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What is the need for a custom ROM for this device?

I always run a custom ROM on my phones because of all the bloatware n such. But what is the need really to do it on this device? Stock android is smooth and does everything I need. Battery life is great too. So am I missing out on something by having a custom rom on this device? Convince me!

Well there are simple things that I like about custom ROMs.
I like trying new things. I also enjoy tweaking the various features that are available with most custom ROMs. There is expanded desktop and PIE controls which makes gaming full screen which is really nice. I don't know if you've ever been bothered by this but games always have the bar at the bottom of the screen which is annoying and gets in the way sometimes. Sometimes it is just nice to have a full screen to use even if it means losing some functionality.

To get rid of the google stuff.

Speed, battery life, expanded desktop, theming, tablet mode, etc.

I find it a little annoying that the stock kernel supports NFS, but they've arranged everything to run in a unique namespace so you can't make a NFS mount visible outside the shell where you ran the mount command. I don't really need NFS enough to want to replace the ROM, but I can imagine that being a reason to do so.

Pie
Quiet Hours
Advanced reboot menu
Custom DPI Settings
Making the bars transparent.
And I could just go on and on.
Need? I don't need a custom rom. I want it. Google bare minimum is awesome only to a point.

There isn't so much of a need as a desire. The device stock benches around 5475. With CM and a custom kernal installed I not only have better battery life, and quicker charge - but it benches at 7510.

May I ask what kernel you're using?
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cesarmanilla said:
May I ask what kernel you're using?
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Are you asking me?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383361

In my case I don't need and/or want a custom ROM. I got a Nexus to run and enjoy Android tablet as Google intend to. For custom ROMs I use my SPH-L710 (SGS3)
And even there never keep one more than 10 days, don't like to be troubleshooting every day and a half.
Well that's just me.
Most of the time I keep stock rooted just to use Freedom app.
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I used to custom everything but since jellybean I've not bothered. The only things I really miss is a few root apps like ad block
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Is the CM nightly's stable enough yet? Or should I wait for a official build?

I'm not rooting my tab yet, I'll give it a month or 2 before I do first. N7 is perfect for me as it is atm
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I unlocked mine, flashed custom recovery, rooted.
I am leaving it stock rom and stock kernel for quite a while. :good:

I would like to use it stock for a while. Then I I want to put whatever rom I want. I think it is a matter of personalization. I feel it is totally mine only when fully customize my device

One word: Customizable Quick Settings!

fixyourtech said:
I unlocked mine, flashed custom recovery, rooted.
I am leaving it stock rom and stock kernel for quite a while. :good:
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I have read conflicting info on rooting the N7 2013. If I unlock and flash TWRP will the stock ROM not be wiped? What about if SU? Noob here on the Nexus but expert on the HTC T-Bolt and B&N Nook Tablet. What a upgrade from the Nook Tablet. It just sits on my desk now.......

Bobflan said:
I have read conflicting info on rooting the N7 2013. If I unlock and flash TWRP the stock ROM not be wiped? What about if SU? Noob here on the Nexus but expert on the HTC T-Bolt and B&N Nook Tablet. What a upgrade from the Nook Tablet. It just sits on my desk now.......
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Yes, your data will be wiped, but not the stock ROM (/system). fastboot oem unlock will basically do a factory reset for security purposes.

Nitin985 said:
I'm not rooting my tab yet, I'll give it a month or 2 before I do first. N7 is perfect for me as it is atm
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Waiting for the roms to reach a certain point in stability and for some step by step guides to go up also on getting from stock to CM or somethin. Also, enjoying some google stock for the first time to..always had samsung so this is new to me(and will be getting my first nexus on next release to)

As someone who has only been on stock or mostly stock phones, I'm not in awe by what stock Android brings to the table. CM is what stock should be while other ROMs go above and beyond in what they offer.
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Gunshy after 2 bricked phones

Really want to flash some of these newer asop roms but i am gunshy after bricking 2 Htc one's after installing CM 10.2 and Carbon Rom on phone #2.
I frequently flashed tons of roms on my gs3 and gs4 and never had a brick i couldn't recover from.
Can someone give me some reassurance that its ok to try asop roms again? Really itching to flash them again!
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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dlscott1111 said:
Really want to flash some of these newer asop roms but i am gunshy after bricking 2 Htc one's after installing CM 10.2 and Carbon Rom on phone #2.
I frequently flashed tons of roms on my gs3 and gs4 and never had a brick i couldn't recover from.
Can someone give me some reassurance that its ok to try asop roms again? Really itching to flash them again!
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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how are you brcking them? i'm not trying to be a ****, but it sounds like it's more you than the roms or devices.

