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[Q] Mods, Stable Rom/Kernel combos, Scripts ect?

Okay so I am new to the Nexus S 4g (crespo 4g) and i'm just wondering what some good ROM/kernel combos are, I'm currently running paranoidandroid and it's not bad but i want more speed, also the RAM on this phone isn't that great so are there any ram scripts available? and since there's no ext sd is there anyway to partition so i can move apps/data/cache to sd? I work so much I don't have time to thoroughly search for this info like I used to be able to... Thanks in advance

As far as the kernel goes, i have always stuck with matr1x. there are quite a few rom options out there but my top pics are AOKP and Euroskank kangs. Also Rascream is definitely worth checking out. I would recommend running the phone without scripts at first so you have a baseline then if you add scripts later, youll know if they are working or not later on. Not sure about moving apps/data/cache. good luck

chalan30 said:
As far as the kernel goes, i have always stuck with matr1x. there are quite a few rom options out there but my top pics are AOKP and Euroskank kangs. Also Rascream is definitely worth checking out. I would recommend running the phone without scripts at first so you have a baseline then if you add scripts later, youll know if they are working or not later on. Not sure about moving apps/data/cache. good luck
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Cool, I heard some good things about codename so I'm trying this out, Ive never been big on aokp, even though its stable on this device the power Widgets really kill the whole rom for me.. I'll try out matrix a lil later, any word on air kernel?
Thanks for the response btw, I'm loving this device compared to my evo! Touch screen recovery is tha sh!t!!!!
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

Help!
I have been experimenting with a lot of ROMS on my Rooted Nexus S (I9023) and so far haven't been able to find a single stable ICS ROM!
Frustrated with my experience, I went back to stock GB ROM which has now got automatically upgraded to ICS (4.0.4).
However, since the time the ICS upgrade has been done, I am unable to flash clockwokmod recovery on my phone! Even superuser permissions don't seem to work!
Can someone please help me with this problem & also suggest a stable ICS ROM with everything working?
Thanks!

nishantbhatia84 said:
I have been experimenting with a lot of ROMS on my Rooted Nexus S (I9023) and so far haven't been able to find a single stable ICS ROM!
Frustrated with my experience, I went back to stock GB ROM which has now got automatically upgraded to ICS (4.0.4).
However, since the time the ICS upgrade has been done, I am unable to flash clockwokmod recovery on my phone! Even superuser permissions don't seem to work!
Can someone please help me with this problem & also suggest a stable ICS ROM with everything working?
Thanks!
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here try this dude http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/ click the thanks button if i helped you

Thanks mate! I am now fully rooted with a custom JB rom!!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

superng888 said:
here try this dude http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/ click the thanks button if i helped you
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not sure about posting links to other forums ...
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evol4g said:
Cool, I heard some good things about codename so I'm trying this out, Ive never been big on aokp, even though its stable on this device the power Widgets really kill the whole rom for me.. I'll try out matrix a lil later, any word on air kernel?
Thanks for the response btw, I'm loving this device compared to my evo! Touch screen recovery is tha sh!t!!!!
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
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hi mate, I've been running Codename 2.0 for past 3 months ( prior JB), never had a single issue, no reboots and other crap, only issue is that ur start up tweaks don't stay after reboot.
Btw rom has been left without support.

[Q] removing the root and all the mods on a second hand htc desire s

Hi, i bought this phone on second hand and it came with the cianogen mod 9, and its full of bugs , and i need to send and receive mms, one thing i cant do with this rom...
How can i put the phone like it came out of the box? With the oficial htc rom, or a new one that doesnt have bugs and is able to send mms...
I appreciate the help! a link to a tutorial or something like that would be great!

I think your best bet would be installing endymion. A fast and stable custom ROM. If your comfortable with returning your phone to stock then that's fine but since the phone is already rooted it would be easier and probably safer to install a custom ROM
Endymion:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310845
Sent from my Desire S using Tapatalk 2

sounds like a good idea, that rom is the most stable out there with sense 3.5?
Can you please give me a link for flashing roms on this phone, i did it a long time ago on a galaxy 550 i had but i dont remember most of it... One more thing, will the phone run the 2 roms multibooting like a pc or will the flashing of this rom erase the cyanogen one?
Thanks!

