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I'm rooted with unrevoked 3 and I want to remove the root so I can install the ota update. So if I do a factory reset will I be good to go? Also what is the best app to backup all of my apps and settings? Musy be a simple one because I'm clueless wirh this stuff. Thanks
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no, a hard reset will not. a reset only wipes userdata and cache and a few other things. why would you want an ota update???? just downlaod one of the roms our talented devs have created for you (most have the newest ota) and flash.
I would but I have no idea how to flash roms and backup and all of that. I don't even know how to find the roms. Or understand the terminology. And why wouldn't I want the ota update are those good because they fix issues and improve stuff?
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ok, it seems this might be a little more complicated than a 2 sentence answer...
you wouldnt want an ota, not because it is not better than its predecessor, but because it is just what htc put in, and as you know, there is alot of stuff htc is not capable of, not willing to, or not creative enough to put in. that is why you would want a custom rom.
a rom is the Read Only Memory of the phone. it is the stuff that tells it what to do when something happens. it is everything you see and do when the phone is booted up, as well as while it is booting. if your phone is rooted, you can do whatever the hell you want to do with it.
the talented devs at xda (including me minus the talent) have made custom roms based off the ota's. most have little add ons and tweaks. some of the more in-depth ones have bigger changes, or even complete ui changes. these devs have packadged them in update.zip scripts, so that they will easily install on your phone. they can be found in the android dev section (in the evo forum)
before flashing a zip (installing a rom through a script) you will need to wipe everything, so it is reccomended to use the titanium backup app to backup all your apps, as well as the data in the apps.
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Thanks I've been researching for the past 3 hours and I've backed up with rom manager and titanium backup and I think I am ready to install my first rom. I'm looking for a completly stable rom with vanilla 2.2 that will let me use everything that I can use on stock like 4g,market, and everything else. Thanks again
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as vanilla, do you mean the lockscreen??? if you do, easy fix. if you mean stock android stuff, you will have a hard time finding 4g there... i am always willing to help. as an extremely stable rom, i reccomend fresh. very stable and looooooong battery
Well not just the lock screen. I just want stock android with no UI at all. And I want everything to work. Thanks for helping me btw
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I'm pretty sure there are no AOSP roms that have everything working, specifically 4G. I think there might be a couple Sense roms that have sense pretty stripped out that look and feel like AOSP, just dig around the development section.
If it's just the UI you care about, you can always install ADW or LauncherPro and make it look like AOSP. That way you have everything working and you get to keep some of Sense's finer parts, like the smart dialer (the AOSP dialer sucks!).
Ok.I'm thinking about trying the fresh rom is there anything that doesn't work with that? Does 4g work? Anything I should know about it? Lol
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I think dude used the word vanilla as an adjective for plain HTC sense 2.2 and not AOSP.
Fresh is awesome. I have been using it for a while and just updated to the latest one today. It's a sense ROM, so everything works. The dock looks a little different compared to stock but that's it.
Alright cool. Because I'm getting horrible battery life even with having the processor underclocked. As soon as I take it off the charger it drops from 100% to 85% within 10 minutes of no use lol. Also wil titanuim backup work with fresh? Like can I restore e erything with no problems?
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tlr386 said:
Alright cool. Because I'm getting horrible battery life even with having the processor underclocked. As soon as I take it off the charger it drops from 100% to 85% within 10 minutes of no use lol. Also wil titanuim backup work with fresh? Like can I restore e erything with no problems?
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Titanium should work with any ROM.
FYI, the paid version will allow you to do a one click batch restore of all apps and data.
Yeah I have the paid ver. But what's the point of switching if the only differnce is the dock. Is the battery life THAT much better?
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tlr386 said:
Yeah I have the paid ver. But what's the point of switching if the only differnce is the dock. Is the battery life THAT much better?
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Switch what? What are you talking about? Fresh ROM? Read the 1st post of the Fresh ROM thread to learn what it features.
I just did the backup and now my pandora and scanner radio apps are gone? Weird
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That's not the only difference, it's the only major VISUAL difference. Most of the other stuff is under the hood. I don't know what kind of battery life you've been getting but with Fresh and king's #11cfs kernel I get great battery life. I put a fresh battery in at 7 this morning and I still have 45%. I was streaming pandora and MeCanto for a couple hours, made a few phone calls, 20 or so texts, and maybe an hour of internet browsing.
Oh I forgot about kernals. How do I install a kernel? Do I have to install a kernal? What is a kernel? Lol
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Those are questions better suited for Google.
Okay? But atleast tell me if I need one. I will be using rom manager to download and install rom.
