Hi! I just recently got my GS4 from MetroPCS (SGH-M919N) and I want to modify my device! I had a LG Optimus L9 before but couldn't modify it due to the locked bootloader. I'm not sure if my GS4 bootloader is locked or unlocked, so if anyone can help me out with that I would appreciate it.
I'm looking to root my phone and get a custom ROM on it, or stock 4.4 if possible (I have 4.3 right now). Can anyone point me to the right direction in doing all this?
whosgt said:
Hi! I just recently got my GS4 from MetroPCS (SGH-M919N) and I want to modify my device! I had a LG Optimus L9 before but couldn't modify it due to the locked bootloader. I'm not sure if my GS4 bootloader is locked or unlocked, so if anyone can help me out with that I would appreciate it.
I'm looking to root my phone and get a custom ROM on it, or stock 4.4 if possible (I have 4.3 right now). Can anyone point me to the right direction in doing all this?
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It's not very hard to find the information you're requesting! Nearly all of the members of this forum SEARCHED and found the information you want, did it on their own, however it requires reading..... It would benefit you by reading, so that you understand all of the aspects of getting to your goal WITHOUT creating a BRICK! You would get the overall understanding of what the pitfalls are and the benefits as well. You could be spoon fed the single area that you can get the job done, but won't understand anything about what you're doing, or anything..... You won't be really able to choose any of the finer points of what you want the final product to be....
It's YOUR phone, and if you want to have the phone as YOU want it, would you not agree that'd be the best result?
Read, explore, and see what's available, and THEN, make your decision on what to do. I strongly advise you to do the "homework" on what avenues you have as options and you'll be better off in the long run. You are aware there is no "school" on how to do these things and just about all of the developers and tweakers on this forum READ to get all their knowledge on this wonderful phone....
Just my two cents and if you don't know how to search, here's an example using google:
Root SGH-M919N XDA<enter>
You'll be amazed how much information you'll find..... MUCH MORE than anyone could give you in a response to your question....
Good Luck and Aloha....
What Bobo is trying to say is that Google is your friend. Just add "XDA" to your search and you'll get more hits from xda - development
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Most people use chainfire's autoroot.
Clockworkmod (is my custom recovery of choice).
Once rooted you can flash. I usually use ROM manager.
Insane Kit Kat is my ROM of choice.
Here is a link to the rooting stickie:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419828
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through the rooting process? ive been using blackberry phones since 2005. and in october i got xperia arc s. but all these things are new to me, flash, kernel, unlocked bootloader, etc. And Im scared that Ill ruin my phone if i do it on my own. So anyone willing to help out just pm me your skype and Ill add you. thanks in advance
and what confuses me the most is that there are so many ways to root the phone, some oneclick and other stuff.
Go to the stickys and read the guides, if you can read you can root.
thanks for your reply but this community seems to have a huge lack of understanding for new android useres
MsihoB where do you want to start?
Im not the most advanced user but I know how to root my phone (with out breaking it) so what do you want to know?
Essentially all you need to know about rooting is that it allows you to install certain apps which need elevated permission to perform some tasks.
I mean if you stumble upon an App in the Playstore which clearly says that it needs root access and you really want the app then root your phone. If not there isnt too much point in doing it.
Although rooting is probably the most interesting thing for you at the moment.
Kernels. Basically allow you to overclock/underclock your phone to run faster (of course that depends on the kernel etc)
Bootloader. Ive got my problems with that too at the moment. Mine is locked and cant be unlocked unless I pay for it (which I do not intend to do) and so I can not install custom firmwares on my phone.
Custom Firmwares are things like Cyanogenmod (google it), There is a Cyanogenmod 10 for the Arc S which brings Jelly Bean (the latest Android version which isnt officially supported by the Arc S) to your phone and adds some neat features. Its well worth getting it but of course depends if you really need it.
Flashing. Flashing really just means installing (in simplest terms). Essentially you can flash a firmware or a kernel.
If you need any more help ill be happy to help as much as I can.
