[Q] Lets Talk Nexus - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

ok, first i am new the forums but not new to the rooting game. I should've researched a little more before i went and jumped on the sprint deal. i just thought that the nexus s 4g had a much larger dev community. What i mean is, when i had my OGD it was the best thing that has ever happened to me, i mean it got soo much love and it was easy to modify. i moved to the DX after that and then jumped the NS4G for sprint. So here's my questions...
1)Can/is there a better radio to flash to improve data speeds other than the update?
2)can i flash some of the NS roms on my NS4G?
3)why is everything thru adb? i mean, why no zips and simple metamorphs?
4)a better comprehensive guide on how to use adb coming from where ive been. lol nowhere near using adb. i need this bad
5)any other kernels im not seeing?
6)will miui ever support 4G?
i just want to know as much as possible bc i have a lil baby girl and ive spent alot of time searching. i cant spent all day so i skim thru. please if there is any others questions that i shouldve asked please guide me in the right direction. lets get me up to speed as well as others. thanks guydes

There is plenty to flash for the ns4g.
The KE5 radio is the latest and by far the best. It came with the 2.3.5 ota.
There are plenty of kernels. Matr1x, netarchy, Trinity, Jame bond, just to name a few.
There are roms that are compatible with all versions of the nexus s. Read the rom descriptions.
I believe MIUI.us supports 4g but don't quote me on that.
The reason you see alot of ADB talk is because the Nexus s is considered a development phone. ADB is a more advanced and more reliable method. Of course you don't have to use ADB for everything. Most everything is made as zip files to be flashed from recovery like every other phone.
How old is your baby girl? I have a 9 month old so I can relate!
There are some really good guides in the development forum I suggest you read to become more familiar with the phone before you do something you regret. Good luck!
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Unfortunately MIUI does not support 4g since there's no 4g in China.
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http://forums.miui.us/showthread.php?503-MIUI-Nexus-S-4G-1.5.20-English-Release
No 4g yet but it is being worked on.
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I want to run miui but my 3g is incredibly slow here. I need 4g. Are any off you guys good or familiar with adb? See i'm miss that in cyanogenmod, where you could easily go into settings and change the status bar colors and such. Now I see you have to conduct mad science routines just to change it. Hell, anyone have a very good guide to learn this stuff from.
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@remedy, she is 1 year old that started walking at 9 months that just completely terrorizes everywhere she goes. Lol
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Try this...
That should give you everything you need to root...plus links and such
I use this kernel on my stock rooted NexusS4G. The base 1 @ 1.2, tiny undervolt.

That guide is pretty helpful. I'm already rooted with deodexed stock
2.3.5 I look at that party everyday thinking it will get updated with something I haven't seen. I like the kernel to I think I might flash later after the bears game.
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Techno Droid said:
@remedy, she is 1 year old that started walking at 9 months that just completely terrorizes everywhere she goes. Lol
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Mine started walking at 8 months and chasing her around is a full time job!
I recommended netarchy nexus kernel. A nice speed increase and super stable!
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Techno Droid said:
@remedy, she is 1 year old that started walking at 9 months that just completely terrorizes everywhere she goes. Lol
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Rem3Dy said:
Mine started walking at 8 months and chasing her around is a full time job!
I recommended netarchy nexus kernel. A nice speed increase and super stable!
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Mine is about 5 months old. Hasnt started walking yet but running at 1.2ghz. Weird, running before walking.

Can I use the 2.3.5 radio (ke5) with any rom?
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Techno Droid said:
Can I use the 2.3.5 radio (ke5) with any rom?
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Yes.
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OK, here's a problem. Why can't u flash recovery in fastboot? I typed exactly how its spelled and its in my tools folder. I unrooted earlier today to learn adb. I'm stuck without custom recovery and su. Thoughts, I've searched for 4hours and can't find the answer.
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Techno Droid said:
OK, here's a problem. Why can't u flash recovery in fastboot? I typed exactly how its spelled and its in my tools folder. I unrooted earlier today to learn adb. I'm stuck without custom recovery and su. Thoughts, I've searched for 4hours and can't find the answer.
