My girlfriend just got an atrix 2 and I'm not familiar with att/new Motorola's. I have Verizon and am way more comfy with Samsung and HTC.
Is the boot loader locked or unlocked? I saw a post with a method but its not clear.
Next, what the best, and by best I mean most stable, rom? Lithium looks nice.
I already rooted her phone..so do I just slap on CWM and download lithium? Or is the boot loader unlocked and I need to do that first?
Can someone just point me in the right direction? Thank you!
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Bootloader is locked. You have to install the bootstrap apk to get cwm. Victory rom is my personal favorite and it is a flashable zip. It has zero problems in my opinion. Battery life is good, no lag. I haven't really tested the other roms that are cwm backups because i just prefer flashable zips. So someone else will have to answer you for lithium.
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Bootloader is locked. You have to install the bootstrap apk to get cwm. Victory rom is my personal favorite and it is a flashable zip. It has zero problems in my opinion. Battery life is good, no lag. I haven't really tested the other roms that are cwm backups because i just prefer flashable zips. So someone else will have to answer you for lithium.
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Thank you so much. Yeah I saw the cwm backups and I thought it was the weirdest thing. Btw...I actually like the look of the atrix 2. Kinda makes me want to go get a razr.
Again..thanks. totally what I wanted to know.
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If you decide on victory rom the link for the download in the op is down. You have to search a few pages for the mirror.
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If you decide on victory rom the link for the download in the op is down. You have to search a few pages for the mirror.
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I was just noticing that. Lol. Hey is there a thread with safe removable apps? I see in the victory thread that its not debloated.
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Here is a thread with a list of safe to remove/freeze apps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330235
I'm using Lithium ROM and so far I love it. I haven't had any problems with it, it's very stable, and it's very snappy and overall just a great ROM. I especially love the ICS theming it has.
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I was just noticing that. Lol. Hey is there a thread with safe removable apps? I see in the victory thread that its not debloated.
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I usually just delete the bloat with tbu. I can't stand freezing them because they at still there taking up space.
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I'd go with Lithium or Blaze as far as ROMs go, with Lithium being my favorite so far.
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Lithium is great, very fast nice looking and stable. the whole supercharged line of roms was good, but is dead for now. v6 is supposed to be out in a few weeks and judging by the devs working on it, it should be fantastic. cwm backups are fine, and common for our phone, just always wipe data and dalvik cache before installing
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Hey guys,
Im new at this and don't know much about flashing and stuff. I barely got my skyrocket coming from an iPhone 3gs that was jailbroken. Anywho, my friend had my friend had rooted my phone, but im not sure where and how to go from here. What's the best rom and kernels to use?
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Just check out the developement forum try em out and you decide that's the best way.
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Everyone has there own preference I prefer stock rooted it seems to be good enough for me. Although sky icecream is a great one
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Ok look into my signature where it says new to xda// noob?? click there you will find everything you need to know. OR Press here. Make sure to hit thnx.
niezek said:
Everyone has there own preference I prefer stock rooted it seems to be good enough for me. Although sky icecream is a great one
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Thanks for your guys feed back.
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I'd say use the Faux kernel with Sky Ice Cream
It gives me the best battery life... about 2 days with moderate use.
And NEVER use ROM Manager. It's BAD. VERY BAD!
NOTE: Doesn't seem to be working when email widget is active. Am working on it.
Hey All,
In preparing my upcoming ROM, I was trying to stop the stock TouchWiz launcher from lagging when you exit out of an app and then scroll to another page. Anyway, I believe I found the culprit in Workspace.smali, and was wondering if I could get a few people to test out a modded TW launcher APK and (hopefully) confirm that this is, in fact, working, and is not some freak of my phone/ROM. Of course, any reports of unwanted behavior as a result of installing the mod would be great, as well. I have been using for a few hours and all is good here.
This is for VRALG1 based deodexed ROMs only. It is competely stock, except for the mod described above and some PNG optimization. If your ROM has a modded/themed Touchwiz launcher, this will remove any such mods or theming!!! It will also remove some widgets...Please make a NANDROID BACKUP and backup your sec.launcher2.apk in /system/app before trying this out!!! If you do not know what this means, please, please do not try this. As usual, you are testing this mod at you own risk, and I can't be responsible for anything that may happen to you, your device or others as a result of trying this mod.
