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[Reward] [Request] [CM 11 ROM] Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 (SM-T900)

I just bought one! and love CM since the release of my first android phone, the Samsung Galaxy S2
There are only custom roms for the 8.4 and the 10.1 version.
There are no custom ROMs available for this device now, and i hate the slurpy/fancy samsung interface.
I am willing to pay for it, for the first nice and clean nightly CM 11 rom + CWM/TWRP recovery and working Gapps for this device.
This device is out for a while now and there are still no custom roms for.
So i hope there is somebody who can help, to get the custom roms madness for this device getting started.

I got you covered.
I can make a stock custom rom which has all the samsung junk removed so the tablet can go faster.

I want a rooted aosp rom, like cyanogenmod or something.
Are you able to do that?

ExoRRSmits said:
I want a rooted aosp rom, like cyanogenmod or something.
Are you able to do that?
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Unfortunately, I can't. (I have a 10.1 and I want the same thing). The thing is the processor is a exynos 5 or something like that and it is (as I have read and understood) quite hard to do. I've tried to learn about making it but trust me it is much more harder than it seems. Even my 10.1 doesn't have CM yet. Still if you like I can make a you a stock debloated rom so it will at least run faster than what you have now.

ik4evr2 said:
I got you covered.
I can make a stock custom rom which has all the samsung junk removed so the tablet can go faster.
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I am very much interested in this thanks!

nickster1 said:
I am very much interested in this thanks!
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No problem at all. It will take me a day or two.

ik4evr2 said:
No problem at all. It will take me a day or two.
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Can you make deodex please? I already have the stock debloate, but would be nice to have deodexed rom.

ik4evr2 said:
Unfortunately, I can't. (I have a 10.1 and I want the same thing). The thing is the processor is a exynos 5 or something like that and it is (as I have read and understood) quite hard to do. I've tried to learn about making it but trust me it is much more harder than it seems. Even my 10.1 doesn't have CM yet. Still if you like I can make a you a stock debloated rom so it will at least run faster than what you have now.
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Well for now it sounds ok to me.
Is it rooted as well?
How debloated is it? Is samsung touchwiz removed?
That's what i'm hating the most. The settings app with tabs, i like the whole settings menu in cm.
And how fast can it see the light?
If its very nice, i can donate something for your good and hard work.

There might be a debloated deodexed rom already here?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2776206

Ludespeed said:
There might be a debloated deodexed rom already here?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2776206
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No, I tried it, and unfortunately it doesn't work for the 12.2 version. The internal, as well as the external sd card both are locked, meaning you can't even update any apps, or saving any data... you get an error message 110, from Play Store.

ik4evr2 said:
No problem at all. It will take me a day or two.
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Any luck ?

ExoRRSmits said:
Any luck ?
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+1!

What about an overclock kernel? I debloated my Galaxy tab 12.2 already but have yet to successfully overclock it. I've been looking everywhere for an improved kernel or something to improve the performance, debloating didn't help it that much so a kernel or custom rom would be the next bet. Anyone point me in the right direction?

In school atm, but had a few mins so I built this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5kaDFDMK0TYci14Nm1EOFFnX2s/edit?usp=sharing
Can't reply to any question atm but will when I get home. Not sure if it will boot.
Download, advance wipe in TWRP (except internal/external storage) and see if it boots to CM. Then post what's working and what's not
Enjoy if it works!
Gotta go

Shaheer said:
In school atm, but had a few mins so I built this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5kaDFDMK0TYci14Nm1EOFFnX2s/edit?usp=sharing
Can't reply to any question atm but will when I get home. Not sure if it will boot.
Download, advance wipe in TWRP (except internal/external storage) and see if it boots to CM. Then post what's working and what's not
Enjoy if it works!
Gotta go
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Great initiative,
I tried making an install. Unfortunately everything halts at the cm welcome screen with the message "Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped", Maybe, I'm not too surprised since we're using a wifi-version. But, it actually boots up, so there are great expectations for a cm11 port, within short.
Thanks for all your efforts.

arcadia2uk said:
Great initiative,
I tried making an install. Unfortunately everything halts at the cm welcome screen with the message "Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped", Maybe, I'm not too surprised since we're using a wifi-version. But, it actually boots up, so there are great expectations for a cm11 port, within short.
Thanks for all your efforts.
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Hey everyone,
So here is an update: (At school so don't have much time but...) This should fix the phone error. :good: However, I am pretty sure Wi-Fi isn't going to work ATM. Since i'm at school can't download things internet is tooo slow, so what someone can do if they want is to download a touchwiz rom for your device or just plain stock rom. Then, on the download go to /system/etc and there should be a folder called Wi-Fi. Copy that to system/etc in the CM rom. And then flash the CM Rom. If Wi-Fi works go ahead and upload the link and post it here.
Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5kaDFDMK0TYRmNGUVUxVDloeWc/edit?usp=sharing

Shaheer said:
Hey everyone,
So here is an update: (At school so don't have much time but...) This should fix the phone error. :good: However, I am pretty sure Wi-Fi isn't going to work ATM. Since i'm at school can't download things internet is tooo slow, so what someone can do if they want is to download a touchwiz rom for your device or just plain stock rom. Then, on the download go to /system/etc and there should be a folder called Wi-Fi. Copy that to system/etc in the CM rom. And then flash the CM Rom. If Wi-Fi works go ahead and upload the link and post it here.
Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5kaDFDMK0TYRmNGUVUxVDloeWc/edit?usp=sharing
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Just as you suspected the wifi didn't work initially. However, I followed your instructions for the update, and there it was. Here's the link to the updated cm11-4.4.4 w. wifi Currently, there seems to be no access to the internal SD card, as well as the external.
I also have difficulties in finding a compatible gapps, any ideas? Could it be due to the SD card issue? It starts up, but playstore crashes at first search.

arcadia2uk said:
Just as you suspected the wifi didn't work initially. However, I followed your instructions for the update, and there it was. Here's the link to the updated cm11-4.4.4 w. wifi Currently, there seems to be no access to the internal SD card, as well as the external.
I also have difficulties in finding a compatible gapps, any ideas? Could it be due to the SD card issue? It starts up, but playstore crashes at first search.
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Will post an answer in a while. Leaving school in a min so I was just checking the thread. :fingers-crossed:
After homework and all that i'll upload the updated file when I get a chance to work on it.

