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I have rooted my phone, but have a few questions. If I do a rom backup using clockworkmod will i be able to re-install original rom with this if I don't like the rom I get? Will android revolution HD rom work on Bell sensation? Please if someone has done it let me know. Thanks
Yes and yes.
I have a Bell Sensation and am currently on Android Revolution HD 4.1.3. Its running smoothly and works perfectly for me.
chapinrico said:
I have rooted my phone, but have a few questions. If I do a rom backup using clockworkmod will i be able to re-install original rom with this if I don't like the rom I get? Will android revolution HD rom work on Bell sensation? Please if someone has done it let me know. Thanks
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Yes, you can flash to any ROM you want if your phone is rooted, regardless of your wireless carrier. However, you should be aware that rooting your phone voids your warranty. Moving on...
I use LeeDroid's ROM, which is based on Sense. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181137. I use a Sensation kernel by Faux123 with it, and my phone really flies. If you wanna check out that kernel, when you check out that thread, just find a post by Faux123 and look in his signature under projects for the link to his Sensation kernel thread.
Yes, you can go back to the original ROM (or any other custom ROM for the Sensation), but you'll want to track down the stock Sense ROM from HTC (.zip file) first, to save yourself some headache later if you do decide you like stock better. I don't have a URL for the stock Sense ROM, but you should be able to track it down on here fairly easily.
You can flash the new ROM with clockwork mod by using ROM Manager, or without RM, you can boot your phone into recovery by doing a battery pull then holding the volume rocker *down* while simultaneously holding the power button.
Good luck! Let me know what you think of the ROM and/or kernel if you decide to give them a try.
Cheers,
Tom
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk
Thank you both...so I did install Android revolution the latest version 3.6.2 and so far i love it. Took me about 3 hours to set up all my screens the same way and settings. Love the rom and now i have gtalk video! Sense is a flash no more lag wow...i'm impressed was thinking of changing to the new Htc Amaze but I think this will be a keeper for a while longer now! Thanks for the info.
You may find it helpful to play around with different roms and see which one you like best. There are several to choose from and they offer slightly different experiences.
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Thank you both...so I did install Android revolution the latest version 3.6.2 and so far i love it. Took me about 3 hours to set up all my screens the same way and settings. Love the rom and now i have gtalk video! Sense is a flash no more lag wow...i'm impressed was thinking of changing to the new Htc Amaze but I think this will be a keeper for a while longer now! Thanks for the info.
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How do you unlock a Bel HTC sensation?
If you dont mind directing me towards the link or a write up.
I looked at some however i am not sure if they can be used for a bell HTC sensation..
Thanks for all the help
ysr84 said:
How do you unlock a Bel HTC sensation?
If you dont mind directing me towards the link or a write up.
I looked at some however i am not sure if they can be used for a bell HTC sensation..
Thanks for all the help
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I used link below. I also viewed some youtube videos its basically all the same for all htc sensation phones. Just follow them carefully and make sure you do it step by step. And before you install a new rom make sure you do a back up of your Bell one. Took me about 30min slowly but surely. Good luck, if I get a chance later on I'll post some links to the videos that helped me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
Hey guys!
I'm coming from the T-Mobile LG G2X, and I'm wondering about some things.
In terms of contrast, which phone is better? The Sensation, or the G2X..
(I heard there is 2 different panel, the AUO and the SHARP) Which one is better? Which one have better contrast, and better color?
This processor is a S3, is this S3 similar to the Amaze S3, but the sensation is downclocked which can be OC using a custom kernel.. Am I correct?
Is Qualcomm Snapdragon more open source than Nvidia Tegra 2? One of the reason I'm jumping to the sensation is the Tegra 2 is pretty CLOSED SOURCE.
Edit: How much free ram on ICS do you guys have?
Edit2: I'm getting headaches just by reading how to get S-OFF, CWM, Etc... Anyone wanna simplify it for me?