First one i was fiddling with dsp manager on cm10.2 and the phone cut off in the middle of a song. 2nd time is more my fault
I messed with transition settimgs and sweep to wake kernal settings on carbon rom. The phone overheated and the speakers and data were broken.
I havent done anything i hadn't done on my s3 or s4. Maybe this phone is more delicate? Maybe it was the asop roms? Maybe i have terrible luck? Im kinda stumped.
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dlscott1111 said:
First one i was fiddling with dsp manager on cm10.2 and the phone cut off in the middle of a song. 2nd time is more my fault
I messed with transition settimgs and sweep to wake kernal settings on carbon rom. The phone overheated and the speakers and data were broken.
I havent done anything i hadn't done on my s3 or s4. Maybe this phone is more delicate? Maybe it was the asop roms? Maybe i have terrible luck? Im kinda stumped.
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as far as i'm aware, and somebody please correct me if i'm wrong, but AOSP doesn't play perfectly well htc phones. that's why officially there's GPE vs AOSP.
but, as long as you can get back your bootloader you'll be fine on trying AOSP.
right now you can try santod's tiktak 4.4 rom. it works amazingly well and uses 4.4's launcher and lock screen so you get more or less the AOSP/GPE experience.

You have to be careful running ROMs not meant for the phone, meaning AOSP ROMs, MIUI, ect.. anything not HTC Sense.
That's the beauty of S-OFF as well.
We luckily have an RUU for S-OFF users if you do want to dig into AOSP ROMs, some.. not all are bound to have issues, such as data, when returning back to HTC ROMs. Flash the RUU and problem will be solved.
You need to be careful running custom ROMs that run anything but stock kernel also. Custom kernels can over heat, every phone is different.

I flashed between sense and CM10.2 with zero problems. And I did it frequently. I liked both so much I could never decide. Have settled on sense........for now.
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dlscott1111 said:
Really want to flash some of these newer asop roms but i am gunshy after bricking 2 Htc one's after installing CM 10.2 and Carbon Rom on phone #2.
I frequently flashed tons of roms on my gs3 and gs4 and never had a brick i couldn't recover from.
Can someone give me some reassurance that its ok to try asop roms again? Really itching to flash them again!
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Always check the md5 signature of your downloaded ROM before flashing in recovery, to make sure you dont have a bad download.
Also, sometimes what may seem to be a bricked phone can be recovered by using the RUU to put everything back stock. If you can get to your phone's boot loader screen by turning on with power plus volume down, you probably aren't hard bricked.
If you are worried about changing system settings that result in boot loops, try keeping a stable nandroid backup on your phone that you can revert to if anything goes wrong.
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Thanks! The first brick was completely dead after cm10.2 flash 10.16 nightly. I read later that that nightly had problems with dsp, which i was fiddling with when it bricked. Maybe the dsp issue will never happen again i dunno.
2nd brick was on carbon rom after i messed with kernal settings (swipe to wake). Did the ruu but it didn't bring back speakers or data. Maybe i need to stay away from kernal settings period. Thx for the advice!
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Thanks! The first brick was completely dead after cm10.2 flash 10.16 nightly. I read later that that nightly had problems with dsp, which i was fiddling with when it bricked. Maybe the dsp issue will never happen again i dunno.
2nd brick was on carbon rom after i messed with kernal settings (swipe to wake). Did the ruu but it didn't bring back speakers or data. Maybe i need to stay away from kernal settings period. Thx for the advice!
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Yeah, like many others like Andy have said, anything AOSP is a bit riskier because it isn't the original. For me I always stick to sense based roms, and I've never had a problem
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[Q] Kit kat roms?

Are there any 4.4 roms for the Verizon HTC One that are good for daily use/close to no bugs. I was looking at the tikTak rom, does anyone have any opinions on that rom as in stability. Also, how does it compare to cyanogenmod 11? which one would I be better of using?
Any replies will be greatly appreciated.
(BTW, just got the phone!)

