Hi guys just got my note 3, I made the switch from g4 and I think this phone is awesome. Its on 4.3, is there root and custom rooms for it?
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jvx333 said:
Hi guys just got my note 3, I made the switch from g4 and I think this phone is awesome. Its on 4.3, is there root and custom rooms for it?
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Yes and yes. Also what he said. Reading is key and this is a touchy phone so if u do boo boo with out reading u will be getting a refurbished one
TWEAKED 2.0 ELEMENT V3.0 NOTE 3
The key here, is Root de la Vega, and unlocked bootloader/improved Wanam. You can use all the root apps that don't have to be flashed, no open Recovery, and there are scripts available,as well as common sense,what is safe/you don't want, to freeze with Titanium, fix UI safely with WANAM, and themes galore with different launchers(I prefer Apex, and you have a minimum 24 hour mid/heavy use battery, that looks and acts like YOU want.....til you change your mind)
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I dont use 99% of these apps. At the same time i dont know what is safe / not safe to remove.
I would flash a already debloated rom. Probably easier.
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I would flash a already debloated rom. Probably easier.
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Try the GS3 R6 ROM. I think you'll like it.
I just got the sg3 today after having the nexus one last couple years and xda nexus one forum. Loved the n1 but just time to upgrade. I have a lot to learn about the sg3. How do you root the easiest way? Also best idea for long battery life. Any other info I need. Thank you and glad to be here.
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BIG FELLA said:
I just got the sg3 today after having the nexus one last couple years and xda nexus one forum. Loved the n1 but just time to upgrade. I have a lot to learn about the sg3. How do you root the easiest way? Also best idea for long battery life. Any other info I need. Thank you and glad to be here.
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Welcome to the S3 family
Easiest way to root?
Download the T-Mobile image from this thread and extract the .tar file
Flash with ODIN.
Or you can choose a different method, but you will have to ODIN custom recovery onto the phone first.
Go to this thread for guides on rooting/flashing, etc.
As for the battery, read this article about battery conditioning.
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I would flash a already debloated rom. Probably easier.
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I would rather not . Any help?
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MikeJennni said:
I would rather not . Any help?
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Well for starters you can look at whats been removed from the debloated rom and debloat yours to match.
Additionally, you can just search these forums as there will likely be multiple threads about whats safe to remove.
Additionally+, you can buy Titanium Backup and freeze the apps one by one. If they dont cause problems when frozen they are safe to remove.
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Ok thx
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Hey Mike,
I would recommend installing a custom recovery, I highly recommend Clockwork mod. Make a backup of your system to be safe, so that you can always restore if needed. Next use a file manager with root permissions, I HIGHLY recommend Root Explorer. Create a folder on your sd card called backup_bloat (or anything really). Go to your app drawer and start jotting down the bloat. I'd recommend getting rid of all the TMobile stuff, as well as most of the samsung apps. Once you have a good idea of what to get rid of, go into your system -> apps folder and look for the same icons. Instead of just deleting the files, use the multi-select option in root explorer to select all the ones you want to get rid of. Once done, move them into the backup_bloat folder. Reboot. Test your device out thoroughly for a day or two. If it works great, you can get rid of the backup_bloat folder. Any errors, and you may have removed something needed by the phone. This is my standard debloat process, and it works well for me without having to install any custom roms.
Hope this helps!
Look in here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726842
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I'm looking for a simple way to get rid of all the extra bloatware. I don't mind if I have to root and flash a "custom stock rom" to do so. I want to remain stock as possible what is the best solution for this?
BTW I already unlocked my phone don't know if that's going to be an issue.
Thank you XDA.
Clean rom for the win but any rom will do.
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rayoubi said:
I'm looking for a simple way to get rid of all the extra bloatware. I don't mind if I have to root and flash a "custom stock rom" to do so. I want to remain stock as possible what is the best solution for this?
BTW I already unlocked my phone don't know if that's going to be an issue.
Thank you XDA.
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Have you gone in to the application settings and disabled the apps that you don't want to run? You can disable several of them there.
Yes, you can go to settings>application manager then tap on an application then click disable.
