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[Q] Gnex lag/wifi problem.

Hello.
Recently I've upgraded my Android version to 4.2.1 on my Gnex and since then I've experienced many problems regarding Wi-Fi and lag. The problem with the Wi-Fi is that looses connectivity when in standby even if the rooter has no problem. There are some times when I loose Wi-Fi connectivity even when I use my phone. On the other hand, it became laggy, taking forever to open an application.
My question is: what would you suggest me to make my phone better/faster? hard-factory-resetting my phone, or installing a new version of Android, with custom ROMs and other things?
I am new to this community and I don't really know how to reset my phone to the factory Android version.
Thank you.

From my understanding, there isn't a fix. I have a Gnexus on 4.2.2 and get the same issue a lot.
My belief is its a problem with jb itself

To fix the slowness, either update to 4.3 or install this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix and run it regularly.
If you read this article you'll understand the issue: http://www.androidcentral.com/nexus-devices-updated-android-43-will-now-have-trim

Thank's
rafa1696 said:
To fix the slowness, either update to 4.3 or install this app and run it regularly.
If you read this article you'll understand the issue:
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Thank you very much for your advice.
Using efrant's excellent guide, I've managed to update my Android to 4.3 and rooted it.
Recently I've seen the Paranoid Android custom ROM, and I really liked it. What I wanted to ask you: is it good? I mean, when it comes to device's speed, extra options, etc.
I really wanted to install that ROM, but from what I've seen from their thread, in the matter of installation, it's kinda blurry.
Help?

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Lestat2308 said:
Thank you very much for your advice.
Using efrant's excellent guide, I've managed to update my Android to 4.3 and rooted it.
Recently I've seen the Paranoid Android custom ROM, and I really liked it. What I wanted to ask you: is it good? I mean, when it comes to device's speed, extra options, etc.
I really wanted to install that ROM, but from what I've seen from their thread, in the matter of installation, it's kinda blurry.
Help?
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Paranoid Android is still in its early 4.3 development stages so it will have bugs and hiccups. I flashed it and noticed it's not up to speed as stock 4.3 so I reverted. If you don't mind the bugs and hiccups, go for it.
As for flashing it:
-Be on the latest TWRP or CWM recovery
-Wipe everything (Factory reset, cache, dalvik)
-Install ROM and then install the PA GAPPS
-Reboot

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DroidOnRoids said:
Paranoid Android is still in its early 4.3 development stages so it will have bugs and hiccups. I flashed it and noticed it's not up to speed as stock 4.3 so I reverted. If you don't mind the bugs and hiccups, go for it.
As for flashing it:
-Be on the latest TWRP or CWM recovery
-Wipe everything (Factory reset, cache, dalvik)
-Install ROM and then install the PA GAPPS
-Reboot
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Thank you very much for your advice. Well then, I guess I'll wait for PA to be "applied" for 4.3.

Try Fancy or Golden kernel.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 4

Problem
Hi. I have a new "problem" with my Gnex.
From the past few days a notification came, which tells me to update to Android 4.3, even though I have installed it few weeks ago. It won't dissapear, no matter what I do.
Should I update to their "version", or should I ignore it?
LE: The battery started to drain reaaaaaaaaally fast.

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It is fix for a security issue, and it stays on 4.3. You can just disable notifications for the app which checks for updates(I forgot the name of it).
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

[Q] A Few Questions About New Nexus 7

Sorry in advance as I'm sure these questions are added somewhere. Just looking to be pointed to some threads or other places with good info.
I just got a new 2013 N7 and it came with 4.3 build A# JWR66N.
Upon first run, there are a couple of system updates available that I am hesitant to install. I'm guessing they are to update it to the newest 4.4. Just wondering if I should do this or if it will cripple or lock anything else having to do with rooting or flashing custom ROM's
First thing I noticed is it looks just like the custom EOS 4.1.1 I flashed into my Xoom tablet a few years ago and coming from a Galaxy tab, there is no option to clear all recent apps (the Galaxy has a small garbage can symbol in the recent apps list that gets rid of everything with one touch). I was wondering if there is something like this for the N7 (either an app or a custom ROM that has it).
Also, I knew before buying it that OTG was crippled. My friend has one and said he rooted and used stickmount to get full OTG read-write access. Wondering if there is a better alternative (or if there is a custom ROM with this already fixed).
I have been seeing a lot of stuff about a N7 FLO. What is this and how do I know if I have it?
Last, I am definitely interested in unlocking/rooting/adding a custom ROM to it but looking for some good direction for this. I have been searching through these boards and my head is spinning from all the different info. Last time I rooted and flashed a custom rom was a few years ago with my Motorola Xoom and I did it all manually with ADB and some other stuff and it went smooth. It seems like everything written on here is made for people that already know what they are doing and although I have done it before, and have no problems following instructions, it's been a few years I am looking for a good link or links to some beginner guides so I can kinda go back to the beginning and refresh myself before going into this. I am also not opposed to using WUG's toolkit or similar but would still like to better understand doing things manually in case something goes wrong.
Any info you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

