may i ask what a rooted epic will do? & how does it compare to an original epic?
Honestly if you don't know then you probably shouldn't be rooting or even considering rooting in the first place
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Honestly if you don't know then you probably shouldn't be rooting or even considering rooting in the first place
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seconded. this entire forum is basically about rooting and what it does/what you can do. you shouldnt have any trouble figuring it out
Thirded.
If you don't know what it is, you haven't read enough.
If after reading you don't know what it is, you still haven't read enough.
If after reading more, you still don't know what it is, you probably have some reading comprehension issues, but also search and read some more.
Starting a new post as your FIRST post on XDA asking people to explain to you what it is, UGH.
shouldn't this be in General?...But for starters, I would recommend beginning at the one-click root forum, and whatever you do, don't be scared to brick your phone, I have yet to brick mine and I am constantly flashing my phone! Good luck!
Come on guys. Really? Is this the kind of community we want to be? Everyone's gotta start somewhere. Just suggest reading up first, and point him to where he's gotta go. Remember, there was a point where you didn't know what rooting was either.
Well since no one wants to be nice...
Rooting is basically giving you root access to the phones operating system. The reason for doing this is to allow you to customize and optimize your phone for your specific needs. The two biggest reasons for rooting are the ability to remove bloatware and for flashing custom roms/kernels. Rooting also gives you access to programs in the market that require superuser permissions (root).
The difference between an unrooted epic 4g and a rooted one, unrooted is a handicaped device that is little more than a fancy toy that can browse the web and make phone calls. A rooted one is really what ever you want it to be. A cool toy or an amazing tool or both.
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helchez said:
Well since no one wants to be nice...
Rooting is basically giving you root access to the phones operating system. The reason for doing this is to allow you to customize and optimize your phone for your specific needs. The two biggest reasons for rooting are the ability to remove bloatware and for flashing custom roms/kernels. Rooting also gives you access to programs in the market that require superuser permissions (root).
The difference between an unrooted epic 4g and a rooted one, unrooted is a handicaped device that is little more than a fancy toy that can browse the web and make phone calls. A rooted one is really what ever you want it to be. A cool toy or an amazing tool or both.
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Thank you, holy crap so many evil people in the world why are slipping into XDA? Just answer the question, did we not all start at 1 post?
To add to that, Rooting gives you Access to tether your internet connection from your epic to a laptop wirelessly, This is the only reason i'd root the Epic.
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Honestly if you don't know then you probably shouldn't be rooting or even considering rooting in the first place
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At one point in time everyone "didn't know", you have to start somewhere.
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Perhaps the OP's question would have been well received if it was posted in the correct forum.
Edit: just noticed the OP's username is "loser504". Troll account?
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Perhaps the OP's question would have been well received if it was posted in the correct forum.
Edit: just noticed the OP's username is "loser504". Troll account?
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LOL..im a noob with the android os. but thank you to those who helped me..
Related
I've looked around quite a bit for simple rooting wizards, other than visionary, I a pair of videos showing a g2 rooting wizard available from g2root.info
Is this a legitimate wizard? It seems suspicious to me.
Its a scam , it promises to root your G2 for you after you fill out some surveys, it will not root your phone. This has been posted here before and removed by forum Mods.
Thanks man, I was pretty sure this was fake, I just wanted to reassure myself lol.
Looks like I'm gonna have to get adb & whatnot up & running on my comp =l
Wish this was as simple as jailbreaking, I felt tough when I hit my ipod touch when I was 12 lmao
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Thanks man, I was pretty sure this was fake, I just wanted to reassure myself lol.
Looks like I'm gonna have to get adb & whatnot up & running on my comp =l
Wish this was as simple as jailbreaking, I felt tough when I hit my ipod touch when I was 12 lmao
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You can try this no ADB needed, make sure to follow everything to the "T"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10048382&postcount=3
I have lookd into this method before, but I don't know if I'm ready for this. I purchased my phone in late December, so it has the newest updates & many users have commented poorly on this method. Do you believe the risk is worth it? And is this method that much easier than the rage method?
Thanks again.
