Hi guys, new to the forum, trying to learn how to make my HTC One M8 Faster and cleaner.
I had the M7 first, which I bought rooted and unlocked. The seller told me to join this forum, so here I am.
I recently rooted the M8 but I dont know where to go from here. I unstalled Super User, now what?
Why was my M7 soooo much faster than my M8?
Any help would be greatly appreciated...
Return it back to stock. Whoever had it before you has messed something up if it's noticeably slow. This phone is rapid and should be noticeably so.
ashyx said:
Return it back to stock. Whoever had it before you has messed something up if it's noticeably slow. This phone is rapid and should be noticeably so.
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Out of the box, from AT&T it was much slower to load browsers, etc, then my HTC One M7 which was tooted / unlocked. When I asked the person who I originally bought the M7 from about this, he said it was much "leaner" and that I should do the same to the M8... I just don't know what to do to make it faster...
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Out of the box, from AT&T it was much slower to load browsers, etc, then my HTC One M7 which was tooted / unlocked. When I asked the person who I originally bought the M7 from about this, he said it was much "leaner" and that I should do the same to the M8... I just don't know what to do to make it faster...
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I don't know what you are thinking of but this device is very very fast.But if you want to make it even faster(Which I recommend you shouldn't do)you can try to overclock it.But remember this will cause heating issues and your battery will drain faster.Simple and best way is install mike's arhd.This is the bloat free version of the stock rom and it is very fast indeed!.
Jyotirdeb said:
I don't know what you are thinking of but this device is very very fast.But if you want to make it even faster(Which I recommend you shouldn't do)you can try to overclock it.But remember this will cause heating issues and your battery will drain faster.Simple and best way is install mike's arhd.This is the bloat free version of the stock rom and it is very fast indeed!.
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Thanks, but my rooted HTC One M7 was much faster. Where can I find the Mikes arhd for my device?
Setttings-->Developer Options.
Turn animations off or down to .5. Just about the first thing I always do. The slowness is just perception I suspect.
jrhunkler said:
Thanks, but my rooted HTC One M7 was much faster. Where can I find the Mikes arhd for my device?
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You can find it in the development section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694917
Also if you want go to developer options->advanced->scroll to apps and check dont keep activities.This will clear all apps/process running in background but each app you open ti will run fast but it will restart every time!(I dont recommend this)
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Thanks, but my rooted HTC One M7 was much faster. Where can I find the Mikes arhd for my device?
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Faster in bull..... benchmark apps or faster in real life?
animaleyes76 said:
Faster in bull..... benchmark apps or faster in real life?
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If you know both please share both.We will see what OP desires.
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Hi all,
sorry for my bad english iam a german user.
I have an Magic and a Desire, my Magic is rooted because the original Rom is stupid and slow....
Why should i root my Desire. I Like the original rom, its fast, very good functions (like sense, htc tether, and the other htc features)....
i dont know if there a desire rom that has all the same functions include root....
Thanks for your help..
Erm...then don't root it.
he's asking if by Rooting it he loses the HTC functions
Why shouldn't you root?
You can have the same exact ROM as the stock, but with root. Check the rooting procedure from modaco.
By rooting, you'd lose nothing. If I had a Desire, I'd surely root it even if I decided I wanted to keep the stock ROM. There's little to no risk, so no reason to hold back
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And how about warranty?
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And how about warranty?
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same question,
on my magic i can recover all (SPL, Recovery, ROM etc) with the sapphimg.nbh and on the desire?
stingerpl said:
Why shouldn't you root?
You can have the same exact ROM as the stock, but with root. Check the rooting procedure from modaco.
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He's basically said he loves the features, he's happy with it and everything is working fine...so I'm saying, use it and leave it.
Why root if there's no specific reason to do so apart from "you can"?!
It's like the thread that's just popped up asking if SetCPU is working yet...why? Is the CPU too slow as it is? Just because you can doesn't mean you should for no good reason other than you're bored.
the good reason to root the phone is to get apps2sd which currently isnt working too well for some people,
however, apparently google with the 2.2 software which will be out soon will bring the apps to sd functionality, so i will wait till then as so far dont see the point of doing so
PsYDoX said:
Hi all,
sorry for my bad english iam a german user.
