[Q] s4 mini rooting - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi everybody,
i bought a samsung galaxy s4 mini
and i later realized it was a grade one replica
i want to put a custom os (cm mod) on it
the problem is i cannot enter into download mode
can anyone help?
i will be gratefull

If it's replica, it's not Samsung. It has different hardware configuration, so you can't use S4 mini software.
You have to search under real device name.

mar10o said:
If it's replica, it's not Samsung. It has different hardware configuration, so you can't use S4 mini software.
You have to search under real device name.
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Pease i am new; how do i search under device name

fredprime said:
Pease i am new; how do i search under device name
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Go to Settings-->About Phone
There should be your current model number, but i doubt that there are any root guides for it. Of course you could be lucky and just have an older device. Besides i think its possible to fake the model number. Where do you got the replica?

s0ftcorn said:
Go to Settings-->About Phone
There should be your current model number, but i doubt that there are any root guides for it. Of course you could be lucky and just have an older device. Besides i think its possible to fake the model number. Where do you got the replica?
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this is all the information about my phone in the images.

fredprime said:
this is all the information about my phone in the images.
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Hm, these look okay (although the kernel build date looks a bit weird but i cant compare it since im on CM).
What you can try is to dial *#1234# and post a screenshot of it, if thats not possible just look out for values like 9190 or 9192 or 9195. If *#1234# does not work you are on somekind of non-samsung software.

His model says GT-I9190. The kernel looks suspicious though but as he mentioned it was a grade one replica so the maker could've just used a custom model number.

yeah i got it with the *#1234#

droid pro not booting
hi
my pro was working fine on cm ( 2.3.7) but without the play store
so i tried unrooting with the z4root app
after it was done, i restarted the phone and it stucks at the motorola logo
please can any one help?
i booted into recovery and wiped cache but no change
i factory reset also in the recovery mode but still it still stucks.
please can anyone help

I am assuming you are still referring to your grade one replica of the S4 Mini here, upon which you successfully rooted and install CyanogenMod?
You have to flash CM again and this time also flash the appropriate GApps.
If you are using CM10.2 then get 20130813. CM10.1 then get 20130812

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[Q] Note 8 firmware upgrade issues

Hi. Dont jump on me for those questions but couldnt find anything here on xda nor google helped me.
So here it is.
Just bought my Note 8. GT-N5110. It has Android 4.1.2 and build version JZO54K.N5110XXBMD1. Not rooted
As I know 4.2.2 is available I wanted to update. But OTA says I am up to date.
I tried then Kies. I have all the drivers uptodate and Kies version uptodate as well. When I connect my Note it is recognized but it seems that Kies doesnt read everything what it should.
It doesnt show the firmware version at all.
When I am trying to check for firmware updates all I get is mssg:
GT-N5110 does not support initialising.
I also tried sammobile. But cuz I couldnt determine which version of Note 8 I have and didnt know which firmware to pick up and installed their apk.
It should check for me everything but I am getting only
Model GT-N5110
Product code. - nothing
PDA N5110XXBMD1
CSC N5110CCBMD1
Modem - nothing
After hitting GET LATEST receiving only mssg - No info foun for the provided firmware.
So my questions are:
- How can I determine is the firmware update available for my Note or not yet?
- How can I determine which version of Note do I have? I bought it on amazon.co.uk so I think it is European version but are there country specific version as well for WIFI only model?
- Which firmware should I download from sammobile to stay "legal" lets say. UK? Dont want to root at the moment.
Any help really appreciated.
cheers
mkiggy
mkiggy said:
Hi. Dont jump on me for those questions but couldnt find anything here on xda nor google helped me.
So here it is.
Just bought my Note 8. GT-N5110. It has Android 4.1.2 and build version JZO54K.N5110XXBMD1. Not rooted
Any help really appreciated.
cheers
mkiggy
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Hi.
I have the same version. (Settings, System, About (or something like that at the bottom) and then in the buildnumber there is the version.
Mine is rooted so i can't do OTA and it doesn't find an update.
I guess since there isn't any 4.2.2 version on sammobile, there doesnt exist any yet for our build.
Greetings
Chris
Thanks for that.
Decided to root so wont worry anymore about OTA or KIES updates.
Cheers
Firmware
mkiggy said:
Thanks for that.
Decided to root so wont worry anymore about OTA or KIES updates.
Cheers
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From this link you can get to know about the latest available firmware for your device Model & Product Code. See image 1.
And this link will give you info about all the firmware released for the same. See image 2.
Is the tablet you bought is a used one? Because if it is brand new, then the PDA should be N5110XXBMC9, which is the first release. Also missing Product code can mean something very wrong.
AkiOrpheus said:
Is the tablet you bought is a used one? Because if it is brand new, then the PDA should be N5110XXBMC9, which is the first release. Also missing Product code can mean something very wrong.
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it was brand new bought from amazon.
what you mean "very wrong" ?