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NavidC said:
I have lookd into this method before, but I don't know if I'm ready for this. I purchased my phone in late December, so it has the newest updates & many users have commented poorly on this method. Do you believe the risk is worth it? And is this method that much easier than the rage method?
Thanks again.
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If your comfortable with the rage method, then you might as well use the gfree method, by far the least amount of issues rooting, the method in the link above is how I oringinaly rooted my phone and so have many more, but if you were to get a census from the forum I think the majority of members would tell you to root using gfree. There is a way to run gfree using temp root with visionary, then use something like rootexplorer to place the needed files in data/local and use terminal emulator to run the commands. Search the threads it in here somewhere. But bottom line if your gonna mod your phone you might as well set up AndriodSDK and learn some basic ADB, never know when something might go wrong and you need it. Good Luck.
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Thank you for your advice, I sincerley appreciate it. It's people like you that make the rooting experience more friendly, and less scary. =)
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Sorry for this thread and it might be dumb to somewho are a little more savy with odin and computers. I had over 12 android phones nexus, evo,nexus s,g1 mytouch 3g n so on. Never had to root using odin it was usually unlocking bootloader or just using terminal. It would be greatly appreciated if this could happen and im sure there are many people that think same way. So please if u wanna bash me n say i shouldnt root if i cant use odin then fine but this is a new method and so would alot of other ppl cause it seems we have a good development crew popping up roms n mods n kernals right and left. If a bounty is needed i will be more than happy to donate. Ty for your time.
wrong section bro. General.
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Sorry for this thread and it might be dumb to somewho are a little more savy with odin and computers. I had over 12 android phones nexus, evo,nexus s,g1 mytouch 3g n so on. Never had to root using odin it was usually unlocking bootloader or just using terminal. It would be greatly appreciated if this could happen and im sure there are many people that think same way. So please if u wanna bash me n say i shouldnt root if i cant use odin then fine but this is a new method and so would alot of other ppl cause it seems we have a good development crew popping up roms n mods n kernals right and left. If a bounty is needed i will be more than happy to donate. Ty for your time.
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The odin3 method is honestly very simple. You literally can root your phone in less than 3 minutes with the click of a button. I've used terminal emulator and adb methods of rooting and I can say that the only other easier method other than odin3 that I've used was z4. You can do it. Just have faith and confidence. Terminal emulator is much more harder than using odin3.
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Just follow directions it is so easy. when I had my sgs4g I felt the same way, then I grew the balls and used Odin. That wasn't to root it was to convert to gb but believe me when I tell you it is easy and pretty much flawless. Just do it follow steps
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Why haven't you used superoneclick? Takes 2min.
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Odin might be one of the simplest ways of rooting around. Although in the vibrant days it was extremely unreliable. No so any more, its pretty much rock solid.
Create a bounty.
I'll let CLShortFuse know that you're going to pay him for something he's already done. Somebody please close this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
InGeNeTiCs said:
Create a bounty.
I'll let CLShortFuse know that you're going to pay him for something he's already done. Somebody please close this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
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I'm pretty sure superoneclick does not root our phone.
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mikeyinid said:
I'm pretty sure superoneclick does not root our phone.
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Yes it does.I have rooted 9 GSII.with version 2.2.will root all gingerbread.up to 2.3.7.and a version for Ics is in the works.
From a glaxay better than yours.
mikeyinid said:
I'm pretty sure superoneclick does not root our phone.
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You should have verified that before posting!
teh_lorax said:
You should have verified that before posting!
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+1
From a glaxay better than yours.
tlisak25 said:
Sorry for this thread and it might be dumb to somewho are a little more savy with odin and computers. I had over 12 android phones nexus, evo,nexus s,g1 mytouch 3g n so on. Never had to root using odin it was usually unlocking bootloader or just using terminal. It would be greatly appreciated if this could happen and im sure there are many people that think same way. So please if u wanna bash me n say i shouldnt root if i cant use odin then fine but this is a new method and so would alot of other ppl cause it seems we have a good development crew popping up roms n mods n kernals right and left. If a bounty is needed i will be more than happy to donate. Ty for your time.
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Superoneclick:
program on computer with friendly GUI
plug in phone
click button - root
Odin:
Program on computer with friendly GUI
plug in phone
click button - root
*added benefit of recovering from brick or restoring to stock*
One of the great things about XDA is you dont have to be all that tech saavy and there are plenty of people to help with questions.
