I see lots of posts here asking how to revert back to MIUI. So decided to make a poll.
You can additionally comment what made you revert back to MIUI.
Or what made you stay with your custom ROM.
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Just finished unlocking, rooting and getting my GeNex all dialed.
After all that work (I had some trouble but managed to figure it out after several frustrating hours) I am definitely ready to reward myself with a new ROM.
From what I can tell there doesn't appear to be that many.
Any recommendations on a good one to start with?
My first instinct is to go with Android Revolution HD based on the amount of pages on that thread.
I would recommend either as you say ARHD or Modaco's custom ROM's there both good ROM's and well supported. I'd also suggest if you want OC/UV then use a custom Kernel with either ROM..
Personally Im using Modaco's ROM with Francos Kernel. Both can be found in the Dev section..
Happy flashing.
P.s make a Nandroid of your stock ROM incase you ever want to return to stock.
Thanks, mklass!
First thing I did when I got CWM on there was nandroid. Thanks for the info. I haven't seen the Modaco yet so I'll check that out for sure.
Any news or rumors on MIUI 4??
I had a couple of questions regarding Themes and Theming.
I have flashed a couple different themes over the ROM I am running with no issues whatsoever. I was wondering, if I ever wanted to revert back to the basic theme that came with the ROM, what is the easiest way to do this?
Also, if I wanted to learn more about theming and how to do it myself, where is the best place to find information on the basics and how to start? Thanks.
Chochiwpg said:
I had a couple of questions regarding Themes and Theming.
I have flashed a couple different themes over the ROM I am running with no issues whatsoever. I was wondering, if I ever wanted to revert back to the basic theme that came with the ROM, what is the easiest way to do this?
Also, if I wanted to learn more about theming and how to do it myself, where is the best place to find information on the basics and how to start? Thanks.
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easiest way to revert from what i know is to reflash your rom
unless theres a revert on the themes thread.
basics of theming you can start here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506177
Chochiwpg said:
I had a couple of questions regarding Themes and Theming.
I have flashed a couple different themes over the ROM I am running with no issues whatsoever. I was wondering, if I ever wanted to revert back to the basic theme that came with the ROM, what is the easiest way to do this?
Also, if I wanted to learn more about theming and how to do it myself, where is the best place to find information on the basics and how to start? Thanks.
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Usually what you do is to nandroid your stock and if you want to revert back, you restore the nandroid. If you don't have one of stock, you could try reflashing the ROM without wiping. It would restore all the old frameworks. I haven't tried this personally but I don't see why it wouldn't work. Nandroid before you try flashing the original ROM over yours.
To get started, master and slave has two theming tutorials over in themes and apps that are stickied.
im looking to flash a custom rom any recommendation for some roms id greatly appreciated
lilbeast said:
im looking to flash a custom rom any recommendation for some roms id greatly appreciated
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I myself have been thoroughly enjoying INFAMOUS S4. It has the features I need, is faster than stock, and is very stable with great battery life. Just did a full backup of 3.3 and upgrading to 3.4 as I type this
~Eric
does INFAMOUS S4 rom get rid of the bloatware?
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does INFAMOUS S4 rom get rid of the bloatware?
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Sure does. They also have a zip with the bloat should you require it for some reason.
~Eric
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im looking to flash a custom rom any recommendation for some roms id greatly appreciated
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Instead of giving you a particular ROM suggestion, I'll give you the best way to find the one that best suits you. First, you have to decide what features you want. If you want all the smart stays, the air move, and the other Samsung stuff, you definitely want TouchWiz. If you want a (negligibly) more responsive feel that's more barebones and to the core of Android, go with one based on/around CyanogenMod (or even the Google Edition). Before flashing any new ROMs I'd spend at least an hour reading through both the Android Development and Original Android development sections. You don't have to read every page of every thread, but at the very least read the OP. You should know within the 1st page what features are included, whether it's TouchWiz or not, if it's themed, etc. Most of the TW ROMs are already debloated and will say so in the OP. The CM bases have no carrier bloat at all. If it interests you, take a look at the last few pages. The reason you want to read the last few pages is to get a feel of what bugs are present. As the ROMs get updated and the threads grow, chances are that problems reported on the 3rd page aren't going to be relevant on page 26. If you try one you like, make a nandroid backup of it and keep the backup updated: that way, if another one pops up that you want to try, or you just feel adventurous and want something new, you'll have your backup(s) and can much more easily surf between ROMs if you so desire.