Only issues is that it still on you phone taking up precious space with useless crap. Custom ROM has many benefits:
1. No bloat
2. Multi-window (with any app)
3. WiFi tether
4. Many more useful toggles in notification area
5. Improved battery life
Root uninstaller. Works great
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you can root your phone and install any custom rom. And custom whatever you like
I don't want to use a rom. I want to be most stock as possible.
rayoubi said:
I don't want to use a rom. I want to be most stock as possible.
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Then do what "Osu777' mentioned above if you want to remain stock... use the "disable" function in the application manager.
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I don't want to use a rom. I want to be most stock as possible.
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Then you should wait for the Att OTA. Tmobile OTA is due 12/19/12. ATT should follow within the next 2 years. Att can be a little slow.
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I've been using SAUROM rom for 2 weeks now and loving it!
I've chosen not to root my gn2 but I would still like to customize it as much as I can. I love black out apks and was wondering if somebody knows of any apks I can use on my unrooted gn2 to customize it? A lot of thanks to anybody who can help me...
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MzBossn said:
I've chosen not to root my gn2 but I would still like to customize it as much as I can. I love black out apks and was wondering if somebody knows of any apks I can use on my unrooted gn2 to customize it? A lot of thanks to anybody who can help me...
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Can I ask why not? I get not wanting to go as far as custom roms, but with adblockers and access to the system and data partitions, you can do quite a bit without having to go for a full rom.
Well I'm just comfortable with touchwiz and honestly the last phone I had I thought I knew what doing and bricked. So I lost the courage just getting into all this so I'm a newbie...
:'( but I see all the customizations and would love to have them so I just wanted to take the easy way out and get some apks that would work with my stock...
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Best way to customize your unrooted phone is probaly thru your launcher of choice... there are some that can be customized more than others, basically what your looking for is different themes/icons which you can find for free or buy in the play store.
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What I really want is a black screen planner or a blacked out Facebook, Twitter, transparent multiview a different lockscreen clock... I'm guessing everything I want in going to have to root my phone for huh?
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Actually those can probaly be found doing searches thru xda,or google for sure.
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I had found some but most of them said must root... And the ones that didn't I was afraid to install because I wasn't sure... I'll keep looking though... I thought maybe someone would have a link or something here...
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Can I ask why not? I get not wanting to go as far as custom roms, but with adblockers and access to the system and data partitions, you can do quite a bit without having to go for a full rom.
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Have to agree with lickarock. There's still quite a lot you can do without going all out like full ROMs. If you simply root your phone and load SuperSU (SuperUser), you can load something like ES File Explorer and do simple installs of apk files through there. You really don't have to worry about bricking your phone in that situation.
While I do load different roms on my N2, like you, I just wanted to get blacked out apps also. I'm running blacked out Gmail and Facebook currently, which I loaded through ESFE. Just make sure you uninstall the original apps then install the apks through ESFE and reboot. Everythings running smooth on my phone.
I've had a few scares loading different ROMs where my phone wouldn't boot up and I thought I maybe bricked my phone.......luckily I got it back up and running. Battery pulls suck.......lol
Just be sure to read through all the posts that you find which interest you. Typically, people post issues they are having and possible fixes. If you want to run different roms or something later, just be sure your phone is running the correct specs for it, ie....your baseband version is MA7 vs MC2, not all roms are compatible with multiple versions.
Okay I think I will go that route... ? Say I root it, and 4.2 finally makes its way ota will it still hit my phone or will I have to unrooted in order to get it?
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Okay I think I will go that route... ? Say I root it, and 4.2 finally makes its way ota will it still hit my phone or will I have to unrooted in order to get it?
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You would have to either unroot, or wait for a dev to put out a stock rooted version as far as I know..
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It's some black out apps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236579
I believe other apps require root
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MzBossn said:
Okay I think I will go that route... ? Say I root it, and 4.2 finally makes its way ota will it still hit my phone or will I have to unrooted in order to get it?
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What spary said! You're really better off just waiting for one of the devs to roll the updates out.
Again....read the threads all the way through and if you still have questions, do a SEARCH and see if you can find your answers.......if you can't find after searches, don't be afraid to ask ?s.
GL!
If you want a brick-proof(ish) method to get a Root, just Odin a full rooted restore to your phone. Such as this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241136. Its about as mindless and safe as you can get.