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You can flash recovery from fastboot. In fact it is the preferred method!
Make sure the recovery image is in the directory you have adb open from.
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I do but still no luck... I'm stressing here and I can't find the answers...I don't understand what's wrong.
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Never mind I just type the directory path... Lol thanks to halosghost.
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Related

so i just Came to the Inspire 4G from the Samsung Fascinate (kinda)..

Hey guys, I'm elijahblake just got away from Cellular South and came back to ATT!!!
First off, damn i'm glad to be back with att and Glorious GSM
Secondly glad to be a way from that gimped Galaxy S...
This phone STOCK already blows away the Galaxy S hacked to hell and back..
So i'm pretty new to HTC, i've flashed a couple friends Desires for them to cm6 and cm7..
And so far i've noticed the process is a little different for the Inspire, but i've found several different instructions, i think i can figure it all out, Got the Goldcard done..
But my main question is maybe a little feedback on some of the ROMS..
I've had some experience with MIUI/cm7 and personally i kinda bought this phone because i knew it was supported my cm7.
I guess the main question in this long post, is cm7 fully functional on the Inspire 4G?
Also i was planning on rooting via this link: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-permanently-root-htc-inspire-4g-with-hack-kit/
but it seems if i go that route, i won't be able to do a Nandroid of my Factory ROM.. Is that an issue with this phone or is the factory RUU for the Inspire 4G available somewhere?
Thanks in advance guys..
It's a little overwelming for someone coming from a showcase with very little dev support (b/c of the lack of source from Samsung) coming to a device where i actually have to make a decision on which awesome ROM i want to flash (that's fully functional)lol...
Look forward to helping out where i can and a BIG Thanx to all the AWESOME DEVS!!!
The ruu is available for the inspire and good luck! =}
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XAviierG said:
The ruu is available for the inspire and good luck! =}
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Awesome, that's something I'm not use too... wish I would have went with HTC a long time ago!
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Do you know what ROM your gonna use first?
XAviierG said:
Do you know what ROM your gonna use first?
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i was planning on flashing cm7 after i root.. there's nothing wrong with it is there?
Its a non sense so if you dont want all the Sense features the CM7 is nice to use. Im using Phoenix non sense ROM and its pretty good. CM7 was also good when I had it. Maybe the best non sense ROM. But if you want a Sense ROM then go with CoreDroid. I loved that ROM but Sense kills alot of battery so I switched.
yeah i've flashed cm7 on a couple Desire's and honestly i've been wanting it since lol... I like it a lot, so does it improve performance over factory?
Yeah CoreDroid looks really cool too, i see he's got a lot of improvements in that.. but i really like AOSP especially cm7
Yeah try CM7 and if you dont like it go with Phoenix I love that ROM
XAviierG said:
Yeah try CM7 and if you dont like it go with Phoenix I love that ROM
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well, of course the rooting process is snagging up... From that link i posted above part 2 step 4.. I opened terminal the first time and typed in the temp root perfectly fine exited out, opened up terminal again got the FC, tried to open it again and it won't open
And the phone is really laggy now like it's being bogged down, so i FClosed all the un needed processes running but it still won't open terminal emulator..
I rebooted temp rooted in terminal, closed, and same thing.. Rom Manager is installed and terminal emulator so i know the new ROM got flashed, b/c they weren't there before..
Just don't know why terminal emulator is giving me these problems
i'm supposed to type this in terminal emulator:
cd /data/local
./gfree -f
sync
/data/local/tmp/root
sync
would it be the same thing using adb? or would it be different commands?
It looks like terminal is opening now but it's just a blank white screen... i think i'm going to try and download it from the market??? I really don't get why it's doing this
Cm7 on the inspire works perfectly. Battery life, gps, and overall everything runs smoothly and effectively. I love it! Try it and you won't go back, good luck! (don't forget to flash gapps for the google apps)
well, this sux... I'm downloading the RUU from here
and then i'm going to do the one Click from HERE
Not sure why i didn't just try this method to begin with?? i'm a HTC noob
Cm7 installed and kicking ass
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You got cm7 40?