happy4ya said:
Sorry in advance as I'm sure these questions are added somewhere. Just looking to be pointed to some threads or other places with good info.
I just got a new 2013 N7 and it came with 4.3 build A# JWR66N.
Upon first run, there are a couple of system updates available that I am hesitant to install. I'm guessing they are to update it to the newest 4.4. Just wondering if I should do this or if it will cripple or lock anything else having to do with rooting or flashing custom ROM's
First thing I noticed is it looks just like the custom EOS 4.1.1 I flashed into my Xoom tablet a few years ago and coming from a Galaxy tab, there is no option to clear all recent apps (the Galaxy has a small garbage can symbol in the recent apps list that gets rid of everything with one touch). I was wondering if there is something like this for the N7 (either an app or a custom ROM that has it).
Also, I knew before buying it that OTG was crippled. My friend has one and said he rooted and used stickmount to get full OTG read-write access. Wondering if there is a better alternative (or if there is a custom ROM with this already fixed).
I have been seeing a lot of stuff about a N7 FLO. What is this and how do I know if I have it?
Last, I am definitely interested in unlocking/rooting/adding a custom ROM to it but looking for some good direction for this. I have been searching through these boards and my head is spinning from all the different info. Last time I rooted and flashed a custom rom was a few years ago with my Motorola Xoom and I did it all manually with ADB and some other stuff and it went smooth. It seems like everything written on here is made for people that already know what they are doing and although I have done it before, and have no problems following instructions, it's been a few years I am looking for a good link or links to some beginner guides so I can kinda go back to the beginning and refresh myself before going into this. I am also not opposed to using WUG's toolkit or similar but would still like to better understand doing things manually in case something goes wrong.
Any info you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
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Do not use a toolkit. If there is one thing you take from this response, take that.
N7 2013 has two models, flo and deb. flo is the wifi version, deb is the LTE version.
Updating a Nexus device will not hinder your ability to root/unlock the bootloader. Other OEMs do this, and that's why I'm not using their devices anymore. Done with them.
Clear all recents button is removed on later Android versions. Custom ROMs or Xposed/GravityBox to get it back.
OTG/Stickmount issue: I believe that if you have a custom kernel that supports it, not an issue, don't need Stickmount. No experience in this area, however.
The stock look of a Google OS is standard AOSP. That's why the ROM you flashed on your Xoom looks very similar.
If you are new to Nexus devices, I would probably recommend using stock for a while. When you become tired of the absolute lack of customization, switch to SlimKat and use Banks' minimal gapps package. The gapps thread is in the N5 apps section, but works just the same on N7.
If you are going to unlock the bootloader anyhow, here is what you want to do to update to the newest version without the extra steps.
You need to install the drivers, get ADB+fastboot, and download the KTU84P factory image for your device. All links in signature. If you have the wifi model, razor, if you have the LTE model, razorg. razor=flo, razorg=deb.
You can find the fastboot tuts all over the internet, and it's too long to type. But basically, you want:
fastboot oem unlock (this will wipe your device, but only needs to be done one time)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
<you can run the flash-all.bat file that came with your fasctory image now>
after that's done, you'll want to go back into bootloader mode and flash TWRP (link in signature).
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
That's a lot of information written with very poor coherence. If you need elaboration, just ask. But it has you pointed in the right direction.

