When I got my Galaxy Nexus, I was more than content never to install a custom ROM on it for two reasons:
1. It had no carrier or OEM bloatware on it. It was as close to the Google Experience™ as one could get.
2. My previous phone was a Samsung Captivate, and no ROM, custom or otherwise, worked very well on it.
Well, that lasted about a month. There was nothing at all wrong with running stock on the GNex. The battery life was incredible. It was super fast. The reception is not so great, but there's nothing a custom ROM could really do about that anyway. It was certainly running well enough.
But I can't leave well enough alone.
I wanted themes. I wanted to make the phone my own in ways that were not possible in the buttoned-down, odexed world of stock ROMs. So, after prudently making a Nandroid backup, I held my breath, and dove headlong into the world of customization. I picked a really obscure ROM at first. I won't say which one it is because I don't want to discourage their work. But, I got more force closes in the first hour of running that ROM than I did in the first month of stock. Since my GNex is my daily driver, that wasn't working for me, but I'm not bitter. A lot of these ROMs are a learning process for the developer as well as the user. I left a bit of well-intentioned feedback in the thread, and moved on to another lesser-known ROM. This one worked a lot better for me. It was very stable, and much to my surprise, the upgrade was entirely free of problems.
I should digress to describe briefly my experience with flashing ROMs on my previous phone, the Samsung Captivate. I originally upgraded because Froyo was delayed, and I didn't like the bloware that AT&T felt the need to add to my device. I don't know if the leaks were bad, or the hardware just wasn't all that great, but each reinstall took several hours to get my device up to where it needed to be, and each firmware had HUGE problems, including regular freezes, and sometimes entire system apps would disappear for no reason. It led me to consider custom ROMs to be a necessary evil, but one that could be avoided on the GNex due to it being a Google phone.
It's clear from my experience that either the hardware or the ROM development has extremely matured over two years. The installation was quick and bug-free. Even the "bad" ROM I started on managed to pick up most of my existing apps, and only took about 30 minutes to install. The "good" ROM was unlike anything I've ever seen before. Not only was the upgrade practically instantaneous, but it even downloaded all my apps from the previous install and started up TiBu to install the system data. I was back up to speed in < 30 minutes, a far cry from the seemingly interminable hours that it took on the Captivate. I've only been running the current ROM for about a day, but if it continues with this stability, I will be a happy camper.
Why did I bother to write this?
1. Some people may be on the fence about whether they should stick to stock or go custom. Having a firsthand account of how truly painless the experience was may help them make a more informed decision.
2. Kraken Rum.
Just run CM9. Simple.
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Any ROM that takes more than ~five minutes to install I abort. I'm not sure how or why you waited half an hour to install one. Also every rom since gingerbread has auto installed apps unless it was specifically disabled.
But, good thoughts.
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ROMs I tried on Captivate (with varying degrees of success):
ICSSGS
Mosaic
Pinnacle
Fasty
Sensation
Fusion
Cognition
Stock
Many of these I tried multiple versions.
Of those, none of them auto-installed apps. Most of them would be broken when I tried to restore with Tibu and I would have to do a complete SD card wipe to get an extra week of stability.
Point is, whatever awful experiences happened on other ROMs don't seem to apply to the GNex.
The reason roms just work on nexus phones is down to just 4 letters: AOSP.
Archpope said:
ROMs I tried on Captivate (with varying degrees of success):
ICSSGS
Mosaic
Pinnacle
Fasty
Sensation
Fusion
Cognition
Stock
Many of these I tried multiple versions.
Of those, none of them auto-installed apps. Most of them would be broken when I tried to restore with Tibu and I would have to do a complete SD card wipe to get an extra week of stability.
Point is, whatever awful experiences happened on other ROMs don't seem to apply to the GNex.
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I tried some and loved them especially serendipity I loved that rom
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Archpope said:
2. Kraken Rum.
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THIS. YES.
Well this should be persuasive enough for others
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Archpope said:
ROMs I tried on Captivate (with varying degrees of success):
ICSSGS
Mosaic
Pinnacle
Fasty
Sensation
Fusion
Cognition
Stock
Many of these I tried multiple versions.
Of those, none of them auto-installed apps. Most of them would be broken when I tried to restore with Tibu and I would have to do a complete SD card wipe to get an extra week of stability.
Point is, whatever awful experiences happened on other ROMs don't seem to apply to the GNex.
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Like I said, it could be auto-disabled. My Thunderbolt autoinstalled apps when I first got it, and my Nexus tries to do the same.
Also, if you are restoring SYSTEM DATA through Titanium Backup, you're doing it all wrong.
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THIS. YES.
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I love the kraken. This thread is for people with great taste in phones and booze lol.
joshnichols189 said:
Any ROM that takes more than ~five minutes to install I abort. I'm not sure how or why you waited half an hour to install one. Also every rom since gingerbread has auto installed apps unless it was specifically disabled.
But, good thoughts.
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I have never installed a rom that took 5mminute to install, or flash atleast. However, it did took me 3 hours on my first HTC device to unlock bootloader, downgrade HBoot, S-off, root, cwm and all that. For the nexus it took me the time to type: fastboot oem unlock.
eksasol said:
I have never installed a rom that took 5mminute to install, or flash atleast. However, it did took me 3 hours on my first HTC device to unlock bootloader, downgrade HBoot, S-off, root, cwm and all that. For the nexus it took me the time to type: fastboot oem unlock.