[Q] s4 mini s memo vanished

Hello people im new to this forum and i need help
I just got an s4 mini and it had s memo installed in it after sometime when i went back to use it it wasnt thier it like vanished i changed the view types, checked the widgets went on application manager but i couldnt find it is thier anyone who can help me get it back through an apk no root or flashing. I cant also see some other apps like the camera but luckily i have a shortcut for that in the homescreen so i can access it but that shortcut i dobt think will stay thier for long please help thankyou!!!
kewlkaka1203 said:
Hello people im new to this forum and i need help
I just got an s4 mini and it had s memo installed in it after sometime when i went back to use it it wasnt thier it like vanished i changed the view types, checked the widgets went on application manager but i couldnt find it is thier anyone who can help me get it back through an apk no root or flashing. I cant also see some other apps like the camera but luckily i have a shortcut for that in the homescreen so i can access it but that shortcut i dobt think will stay thier for long please help thankyou!!!
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you disabled it by mistake ... go to settings>app manger>>memo app> there will be a button instead of uninstall it will be enable .. click it and your good :good:
thanks alot
Thanks alot i really appreciate your help though i already got the answer from somewhere else but i really appreciate your help thankyou i have another question i have this problem in dsploit it says it only works on rooted devices i have root now and im perfectly sure about that. Ihave busy box and a custom rom and i hve been clearing setting my superuser permission grant to always uninstalled and reinstalled dsploit but nothing really helps. you think you can help me with that thankyou
Kewlkala1203
kewlkaka1203 said:
Thanks alot i really appreciate your help though i already got the answer from somewhere else but i really appreciate your help thankyou i have another question i have this problem in dsploit it says it only works on rooted devices i have root now and im perfectly sure about that. Ihave busy box and a custom rom and i hve been clearing setting my superuser permission grant to always uninstalled and reinstalled dsploit but nothing really helps. you think you can help me with that thankyou
Kewlkala1203
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First of all try root checker to test if your device is really rooted
help plzz
Flatric said:
First of all try root checker to test if your device is really rooted
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hey i know you might be thinking i ask alot of questions but you are the only one who is replying to me here but im stuck in a big problem if you could help me i would be really grate full so what happened was, i bought a note 3 recently it had a jackyaway rom installed by its previous owner it was with jelly bean software, now i want to upgrade my note 3 to 4.4 kitkat but i cant upgrade as it is rooted and has a kernel jackyaway installed. i thought of flashing a note 3 stock rom from the net on to the device but each device has its own build number, i tried checking for my build number in settings but its original build number is changed and its showing me jackyaway written over there no build number, its not on its box and not on the manual. what shall i do i wanna go to stock rom and then upgrade to 4.4 there are no backups also made by the previous owner what should i do?, please be brief i dont want to wreck this device
THANKYOU!!!
what i am sure about
-)the device is rooted my note
-)the buildnumber is hidden or changed to jackyaway in caps
-)i went to sammobile to search for my device which is note 3 n9005 but each firmware over their has a different build number
-)sincerely
kewlkaka
kewlkaka1203 said:
hey i know you might be thinking i ask alot of questions but you are the only one who is replying to me here but im stuck in a big problem if you could help me i would be really grate full so what happened was, i bought a note 3 recently it had a jackyaway rom installed by its previous owner it was with jelly bean software, now i want to upgrade my note 3 to 4.4 kitkat but i cant upgrade as it is rooted and has a kernel jackyaway installed. i thought of flashing a note 3 stock rom from the net on to the device but each device has its own build number, i tried checking for my build number in settings but its original build number is changed and its showing me jackyaway written over there no build number, its not on its box and not on the manual. what shall i do i wanna go to stock rom and then upgrade to 4.4 there are no backups also made by the previous owner what should i do?, please be brief i dont want to wreck this device
THANKYOU!!!
what i am sure about
-)the device is rooted my note
-)the buildnumber is hidden or changed to jackyaway in caps
-)i went to sammobile to search for my device which is note 3 n9005 but each firmware over their has a different build number
-)sincerely
kewlkaka
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That's no problem, just go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and search for n9005 and download the firmware fpr your country http://wccftech.com/how-to-install-stock-firmware-on-galaxy-note-3-all-models/ this is a tutorial
yeah but
Flatric said:
That's no problem, just go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and search for n9005 and download the firmware fpr your country http://wccftech.com/how-to-install-stock-firmware-on-galaxy-note-3-all-models/ this is a tutorial
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yeah but when you search for the firmware next to it is written the build number but my build number is hidden which one should i choose
kewlkaka1203 said:
yeah but when you search for the firmware next to it is written the build number but my build number is hidden which one should i choose
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Isn't there anlther field which says modelnumber? Over Android-Version

