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Hey guys. So i just took the plunge and rooted my GSM Gnex, haven't looked at anything to do with ROMs and kernels and all that malarkey. Anybody reccommend any ROMs/kernels/anything else i could do to do with rooting? Also just wanted to say this was an absolute breeze to root with the toolkit - much easier than my old HTC Desire Z. One thing i was wondering if i could do is change the unlocker so i can say, get to my messages instead of the camera, or better yet have multiple icons around the unlocker so i can just pick an app to go into?
Root Apps: Definitely Titanium Backup (w/ Pro version -- or a app similar to this).
It will save you lots of time and effort into restoring your apps and data. It is a necessity when it comes to changing ROMs.
Ah, it looks good, backed up all my apps and whatnot. I'll test it when i put a new ROM on it, any ROM recommendations?
Root explorer is a must app. Since I rooted I switched between a couple of roms to try them out, and practice flashing roms so I wouldn't worry about messing up the phone.. You'll find the rom you like. I'm now on to kernels and changing the softkeys
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Stardate Tab 10.1 said:
Root explorer is a must app. Since I rooted I switched between a couple of roms to try them out, and practice flashing roms so I wouldn't worry about messing up the phone.. You'll find the rom you like. I'm now on to kernels and changing the softkeys
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Nah i'm fine with flashing roms... i think. Just been a while since i've done it regularly! Did flash CM7.1 onto my friends Desire the other day though. I think i'll have a looksee then! Thanks very much
Don't need to pay for Root Explorer when ES File Explorer does it all for free
I love androidusers neopolitian 2.2 rom. I run it on both nexus s and now galaxy nexus. Everything works and its fast with customize able toggles in the drop down. I love franco and mathkids kernels. For now I'm on mathkids on both nexuses. Good luck and hope your development journey is smooth as can be!
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A while back I was using a ROM (I think Winner's kang), and there was an option to disable boot animation. I checked that. That option has since disappeared and I can't figure out how to re-enable boot animations. I've flashed CM over it x times since then, but still no animation. Any ideas how to get it back?
If I do a factory reset It comes back with a new ROM, but I'm trying to avoid re-doing all my settings. I've already done a fair amount of searching the web and XDA for this, but nothing seemed to fix this.
Thanks for the help!
Working on finding out...may or may not be successful.
One minute!
Clear data on rom control and reflash the rom maybe.
I downloaded alogcat.
And enabled boot ani in AOKP M4.
Log cat states that it ran the script system/bin/sh
Maybe try running that in script manager. But I doubt that will work.
I'll give it a shot. Couldn't hurt!
Thanks
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...Just tried it. Nope!
I read somewhere editing the init.goldfish.sh (system/etc) might do it, but i got nowhere with that either.
i know this is not the solution that you need but it might be an idea on how devs can avoid creating this problem from the start:
simply move the bootanimation.zip to another location. This will disable the boot ani and in case a user wants it back, it's as easy as moving it to the /system/media folder
as for your issue, in case you decide to reflash the rom, titanium can bring back your apps in a flash and most launchers have an option to backup settings. all in all it takes less than 10 minutes for me to reflash and have my phone as it was before.
Thanks. I thought if you removed the animation it defaulted to the original Android animation? Maybe not.
But yes, titanium and launcher backups are my backup plan.
Thanks for the help
If I cant figure it out by Sunday I might just do that.
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Have you tried Root Tools? It's available on the Market err Google Play.. claims to enable and disable bootanimation.
I just gave it a whirl-no such luck.
Thanks for every one's suggestions. I think I'll pm the dev and ask him if he knows what that option affected.
I'll post any revelations as soon as I hear anything
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And you have a known working bootanimation.zip in the system/media folder?
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To the best of my knowledge, yes. Otherwise it would just show a black screen, right?
Instead it just shows the Google logo with the unlocked icon.
Strange, I thought others would have had this problem too.
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I suffer from this problem as well, tried everything else I've heard. Now I'm just going to wipe . Oh well
can't you get a hold of a version that has the option and toggle it on/off?
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Not a bad idea. I'll check to see if I have any old ROM's with it.
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Anyone have a really old winner ROM?
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Anyone have a really old winner ROM?
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His repository is at goo.im/roms/winner00. All roms from 1/23 to 2/16
open "etc/init.goldfish.sh" in a text editor
-in the end you will find "setprop debug.sf.nobootanimation 1"
-make it 0
also you can try adding those lines to the build.prop
ro.kernel.android.bootanim=1
debug.sf.nobootanimation=0
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that once before with no luck. Just tried it now too with a new ROM. unfortunately, it still didn't work.
