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For those of you who will unlock the bootloader & root your brand new 5X. Which rom & kernel combination are you hoping to flash (either based on previous experience or from what you have heard) ?
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Am i the only person that stopped rooting and flashing roms when they got their n5? I used every top of the line Android phone on T-Mobile, was a flash addict. Got my n5, it was perfect, and people were talking about how rooting the n5's were showing slower data speeds. I didn't want to chance slower speeds and vanilla Android runs too good to play with. Missed the addons from other roms but it wasn't worth it me.
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On my moto G 2014 I unlocked and rooted but didn't flash (rom scene isn't close as good as nexus I think) only used stock. Only rooted to use adaway and cf lumen. I wish we can root our phones without unlocking bootloader.
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Am i the only person that stopped rooting and flashing roms when they got their n5? I used every top of the line Android phone on T-Mobile, was a flash addict. Got my n5, it was perfect, and people were talking about how rooting the n5's were showing slower data speeds. I didn't want to chance slower speeds and vanilla Android runs too good to play with. Missed the addons from other roms but it wasn't worth it me.
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I am going to be unrooted and completely stock, like you. Marshmallow added in features that makes custom ROMs less of an appeal to me. I would like Android Pay to work
From what I can see Nexuses have no real need to have a custom rom installed (compared to other smartphones). Also Android Pay will not work if rooted.
Would people agree ?
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From what I can see Nexuses have no real need to have a custom rom installed (compared to other smartphones). Also Android Pay will not work if rooted.
Would people agree ?
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I agree. I used to just like flashing roms to see new things, but man, when a phone works as good as an n5 right out of the box, its hard to want to mess with that.
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I'm going to try to stay stock. But when the roms start showing up I won't be any to resist
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I'm going to try to stay stock. But when the roms start showing up I won't be any to resist
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Same here... plus I have some root apps I can't live without. I don't really care about custom roms on the Nexus, but like you I won't be able to stop myself, I'm sure. I'd like for Android Pay to work though, but not necessary.
slonlo said:
Same here... plus I have some root apps I can't live without. I don't really care about custom roms on the Nexus, but like you I won't be able to stop myself, I'm sure. I'd like for Android Pay to work though, but not necessary.
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What are the benefits of Android Pay ?
Being in Canada and not being eligible for Android pay there is no adverse affect of rooting. Ideally would be running stock + xposed/gravitybox but one can only speculate when that will be available on 6.0. Until then something ASOP or stock based that includes extended reboot menu, circle battery mod, multiwindow, and additional quick setting toggles
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What are the benefits of Android Pay ?
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You can pay with your phone at 23% of the stores in America lol lol. Which it's pointless. Now if you had Samsung pay that would be a different story, but you don't so let the rooting begin
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You can be embarrassed holding up the checkout line trying to use Android Pay while your pay card rests in your back pocket. The only use I ever see for this stuff is if you actually forget your card. Then it's great to be able to pay with a phone. And at a drive-thru or restaurant, they take your card.
Cataclysm ROM -PERIOD!
Hands down smoothest ROM I have ever used on any Nexus phone, including stock Google. It is a little different but has everything I could ever want. The battery life is amazing. I've tried others, but have stayed with Cataclysm with my N5 2013.
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Cataclysm ROM -PERIOD!
Hands down smoothest ROM I have ever used on any Nexus phone, including stock Google. It is a little different but has everything I could ever want. The battery life is amazing. I've tried others, but have stayed with Cataclysm with my N5 2013.
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@Mrwirez Is it guaranteed to come for the 5X ?
Cataclysm was favorite in N4 days. But the developer went MIA for 10 or so months during the jelly bean and kit kat days.
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Cataclysm was favorite in N4 days. But the developer went MIA for 10 or so months during the jelly bean and kit kat days.
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@Riverdales27 He's back now ?
I'm usually stock with some kernel like franco or elemetnalx.
Also, I love GravityBox but I guess we'll have to wait a long time for that to work on M.
I'd be looking for put SlimROM on there as soon as possible, I have it all customised just the way I like it on my Nexus 5.
Hopefully none. I didn't get to play around with Marshmallow yet and I hope the new features are enough to make me stay stock. I'm a big fan of CM's Privacy Guard and I want to see how extensive the new Marshmallow one is, that and quick toggles customization. If I'm not satisfied, I'll probably flash CM 13 nightlies when they're available.