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I just got an epic 4g that was rooted with gingerbread preinstalled. And I keep getting google frame work crashed unexpectedly. I wonder of its my ROM I am using. Is there something else I should try before I try a new ROM. And I don't know what ROM he has on here. But he did give me clock work with multiple roms to try. I just have to learn how to use it. But if my problem could be something else that is resort to do then leery me know thanks. Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
You need Titanium Backup. In that scroll down to Google Framework Services, click it and hit clear data. Then you should find and flash the reenble journal zip.
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Ok, so I had to get a "replacementt device" and now that I am rooted again, I decided to keep the stock ROM, but want to get rid of the crap sys apps that came pre-installed. Is there a list of sys apps that can be safely removed??
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I've seen one here before, but that was about a year ago, I don't think I've seen an updated one at all. FYI, don't delete system apps, just use TB to freeze them, that way if you run into problems, you can just unfreeze the app.
what i did on mine before was flashed a stock rom without all the extra crap in it... it worked great...
Google "Evo4g safe apps to remove list", there are lots of them you can remove safely including all sense Widgets and Rosie if you use a 3rd party launcher, many system apps can be entirely removed as well usually if you back em up then freeze them, reboot and everything is OK then you can go ahead and delete them. When I was using sense on my evo I had deleted a ton of things from stock b4 adding my own stuff, basically would strip the entire rom and the build it back to my preference
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jamesmuch said:
Ok, so I had to get a "replacementt device" and now that I am rooted again, I decided to keep the stock ROM, but want to get rid of the crap sys apps that came pre-installed. Is there a list of sys apps that can be safely removed??
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You could download SOS S and poke around to see which apps are removed. I removed damn near all of them.
Or you could just flash SOS S
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They have a few straight up barebones stock rom on this site, gimme a few and I'll find the one I'm talking about
SOS is good, here's another
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476155
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I was reading through the threads over in the Samsung Galaxy S 3 forum today. I came across a very interesting thread about how to flash a new ROM and install all your apps in 10 mins. I will place a link to the thread below for everyone to have a read.
I was curious if anyone has tried this method? I would think this would be the perfect way to flash Nightlies if you use CM. Would save a lot of time. Almost seems too easy to be true.
Let me know your thoughts or experiences with this procedure. Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766443
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I was reading through the threads over in the Samsung Galaxy S 3 forum today. I came across a very interesting thread about how to flash a new ROM and install all your apps in 10 mins. I will place a link to the thread below for everyone to have a read.
I was curious if anyone has tried this method? I would think this would be the perfect way to flash Nightlies if you use CM. Would save a lot of time. Almost seems too easy to be true.
Let me know your thoughts or experiences with this procedure. Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766443
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Sounds interesting will try on my next flash and ill let you know
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Yeah, I've done that in the past as well - I figured it was something along the lines of the Advanced Restore -> Restore Data. I'd only recommend it if you're flashing between two similarly based ROMs though.
It does work pretty well.
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Yeah, I've done that in the past as well - I figured it was something along the lines of the Advanced Restore -> Restore Data. I'd only recommend it if you're flashing between two similarly based ROMs though.
It does work pretty well.
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Ya, I figured it would work going from one nightly to the next or from AOKP to an update to AOKP. Awesome, thanks I will give it a try next time.
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If you're going to restore your data right after flashing, why even wipe it in the first place? An even faster way is to just flash the rom with only wiping the caches.. To me it seems like it's the same thing.
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Seems a little different. One's a dirty flash and you are just flashing a new ROM right over the old one. The other is doing a clean install of the newer ROM and then restoring data and settings. Like I said I haven't tried it myself. Read about it and was intrigued. Thanks for your response.
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Restoring data is the same as not wiping... So why don't you just skip the wiping all together..
Theoretically you can just flash similar Roms without wiping but then you risk the chance of having bugs..
If you don't wipe then how can you ever be sure that it's the rom that is buggy or if it's caused by the data you restored..
I like my Roms the way I like my women..... Clean and smooth
I've always done a clean install and wipe beforehand. Probably will still follow the same procedure. Thanks.
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Thats a complete wrong information/ method. Restoring data via CWM is complete pain in back. I always prefer titanium on restoring part.
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bikrame said:
Thats a complete wrong information/ method. Restoring data via CWM is complete pain in back. I always prefer titanium on restoring part.
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I thought it might be too good to be true. Plus in a way it takes away from the fun of flashing. I love flashing a new ROM, reconfiguring all my settings and reinstalling all the apps. Peace.
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I thought it might be too good to be true. Plus in a way it takes away from the fun of flashing. I love flashing a new ROM, reconfiguring all my settings and reinstalling all the apps. Peace.