Flashing things to SM-T705Y

Hi Guys,
I have a T705Y. Was wondering whether I have to flash stuff specific to the Y version (of which there doesn't appear to be much) or whether I can flash T705 stuff to it as well.
I did a quick search and couldn't find anything. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
D.S
Where did you get this one from? I'm not sure about flashing stuff on it because most roms and kernels are for the 705. Not sure if the 705 is compatible to the 700y. Is this also a Snapdragon or exynos?
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A carrier in Australia are giving them out in a bundle at the moment, my Nexus 7 just happened to break so it seemed to work out.
No idea if it's Exynos or Snapdragon, haven't looked that far into it yet. Was simply asking the question in the hopes that somebody had a quick answer.
It's not a big deal. Some more searching suggests that CF-AutoRoot works, which would probably be enough for me to be able to uninstall / freeze a lot of the chaff on the device.
Thanks
D.S
shaboogen said:
A carrier in Australia are giving them out in a bundle at the moment, my Nexus 7 just happened to break so it seemed to work out.
No idea if it's Exynos or Snapdragon, haven't looked that far into it yet. Was simply asking the question in the hopes that somebody had a quick answer.
It's not a big deal. Some more searching suggests that CF-AutoRoot works, which would probably be enough for me to be able to uninstall / freeze a lot of the chaff on the device.
Thanks
D.S
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NZ and AU has same which is a Y and it's exynos...
I just got a new australian model sm- t705y. Has anyone flashed the taiwanese lollipop rom to it yet? Does it run good? Should i root before or after? I'm a newbie, thanks, Pet
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I flashed the taiwanese lollipop rom with odin 3.09, it works beautiful, didn't need factory reset after, but it is specifically for the "y"-version of the sm-705. I am facing the same problem, don't know what the "y" means, except that it adds a certain bandwith for Australian 4G. I don't know if i can use stuff for normal sm- 705 or if that would cause problems. I will repost after trying, might take a while as i want to do a full backup first. If anyone has any clues regarding this issue i too would be very happy and
I too would be very very very interested in knowing this. Can't find any info on it other than a "maybe" from the Iron ROM creator.
The main reason I want it is because the Xposed framework doesn't work with current stock Samsung ROMs, yet there are no custom ROMs for the T705Y..
Has anyone taken the plunge and tried a custom T705 ROM on a T705Y??
FYI the T705Y is the Australian variant with 4G 700MHz band 28 for Aussie 4G. It has the Exynos 5 Octa 5420 (Adonis?)
..tempted to buy one with a broken screen just to try it but I don't have the money at the moment.
Sorry if double posting isn't allowed but just an update - I've tried deodexing so I can install Xposed but no luck - have gone through all the walkthroughs and troubleshooting I can find and after about 8 hrs total I've given up. I'll post back here if I get the balls to flash a T705 ROM or if I find a T705Y ROM that will allow Xposed.
crunt said:
Sorry if double posting isn't allowed but just an update - I've tried deodexing so I can install Xposed but no luck - have gone through all the walkthroughs and troubleshooting I can find and after about 8 hrs total I've given up. I'll post back here if I get the balls to flash a T705 ROM or if I find a T705Y ROM that will allow Xposed.
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Why do you need balls? It's a simple case of making a backup with twrp first which is reiterated on this forum about a million times then just flash away.
As I understand it there is still a risk of a hard brick which means you can't get back into TWRP, unless I'm mistaken?
crunt said:
As I understand it there is still a risk of a hard brick which means you can't get back into TWRP, unless I'm mistaken?
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Nope. I don't know of anyone that has hard bricked flashing stock firmware.
Just got a T705Y today....
crunt said:
I too would be very very very interested in knowing this. Can't find any info on it other than a "maybe" from the Iron ROM creator.
The main reason I want it is because the Xposed framework doesn't work with current stock Samsung ROMs, yet there are no custom ROMs for the T705Y..
Has anyone taken the plunge and tried a custom T705 ROM on a T705Y??
FYI the T705Y is the Australian variant with 4G 700MHz band 28 for Aussie 4G. It has the Exynos 5 Octa 5420 (Adonis?)
..tempted to buy one with a broken screen just to try it but I don't have the money at the moment.
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used to have the T705 a long time back...went to the S2 T715...left that...got a great deal on T705Y practically new was sealed but sometimes wonder about those seals...anyway manufactured just in June this year...runs much better than T705 used to and guessing it is all software (has to be)..has 5.0.2 now (back then like a year back 4Q 2014 was kitkat and a horrible keyboard back then)...
checked that there is a s/w update of 212MB available not sure what that is for
in terms of the Y version...see the Sm-T235...I have that too (and had the Y version of that briefly...the Y version (also Taiwan) for the T235 there is identical to the non-Y version except for some LTE bands...same roms, recovery etc...can check the xda board tab 4 7.0..this is the LTE 235 I am referring to (now 230/231/237 differ) but Sm-t235 and 235y are basically identical. So here too, I think some frequencies are different (enabled bands but otherwise same)
by analogy I am pretty certain the 705 and 705Y have similar degree of similarity and differences like the 235 and 235y...if one can say that..just some bands on lte (235 has the 850, the 235Y has the 700 frequency for example)
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Nope. I don't know of anyone that has hard bricked flashing stock firmware.
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Thanks ashyx but I am wanting to flash a custom ROM not stock, and for a slightly different model number. FWIW among other reasons I'm needing Xposed to turn off the magnet screen off feature which is sometimes triggered by my magnetic car cradle.
I think mac has answered my question will and confirmed what I suspected.
Thank you mac for sharing your experience :good:
crunt said:
Thanks ashyx but I am wanting to flash a custom ROM not stock, and for a slightly different model number. FWIW among other reasons I'm needing Xposed to turn off the magnet screen off feature which is sometimes triggered by my magnetic car cradle.
I think mac has answered my question will and confirmed what I suspected.
Thank you mac for sharing your experience :good:
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Well just to let you know I have flashed countless custom roms on my t805. For quite a while I was using a custom t805y rom which ran very well with no issues. I also think there is a t705y version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3127127
I now use PhoeniX ROM.
Pretty much any rom can run on these devices regardless of region.
The only thing is you may need to restore or flash the boot.img and modem for your particular device if you encounter issues.
I have only ever had to restore the modem.
Well i flashed t705 recovery yesterday and chaimsaw
Latest su2.62 that also works on t235 5.1.1...xposed running too
Sent from my SM-T705Y using XDA Free mobile app
Awesome thank you guys!
shaboogen said:
Hi Guys,
I have a T705Y. Was wondering whether I have to flash stuff specific to the Y version (of which there doesn't appear to be much) or whether I can flash T705 stuff to it as well.
I did a quick search and couldn't find anything. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
D.S
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I have tried flashing SM-T705 rom onto my 705y model and it seems to work just fine. I used Odin to flash twrp then used twrp to install Lineage os 14.1 and the gapps ARM 7.1 FULL (a thread said only full version seems to work without errors I have not checked it).
ROM: [ROM][7.1.1][UNOFFICIAL] LineageOS 14.1 - SM-T705
you will find the link to the rom there

