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[Q] Beginner questions.

Hi,
Maybe you guys can tell me what to do. Before this phone i had the sg2, and i decided to root the phone because everyone told me it was hard to brick that phone, and when i learned how to flash kernels and rom's, then i almost flashed new rom every week since then.
1. Now i bought the Nexus, and im happy with it, but i want to know, is it less big chance to brick this phone too?
2. To unlock, and root this phone i use GNex TOOLKIT V5.3, this is the safest and easiest way, right?
3. On my Sg2, i used Checkrom HD v4, Ginger-mod, Siyah and Speedmod. Which Rom's are the best out there (ive been looking at Foxhound, and android revolution HD), and which kernel is the best chooise for me, who don't undervolt or clock, meaning a kernel similar to Speedmod?
i would be thankful for every answer i would get,
thanks

Darwichee said:
Hi,
Maybe you guys can tell me what to do. Before this phone i had the sg2, and i decided to root the phone because everyone told me it was hard to brick that phone, and when i learned how to flash kernels and rom's, then i almost flashed new rom every week since then.
1. Now i bought the Nexus, and im happy with it, but i want to know, is it less big chance to brick this phone too
2. To unlock, and root this phone i use GNex TOOLKIT V5.3, this is the safest and easiest way, right?
3. On my Sg2, i used Checkrom HD v4, Ginger-mod, Siyah and Speedmod. Which Rom's are the best out there (ive been looking at Foxhound, and android revolution HD), and which kernel is the best chooise for me, who don't undervolt or clock, meaning a kernel similar to Speedmod?
i would be thankful for every answer i would get,
thanks
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1. It's been going around the community that the galaxy Nexus is hard to brick.
2. The toolkit is good to use, go ahead and use that.
3. I use the Gummy ROM and love it! I also use Francos Kernel for conserving battery.
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Phone: Galaxy Nexus
ROM: GummyNex
Kernel: Franco

Someone els who wanna share some tips?
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All of the roms are great. Revolution HD is based on 4.0.2 and the rest are 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 I like foxhound but I am using AOKP. If you don't overclock or under clock, the stock kernel works just fine. I think most of the kernels are undervolted by default.
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It's a whole new world. This is not samsung land anymore.
The nexus is aosp supported, so if you'd like read up on how to build from source, fastboot and the 4 combos you can do to boot your phone with.
Install android sdk and jdk 1.6. While you're waiting for the repo to sync, setup udev rules (some distros will probably have these already), adb will be your friend and nothing to be afraid of. See also ddms.
Done synching the repo? Good, now go read the wiki 'google build for devices'. Read also 'building system'. Then go read the tutorial for compiling aosp thread in General. Read up on that thread, it doesnt have many pages yet.
This is how custom roms and aosp kangs are born
1- well, from what i've seen, its even easier to debug whats happening, so yeah, i would expect this device to hold its ground while you throw almost anything at it. After all, this is a aosp supported device.
2- toolkit. Easiest? Yes. Safest? Probably no.
3- fugumod

In response to bricking. As long as your recovery doesn't get erased you can always just restore a backup if you mess up your phone. I like to keep a stock/root backup just in case.
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Samsung flagship devices are hard to brick IMO. You have to be either doing something completely wrong or very very unlucky to brick one.

IMO Samsung devices are really hard to brick. I've had a few sammy android devices including the SGS2 and never bricked them to the point that they were unusable.
I have the Galaxy Nexus and not bricked it yet. The GNex toolkit really is safe as thats what I used to root mine.
As far as roms, this forum has a plethora of great options. Right now I'm running Manhattans ICS 4.0.3 and its been ultra stable with great battery life.

