Hello everyone! I have been trying to flash a google edition or no-bs rom like AOKP, and I have been able to get them flashed successfully at times. I have been having a few problems with things such as rom flashes not working (sticks on Samsung logo) and having to odin stock again even when it says it was successful, and TWRP not getting past the logo screen when I boot into recovery about 50% of the time. Overall, this phone has just been an absolute nightmare to flash roms on compared to my gs3. If you know how to address any of these issues, please let me know. But anyways, I am mainly wondering about the data connectivity issues. I have tried several different roms - cyanogenmod, google edition 4.3 (what I wanted) and aokp 4.2.2 but nothing works right. The rom runs smoothly and fast, but the data works intermittently at best. It seems fine right after I flash sometimes, but often I won't even be able to sign in to my account to download my apps without wifi, and it rarely works when I'm out and about but yet somehow it connects well enough to stream music without freezes or interruption via google music. It's been showing "H" and "DC" in the signal bar, instead of H+ or LTE like I'm used to... Could I have screwed the modem or the radio up? If so, what do I do to fix it? While I wait for responses I will flash stock 4.2 touchwiz to see if it works better.
Thank you all.
P.s. If this is just a known problem with the roms, does anyone know of a 4.3 google edition rom that works, and is pre rooted or rootable?
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beefee102 said:
Hello everyone! I have been trying to flash a google edition or no-bs rom like AOKP, and I have been able to get them flashed successfully at times. I have been having a few problems with things such as rom flashes not working (sticks on Samsung logo) and having to odin stock again even when it says it was successful, and TWRP not getting past the logo screen when I boot into recovery about 50% of the time. Overall, this phone has just been an absolute nightmare to flash roms on compared to my gs3. If you know how to address any of these issues, please let me know. But anyways, I am mainly wondering about the data connectivity issues. I have tried several different roms - cyanogenmod, google edition 4.3 (what I wanted) and aokp 4.2.2 but nothing works right. The rom runs smoothly and fast, but the data works intermittently at best. It seems fine right after I flash sometimes, but often I won't even be able to sign in to my account to download my apps without wifi, and it rarely works when I'm out and about but yet somehow it connects well enough to stream music without freezes or interruption via google music. It's been showing "H" and "DC" in the signal bar, instead of H+ or LTE like I'm used to... Could I have screwed the modem or the radio up? If so, what do I do to fix it? While I wait for responses I will flash stock 4.2 touchwiz to see if it works better.
Thank you all.
P.s. If this is just a known problem with the roms, does anyone know of a 4.3 google edition rom that works, and is pre rooted or rootable?
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To make your long story a lot shorter, I have seen dozens of posts just like yours.
The only way to solve problems such as you are having is simple, only flash Samsung M919 Galaxy S4
Touchwiz 4.2.2 based custom roms. Stay away from any of the aokp/aosp/cm10 or google and other ported roms.
(Wicked v6 and Darthstalker v8 are both excellent custom roms)
Download a custom rom, copy to internal sdcard, boot to twrp/cwm recovery, be sure to do a "factory reset", "wipe cache",
"data", "dalvik cache" and "system" before you start flashing. If you do all of the above, you will have no further problems.
Good luck!
Misterjunky said:
To make your long story a lot shorter, I have seen dozens of posts just like yours.
The only way to solve problems such as you are having is simple, only flash Samsung M919 Galaxy S4
Touchwiz 4.2.2 based custom roms. Stay away from any of the aokp/aosp/cm10 or google and other ported roms.
(Wicked v6 and Darthstalker v8 are both excellent custom roms)
Download a custom rom, copy to internal sdcard, boot to twrp/cwm recovery, be sure to do a "factory reset", "wipe cache",
"data", "dalvik cache" and "system" before you start flashing. If you do all of the above, you will have no further problems.
Good luck!
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Well, that's what I've been trying to do. I really wanted to try 4.3, but really I just want to escape the bloated, sluggish stock rom. It's so slow, and I know that this phone is blazing fast, and I want to be rid of the pesky, space hogging bloat but when I tried to remove it I had all sorts of problems (such as gallery not working, forcequits out the wazu, and excessive battery use). On that note, and since I've been an AOKP Junkie since I was rocking a GS1 captivate, could you possibly recommend a rom that is more or less a streamlined TW? I like things such as swipe contact to call and the swipe any direction lock screen but i don't need any of the gimmicky samsung stuff. It would be nice if I could still use the airview stuff, though.
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beefee102 said:
Well, that's what I've been trying to do. I really wanted to try 4.3, but really I just want to escape the bloated, sluggish stock rom. It's so slow, and I know that this phone is blazing fast, and I want to be rid of the pesky, space hogging bloat but when I tried to remove it I had all sorts of problems (such as gallery not working, forcequits out the wazu, and excessive battery use). On that note, and since I've been an AOKP Junkie since I was rocking a GS1 captivate, could you possibly recommend a rom that is more or less a streamlined TW? I like things such as swipe contact to call and the swipe any direction lock screen but i don't need any of the gimmicky samsung stuff. It would be nice if I could still use the airview stuff, though.
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It looks like you want a lot of the bells and whistles of the stock 4.2.2 touchwiz rom but 1GB of unusable wasted space is more
important to you. ... If you would do a bit of investigating of how the phone allocates free and used space you would quickly
change your mind.
