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[ROM] (4/26/12) Magnolia X 1.0 |1.28.707.10|Stable, Simple, Smooth|

Magnolia X 1.0 Initial Release (4/26/2012)
I have paused development of this ROm while I work on my own tweaks app, a skin and CM style notification toggle. I will be back up in a week or so. Please feel fre to try the ROM, below, but just be aware it is pretty bare-bones right now. It is still very smooth, snappy and stable, however.
This is the initial release of my One X ROM. My focus is on stable, smooth and simple ROMs - the kind I use myself on a daily basis. If you like flashy, super tweaked ROMs, this may not be for you. This is just an initial base ROM that I will be building from, as I get more into the device and possibilities for modding. There is MUCH more to come, including CM-Style Notification Toggles (j4n87 beat me to quick settings...) and my full matte Rosie theme, which HTC seems to have partially taken for sense 4.0... (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16944397&postcount=1)
If you like the ROM, please hit the thanks button...!
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FEATURES
Based on Latest OTA update for Asia WWE 1.28.707.10;
Unsecured stock kernel with edits for init.d, nano text editing, etc;
Tegra3 power mngmt fixed and full GPU rendering, courtesy of the great mike1986;
All bloatware and extraneous images, etc. removed;
My own blend of init.d scripts (combined into one script) for stable and smooth performance;
Semi-transparent notifications bar (app drawer to come once m10 tools done);
Recent apps key remapped to settings, long press home key for recent apps (this does NOT have the volume key media mod, as I can't stand it);
Simple extended power menu mod, just has the additional reboot functions (NOT part of a tweaks program);
All widgets & app shortcuts, except the weather clock, removed from home screens on first boot so you don't have to waste time removing them...
PNGs in main graphics apks (com.htc.resources, framework-res, Rosie, etc.) optimized;
More I can't remember...
Known Issues
After first boot graphics on notifications bar gimped, this goes away after another reboot;
All gapps may not be perfectly up-to-date...;
Installation Instructions
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP!!!
It is best, but not absolutely necessary, to have the latest 1.28.707.10 firmware on your device. If you already have the latest firmware, ignore the following. If you don't, do this:
- re-lock your bootloader (reboot to fastboot and type "fastboot oem lock" in terminal/command prompt),
- flash the 1.26.707.2 RUU (here),
- install the OTA update when you are prompted to,
- unlock bootloader at htcdev.com,
- flash CWM recovery (see this forum for the thread), and you are set to go...
Flash the boot.img linked to below by placing the "boot.img" in the same folder as your fastboot file, booting into fastboot and then typing "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (in OS X, you can place the boot.img in your home folder);
No need to wipe anything as flashing this ROM will wipe everything for you, including data --- I REPEAT, FLASHING THIS ROM WILL WIPE EVERYTHING, INCLUDING YOUR DATA!!! This will NOT happen in future versions (although I always suggest a full wipe before flashing);
Flash the ROM in CWM recovery;
Let things settle down, sync, etc.;
Enjoy, and post feedback, suggestions in the thread....
Downloads
boot.img (FLASH FIRST!!)
Mirror 1 (Goo-IM): http://tinyw.in/HwgY
Mirror 2 (MediaFire): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6d4n0tsqnkk5t1o
MD5: f0c09cc279256ddf591d75c1f3e0aa80
ROM
Mirror 1 (Dev-Host): http://d-h.st/5BI
Mirror 2 (FileFactory):http://www.filefactory.com/file/xc5oxx6vsa1/n/Magnolia_X_1_0.zip
Mirror 3 (Dropbox): http://bit.ly/Ic6i6o
MD5: 3669bf4c13795b4868b57a4d34aa44d9
Thanks & Credits
Mike1986 for spotting the tegra3 power screw up and for the full GPU mod;
j4n87, |||bored|||, Chingy and blubbers for the code that I based my key remaps and power menu tweaks off of (coded them myself, but these were the models);
Goo Inside Me for hosting my ROMs for free;
XDA and all its devs for being awesome;
If I missed anyone else, it was UNINTENTIONAL, and a PM will see things set straight!
WARNING
While I have tested this ROM extensively, I cannot guarantee that it is free from bugs and/or will not harm your device. Accordingly, YOU FLASH THE ROM LINKED TO IN THIS POST AT YOU OWN RISK. I cannot and will not be held responsible in any way for anything that may happen to you, your device or others as a direct or indirect result of flashing the ROM linked to in this post.

Changelog
This is the initial release...

Just in case
This is for the inevitable other stuff that comes up later on...

Hello Nice to see another dev....
I think you are uploading ?... Must wait for download....

JEZ69 said:
Hello Nice to see another dev....
I think you are uploading ?... Must wait for download....
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Nope. It's up. Mediafire just stinks. I am working on a better mirror, but giving me a hard time...

