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[UNOFFICIAL][ROM][WIP] Vanir-Exodus 5.0 Lollipop for the Samsung SGH-I547 comanche

As a continuation of discussions from the super thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006388), I present the build thread .
Introducing Vanir-Exodus for the Samsung Rugby Pro (comanche):
What works:
- Phone: All works. We can hang up, recieve and send calls.
- SMS/MMS: Image messaging works perfectly.
- Wifi
- Bluetooth
- NFC
- GPS
What's still broken:
- Camera: this has been a fun one...
- Screen rotation: Just disabled in the kernel currently
Screenshots:
DOWNLOADS:
Vanir-exodus comanche
Credits:
- Kemonine96 - If you don't know by now, you haven't been around the comanche threads
- VanirAOSP team - Putting up with me as a pseudo-maintainer for so long
- Dave Kessler - Bringing up Exodus from the Vanir tree

Installation:
1. YOU MUST BE USING A RECOVERY THAT SUPPORTS SELinux. Currently, this is only the TWRP image I built before. I'll have the latest TWRP soonish.
2. BACKUP AND FACTORY RESET. Vanir checks for incompatible data and errors if it won't work. I won't answer "flash error" posts if you tell me you didn't format.
3. Flash the ROM, then GAPPs.
4. Enjoy the wonderment that is 5.0

Changelog:
1/10/15 - Fixed root access: The team was tinkering with a different root implementation, so gaining root became difficult. Root in this version works fine, but the UI is gone.

I really dislike sounding like a begger, but I could use your giys' help.
I'm currently building with 4GB of RAM, which as anyone who's source built can tell you, is quite low. Between the amount my onboard graphics eat, the file hosting and building, my RAM get's spent pretty quick.
What I'm currently looking at is a Gskill 16GB upgrade, which is about $140 max. This will not only speed up build times but help me run more things at once.
Never expected, always appreciated .
G.Skill Ares 16GB upgrade

Hey there. I thought I should post about the rom here instead of the super thread, no? Anyway, I have given it the two-three day daily test and it ran pretty good. The calls work great, recieve texts, e-mails fine. I took it out today and played soundcloud over bluetooth. It all ran great. But I do have a small list of things that didn't past the test.
These things are mostly small annoyances that I know will be fixed
The screen rotation only got a little annoying once it came to watching youtube videos, but I know that will be fixed
I still have some lost SD card issues and I can't really explain how it happens
The camera is still broken, but I know that will be fixed too
But I have had some big problems with the notifications. Its either that something is broken or I just haven't figured out Lollipop yet.
I can't seem to find an option to have the physical buttons flash as a notification light, I think there was an option for that in CM 10 (or am I wrong?)
I don't know how to change the quick settings panel in lollipop, is there a way to do that?
The notification tones don't work at all. The notification tone is selectable in the settings menu, but every time I get a text or email it doesn't go off
Phone ringtone is also selectable but nothing plays no matter what I set it to. it also doesn't play when I get a call
Heres a breakdown of the notifications on my phone
Call, screen comes on, no ringtone plays
Text, no screen comes on, no notification tone
E-mail, same as text
Also I get no vibrations. The phone vibrates while typing, but no vibration other than that for anything. I put the ring volume to vibrate and still nothing.
The count down clock and alarm tone does work though, and the alarm vibrates
Other than that, the phone works great. I have been using an older phone until this release came out, and boy is it nice to have a fast loading phone again, with such a great screen too. Thanks man for all of your work, I'll donate when I can Later.
Edit: Also I have found that this ROM is not rooted. Is that true? Thanks.

Motorhead1991 said:
Changelog:
1/10/15 - Fixed root access: The team was tinkering with a different root implementation, so gaining root became difficult. Root in this version works fine, but the UI is gone.
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Quick question about the root access on this ROM. I've installed SuperSU and when I open it, it tells me the binaries need to be updated. When I go to update the binaries, it always fails. I'm assuming I missed doing something to enable the root access, so any advice would be appreciated.

Syncline said:
Quick question about the root access on this ROM. I've installed SuperSU and when I open it, it tells me the binaries need to be updated. When I go to update the binaries, it always fails. I'm assuming I missed doing something to enable the root access, so any advice would be appreciated.
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On this build they basically removed the root manager interface, so root is handled by appops (or something similar). Why they (the android aftermarket) went this way is beyond me. Any time you go to activate a root app, a prompt should come up. (If it doesn't, open Settings > Developer Options > Root access, and tap "apps and adb" or whatever suits your needs).
If you'd rather use SuperSU (or any others), find a flashable zip and flash it in recovery. This should correct any issues you have with using said app.

