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looking for an EE4 STOCK looking Debloated and deodexed. all the ones i see have skins and such on them, i like the look samsung gives and i like touchwiz
thanks
dvigue said:
looking for an EE4 STOCK looking Debloated and deodexed. all the ones i see have skins and such on them, i like the look samsung gives and i like touchwiz
thanks
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Yes... Check imnuts profile and click on his topics. He has a debloated EE4. Or SEARCH!
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GrainOsand said:
Yes... Check imnuts profile and click on his topics. He has a debloated EE4. Or SEARCH!
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Well that is not entirely true. It is not completely stock which the op is asking for. The debloated rom does not have the tw launcher and I think it has an aosp lockscreen as well. So even if the op "searched" as you say to do, they will find nothing to give them the stock tw experience...
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nitroglycerine33 said:
Well that is not entirely true. It is not completely stock which the op is asking for. The debloated rom does not have the tw launcher and I think it has an aosp lockscreen as well. So even if the op "searched" as you say to do, they will find nothing to give them the stock tw experience...
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Hey Nitro (Hi-5 Brutha)
Download the Debloated 4.2.1. It is Stock but without the Verizon standard apps that you have to pay money for. Complete with PuzzleLock and Glass lockscreens and full TouchWiz.
here is the list
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107797
You can't have both "debloated" and "completely stock" -- that's a contradiction.
imnuts' ROM is debloated but still has the stock theme, however, and that's the closest you'll get.
Falcyn said:
You can't have both "debloated" and "completely stock" -- that's a contradiction.
imnuts' ROM is debloated but still has the stock theme, however, and that's the closest you'll get.
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^this
On the other hand, if you want "completely stock," but simply deodexed, this is what you want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116867
BeefJerky9 said:
^this
On the other hand, if you want "completely stock," but simply deodexed, this is what you want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116867
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This is the one I am running, specifically the deodexed rooted one. You can use Titanium Backup (or similar) to freeze or uninstall what ever YOU consider to be bloat.
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This is the one I am running, specifically the deodexed rooted one.
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I went with option 2 simply because the 3rd option has an older rooted kernel in it. I figured it would be better to go this way and then install the newest PBJ kernel, which would then then do the voodoo lagfix. However, it probably doesn't matter either way.
You can use Titanium Backup (or similar) to freeze or uninstall what ever YOU consider to be bloat.
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I actually used QtADB to backup the non-needed apps to a folder on the SD card followed by uninstalling them. Just another option, which I find a bit easier than trying to do it on the phone. It doesn't affect the outcome, it's just personal preference. In the end, I prefer to debloat my own ROM by taking out the apps that *I* want to rather than installing a different ROM. This way I get go choose exactly what I want and what I don't want, rather than letting someone else decide for me.
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I went with option 2 simply because the 3rd option has an older rooted kernel in it. I figured it would be better to go this way and then install the newest PBJ kernel, which would then then do the voodoo lagfix. However, it probably doesn't matter either way.
I actually used QtADB to backup the non-needed apps to a folder on the SD card followed by uninstalling them. Just another option, which I find a bit easier than trying to do it on the phone. It doesn't affect the outcome, it's just personal preference. In the end, I prefer to debloat my own ROM by taking out the apps that *I* want to rather than installing a different ROM. This way I get go choose exactly what I want and what I don't want, rather than letting someone else decide for me.
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@BeefJerky how is your battery life? on 3g anyway...
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@BeefJerky how is your battery life? on 3g anyway...
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I'm in a 4G area, so the phone is rarely on 3G. That being said, my battery life has been quite good in 4G. Based on my definitions:
Light usage - 20-36 hours
Moderate usage - 14-18 hours
Heavy usage - 8-12 hours
Yo, ... I see a lot of trash ROM's for this phone. They all seem to have bugs. Is there a ROM out there that takes out the bloat and will allow me minor customization?
Or, can you point me in the right direction to a ROM that allows me to USE all the FEATURES my phone has.
(What good is ROM if you can't use SMS message?)
Thanks!
abqdavid said:
Yo, ... I see a lot of trash ROM's for this phone. They all seem to have bugs. Is there a ROM out there that takes out the bloat and will allow me minor customization?
Or, can you point me in the right direction to a ROM that allows me to USE all the FEATURES my phone has.
(What good is ROM if you can't use SMS message?)
Thanks!
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Sure, if you don't want custom rom, your best bet is Stock FP1 bloated with just root. Then download ICS theme/locker (or what ever theme you like, even eclipse theme) and use Go launcher EX from the market. This will give you trouble free and stable phone.