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Five minutes is a lot, but I didn't think it was too much. Usually if it isn't done in after a minute or two I pull the battery.
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The reason roms just work on nexus phones is down to just 4 letters: AOSP.
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+1 on AOSP
...but you know what, I have tried pretty much every ROM out there and to be honest I find myself always coming back to stock, stock but Rooted and with a custom kernel. At the moment I am running Trinity (literally my first day) and I'm very impressed. This is a stock Galaxy Nexus enhanced; better battery life, faster and with the Trinity's colour settings it even looks better.
There are just so many different ways to customise Android that it'll leave us all playing and experimenting forever.
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I should clarify. The part of "installing a ROM" that took place within CWM never took more than 2 minutes. It was all the setup after that which took all the time. I learned very early on not to use TiBu to restore system apps. Even with that, it just never worked properly. Some apps would FC like crazy and have to be reinstalled and setup manually anyway. Some apps would just be gone with no explanation. So, I quit using it. That meant reinstalling each and every app and setting them up the way they were. Reinstalling whichever launcher I was using and putting all the icons and widgets back in place. This rarely took less than two hours, and never less than one. The reason I did this so much is that after two weeks, three at the most, the Captivate would start freezing randomly, for do discernible reason, no matter how little I had installed on it. Until I got to ICSSGS. That was the only stable ROM out of more than a dozen in two years. But by then, I was tired of the treadmill and sold it.
I'll see if the GNex starts freezing. Even if it does, I can restore my Nandroid back to stock and be happy.
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I have had several android phones that i have rooted in the past and i can be classified as a flash-a-holic, I love messing with my phone.
With that stated it seems that rooting an flashing new roms is also a headache. I have not found a rom with my evo or s2 that does not have bugs and problems.
So my question is - what are the good reasons to root my Note 2. I feel that if i root and flash it is an never ending process to find the perfect rom that does not exist.
The Note to is wonderful as is - battery is great.
I HATE the puke green battery icon and love what others can do with the setup that i cannot. But its not worth it if the roms have bugs.
I do not like the bloat on the phone and would love to get rid of it but is it worth it?
I would love to see some compelling reasons to root this phone.
Thanks for your input in advance.
I rooted my note for two reasons: I am able to use external ntsf hdd ( now I use ssd without the need to use external power) AND the second reason was to increase audio output volume. I use samsung stock firmware. I am verry pleased.
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The main reason I have mine rooted is the hotspot hack. I have a stock Rom but rooted. That's it. I used to be a flash aholic but I found it tiring to reset my phone every time. I don't want to run the risk of missing something important. I do love to theme though. Just depends on what you want to do.
Rockin' the Sprint Note 2
salukis93 said:
I have had several android phones that i have rooted in the past and i can be classified as a flash-a-holic, I love messing with my phone.
With that stated it seems that rooting an flashing new roms is also a headache. I have not found a rom with my evo or s2 that does not have bugs and problems.
So my question is - what are the good reasons to root my Note 2. I feel that if i root and flash it is an never ending process to find the perfect rom that does not exist.
The Note to is wonderful as is - battery is great.
I HATE the puke green battery icon and love what others can do with the setup that i cannot. But its not worth it if the roms have bugs.
I do not like the bloat on the phone and would love to get rid of it but is it worth it?
I would love to see some compelling reasons to root this phone.
Thanks for your input in advance.
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you don't need to root your phone if you don't have a reason to. don't force it.
personally, i wholly intended to stay pure stock...but then that exynos exploit thing surfaced.
a) it made rooting ridiculously easy
b) it made the phone ridiculously vulnerable.
so i decided to use the patch, but since i'm already there, i just rooted. i have no intentions of flashing custom roms either, though that may change later as roms mature and gain s-pen related applications.
also, titanium backup. i needed to import my game saves.
i'm still in my as-stock-as-possible mood, so I'm still using stock recovery. no nandroids backups sadly, but considering i don't mess with the phone all that much, i don't think i'll need it. TI backup is good enough.
I'm stock rooted for free tether, directory bind, titanium backup, and other tweaks that pop up that I may like as time goes on. It's really easy to do with the toolkit so I figured why not. Intend to stay stock for now, this thing is so amazing already. I got MOGA for Christmas as well as some play store money so I have lots of games and the 11gb available storage is no where near enough without app2sd or the directory bind solution. Could hold 2 maybe 3 big games before now have probably 10-12.
Swyped On My Beast Note II
Blocking ads..my number 1 reason to root.
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mulhiny said:
Blocking ads..my number 1 reason to root.
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I agree. Mine too. Reason number 1 why I did it was because I wanted the "multi-view mod" love watching a movie and texting people at the sammw time its awesome
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Wifi tether, remove bloatware, and having no limitations to what mods/apps I can use. Plus, just because you root your phone doesn't mean that you have to flash a custom rom.
ad blocking and titanium backup.
jon-.- said:
Wifi tether, remove bloatware, and having no limitations to what mods/apps I can use. Plus, just because you root your phone doesn't mean that you have to flash a custom rom.
