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[Q] Noob to Android modification...

So my Sensation 4g is only my 2nd Android phone... G2 being the first and i've decided to start modding this one. Last night I followed the 4 steps to get the phone switched to s-off and then rooted. I'm looking into a new rom for the phone. I like all the videos and stuff i see for CM7 but it seems like it may be a min for that to drop a release. Do you guys have anything else you suggest? Also any particular app's? I've instated Bloat Freezer and a couple others to try and trim the HTC Sense 3.0 fat. Thank you in advance

Download a sensless ROM.
And I only use 1 root app, titanium backup. Comes in handy a lot, and can save u data.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

chrisizzle492 said:
Download a sensless ROM.
And I only use 1 root app, titanium backup. Comes in handy a lot, and can save u data.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
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Do I need TI back up if I already have CWM?

If you dont want all the nice graphics from Sense roms go with No-sense like the other person suggested. If you like Sense, then you can try any rom out there. I really like this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
I was using CM roms on all my other phones, but I guess porting it to this phone is taking a little longer and not everything is working properly.
There is a difference between TI Backup and CWM. CWM will back up the complete rom with all your setting and apps, TI back up will back up your apps with data and when you jump from ROM to ROM you can restore with TI back up all your apps with data just like you had them before flashing another ROM.
I would recommend getting the paid version of TI backup, the one click install saves you a lot of time.
Welcome to Android modding.

pdpwally said:
Do I need TI back up if I already have CWM?
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TI Backup can backup all your app+system data, so that if/when you install a new ROM you can restore your apps and any data you want to. CWM is good for essentially saving an entire ROM, but it can't help with restoring apps+data onto a new ROM.

ARHD
Android Revolution is getting an update today, you may want to check that out.

Thank you everyone for the responses. I'm going to do some more research and maybe switch rom's over the weekend.

pdpwally said:
Thank you everyone for the responses. I'm going to do some more research and maybe switch rom's over the weekend.
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OVER THE WEEKEND?!
your missing out.
J/K, get it done when you have time to read the guides, you'll have a better outcome.

You really can't go wrong around here. So many great devs. As long as you're careful you can try out all of their releases. Right now I'm on InsertCoin 2.2.2 on the stock kernel and it's perfect.
It's probably not needed right now, but you might end up picking up Root Explorer someday for the occasional dev-recommended file edit.

rydr1 said:
OVER THE WEEKEND?!
your missing out.
J/K, get it done when you have time to read the guides, you'll have a better outcome.
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lol I only have one phone so I have to be careful not to brick this one.
rawrfische said:
You really can't go wrong around here. So many great devs. As long as you're careful you can try out all of their releases. Right now I'm on InsertCoin 2.2.2 on the stock kernel and it's perfect.
It's probably not needed right now, but you might end up picking up Root Explorer someday for the occasional dev-recommended file edit.
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And this is why I need to research... I'm still learning so this is all so new to me.

so many questions....
ok so i think i finally found the rom.... eaglesblood. i mean come on with a name like that it has to be pretty amazing.... and it seems to have good feedback. my other questions are what are radios? and i see a bunch of other "mods" should i just take my time and add everything? also i use my phone for gps so that is important to me is there anything i can do to garantee that it works?
sorry for all the questions i just wanna make sure i dont lose any functionality

[ROM][02.07.12]DS_Mod_1.55.531.3 (Optional Debloat)

Hello Everyone!
This is kinda sorta really late, but here is the flashable, rooted version of the latest stock rom update!
Flashing this will get you to 1.55.531.3, without the trouble of having to gain root permission again. Keep in mind that this rom will maintain everything that a stock rom would have, including the bloats. I will upload a version w/o bloat soon.
Report back if there's any problems!
Download DS_Mod_1.55.531.3 Here
02.07.12: I took out most of the bloatware in the debloated version. Download the debloated version here!
P.S. If flashing this caused your dog to have cancer, I am in no way responsible!

Omg omg omg <3
Does this support the new radio?

Yea, it's based from a device that was at the most recent OTA, with everything that comes with it.
Thanks to Daniel for bringing us forward - It's great to see people releasing all kinds of goodies for us to play with

Can you make a deodexed version? I'm a huge themer.

