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[Q] Rom Recommendations

Hey,
I had a horrible bootloop-infection on my phone today for no reason; maybe its the sign to replace the Rom; i had a milestone 5 from AOKP [ around june WTF??!?) installed and was enjoying it till this day;
I was waiting for the last 4.2 Rom update from AOKP but since no update for the last month i decided to get something new and fresh instead, so thought to come back here and ask you guys thos flash junkies or just people who realy enjoy their current ROM;
I wasnt here for 6 months due to studying in the university so most of the names are new to me in the Development section that's why i realy need the help to choose;
I dont need much only good battery life; option to remove the notification bar and to have the navigation bar transparent or invisible;
Currently sitting with 4.0.2 clean recovery Rom that i made on the start of February o0 build waiting for responses;
Thank you;

Well, I am not using any of these custom ROMs so I am always supporting the idea of going over the main thread of the most popular ROMs in the development section then choosing whatever seems reasonable to you. Try it, then if any complaints then go for another.
If you really want a 4.2 AOKP ROM, then check this
I hope you have a break from the university so you can play with these custom ROMs

Thank you ahmadallica;
I'm studying software engineering so my free time is for sleep only currently thats why i ask for guidance due to the fact i dont have much time to test each Rom;
The Rom you gave looks realy nice from the outside but sounds more of a huge nightly build instead of a stable one, with so many stuff missing and probably he just uses the AOKP frame without adding/updating/changing any stuff moreover the lack of changlog and an overall [work/not work] stuff that the rest of the Rom developers show suggesting its just an amateur one; i really appreciate this dude's hard work but i need something stable for half a year and not to be one of this Rom testers;

Highly recommend paranoid android, been through leads of custom ROMs and I've stuck with this the longest ... give it a go, excellent team and excellent ROM
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Muzzys 4.2 is super smooth and has a few nice mods...running it for 5 days now 4.5/5 .
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I'm realy liking what i see on Paranoid one tho; looks awesome;
Only question is are there any themes which support it or can u adjust color yourself from inside the system?
Muzzys looks like a full slim version with no additional features not sure thats what im looking for;

vitalero said:
cant find a thread for Muzzys to cheack it out
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Well, I searched for MMuzzy's and it is available here.
Be careful because I found that in the "Verizon" section so do NOT flash it if you are running a GSM GNex

vitalero said:
I'm realy liking what i see on Paranoid one tho; looks awesome;
Only question is are there any themes which support it or can u adjust color yourself from inside the system?
Muzzys looks like a full slim version with no additional features not sure thats what im looking for;
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Paranoidandroid is definitely the way to go. The new version is still in beta but almost completely stable in my opinion. Themes are hit or miss at this stage of the ROM but yes, you can adjust the colors for the navbar, statusbar, navigation icons and statusbar icons within each app. It can be found in settings/paranoidpreferences/apps.
I've been using this rom since v1.98, it's now at 2.99 BetaNINE and I have not looked at anything else.
*Sidenote, PA used to be CM based up until version 2.54, starting with 2.99 Beta1 it is now AOSP based for a smoother and faster experience with better battery life. This is why some features are not yet added back and other things are not fully perfected (i.e. themes).
The problem with themes is that with every new Beta of PA comes some new code and the themers cannot always keep up with every new release so a lot of themes end up causing issues. I would just customize as I recommended above for now and once AOSPA 3.0 is released PA will be out of beta and easier to find compatible themes.

Yes you can adjust the colour of the status bar and nav bar for each app individually from with the hybrid engine within the rom... Most play store themes support it too... anything else just let me know
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Thank you dankblaze for all that info;
I realy dont need that much of customization just that all bars/system/screens be with the same color and to be able to adjust that 1 color myself;
Is that possible in the new 2.99 or should i get the 2.54?