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Yep. Other than the bloat, the stock ROM is better than some custom ROMs. I say root (for the options) and run the debloater. When I first picked up this phone I thought about keeping it unrooted. Naturally though I was rooted an hour later.
Like some people, I used to install different roms but now I just root to get hotspot feature and some apps that require root. But I stay with stock.
Sent from my Amazing Galaxy Note 2!
adamantypants said:
Yep. Other than the bloat, the stock ROM is better than some custom ROMs. I say root (for the options) and run the debloater. When I first picked up this phone I thought about keeping it unrooted. Naturally though I was rooted an hour later.
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Do you happen to have a link handy for the debloater?
Sent from my big big BIG iphone killer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997346
I actually haven't used it myself. I'm running a custom rom XP
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997346
I actually haven't used it myself. I'm running a custom rom XP
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Thanks! Although i dont have cwm or twrp on my phone : /
Sent from my big big BIG iphone killer.
I started rooting when I had the SG2, and continued when I had the S3. I found myself continuously changing roms, looking for something better, and then ended up missing out on the stock things (like samsungs custom stuff).
I told myself I wouldn't root my Note 2, but the final straw was broken when I was when I stayed at an expensive hotel that wanted $7 an hour for the wifi. I needed the hotspot hack.
I'm on stock rooted, but I guess you can say the main reasons I am rooted are:
Hotspot hack
Google wallet (even though it hasn't worked for me once yet)
I don't mind the bloat nor the ads. I don't download shady apps from Google Play so I don't have advertisement notifications. As for the bloat, some of it is useful and I like it.
My number one reason to ROOT is to control the processors. You think battery life is great, wait till you reduce some of the processing power. I have mine MAX at 1GHz, and it never misses a beat! I'm sure it's due to the quad core and 2GB of RAM that makes it feel just as fast as if i had left it at the stock settings (1.6GHz).
And I am a flash-a-holic, but I like it...makes me feel like I got a new phone every week! hahaha
I haven't rooted mine for the sole reason that its too much of a headache to me with previous phones. Too often I lost messaging and internet and I personally don't have the money to buy a new phone if i break it. It's a personal decision you have to make where the good outweighs the potential bad
I root for the themes!
Its nice to be able to switch it up once and a while.
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I haven't rooted mine for the sole reason that its too much of a headache to me with previous phones. Too often I lost messaging and internet and I personally don't have the money to buy a new phone if i break it. It's a personal decision you have to make where the good outweighs the potential bad
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Easy one clicks root is the easiest way to go.
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Overclock.
Get the most out of the new processor.
Sent from a potato.
well it's been my experience with every android phone and every rom i ever used for any of those phones, that after a month or so from a clean install, things start to lag, freeze, etc. my galaxy s3 has made it about 3 months, but it's starting to get there.
i don't think i'm asking too much of it. i have 4 homescreen widgets. i use nova as a replacement launcher. i have a lot of apps installed (including the preinstalled stuff, right around 150), but most of them are games, and i tend to remove games/apps that come with intrusive ads and unwanted notifications because i want to keep this thing running great.
anyone have any suggestions that don't involve rooting (i really didn't want to have to root this phone, i thought it would be powerful enough to run good without custom roms, unlike say my old g1/g2/mytouch4gslide). i notice one of the biggest issues is chrome. it freezes a lot. i also get quite a few freezes while pulling down the notification shade.
also i'd consider rooting i suppose but only if there's a rom out there with absolutely zero known issues. don't get me wrong, i understand that the s3 is crazy powerful and my old phones weren't, and i shouldn't judge the rom scene based on the performance i got out of experimental roms on a g2 haha, but i never once rooted, installed a rom and then a month later said "yep this is still running great" on any of my old phones. if anyone has suggestions on a rom where EVERYTHING works as expected and nothing has problems, i'd consider it maybe. but at least for now i'd rather figure out a way to get it running better without rooting...
any ideas?
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well it's been my experience with every android phone and every rom i ever used for any of those phones, that after a month or so from a clean install, things start to lag, freeze, etc. my galaxy s3 has made it about 3 months, but it's starting to get there.
i don't think i'm asking too much of it. i have 4 homescreen widgets. i use nova as a replacement launcher. i have a lot of apps installed (including the preinstalled stuff, right around 150), but most of them are games, and i tend to remove games/apps that come with intrusive ads and unwanted notifications because i want to keep this thing running great.
anyone have any suggestions that don't involve rooting (i really didn't want to have to root this phone, i thought it would be powerful enough to run good without custom roms, unlike say my old g1/g2/mytouch4gslide). i notice one of the biggest issues is chrome. it freezes a lot. i also get quite a few freezes while pulling down the notification shade.
also i'd consider rooting i suppose but only if there's a rom out there with absolutely zero known issues. don't get me wrong, i understand that the s3 is crazy powerful and my old phones weren't, and i shouldn't judge the rom scene based on the performance i got out of experimental roms on a g2 haha, but i never once rooted, installed a rom and then a month later said "yep this is still running great" on any of my old phones. if anyone has suggestions on a rom where EVERYTHING works as expected and nothing has problems, i'd consider it maybe. but at least for now i'd rather figure out a way to get it running better without rooting...
any ideas?
