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Hey I was wonderin will there be a update for the epic to go to ics?? And does the epic run off gingerbread? ?
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Yes. Epic Touch runs Gingerbread 2.3.4. As for ICS, there is no official word and most likely will not be one very quickly. However, it is highly probable that an official version will come but if not there will certainly be one released here.
Ok coo I am hopin they do have on for this phone.... if not does this mean id have to root my phone to get it??
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Ok coo I am hopin they do have on for this phone.... if not does this mean id have to root my phone to get it??
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Yes it means you will have to root to get it
Don't know. Considering there are many top notch phones, including the original epic still running froyo, nothing is for certain. Buy a phone for what it has now, without any expectations for the future, or you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
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Maybe we should start nagging Samsung John lol
It will come out for this phone. Its samsungs flag ship device.it may be mid 2012 but this phone will get a OTA and I'm sure once its released from google as vannilla for other S2's it will be ported much before the OTA. But like a guy that posted a few posts back. Are device is great and ejoy it for what amazing tech it is and when ICS is released ( which I don't even doubt it will be ) just take it as a bonus.
Ya I just hope ya know cuz im not really wanting to root my phone
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I doubt it
Samsung's business strategy seems like new rom with new phone only so far. They have to make money for spending so much on their R&D and I think they make it this way. I will not expect it from Samsung, but yes Devs here are awesome and they will bring it.
Should I really root my phone tho like what are the pluses for rooting this phone
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Hey, just wanted to say hi to my new classmates. Just traded my Photon4G for an Epictouch. I would also like to ask yall to help me out with getting all the goodies on my phone. I am naive with sammy(ODIN). Ive only own HTC(RUU) and Motorola(SBF). If you have the time to link me to root,CWM and the best Rom in your opinion I'll return the favor by hitting the thank button. No need to be a jerk and ask me read. Thanks.
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radrian92 said:
Hey, just wanted to say hi to my new classmates. Just traded my Photon4G for an Epictouch. I would also like to ask yall to help me out with getting all the goodies on my phone. I am naive with sammy(ODIN). Ive only own HTC(RUU) and Motorola(SBF). If you have the time to link me to root,CWM and the best Rom in your opinion I'll return the favor by hitting the thank button. No need to be a jerk and ask me read. Thanks.
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Welcome. Good place to start would be in the development forum. If you have questions, ask them in the Q&A forum. Glad to have you on board.
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radrian92 said:
Hey, just wanted to say hi to my new classmates. Just traded my Photon4G for an Epictouch. I would also like to ask yall to help me out with getting all the goodies on my phone. I am naive with sammy(ODIN). Ive only own HTC(RUU) and Motorola(SBF). If you have the time to link me to root,CWM and the best Rom in your opinion I'll return the favor by hitting the thank button. No need to be a jerk and ask me read. Thanks.
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Hey hows it going broski, sammy is the best because of odin I don't think you'll be going back from it.
heres how to root and get cwm (has instructions)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
my favorite GB rom is the Blazer rom, very fast and smooth with ics theme find it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363071
I'm currently using an ICS leak, if you decide to use ICS too I recommend you read my guide to prevent bricks, find it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
If you have any questions feel free to ask.
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Hey hows it going broski, sammy is the best because of odin I don't think you'll be going back from it.
heres how to root and get cwm (has instructions)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
my favorite GB rom is the Blazer rom, very fast and smooth with ics theme find it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363071
I'm currently using an ICS leak, if you decide to use ICS too I recommend you read my guide to prevent bricks, find it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
If you have any questions feel free to ask.
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Thank you very much
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Thank you very much
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No problem mang
Welcome, came over from four straight HTC's myself and I am loving the screen on this bad boy. I even have to admit that *gasp* TW has grown on me.
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One things for sure, you'll never have to worry about different bootloader versions, degrading or anything. Odin will let you go to any damn version you please
Ok im rooted One question...I'm on EL29 and to install CWM following the guide you provided it only includes EL30,FB17 and a couple others. Which one do I odin to?
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Ok im rooted One question...I'm on EL29 and to install CWM following the guide you provided it only includes EL30,FB17 and a couple others. Which one do I odin to?
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Look for the EL29 restore thread. After the restore instructions are instructions and a link for the EL29 kernel repacked with CWM. Sorry xda app is fc'ng when I try to copy the link. Stay away from ROM manager and CWM touch recovery. If you're going to flash cm9 make sure you flash cm7 from Rootzwiki first to get the original CWM recovery.
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Also, if coming back from ICS to GB use sfhub's EL29 restore method. It's the safest way to revert and you can restore a GB nandroid once you reinstall the repacked EL29 kernel.
