worth reverting from the stock? I'm just trying to see if there's anything major i'm missing right now.
Also, i've noticed there's very little dev action on here compared to the S4. Is that because not a lot of users have it? or because S4 roms can be used on the active?

30secs said:
I've installed nova, and themer and about me. all amazing interfaces. also found a workaround to enable wifi tether. what else can i do on a custom rom on the S4 Active that's worth reverting from the stock? I'm just trying to see if there's anything major i'm missing right now.
Also, i've noticed there's very little dev action on here compared to the S4. Is that because not a lot of users have it? or because S4 roms can be used on the active?
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There's less action here because the Active has less users. S4 Roms are similar to the Active and can be, in a way, "ported". They are NOT interchangeable though.
Nova and Themer don't require a Custom ROM such as CM. CyanogenMod is the most common Custom ROM so I'm going to focus on that. There are other good ones for this device such as SlimBeam and Smasher X.
Here is an article with the Top 10 Reasons To Install CyanogenMod.
While the above article is a good article, it doesn't go into enough depth about it's Customisations and Usability tweaks which are (along with speed) the main reasons that CM is my choice ROM at the moment. For example, if you find that the auto-brightness is sometimes a bit too high or a bit too low while using your Android device, you can tweak this to your own specific perfection. There's hundreds of little tweaks like this built into CM that essentially make using TouchWiz afterwards somewhat frustrating.
In saying that, a lot of the things you can do on a Custom ROM can be achieved on the stock ROM through things such as XPosed framework with modules such as Wanam Kit or other third party apps such as All In One Gestures, or tasks created in Tasker.
I will also be doing a guide on how to get the AOSP Android 4.4 look on your stock TouchWiz Device.

[Rom Review]AOSB

Plain and simple, I'd highly suggest this rom to anyone looking for a new rom. I've always love super roms (roms that mash together features of more than one rom). I've been running it for a couple days now and am loving every second of it. Many parts of this reminds me of PAC rom, but for some reason I'd pick this over PAC anyday, it just has more feeling for some reason.
The Good:
Full LED control. I was so very disappointed in stock android when I saw what the LED can REALLY do (you can pick almost any color under the sun for battery alerts or notifications that you can set up for per app basis)
AOSB in black (EXACTLY the same as PAC in black)
All CM11 features.
You select how many steps there are in the volume control
Good battery life(Can play a lot of games throughout school and it'll be at around 4% when I get home from school)
Slim Recent Apps
Split view(Even though I don't know what you'd use it for on a phone)
Full nav. bar/ring editing support.
The Bad
No Paranoid Android type control of the UI, which I was kind of hoping for, just a type of it through a preinstalled Xposed app
Outdated Xposed and Kernel tweaker, but since their modified they can't be updated from GPlay store. I ended up uninstalling them from system then reinstalled them from GPlay store, but was kind of irritating that they aren't newest versions.
Poor built in kernel. If you want kernel features at all, you'd have to find a good CAF kernel out there (I'm running Chaos Kernel v11.1)
Long hold back to kill app doesn't seem to work
No ability to have the menu button EVER show up unless you manually add it to nav bar, but then the buttons look weird since it makes all the buttons closer and it plain looks weird for it not to stick to the right or left side.
Doesn't get very dark(I also noticed this in stock, but was hoping that there was some change here, but no luck)
Google Camera's HDR+ makes the app crash (Google camera also doesn't automatically install over built in camera app)
All in all I love this rom, but it is a little rough around the edges. NOTE: I don't know if it's just me or what, but I had problems with supersu, but I'm not sure if it was the rom or me just accidentally messing up stuff

This convinced me to keep the stock version No bugs at all, and all the features that it containes are working.
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Donnie Sins said:
This convinced me to keep the stock version No bugs at all, and all the features that it containes are working.
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I come from HTC and decided to get my N5 specifically to avoid bootloader locks and get loads & loads of custom ROMs, after I actually bought it, I completely forgot about that, I haven't even rooted my device yet. Stock rom is perfect.