Motorhead1991 said:
On this build they basically removed the root manager interface, so root is handled by appops (or something similar). Why they (the android aftermarket) went this way is beyond me. Any time you go to activate a root app, a prompt should come up. (If it doesn't, open Settings > Developer Options > Root access, and tap "apps and adb" or whatever suits your needs).
If you'd rather use SuperSU (or any others), find a flashable zip and flash it in recovery. This should correct any issues you have with using said app.
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Thanks, appreciate the assistance.

Need the rom if possible
Hi, I am still using this phone as a daily and it is now slowe than ever and I was wondering if someone still have the rom since the links are broken. Thanks

[ROM][G900F] G900FXXU1POD1 UK EE Open Beta Wi-Fi Calling

In the process of making a rom based on G900FXXU1POD1 UK EE firmware, mainly because I need Wifi Calling
It will only be a basic rom more of a dev base with some basic mods and bits removed
This something people would be interested in? If so would like a couple beta testers...
UPDATE:
Decided to make this an open beta!
Download here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952610434
Beta2 Update/OTA (changes below): https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952610941
Changelog so far:
Fully working Wi-Fi calling!
deodexed
rooted, busybox supersu 2.46
removed knox
allow writing to sd
added xposed installer (find for now this only has a couple mods, I use gravitybox to change hardware key mapping)
added 3minit battery mod
removed sfinder/quick connect from notification pulldown
added advanced power menu
added 360 degree rotation
increased quick settings toggles to 6
removed increase ringing on incoming call
Option to add init.d support when installing
Disabled battery popups
removed:
chrome
dropbox
chaton
flipboard
newsstand
smartremote
maybe others not needed
CSC Features Added:
- Shutter sound menu in Camera
- Sending/receiving MMS without data on
- Added "Exit Internet" option to stock browser
- Added call button in Phone Logs
- Added "Call/Message block" option in Settings
Beta2 Update:
home key wake disabled
volume level warning disabled
disabled battery/back cover popups
camera quality mod
slight volume boost on speaker and headphones
What I have missed in this upload though is disable increased ring but I can add this as an OTA update patch shortly
Let me know if you guys find any bugs

liamstears said:
In the process of making a rom based on G900FXXU1POD1 UK EE firmware, mainly because I need Wifi Calling
It will only be a basic rom more of a dev base with some basic mods and bits removed
This something people would be interested in? If so would like a couple beta testers...
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I am in!

liamstears said:
In the process of making a rom based on G900FXXU1POD1 UK EE firmware, mainly because I need Wifi Calling
It will only be a basic rom more of a dev base with some basic mods and bits removed
This something people would be interested in? If so would like a couple beta testers...
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I am can test too....

Decided to release an open beta
Check first post

liamstears said:
Decided to release an open beta
Check first post
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Downloading right now....Will report back after all went well

Please don't only post bug reports but please also post any suggestions on anything I can do but not too much as my aim is a pretty stock rom but with some functional mods needed or wanted for everyday use

liamstears said:
Please don't only post bug reports but please also post any suggestions on anything I can do but not too much as my aim is a pretty stock rom but with some functional mods needed or wanted for everyday use
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I'd say that you could remove 3Minit Battery..or put mods in Aroma Installer,and let Choose what and not to install with the ROM. Viper4Android also would not be bad in AROMA Installer. Agreed with the removal of Quick Connect and S Search
Just Installed and Removed cause I noticed Big Bugs:
1) No Status bar
2) Black wallpaper,cant set even from Gallery nor Wallpaper selector
3) No lockscreen
I installed as described. @liamstears

Wolf80 said:
I'd say that you could remove 3Minit Battery..or put mods in Aroma Installer,and let Choose what and not to install with the ROM. Viper4Android also would not be bad in AROMA Installer. Agreed with the removal of Quick Connect and S Search
Just Installed and Removed cause I noticed Big Bugs:
1) No Status bar
2) Black wallpaper,cant set even from Gallery nor Wallpaper selector
3) No lockscreen
I installed as described. @liamstears
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Damn, don't worry though I know the problem, I will get this fixed up and re-upload soon

Have fixed the bugs, adding a couple more mods and re-uploaded
new mods are:
added 360 degree rotation
increased quick settings toggles to 6
removed increase ringing on incoming call
All working now so please download and report findings and suggestions
As for 3minit I plan to leave it in place, as I see it there are many battery mods to choose from to keep everyone happy, some cool and some pretty stock looking so options are there
As for viper4android if I get enough people wanting it I could add it as an option during install

Posted a small Update to the op:
home key wake disabled
volume level warning disabled
disabled battery/back cover popups
camera quality mod
slight volume boost on speaker and headphones
Can I get some feedback guys?