I'm a noob when it comes to rooting/flashing
This phone has been the easiest to root and flash roms to
i used this video as a reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BweCW5ck8
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I'm a noob when it comes to rooting/flashing
This phone has been the easiest to root and flash roms to
i used this video as a reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BweCW5ck8
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Your awesome thank you!!!
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If you choose not to root, there are still several ways to have a highly customized phone.
Personally, I am a fan of rooting. I have rooted every android phone I have had except my Note 2. Long story short, I bought my Note 2 through my business and cannot afford to run into any headaches that can sometimes pop up even to the most experienced flasher. I will say the Note 2 is also the first android phone that I haven't felt the need to root for increased performance. CPU, RAM, Battery life, this phone has all three for days.
I created a thread dedicated to creating a custom look without root. And in many ways this is the most custom phone I've ever had.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274378
It's a work in progress and I am adding more and more stuff all the time.
Also check out mycolorscreen.com
For a blacked out messaging app you might check out Go SMS Pro. There are downloadable themes and you can make your own.
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If you choose not to root, there are still several ways to have a highly customized phone.
Personally, I am a fan of rooting. I have rooted every android phone I have had except my Note 2. Long story short, I bought my Note 2 through my business and cannot afford to run into any headaches that can sometimes pop up even to the most experienced flasher. I will say the Note 2 is also the first android phone that I haven't felt the need to root for increased performance. CPU, RAM, Battery life, this phone has all three for days.
I created a thread dedicated to creating a custom look without root. And in many ways this is the most custom phone I've ever had.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274378
It's a work in progress and I am adding more and more stuff all the time.
Also check out mycolorscreen.com
For a blacked out messaging app you might check out Go SMS Pro. There are downloadable themes and you can make your own.
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Thank you that's very informative... I really enjoy touchwiz but I just want to root to remove the system apps that prevent me from installing the blackout apps I want like gmail, playstore, ect... And get rid of the ones I don't want or use but I still want the ota's and touchwiz and thanks to the people in this thread is figured out how to customize it exactly how I want it... Thank You all of you!!!!
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Just root! I was new to samsung and odin with the gn2 and I swear its simple and worth it! You can then go with custom sized touchwiz launcher that you know and want, but looks more appropriate and utilizes the size of the display properly!
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Looking for a ROM close to stock no bloatware with tethering and call recording.
Any recommendations? Im not looking for fancy art and blue font. I've downloaded a few already that suck.
Just got my note 3 today. Would like to root and install a ROM just as you mentioned. Stock with working tether and ability to delete the bloat I dont want.
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van131 said:
Looking for a ROM close to stock no bloatware with tethering and call recording.
Any recommendations? Im not looking for fancy art and blue font. I've downloaded a few already that suck.
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Why not use stock rooted and customize it with xposed? Tethering has a workaround on this forum that seems to work for many people and using xposed with wanam you can enable call recording. Use titanium backup to freeze any apps you don't want.
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Flash any rom in recovery and then flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50177141
afterwards to get rid of 600+MB of bloatware, the option is yours on what you want to remove.
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mike102871 said:
Just got my note 3 today. Would like to root and install a ROM just as you mentioned. Stock with working tether and ability to delete the bloat I dont want.
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phil.culler said:
Why not use stock rooted and customize it with xposed? Tethering has a workaround on this forum that seems to work for many people and using xposed with wanam you can enable call recording. Use titanium backup to freeze any apps you don't want.
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Flash any rom in recovery and then flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50177141
afterwards to get rid of 600+MB of bloatware, the option is yours on what you want to remove.
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Cool thanks +3, would also like to upgrade to 4.4.2 or 4.4.3.
xposed seems to crash my system every time I try to install it.
Id hold off on flashing non tmobile 4.4.2 til an official release, else youll be stuck on that bootloader for awhile. Im thinking we should see an official release of 4.4.2 soon..
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i recommend Wicked V5, i lovve it
d12unk13astard said:
Id hold off on flashing non tmobile 4.4.2 til an official release, else youll be stuck on that bootloader for awhile. Im thinking we should see an official release of 4.4.2 soon..
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This is not true, I have Vision 4.4.2 built and working, and you can roll back to 4.3 no problem....and when this so called official release does hit, that would be the one that will lock you into 4.4.2, until a dev gets ahold of it and does their thing. Be careful....