No, the phone will not run 2 ROM's.
If you require a backup of your current ROM, go into recovery & make a nandroid backup of your current ROM.
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You need to erase system , boot, data, cache, dalvik cache partitions before installing a new ROM (Endymion in your case).
Refer the INDEX thread for all your querries regarding Root, Installing new ROM , or Return to stock Guides !

While I haven't been on Sense in a while, I am confident Endymion is the most stable. It's the only Gingerbread ROM managing to stay on top of the development section. The developer has put in a lot of work into this ROM.
For the rest Tapur007 is pretty much correct. All your answers can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
Luckily for you the hard part has already been done. All you need to do is boot into recovery, make a backup, wipe and install the ROM.

And to backup things like the apps what do you recommend? Something like titanium backup?

ValdoNunes said:
And to backup things like the apps what do you recommend? Something like titanium backup?
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Titanium Backup is your bet for backup of applications and their data. Although you need to be careful restoring across different ROMs.
You could try the latest ICS ROM called Fallout (what I consider to be the Endymion replacement as its made by the same guy) this is reaching a level of performance and stability.

ben_pyett said:
Titanium Backup is your bet for backup of applications and their data. Although you need to be careful restoring across different ROMs.
You could try the latest ICS ROM called Fallout (what I consider to be the Endymion replacement as its made by the same guy) this is reaching a level of performance and stability.
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but with that rom i wouldnt be able to send mms right?
I've alredy flashed the endymion rom, it was easier than i tough, using the rom manager, it praticaly does everything for us, including wiping data and installing (sorry for the entusiasm but i tough it would be harder so i was pretty happy )

Like I said, the hard part has already been done so flash to your heart's content
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk 2

yep, thanks for the help everyone any recomendations on roms to use?

If you're already on endymion, give ICS a try. So fallout or virtuous saga. Or if you don't like sense try out reaper for a stable and fast gingerbread experience or AOKP for an ICS approach.
There will never be one answer to the best ROM. It's up to you to find out which one fits your standards
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk 2

thanks tried the fallout and i think im sticking with it, its pretty good

ValdoNunes said:
yep, thanks for the help everyone any recomendations on roms to use?
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Sense 2.1 ROMs: none (time to move on from the 80s...)
Sense 3.0 ROMs: none (time to move on the 90s...)
Sense 3.5 ROMs: Endymion 3.5 (great support! great dev!)
Sense 3.6 ROMs: none (why use an inferior ICS version when clearly Sense 4.0 is just around the horizon...)
Sense 4.0 ROMs: lots to choose from (most still have minor bugs that needs ironing out, but Sense 4 will give you the HTC One experience...)
Again it goes to show that HTC only cares on tempting you to buy a new phone (with new software) rather than providing proper support for old phones... Great thanks for the devs who keep old phones alive that htc has left to die...
non-sense Gingerbread: Oxygen port (some issue with camera on some newer phones) or CM7 (latest CM7 RC3?)
non-sense ICS: CM9 latest alpha (a clear upgrade, only minor glitches now), AOKP port etc.
These ROMs are the way Android should have been released (like the Nexus S / GalaxyNexus) without HTC butchering it up with Sense.
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ValdoNunes said:
Hi, i bought this phone on second hand and it came with the cianogen mod 9, and its full of bugs , and i need to send and receive mms, one thing i cant do with this rom...
How can i put the phone like it came out of the box? With the oficial htc rom, or a new one that doesnt have bugs and is able to send mms...
I appreciate the help! a link to a tutorial or something like that would be great!
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Get the latest alpha (31/5?) This should solve most of your mms problems.

[Q] JB ROM Recommendation...

