So from what I've seen so far this forum was pretty much hijacked by the 7 and 8 inch versions of this tablet (but almost no support for the 10.1). I've seen it happen before though, although I don't completely understand it. I don't know how difficult it would be to create a separate forum for those devices. Anyway, that's not my question.
I'm generally the type who will root and flash an AOSP or CM based rom on any device I get, so the lack of development for this device isn't great. The most I've been able to do so far is root (kingroot).
Are there any roms at all for this device? Or any being developed?
Also, I haven't been able to flash a custom recovery yet (as far as I'm aware the only way to do so is to go back to Kitkat, which I don't want to do). Is there any way to flash a recovery on Lollipop?
Also, if neither of those, has anyone been able to install Xposed on Lollipop without a recovery?
Thank you, hope to see some more work on this device.
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Hey guys, I recently bought an HTC One V to replace my old Android phone. Last weekend I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it so I could enable wifi tethering, now I’m thinking about trying on some new ROMs but since I never flashed to one before on any phone I had some general questions about what I can/can’t do and what to expect along the way.
1. It’s important for me to make sure I have a backup of the stock ROM I’m currently on in case none of the custom ones suit me or don’t work as well. Last weekend when I flashed TWRP to recovery and believe I made a backup of stock before rooting, I know I was following a tutorial and they said it was optional but I should do it just in case for the same reasons I listed above. Is this considered doing a “Nandroid backup”, and with these backups is the ROM and all installed apps backed up as well, so when flashing back to it it restores the ROM and whatever was installed at the time so apps don’t need to be re-downloaded?
2. When on a custom ROM and wanting to revert back to stock is the procedure the same as going to a custom? I thought I saw something about having to relock the bootloader if wanting to go back to stock.
3. When looking around for custom ROMS to try out do I need to make sure that it’s compatible specifically with my phone model or generally speaking do all custom Android-based ROMs work on any Android OS phone or tablet?
4. Are there some ROMS built around doing a specific task? Like for me I want to concentrate on making sure my phone’s mobile hotspot runs as smoothly as possible for tethering and having a functional bluetooth profile is important as well. Without asking “What ROM is best” can someone recommend a ROM that best fits my criteria that I should try out?
5. Will I need to re-root my phone whenever I flash to a new ROM? And when doing a Nandroid backup while rooted is the root access backed up as well?
6. Is there an app available that keeps track of the ROMs I download and allows for flashing to them easily?
7. Does GApps need to be flashed to the phone after going to a new custom ROM everytime, or do some ROMs include the GApps in them already?
Any other tips, tricks, or explanation on something you don’t think I’m “getting” would be great. Thanks a bunch for any help.
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Hey guys, I recently bought an HTC One V to replace my old Android phone. Last weekend I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it so I could enable wifi tethering, now I’m thinking about trying on some new ROMs but since I never flashed to one before on any phone I had some general questions about what I can/can’t do and what to expect along the way.
1. It’s important for me to make sure I have a backup of the stock ROM I’m currently on in case none of the custom ones suit me or don’t work as well. Last weekend when I flashed TWRP to recovery and believe I made a backup of stock before rooting, I know I was following a tutorial and they said it was optional but I should do it just in case for the same reasons I listed above. Is this considered doing a “Nandroid backup”, and with these backups is the ROM and all installed apps backed up as well, so when flashing back to it it restores the ROM and whatever was installed at the time so apps don’t need to be re-downloaded?
2. When on a custom ROM and wanting to revert back to stock is the procedure the same as going to a custom? I thought I saw something about having to relock the bootloader if wanting to go back to stock.
3. When looking around for custom ROMS to try out do I need to make sure that it’s compatible specifically with my phone model or generally speaking do all custom Android-based ROMs work on any Android OS phone or tablet?
4. Are there some ROMS built around doing a specific task? Like for me I want to concentrate on making sure my phone’s mobile hotspot runs as smoothly as possible for tethering and having a functional bluetooth profile is important as well. Without asking “What ROM is best” can someone recommend a ROM that best fits my criteria that I should try out?
5. Will I need to re-root my phone whenever I flash to a new ROM? And when doing a Nandroid backup while rooted is the root access backed up as well?
6. Is there an app available that keeps track of the ROMs I download and allows for flashing to them easily?
7. Does GApps need to be flashed to the phone after going to a new custom ROM everytime, or do some ROMs include the GApps in them already?
Any other tips, tricks, or explanation on something you don’t think I’m “getting” would be great. Thanks a bunch for any help.