Shaheer said:
Will post an answer in a while. Leaving school in a min so I was just checking the thread. :fingers-crossed:
After homework and all that i'll upload the updated file when I get a chance to work on it.
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Great start Shaheer, apparently I'm running into a lot of the same problems that you initially ran into building the T-520 port.
Could I suggest that you start a thread in the development section for this ROM? I believe that I'm one of the few people having noticed your work, and that's only due to your message. Then we can get a few more people to chip in for heavy testing, at least the initial runs.
It would be good if the gapps along with the SDcard and PC-mount issues could have priority. Once they're up you can at least flash back and forth from the same ROM, without passing through an intermediary stock ROM. Notably, as each flash takes close to 30 min, if not more...However, I can believe they are all the result of the fact that the ROM can't detect the internal SDcard; no card = no mount, no card = no play store download.
On the good side, it seems like the GPS is working, and the bluetooth discovers surrounding devices and besides the mentioned SDcard issue, I have not seen much missing at least mot that can be tested at this point. There's no camera, but that seems to be something most AOSP ROM's for the Samsung tablets are struggling with currently.
Anyway, thanks again, I really appreciate your efforts.

arcadia2uk said:
Great start Shaheer, apparently I'm running into a lot of the same problems that you initially ran into building the T-520 port.
Could I suggest that you start a thread in the development section for this ROM? I believe that I'm one of the few people having noticed your work, and that's only due to your message. Then we can get a few more people to chip in for heavy testing, at least the initial runs.
It would be good if the gapps along with the SDcard and PC-mount issues could have priority. Once they're up you can at least flash back and forth from the same ROM, without passing through an intermediary stock ROM. Notably, as each flash takes close to 30 min, if not more...However, I can believe they are all the result of the fact that the ROM can't detect the internal SDcard; no card = no mount, no card = no play store download.
On the good side, it seems like the GPS is working, and the bluetooth discovers surrounding devices and besides the mentioned SDcard issue, I have not seen much missing at least mot that can be tested at this point. There's no camera, but that seems to be something most AOSP ROM's for the Samsung tablets are struggling with currently.
Anyway, thanks again, I really appreciate your efforts.
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Hey!,
So I was really busy yesterday evening writing a 3 page essay and doing other homework so I didn't get anytime to work on the rom. My thoughts too were to start a new thread in the dev section for this.
I haven't gotten too far with the T520 port either as i'm still learning CM development. (I'm more used to touchwiz ) I have some time right now so give me a bit and i'll try to get a thread started and update the rom to get SD Card working.
EDIT: Actually, I can't proceed till someone can make sure that Google Play downloads app properly. If it doesn't then I need to work on that before anything or it's going to cause major issues.

Just purchased Tab S 10.5... Hyped

What's up fellas. Just picked up a 10.5 tab S (should be delivered tomorrow)
Had a few questions..
I am definitely going to root as I need my titanium backup among others.. Is xposed working on this device?
Mainly for YouTube ad block.
I will be using this as a movie watching device Mainly. Are there any stock based roms that are recommended? I don't want to lose features like multi window by flashing CM.
Also.. I would think a holo or aosp rom theme would be clutch on this device bc of the battery saving factors of an amoled screen, is there anything recommended?
Lastly, any battery saving tips? I usually watch my movies & shows with airplane mode on my Nexus 7, 10 and iPad. Seems to really make a huge difference..
Thanks and I look forward to helping out in this community.

Xposed does work on this device. Stock rooted should be fine for ya, you just need to remove some bloat to remove lag. To save battery, turn adaptative display off and set it to cimema because your watching movies and it would waste battery trying to adjust the tone all the time. Also turn off auto brightness and set it to one that is bright for you. And finally greenify is a good app to hibernate apps after you open them and will stay hibernative until you open it. I got a couple more but cant remeber them right now. Anyway hope you enjoy your tab s! You will see me around the q and a fourms and general fourms most times if you need anything. What version of the tab s did you get? Ex wifi, lte, etc

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Xposed does work on this device. Stock rooted should be fine for ya, you just need to remove some bloat to remove lag. To save battery, turn adaptative display off and set it to cimema because your watching movies and it would waste battery trying to adjust the tone all the time. Also turn off auto brightness and set it to one that is bright for you. And finally greenify is a good app to hibernate apps after you open them and will stay hibernative until you open it. I got a couple more but cant remeber them right now. Anyway hope you enjoy your tab s! You will see me around the q and a fourms and general fourms most times if you need anything. What version of the tab s did you get? Ex wifi, lte, etc
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Thanks for the tips. I have a note 3 so I'm Sorta familiar with the touchwiz bs. I saw a thread on which apps are "safe" to freeze with titanium backup.
Usually someone makes a stock based rom with all the bloat removed but I haven't really seen one yet unless I'm missing it.
I purchased the Tab S 10.5 as I was upgrading my Nexus 7. I was not happy with the Nexus 9. It was built like garbage and had bad battery life and screen bleed. Very disappointed in HTC.
I also purchased the official S book cover which should look absolutely gorgeous.
Is the Chainfire CF auto root the way to go?
Again... Thanks.