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Besides the obligatory answers "download and try a few out yourself" and "your mileage may vary," when I first rooted this phone I had very good luck (speed, battery life, etc.) with the Jedi Invasion ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013568
Besides that, I've heard that the Wicked ROM is great as well as CM10 (10.1 is stable but has a few issues that would dissuade most who are not willing to be on the cutting edge).
yea you know since i posted the thread i've been reading up on the newest roms and Wicked looks pretty damn perfect. if i do decide to root i'm gonna go with that but i'd still love to get this thing working at least for the next few months, with less issues WITHOUT rooting for now... but thanks for the response.
so i had a s1 vibrant 2 years ago. got ascreen protector, a case, rooted, rommed, kerneled, changed some settings, etc.
i havent been in the scene for a while now, and i am wondering what a new galaxy s3 user should do? same things?
1. does this need a screen protector
2. is a phone case a good idea?
3. WTF IS UP WITH THIS BATTERY? charged, then unplugged, went to bed and overnight 7 hrs dropped to 40%. i literally did nothing. gps was off too. ???
4. is stock any good?
5. what are the top roms right now?
6. is there a top "kernel"
7. any must have apps like the s1 had? like titanium, etc
8. any other comments? thanks!
drcrappants said:
so i had a s1 vibrant 2 years ago. got ascreen protector, a case, rooted, rommed, kerneled, changed some settings, etc.
i havent been in the scene for a while now, and i am wondering what a new galaxy s3 user should do? same things?
1. does this need a screen protector
2. is a phone case a good idea?
3. WTF IS UP WITH THIS BATTERY? charged, then unplugged, went to bed and overnight 7 hrs dropped to 40%. i literally did nothing. gps was off too. ???
4. is stock any good?
5. what are the top roms right now?
6. is there a top "kernel"
7. any must have apps like the s1 had? like titanium, etc
8. any other comments? thanks!
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Hey Man,
Welcome to the GS3! =)
1. Yes you should get a screen protector. I have never dropped my phone and I can already see micro scratches after 6 months. Others have reported the same.
2. I would say a case is a good idea. Because the phone is made of plastic and the bezel does not completely cover the screen, if you drop it and it hits on a corner, there's a good chance of a crack.
3. Google Now. If you have opted in, opt out or your phone won't make it through the day. It is the biggest resource hog out there. My phone easily lasts 14 hours with 3.5 hours screen time. I had 1.5 hours screen time yesterday and was up to 20 hours.
4. It is preferential. If you like the features Touchwiz offers, stock isn't bad. I do recommend you obtain a debloated custom ROM or do it yourself though. The phone runs 100% smoother on a debloated ROM.
5. Again its all preferential. AOSP: CyanogenMod 10.1, AOKP, Task650's rendition of AOKP, Vanilla Root box just to name a few... TW: Graviton, CSROM, Synergy, GalaxyMod, etc..
6. Lots of preferential questions lol, a few popular ones are Task650's Underwear Kernel for AOSP ROMs and KT747 for both Stock and AOSP. Those are the only ones I've tried. Good things happening with both.
7. Titanium Backup is about the only must have. I prefer GooManager just to keep my Recovery up to date. Some people prefer ClockworkMod, however TWRP has seemed to make an uprising in the past short while. GooManager updates your recovery to TWRP (which allows you to do anything CWM would let you do).
8. I would start with rooting your phone. Once rooted download GooManager from the Play Store and press menu to "Install OpenRecoveryScript" This will give you TWRP Custom Recovery. From there find your favorite debloated ROM, make a full nandroid backup from within TWRP and start flashing. This is generally how I begin with new phones, but again its very preferential and 9 times out of 10 someone will have a different method.
Just make sure you read all instructions while rooting and flashing. Then read them again, then follow them. Never flash any ROM that does not specifically say it was designed for your devices model (GS3 has several US variants, Canadian variants and International variants).
Lastly, make sure you backup your EFS folder / NV Data before flashing so that in the event you lose your IMEI you have a backup ready and waiting. =)
Sent from my Galaxy S3 on AT&T
RPelham said:
Hey Man,
Welcome to the GS3! =)
1. Yes you should get a screen protector. I have never dropped my phone and I can already see micro scratches after 6 months. Others have reported the same.
2. I would say a case is a good idea. Because the phone is made of plastic and the bezel does not completely cover the screen, if you drop it and it hits on a corner, there's a good chance of a crack.
3. Google Now. If you have opted in, opt out or your phone won't make it through the day. It is the biggest resource hog out there. My phone easily lasts 14 hours with 3.5 hours screen time. I had 1.5 hours screen time yesterday and was up to 20 hours.
4. It is preferential. If you like the features Touchwiz offers, stock isn't bad. I do recommend you obtain a debloated custom ROM or do it yourself though. The phone runs 100% smoother on a debloated ROM.
5. Again its all preferential. AOSP: CyanogenMod 10.1, AOKP, Task650's rendition of AOKP, Vanilla Root box just to name a few... TW: Graviton, CSROM, Synergy, GalaxyMod, etc..
6. Lots of preferential questions lol, a few popular ones are Task650's Underwear Kernel for AOSP ROMs and KT747 for both Stock and AOSP. Those are the only ones I've tried. Good things happening with both.