Thanks for the suggestion though!
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have you tried mskip's GNex Toolkit? it has a Phone Mods section where you can enable/disable that option, maybe that would work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400871
second screenshot shows the mod list... good luck!
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Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that once before with no luck. Just tried it now too with a new ROM. unfortunately, it still didn't work.
Thanks for the suggestion though!
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are you sure "system/bin/bootanimation" exists ?
Yup, that's there. No file extension tho. And I have the animation file in system/media and local/media. Regardless a new ROM should over write all that info, right?
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Hey all,
I switched from Iphone 4 to galaxy s 3 and love it. I want to know if there's a way to delete apps that came with the phone ( all the ATT apps)?
also I have the Samsung SGH-I747, what's the difference from the I9300? I see that everywhere when I google samsung galaxy S 3 4.1.1 update? will that work with my phone?
I tried to root my device but it was giving me errors so I unrooted.
I'll definitely try that again soon.
What are good sites for info and "hacks" for this awesome phone?!
Any good App recommendations?
So far I'm impressed with the phone and love it!!!
Steve
dasaint80 said:
Hey all,
I switched from Iphone 4 to galaxy s 3 and love it. I want to know if there's a way to delete apps that came with the phone ( all the ATT apps)?
also I have the Samsung SGH-I747, what's the difference from the I9300? I see that everywhere when I google samsung galaxy S 3 4.1.1 update? will that work with my phone?
I tried to root my device but it was giving me errors so I unrooted.
I'll definitely try that again soon.
What are good sites for info and "hacks" for this awesome phone?!
Any good App recommendations?
So far I'm impressed with the phone and love it!!!
Steve
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Nice move! To remove apps, root the phone and you'll have that power. BUT.... this is the Sprint SPH-L710 forum, not the AT&T. Do not flash anything from here, go to the AT&T thread and read up on what is working over there.
Sorry, Should I move this thread? or will the Mod do it?
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Sorry, Should I move this thread? or will the Mod do it?
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It's kool, we all make mistakes in beginning
Contact a moderator and request the thread to be closed.
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FNM
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And to further answer your question no don't flash anything for the i9300 - that's the international version and doing so will brick your phone.
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I switched my iPHONE 4 to the GS3 too!!!! Message me if you figured out to do anything u asked. I'm still trying to learn as well.
I love reading topics like this. Welcome to Android world. Where YOU own your phone! Good luck and remember.. READ! READ! READ!!! Its easy to brick your phone in the beggining. Even I did myself too.. twice! Poor Epic 4g lol
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I too made the switch a couple of months ago. I've since rooted and installed CM10 nightlies and I'm loving it! This phone is such a refreshing change from the iPhone and I'm learning something new all the time.
If I can give some advice. You have a lot more power over the S3 than you did with the iPhone, even with Jailbreaking. Because of this you can really screw the device up if you don't do something correctly, just be sure to read and read and keep reading. Ask questions and then when your sure, read a bit more then take the plunge. Once you get a grasp of things the mystery goes away and it's no big deal but until you've rooted and installed a recovery, then ROM'ed your phone it will seem crazy.
Enjoy it.
Root your phone. Follow Mr Robinson's post under stickies. Then download titanium backup. You should have everything you need there.
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dasaint80 said:
Hey all,
I switched from Iphone 4 to galaxy s 3 and love it. I want to know if there's a way to delete apps that came with the phone ( all the ATT apps)?
also I have the Samsung SGH-I747, what's the difference from the I9300? I see that everywhere when I google samsung galaxy S 3 4.1.1 update? will that work with my phone?
I tried to root my device but it was giving me errors so I unrooted.
I'll definitely try that again soon.
What are good sites for info and "hacks" for this awesome phone?!
Any good App recommendations?
So far I'm impressed with the phone and love it!!!
Steve
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i9300 = international version (quad core, 1gb ram)
i747 = att version (dual core, 2gb ram)
my favoruite apps are flipboard (pre-installed), jetpack joyride, granny smith, subway surf, and nova launcher atm. if you're a redditor, reddit sync is great as well.
for info and hacks, xda is the best.
dasaint80 said:
Hey all,
I switched from Iphone 4 to galaxy s 3 and love it. I want to know if there's a way to delete apps that came with the phone ( all the ATT apps)?
also I have the Samsung SGH-I747, what's the difference from the I9300? I see that everywhere when I google samsung galaxy S 3 4.1.1 update? will that work with my phone?