XAviierG said:
You got cm7 40?
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40? I got cm7 final
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elijahblake said:
40? I got cm7 final
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You can update it
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XAviierG said:
You can update it
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You have to use rom manager premium?
Swyped from my cm7 inspire 4g
There you go. http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=ace
Just download and install
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Inspire 4g cwm and DHD ROMS..

Well just got my Inspire 4g, I went from atrix, LG thrill, then my inspire I really love it! Within 30 minutes of owning it Im rooted and running miui.us flawlessly so far.
My main question is that I see Rom manager says Desire HD can I use it still or do the two phones run on different stuff?
Also can I flash DHD roms I've read I can with an audio fix where can I find that or ...
thanks guys!
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dincdoes.me said:
Well just got my last att phone I went from atrix, LG thrill, then my inspire I really love it! Within 30 minutes of owning it Im rooted and running miui.us flawlessly so far.
My main question is that I see Rom manager says inspire can I use it still or do the two phones run on different stuff?
Thanks guys!
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uuuuhhhhhhh..........
come again?
Lol dry I was soon tired when I posted
(Cut and dry) can I use the desire hd rom manager is saying I have that instead of a inspire lol wow dry that I got my word so screwed up guys
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You will be fine.
Inspire is basically a desire. Do of your talking about when you update cw, it says desire, then yup your fine.
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Lol thanks my damn spell Check on this thing is driven me insane
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So I've read that I can flash any DHD roms but I need an audio fix.. is this correct? And if so can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks I still haven't flash DHD CWM in Tom manager I just wanted some more input comen from the LG thrill flashing o3d cwm wouldn't work due to radios
Let me know thanks!
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dincdoes.me said:
So I've read that I can flash any DHD roms but I need an audio fix.. is this correct? And if so can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks I still haven't flash DHD CWM in Tom manager I just wanted some more input comen from the LG thrill flashing o3d cwm wouldn't work due to radios
Let me know thanks!
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why dont you just browse the dev forums here and flash something that is already converted to work with the inspire?
Pirateghost said:
why dont you just browse the dev forums here and flash something that is already converted to work with the inspire?
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I feel a shameless plug coming on...
Gene Poole said:
I feel a shameless plug coming on...
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nah, i was going to let this one ride
Lol Thanks for your answer but maybe you don't understand I'm running miui with stable oc and all..My question wasn't if I could download Rom in our dev section I was asking if rom manager worked with flashing on phones I would like to make something if it doesn't work on our phone .
Example.
I don't know if anyone has an Acer a500 but in the market they have a premium app called Acer recovery. That APP downloads/flashes roms, recovery files, themes, kernels, fixxes, and other needs that is what I would like to do for this device.
Sorry for the confusion.
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rom manager works just fine....even my rom is in there.
Yea I just seen that sorry I'm new to inspire but I'd like to create somthing that has those Roms plus these on xda but I'm sure id get shot down with the quickness since Rom manager seems to rule..
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dincdoes.me said:
Yea I just seen that sorry I'm new to inspire but I'd like to create somthing that has those Roms plus these on xda but I'm sure id get shot down with the quickness since Rom manager seems to rule..
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you can create whatever you like, it has been tried before, but the de-facto happens to be rom manager.
i would go out on a limb by saying that 85% of flashing is done via downloading the rom zip to the phone and booting into recovery. its kind of what people have been bred to do at this point. rom manager doesnt work well every time, so creating something unique would be a hard niche to snag
Yea I agree I use Rom manager only for a couple of roms back with the incredible but all ways wanted something else.. that I can grab links from the net. Id like to do an app that would do webhosting with updated regularly updated Roms, kernels, radios, themes you know how it is checking xda and Rom manager for stuff it gets tedious and would be great for a app that gives u everything with a push of the button of course is have to find help for such an app great idea ill start development as soon as I can.