However, one should make an honest attempt to familiarize themselves with all of the tools available.
You have nothing to lose and you just might learn a lot from the experience. Then it might be your turn to help someone else
ive had a handfull of android phones also. i had never used odin and i was kindof leary when it came to using it. but it super simple maybe the ezest root method ive used. step out side the box -youll probrobly like it
superuser696 said:
ive had a handfull of android phones also. i had never used odin and i was kindof leary when it came to using it. but it super simple maybe the ezest root method ive used. step out side the box -youll probrobly like it
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Agree, I never used odin until this phone and it was extremely easy.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
This question might be dumb but should I root my phone
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Its your choice. I'd say go ahead and root it. But read about what your doing. Nobody can tell if you should or not. there's not a definite reason not to... that I know of.
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Ok thanks bud Im considering whether should I root it
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Hi,
Maybe some ideas...:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676821&highlight and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600006&highlight or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633438&highlight
Depends on your reason. I have learned tons about my phone by rooting and then breaking it.....
DO IT. Flashing roms is an addiction though. Just a warning.
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smalss said:
DO IT. Flashing roms is an addiction though. Just a warning.
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Very, very addicting!!!
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I'd say go for it, if you're at least moderately technically inclined.
At the very least unlock the bootloader (this will wipe your phone so backup any photos etc!). Rooting can be done later if you do that first.
If you have to ask, no you probably shouldn't.
No question, definitely root without a doubt.
joshnichols189 said:
If you have to ask, no you probably shouldn't.
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This.
If you don't root your phone, it's not yours. You're not responsible for it if it gets messed up, but you are limited in what you can do with it. You're a licensee, not the owner.
I am of the opinion that I should own what's mine.
Swypesation
Logseman said:
If you don't root your phone, it's not yours. You're not responsible for it if it gets messed up, but you are limited in what you can do with it. You're a licensee, not the owner.
I am of the opinion that I should own what's mine.
Swypesation
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Can't tell if srs..
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
I just recently rooted my phone and am relatively new to flashing ROMs but I'm totally addicted. I would agree that you should do as much research and read thoroughly through the forums. Great experience for me so far.
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Depends on your reason. I have learned tons about my phone by rooting and then breaking it.....
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Same. You really do learn about your device and the way Android works. I've had some good and bad experiences with flashing, but I've learned a lot. It's fun and you can apply so many mods to make your device unique to yourself.
joshnichols189 said:
If you have to ask, no you probably shouldn't.
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This.
Root your phone if you want to unlock thousands of new features and constant updates that'll fix bugs and a powerful dev teams that work on the best phone in the root world.
DLD511 said:
Root your phone if you want to unlock thousands of new features and constant updates that'll fix bugs and a powerful dev teams that work on the best phone in the root world.
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And open up thousands of questions.
Give it a shot. Be sure to follow every step. There is a lot of benefits to it.
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DLD511 said:
Root your phone if you want to unlock thousands of new features and constant updates that'll fix bugs and a powerful dev teams that work on the best phone in the root world.
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And create thousands more bugs at the same time
Ok so I have a AT&T Galaxy note and I want to root it so I can get faster speeds. I have T-mobile service... Can I still root using AT&T stuff even though I have T-Mobile? It is also unlocked. Can someone guide me on what to do. I know how to do it just want to make sure Im doing the right thing though.
Thanks in advance
Herr is the easiest way to root without tripping you counter. Find the latest for your provider then flash it using Odin. Then you decide from there if you wanna flash any custom rom after.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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Whoah! First off dont send the guy off to root his phone first thing! He doesnt have clue!
First off you can NOT flash tmobile roms onto att phone or wind mobile on rogers etc.
Secondly root does not give you faster speeds!
Rooting is great but do your self a favor and read first or your gonna end up like this guy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229965
I guess he finally realized he had flashed the wrong rom...amoung other things.
:banghead:
For now im telling ya, read up before you use odin and go flash crazy or youll be crying that kies ain't working. (When youre doing it wrong it never does)
Yes you can get your note2 to work on tmobile but dontvexpectvit to work like a note2 from tmobile.