All of the Android phones have a partition of a pre determined size dedicated for the rom/firmware only so regardless
of how little space certain roms use the extra free space you would gain is not useable by the end user unless the phone
is re-partitioned with a custom bootloader which would involve a lot of very technical knowledge to do.
Even if you could do it yourself, what would you gain?? 850-950MB more or less, not even 1GB ?
The two custom roms which I suggested are already de-bloated as much as possible without hindering performance and during
flashing both of those custom roms have options of adding features and apps which users want to be included or skipping those
apps and or features which the user does not want or need.
Go to the playstore and download a free app called Antutu Benchmark after you restore your nandroid backup of
your stock rom, or re-flashing your stock rom and then run the benchmark, write down your score.
After doing that either flash one of the Google edition roms or any of the Cyanogen roms and run another benchmark
so you will see with your own eyes that the 2 scores will be very similar, no big or noticeable difference in daily usage.
If you're a good boy perhaps Santa will give you a 64GB microSD card for Xmas.
Gaining 1GB more or less would hardly make a difference anyway even if was feasible to do. (which it's not)
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It looks like you want a lot of the bells and whistles of the stock 4.2.2 touchwiz rom but 1GB of unusable wasted space is more
important to you. ... If you would do a bit of investigating of how the phone allocates free and used space you would quickly
change your mind.
All of the Android phones have a partition of a pre determined size dedicated for the rom/firmware only so regardless
of how little space certain roms use the extra free space you would gain is not useable by the end user unless the phone
is re-partitioned with a custom bootloader which would involve a lot of very technical knowledge to do.
Even if you could do it yourself, what would you gain?? 850-950MB more or less, not even 1GB ?
The two custom roms which I suggested are already de-bloated as much as possible without hindering performance and during
flashing both of those custom roms have options of adding features and apps which users want to be included or skipping those
apps and or features which the user does not want or need.
Go to the playstore and download a free app called Antutu Benchmark after you restore your nandroid backup of
your stock rom, or re-flashing your stock rom and then run the benchmark, write down your score.
After doing that either flash one of the Google edition roms or any of the Cyanogen roms and run another benchmark
so you will see with your own eyes that the 2 scores will be very similar, no big or noticeable difference in daily usage.
If you're a good boy perhaps Santa will give you a 64GB microSD card for Xmas.
Gaining 1GB more or less would hardly make a difference anyway even if was feasible to do. (which it's not)
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Well, I did mention them but I'm less concerned about the usage and performance than I am getting rid of all the bloody bloatware. It infuriates me to no end that I can't uninstall lookout and all those other apps that I'll never use and that give me constant pesky notifications. Plus, I did try a 4.3 rom and it may not actually be faster, but it definitely felt snappier and cleaner. I like that, even if it is an illusion. But since everyone is saying to stay with tw roms, I was asking for one that doesn't have all the garbage apps but still has the ability to support the phone's special functions. Oh well. I found a 4.3 that seems to be working so I'll stick with that.
As far as connectivity goes, check that the APN settings are right. I had the exact same issue with no LTE, slow or no connection, etc and the APN settings from the ROM flashed were wrong. It needs to be the fast.t-mobile APN, not the epc.tmobile APN. Also, not all ROMs have the icon for LTE, so you might be getting it and you just dont know it. Try a speed test to confirm. Hope that helps!
EDIT: I ran the CM10 nightlies on mine with no issues at all. I have also ran a few other ROMs. Right now I am simply running a deodexed rooted stock ROM that is in the development section that allowed me to flash a debloater and/or remove the bloat I don't want, yet keep all the stock touchwiz features, WiFi calling, etc. Simple and easy.
Misterjunky said:
To make your long story a lot shorter, I have seen dozens of posts just like yours.
The only way to solve problems such as you are having is simple, only flash Samsung M919 Galaxy S4
Touchwiz 4.2.2 based custom roms. Stay away from any of the aokp/aosp/cm10 or google and other ported roms.
(Wicked v6 and Darthstalker v8 are both excellent custom roms)
Download a custom rom, copy to internal sdcard, boot to twrp/cwm recovery, be sure to do a "factory reset", "wipe cache",
"data", "dalvik cache" and "system" before you start flashing. If you do all of the above, you will have no further problems.
Good luck!
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This seems awfully drastic. The AOSP based 4.3 ROMs work fine.
As for the OP's concerns about DC and H in the signal bar, that's normal.
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I've been following the ROM dev daily but I've been stuck in the hospital and not been able to flash any of them yet.
I'm getting out today and plan on checking one out asap and am curious as to which one I should go with.
I would appreciate any feedback on them that you can provide!!
scott0 said:
I've been following the ROM dev daily but I've been stuck in the hospital and not been able to flash any of them yet.
I'm getting out today and plan on checking one out asap and am curious as to which one I should go with.
I would appreciate any feedback on them that you can provide!!
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I am still running rooted stock. One of the ROMs that had K9 Mail wouldn't work for me on Exchange 2K10. You could also look at the # of posts in each of the threads, that may ID where most of the peeps are headed.
I really wanted to say that I hope you are doing better. My phone haxoring started with a long hospital stay back during the Razor days.
I do like LG's native e-mail client. Only Samsung's e-mail client is better.
scott0 said:
I've been following the ROM dev daily but I've been stuck in the hospital and not been able to flash any of them yet.
I'm getting out today and plan on checking one out asap and am curious as to which one I should go with.
I would appreciate any feedback on them that you can provide!!