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thanks for your reply but this community seems to have a huge lack of understanding for new android useres
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Because new Android users ignore everything they've agreed to when signing up to a developing website.
MishoB said:
through the rooting process? ive been using blackberry phones since 2005. and in october i got xperia arc s. but all these things are new to me, flash, kernel, unlocked bootloader, etc. And Im scared that Ill ruin my phone if i do it on my own. So anyone willing to help out just pm me your skype and Ill add you. thanks in advance
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You will never be able to do it on your own if you don't try it by your self.My last phone was SE K850i,then i got my self a Arc first 6 mounths i was using it just like it is,stock.But then i started to read about flashing rooting and stuffs like that i was just reading at the begining,then i started rooting and other.And i now i know all,how to root,flash rom,kernel and even i forget something there is alot of tuts on xda and other forums on how to do it.Even i get in bootloop i just googled a bit and founded my problem.The internet is a blessing i know xda forum is,you can find everything here.Cheers
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Hi guys,
I intend to buy a new lg nitro hd and I'm a little confused,
It seems to me quite luggy in revews(especially in browser) and I found 0 in a benchmark for 2d graphics.
1- Can someone plz make me some kind of review (benchmark and especially browser) for this lg nitro HD with cyanogenmod 10.1(even some screenshots for benchmark)
2- Through your own experience with the device, do ypu advise me to buy one
Thx in advance. I apreciate any kind of help
borchaniz said:
Hi guys,
I intend to buy a new lg nitro hd and I'm a little confused,
It seems to me quite luggy in revews(especially in browser) and I found 0 in a benchmark for 2d graphics.
1- Can someone plz make me some kind of review (benchmark and especially browser) for this lg nitro HD with cyanogenmod 10.1(even some screenshots for benchmark)
2- Through your own experience with the device, do ypu advise me to buy one
Thx in advance. I apreciate any kind of help
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Firstly, Nitro HD is low end already. Take note of it. It is single cored(If im not wrong), and also, its already 2 years old.
And buying it is up to you. If you want it as a spare phone, which it is preferably one.
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Firstly, Nitro HD is low end already. Take note of it. It is single cored(If im not wrong), and also, its already 2 years old.
And buying it is up to you. If you want it as a spare phone, which it is preferably one.
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First off yes its 1 1/2 years old but has never been low end. It is one if not the most powerful phone made in the Nov '11 - April '12 time frame. Secondly the Snapdragon DUAL CORE WITH ADRENO DUAL CORE graphics was also one of the most powerful made that was only surpassed by the newer quad core processors this phone is no slouch. The software platform is very mature and has a great developing community. If you want the latest and greatest look elsewhere but be depending on what money you spend you will have quite a beast on your hands.
IMO
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If I install a custom ROM while my phone is unlocked will it be locked again???
Same question for ROOT and recovery installing issue
plz help me!
borchaniz said:
Hi
If I install a custom ROM while my phone is unlocked will it be locked again???
Same question for ROOT and recovery installing issue
plz help me!
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If you are talking about unlocking the sim, that can only be done with a stock ROM. You can root stock ICS with ease but if you want root AND a custom recovery then you need to use the unbricking guide due to the ICS boot loader being locked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044645
This guide works best on a win xp computer. However if you have win 7 there is help within the pages of that guide that can provide that help. Good luck.
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Swetnes said:
If you are talking about unlocking the sim, that can only be done with a stock ROM. You can root stock ICS with ease but if you want root AND a custom recovery then you need to use the unbricking guide due to the ICS boot loader being locked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044645
This guide works best on a win xp computer. However if you have win 7 there is help within the pages of that guide that can provide that help. Good luck.
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What's the exact goal of allof this??? Will it unlock the phone forever or just install custom recovery????
borchaniz said:
What's the exact goal of allof this??? Will it unlock the phone forever or just install custom recovery????
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Root and install a custom recovery so you can install a custom ROM. Like I said before sim unlocking can only be done on a stock ROM. To unlock go to settings, security then sim lock.