Aerowinder said:
Do not use a toolkit. If there is one thing you take from this response, take that.
N7 2013 has two models, flo and deb. flo is the wifi version, deb is the LTE version.
Updating a Nexus device will not hinder your ability to root/unlock the bootloader. Other OEMs do this, and that's why I'm not using their devices anymore. Done with them.
Clear all recents button is removed on later Android versions. Custom ROMs or Xposed/GravityBox to get it back.
OTG/Stickmount issue: I believe that if you have a custom kernel that supports it, not an issue, don't need Stickmount. No experience in this area, however.
The stock look of a Google OS is standard AOSP. That's why the ROM you flashed on your Xoom looks very similar.
If you are new to Nexus devices, I would probably recommend using stock for a while. When you become tired of the absolute lack of customization, switch to SlimKat and use Banks' minimal gapps package. The gapps thread is in the N5 apps section, but works just the same on N7.
If you are going to unlock the bootloader anyhow, here is what you want to do to update to the newest version without the extra steps.
You need to install the drivers, get ADB+fastboot, and download the KTU84P factory image for your device. All links in signature. If you have the wifi model, razor, if you have the LTE model, razorg. razor=flo, razorg=deb.
You can find the fastboot tuts all over the internet, and it's too long to type. But basically, you want:
fastboot oem unlock (this will wipe your device, but only needs to be done one time)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
<you can run the flash-all.bat file that came with your fasctory image now>
after that's done, you'll want to go back into bootloader mode and flash TWRP (link in signature).
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
That's a lot of information written with very poor coherence. If you need elaboration, just ask. But it has you pointed in the right direction.
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Thanks for all the info. So I definitely have the FLO model.
I would like to use Titanium Backup for Root and a few other things that need root access so I definitely want to do this.
Also, being that this tablet has no micro SD, I definitely want to have read-write access with a USB drive. I've had this for almost a week already and I haven't loaded anything into it yet because I figured I'd be wiping it. I really don't want to mess with stock because of the lack of a few things. I really just can't stand having devices with restricted use. That's not what I paid for.
I never used Kit Kat before and not sure if I'll like it. Do you know if you can go back to 4.3? I know with some of the other devices (like my Galaxy S3 phone), once you update it OTA, they lock stuff up and you cannot roll back.

Also, does anyone have any idea on a completely new out of the box unit what is killing the battery so fast? On my galaxy 7 tab, it would last over a week in standby. This thing was dead in about a day and a half after I took it off the charger. and I charger it full a couple of times already. Or does battery life just suck on this tablet?
I did find a post somewhere that said to turn off google location and I just did that. We'll see if it does anything.

happy4ya said:
Also, does anyone have any idea on a completely new out of the box unit what is killing the battery so fast? On my galaxy 7 tab, it would last over a week in standby. This thing was dead in about a day and a half after I took it off the charger. and I charger it full a couple of times already. Or does battery life just suck on this tablet?
I did find a post somewhere that said to turn off google location and I just did that. We'll see if it does anything.
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You can roll back to 4.3. Google hasn't gone full Apple yet. But I strongly advise against doing so, as it's a large step backwards.
Understood on stock OS, agree no options anywhere. Slimkat+franco.kernel+banks gapps. You won't look back. Also in developer options, switch to ART. Dalvik sucks. If you're using Banks' minimal gapps, the lack of some syncing libs (for the AOSP calendar nobody uses) will cause random FCs until you reboot a second time. Nothing to worry about. Just grab the Google Calendar, or whatever calendar you use, from the play store and freeze the AOSP one with TiBu. Another FC you might see is gms.location. It should only happen once. Something with play services.
Once you are rooted, you can grab BetterBatteryStats to see what's killing your battery. On stock installs, it's mostly going to be location-based stuff keeping it awake. You already turned off reporting, but you also need to switch location mode to Device only.

[Q] Nexus 7 very laggy after Lollipop upgrade

I flashed the LRX21P factory image onto my Nexus 7 2013 yesterday and to be honest I'm really quite disappointed with the performance. Most of the material design animations seem to be running slowly or dropping frames, scrolling is jittery and even the performance of many of my games (the ones that still work, anyway) is much worse than before.
I've seen comments elsewhere with other people having the same experiences, just wanted to get a feel for how common this is and if there is anything that can be done to fix it.

Did you wipe data? Old data cannot remain or it will ruin performance.

madbat99 said:
Did you wipe data? Old data cannot remain or it will ruin performance.
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I used the script included with the factory image. Unfortunately my Nexus 7 won't even boot right now, so I'm going to restore it from my Kitkat backup and not muck about with it again.

You really need to do a fresh install when upgrading to a major new version of an OS. Trying to keep your old data and settings is a recipe for disaster.

