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tom_e · 9 Oct 2013 at 14:31

zoomee said:
and poor camera performance I'm contemplating flogging it to get the N5

it's got one of the best cameras on a phone?

fornowagain · 9 Oct 2013 at 14:43

kona786 said:
Cheers.

If I install BTU on a EE phone will I still be able to get OTA's?

And MH1 is pre KNOX right?

Don't see why not, remember not to update via OTA when it first boots. The MGA posted above is the last safe BTU firmware.

kona786 · 9 Oct 2013 at 14:46

matt100 said:
If your EE phone is unlocked and you flash the unrooted version I don't see why not. My internal S4 notifies me that I have updates available on my rooted and modded GE ROM, I just can't install them because it kicks me into my custom recovery but it still thinks its a GE version.

zoomee said:
Notice any scratches on the back of the S4? - I'm well pee'd off - Had mine in the spigen neo hybrid case since I got it and just took it off the other day to see TONS of scratches on the back of my phone - grrrrr!!!

cheers - I have stock BTU MH1 on download now so I'll stick that on when it's time.

tom_e said:
it's got one of the best cameras on a phone?

Low light performance is fairly poor. Would have been good if they gave manual control for shutter speed.

fornowagain said:
Don't see why not, remember not to update via OTA when it first boots. The MGA posted above is the last safe BTU firmware.

Cheers. Are you certain MH1 has KNOX/LOCKED BL?

zoomee · 9 Oct 2013 at 15:50

kona786 said:
Cheers. Are you certain MH1 has KNOX/LOCKED BL?

fo sure bro - avoid anything above MGA
Hit me with sum trust if you want stock BTU MGA - got it on my nas somewhere

andy_mk3 · 9 Oct 2013 at 16:02

I think I'm going to ditch Foxhound for something else. Had nothing but problems since 2.0, very poor battery life, random reboots and feels slow and sluggish all over.

james.miller · 9 Oct 2013 at 16:04

yes I'm getting random reboots with FH2.0. Getting fed up now, running out of roms to try lol

fornowagain · 9 Oct 2013 at 16:05

MH1 they sneaked in the first secure bootloader though iirc the knox pop ups are absent.

andy_mk3 · 9 Oct 2013 at 16:17

james.miller said:
yes I'm getting random reboots with FH2.0. Getting fed up now, running out of roms to try lol

I'm just downloading PACman now, never tried anything other than FH.

kona786 · 9 Oct 2013 at 16:30

zoomee said:
fo sure bro - avoid anything above MGA
Hit me with sum trust if you want stock BTU MGA - got it on my nas somewhere

Cheers. Will let you know tomorrow if I need it.

fornowagain said:
MH1 they sneaked in the first secure bootloader though iirc the knox pop ups are absent.

Ah, cheers.

matt100 · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:34

zoomee said:
Notice any scratches on the back of the S4? - I'm well pee'd off - Had mine in the spigen neo hybrid case since I got it and just took it off the other day to see TONS of scratches on the back of my phone - grrrrr!!!

just buy another? Replacement battery covers are peanuts, one of the many benefits of how the S4 is put together.

Stuck together anyway..

andy_mk3 · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:47

Aaah, I can't bring myself to liking PACman. I might give FH another go now everything is wiped off.

kmax86 · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:57

fornowagain said:
Search thread for 'knox'

Thanks! Finally I can make sense of whats happening.

Seems that removing knox and seandroid is the solution for this. Not gonna go that route since its not my phone lol

Cyclone · 9 Oct 2013 at 21:47

Ive been using FoxHound 2.0 since it came out and its been smooth as anything with good battery. I had 1 random reboot last week with Ausdim v17 kernal, and changed to Adam 1.6 knoxfree and no problems. Well none that I know of anyway

andy_mk3 · 9 Oct 2013 at 22:13

Well I'm back up and running after a full format so I'll see how it goes. I do like FH.

Liquidfox · 9 Oct 2013 at 23:05

Anyone have recommendations on juice packs? A mate has a Mophie pack for his iPhone5 which is quite nice. I'm looking at buying it when it comes out over here on the 18th.

Cyclone · 9 Oct 2013 at 23:05

Reading the xda thread, a lot of people were saying updating Ausdim to 18.1 fixes the reboots. Some recommend Adam kernal for good battery usage.

AndyCr15 · 10 Oct 2013 at 07:13

I'm on KT kernel and not had any problems.

Battery is an odd thing though, you can be getting 20+ hours, then one day it starts chewing through it. Wipe, restore apps and carry on, back to 20+ hours...

The same ROM can give hugely different results. If you've got terrible battery drain (with no obvious cause) wipe and reinstall and see how it goes.

kona786 · 10 Oct 2013 at 13:40

matt100 - which Google edition ROM are you on? Got a link?

Thought I might try some roms out before I return to stock.

EDIT - Installed the latest PAC Nightly instead.

matt100 · 10 Oct 2013 at 14:58

kona786 said:
matt100 - which Google edition ROM are you on? Got a link?

Thought I might try some roms out before I return to stock.

EDIT - Installed the latest PAC Nightly instead.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348272

with the battery percentage mod and I think thats about it.

I started using focal recently too but I've moved to my Moto X now I've had the camera update as that came with a fix for the choppy audio which made it near enough unusable.

kona786 · 10 Oct 2013 at 15:52

Cheers Matt - running a tad smoother on 4.3.

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