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Be very careful when you come back from ICS to a non ICS rom. Many bricks have occurred! Read the instructions good.
Good choice on ditching the photon and coming to the good side!
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Also, if coming back from ICS to GB use sfhub's EL29 restore method. It's the safest way to revert and you can restore a GB nandroid once you reinstall the repacked EL29 kernel.
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Dang this is all so new to me gonna have to start all over...
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I'm running EL29 rooted and would like to install CWM but in the tread there isnt an odin method specific for EL29. Im new to samsung and I'm really confuse with all the EL**, EK**, FB**. Thank you..
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If you are just starting out I highly recommend that you follow qbking77's work he will help you with his video tutorials. I owe that man my life lol.
Just got mine today -- had my NS4G stolen last week and had the option to switch, so I did.
I just need to get away from Touchwiz. As far away from Touchwiz as possible. May throw AOKP on as I'm familiar (used it on NS4G and also on GT10.1).
Any other suggestions?
When did it become a jerk move by telling you to do some reading when it comes to serious modifications to your phone?
E is the year 2011 f is 2012 the next letter is month ex.... fc05 leak is out 2012 march 05 ...just the make date ....
http://db.tt/yKD0lfBd
Here is a el26 tar cwm repack for Odin
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When did it become a jerk move by telling you to do some reading when it comes to serious modifications to your phone?
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Cause even after reading I still had trouble understanding the new terms; If you cant help then dont waste your time trying to be a smartass...
Not telling you directly just explaining why.
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Epix4G said:
E is the year 2011 f is 2012 the next letter is month ex.... fc05 leak is out 2012 march 05 ...just the make date ....
http://db.tt/yKD0lfBd
Here is a el26 tar cwm repack for Odin
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Ok so if I'm EL29 I just odin the EL26 tar you provided and i should be rooted and with CWM?
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Hey, just wanted to say hi to my new classmates. Just traded my Photon4G for an Epictouch. I would also like to ask yall to help me out with getting all the goodies on my phone. I am naive with sammy(ODIN). Ive only own HTC(RUU) and Motorola(SBF). If you have the time to link me to root,CWM and the best Rom in your opinion I'll return the favor by hitting the thank button. No need to be a jerk and ask me read. Thanks.
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Welcome, brother! Your new best friends is qbking77! Look him up and subscribe to his youtube channel! his root method is great, and doesn't use odin, so you don't get the yellow triangle!
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I own a Sprint Epic 4G Touch, rooted D710 Gingerbread on 2.3.6. Ever since I rooted I've been getting requests to upgrade to ICS 4.0.4. Can I click yes to upgrade without messing up root? Or can or rather should I unroot, upgrade to 4.0.4, then re-root? Is that possible? If so how? If I just installed a ROM with 4.0.4 will the question to update my phone which comes every fifteen minutes go away? It's very annoying lol. Someone whose had this problem please help me... If anyone knows let me know.. Link me, something..
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This should help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815358
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Thanks, that should help stop the update requests.. Is it better to stay how I am as SPH-D710 or switch to F18, which i'm assuming is THE 4.0.4 update. Reading some stuff ppl having problems.
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Thanks, that should help stop the update requests.. Is it better to stay how I am as SPH-D710 or switch to F18, which i'm assuming is THE 4.0.4 update. Reading some stuff ppl having problems.
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sph d710 is the modle number of our phone ff18 is a update from el29 which you are on im assuming since your getting the update notice I hear mixed results about updating it. If you deside to update go into general and look up ics update topics which will help you decide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765953
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Hey i just rooted my device and Superuser won't grant permissions to apps that need root. I tried updating the binaries and it gets stuck at gaining root access. I'm running stock t-mobile 2.3.6 Gingerbread on a Galaxy s2. Please help! Thank You.
Superuser version 3.1.3
Im getting this constant nagging to update my software from t-mobile. I wonder if they quietly snuck in something to block root access?
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LGT13 said:
Hey i just rooted my device and Superuser won't grant permissions to apps that need root. I tried updating the binaries and it gets stuck at gaining root access. I'm running stock t-mobile 2.3.6 Gingerbread on a Galaxy s2. Please help! Thank You.
Superuser version 3.1.3
Im getting this constant nagging to update my software from t-mobile. I wonder if they quietly snuck in something to block root access?
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Well why do you wish to run GB instead of ICS? Tmo is saying "hey there's newer better firmware out... you should run it!"
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Because I'm still traumatized from when i did an OTA update on my evo a while back and it bricked my phone. Im updating to ICS when I find a good Rom. I just got the phone, still exploring my options. By the way, if i do the update will I lose Superuser?