dankblaze said:
Paranoidandroid is definitely the way to go. The new version is still in beta but almost completely stable in my opinion. Themes are hit or miss at this stage of the ROM but yes, you can adjust the colors for the navbar, statusbar, navigation icons and statusbar icons within each app. It can be found in settings/paranoidpreferences/apps.
I've been using this rom since v1.98, it's now at 2.99 BetaNINE and I have not looked at anything else.
*Sidenote, PA used to be CM based up until version 2.54, starting with 2.99 Beta1 it is now AOSP based for a smoother and faster experience with better battery life. This is why some features are not yet added back and other things are not fully perfected (i.e. themes).
The problem with themes is that with every new Beta of PA comes some new code and the themers cannot always keep up with every new release so a lot of themes end up causing issues. I would just customize as I recommended above for now and once AOSPA 3.0 is released PA will be out of beta and easier to find compatible themes.
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+1 agreed, with the colours I've not found the need for themes lately
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You def can change all colors in pa.ran it for a week...each app has a color setting too.
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CM - simple,smooth,stable with great support. The father of the most roms mentioned here .

vitalero said:
Thank you dankblaze for all that info;
I realy dont need that much of customization just that all bars/system/screens be with the same color and to be able to adjust that 1 color myself;
Is that possible in the new 2.99 or should i get the 2.54?
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Definitely use the newest 2.99 version. Much better experience.
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Sorry for asking this but how exacly do i update my recovery? ive got one which i updated last time 10 months ago a touch recovery still working smooth; can i update it from inside it? or i must download a newer recovery and install it ON the old one? links to recommended/newest/best recovery would be kindly accepted;
Also forget to ask what kernal goes best this days;
TY'

vitalero said:
Sorry for asking this but how exacly do i update my recovery? ive got one which i updated last time 10 months ago a touch recovery still working smooth; can i update it from inside it? or i must download a newer recovery and install it ON the old one? links to recommended/newest/best recovery would be kindly accepted;
Also forget to ask what kernal goes best this days;
TY'
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Personally, I like TWRP so check this on how to install it easily. Take note that if you have CWM nandroid backups then they will NOT be compatible with TWRP because it has its own nandroid backups.
As for kernel, just try them till you find a suitable one

Thx bro, i might give it a try tho is there something wrong staying with CWM ? i dont care much for the backups im gonna format it anyway. but i read inside you say it not for Gnex and thats its only for the Nexus 4? is that true?

vitalero said:
Thx bro, i might give it a try tho is there something wrong staying with CWM ? i dont care much for the backups im gonna format it anyway. but i read inside you say it not for Gnex and thats its only for the Nexus 4? is that true?
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No no. That was for the other member in that thread who was mentioning a Nexus 4 version. TWRP works on both of them. Basically just download the Goo Manager app then it will install the correct version automatically just follow the steps to save some time for your software engineering studies
I will copy the steps below so you don't have to worry about that link in my previous post.
1- Run GooManager app
2- Click on the upper right 3 dots for settings
3- Click "Install OpenRecoveryScript"
4- Confirm Recovery Install --> Yes
5- Confirm download, reboot, and install --> Yes
6- A download process will start then it will be installed
7- (Optional) Reboot into recovery to ensure that TWRP is successfully installed and working.
And no there is nothing wrong with CWM, I just personally like TWRP
If you are staying with CWM, then just update it to the latest version before installing any 4.2 ROM. I think installing/flashing the latest CWM recovery can be done easily using the "ROM Manager" application from the Play Store

Jb sorcery latest is great and has every tweak you can think of, very stable and they have inverted gaapps!!!
sent from my spell ridden galaxy nexus

vitalero said:
Thx bro, i might give it a try tho is there something wrong staying with CWM ? i dont care much for the backups im gonna format it anyway. but i read inside you say it not for Gnex and thats its only for the Nexus 4? is that true?
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I recommend using TWRP. There were some problems with multiple media folders being created when flashing with CWM. I know latest TWRP did not have this problem. Don't know if latest CWM still does this or not.
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Paranoid OTA App Not Showing Up

Hey everyone, this might be a total noob question, but I'm relatively new to the whole custom rom thing, so bear with me.
I've been recently messing around with many roms just to see what I've liked and disliked. So far my favorite has been Paranoid Android. Today I flashed the beta of the 4.4.x release and have been very pleased with it. The only issue is that the OTA update apk doesn't seem to be anywhere. I've re-flashed the rom, but that hasn't helped. Any advice?