Thank s to reply
Ok don t worry ....we will wait ...just happy to test new rom
Just one question the screen scrolling lags are gone with this Rom?

no longer with verizon
nice work though sk806

nitsuj17 said:
no longer with verizon
nice work though sk806
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My tablet is Verizon, well one of them...I have been travelling for work a lot and vzw is not great for that. I also still have my rezound.
I am pondering whether to release my rezound Rom....
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

So tell me why should i use yours?
and not the others`?

will be testing this tonight...

hyundai2010 said:
So tell me why should i use yours?
and not the others`?
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I have no idea. Do what makes you happy.....
Oh, and this is based on the RUU for Asian WWE units, so there may be some nice synergies for those, like me, who don't have an EU device.
Steve

hyundai2010 said:
So tell me why should i use yours?
and not the others`?
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here's some reasons:
1. because you can
2. why not?
3. that rosie theme mod that you read about in the OP right?

sk806 said:
I have no idea. Do what makes you happy.....
Oh, and this is based on the RUU for Asian WWE units, so there may be some nice synergies for those, like me, who don't have an EU device.
Steve
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By asian WWE units....do you mean batches made in china? I have the SH23 batch...may try this out.
Also, do you have screen flicker issue on light grey colors?

JEZ69 said:
Thank s to reply
Ok don t worry ....we will wait ...just happy to test new rom
Just one question the screen scrolling lags are gone with this Rom?
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I put up a dropbox mirror for now. Will also have filefactory in a bit. Wonder why Goo.im isn't working for me....
Oh, and I see no lag in scrolling, although I think we really need to flatten the 3D effect some. I know it's supposed to be better than 3.5, but I am getting seasick. I have integrated the 3.5 "ultrasmooth" mod into it (my test rom, not this release), but HTC changed the code where the "smooth" part of the mod goes, so it's not quite there. I am still trying to figure out how it all works in sense 4.0...
Steve

thanks for mirroir ....testing will start

pewpewbangbang said:
By asian WWE units....do you mean batches made in china? I have the SH23 batch...may try this out.
Also, do you have screen flicker issue on light grey colors?
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Yes, that is what I mean. Serial numbers that start with SH23. However, I especially mean those who have the 1.2x.707.x firmware, which, I understand, is quite a lot of people...
No screen flicker issues with light gray, but I have noticed it when you are using the still camera outside and move around...pictures still fine, but kind of annoying.

sk806 said:
Yes, that is what I mean. Serial numbers that start with SH23. However, I especially mean those who have the 1.2x.707.x firmware, which, I understand, is quite a lot of people...
No screen flicker issues with light gray, but I have noticed it when you are using the still camera outside and move around...pictures still fine, but kind of annoying.
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Is firmware the build number? My first HTC device haha....have had samsung for like my past 3 androids. All the Galaxy basically.
Im running ARHD and im guessing my build number/RUU is 1.28.401.9, is that firmware? I'll probably do a backup and try out your ROM later today.

pewpewbangbang said:
Is firmware the build number? My first HTC device haha....have had samsung for like my past 3 androids. All the Galaxy basically.
Im running ARHD and im guessing my build number/RUU is 1.28.401.9, is that firmware? I'll probably do a backup and try out your ROM later today.
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Firmware is different. Generally an RUU or OTA update will have a separate package that installs firmware, which is basically what makes your hardware work (this is simplifying a great deal), while the ROM, through the kernel, is the software that works with the firmware/hardware. So, for instance, a firmware package might change your radio, while a ROM will not. I have run ROMs meant for the EU firmware on my phone just fine...I have the dreaded "No CID" version, so I can't switch firmware to the EU version.
Hope this helps.
Steve

sk806 said:
Firmware is different. Generally an RUU or OTA update will have a separate package that installs firmware, which is basically what makes your hardware work (this is simplifying a great deal), while the ROM, through the kernel, is the software that works with the firmware/hardware. So, for instance, a firmware package might change your radio, while a ROM will not. I have run ROMs meant for the EU firmware on my phone just fine...I have the dreaded "No CID" version, so I can't switch firmware to the EU version.
Hope this helps.
Steve
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hmm I have no CID also....well about to try out ur ROM
how exactly do u check firmware also then?

sk806 said:
I put up a dropbox mirror for now. Will also have filefactory in a bit. Wonder why Goo.im isn't working for me....
Oh, and I see no lag in scrolling, although I think we really need to flatten the 3D effect some. I know it's supposed to be better than 3.5, but I am getting seasick. I have integrated the 3.5 "ultrasmooth" mod into it (my test rom, not this release), but HTC changed the code where the "smooth" part of the mod goes, so it's not quite there. I am still trying to figure out how it all works in sense 4.0...
Steve
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I m still testing and everything goes ok...Nice job...
Have you tweaks rosies?...because it s run with less lag...
I m with eu firmware 1.28.409.1 and flash was ok ...no probleme
Thank s

Samsung S4 Mini LTE i9195 - Stock ROM with Stagefright Security Fix

Just upgraded to the latest Stock ROM for Europe I9195XXUCOH2:
samsung-firmware.org/model/GT-I9195/
samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9195
sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9195
When running Stagefright Detector it only shows the following red vulnerability:
CVE 2015 6602 - Requires clicking a web-link, that opens video in the web-browser.
P.S. Had to flash twice as the baseband didn't upgrade the first time, and caused WIFI not to work (Would not turn on).
P.P.S. Used the O2-UK ROM and it changes the bootup-screen and also replaces the Google App Store with its own. Had to manually install Google App Store.