THANKS!
buhohitr said:
Sure, if you don't want custom rom, your best bet is Stock FP1 bloated with just root. Then download ICS theme/locker (or what ever theme you like, even eclipse theme) and use Go launcher EX from the market. This will give you trouble free and stable phone.
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Thanks for the info. I really appreciate that!
David
abqdavid said:
I see a lot of trash ROM's for this phone.
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I stopped reading after this. If you think they're trash, why don't you try making a ROM yourself?
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abqdavid said:
Yo, ... I see a lot of trash ROM's for this phone. They all seem to have bugs. Is there a ROM out there that takes out the bloat and will allow me minor customization?
Or, can you point me in the right direction to a ROM that allows me to USE all the FEATURES my phone has.
(What good is ROM if you can't use SMS message?)
Thanks!
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I have no idea where you're reading but all the roms with the possible exception of jts ics has sms. Jts is clearly marked as an alpha
Charged up post!
piizzadude said:
I have no idea where you're reading but all the roms with the possible exception of jts ics has sms. Jts is clearly marked as an alpha
Charged up post!
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jt's has SMS...it's only missing MMS and mobile data.
OK... First and foremost all credits, thanks, kudos and appreciation for this solution goes to Virus, this solution comes from their work.
This will restore the original Green icon VVM that many of us have been missing, and cannot find in newer roms.
(Screenshot at bottom)
The difference between this one and the newer version is that this one is integrated into the MMS/SMS layout which in my humble opinion is the best looking and most elegant solution. the last time i saw this working was in one of the earlier versions of
Eternity ROM mecha_signed_060812_063718
so i started there and extracted both the VVM and MMS apk, both are needed.
then i tried to simply install into the latest Eternity ROM without success... : (
On a whim i tried to install via a theme... and Voila success. : )
so here is the solution, i modded the theme zip for Eternity 1.0 so that it only replaces the MMS and VVM and this worked twice in testing.
So far as i know this should work in any rom with HTC Sense, ASOP will not support the mms.apk therefore it wont work on those roms, but i can only guarantee the rom i tested in...
this will replace your MMS.apk in Sense roms, but this shouldn't be an issue
For ICE CREAM SANDWICH look here... http://www.teambamf.net/topic/4331-romics-leak-for-htc-mecha-7006052-403-08212012/
let me know if you run into any issues
instructions
remove your current VVM
(I recommend a rooted uninstall such as Titanium, Rom Toolbox, or whatever)
then boot into recovery
wipe dalvick
wipe cache
install update zip
reboot
I never knew there was any way to get vvm on any aosp rom. That's why I switched to gvvm. I would have kept vvm had I known.. Great work.
ok nevermind, i just loaded up MiniBAMF and the ASOP version did not work.
The MMS.apk needs sense to work, and therefore since that wont happen on an ASOP rom the VVM.apk didnt load.
i have removed the ASOP version.
Sorry guys... : (
Since I already have gvvm set up and you cannot delete your phone number once foolish enough to give it to them I won't be changing back to vvm. It is still a great accomplishment and I hope others can use it. Nice to see folks still putting this kind of work in the tbolt.
Wonder if this is gonna work on the liquid ics ? The version. I had on liquid 3.2 won't work.
that depends, i have a thunderbolt therefore i cant test ICS, but if ICS can run a gingerbread version of the mms.apk then yes. but i dont know enough about the mms.apk on ICS to speak intelligently on this...
Awesome accomplishment!!
+1!!
Thank you for helping the Thunderbolt community!!
Sweet, i'm learning more everyday, thanks to the awesome ppl here. I will continue to try and help
Howler said:
Sweet, i'm learning more everyday, thanks to the awesome ppl here. I will continue to try and help
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I've got a version I was running on liquid 3.2 aosp that required a sso engine pushed to system /app and then the vm app installed to data/app ,its worked flawless for about 6 months. I can't rememberwhere I found it but it wasnt in the tbolt forums.if anybody needs em I can upload em
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I've got a version I was running on liquid 3.2 aosp that required a sso engine pushed to system /app and then the vm app installed to data/app ,its worked flawless for about 6 months. I can't rememberwhere I found it but it wasnt in the tbolt forums.if anybody needs em I can upload em
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WTF are you waiting for load it up...sry, but now i am excited.
Howler said:
WTF are you waiting for load it up...sry, but now i am excited.