I have an Magic and a Desire, my Magic is rooted because the original Rom is stupid and slow....
Why should i root my Desire. I Like the original rom, its fast, very good functions (like sense, htc tether, and the other htc features)....
i dont know if there a desire rom that has all the same functions include root....
Thanks for your help..
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yep the rooted rom is exactly the same except root access and the super user app, would translate this but i know it wouldn't make much sense due to german sentence structure etc.
slaming said:
yep the rooted rom is exactly the same except root access and the super user app, would translate this but i know it wouldn't make much sense due to german sentence structure etc.
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hmm ok, but how about warranty?
PsYDoX said:
Why should i root my Desire.
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Do you want it to do something it doesn't already do? If not, leave it alone.
On a more personal note, I'd hold off rooting for a couple of months at least. Let all the guys at the bleeding edge get hurt and bloodied by the rooting process. Then once things have settled down and the initial niggles are resolved, see what benefits it brings. The phone is very new after all. Surely you can't be bored of it yet?
SIM Free Deal
I'm thinking of getting a Desire SIM free - will this come with bootloader unlocked and engineering SPL as standard do you think?
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I'm thinking of getting a Desire SIM free - will this come with bootloader unlocked and engineering SPL as standard do you think?
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The only advantage in getting a sim free version is you can use any sim card with it. That's it. No special bootloader and stuff.
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but searching around on google for an answer I came across this.
Aitese said:
He's basically said he loves the features, he's happy with it and everything is working fine...so I'm saying, use it and leave it.
Why root if there's no specific reason to do so apart from "you can"?!
It's like the thread that's just popped up asking if SetCPU is working yet...why? Is the CPU too slow as it is? Just because you can doesn't mean you should for no good reason other than you're bored.
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What kind of advice is this? Seriously? Yes, you should do things because you can. You should learn and explore, become educated about the world around you. There's enough bigotry, ignorance, and lethargic mind states out there without telling others to hold back. This very technology was founded on forward thinking and sharing of community knowledge. As a counter to your statement why should I -NOT- root my device other than "because I can"?
What I want to know, and I believe op does as well, is what are the advantages of rooting? Are there any? Most of what I've looked up is fairly old (1+ years) and the biggest boon I've seen people talk about is being able to tether, this is something I can already do with my HTC Desire. I see plenty of answers for the second half of my question, what are the disadvantages, and there seems to be a hearty agreement that there really isn't one.
So what would I stand to gain from rooting?
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but searching around on google for an answer I came across this.
What kind of advice is this? Seriously? Yes, you should do things because you can. You should learn and explore, become educated about the world around you. There's enough bigotry, ignorance, and lethargic mind states out there without telling others to hold back. This very technology was founded on forward thinking and sharing of community knowledge. As a counter to your statement why should I -NOT- root my device other than "because I can"?
What I want to know, and I believe op does as well, is what are the advantages of rooting? Are there any? Most of what I've looked up is fairly old (1+ years) and the biggest boon I've seen people talk about is being able to tether, this is something I can already do with my HTC Desire. I see plenty of answers for the second half of my question, what are the disadvantages, and there seems to be a hearty agreement that there really isn't one.
So what would I stand to gain from rooting?
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You can gain much.....
One of the reasons I rooted mine is so that I can control the CPU speed using SetCPU and improve my battery life.
You can install firewall apps to control iptables and keep your phone a little bit safer from the "perils" of internet.
I have also installed a cache removal and a move2sd app to help save a bit more space in the internal memory.
And, obviously, you can flash custom ROMs and extend functionalities (I haven't done this....yet)
All of which are possible through rooting.
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I cannot see a reason to root a phone if you want to keep the original ROM. Mine is rooted but I cannot do anything that I couldn't do before on the original rom.
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I cannot see a reason to root a phone if you want to keep the original ROM. Mine is rooted but I cannot do anything that I couldn't do before on the original rom.
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You can use certain applications from the market that required root such as setcpu.