So I'm getting a Pixel this week, and I don't feel like trying a bunch of different Rom's, but I can't pick one or decided if I want to go stock.
What Rom are you using? What is great about it? What Problems have you faced? Why did you choose it? (Also, What Kernel are you using? Stock/Custom?)
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I will 100% be rooting/TWRP, so that's no concern, just not sure if I want to go stock or custom (and if custom, which Rom). Right now I'm leaning towards Pure Nexus, as the last OTA Update broke my phone. (My fault, I wanted to see what would happen if I accepted OTA update while rooted/twrp ), but I know with Custom Roms, that won't be an issue!
[UPDATE] I use AppRadio Unchained ReLoaded daily which means BT + HotSpot + Chromcast/ScreenCast + Music and Phone over BT + Tasker etc, so anybody who uses AppRadio Unchained, or the aformentioned things a lot, with stability, I would love to know what Rom you are on. I'm looking for stable AppRadio which has been hard to find with so many moving parts in the equation.
I can't tell you which rom is best, you'll receive lots of differing opinions on the same thing. Only way is to try yourself and find the one that fits you best as that's what these forums are about.
For the time you took to type that, you could at least share your choice and why, I didn't ask "what's best" I asked what did you choose and why did you choose it.
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For the time you took to type that, you could at least share your choice and why, I didn't ask "what's best" I asked what did you choose and why did you choose it.
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I run Pure Nexus as Beans does great work as I also ran his PN rom on my Nexus 6 and he is good at what he does. I also run the kernel Elemental x both are great together and super fast and buttery smooth. That is the only custom rom I have ever ran on my pixel xl as I never wanted to give up how great it runs to try anything else lol.
That's exactly what I'm leaning towards, hoping I don't have a reason to try anything else
Velocity with build in MVK kernel. Fast stable and the best battery usage for me.
Also a lot features I need to have and a lot I don't use
Did try most of the custom out there, but I am using velocity for about 5 years now starting with Nexus 4, so I always flash back to velocity.
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That's exactly what I'm leaning towards, hoping I don't have a reason to try anything else
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I been using pure Nexus, I like it a lot. Just tried RR that one is good to. U just have to try one.
Nah I am using stock ROM, have basically no interest in trying out them custom ROMs, sometimes I do seek for a few features, but I pass. Stock ROM is stable as ****, smooth as **** too, just flash Franco and be done with it.
Running PureNexus here with ELX kernel and am enjoying it
I'm running invisibleks lineageos builds. The best for me!?
I was on same boat just got my pixel xl ROMs had BT problems decided to read and got pure nexus and elementalx and no BT issues at all fast and great battery with wakelocks disabled. Take my word for it
If you want aptX bluetooth capability then you must use a Lineage OS based ROM (formerly CyanogenMOD). I use Resurrection Remix because it's got the most customization options that I like to use.
If you want systemless root or rootless system (whatever it is) then that's not something I know much about but I think it's default in upcoming Lineage OS based ROM's too. Or already is. Whatever. If it sounds vaguely familiar and something you want then ask someone else. lol
If you want pure Android then go with an AOSP based ROM.
If you want Pixel stuff then stay with stock ROM.
Yeah, I know.
You would think a Pixel ROM is pure Android huh.
It is, kind of/mostly.
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I'm running invisibleks lineageos builds. The best for me!?
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Where is the thread on this Rom?
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Where is the thread on this Rom?
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There's some unofficial discussion going on here
. It's progressing very well.
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There's some unofficial discussion going on here
. It's progressing very well.
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Excellent...Thanks!
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Pure nexus didn't has the Bluetooth problem because he is not on the latest update.
It's a Google problem on first connection. After the first fc all is fine.
Pure Nexus and Elemental from the get go. No issues. Both are great with no issues so far. Highly recommend.
PureNexus for me. Tried most Roms out there, but keep coming back to it. Buttery smooth, reliable, great battery and great support as a bonus.
Resurrection Remix for me.
Dirty Unicorns have some RC builds up at devs-base
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Hi there !
Today I made the switch to the pixel 2 xl and god... I love it!
However I always like to root a phone immediately so I can enjoy adblock, substratum etc. Now I'm wondering since stock android is pretty much perfect nowadays do most of you just use the stock rom + magisk + kernel?