AnTiDoWn3r said:
Hey everyone, this might be a total noob question, but I'm relatively new to the whole custom rom thing, so bear with me.
I've been recently messing around with many roms just to see what I've liked and disliked. So far my favorite has been Paranoid Android. Today I flashed the beta of the 4.4.x release and have been very pleased with it. The only issue is that the OTA update apk doesn't seem to be anywhere. I've re-flashed the rom, but that hasn't helped. Any advice?
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Device?

Verizion GS3.
Sent from my SCH-I535.

AnTiDoWn3r said:
Verizion GS3.
Sent from my SCH-I535.
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I'm not sure if non-nexus device maintainers build with PA OTA by default...they can include it but they would have to make some changes and upload their files to Goo.im
You'd have to contact your maintainer to see if it's included or not.

Ah that makes a lot of sense. The ROM turned out to be pretty unstable all around (at least for me) so I'm now running a CM 11 nightly. Once a stable release is made for PA, I'll flash that and if the app isn't included, I'll ask. Thank you for your time and help.
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The app won't do any good unless the maintainer puts their builds on goo and modifies the ota app to point to it. The standard ota app only works for the devices the team has listed on their site
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I extracted the latest ParanoidOTA.apk from PA 4 beta 3. Just install it like any other apk and grant it SU permissions. Take it.

cezarvrabie said:
I extracted the latest ParanoidOTA.apk from PA 4 beta 3. Just install it like any other apk and grant it SU permissions. Take it.
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There is no point in this unless your device is hosted on the official servers or the app is modified to look at some other server which hosts your device builds.
The only thing installing this would provide is updates for GApps

AOKP+Nameless+Asylum_Omni

I have tested these roms on my find 7a and they work great. I'm not sure of these will work with find 7 so please do a nand backup and report back in the thread if it works. Credits to the devs for these releases.
Asylum_Omni
AOKP Official Nightlies
NamelessROM Nightlies

Asylum-omni!
That reminds me of my Note 1 days. Deff getting this now.... Is there an asylum thread about?

shure2 said:
Asylum-omni!
That reminds me of my Note 1 days. Deff getting this now.... Is there an asylum thread about?
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I found the roms by browsing goo.im but I don't think there are any threads for either rom besides this one for now

uppon2 said:
I found the roms by browsing goo.im but I don't think there are any threads for either rom besides this one for now
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Thanks for sharing. I know Chas has set up a thread or two on XDA before so I'll patiently wait for him to start one up.

Anyone tried this?http://androxfer.in/get.php?p=AOKP-....zip&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
Apparently it works on 7a

I will give it a shot now
Edit* This appears to be the same as the one I linked in the OP but a newer build from Dirk. I am assuming this has now gone in to an official status as I can find it on the AOKP site. OP has been updated with the official site being the link - Thank you for pointing it out as it has now made me realise it was official! - I remember seeing a post from Dirk on Google+ about it being supported but I had forgotten to keep an eye out on the actual AOKP site.
Also added official CM nightlies to OP

Do any of this work with the Find7 (not 7a)?

jampola said:
Do any of this work with the Find7 (not 7a)?
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I'm not sure. You could make a nand backup then try if you want. I think as soon as there is an AOSP rom built for the find 7 QHD you could use the kernel from that and put it in roms built for find 7a and everything should be fine. Until then it might not function at 100 percent.

Thanks for posting the links dude!
So the AOKP nightly for the FInd 7, that's for the "Find 7" not the 7a? And is it for the 9077? AOKP doesn't specify the device model
Cheers

TheSmokingAndroid said:
Thanks for posting the links dude!
So the AOKP nightly for the FInd 7, that's for the "Find 7" not the 7a? And is it for the 9077? AOKP doesn't specify the device model
Cheers
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Well Dirk Rettschlag has mentioned it here as the Find 7 but I have used the version displayed in the screenshot from his G+ plus the release on the official AOKP site which also lists it as Find 7 on my Find 7a and it works perfectly. Do a nand backup and have a shot at testing it?

DOES IT WORK?

Find 7 (x9076) compatibility?
Is it compatible with the QHD Find 7?