Morning gentlemen. First time to this GS3 Verizon thread as I'm an ATT guy myself.
Anyways, there was some holiday the other day involving seeing lots of family and eating turkey and what not, and my father and I were comparing phones (my ATT GS2 Skyrocket, rooted, JB 4.1.2) (his Verizon GS3 stock unrooted). The short story of it is is that he really hates S-Voice and was drooling over Google Now that was on my phone. I told him the best way for him to get Google Now (for more reasons than just getting GNow) was for him to root his phone and then flash a JB rom. I would've done it myself but I was in a time crunch and didn't have a computer with me. He said he'd be willing to do it himself, just send him the instructions on how to do it.
I have the beginners guide that will get his phone rooted, flash CWM, etc. Now, however, I'm trying to decide on a ROM for him. For him, obviously GNow is the priority. He doesn't really need any bells and whistles, so here's where my question is. I know a ton of noobs come in here and ask "which ROM is best?" and we roll our eyes and tell them it depends on their specific needs/every ROM suits a different person/etc.
Well I'm just hoping one of you guys will point me in the right direction. I want an extremely stable JB rom. It doesn't need to have all the latest bells and whistles; it just needs to be stable, as it's his phone and we live nowhere near each other so I won't be around to troubleshoot a beta rom for him. It might as well be a "stock" JB ROM but man that sounds boring, so even a slightly prettier but uber-stable ROM recommendation would be great.
And to take it one step further in my ROM request... extra extra bonus points for a stable ROM that is easy to flash. The more idiot proof the instructions to flash the said ROM, it'd be greatly appreciated. The more one-clickish it is in CWM the better. I'm sure he can handle doing a data wipe/factory reset and maybe even a cache wipe but I'm hoping to avoid sending him a ROM to flash that asks him to wipe all caches, format the /system, flash a new kernel, gapps, radio, etc.
Who can point me in the right direction and recommend a highly stable JB rom with GNow that is extremely simple to flash?

I'd say synergy. I run a business from my phone so my criteria is stability. It's my daily driver and haven't had any problems as of yet. You'd still want to do a clean install going from ICS to JB though, regardless of what rom you choose.
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Except for RC8 which is very buggy, I have had really good luck with the liquid ROMs.
With versions previous to RC8, the only thing that refused to work for me was NFL Mobile.

jayson4444 said:
I'd say synergy. I run a business from my phone so my criteria is stability. It's my daily driver and haven't had any problems as of yet. You'd still want to do a clean install going from ICS to JB though, regardless of what rom you choose.
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+1 I run synergy as well never had any issues with stability

Liquid Smooth Rom! I have run them all, it's definitely my favorite. I also use it as a daily driver. Like stated in a previous post, RC8 is buggy, but I have had similar bugs from every rom I have flashed.

CleanRom 5.0. It is like stock but without the bloat. It's smooth fast and retains all of his touchwiz features. Very very stable.
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Also he could try jelly beans build 4. It's pretty much stock but looks aosp. Really sick looking but has all the touchwiz features.
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Clean ROM
I am currently using Clean ROM 4.5 since I haven't had a chance to flash 5.0 yet. I find Clean ROM to be very stable and you can have it either very vanilla or mod it to your heart's content. You should still do a full wipe but you don't have to format anything. It would be best to flash the new radio and rpm but you don't have to do that. The process is simple: copy the radio, rpm and ROM zips to phone, go into CWM, do your wipes, flash radio, rpm, ROM in that order, restart, done.

Thanks guys, I'll take a look at the mentioned ROMs!

I'll throw in another vote for Synergy. Running r118 right now and also haven't had any issues. Followed this guide to root, unlock bootloader, install CWM, and install the stock JB image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114 . Very well written as long as you just go step by step and read everything 3 times.
Installed the latest Synergy ROM after all that and as stated I really haven't had any issues at all! I VERY briefly tried the CleanROM LE v4, but I really didn't care for the 5x6 launcher. It was nice to have more icons available on the screen, but it always chopped off part of the app name if it went onto 2 lines. I may have been able to change it back to 4x4, but to be honest I didn't really even want to mess with it as Synergy's was working great! Good luck!

After installing Synergy onto my dad's phone for him (visited him over the weekend) he calls me back and tells me he has issues with syncing up his corporate exchange email account that worked fine on the stock ICS. After some quick googling and XDA searching, apparently corporate exchange emails and JB don't play together very nicely. Can someone recommend a stable ROM that you personally know works with exchange email because you use it yourself? Or are there any simple workarounds?

Which *Toad to dirty flash over CM10.2?

Hi everyone, I'm still on 10.2 (I know...) and i want to get kitkat. However, these amazing devs we have are so active that I am a bit lost. One of the toads was supposed to be prepared to be flashed over a CM10.2 install but now there are several toads and others. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks to all devs!!!