I tried to root my device but it was giving me errors so I unrooted.
I'll definitely try that again soon.
What are good sites for info and "hacks" for this awesome phone?!
Any good App recommendations?
So far I'm impressed with the phone and love it!!!
Steve
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Welcome to the flash crazy work of Android :silly:
The i9300 is the international version, and the i747 is the AT&T version. You want to make sure you DO NOT cross flash anything from the i9300 onto the i747 and vise versa, you will brick, and brick badly.
For Rooting I wrote this up a while back and should be useful:
Recovery mode:
Hold down Volume Up, Home and then the Power button
Download Mode:
Hold down Volume Down, Home and then power until “Warning!!” message is displayed
Press Volume Up to continue.
Navigating Clockwork Mod Recovery:
Use the Volume Up and Down arrow keys to change the highlighted option and the home key to select an option. The Back soft key works, but will not be lit and will take you back one screen.
1. Make sure all Samsung Drivers are installed.
2. Copy CMW_SuperUser_v3.07.zip to your internal SD
3. Reboot your phone into download mode
4. Go into the folder you extracted Odin3 into and run Odin3 v3.04.exe
5. Connect your phone to your computer via USB
6. Click on PDA and in the Open window that pops up navigate to clockworkmod.tar
- Verify that ONLY Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked
7. Click Start.
8. Power off your device and boot into Recovery mode
-To boot into Recovery mode: Hold down Volume Up, Home and then the Power button until you are in Recovery (it should say CWM-based Recovery at the top of the screen)
9. Install CMW_SuperUser_v3.07.zip
10. Reboot
11. Install BusyBox from Google Play Market, grant it SuperUser permissions and it'll walk through the rest.
12. Update Binaries.
- Open the SuperUser app
- Get into settings (the wrench icon in the upper right of the screen)
- Select Su binary under the General section towards the bottom of the list
- Select Update
To remove the bloatware from AT&T, you will need to root, and there are 3 ways that I use to remove that stuff. 1 is to buy Titanium Backup, and "freeze" the apps you don't want to use. They are still installed, but are not visible.
2nd way is to use Titanium Backup, and Backup and/or uninstall the apps. The 3rd way is to get a root explorer application(there are a few good free ones) and go to system/apps, and manually delete them yourself. The easiest way would be to freeze them in TiBu, and the safest. If you mess something up, you can always go back and Un-freeze the app
This SHOULD get you going
Hey! Welcome to the wonderful world of android. You are in for a lot of treats as I'm sure you've seen already. To answer your question about removing the. "bloatware" as we call it, there is one other way other than rooting you can get it off your app drawer and make it easier to ignore. Find the app you want to get rid of. Then press and hold on it until the home screens come up. Drag the icon down to the "app info" icon and drop it there. This will load up the info screen. From here, select the "disable" button and it will be removed from your app drawer. This is an easier way than rooting and it won't void your warranty either! Hope that helps.
Also, check out the amazon app store. It is pretty awesome. Free app every day. You can also customise your phone using zedge.
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NVM I figured it out
I made the same switch
I am going on about 2 weeks now with the GS3. It is a big learning curve so far. As the stock GS3 with touchwiz I am not a fan. I do not like what samsung did to android at all. In particular all of the motion stuff is really stupid and the samsung messaging app is just terrible. I also don't like their default keyboard.
However I rooted it and installed CM10 and I really like that. I am a little torn as I dont know if I should judge this phone based on how it is in stock mode or for everything I can do with it (rooting, roms, etc....). Coming from the iphone I do miss the stability and ease of use. But I do like the bigger screen the LTE and being able to customize more, like what apps open with what actions and what not. All of the sharing options are nice too.
I would say if I was stuck with touchwiz I would probably return the phone and go with another iphone, but being able to use CM10 makes all the difference. I like both OS's and think each has their positives and drawbacks.
I am not trying to start a flame war just giving my opinion after a couple weeks of making the switch.
That's the beauty of android...you don't have to stick with the manufacturers skin.
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kinghorsey said:
That's the beauty of android...you don't have to stick with the manufacturers skin.
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Agree, but I wish it wasn't required to enjoy the phone. sometimes you want something to just work. plus most of the ROM's have at least some issues that wouldnt be found in a release by a major company. Though touch wiz was just as buggy.
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Agree, but I wish it wasn't required to enjoy the phone. sometimes you want something to just work. plus most of the ROM's have at least some issues that wouldnt be found in a release by a major company. Though touch wiz was just as buggy.