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
Good phone, battery life is not bad, bootloader is locked but you can unlock it from HTCdev site but it may void your warranty and no S-OFF for now, how to root it, search and read and find out and on how to reboot just use the powerbutton at the top to reboot by long pressing it.
If you are going to buy this phone make your research. Do not wait for other people to do the work for you. There is a review thread exactly in the same place were you posted this thread, there is a battery stats thread were people post the battery life and talk about it so you could of jumped in there to find out more about battery. There is a thread by Hamdir regarding what to look out when going and buying your phone and checking what issues to have a look at when inspecting the phone before you buy it...Plus so many reviews over youtube you could look for. I might sound harsh but everyday it is the same freaking question with someone opening a thread and it ends up getting closed anyway. So do your research before buying something. Simple as that.
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anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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The version of the one x that is sold in the USA is coming to Europe so you might want to wait.
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1392277/htc_one_xl_arriving_in_europe_in_june.html
anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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Don't buy it. I regret doing this mistake. I will NEVER buy any HTC phone again. I had Desire, Desire Z and now One X. They all were plagued by problems. One X has so many problems with the software and with hardware, it's not worth to buy it. I will try to bring it back and buy Galaxy S3. Samsung never failed me
Buy it. It's a fantastic phone.
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Don't buy it. I regret doing this mistake. I will NEVER buy any HTC phone again. I had Desire, Desire Z and now One X. They all were plagued by problems. One X has so many problems with the software and with hardware, it's not worth to buy it. I will try to bring it back and buy Galaxy S3. Samsung never failed me
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Don't agree with this at all, the phone had some minor bugs when it was first released but they all seem to be fixed now....at least they are for me anyway!
The only thing I don't like is the way it handles multi tasking, not the GUI implemention which is cool and works better than most reviews make out, but the way it kills apps to quickly. I'm sure we'll be able to sort this out with a custom rom later on.
All in all its a great phone with excellent battery life, so long as you dont play too many games
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I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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It's a excellent gadget
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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How many more threads are we going to get asking this
I think you shouldnt buy it
just give me the money instead
anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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I'm just wondering how come I didn't have all these thoughts? goodphone, battery, bootloader, screen, etc etc. I just loved the phone the moment I saw it.. it's like love at first sight.. probably u'l know if that's this is the one when you actually hold it.. more like a girl, you know if she's the one for u or not
just my 2 cents bro.. honest opinion.. u won't regret it. yes, sometimes it does make u think wuts wrong, but never it will let u down thinkin it's a bad investment.
hope it helps
Go for it. It's working perfect for one month and I didn't even apply any of three released software updates for not to miss possible s-off exploits.
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well why do you think i am starting to get annoyed with the same thing everyday..read my post above. it says it all on how i feel about people opening threads like this. i do not blame the OP he just wants to know opinions but on the other hand he can get of his lazy behind and stop being spoonfed like a baby and do proper research.
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How many more threads are we going to get asking this
I think you shouldnt buy it
just give me the money instead
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.. and his signature says,
Sent from my revolutionary GALAXY S3 running triple boot with Jelly Bean (android 5.0 ), CM9 and Miui v4
ive got a one x, and i feel absolutely comfortable in telling you to forget the one x, and get the s3, especially as its out in a few days
im giving mine to the missus and getting a s3, on june the 7th when my other 3 contract is up
at best you will have to send your one x back for a swap, at worst you will send it back 4,5,6 times to find a perfect unit
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ive got a one x, and i feel absolutely comfortable in telling you to forget the one x, and get the s3, especially as its out in a few days
im giving mine to the missus and getting a s3, on june the 7th when my other 3 contract is up
at best you will have to send your one x back for a swap, at worst you will send it back 4,5,6 times to find a perfect unit
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Didn't happen to me. Great device for me. Got one and didn't need to do swaps or replacements.
I have purchased HTC one X from a third person and shocked to see that it has been rooted. I got this by looking the Superuser app in menu. I am really new to android and this technical world. One of my friend helped me in getting this known. This has also been unlocked.