I don't think that I'd be alone when I strongly urge you to NOT dirty flash any upgrade that involves a number (let alone a letter, as in Jellybean to Kitkat) change in the operating system such as 4.3 to 4.4
Of course, you can do anything you want, but you really want to have a reasonable chance of success in having a fully functional device. I'm not a dev, but I don't believe that any of them would encourage a dirty flash of a Kitkat ROM atop a Jellybean ROM.
Just my 2 cents.
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reaper000 said:
I don't think that I'd be alone when I strongly urge you to NOT dirty flash any upgrade that involves a number (let alone a letter, as in Jellybean to Kitkat) change in the operating system such as 4.3 to 4.4
Of course, you can do anything you want, but you really want to have a reasonable chance of success in having a fully functional device. I'm not a dev, but I don't believe that any of them would encourage a dirty flash of a Kitkat ROM atop a Jellybean ROM.
Just my 2 cents.
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Thanks reaper, i agree in principle. But i remember that one of the toads was designed specifically so that you could do this - i have a lot of customizations, screen app setup, etc., that would be a real pain to lose with a fresh install. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks!

Guiyoforward said:
Thanks reaper, i agree in principle. But i remember that one of the toads was designed specifically so that you could do this - i have a lot of customizations, screen app setup, etc., that would be a real pain to lose with a fresh install. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks!
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*sigh* My suggestion would be to use the pro version of a launcher like Apex that allows backup and restore of desktop and settings. Backup Apex desktop and settings, TiBu all your apps, clean flash, restore with TiBu, restore Apex desktop and settings. Being mindful that even this restore might not work due to changes in partitions and file structure with a "letter" (J to K) OS upgrade.
But if you insist on dirty flashing, then the following post from the FatToad thread by a dev implies that a dirty flash from 10.2 to 11 is possible using FatToad.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47690311
Good luck!
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Moderator please move to Q&A....and as for updating to a different ROM or android version always clean wipe and flash
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[Q] lets make a list of ROMS for TeamWin Recovery Project 2.7.1.0(kitkat Bootloader))

Can we start a list of sorts with Roms that work with the new bootloader?? so far i read that Dhacker29 has a few test builds of cm11 . i have one installed right now and it has some bugs but works and is faster than my hd has ever been . i can run this game i like and before it couldnt play without lagging now it runs crazy fast . anyway thank you Dhacker29 for the recovery and rom. i was reading another site and someone mentioned another dev that had a test build out for the new recovery but i cant for the life of me find or remember who it was. also how can i tell if a rom will work without trying to install it. i read that the kernel had to be 3.5 and newer or some shshhsh. anyway thanks in advance to anyone that responds

I second this. Was actually thinking of suggesting the same thing. Might help keep people from flashing the JB kernel Roms and asking what they did wrong. Least maybe a bit more.
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almost forgot
heres a link to Dhackers Test rom that im using . it has a few minor bugs but all the hardware works soo
http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/cm-11-20140619-UNOFFICIAL-RAZR-HD_M-KITKAT-TEST.zip
i hope its ok to do this anyway Thanks Dhacker29!!!!

http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
here's the whole directory with all his builds and where I think he adds them

I believe there is a PACMan Alpha out as well. Has the same bugs as CM11

cmh714 said:
I believe there is a PACMan Alpha out as well. Has the same bugs as CM11
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i would love to have pacman rom on here!! i read that you cant downgrade your bootloader is this true or is that only apply to locked bootloaders?

JohnnyMcG said:
Can we start a list of sorts with Roms that work with the new bootloader?? so far i read that Dhacker29 has a few test builds of cm11 . i have one installed right now and it has some bugs but works and is faster than my hd has ever been . i can run this game i like and before it couldnt play without lagging now it runs crazy fast . anyway thank you Dhacker29 for the recovery and rom. i was reading another site and someone mentioned another dev that had a test build out for the new recovery but i cant for the life of me find or remember who it was. also how can i tell if a rom will work without trying to install it. i read that the kernel had to be 3.5 and newer or some shshhsh. anyway thanks in advance to anyone that responds
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Any stable builds? Maybe some that use stock and then tweak it out.

i think you can install the stock files and then root and use a root app manager to remove all the bloatware from your phone. there is even a thread that tells you all the apps you can get rid of without jacking anything up. here you can check it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2756195

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Any stable builds? Maybe some that use stock and then tweak it out.
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after root you can download xposed installer and then download one of the customizing modules and you can then change your icons in the status bar. nav bar, even alter the way your toast messages come in . anything you can think change the color of your wifi and 4g icons or change them to something entirely diff . here check that out too . you probably already know all this already but just in case.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053