Edit sorry man thinking of something else. To unlock the sim so you can use it on a different network go to your phone dialer and out in the following code:
2945#*930#
Then select network
And input your unlock code (you only get 10 attempts before your phone is locked for good)
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Swetnes said:
Root and install a custom recovery so you can install a custom ROM. Like I said before sim unlocking can only be done on a stock ROM. To unlock go to settings, security then sim lock.
Edit sorry man thinking of something else. To unlock the sim so you can use it on a different network go to your phone dialer and out in the following code:
2945#*930#
Then select network
And input your unlock code (you only get 10 attempts before your phone is locked for good)
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So once I unlock it is it unlocked forever???
and after installing a ROM do I still need to unlock it???
borchaniz said:
So once I unlock it is it unlocked forever???
and after installing a ROM do I still need to unlock it???
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I think unless you were to go through the unbricking guide again. But I have never done it so I am not 100%. But I do know it has to be done from a stock ROM as the custom ROMs like cyanogen and miui do not have that capability. But as long as you are just installing ROMs through cwm you shouldn't have to unlock again.
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Amperific said:
Firstly, Nitro HD is low end already. Take note of it. It is single cored(If im not wrong), and also, its already 2 years old.
And buying it is up to you. If you want it as a spare phone, which it is preferably one.
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compared to what? it has better specs than dozens of phones that came out after it with a cheaper price tag
almost every major dev team supports this phone, there is a reason for that those people are the experts that should tell you enough.
Hi everyone, I would like to know if I can install unofficial roms on my rooted but locked to o2 phone as while I like the official JB stock rom , I am
dissappointed with the laggyness of the phone nqw. look forward to your help and comments.
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Hi everyone, I would like to know if I can install unofficial roms on my rooted but locked to o2 phone as while I like the official JB stock rom , I am
dissappointed with the laggyness of the phone nqw. look forward to your help and comments.
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yup you can(AFAIK)
teddytsen said:
yup you can(AFAIK)
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could you suggest a suitable rom and how to install, could I use a official stock rom for (sim free) phones, or only unofficial roms like CWM 10.2
I am trying to learn here but I keep getting conflicting answers on what I can and cant do for instance some say I should tick repartion box in odin others say no,its the same with the phone being locked to provider, some say it needs to be unlocked, and some say it does not well I have a phone that is very wearing to use with its official update that is supposed to make run better and so much conflicting information that I have had just about enough, please please please will some one point me in the right direction so that I stand a chance of sorting my phone without bricking it thanks.....
P.S.sorry for the essay but I am so frustrated I thought these forums were to help people like me who want to learn............
xenoblade said:
could you suggest a suitable rom and how to install, could I use a official stock rom for (sim free) phones, or only unofficial roms like CWM 10.2
I am trying to learn here but I keep getting conflicting answers on what I can and cant do for instance some say I should tick repartion box in odin others say no,its the same with the phone being locked to provider, some say it needs to be unlocked, and some say it does not well I have a phone that is very wearing to use with its official update that is supposed to make run better and so much conflicting information that I have had just about enough, please please please will some one point me in the right direction so that I stand a chance of sorting my phone without bricking it thanks.....
P.S.sorry for the essay but I am so frustrated I thought these forums were to help people like me who want to learn............
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-No theres no reason to tick repartition unless you're flashing a 3 part firmware.
-im pretty sure it doesnt have to be carrier locked
-jb update for us was a disaster :/
You thought pretty wrong. Many people left xda because of the community :/
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teddytsen said:
-No theres no reason to tick repartition unless you're flashing a 3 part firmware.
-im pretty sure it doesnt have to be carrier locked
-jb update for us was a disaster :/
You thought pretty wrong. Many people left xda because of the community :/
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Nice one, JB, is running smooth and quick, after reading about a ram hack on this site , which has increased my max ram to 624mb instead of
a mere 482mb I was left with after updating to JB, so for now I shall play with this until I get bored then it will be time to bite the bullet and come into the light and join the ever growing community that believe in freedom.... thanks for your help Teddytsen
Hey guys. Coming from Win-mo where everything is just straight forward so this stuff is pretty new. I am trying to find a Kitkat rom for my T-mo S2. I can't seem to find any threads specifically talking about branded phones.