Gives me hope that there will be a fix later for stage fright v2. Though this release was 1 and half months after it was compiled so.... Also the fact O2 has released this but Samsung has yet to release the updated unbranded software is a bit of bull. Phone manufacturers and Google need to get their ass in gear..

Just updated to I9195XXUCOI5 (Spanish), and now Stagefright Detector shows all tests as green.
Also the bootup-screen is back to normal, along with the Google App Store.

Did you (have to) factory reset after flashing?

nick_white said:
Did you (have to) factory reset after flashing?
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I flashed on top of my existing 4.4.2. Stock ROM, and just had to re-root.
But I guess it would be a good idea to make a backup of text-messages and other stuff.

Hi. My phone was rooted and when i checked it through stagefright except two all were red. And after i saw your comment., i flashed my phone but with original stock rom. and did reset and everything. Still same options are red.

syednawaz said:
Hi. My phone was rooted and when i checked it through stagefright except two all were red. And after i saw your comment., i flashed my phone but with original stock rom. and did reset and everything. Still same options are red.
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Guess I have a special phone, or maybe something went wrong when flashing. Just re-verified that I have the latest version of stagefright detector from Google App Store, and all tests are green.

snakefoot said:
Just updated to I9195XXUCOI5 (Spanish), and now Stagefright Detector shows all tests as green.
Also the bootup-screen is back to normal, along with the Google App Store.
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Going to try this tonight when I get home. Currently running the UK O2 firmware, but all but one of the patches shows green. Fingers crossed this new Spanish ROM will be green across the board.
This has really p!&&ed me off! Android phone manufacturers are sooo slow to update their devices. I can understand that some updates like new looks are over looked for older devices, but when it comes to security THEY have a duty to keep their products secure! There needs to be a new system for security updates. This stage fright bug is HUGE in my opinion. Phone manufacturers really don't give a sh!t about their customers, its all about the money. I never had these worries on my Nokia 3310...
I'm so concerned that I'm seriously thinking about getting an iPhone, much better software ecosystem. I just hate IOS compared. It's that or be forced to buy an expensive galaxy S6 or maybe a Moto G 2015 which I've heard has software updates comparable to the Google Nexus phones, which I personally think are a bag of crap...
Samsung being such a BIG concern in the smart phone world are just crap for software support.
I know there are custom ROMs that offer regular updates and the latest patches, but for me NONE of these are stable on my 5 month old device to the point where they can't be run as daily drivers... That and you lose any warranty you had, which is 2 years for Samsung....
Now I'm stuck with laggy stock OS, and I'm regretting getting this phone on contract.
If people were more aware of how insecure there phones really are I think they might not so easily choose android or at least the hundred odd older devices still available for purchase.
I'm so angry its funny... I'm one click away from dumping Samsung for the foreseeable future...

snakefoot said:
I flashed on top of my existing 4.4.2. Stock ROM, and just had to re-root.
But I guess it would be a good idea to make a backup of text-messages and other stuff.
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I also have 4.4.2 stock.
I am concerned of the difference between CSCs, that there might be strange behavior. So you flashed, didn't reset and everything's fine, no force closes & stuff?

nick_white said:
I also have 4.4.2 stock.
I am concerned of the difference between CSCs, that there might be strange behavior. So you flashed, didn't reset and everything's fine, no force closes & stuff?
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I did format the cache-partition and also cleared the dalvik-cache.

Thanks for this info, did not see that before.
From the information at Samsung Firmwares Database, the last Spanish ROM is not for LTE? or ist it also fine for LTR?

Franktdf said:
Thanks for this info, did not see that before.
From the information at Samsung Firmwares Database, the last Spanish ROM is not for LTE? or ist it also fine for LTR?
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I have a S4 Mini LTE and the spanish ROM works fine with mine, and gives me 4G connectivity.

I am hoping for further firmware updates. Everything is red for me except two, as mentioned by someone else. I updated to the latest firmware from May on Three. I thought it was confirmed we were going to get version 5 of Android on the S4 mini... still waiting. I had 4.4.2 before from my last update and then this new update is ALSO 4.4.2...... What got updated? Just patches on things or something? No upgrade of the OS?

Morthawt said:
I am hoping for further firmware updates. Everything is red for me except two, as mentioned by someone else. I updated to the latest firmware from May on Three. I thought it was confirmed we were going to get version 5 of Android on the S4 mini... still waiting. I had 4.4.2 before from my last update and then this new update is ALSO 4.4.2...... What got updated? Just patches on things or something? No upgrade of the OS?
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Very certain that S4 Mini will not get Android ver. 5.
This is my device status:
- Android Version: 4.4.2
- Kernel Version: 3.4.0-5878679 (23 Sep 2015)
- Build Number: KOT49H.I9195XXUCOI5
Think it is only security fixes, and system-app updates.