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I currently only used the Domination HD ROM, and it has its goods n bads.
the Goods:
1) Lag is virtually gone! Phone runs really smooth and fast, with almost no stuttering.
2) Some extra visual improvements, like the Roboto Fonts and ICS wallpapers included (although it didn't show up on mine for some reason)
3) ICS sounds/notifications
the Bads:
1) Video Recording (camcorder) is borked as for now. You cannot record a video, the app just freezes at 00:00:00
2) Bootup time is significantly longer (might be closer to 2-3 min bootup time) but someone said that it might be due to the deodexing of files in the phone.
3) the claimed Bravia Engine and Xloud features implemented in the ROM just cannot be seen/heard. Supposedly it is there and running, but to some, nothing looks any different than the usual HD look of the phone and the sound is no louder than default. So those 2 features either are not working or just not noticeable enough.
That's my small review on the Domination HD ROM. I might have missed something and if I did, hopefully the next person will add to it.
SnoopDawg said:
I am still running rooted stock. One of the ROMs that had K9 Mail wouldn't work for me on Exchange 2K10. You could also look at the # of posts in each of the threads, that may ID where most of the peeps are headed.
I really wanted to say that I hope you are doing better. My phone haxoring started with a long hospital stay back during the Razor days.
I do like LG's native e-mail client. Only Samsung's e-mail client is better.
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hey thanks Amigo! I hope all is well with you now as well.
I took your advice and flashed the kernalpan1c ROM and am checking it out now.
aquariuz23 said:
I currently only used the Domination HD ROM, and it has its goods n bads.
the Goods:
1) Lag is virtually gone! Phone runs really smooth and fast, with almost no stuttering.
2) Some extra visual improvements, like the Roboto Fonts and ICS wallpapers included (although it didn't show up on mine for some reason)
3) ICS sounds/notifications
the Bads:
1) Video Recording (camcorder) is borked as for now. You cannot record a video, the app just freezes at 00:00:00
2) Bootup time is significantly longer (might be closer to 2-3 min bootup time) but someone said that it might be due to the deodexing of files in the phone.
3) the claimed Bravia Engine and Xloud features implemented in the ROM just cannot be seen/heard. Supposedly it is there and running, but to some, nothing looks any different than the usual HD look of the phone and the sound is no louder than default. So those 2 features either are not working or just not noticeable enough.
That's my small review on the Domination HD ROM. I might have missed something and if I did, hopefully the next person will add to it.
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super, Thank you eh. nice. I really want to try this one too. I got the impression from following the thread that the video cam issue can't be resolved. Perhaps I read it wrong, I will go back through the posts. I too want that vid cam on this phone. But I am very curious about that Bravia engine and Xloud and if/how much they make a difference on my device.
I am liking the kernalpani1c ROM, it does seem smooth, I uninstalled the GO launcher, sticking with Zeam after comparing the 2 with the new ROM, Zeam is noticeably faster & smoother for me.
The best thing about the custom ROMs for me is I had to use Malninion's unbricking method to fix this phone several weeks ago which uses the SU640, now I am back to the proper one.
I think I'll check out that Domination ROM next.
scott0 said:
hey thanks Amigo! I hope all is well with you now as well.
I took your advice and flashed the kernalpan1c ROM and am checking it out now.
super, Thank you eh. nice. I really want to try this one too. I got the impression from following the thread that the video cam issue can't be resolved. Perhaps I read it wrong, I will go back through the posts. I too want that vid cam on this phone. But I am very curious about that Bravia engine and Xloud and if/how much they make a difference on my device.
I am liking the kernalpani1c ROM, it does seem smooth, I uninstalled the GO launcher, sticking with Zeam after comparing the 2 with the new ROM, Zeam is noticeably faster & smoother for me.
The best thing about the custom ROMs for me is I had to use Malninion's unbricking method to fix this phone several weeks ago which uses the SU640, now I am back to the proper one.
I think I'll check out that Domination ROM next.
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I might switch to kernelpanic's rom next week or so when I have the time to start fresh. I'm gonna format the /data partition so it will a be clean slate.
Well, like i've mentioned, me and some others don't really see any difference either the bravia engine or Xloud is doing to the phone. The image quality on the phone is the same, and the loudness is just as loud as stock. Shrugs, it might just be me I dont know lol. Feel free to try it and let us know what you think about it
aquariuz23 said:
I might switch to kernelpanic's rom next week or so when I have the time to start fresh. I'm gonna format the /data partition so it will a be clean slate.
Well, like i've mentioned, me and some others don't really see any difference either the bravia engine or Xloud is doing to the phone. The image quality on the phone is the same, and the loudness is just as loud as stock. Shrugs, it might just be me I dont know lol. Feel free to try it and let us know what you think about it
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I was wondering about the clean slate starting fresh myself, does that make a difference?
I went to get the other ROMs and such but noticed their instructions were different than kernalpan1c, they did not state to clear caches and wipe system, etc so I stopped there.
so a question- it's safe and correct to always do the following 2 steps when flashing any ROM
3. Format /system in Mounts and Storage
4. Then "wipe cache partition" and "advanced > wipe dalvik cache"
thanks for the inputs
aquariuz23 said:
3) the claimed Bravia Engine and Xloud features implemented in the ROM just cannot be seen/heard. Supposedly it is there and running, but to some, nothing looks any different than the usual HD look of the phone and the sound is no louder than default. So those 2 features either are not working or just not noticeable enough.
