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All of the three times I flashed this rom it come up with no Status Bar, Background image and Phone apps. The first time I wiped the required partitions plus Internal Storage too. I was coming from Morom. The second time was the same except I didn't wipe Internal and I didn't flash the Xposed thing. The third time I Odin'd the stock rom and rooted it before and it came up the same. I thought maybe something was holding over from Morom that was causing it.
The Md5 for both is right. I'm a little confused because I seem to be the only one having problems. I'm beginning to wonder if there's a problem with my Sdcard. I couldn't make MultiSystem work right either.
I reformatted my card. My computer said there was something wrong. When I set it up for MultiSystem I formatted it fat32. When I re-did it just now the computer wanted to do it in exfat. Maybe it should have been exfat all along. Anyway I lost my ext4 partition. Hopefully I can get things straightened out over the weekend.
Update: That fixed it.
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Also having this issue (edit: issue with texts not sending if more than 140 chars). Anyone aware of a workaround?
Great Rom!
etherwar said:
Also having this issue. Anyone aware of a workaround?
Great Rom!
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Like I said above. Reformatting my SD fixed it. Do you have a card reader? Is everything on the card saved on your computer?
I can't be certain it will work for you but it did for me.
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Like I said above. Reformatting my SD fixed it. Do you have a card reader? Is everything on the card saved on your computer?
I can't be certain it will work for you but it did for me.
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Sorry I though I quoted the post I was referring to about texts not sending if more than 140 chars
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Sorry I though I quoted the post I was referring to about texts not sending if more than 140 chars
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Oh Ok. Yeah I was wondering about that one too.
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Runs FANTASTIC. I am really happy with it. I have it skinnied down quite a bit, I've frozen about 100 apps. When I clear cache, I "optimize" about 240 apps, whereas out of the box it was well over 300.
Between WLD, Greenify, ES Task Manager doing its optimzations, and my own pruning/tweaking (overclocked/undervolted, thanks to hsbadr's kernel and Synapse), I'm getting insanely good battery life and ridiculous performance, while retaining all the tweaking I'd gotten used to on KK,... I am running a dozen or so xposed modules without issue.
Thumbs up! :good:
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Hey is there any way you can elaborate a bit more on how you optimized your battery life?
I was on definitive 4.4.4 not too long ago getting an average of 5+ hours on screen time. Moderate to heavy usage. Which I thought was pretty good.
After installing this rom (which it runs amazing) I've noticed my battery life running a bit shorter. Screen on time is 2h 30min at 26% right now. 14% of my overall usage right behind #1 "Cell standby" at 16% and Android OS at 6% and android system at 5%.
I've only been running this rom for several days so far. I don't think it's something I've installed, or at least nothing that wasn't on kitkat. I'm on wifi a lot and barely use data. Battery Doctor says I have 45 power issues to optimize if that means anything.
I use greenify, clean master and battery doctor. Along with tasker to shut off mobile data when connected to wifi and a few other things (I'm still trying to learn it).
I also went through permissions and stopped a bunch of apps from checking locations and autoruns.
Any suggestions would help thank you! Battery life is the one thing I wish the note 4 was better with haha
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Hey is there any way you can elaborate a bit more on how you optimized your battery life?
I was on definitive 4.4.4 not too long ago getting an average of 5+ hours on screen time. Moderate to heavy usage. Which I thought was pretty good.
After installing this rom (which it runs amazing) I've noticed my battery life running a bit shorter. Screen on time is 2h 30min at 26% right now. 14% of my overall usage right behind #1 "Cell standby" at 16% and Android OS at 6% and android system at 5%.
I've only been running this rom for several days so far. I don't think it's something I've installed, or at least nothing that wasn't on kitkat. I'm on wifi a lot and barely use data. Battery Doctor says I have 45 power issues to optimize if that means anything.
I use greenify, clean master and battery doctor. Along with tasker to shut off mobile data when connected to wifi and a few other things (I'm still trying to learn it).
I also went through permissions and stopped a bunch of apps from checking locations and autoruns.
Any suggestions would help thank you! Battery life is the one thing I wish the note 4 was better with haha
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It turns out that "Cell standby" is the issue, at 31% as I write this. Under 30min on screen time. It drained my battery by over 40% over night! I tried searching several threads, it seems this is a common issue. None of the 8+ threads I found had a solid answer, mostly theories that don't work for most. Please post a link if I have missed a solution somewhere!!
Thank you!
New to Android and Rooting/ROMS
Does anyone have any tutorial videos for installing this ROM? Do i need to be rooted? Will this work on android 5.0.1 Hardware Version N910v.05? Snapdragon variant? If not how can i downgrade to make it work? Any basic custom rom Installation videos?
Is there a way to get Android Pay to work on this ROM?
I've been using Google Wallet for tap to pay with no issues but it just updated to Android Pay which doesn't seem to work with root. I've tried all the workarounds I've found including disabling root but it's still not working, would that be because I am using your ROM? Is there any way to get it working in this ROM?
@hsbadr on the AOSP build, after restoring some apps with Titanium backup and rebooting, I lost data again. Tried rebooting and toggling some settings but it's still gone. Why is it so hard to keep data connected on Verizon with AOSP ROMS?