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The only thing I restore is user apps and data with rom toolbox .. I haven't had any problems yet doing so.. I suppose you could restore certain system app data without problems but you would have to be very selective which ones
I like my Roms the way I like my women..... Clean and smooth
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The only thing I restore is user apps and data with rom toolbox .. I haven't had any problems yet doing so.. I suppose you could restore certain system app data without problems but you would have to be very selective which ones
I like my Roms the way I like my women..... Clean and smooth
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Ya, same with me. I restore all user apps and data using TB. I never restore system apps
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I use titanium because I could pick and choose which apps to restore and choose which ones to restore data with. With apex, u can restore your desktop and with AOKP backup, you can restore all your settings. I say if I really tried, I can restore everything to my liking in about 15min. With all these tools, I no longer fear doing fresh installs
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I thought it might be too good to be true. Plus in a way it takes away from the fun of flashing. I love flashing a new ROM, reconfiguring all my settings and reinstalling all the apps. Peace.
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I don't. Idk why but I hate when there are constant updates. I feel obligated to flash it because I want the latest and best rom. But its a pain in the butt after a while, especially when you have a nagging gf
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snguyen0730 said:
I don't. Idk why but I hate when there are constant updates. I feel obligated to flash it because I want the latest and best rom. But its a pain in the butt after a while, especially when you have a nagging gf
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I hate having to set up my phone too.. It's not like it takes that long but it's still annoying.. Because of this I am not as flash happy as I used to be..
When a new ROM is released i usually wait until I'm good and ready to set everything up before I try it out
I like my Roms the way I like my women..... Clean and smooth
LoopDoGG79 said:
I use titanium because I could pick and choose which apps to restore and choose which ones to restore data with. With apex, u can restore your desktop and with AOKP backup, you can restore all your settings. I say if I really tried, I can restore everything to my liking in about 15min. With all these tools, I no longer fear doing fresh installs
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AOKP backup? Is that an option under ROM Control or an app from the market?
snguyen0730 said:
I don't. Idk why but I hate when there are constant updates. I feel obligated to flash it because I want the latest and best rom. But its a pain in the butt after a while, especially when you have a nagging gf
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I'm the same way, I gotta flash the newest version to have the latest and greatest. It's been slow at work lately, I normally wait for the morning and start doing my install and setup at work LOL. With the wife and kids at home it's hard to find time sometimes in the evening to do all the setting up, troubleshooting/testing etc. I really enjoy it though, it has become a hobby for me at least. I want to learn more about Linux and Android though so I can do some of the developing myself.
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AOKP backup? Is that an option under ROM Control or an app from the market?
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App from the market only $2.00. I gladly supported the dev
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App from the market only $2.00. I gladly supported the dev
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Haha the icon for it looks like a unicorn dragging its ass across the ground.. I've seen my dog do it before but never imagined a unicorn doing it
I like my Roms the way I like my women..... Clean and smooth
bikrame said:
Thats a complete wrong information/ method. Restoring data via CWM is complete pain in back. I always prefer titanium on restoring part.
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There is nothing 'wrong' about it. And there is nothing painful about it either.
Hey guys I just rooted my s3 and flashed my first ROM. I was just wondering what ROMs you're using (currently running CM10) and what's some nice apps to get for a rooted device? Thanks!
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I'm on 12/26 nightly of CM10. Titanium backup and a ad blocker app.
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MaySun91 said:
Hey guys I just rooted my s3 and flashed my first ROM. I was just wondering what ROMs you're using (currently running CM10) and what's some nice apps to get for a rooted device? Thanks!
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I would say Titanium Backup, Wifi tether for root users, and Rom toolbox are must have apps.
The toolbox and TB are both really awesome and packed to bursting with features
Oh and +1 to the guy above me on the ad blocker app, it really helps.
Oh and some sort of file browser, root browser has a nice GUI but tends to crash a lot, Root explorer is a little more reliable
Thanks for the replies guys! So glad I decided to root my device and hope to really get into all the ins and outs of rooting!
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What i got on board my s3
What I am running is Frankenstein kill joy7 2.1 with the standard AGAT kernel .3.2 which comes with the ROM. It launches on APEX which for me is no big deal. Also Frankenstein also comes with almost no bloat ware.I have been through a few roms and found this one really nice. I have used CM10 and it was ok for me but liked the single core when the screen was off. Titanium is always excellent and even Pimp my ROM or ROM Customizer app. and Goo manager if you are ever plan on switching your ROM. If you are new at swapping ROMs biggest advice anyone could have told me is to do ALOT ALOT ALOT of research prior to switching to a new ROM nothing is more frustrating the a boot loop, soft brick or worse a BRICK. hope it helps and welcome to the custom ROM it gets better from here on out
Oh yes yes, usually some sort of build rpop editor andthe following recovery and managing apps (either one)
ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) + Rom Manager
TWRP and Goo manager
I would also HIGHLY recommend doing a lot of research (like the guy above me said) and you seem inclined so it shouldnt be a problem, a good start would be going to xda-university.com and reading through the entire "Users" section, it very thorough and easy to understand
Cm10.1 or blazer
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razzack3000 said:
Cm10.1 or blazer
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I heard blazer is packed with tweaks and customizable mods