[Q] Roms and flashing - AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

So I have a few questions. I guess you can call me a novice at this. I have flashed Roms before just put like 4 on my phone and nandroid back up each one to test later.
My question is what does flashing Radios and Kernels do?
I flashed a radio on my inspire once and messed it up.
Also I need some help on flashing CM10 or jellybean ROMS. I wanna try jelly bean and cm 10 out but know nothing about gapps and I don't want a ROM I will have to update weekly. Will I have to with those roms?

NeverToLate said:
So I have a few questions. I guess you can call me a novice at this. I have flashed Roms before just put like 4 on my phone and nandroid back up each one to test later.
My question is what does flashing Radios and Kernels do?
I flashed a radio on my inspire once and messed it up.
Also I need some help on flashing CM10 or jellybean ROMS. I wanna try jelly bean and cm 10 out but know nothing about gapps and I don't want a ROM I will have to update weekly. Will I have to with those roms?
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You only flash daily to stay on the bleeding edge. Besides, a few days ago CM added an updater which you can tell it how often you want to be notified about an "update". (Weekly, monthly, only stable builds, etc..)
Gapps = Google's proprietary apps like Play Store, Gmail, etc. Can't legally put those into CM due to legal reasons. If you Google "jb gapps", I'm positive you will find what you are looking for .
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NeverToLate said:
So I have a few questions. I guess you can call me a novice at this. I have flashed Roms before just put like 4 on my phone and nandroid back up each one to test later.
My question is what does flashing Radios and Kernels do?
I flashed a radio on my inspire once and messed it up.
Also I need some help on flashing CM10 or jellybean ROMS. I wanna try jelly bean and cm 10 out but know nothing about gapps and I don't want a ROM I will have to update weekly. Will I have to with those roms?
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Oh and also, you should check out the radio thread in the dev section. Has a map and explanations of the radios.
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h8rift said:
You only flash daily to stay on the bleeding edge. Besides, a few days ago CM added an updater which you can tell it how often you want to be notified about an "update". (Weekly, monthly, only stable builds, etc..)
Gapps = Google's proprietary apps like Play Store, Gmail, etc. Can't legally put those into CM due to legal reasons. If you Google "jb gapps", I'm positive you will find what you are looking for .
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I've seen good words about ParanoidAndroid. Is that one you would recommend?
And I know I've seen you on some Rom forums that you've developed is that right? I can't remember which ones

NeverToLate said:
I've seen good words about ParanoidAndroid. Is that one you would recommend?
And I know I've seen you on some Rom forums that you've developed is that right? I can't remember which ones
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We can't really give our opinions on the rom because different people will always think different things, as far as my say goes it is an impressive piece of work.
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[Q] Which JB rom is the most stable and what radio should I use?

Hey,
my friend just bought a skyrocket and I will be rooting it for him.
Is there a fairly "stable" CM10 rom or JB rom?
and which radio am I supposed to use with it?
thank you
Save you the trouble because this will be locked.
In the SR community our Mods don't allow these sorts of questions since it leads to trolls and flaming.
In other words, I'm not allowed to answer your question but can advise you in trying different ROMs and seeing what your friend would like.
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xadidas4lifex said:
Hey,
my friend just bought a skyrocket and I will be rooting it for him.
Is there a fairly "stable" CM10 rom or JB rom?
and which radio am I supposed to use with it?
thank you
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Superlite CM10+Superlite Gapps was really good when I tried it. I'm actually going to install it again since I'm still tinkering with mine.
Only downside I noticed, and it's probably some easy fix I missed, in GL benchmark on egypt 2.1, ICS CM9 was 52fps, JB CM10 SL was 45fps.
Locky lock
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Best threads are subjective. I suggest you read and give them a quick test or stick to Samsung based firmware