7. Titanium Backup is about the only must have. I prefer GooManager just to keep my Recovery up to date. Some people prefer ClockworkMod, however TWRP has seemed to make an uprising in the past short while. GooManager updates your recovery to TWRP (which allows you to do anything CWM would let you do).
8. I would start with rooting your phone. Once rooted download GooManager from the Play Store and press menu to "Install OpenRecoveryScript" This will give you TWRP Custom Recovery. From there find your favorite debloated ROM, make a full nandroid backup from within TWRP and start flashing. This is generally how I begin with new phones, but again its very preferential and 9 times out of 10 someone will have a different method.
Just make sure you read all instructions while rooting and flashing. Then read them again, then follow them. Never flash any ROM that does not specifically say it was designed for your devices model (GS3 has several US variants, Canadian variants and International variants).
Lastly, make sure you backup your EFS folder / NV Data before flashing so that in the event you lose your IMEI you have a backup ready and waiting. =)
Sent from my Galaxy S3 on AT&T
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I agree with all of this, but I would allso suggest before any of the rooting or flashing To just use and enjoy the phone first find the things you do and dont like about it being on the stock ROM. Once you have Those ideas and you want to flash. start Reading some of the roms available to you and see what is going to make for the best experience for your use.
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I agree with all of this, but I would allso suggest before any of the rooting or flashing To just use and enjoy the phone first find the things you do and dont like about it being on the stock ROM. Once you have Those ideas and you want to flash. start Reading some of the roms available to you and see what is going to make for the best experience for your use.
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agreed. by using this on stock for a little, you'll discover what you want/dont want. if and when you decide you want to root, here's a little guide made by yours truly. i know you're no noob, but this thread is meant to make sure you're backed up and rooting/flashing as safely as possible. cheers, and enjoy the phone!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
+1 for battery. This is one of the best phones in terms of battery life. I routinely get 18-24 hours with 5-6 hours screen on time My other S3 that's on rooted stock gives over 4 hours screen on with 2-3 days standby.
Neither of us have any battery saving apps.
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list of things you should do first
1. get cases/protection if needed.
2. try stock TouchWiz
3. make decisions (whether you happy or unhappy with samsung touchwiz)
4. if you're happy, dont wanna change, keep it.
5. if you're happy but hate bloatwares, root and uninstall/change
6. if you're unhappy with touchwiz launcher, download new launcher
7. if you're unhappy with stock rom, root and try custom roms.
8. if download custom roms, read first (many newbies flash international rom and hard bricked their phones then came to us crying for help)
9. if you wanna add mods to custom roms/stock roms, make sure you read carefully before installing (mods such as audio...)
10. hate the look? theme it.
11. hate font? change it
12. bored? download games
13. need buddies? download social network apps
14. battery drain? search for solution
15. bored/hate/dissastified of S3? get new phone
diablo009 said:
+1 for battery. This is one of the best phones in terms of battery life. I routinely get 18-24 hours with 5-6 hours screen on time My other S3 that's on rooted stock gives over 4 hours screen on with 2-3 days standby.
Neither of us have any battery saving apps.
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WTF? i dont get why mine is going 10% drain an hour without me doing ANYTHING whatsoever with saver on, gps/bluetooth/4g off, brightness low, haptic off, etc??? i am getting hacked
thanks anyone! lets to digest but ill read it all out
Relax buddy... Reduce on swear words.
Anyways, I am 100% on auto brightness. Don't use GPS or Bluetooth though.
Enable power save mode in settings.
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diablo009 said:
Relax buddy... Reduce on swear words.
Anyways, I am 100% on auto brightness. Don't use GPS or Bluetooth though.
Enable power save mode in settings.
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...and make sure you have Google Now disabled. I enabled it on my phone and got about 6-7 hours of battery life. Disabled it and went back to normal 14 hours or more.
Sent from my Galaxy S3 on AT&T
I am on task650's aokp. I use the stock underwear kernel: wheatly gov with noop io. I get about 5 hrs of screen on time. Ymmv.....
I like aosp roms.
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drcrappants said:
so i had a s1 vibrant 2 years ago. got ascreen protector, a case, rooted, rommed, kerneled, changed some settings, etc.
i havent been in the scene for a while now, and i am wondering what a new galaxy s3 user should do? same things?
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1. does this need a screen protector
I don't have one on my phone and am approaching one year of ownership. I have a few very tiny micro scratches on it, but that is because I occasionally put my work keys in the same pocket like I shouldn't, but when the screen is on, you don't see them at all. I usually only see them in sunlight at an angle. I personally hate looking at a beautiful screen though a crappy screen protector.
2. is a phone case a good idea?
I have several cases, all TPU cases and they fit very well. I love how thin my phone is so I find myself taking the case off from time to time. If you are a woman and are going to put it in your purse, get a case. If I go anywhere other than home and work, that is usually when I put my case back on.
3. WTF IS UP WITH THIS BATTERY? charged, then unplugged, went to bed and overnight 7 hrs dropped to 40%. i literally did nothing. gps was off too. ???
When I was on the stock firmware, my battery sucked. I rooted/rom'd my phone and ever since, the battery is stellar. I can go an entire day and have 30% when I go to bed, which is where I plug it in. I play games, use it during the day for whatever too. My work e-mail is on it so I get e-mails all day, I stream music in the car and I do have Google Now enabled and have no issues. GPS is also enabled.