The tiKtaK ROM is perfectly suitable for daily driver. Highly recommend
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I personally run tiKtaK and haven't had a problem with it. Santod does a good job on his roms and answers questions pretty quickly if you have a problem. Not sure about CM 11 as I haven't ran that rom yet.

tiKtaK or beanstalk are perfect daily drivers as far as AOSP is concerned
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Ecliptic kit Kat is pretty good so far. Haven't found any issues
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Ecliptic kit Kat is pretty good so far. Haven't found any issues
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agreed. First kitkat ROM I've tried and its working very well so far for me. BT paired perfectly with no force closes (BT has been an issue on these ROMs so far).

Thanks for all of the replies.
Could someone give me a brief instruction on how to unlock/s-off/root ?
New to HTC phones and android in general and i didn't understand what to do.
Again, any replies are greatly appreciated.

Several threads on how to unlock and s-off in this forum, read a little.
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Connorh333 said:
Thanks for all of the replies.
Could someone give me a brief instruction on how to unlock/s-off/root ?
New to HTC phones and android in general and i didn't understand what to do.
Again, any replies are greatly appreciated.
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Here's where you want to go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473644
Most of us dont have a problem helping out!
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jbh00jh said:
Several threads on how to unlock and s-off in this forum, read a little.
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I tried to make it clear that I did read them, but didn't understand. Thanks for the helpful reply.
Thanks brholt6.

I have yet to run rumrunner s-off for my Verizon HTC One w HBoot 1.54 .
From my understanding,
Goto the rumrunner website http://rumrunner.us/
Under Download page. Goto Device Specific Downloads.
The ROM version is very important, find your version by going to Settings>About Phone> Software Info . Software Number is going to be your ROM Version.
Once you find your version, download the specific rumrunner for yours.
Follow the instructions on the rumrunner website!!!! Once your done running rumrunner your next step is going to want to flash a custom recovery and gain root .
TWRP is located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416431
there is also a SU link on that page you should grab.
I Bought my Verizon HTC One Last Friday, I have yet to do anything with it .
This is my 5th HTC, gaining s-off and unlocked bootloader is similar with every one .
Please Let me know if I made any mistakes.
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Connorh333 said:
Are there any 4.4 roms for the Verizon HTC One that are good for daily use/close to no bugs. I was looking at the tikTak rom, does anyone have any opinions on that rom as in stability. Also, how does it compare to cyanogenmod 11? which one would I be better of using?
Any replies will be greatly appreciated.
(BTW, just got the phone!)
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TikTak is good. Ecliptic inverted is cool. But my favorite is GPe by JoelZ9614 is by far!:laugh:

GPE was great except at this point had bluetooth issues and battery drain otherwise was very very solid. on CM11 nightly and only complaint is lack of beats audio for headset speakers..

Connorh333 said:
Are there any 4.4 roms for the Verizon HTC One that are good for daily use/close to no bugs. I was looking at the tikTak rom, does anyone have any opinions on that rom as in stability. Also, how does it compare to cyanogenmod 11? which one would I be better of using?
Any replies will be greatly appreciated.
(BTW, just got the phone!)
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I'm running cyanogen 11 now. Everything smooth quick set up. Alil issue with LTE but working great now

I love the GPE port. Bluetooth is now seemingly fixed with a patch, and everything else works perfectly!
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Definitely GPE, he has patches for BT/time. Andybones also added a volume wake mod if you search the same thread.
Grab xposed installer, load up gravitybox for more framework mods and you're good to go!

aosp... i hate the stock skin. CM11 is pretty stable. Plus you get 4.4.2.

Correct me if im wrong but wouldnt you lose all the extra softwear for the camera and beats audio if you not on a sense rom? i mean dont get me wrong i love AOSP i ran them ever since Cyanogenmod 6 came out. but the sense roms have some kind of camera framework related due to its need of the ultra pixels or something. please correct me if im wrong because i woul dlove to one day be back on Pac_man Rom but eclyptic rom 4.4 is my choice right now.. That due has gotten it right on point. also answering this trying to get the 10 post so i could go help on dev section :silly:

Ecliptic KitKat makes calls but can't hear anything
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Ecliptic kit Kat is pretty good so far. Haven't found any issues
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I downloaded Ecliptic on my son's One. Works great. I got a later One which a dev had for a bit. I've tried Ecliptic twice now on my One and can't hear anything when a call connects. It's talking to the Verizon towers because I can send and receive texts. Also the phone will send and receive calls but neither end can hear anything.
It's quite annoying. I can run any CM11 nightly with no issues. I don't have enough posts to ask on the official thread for Ecliptic. It might be something simple that I'm missing. Any help would be great. Thanks!

