Hey, I'm a flashaholic and I'm a bit annoyed at why stock has to be flashed all the time if you want to go to another ROM?
Any future workaround?
stock at miflash will do its job to clean all modified partitions specially in a/b section, custom roms and aosp based roms didnt do that
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Hello all. First I want to thank everyone for still being around to help, especially on such an old device.
Anyway, I recently bought one of these and got it rooted via odin. Currently that's all I've done to her. I have been looking over this forum, android forums, and Google in general prior to posting, I want to solve problems on my own, but when I can't, I'm not scared to ask for help. And I need help with a few issues. I will seperate them, to make answering them easier.
1) is twrp not available for this model?
2) if not, the only other recoverys I can find is Phils TouchWiz, and ClockworkMod recovery touch 5.8.1.5. I wouldn't think these are the same, which is suggested? Also Phils Touchwiz was last updated (that I can find) to 4.1.2 which is where I currently am, am I want to go to 4.4
3) I only see 2 ROMs listed on here, and 1 is one of the ones I was thinking of using in Dirty Unicorns. The other I was thinking about was CyanogenMod. Which of these two is suggested?
4) I have no service on this phone, as its my tinkering device. The only thing I need to work is WiFi. That being said, do I need to flash a new modem?
Do I need to flash a new kernel?
Thanks for any help you can throw me. I know there are lots of tuts for all these questions, but frankly they are all very old, and this stuff changes by the day...
1. Yes but this device has recovery and kernel built in together, this recovery is only for flashing / wiping, other than that, it is not usable with other custom roms unless the devs build it to use that
recovery along with the kernel.
2. It's the same as question 1, For Touchwiz Jellybean, you'll need a recovery kernel that supports the android version and firmware, otherwise it wouldn't work or boot up, Agat's Source GB27 for GB27 Touchwiz ROMs. Or specific AOSP Kernels for certain kernel build updates ( versions are compatible with the build date of the ROM's Original Kernel, meaning it only works on certain ROMs that are updated with the same kernel build, for example, A custom 0.0.25 will not work with stock 0.0.26 because there was a major update change in the kernel that'll make 0.0.25 not usable on it. If you use a kernel based on a specific date on an AOSP ROM that frequently updates the kernel, it may not boot up. )
3. The AOSP ROMs that are being updated at the moment are the Teams that do Nightlies. So Cyanogenmod is the only AOSP ROM that's being updated weekly for this device, I have not checked on the other ones.
4. No need to flash a modem if you don't have data service, however it may help either way when using WiFi due to dropped connections, stability etc. For AOSP, use any ICS modem, for Touchwiz, use the same android firmware modem.
Flashing a new kernel is not needed unless you don't like how the stock kernel performs whether if it's power saving or performance. AOSP kernels are kind of limited as the ones out now work with different build dates of the ROMs, Touchwiz has a couple, but Agat63's Source Kernel is recommended by everyone for GB27.
On my Sprint G4 I was and to flash Xposed with FlashFire. What is preventing devs from making ROMs we could flash the same way? I've read that it needs to be running on the stock kernel, is there anything else or is this just not a dev friendly phone?
It would need to be running stock kernel and the rom itself would need to be stock based. Basically, it could not be built from source. It could not be AOSP based. It would have to be modifications made to the existing stock ROM. As of right now, it's very unfriendly to developers. That doesn't mean this can't change in the future though. People had made some kickass roms for the G2 that were stock based.
hello I have the latest official update to oxygen 5.0.3 (not beta) and I want to know if they can recommend some custom rom or custom firmware because the ones I see there are customs or kernels based on betas .... and I really do not know if I can install those with an official non-beta ROM.
I would recommend you to read a bit more and know what you are doing before flashing.
Your question makes little sense and I believe you might put yourself in trouble (furthermore, this is not the place for questions, this is for people creating ROMs and kernels).
Again, read, understand, than do. You will do yourself a favour
Hello friends. I am on MIUI 10.2 . I just want to ask if it is better to change to a custom rom? or there are no much differences between stock rom and custom roms?
If you prefer switching to custom roms, just give your reasons, and if you prefer stock rom, mention why stock rom is better
I would also like to know the answer. Currently I'm on Masik 1.5, but its becoming a little bit sluggish. I want to know if custom roms have full screen gestures like in MIUI and if the camera quality is compared to stock.
Are you from the future? There is no MIUI 10.2 ?
So far the best ROM is stock one. Custom have lots of problems and bugs. You wont find any perfect custom rom. There wil bel always some problems.
I've tried Pie ROMs, for now MIUI is enough, pretty stable and with a lot of features, our device is supported from Xiaomi, maybe a custom ROM will be a good idea after 1/2 years (in my opinion)
As the subject declares, I know it's a dumb question... but what is the "stock" firmware classified as?
Are there any custom ROMs built on the stock firmware?
I'd love to install a custom ROM, but so far nothing reliably supports Sprint, so I'm wondering if a modified stock exists.
As of right now there are only custom AOSP ROMs. There was a tweaked stock based ROM awhile back but it's not active currently. OMS is a Mod baked into some custom ROMs. It helps in theming with Substratum. I'm not sure of the specifics though.