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why on earth would anybody need some st1nk'n bravia engine while there already is lg mobile engine in stock ROM? ther U go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD3GSzOBuUo
scott0 said:
I was wondering about the clean slate starting fresh myself, does that make a difference?
I went to get the other ROMs and such but noticed their instructions were different than kernalpan1c, they did not state to clear caches and wipe system, etc so I stopped there.
so a question- it's safe and correct to always do the following 2 steps when flashing any ROM
3. Format /system in Mounts and Storage
4. Then "wipe cache partition" and "advanced > wipe dalvik cache"
thanks for the inputs
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So far from what I have followed, the 2 steps you've mentioned are safe to follow. The only thing they've all mentioned is: "DO NOT WIPE/FORMAT /Data Partition" Just making it big, bold and bright so you don't miss it LOL. Kernelpanic figured out that it is some kind of a glitch in CWM that causes data corruption when you wipe/format the /Data partition.
Domination's ROM also states to wipe /system and dalvik cache, it's a standard thing i'm guessing. The only reason I want to start from a clean slate is that I don't want any bugs or system clash when I flash a new ROM over an existing ROM, so I think wiping /data will be essential.
Btw, Kernelpanic has suggested that if you do need to wipe /data, to please first flash back LG's default recovery using the image you've backed up prior to flashing CWM on the phone, and then formatting the phone back to factory settings using it. When factory reset is complete (which means /data is also wiped), you can then flash back CWM and then flash the new ROM.
Hopefully this will help you decide on your steps. Again, wiping /data is not necessary at all, it's just an option that technically should be done but right now is not so safe to do. Be careful and as always, we are not responsible for a gorgeous brick on your desk lol.
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Billy Madison said:
why on earth would anybody need some st1nk'n bravia engine while there already is lg mobile engine in stock ROM? ther U go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD3GSzOBuUo
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I like that commercial lol. That is very informative and interesting to watch. Very true wat you said about the Bravia engine. Tbh, like I previously mentioned, I do not see any benefit of the Bravia engine on this phone, and definitely not the Xloud feature. Thus, I'm thinking of trying another ROM that has all capabilities functioning, thus the Camcorder.
Just wondering, if you truly can replace the "visual engine (e.g. LG's engine with Bravia Engine), could that be the reason why the camcorder won't work? It's kinda weird that the camera works but the recording function doesnt.
well,
i flashed the domination ROM and it installed, I poked around and decided I needed the video camera, so shut down, booted in to CWM and flashed the other ROM, it said it installed, i rebooted it would not open, stuck on boot, so i shutdown, booted into cwm and restored the 1st ROM but now i am stuck on a boot loop and cannot access cwm.
derp.
update: flashed the su640 ROM so I am back in biz, gotta root and flash CWM.
so i guess this is a fresh flash after all!
i'm at 32% batt, superoneclick does not want to root atm , letting it charge a bit and will try to reroot.
scott0 said:
well,
i flashed the domination ROM and it installed, I poked around and decided I needed the video camera, so shut down, booted in to CWM and flashed the other ROM, it said it installed, i rebooted it would not open, stuck on boot, so i shutdown, booted into cwm and restored the 1st ROM but now i am stuck on a boot loop and cannot access cwm.
derp.
update: flashed the su640 ROM so I am back in biz, gotta root and flash CWM.
so i guess this is a fresh flash after all!
i'm at 32% batt, superoneclick does not want to root atm , letting it charge a bit and will try to reroot.
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Yeah, that's what I feared, that when flashing another ROM over existing rom and not deleting /data might give an error. Which other Rom were you attempting to flash over Domination?
aquariuz23 said:
Yeah, that's what I feared, that when flashing another ROM over existing rom and not deleting /data might give an error. Which other Rom were you attempting to flash over Domination?
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was trying to flash the RebelRom after the Domination. the switch from kernalpanic to domination went fine but the switch from Domination to Rebel FUBARed the phone, same exact steps followed. it also messes up the phone where a restore does not work then cwm is not accessible.
yup, serious issue that is not pointed out very well anywhere. the phone was ruined. in fact it's now stuck on the su640 ROM rooted but not recognized by adb so no su access, adb shell command returns a dollar sign and stalls, and the su640 wireless issue means no internet access on the phone so I can't get terminal emulator on it to move img files in to place.
ATT is sending me a replacement under the warranty.
my opinion atm on the custom CWM and the available ROMs is the ROI is not there.
The Roms don't perform any better than a rooted and debloated stocker IMO to justify the risk it takes checking them out.
scott0 said:
was trying to flash the RebelRom after the Domination. the switch from kernalpanic to domination went fine but the switch from Domination to Rebel FUBARed the phone, same exact steps followed. it also messes up the phone where a restore does not work then cwm is not accessible.
yup, serious issue that is not pointed out very well anywhere. the phone was ruined. in fact it's now stuck on the su640 ROM rooted but not recognized by adb so no su access, adb shell command returns a dollar sign and stalls, and the su640 wireless issue means no internet access on the phone so I can't get terminal emulator on it to move img files in to place.
ATT is sending me a replacement under the warranty.
my opinion atm on the custom CWM and the available ROMs is the ROI is not there.
The Roms don't perform any better than a rooted and debloated stocker IMO to justify the risk it takes checking them out.
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Damn, seems like there is still some figuring out to do. A lot of the troubles keep pointing to CWM. What did you tell AT&T to get them to send you a warranted phone?
