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[Q] Rom reccomendatioin!!!!!!!

I need to migrate to JB but am unable to find any compatible rom. I am using Bell version I747m. Please any suggestions. Currently using kyan 1.5
also would like help with updating CWM, currently using 5.0.4 version.
Merci!!!

First question would be do you want Touchwiz or more of a pure android build (jellybean without touchwiz)? Anything in this forum (the AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus section) should work on your phone. Just be wary of flashing modems, they are carrier specific so you should only flash modems for Bell. Here is a nice summary of available stuff for you.Included in the link I gave you, recoveries are also covered including the newest cwm, Although might I suggest giving twrp recovery a try. It's a great touch based recovery with many more options than cwm. The only hiccup with twrp is finding your internal sd card which is located at /data/media. Here is link to a post in the twrp recovery thread that has a cwm flashable version of the newest twrp recovery for ease of installation.

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Thank you so much jethro650 I am trying trwp right now wil let you know how it works. As of for the roms I tried few miui, and some others but it always fails. I think because of the file ext .d2att. I think it does not recognises it. Any suggestion or am I doing something wrong?

I think if you install the latest recovery either cwm or twrp you'll find flashing rom's easier and less errors. Some of the earlier versions of cwm looked for a file in your build.prop and if it wasn't right you'd get error status 6 or 7. It was a failsafe so you couldn't flash the wrong version of a ROM. Now that its known that AT&T, Bell, Telus, Rogers can run the same ROM recoveries are a little more lenient in that respect.

Thanks so much I just installed twrp and m loving it will try again(faster thn cwm). Trying ARISTODEMO rom right know. hopefully will work.

yes my firend u were right updating recovery does work and new rom is running smmoth thanks once again..

My daily driver
Tried this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869300
50GB in dropbox for international version , configurable toogles, super stable. That's my daily driver so far, more features look in the changelog in their website.
I came from Kyan to this rom and is worthy.
Hope it helps,
It's jeally bean by the way

amonrule said:
yes my firend u were right updating recovery does work and new rom is running smmoth thanks once again..
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Glad its all working for you. Happy flashing

amonrule said:
I need to migrate to JB but am unable to find any compatible rom. I am using Bell version I747m. Please any suggestions. Currently using kyan 1.5
also would like help with updating CWM, currently using 5.0.4 version.
Merci!!!
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My daily use build is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869300.
It has proven to be stable with only a minor glitch here or there. You can also use Mobile Odin to flash ROMs if you like. I have used that and CWM with succes.

Thanks ATS2 trying now, the serenity dg

Assert Failed when Flashing CM - Telus SGSIII

My friend Bought a SGSIII from Telus, i hope to get one to if this all works, and we were using the Android toolkit 2.3 to get Clockwork and TWRP onto the phone which worked(we tried both and got errors which ill show in pics)
When i copy the latest CM nightly to his SD and try to fail, i get this 'assert failed' error. Screenshot attached.
Current its on stock and rooted, but thats as far as we can go.
IS there a fix for this? I flashed using the latest toolkit.
Also, i cant seem to find a definitive answer on these forums regarding this, just alot of uncertainty and different opinions.
1.) Is there any harm in flashing a Rogers modem on a Telus device, or vice versa, wouldnt that just convert the phone into another carriers device since they carry it to.
2.) Are there ANY restrictions on what can be flashed, i realize 90% of roms will be AT&T, is there any chance of bricking by using this.
Thanks!

Update to newest cwm, or use twrp

Open the updater-script and delete the first few lines which check if you are flashing on the correct device.
Alternatively, you can just change your build.prop to "d2att" and it will flash. I'm pretty sure that the i747m will run the i747 ROMs, as long as you have the right radio flashed.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

Got it all goin! Thanks guys!

Rekzer said:
Got it all goin! Thanks guys!
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What was the resolution?

Tony_YYZ said:
What was the resolution?
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Steps were
Use Tooklit to Install TWRP and Root Phone
Download a build.prop editor and change all d2can to d2att
Reboot phone
Install goo manager, menu button, install recovery script(should install the d2att one)
Reboot into recovery..flash CM
CM's self updater works after this cause i think the ATT boot loader is on there. Very good stuff!
You COULD maybe skip alot of it, and install the ATT boot loader from the toolkit, but this is what worked for me on 3 devices(coworkers/mine)

Or, you could have used ROM manager to upgrade to cwm 6.0.1.2 or newer.

Rpm manager supports sgs3? I was under the impression never use rom manager from s2 days.
Suped up S3

It works on s3. I've used it a couple times. Worked great on my old Inspire too.