On my Nexus 7 2013 at first time it was running laggy, but now, after few reboots it's running OK, but I think it can be faster.

a lot of people have same problem

Reboot and install clean master. Maybe fix it

It is slightly laggy but not a deal breaker

I used the Stock Factory Image to upgrade, and it gave me absolutely no issues at all..
I did a COMPLETE WIPE, then installed the image via Wugfresh's NRT Program/Tookit and played with it for about a week.. It broke a few of my apps.. So I decided to go back to Carbon's Nightlies 4.4.4.. I won't go back to Lollipop until a decent Custom rom is released with Xposed modules... I did not notice a performance boost or anything different other than a complete interface change.. I had to download a beta copy of Titanium Backup to restore the Data of my apps so I could at least restore a few things.... Lollipop isn't ready for prime time, stick to your latest version of Kitkat..

Zaphodspeaks said:
I used the Stock Factory Image to upgrade, and it gave me absolutely no issues at all..
I did a COMPLETE WIPE, then installed the image via Wugfresh's NRT Program/Tookit and played with it for about a week.. It broke a few of my apps.. So I decided to go back to Carbon's Nightlies 4.4.4.. I won't go back to Lollipop until a decent Custom rom is released with Xposed modules... I did not notice a performance boost or anything different other than a complete interface change.. I had to download a beta copy of Titanium Backup to restore the Data of my apps so I could at least restore a few things.... Lollipop isn't ready for prime time, stick to your latest version of Kitkat..
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Xposed doesn't work on art. And there is waaay more than a ui change. There are security enhancements that I have been waiting for. Even though one of my favorite apps isn't updated to work yet (dish anywhere) I can't go back, lol. Onward to the 21st century!!

madbat99 said:
Xposed doesn't work on art. And there is waaay more than a ui change. There are security enhancements that I have been waiting for. Even though one of my favorite apps isn't updated to work yet (dish anywhere) I can't go back, lol. Onward to the 21st century!!
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I know Xposed doesn't work on ART, hence why I downgraded to my trusty Carbon 4.4.4 where its tried and true..
The developer of Xposed doesn't even know if he will port Xposed over to Lollipop, although I have confidence that he will eventually.. I never liked the Stock version of any version of Android.. But because its open source, or at least up until now, there will always be someone out there with a CM port, or Carbon.. ETC..
Lollipop broke a lot of my apps.. Thats because some developers haven't caught up.. I like Lollipop, but I hate the middle pull down menu.. other than that, it's fantastic.. Battery life really good, smooth and gave me not a single issue while I used it for just over a week... But I missed some of my games.. and favorite apps.. Then I temporarily downgraded to 4.4.4.. Until the 3rd party developers can polish this amazing rom..

Mine lagged after flashing as well. I just reflashed and now its a smooth as ever. Stock kernel

I'm quite happy back on Kitkat. Since Google appear to have pulled the OTA update I can't see a reason to rush to upgrade right now and I probably shouldn't have been so impatient.
Interesting to see the poll is almost neck and neck too.

I was worried after seeing some of these comments, but I flashed Lollipop last night and my tablet is running great!!

timrock said:
Mine lagged after flashing as well. I just reflashed and now its a smooth as ever. Stock kernel
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Absolutely great advice for any issues after a rom flash. If you are fastboot flashing rather than taking an OTA, it's so easy to just reflash the system. If needed, reflash all components.

[Q] IronRom and Lollipop Rooted

On the Tab S 10.5 Wifi T-800. I just flashed lollipop rooted and then flashed IronRom...
I noticed every time I turn off and then back on. After the Samsung splash I get Android is upgrading starting apps message for a few seconds...
Is this normal for Lollipop?

kendive said:
On the Tab S 10.5 Wifi T-800. I just flashed lollipop rooted and then flashed IronRom...
I noticed every time I turn off and then back on. After the Samsung splash I get Android is upgrading starting apps message for a few seconds...
Is this normal for Lollipop?
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No it isn't. uninstall Hulk-kernel app and install it as a normal user app

I just flashed back to kitkat stock rom rooted for now. Might go back to lollipop later.
I used the France lollipop Firmware might try the Canada version next time.