Extreme beginner
Hey guys, I'm extremely new to this world. My last phone was a bb and now I have a Nexus (Verizon). I'm trying to get the most out of my phone and wanted to install the codenameandroid rom to my phone. I just unlocked the bootloader and rooted it (I think). I've been trying to read and gather information on how to do this but I just really don't understand some of the terminology and exactly what I should do. If anyone could provide some step by step instructions for me it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

[Q] Another 'help a friend' thread

Hello all, I hope I won't get too much flak for creating this thread but I'm hoping to save some time and effort if some of you are willing to help me out here.
My buddy had asked me recently if I could help him use his phone as a hotspot when he goes on vacation, and I suggested that he install a custom rom to get that function since for some reason a Sprint rep told him he couldn't do it (not sure on the whole story with that...).
Anyway, I'm not really a newbie on rooting/flashing as I have an older Galaxy S1 device that I constantly work on, but on the other hand that's about the only device I have experience with.
My questions are:
1) Is rooting/installing a custom rom the best way for him to use his phone as a hotspot? It seems to be built into every rom that I've had on my device.
2) What are the most popular (and stable) roms available for this device? I'm asking because I won't see him enough to flash updates and he's not really the type to do that.
3) Are there any serious risks to rooting/flashing this device? I'm spoiled with my older Galaxy S1 phone that has no problem going from rom to rom like it was it's job. He'll probably be upgrading soon, but I still don't want to break it.
Thanks for any input. Oh and I don't know if this matters, but I'm almost positive he's on stock ICS right now.

1. The hotspot app won't work on stock because he needs the plan with sprint to use it. There are 3rd party apps out there that can use your phone as a hotspot. Most roms have the wifi hotspot check disabled so you can use the app the rom came with. Be warned if sprint catches you tethering too much data they could cut you off.
2. Maybe look into the blu kuban rom. It's very stable, awesome battery life, and looks awesome. It also has a built in updater in case there is an update.
3. If you read the instructions you should be fine. There's really no downside besides the emmc brick bug which can render your phone useless but most (if not all) kernels have this patched. Also remember that this phone has the recovery image packed with the kernel.
Hope this helps.
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If you install stock/rooted gb27 jb you can use the EmperorX 4g hot spot mod.
Look up Emperor X in apps and themes, its not too complex to get working.
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Use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38199950
It works very well.
Pp.:beer::thumbup:
Sent from a bean shooting Epic Touch ......in your eye ....phone.

The blu kuban rom looks good, but I didn't see any JB roms that looked all that great (feel free to correct me) and I see that Cyanogenmod doesn't officially support this device for some reason. Are there any mostly stable 4.1 or 4.2 roms that you would recommend or is ICS the way to go?
edit: I wasn't looking in the 'original development' forum and just noticed there's a lot of good 4.2 roms that I'm used to like slim, AOKP, etc, now my question is if I wanted to flash a new rom is it the same as I do on my phone- wipe data/cache/davlik then flash rom/gapps and reboot? Is it that simple on this phone too?

Crawshayi said:
The blu kuban rom looks good, but I didn't see any JB roms that looked all that great (feel free to correct me) and I see that Cyanogenmod doesn't officially support this device for some reason. Are there any mostly stable 4.1 or 4.2 roms that you would recommend or is ICS the way to go?
edit: I wasn't looking in the 'original development' forum and just noticed there's a lot of good 4.2 roms that I'm used to like slim, AOKP, etc, now my question is if I wanted to flash a new rom is it the same as I do on my phone- wipe data/cache/davlik then flash rom/gapps and reboot? Is it that simple on this phone too?
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If you have CWM 5 (gb or cm9) or CWM 6 (AOSP-based jellybean) you can just flash rom and gapps in recovery
If you do not have CWM 5 or 6 (anything touchwiz ICS+), you should use Mobile Odin or (less conveniently) PC Odin to flash the EL26+cwm kernel, then boot to recovery by holding vol+ and power. You can flash anything in EL26 recovery without incident

[Q] new note 2 owner, confused... :S

ok, so im not new to android mods, rom flashing, kernel flashing or any of that jazz...
ive had many android devices over the years and will continue to have more as long as android doesnt flop.. but i doubt that happening
my issue is this, i have a bone stock TW rooted i317m on 4.1.2, it has been unlocked using the perso sha method, and has been modified to work with wind mobile in ontario via the .qcn file flash method... the device is operating just fine, no problems...
what i want from this device is customization and the question im asking hopefully will be answered with respect and NO newb bashing or ignorance
this is my first note based device... i fell in love with all the TW features that relate to the s-pen and best photo/best face.. i want to install custom rom, and kernel, but im afraid im going to lose all the feature that i bought the note for...
i know about the apps "CM S-Pen detection add-on" & "S-Pen Helper"
but i dont want to lose most importantly the camera features, and id like to still be able to use s-note and such, but im not sure if this is possible unless using a TW stock rom
any ideas??