FormeriPhoney said:
Thanks for the tips. I have a note 3 so I'm Sorta familiar with the touchwiz bs. I saw a thread on which apps are "safe" to freeze with titanium backup.
Usually someone makes a stock based rom with all the bloat removed but I haven't really seen one yet unless I'm missing it.
I purchased the Tab S 10.5 as I was upgrading my Nexus 7. I was not happy with the Nexus 9. It was built like garbage and had bad battery life and screen bleed. Very disappointed in HTC.
I also purchased the official S book cover which should look absolutely gorgeous.
Is the Chainfire CF auto root the way to go?
Again... Thanks.
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Is it the wifi version? Sm-t800? There is a thread on safe apps to delete but someone said it bricked their tablet doing so. Just know what your deleting and it should be fine. There is one debloated rom but the developer has been really busy so he cant fix some bugs. If you have the supported version for cf auto root, then thats the way to root. Before rooting though, please wait till you root as it will viod your warrenty. Wait like a couple weeks incase you have a deffective device. Reports of bad battery happened on this tablet becuase of a loose battery connector. You should get about 8hours screen on time, so if you dont get that much battery life then it might be deffective. Anyway if everything is good root with cfautoroot. I cant wait till we get Andriod L though! And enjoy your tab s.!

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Is it the wifi version? Sm-t800? There is a thread on safe apps to delete but someone said it bricked their tablet doing so. Just know what your deleting and it should be fine. There is one debloated rom but the developer has been really busy so he cant fix some bugs. If you have the supported version for cf auto root, then thats the way to root. Before rooting though, please wait till you root as it will viod your warrenty. Wait like a couple weeks incase you have a deffective device. Reports of bad battery happened on this tablet becuase of a loose battery connector. You should get about 8hours screen on time, so if you dont get that much battery life then it might be deffective. Anyway if everything is good root with cfautoroot. I cant wait till we get Andriod L though! And enjoy your tab s.!
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Yes.. It is the wifi version.
I'm very familiar with root and rom. Been flashing roms since 2011. Everything from Samsung, Nexus, HTC and LG so I'm familiar with adb to Odin as well as wugfresh toolkit
I'll definitely run it through its paces before tripping Knox and voiding the warranty.. Good looks

FormeriPhoney said:
Yes.. It is the wifi version.
I'm very familiar with root and rom. Been flashing roms since 2011. Everything from Samsung, Nexus, HTC and LG so I'm familiar with adb to Odin as well as wugfresh toolkit
I'll definitely run it through its paces before tripping Knox and voiding the warranty.. Good looks
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Lol. I was a complete noob when i got my tab s in july. I knew nothing about andriod and only apple stuff. I never knew you could install custom recoveries and roms until i got my tab s. Anyway we do have a recovery, its twrp. Twrp 2.7.7.something or somesort is the most recommended build since the latest update has some bugs.

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Lol. I was a complete noob when i got my tab s in july. I knew nothing about andriod and only apple stuff. I never knew you could install custom recoveries and roms until i got my tab s. Anyway we do have a recovery, its twrp. Twrp 2.7.7.something or somesort is the most recommended build since the latest update has some bugs.
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I haven't had an ios device since the 3gs lol.
Can you link me to the twrp thread. I can't seem to find it..
Also.. Are we flashing that in Odin as well?

FormeriPhoney said:
I haven't had an ios device since the 3gs lol.
Can you link me to the twrp thread. I can't seem to find it..
Also.. Are we flashing that in Odin as well?
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Nope just needs root! Just search twrp in the play store, and it the install, and your device should be chagalwifi if im correct. And done. Now you just have to boot in recovery and it should be there. Heres the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2817100

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Nope just needs root! Just search twrp in the play store, and it the install, and your device should be chagalwifi if im correct. And done. Now you just have to boot in recovery and it should be there. Heres the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2817100
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That's crazy. I've never seen that before where you don't have to flash twrp in Odin on a Samsung device. Crazy.
Do you know if quick boot app works to reboot into recovery or download mode

FormeriPhoney said:
That's crazy. I've never seen that before where you don't have to flash twrp in Odin on a Samsung device. Crazy.
Do you know if quick boot app works to reboot into recovery or download mode
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For me I dont use quick boot. But i have a custom reboot menu and it should be the same. Rebooting into recovery works with an app but rebooting into download mode with the app doesnt work. You have to do it with the vol down, home, power buttons at the same time when your turning your tab s on. And yeah custom recoveries are easy to install now. As long you have root, it just replaces a recovery file and done.

FormeriPhoney said:
That's crazy. I've never seen that before where you don't have to flash twrp in Odin on a Samsung device. Crazy.
Do you know if quick boot app works to reboot into recovery or download mode
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I used Flashify to flash TWRP and it couldn't be easier.

Reckoning said:
I used Flashify to flash TWRP and it couldn't be easier.
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I am considering all options.. Thanks fellas

FormeriPhoney said:
I am considering all options.. Thanks fellas
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Good thing about Flashify is it allows you to make a backup of the stock recovery.

Reckoning said:
Good thing about Flashify is it allows you to make a backup of the stock recovery.
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I forgot to make a backup of stock recovery. Lol I only use twrp. But it is recommended to backup stock recovery.

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Good thing about Flashify is it allows you to make a backup of the stock recovery.
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Never used that app before but I'm gonna check it out as soon as i get the device

Sorry to jump in but I just want to make sure.....
You are getting the Exynos chipset version?
At the moment ONLY the Exynos chipset can be rooted......