[Q] Can I install CM11??

OK, I'm interested in flashing CM 11 but what to ensure I can first. I have an AT&T Galaxy S3 (d2att) with the i747UCUEMJB bootloader. I have rooted the phone and I do have TWRP 2.6.3.1 installed. I do not have an existing custom ROM installed.
My question is with these specifications, can I install CM 11? I've read a few things about the bootloader that I didn't fully understand so I thought I'd ask.
Also, what would be the preferred method for installing CM 11 - manually using TWRP or via the CyanogenMod Installer? Or does it matter?
Just looking for some guidance and confirmation that everything should work ok and I won't brick my phone.
Thanks!!

You should be fine flashing cm11. If you have problems installing the ROM, try using CWM instead.

Went ahead and pulled the trigger and it worked flawless. Did the manual install.

bronsonelliott said:
Went ahead and pulled the trigger and it worked flawless. Did the manual install.
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Glad it worked.:good:

SPH-L710 Custom Roms on L710VPUDOH1 baseband version

I got a Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 and it was all ready updated to the L710VPUDOH1 baseband version. After searching around a little bit I noticed that most of the Roms are for baseband L710VPUDND8 and that some of the ND8 roms would not flash correctly.
I guess maybe i found a workaround for this. When i first tried to flash the CM 12.1 Rom I got error and it did not load. Did not hurt anything either. Was a little tricky getting initial root but got it all working.
Figured id share how i accomplished this in case someone else with the L710VPUDOH1 baseband wants to run the other Roms.
First i tried to root with Odin and the supersu.zip but it didnt take correctly.
Odin showed successful and the supersu flashed to the /system but every time i tried to run supersu I get Unfortunately SuperSU stopped working.
So i ended up using ODIN to get Temp CWM recovery and installed the CF-Autoroot in the CWM recovery. This woorked to get Root.
I downloaded the TWRP manager from playstore andused it to install TWRP 2.8.1.0
The TWRP Manager gave me an error but when i booted into recovery I had TWRP.
After that i tried to flash CM 12.1 in TWRP but got error and it didnt work.
I read that wicked 2.2 would load,
its big all most a gig so i figured it was pretty complete. maybe based off of stock.
I loaded it successfully.
afterwards i booted back into twrp and did an advanced wipe of.
Dalvic Cache
/ system
/data
/internal storage
/cache
Then i loaded Cm 12.1 with no issues.
Tested Pac-Rom No issues.
Im thinking any of the newer roms will flash fine now.

BigCountry907 said:
After that i tried to flash CM 12.1 in TWRP but got error and it didnt work.
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I'm hoping you left out some steps, because if you tried flashing CM 12.1 without doing a wipe on System/Data/Cache/Dalvik then you will not have a working phone.

BigCountry907 said:
I got a Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 and it was all ready updated to the L710VPUDOH1 baseband version. After searching around a little bit I noticed that most of the Roms are for baseband L710VPUDND8 and that some of the ND8 roms would not flash correctly.
I guess maybe i found a workaround for this. When i first tried to flash the CM 12.1 Rom I got error and it did not load. Did not hurt anything either. Was a little tricky getting initial root but got it all working.
Figured id share how i accomplished this in case someone else with the L710VPUDOH1 baseband wants to run the other Roms.
First i tried to root with Odin and the supersu.zip but it didnt take correctly.
Odin showed successful and the supersu flashed to the /system but every time i tried to run supersu I get Unfortunately SuperSU stopped working.
So i ended up using ODIN to get Temp CWM recovery and installed the CF-Autoroot in the CWM recovery. This woorked to get Root.
I downloaded the TWRP manager from playstore andused it to install TWRP 2.8.1.0
The TWRP Manager gave me an error but when i booted into recovery I had TWRP.
After that i tried to flash CM 12.1 in TWRP but got error and it didnt work.
I read that wicked 2.2 would load,
its big all most a gig so i figured it was pretty complete. maybe based off of stock.
I loaded it successfully.
afterwards i booted back into twrp and did an advanced wipe of.
Dalvic Cache
/ system
/data
/internal storage
/cache
Then i loaded Cm 12.1 with no issues.
Tested Pac-Rom No issues.
Im thinking any of the newer roms will flash fine now.
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I don't think the roms care if your on ND8 or NJ2 or whatever the latest is . You should also update twrp to 2.8.7.0 . Version 2.8.4.0 and on allow you to flash a new twrp version image right from recovery . 2.8.1.0 is pretty old . Best of luck with your new hobby .