Kaiser_Beef said:
Damn, seems like there is still some figuring out to do. A lot of the troubles keep pointing to CWM. What did you tell AT&T to get them to send you a warranted phone?
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i told them the phone was stuck on the LG boot screen and it would not turn off entirely. if I hold the power button down long enough the screen would flash off but it would instantly reboot itself again. the phone did finally fully boot to the su640 ROM but no data/internet access. then they had me do a factory reset which failed as well, after the reset the phone would still boot to main screen instead of to the setup screen.
It was a long telephone call. but ultimately I was transferred to the warranty dept, the 1st tech agent filled that warranty person in who then just checked a cople things and then agreed to ship me a replacement expedited, scheduled delivery is Monday.
scott0 said:
was trying to flash the RebelRom after the Domination. the switch from kernalpanic to domination went fine but the switch from Domination to Rebel FUBARed the phone, same exact steps followed. it also messes up the phone where a restore does not work then cwm is not accessible.
yup, serious issue that is not pointed out very well anywhere. the phone was ruined. in fact it's now stuck on the su640 ROM rooted but not recognized by adb so no su access, adb shell command returns a dollar sign and stalls, and the su640 wireless issue means no internet access on the phone so I can't get terminal emulator on it to move img files in to place.
ATT is sending me a replacement under the warranty.
my opinion atm on the custom CWM and the available ROMs is the ROI is not there.
The Roms don't perform any better than a rooted and debloated stocker IMO to justify the risk it takes checking them out.
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So out of all the 3 ROMs you've tried which one did you like the most? Well, of course the rebelrom doesn't count cuz it borked your phone lol. Sorry to hear that though. I had this bad feeling when you mentioned that it froze after flashing that you flashed rebelrom, and yup that's what you did lol. Didn't you read through the thread though? Many of them got stuck in boot loops and not being able to recover after it.
yes, of course I read through the thread. I had the time to read through all the threads many times and did, even jotted notes down. I was fully aware of the risks involved and don't recall *****ing. I am patiently awaiting my replacement phone generously provided by ATT.
my conclusion was that none of the ROMs are worth the risk. The first one doesn't perform any better than a stock phone debloated + a better launcher, the second one has a very long boot time, then performs no better than a debloated stocker minus the video recorder.
scott0 said:
my conclusion was that none of the ROMs are worth the risk. The first one doesn't perform any better than a stock phone debloated + a better launcher, the second one has a very long boot time, then performs no better than a debloated stocker minus the video recorder.
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I will say upfront to anyone looking at using my ROM, it is a de-odexed ROM minus bloat, a better launcher, some optimizations (ie ICS app process and system server, build.prop tweaks), and the carrier text removed from the status bar. With that said, de-odexed does run smoother than stock (odexed). CF-Bench scores are for example higher on my ROM than on stock.
We're not going to see dramatic speed improvements past that without custom kernels or CM/AOSP.
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yes, of course I read through the thread. I had the time to read through all the threads many times and did, even jotted notes down. I was fully aware of the risks involved and don't recall *****ing. I am patiently awaiting my replacement phone generously provided by ATT.
my conclusion was that none of the ROMs are worth the risk. The first one doesn't perform any better than a stock phone debloated + a better launcher, the second one has a very long boot time, then performs no better than a debloated stocker minus the video recorder.
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lol scott, I never said anywhere that you were *****ing about bricking. I was just wondering why try when you know you have 80% of bricking? But anyways, it's great that you are getting a replacement from AT&T.
I am going to root my phone and have a few questions before I do. I am coming from a sensation and with the htc I only had 1 way to root so are any of the methods better or worse than others? I was planning on using to root injected stock rom method.
Secondly, I've read and still don't understand, could somebody explain the loss of imei to me? Htc doesn't have anything like that so I am confused about the backup of it?
Finally, could somebody suggest a good starting point for a rom and kernel combo? Unlike my htc I'm pretty happy with the stock rom sped and battery. I mainly want to tweak the looks of things a little, maybe a new battery icon and moving the clock position.
Best way to root is the video in my signature (use my files, too). It's easier and faster than the way you describe. I wish people would forget that stupid flash counter exists. It's not like we can't reset it.
Loss of IMEI very rarely happens when you flash. But, once you flash CM10, just run the terminal emulator that comes with it: su > reboot nvbackup. Now your IMEI is backed up, and you are protected against possible, but unlikely, loss. I've flashed every day for two months and never lost mine.
Rom: Why use ICS when you can use JB? IMO, the sole reason to use an ICS build is wifi calling. Use CM10. Use the stock CM kernel. CM doesn't have center clock (AOKP does), but IMO, CM is the better of the two. A lot of people like to flash custom kernels. They usually provide marginally better battery life, overclocking/undervolting, etc. I feel that none of these are necessary. There is an additional problem that the 3rd party kernels always lag behind CM's kernel merges, also. This typically results bootloops. So make sure the kernel you flash (if you do), is compatible with the newest CM build.
No the method does not matter, root is root. Read about them and use the one you are comfortable with.
Yes, HTC does have IMEI. All GSM phones do. It is basically the serial number your phone uses to connect to the network. All you have to do is follow the instructions in one of the threads to back it up.
For stock based ROMs on ICS, I like Wanamlite.
Aerowinder said:
Best way to root is the video in my signature (use my files, too). It's easier and faster than the way you describe. I wish people would forget that stupid flash counter exists. It's not like we can't reset it.