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Lmao sorry man. Been busy at work. Ill zip em up and upload. Em. So when you get em just extract then You will push the vzwssoengine.apk to system/app and install the vvm app as usual as this version of vvm installs to data/app. Gimme a minute
http://db.tt/ktcQc8IJ alright try that
Ok tomorrow I try it. Ty sir
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Hmm i installed it on latest Eternity ROM still no go it actually messed up my MMS.apk i just restored it. I can get old version of VVM working but not new one i tried uninstalling the old version and new one never shows up in app menu.
Freek20010 said:
Hmm i installed it on latest Eternity ROM still no go it actually messed up my MMS.apk i just restored it. I can get old version of VVM working but not new one i tried uninstalling the old version and new one never shows up in app menu.
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wait, i'm confused. you got the old version working... which is exactly what this thread is for... but you want the newer version ????
if you need the newer version then dont use this thread. Did you read my description at the begining????
if you need the newer version, i have included the installer for that version. you will find it in post one of this thread. Happy trails.
wampuscat said:
Lmao sorry man. Been busy at work. Ill zip em up and upload. Em. So when you get em just extract then You will push the vzwssoengine.apk to system/app and install the vvm app as usual as this version of vvm installs to data/app. Gimme a minute
http://db.tt/ktcQc8IJ alright try that
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OK. this is the new version, we already have this one floating around everywhere, even on google play market.
this thread is for the ppl that want the one that comes on the stock rom. thanks anyways, i appreciate the effort.
Have a great one mate.
Howler said:
OK. this is the new version, we already have this one floating around everywhere, even on google play market.
this thread is for the ppl that want the one that comes on the stock rom. thanks anyways, i appreciate the effort.
Have a great one mate.
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What's the difference other than the icon? And I wanna say mine wouldn't work straight out the market On liquid 3.2. That's why I searched fire this one. Its the same version but I guess they had to make some changes.
OK nevermind ...I reread the OP
Thanks for this thread
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Check out my thread on getting Verizon visual voicemail to work!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2768874
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For the first flashable stock ROM for this device CLICK HERE
UPDATED
This is the first working flashable ROM for this phone that I am aware of.
Thanks to @shifattk and @FitAmp for the overclock
Thanks to @Restl3ss, who is working on a rooted and overclocked, otherwise bone stock ROM
^^^Used boot.img from the above mentioned
Based off stock 4.0.4.
Rooted
BusyBox
Overclocked to 1000mhz
Root Browser
New Launcher
Apollo Music
Default Ringtone: Crank
Bloat Removed
Theme Changes
Zipaligned
Many more changes to come!
Stable
Working and tested.
Flashing instructions:
1. Use CWM 6.0.3.1 (get it here, flash with Odin)
2. WIPE DATA/CACHE
3. Disable signature verification (signed version to come)
4. Flash
5. Wipe Dalvik.
6. Reboot
7. After initial setup, hit menu, go into preferences, scroll down and hit restart launcher. The default preferences have been modded for great performance, but don't auto load. After launcher restart, default preferences stay permanent, you only have to do it after first boot. Or change them to whatever you see fit!
Hit thanks if you enjoy!
Download:http://d-h.st/8Ee
As always, I am not responsible for you bricking your phone. Odin is not a toy, CWM Recovery is not a toy. Installing custom ROMS is relatively easy, but if you are unsure what you are doing, do some research on XDA or Google BEFORE you start messing around. This ROM is working and running on my S730M and I have had no problems so far.
OMG!
I've been waiting so long for somebody to make a custom rom for this phone! This is the first custom rom for this phone at last! I shall try it out and get back to you my good sir.
Sweet! Thanks :laugh::good:
BopIt said:
I've been waiting so long for somebody to make a custom rom for this phone! This is the first custom rom for this phone at last! I shall try it out and get back to you my good sir.
Sweet! Thanks :laugh::good:
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Thanks! It was plagued with issues to start, just trying to get a flashable zip of the stock ROM together was a nightmare, and since there wasn't one any where on the internet to use as a base, well... had no choice but to make one. I'm going to release a non over clocked version as well. This one is still close to stock with a few mods and tweaks, so enjoy and I'll keep working away at bringing a true custom to this phone
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Good Job!
I flashed it on my Discover today and it worked flawlessly.
By the way, I didn't make the OC script. It was FitAmp, the credits should go to him.