I re flashed back to Lollipop and then flashed the IronRom and getting that
Android is upgrading starting apps message for a few seconds on every boot again
I am not quite understanding what you mean by uninstall Hulk-kernel app and install it as a normal user app?
I see the app so just uninstall with Ti Backup and I don't see avab in the Play Store can I download the apk?
FYI: Seems like everything is working great on Lollipop and the IronRom I just get that extra message with booting from power off. Don't know why it does that?

kendive said:
I re flashed back to Lollipop and then flashed the IronRom and getting that
Android is upgrading starting apps message for a few seconds on every boot again
I am not quite understanding what you mean by uninstall Hulk-kernel app and install it as a normal user app?
I see the app so just uninstall with Ti Backup and I don't see avab in the Play Store can I download the apk?
FYI: Seems like everything is working great on Lollipop and the IronRom I just get that extra message with booting from power off. Don't know why it does that?
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I *think* he means to uninstall the kernel tweaker app that comes with IronRom and download the version from the Play Store, here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gokhanmoral.stweaks.app&hl=en
@Tkkg1994 can correct me if I'm wrong.
I haven't tried that, but to be honest, I power down/reboot my tablet so infrequently that the few extra seconds that dialog takes doesn't really bother me enough to try to get rid of it. I'm lazy, I guess.

Hookmt said:
I *think* he means to uninstall the kernel tweaker app that comes with IronRom and download the version from the Play Store, here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gokhanmoral.stweaks.app&hl=en
@Tkkg1994 can correct me if I'm wrong.
I haven't tried that, but to be honest, I power down/reboot my tablet so infrequently that the few extra seconds that dialog takes doesn't really bother me enough to try to get rid of it. I'm lazy, I guess.
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Yea I tried all that. Right now I have the Tweaker uninstalled right now and wiped Delvik and Cache and still getting that extra Android is upgrading on every boot.
So you are saying this happens to yours too... If so must be something with Lollipop and Iron Rom???
I don't know if I am really sold on Lollipop anyway may just go back to Kitkat on all my devices. I run Lollipop and IronRom for a few more days and see.

kendive said:
Yea I tried all that. Right now I have the Tweaker uninstalled right now and wiped Delvik and Cache and still getting that extra Android is upgrading on every boot.
So you are saying this happens to yours too... If so must be something with Lollipop and Iron Rom???
I don't know if I am really sold on Lollipop anyway may just go back to Kitkat on all my devices. I run Lollipop and IronRom for a few more days and see.
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I can no longer remember if that happened with stock lollipop, but does with IronRom. However, I am very happy with lollipop on this tablet and particularly IronRom and personally have no intention of going back to KitKat. However, that's the nice thing about Android and the support we have here... we have choices. :good:

Hookmt said:
I can no longer remember if that happened with stock lollipop, but does with IronRom. However, I am very happy with lollipop on this tablet and particularly IronRom and personally have no intention of going back to KitKat. However, that's the nice thing about Android and the support we have here... we have choices. :good:
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You are so correct... Yea I will give Lollipop a few more days I am not jumping ship yet. LOL
So it is an IronRom Issue for sure. I was thinking that. Maybe they will update.
What's funny is I have an Samsung S5 and an LG G3. I have the S5 on Lollipop right now too and runs great no issues at all yet...

Need S4 Rom advice!

Hello! Pretty new in XDA forum and I have a couple of questions and concerns. I was browsing through some threads and I was wondering if I could get some opinion/help from other members.
I have a second phone that I want to mod and I need some help.
Device: Samsung Galaxy S4 (ROOTED)
Model#: SGH-M919
Android Version: 4.4.4
Baseband: M919UVUFNK2
It's an old phone and lately, it's been running really slow and if possible, I'd like to make it run as if it was brand new or at least somewhat close. So the question is, are there any recommended stable roms/mods I could use and if there are/is, will I be able to use it with my rooted phone or do I have to completely factory reset it before I apply the mods/roms?
Thank you!