Congrats on your new purchase. If your as happy as i am with my tab s you are in for a treat. The screen is awesome!

pinsb said:
Sorry to jump in but I just want to make sure.....
You are getting the Exynos chipset version?
At the moment ONLY the Exynos chipset can be rooted......
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Yes I believe only the carrier versions are snapdragon. All the wifi models are Exynos

Bushcrafter said:
Congrats on your new purchase. If your as happy as i am with my tab s you are in for a treat. The screen is awesome!
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Thank you sir. Looking forward to it. Does this tablet suffer from the non reading sdcard bc of Kitkat? I read that there is an app fix for it? I'm currently looking for a good SanDisk card deal. I bought the 32gb version so a 32gb card should suffice

if your gonna but a tab s 10.5 soon see this. While its a semi loop hole and ymmv, I was the buyer and they had no problem reducing the price on a brand new tab
http://slickdeals.net/f/7367948-sam...zzling-white-379-better-than-black-friday?v=1

[Q] LG G3 D855: Should i root? (below are my reasons)

Hey everyone, first time android user here.
Got the LG G3 3 weeks ago... I had kitkat at first, but immediately and i mean IMMEDIATELY updated to 5.0 Lollipop. Anyway, ive looked at some rom videos and they seem cool and much smoother than the current stock.
My major reasons for wanting to root are:
-Battery life is honestly dismal for me (i was a nokia qwerty phone user for 5 years haha), and ive looked around and i know that 3000mAh is a great capacity but the QHD screen is obviously killing the battery. Sooo i want to get a resolution changer to reduce the resolution when i find myself needing more battery than pixels. Will changing the resoultion frequently (like maybe once or twice a day?) be bad for the phone?
-Adaway obviously... Does adaway work for ALL apps? Including games n fb? I tried adblock plus but i couldnt get the port numbers running on my university wifi (where i spend all my time)
-I got the 3gb ram over the 2gb ram one to eliminate any and i mean ANY lag... And while its reasonably lag free, ive had a few stutters and; this is fairly disappointing; entering homescreen from any app, i will always be greeted by a black screen for a second and loading widgets (especially the default accuweather). I would very much like to solve that problem. Same goes for the app tray
-I still want some of the Lg default apps n features.. Will i lose them if i get a rom? eg gesture selfie, knock code
Sorry for the looong post guys, but any help is much appreciated.
Also, if i do decide to root, can i still use towelroot? I saw it in the "root info" tab for LG G3 but he said it might not work or something. I also have purpledrake downloaded and ready to go, just waiting for feedback from u guys.
LG G3 D855. Software: V20h-TWN-XXX
P.S. After update to lollipop, i dindt get the new buttons (triangle, circle, square). I was using a russian vpn (hideman) to play some online game, and i suddenly got software update notification (to the above mentioned). After that i got the triangle, circle, square. I'm in Malaysia btw.
Thanks in advance

MaxMusaab said:
Hey everyone, first time android user here.
Got the LG G3 3 weeks ago... I had kitkat at first, but immediately and i mean IMMEDIATELY updated to 5.0 Lollipop. Anyway, ive looked at some rom videos and they seem cool and much smoother than the current stock.
My major reasons for wanting to root are:
-Battery life is honestly dismal for me (i was a nokia qwerty phone user for 5 years haha), and ive looked around and i know that 3000mAh is a great capacity but the QHD screen is obviously killing the battery. Sooo i want to get a resolution changer to reduce the resolution when i find myself needing more battery than pixels. Will changing the resoultion frequently (like maybe once or twice a day?) be bad for the phone?
-Adaway obviously... Does adaway work for ALL apps? Including games n fb? I tried adblock plus but i couldnt get the port numbers running on my university wifi (where i spend all my time)
-I got the 3gb ram over the 2gb ram one to eliminate any and i mean ANY lag... And while its reasonably lag free, ive had a few stutters and; this is fairly disappointing; entering homescreen from any app, i will always be greeted by a black screen for a second and loading widgets (especially the default accuweather). I would very much like to solve that problem. Same goes for the app tray
-I still want some of the Lg default apps n features.. Will i lose them if i get a rom? eg gesture selfie, knock code
Sorry for the looong post guys, but any help is much appreciated.
Also, if i do decide to root, can i still use towelroot? I saw it in the "root info" tab for LG G3 but he said it might not work or something. I also have purpledrake downloaded and ready to go, just waiting for feedback from u guys.
LG G3 D855. Software: V20h-TWN-XXX
P.S. After update to lollipop, i dindt get the new buttons (triangle, circle, square). I was using a russian vpn (hideman) to play some online game, and i suddenly got software update notification (to the above mentioned). After that i got the triangle, circle, square. I'm in Malaysia btw.
Thanks in advance
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Changing the resolution won't improve battery life but it might improve your performance.
With my g3 I always get around 4 hrs screen on and I thing it's enough. Just disable location and sync if you want to save battery.
For rooting towelroot didn't work form me so I used purpledrake (after downgrading to kitkat) but ymmv.

androidDany said:
Changing the resolution won't improve battery life but it might improve your performance.
With my g3 I always get around 4 hrs screen on and I thing it's enough. Just disable location and sync if you want to save battery.
For rooting towelroot didn't work form me so I used purpledrake (after downgrading to kitkat) but ymmv.
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are u sure about the resolution not affecting battery? Ive seen a video of a dude who almost doubled his on screen time from that, he did say though that stock LG apps would crash and alternative apps would be needed.
do i need to downgrade *sigh* sounds tiring.. how do i do it?

Read this article in regards to battery life after changing resolution.

MaxMusaab said:
are u sure about the resolution not affecting battery? Ive seen a video of a dude who almost doubled his on screen time from that, he did say though that stock LG apps would crash and alternative apps would be needed.
do i need to downgrade *sigh* sounds tiring.. how do i do it?
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Yes you need to downgrade using a kitkat KDZ, but after rooting you can flash a bumped lollipop ROM and get lollipop with root
Maybe using 1080p you could gain some mins of battery, but don't expect a big change

spacebar76 said:
Read...in regards to battery life after changing resolution.
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ohhh... huh, it made perfect sense that reducing pixels would increase battery life. Ah well, at least there's a significant performance increase, i still think it would be worth a shot. Does changing the resolution harm the phone, u think?