How to get CWM on it, than install custom ROM (ICS), and than install a custom kernel.... Can I install CWM w/o S-Off?
Sorry for many questions...
Say I use the HTC Dev unlock..
Can I flash custom rom, custom kernels? Because that is pretty much all I need.
If I use the revolution S-Off, what advantage does that provide? I also saw HBoot 1.27 can not use Recolution S-Off...
Expiation will be great.
Thanks!
nitrogen618 said:
Sorry for many questions...
Say I use the HTC Dev unlock..
Can I flash custom rom, custom kernels? Because that is pretty much all I need.
If I use the revolution S-Off, what advantage does that provide? I also saw HBoot 1.27 can not use Recolution S-Off...
Expiation will be great.
Thanks!
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Hey guys!
I'm coming from the T-Mobile LG G2X, and I'm wondering about some things.
In terms of contrast, which phone is better? The Sensation, or the G2X..
(I heard there is 2 different panel, the AUO and the SHARP) Which one is better? Which one have better contrast, and better color?
This processor is a S3, is this S3 similar to the Amaze S3, but the sensation is downclocked which can be OC using a custom kernel.. Am I correct?
Is Qualcomm Snapdragon more open source than Nvidia Tegra 2? One of the reason I'm jumping to the sensation is the Tegra 2 is pretty CLOSED SOURCE.
Edit: How much free ram on ICS do you guys have?
Edit2: I'm getting headaches just by reading how to get S-OFF, CWM, Etc... Anyone wanna simplify it for me?
How to get CWM on it, than install custom ROM (ICS), and than install a custom kernel.... Can I install CWM w/o S-Off?
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well, it all depends on what hboot your device has. if it is from 1.17 - 1.18 i think you can use revolutionary s-off. which aside from the usual htc dev unlock gives you full write access to the nand, so you can flash kernals, remove sim lock, gain supercid ect. if you have a higher hboot you can unlock using htc dev and then use jupuntubear to s-off afterwards. htcdev = you can do recoverys and some roms, depending if they have the same baseband as you. s-off can unlock everything so you can flash what you like.
one you are s-off you can flash a recovery using the pg58img.zip to hboot method or by using the control app for 4ext. once thats install flash the superuser zip and your rooted and ready to go. as for specs in not too sure
nitrogen618 said:
Sorry for many questions...
Say I use the HTC Dev unlock..
Can I flash custom rom, custom kernels? Because that is pretty much all I need.
If I use the revolution S-Off, what advantage does that provide? I also saw HBoot 1.27 can not use Recolution S-Off...
Expiation will be great.
Thanks!
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welcome to the sensation forum it's very good choice u made by switching sensation its a very cool device...
for being new to sensation i suppose u need to read here
then here
then download any room and flash u will be pro if u didnt get ics ota update yet
if u get it u should do htc dev unlock and jaubuntu bear method to do s-off
good luck
Thanks guys!
I'm not on sensation yet, but I'm thinking of getting one in 2 weeks.
Say I use HTC Dev, than I can ONLY flash kernel and Rom with the same RUU Version or w.e right? Say I'm on a ICS RUU, I can't flash a GB.. Correct?
If I get Revolution S-Off or the Bear S-Off, I can flash anything I want.
One question, I can't seem to find is, what is SUPERCID?
SuperCID means you can flash any variant of the stock ROM. It's pretty irrelevant in my eyes.
Ahhh. Useless for me...
So if I use HTC Dev, I can only flash the rom with the SAME Rom version, and kernel version... Eg: Stock kernel with modified stock kernel, stock rom with modified speedy rom.
If I use S-Off the beer way, I can flash anything I want, right?
How hard is this phone to brick on a scale of /10?
If you can choose between the two, go with revolutionary, HTC dev will void your warranty and then afterwards you have to do junoptobear to get the same benefits that you get from revolutionary. Also Id reccomend 4ext recovery.