Edit: for some reason it didn't like me restoring my previous Android ID. I created a new one and data is back. funny.
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I've been using Google Wallet for tap to pay with no issues but it just updated to Android Pay which doesn't seem to work with root. I've tried all the workarounds I've found including disabling root but it's still not working, would that be because I am using your ROM? Is there any way to get it working in this ROM?
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Android Pay implements security checks including root. It should work fine on unmodified stock system or this Safe OG5 Upgrade!
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@hsbadr on the AOSP build, after restoring some apps with Titanium backup and rebooting, I lost data again. Tried rebooting and toggling some settings but it's still gone. Why is it so hard to keep data connected on Verizon with AOSP ROMS?
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I don't have any of these issues (data connects automaticly after the 1st boot & persists). Also, @jlavallee25 had data issues while testing other modems but none on OG5 modem. I'd re-start clean with OG5 Safe Upgrade.
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Android Pay implements security checks including root. It should work fine on unmodified stock system or this Safe OG5 Upgrade!
I don't have any of these issues (data connects automaticly after the 1st boot & persists). Also, @jlavallee25 had data issues while testing other modems but none on OG5 modem. I'd re-start clean with OG5 Safe Upgrade.
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Thank you again for doing this @hsbadr! I'm going to give it a shot as soon as I get around some wifi.
Do you think it's possible to implement a dual boot with this and touchwiz sometime in the future?
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Do you think it's possible to implement a dual boot with this and touchwiz sometime in the future?
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Yup, but when I've time to complete MultiSystem v2.
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Yup, but when I've time to complete MultiSystem v2.
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Awesome! Thanks again.
Re: AICP
A few questions...
1 - Is FastCharge enabled? I don't see the notification I would see in TW... but it seems to charge pretty quick.
2 - What version of xposed (if any) should I install?
I'm having the following issues so far:
Trouble restoring multiple apps with Titanium Backup (this is a typical problem I have... but present again). It will hang on one app, and I have to kill TiB, install the app manually, and restart. This is a problem because...
I currently can't install anything from the Play Store. It's weird... according to the status, it skips downloading the app, and goes straight to installing, where it sits indefinitely. This may be because...
After restarting the phone a second time, I lost LTE, and have no connection to mobile data.
Any help?
I've got the ROM and Gapps files on my phone, but I won't be able to re-flash the modem with Odin until I get back home tonight. If needed, could I dirty- or clean-flash the phone and reinstall AICP without the facility of Odin?
Thanks
Thank you so much for AICP!!! I flashed last night according to your instructions, had a little trouble with mobile data, but after trying the fixes and rebooting, data finally sticks. All I can say is I'm loving the ROM. Everything is working perfect so far, data, GPS, calls, mms, Bluetooth.... Wow its a whole new life for my n4...thank you @hsbadr
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Thank you so much for AICP!!! I flashed last night according to your instructions, had a little trouble with mobile data, but after trying the fixes and rebooting, data finally sticks. All I can say is I'm loving the ROM. Everything is working perfect so far, data, GPS, calls, mms, Bluetooth.... Wow its a whole new life for my n4...thank you @hsbadr
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I can't get LTE to turn back on. I've toggled it back and forth, and rebooted it several times. I had this problem with AICP v 8 (or 9, can't remember) a few weeks ago.
What fixes (bolded above) did you try, @gcounts? I did the OG5 safe upgrade over a month ago before installing Jasmine 3.0/3.1. After trying AICP 8/9 a few weeks ago and not having luck with Titanium Backup or mobile data, I did a factory reset in TWRP and reinstalled Jasmine 3.1. This morning, I did a factory wipe in TWRP (several times for good measure), and flashed the AICP rom and Gapps. I rebooted to Download mode from TWRP, and flashed the OG5 modem in Odin. At completion, the phone rebooted to AICP. I had LTE data at this point.
1st boot: I had LTE data before starting the initial setup... Upon completion of initial setup, I was on my home wifi, and installed Titanium Backup. I started restoring my 300+ apps, when it got hung on the 3rd one. I rebooted. At this point, I was at work, and did not have wifi to fall back on.
2nd boot: I had LTE data when it rebooted. I started Titanium Backup again, and it got hung up. I tried installing the app that was hung up from the Play Store, and the Play Store would skip downloading, and go straight to "Installing" status, and would hang there. Weird. I know I had LTE at this point because I could search and find results in the Play Store. I rebooted.
3rd boot: It booted, and I had the exclamation point by the signal (no LTE/data). I let it sit for a while, and it said LTE at some point... but I still couldn't search in the Play store. It would tell me I wasn't connected. I rebooted.
4th boot (and several following): No LTE/data connection. I toggle it on/off, wait several minutes... nothing.
Does any of that help to narrow down my issue?
@hsbadr - Do you have an idea of why some of us are having data problems? And... does your custom version with more Verizon tweaks have any hope of addressing this issue?
Thanks
DrPhant0m said:
1 - Is FastCharge enabled? I don't see the notification I would see in TW... but it seems to charge pretty quick.
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Yes, it's enabled but no notification.
DrPhant0m said:
2 - What version of xposed (if any) should I install?
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Try the official xposed framework for LP SDK 22 (xposed-v75-sdk22-arm.zip from here).