I want to make the mobile to go back just like arrived from Factory. Would you please help me out with this?
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I have purchased HTC one X from a third person and shocked to see that it has been rooted. I got this by looking the Superuser app in menu. I am really new to android and this technical world. One of my friend helped me in getting this known. This has also been unlocked.
I want to make the mobile to go back just like arrived from Factory. Would you please help me out with this?
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Impossible
popcee.p said:
I have purchased HTC one X from a third person and shocked to see that it has been rooted. I got this by looking the Superuser app in menu. I am really new to android and this technical world. One of my friend helped me in getting this known. This has also been unlocked.
I want to make the mobile to go back just like arrived from Factory. Would you please help me out with this?
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I would see root as a good thing and not bad
You can never put the phone back to exactly how it came from the factory however you could :
- install a ROM such as this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970 and then re-lock the bootloader.
- choose an appropriate nandroid from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
- or find the correct RUU for your phone and install that.
personally i would embrace the rooted phone and try out some custom roms
Plenty of threads on how to install a rom and re-lock bootloader in here.
Rooted HOX is much better than a normal one. Battery life span is greatly improved after afew charges.
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Rooted HOX is much better than a normal one. Battery life span is greatly improved after afew charges.
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That has nothing whatsoever to do with being rooted.
Perhaps a custom ROM and/or kernel may improve battery life, but it has jack to do with it being rooted alone.
Jack what?
Sent from my mind, eyes and fingers.
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Golden globe for most helpful post of the day :thumbdown:
maxilick said:
Jack what?
Sent from my mind, eyes and fingers.
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Jack sh!t !
Now for the OP, learn about fastboot commands, many stickies about that here.
Then get your main version number with the following command
Fastboot getvar version-main
Post the outcome here and we (at least i) can help you get back to original stock software.
sent from my venomized piece of technology
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Jack sh!t !
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And I thought you were a refined gentleman.
I think rooted phone is much pretty than locked one, isn't it?
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I think rooted phone is much pretty than locked one, isn't it?
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Rooted is better if you know what it does.
I'm upgrading from an old Gingerbread phone (ZTE Skate), on a budget of about 200€. The Nexus 4 unfortunately isn't an option, as it isn't available here and re-sellers are asking way too much for it.
Is the One X still a good option at that price?
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I'm upgrading from an old Gingerbread phone (ZTE Skate), on a budget of about 200€. The Nexus 4 unfortunately isn't an option, as it isn't available here and re-sellers are asking way too much for it.
Is the One X still a good option at that price?
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I'd say that was a fair price, I paid £185 (about 220 euro) for my second hox 6 months ago and it is still an excellent phone
Thanks! I'm really just worried about UI performance at this point. I'm aware of the issues with some games due to the Tegra chipset, but I'm not a big mobile gamer (maybe just Temple Run, some emulators etc.) so no problem there. On a custom ROM (or even stock), do you ever get lag or stutters in the UI? Things like scrolling through apps, pulling down the notification bar, and such.
you're always gonna get lag to a certain degree on any phone, I also use a nexus 7, an htc one and, dare I say it, an iphone 5s. I get a little lag on all of them sometimes and my hox is no better or worse than the others. as for roms, again, they all have the ups and downs. the best way is to try them or read the threads before you try and decide for yourself.
Sounds good to me. Thanks for the help. I'm fine with UI stutters if they're just an occasional thing like pretty much all other phones.
With sense5 the hox has became really competitive. The camera isn't as good as the sensation but for the price you get one of the best display out there. For 200€ definitively worth the money
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I am satisfied with my hox performance is very good.
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i think it's still a wonderful phone... and with custom rom it's better
Thanks for the replies! I guess I'm on the right track, then.
Oh, also, what's the situation with CID, HBOOT, locked bootloaders etc.? I haven't used an HTC phone before, so could some combination of those prevent me from flashing a ROM for some reason? I know you can only run a RUU if the CID matches, is that all?
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Thanks for the replies! I guess I'm on the right track, then.