Have you flashed the kitkat firmware also? If not, that may be your issue.

Stock Android

Im not sure if my tablet is 7.0, to be honest I just took it from my mom after she bought it and used it for 1 day and then left it in a drawer.
My model number is SM-T210, and the android that came with it is a bit slow so I wanted to install stock, anyone has a guide? and so I need a special android for it or can I install the same one that is on my Nexus 4 for example?
Thanks!

What if she ever found out her tabs missing? Or found you playing with it and she complained about the whole thing being messed up?
Anyway, to answer your question no, there is not a stock ROM, and if there is for your model its buggy, and probably has more lag then Samsung's touchwiz.
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Dont worry it not like that when I said "took" I ment with permission from her.
Anyway, 2 Question:
1. if I install a custom ROM I imagine there will be no OTA for me anymore right? (Unless I got back to to smasung's ROM)
2. What is the fastest and most stable ROM/Kernel combo out there? I tried googling it but the information is very fragmented over the net.
Thanks!

You can't find anything cause they're is really no development. A lot of people aren't even helping answering questions the past couple days...its that slow.
Your best bet is to just root, backup, and play around with exposed modules and see what you can customize on your own, its what most of us do. Just Google it and read about it. Not a lot of us can help with exposed either, its just trial and error. If one thing fails, you just restore and try again.
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Meaning I cant just install the same Android that is on my phone on my tablet? tablets need an android that is ment for them? and in other words im stuck with samsung's **** OS?

And what about installing nexus 7 OS on galaxy tab 3?

It has to be developed for our hardware, if you try to flash something that wasn't meant for your device you could end up with a brick.
We need sources for our device, or we need to buy a cyanogen mod developer one of our devices so they can do it. Its not as easy as one might think.
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HTC one AOSP roms

So im on an unlocked verizon htc one m8 and want to install an aosp rom. On the verizon forums for this phone, there are not many roms available but here in what i assume is general forums for the phone, there are many. Can i install any rom or does it have to be from the verizon forums specifically for verizon? Also does the same thing apply to kernels?

Check with the individual ROM. For cm it is a universal zip for all carriers. Dunno what the other large devs will be doing when it comes to Verizon. However even if it flashes there isn't one that is daily driver stable in my books (the darn camera bugs). Kernels, no. Those won't be universal Verizon uses different partitions and it will end bad. There's talk of an aosp kernel in one of the threads, Andy's I think, on Verizon. Dunno what will come of it but keep your eyes peeled.
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wtoj34 said:
Check with the individual ROM. For cm it is a universal zip for all carriers. Dunno what the other large devs will be doing when it comes to Verizon. However even if it flashes there isn't one that is daily driver stable in my books (the darn camera bugs). Kernels, no. Those won't be universal Verizon uses different partitions and it will end bad. There's talk of an aosp kernel in one of the threads, Andy's I think, on Verizon. Dunno what will come of it but keep your eyes peeled.
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Ok thanks for your help. I see some like liquid I think that's doing a universal build. I was wondering about aospa. And I heard it very blotchy right now with all aosp toms but the awesome devs here at xda will get it done right in no time. Thanks again for your help. Just one more question. If I were to flash a Rom can I just change the kernel to work with Verizon or will it not work at all after flashing a Rom?

rossida said:
Ok thanks for your help. I see some like liquid I think that's doing a universal build. I was wondering about aospa. And I heard it very blotchy right now with all aosp toms but the awesome devs here at xda will get it done right in no time. Thanks again for your help. Just one more question. If I were to flash a Rom can I just change the kernel to work with Verizon or will it not work at all after flashing a Rom?
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They'd have to port it for Verizon. I wouldn't worry though personally I prefer stock kernel
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I believe they all have the weak wifi and some other issues, The rom's run but you should wait if you're looking for a daily driver. The stock roms run smooth with great battery life.