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I'm having the following issues so far:
DrPhant0m said:
Trouble restoring multiple apps with Titanium Backup (this is a typical problem I have... but present again). It will hang on one app, and I have to kill TiB, install the app manually, and restart. This is a problem because...
I currently can't install anything from the Play Store. It's weird... according to the status, it skips downloading the app, and goes straight to installing, where it sits indefinitely. This may be because...
After restarting the phone a second time, I lost LTE, and have no connection to mobile data.
Any help?
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DrPhant0m said:
I've got the ROM and Gapps files on my phone, but I won't be able to re-flash the modem with Odin until I get back home tonight. If needed, could I dirty- or clean-flash the phone and reinstall AICP without the facility of Odin?
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DrPhant0m said:
I can't get LTE to turn back on. I've toggled it back and forth, and rebooted it several times. I had this problem with AICP v 8 (or 9, can't remember) a few weeks ago.
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DrPhant0m said:
What fixes (bolded above) did you try, @gcounts? I did the OG5 safe upgrade over a month ago before installing Jasmine 3.0/3.1. After trying AICP 8/9 a few weeks ago and not having luck with Titanium Backup or mobile data, I did a factory reset in TWRP and reinstalled Jasmine 3.1. This morning, I did a factory wipe in TWRP (several times for good measure), and flashed the AICP rom and Gapps. I rebooted to Download mode from TWRP, and flashed the OG5 modem in Odin. At completion, the phone rebooted to AICP. I had LTE data at this point.
1st boot: I had LTE data before starting the initial setup... Upon completion of initial setup, I was on my home wifi, and installed Titanium Backup. I started restoring my 300+ apps, when it got hung on the 3rd one. I rebooted. At this point, I was at work, and did not have wifi to fall back on.
2nd boot: I had LTE data when it rebooted. I started Titanium Backup again, and it got hung up. I tried installing the app that was hung up from the Play Store, and the Play Store would skip downloading, and go straight to "Installing" status, and would hang there. Weird. I know I had LTE at this point because I could search and find results in the Play Store. I rebooted.
3rd boot: It booted, and I had the exclamation point by the signal (no LTE/data). I let it sit for a while, and it said LTE at some point... but I still couldn't search in the Play store. It would tell me I wasn't connected. I rebooted.
4th boot (and several following): No LTE/data connection. I toggle it on/off, wait several minutes... nothing.
Does any of that help to narrow down my issue?
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Do you have an idea of why some of us are having data problems? And... does your custom version with more Verizon tweaks have any hope of addressing this issue?
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Apparently, your issues are mainly due to restoring apps or device ID via TitaniumBackup app... Report them to the app developer & don't use it for now!
As for flashing the modem via Odin, you may skip it or test different modems. However, this build is only tested & supported if you follow the instructions here.
gcounts said:
Thank you so much for AICP!!! I flashed last night according to your instructions, had a little trouble with mobile data, but after trying the fixes and rebooting, data finally sticks. All I can say is I'm loving the ROM. Everything is working perfect so far, data, GPS, calls, mms, Bluetooth.... Wow its a whole new life for my n4...thank you @hsbadr
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You're welcome. Glad I could help!
Hi folks,
Just decided to retire my old S3 and when looking for a new phone my main requirement was to get a good DAC built in without breaking the bank or renewing my contract, ended up with the Sprint Note 2. Naturally I was excited but quickly put off by the stock ROM so I decided to root/flash, etc. This is what happened so far;
-Rooted with newest TWRP and root verified on stock rom (followed NK2 instructions)
-Made the big mistake of flashing now without backup, after trying a couple of roms I kept having the same problem (phone gets stuck in load animation indefinitely regardless of rom flashed)
-Gave up on custom roms so I flashed a rooted stock NE2 rom and phone turned on wooohooooooo
-But wait, no network connection, no voice or data, tried to flash modem zip file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2139889 but it keeps saying zip is corrupt, redownloaded & recopied to SD with the same result.
Now I have a working phone but not so working since I can't place calls. What went wrong? any help is very very appreciated.
Phone works after flashing Alliance ROM but somehow now TWRP recovery is gone and phone is UnRooted which is less than ideal but it works nevertheless...
Now before I go off wasting a whole day flashing & waiting for battery to recharge can anyone please point me in the right direction?
I need to figure out the following:
-Root method that works, I'm on Alliance NE2 now
-Which recovery is best recommended for current ROMs?
-Need a kernel that enables audio features like Direct DAC & upsampling
-ROM that actually works with said Kernel and functions at least 90% with wifi tethering etc.?
Surprised it's this difficult with this phone coming from the S3 which took me no more than an hour first time rooting/flashing.
hhmmm 63 views and nobody able to help?
Currently stuck on this ROM, which is horrible because maps doesn't work well, pandora crashes, UI fc's left & right and to top it off the phone is sluggish in every way possible.
Unified Toolkit not working, drivers installed properly, ADB visible in device manager, debugging enabled yet phone can not be seen by Toolkit.
I really don't want to switch back to my cracked S3 but I'm not left with many options considering my note 2 is barely usable now.
Is anyone out there... there.... ere... ere... ere.....
lol seriously feeling like I'm the only person left in these forums.