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I made the jump from iPhone less than a month ago and have already tried atleast 7 diffrent roms...
Stock rom worked just fine for me all the time and I do find the motions useful...just disable them if you dont like them... I think like you that both have their pros and cons...but im finding much more pros for the Android than iOS...
Maybe there was something wrong with your phone from the get go...just saying consider taking it back to the store for a new one...cause I never had any bugs in touchwiz when I was running the stock rom...
Not trying to be rude, just giving my opinion...
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I came from an iPhone 4 to a Galaxy SII (I777) last year, and now I just got the S3. I understand where your coming from where you like the ease of use of iOS and the stability, but to be honest I wasn't having any trouble or stability issues on the either of my phones with the stock ROM on Touchwiz. With that being said I still flashed a lot of other ROMs because I love tinkering and trying new stuff, I decided to stick with AOKP which is a CM10 AOSP based ROM and I couldn't be happier. I do miss some of the neat features with touchwiz though, like Smartstay and Direct-call.
Hey guys, just got a gnex, and I'm liking it so far. I will root later tonight and I want to start with cm10. Problem is, the op probably isn't very up to date and there are 420 pages of discussion (on tapatalk). Can someone give me a quick run down of what to flash to get me started with cm10 on the gnex? I know I need the ROM and gapps, and maybe another kernel. I can handle those myself. Any other add ons that y'all recommend? Thank you in advance!
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Honestly, for now I'd just install one of the available 4.2 ROMs instead. I switched from CM10 to Bigxie's 4.2 ROM and absolutely love it. It's definitely a bit snappier and more solid than CM10 was for me.
The only thing I miss is the DSP manager but really that's the only thing that is worth mentioning at this point. Even the notification toggles are a moot point now since the 2 finger swipe gets you to your quick toggles in 4.2 now anyway.
Thanks, I'll take a look at that ROM. Aldo, in currently stock, but I keep getting an error when trying to download apps. I've cleared market, play services, and frameworks, as well as removing and re adding my Google account. I have even completely wiped data and started over. All these fix the problem at first, but it soon starts happening again. Any way to permanently fix until I root and update? And do the custom ROMs suffer this issue?
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If you want the best of every world download Paranoid Android 2.99 when it gets released tonight. You can switch from a phone, tablet, and phablet interface. Not to mention the normal hacks and goodies.
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Someone I know has a GNEX stock 4.1 Android and they want me to put CM10.1 on it. Can I install CM10.1 on a stock android gnex without wiping it?
I know i can and that it is possible, but I guess my real question is if it is advisable or if I might run into issues, FCs, etc. from not wiping? I just want to avoid having to backup/restore apps and data....On going between any other ROMs i would wipe, but I'm thinking you may not have to if coming from stock Android...?
no.. ALWAYS do a clean flash when changing android versions and also post questions in the Q&A section
It's probably not advisable to proceed without wiping.
That said, TiBu and Carbon (app by Koush, not the ROM) should get your friend's data back on the phone after rooting it. I haven't used either option, but I wish they were available the first time I ever rooted a few years ago. With TiBu you make a backup through ADB before rooting and then use "Extract from ADB backup" in the app's Menu. And I know Carbon works without root and syncs to the cloud.
Probably not the answer you were looking for, but at least you have options. GL
Thanks for the answers. I am very familiar with backups including Carbon and TiBu, as I do all kinds of crazy stuff on my SCH-i535. I was just hoping I could skip a few steps since it'd be coming from stock android. I've just never had/used a gnex before.
I've had my gnex since it was released. I finally installed 10.1 recently and wish I would have done this a long time ago. Big battery life change and quite a bit faster. Not to mention I don't have top wait for Verizon to take their sweet ass time with software releases. Must clean install though, just back up everything not to difficult or painful.
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I've had my gnex since it was released. I finally installed 10.1 recently and wish I would have done this a long time ago. Big battery life change and quite a bit faster. Not to mention I don't have top wait for Verizon to take their sweet ass time with software releases. Must clean install though, just back up everything not to difficult or painful.
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The backup won't be a problem as I can do all that, but since the phone is for a friend, the biggest problem is they won't like having to redo shortcuts, homescreen, etc.
I'll just have to convince them it will be worth it.
thanks for the input!
Tell them to dl a launcher, then save that in the backup.
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Huh... Remember, 4.2.x based roms have a different file tree because of multi user support.
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Sorry for hijacking this thread, but I have stock 4.2.2. By wiping you mean Android only, or every single bit of data?
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