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Pirateghost said:
you can create whatever you like, it has been tried before, but the de-facto happens to be rom manager.
i would go out on a limb by saying that 85% of flashing is done via downloading the rom zip to the phone and booting into recovery. its kind of what people have been bred to do at this point. rom manager doesnt work well every time, so creating something unique would be a hard niche to snag
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Got to agree with PG. I even tell people that use certain rom's to avoid rom manager as it doesn't always work. As for another app of this sort, the hard part is getting the Dev to update it. Mainly sense you can't just add everything without asking permission from each of the dev for the rom, theme, kernel, ext.

Just rooted

Just rooted using the root 66 method. Worked great. Debloated a little bit but wanna try a custom Rom. I've read but can't seem to grasp how to flash roms yet. Can anyone offer some tips? Do you need adb or can you flash wherever ?
Edit mod please move this. I'm a moron who didn't pay attention sorry
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Read the instructions on the rom you are flashing. Most times you use Clockworkmod Recovery i don't know if you go to clockworkmod with 3 button combo on galaxy S3 but yeah
endrit9 said:
Read the instructions on the rom you are flashing. Most times you use Clockworkmod Recovery i don't know if you go to clockworkmod with 3 button combo on galaxy S3 but yeah
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But is there any extra step in flashing a kernel after the rom because the bootloader is locked?
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And stop posting in the DEVELOPMENT section.
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TheBiles said:
And stop posting in the DEVELOPMENT section.
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I did it once and asked for it to be moved and apologized. So thanks for acting like a child
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hopesrequiem said:
I did it once and asked for it to be moved and apologized. So thanks for acting like a child
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If you want a kernel you have to use certain recoveries. So you can use kexec. There's more on that in original development.
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hopesrequiem said:
But is there any extra step in flashing a kernel after the rom because the bootloader is locked?
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Get ez-recovery, makes flashing different recoveries super easy. After flashing rom and setting up, go back to recovery and flash the kernal. That's what I did on synergy and imo's kernal. Beans v5 flashes it all at once. So far both run great with very good battery life.
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lynneddington said:
Get ez-recovery, makes flashing different recoveries super easy. After flashing rom and setting up, go back to recovery and flash the kernal. That's what I did on synergy and imo's kernal. Beans v5 flashes it all at once. So far both run great with very good battery life.
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Oh ok. So I just flash Rom then I'm good. On rezound you had to flash Rom, then the boot img. So it was two processes which is why I ask
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Yup. You should give imo's kernal a shot, works great. Its a 2 step on synergy, but still no problem. Just passed my rezound down to the wife. And of course as soon as I did, seems like new roms started crawling out of the woodwork. I put viper res on it, now she wont let me try out any of the others, no fun.
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hopesrequiem said:
Just rooted using the root 66 method. Worked great. Debloated a little bit but wanna try a custom Rom. I've read but can't seem to grasp how to flash roms yet. Can anyone offer some tips? Do you need adb or can you flash wherever ?
Edit mod please move this. I'm a moron who didn't pay attention sorry
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Once your rooted Do this as your first STEP!! Save yourself some future headache!!!
[HOW-TO][FIX] Repair your IMEI with QPST - updated w/ info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802024
BACKUP your IMEI with QPST...
hopesrequiem said:
Oh ok. So I just flash Rom then I'm good. On rezound you had to flash Rom, then the boot img. So it was two processes which is why I ask
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If you flash any CM10 based ROM's you will have to do some extra steps. IMO you should just start off with Touch Wiz based ROMS so all you need to do is flash from your SD once and reboot.
This is a better place to talk about it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709There is also LOTS of "HOW TO" stuff there that should get you going.
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Yup. You should give imo's kernal a shot, works great. Its a 2 step on synergy, but still no problem. Just passed my rezound down to the wife. And of course as soon as I did, seems like new roms started crawling out of the woodwork. I put viper res on it, now she wont let me try out any of the others, no fun.
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I noticed that too, soon as the GS3 came out rezound ROMs starting popping up like crazy. They even have working aokp now.
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nosympathy said:
I noticed that too, soon as the GS3 came out rezound ROMs starting popping up like crazy. They even have working aokp now.