Morthawt said:
I am hoping for further firmware updates. Everything is red for me except two, as mentioned by someone else. I updated to the latest firmware from May on Three. I thought it was confirmed we were going to get version 5 of Android on the S4 mini... still waiting. I had 4.4.2 before from my last update and then this new update is ALSO 4.4.2...... What got updated? Just patches on things or something? No upgrade of the OS?
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The Lollipop update for the S4 Mini got canceled a long time ago
http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entr...ini-after-all-didn-t-pass-the-Testing-Process

No Stagefright with the Spanish Stock ROM anymore
WIth the Spanish ROM no Stagefright Security problem as of today anymore. :good::good::good:
(My only problem is now, that the phone is getting quite slow, maybe some app . . . )

Have now updated to the latest I9195XXUCOJ1 (TIM), and it feels a lot faster.
Sadly enough the preloaded TIM-applications fills up the entires System-partition, so if wanting to install other apps, then one have to cleanup a little first.
For some unknown reason the Xposed Framework Installer will not install, and gives the following warning:
Xposed is not (yet) compatible with Android SDK version 19 or your processor architecture (armeabi-v7a)
WARNING: Linker: /data/datade.robv.androi.xposed.installer/cache/app_process has text relocations.
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE cannot locate symbol "_ZN7android14AndroidRuntime5startEPKcS2_" referenced by /data/datade.robv.androi.xposed.installer/cache/app_process
Seems to be caused by a new security fix: https://android.googlesource.com/pl...+/d4d3181d013f8d9b96de8e396b029f8a418894a7^!/
More Details: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-android-4-4-4-t3249895
Found solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64063168&postcount=62

snakefoot said:
Have now updated to the latest I9195XXUCOJ1 (TIM), and it feels a lot faster.
Sadly enough the preloaded TIM-applications fills up the entires System-partition, so if wanting to install other apps, then one have to cleanup a little first.
For some unknown reason the Xposed Framework Installer will not install, and gives the following warning:
Xposed is not (yet) compatible with Android SDK version 19 or your processor architecture (armeabi-v7a)
WARNING: Linker: /data/datade.robv.androi.xposed.installer/cache/app_process has text relocations.
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE cannot locate symbol "_ZN7android14AndroidRuntime5startEPKcS2_" referenced by /data/datade.robv.androi.xposed.installer/cache/app_process
Seems to be caused by a new security fix: https://android.googlesource.com/pl...+/d4d3181d013f8d9b96de8e396b029f8a418894a7^!/
More Details: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-android-4-4-4-t3249895
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EDIT 2: Using files extracted from an older build of stock kit kat I managed to get Xposed working on the latest stage fright fixed Italian stock firmware. Picture shows which files located in system bin and system lib.
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EDIT: OK I tired this stock rom with xposed and like yourself it doesn't want to install the framework.. The patch from Lombartz thread doesn't work with stock roms. It's got to do with sine new security patch. I'm thinking maybe an older version of the 2 files affected might work. Going to try later. That or ask Lombartz what he did to get it working.
Maybe try the fix for xposed from Lombartz in his cm11 rom and kernel thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/sh...ht v2)(ECOACTIVE & ECOPLUG)(OC/UV)(20151116) Might work on stock rom too.

I have installed the latest Stock-ROM I9195XXUCPA1, and it works good.
I have tested with AndroidVTS v.13 and it shows that CVE-2015-6616 remains red (All other tests are green).

snakefoot said:
I have installed the latest Stock-ROM I9195XXUCPA1, and it works good.
I have tested with AndroidVTS v.13 and it shows that CVE-2015-6616 remains red (All other tests are green).
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can you PLEASE help me with my phone (i9192) Stagefright bug ?
all custom ROMS (touchwiz kitkat ) for this models have 7 critical Stagfright bugs , please help me at least remove some of them because i cant find nothing on the net

[Q] Modding on HTC 10

Hi,
any leak, prevision about modding for this device?
I mean, will CM, AOSPA, AOKP etc support it officially? How is the situation with the other HTC's flagships?
Can it be unlocked as M7 with HTC dev site?
Thank you guys

davide136 said:
Hi,
any leak, prevision about modding for this device?
I mean, will CM, AOSPA, AOKP etc support it officially? How is the situation with the other HTC's flagships?
Can it be unlocked as M7 with HTC dev site?
Thank you guys
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Bit early considering we aren't even positive what the final product's hardware will entirely be Can't wait though

can't wait too that's why i have written xD i don't know what to buy, my s6 is the worst phone for modding and updates, 1 year and i still have not rooted anything! I was getting used to root the first day when i was buying new phones don't want my next phone to be like s6

davide136 said:
can't wait too that's why i have written xD i don't know what to buy, my s6 is the worst phone for modding and updates, 1 year and i still have not rooted anything! I was getting used to root the first day when i was buying new phones don't want my next phone to be like s6
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Exactly that's what I'm afraid of, too. If I decide to buy a new phone, I'd like to compile ROMs for it by myself, too, but therefore the vendor, device and kernel tree need to be published by HTC. I've just been looking around how custom development for the HTC One M9 looks like. Although I couldn't find many ROMs, there are official Cyanogenmod versions and open device and kernel trees. Thus I could compile many ROMs for the One M9. This gives me hope regarding the HTC 10. The Galaxy S6 instead didn't have no huge moding posibilities. There's only an unofficial, unstable device and kernel tree alongside a bugy CM-version. Just like the S6 the S7 probably won't get huge development support as well. This is what gives me hope regarding the HTC 10.
The only question I'm currently asking myself is if I should buy the HTC 10 or wait for the Oneplus 3 which will be published later in Q2 2016. Compared to the OP2 and OP1 it'll be a bit more expensive but it'll also be better equiped. Furthermore the price will probably be much lower than the price of the HTC 10. What are your expectations and what have you been able to definitely find out so far?