Already update ICS? Comment here

After done flasing ICS, what did u mod ur device? Use custom rom? Custom kernel? Add tweaks?? Change theme?? Omg, my brain will dead using this tab plus..im rooted, CWM installed..just that..share ur experience here...already tried cm9 and cm10, hav bugs..do we only hav cm9 and cm10?? i prefer stock rom..is there custom rom based on stock? Custom kernel based on stock?
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Member90 said:
After done flasing ICS, what did u mod ur device? Use custom rom? Custom kernel? Add tweaks?? Change theme?? Omg, my brain will dead using this tab plus..im rooted, CWM installed..just that..share ur experience here...already tried cm9 and cm10, hav bugs..do we only hav cm9 and cm10?? i prefer stock rom..is there custom rom based on stock? Custom kernel based on stock?
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I'm in the same boat as you. My wife rooted her T869, and installed clockworkmod and wanted the QuickPanel mod, CRT tv animation, and custom boot animation, that she has on her T989, and when she found out that she couldn't because her rom was odexed, she flashed CM10, and while it did have some of the mods she wanted, it lacked the things she liked about the stock ROM such as the mini apps tray, the music player, and the task manager in the system settings.
She has also noticed that the font is way too small for her status bar, but overall, she misses the look and feel from the stock ICS rom. She just wants something that is exactly like the Darkside Evolution ICS 4.0.4 ROM that she has on her T989. It is based on the stock ICS ROM, but has the tweaks she wants and she has the customization options as well.
I have searched and asked if there was a deodexed/zip aligned rom based on the most recent UVLG7 update for the t869, but despite a few views, no one seems to have an answer. We have been looking into how we can try to deodex it ourselves, and our jobs takes up most of our personal time and so we've no time to learn, but we seemed to have hit a wall, and I am hesitant to ask because I don't want to be judged, warned or banned for asking what others might consider a "noob" question or ridiculed for not having the same level of experience as everyone else around here.
So, in the meantime, I just quietly wait and hope that more options will present themselves.
Actually i can learn how to deodex my tab...bcoz i done deodex my previous device...but, just deodex...i dont know how to tweaks, how to make a custom rom, how to make a custom kernel, how to make a themes(but i know how to change Jpeg file on system.ui and framework-res)...ohh god...i hope we will get dev on our section...
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we got devs on our forum. but the support from samsung (the drivers especially) are very bad, they aren't released on the web. so devs find difficulty to make custom kernels.
some devs also tried porting AOKP to gtab+, just stay patient guys
Oic...now everything explained...
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kevintangi said:
we got devs on our forum. but the support from samsung (the drivers especially) are very bad, they aren't released on the web. so devs find difficulty to make custom kernels.
some devs also tried porting AOKP to gtab+, just stay patient guys
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Then, what is this? http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=GT-P6200
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Member90 said:
Then, what is this? http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=GT-P6200
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That's just the minimum that are required by them to be released I think, it's not everything. ATM our CM10 relies on some binary blobs for things such as the kernel from the S3 simply because there's no source available to build yourself and there's not enough documentation to write one yourself either.
http://codeworkx.de/wordpress/2012/09/23/having-a-look-at-my-magical-orb/
rendler said:
That's just the minimum that are required by them to be released I think, it's not everything. ATM our CM10 relies on some binary blobs for things such as the kernel from the S3 simply because there's no source available to build yourself and there's not enough documentation to write one yourself either.
http://codeworkx.de/wordpress/2012/09/23/having-a-look-at-my-magical-orb/
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Would this be of any help? I came across this article when I was checking to see if the source code for my wife's tablet had been released.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...or-t-mobiles-galaxy-note-galaxy-tab-7-0-plus/
very satisfied with stock, which is unusual for me.
everything runs good and smooth here.
chrisrotolo said:
very satisfied with stock, which is unusual for me.
everything runs good and smooth here.
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smooth for me too..but i has wifi issue lolz..