Use odin to flash recovery but make sure you uncheck reboot option. Once flashed remove battery and while doing the recovery hotkeys insert battery. Now wipe everything and flash another rom.
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here's what I've done now;
-Flashed newest TWRP via Odin
-Wiped & flashed Rwilco12's NE2
-Rebooted and phone booted yipeeee
-No cellular connection, crap phone i hate you
-Rebooted to recovery & flashed NE2 Modem
-Rebooted again and recovery is now gone
So either I get root but can't use the phone as a PHONE
or I loose Root and get basically the same POS I started with.
I've given up on eye candy, custom rom, custom settings and my expectations have dwindled down to just ANY ROM + Root + Tether yet that can't even be accomplished. I know I'm doing something wrong but at this point I'm over 10 hours into trying to figure this out and have no idea what to do next. Anything?
Finally:
CWM Recovery - OmniROM - Micro Gapps - Devil Kernel - Rooted
In case someone is in my shoes and hating life, I'll save you a lot of headache by telling you that TWRP recovery does not work for 90% of the ROMs that are still available for this phone so use Phil'z CWM
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Finally:
CWM Recovery - OmniROM - Micro Gapps - Devil Kernel - Rooted
In case someone is in my shoes and hating life, I'll save you a lot of headache by telling you that TWRP recovery does not work for 90% of the ROMs that are still available for this phone so use Phil'z CWM
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Twrp 2.8.6.x works for almost every rom but you will find most users recommend philz. I as a wantabe dev will suggest philz 6.0.7.9 expect in a few rare cases with aroma installer needing twrp. Personally I have philz 6.9.7.9, twrp 2.8.6.0, shift dual recovery and devil dual recovery zip on my external sdcard. This way I always have what I need depending on what I am doing.
All this info along with solutions to every problem is here on xda already. It may take some time to find everything but really the users should do his homework before doing anything to the phone anyways.
Also if you read the rom thread (Alliance) you would know why you lost root. Simply put you updated supersu app and binary. It is a known issue on every ne2 based custom rom for this device.
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Hey thanks for the feedback.
Almost everything I tried on twrp failed, when flashing anything I follow all instructions in the OP's first page. In Alliance's case the resolution to the issue does not come up till page 23, I'll just be honest & say I haven't and probably will never read every page of comments before flashing a ROM, 10 pages okay but beyond that it's more trouble than it's worth.
Can that same issue happen with all other ROMs? on Omni I just ran Root Checker & it said not properly installed!
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Hey thanks for the feedback.
Almost everything I tried on twrp failed, when flashing anything I follow all instructions in the OP's first page. In Alliance's case the resolution to the issue does not come up till page 23, I'll just be honest & say I haven't and probably will never read every page of comments before flashing a ROM, 10 pages okay but beyond that it's more trouble than it's worth.
Can that same issue happen with all other ROMs? on Omni I just ran Root Checker & it said not properly installed!
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I will read every page myself even if it takes a week. You say reading it is more trouble than it is worth which is why you had that issue with Alliance. Same goes for your omni issue.
If you don't want to read that is up to you. A google search will normally help with common issues. I dont mind helping but you have to help yourself first. Not to be rude but I wont answer your omni question because you have not looked. Ypir issue is the number 1 issue omni users have.
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won't argue with your opinion as I have my own
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won't argue with your opinion as I have my own
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I see you edited that a bunch. I dont mind helping. I have been helping so far. Now about the omni gps. I only know on possible fix bit it is a pain.
1. Flash stock/stock based rom
2. Get gps lock
3. While locked and in app reboot to recovery
4. Wipe and install aosp rom & gapps or restore aosp backup
Then you might get gps lock.
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reading back I realized some clarity on my part would have been helpful rather than make a general statement.
So the issue with reading 25, 50 or a 100 pages isn't by choice (may have sounded arrogant the way I said it at first) but I work 50 hrs a week, I do work on my home myself, I rent out rooms to students, I have other projects going, etc. so a very very busy lifestyle. Not to mention the daily crap that tends to come up all the time the moment I get home from work so in short, I really can't afford the time to read in that much detail whether I want to or not.
Regardless, by no means am I lazy when it comes to research, notice my post count? yet I've been here since 2009, and since 09 I've had at least 8 different phones (windows phones too) I really try to figure out everything I need on my own so in this case I spent 3 days working on my initial issues, after that I posted this thread which was 8 days ago and had it figured out and finished yesterday (a few bugs aside), that's easily 10 days I spent at least an hour or two a day working on one thing. Surely you understand how frustrating that must begin to feel.
Regarding my last reply, haha I had to delete most of it because I realized I was beginning to take my frustration out on you when in fact you're the only person who actually offered help (still very very thankful) and to top it off I screwed up the rest of the reply when I mentioned GPS, got that mixed up with the topic we were actually discussing (losing root) this happened because I was reading through the GPS issues before I got to your reply and yah mixed it all up, so again apologies for the lack of clarity and thanks for your last reply, it's more straight forward than all the comments I found on that issue.
You won't have to explain anything else I promise haha and I did all this just now but want to verify I did it correctly so I don't come back to it again. After flashing ROM/Gaps/Kernel & supersu, never update supersu after running rom correct?. Root verified as of 30 minutes ago.