My advice if your on tmo, sell it and by the tmo n2.
Rooting is great but trust me if it made your phone faster the phone companies would not be happy.
Now... there are tricks to TRY to get fastest speeds and you do need root for this.
But you need to apply these hacks in addition to rooting.
Check out the stickies and also click the thread I linked its got a link to a gn2
Its a great tool not just for noobs
Edit: Nm here ya go
Galaxy note 2 toolbox
Android is like carpentry. ..you know ...measure twice cut once?
Read twice flash once...or twice....or
You get the idea.
Welcome btw
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Well, just for clarification, rooting can make your phone faster. It can make your phone faster by removing unnecessary apps that could be running in the background. It also allows you to tweak settings and config files, though not recommended for a newbie. You may also use custom roms that could provide serious performance improvements.
So it is inaccurate to say rooting cannot increase the speed of your device. There have even been some cases of gaining networking speed improvements by changing settings in the build.prop file on some AT&T devices.
Rooting is the typical gateway to these other options.
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naplesbill said:
Well, just for clarification, rooting can make your phone faster. It can make your phone faster by removing unnecessary apps that could be running in the background. It also allows you to tweak settings and config files, though not recommended for a newbie. You may also use custom roms that could provide serious performance improvements.
So it is inaccurate to say rooting cannot increase the speed of your device. There have even been some cases of gaining networking speed improvements by changing settings in the build.prop file on some AT&T devices.
Rooting is the typical gateway to these other options.
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Rooting DOES NOT make you phone faster!!!!
Did ya even read my post?
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Please dontbpost noob comments.
Rooting ONLY gives you su access.
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freakboy13 said:
Rooting DOES NOT make you phone faster!!!!
Did ya even read my post?
:banghead:
Please dontbpost noob comments.
Rooting ONLY gives you su access.
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Did you read mine? You cant do any of the things to increase your devices performance without root. So, this means rooting is part of the process. This also means rooting is part of speeding up your device. We can play tit for tat and mince words all day. The point is the original post wanting root for the purpose od speeding up a device is valid.
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freakboy13 said:
Rooting DOES NOT make you phone faster!!!!
Did ya even read my post?
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Please dontbpost noob comments.
Rooting ONLY gives you su access.
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Rooting will give me the moar geebees though, right?
Just kidding.
OP you need to lurk, read, read, read, consider lurking, read and then read about lurking to enhance your lurking skills so that you can read more whilst you lurk.
Root gives us access not enhancement. Think of it like Scarface:
-First you get the root
-Then you get the power
-Sorry no women
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abowlby said:
OP you need to lurk, read, read, read, consider lurking, read and then read about lurking to enhance your lurking skills so that you can read more whilst you lurk.
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that is all.
I recently purchased an s3 and I'm a bit confused about the different methods I've seen for rooting.
Is one method preferred to another?
I'm learning how different this phone is from the evo 4g I've been using for the past 2.5 years.
This thread has a lot of answers to almost everything you may want to know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38172219
The second and third posts list roms, kernels and mods
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fitz420 said:
I recently purchased an s3 and I'm a bit confused about the different methods I've seen for rooting.
Is one method preferred to another?
I'm learning how different this phone is from the evo 4g I've been using for the past 2.5 years.
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Easiest way to root is to use Odin and install your custom recovery and then the team epic root zip. Just make sure you install all the drivers for your phone first
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Not sure if ur a techy or not... I am not. I purchased a program called one click root. I may be made fun of because I paid money but that's what I was comfortable with.
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bigpappags3 said:
Not sure if ur a techy or not... I am not. I purchased a program called one click root. I may be made fun of because I paid money but that's what I was comfortable with.
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Being made fun of is better than having a "brick"! When I got mine I didn't want to take time to study up (coming from HTC) so I did the same....
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Thanks. Those one click programs usually scare me more than the step by step methods.
I'm not worried about which is easier, just if there is a preffered method. I believe I have found my answer after reading FAQ again and watching the videos linked from it.
Thanks again.
fitz420 said:
Thanks. Those one click programs usually scare me more than the step by step methods.
Thanks again.