4. is stock any good?
I tried to use stock for about a month and though I got used to it, I am a techy and a tinkerer and know the benefits of AOSP roms and AOSP Android. This however is a personal choice. If you know how to do it or can at the very least follow instructions, its a piece of cake. I recommend AOKP ( aokp.co ) or CM10. They tend to have the least issues and frequent updates to make it better all the time. I never had any interest in the extra 'features' Samsung put in the stock firmware so I didn't miss any of them when I went AOSP.
5. what are the top roms right now?
As said before, AOKP and CM10
6. is there a top "kernel"
I tend to use the kernel that came with AOKP. I have AOKP on my Nexus 7 too, but use the Franco Kernel. I haven't tried Franco on my S3 only because its fast as hell. I put Franco on my N7 because there was a noticible speed bump with it.
7. any must have apps like the s1 had? like titanium, etc
I finally bought Titanium when I got the S3 and am glad I did. The auto backup.restore is great. Wifi File Explorer Pro is great to have too if you don't have a cable handy to transfer files to and from your phone but do have a wifi connection handy. I got mine off Amazon's app store but I bet its on the Android Play Store too.
8. any other comments? thanks!
Have fun with the phone. Tinker and try new things to see what suits you best. Its very hard to truly brick your phone (if possible at all since Odin is awesome) so you can always get it back to stock and try again.
Don't mean to hijack the thread but it seems relevant...
I've been searching for a little while and can't figure which root method is the best/newest right now... Any suggestions? I'm not necessarily looking for easy, just a proven method that works.
Thanks..
blakjak220 said:
Don't mean to hijack the thread but it seems relevant...
I've been searching for a little while and can't figure which root method is the best/newest right now... Any suggestions? I'm not necessarily looking for easy, just a proven method that works.
Thanks..
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Yours truly. In this thread there is a link to a good root method. Also, there is a thread on the forum (either general or android dev) that is "root from recovery". Works well also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
The Lean Kernel is a great kernel to use and works with AOKP and AOSP ROMs.
Been using it for 4 months and been getting substantial battery life.
Its a practically fool proof phone. Buy root explorer ( a must) and titanium backup and don't flash anything you don't find on the at&t forum and you will be fine. Its easy to try out certain fixes and play around a lot.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
so glad i am having no problrems with mine
xBeerdroiDx said:
Yours truly. In this thread there is a link to a good root method. Also, there is a thread on the forum (either general or android dev) that is "root from recovery". Works well also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
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Thanks man...
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Stay stock for a bit so you can truly appreciate the effort the developers put into their amazing roms after you finally root.
Open up the box...
I've got a lovely rooted, unlocked LGOG LS-970 plugged in right next to me. But, I'm finding myself feeling a little left behind in more than one instance:
I've got the impression that swapping AOSP and stock ROMs is a finicky task with our LGOGs. It's really a chore; as far as I can tell, I have to wipe internal data coming from either camp. And I can't even switch from Vectus to any other stock ROM successfully without wiping internal data.
Is this par for the course?
Insofar as the stock playground goes, I'm only able to get up to the 1.22 Liberty Kernal; if I run any of the OC'd ones, the phone lags considerably, especially at boot, and doesn't read that it's clocking higher than 16ghz even when max is set to 17 or 18ghz. Burning hot or cool, same same.
I've doodled around a bunch trying to get the more recent Liberties to work, to no avail. I've had a bit more luck with TricksterMod than ROM Toolbox Pro, but no one else in that thread seems to be having similar issues (or has given advice I haven't tried out).
Welp! Just a general "hey? you smell that too?" inquiry.
And I think this is my first thread. Party.
ihitcows said:
I've got a lovely rooted, unlocked LGOG LS-970 plugged in right next to me. But, I'm finding myself feeling a little left behind in more than one instance:
I've got the impression that swapping AOSP and stock ROMs is a finicky task with our LGOGs. It's really a chore; as far as I can tell, I have to wipe internal data coming from either camp. And I can't even switch from Vectus to any other stock ROM successfully without wiping internal data.
Is this par for the course?
Insofar as the stock playground goes, I'm only able to get up to the 1.22 Liberty Kernal; if I run any of the OC'd ones, the phone lags considerably, especially at boot, and doesn't read that it's clocking higher than 16ghz even when max is set to 17 or 18ghz. Burning hot or cool, same same.
I've doodled around a bunch trying to get the more recent Liberties to work, to no avail. I've had a bit more luck with TricksterMod than ROM Toolbox Pro, but no one else in that thread seems to be having similar issues (or has given advice I haven't tried out).
Welp! Just a general "hey? you smell that too?" inquiry.
And I think this is my first thread. Party.