GPS, this one is a big big deal because I use it for work but I had already found the answer pretty quickly as I had read something about it before I even flashed Omni.
I do know how frustrating it can be. I have been in worse spots and had to create my own fixes which I have shared here. As far as time goes I understand that being a parent of 7 children.
I am still active here and always willing to help others long as they help themselves also. We seem to have gotten off badly. While some of your post seemed you had done nothing to help yourself. So lets forget earlier stuff and move on.
Yes you seem to have all the steps correct.
FYI android 5.0-5.0.2 all have gps issues but there is a flashable fix. Most new 5.1.1 builds have gps fixed.
If you run into any issues feel free to ask but include steps you have taken to fix the issue. The more you tell the better help you can get. Plus others wont think you are wanting to be spoon fed.
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haha thanks for understanding, very much appreciated.
7 kids??? where do you find the time? my situation does not fare in comparison :laugh:
Now that I've resolved the "failed" issue when flashing ROMs I may be brave enough to test some 5.x.x out, I had stuck to 4.x.x because I was under the impression that they were more stable...
Would you be willing to recommend any specific ROMs based on our discussion?
By the way, I tend to ramble on and on most forums that's a bit faux pas so I've sorta been conditioned to keep it sweet & short, clearly that is a bad approach on here, we live & learn
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haha thanks for understanding, very much appreciated.
7 kids??? where do you find the time? my situation does not fare in comparison :laugh:
Now that I've resolved the "failed" issue when flashing ROMs I may be brave enough to test some 5.x.x out, I had stuck to 4.x.x because I was under the impression that they were more stable...
Would you be willing to recommend any specific ROMs based on our discussion?
By the way, I tend to ramble on and on most forums that's a bit faux pas so I've sorta been conditioned to keep it sweet & short, clearly that is a bad approach on here, we live & learn
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Well I personally have a Frankenstein device. It started out as a sprint l900 but I removed the sdcard/sim board and put a n7100 board so I can use a cricket sim. This causes issues with calls on aosp so I run modified t0lte (n7105 international) roms.
As far as 5.1.1 roms I personally build 2. First is CyanideL (highly modified cm base) and broken (a highly modified slimroms base). Those two are really the only two worth flashing. There is also cm and I think a liquid rom but they don't have the features of the two I compile.
If you want a stock based rom I did the Community Rom (s5/n3 based) which is stable with only two issues. Spen clipping does not work and updating suoersu causes loss of root.
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As far as 5.1.1 roms I personally build 2. First is CyanideL (highly modified cm base) and broken (a highly modified slimroms base). Those two are really the only two worth flashing. There is also cm and I think a liquid rom but they don't have the features of the two I compile, I believe Phill'z CWM download link is down as well.
If you want a stock based rom I did the Community Rom (s5/n3 based) which is stable with only two issues. Spen clipping does not work and updating suoersu causes loss of root.
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wow CyanideL is you, how did I miss that?? looking at too many ROMs is how I suppose...
Going to CyanideL asap. Seriously thank you for keeping the CyanideL thread up to date, it drove me crazy to read & read & read in ROM threads for a while until I decided "okey let's give this one a try" only to find out that the download links are broken or the files are no longer there, had that issue with Omni till I found comparable files on another website (gapps I think it was) and Phill'z CWM thread has a dead end download link as well.
I was really really wanting CyanideL to work for me last week (when I was having the flashing issue) and was so bummed out every time I failed to flash it. I plan to make a donation as soon as I get it working, I feel like I owe you simply for the time you've spent on my thread alone and of course I love supporting people who support families :highfive:
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wow CyanideL is you, how did I miss that?? looking at too many ROMs is how I suppose...
Going to CyanideL asap. Seriously thank you for keeping the CyanideL thread up to date, it drove me crazy to read & read & read in ROM threads for a while until I decided "okey let's give this one a try" only to find out that the download links are broken or the files are no longer there, had that issue with Omni till I found comparable files on another website (gapps I think it was) and Phill'z CWM thread has a dead end download link as well.
I was really really wanting CyanideL to work for me last week (when I was having the flashing issue) and was so bummed out every time I failed to flash it. I plan to make a donation as soon as I get it working, I feel like I owe you simply for the time you've spent on my thread alone and of course I love supporting people who support families :highfive:
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Well the donation would be nice but understand when you hit my donation button/link it will take ypu to the Red Cross donation site. That is not a mistake. I personally dont take donations and feel of someone wants to donate something it should go where it can be used by those who need it.
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Hello! Pretty new in XDA forum and I have a couple of questions and concerns. I was browsing through some threads and I was wondering if I could get some opinion/help from other members.
I have a second phone that I want to mod and I need some help.
Device: Samsung Galaxy S4 (ROOTED)
Model#: SGH-M919
Android Version: 4.4.4
Baseband: M919UVUFNK2
It's an old phone and lately, it's been running really slow and if possible, I'd like to make it run as if it was brand new or at least somewhat close. So the question is, are there any recommended stable roms/mods I could use and if there are/is, will I be able to use it with my rooted phone or do I have to completely factory reset it before I apply the mods/roms?
Thank you!