Unable to save wifi settings
Hi there - thanks so much for the rom - works perfectly but for one issue - it can't remember my home wifi network! I have to input the password each time I connect to the wifi which is mindblowingly annoying.
Not sure whether this is due to the ROM or not, but I have re-installed it after nuking everything via TWRP - cache, system, dalvik, the whole lot.

Didn't have this problem myself, maybe try flashing NON-HLOS.bin from POD1?

scatat said:
Hi there - thanks so much for the rom - works perfectly but for one issue - it can't remember my home wifi network! I have to input the password each time I connect to the wifi which is mindblowingly annoying.
Not sure whether this is due to the ROM or not, but I have re-installed it after nuking everything via TWRP - cache, system, dalvik, the whole lot.
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In fact, I've used ES File Explorer in root mode to view the wpa.supplicant file and can see that when I disconnect to wifi, the entry is deleted on disconnection. No idea why this is happening. I may have to just install the EE rom directly. How disappointing.

I know the thread is relatively old, but is there chance to refresh rom link ? I badly need wifi calling on S5.
Also is there lock for wifi calling on EE ROM? Im using EE ROM with PRT network but Wifi calling doesnt show up on the screen Phone>Settings>Call settings>[end of the list].
Looks like wifi calling on stock EEROM show up only when MNC/MCC on the sim is matching.

Quick settings editing.

Hey,I came from an M8 where there was a tab on the quick setting to edit the order of the settings when the notification bar is two finger swiped. How do we do that in marshmallow?

I think you are referring the "System UI Tuner" feature of Marshmallow. I tried to activate it, without any luck. Maybe HTC Sense disables it.
http://www.androidcentral.com/inside-marshmallow-system-ui-tuner

Just tried it, no luck either. There must be a work around.

No luck
I cannot get this to work. I have an A9 with Sprint. Developer options are on, animation is on, and I've tried every scenario in this thread. The main reason I'd like to change the quick settings menu is I see a security flaw (I'll call it). When the phone is locked, whenever you wake the screen you can still pull down the quick settings menu. So if my phone gets stolen someone can turn off my mobile data and/or Wi-Fi. Problem then is I am not able to lock, wipe, or locate my device. This obviously has to be an oversight on Google but I'm sure it'll be addressed someday

SystemUI Tuner is NOT on the Sprint A9 at least if not missing on all.
I'd suggest reaching out to @moversi and JasonMac at HTC regarding this, as it doesn't line up with their press to bring a more slim sense and stock Android here.
In my opinion HTC has been faulty for awhile at removing bone stock Android features, all of which should be present on the A9 with its slimmer sense.
-MultiUser support
-Ambient Display(have Amoled screen now)
-SystemUI Tuner
-Adaptive Sound I believe is another
HTC did a great job at enhancing Android for many years but now Android has evolved to the point where we are seeing stock features removed completely.
Hopefully they address this, but it's not likely unless they hear the outcry as things like multiuser have been absent for a long long long time on Sprint at least.
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That figures, thanks for letting me know this so I'm not going crazy anymore. Would I have this option if I root the phone? I'm really leaning towards rooting (as soon as Marshmallow is figured out) so simple things like this are possible.

Hey guys, I'm also really missing the quick settings editing feature. Is there an HTC support forum where we could bring out this issue?

The best most KitKat looking ROM? Or with the most functionality at least

Hey guys I'm looking for upgrading my OPO ROM BUT I SWEAR each time I upgrade I just want to downgrade even more.
I hate this ui design bs, not because I find it ugly but because each time they “improve it”, it takes more functionality and productivity from me.
F*** Duarte's approved s***.
I'm looking for the same functionality I had on cyanogenmod11. Aka the most functionality of the last 3 builds. I need my actions to be fast and precise I want my phone to help me not to make my life even crappier.
Most important are:
I want to input my pin fast (nougat dropped immediate log in with correct pin). (And this is after they added a ****ing swipe screen before the pin lock on Lollipop. Thank god there was a option to skip it)
I NEED more TILES and functionality in them (multiple toggles for GPS precision and battery management, NFC, compass and LTE) nougat dropped all of these. WHAT. THE. F***?!?
The tiles menu disappeared completely.
Turn the animations off or at least decrease or accelerate the animations.
These might not seem like much and might seem like I'm very picky but for me they are nerve wrecking and make a HUGE difference on my day to day.
So which Roms do you recommend? Based on this? Are there any or should I just go back to KitKat?
PS: I've heard that Xposed can add this kind of functionality is that true? And if so how can I add xposed without tripping SafetyNet?