May i ask why its necessary to downgrade b4 rooting if we're just gonna lollipop it back up?
Also, do these 1 touch root apps such as purple drake also get me a custom recovery tool, nandroid backup etc that ive been reading a lot about?

MaxMusaab said:
May i ask why its necessary to downgrade b4 rooting if we're just gonna lollipop it back up?
Also, do these 1 touch root apps such as purple drake also get me a custom recovery tool, nandroid backup etc that ive been reading a lot about?
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You need to downgrade since lollipop can't be rooted with purple deake or other root tools, the custom ROMs are "bumped " because they have a little modification that allows to root.
No' they don't get you a custom recovery (twrp) but after you are rooted you can easily flash a custom recovery with Flashify from playstore.
Reducing the resolution won't give you more battery life because you are not using less pixels (there are always 2560x1440 pixels) you are only telling the gpu to render at a smaller resolution.

androidDany said:
You need to downgrade since lollipop can't be rooted with purple deake or other root tools, the custom ROMs are "bumped " because they have a little modification that allows to root.
No' they don't get you a custom recovery (twrp) but after you are rooted you can easily flash a custom recovery with Flashify from playstore.
Reducing the resolution won't give you more battery life because you are not using less pixels (there are always 2560x1440 pixels) you are only telling the gpu to render at a smaller resolution.
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ok... think i get most of it.
Well then if i dont use a one touch root tool and instead do the thingies with the adb, fastboot (im not really sure what im saying here, i just remember this stuff from the root video provide by xda), do i get a custom recovery etc? And can i then install roms? And how do i do... ALL of this exactly?
Also, is there anyway then to get the phone to put out less pixels then? FullHD seems fine to me

MaxMusaab said:
ok... think i get most of it.
Well then if i dont use a one touch root tool and instead do the thingies with the adb, fastboot (im not really sure what im saying here, i just remember this stuff from the root video provide by xda), do i get a custom recovery etc? And can i then install roms? And how do i do... ALL of this exactly?
Also, is there anyway then to get the phone to put out less pixels then? FullHD seems fine to me
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Pixels are physical so you can't just remove some of them. Downgrading to kitkat is the olnly way to root

MaxMusaab said:
ok... think i get most of it.
Well then if i dont use a one touch root tool and instead do the thingies with the adb, fastboot (im not really sure what im saying here, i just remember this stuff from the root video provide by xda), do i get a custom recovery etc? And can i then install roms? And how do i do... ALL of this exactly?
Also, is there anyway then to get the phone to put out less pixels then? FullHD seems fine to me
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Rooting with purpledrake lite won't give you custom recovery.. It's easy just flash using Flashify from playstore. But i suggest that after downgrading to KK and rooting, download supersu first then everything follows..oh btw there's already twrp that works on our phone. Just download then flash it. Good luck!
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Okay... Sooo first im starting with my pure lollipop stock, then downgrade then root then supersu right? Where does flashify come in exactly? And what's it do lol. And when do i get a custom recovery tool and which do u recommend, and what does that do lol
Sorry i dont actually know anything about rooting

MaxMusaab said:
Okay... Sooo first im starting with my pure lollipop stock, then downgrade then root then supersu right? Where does flashify come in exactly? And what's it do lol. And when do i get a custom recovery tool and which do u recommend, and what does that do lol
Sorry i dont actually know anything about rooting
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OK
First you downgrade to KitKat, then you install flashify (after rooting with purpledrake) from the playstore so that you can flash a custom recovery like TWRP. After installing the recovery you can flash a lollipop bumped rom. Finally after you are in the lollipop rom you can install superSU (if your rom doesn't already have it).

MaxMusaab said:
Okay... Sooo first im starting with my pure lollipop stock, then downgrade then root then supersu right? Where does flashify come in exactly? And what's it do lol. And when do i get a custom recovery tool and which do u recommend, and what does that do lol
Sorry i dont actually know anything about rooting
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Flashify enables you to have a custom recovery wherein you can wipe, or install a different rom. You can get it via playstore. Of course you have to grant flashify SuperSU access then select flash recovery image then select the file that you have downloaded and viola! You now have custom recovery. For recovery, go with TWRP.
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[Q&A] [ROM][N5110][KK4.4.2][July-17-2015]Stock Rooted Deodexed[Regular/Debloated]

Q&A for [ROM][N5110][KK4.4.2][July-17-2015]Stock Rooted Deodexed[Regular/Debloated]
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No wifi
I love love love this ROM, it's incredibly fast, I've got the debloated version. But I have no wifi on it. The wifi stays off and when I try to turn it on it flips right back to off again. Any suggestions? I wiped, cache, dalvik, everything before and after and reinstalled once. Will reinstall again.
I'm using TWRP vs CWM-would that make a difference?

TwistedPenguin said:
I love love love this ROM, it's incredibly fast, I've got the debloated version. But I have no wifi on it. The wifi stays off and when I try to turn it on it flips right back to off again. Any suggestions? I wiped, cache, dalvik, everything before and after and reinstalled once. Will reinstall again.
I'm using TWRP vs CWM-would that make a difference?
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Glad you like the rom, thanks for the feedback!
Not sure about the wifi, haven't had any trouble on mine. N5110, right?
I have Philz on mine but don't see why TWRP wouldn't be fine... What rom were you on before?
Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk

sefrcoko said:
Glad you like the rom, thanks for the feedback!
Not sure about the wifi, haven't had any trouble on mine. N5110, right?
I have Philz on mine but don't see why TWRP wouldn't be fine... What rom were you on before?
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I had tried several, but wipe completely each time. It might've been one of the Lollipops right before. I wondered if it had anything to do with the kernal? I don't know much about that aspect of it.