Hi @Mr.LinK,
Just yesterday I finally got sick of my M919 slow/battery drain/old stuff and decided it was time for a reset. I was running SlimKat from over a year ago and while it was a great ROM, I had accumulated so much crap that it was getting really bogged down. This just happens over time no matter what OS, no fault to Slim. But I was also looking to move to Lollipop. Here's what I did:
1. Backed up using several methodologies (full backup with TWRP just in case, then from Android I backed stuff up with Helium, and used Backup My Mobile for SMS/MMS etc., an EFS backup just in case, etc..)
2. From within Android, did a factory reset. This sent the phone into recovery, and it formatted the data partition.
3. Rebooted to recovery again, and used TWRP to manually format the media section, just in case something was left there. Then wiped everything except the external SD.
4. Used ODIN to flash the OH3 firmware onto my MDL M919, without letting reboot after (unchecked the reboot checkbox). Pulled battery, rebooted back into download mode again, and flashed OH3 a second time... this gets around some instance people have reported about incomplete upgrades of firmware and all sorts of issues... better safe than sorry.
5. Let phone boot into now 100 % stock OH3 Android 4.4.4. YEEEUKKK. Some part of me thought I would just root the thing and get rid of Samsung crapware, but just the sheer annoyance of the T-Mobile boot animation was enough to remind me why I left stock long ago. Anyway, I let it boot, and set it up minimally with just 1 Google account, not restoring from backup. To my surprise it found the ATT network (I'm an ATT user, not T-Mobile... I just prefer T-Mo phones because they have unlocked bootloaders) and APN no problem no effort from me. Usually I have to enter an APN.
6. I tested the phone out to make sure all systems were working. GPS, WIFI, Bluetooth, etc.. To my surprise, first time I ran the camera app, it applied a firmware patch. Sweet. I'm glad I went through this step. Coming from ancient MDL, I figured there might be some kinks like this. I let it sit on stock for a few hours while I did stuff with my kids.
7. Back home, I did a factory reset from within Android. Then I flashed the latest TWRP tar file (2.8.7.0) using ODIN, and in TWRP did a full wipe of everything again.
8. At this point I flashed Danvdh's GPE edition of Lollipop from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539361
Installation went smoothly. It's a very basic set of apps that it comes with (Google play is there, but you have to download email/messaging apps from the store such as Gmail and Messaging, Maps, etc). I like this approach!
I've been gradually setting things back up, and am very happy with things so far. Haven't run into any problems yet. The nice pure GPE android experience is refreshing.
@Frankenscript Thanks for the information. I was reading the linked thread and it looks really good so I'll give it a try
Mr.LinK said:
@Frankenscript Thanks for the information. I was reading the linked thread and it looks really good so I'll give it a try
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Good luck and let us know how it goes!
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Good luck and let us know how it goes!
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I just completely flashed my phone with the ROM and I'm pretty happy with the outcome. No bloatware feels so nice. I've been tinkering with it for a while now and I haven't encountered any problems so far but I did notice that model number changed to GT-I9505G. I'm assuming that's normal since the rom is based off of another variant which makes sense, correct me if I'm wrong. Will this complicate future updates or other rom installation? If so, are there any ways of reverting back to the original model number?
Mr.LinK said:
I just completely flashed my phone with the ROM and I'm pretty happy with the outcome. No bloatware feels so nice. I've been tinkering with it for a while now and I haven't encountered any problems so far but I did notice that model number changed to GT-I9505G. I'm assuming that's normal since the rom is based off of another variant which makes sense, correct me if I'm wrong. Will this complicate future updates or other rom installation? If so, are there any ways of reverting back to the original model number?
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I'm pretty sure we can change the reported model number by modifying the build.prop file. I just haven't poked around with it yet... I did ask the question in the thread and am waiting for a reply. I haven't had to do this kind of thing for over a year, and I forget the build.prop key that does it. But I had some concern that it might bork something else down the road so I decided to wait a bit. IT's just a cosmetic thing and I'm SOOO enjoying the experience right now.
Two little things I'm still fishing around for answers to:
-In the drop down quick access menu, I wish there was a sound/vibrate/mute toggle. I can make one with PowerToggles but maybe there's a way to adjust what's in the native one.
-Really silly, but the power off button when pressed just seems to ... power off the phone!? No option for restart / recovery. Maybe there's an option to set this somewhere; haven't checked.
Still, these are all minor things to sort out. Really, I think I'm very sold on GPE editions now thanks to Danvdh's work.
Marc
Just an update, my phone just rebooted twice in the last 5 mins or so. Was watching on my netflix and it randomly rebooted. Any idea what's causing it and how to prevent it from happening?
Mr.LinK said:
Just an update, my phone just rebooted twice in the last 5 mins or so. Was watching on my netflix and it randomly rebooted. Any idea what's causing it and how to prevent it from happening?
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Haven't seen random reboots. I think I got maybe one reboot since installing the ROM. Then again, I haven't put NF on the phone. I do know that Netflix app had some issues on my Shield tablet, and the manufacturer (Nvidia) came out with a patch... maybe it's something general in Lollipop?
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Two little things I'm still fishing around for answers to:
-In the drop down quick access menu, I wish there was a sound/vibrate/mute toggle. I can make one with PowerToggles but maybe there's a way to adjust what's in the native one.