Since coming from a nexus6p the rom support seems kinda mehh ? Also I noticed there isn't a go to rom like the pure nexus onces.
So what do you people suggest? Did any of you dealt with this aswell coming from a nexus device?
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Hi there !
Today I made the switch to the pixel 2 xl and god... I love it!
However I always like to root a phone immediately so I can enjoy adblock, substratum etc. Now I'm wondering since stock android is pretty much perfect nowadays do most of you just use the stock rom + magisk + kernel?
Since coming from a nexus6p the rom support seems kinda mehh ? Also I noticed there isn't a go to rom like the pure nexus onces.
So what do you people suggest? Did any of you dealt with this aswell coming from a nexus device?
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Former 6p guy as well. As far as a "go to rom", there really isn't one as of yet in the context you are referring to. However, the most popular, in no particular order seem to be...Nitrogen, DU, and AquariOS. I've used 2 of them, and they are very stable and smooth. Nitrogen was my favorite on the 6p, and seems to be very solid from all the comments I've read on it. Decisions..decisions
Oh, and stock + root is pretty darn good to. Xposed seems to work nicely as well if you don't want a custom rom.
As a former nexus 6p user my advice is: just go stock and root. My pixel 2 xl doesn't even sport a custom kernel - and still, it's is much, much faster than the nexus.
P DP1, Flash kernel and Magisk is a great combo.
Stock with Nathan's excellent Flash Kernel will do you well. I'm holding out until Beans gets PN running on taimen
^^^all of the above!
Former 6P user, former OG XL user, and die hard PureNexus fan here lol,
The best setup I've had so far is stock + rooted + cust kernel + gravitybox for O.
Stock gives me stability, and gravitybox fills in the gaps the lack of a custom rom leaves.
However, the ROMs mentioned by others in this thread seem to all have positive responses so I wouldn't advise against giving those a try as well
Been using pixel XL with purenexus then stock rooted. Then I got my XL 2, and I've ran it with stock rooted for a while, until I flashed Nitrogen + Flash. Best combo for me, amazing smoothness and battery.
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Former 6P user, former OG XL user, and die hard PureNexus fan here lol,
The best setup I've had so far is stock + rooted + cust kernel + gravitybox for O.
Stock gives me stability, and gravitybox fills in the gaps the lack of a custom rom leaves.
However, the ROMs mentioned by others in this thread seem to all have positive responses so I wouldn't advise against giving those a try as well
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Gravitybox is through xposed, right? I'm thinking of giving the stock/root/kernel train a ride. The custom roms are nice but I have a different problem with each one unfortunately.
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Gravitybox is through xposed, right? I'm thinking of giving the stock/root/kernel train a ride. The custom roms are nice but I have a different problem with each one unfortunately.
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Yes it's through xposed and even though it's in beta, i haven't had any issues at all with the framework or gravitybox
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Gravitybox is through xposed, right? I'm thinking of giving the stock/root/kernel train a ride. The custom roms are nice but I have a different problem with each one unfortunately.
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Yes, gravity box is an xposed module. Evidently sprint and custom roms just don't get along ?
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Yes it's through xposed and even though it's in beta, i haven't had any issues at all with the framework or gravitybox
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Hmm.. Maybe it's time to roll with stock for a bit. I haven't used xposed for so many phones but Sprint on custom roms is having no mms or data dropping or other bizarre issues others aren't reporting. Stock ran great with no problems though.
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Yes, gravity box is an xposed module. Evidently sprint and custom roms just don't get along ?
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Sprint is garbage and I hate it. I keep teetering on joining my wife on her AT&T plan to get away. I get a good price though, that's the only reason I keep it.
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Hmm.. Maybe it's time to roll with stock for a bit. I haven't used xposed for so many phones but Sprint on custom roms is having no mms or data dropping or other bizarre issues others aren't reporting. Stock ran great with no problems though.
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Sprint is garbage and I hate it. I keep teetering on joining my wife on her AT&T plan to get away. I get a good price though, that's the only reason I keep it.
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I understand about sprint bruh. Been there, and left that!
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I understand about sprint bruh. Been there, and left that!
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My service is fantastic and price is great. I like to tinker and it's impeding that lol.
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My service is fantastic and price is great. I like to tinker and it's impeding that lol.
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Dang first world problem! ????