Anyway, push the attached apk to /system/app (or copy with root explorer, etc.) and you should be good to go. I didn't need to reboot, but you can if you want. Should be no need to set permissions, but you may want to set them if you wish (again, if you don't understand this, don't try it!).
Scott- if you want to odex this so users of your ROM can test, feel free to post in the thread.
Mods - If this post is redundant (I searched all over, but didn't see it), please let me know...
Thanks!
Steve
I'll try it out now for ya and let you know. Thanks
Edit...seems to be working fine, and I'm even on my upcoming odexed ROM and it works great
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remf4i said:
I'll try it out now for ya and let you know. Thanks
Edit...seems to be working fine, and I'm even on my upcoming odexed ROM and it works great
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Awesome. I HATED that little stutter. Thanks for trying.
Hmmm...a little lag back now. Happened after adding email widget.
Will keep on going and see what I can do...
If you don't mind can you pm me and let me know what you edited? I'm working on a jb ROM and may try it in the new twiz
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remf4i said:
If you don't mind can you pm me and let me know what you edited? I'm working on a jb ROM and may try it in the new twiz
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Sure. I am working atm, but will send soon. Working on email widget issue when I'm free, as well.
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Noticeably fast! Request: 5/4 home screen like synergy?
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salas2324 said:
Noticeably fast! Request: 5/4 home screen like synergy?
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Yep. I am in process of making that, and landscape support, as well (separate and together).
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Steve! Bring magnolia to the d2vzw!! Lol. Or port your dinc and vivow sense ROMs here.. lol (I know it is not easy and will probably never happen.. due to proprietary files.) You gonna cook up a nice ROM for this device?
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Steve! Bring magnolia to the d2vzw!! Lol. Or port your dinc and vivow sense ROMs here.. lol (I know it is not easy and will probably never happen.. due to proprietary files.) You gonna cook up a nice ROM for this device?
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Planning on it...nice to see you here!
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Aw I cant use it on CleanRom since its an odexed rom...
sk806 said:
Sure. I am working atm, but will send soon. Working on email widget issue when I'm free, as well.
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Thanks bro
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sk806 said:
Planning on it...nice to see you here!
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Great to see you too. Now all we need is Nitsuj, Aeroevan, Condemned Souls, and Taylor Lawton.. then the Vivow will take over the sgs3!! Lol. Let me know if you need a tester or anything. Willing to try. I have insurance and if the wife *****es at me for rooting I'll just smash my phone and get a new one. Got my Vivow as a back up
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Would love to test an odex version for you.
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jackdubl said:
Would love to test an odex version for you.
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I am working on a new version that, hopefully, will fix the issue with the gmail and samsung mail widgets redrawing on app close, which is the only thing preventing this from working 100%. I will odex that one when done. I hope to have it done tomorrow...
Steve
Any ideas if you can improve scrolling smoothness on the recent apps?
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BrUhNiGGs said:
Any ideas if you can improve scrolling smoothness on the recent apps?
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Yes. I am trying things out now. Can't guarantee. Anything, but hopeful.
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Any updates on this?
Just thought everybody would like to know it is available on Kies UCMC1 :victory:
Great now all the noobs will come out again :banghead:.
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Can I install it if I'm rooted?
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jd1639 said:
Can I install it if I'm rooted?
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nope.
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Yes, I am new to the forum mtdew no need to point that out, i just thought people who didn't use keis often would like to know. Any other pearls of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. And if you want to unroot before performing the upgrade you can use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Can you guys post a screenshot of the about page please?
jay5027 said:
Yes, I am new to the forum mtdew no need to point that out, i just thought people who didn't use keis often would like to know. Any other pearls of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. And if you want to unroot before performing the upgrade you can use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
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I wasn't directing it towards you. With the new update will come another wave of noobs asking tons of already asked questions. Expecting us to fix their problems.
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Great now all the noobs will come out again :banghead:.
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Just ignore them if they bother you instead of whining about it before it even happens.
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Downloading the update right now. Might wip up a ROM for you guys. And it is 4.1.2
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ahhh
mtdew said:
I wasn't directing it towards you. With the new update will come another wave of noobs asking tons of already asked questions. Expecting us to fix their problems.
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My apologies I am rather new to the forum I misunderstood what you meant
screenshot
here you go.
how smart status barish
Didn't know the status bar would pop up on any full screen app if you pull down from the top lol
Any notable change from the Rogers version? Any thoughts on the radio?