-Really silly, but the power off button when pressed just seems to ... power off the phone!? No option for restart / recovery. Maybe there's an option to set this somewhere; haven't checked.
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Both if those can be fixed with Xposed modules.
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Will look into doing this in a week or so. Thanks
Sent back in time via Android 9.0 TimeText feature.
Hi all,
i need to reinstall my android phone (Galaxy W I8150) due to an error with google play. I'm currently running android 2.3.6 I8150XXLMI. While researching how to reset my phone i found CryanogenMod and this forum. Despite some basic knowledge on windows OS and how to reset them even after 4h of research im quite lost with the different possibilitys and methodes.
1) If i want to install CM which version should i use? (10, 11, 12.1?) Are there any advantages/disadvantages to the versions.
2) Is there a tutorial video you can recomend? I found several but as a complete newb in android moding, i can't judge how trustworthy they are.
Thanks in advance
Chris
I think that no one will answer you, so as fellow beginner user I'll write you a few suggestions.
There is an overview of i8150 ROMs which could be useful for you choosing one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-w/development#romList
A few months ago I also decided to switch from factory installed to custom ROM, and very easily I got into troubles (soft bricked phone, here is my current situation: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-w/help/bricked-dead-upload-stock-rom-odin-t3294141). There are several MUST DO points in that process, so be very careful not to miss one, and be very cautious. Some ROMs are not compatible with some recoveries. There are several guides here which should be red first, so take your time, be patient. One of starting guides is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941028
And, stick to the i8150 guides/Q&A, you can learn there a lot about device specific issues.
Good luck!
The most confusing part about all of these is when you google. Why? Because you get all sorts of correct, wrong, out-of-date and downright useless, etc answers.
4h of research? I probably spent a lot more than 4 days. (so Ok, I'm slow ...).
With the latest apps, 2.3.6 is no longer usable. I jumped to 4.4.4 Kitkat, CM 11. There's some improvement in CM11, but it's also laggy as heck in other areas. An stability is also a question. YMMV. I installed an app to schedule reboot daily, and that helped noticeably. That kept going for a while, but the lagging problem became worse as I installed, and uninstalled, more apps.
Then I tried CM12. Guess what, gapps doesn't work. I don't care about all the other Gapps, but without Google Play, the smart-phone is useless.
And I went back to CM11. I suspect if you use only the basic apps and features, and make/receive phone calls/emails/whatsapp, it should work fine. So should CM10 and CM12. (without Google apps)
But I've also decided, I'm going to get a new phone.
Thanks, that helped a lot
anyone tried CM10?
Wanted to keep a thread for each one opinion on custom roms and why do you choose the rom you are using?
i have tried al custom roms and i always love to flash different ones,
What do you notice regarding stability? performance? battery ? bugs? etc in the rom you are using.
Love to hear all your opinions on this matter.
last time i flashed a custom ROM 10years ago. No need to flash anything since. All factory stock.
All i did for every phone is bloatware removal via ADB
I've only ever used the stock rom since I've had this phone. Using A11, A12 and now A13.
Only 1 annoyances during my time with this phone and stock ROM. ( Camera related blue light bleeding in a very bright artificially lit scenario )
Always stock rom with Root these days
Holy smokes. It's ok to not answer a question if it doesn't apply. Pardon my double negative.
I've been contemplating moving on from to stock to custom, when I came across this thread and thought, well this will be great; several viewpoints about several custom roms, but instead came across a few responses that didn't answer the question that was asked.
It's hard to sift though the roms' threads because, in most cases, you'll see "this is a great rom, everything works perfectly", almost immediately followed by "stuck in a boot loop", "looks like msm again", or "xyz is borked, please fix".
So, to reiterate og's question, what are the thoughts on the custom roms (not stock) for the 1+9pro (not a device from your past)?
Nameless seems to be the most stable out of the custom roms, but lacks more in depth customization. CrDroid and Watchdog are better for customization, but more features usually means more bugs.
I've tried tons of the roms on here and will probably continue to do so as stock OOS just doesn't do it for me. Battery isn't ideal, and aesthetically it's hard to configure to what I like. It definitely works for a lot of people as it has many features and is mostly stable.
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Nameless seems to be the most stable out of the custom roms, but lacks more in depth customization. CrDroid and Watchdog are better for customization, but more features usually means more bugs.
I've tried tons of the roms on here and will probably continue to do so as stock OOS just doesn't do it for me. Battery isn't ideal, and aesthetically it's hard to configure to what I like. It definitely works for a lot of people as it has many features and is mostly stable.
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You favor nameless I'm guessing?
It depends on the day honestly. I have a disease, haha. As of right now that's what I'm using. But I'm sure I will flash something else here in the next week.
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It depends on the day honestly. I have a disease, haha. As of right now that's what I'm using. But I'm sure I will flash something else here in the next week.
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I'm currently on stag os 13, beta from october with a pair of important bugs... however probably I will flash another one tomorrow. I have to decide first which one xD
However I would ask you what are the steps now for flashing another android 13 rom, considering I'm on android 13 and I prefer not do a clean install (dont want to do any wipes as I have my phone tweaked and fully oriented for privacy)
Los20 Google free
Without gapps, store and ps apps
been on nameless for about 6 months, no complaints
Running my own fork of LineageOS 19 with features cherry-picked from other ROMs (nothing against them but I don't need the extra 30 fazillion features they offer when a handful of features I want does the job just fine). Once LineageOS 20 builds resume with fixes for some of the major issues in place (see the LOS 20 thread for OP9Pro), I'll be upgrading to the New Hotness (I've already made the necessary changes and tested them on my OP7Pro test phone, I'm just waiting for the all-clear for the OP9Pro).