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I know I'm so mad haha but this phone rocks. Just got synergy on here. Couldn't stand green any longer. I wanna try aosp but still have to back up my imei number or whatever. And wanna read a lil more on it
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hopesrequiem said:
I know I'm so mad haha but this phone rocks. Just got synergy on here. Couldn't stand green any longer. I wanna try aosp but still have to back up my imei number or whatever. And wanna read a lil more on it
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Did u hear, there was a dev in hiding on the rezound, he came out of the closet on the s3, his name is nosympathy.
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lynneddington said:
Did u hear, there was a dev in hiding on the rezound, he came out of the closet on the s3, his name is nosympathy.
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I know. Nosympathy is my buddy from over there haha
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is backing up nv info with qpst what you mean by backing up your imei number? i finished that now. just wanna know if im ready to flash cm9
Off subject but people in the s3 forums are much nicer and posses less drama. Love it!
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Moved. OP, in the future, use the report post feature - there's an option to request a thread move.

Evo shift bad signals

Ok so I'm no pro by any means but pretty good at tinkering and troubleshooting, anyways I'm completely stumped before rooting and s-off the phone did great now after root and cm7 batterylife sucks wifi and cell service is almost non existant ...anyone have the same? Solutions? Tips? Help!! Lol
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iamrouse said:
Ok so I'm no pro by any means but pretty good at tinkering and troubleshooting, anyways I'm completely stumped before rooting and s-off the phone did great now after root and cm7 batterylife sucks wifi and cell service is almost non existant ...anyone have the same? Solutions? Tips? Help!! Lol
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update your radios and sh!t.
Got a link for the radios? Haven't been able to find a working one
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Got a link for the radios? Haven't been able to find a working one
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gimme a few minutes and ill go through my sh!t.
after going through my sh!t i cant find it. message vicodan and ask him since his link is broke.
Ok will do!! And thanks for lookin
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iamrouse said:
Ok so I'm no pro by any means but pretty good at tinkering and troubleshooting, anyways I'm completely stumped before rooting and s-off the phone did great now after root and cm7 batterylife sucks wifi and cell service is almost non existant ...anyone have the same? Solutions? Tips? Help!! Lol
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Sprint's been doing something to the tower closest to my house and I've been permaroamig at my house going on 3 weeks now. Sprint told me it might be a while before they fix the problem. I've been missing calls and they only go through when I force my phone to roam. It sucks because it only happens at my house. lol its happening to my dad's completelt stock shift too so I know its not an issue with my phone. Both of our phones work fine as soon as we switch towers.
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Before updating your radios do this:
1) Update profile, reboot phone.
2) Update PRL, reboot phone.
3) If you are not using cellular radio 1.08.01.0111 here is the link:
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http://www.mediafire.com/?2ocadzq8xf60fjf radios only
http://www.mediafire.com/?as90ept0wzawcwl touchpanel only
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4) Wait a few days. Sprint might be working on the tower by you.
Thanks vicoden!!! Been looking for that!!
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Well after radio and touch panel update signal improved slightly gonna throw in the towel and rule it with faulty hardware ...thanks for the help though
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I am kinda a noob i have successfully rooted my shift first try, flashed several different roms with success, but i am not sure how to update the radio and touchpanel? do you just put the zip on the sdcard and use recovery to install or is there a special way i dont want to brick my phone i have soooo much success so far i would hate to screw it up now.
cjSHIFTy said:
I am kinda a noob i have successfully rooted my shift first try, flashed several different roms with success, but i am not sure how to update the radio and touchpanel? do you just put the zip on the sdcard and use recovery to install or is there a special way i dont want to brick my phone i have soooo much success so far i would hate to screw it up now.
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Yup, you just need to put it on your sdcard and boot into recovery to install it
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cjSHIFTy said:
I am kinda a noob i have successfully rooted my shift first try, flashed several different roms with success, but i am not sure how to update the radio and touchpanel? do you just put the zip on the sdcard and use recovery to install or is there a special way i dont want to brick my phone i have soooo much success so far i would hate to screw it up now.
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If your talking about the ones on THIS thread. There is a video in the OP on how to. But if you don't have time, or don't want watch ( although I would suggest you do ) , there are written instructions in the OP. It's always a good idea to read the OP a least once, just in case.