Do you think it would be a good idea to try flashing this on my non rooted mt4gs? Like putting it on my sd card and getting into recovery?
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk

Sinfamy said:
Omg omg omg <3
Does this support the new radio?
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do you have the new radio already? this ROM was made to run with the new radio, but it will not install the radio. i am curious to see how this runs when people flash it with the old radio... (could run just fine, we've just never had the chance to see it done )
also you could flash the new radio, but this could be a problem if you decide to flash back to an older custom ROM, as people have reported random reboots with the new radio on the older ROMs.

ac3theone said:
Do you think it would be a good idea to try flashing this on my non rooted mt4gs? Like putting it on my sd card and getting into recovery?
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk
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that would be a really cool new way to root! probably won't work, as it likely won't pass the signature check in stock recovery. shouldn't hurt to try, it would probably just not let it flash.

I'll wait for the Bloat-free version.
Or can you just use the Bloater app to remove them?
Just scored this phone for my little brother. The little amount of ROMs in the 4G Slide community surprised me.
I want him to have a full experience so I'm going to flash this ROM, I don't like how every other ROM has things here and there not working - specifically no 1080p video.

FiddleGoose said:
I'll wait for the Bloat-free version.
Or can you just use the Bloater app to remove them?
Just scored this phone for my little brother. The little amount of ROMs in the 4G Slide community surprised me.
I want him to have a full experience so I'm going to flash this ROM, I don't like how every other ROM has things here and there not working - specifically no 1080p video.
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Bloat-free coming tonight. When it stops raining and the internet become stable, I'll upload it.

yogi2010 said:
that would be a really cool new way to root! probably won't work, as it likely won't pass the signature check in stock recovery. shouldn't hurt to try, it would probably just not let it flash.
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Well, this is a zip, not a pd.img, so booting into recovery or fastboot wouldn't work anyways. OP, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is only for people with s-off, root and clockwork mod installed.

I can't wait for the debloated.
Are you going to be able to hide Kidzone and freeze the "Groups" section?

dung8604 said:
Well, this is a zip, not a pd.img, so booting into recovery or fastboot wouldn't work anyways. OP, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is only for people with s-off, root and clockwork mod installed.
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Unfortunately, yes. This is for people who are currently s-off who want to go back to the new version of stock without going through the trouble that's described here.

I'm getting constant reboots, not sure if due to the new Radio I flashed, or this ROM.

Sinfamy said:
I'm getting constant reboots, not sure if due to the new Radio I flashed, or this ROM.
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Try reflashing first. If that doesn't solve the issue, revert back to the original radio. I'm currently using this rom right now and I haven't had a reboot yet. Or maybe it's a YMMV thing

Also, debloated version is up!

Still no deodexed version. What a shame.

daniel60104 said:
Also, debloated version is up!
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Can you list what you removed from the debloated version? Also, do you know if individual items can be added back using Bloater on the debloated version?

AndroidBotx said:
Still no deodexed version. What a shame.
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oh shoot I forgot hahahaha. Do you mind if I do it tomorrow I just came back from a tourny and am tired as hell.
Fuzi0719 said:
Can you list what you removed from the debloated version? Also, do you know if individual items can be added back using Bloater on the debloated version?
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I'll do that tomorrow too. The individual items SHOULD be able to be re-added using bloater... Though, I believe some of those apps can be found on market as well.

daniel60104 said:
oh shoot I forgot hahahaha. Do you mind if I do it tomorrow I just came back from a tourny and am tired as hell.
I'll do that tomorrow too. The individual items SHOULD be able to be re-added using bloater... Though, I believe some of those apps can be found on market as well.
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I kinda figured. Lol. I already got a theme waiting once its deodexed.
Sent from my HTC Doubleshot using Tapatalk

THANKS!
THANKS!!! Was waiting for this to come around =^)

Official USA T-Mobile Nandroid

Here is the most wanted USA T-Mobile Nandroid from my One S.
Download Link for USA T-Mobile Stock Nandroid: Here
Download Link for USA T-Mobile Rooted Nandroid: Here
I added a rooted version and a non-rooted version in-case you want to send your device back.
I don't know why this is wanted but here it is.
Just extract the .zip on ur phones memory and clockworkmod folder should appear.

Thanks, Reviewer. It's definitely appreciated.
It's wanted for several reasons:
1. because if you lose everything, you'll atleast have the stock ROM to flash back
2. Warranty Service -probably want to flash everything back to stock and relock the bootloader.
3. Modding/Fun/Whatever.
The software configuration, and likely a few settings, are different on the EU roms vs the US one. I would've posted one, but I accidentally deleted /sdcard instead of /system last night (don't flash while half-asleep).
Also, just to confirm -- you didn't back that up with an account on it, did you? Just wanna make sure you're privacy isn't compromised

I did backup w/ my property on it such as Google account.
.....