What launcher did you use? and good job on making a working rom for it, I had been messing around with trying to cook one in the kitchen app for the SS730G. I may give that one a shot with flashing this one, the stock rom on it is having issues anyways as when I try to shut it down it reboots 9 times out of 10.
atmu5fear said:
This is the first working flashable ROM for this phone that I am aware of.
Thanks to @shifattk and @FitAmp for the overclock
Thanks to @Restl3ss, who is working on a rooted and overclocked, otherwise bone stock ROM
^^^Used boot.img from the above mentioned
Based off stock 4.0.4.
Rooted
BusyBox
Overclocked to 1000mhz
New Launcher
Apollo Music
Flappy Bird (yes the original)
Default Ringtone: Crank
Bloat Removed
Coming soon:
Deodexed
Zipaligned
Added system apps for root functions and enhanced experience (Root file explorer, Greenify, upgraded keyboard, terminal emulator, lite browser)
Many more changes to come!
Stable
Working and tested.
Flashing instructions:
1. Use CWM 6.0.3.1 (get it here, flash with Odin)
2. WIPE DATA/CACHE
3. Disable signature verification (signed version to come)
4. Flash
5. Wipe Dalvik.
6. Reboot and enjoy
Hit thanks if you enjoy!
Download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/170099363/S730M_atmu5fear.zip
As always, I am not responsible for you bricking your phone. Odin is not a toy, CWM Recovery is not a toy. Installing custom ROMS is relatively easy, but if you are unsure what you are doing, do some research on XDA or Google BEFORE you start messing around. This ROM is working and running on my S730M and I have had no problems so far.
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What launcher did you use? and good job on making a working rom for it, I had been messing around with trying to cook one in the kitchen app for the SS730G. I may give that one a shot with flashing this one, the stock rom on it is having issues anyways as when I try to shut it down it reboots 9 times out of 10.
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Launcher pro, the only launcher I will use since I bought my first droid, runs clean and light. There's always the option to change to whatever launcher you like, for me, on this phone, runs the smoothest and that's what I'm going for here. Many changes still to come!
Kitchen is a great tool for learning AS LONG as you take a look at every change you implement with kitchen, in the update or updater script itself. The one thing about it is, that if you fully rely on kitchen, even if it does work, you won't learn a thing. All of the changes kitchen makes, can be made in terminal and text editor (Linux) to give you some hands on experience
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Launcher pro, the only launcher I will use since I bought my first droid, runs clean and light. There's always the option to change to whatever launcher you like, for me, on this phone, runs the smoothest and that's what I'm going for here. Many changes still to come!
Kitchen is a great tool for learning AS LONG as you take a look at every change you implement with kitchen, in the update or updater script itself. The one thing about it is, that if you fully rely on kitchen, even if it does work, you won't learn a thing. All of the changes kitchen makes, can be made in terminal and text editor (Linux) to give you some hands on experience
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I'm partial to the Nova Launcher myself, but I know what you mean. While the stock launcher is better than the standard Samsung Touchwiz crap, it definitely could use a speed increase on this phone.
I keep hoping and dreaming that someone will be able to port KitKat to this phone. I just flashed the current SlimKat rom on my Nexus S and I'm impressed with how fast the Google Now launcher performs on it. Maybe with this one overclocked to 1GHz and it having 512 megs of ram which I think is a little more than the Nexus S had it would make a different.
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I'm partial to the Nova Launcher myself, but I know what you mean. While the stock launcher is better than the standard Samsung Touchwiz crap, it definitely could use a speed increase on this phone.
I keep hoping and dreaming that someone will be able to port KitKat to this phone. I just flashed the current SlimKat rom on my Nexus S and I'm impressed with how fast the Google Now launcher performs on it. Maybe with this one overclocked to 1GHz and it having 512 megs of ram which I think is a little more than the Nexus S had it would make a different.
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Kit Kat was built to run on 512mb, from everything I've heard it utilizes memory way better than any other version yet. I'm going to look at porting ROMs to this device, but one project at a time . It should be possible though. Even if I can port a stock 4.4.2 and start customizing from there, I think this phone would benefit tremendously from it, more so then newer more powerful devices.
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atmu5fear said:
Kit Kat was built to run on 512mb, from everything I've heard it utilizes memory way better than any other version yet. I'm going to look at porting ROMs to this device, but one project at a time . It should be possible though. Even if I can port a stock 4.4.2 and start customizing from there, I think this phone would benefit tremendously from it, more so then newer more powerful devices.
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I flashed my 730G with this rom, so far it looks good. I may switch the launcher to a different one but other than this it looks and appears to run fine. I can't test the radio at the moment as my net10 sim is cut down to nano size and I can't find my regular sim to nano sim adapter. I know I have one but finding it will be the fun part.