I'm still tryng to figure out what to do...lg has dropped support for rooted or bootloader unlocked device in italy, and the g5 seems to be a bit strange te me, i mean, it's not as premium as g4..regarding oneplus devices, for the 1 and 2 i read about bad screens and something else wich i don't remember, never saw one...i'd prefer staying on a strong brand...samsung obviously is exhiliated from any decision...sony maybe but no xD never liked the screens in the past...
My old nexus 5 make me wish about a decent nexus around 5" screen, I'd really love it, especially powered from a snapdragon 820 cpu..
Mi5 is lovable, but, you know...it's xiaomi...china brand, china support, 30 days for travelling a device if something happens, and that is for 2 times...its frightening xD
Htc 10 seems to be the best choice, ut will surely be premium, even if it does not have a good camera i don't care, just bought an eos 700d xD i just hope there will be a lot of modding, that is why i asked here
Htcdev.com is still working good for all the other htc, it must have decent modding, i think I'll go for it. At least, that's what I'm thinking now...but who knows
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Yeah, Xiaomi is a brand I've been looking at over the last two years. I recommended Xiaomi phones to friends who wanted to have good and cheap devices. They are lucky all together but the only phone by Xiaomi I'd buy is the Mi Note Pro as a phone should have 5,7 inch in my opinion. I'd also like to have an AMOLED-Display in my next device so I hope HTC will release a bigger version of the 10 as well. The LG G5 is not really what I am looking for since it's a bit strange to have several components you can choose from. I think I'll buy a OP3 when it's published as it'll probably be more developer friendly but maybe the 10 by HTC will convince me, too. I'm really excited about the upcoming devices especially because my Nexus 4 from 2012 becomes slower and slower. Very anoying. Maybe a new Nexus will be released at the Google IO this year. This would be awesome. Anyway, I hope the potent upcoming phones will come sooner than later as I don't know how long my N4 will survive.

Very informed you guys are. I like this thread cause' I think a lot like you.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Also looking for an answer on this: I was tempted by the Galaxy S7, but the huge issues I've had running anything but TouchWiz based ROMs on my S4 (and so issues running anything Marshmallow based) have put me right off.
How easily moddable have HTC phones been in recent years?

Rohaq said:
Also looking for an answer on this: I was tempted by the Galaxy S7, but the huge issues I've had running anything but TouchWiz based ROMs on my S4 (and so issues running anything Marshmallow based) have put me right off.
How easily moddable have HTC phones been in recent years?
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The M7, M8, M9, and A9 are all very easy to do basic modding on. Getting s-off and deep modding is a different story. On the M8, at least, you can flash custom ROMs and kernels without s-off, so basically everything most people needs

Anonaru said:
The M7, M8, M9, and A9 are all very easy to do basic modding on. Getting s-off and deep modding is a different story. On the M8, at least, you can flash custom ROMs and kernels without s-off, so basically everything most people needs
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Well, looks like it paid to wait then, come on, release day!

Anonaru said:
The M7, M8, M9, and A9 are all very easy to do basic modding on. Getting s-off and deep modding is a different story. On the M8, at least, you can flash custom ROMs and kernels without s-off, so basically everything most people needs
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does it mean that with m9 if you do not s-off you can't touch system, boot or recovery partition? ( i'm still leaving in the time when you did fastboot oem unlock and everything was ok )

davide136 said:
does it mean that with m9 if you do not s-off you can't touch system, boot or recovery partition? ( i'm still leaving in the time when you did fastboot oem unlock and everything was ok )
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No, the things you can't do without S-Off are:
*flash unsigned firmware packages
*flash firmware packages that don't match CID/MID
*flash RUUs that don't match CID/MID
*change CID/MID
*restore "locked" status (without you can only get "relocked" status)
*restore "software status: official" flag in bootloader (flag sets to "software status: modified" if you flash anything)
What you can do without S-Off:
*unlock bootloader (via HTCdev)
*flash recovery
*root (via superSU package or your favorite custom ROM)
*flash ROMs

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When is this gonna be released ??
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we will know tomorrow on the announcement but the leaks lead so far for beginning of May release

JEANRIVERA said:
we will know tomorrow on the announcement but the leaks lead so far for beginning of May release
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Maybe there's another HTC phone to come in early may, hopefully a phablet but let's see...

Anyone know how we will get root on the unlocked version?

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Anyone know how we will get root on the unlocked version?
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By flashing TWRP Recovery then flashing the current SuperSU package ( or use the built-in TWRP option to flash SuperSU if available)

Behold_this said:
By flashing TWRP Recovery then flashing the current SuperSU package ( or use the built-in TWRP option to flash SuperSU if available)
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Is this a big process? Is everything already available? Does any part of the rooting process wipe the device? If so, may make more sense to just do it right out of the box to avoid losing info

TWRP can already be found and downloaded; at least if one will look for it at the right place . I already downloaded it. SuperSU can as well be downloaded for MM devices. By this I'd guess the root procedure can be done as it always has been.
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HTCNerdYoda said:
TWRP can already be found and downloaded; at least if one will look for it at the right place . I already downloaded it. SuperSU can as well be downloaded for MM devices. By this I'd guess the root procedure can be done as it always has been.
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But does the bootloader unlock wrote y the phone?

km8j said:
But does the bootloader unlock wrote y the phone?
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If you meant wipe the phone, then yes, it does.