lg g2x custom rom

Hi guyz
I'm newbie for custom roms.Actually I have rooted my lg g2x and want to change my original rom with gingerbread 2.3.4 to any stable jelly bean rom .please suggest me which is the best stable rom with jelly bean and with improved performance.Also procedure to install that rom.
youe help is appreciated.
There is no stable jelly bean for our device. Flash cm7 or any ics rom
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stable jelly bean
Pain-N-Panic said:
There is no stable jelly bean for our device. Flash cm7 or any ics rom
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Hello thanks for reply
Can you send me the link to well stable CM7 or ICS rom?also are they different(I'm really dumb in this)?And method to flash.
I'm sorry man but your basically asking me to give you every piece of information necessary in order to flash a custom ROM. All of this information can be found in the stickies of the various G2X forums. It is apparent that you are not quite knowledgeable enough yet for me to suggest that you flash your phone. I suggest reading the stickies and learning everything there is to know about flashing this phone. All of the information is available to you here on this forum. I will however recommend CM7 as it is a stable and newb friendly ROM to start with. I would download the latest weekly at get.cm . As far as flashing methods are concerned you need to use Clockwork Mod Recovery. There are many threads about it and a bundle of information dedicated to CWM Recovery in the stickies of this forum. Please read them.
Pain-N-Panic said:
I'm sorry man but your basically asking me to give you every piece of information necessary in order to flash a custom ROM. All of this information can be found in the stickies of the various G2X forums. It is apparent that you are not quite knowledgeable enough yet for me to suggest that you flash your phone. I suggest reading the stickies and learning everything there is to know about flashing this phone. All of the information is available to you here on this forum. I will however recommend CM7 as it is a stable and newb friendly ROM to start with. I would download the latest weekly at get.cm . As far as flashing methods are concerned you need to use Clockwork Mod Recovery. There are many threads about it and a bundle of information dedicated to CWM Recovery in the stickies of this forum. Please read them.
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there's no such thing as stable. You want stable? Stick to 2.3.4.
CM7 is 2.3.4 (or 2.3.3, depending) GB and is absolutely stable. No reason or advantage to staying stock with this device unless blue tooth phone audio is a necessity.
Latest CM7 is 2.3.7... I'm using the March 2013 version.
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Pain-N-Panic said:
CM7 is 2.3.4 (or 2.3.3, depending) GB and is absolutely stable. No reason or advantage to staying stock with this device unless blue tooth phone audio is a necessity.
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well gee. Why would i want bluetooth phone audio? Maybe so i can use my bluetooth headset for calls and not just music?
if it's missing something or something is broken.. IT IS NOT STABLE.
Eve_brea said:
well gee. Why would i want bluetooth phone audio? Maybe so i can use my bluetooth headset for calls and not just music?
if it's missing something or something is broken.. IT IS NOT STABLE.
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CM7 is absolutely stable as Pain said, and he is right. If you think CM7 is not stable go look up stable in the dictionary. CM7 is not perfect, but very much stable. I also believe its only a baseband issue where CM7 has the Bluetooth issue (old baseband works fine, new one doesn't).
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Smitten8r said:
Latest CM7 is 2.3.7... I'm using the March 2013 version.
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Yeah, Idk why I said that lol, I was thinking about the baseband differences from 2.3.3 and 2.3.4, not the android versions =x
and Eve, it all depends on what you recognize as stable. I don't use nor do I wish to use blue tooth functions for calling purposes. So for me not having that option does not subtract from the "stability" of CM7. I am still able to use bluetooth for media purposes which I rarely do anyway. CM7 offers plenty of customization and options for your phone that you cannot possibly have if it is stock. For a first time user coming from stock software, CM7 will make you feel like you have a brand new device!