Loss of IMEI very rarely happens when you flash. But, once you flash CM10, just run the terminal emulator that comes with it: su > reboot nvbackup. Now your IMEI is backed up, and you are protected against possible, but unlikely, loss. I've flashed every day for two months and never lost mine.
Rom: Why use ICS when you can use JB? IMO, the sole reason to use an ICS build is wifi calling. Use CM10. Use the stock CM kernel. CM doesn't have center clock (AOKP does), but IMO, CM is the better of the two. A lot of people like to flash custom kernels. They usually provide marginally better battery life, overclocking/undervolting, etc. I feel that none of these are necessary. There is an additional problem that the 3rd party kernels always lag behind CM's kernel merges, also. This typically results bootloops. So make sure the kernel you flash (if you do), is compatible with the newest CM build.
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Thanks for the reply, CM10 wasn't officially supported with the htc so it never really worked great, but it looks like the M version is pretty smooth and ironed out so I'll definitely try that. I guess a lot of the threads I've read were early ones from before the flash counter could be reset, I thought it was a bigger deal than it seems like it is. I'll try your sig's root method. Oh yeah, wifi calling doesn't work for me right now with the stock rom so losing it isn't a big deal at all.
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No the method does not matter, root is root. Read about them and use the one you are comfortable with.
Yes, HTC does have IMEI. All GSM phones do. It is basically the serial number your phone uses to connect to the network. All you have to do is follow the instructions in one of the threads to back it up.
For stock based ROMs on ICS, I like Wanamlite.
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I wasn't saying HTC doesn't have imei, I was saying in a year of having it and before with the G2 I never once read any threads about people "losing" it, so I wanted to know what makes the s3 different.
That was SOOOO much easier than the sensation was. The senny took me over an hour, I had to learn adb and had to check and recheck a ton of commands before entering each to make sure I didn't brick anything. This was fast and easy, but now I can't seem to get into twrp recovery? Every time I try vol up/home/power it boots into what I'm assuming is the standard stock recovery?
My signature has an explanation for that.
Thanks again, I don't understand why but I installed cwm touch and it worked and then used goo manager to install twrp again and now it works fine. I know there's a whole thread about twrp but what do you like and why?
I stopped using TWRP because the keyboard (at least at the time) didn't work properly. It would close for no reason, making me retype the file names. Took me 5-6 times once, for this file name: CM10-XXXX. 9 characters. Would just keep closing and resetting the characters I had already typed. I've heard the new version, 2.3, has some pretty bad bugs, but I haven't used it, so can't confirm. Developer is currently fixing said problems. I also find the slide-to-continue gimmick to be ridiculous. I will say, however, that flash-queuing is a good idea.
I won't even discuss CWM because we have CWM Touch. The layout is nonsensical. Everything seems to be in random order, no dividers to make things easier to read, no prompt on fix permissions. Other than that, it's great. It allows you to delete stock recovery, and it keeps root for you when you flash OTA files with it.
CWM Touch is what I use, and will continue to use until something better shows up.
One more question, is there a way to double check once I've done the su/nvbackup using terminal emulator, or should I just assume that if the phone rebooted after running that command that it was successful?
When you reboot with that command, you will see blue text at the top left corner of the screen, like when you are going into recovery. It says it's copying modemst1 and modemst2 to fsb and backup. Yes, the names are incorrect, but you get the idea.
I'm a noob to the S3 development. It is configed for me a lot now. I dont want to have to reset my phone and have to do everything all over again. I have stock 4.1.2. All I want is to be able to have wifi tether and keep the stock rom. Will rooting it erase everything, and I will have to start back fresh, because when I had an HTC it did. Last question, when Sprint comes out with more stock roms as in updates, I know I would have to flash instead of doing them OTA which I know you can't do, will it restart/erase the phone when I flash those new stock roms on in the future?
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I'm a noob to the S3 development. It is configed for me a lot now. I dont want to have to reset my phone and have to do everything all over again. I have stock 4.1.2. All I want is to be able to have wifi tether and keep the stock rom. Will rooting it erase everything, and I will have to start back fresh, because when I had an HTC it did. Last question, when Sprint comes out with more stock roms as in updates, I know I would have to flash instead of doing them OTA which I know you can't do, will it restart/erase the phone when I flash those new stock roms on in the future?
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Let's tackle this question one piece at a time:
Rooting: "Getting Root" will not reset anything on your phone. You can go ahead and Root it and when you turn it back on most everything will be exactly the same as you had it before. You'll have a custom recovery (CWM or the recommended TWRP) and root access, but it won't format anything off your phone (apps, settings, etc.)
Wifi Tether: As far as I'm aware, you'll have to flash a custom ROM in order to get wifi tether working. I haven't flashed a TW ROM in a while (been sticking with AOSP 4.2.2 Roms for a bit), but I know that Freeza typically puts together a really nice ROM that is really close to stock. I don't think the one I linked has Wifi tether on it. There's also Kennyglass123, who put together The People's ROM (TPR), which I really liked and includes wifi tether. Also, with TPR, you can easily use Morphology to do all your customization.
The only thing about using custom ROMs is that the best procedure is to do a "full wipe" (factory reset, cache, dalvik) before flashing the ROM. The good news is that there are many programs available to help you get your programs/settings back up and running. I personally use Titanium Backup, but ROM Toolbox Pro also has this capability as well as a lot of other cool customization features. My only warning is that trying to restore system apps (the RED ones in Titanium Backup) can mess things up for your phone if you're switching between TW and AOSP or between versions of Android.