i9195L - black edition

Hi,
I did not find much informations on the i9195L (note the "L") so i am creating a new thread.
I bought and successfully flashed (using cmw as recovery) a few i9195.
Today I got this new i9195l - black editions for my sun.
It has 4 cores (arm cortex @ 1.20) and uses an adreno 306 gpu.
Looks good except I am unable to flash it:
-put it in download mode
-send the cwm 6.0.5.1
-reboot in recovery mode
-tells me "could not boot in normal mode"
-knox warranty is now void (as expected)
Tried to flash a few times, with or without reboot, with or with f reset time, nothing works
Something which seems to be new : it mentions "qualcomm secureboot: enable (csb)".
Any idea?
I would really like to flash a cyanogen 12.x like I did on my other s4 mini phones...
Regards,
Erwan
Bump. I'm interested too, I want to buy one but I'm not sure about the modding possibilities. You might be wrong about the L though. I found a model with the same specs, but it's an i9195i.
cLick1338 said:
Bump. I'm interested too, I want to buy one but I'm not sure about the modding possibilities. You might be wrong about the L though. I found a model with the same specs, but it's an i9195i.
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Right ! this is an i not an l (for letter).
seems it also goes under the name S4 mini plus ? see here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62212646&postcount=51 .
I believe we need a recovery built for this device specific kernel, a specific CM version?
more information here : http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/110203-gt-i9195i-supported/ .
Seems some guys managed to root it and also that there is a twrp variant.
My concern with flashing a new image is it wont be signed correctly and the secureboot will reject it.
Or will a custom recovery take the secureboot away?