CNexus said:
Yup, you just need to put it on your sdcard and boot into recovery to install it
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Thanks, just updated working wonderfully.
cjSHIFTy said:
Thanks, just updated working wonderfully.
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Yup, no problem
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Re: ROMS, mods, and kernels.

Re: ROMS, mods, and kernels.
Hey all, I've been a long time Samsung user. Started with the S2 to the S3, Note 2, S4, Note 3, and S5. I missed custom kernels from my Thunderbolt days. Since I am new again to HTC... any ideas or opinions would be cool!
I got S-off and permanent root. Now what?
Thanks in advance for opinions and help!
Bump
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I don't use a custom kernel because I was getting battery drain on my last one and just stuck to stock. If you want to really fiddle with a rom use viper, that's all I've got running and it's fantastic
illstaygold13 said:
Hey all, I've been a long time Samsung user. Started with the S2 to the S3, Note 2, S4, Note 3, and S5. I missed custom kernels from my Thunderbolt days. Since I am new again to HTC... any ideas or opinions would be cool!
I got S-off and permanent root. Now what?
Thanks in advance for opinions and help!
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ROM try badseeds tranquil. Its real nice lots of mods included an theme is sick. Also they have a kernel that has been working very nice for well since ROM was launched.
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Thanks to both of you @p2kmafia and @Tigerstown.
This is giving me lots to try!
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illstaygold13 said:
Thanks to both of you @p2kmafia and @Tigerstown.
This is giving me lots to try!
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If you check out tranquil they have a thread in themes an apps for all sorts of add-ons an mods thanks to @miller_kid FOR SOME AWESOME THEMES
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@Tigerstown I am about to try badseed. Venom is pretty cool, but I want to try some others.
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@Tigerstown I am about to try badseed. Venom is pretty cool, but I want to try some others.
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My wife uses viper. Myself I used it back in the day but not in a long time just don't seem to work as good for me as other's. Viper is good if you don't know how to edit or mod anything you know. Badseed is nice as the whole ROM is inverted big plus for me that is.
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My wife uses viper. Myself I used it back in the day but not in a long time just don't seem to work as good for me as other's. Viper is good if you don't know how to edit or mod anything you know. Badseed is nice as the whole ROM is inverted big plus for me that is.
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I used to run inverted on my S3 all the time because of the battery saving it provided for the amoled display. Since this is a super lcd display, that's a none issue, and I'm trying to run everything white just because I can.
I'm still running stock because it's so quick. On my S3, stock touchwiz was so slow and buggy I had no choice but to install a new rom.
However, there are many more roms available in the international m8 forum correct? Is there a way to tell if they'll work with our phone? Or do they have to say it's specifically compatible with the Verizon variant? The last thing I want to do is flash something and have it missing the CDMA band needed to get data. Also would super CID basically allow flashing of any rom we wanted.
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I used to run inverted on my S3 all the time because of the battery saving it provided for the amoled display. Since this is a super lcd display, that's a none issue, and I'm trying to run everything white just because I can.
I'm still running stock because it's so quick. On my S3, stock touchwiz was so slow and buggy I had no choice but to install a new rom.
However, there are many more roms available in the international m8 forum correct? Is there a way to tell if they'll work with our phone? Or do they have to say it's specifically compatible with the Verizon variant? The last thing I want to do is flash something and have it missing the CDMA band needed to get data. Also would super CID basically allow flashing of any rom we wanted.
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They'll say if they work for Verizon or not. SuperCID would allow you to flash any carrier Rom, but I doubt you would get data or anything, maybe 1x...that's more for like if you want to take your phone to t-mobile then you would be able to flash a tmobile Rom and be good to go (whether you get LTE or not on tmobile is a diff story).
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I used to run inverted on my S3 all the time because of the battery saving it provided for the amoled display. Since this is a super lcd display, that's a none issue, and I'm trying to run everything white just because I can.
I'm still running stock because it's so quick. On my S3, stock touchwiz was so slow and buggy I had no choice but to install a new rom.