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Qbking has a bunch of videos. Very easy and I've done it a bunch of times. Just familiarize yourself with Odin and you will be fine.
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alaman68 said:
Qbking has a bunch of videos. Very easy and I've done it a bunch of times. Just familiarize yourself with Odin and you will be fine.
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Hahaha. Just finished rooting via his videos. U were right, alaman, didn't even last a week without rooting. I forgot what an ad looked like.....no more of that crap
fitz420 said:
Hahaha. Just finished rooting via his videos. U were right, alaman, didn't even last a week without rooting. I forgot what an ad looked like.....no more of that crap
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I know I'm late to the party, but here's my two cents:
As far as I'm aware, all of the various guides (and toolkits) actually use the same method (although, the toolkit does have a tendency to bork the wifi). It's just really the packaging they come in. Whenever I recommend a guide to people, I always link this guide by Skunk Ape. It's intuitive and explains each step quite well, with pictures and clear instructions. I've never had someone come back to me asking for clarification after reading that guide.
Hope you enjoy your rooted phone!
Gotta say.....so far these s3 forums seem really friendly. Thanks for all the advice guys.....really digging this phone and forum so far
If this was the evo 4g forum and I started a thread like this some dude with 20 posts would have already flamed me and called me a noob......hahaha
fitz420 said:
Gotta say.....so far these s3 forums seem really friendly. Thanks for all the advice guys.....really digging this phone and forum so far
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Welcome to the Sprint forums! We're generally nice people. The only time you really see the ugly side is if you flash an international Rom to your phone (which bricks it, btw). That's when the sarcasm comes out.
Just stick to Roms made for our phones (d2spr, not i9300) and you'll be fine!
So after researching roms and reading/.watching reviews, it seems that blazer is closest to stock minus all the bloat/samsung stuff that is loaded by default. Is this correct, or would u guys recommend a different rom for a STOCK experience +tweaks/-bloat.
I swear if I bought an htc phone I wouldn't be quite as clueless.
fitz420 said:
So after researching roms and reading/.watching reviews, it seems that blazer is closest to stock minus all the bloat/samsung stuff that is loaded by default. Is this correct, or would u guys recommend a different rom for a STOCK experience +tweaks/-bloat.
I swear if I bought an htc phone I wouldn't be quite as clueless.
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Everyone on here would probably recommend a different rom. I'm currently running msg&chubbz rom. It's pretty stock, does have a lot of features from gs4. Does have "minit settings" which allow you to change battery icon/color, clock color/location, and some others, but besides these changes its pretty stock. I was clueless to s-offing my brothers evo lte, but I got it eventually. HTC phones are a little more confusing to most people.
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I recommend trying the ones you like, all at least a weeks time then deciding for yourself. But since you asked TPR 'cough' 'cough'.....
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I recommend trying the ones you like, all at least a weeks time then deciding for yourself. But since you asked TPR 'cough' 'cough'.....
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Haha, I'm an AOSP guy myself, but yes, The People's Rom has quite a vibrant (and vocal!) community, most of which are kind and like to help others out.
fitz420 said:
So after researching roms and reading/.watching reviews, it seems that blazer is closest to stock minus all the bloat/samsung stuff that is loaded by default. Is this correct, or would u guys recommend a different rom for a STOCK experience +tweaks/-bloat.
I swear if I bought an htc phone I wouldn't be quite as clueless.
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For a truly stock ROM you can check out freezas thread. He has all the latest Sprint updates and so forth. You can't get any closer to stock than that. I also recommend TPR. They are really great over there.
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fitz420 said:
If this was the evo 4g forum and I started a thread like this some dude with 20 posts would have already flamed me and called me a noob......hahaha
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Tpr and morphology is fantastic.
If want to see the ugly side the sgs3 forum, flash an international rom and ask why your phone is bricked.
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What? No one brought up M.O.A.R? my fav. TW and I can customize all day long.
Seems you're already rooted, but I have to give a shout-out for topherk pushing skunk ape's rooting guide. The guide is so well-written and gave me just what I needed (custom recovery and root). For someone new to rooting, it was the best IMO...
:thumbup: topherk
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So this isn't the Evo 4g forums?
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