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Worst update ever. Rogers update is WAY smoother. This is just a bunch of Samsung and AT&T's lazy bull****.
Or maybe it's just mine that's laggy cause this update is supposed to feature Project Butter.
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Didn't know the status bar would pop up on any full screen app if you pull down from the top lol
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This has been available since mohans 4.1.2 I love it!
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Haha mtdew was right, jelly bean rolls out and the noobs come flocking in like a bunch of dumb birds...
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Haha mtdew was right, jelly bean rolls out and the noobs come flocking in like a bunch of dumb birds...
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Happens with every official update lol.
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Happens with every official update lol.
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Anybody want to bet how many threads will be started about it. I see 2 so far. I can't wait for the "JellyBean bricked my phone" threads and the ever-so-awesome, "Will I lose root if I update?" variety of threads..
still using the last leaked jelly bean lol
I would like to know what type of battery life people are getting with the stock JB rom. I'm on the unofficial AOKP 4.2 and have had outstanding life @ 1d 20h 4m with a 45min bluetooth call without charging at 7% left! I don't do much in my phone so screen time is usually less than 25%. I can post a screen shot if there are any doubts, but the stock ICS rom gave me just as good performance. Still love my CM 10.1 and AOKP though. The dev's have done some outstanding work!
i never tried out cm9 and i was wondering does anyone have a cm9 rom i can download? I'm quite aware that it's no where near as fast as 4.2.2 roms but i used it alot in my inc2 days and wanna go back to it for a little bit
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pretty certain cm9 never came to the S3. at least on this forum. there might be other builds elsewhere though.
I thought it did because I saw a thing on droid-life about it awhile back
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Why do you want to try cm9. I used it on a nook tablet and droid incredible and hated it. Always seemed like a huge battery drain. I honestly don't remember seeing a cm9 build for the Verizon s3.
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andrewk7750 said:
I thought it did because I saw a thing on droid-life about it awhile back
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The S3 was release post CM9 . I even had CM10 on my OG Nook.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/30456-vzweasy-unofficial-guide-to-installing-cm9cm10/
Uses the kexec method that we were using before the unlocked bootloader. Most peripherals probably do not work. Flash at your own risk.
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Don't know what everyone else is talking about but I ran CM9 fine, specifically AOKP based on it.
mybook4 said:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/30456-vzweasy-unofficial-guide-to-installing-cm9cm10/
Uses the kexec method that we were using before the unlocked bootloader. Most peripherals probably do not work. Flash at your own risk.
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I've seen this but beanstown must have taken his cm9 downloads off of goo.im
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Why the F would you ever want to go back to ICS? Before project butter? Ug.
sbenson1226 said:
Why the F would you ever want to go back to ICS? Before project butter? Ug.
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For the nostalgia
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So I'm buying this tablet today. Can you gentlemen/ladies... help guide me with some resources to get rooted, w custom recovery, ROMS, themes etc. Much appreciated... Yes I've been looking, but I'm looking for guidance and wisdom from those of you who have been following this tablet... Thanks in advance!
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This should help, it was the guide I used.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2459817
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Kejen Kaos said:
This should help, it was the guide I used.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2459817
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Thanks! Is this thing still pretty active? Would just like to get a nice stable custom ROM set up...
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Not really much, we have cm11 but without working cameras that's in general named some things for the ltet217s which is really about it. Theyres a custom touchwiz ROM from mijah that's really just themed and that's about it...
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I cant even get odin without some other bs. You got a clean zip?
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Check out the nocturnal rom once you get rooted. It's themed and runs really smooth that and it's one of the only ones available. This is definitely not the most popular tab out there but it's pretty solid. I have no complaints and I'm used to the best of the best when it comes to Android phones. Plus it's another device to root and play around with. Sorry I don't have an odin, but I'm pretty sure there is one in the development section. Samsung devices are pretty easy to root, probably the easiest out there.
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durandetto said:
Check out the nocturnal rom once you get rooted. It's themed and runs really smooth that and it's one of the only ones available. This is definitely not the most popular tab out there but it's pretty solid. I have no complaints and I'm used to the best of the best when it comes to Android phones. Plus it's another device to root and play around with. Sorry I don't have an odin, but I'm pretty sure there is one in the development section. Samsung devices are pretty easy to root, probably the easiest out there.
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I got it hooked up. Thanks for the heads up on nocturnal. Its sweet with xposed all set up!
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