Ya i didnt have any troubles.
Im currently working on 5 devices and writing sort of a kitchen.
But it dose way more than most kitchens. Even creates a CWM style backup over adb like onandroid.
I found a way to patch a factory recovery.img to flash files signed with my own keys and that kinda started it all.
Anyway Merry Christmas

what's the root method for DOH1? ;; I can't seem to find a thread specifically walking through the root method for the latest baseband and i have an old S3 and was thinking of playing around with it for a while for fun turn it into a light weight media player to save battery on my LG G4 since we all know how inconsistent and crap the battery can be with the G4 lol

The root is pretty easy.
I used this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963812
Then just get Clockworkmod or TWRP recovery for the d2spr sphl710 and flash it.
After that load any rom you want

silvernirvash said:
what's the root method for DOH1? ;; I can't seem to find a thread specifically walking through the root method for the latest baseband and i have an old S3 and was thinking of playing around with it for a while for fun turn it into a light weight media player to save battery on my LG G4 since we all know how inconsistent and crap the battery can be with the G4 lol
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Same as always, use odin to flash a .tar of twrp. Then use twrp to flash a .zip of SuperSU. Done

Doh1
Is there any rom working at Doh1 version?

bael616 said:
Is there any rom working at Doh1 version?
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All of them

madbat99 said:
All of them
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Really? I have been told there was nothing for the l710vpudoh1 version. Would you mind to help me out with this topic of flashing a rom, please? P.D: Sorry about my english.

bael616 said:
Really? I have been told there was nothing for the l710vpudoh1 version. Would you mind to help me out with this topic of flashing a rom, please? P.D: Sorry about my english.
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Oh1 is not a version of the phone. It's just a build number.
Do you have the triband model? What carrier?

madbat99 said:
Oh1 is not a version of the phone. It's just a build number.
Do you have the triband model? What carrier?
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Got no idea. It is the sprint CDMA version.

bael616 said:
Got no idea. It is the sprint CDMA version.
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Well that's what you need to know. Oh1 doesn't matter. There is oh1 for regular s3 and triband s3. Regular is sph-L710 and triband is sph-L710t. Does it have a t at the end of the model number?

madbat99 said:
Well that's what you need to know. Oh1 doesn't matter. There is oh1 for regular s3 and triband s3. Regular is sph-L710 and triband is sph-L710t. Does it have a t at the end of the model number?
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It doesn't have any t. So I guess it Ies the regular one. I want to know how to root it and flash a rom.

bael616 said:
It doesn't have any t. So I guess it Ies the regular one. I want to know how to root it and flash a rom.
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To root, you need odin on your PC. You can get it here.
Use odin to flash twrp recovery. You can get twrp from their site. twrp
Get the .tar of the newest build for d2spr (sprint s3). Put it on you PC somewhere you can find it (download folder is fine)
There are tutorials everywhere for using odin. It's the way to root almost all Samsung phones.
You also need the Samsung drivers on your PC. I don't have a link for that at this moment.
Then launch odin on your PC.
Put phone in download mode (from powered off, hold power+home+volume down)
Plug phone in to PC and odin should say "added"
Click AP button in odin then navigate to where you have the Twrp .tar downloaded and select it
Click start in odin.
When it finishes it should say pass.
Don't let the phone boot to system, unplug it and take out battery
Put batter back in and boot directly to twrp recovery by holding power+home+VOLUME UP
In twrp select reboot, then system. It should say you don't have root and ask if you want root. Swipe the arrow for yes. Once it boots, open SuperSU and update binaries if it asks. Choose normal method.
Done. Rooted.
You should really have looked up how to root before coming to a thread about flashing roms. There are tutorials everywhere for rooting this phone. Google is your friend dude.
Edit: you can get the Samsung USB drivers here
That thread has rooting instructions too. It's for the virgin Mobile s3, but its the same phone. Those instructions work fine. Only difference is I linked you to twrp recovery instead of philztouch (philz development is dead) and I linked you to a newer odin.
If you are that new that you aren't sure about rooting, maybe start over there in Android forums. I'm a guide there.

