coming from my droid eris (yuck), just the increase in responsiveness of this phone is something ive needed to change pants about.
but now with root, im stumped as to what i want to do next.
I want to flash to get rid of verizon's bs, so flashing is necessary, but which rom?
for those of you using MIUI, what benefits (if any) does it have over GB? and why do you choose it? Limitations?
im excited to really get to play with this phone tomorrow, so hopefully some of ya'll can help me decide which path to go down..
thanks for replies
jewnersey said:
coming from my droid eris (yuck), just the increase in responsiveness of this phone is something ive needed to change pants about.
but now with root, im stumped as to what i want to do next.
I want to flash to get rid of verizon's bs, so flashing is necessary, but which rom?
for those of you using MIUI, what benefits (if any) does it have over GB? and why do you choose it? Limitations?
im excited to really get to play with this phone tomorrow, so hopefully some of ya'll can help me decide which path to go down..
thanks for replies
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CM7 all the way until we get a good sense 3.0 rom. IMO MIUI looks too much like iOS, but it is as fast as CM7. CM7 is fast, stable, and awesome.
Please help explain to my Brother who just got a GSM Nexus from the Play/Market store, what benefits there are to installing a good stable ROM over just Rooting the phone ? My bro is super smart, he's a programmer, and knows a ton about technology, etc..He just mentioned he's happy Rooted and that's it.
I have the Verizon Nexus, and rooted and ROM'd the first day I bought it, and love trying out different ROM's. But what is a good reason to install a nice ROM, instead of just using the stock Nexus that is Rooted ? How would you explain that to someone new to this phone ? And why do it ?
because when you root your phone, it does a lot of alterations and depending on what you do with root access (such as... put something in /system/ etc etc) there are a lot of variables. This may affect future OTAs, and if you do accept them and you did those altercations then your phone will not brick but there will be problems booting up/applying it etc etc.
So in the end, you might as well take things into your own hand and flash. If you're going to root, do it the WHOLE way. Not go half in, and half out. That's just my opinion.
And sigh, another thread about what ROM to choose from. Look at the dev section and look at all the ROMs and depending on the comments + features (OP post) have to offer. Select your choice there. The most popular combo is AOKP with Franco Kernel.
And if someone is new, I'd leave their phone stock. Otherwise, you'll be holding their hands and asking you questions on how to do things. A rooted phone is that person's responsibility.
Zorachus said:
Please help explain to my Brother who just got a GSM Nexus from the Play/Market store, what benefits there are to installing a good stable ROM over just Rooting the phone ? My bro is super smart, he's a programmer, and knows a ton about technology, etc..He just mentioned he's happy Rooted and that's it.
I have the Verizon Nexus, and rooted and ROM'd the first day I bought it, and love trying out different ROM's. But what is a good reason to install a nice ROM, instead of just using the stock Nexus that is Rooted ? How would you explain that to someone new to this phone ? And why do it ?
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Are you trying to insist your brother flash? Maybe he is quite content with stock and knows it is stable and root just gives the extra privileges he wants. I am running stock and almost pure kernel rooted and very happy.
let it be.
Zorachus said:
Please help explain to my Brother who just got a GSM Nexus from the Play/Market store, what benefits there are to installing a good stable ROM over just Rooting the phone ? My bro is super smart, he's a programmer, and knows a ton about technology, etc..He just mentioned he's happy Rooted and that's it.
I have the Verizon Nexus, and rooted and ROM'd the first day I bought it, and love trying out different ROM's. But what is a good reason to install a nice ROM, instead of just using the stock Nexus that is Rooted ? How would you explain that to someone new to this phone ? And why do it ?
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If he doesn't see the need for it, then he shouldn't put a ROM on the phone. Don't push him to do it. He's a smart guy, let him make his own decisions. The worst thing you can do is force him to use a custom ROM when he doesn't want to, and have him regret it.
Zorachus said:
Please help explain to my Brother who just got a GSM Nexus from the Play/Market store, what benefits there are to installing a good stable ROM over just Rooting the phone ? My bro is super smart, he's a programmer, and knows a ton about technology, etc..He just mentioned he's happy Rooted and that's it.