What if anything can I flash on my S4

Hi, its been a while since I've flashed anything, I rooted my S4 months ago but never put any recovery or rom on it.. I have cwm on it right now but would like to try twrp but goo manager is having some issues my build number is jdq39.1337mvluamg1.. What can I Flash is anything.. there's just too much info and a lot of post with no or little direct answer..
Thanks... And yes I did search
Flash kangabean ROM if you're looking for AOSP experience. If you want to remain on touchwiz try GoldenEye. It has 4.3 software and is smooth as fk... Unless you're Canadian then you'll experience data drops during calls. I'm using kangabean right now and I'm enjoying it.
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Youngbloodx said:
Flash kangabean ROM if you're looking for AOSP experience. If you want to remain on touchwiz try GoldenEye. It has 4.3 software and is smooth as fk... Unless you're Canadian then you'll experience data drops during calls. I'm using kangabean right now and I'm enjoying it.
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Thanks for the reply, yes I have a Canadian phone.. My cousin is using paranoid on his nexus 4 I was looking at that. Now that I know my ver can be flashed I'm very open to flashing again :laugh:.. what rom should I start with before flashing any of the new stuff?
sonspot said:
Thanks for the reply, yes I have a Canadian phone.. My cousin is using paranoid on his nexus 4 I was looking at that. Now that I know my ver can be flashed I'm very open to flashing again :laugh:.. what rom should I start with before flashing any of the new stuff?
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Good info on flashing roms with different carriers--
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
I am att so not up on flashing process for you--
But, I like iB's Goldeneye 4.3 rom and the CM 4.4 nightlies
Nightlies:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unofficial-cm/files/Nightlies/
Gapps needed for Nightlies:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
rugmankc said:
Good info on flashing roms with different carriers--
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
I am att so not up on flashing process for you--
But, I like iB's Goldeneye 4.3 rom and the CM 4.4 nightlies
Nightlies:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unofficial-cm/files/Nightlies/
Gapps needed for Nightlies:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
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Like I said I rooted the phone months ago just didn't want to flash anything until now (I was flashing every week with my other phones lol) Goo manger was not working so I used odin to flash Twrp 2502 for now.. My mean question is it ok to flash my build ver and should I flash a older rom then the new ones for kernel and other things..
am not familiar with your build as i am att
2.5.0.2 is what i use no issues, there is a flashable zip you can keep on sd if you want
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yhrq0tia8512rj9/FCjN8C9RMT/TWRP_Flashable-2.5.0.2.zip
on att some roms required having taken at least the mdl version. not sure if that is something that would apply to Canadian builds. that's why i posted first link. it may have some useful info. someone with Canada will reply here also--

Which 4.1.2 ROM do you recommend?

Giving my wife the White Galaxy S3 Verizon for Xmas and wanted to get recommendation which stock based ROM to install?
1. Hyperdrive
2. Jelly "Beans"
3. Axis
4. stock Verizon 4.1.2
5. other 4.1.2 based
I'm primarily interested in rock solid stability, and some of the Touchwiz experience. She might be getting the Note 3 in the future so I want her to get used to using some of Samsung apps. I have a second S3 for me and I'm testing 4.4 roms, currently installed CyanFox. So please keep discussion relevant to 4.1.2 roms and experience. I know 4.3 is out for Verizon, but I'll wait for Devs to build it into ROMs.
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In b4 thread lock.
Bone stock or cleanrom
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Bad to the Bone!
bby144 said:
In b4 thread lock.
Bone stock or cleanrom
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Bone stock looks awesome, going to give it a test run. Thanks
i run clean rom 7
bby144 said:
In b4 thread lock.
Bone stock or cleanrom
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Lol! Can't go wrong with those.
Light and clean (more optimized, less theming):
Tkrom, bonestock, cleanrom, obsessed
More heavily modified (extra mods and themes,):
Hyperdrive, goodness, axis, jellybeans, moar, wicked sensations, the people's rom
I'm maybe leaving a few out, but look them over and see what you want. If you want something simple and easy you can't go wrong with the top 4.
Some phones handle roms better than others, so if one isn't working out well then don't be afraid to try another.
I also want to point out that you have to make sure your wife's phone isn't on the 4.3 base (vrucml1). If it is, do not flash any custom roms, that bootloader is completely locked down.
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I've tried every single 4.1.2 TW rom out there, and my phone seems to run the best (least "Touchwiz" lag) on Hyperdrive with faux kernel. Completely stable, too. I also like the multitude of changes you can apply. However, you really can't go wrong with any of them. They all are great!
Like the above comment mentioned, make sure the OTA wasn't taken, although you probably know this.
They are all great, try them all.
As XDA is not a support site, users are expected to make this determination based on their own, individual use.
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