bael616 said:
Really? I have been told there was nothing for the l710vpudoh1 version. Would you mind to help me out with this topic of flashing a rom, please? P.D: Sorry about my english.
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I was given a SPH-L710... Originally purchased from sprint.... Currently activated on boost. I got the phone Dec. 24 2015. It had stock unrooted DOH1 with untripped warranty bit. I have successfully booted and ran these roms for a minimum of 24 hrs each. As far as I could tell they were fully functional including: 4G LTE, MMS send and recieve, hotspot, wifi, bluetooth, camera (still and video). All main fuctions worked correctly for the limited time that I used each rom. :
-Wicked-X-Bare-Bones.zip
-Wicked-X-v8.2.zip
-cm-11-20150831_SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3FN-d2lte.zip
-cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K7-d2spr.zip
-cm-12.1-20160202-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip
-cm-13.0-20160130-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr.zip
Im currently running CM13 unofficial as a daily driver. Cm12.1 SNAPSHOT was also very responsive and gave me no problems. I flashed them with twrp.2.8.7.2-d2spr.img. i flashed the recovery with odin after i made it into a .tar.md5 using linux mint 17.3 cinnamon. For the lte and mms i used "apn backup and restore" from google play with the root explorer method. Open gapps aroma for each android version i got from cyanogenmod website. i would recommend searching and using the dd command with adb shell in a linux terminal or cygwin to backup every partition on your doh1 first. (You will need root and busybox) There should be 24 partitions in mmcblk0. Make a backup of every one and you can recover one way or another ALMOST regardless of what may or may not go wrong. I used supersu 2.65 zip. Ive had alot of issues due to DOH1 but all the resources are in that easily used omnibox. Hope any of this info helps you.

madbat99 said:
To root, you need odin on your PC. You can get it here.
Use odin to flash twrp recovery. You can get twrp from their site. twrp
Get the .tar of the newest build for d2spr (sprint s3). Put it on you PC somewhere you can find it (download folder is fine)
There are tutorials everywhere for using odin. It's the way to root almost all Samsung phones.
You also need the Samsung drivers on your PC. I don't have a link for that at this moment.
Then launch odin on your PC.
Put phone in download mode (from powered off, hold power+home+volume down)
Plug phone in to PC and odin should say "added"
Click AP button in odin then navigate to where you have the Twrp .tar downloaded and select it
Click start in odin.
When it finishes it should say pass.
Don't let the phone boot to system, unplug it and take out battery
Put batter back in and boot directly to twrp recovery by holding power+home+VOLUME UP
In twrp select reboot, then system. It should say you don't have root and ask if you want root. Swipe the arrow for yes. Once it boots, open SuperSU and update binaries if it asks. Choose normal method.
Done. Rooted.
You should really have looked up how to root before coming to a thread about flashing roms. There are tutorials everywhere for rooting this phone. Google is your friend dude.
Edit: you can get the Samsung USB drivers here
That thread has rooting instructions too. It's for the virgin Mobile s3, but its the same phone. Those instructions work fine. Only difference is I linked you to twrp recovery instead of philztouch (philz development is dead) and I linked you to a newer odin.
If you are that new that you aren't sure about rooting, maybe start over there in Android forums. I'm a guide there.
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Thanks a lot. I have already rooted the phone but now I want to know what Roms are made to this device.
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HouseHG said:
I was given a SPH-L710... Originally purchased from sprint.... Currently activated on boost. I got the phone Dec. 24 2015. It had stock unrooted DOH1 with untripped warranty bit. I have successfully booted and ran these roms for a minimum of 24 hrs each. As far as I could tell they were fully functional including: 4G LTE, MMS send and recieve, hotspot, wifi, bluetooth, camera (still and video). All main fuctions worked correctly for the limited time that I used each rom. :
-Wicked-X-Bare-Bones.zip
-Wicked-X-v8.2.zip
-cm-11-20150831_SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3FN-d2lte.zip
-cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K7-d2spr.zip
-cm-12.1-20160202-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip
-cm-13.0-20160130-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr.zip
Im currently running CM13 unofficial as a daily driver. Cm12.1 SNAPSHOT was also very responsive and gave me no problems. I flashed them with twrp.2.8.7.2-d2spr.img. i flashed the recovery with odin after i made it into a .tar.md5 using linux mint 17.3 cinnamon. For the lte and mms i used "apn backup and restore" from google play with the root explorer method. Open gapps aroma for each android version i got from cyanogenmod website. i would recommend searching and using the dd command with adb shell in a linux terminal or cygwin to backup every partition on your doh1 first. (You will need root and busybox) There should be 24 partitions in mmcblk0. Make a backup of every one and you can recover one way or another ALMOST regardless of what may or may not go wrong. I used supersu 2.65 zip. Ive had alot of issues due to DOH1 but all the resources are in that easily used omnibox. Hope any of this info helps you.
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Thanks man is there any link you can share with me? I really want to flash a rom but there is no one with this device in Facebook groups. So if you can share any Rom and the way it should be flashed I will be really thankful.
P. D: as I mentioned before I have no perfect English skills so I hope you understand what I mean.