Also supercid is relevant because there are devs here from all over the place and it will be less worrisome if you just supercid, it only takes two command lines
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
After reading a few posts "bricking" is fairly easy to do. So be careful and read everything carefully..do not do the HTC Dev unlock..I have read a lot of people having problems that way us the revolutionary method. that is what I used.
I basically followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
and upon reading everything about a hundred times and asking a few questions...I managed to get s-off, CWM and root!
Hope this helps...I stayed with a GB ROM not an ICS some people have been having problems because you have to flash a new ICS Firmare and there is risk of bricking with that as well.
I suggest using ENERGY GB ROM 3.5 I love it and it has a better camera in it..i think it is the amaze camera driver.
I'm coming from the T-Mobile LG G2X, and I'm wondering about some things.
In terms of contrast, which phone is better? The Sensation, or the G2X..
(I heard there is 2 different panel, the AUO and the SHARP) Which one is better? Which one have better contrast, and better color?
Yes but they both have same contrast and res just different manufacturer and a batch of one of them got dust.
This processor is a S3, is this S3 similar to the Amaze S3, but the sensation is downclocked which can be OC using a custom kernel.. Am I correct?
Yes the only difference is the clock speed I believe.
Is Qualcomm Snapdragon more open source than Nvidia Tegra 2? One of the reason I'm jumping to the sensation is the Tegra 2 is pretty CLOSED SOURCE.
Well theyve released drivers and gls for ics but I don't know how it is on the g2x.
Edit: How much free ram on ICS do you guys have?
Depends if its sense or asop, or are you talking about stock?
Edit2: I'm getting headaches just by reading how to get S-OFF, CWM, Etc... Anyone wanna simplify it for me?
How to get CWM on it, than install custom ROM (ICS), and than install a custom kernel.... Can I install CWM w/o S-Off?
There are plenty of helpful guides on here some of them already linked to in this thread.
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
S-off=All partitions have read write permissions
HTC Dev=Only System partition, boot partition, and recovery partition have read write permissions. Plus you have to use 4EXT Recovery and enable smart flash, or flash the boot.img manually of the ROM you want to use to flash the kernel.
Super CID=You no longer have your carriers ID on your device so you can flash a ROM with any carrier Id on it, it does not have to have your carrier ID.
SuperCID, so say It's TMOUSA, I can flash a rom from TMOEU?
And....
So with S-OFF, I can switch between GB and ICS, and any kernel I want..
With S-ON, I can only flash certain roms, and certain kernel...
Man, anyone know where I can get a HBOOT < 1.18?
Edit: Say I'm on GB right now, and I want ICS, but I have S-Off.. Do I still need to flash the ICS firmware 3.2 to use ARHD?
HTC makes it so confusing compared to Samsung and LG Devices.. X_X
Thanks guys! I really appreciate you guys helping me.
I made the same transition and much prefer my Sensation. While the G2X devs are certainly talented, Nvidia's driver policies got in the way of decent ICS roms. Qualcomm, while not as good as TI or Samsung, still does a much better job of releasing drivers and sources relevant to development than Nvidia. As for bricking, it is easier to brick than the G2X, but generally only in select instances, such as when trying to go back in s-on or formatting your sd card in an aosp rom (now fixed). The G2X screen is probably a little higher quality but the extra screen resolution on the Sensation makes it better in my opinion. Overall, what I prefer most about the Sensation is that the dev support is fantastic, second only to my HD2. (Nothing will ever beat that though.)
Sent from my HTC Sensation using XDA
JesusFreak316 said:
I made the same transition and much prefer my Sensation. While the G2X devs are certainly talented, Nvidia's driver policies got in the way of decent ICS roms. Qualcomm, while not as good as TI or Samsung, still does a much better job of releasing drivers and sources relevant to development than Nvidia. As for bricking, it is easier to brick than the G2X, but generally only in select instances, such as when trying to go back in s-on or formatting your sd card in an aosp rom (now fixed). The G2X screen is probably a little higher quality but the extra screen resolution on the Sensation makes it better in my opinion. Overall, what I prefer most about the Sensation is that the dev support is fantastic, second only to my HD2. (Nothing will ever beat that though.)