Oh, also, what's the situation with CID, HBOOT, locked bootloaders etc.? I haven't used an HTC phone before, so could some combination of those prevent me from flashing a ROM for some reason? I know you can only run a RUU if the CID matches, is that all?
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cid and main version also. and you can only run an ruu that matches or is higher than your main version. but you can flash a nandroid backup that is older, then ota up to the latest. if you are gonna try anything, first make sure you are on the highest possible version for your cid then make a nandroid backup in recovery and copy it to your pc when it's done.
Thanks! That's pretty much what I do with my devices anyway. There's no way I would do something major to my phone without making a nandroid first.
I'm just worried about getting a phone that's not hackable, incompatible with ROMs etc. for some reason. Is that something that can happen?
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Thanks! That's pretty much what I do with my devices anyway. There's no way I would do something major to my phone without making a nandroid first.
I'm just worried about getting a phone that's not hackable, incompatible with ROMs etc. for some reason. Is that something that can happen?
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well, it's not so difficult to install custom roms on HOX and there are many roms (in each thread you will find the instructions for flashing)
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Thanks! That's pretty much what I do with my devices anyway. There's no way I would do something major to my phone without making a nandroid first.
I'm just worried about getting a phone that's not hackable, incompatible with ROMs etc. for some reason. Is that something that can happen?
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the hox, because it is s-on, is pretty near impossible to brick provided you are using stuff from the right forum, IE: this one. and there is an abundance of help available if you get stuck.
Oh, I get that. I'm just asking if there's something about a device that can make it completely incompatible with ROMs, due to an incompabitle HBOOT or whatever. Mainly because I see a lot of ROMs are only compatible with certain HBOOT values.
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Oh, I get that. I'm just asking if there's something about a device that can make it completely incompatible with ROMs, due to an incompabitle HBOOT or whatever. Mainly because I see a lot of ROMs are only compatible with certain HBOOT values.
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at the minute hboot 1.72 is causing some people problems, but only because they don't read and search properly. it causes a problem with touch but the simple solution is to flash a compatible recovery like the newest or repacked twrp or philz touch recovery, and cm10.2 needs a line edited or deleted to make it compatible with the hboot. so if you get one take note of that. apart from that everything else runs as you would expect. simple rule is read, read again and read a third time just in case you missed something. have fun
Great, thanks for all the help. Looks like I'll be joining you guys as soon as I manage to sell my current phone.
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Great, thanks for all the help. Looks like I'll be joining you guys as soon as I manage to sell my current phone.
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Okay, so I have the old cmod and I would like to know my choices. I'm looking for the fastest, highest performance ROM for my HTC one M8. Can anyone help me?
You have to find the ROM which suits you the most. It would not help you if everyone posts something different now. It's a hassle setting everything up but you have to deal wth that.
You didn't even state if you want to stay on stock or not. Since you want high performance it's better to stay on stock. You could try S-Rom JW-Version 5.4 or Leedroid. But you got to test test these ROMs for yourself.
I can't get stock back.
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You have to find the ROM which suits you the most. It would not help you if everyone posts something different now. It's a hassle setting everything up but you have to deal wth that.
You didn't even state if you want to stay on stock or not. Since you want high performance it's better to stay on stock. You could try S-Rom JW-Version 5.4 or Leedroid. But you got to test test these ROMs for yourself.
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So basically, around two years ago, I installed CyanogenMod on my phone. I lost it and found it just the other day. So I now have to do some research on all of my options since I heard that CyanogenMod is obselete. ? And I would like to thank you for suggestions.
Z9R said:
So basically, around two years ago, I installed CyanogenMod on my phone. I lost it and found it just the other day. So I now have to do some research on all of my options since I heard that CyanogenMod is obselete. And I would like to thank you for suggestions.
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CyanogenMod has evolved into LineageOS.
Z9R said:
Okay, so I have the old cmod and I would like to know my choices. I'm looking for the fastest, highest performance ROM for my HTC one M8. Can anyone help me?
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I found an earlier version of this AICP rom Nougat to be very good (later versions have a nagging SD card issue)
aicp_m8_n-12.1-RELEASE-20170909.zip
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73728694&postcount=690