Well if you ever do want to keep stock, but want some features of a custom room, you can always get the gravity box module for xposed, or get multirom so you cab still have your custom rom; just a suggestion

Pluto said:
I come from HTC and decided to get my N5 specifically to avoid bootloader locks and get loads & loads of custom ROMs, after I actually bought it, I completely forgot about that, I haven't even rooted my device yet. Stock rom is perfect.
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Me too, after doing a whole lot of flashing etc. with my Galaxy S2.
CalebQ42 said:
Well if you ever do want to keep stock, but want some features of a custom room, you can always get the gravity box module for xposed, or get multirom so you cab still have your custom rom; just a suggestion
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That's what I'm planning to do. Just rooting for extra features, but keeping it stock. The benefits of custom roms are great, but I'm done with bugs and features not functioning as they should.
Sent from the Matrix

Last night I decided to switch back to stock. Realized I should have kept it all along.
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CalebQ42 said:
Last night I decided to switch back to stock. Realized I should have kept it all along.
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May I ask why? Just curious
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You may want to try mahdi ROM... Been running it for weeks without an issue . + it has loads if working features
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Donnie Sins said:
May I ask why? Just curious
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Not 100%sure myself, the stock ROM just has a nice feel and it was like 2 in the morning.
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The rom sounds pretty good, I might give it a try in Multirom later.
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[Q] Is it worth it to install cyanogenmod?

Just a simple question that may help some others like me. Is it worth it to install cyanogenmod and install another rom with the new kitkat update coming?
Thanks in advance!

bludsugah said:
Just a simple question that may help some others like me. Is it worth it to install cyanogenmod and install another rom with the new kitkat update coming?
Thanks in advance!
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Depends on your tech savvy. Personally I don't mess around with roms when I have everything I need in stock, especially on my primary phone. Sometimes you also mess up your connectivity to your carrier (this is called EFS partition, back it up!). I've messed with Xperia phones before and I like the stock roms on them. I say don't put cm, unless you HATE your stock rom. Even then you can just theme it with Xposed if you're on that level or use a 3rd-party launcher for beginners and of course you gotta root it Rooting is more for system tweaks tho, only after you install Xposed you can do theming.
Hope this helps,
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Personally, I disliked Cyanogen mod because I was so used to the look of my phone. Cyanogen mod changes the entire feel and asthetics of your phone to increase its efficiency. I personally couldn't put up with it, but it may be different for you! I would just stick to stock rom unless you intend to stretch your phone to its absolute limit, in which case Cyanogen mod will help you!

camera quality will be lost, battery life is the same like stock, im using it since jan, sometimes annoying bugs are present..
there is no efs on sony and there are no problems with those like on samy or lg.
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I went to cyanogenmod last week, it's fine so far and has many features which can make you excited. the CM based ROMs are super fast and smooth, them can give you another feeling comparing with the stock.
If you want to install CM, you need to unlock your Bootloader, it means you will lost your Bravia Engine forever unless you relock it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/development/tutorial-xperia-z-zl-bootloader-t2153261
As far as I am concerned, I always want to explore something new and XDA forum is better than SONY. believe me

Sony fw is actually based on AOSP/CM itself.. But if u r bored with stock, u are always welcome to try CM ROMs.. They provide their own features, customizations and a different theme engine.. Plus CM11 actually gives u more battery backup and better RAM management.. Hence an upgrade in the performance level.. But both are good in its own ways.. :good:

Only time I've moved to cm is when the manufacturer stops development for the phone, or if the standard rom is just bad. I had a Moto Atrix that was worth the move to cm. The Xperia is fine without cm and I can't think of anything useful it would add.
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its nice to take a break from sony's ui. ive tried PAC and PA and some others for a month or so, in the end i ended up going back to sony because CM nightlies are too buggy atm.
its really up to you, both offers slightly different things, CM has more themes to choose from and like i said its a nice break from sonys ui if you got bored of it.