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Because I'm still traumatized from when i did an OTA update on my evo a while back and it bricked my phone. Im updating to ICS when I find a good Rom. I just got the phone, still exploring my options. By the way, if i do the update will I lose Superuser?
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Yes, then just re Odin cwm and flash su again
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Ok. I'll think about it. In the meantime I need root to do a titanium backup before I start playing with it. If anyone knows the answer to my issue please help.
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Busy box?
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new ion? said:
Well why do you wish to run GB instead of ICS? Tmo is saying "hey there's newer better firmware out... you should run it!"
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Lol, I still miss my GB Juggernaut ROM. All the AOKP goodness in an ultra stable package. The ICS ROMS are still... well, too varied and not every single one has all the features. I'd like AOKP features in a WiFi-calling enabled ROM...... == Juggernaut GB
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Hey i just rooted my device and Superuser won't grant permissions to apps that need root. I tried updating the binaries and it gets stuck at gaining root access. I'm running stock t-mobile 2.3.6 Gingerbread on a Galaxy s2. Please help! Thank You.
Superuser version 3.1.3
Im getting this constant nagging to update my software from t-mobile. I wonder if they quietly snuck in something to block root access?
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Sounds like you might have had a bad flash or something and didn't get root on properly. Have you tried doing it again? Are you doing it through ODIN or CWM?
Honestly don't let the ICS and JB goodness sway you... the new ROMs still have little issues here and there... GB was _AWESOME_
I followed this exact guide down the the last detail and installed the attached files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514434
I'm gonna try reflashing. I'm using CWM.
I really just want speed, battery and stability and am not too impressed with all the half baked ICS roms that are available. I'll probably stick to GB until someone makes a flawless rom for JB or ICS.
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LGT13 said:
I followed this exact guide down the the last detail and installed the attached files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514434
I'm gonna try reflashing. I'm using CWM.
I really just want speed, battery and stability and am not too impressed with all the half baked ICS roms that are available. I'll probably stick to GB until someone makes a flawless rom for JB or ICS.
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Not disrespecting your opinion, but what's not right with dark side evo v8 besides the fact it was taken down?
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Not disrespecting your opinion, but what's not right with dark side evo v8 besides the fact it was taken down?
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I've never tried it. I've just been doing a lot of reading.... Thread after thread these ICS roms all have issues. Would that one be what I'm looking for?
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My problem has been resolved by the way! I installed an earlier version on SuperUser and it worked!
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LGT13 said:
My problem has been resolved by the way! I installed an earlier version on SuperUser and it worked!
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Interesting, people were complaining how 3.07 wasn't working well with ics. So i updated it to 3.1.3 and now that doesn't play nice with gb?
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I've never tried it. I've just been doing a lot of reading.... Thread after thread these ICS roms all have issues. Would that one be what I'm looking for?
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Tdj is a great dev... if you can get someone to send you a link, then yes, its probably what you want
Glad to see you got your issues fixed... I believe the version of SU you were attempting to install is for ICS... keep it around
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Interesting, people were complaining how 3.07 wasn't working well with ics. So i updated it to 3.1.3 and now that doesn't play nice with gb?
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I used SU v. 3.0.5 that came with a rooting kit I downloded from here. I don't know where that thread is right now. You might wanna update your guide and change the SU version.
@Ion Thanks! I'll give it a shot.
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LGT13 said:
I used SU v. 3.0.5 that came with a rooting kit I downloded from here. I don't know where that thread is right now. You might wanna update your guide and change the SU version.
@Ion Thanks! I'll give it a shot.
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you know 3.0.5 is downgrading right? I started with 3.0.5 then 3.0.7 but then people said 3.0.7 wasn't working well for some on ics. 3.1.3 seems to work fine and dandy for the ics builds.. I'll wait until i get more feedback from other users. Btw does the market have an upgrade for your superuser while on gb? You're on gb right?
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This happened to me once. It's because su got corrupted or something.
I reinstalled the same version of SU and it fixed it right up, no need to downgrade.
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you know 3.0.5 is downgrading right? I started with 3.0.5 then 3.0.7 but then people said 3.0.7 wasn't working well for some on ics. 3.1.3 seems to work fine and dandy for the ics builds.. I'll wait until i get more feedback from other users. Btw does the market have an upgrade for your superuser while on gb? You're on gb right?
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I know it's a downgrade, but I'm just saying it didn't work for me on Gingerbread 2.3.6 and your guide says for 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 4.0.3, and 4.0.4
I'm not sure if mine was an isolated case. Thank you for the great guide by the way with the exception of that minor SU issue.
@8Fishes I reflashed and it didn't work. That's why I ended up downgrading.