JohnnyMcG said:
i think you can install the stock files and then root and use a root app manager to remove all the bloatware from your phone. there is even a thread that tells you all the apps you can get rid of without jacking anything up. here you can check it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2756195
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This is what I did. I was already running stock KK before rooting/unlocking. Still running it now but I removed a lot of crap. I'm looking forward to at least a few stable ROMs to try out on this phone, but I'm cool with this for now.
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Does anyone know if the available KK-bootloader roms work on xt925? I know the ROM unification for a lot of devices have taken place. I am not sure this also happens with the new KK-bootlader, or if we are back on the old xt925 vs xt926 compatability devide...
Thanks in advance.

idless said:
Does anyone know if the available KK-bootloader roms work on xt925? I know the ROM unification for a lot of devices have taken place. I am not sure this also happens with the new KK-bootlader, or if we are back on the old xt925 vs xt926 compatability devide...
Thanks in advance.
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not sure . you can ask Dhacker29 he is the one that made the recovery I think. or you can post your question in this thread and you might get a better response
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2776515

Here is a Gummy rom that supports the 3.4 kernel.
https://mobile.twitter.com/dhacker29/status/480220911225036800
Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53609374&postcount=2913
So far I know of these Roms that are being developed to run on 3.4 kernel
CM11 Unofficial: http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
PAC-man Alpha 1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2683962&page=3 I read mention that this works but I've not tested it myself
Gummy Rom Nightly: https://mobile.twitter.com/dhacker29/status/480220911225036800 <-- using this right now. Seems pretty good.
full list like CM11 unofficial http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Gummy/moto_msm8960/NIGHTLY/
NexesqueKK 0.01: http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...2-droid-nexesque-for-razr-hd-beta-442-builds/ I saw on DroidRZR.com that there was a test for the 3.4 kernel but my attempts to flash it failed
Beanstalk Nightly (Kitstalk): http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/35880-rom442kit-katunofficalxt926-beanstalk/ flashed the 6-23 one on my phone.. Seems to be working

wow
I thought I was decent at finding info online but i couldn't find any of those threads except for the pacman alpha but for the life of me I can't find where to download the alpha build I can find the nightly n the 4.3 but alas no alpha maybe its under one of the devs tabs instead of the pacman tab idk anyway thanks a lot for all the great info

Jaysp656 said:
Here is a Gummy rom that supports the 3.4 kernel.
https://mobile.twitter.com/dhacker29/status/480220911225036800
Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53609374&postcount=2913
So far I know of these Roms that are being developed to run on 3.4 kernel
CM11 Unofficial: http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
PAC-man Alpha 1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2683962&page=3 I read mention that this works but I've not tested it myself
Gummy Rom Nightly: https://mobile.twitter.com/dhacker29/status/480220911225036800 <-- using this right now. Seems pretty good.
full list like CM11 unofficial http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Gummy/moto_msm8960/NIGHTLY/
NexesqueKK 0.01: http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...2-droid-nexesque-for-razr-hd-beta-442-builds/ I saw on DroidRZR.com that there was a test for the 3.4 kernel but my attempts to flash it failed
Beanstalk Nightly (Kitstalk): http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/35880-rom442kit-katunofficalxt926-beanstalk/ flashed the 6-23 one on my phone.. Seems to be working
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Gummy rom tested on my xt925. Stuck at unlocked bootloader sign. I don't think xt925 is supported yet.

Yeah I don't know if any have xt925 support or not. Hopefully they will include them eventually.

Gummy Rom
I recently tried Gummy Rom for 3.4 kernel. It was pretty good, but had trouble with bluetooth freezing the phone and wifi dropout at times. It has great progress, and appreciate those who are working on it. :good:

I have installed dhacker's 4.4 cm build from 24/6. Happy to report that it boots - and so far, at least - works great. This is on an xt925! It's the first 4.4 bootloader rom other than moto that I have got to actually boot up on this phone.

I installed gummy and have been using the auto updater running nightlies right now I'm running 6-24 build . it seems like the the previous ver. had fixed the screen dimming issue but it seemed to come back on this ver. but rarely happens I haven't tied Bluetooth yet and the popping/static sound issue is still there but other than that I like the rom . thanks for
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In droidrzr forums there is an Unofficial Omni Rom for kitkat bootloader..
btw, for xt925, dhacker says that we only need the new bootloader (maybe installing the leaked soak test from France we can use the newest roms)