I've gone through Wicked, Jedi, Infamous S4, Infamous Google Edition, and Alpha roms. Personally, I liked Jamison's Infamous roms the best. I'm currently on his Alpha rom, which is based on the international phone's firmware(or something like that?) and has no wifi calling. But it's pretty smooth. Currently Jamison seems to be the fastest on updating all three of his roms, so if you want continual added features/bug fixes go with any of his roms. Wicked was very nice and stable when I used it, but I got flash-happy and couldn't stick with it since he updates like once a month. In the end it's all up to you though.
P.S. The Infamous S4 and Alpha roms recently have had the Samsung apps added back in, not sure why cos I haven't really read all the posts in the thread. You can easily remove them yourself though.
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Members are expected to do the research and read through the ROM threads in development before flashing software that will drastically alter their $700 device.
I have poked around a little, but haven't really seen what I am after. I am trying to find a ROM that is basically stock, but has the bloatware pulled out, cleaned up, performance tweaked, possibly deodexed, etc. Just a "clean base" to get me going. Is there anything like that floating around that I simply missed?
EDIT: I meant to say "stock" as in stock Samsung, not Google/AOSP/etc.
EDIT #2: I guess really I don't mind the Google/AOSP ROMs (in fact I like a lot of it better), I just want the stock camera app and wifi calling. I had the CyanogenMod nightlys installed for a couple days, I really liked that, but I also really missed the stock camera application and wifi calling.
Wifi calling is only going to be on roms cooked for t-mobile only, the other roms will not have that option.
What you are looking for is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261013 This is what I am on and it works great. This is the stock rom de-odexed with a script you run to remove the bloat. Follow instructions closely because you do not perform a full wipe. You just flash the de-odexed rom over your existing stock rom.
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Hello - I just flashed CM13 on my nexus 5x. It's working quite well, but I'm wondering two things:
1) when there are Android OTA updates, will I get them? Will I have to reflash a newer build of CM?
2) Is CM regarded as one of, if not the most stable, developed ROM in general? I realize that may be a bit of an opinionated question, but I'll take the chance that it's not, and that it has a fairly clear answer.
Thanks!
First of all, this thread belongs to Q/A section. Not Android Development section.
Secondly, CM has an updater app, that downloads latest nightlies upon ur choice and you can
move them from data partition to internal storage. Then boot to recovery and dirty flash them.
Unless there are huge changes from one nightly to another, you can just dirty flash (no wipes).
If u are using any addons, like gapps, kernels etc, you have to flash them again, after new cm build.
As for stability, you have to flash the rom , use it and decide for yourself.
A quick search could have been usefull. Have a look at this thread ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/official-cyanogenmod-13-released-t3256254
Hope this helps.
And please request moderator to move this thread to q/a section. cheers.
Wrong section. This should go in Q&A.
1. You will not get official OTAs. CM releases their own updates.
2. In my experience CM based ROMs for the 5X have been buggy compared to stock and AOSP based ROMs.
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I also would not recommend CM at this point in time. It runs like crap compared to stock or AOSP based ROMs for me. I gave it a fair shake and ran it for a couple weeks, but since flashing to Pure Nexus last week I've noticed a huge difference in how my device performs.
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Back to stock baby. Sorry for putting this in the wrong category by the way. I'm not really a power user, I just figured flashing CM would improve the performance of my phone. I love incredible performance in a phone, computer, or whatever. But, ultimately, I just ran this dog back to stock using instructions I found here!
Thanks all. I appreciate the input!
stock is great, but I'd have to say my favorite rom has been PureNexus, since it's stock stable but with added features.
this compared to CM, OxygenOS, and stock Android M