Anyone having SU issues on the latest Nameless nightly?

JRW 28 said:
Anyone having SU issues on the latest Nameless nightly?
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What issues are you facing?

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What issues are you facing?
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SuperSU kept force closing and was non responsive at all both times I installed the ROM on clean installs. Could get no root features or root apps to work?
I've seen this before as SuperSU needed the binaries updated but I could get no progress with it??

JRW 28 said:
SuperSU kept force closing and was non responsive at all both times I installed the ROM on clean installs. Could get no root features or root apps to work?
I've seen this before as SuperSU needed the binaries updated but I could get no progress with it??
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Try downloading superuser by clockwork and busybox by Stephen and use those and see how that plays out

uppon2 said:
Try downloading superuser by chainfire and busybox by Stephen and use those and see how that plays out
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Didn't even think about that. Thanks. Running C-Rom right now as I liked it on my S4. Just getting used to this phone. A big upgrade from the S4!

JRW 28 said:
Didn't even think about that. Thanks. Running C-Rom right now as I liked it on my S4. Just getting used to this phone. A big upgrade from the S4!
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I liked C-Rom but it gave me issues installing it. Every time I tried to run it it would not pass the boot animation; after 10 minutes of it sitting there the same thing would happen on reboot. The only way I got it to work was by dirty flashing over the top of itself. After installing all of my apps i went to reboot and upon pressing and holding the power button it forced a hot reboot that would not pass the boot animation. I gave up after trying this a few times. I didn't report this to the dev as he has lots of stuff going on.

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I liked C-Rom but it gave me issues installing it. Every time I tried to run it it would not pass the boot animation; after 10 minutes of it sitting there the same thing would happen on reboot. The only way I got it to work was by dirty flashing over the top of itself. After installing all of my apps i went to reboot and upon pressing and holding the power button it forced a hot reboot that would not pass the boot animation. I gave up after trying this a few times. I didn't report this to the dev as he has lots of stuff going on.
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Had similar issues first time I tried booting C-Rom. When I seen Nameless on the Oppo forums their instructions added wipe system after full wipe an it seems to be working good like that. I now factory reset, then wipe system, dalvik and cache under advanced and it seems to be working fine like that

JRW 28 said:
Had similar issues first time I tried booting C-Rom. When I seen Nameless on the Oppo forums their instructions added wipe system after full wipe an it seems to be working good like that. I now factory reset, then wipe system, dalvik and cache under advanced and it seems to be working fine like that
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I have always formatted system. Most roms will have it in the script but I have always done it manually

[Q&A] [ROM] [5.0] Samsung Galaxy S3 [d2tmo] [Nightly] LiquidSmooth Lollipop

Q&A for [ROM] [5.0] Samsung Galaxy S3 [d2tmo] [Nightly] LiquidSmooth Lollipop
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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [ROM] [5.0] Samsung Galaxy S3 [d2tmo] [Nightly] LiquidSmooth Lollipop. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.
Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy!

cameron_taylor said:
Camera fix ??? .... really wanna use snapchat and instagram ...
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Stock and instagram cameras are not working, but snapchat's IS working for me!
From my experience with the rom, open camera is working really good.

Willbur415 said:
Stock and instagram cameras are not working, but snapchat's IS working for me!
From my experience with the rom, open camera is working really good.
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You can also take a picture with open camera/nexus camera and then share it with instagram/snapchat. A few extra steps but it works
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Does this rom have a black material design theme?

lilipop roms
So I am running the cyanide L shift kernel version of lolipop or android 5 and I was wondering what the differences are between the two...
Is it the Launcher used? or Is Cyanide L and Liquid Smooth the firmware and the Launchers are a totally different thing? I'm not having any issues with my build right now... its running smooth like butter (only negative thing is my data wifi signal is really bad... I updated to NC1 but heard I may need to go to NC2 or NC4?? I dunno... anyways whats the differences? and I don't mean one is cyanide the other is Liquid smooth... I mean what are the actual differences in detail please...
I really really don't like the launcher (nova) used in the cyanide L build...