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I'm currently on stag os 13, beta from october with a pair of important bugs... however probably I will flash another one tomorrow. I have to decide first which one xD
However I would ask you what are the steps now for flashing another android 13 rom, considering I'm on android 13 and I prefer not do a clean install (dont want to do any wipes as I have my phone tweaked and fully oriented for privacy)
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Oof, that's a tough one. You could *attempt* to do a dirty flash of the rom you're wanting to flash. Although, I wouldn't recommend. I've read that people do it with little side effects, but I've also seen people with lots of bugs.
What I typically do is use swiftbackup for SMS and apps, then just restore those on the new rom. But, depending on what tweaks you've applied, that might make things more difficult. As far as I know, there's not a way to restore everything, especially if the tweaks are specific to the rom. Maybe someone else might know a way?
I kept mine as stock w/root since I got it. Just reflashed and I was blown away with how much nicer it feels. Even with the amount of work I'd done to kill bloatware, background processes, etc on the stock rom.
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Oof, that's a tough one. You could *attempt* to do a dirty flash of the rom you're wanting to flash. Although, I wouldn't recommend. I've read that people do it with little side effects, but I've also seen people with lots of bugs.
What I typically do is use swiftbackup for SMS and apps, then just restore those on the new rom. But, depending on what tweaks you've applied, that might make things more difficult. As far as I know, there's not a way to restore everything, especially if the tweaks are specific to the rom. Maybe someone else might know a way?
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thanks for your answer mate
I didn't touch anything specific to the rom nor kernel. Only much app config and some processes freezing.
So I will save apps+data with my old friend titanium backup pro, don't know another method to do :/
By the way, I will lose root if I do clean flash or can I save that any way?
I guess a clean flash instructions should be something like this?
Extract recovery package zip
Reboot to bootloader & connect your phone to PC
Double click on flash.bat
Reboot to recovery home page & tap Factory reset > Format data/factory reset
Back to recovery home page & tap > Apply update > Apply from ADB
Now sideload rom using command adb sideload <rom_filename>.zip
Now reboot to system.
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thanks for your answer mate
I didn't touch anything specific to the rom nor kernel. Only much app config and some processes freezing.
So I will save apps+data with my old friend titanium backup pro, don't know another method to do :/
By the way, I will lose root if I do clean flash or can I save that any way?
I guess a clean flash instructions should be something like this?
Extract recovery package zip
Reboot to bootloader & connect your phone to PC
Double click on flash.bat
Reboot to recovery home page & tap Factory reset > Format data/factory reset
Back to recovery home page & tap > Apply update > Apply from ADB
Now sideload rom using command adb sideload <rom_filename>.zip
Now reboot to system.
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Of course, glad I could contribute. Swiftbackup will do data for apps as well, but titanium backup should work too if that's what you prefer.
Yep, there's a couple ways to do it, and that will work. As far as root, you will definitely lose it, but you can either sideload magisk:
- download magisk APK and rename to .zip file
- after sideloading rom finishes, reboot to recovery
- sideload magisk.zip
Or
- follow root guide on this forum
Tried about every rom posted that I can find. A lot of nice roms, depends on what you want for customization. The one I prefer is Xtended. Been back and forth since A11 each one a little nicer. The latest -- v5 is best for me. I always go back to it. Currently on stock OOS13. Not all that bad with little tweaking. My disappointment is the lack of kernel development for the phone after A11. I guess the sources released by OnePlus a mess. Waiting for Ancient to be released. Could be nice.
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Of course, glad I could contribute. Swiftbackup will do data for apps as well, but titanium backup should work too if that's what you prefer.
Yep, there's a couple ways to do it, and that will work. As far as root, you will definitely lose it, but you can either sideload magisk:
- download magisk APK and rename to .zip file
- after sideloading rom finishes, reboot to recovery
- sideload magisk.zip
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- follow root guide on this forum
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really appreciate your help man, I had forgotten the steps to do root in only 3 months hahaha, my memory is awesome
I followed the method u mention and worked fine
For my words seems I am a newbie but only old hahahah, don't blame on me. I'm on this world of customization/tweaking phones since the old htc one and the first iPhone, so every day it costs me more as I increase my laziness year every passing year xD
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really appreciate your help man, I had forgotten the steps to do root in only 3 months hahaha, my memory is awesome
I followed the method u mention and worked fine
For my words seems I am a newbie but only old hahahah, don't blame on me. I'm on this world of customization/tweaking phones since the old htc one and the first iPhone, so every day it costs me more as I increase my laziness year every passing year xD
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Haha, glad I could help! Memory is my biggest downfall as well, so you're not alone lol
Other backup options I like - tarb and Neo Backup. Swift I don't like because it only stores the latest backup, and the google play tied licensing is annoying when bouncing between various devices.
Used to love titanium backup but it never works successfully for me anymore