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I'm not sure what your question is......par for the course? I wish I could say no. But, I've been rooting and ROMing phones since 2010, when I got the HD2 and could not believe the Windows 6.5 garbage that came installed. I've rooted, ROMed, and customized 7 different phones in the time and so far the only phone I had MORE trouble with was the G2x. God, that phone almost swore me off of LG for good. When the Nexus 4 came out, I decided to take another chance. But, I digress. The fact of having to wipe internal memory is not the end of the world. It does not dump your files, only your memory related to the ROM(app cache, data, etc) As far as OCing is concerned, I've found that OCing is not the end of the world either. Not too long ago, phones weren't very fast, and OCing was a viable option to get a little more speed out of the device. We have one of the fastest phones made these days, so OCing shouldn't be that big of a deal,and you won't notice distinguishable speed differences anyway(I tried with my N4; it would over clock, and seem a LITTLE faster, but that was all) As for switching between 'stock' and 'custom' ROMs, I'm afraid that is kinda par for the course. I personally believe the issue stems from most stock ROMs being 4.1.2, and most custom ROMs being 4.2.2. But, I have no real proof of that, just a suspicion. If you are rooted and unlocked, and want to try something different than stock, try one of the builds I make (JellyBeer, Beanstalk, and CM10.1/Linaro). The custom ROMs are not without their quirks, so if you need complete and total stabilty, they may not be for you. But, they are cool to use and you may like them enough to look the other way at the occasional hiccup, I do. The CM/Linaro build is a good stock-ish ROM with some added speed that has been noticed by the users of it. If you prefer a total stock feel, try Lifeless or Vectus. Both are very well made and those who use them swear by them. Be cool. PM me if you need any help with anything. Oh, and watch out for those cows!
BMP7777 said:
I'm not sure what your question is......par for the course? I wish I could say no. But, I've been rooting and ROMing phones since 2010, when I got the HD2 and could not believe the Windows 6.5 garbage that came installed. I've rooted, ROMed, and customized 7 different phones in the time and so far the only phone I had MORE trouble with was the G2x. God, that phone almost swore me off of LG for good. When the Nexus 4 came out, I decided to take another chance. But, I digress. The fact of having to wipe internal memory is not the end of the world. It does not dump your files, only your memory related to the ROM(app cache, data, etc) As far as OCing is concerned, I've found that OCing is not the end of the world either. Not too long ago, phones weren't very fast, and OCing was a viable option to get a little more speed out of the device. We have one of the fastest phones made these days, so OCing shouldn't be that big of a deal,and you won't notice distinguishable speed differences anyway(I tried with my N4; it would over clock, and seem a LITTLE faster, but that was all) As for switching between 'stock' and 'custom' ROMs, I'm afraid that is kinda par for the course. I personally believe the issue stems from most stock ROMs being 4.1.2, and most custom ROMs being 4.2.2. But, I have no real proof of that, just a suspicion. If you are rooted and unlocked, and want to try something different than stock, try one of the builds I make (JellyBeer, Beanstalk, and CM10.1/Linaro). The custom ROMs are not without their quirks, so if you need complete and total stabilty, they may not be for you. But, they are cool to use and you may like them enough to look the other way at the occasional hiccup, I do. The CM/Linaro build is a good stock-ish ROM with some added speed that has been noticed by the users of it. If you prefer a total stock feel, try Lifeless or Vectus. Both are very well made and those who use them swear by them. Be cool. PM me if you need any help with anything. Oh, and watch out for those cows!
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Yuppo. I just did some backuping, and factory-, data-, and delvik-wiped Lifelessv14 three times to flaash the latest Vectus V3.
"FAILED"
Doh! Again?!
Fair enough. Even though it's stock-to-stock, stuff happens. I have backups.
Insofar as overclocking, it's not so much that I'd like to push the phone faster (this phone, we know, is fast), but that I just couldn't figure out why, after a fair amount of trials, I wasn't able to, when, seemingly, many others could.
Basically, I want to ask, when you say wiping internal data doesn't dump your files, which files do you mean? My /sdcard gets dumped.
... Incomiiing! *mooooo*
EDIT: But, then again, I just sideloaded it and it said "FAILED," and booted. Who'da thunk?
Hi folks, I purchase a LG Nexux 5X and will arrive soon and was wondering where should I start modding it.
I have done several mods in other phones and on the gear 2 neo, so I know how to use odin and some adb functions.
I usually don't tamper with a new phone unless it is really slow or annoying me with some bug, but would like to know if there are some minor tweaks I can begin to tinker with that will enhance my overall experience with this phone.
Thanks in advance
Best Regards.
-Ich
Icharius said:
Hi folks, I purchase a LG Nexux 5X and will arrive soon and was wondering where should I start modding it.
I have done several mods in other phones and on the gear 2 neo, so I know how to use odin and some adb functions.
I usually don't tamper with a new phone unless it is really slow or annoying me with some bug, but would like to know if there are some minor tweaks I can begin to tinker with that will enhance my overall experience with this phone.
Thanks in advance
Best Regards.
-Ich
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Getting my Nexus 5X tomorrow but currently use a Nexus 5. With any Nexus you want to start off with setting up the Android SDK and all the Nexus drivers on your computer so if something does go south, you are ready to fix it with the factory images. The first thing I am going to do with mine is put Android N on it since I haven't had the chance to try it yet. Then root and most likely be happy with that for a while. Since Android N will probably be officially released soon, I'm sure that's when a lot of stuff will start happening around here. Hopefully Xposed will get updated to work with it. If so, that will be my setup. Stock, rooted and Xposed. That's basically what I have been running on my Nexus 5 for a while now. But if you want to try out custom ROMs, there are those too.