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Well, I have only had motorola with android, but maybe i can help you with some of your questions
3) No, each custom rom is made for a specific model, so you have to search the roms that are made for your phone/tablet, flashing a wrong rom may be an easy way for killing your device
5) Most roms are pre-rooted, at least all of the roms i used on my motorolas were pre-rooted, i guess that with htc things must be simillar.
6) It depends, some roms (like cyanogenmod) does not include GApps, so you have to flash them after you install the rom, others have GApps included, so you must see if the rom you're installing has GApps included.
Well, hope this may help
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Great questions...still a noob but learning fast. These are some of the questions I was wondering about myself. (If I ever find a way to root my phone) Good luck and I will bm this page for future use.
Thanks guys, bump to try and get the other ones answered.
1) Use Titanium Backup for the apps' backup .
2) You should flash the stock rom of that phone and then relock the bootloader.
6) I don't know any app to do this, but it can exist, idk.
Hello everybody!
I have come here in an attempt to see if someone knows a better way to upgrade me to Lollipop. First of all, I am on stock rooted Android 4.4.4 with TWRP. The reason I went stock rooted, was because I wanted to wait for CM12 to mature and iron out all of the bugs. Well, that is taking longer than I expected, and now I just want to have stock Lollipop at the least. Here is what I am having problems with.
I currently do not own a windows, mac, or linux pc device. I exclusively use Chrome OS in my home and I don't plan on changing that. I have thought about dual booting with linux/ubuntu, but I really don't feel like doing that until I feel that I am ready. Secondly, I have TWRP, which means I cannot accept the OTA Lollipop. I thought about installing the stock recovery, but it appears that I need to have ODIN to flash it, and well, ODIN doesn't run on Chrome OS and mobileODIN is not supported for the GN4. All the Lollipop ROMs that I have read, require stock Lollipop to run smoothly without any issues.
Since I do not have any of the options available, am I just screwed...or does somebody know some black market magic that they can offer? Well, thank you in advance for reading and responding. I appreciate all the help I can get.
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Hello everybody!
I have come here in an attempt to see if someone knows a better way to upgrade me to Lollipop. First of all, I am on stock rooted Android 4.4.4 with TWRP. The reason I went stock rooted, was because I wanted to wait for CM12 to mature and iron out all of the bugs. Well, that is taking longer than I expected, and now I just want to have stock Lollipop at the least. Here is what I am having problems with.
I currently do not own a windows, mac, or linux pc device. I exclusively use Chrome OS in my home and I don't plan on changing that. I have thought about dual booting with linux/ubuntu, but I really don't feel like doing that until I feel that I am ready. Secondly, I have TWRP, which means I cannot accept the OTA Lollipop. I thought about installing the stock recovery, but it appears that I need to have ODIN to flash it, and well, ODIN doesn't run on Chrome OS and mobileODIN is not supported for the GN4. All the Lollipop ROMs that I have read, require stock Lollipop to run smoothly without any issues.
Since I do not have any of the options available, am I just screwed...or does somebody know some black market magic that they can offer? Well, thank you in advance for reading and responding. I appreciate all the help I can get.
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Load all the stuff you need on a stick and do it at work. Only take about 20 minutes. Load the Stock ROM, HTC Drivers/sync, and then Odin on a stick.
The easiest idea that I believe is an option for you is to take your phone to Best Buy Samsung Experience store or Sprint store with tech support. Either will update it; no questions asked.
How did you root to start with? Then there's that again.
Look into Mobile Odin by Chain Fire in Google Play; it may be just what you need. Anyone find that useful and willing to share your experience?
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The easiest idea that I believe is an option for you is to take your phone to Best Buy Samsung Experience store or Sprint store with tech support. Either will update it; no questions asked.
How did you root to start with? Then there's that again.
Look into Mobile Odin by Chain Fire in Google Play; it may be just what you need. Anyone find that useful and willing to share your experience?
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Mobile odin does not work on note 4.
I tired taking it to the Samsung Experience at Best Buy and they told me I need to unroot first. Maybe I'll just borrow a friends computer
You might be able to uses flashify from the market and flash the stock recovery. Then try to unroot and take ota.
Hope this the right place to post - please let me know if not.
I have the Sprint G3. I rooted (being a first time rooter at that time) within a few weeks of getting the phone. Frankly, I don't recall how I rooted it, but I think it was using Stump'd. In any case, root went fine, installed, SU, and been using some of the Framework apps like tweaksbox.
Okay, here's what I need some help with:
I think I need to unroot the phone, return it to factory stock, and then reroot before flashing a ROM to it. Is that correct?
I've seen a couple of threads here with instructions, but I don't follow/understand much of the terminology. Hence, is this page good to use to help me - http://lgg3root.com/lg-g3-root/how-t...nbrick-lg-g3/?