Can anyone help me out here? Info
The phone isn't rooted and on stock jellybean 4.1.2.
If you can direct me to some step by step threads or even better actually telling me what to do step by step it'd be appreciated. Thank you.
I presume you have a SGH T-989 ? If so, you're in the wrong place, your thread belongs here. I've asked mods to move your thread, sit tight until they do.
Yeah I realized that after I posted, I just couldn't figure out what the differences were. Thank you for the help.
grifter024 said:
Hey guys. Coming from Win-mo where everything is just straight forward so this stuff is pretty new. I am trying to find a Kitkat rom for my T-mo S2. I can't seem to find any threads specifically talking about branded phones.
Can anyone help me out here? Info
The phone isn't rooted and on stock jellybean 4.1.2.
If you can direct me to some step by step threads or even better actually telling me what to do step by step it'd be appreciated. Thank you.
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Cyanogenmod 11 runs Kit Kat. You can download it from the official page. As for the actual flashing, you need to have root and the latest Clockworkmod installed, as I have read about some issues if you try to flash it with other custom recoveries or older versions of it.
You don't need to root. Just flash the recovery and flash the rom. The rom itself is rooted. If you want to root your stock rom flash the su zip in recovery
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Hey everyone, never posted here before but I figured I'd ask as I'm extremely interested in modding my LG G3. I'm confused though as I don't see any solutions out there for dual booting the phone. Is this something someone's working on that perhaps I've missed? My ultimate goal is to attempt to dual boot Firefox OS (I know, keep dreamin') and Android 4.4.2. My first hurdle is finding a multiboot solution and I just can't find anything out there. Can anybody provide me with some enlightenment? I've thoroughly exhausted Google's search engine to find the answer (including searches through here), I'm beginning to think I may be chasing after something that doesn't exist yet.
victisomega said:
Hey everyone, never posted here before but I figured I'd ask as I'm extremely interested in modding my LG G3. I'm confused though as I don't see any solutions out there for dual booting the phone. Is this something someone's working on that perhaps I've missed? My ultimate goal is to attempt to dual boot Firefox OS (I know, keep dreamin') and Android 4.4.2. My first hurdle is finding a multiboot solution and I just can't find anything out there. Can anybody provide me with some enlightenment? I've thoroughly exhausted Google's search engine to find the answer (including searches through here), I'm beginning to think I may be chasing after something that doesn't exist yet.
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No one has been able to unlock the bootloader. LG don't allow it and the devs are finding it difficult to. Unless the bootloader can be unlocked there will be no custom Roms or kernels or dual booting.
The devs seem optimistic that they will be able to unlock the boot loader. Once that happens the only way to multiboot is if someone were to port the recovery multirom to our device. Multirom is currently available for nexus devices and I have it on my nexus 7 2013 and it's amazing
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Hey thanks guys! I read somewhere that the LG G3 was suppose to ship with an unlocked bootloader... Guess I got my hopes up for nothing ( I think it may have been a T-Mobile article which is why I was so giddy). Oh well, I really appreciate the responses guys(or gals)! Have a good one!
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Hey thanks guys! I read somewhere that the LG G3 was suppose to ship with an unlocked bootloader... Guess I got my hopes up for nothing ( I think it may have been a T-Mobile article which is why I was so giddy). Oh well, I really appreciate the responses guys(or gals)! Have a good one!
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The tmo certain did ship with an unlocked bootloader. It's the only one. I've got a custom Kernal on mine.
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Harmtan2 said:
The tmo certain did ship with an unlocked bootloader. It's the only one. I've got a custom Kernal on mine.
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Lucky us eh? Now if they figure out how to do it with the mainstream phone I'm sure I'll find a multi-ROM boot, at the very least I could experiment with other versions of android but with LG making a firefoxOS phone I'm hoping someone will port it to the G3.