Sent from my HTC Sensation using XDA
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Few question, Why would we go back to S-On? Except for Warranty.
And if I'm on GB with CWM S-Off, do I have to install the 3.32 base to install ICS Custom roms?
nitrogen618 said:
Few question, Why would we go back to S-On? Except for Warranty.
And if I'm on GB with CWM S-Off, do I have to install the 3.32 base to install ICS Custom roms?
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Mainly just for warranty or if you want to sell.
And yes but flashing a firmware isn't had you just put it on the sd card, go into bootloader and let it flash, take fw file off sd card after finished then flash an ics Rom I know you're used to cwm but 4ext is the standard for a large amount of roms and mods here, if you install with cwm it will usually work but you'll be missing out on some stuff. If it helps, 4ext is based off cwm. Sorry if it seems like in trying to shove 4ext down your throat....
I thought modifying this phone was going to be really challenging compared to my old LG but once I had it in my hands I was running ordroid in less than 2 hours
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
yahhboy said:
Mainly just for warranty or if you want to sell.
And yes but flashing a firmware isn't had you just put it on the sd card, go into bootloader and let it flash, take fw file off sd card after finished then flash an ics Rom I know you're used to cwm but 4ext is the standard for a large amount of roms and mods here, if you install with cwm it will usually work but you'll be missing out on some stuff. If it helps, 4ext is based off cwm. Sorry if it seems like in trying to shove 4ext down your throat....
I thought modifying this phone was going to be really challenging compared to my old LG but once I had it in my hands I was running ordroid in less than 2 hours
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
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Thanks!
Alright, one last question. How often do you have to flash a firmware to flash a custom rom? (Do you have to flash the firmware even with S-Off?)
I see people say flashing other rom makes them stuck on boot screen? Something aobut firmware...
Compared to my LG G2X, this is like making me jump through hoops..
Any btw, <1.18HBoot is GB, and 1.27HBoot is ICS mostly for ppl that did the ICS update, right?
Just want to sort out everything before I buy this phone..
If you want an ICS ROM, then you'll need the ICS firmware, it's pretty simple really.
nitrogen618 said:
Thanks!
Alright, one last question. How often do you have to flash a firmware to flash a custom rom? (Do you have to flash the firmware even with S-Off?)
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Just once. After you get your 1.27HBoot (I assume we are talking about ICS upgrades and ROMs here, right?) then you should proceed to flash the 3.32 firmware (there are excellent threads with a metric ton of instructions on how to do this) - after that point the ICS world is yours (at least that's how it went for me: I used the noob-proof tool from the stickied thread in Android Development section, then went to determine which firmware I need, flashed it, flashed 4ext and now I enjoy the latest and greatest both in stock Android and in HTC specific (i.e. Sense 4.0, kudos to OrDroid)
Honestly, it's kinda of a shock when you go through it initially but the stickied threads are very good, the one-click tool is effin amazin and after you go through the "zomfg I void me warranty me wants me mommy" stage then you are good to go - plus if you really don't like anything you get, you can just flash in the original ROM, right?
nitrogen618 said:
Thanks!
Alright, one last question. How often do you have to flash a firmware to flash a custom rom? (Do you have to flash the firmware even with S-Off?)
I see people say flashing other rom makes them stuck on boot screen? Something aobut firmware...
Compared to my LG G2X, this is like making me jump through hoops..
Any btw, <1.18HBoot is GB, and 1.27HBoot is ICS mostly for ppl that did the ICS update, right?
Just want to sort out everything before I buy this phone..
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I'd reccomend soffing before upgrading to ics, because once on ics the only way to soff is through HTC dev
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
yahhboy said:
I'd reccomend soffing before upgrading to ics, because once on ics the only way to soff is through HTC dev
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
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Thanks guys! Say I'm on boot 1.18. Than I s off and than update firmware to 3.32( this won't make it back to s on and make it 1.27hboot right?) But if I do s on, can't I still flash from and kernel?