AOKP nougat has all that. Correct pin and you're in. All the tiles you list are there. Animations can be turned off I'm pretty sure in any ROM in developer options.
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I'm Theming

So my device is now rooted and running magisk + xposed. I haven't installed many modules yet, just viper4androidFX, VOLTE, and gravity box. I also switched my launcher back to my good old comfortable sense 9 launcher. Works almost perfect, I am getting HTC service pack FC every so often, but I can live with that for now if it lets me use the launcher I want.
Anyway, there are a couple tweaks I'd like to make that I had on my old phone, but I can't use the same sense based xposed modules so I was wondering if anyone knew of any xposed or magisk modules, or some other method to achieve these mods on the ROG.
1. change Icon shape/size as by default, the top of the circle shape gets cut off on the homescreen. Changing size under display settings fixes this, but then I find some things TOO small
2. Make status bar always opaque black with white icons
3. change battery icon (I have a pack I want to install in PNG format) - I've done the systemui.apk method in lollipop, can anyone tell me if this is the only currently working method?
After this the only thing I want to do is fix the force close and take a nanodroid backup in twrp (when its officially available for .48 or later fw)
Thanks in advance!

Regarding point one the only thing I can think of is using Nova launcher. Here you can change the size of the icons on the homescreen, their style aswell as their labels.
The only easy way I know of to change the battery icon is with Gravitybox.
Which options did you activate in Gravitybox?
If I try modding the statusbar or navbar I'm getting a ton of force closes from SystemUI or the screen stays black after a reboot. Which I suppose is a compatibility error given that this isn't exactly AOSP.

regenwurm16 said:
Regarding point one the only thing I can think of is using Nova launcher. Here you can change the size of the icons on the homescreen, their style aswell as their labels.
The only easy way I know of to change the battery icon is with Gravitybox.
Which options did you activate in Gravitybox?
If I try modding the statusbar or navbar I'm getting a ton of force closes from SystemUI or the screen stays black after a reboot. Which I suppose is a compatibility error given that this isn't exactly AOSP.
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Well I fixed the icons getting cut off by setting a custom dpi thats sort of in between small and default. Looks okay I guess, not a huge fan of the circle icon but at least its not cut off.
in gravitybox I changed these settings:
power button torch
torch timeout set to 30 mins
increase volume steps
increased AM/PM scaling to 75%
changed 4g to LTE
allow all rotations
some settings would cause the same black screen you mentioned, in which case I would reboot to safe mode, clear the app data, reboot and try new settings until it worked. I'm not sure which setting exactly causes this but most of them still do work. I am able to change the battery icon in gravitybox also, but I don't really love what they have so I left it off. Maybe if they allowed percent only, or if you could change the font and position of "battery text". Theirs is too bold for me and not in the right spot.
Its too bad no one else seems to want a static status bar. Always black looks so nice IMO and no modules that support past lollipop offer such a thing :/

Were you able to make much improvement in the sound quality with Viper? From what I've read and heard, the speakers are loud but lacking quality.
What is your impression of the cameras? Any interest in trying gCam?

Not sure who your carrier is but does the VoLTE module work for you? Literally the only thing preventing me from using my phone as a daily driver is VoLTE and WiFi calling (no cell signal at work unfortunately). But would like some feedback before I go down this path myself.

Zaphon said:
Not sure who your carrier is but does the VoLTE module work for you? Literally the only thing preventing me from using my phone as a daily driver is VoLTE and WiFi calling (no cell signal at work unfortunately). But would like some feedback before I go down this path myself.
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Haven't tested it yet, but the module itself installs and causes no problems of its own. I'll definitely let you know next time I get a call!
(PS Im on Bell in Ontario which from my understanding does support VoLTE, not sure if thats for all LTE bands but the ROG has 4/6 lte bands that bell offers.)
Even if it turns out its not working right now doesn't mean someone wont figure out how to force enable at some point. And there are a handful of modules that are working so I expect there will be more over time.