I have the Verizon Nexus, and rooted and ROM'd the first day I bought it, and love trying out different ROM's. But what is a good reason to install a nice ROM, instead of just using the stock Nexus that is Rooted ? How would you explain that to someone new to this phone ? And why do it ?
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Im too a software developer and a electronics engineer, and i was a stock lover until i tried AOKP Milestone, i would never go back to stock, the feature rich/stabilty/power saving/customization of this rom its just godly.. He wont ever know what are the ICS's real calabilities until he try out whats there.. He can always go back to pure stock.. So i dont see the point on non flashing and testing roms..
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Because he'll be able to sit at the cool kids table at lunch.
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Because he'll be able to sit at the cool kids table at lunch.
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He could always stay stock and sit at the "my phone always works" table .
Such a simple question. Because it adds tons of features and functions. You can't really make a judgement saying you're fine stock if you don't know the other side of the question what the other roms offer. Only when you try both can you say yes or no you're happy with or without stock.
My personal opinion, the roms on this phone offer god like amount of features worth using.
I'm looking for a bit of advice. I want to wait to upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch, but I'm getting impatient waiting for Sprint. I'd also like to remove the bloatware and improve battery life.
The way I understand getting a ICS rom onto my phone is as follows:
a) Root
b) Apply ROM
Can anyone point me to a good article on rooting my phone and also what a good quality ROM would be? I jailbroke my iPhone and iPod Touch in the past and that was very easy...so this seems a little more involved and felt it best to ask for advice.
Also, if I were to root or ROM the device and wanted to go back to factory settings, what's the best way to do so? If I backup with the thick client Kies app, will it allow me to restore the device easily?
Thanks!
hey guys...i bought this phone less than a month now and its such an amazing phone.
usually when i buy a phone am rooting it and flash custom rom,..but this phone has really a lot feautures by just its factory system...battery is kinda bad tho..
so my question is should i root it?and add a custom rom?does it worth it more?
also i reas its kinda more hard to add rom amd root in this phone...so any tips?
hadec said:
hey guys...i bought this phone less than a month now and its such an amazing phone.
usually when i buy a phone am rooting it and flash custom rom,..but this phone has really a lot feautures by just its factory system...battery is kinda bad tho..
so my question is should i root it?and add a custom rom?does it worth it more?
also i reas its kinda more hard to add rom amd root in this phone...so any tips?
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Hi there.
You have not specified which model G3 you have but either way the best custom ROM 5.1.1 (based on CM 12.1) at the moment is BlissPop and you can have more info here http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/rom-blisspop-v2-0-ls990-t3022685
It is a an extremely stable ROM, with lots of Official releases for all G3 models, it comes supplied with LOADS of options to customize your phone the way you want it and it has many dedicated people helping others for support, including myself.
As far as options to custom it surely has lots more than stock ROMS. It is much fluid and smooth. And this goes for any AOSP ROM compared to plain stock.
As far as battery goes surely depends on usage but you can get with a few extra tweaks around 5 hours SOT and up to 2 days with little use.
Your phone will not be worth more in the market shall you want to resell it but you can always go back to stock anytime.
Rooting and flashing custom ROMS is way better than stock and more fun. There are risks involved but if you are careful and take the time to understand and read and learn first BEFORE doing something wrong you will be fine.
Hope this helps you.
*I rooted my phone the same day I bought it 6 months ago and been having lots of fun with it. Just take your time to read things and don't jump too quick into things and you will be fine.
Hope this helps and if I did please press the thanks button.
Hello, sorry for a question that may be dumb.
My Pixel 2 XL is my first Android phone. I'm interested in playing around with custom ROMs at some point. Like most, I'm very happy with the camera. Since (I think) a lot of this is software/post-processing do I lose this great camera experience if I root the phone and install another ROM? It seems to me that I would.
Thanks!
Rooting does not affect the camera.
Installing another ROM certainly will.
That's sort of the "fun" part of ROMs and rooting, the ability to try out new ROMs and features, and the ability to go back to factory specs if you want.
Thanks, your answer is much appreciated.