Cannot flash Global ROM to Mi Max 32GB/3GB

This is my first Xiaomi phone and it seemed to arrive with a Chinese ROM on it (V7.3.14.0.MBCCNDC) so I have been trying to change it to a proper official Global ROM with zero success so far.
I have downloaded the ROM from here: http://en.miui.com/download-302.html
Filename: miui_MIMAXGlobal_V7.5.3.0.MBCMIDE_267a7c4439_6.0.zip
If I follow either of these guides (I do not need TWRP, just the official ROM) then I always end up failing at the same part.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max/how-to/installing-twrp-locked-bootloader-t3406501
http://en.miui.com/thread-307139-1-1.html
I reboot the phone into EDL mode by holding down both volume buttons and then connecting a USB cable after the phone has vibrated and stayed on a black screen. The PC then detects the phone as a Qualcomm device and assigns a port number to it.
MiFlash then finds the port number and I point the file browser to the extracted zip folder named: miui_MIMAXGlobal_V7.5.3.0.MBCMIDE_267a7c4439_6.0
After selecting the clean all radio button at the bottom and then pressing the flash button the status and time elapsed meters start moving and then after a few seconds the status changes to 'can not read from port COMxx' (I have used a few different port numbers so it can be COM10, COM20, COM3 etc).
So far I have tried this on three different PC's, 2 running Windows 10 and 1 running Windows 7, and the result is the same every time.
If I download the update file on the phone, rename it to update.zip and then place the update.zip file in the root of the internal storage drive and choose update from file on the phone then the phone reboots to a spinning circle for a while before restarting normally.
I also tried rebooting the phone into recovery mode from the built-in update app and connected it to Mi PC Suite but that just updated it to V7.5.6.0 MBCCNDE which is another China ROM so its still of no use to me really.
Can anybody help with this? This process really shouldn't be so difficult and I am starting to consider sending this phone back. I have made an application with Xiaomi to have the bootloader unlocked but that can take over a week and tbh I don't really want an unlocked bootloader anyway because I have no interest in custom ROM's, root access or special recovery options.

I have seen many people with that problem and haven't seen any working solution yet...
I understand you don't want TWRP or unlocked bootloader but that's the only way you can get the job done and forget all these buggy Xiaomi tools.
Something else you can try... Google QFILwhich is the Qualcomm flash tool and does the same thing what MiFlash does. Search and read the guides how to unbrick Qualcomm devices with QFIL. All additional files needed like flasher, partitions.xml etc are in MIUI fastboot ROM already. Actually MiFlash is based on that tool I think...
Good luck.

nijel8 said:
I have seen many people with that problem and haven't seen any working solution yet...
I understand you don't want TWRP or unlocked bootloader but that's the only way you can get the job done and forget all these buggy Xiaomi tools.
Something else you can try... Google QFILwhich is the Qualcomm flash tool and does the same thing what MiFlash does. Search and read the guides how to unbrick Qualcomm devices with QFIL.
Good luck.
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Thanks but I'm a bit cautious about being the first person to try to use that QFIL flashing utility with this phone, especially since this phone stupidly doesn't include an integrated recovery system. I've found a generic tutorial for it but it looks pretty scary tbh.
http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimat...agons-are-unbrickable-qhsusb_dload_qpst_qfil/
Incidentally when I updated the phone using Mi PC Suite it killed the Google Play Services and I couldn't fix them so I did a normal factory restore and it has restored to a standard China ROM (MIUI 7.5 | Stable 7.5.6.0 (MBCCNDE) so clearly the vendor flashed some weird custom version to this before they sent it to me.
Honestly, this thing is starting to drive me insane.

You have to use these drivers for your Qualcomm port: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9oNcsjcOpNHZjI1OWtFSDFfS3c/view?usp=sharing
Delete the original Windows driver and install it again through device manager.

TEKME said:
You have to use these drivers for your Qualcomm port: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9oNcsjcOpNHZjI1OWtFSDFfS3c/view?usp=sharing
Delete the original Windows driver and install it again through device manager.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try with that driver tomorrow. I did try another driver that I found on Google as well as the auto installed driver because it looked like a communication problem to me.
There's a driver pack on that Xiaomi tips website but I haven't been able to install it because the hosting used by that website is terrible and it just times out.

OK so I think I updated the driver using the one from your link but unfortunately the error is the same.
I uninstalled the device through DM and it self-installed this driver.
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Then I used the Update driver > Browse > Let me pick > Have Disk option to force the driver from your link to install so the driver was updated to this:
The error in MiFlash is still exactly the same though: can not read from port COMxx.

OK the problem here seems to be that MiFlash cannot support standard recovery ROM's. It has to use those larger ones with the scripts etc included.
I was able to flash this with no problems whatsoever: http://en.miui.com/thread-324576-1-1.html
However I'm worried that might not be the official software and I want to keep this simple and official and get all updates OTA in future.
Unfortunately the only global full ROM available for this phone on the MIUI website is the Developer build.
http://en.miui.com/a-234.html
The version I have just flashed also doesn't include locales for the UK or Japan and I spend most of my time in those countries. I've set it to Singapore for now but I feel like I'm right back to square one with this thing.