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Dang first world problem! ????
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I know, right!?
Having my Pixel 2 XL for about a week now, also coming from the 6P, I'd also have to say that stock + Magisk + Xposed(optional) is the way to go.
Running custom roms, there seems to be bits and pieces missing from the stock rom that are Pixel exclusive. Even on custom roms, there's little things that seem to bother me, such as the padding of the status bar left and right due to the rom thinking it's not a rounded screen. There's also the headache that this A/B slot stuff will give from messing with it.
Wow thanks for all the feedback guys !
To bad we don't have a PurePixel rom yet hehe.
But seems I will stick to stock + magisk and maybe give xposed a try
Same as others: have taimen for month, stock rom, kernel + magisk. It's great & damn smooth Now i catch how long uptime i will get, then i will switch to Xposed / Gravity!
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Having my Pixel 2 XL for about a week now, also coming from the 6P, I'd also have to say that stock + Magisk + Xposed(optional) is the way to go.
Running custom roms, there seems to be bits and pieces missing from the stock rom that are Pixel exclusive. Even on custom roms, there's little things that seem to bother me, such as the padding of the status bar left and right due to the rom thinking it's not a rounded screen. There's also the headache that this A/B slot stuff will give from messing with it.
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DU has a commit for the ROM to properly detect the rounded corners so I'm sure it'll find its way elsewhere. 12.1 is much better on the corners of the status bar then 12 was.
Seriously. ROMs used to be available on the Nexus withint 3-4 days. Now we got treble(have ported the image from a Pixel as well) and yet there are NO custom Android 9 ROMs. It's hit AOSP for 5 days already.
it is best to wait for official Pie from OnePlus and official kernel source for Pie
the hard work will be on them this way
developers will work hard to get a stable Pie port then all this work will go away when official Pie is available as it will be a btter base
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Seriously. ROMs used to be available on the Nexus withint 3-4 days. Now we got treble(have ported the image from a Pixel as well) and yet there are NO custom Android 9 ROMs. It's hit AOSP for 5 days already.
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Maybe not many devs for Oneplus devices compared to nexus i guess. Aosp builds hit nexus devices within few hours those days. Suprised to see completely working Pie build already for Xiaomi note 4 though.
I'm just surprised the OnePlus 3/3T got Android 9 before we did (considering it's an older phone and all)
We have, and working fine. Using it as my daily driver since 2 weeks.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...ment/rom-android-p-developer-preview-t3816659
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We have, and working fine. Using it as my daily driver since 2 weeks.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...ment/rom-android-p-developer-preview-t3816659
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What camera app do you use? I tried the special apk with the settings fix flashed, still it's really bad. Images are always out of focus and lack detail. I tried using the fixed camera libraries and use the arnova's gcam app but without any luck. I am interested in what others may use.
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We have, and working fine. Using it as my daily driver since 2 weeks.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...ment/rom-android-p-developer-preview-t3816659
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Well, its not built from AOSP I guess. Its just a system image from different pie device ported. So cannot be optimised and have bugs.
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We have, and working fine. Using it as my daily driver since 2 weeks.
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I refuse to use mokee to get proper treble support. For two reasons. One, OnePlus needs to implement it properly so that drivers are stable and etc. Two, Mokee has a terrible kernel which results in terrible SoT.
I must admit that I am generally a bit disappointed in the ROM situation with the 5t.
I always thought that Oneplus phones were among the most hacked ones out there and I expected A LOT more than what there is...
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I refuse to use mokee to get proper treble support. For two reasons. One, OnePlus needs to implement it properly so that drivers are stable and etc. Two, Mokee has a terrible kernel which results in terrible SoT.
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There are custom kernels to flash. With custom kernel it's actually pretty efficient. Getting same SOT and idle time as I wad getting in 8. 1 custom roms.
Our prayers have been answered. And the best part is that the rom is not featureshitbuggybloated, it is pure AOSP!
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Our prayers have been answered. And the best part is that the rom is not featureshitbuggybloated, it is pure AOSP!
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True! But atm the new gesture navigation and NFC isn't working yet and those 2 things are mandatory for me before I start flashing
2 short questions:
1. Is treble needed for the AOSP Rom?
2. Can I root my 5t without loosing my data and keeping my bootloader?
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True! But atm the new gesture navigation and NFC isn't working yet and those 2 things are mandatory for me before I start flashing
2 short questions:
1. Is treble needed for the AOSP Rom?
2. Can I root my 5t without loosing my data and keeping my bootloader?
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1. No.