Secondly, once returned to factory srock ROM, will I have to OTA update to the most current version for Sprint before rerooting? I think I've read that the current stock ROM is not yet rootable?
Third, I really want to flash a ROM because I think it will result in a lighter weight ROM to conserve battery power and because I really want to theme the phone beyond what I can do now rotted with icon packs and tweaksbox. Is the CM ROM lighter weight and will I realize better battery performance?
Lastly, I'm hesitant to install a custom ROM because I'm afraid of losing phone, data, sms, gps services. I think this after reading the custome ROM threads and see complaints regarding users not having services available or connectivity issues. Is this a legit concern or am I overthinking this?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions, tips, and feedback.
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Hope this the right place to post - please let me know if not.
I have the Sprint G3. I rooted (being a first time rooter at that time) within a few weeks of getting the phone. Frankly, I don't recall how I rooted it, but I think it was using Stump'd. In any case, root went fine, installed, SU, and been using some of the Framework apps like tweaksbox.
Okay, here's what I need some help with:
I think I need to unroot the phone, return it to factory stock, and then reroot before flashing a ROM to it. Is that correct?
I've seen a couple of threads here with instructions, but I don't follow/understand much of the terminology. Hence, is this page good to use to help me - http://lgg3root.com/lg-g3-root/how-t...nbrick-lg-g3/?
Secondly, once returned to factory srock ROM, will I have to OTA update to the most current version for Sprint before rerooting? I think I've read that the current stock ROM is not yet rootable?
Third, I really want to flash a ROM because I think it will result in a lighter weight ROM to conserve battery power and because I really want to theme the phone beyond what I can do now rotted with icon packs and tweaksbox. Is the CM ROM lighter weight and will I realize better battery performance?
Lastly, I'm hesitant to install a custom ROM because I'm afraid of losing phone, data, sms, gps services. I think this after reading the custome ROM threads and see complaints regarding users not having services available or connectivity issues. Is this a legit concern or am I overthinking this?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions, tips, and feedback.
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First lets start with returning to Stock ROM. No, no you definitely do not need to return to stock factory ROM to flash a new one. Since you already are rooted all you need is a TWRP recovery.
To flash TWRP recovery to your device (Sprint G3) use this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/orig-development/bump-unlock-lg-g3-twrp-sprint-t2900588
It's very easy for a begginer to achive this. If you don't want to use adb, fell free to download flashify and flash the downloaded TWRP image from thread above with it.
It's even easier with flashify.
Yes CM ROM is lighter, closer to stock android, not the LG one. If you really want better battery experience you should also look up different kernels, different governors, more adavanced stuff, nothing too much.
You don't need to be scared of flashing ROMs. It's a very basic task these days.
Losing data, calling ability or other thing is very unlikely. Of course mistakes happen so be careful. First thing to do before flashing anything on your device after instaling your TWRP recovery is to do a backup.
ALWAYS DO A BACKUP OF ALL IMPORTANT PARTITIONS ON YOUR DEVICE.
To get your custom ROMs, including CM look up these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/orig-development
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development
Also be careful to flash things made only for your device (Sprint LG G3).
Very helpful and thanks.
To show off my noobness... Do custom ROMs have customer kernels or do I install a customer kernel as well as a custom ROM?
Yes, they do come with custom kernels.
But you could change kernel for some other one if you wish for.
I personally use Blisspop 3.7 on my LG G3 D855 with kernel that came with it 777 by 777jon.
Thanks, now to twrp, flash new rom and install cm 12 theme. Fingers crossed I dont go ham and brick the device.
I'm trying to get Xposed on my shiny new(ish) V500.
I've tried installing Xposed on both CM12.1 as well as the pure build of AOSP Android 6.0, and keep getting a message that "xposed is not compatible with android SDK version 23 on your processor architecture..." (see screenshot for exact error).
Is Xposed not compatible with the device?
Am I missing something?
edit: terribly sorry, I was trying to install using an old apk file. Nevermind...
I'm far from an expert in Xposed as I've never felt the need to use it, however I did read about it when people were raving about it to see what it was all about.
As I understand it it is good for modifying stock firmware to tweak things to your liking, stock being what your device comes from the manufacturer with. We all know stock firmware doesn't have enough options so if you can't stand it you end up here on XDA.
Once here you have options, too many some might say.
Option 1
Go for a completely custom firmware. This will leave you with zero bloatware and a pretty clean state to start with, most of the custom firmwares - other than straight AOSP - come with more options to adjust them than most people know are there*.