TwistedPenguin said:
I had tried several, but wipe completely each time. It might've been one of the Lollipops right before. I wondered if it had anything to do with the kernal? I don't know much about that aspect of it.
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Yes kernel controls hardware related things including wifi if I'm not mistaken. Which kernel are you using? The stock kernel included with the rom or a custom kernel?
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sefrcoko said:
Yes kernel controls hardware related things including wifi if I'm not mistaken. Which kernel are you using? The stock kernel included with the rom or a custom kernel?
Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk
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I didn't ever specifically change kernels (if that's possible). I just installed 4 or 5 different ROMs over the course of the past few wks to see which I liked. I made back ups of my original stock/rooted ROM and several that I liked. I've got SlimKat ROM on here now, would it do any good for me to go into settings and see which kernel it is? Probably not, I suspect.

TwistedPenguin said:
I didn't ever specifically change kernels (if that's possible). I just installed 4 or 5 different ROMs over the course of the past few wks to see which I liked. I made back ups of my original stock/rooted ROM and several that I liked. I've got SlimKat ROM on here now, would it do any good for me to go into settings and see which kernel it is? Probably not, I suspect.
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Ok no that's cool. Yes it's possible to change kernels, but since you didn't flash a different one that means you had the stock kernel (which is included with the rom and works fine). Just to be sure, you have the N5110 model, right?

sefrcoko said:
Ok no that's cool. Yes it's possible to change kernels, but since you didn't flash a different one that means you had the stock kernel (which is included with the rom and works fine). Just to be sure, you have the N5110 model, right?
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Yes, sorry. It's the N5110 model.

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Yes, sorry. It's the N5110 model.
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Ok cool thanks. Really not sure what the wifi issue on your setup might be. Works fine here and for other users as far as I see. I did a quick Google searche and the top solutions seem to be a factory reset, the "wifi fixer" app in the Play Store, or possibly trying different settings/channels/reboot on your router. If nothing works, then it might be because something got corrupted in the base over time by flashing different TW/AOSP ROMs, in which case it might be worthwhile to Odin stock firmware from sammobile and then install this rom and test. Might be more hassle for you than it's worth (especially if your other ROMs already work fine), but just trying to provide options lol. You could also try Regular instead of Debloated to see if there is any difference in wifi for you there.

sefrcoko said:
Ok cool thanks. Really not sure what the wifi issue on your setup might be. Works fine here and for other users as far as I see. I did a quick Google searche and the top solutions seem to be a factory reset, the "wifi fixer" app in the Play Store, or possibly trying different settings/channels/reboot on your router. If nothing works, then it might be because something got corrupted in the base over time by flashing different TW/AOSP ROMs, in which case it might be worthwhile to Odin stock firmware from sammobile and then install this rom and test. Might be more hassle for you than it's worth (especially if your other ROMs already work fine), but just trying to provide options lol. You could also try Regular instead of Debloated to see if there is any difference in wifi for you there.
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I appreciate your input very much! I love this rom. I've got it installed again messing around with it while the Regular version is downloading. (I'm bestowed with slow rural internet). I'll let you know if Regular works better. It's probably going to bug me enough as to why it doesn't work that I'll go to the trouble of going back to stock, re-downloading and trying it fresh

TwistedPenguin said:
I appreciate your input very much! I love this rom. I've got it installed again messing around with it while the Regular version is downloading. (I'm bestowed with slow rural internet). I'll let you know if Regular works better. It's probably going to bug me enough as to why it doesn't work that I'll go to the trouble of going back to stock, re-downloading and trying it fresh
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Sounds good! Yeah it's a bit of a hassle but at least you have other roms to fall back on worst case, but i'll admit this is kinda bugging me too so if you get to the bottom of it please let me know . [emoji106] . Thanks again for the positive feedback btw, happy to hear the rom's working out (aside from your wifi)
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Enable Android Encryption
Has anyone been able to successfully enable android encryption using this rom? I tried with the Deodexed version, safe boot, turning off SuperSU and haven't been able to get it to start encrypting properly. I need it since I have policy looking for encrypted state before I can allow mail to be made available.
Many thanks in advance!
LD

diazlaz said:
Has anyone been able to successfully enable android encryption using this rom? I tried with the Deodexed version, safe boot, turning off SuperSU and haven't been able to get it to start encrypting properly. I need it since I have policy looking for encrypted state before I can allow mail to be made available.
Many thanks in advance!
LD
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Not sure... does it work fine on other rooted deodexed roms?

wifi won't turn on
Hi, I've flashed both the regular version and the debloated version on my N5110 after clean wipes.
The wifi will not turn on in either case.
I've done factory resets from within settings.
Any ideas?
I've read the thread, the Q&A thread, and done a google search to no avail....
I'm coming from stock 4.2.2 (rooted and unlocked of course) where everything worked... it just seemed to have a pretty short battery life.
I've reinstalled the nandroid backup and wifi still works there.
I'd really like to try this.
Thanks for your hard work as a developer by the way

zippersmith said:
Hi, I've flashed both the regular version and the debloated version on my N5110 after clean wipes.
The wifi will not turn on in either case.
I've done factory resets from within settings.
Any ideas?
I've read the thread, the Q&A thread, and done a google search to no avail....
I'm coming from stock 4.2.2 (rooted and unlocked of course) where everything worked... it just seemed to have a pretty short battery life.
I've reinstalled the nandroid backup and wifi still works there.
I'd really like to try this.
Thanks for your hard work as a developer by the way
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Not sure...Works fine here but I saw another user report this a while back. The others said all working fine so I'm assuming something may have got corrupted on your setup along the way. Perhaps you can try using odin to flash the latest stock firmware for your device from sammobile.com, then try installing twrp through odin and finally my rom through twrp. Best way to eliminate variables and start fresh

