Root [MetroPCS / TMOBILE] [ROM] U.S. KitKat MINI 4.4.2

superchuckles · Jan 9, 2015

ok, i think i've figured out wherein the problem lies with my NFC.... i've downloaded the factory firmware from LG, & used the utility to put it back to stock. still didn't work, but - when i do a cwm backup of the stock rom, it says, "no android_secure found. skipping backup of applications on external storage" then proceeds to backing up the cache & doing the MD5. so, can anyone who has a CWM backup of a stock MS500 send me a copy of their backup?

Krlypumaa · Jan 9, 2015

Nope sending you a copy of our backup wil give u access to our info. N imei will brake both phs functionality it can even mess up baseband. The best thing u can do is try to change back cover to see if its the antenna

viperdink · Jan 9, 2015

Jelly bean

Total wipe before installing!
Your choice. Good luck.

Krlypumaa · Jan 9, 2015

Or do its start from scratch.

viperdink · Jan 9, 2015

Still think its the cover.
Ie; hardware failure

superchuckles · Jan 10, 2015

i don't know. if you remove the back cover on yours, can you still click the NFC button & it come on? not talking about if it actually works to send/receive stuff, just if the app turns on on the phone. the pins coming out of the back of the phone are in perfect condigion.... & i measured the resistance across the contact pads on the back cover, & it reads somewhere between .3 & .4 ohms, so i know there's no broken connection in the cover itself. when i'm running the stock rom, it still wont activate, but at least it's not caught in an initialization loop. when i've got 4.4.2 loaded, it runs constantly in an initialization loop, failing, then trying to reload. it's just strange. guess i'm going to have to contact LG

redsfan27 · Jan 10, 2015

superchuckles said:
i don't know. if you remove the back cover on yours, can you still click the NFC button & it come on? not talking about if it actually works to send/receive stuff, just if the app turns on on the phone. the pins coming out of the back of the phone are in perfect condigion.... & i measured the resistance across the contact pads on the back cover, & it reads somewhere between .3 & .4 ohms, so i know there's no broken connection in the cover itself. when i'm running the stock rom, it still wont activate, but at least it's not caught in an initialization loop. when i've got 4.4.2 loaded, it runs constantly in an initialization loop, failing, then trying to reload. it's just strange. guess i'm going to have to contact LG

My question is has it ever worked at all since you got the phone? Like even on the very first day.

superchuckles · Jan 10, 2015

yes - it worked when i got it - it worked right up until i flashed it

redsfan27 · Jan 10, 2015

superchuckles said:
yes - it worked when i got it - it worked right up until i flashed it

Ok it's probably not a hardware issue then. I'm pretty sure my NFC will still turn on even if the back of the phone is off

Unfortunately I can't help with any software issues though ☺

Masterchief87 · Jan 10, 2015

Krlypumaa said:
Nope sending you a copy of our backup wil give u access to our info. N imei will brake both phs functionality it can even mess up baseband. The best thing u can do is try to change back cover to see if its the antenna

That is correct other than the part about the imei. The imei gets stored on a different partition that recovery doesn't have access to. What does present a problem is personal data like accounts on the device and contacts and sms etc..
It would however be safe to send someone a twrp backup of the SYSTEM AND BOOT PARTITIONS ONLY. This would be safe since no personal info gets stored on either of these partitions.
Not that it would fix the problem.

superchuckles · Jan 10, 2015

ok, going thru the logs over & over, i've found two files used in initializing the NFC adapter, which are both missing. they're /data/font/config/sfconfig.dat and /data/font/config/dfactpre.dat
i'm pretty sure those don't contain any personal information.

viperdink · Jan 11, 2015

got 1 ;

IE; And neither file has anything to do with NFC.
holo theme and goggle map?

http://www.mediafire.com/download/chbjd9f759i5wbb/sfconfig.dat

redsfan27 · Jan 11, 2015

Has anybody else ever had a "kernal crash?" Sometimes (not very often) my phone will freeze up, the first lg boot logo pops up, then it says kernal crash. Its not that big of a deal since it doesn't happen that much but it would be nice to know that others are having this problem as well and maybe a way to fix it.

superchuckles · Jan 12, 2015

on the plus side though, i found a way to get my livewallpaper to work! i loaded the stock rom back up, installed my livewallpaper, then did a sideload of the kitkat rom WITHOUT wiping anything first. live wallpaper stuck!

Awoken Ninja · Jan 13, 2015

nice this rom has potential !,
Can you do a test for me?,
Hit power button ( to lock your device and hit it again in a fast pase ) if i did that on my rom,it would blackscreen itself and cant use it until a reboot,would love that fixed here,
thanks for your build dev'!.

Awoken Ninja · Jan 13, 2015

Can't use my Headphones mic :/,great build though'!

Awoken Ninja · Jan 13, 2015

Awoken Ninja said:
nice this rom has potential !,
Can you do a test for me?,
Hit power button ( to lock your device and hit it again in a fast pase ) if i did that on my rom,it would blackscreen itself and cant use it until a reboot,would love that fixed here,
thanks for your build dev'!.

Already confirmed by me xD couldn't wait,doesn't freezes or anything wich it was the thing I was looking for

superchuckles · Jan 13, 2015

yeah, i hit power over & over & it never locks up.

sunnyd · Jan 14, 2015

So I'm having issues dling the ROM from media fire. Its asking me to input a captcher code but it doesn't show any code

viperdink · Jan 14, 2015

If your using your phone change to desktop view in the browsers settings or use a pc.

nodROMa · Jan 14, 2015

Awoken Ninja said:
Can't use my Headphones mic :/,great build though'!

Just noticed this as well. Wired headset mic/button not working. Any fixes for this?

viperdink · Jan 15, 2015

superchuckles said:
ok, going thru the logs over & over, i've found two files used in initializing the NFC adapter, which are both missing. they're /data/font/config/sfconfig.dat and /data/font/config/dfactpre.dat
i'm pretty sure those don't contain any personal information.

Did you know the wanam module in the xposed framwork has control options for the NFC hardware ?

Ang · Jan 16, 2015

Why doesn't my back camera work with this ROM?

ksjd0414 · Jan 16, 2015

Not supported

Ang · Jan 16, 2015

Wym the back camera doesn't work why?

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