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Getting my Nexus 5X tomorrow but currently use a Nexus 5. With any Nexus you want to start off with setting up the Android SDK and all the Nexus drivers on your computer so if something does go south, you are ready to fix it with the factory images. The first thing I am going to do with mine is put Android N on it since I haven't had the chance to try it yet. Then root and most likely be happy with that for a while. Since Android N will probably be officially released soon, I'm sure that's when a lot of stuff will start happening around here. Hopefully Xposed will get updated to work with it. If so, that will be my setup. Stock, rooted and Xposed. That's basically what I have been running on my Nexus 5 for a while now. But if you want to try out custom ROMs, there are those too.
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Thanks for your reply. good advice to save the original rom image! I will probably root too, because I usually OC my phones hopefully that won't be so much a hassle.
If I were you, I wouldn't OC at all. Snapdragon 800 series likes to overheat and throttle itself, making it slower than usual.
Icharius said:
Hi folks, I purchase a LG Nexux 5X and will arrive soon and was wondering where should I start modding it.
I have done several mods in other phones and on the gear 2 neo, so I know how to use odin and some adb functions.
I usually don't tamper with a new phone unless it is really slow or annoying me with some bug, but would like to know if there are some minor tweaks I can begin to tinker with that will enhance my overall experience with this phone.
Thanks in advance
Best Regards.
-Ich
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I have the N5X for several months.
I previously had the N4, N5, and OnePlus One (still have it, wife uses it).
I used stock, I used to flash ROMs at least twice a week minimum (same on the other devices). Various ROMs, to test their performance, their tweaks, their perks, their battery life... you name it.
However, flashing ROMs and trying out various mods feels very much like living on the road with your backpack on, rather than staying at home and having a steady job. Because while flashing ROMs, you don't always re-install all the things you had (Even if you backup with Titanium Backup, as some things don't survive data restore very well). Last week I made the decision to go stock and stay stock (well, not really, I went stock Android N Preview 5, which will receive OTA to full Nugget in about a month).
I have to tell you... I don't quite feel any difference other than losing a feature or two. Speed is still great; snappiness is snappy, no bugs and no issues. It feels great even though its encypted (by default), while all this time I was certain being un-unecrypted made the device any snappier; that was just a placebo I guess.
So yeah, you can go ahead and flash a custom ROM (or many of them!), but don't do it for improved performance. Stock performance is truly awesome, and while some ROMs make it better, for sure - it's not THAT better, not in any noticeable way. Do it for features, do it for fun, do it for curiosity, DO IT! But just know the simple truth that Stock Android 6 and definitely 7 are so good and bug-less, that there is no need to get customized to resolve any bugs or performance issues; there are none.
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I have the N5X for several months.
I previously had the N4, N5, and OnePlus One (still have it, wife uses it).
I used stock, I used to flash ROMs at least twice a week minimum (same on the other devices). Various ROMs, to test their performance, their tweaks, their perks, their battery life... you name it.
However, flashing ROMs and trying out various mods feels very much like living on the road with your backpack on, rather than staying at home and having a steady job. Because while flashing ROMs, you don't always re-install all the things you had (Even if you backup with Titanium Backup, as some things don't survive data restore very well). Last week I made the decision to go stock and stay stock (well, not really, I went stock Android N Preview 5, which will receive OTA to full Nugget in about a month).
I have to tell you... I don't quite feel any difference other than losing a feature or two. Speed is still great; snappiness is snappy, no bugs and no issues. It feels great even though its encypted (by default), while all this time I was certain being un-unecrypted made the device any snappier; that was just a placebo I guess.
So yeah, you can go ahead and flash a custom ROM (or many of them!), but don't do it for improved performance. Stock performance is truly awesome, and while some ROMs make it better, for sure - it's not THAT better, not in any noticeable way. Do it for features, do it for fun, do it for curiosity, DO IT! But just know the simple truth that Stock Android 6 and definitely 7 are so good and bug-less, that there is no need to get customized to resolve any bugs or performance issues; there are none.
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Agree. I used to root and ROM the crap out of phones but with the 5X I've stayed stock. Yeah, I see more ads now and miss Viper4Android but I spend no time F-ing with the phone and all the time just using it. No gyrations to go though to install monthly security updates or trying to get banking apps to work with root (like Android pay). Try it stock for a while.
przemcio510 said:
If I were you, I wouldn't OC at all. Snapdragon 800 series likes to overheat and throttle itself, making it slower than usual.
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I was reading that thermal problem post, it does present an issue to me because when I ride a bike I usually have the phone on the handle in a rubber case exposed to the sun and the heat that can easily reach over 35°. Thanks for the heads up.
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But just know the simple truth that Stock Android 6 and definitely 7 are so good and bug-less, that there is no need to get customized to resolve any bugs or performance issues; there are none.
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I hear you, I have prolonged the life of my smartphones more than it should, by tweaking and using customs roms. I have had only 2 other SP in the spam of 6 years and had never had to be subject to a phone/data plan. I just ride the wifis signal or pay per use the 3g signal. Even-thought this LG is not a big inversion in itself, I hope I can squeeze several years of it and the old practice of using custom roms, seems kind of pointless or not worth the trouble considering as you say the stock is as good.
adobeman said:
Agree. . Try it stock for a while.
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Oh I will! there's so much I can do with it as it is, it seems.