Mic issues
Mic isnt working with video chat apps

Anyone able to deposit a check using any banking app? Bank of America app doesn't work for me. I assume this is related to the camera issues.
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scheduler
Hi i want to thank you for the great work your doing. Im having issues with changing the i/o scheduler in the performance menu. No matter what i pick it stays as row as soon as i exit settings and apply on boot doesnt work either. I have tried clean flash reboot clear cache wipe dalvik and no luck. The only way i can make it stay is by another app.

Seriously, what is going on with VIPER?
No matter how many time I install the driver it's always "Not running, or Driver Status: Abnormal."
I downloaed the se Linux change, and it set it to permissive. Everytime the phone resets it goes back to enforcing. WHy won't it stay on permissive? I am using the default kernel with the LiquidSmooth
I can't get viper to work. At all. This is on a brand new fresh install, wiped away clean internal SDCard, starting completely anew.
This is frustrating the crap out of me.
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two files
[/COLOR]Soft keys on my s3 don't vibrate I can't seem to find the option to turn them on?

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nafeasonto said:
Seriously, what is going on with VIPER?
No matter how many time I install the driver it's always "Not running, or Driver Status: Abnormal."
I downloaed the se Linux change, and it set it to permissive. Everytime the phone resets it goes back to enforcing. WHy won't it stay on permissive? I am using the default kernel with the LiquidSmooth
I can't get viper to work. At all. This is on a brand new fresh install, wiped away clean internal SDCard, starting completely anew.
This is frustrating the crap out of me.
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Have you tried installing a different kernel yet? I have shift kernel installed on my LS LP and VIPER is working smoothly on my phone.

Jesus226 said:
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Have you tried installing a different kernel yet? I have shift kernel installed on my LS LP and VIPER is working smoothly on my phone.
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do you have a link, the link in the post is not working.
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Camera
I flashed latest version "v4.0-2015-01-27", disabled and wiped data for stock Camera app, installed both Open Camera and Nexus Camera and neither are working. The window just goes black and crashes. Any idea on how to fix? People were saying it worked earlier in the thread so maybe it broke in a more recent update, would flashing an older version fix it?

This more updated that the 5.0.2 LP version?
Is this ROM more updated than the 5.0.2 LP ROM that you have fenixus??
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Thanks

WHich do I choose?
Do I choose the Liquid Themes or Liquid Layers??

jestincheppad said:
Do I choose the Liquid Themes or Liquid Layers??
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That's up to you, but I believe LS is going to discontinue the Themes builds...
GS³: SlimKat + leanKernel Edition™
ギミチョコ！！

no sound for the incomming calls
Hey. I really like this ROM, however I have a problem with calls. When someone calls me, the phone doesn't ring, just vibrates (sometimes it vibrates just once and that is it). THat is very sad because this ROM is so smooth and fast. Does this happen only on my phone? and also, I am on the slimkat now with cyanogenmod based recovery, so whenever I flash this rom or any other lollipop based ROM, I get the message from the recovery that I may lose the root access. I always chose the Fix option and everything runs just fine with the root access. But, I get this message everytime I go to recovery. Thank you for your great work. Oh, and just to clarify, the above mentioned problems happen on the newest build (3/6/2015) and the previous build (don't remember which one specifically).

INazar said:
Hey. I really like this ROM, however I have a problem with calls. When someone calls me, the phone doesn't ring, just vibrates (sometimes it vibrates just once and that is it). THat is very sad because this ROM is so smooth and fast. Does this happen only on my phone? and also, I am on the slimkat now with cyanogenmod based recovery, so whenever I flash this rom or any other lollipop based ROM, I get the message from the recovery that I may lose the root access. I always chose the Fix option and everything runs just fine with the root access. But, I get this message everytime I go to recovery. Thank you for your great work. Oh, and just to clarify, the above mentioned problems happen on the newest build (3/6/2015) and the previous build (don't remember which one specifically).
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Get with fenixus on the main thread on the calling issue. You may have to provide logcats for him. As for the second problem, I believe SuperSU should be automatically flashed when the ROM is flashed, not sure of that's a recovery issue, but I know the auto flashing of SuperSU works on TWRP...
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This suffers from the same thing every Slim rom does.
Anytime you set your default Ringtone, when you restart it defaults back to default. I guess because it is on the External SD card. Is there no way around this?
Another thing that is happening is everytime i restart the phone it has to update Google Play services.