OTA Updates: Once you're rooted, you won't be able to flash OTA updates without going completely back to unrooted stock. The good news is that this process is relatively easy, just some Odin commands. The better news is that with the XDA community, you only have to wait a couple of days before they've come up with updated ROMs that include the OTA updates. Freeza is particularly speedy when it comes to that.
Last Note: I know flashing ROMs and "starting over" with your phone can be a daunting experience, but I've found that custom ROMs are the way to go. Nowadays, they're extremely stable, get amazing battery life, and include customizations that can really make the phone "your own." When I first got into flashing ROMs, I stayed really close to stock, but now I'm really enjoying AOSP ROMs such as Slim Bean, Liquid Smooth, and my current ROM, Carbon.
Hope I've answered your questions!
Thank You very much!!!
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To add on to the above, theres the TreveMod Wifi tether app that you can use on any rom, its specifically modded to work with the Galaxy S3
And yes, like he said, it can be overwhelming, we've all been there...but once you get started, there are some really cool roms out there, you just gotta find what it is you look for and what features you want
But trust me, you picked an awesome device to get started with
Good luck!
Oh and one last thing, do NOT flash roms/mods made for the international versions, or for other carriers. Chances are that you will either bork some functionality or brick your phone
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To add on to the above, theres the TreveMod Wifi tether app that you can use on any rom, its specifically modded to work with the Galaxy S3
And yes, like he said, it can be overwhelming, we've all been there...but once you get started, there are some really cool roms out there, you just gotta find what it is you look for and what features you want
But trust me, you picked an awesome device to get started with
Good luck!
Oh and one last thing, do NOT flash roms/mods made for the international versions, or for other carriers. Chances are that you will either bork some functionality or brick your phone
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Here is the link to TrevE's wifi app over in the Verizon SG3 Section. The late November version has been verified to be working on Sprint Stock (but rooted) MA6 roms. I haven't personally used it (don't have 4G in my area and the 3G is too slow to tether with), but others have and said that it works. It's also the app/mod that all the TW ROMs (with tethering baked in) are based off of.
Hope this helps!
-Topher
My sis has wfs (marvel) that had stock rom for the last ywar and began to rub v slow lately (19mb memory freee;(( ). So i unlocked it and rooted (s-off). Then begun to load different cuctom roms. Most of these show 150mb free ram straight after install and run smooth. However 10 minutes after syncing with apps from google account Im left with 20-40mb of free mem and phone is sooooo slow 15 minutes after reinstalling brand new rom. Of course full wipe, clean cash, dalvik cache is applied before update.
Why is this happening? Dont get me wrong, its not like im installing 100+ apps. Theres literally NO apps on this phone except whatsapp and two other 10megs apps. Thats it. Theres not even fb app on this phone.
Why roms that have description as 'lighting fast' 'superb smooth' etc are so painfully slow and bugged? My sister already asked me to get the phone back to original settings. So I have downloaded stock rom and am ready to get back to original rom. But am I missing here something?
I thought the whole point of instlaling custom roms was to get the whole new speedy and smooth experience with the phone. After what I experienced in last few days is far from it;(
Any ideas? Is it because I should format SD card and use link2sd and similar soft?
Roms tried so far:
[ROM][AROMA][JB]Marvellous CM10[BUGFREE][STABLE][SMOOTH][22-07-2013]
[ROM] [ICS/JB/JB 4.2] Speed Droid [UPDATED: 2013.06.22]
[ROM][AROMA] AceOneV2.2 [PORT][CM7]
[ROM][AROMA][STABLE][MarvellousSense][2.3.5 sense 2.1] [30-06-13]
nivepl said:
My sis has wfs (marvel) that had stock rom for the last ywar and began to rub v slow lately (19mb memory freee;(( ). So i unlocked it and rooted (s-off). Then begun to load different cuctom roms. Most of these show 150mb free ram straight after install and run smooth. However 10 minutes after syncing with apps from google account Im left with 20-40mb of free mem and phone is sooooo slow 15 minutes after reinstalling brand new rom. Of course full wipe, clean cash, dalvik cache is applied before update.
Why is this happening? Dont get me wrong, its not like im installing 100+ apps. Theres literally NO apps on this phone except whatsapp and two other 10megs apps. Thats it. Theres not even fb app on this phone.
Why roms that have description as 'lighting fast' 'superb smooth' etc are so painfully slow and bugged? My sister already asked me to get the phone back to original settings. So I have downloaded stock rom and am ready to get back to original rom. But am I missing here something?
I thought the whole point of instlaling custom roms was to get the whole new speedy and smooth experience with the phone. After what I experienced in last few days is far from it;(
Any ideas? Is it because I should format SD card and use link2sd and similar soft?
Roms tried so far:
[ROM][AROMA][JB]Marvellous CM10[BUGFREE][STABLE][SMOOTH][22-07-2013]
[ROM] [ICS/JB/JB 4.2] Speed Droid [UPDATED: 2013.06.22]
[ROM][AROMA] AceOneV2.2 [PORT][CM7]
[ROM][AROMA][STABLE][MarvellousSense][2.3.5 sense 2.1] [30-06-13]
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BUMP!