You do NOT want to do an upgrade over the phone, that is a sure way to get stuck on 4.4.2.......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468083
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MasterSe7en said:
i recommend Wicked V5, i lovve it
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d12unk13astard said:
Id hold off on flashing non tmobile 4.4.2 til an official release, else youll be stuck on that bootloader for awhile. Im thinking we should see an official release of 4.4.2 soon..
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I'll check it out thanks!
van131 said:
Cool thanks +3, would also like to upgrade to 4.4.2 or 4.4.3.
xposed seems to crash my system every time I try to install it.[/QUOTE
There are problems with call recording working with 4.4.2+ roms
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van131 said:
Cool thanks +3, would also like to upgrade to 4.4.2 or 4.4.3.
xposed seems to crash my system every time I try to install it.[/QUOTE
There are problems with call recording working with 4.4.2+ roms
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Thanks +1
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broo just rooted and installed xposed you dont need a rom with this beast
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no tethering!
why is it so hard to find anything that works for tethering........
van131 said:
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no tethering!
why is it so hard to find anything that works for tethering........
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WiFi tether router by Fabio. Search on the play store, costs 2 bucks or so and totally worth it. Follow his directions on his page, there's a link from the play store.
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van131 said:
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no tethering!
why is it so hard to find anything that works for tethering........
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Wicked V5 and chose the stock theme in Aroma..... you don't have to activate X posed or Wanam if you don't want to. I think it's as close to debloated/stock and stable you can get. Everything works fine for me. No crashes/no FC's nothing. Wifi calling/tethering. ..... and then you can flash DD Blacked out stock theme and it's just Tits.......
So I have been on numerous threads about the s5 syatem ui for the s4, I have tried about 4 different ones, and I keep getting a system ui force close at boot whenever I do this. What am I doing wrong? Im on stock 4.4.2 rooted
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MrPapito429 said:
So I have been on numerous threads about the s5 syatem ui for the s4, I have tried about 4 different ones, and I keep getting a system ui force close at boot whenever I do this. What am I doing wrong? Im on stock 4.4.2 rooted
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Need more details friend. How did you get S5 system ui? Are you on a S5 ROM? Elaborate and maybe we can get this issue fixed!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708265
This is one of the threads I used. Im not on a s5 rom. Im on stock 4.4.2
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MrPapito429 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708265
This is one of the threads I used. Im not on a s5 rom. Im on stock 4.4.2
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Okay, it's a stand alone mod that flashes S5 apps over your current S4 settings and apps. What recovery do you use? Did you wipe dalvik/cache? I'm assuming you didn't make a backup before attempting this? Of course not, well you could always flash a custom ROM over this to fix or flash a stock ROM. If you want the S5 settings(you obviously do since you attempted this) I suggest trying out Insane KitKat in the Android development section of the T-Mobile s4. The dev has given you a choice to flash his ROM with s5 settings and even some apps including the browser, download booster, the calculator, etc. Let me know what you end up doing.
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Okay, it's a stand alone mod that flashes S5 apps over your current S4 settings and apps. What recovery do you use? Did you wipe dalvik/cache? I'm assuming you didn't make a backup before attempting this? Of course not, well you could always flash a custom ROM over this to fix or flash a stock ROM. If you want the S5 settings(you obviously do since you attempted this) I suggest trying out Insane KitKat in the Android development section of the T-Mobile s4. The dev has given you a choice to flash his ROM with s5 settings and even some apps including the browser, download booster, the calculator, etc. Let me know what you end up doing.
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So I just flashed the zip, wiped cache and still got a force close. I do not want to flash a rom because I have 3 gigabytes of space left, and soon I plan to do the jump program and get the htc m8. Is there any other tips you can possibly give. Thanks so far
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MrPapito429 said:
So I just flashed the zip, wiped cache and still got a force close. I do not want to flash a rom because I have 3 gigabytes of space left, and soon I plan to do the jump program and get the htc m8. Is there any other tips you can possibly give. Thanks so far
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You're device is rooted, you've already tripped your flash counter. This would be void through JUMP unless you go back to complete stock using one of the tutorials here on XDA. I'm glad you mentioned that because I am a employee for T-Mobile. When you bring in the device, we'd do a software check. It checks the build, baseband, kernel, and flash counter. So what you really need to do at this point is return to full stock
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