I am in the middle of installing the ROM.
When I did the same ROM before, it took a few minutes to install, this time it's just stuck there it looks like.
Have I done something wrong? its been 15minutes or so. I will wait longer.

Help a novice please - have ROOTED Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (SM-T320) - Update?

I just received a used Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (SM-T320) - and discovered (not known to me before purchase) it is Rooted.
When I went to do an Update via standard Settings>about Device - it refused returning tablet modified.
also it had the App SuperSU (free) installed) which asked about permission on a couple of Apps I used.
I have absolutely no experience of Rooted tablets,
and currently have no idea how the tablet was rooted, and what with.
So I am seeking your patience and some advice about this, please.
Is there a way to return to the Stock installation?
If so, how to I check that this is possible?
Or should I keep the Root?
If so, how do I update the tablet?
eg: how do I check what, or if any, custom ROM has been installed?
or
which custom ROM do people advise I install?
Thanks for any advice.
Vincent

Just back up your valuable data and storage contents and flash stock via Odin. And I believe at this time point the updates are not of much importance, so if you're on KitKat you might as well ignore that if you can't spare time for backups.
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AndyYan said:
Just back up your valuable data and storage contents and flash stock via Odin. And I believe at this time point the updates are not of much importance, so if you're on KitKat you might as well ignore that if you can't spare time for backups.
Thanks for the reply.
Funny that was starting to be my take too.
Either leave it rooted as is - since it really is just KitKat 4.4.2 - but with more ability.
Or later when the spirit moves perhaps upgrade via a custom rom.
Thank you.
Vincent
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@vincent. I have the same tablet as you and I prefer to run the latest OS which is Marshmallow. As you state you are already rooted so you might as well try out a custom ROM. I recommend Resurrection Remix ROM by Vasumit and the XDA thread can be found here. Latest update to ROM is here. You will also need to install gapps. I recommend Banks Dynamic Gapps 6.X.X found here. Give it a try, I'm sure you will like it. ROM is buttery smooth and Vasumit updates it often. :good::good:

DowntownRDB said:
@vincent. I have the same tablet as you and I prefer to run the latest OS which is Marshmallow. As you state you are already rooted so you might as well try out a custom ROM. I recommend Resurrection Remix ROM by Vasumit and the XDA thread can be found here. Latest update to ROM is here. You will also need to install gapps. I recommend Banks Dynamic Gapps 6.X.X found here. Give it a try, I'm sure you will like it. ROM is buttery smooth and Vasumit updates it often. :good::good:
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DowntownRDB
Thank you so much for your encouragement and suggestion.
Even though I have used Android on tablets and phones for years -
I am still a n00b when it comes to Root and Custom ROMs
I have heard of the more famous ROMs like CyanogenMod etc -
what makes Resurrection Remix ROM by Vasumit better than CyanogenMod
in terms of features and/or support please?
How easy (or not) are custom ROMs to undo?
Many thanks,

UnknownVT said:
I have heard of the more famous ROMs like CyanogenMod etc -
what makes Resurrection Remix ROM by Vasumit better than CyanogenMod
in terms of features and/or support please?
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Personal opinion below: most AOSP-based ROMs have equal or slightly better support than CM because the team behind them is much smaller, but they might die out one day because of the same reason. CM maintains a huge number of devices and is the basis of many, so it's not likely to disappear soon. Also, CM is usually among the quickest to get to a new Android version while others usually sync from CM and start from there.
As of features, others are guaranteed to have more than CM. CM doesn't like adding features these days.
How easy (or not) are custom ROMs to undo?
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Do: Flash TWRP, make a full backup of your stock ROM, full wipe and flash the new one.
Undo: Full wipe and restore the old backup, or if you decide you don't want your data, use Odin.
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AndyYan said:
Personal opinion below: most AOSP-based ROMs have equal or slightly better support than CM because the team behind them is much smaller, but they might die out one day because of the same reason. CM maintains a huge number of devices and is the basis of many, so it's not likely to disappear soon. Also, CM is usually among the quickest to get to a new Android version while others usually sync from CM and start from there.
As of features, others are guaranteed to have more than CM. CM doesn't like adding features these days.
Do: Flash TWRP, make a full backup of your stock ROM, full wipe and flash the new one.
Undo: Full wipe and restore the old backup, or if you decide you don't want your data, use Odin.
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Thank you very much for the very helpful reply -
this was about as good as I was hoping for -
really appreciate all the help I am getting here, thank you.
It will take a bit of time for me to get my head around the information - as it is all new to me -
and I want to proceed with care/caution so I don't end up bricking my tablet.
Gratefully and thanks,