MyronAz said:
Were you able to make much improvement in the sound quality with Viper? From what I've read and heard, the speakers are loud but lacking quality.
What is your impression of the cameras? Any interest in trying gCam?
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The speakers by default IMO are pretty good quality as long as you don't set it to outdoor mode. (for reference my PC speakers are 8" studio monitors) There was some muddiness somewhere between the 125hz and 250hz band, and a bit of harshness around 4khz so I bumped them down a few db in viper and it sounds a bit clearer and smoother.
The phone comes with "audiowizard" which at least gives you a treble/bass slider and a 6 band eq so I'm just using viper to fine tune the speakers and BT audio.
Cameras are actually pretty good. I'm coming from a HTC One m7 so maybe I just dont know what I'm talking about but I thought the quality was good. Someone here posted about video being noisy in low light, which it kinda is, but if you use pro mode you can change "S" which I assume is shutter speed or something which when set right looks much much better.(and a little darker) Still way better than the m7. I can post some examples if you'd like.
I tried gcam but I dont think it was using any ai processing because the images came out worse. maybe it was an older apk. I was more focused trying to get sense weather clock widget working haha

Thanks for the reply.
Which gCam did you try? There is a moribund thread discussing gCam for ROG here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/rog-phone/themes/google-camera-rog-phone-t3858294.

MyronAz said:
Thanks for the reply.
Which gCam did you try? There is a moribund thread discussing gCam for ROG here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/rog-phone/themes/google-camera-rog-phone-t3858294.
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I have never heard the word moribund before...
Yea I saw that thread, I tried the one linked up top. I read through the other posts but didn't bother going through that big unsorted list linked lower down. If someone wants to point me to the correct apk to download I would test it out.

bbmaster123 said:
So my device is now rooted and running magisk + xposed. I haven't installed many modules yet, just viper4androidFX, VOLTE, and gravity box. I also switched my launcher back to my good old comfortable sense 9 launcher. Works almost perfect, I am getting HTC service pack FC every so often, but I can live with that for now if it lets me use the launcher I want.
Anyway, there are a couple tweaks I'd like to make that I had on my old phone, but I can't use the same sense based xposed modules so I was wondering if anyone knew of any xposed or magisk modules, or some other method to achieve these mods on the ROG.
1. change Icon shape/size as by default, the top of the circle shape gets cut off on the homescreen. Changing size under display settings fixes this, but then I find some things TOO small
2. Make status bar always opaque black with white icons
3. change battery icon (I have a pack I want to install in PNG format) - I've done the systemui.apk method in lollipop, can anyone tell me if this is the only currently working method?
After this the only thing I want to do is fix the force close and take a nanodroid backup in twrp (when its officially available for .48 or later fw)
Thanks in advance!
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Hi bro can you teach me how to root my Rog phone please

Sorry but may I ask how you got viper to work at all?
I install it via magisk and do the activate/reboot as usual but after opening viper and checking the status, I see it says abnormal which means it's not working.
Any ideas or help to get this working for me and maybe others with the same problem?
Thanks.

thugsta1 said:
Sorry but may I ask how you got viper to work at all?
I install it via magisk and do the activate/reboot as usual but after opening viper and checking the status, I see it says abnormal which means it's not working.
Any ideas or help to get this working for me and maybe others with the same problem?
Thanks.
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Yea make sure you have busybox installed, and selinux permissive before installing viper. I used "the selinux switch" from the play store. Let me know if that works. TBH I think its selinux that prevents it from running correctly.
If that doesn't work, you can also try audio mod library in magisk, i installed that in case the the asus eq app would conflict with viper. And also so I can stack that + ViperFX + Xhifi haha
BTW still on FW .48 from november, never bothered to update...

bbmaster123 said:
Yea make sure you have busybox installed, and selinux permissive before installing viper. I used "the selinux switch" from the play store. Let me know if that works. TBH I think its selinux that prevents it from running correctly.
If that doesn't work, you can also try audio mod library in magisk, i installed that in case the the asus eq app would conflict with viper. And also so I can stack that + ViperFX + Xhifi haha
BTW still on FW .48 from november, never bothered to update...
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Thanks, i had busybox already as a magisk module installed, as well as the audio mod library, so really the only thing i did'nt try was the selinux switch, so i install it & set that to permissive then got viper to work from magisk.
Thanks heaps for that info . :good:

thugsta1 said:
Thanks, i had busybox already as a magisk module installed, as well as the audio mod library, so really the only thing i did'nt try was the selinux switch, so i install it & set that to permissive then got viper to work from magisk.
Thanks heaps for that info . :good:
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no problem! glad it worked :good:

rhodnie13 said:
Hi bro can you teach me how to root my Rog phone please
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Have you looked at this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/rog-phone/how-to/guide-root-t3865490 ?
The steps are quite straightforward & has worked for me.
Reply back if something isn't clear or if you're stuck on a particular step & someone can surely help you out.