From what I read official MIUI Global is missing many locales and that's why people are using xiaomi.eu ROM. I even suggested in there forum to stop calling it global b/c its not and call Asia or something...

nijel8 said:
From what I read official MIUI Global is missing many locales and that's why people are using xiaomi.eu ROM. I even suggested in there forum to stop calling it global b/c its not and call Asia or something...
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The included country list on it is quite frankly bizarre. It includes some European countries but not others and has options for the Falkland Islands and St. Kitts but no option for Britain or the United States.

Yup no United States
When is the 64/128 global ROM coming out
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badrsj said:
Yup no United States
When is the 64/128 global ROM coming out
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8/16 if they get it right...

The problem is with no UK locale I don't know if I can get the IR Blaster working.
It's a small problem in the grand scheme of things but still one I would like to fix if I can.

@ Blood Rose - I am assuming so far you've kept the boot loader locked and flashed the global stable 7.5 version - on your 32 GB device? did you lose data - did you get any OTAs (security patches). I am looking to go to miui 8 - possibly chinese - the global development may not be as timely. Also I have the 64 gb version and there's not much going on the global ROM versions for that one.

badrsj said:
@ Blood Rose - I am assuming so far you've kept the boot loader locked and flashed the global stable 7.5 version - on your 32 GB device? did you lose data - did you get any OTAs (security patches). I am looking to go to miui 8 - possibly chinese - the global development may not be as timely. Also I have the 64 gb version and there's not much going on the global ROM versions for that one.
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I did flash a global stable version of 7.5. It's the latest official rom I believe. I did a full wipe to make sure all traces of the Chinese stuff were gone. Because its the latest official version ut hasn't received any OTA updates yet but it at least seems to connect to the official servers to check whereas the ROM the phone came with couldn't.
My bootloader is now unlocked because the MIUI forum staff offered to do immediately for me so I figured I might as well but I will not be using root or any custom builds.

Thanks
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am i totally ****ed up? searching how to change my shop rom to another rom for my 3gb/32gb and that what i found. So it is impossible to change rom in this smartphone???

presuntinho said:
am i totally ****ed up? searching how to change my shop rom to another rom for my 3gb/32gb and that what i found. So it is impossible to change rom in this smartphone???
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That depends on what you want to change it to. If it is a newer/alternative official ROM then that is easy. If it is to a custom ROM then you need an unlocked bootloader.

BloodRose said:
That depends on what you want to change it to. If it is a newer/alternative official ROM then that is easy. If it is to a custom ROM then you need an unlocked bootloader.
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For custom ROM you do not need unlocked bootloader.

nejcov said:
For custom ROM you do not need unlocked bootloader.
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I neither know nor care about custom ROMs. I'm quite sure there is probably a way to circumvent Xiaomi's bootloader lock but I was just providing the standard textbook advice tbh.

BloodRose said:
I neither know nor care about custom ROMs. I'm quite sure there is probably a way to circumvent Xiaomi's bootloader lock but I was just providing the standard textbook advice tbh.
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Hi BloodRose,
Does the Xiaomi ROM support large file sizes, like an HD movie?
I am doing research on the Mi Max before buying.
I am based in the US, and it will not be my primary phone.
Thanks,

Why bother unlocking and rooting?

Hi,
Please help me understand why I would bother unlocking and rooting my Pixel XL when there isn't an custom recoveries available thus no options for custom roms.
In the past I've always rooted for custom roms and especially for the option to use my hot spot on my unlimited data plan.
Is everyone basically just waiting for custom recovery to become available?
I'm just trying to figure out if I should bother unlocking and rooting now or if I should wait for custom recovery.
and please, if I have no idea what i'm talking about please correct me.
I never thought I would see the day a google phone would come with a locked bootloader regardless of who the vendor it.
Thanks
Ken

Kc0r8y said:
Hi,
Please help me understand why I would bother unlocking and rooting my Pixel XL when there isn't an custom recoveries available thus no options for custom roms.
In the past I've always rooted for custom roms and especially for the option to use my hot spot on my unlimited data plan.
Is everyone basically just waiting for custom recovery to become available?
I'm just trying to figure out if I should bother unlocking and rooting now or if I should wait for custom recovery.
and please, if I have no idea what i'm talking about please correct me.
I never thought I would see the day a google phone would come with a locked bootloader regardless of who the vendor it.
Thanks
Ken
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It's simple, there's still root and many other editions that can be done with an unlocked bootloader and root. If you want details by details then you should do some research. Maybe drop by the themes and app section

TechBSwift said:
It's simple, there's still root and many other editions that can be done with an unlocked bootloader and root. If you want details by details then you should do some research. Maybe drop by the themes and app section
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No, I'm not looking for detail, by detail. I'm just asking high level, what is the benefit of an unlocked bootloader and root without custom recovery. At this point is it just a few custom apps?

Actually I'm pretty sure it makes him the coolest cat in town ?

Even if nothing else I'll root just to be able to switch to IOS emojis from those godawful Android emojis. But once recoveries and ROMs come out I'll be back to being a flashaholic.