Need help on Galaxy Note 2 N7105

Hi Guys,
I have switching roms in these few months. Recently, I tried to use back the stock rom N7105XXUFOB2. Everything went normal until I found 2 problems:
1. imei is blank with /01 when typing *#06#, but baseband was shown and I can still get the network. (My mistake for not backing up the efs folder)
2. GPS not found, tried with google map and waze but same issue. Tried with gps status also to no solution. (No satellite at all)
Then, I went for customs rom, GPS works and network works as per normal but with imei blank and baseband display. Anyone got idea on how to resolve it?
Appreciated if anyone can help.
Where did you get the stock ROM? Is that the latest stock ROM for the phone?
I found these stock ROMs: https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?exact=1&q=GT-N7105
audit13 said:
Where did you get the stock ROM? Is that the latest stock ROM for the phone?
I found these stock ROMs: https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?exact=1&q=GT-N7105
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I have forgotten where I downloaded it. But definitely not sammobile as it requires user login.
Below is the version I use.
PDA/AP Version: N7105XXUFOB2
CSC Version: N7105OLBFOD1
MODEM/CP Version: N7105XXUFNI2
Region: Singapore (singtel)
Are you saying that the stock rom I am downloading is not genuine or somehow corrupted?
Is that possible that imei blank, baseband still around and mobile signal works as per normal? Because I am facing it. lol.
By the way, in 4.4.2, is there anyway to do screen mirroring to samsung tv? Firstly, it mentions 'Unable to Start Screen Mirroring because of Hardware Issues'. Then I checked online and edit build.prop file by adding in “wlan.wfd.hdcp=disable“. Then the hardware issue quote is gone but the tv screen is blank.
I would flash the latest stock ROM from updato.com.
I'm not sure how you can get any cell or data service from your carrier without success valid IMEI.
audit13 said:
I would flash the latest stock ROM from updato.com.
I'm not sure how you can get any cell or data service from your carrier without success valid IMEI.
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Ya, it is very weird. But just to confirm again. If I reflash the rom from the website you mentioned, Is that possible to fix the blank imei issue? I think it is going to be 50-50.
I have tried googled this issue, I found some said to change imei using mtk tool, does it apply to galaxy note 2 as it mentioned works for Mediatek devices and not sure about others?
Just a friendly reminder that XDA does not permit any discussions related to changing an IMEI.
Flashing the latest stock ROM will sometimes being back the IMEI.
audit13 said:
Just a friendly reminder that XDA does not permit any discussions related to changing an IMEI.
Flashing the latest stock ROM will sometimes being back the IMEI.
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Understood. I found the same rom in updato, just wonder why some roms with same android version but different pda version so late? (Eg, France (Orange) (FTM), N7105XXUFQH1, 4.4.2- 17 Sept 2017)
Is it just because the rom is being updated late in updato?
Different ROMs for different regions and carriers. Not all ROMs have the same languages too.
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Different ROMs for different regions and carriers. Not all ROMs have the same languages too.
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Understood and thanks for your explanation. For stock firmware, do you have problem doing screen mirroring to smart TV?
Unfortunately, I can't comment on mirroring because I haven't had a Samsung phone for a while.
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Unfortunately, I can't comment on mirroring because I haven't had a Samsung phone for a while.
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Oh I see, never mind then.
The problem on the stock firmware is that manufacturer has already abandoned the phone. Therefore, many apps have been discontinued and that's why the screen mirroring is not working. But I trully love the stock camera app compared with custom rom. :crying:
Now I'm using custom rom and will continue monitoring first. :laugh:
Anyway, thanks again.
I think the note 2 has decent hardware and could probably run 6.0 with no problem but Samsung would sell fewer phones
audit13 said:
I think the note 2 has decent hardware and could probably run 6.0 with no problem but Samsung would sell fewer phones
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Ya, you are right. I am not using custom rom resurrection remix nougat version. The camera is not as smooth as the stock camera which is sad for me. My wife did complain to me that the phone with this rom was lagging, which led me to back to stock firmware.
But now I am back to same rom so far is ok, only that I need to make sure the phone can run smoothly and I will be happy to use it. Cheers.

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