2. No. Unlocking bootloader will erase your data.
I'm having a Galaxy S9 using Exynos chip. My phone's running kinda slow lately, ram optimization is really bad (I'm using Facebook, accidentally press the home button, and when I go back into the app, it's already closed, or the music app sometime quit itself while playing)
So i'm wondering if custom roms are worth to install in 2021 or not since I will lose Samsung Pay, Samsung Pass, and probably Iris scanner too if I decide to go for it
AOSP is really fast on the s9 I run it all the time. There is also the Noble project that brings one ui 3.1 to the s9 and it is surprisingly responsive. But if you want to actually keep more that one and a half apps in ram, I'd recommend AOSP as it has great ram management. And crDroid is decent if you want customizability. Though it isn't as customizable as one ui. So I'd say go for it just use an aosp rom imo. Some apps have issues with custom roms though keep that in mind.
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AOSP is really fast on the s9 I run it all the time. There is also the Noble project that brings one ui 3.1 to the s9 and it is surprisingly responsive. But if you want to actually keep more that one and a half apps in ram, I'd recommend AOSP as it has great ram management. And crDroid is decent if you want customizability. Though it isn't as customizable as one ui. So I'd say go for it just use an aosp rom imo. Some apps have issues with custom roms though keep that in mind.
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Thank you for your advice! I just keep thinking over and over again about rooting, installing stock rom,... not because I'm scare, it's because of knox lol
QuanNguyen1302 said:
Thank you for your advice! I just keep thinking over and over again about rooting, installing stock rom,... not because I'm scare, it's because of knox lol
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yah you'll loose that, but no AOSP roms even use it or need it anyways. Jus remember that if you go back to stock alot of samsung apps might be broken.
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yah you'll loose that, but no AOSP roms even use it or need it anyways. Jus remember that if you go back to stock alot of samsung apps might be broken.
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That's why I'm considering haha. Is it worth it to trip knox and install custom rom??
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That's why I'm considering haha. Is it worth it to trip knox and install custom rom??
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Well alot of samsung services can be replaced with google services tbh. And as long as you dont root, you should be fine.
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Well alot of samsung services can be replaced with google services tbh. And as long as you dont root, you should be fine.
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Well maybe you right. I'm using a Macbook anyway, so apps like Samsung Pass, Health are useless
just to complicate your choices there's also GSIs to consider too. a lot more work and research before and after flashing to finally get right how you want it but I hear very good things.
maybe look for other S9 Exynos users running a GSI for a better low down.
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just to complicate your choices there's also GSIs to consider too. a lot more work and research before and after flashing to finally get right how you want it but I hear very good things.
maybe look for other S9 Exynos users running a GSI for a better low down.
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I will look into that. Thank y'all for your help
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just to complicate your choices there's also GSIs to consider too. a lot more work and research before and after flashing to finally get right how you want it but I hear very good things.
maybe look for other S9 Exynos users running a GSI for a better low down.
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dont use a gsi features of the phone dont work afterwards (or at least auto brightness doesnt) full rom have been and are always the way to go.
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I will look into that. Thank y'all for your help
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you'll unfortunately lose the ambient light sensor with a gsi on the s9. So if you want that the you need a full rom
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dont use a gsi features of the phone dont work afterwards (or at least auto brightness doesnt) full rom have been and are always the way to go.
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losing adaptive brightness doesn't sound like a huge sacrifice to me. far more needed work on newer phones and if you join phhuson's telegram, within reason he tries to patch errors effecting all users on a device.
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losing adaptive brightness doesn't sound like a huge sacrifice to me. far more needed work on newer phones and if you join phhuson's telegram, within reason he tries to patch errors effecting all users on a device.
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Oh that's cool I didn't know there was someone that did that. For me I sometimes get bothered if the brightness is isnt almost as perfect as it can be for a certain situation which is why I like a automated system to do it for me.
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Oh that's cool I didn't know there was someone that did that. For me I sometimes get bothered if the brightness is isnt almost as perfect as it can be for a certain situation which is why I like a automated system to do it for me.
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lol I don't use auto brightness for the exact same reason.