Kc0r8y said:
Hi,
Please help me understand why I would bother unlocking and rooting my Pixel XL when there isn't an custom recoveries available thus no options for custom roms.
In the past I've always rooted for custom roms and especially for the option to use my hot spot on my unlimited data plan.
Is everyone basically just waiting for custom recovery to become available?
I'm just trying to figure out if I should bother unlocking and rooting now or if I should wait for custom recovery.
and please, if I have no idea what i'm talking about please correct me.
I never thought I would see the day a google phone would come with a locked bootloader regardless of who the vendor it.
Thanks
Ken
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Custom kernal (elementalX) that enables amongst other things ...
Swipe to wake / sleep feature
High brightness mode .... Excellent when outdoors
Root... Gives ability to use apps that otherwise don't work, eg skvolex Call recorder

Thank you everyone. I really appreciate the explanation.

Don't forget that if you don't unlock your bootloader now, assuming you are on VZW, you may (most likely) not be able to do so in the future. I didn't want to trust that I could postpone an update (even with auto update turned off), so I unlocked my bootloader. In fact, as I was unlocking, my phone automatically took the first update when it rebooted during my first attempt to unlock the bootloader - even though I had auto update turned off.
I have 3 main desires to change on the phone:
- run custom kernel with swipe to unlock/lock
- enable tethering
- keep Android Pay available.
For now, I have flashed a kernel does swipe to unlock, along with enabling Android Pay while maintaining an unlocked bootloader, and not flashing root. I haven't needed to root to get tethering because of the network switching workaround.
I recognize I'm probably fighting a losing battle, though. Android Pay will probably be patched to recognize unlocked bootloader. And there's a possibility that VZW will adapt its tethering detection to disable the workaround.

jasoraso said:
Don't forget that if you don't unlock your bootloader now, assuming you are on VZW, you may (most likely) not be able to do so in the future. I didn't want to trust that I could postpone an update (even with auto update turned off), so I unlocked my bootloader. In fact, as I was unlocking, my phone automatically took the first update when it rebooted during my first attempt to unlock the bootloader - even though I had auto update turned off.
I have 3 main desires to change on the phone:
- run custom kernel with swipe to unlock/lock
- enable tethering
- keep Android Pay available.
For now, I have flashed a kernel does swipe to unlock, along with enabling Android Pay while maintaining an unlocked bootloader, and not flashing root. I haven't needed to root to get tethering because of the network switching workaround.
I recognize I'm probably fighting a losing battle, though. Android Pay will probably be patched to recognize unlocked bootloader. And there's a possibility that VZW will adapt its tethering detection to disable the workaround.
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You could always root your phone, add the build.prop setting, and then unroot.

skaforey said:
You could always root your phone, add the build.prop setting, and then unroot.
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Thanks! As I was typing my reply, I actually thought about doing that. Perhaps the next elemntal kernel update, I'll do that. I don't often tether - usually its when I'm in the car with my kids on a trip and they want to stream some netflix to their chromebooks, and I'm usually driving, and trying to get my wife to do the network switching workaround while I'm driving will be a challenge.

wolfu11 said:
I haven't been impressed with a custom rom in a long time.
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Same here dude...same here. Towards the end of KitKat was an amazing time for ROMs especially when talking about Slim ROMs and Paranoid Android. I haven't even rooted anything since Lollipop. I just don't have a need for it anymore.

I'll give you an obvious reason to unlock your bootloader right now.
If you wait too long and the exploits are patched out (which google apparently said they will be) then when custom recovery is released for Pixel XL you probably SOL.
If you sit there for a while refusing update waiting for TWRP, why not root now and disable the update notification?
And mods are already out. Look at my notification bar.
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skaforey said:
You could always root your phone, add the build.prop setting, and then unroot.
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I thought that once you unroot, then reboot, build.prop will get overwritten and all your changes will be lost. I am looking to do this for enabling wireless display as well.

Ambient Display
Audio Mods
Touch to wake
Sleep to wake
Camera Mods
Emojis
Themes
Kernels
Just to name a few off the top of my head. I am only on day 1 with pixel but if i keep it will get rooted/rommed and modded. Take full advantage of an unlocked phone. No point in getting if you just use like a normal device imo

oneandroidnut said:
Ambient Display
Audio Mods
Touch to wake
Sleep to wake
Camera Mods
Emojis
Themes
Kernels
Just to name a few off the top of my head. I am only on day 1 with pixel but if i keep it will get rooted/rommed and modded. Take full advantage of an unlocked phone. No point in getting if you just use like a normal device imo
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Thanks for your feedback! I am now unlocked and rooted!

marcjc said:
I thought that once you unroot, then reboot, build.prop will get overwritten and all your changes will be lost. I am looking to do this for enabling wireless display as well.
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Just to update anyone who may be interested. I rooted, made my changes, then unrooted, rebooted a whole bunch of times and my changes survived unrooting and rebooting.

Kc0r8y said:
Thanks for your feedback! I am now unlocked and rooted!
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Don't forget custom kernels to increase the speed of the 821 CPU. Out of the box, the CPU is clocked down to the 820 level. With a little over clocking we can experience the full potential of the 821.

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