My wife has a similar problem on her wfS. I have also tried several roms but they inevitably end up with low memory I have found you can manage this by removing unwanted apps and system apps and regularly clearing the cache and clearing the data every so often for some apps. I found facebook was a big offender for having a large data pool (40+mb) so clearing that helps in the short term.
If any one knows of a good way to free up memory on the wildfire s please share because I have yet to find a suitable long term option for this.
wfs so slow
hey guys,
give a try to cronmod int2ext+.
it s a script.
u need partition u r sdcard first.
then download and flash the cron mod int2ext+.
flash it using cwm recovery.
goodluck.
dont't forget to reply me after trying it
try aopk, fast & smooth!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262394
keep it slim
I'd also recommend using INT2EXT scripts as mentioned above but make sure that the ROM works with it.
also if you want to keep as much memory free as possible search around for slim or slimmed ROMs as they are generally much smaller than the regular ROMs. they do have less bloatware so you MAY have to install a couple things you like if they're not included but I personally think they're fantastic. just find the one that's right for you.
heres a few links to get you started;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068879 - the slim ROM series from thehacka1. a good place to start.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315788 - another great slimmed ROM I was using for a while.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380334 - this is what I'm currently running and very impressed with.
have a go at these and see what you think. different strokes for different folks but they may be what you're after :fingers-crossed:
EDIT: oh, also depending on what you use you can also install slim gapps that take up much less space, like this one;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265564
takes up 10mb rather than 63mb. also a little more info about slim ROMs.
Hey all,
So as it says in the title, I'm new to custom ROMs, kernels and all of that stuff. I've had my G3 since it came out, and with the G4 around the corner, I thought it couldn't hurt to start experimenting a bit with my G3 and see what more I can get out of it.
I've been on LGs stock ROMs since I got the phone, I've been too scared of bricking it or voiding the warranty to try flashing a custom ROM. But, digging around the dev section for the G3, I'm seeing all these custom ROMs and how well they're improving peoples performance, and I figured I might as well ask how to go out switching to one.
I had an old Google Nexus S (Yes, I know VERY old) that I had running stock with a custom kernel, but I only used that to toy around with. My G3 is my phone, it's my daily driver I use it for everything from my Music to communication, social networking, gaming, pretty much everything. But lately, a few factors have been driving me closer to wanting a different experience, namely:
- I seem to only have around 1.1GB of RAM free (I'm on the 3GB/32GB D855 Variant) after booting up, and after a few hours I get down to around 600MB free. This isn't ideal, and lag is a player after I open a few apps up. I'd like to get rid of the bloatware that comes with the phone that I can't force-close in the task manager.
- Battery life (Yes I know it's a QHD screen but still, I'm seeing people doubling their SOT with custom ROMs, and I'd like to be one of them!)
- General performance (The stock ROM is only so good)
- A few niggles I have with the stock ROM, just things I find personally annoying.
Now, basically what I want to know is the following:
- What's a good ROM to start off with and try on my device? I've heard good things about BlissPop v2.2, CloudyG3 2.2, ChupaChups ROM, and a few others but they're the main ones I'm interested in. I'd prefer a ROM that comes without all the bloatware on the phone, as I don't want to root to have to do this myself if possible.
- Do I have to root to do this? I'd MUCH prefer to not have to root my phone myself (even though I'm aware there's some good tweaks for the phone that lengthen battery life etc. but one step at a time, lets just start with a custom ROM) but I'm unaware if I need to root to install a custom kernel or ROM if it's needed for the phone (The Nexus S was given to me from a friend who'd already rooted it, I just wiped it and played around with it). If there's a ROM that requires root but can do it itself on install, that would work for me. (CloudyG3 has something like this I believe)
- How easy is it to keep the ROM/ROMs up to date? Is it like updating the stock ROM? Can I do it just by downloading the new version of the ROM and flashing it to the phone without having it wipe all my data (Like you do when updating the stock rom (From like V20A - V20B) Or do some ROMs have a built-in update feature ( think ChupaChups ROM has a built-in OTA update feature)?
- Is there any chance of me bricking my device and it being unrecoverable if I do this?
- Is there a guide to how to move from the Stock ROM to a Custom ROM somewhere here on the forums, or is it specific for each ROM? Mainly for the reason above, I want to avoid making my phone unusable so I want a good, solid guide if they're available.
- When I sell my phone in the future, am I able to restore the stock ROM and Kernel? Mainly worried about the kernel here, I know I can just factory reset and flash the stock ROM but not sure how I'd go about flashing the original kernel. If I could completely backup the original kernel and everything and then save that to my computer for later on, that would work well, I've saved backups of all my .kdz's for each ROM version.
- Is there a complete guide for backing up everything that is stock on the phone (ROM, Kernel, Userdata, etc.) and then starting over from scratch (Like a step-by-step process)
- *Optional* Does anyone know if I could restore my app data from the stock ROMs built-in backup tool in settings to the custom ROM if it supports it?
So that should be pretty much it, I'm really just looking to move to something more from my phone, and there's some good options out there, I'm just concerned regarding the things above. A huge thank you to anyone that's able to offer me help, you'll be doing me a HUGE favour. I don't think I'll be able to afford the G4 when it comes out I'm looking to get everything I can out of my G3.
Thanks!
I can't take the time for all the answers, but to get you started, look for the LG one click root thread in one of these sections.
Sent from my VK810 4G
Some guides >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/help-thread-lg-g3-question-t2947298 <<