Double check the Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS etc, make sure they turn on and work. They should as they work fine on the 730m, but you never know. I haven't seen the build.prop for the G
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And check your root too. If root works than the rooting process is the same for both. Just open root browser and if it asks for superuser access you're golden. Plan to add terminal and cpu tuner in the next update.
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atmu5fear said:
Double check the Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS etc, make sure they turn on and work. They should as they work fine on the 730m, but you never know. I haven't seen the build.prop for the G
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The wi-fi and GPS appear to work fine. I still haven't been able to find my nano to regular size sim adapter. I wound up replacing launcher pro with nova launcher, and I also installed Titanium backup which I used to integrate the google keyboard. After I switched over to it, I froze the samsung keyboard which was a pain in the ass to have to work with. You may want to look into switching the keyboard if you have a preference in a future release. I really like the google keyboard myself.
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The wi-fi and GPS appear to work fine. I still haven't been able to find my nano to regular size sim adapter. I wound up replacing launcher pro with nova launcher, and I also installed Titanium backup which I used to integrate the google keyboard. After I switched over to it, I froze the samsung keyboard which was a pain in the ass to have to work with. You may want to look into switching the keyboard if you have a preference in a future release. I really like the google keyboard myself.
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I've considered switching the default launcher to nova, or I should say I've tried to. I've had issues with everything I've tried, except launcher pro, and lightning launcher. Lighting launcher is actually extremely fast and lightweight, I think the app itself is less the a MB, but its far different than your standard, familiar style of launcher so I opted out. I've tried solo, which is nearly identical to nova, except there's no pro version, all "pro" features are entirely free. I've also tried KK launcher, again very similar to nova, but all three of them will not load after the initial setup screen. Just don't work well as system apps. Loading them into the data partition should solve this problem, but they install with a file size of 0 MB, and again, won't actually load. All of them work fine when installed from the market, or from an apk, just haven't had luck packaging them with the ROM. I'll look into the keyboard thing. I prefer Swype, but given it's a paid app, I can't really incorporate it, and I don't want to just include a 30 day trial app in the ROM. I'll keep plucking away at it tho. Thanks a ton for your input
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ok I just wiped it and went thru setup, it worked with no issues with the samsung keyboard and the nova launcher as system apps. maybe this will help for customizing the rom further? Also it might be a good idea to remove the updater app just to be safe. While I don't think that they would ever push out a rom update for the samsung S730M or S730G it might cause issues if someone who didn't know better used the updater app and downloaded a rom update. It may not be an issue, but I figured it was worth mentioning
I wanted to give an update. I was able to successfully use your rom as a base to make my own custom rom. I had to extract the updater script binary from yours to drop into the appropriate folder in my working folder. I'm going to do a little more fine tuning on what apps I want to include but I should have it ready to share soon.
Also, I finally found my adapter so I was able to read my Net10 sim in my S730G, other than it not having the correct APN which I had to manually enter It worked with no problems once I setup the APN, full signal and no issues with downloading anything once the APN was setup.
OK I've finished the 1.0 version of my rom. it can be found here
Thanks but
before I flash this I want to know if anyone knows where I can download the odin flashable stock firmware for this device. So glad that this is out though but this phone is only 4 months old for me still got 8 months for something to go horribly wrong with it
Thanks! Overall OK.
sixty_oz said:
before I flash this I want to know if anyone knows where I can download the odin flashable stock firmware for this device. So glad that this is out though but this phone is only 4 months old for me still got 8 months for something to go horribly wrong with it
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There is no Odin flashable ROM for this phone. I do have there stock flashable zips tho. Worst case scenario, you Odin flash recovery, then flash the stock zip via cwm. I've been working on CM 9, and have not been able to get it to work, but no matter how many times I've flashed it, I can always flash back to stock via recovery, haven't bricked yet
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following!
I'm new to flashing in general so I am just learning what the process entails, but I just put CM11 onto an N7 '13 and I am very impressed with what people are doing. I also have a sluggish Samsung Discover so I'm very interested in how this work proceeds!
Best of luck everyone and thank you Atmu5fear, hopefully I can share my experience soon as well.
Hi all, I have had HTC One M8 for a month now and I just love it.
The only thing I would like to know that if I installed a custom rom would my phone function better?
I honestly got sick of installing roms on my old Galaxy S3, and every time I find something that I don't like in that rom or a bug.