sefrcoko said:
Not sure...Works fine here but I saw another user report this a while back. The others said all working fine so I'm assuming something may have got corrupted on your setup along the way. Perhaps you can try using odin to flash the latest stock firmware for your device from sammobile.com, then try installing twrp through odin and finally my rom through twrp. Best way to eliminate variables and start fresh [/QUOTE
This^
Worked for me. Nice smooth Rom... thank you I hope this saves me from constant looping unrooted stock provided. Although battery life seems to still drain quickly. Any thoughts?
Edit to say im having a slight issue with the tablet shutting down on its own when not in use.
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BBBlessed said:
sefrcoko said:
Not sure...Works fine here but I saw another user report this a while back. The others said all working fine so I'm assuming something may have got corrupted on your setup along the way. Perhaps you can try using odin to flash the latest stock firmware for your device from sammobile.com, then try installing twrp through odin and finally my rom through twrp. Best way to eliminate variables and start fresh [/QUOTE
This^
Worked for me. Nice smooth Rom... thank you I hope this saves me from constant looping unrooted stock provided. Although battery life seems to still drain quickly. Any thoughts?
Edit to say im having a slight issue with the tablet shutting down on its own when not in use.
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Thanks for confirming! Yes flashing different roms can corrupt system files so a fresh odin install is always a good way to start clean. No issues here with the tablet shutting down..could possibly be due to a rogue app conflicting with something or an xposed module. As for battery life I agree. Not worse than stock but not better either. The built-in battery is now also probably less efficient than it used to be, as they all do over time. Sammy should have put a bigger battery in this tablet!
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sefrcoko said:
BBBlessed said:
Thanks for confirming! Yes flashing different roms can corrupt system files so a fresh odin install is always a good way to start clean. No issues here with the tablet shutting down..could possibly be due to a rogue app conflicting with something or an xposed module. As for battery life I agree. Not worse than stock but not better either. The built-in battery is now also probably less efficient than it used to be, as they all do over time. Sammy should have put a bigger battery in this tablet!
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I did a battery pull and that help a great deal with the battery life . Also I don't think I have had the issue of shutting down maybe the rom needed to settle in lol. I don't know but all is well now thank you so much for this rom. My tablet isn't trash anymore.
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BBBlessed said:
sefrcoko said:
I did a battery pull and that help a great deal with the battery life . Also I don't think I have had the issue of shutting down maybe the rom needed to settle in lol. I don't know but all is well now thank you so much for this rom. My tablet isn't trash anymore.
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Awesome, glad to hear it's all sorted out now. Cheers!
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Hello sefrcoko
my Note N5110 currently has the stock fw 4.2.2.
Once I have root and custom recovery, can I directly flash your rom?
Or I have to flash the stock fw 4.4.2 before your rom?
Thanks a lot
Bye

Ascend XT2 B130 Update and CleanRom Rom's

Well here we go
This is the First Update for the XT2 in a flashable rom​
This is for those who unlocked their bootloader and installed TWRP and can not take OTA update on their phones
As most here know ower version of TWRP is not complete and cannot decrypt the /data partition
so unfortunately you'll have to wipe your phone to install this update (sorry)
Note This also Removes TWRP and restores Stock Recovery
Flashing instructions
download and copy the Stock_B130_ XT2_H1711.zip to your ex_sdcard
copy Magisk-v16.0.zip to your ex_sdcard (just in case you need to patch the boot.img)
Boot into TWRP swipe to allow system access
Go to Settings check Use rm -fr instead of formatting
next choose Wipe / Format Data / Type "yes" to confirm
Now choose Home / Install /Select storage Micro sd /Stock_B130_ XT2_H1711.zip and Flash it (watch the flash for any Red Errors)
choose wipe cache and then reboot.
If everything went well you should be on B130 and ready to setup your phone
Huge thanks go to @m0000 for sharing his updated files
If you have any problems you'll need to reflash TWRP and Try patching the boot.img with Magisk or restore your last backup or simply flash my B120 stock rom
XT2 B130 CleanRom​
Now that you have a Stock updated phone you may want to remove all the AT&T Bloat
Here's my CleanRom that removes around 350mb of useless junk from the phone.
First you'll need to flash TWRP back to your phone from fastboot
download recoveryV3_Fixed.zip > https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673956719939832036
and extract it to your fastboot folder
Shutdown the phone
reboot to the bootloader (power + volume down + plugged in to the PC)
and flash it from command prompt with
fastboot flash recovery recoveryV3_Fixed.img
next reboot to TWRP (power + volume up )
Now you can Download the CleanRom and copy it to your ext_sdcard from your pc.
Flashing instructions are the same as above, but you can do a dirty flash by not formatting data like above if you want to keep your current apps
Here's the list of whats removed
Apps deleted from System:
Amazon shopping
App select
Call Protect
Protect Plus
Device Help
Setup & Transfer
CricketWiFiManager
Facebook
Facebook App Installer
Facebook app manager
Gmail
Google Duo
Google Chrome
Google Drive
Google Maps
Google Play Photos
Google Play Video
Google Play Music
Google Text to Speach Engine
Ignite
Lookout
myCricket
Apps deleted from /Data/hwinit/: (If you dirty flashed these will still be on your phone)
Google Editor Slides
Google Editor Sheets
Google Editor Docs
Firefox
Apps deleted from Cust:
AT&T Remote Support
myAT&T
AT&T Hot Spots
Google Talkback
everything in the H1711z folder
The rom includes the patched boot.img from magisk v16 (it's rooted)
This will probably be the only rom I release for this phone because I don't own one.