Yeah, see, if I restore that, I've got your account on my machine. That's what I was noting when I said make sure it's not. You can make the backup by first performing a factory reset (via settings). This'll wipe your info off the device.

Might want to remove the link..

joshnichols189 said:
Might want to remove the link..
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Why? Is there a problem?

Reviewers said:
Why? Is there a problem?
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YES. As I just explained, your Google account is on that ROM you just uploaded. I can access your stuff, delete it, etc. Remove the link!

nickmv said:
YES. As I just explained, your Google account is on that ROM you just uploaded. I can access your stuff, delete it, etc. Remove the link!
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I'll do a factory reset tomorrow and add a new link!

Reviewers said:
I'll do a factory reset tomorrow and add a new link!
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Thanks. Props on quickly removing it.

Might want to change your password too...

nickmv said:
Thanks. Props on quickly removing it.
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I'll upload a new build in the morning of this.

akagoffer said:
Might want to change your password too...
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I already done that.

Can't wait for the new upload. Good move with removing the link bro. Protect your account.
Hopefully I can use the kitchen and create a stock zip format of this ROM. Its time to get some stuff going for this....its taking a while since everyone is crazy over the One X lol
Sent from ICS device!

itsmikeramsay said:
Can't wait for the new upload. Good move with removing the link bro. Protect your account.
Hopefully I can use the kitchen and create a stock zip format of this ROM. Its time to get some stuff going for this....its taking a while since everyone is crazy over the One X lol
Sent from ICS device!
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One X was released before One S and international and has more interest cause the insides.
This phone will be good as well just wait its a new release and yeah.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA

Reviewers said:
One X was released before One S and international and has more interest cause the insides.
This phone will be good as well just wait its a new release and yeah.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA
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Once you release that nandroid bro, I'll try and create a update.zip version that people can use as a base. I'll try and implement root and all that cool stuff....we'll see how that goes. Right now I'm in the process of moving from VZW back to T-Mo, partly because my wife wants to, but I want to as well lol....

itsmikeramsay said:
Once you release that nandroid bro, I'll try and create a update.zip version that people can use as a base. I'll try and implement root and all that cool stuff....we'll see how that goes. Right now I'm in the process of moving from VZW back to T-Mo, partly because my wife wants to, but I want to as well lol....
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It's 98% then I have to upload the rooted nandroid.
Don't use stuff without asking me permission..
PM me if you want to use my things.

Reviewers said:
It's 98% then I have to upload the rooted nandroid.
Don't use stuff without asking me permission..
PM me if you want to use my things.
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Thanks tremendously for the upload bro!

itsmikeramsay said:
Thanks tremendously for the upload bro!
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No problem about to edit the OP to add in the rooted nandroid.

I uploaded both versions of nandroid.
Rooted version and Un-rooted version.
Please comment on the the thread and rate it.

I have followed your instructions of extracting the zip in to my phones memory but when I try to restore it says something about md5

deleting bloatware...

Did a search in the GSIII forums and couldn't find what I was looking for, so I am asking here.
I am rooted/unlocked on my GSIII running 4.1.2, and want to delete the bloatware I feel is unnecessary. Is there a way for me to do this without flashing a new ROM or kernel? If so, how, and if not, is there a stable glitch-free stock ROM out there that someone made that already has the bloatware removed?
If not, I will just flash Jelly Beans v.15 and call it a day.

Do you utilize OTAs? If so don't delete bloatware, you won't be able to OTA, freeze the apps. If you don't care about OTAs I use Titanium backup pro to delete system apps.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

m-cat said:
Do you utilize OTAs? If so don't delete bloatware, you won't be able to OTA, freeze the apps. If you don't care about OTAs I use Titanium backup pro to delete system apps.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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Ah, ok. This is the first phone I am rooting/unlocking, and until now I have used all the OTA updates. I guess I have to make a choice, and proceed from there. Might as well flash a ROM if I'm not gonna use OTA, right?

I would never take an OTA. Just flash a ROM and be done with it. An OTA has the potential to lock your phone up where you will never be able to flash anything again. The ROMS will give you the same update with a lot of added options without that risk.

HHF2 said:
I would never take an OTA. Just flash a ROM and be done with it. An OTA has the potential to lock your phone up where you will never be able to flash anything again. The ROMS will give you the same update with a lot of added options without that risk.
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Damn, ok... I always trusted them since they came straight from the carrier.

a.demarco said:
I am rooted/unlocked on my GSIII running 4.1.2, and want to delete the bloatware I feel is unnecessary. Is there a way for me to do this without flashing a new ROM or kernel? If so, how, and if not, is there a stable glitch-free stock ROM out there that someone made that already has the bloatware removed?
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You can use Titanium Backup to freeze or uninstall bloat. I recommend freezing, since you can enable something if needed.
Or you can flash CleanROM. No bloat, and very stable.