Please help me deciding.
gogz2005 said:
Hi all, I have had HTC One M8 for a month now and I just love it.
The only thing I would like to know that if I installed a custom rom would my phone function better?
I honestly got sick of installing roms on my old Galaxy S3, and every time I find something that I don't like in that rom or a bug.
Please help me deciding.
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Just because you root doesn't mean you need to install a custom rom.
Rooting and keeping stock ROM will allow you to tweak the stock rom to your liking. You can use any number of tools like the Xposed mods, tasker scripts, themers, etc. The possibilities are endless.
I have always rooted and tweaked the stock ROMS until late in the device life when I won't be getting the next version of Android. Then I load a custom ROM.
gogz2005 said:
Hi all, I have had HTC One M8 for a month now and I just love it.
The only thing I would like to know that if I installed a custom rom would my phone function better?
I honestly got sick of installing roms on my old Galaxy S3, and every time I find something that I don't like in that rom or a bug.
Please help me deciding.
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To me, the biggest advantage of rooting is removing bloatware (apps you don't want.) There's no need to install a custom ROM if you don't want to do so but there are advantages to custom ROMs, several already have much of the bloat removed.
They probably won't make your phone function better.
85gallon said:
Just because you root doesn't mean you need to install a custom rom.
Rooting and keeping stock ROM will allow you to tweak the stock rom to your liking. You can use any number of tools like the Xposed mods, tasker scripts, themers, etc. The possibilities are endless.
I have always rooted and tweaked the stock ROMS until late in the device life when I won't be getting the next version of Android. Then I load a custom ROM.
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Very good point, I love how responsive my phone is, and I also like the way the stock rom feels and looks. Now I will consider rooting it.
xs11e said:
To me, the biggest advantage of rooting is removing bloatware (apps you don't want.) There's no need to install a custom ROM if you don't want to do so but there are advantages to custom ROMs, several already have much of the bloat removed.
They probably won't make your phone function better.
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So is it easy to remove Verizon pre-installed apps if I rooted my phone?
85gallon said:
Just because you root doesn't mean you need to install a custom rom.
Rooting and keeping stock ROM will allow you to tweak the stock rom to your liking. You can use any number of tools like the Xposed mods, tasker scripts, themers, etc. The possibilities are endless.
I have always rooted and tweaked the stock ROMS until late in the device life when I won't be getting the next version of Android. Then I load a custom ROM.
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I just rooted my phone using Weak Sauce. Can you tell me how to remove bloatware apps?
gogz2005 said:
So is it easy to remove Verizon pre-installed apps if I rooted my phone?
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gogz2005 said:
I just rooted my phone using Weak Sauce. Can you tell me how to remove bloatware apps?
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If you are keeping the stock ROM do NOT remove the bloatware if it is a system file. (Most of them are) If you remove them you will not be able to take the OTA updates from your carrier until you restore them. You are better off disabling them or using Titanium Backup to Freeze them. That way they are easily reversed so you can take the OTA update.
gogz2005 said:
I just rooted my phone using Weak Sauce. Can you tell me how to remove bloatware apps?
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titanium back up freeeze/uninstall
I used to crack flash back on my Galaxy Nexus. I had the M8 for about a month before I rooted and S'Offed. I'm hesitant to flash a full custom ROM as of yet because stock plus Xposed is keeping me extremely happy. For me, the Xposed framework and modules is such a great setup because it allows me to pick and choose which tweaks I want.
Was gonna remain stock till I downloaded an xposed mod that messed up my wifi (possibly due to having a feature another xposed module was handling turned on) . Instead of reflashing and adding all the tweaks and flash zip to a stock ROM, I went ahead and flashed cleanrom which is basically debloated with all the tweaks/mods I already previously had and wanted.
Cleanrom plus the xposed modules like sense6 toolbox, gravity box, XSense, etc make staying stock or stock-ish a very glamorous option
Sounds like what you want is some good old fashioned CleanROM :good:
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wtoj34 said:
Sounds like what you want is some good old fashioned CleanROM :good:
Edit just read the most recent post right after posting this. Oh well. You'll love CleanROM though. Had it for about a month (practically a record for me and roms) and I love it. Gpe is also pretty stable may try that it he future 'cause I heart aosp but other than that I see no reason to use anything but CleanROM
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I think that it was I will try, CleanRom. Thank you for the advice.
I'm loving the GPE rom
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Root It!
The Cyanogenmod nightlies are good - the 6/16 version did not have any problems.