Hi @Mr.LinK,
Just yesterday I finally got sick of my M919 slow/battery drain/old stuff and decided it was time for a reset. I was running SlimKat from over a year ago and while it was a great ROM, I had accumulated so much crap that it was getting really bogged down. This just happens over time no matter what OS, no fault to Slim. But I was also looking to move to Lollipop. Here's what I did:
1. Backed up using several methodologies (full backup with TWRP just in case, then from Android I backed stuff up with Helium, and used Backup My Mobile for SMS/MMS etc., an EFS backup just in case, etc..)
2. From within Android, did a factory reset. This sent the phone into recovery, and it formatted the data partition.
3. Rebooted to recovery again, and used TWRP to manually format the media section, just in case something was left there. Then wiped everything except the external SD.
4. Used ODIN to flash the OH3 firmware onto my MDL M919, without letting reboot after (unchecked the reboot checkbox). Pulled battery, rebooted back into download mode again, and flashed OH3 a second time... this gets around some instance people have reported about incomplete upgrades of firmware and all sorts of issues... better safe than sorry.
5. Let phone boot into now 100 % stock OH3 Android 4.4.4. YEEEUKKK. Some part of me thought I would just root the thing and get rid of Samsung crapware, but just the sheer annoyance of the T-Mobile boot animation was enough to remind me why I left stock long ago. Anyway, I let it boot, and set it up minimally with just 1 Google account, not restoring from backup. To my surprise it found the ATT network (I'm an ATT user, not T-Mobile... I just prefer T-Mo phones because they have unlocked bootloaders) and APN no problem no effort from me. Usually I have to enter an APN.
6. I tested the phone out to make sure all systems were working. GPS, WIFI, Bluetooth, etc.. To my surprise, first time I ran the camera app, it applied a firmware patch. Sweet. I'm glad I went through this step. Coming from ancient MDL, I figured there might be some kinks like this. I let it sit on stock for a few hours while I did stuff with my kids.
7. Back home, I did a factory reset from within Android. Then I flashed the latest TWRP tar file (2.8.7.0) using ODIN, and in TWRP did a full wipe of everything again.
8. At this point I flashed Danvdh's GPE edition of Lollipop from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539361
Installation went smoothly. It's a very basic set of apps that it comes with (Google play is there, but you have to download email/messaging apps from the store such as Gmail and Messaging, Maps, etc). I like this approach!
I've been gradually setting things back up, and am very happy with things so far. Haven't run into any problems yet. The nice pure GPE android experience is refreshing.

@Frankenscript Thanks for the information. I was reading the linked thread and it looks really good so I'll give it a try

Mr.LinK said:
@Frankenscript Thanks for the information. I was reading the linked thread and it looks really good so I'll give it a try
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Good luck and let us know how it goes!

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Good luck and let us know how it goes!
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I just completely flashed my phone with the ROM and I'm pretty happy with the outcome. No bloatware feels so nice. I've been tinkering with it for a while now and I haven't encountered any problems so far but I did notice that model number changed to GT-I9505G. I'm assuming that's normal since the rom is based off of another variant which makes sense, correct me if I'm wrong. Will this complicate future updates or other rom installation? If so, are there any ways of reverting back to the original model number?

Mr.LinK said:
I just completely flashed my phone with the ROM and I'm pretty happy with the outcome. No bloatware feels so nice. I've been tinkering with it for a while now and I haven't encountered any problems so far but I did notice that model number changed to GT-I9505G. I'm assuming that's normal since the rom is based off of another variant which makes sense, correct me if I'm wrong. Will this complicate future updates or other rom installation? If so, are there any ways of reverting back to the original model number?
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I'm pretty sure we can change the reported model number by modifying the build.prop file. I just haven't poked around with it yet... I did ask the question in the thread and am waiting for a reply. I haven't had to do this kind of thing for over a year, and I forget the build.prop key that does it. But I had some concern that it might bork something else down the road so I decided to wait a bit. IT's just a cosmetic thing and I'm SOOO enjoying the experience right now.
Two little things I'm still fishing around for answers to:
-In the drop down quick access menu, I wish there was a sound/vibrate/mute toggle. I can make one with PowerToggles but maybe there's a way to adjust what's in the native one.
-Really silly, but the power off button when pressed just seems to ... power off the phone!? No option for restart / recovery. Maybe there's an option to set this somewhere; haven't checked.
Still, these are all minor things to sort out. Really, I think I'm very sold on GPE editions now thanks to Danvdh's work.
Marc

Just an update, my phone just rebooted twice in the last 5 mins or so. Was watching on my netflix and it randomly rebooted. Any idea what's causing it and how to prevent it from happening?

Mr.LinK said:
Just an update, my phone just rebooted twice in the last 5 mins or so. Was watching on my netflix and it randomly rebooted. Any idea what's causing it and how to prevent it from happening?
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Haven't seen random reboots. I think I got maybe one reboot since installing the ROM. Then again, I haven't put NF on the phone. I do know that Netflix app had some issues on my Shield tablet, and the manufacturer (Nvidia) came out with a patch... maybe it's something general in Lollipop?

Frankenscript said:
Two little things I'm still fishing around for answers to:
-In the drop down quick access menu, I wish there was a sound/vibrate/mute toggle. I can make one with PowerToggles but maybe there's a way to adjust what's in the native one.
-Really silly, but the power off button when pressed just seems to ... power off the phone!? No option for restart / recovery. Maybe there's an option to set this somewhere; haven't checked.
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Both if those can be fixed with Xposed modules.
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Will look into doing this in a week or so. Thanks
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