bael616 said:
Thanks a lot. I have already rooted the phone but now I want to know what Roms are made to this device.
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Thanks man is there any link you can share with me? I really want to flash a rom but there is no one with this device in Facebook groups. So if you can share any Rom and the way it should be flashed I will be really thankful.
P. D: as I mentioned before I have no perfect English skills so I hope you understand what I mean.
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I cant post links due to my total number of posts. PM me and I'll send them to you.

bael616 said:
Thanks a lot. I have already rooted the phone but now I want to know what Roms are made to this device.
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Thanks man is there any link you can share with me? I really want to flash a rom but there is no one with this device in Facebook groups. So if you can share any Rom and the way it should be flashed I will be really thankful.
P. D: as I mentioned before I have no perfect English skills so I hope you understand what I mean.
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You have the sprint s3, but are you on sprint? If you are not on Sprint there are additional instructions. Any rom that says its for D2spr is fine. That's the sprint s3.
this is the one I'm using.

HouseHG said:
I cant post links due to my total number of posts. PM me and I'll send them to you.
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Ok man thanks
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madbat99 said:
You have the sprint s3, but are you on sprint? If you are not on Sprint there are additional instructions. Any rom that says its for D2spr is fine. That's the sprint s3.
this is the one I'm using.
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Actually, I don't use any company cause I don't live in the US so I use the phone only with WiFi.

Sm-a520f = sm-a520w?

Hi,
There are plenty of rooting instructions for the SM-A520F, but I have the Canadian variant, the SM-A520W. Will the same custom recoveries etc. work with my version as well?
Thanks in advance!

Hi,
There are plenty of rooting instructions for the SM-A520F, but I have the Canadian variant, the SM-A520W. Will the same custom recoveries etc. work with my version as well?
Thanks in advance!
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Hello,
fourFiddy Yes, i do believe you can root your phone using the same instructions and software as the SM-A520F. I had the same case with my s4 the international version being the GT-I9505 and me owning the SM-I337, however I am not 100% sure.
I highly advise making a backup of your entire phone if you choose to test it. However you could wait another month or two and see if specific instructions come out for rooting your phone as I am doing the same thing. The phone is fairly knew and has yet to be picked up by the community.
P.S. If you choose to go through with it I am not responsible if your phone becomes bricked or unusable, im just giving some insight and possibilities.
Good luck!

I also have a Canadian variant and the methods for the A520F worked for me.

I have a canadian variant a520w and it worked for me as well. I used TWRP

How did you install TWRP???
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I have a canadian variant a520w and it worked for me as well. I used TWRP
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My SM-A520W is currently rooted on the stock Marshmallow 6.0.1 via ODIN. How did you get TWRP installed successfully? Having difficulty. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Dynamo22 said:
My SM-A520W is currently rooted on the stock Marshmallow 6.0.1 via ODIN. How did you get TWRP installed successfully? Having difficulty. Your input would be greatly appreciated.
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My device is the SM-A520W. I followed the instructions for the A520F to install TWRP.. if it gives you a bunch of errors when you boot it up goto WIPE and and FORMAT DATA. I then go ahead and wipe data, cache, dalvik just for the hell of it. After doing so you can install Magisk or SuperSu from your SD Card, flash zips, create/restore backups etc. Hope this helped!!!
Edit: just to add. I used ODIN to flash 2 different firmwares. I am not sure which one I installed TWRP with (probably the android 6.0.1 one)(A520WVLS1AQH1)but I am using A520WVLU1BQI (Nougat) with ABC kernel + Magisk right now

Anyone tried the a520f lineage rom on an a520w yet?

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Anyone tried the a520f lineage rom on an a520w yet?
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I tried it out. A few bugs I didn't like...hard to use as a daily driver. Can't use LTE, music playback is not smooth and random reboots happen. I like the systemless root on Nougat but it's hard to find other roms to use.
What I have used so far is:
AXES rom, nougat sysless rooted and LineageOS sysless rooted.

Dynamo22 said:
I tried it out. A few bugs I didn't like...hard to use as a daily driver. Can't use LTE, music playback is not smooth and random reboots happen. I like the systemless root on Nougat but it's hard to find other roms to use.
What I have used so far is:
AXES rom, nougat sysless rooted and LineageOS sysless rooted.
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What did you end up sticking with, then?

FuryriderX said:
What did you end up sticking with, then?
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Currently I am using LineageOS 14.1 unofficial for daily use. Prior to that I was using stockrom mini 0.5 for my A520W.