However, there are many more roms available in the international m8 forum correct? Is there a way to tell if they'll work with our phone? Or do they have to say it's specifically compatible with the Verizon variant? The last thing I want to do is flash something and have it missing the CDMA band needed to get data. Also would super CID basically allow flashing of any rom we wanted.
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Your still stock ROM on your m8?
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Your still stock ROM on your m8?
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Yup, stock rooted. Love it. I don't usually flash too often anyway. Just want something as stable and bug free as possible. So I'm thinking I'll probably end up running bonestock or cleanrom. I'm also extremely intrigued by the gpe rom.
I'll start flashing soon, but I generally don't like flashing too often.
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Yup, stock rooted. Love it. I don't usually flash too often anyway. Just want something as stable and bug free as possible. So I'm thinking I'll probably end up running bonestock or cleanrom. I'm also extremely intrigued by the gpe rom.
I'll start flashing soon, but I generally don't like flashing too often.
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Are you on the old firmware or radios still? (Which I really hope you say yes as if so you can help out a lot of people by doing me a favor)?.....or have you updated to the new firmware 1.55.....myself I hate pretty much all google apps besides chrome an I don't really care for that just my backup browser so the gpe ROM is very well put together by @digitalhigh . I have flashed it just to see how it ran but google everything an no blinkfeed is a total bust for me..
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Plus I ran bonestock for a while at 1st. I have tried all Roms an that is the best stock ROM he has lots of things enabled VZW hides. Only thing he is missing is eps mode but that is so easy to add via XML ...all you need to do its add another line for a quick setting tile like the rest of them an use value 30. Reboot an then your bone stock will have everything you need plus on the house teathering.
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Are you on the old firmware or radios still? (Which I really hope you say yes as if so you can help out a lot of people by doing me a favor)?.....or have you updated to the new firmware 1.55.....myself I hate pretty much all google apps besides chrome an I don't really care for that just my backup browser so the gpe ROM is very well put together by @digitalhigh . I have flashed it just to see how it ran but google everything an no blinkfeed is a total bust for me..
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Plus I ran bonestock for a while at 1st. I have tried all Roms an that is the best stock ROM he has lots of things enabled VZW hides. Only thing he is missing is eps mode but that is so easy to add via XML ...all you need to do its add another line for a quick setting tile like the rest of them an use value 30. Reboot an then your bone stock will have everything you need plus on the house teathering.
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Nope, I don't have the original firmware.
I think my sister also updated hers.
Andy has done fantastic work on his roms since his S3 days. He does a great job adding in hidden features and keeping the rom as stock as possible. Really hope he continues developing for this device.
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Nope, I don't have the original firmware.
I think my sister also updated hers.
Andy has done fantastic work on his roms since his S3 days. He does a great job adding in hidden features and keeping the rom as stock as possible. Really hope he continues developing for this device.
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Dang dang. If I come across anyone on old let me know so we can get a flash able radio
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Dang dang. If I come across anyone on old let me know so we can get a flash able radio
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Why would you want to go backwards? Firewater issues?
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Why would you want to go backwards? Firewater issues?
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No a lot of people r asking in my firmware/radios thread I started are asking for old radios cause they were stronger for them. With a pull from a phone that still has this we can make a flashable old radios. An some else wants the old firmware to create another safety net for everyone.
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No a lot of people r asking in my firmware/radios thread I started are asking for old radios cause they were stronger for them. With a pull from a phone that still has this we can make a flashable old radios. An some else wants the old firmware to create another safety net for everyone.
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Got it, I think a friend of mine is upgrading soon, if he gets an m8 and it isn't updated out of the box I can pull it from that.
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No a lot of people r asking in my firmware/radios thread I started are asking for old radios cause they were stronger for them. With a pull from a phone that still has this we can make a flashable old radios. An some else wants the old firmware to create another safety net for everyone.
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I never took the ota when I got my phone. Maybe its on the old firmware? How can I check?
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I never took the ota when I got my phone. Maybe its on the old firmware? How can I check?
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Settings > about > software information > software number
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