If I have s off can I not flash the 3.32 firmware?
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Hey all,
I'm complete noob about flashing. When I had GB - that was quite simple, but now I'm on last official ICS stock from HTC, and I'm totally angry for this. This rom it's just crap. I want to flash to a custom rom, and I don't know how on ICS, there is any solution? Noob proof? I want to change to some stable, smooth, and maybe non-sense rom? Can some1 help me? Will be very nice, if this rom will have wifi/bt switches in quick settings, and auto sys-updates (ota)
hexen88 said:
Hey all,
I'm complete noob about flashing. When I had GB - that was quite simple, but now I'm on last official ICS stock from HTC, and I'm totally angry for this. This rom it's just crap. I want to flash to a custom rom, and I don't know how on ICS, there is any solution? Noob proof? I want to change to some stable, smooth, and maybe non-sense rom? Can some1 help me? Will be very nice, if this rom will have wifi/bt switches in quick settings, and auto sys-updates (ota)
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Hi,
Are you still s-off?
If so,then backup your stuff,superwipe,and install a ROM from HERE
Read the [OP] to see what the ROM is all about.
I never been s-off ;(
hexen88 said:
I never been s-off ;(
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Hi,
In which case,head for THIS THREAD
There is only this method? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614617
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hexen88 said:
There is only this method? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614617
J....skdjhf?
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yes, only this method for now.
read it carefully
I'll be able to back to stock if needed? (To send it to service for ex.). It's really needed to change cid? IS there any custom rom with OTA?
Yes you need to change cid, yes you can change back if needed. Try out a few roms, see what you like they all are really great. It's just a matter of personal preference. I'm not understanding what you mean by Rom with ota. Over the air Rom? Or do you
Mean a Rom like the ota update? If so, yes there is. Hope this helps
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
Rom that have system updates over the air, and notifications about update like stock rom, u know, i'm entering preferences > about > check updates.
I can't try few roms... This is my only one phone at now, and I really need it to work, that's why I want to change to some better rom than stock, and that's why I can't try few of them. You know - I don't have time to beeing angry to my current ROM, and also no time to try few of them
No with roms you won't get the ota updates , sorry
There are a lot of good stable roms, what exactly are you looking for?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
I'm using beats by grogg Rom, I like it a lot, WiFi hotspot are working great. What is it you don't like about your current Rom and maybe we can recommend one you will like I'm sure there's a Rom here you will be happy with!
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Hm, I don't really know... I like Sense, but maybe clear ICS have better features? If yes - I don't want Sense. I really liked quick settings when on GB rom, now I don't have wifi/bt switches, but I want to. I don't know what's more... I've never had any senseless ROM. But most important - I want ALL functions to be working. Sense 4... ahm, I fall in love with Sense 4
Help me to choose, pls. Battery is important too, and smooth. But I think smooth is very good on most future ROMS
Any1?
hexen88 said:
Any1?
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You can get s-off with the juopunutbear method. Which now does not need the htc dev-off, so htc does not know you are tinkering with your phone.
Returning your phone completely to stock can be done, but from what i've read it can be tricky as you must become S-ON again. (however, there is a unbrickable team here).
There is a way to flash with S-ON but it requires HTC DEV unlock, and for you to manually flash the boot.img, and keep the stock kernel. A noob myself i went for the whole S-OFF, lets bring it on experience.
From what I read on a local forum in my country, Ordroid gives you the sense 4 experience. And the developer regularly updates his / her rom.
Then again there is sense 4 from Baadnewz (insertcoin) and many more. A popular sense 3.6 rom is ARHD.
You can flash different kernels to increase your battery life.
As for the vanilla ICS, you can either go for CM9 (respect to Vorbeth) or the AOKP. The latter is based on the cm9 nightlies (i believe). I run such a rom. I love the vanilla looks and the added tweaks.