Awesome. Thank you! So if I flash magisk after I should be able to keep my root then?

clsA said:
Huge thanks go to @m0000 for sharing his updated files
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No thanks needed. You did all the work I only followed clear directions

freedomwarrior said:
Awesome. Thank you! So if I flash magisk after I should be able to keep my root then?
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Yes will need to start over ( TWRP & Magisk )
Your phone will be bone stock after flashing the rom
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Alright. I just want to confirm that the update was successful
Out of curiosity I wanted to see if I could relock the bootloader and that finally worked too. (see screenshot) I was never able to do that before on the B120 stock rom so this is great news if I ever decide to sell the phone or just wanna get SafetyNet working correctly.
I went ahead and unlocked my bootloader again and I flashed TWRP through fastboot, Booted into TWRP and flashed magisk v16 in the OP, rebooted and I am enjoying root again with an updated phone.
Thanks again guys!

freedomwarrior said:
Alright. I just want to confirm that the update was successful
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thanks for the update! All we need now is a @clsA CleanRom for this version

So does anybody know how hard it would be to compile lineage os 14.1 for the elate/ xt2?

903tex said:
So does anybody know how hard it would be to compile lineage os 14.1 for the elate/ xt2?
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I have no idea but that sure would be awesome! I am guessing it would be a real pain due to the fact Huawei has not released the source code for this phone.

freedomwarrior said:
I have no idea but that sure would be awesome! I am guessing it would be a real pain due to the fact Huawei has not released the source code for this phone.
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What about the h1611?

MaxxTwo said:
What about the h1611?
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I am not sure. I don't own that phone.

First post updated

clsA said:
This will probably be the only rom I release for this phone because I don't own one.
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If you need a guinea pig for future testing let me know. I have one with your CleanRom and a stock unlocked one for any and all future updates.
Thanks!

I really liked this phone, i was actually impressed. I had money to spend on a new budget phone and I was between a ZTE blade spark and this huawei.
ZTE was ok for me because a couple of years ago i bought one of their big phones but their camera sucked a lot of blur and never had focus. sometimes i even had to touch the screen again and again to make it focus, while capturing video. So i gave a shot to this Huawei, went to walmart, they wanted 89 for the phone, told them to check online because it was 69 online and they lowered me the price right away.
then used the huawei for about an hour and damn, the camera is awesome, and the LCD screen is beautiful.
I have to research on how to unlock the bootloader and pay the 5bucks to make that happen.
One thing i noticed is that altho the phone has a 16gb capacity, i was looking at the storage area and you actually end up having something like 7.3gigs free. Is that normal? most of the space is taken by the rom. Your clean rom would help a lot at least to get more space, but how come it only frees 300megs.
and thank you very much for the update. i do know how damn hard it is to update at&t gophones because those assholes only let you update the phone if you have an att simcard inserted that is also activated and you have to be with an IP that is inside USA, and have celular data ON, and sometimes even having all that.. it doesnt even update

ZeldaWW said:
I really liked this phone, i was actually impressed. I had money to spend on a new budget phone and I was between a ZTE blade spark and this huawei.
ZTE was ok for me because a couple of years ago i bought one of their big phones but their camera sucked a lot of blur and never had focus. sometimes i even had to touch the screen again and again to make it focus, while capturing video. So i gave a shot to this Huawei, went to walmart, they wanted 89 for the phone, told them to check online because it was 69 online and they lowered me the price right away.
then used the huawei for about an hour and damn, the camera is awesome, and the LCD screen is beautiful.
I have to research on how to unlock the bootloader and pay the 5bucks to make that happen.
One thing i noticed is that altho the phone has a 16gb capacity, i was looking at the storage area and you actually end up having something like 7.3gigs free. Is that normal? most of the space is taken by the rom. Your clean rom would help a lot at least to get more space, but how come it only frees 300megs.
and thank you very much for the update. i do know how damn hard it is to update at&t gophones because those assholes only let you update the phone if you have an att simcard inserted that is also activated and you have to be with an IP that is inside USA, and have celular data ON, and sometimes even having all that.. it doesnt even update
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Instructions for DC Unlocker are here
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...share_tid=3780903&share_fid=3793&share_type=t
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@clsA
At&t is trying to push another software update to my phone. Is this the B130 we already have or a new one?

freedomwarrior said:
@clsA
At&t is trying to push another software update to my phone. Is this the B130 we already have or a new one?
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Looks like b173
You would need to return to stock b130
To attempt the update
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freedomwarrior said:
@clsA
At&t is trying to push another software update to my phone. Is this the B130 we already have or a new one?
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clsA said:
Looks like b173
You would need to return to stock b130
To attempt the update
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B130_B173_ATT is the files i sent to clsA for his b130 rom. i've not received any notification on a newer update yet.
@freedomwarrior nice dark theme btw. what are you using?
Thanks

m0000 said:
B130_B173_ATT is the files i sent to clsA for his b130 rom. i've not received any notification on a newer update yet.
@freedomwarrior nice dark theme btw. what are you using?
Thanks
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Awe ok. That would just be att update being stupid then.
I am using Pure Dark 5.0. So far it is the best dark theme I have come across.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sk.hanni.emuithemes.puredark

freedomwarrior said:
Awe ok. That would just be att update being stupid then.
I am using Pure Dark 5.0. So far it is the best dark theme I have come across.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sk.hanni.emuithemes.puredark
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Awesome, i'll check it out. Are the ads annoying? or can disable with a proper ad blocker?
Thanks

m0000 said:
Awesome, i'll check it out. Are the ads annoying? or can disable with a proper ad blocker?
Thanks
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No ads so far that I have noticed.