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I know it's a downgrade, but I'm just saying it didn't work for me on Gingerbread 2.3.6 and your guide says for 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 4.0.3, and 4.0.4
I'm not sure if mine was an isolated case. Thank you for the great guide by the way with the exception of that minor SU issue.
@8Fishes I reflashed and it didn't work. That's why I ended up downgrading.
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yeah now im just curious if 3.1.3 is suppose to support gingerbread. It'll be weird if it didn't. Is there an update to your superuser since you're on GB? if there is.. is it the 3.1.3 update? I'm way too lazy to test this out myself since i'm in the middle of testing other ROMs.
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Because I'm still traumatized from when i did an OTA update on my evo a while back and it bricked my phone. Im updating to ICS when I find a good Rom. I just got the phone, still exploring my options. By the way, if i do the update will I lose Superuser?
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Former Evo owner here myself and must say this is a hell of a phone with a great set of roms. Now not as much choices as we had back in the day with the Evo but good roms none-the-less. I would do yourself a favor and really not read into too much of the user reviews here. I see a lot of user error and just terrible flashing habits and a lot of complaining about issues with roms that quite frankly are created by the users bad flashing habits.
You had some good suggestions in here and great choice of stable roms like tdjs rom jamison904 rom
CM9 or AOKP
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yeah now im just curious if 3.1.3 is suppose to support gingerbread. It'll be weird if it didn't. Is there an update to your superuser since you're on GB? if there is.. is it the 3.1.3 update? I'm way too lazy to test this out myself since i'm in the middle of testing other ROMs.
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I see an update in the Playstore, but I'm not willing to risk it at this point. @ Playaa thanks I'll weigh those options along with the other ROM that was suggested to me.
By the way, I read that in ICS there is a method for Tmobile to track tethering and start charging you for it even if you have a custom ROM. Is this so?
I decided no roms this time around. I want everything to work. I will likely root to get rid of some bloat. Anyone else?
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You're not alone. I was trying the same approach. So far I like what the note offers.
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same here, want to just enjoy the amseome phone
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I doubt i even root
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I agree, I'm only rooting to get my apps from titanium back, but other than that, I'm pretty sure I'll be happy with touchwiz JellyBean
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+1 same here!
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DaveANH said:
I decided no roms this time around. I want everything to work. I will likely root to get rid of some bloat. Anyone else?
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I will say that this is one of the ONLY phones that I ever thought about NOT romming but I doubt I will be able to hold back if something really good comes out...Hello, I am Justin, I am a flashaholic!
GOTTA have root access though... Can't have any company telling me what I HAVE to keep on my phone! :good:
My exact same thoughts. I only rooted to get rid of the bloat. Quick question though. ... im a little nervous... would I still be able to update if tmobile decides to push one even though im rooted?
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I hope not to also but when a new version of android comes out and no update from the carrier then flashing seems like the only option..
Cm10 with S pen functionality is that possible?
Should get rid of CarrierIQ at least =/
Paranoid is a must on this phone. Will likely wait until there is a stable release.
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Paranoid is a must on this phone. Will likely wait until there is a stable release.
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Deff agree on that one. But alas, i will miss alot of the OG functions from touchwiz on this phone. Although with GN1, they found work arounds for it. Especially S Note.
My plan is to root as late as I can to avoid messing things up. I figure we won't see an update for a few weeks and by then all the bugs that come along with rooting a phone should be worked out. I really enjoy this phone and can, surprisingly, wait on rooting.
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jghidalgo307 said:
My exact same thoughts. I only rooted to get rid of the bloat. Quick question though. ... im a little nervous... would I still be able to update if tmobile decides to push one even though im rooted?
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I know when I rooted that if I go to check for a software update it says it won't do it on a modified device so I am pretty sure we won't get OTA's through the rooted devices but you can just wait for someone to post the updated OTA and flash that and your good to go!
Or do you still have stock recovery?
Only rooted for bloat and spyware removal and a nice kernel. But im only flashing stock TW based roms!
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The only way I will install a custom rom on the note 2 is if they come out with Android 4.1.2 , 4.2, or Key Lime Pie.
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I'll still get a custom ROM but only those based on stick for full s pen and camera usage. Can't give those up
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I know when I rooted that if I go to check for a software update it says it won't do it on a modified device so I am pretty sure we won't get OTA's through the rooted devices but you can just wait for someone to post the updated OTA and flash that and your good to go!
Or do you still have stock recovery?
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I guess I'll do that.
Seriously I don't understand why would anyone want aosp roms on this baby when spen features and touchwiz is what makes this phone awesome. To each its own. I just dont want the term flashing hipster to give birth.
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I want to root but I want the functionality of ISIS.
So no rooting at this point
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Im either going to wait to root until after the ota for multi window function is sent out or ill root if a rom including it is released first.