However, I believe recent nighlies have worse battery life. And there is an audio routing issue. For full reliability you might consisder those sense.
what's vanilla and aokp?
Please help?
Hi,
I'm, obviously, an owner of an HTC Desire S running stock software (Android 2.3.5, HTC Sense 3.0) and waiting for an upgrade :/
I'd really like to try a custom ROM but loosing stability or functionality would most likely cause me a lot of daily problems.
Is there a custom ROM out there that has no troubles with everything working on a stable basis? Or should I just wait, wait, and wait for that update?
if your not sure you want to root, simple answer is don't.
stability is a relative term. if we have 1000 people, we also got 1000 different opinions what "stable" is. so i'm affraid you'll have to decide for yourself.
You can try Fallout, with sense 4.0, but then you loose the 3d-flip-clock and other nice graphics, that still are within sense 3.6.
But 3.6 is very cpu-intensive, so you miss some snappyness and battery time.
So the choice will be snappy and more power with fallout or virtous, or nice with ice-ds or icsaga.
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I suggest trying Fallout (Sense 4A, just wifi tethering not working) or Endymion (Sense 3.5, rock solid, in my opinion more stable than stock). But before, plz read the threads about rooting flashing etc to avoid bad surprises.
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Hi,
I'm, obviously, an owner of an HTC Desire S running stock software (Android 2.3.5, HTC Sense 3.0) and waiting for an upgrade :/
I'd really like to try a custom ROM but loosing stability or functionality would most likely cause me a lot of daily problems.
Is there a custom ROM out there that has no troubles with everything working on a stable basis? Or should I just wait, wait, and wait for that update?
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i know the feeling but my advice is if your not familiar with rooting, unrooting and odin i would just wait cause it would suck if you brick your device. Also if it you can find a used version of your phone for cheap with a clean esn then you could test or even mess around with thing until you become familiar and test any rom you wish before flashing it on your original device that you use on a daily basis...hope this helps
Sent from my GT-7510 Stock ICS ROM 4.0.4 using XDA Premium
Try Ice Cold Sandwich. Pretty stable, only bug is the wrong inversion of the front cam. Also, a clean vanilla android is more attractive than sense
Sent from my Desire S using xda app-developers app
if you want something stable, go for the GB Roms, nothing with ics is truly stable until we get the kernel, the best GB Rom I've used is reaper, if you really want too to do it then that's probably your best starter Rom. Not a sense based one though. If you want sense have a read of the Rom threads. I got rid of sense and havnt looked back.
i'm going through the exact same thing. I'm totally impressed with all the rooting, modding and custom rom stuff but something makes me uncomfortable trying it. I will see how the thread is developing
Sehe said:
i'm going through the exact same thing. I'm totally impressed with all the rooting, modding and custom rom stuff but something makes me uncomfortable trying it. I will see how the thread is developing
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Just start little a used phone that works or even a galaxy mp3 player. I started with the vzw tablet and bought a used phone from swappa. Its fun to flash and test someones hard work i owe alot to this community cause i sure learned alot...
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when you succsesfully root your phone and want to try different roms it's crucial that you become familliar with nandroid backup. you do nandroid backup in your recovery just before you flash the new rom. it saves the current (fully configured) system to your sdcard and you can always come back if you do not want to use the newly flashed rom anymore. you do nandroid backup of all tested roms that you liked and save yourself time and pain of flashing and configuring them again and again every time.
toxic-hero said:
when you succsesfully root your phone and want to try different roms it's crucial that you become familliar with nandroid backup. you do nandroid backup in your recovery just before you flash the new rom. it saves the current (fully configured) system to your sdcard and you can always come back if you do not want to use the newly flashed rom anymore. you do nandroid backup of all tested roms that you liked and save yourself time and pain of flashing and configuring them again and again every time.
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+1 for backup. Titanium backup is also a must for me, the free one is good but it's well worth paying for the full app.