there are tw based roms like clean rom, best international (using this one)
if you flash a aosp rom all the tw stuff is gone!
I personally dont use half the tw stuff so i might flash an aosp rom soon just for fun. But I have a galaxy nexus to play around with as well

ok so i flashed clean rom,
now my next question
is there a sphere mode camera mod available,
i really miss this from my galaxy nexus when it was running PA3+, i busted the lcd and glass,
got my note 2 now, and would love to see this come to it

tnap1979 said:
ok so i flashed clean rom,
now my next question
is there a sphere mode camera mod available,
i really miss this from my galaxy nexus when it was running PA3+, i busted the lcd and glass,
got my note 2 now, and would love to see this come to it
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You can always download the 4.2 camera app.
Current Devices: At&t Samsung Galaxy Note, Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Asus Google Nexus 7 Super Tablet
Current Roms: CleanROM Ace 4.9 (Note 2), AOKP (Galaxy Nexus), Nexus 7 Stock

tnap1979 said:
ok, so im not new to android mods, rom flashing, kernel flashing or any of that jazz...
ive had many android devices over the years and will continue to have more as long as android doesnt flop.. but i doubt that happening
my issue is this, i have a bone stock TW rooted i317m on 4.1.2, it has been unlocked using the perso sha method, and has been modified to work with wind mobile in ontario via the .qcn file flash method... the device is operating just fine, no problems...
what i want from this device is customization and the question im asking hopefully will be answered with respect and NO newb bashing or ignorance
this is my first note based device... i fell in love with all the TW features that relate to the s-pen and best photo/best face.. i want to install custom rom, and kernel, but im afraid im going to lose all the feature that i bought the note for...
i know about the apps "CM S-Pen detection add-on" & "S-Pen Helper"
but i dont want to lose most importantly the camera features, and id like to still be able to use s-note and such, but im not sure if this is possible unless using a TW stock rom
any ideas??
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Clean rom is real good if you just want a debloated version of stock. Real fast and stable. It was my daily driver for a while.
I am really into all the customization so I am running JEDI and NOVELLA now. Both are TW based and have a ton of MODs out for it.
As for the camera 4.2 is good too

Note II Questions

Guys i just recently became a proud owner of a Galaxy note 2 AT&T edition and so far i love the phone.It's been unlocked and rooted with a cleanrom ACE 4.7.0 and i wanted to know have they released a proper app2sd patch for it?How to update cleanrom?And also is cleanrom the best rom for note2 because i've been having some lag issues in some of the softwares and was wondering would the stock rom be better?I know i'm talking like a noob but that's coz i am,I have no idea where to search for this stuff on this expansive forum so please help me

Well if you want to search, google is a good place to start.
AFAIK there isn't a app2sd patch for this device.
To update cr you just need to go to Scott's roms webpages and download the updated version, transfer to your sd card, boot in recovery and flash. Make sure to read the op in the thread for recommended wiping instructions.
As far as the "best" rom, it's all about personal preference. I prefer cr over all others because I want a stock experience with out the bloat and add some goodies. But you'll get a hundred different people saying that xyz rom is the best for abc reasons.
Lag can be caused by a number of things... It can be apps open or processes hanging. Usually a clean install of your rom will clear it up. If it persist than try another TW rom. If you still see it then try an AOSP or AOKP rom. It's all about finding what works best for you.
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[HELP] Samsung Galaxy Pro SM-P900

Hey guys, I am a complete noob when it comes to this. Last time I installed any recovery or flashed a ROM was on my Nexus 4, years ago. I have found my Samsung Galaxy Pro (10.1") SM-P900 lying around and this thing is still on Android Version 5.0.2.
I'd like to install a recovery, root, and flash a ROM, or an upgraded software version. I'm sorry if that doesnt make sense but I just want this device to start running faster and I'd like to slowly get back to flashing ROMs on it depending on my liking.
Could you guys kindly link me to other threads that deal with my exact problem? Or please let me know here what I can or at least where I can start? Any thread I look for already has people on advanced steps or they're using a different device. ANY help is appreciated. Thank you so much.

Well, you should start here. Lots of reading though!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-7-1-xsm-t900-unofficial-cyanogenmod-t3524853