I believe I found this list on XDA:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqTvctlW89DtdC1qVUlLeVFTV3ZOdUtDclpBdVRQOUE#gid=0

I tried doing this before, using the list from the last post.
I found that the best solution (if you want to keep TouchWiz and all) was CleanROM. Fast, free of bloatware, and not changed too much from stock.

Cauchon said:
I tried doing this before, using the list from the last post.
I found that the best solution (if you want to keep TouchWiz and all) was CleanROM. Fast, free of bloatware, and not changed too much from stock.
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LOVE CleanROM. I tried a few others (Beans, Smooth...) for a few days each, but CleanROM is hands down the best ROM I've ever used. It's my DD and I haven't regretted that decision ever.

jessicahll said:
LOVE CleanROM. I tried a few others (Beans, Smooth...) for a few days each, but CleanROM is hands down the best ROM I've ever used. It's my DD and I haven't regretted that decision ever.
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are there any hiccups/glitches with cleanROM? and do i need to (or should i) flash a kernel along with it?

a.demarco said:
are there any hiccups/glitches with cleanROM? and do i need to (or should i) flash a kernel along with it?
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I haven't found any hiccups. I've been using it since January.
Don't ask me about kernels, though. Lol. I know enough about rooting to possibly get me into trouble, and I can flash ROMs, but start talking about kernels and I get cross eyed.
Oh, and I flashed Andy Bones' AOSP Theme. I'd had Kinda Crap Mods, but it wasn't compatible with CR6. It may be now. It's like the best of both worlds: CleanROM gives you Touch Wiz, the mods gives you the Vanilla Android look that I prefer (because the colors of the Touch Wiz notification bar are UGLY).
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Share H901 custom stock rom. Updated Tizen 6.0

Here are two stock custom rooted roms by Vietnamese team. Just sharing the links.
REMEMBER back up your recent rom first by twrp
I use google chrome to translate the page to English
Tizen V.6.0 H90120L
http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/tỔng-hỢp-tizen-rom-cook-mm-6-0-h901-updated-v6-0-h90120l.61474/
RadeonMaya V.4.0 H960A20M
http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/rom-radeonmaya-t-mobile-h901-v4-0-update-19-11-2016.58894/

Is this ROM from a trustworthy source?
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app

iphone5sf said:
Here is one stock custom rooted rom H90120L by Vietnamese Tizen team.
Back up your recent rom first by twrp
I use google chrome to translate the page to English
I have installed it and it runs perfect and smoothly.
http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/ton...6-0-t-mobile-h901-updated-v3-0-nen-20l.61474/
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How is it going? I actually like the G5 port. Please confirm everything is going well cos I would love to use it. Please tell me how you see the ROM.
My only fear is that I noticed that if one is to revert to stock there are other files to be flashed. Being the language is in Vietnamese if a mistake is made, then hardbrick will ensue.
Thanks

zayidhs said:
How is it going? I actually like the G5 port. Please confirm everything is going well cos I would love to use it. Please tell me how you see the ROM.
My only fear is that I noticed that if one is to revert to stock there are other files to be flashed. Being the language is in Vietnamese if a mistake is made, then hardbrick will ensue.
Thanks
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You can use Google Chrome to open the page and use translate the page to English, the rom installation is English. I have installed and run good and smoothly. You need to back up rom and then full wipe, and install rom. There is instruction on V3.0 section. I just use as normal use so I am not sure how is perfect or not. Any other user has idea?

iphone5sf said:
You can use Google Chrome to open the page and use translate the page to English, the rom installation is English. I have installed and run good and smoothly. You need to back up rom and then full wipe, and install rom. There is instruction on V3.0 section. I just use as normal use so I am not sure how is perfect or not. Any other user has idea?
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I've downloaded the ROM, will flash later when I get back from work. Will let you know how it goes....