This way isn't without it's drawbacks though, there may be bugs and some extra stuff from the stock firmware might not work. Infra-red and FM radios being the two which spring to mind, but even then sometimes they work too.
Option 2
Just get root access and modify the stock firmware with bonus tools made available as you've gained root access. This is things like custom recoveries letting you do full backups, the ability to backup app data through TB or something similar.
Then there is the thing you mentioned, Xposed.
This will let you do a lot of the stuff which a custom firmware would allow you to do all while keeping the stock firmware and the fancy additions your devices manufacturer might have added.
Option 3
Is a combination of the above.
The trouble with this option is that you're trying to do the same thing two different ways at the same time. You may have noticed that in many of the custom firmware threads the guys compiling them say not to report bugs if you're using Xposed, or straight up tell you not to use it.
This is because it will cause problems, not always and generally not with the well made modules, but problems arise and the people spending their free time to make custom firmware available don't want to waste their time trouble shooting a bug which was user created.
So you've chosen option 3 @dude101.
To make it do what you want you'll need to do lots of research, find the version which will work with what you want to use and then trouble shoot any problems you have.
Earlier you might have noticed the * in there. I did that as there are normally options to do what people want to do with Xposed but they haven't looked far/hard enough. If there isn't an option asking in the custom firmware thread about "how to achieve this effect" might lead to a solution. Be it someone pointing you at the option you've missed, or the person compiling the firmware to include it in the next build.
That version of xposed is for Kitkat.
Hi all, i've got an old Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 that's been kicking around a few years.
Just went to update it, and it is saying that officially the latest update it has is 4.4.2, which is like getting towards 5 years old.
As far as i can tell, there isn't anything explictly preventing the tablet having a 'better' version of Android on it. Am i wrong?
If not, how can you trick/force the system into downloading it, and what is 'safe'?
EDIT: I mean.. it still uses the Menu button for chrissake.... and you can't disable apps you dislike (afaik)
Cheers,
Sam
kahlzun said:
Hi all, i've got an old Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 that's been kicking around a few years.
Just went to update it, and it is saying that officially the latest update it has is 4.4.2, which is like getting towards 5 years old.
As far as i can tell, there isn't anything explictly preventing the tablet having a 'better' version of Android on it. Am i wrong?
If not, how can you trick/force the system into downloading it, and what is 'safe'?
EDIT: I mean.. it still uses the Menu button for chrissake.... and you can't disable apps you dislike (afaik)
Cheers,
Sam
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I'm not sure I even want to recommend this, but you might want to look HERE.
Also, you seem to completely new to this whole process of modifying your tablet, so I will give you a little general info. You can't trick your device into updating itself to a software version that doesn't exist for device. The software will only work if it has been customized for your specific device (T310). But, there are custom roms that are made for the T310 with newer version of Android (such as the one at the link above).
You can remove any app you wish to remove, simply by "rooting" your device. The T310 is easily rootable. Do a little reading about "rooting Android" and custom recoveries to understand what benefits it provides.
Read, read, read...then read some more. Then, you may want to install a custom rom.
gr8nole said:
I'm not sure I even want to recommend this, but you might want to look HERE.
Also, you seem to completely new to this whole process of modifying your tablet, so I will give you a little general info. You can't trick your device into updating itself to a software version that doesn't exist for device. The software will only work if it has been customized for your specific device (T310). But, there are custom roms that are made for the T310 with newer version of Android (such as the one at the link above).
You can remove any app you wish to remove, simply by "rooting" your device. The T310 is easily rootable. Do a little reading about "rooting Android" and custom recoveries to understand what benefits it provides.
Read, read, read...then read some more. Then, you may want to install a custom rom.
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Excellent, that was the sort of thing i was looking for, thanks.
I am a little surprised to find the software is so restrictive, i guess i'm used to the idea of OS'es like Windows which don't care about the specific hardware they're in, as long as it can run it.
I will naturally do my research into the process and the risks before doing anything that would void the (albeit expired) warranty.
Thanks again,
Sam
gr8nole said:
I'm not sure I even want to recommend this, but you might want to look HERE.
Also, you seem to completely new to this whole process of modifying your tablet, so I will give you a little general info. You can't trick your device into updating itself to a software version that doesn't exist for device. The software will only work if it has been customized for your specific device (T310). But, there are custom roms that are made for the T310 with newer version of Android (such as the one at the link above).
You can remove any app you wish to remove, simply by "rooting" your device. The T310 is easily rootable. Do a little reading about "rooting Android" and custom recoveries to understand what benefits it provides.
Read, read, read...then read some more. Then, you may want to install a custom rom.
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Thanks! Works for me