UnknownVT said:
Thank you very much for the very helpful reply -
this was about as good as I was hoping for -
really appreciate all the help I am getting here, thank you.
It will take a bit of time for me to get my head around the information - as it is all new to me -
and I want to proceed with care/caution so I don't end up bricking my tablet.
Gratefully and thanks,
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Hey!
you could look at it this way, most of the people here have a hard time just ulocking the device and rooting it, not that yours is already done, might as well right. along with the proper research, your device could be one hundred times better, the stock OS of the tablet isn't that good (lets face it.) and with the current technology, it will have a hard time keeping up because the OS for this device is not that efficient (personal opinion). Anyways, it's still up to you to do it or not. Cyanogenmod has released the nightly version of Marshmallow 6.0 for this device. maybe you could check it out!! ^_^

kurogane_tw said:
Hey!
you could look at it this way, most of the people here have a hard time just ulocking the device and rooting it, not that yours is already done, might as well right. along with the proper research, your device could be one hundred times better, the stock OS of the tablet isn't that good (lets face it.) and with the current technology, it will have a hard time keeping up because the OS for this device is not that efficient (personal opinion). Anyways, it's still up to you to do it or not. Cyanogenmod has released the nightly version of Marshmallow 6.0 for this device. maybe you could check it out!! ^_^
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Yes, thanks for the encouragement.
Seems ironic that I had done lots of look-sees (not quite research, but close) about rooting devices - and I actually now have one
(it was just unexpected on this Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (SM-T320)).
As you see I've decided to keep it rooted and am actively looking at which ROM to flash -
currently I am leaning toward the more conservative approach of doing the CM (CyanogenMod)
and rather than deciding between the snapshot CM-12.1 or the nightly CM-13.0....
perhaps I should just wait for a snapshot CM-13.0
(" and we’ll have a quality approved SNAPSHOT for CM13 sometime Jan." of course it is now Feb - so maybe soon?)
Thanks,

UnknownVT said:
perhaps I should just wait for a snapshot CM-13.0
(" and we’ll have a quality approved SNAPSHOT for CM13 sometime Jan." of course it is now Feb - so maybe soon?)
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Don't wait for snapshots - they are just forked from nightlies at a certain timepoint and aren't more stable than nightlies. Just backup and flash a nightly, and if anything you feel unstable, restore the backup and/or wait for that to get resolved. I personally don't see anything disturbing aside from wonky external SD support (which is a universal bug across all 6.0+ ROMs).
P.S. The "Thanks" button is there - use it
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AndyYan said:
Don't wait for snapshots - they are just forked from nightlies at a certain timepoint and aren't more stable than nightlies. Just backup and flash a nightly, and if anything you feel unstable, restore the backup and/or wait for that to get resolved. I personally don't see anything disturbing aside from wonky external SD support (which is a universal bug across all 6.0+ ROMs).
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Thanks again, and thanks for pointing out the ext SD card issue with 6.0+ ROMs
Does this work?
How to Use SD Card as Internal Storage on Marshmallow ...
Thanks.

UnknownVT said:
Thanks again, and thanks for pointing out the ext SD card issue with 6.0+ ROMs
Does this work?
How to Use SD Card as Internal Storage on Marshmallow ...
Thanks.
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The issue is mainly with how to use SD card as external storage (as on older Android versions), not with the new "adoptable storage" feature. That we don't have a definitive solution yet.
You might want to read through the last pages of the CM13 discussion thread in Development subforum if you're determined to get it working.
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