I like to play with alternative roms, so i have taken the step to root. But to be true. The only real improvement for me is to get rid of adds and to get rid off sense. The stock rom was good enough though.
I have read a lot before i taken the step. I have made a list wat was important. Here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30004373
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Thank you so much guys for your replies.
Now, I'm sure that I want to use a custom ROM, not sure witch one yet, but my choice will be either Fallout or ICE with no Sense.
Gonna read as much as I can and let you know guys.
Please keep on replying as it's really helpful for me, and maybe others like me..
P.S. I'm not quite sure what are the steps to properly backup then install a custom ROM, a little help with that too would be much appreciated, but I'm quite sure a guide exist here somewhere ^^
Hey guys.
What's the gain of using a custom rom over the stock one (Assuming rooted stock rom) ?
I'm kinda lost in all the roms available , so I was wondering if it was really worth it
Cheers
CrazyKoala said:
Hey guys.
What's the gain of using a custom rom over the stock one (Assuming rooted stock rom) ?
I'm kinda lost in all the roms available , so I was wondering if it was really worth it
Cheers
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Depends to be honest I myself go with certain roms till I find things that make be mad then I go back to stock for a bit till I find another one so that would be my suggestion
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CrazyKoala said:
Hey guys.
What's the gain of using a custom rom over the stock one (Assuming rooted stock rom) ?
I'm kinda lost in all the roms available , so I was wondering if it was really worth it
Cheers
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Battery life (if coupled with custom kernel)
Modifications -- some brilliant mods available -- Battery Icons, Themes, Menu settings etc
Cause you can :good:
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Using a custom Kernel with Stock Rooted and a few Xposed modules can be the same as a custom ROM most of the time though.. So give that a try first.
I have a lot better speed and battery life using Hyperdrive ROM with Beastmode Kernel. All the Touchwiz stuff (pen, etc.) still works, so yeah. Custom ROM > Samsung Bloatware.
I get between 11-14 hours with REALLY heavy use and full screen brightness and overclocked.
CrazyKoala said:
Hey guys.
What's the gain of using a custom rom over the stock one (Assuming rooted stock rom) ?
I'm kinda lost in all the roms available , so I was wondering if it was really worth it
Cheers
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I have been trying custom ROM's and Kernels for many years..... I'm yet to find one that's worth the hassle.
Just disable the stock apps/bloatware you don't use and you'll get better { performance/battery life } than any custom ROM.
The only reason to use a custom ROM (IMO) would be for additional (required) functionality like additional fie system support etc.
I have personally had absolutely no good reason for the use of a custom Rom in years !.
I also don't feel like using custom rom over stock, I did many experiments with note one but with note 3 I would stay with stock rom.
Bloat wares are not bothering me, battery life is also decent so in my opinion leaving some extra utilities stock is better
Depends on which custom rom you choose. Some rom are good, nice and stable but others don't.
Sometimes I use custom rom because I wanna remove useless apps installed by carriers. If you find it not a issue, keep the stock one.
So if your phone is rooted then u don't really need custom rom isn't it well correct me if I'm wrong as I'm new to that android thing lol
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Aspl2000 said:
So if your phone is rooted then u don't really need custom rom isn't it well correct me if I'm wrong as I'm new to that android thing lol
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It's not a matter of "need" Hyperdrive has given me better battery life (even after freezing all the bloat) and has a lot of customization. You can do most of it through Xposed, but all the really valuable things are in it already. I never found one I thought was worth it until hyperdrive.
Try one of the ROMs that look interesting, if you like it keep using it. If not, that's what nandroid backups are for.
Aspl2000 said:
So if your phone is rooted then u don't really need custom rom isn't it well correct me if I'm wrong as I'm new to that android thing lol
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If u know how to tweaks it urself, do modification to what u need, no custom rom is needed once u r rooted. Basically, once u r rooted u can do all system changes, IF u know how to.
But, assuming u r new, based on ur post, just grab any custom tom u like nd try.
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