This rom is super cool. Im running a different one that's in the same section, it seems to have the UI more accurate like the V20. The devs there seem to be hella active. Ive seen updates every few days for both roms. Runs smooth and battery life is much better than stock in my opinion, cant tell if its a placebo though so Id recommend you test yourself.

iphone5sf said:
Here is one stock custom rooted rom H90120L by Vietnamese Tizen team.
Back up your recent rom first by twrp
I use google chrome to translate the page to English
I have installed it and it runs perfect and smoothly.
http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/ton...6-0-t-mobile-h901-updated-v3-0-nen-20l.61474/
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Q: Can you roll back to 20J after trying 20L, or will it brick?

martinsavvy said:
This rom is super cool. Im running a different one that's in the same section, it seems to have the UI more accurate like the V20. The devs there seem to be hella active. Ive seen updates every few days for both roms. Runs smooth and battery life is much better than stock in my opinion, cant tell if its a placebo though so Id recommend you test yourself.
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There does seem to be a lot going on there! But there's only one 20l ROM thus far, right?
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app

I dirty flashed the 20l ROM over stock rooted 20l, it booted up fine and seems fine so far.
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app

HelloG3_MotoNoMore said:
Q: Can you roll back to 20J after trying 20L, or will it brick?
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I saw a post in the Dev section that stated both 20J & 20L are both set to Anti-Rollback version 2. As long as you stay within the same anti-rollback version then you should be able to move back and forth between 20J & 20L. I believe 20E is Anti-Rollback version 1.
I am about to move back to 20J and will let you know how it goes.
EDIT: I was able to go back to 20J with no problem
Do we need to modify any of the APN's or build.prop for use on Verizon in US? My phone says 4G but keeps dropping to 3G and then sometimes it says H...

martinsavvy said:
This rom is super cool. Im running a different one that's in the same section, it seems to have the UI more accurate like the V20. The devs there seem to be hella active. Ive seen updates every few days for both roms. Runs smooth and battery life is much better than stock in my opinion, cant tell if its a placebo though so Id recommend you test yourself.
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Yeah, they are active but it is expected since they have a lot of sales in the Asian market. Can you please get me the link to the V20-like ROM?
Ty

Can someone say whether this ROM has init.d support? You can tell because there will be a folder called init.d at /system/etc/init.d. It may or may not be empty. If there is something in there then it's a pretty good indication. I usually drop a file in there that will run on boot and produce a log file in /data. If that log file doesn't appear, then no init.d support is present.

AnonVendetta said:
Can someone say whether this ROM has init.d support? You can tell because there will be a folder called init.d at /system/etc/init.d. It may or may not be empty. If there is something in there then it's a pretty good indication. I usually drop a file in there that will run on boot and produce a log file in /data. If that log file doesn't appear, then no init.d support is present.
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Can't find it using root browser, though it maybe me. Let's wait for another person to confirm.

I'll go ahead and assume the answer is no unless someone confirms otherwise. If I knew how to mod kernels, ramdisks, etc then I would add it myself. There is a universal init.d app that can add artificial support for this in the meantime, so not a huge deal. But kernel/ROM support for it is superior.

zayidhs said:
Yeah, they are active but it is expected since they have a lot of sales in the Asian market. Can you please get me the link to the V20-like ROM?
Ty
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I believe this is the ROM you are looking for: RadeonMaya
I've had it installed for about 2 hours now and all is well.

V. 4.0 Back up first. My idea for easier update, wipe Dalvik / System / Cache and then install the 4.0
For Clean install, wipe Dalvik / System / Data / Cache then install

Sippi4x4man said:
I believe this is the ROM you are looking for: RadeonMaya
I've had it installed for about 2 hours now and all is well.
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How did you extract this? The apps I used on the phone say a password is required. And it's a TWRP backup to be restored?
Edit: got it from the thread there! Duh
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app

YrrchSebor said:
How did you extract this? The apps I used on the phone say a password is required. And it's a TWRP backup to be restored?
Edit: got it from the thread there! Duh
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Glad you got it worked out, it took me a minute to figure out the password also lol. So far I've noticed my data speeds are slow and I only see 4G and not 4G LTE at the top so far....

Sippi4x4man said:
Glad you got it worked out, it took me a minute to figure out the password also lol. So far I've noticed my data speeds are slow and I only see 4G and not 4G LTE at the top so far....
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Ah ok lol haha, cool. All my andoid apps on the phone are failing to extract it, even with the password.
But as for the LTE, I think you may need to edit the build.prop if it isn't set up to be a Tmobile device. Or someone posted a tmo build.prop file in the thread about getting the 20l OTA, I believe
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app

YrrchSebor said:
Ah ok lol haha, cool. All my andoid apps on the phone are failing to extract it, even with the password.
But as for the LTE, I think you may need to edit the build.prop if it isn't set up to be a Tmobile device. Or someone posted a tmo build.prop file in the thread about getting the 20l OTA, I believe
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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If you replace the build.prop in this rom with a stock one it will get stuck at LG and won't boot any further...at least in my experience. I'm sure it's something easy but who knows