Is it possible to get/build stock android (no bloat, no cricket navigator or my account or anything cricket) that has just the bare necessities for running the phone- and working on the cricket network- plus perhaps busybox and superuser/supersu? Would s-off be needed first?
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Possible, yes. But hard to do as there are no or not so much devs which are familiar with that.
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I currently own a droidx on verizon but I'm tired of the monthly $110 so I am switching to t mobile $30 prepaid. I just ordered a unlocked lg g2x running android 2.2 from ebay. It appears to be an amazing phone. I have experience in rooting the droid x installing roms etc. but lg is newish to me.
I assume first I should root the phone then install a boot loader and do a backup.
But after I'm a little hazy about. Do I update it then root it again or is there a one click program that will update and install root from my current version?
I assume tethering works in the same manner. And I can't find anything new about throttle override for t mobile. Does one exist? I mean I typically use 6gb every month now.
Thanks for your help and guidance
Mike
Boot loader is already unlocked. No need to root. Simply install cwm via nvflash. Download the rom you want to use. And install it via cwm. All the info you need is in the dev section.
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Thanks, as soon as my phone comes I'll be ready. Hope it goes well
And this will update it to the current 2.3 right?
Dracoriddler said:
Thanks, as soon as my phone comes I'll be ready. Hope it goes well
And this will update it to the current 2.3 right?
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Yeah if you flash a 2.3 rom. If you want to update the base band you need to kdz flash v21e
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Thanks again! Btw what is the sim size so I can order it?
Also you know anything about the last stuff I mentioned?
Thanks for everything
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Thanks again! Btw what is the sim size so I can order it?
Also you know anything about the last stuff I mentioned?
Thanks for everything
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Tethering works fine for me on stock or rooted. No known way to over ride throttle right now. The sim is the standard sized sim it's NOT a micro sim.
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I got my phone in this week, it actually shipped with:
version 2.3.3
baseband m6600a-scautnz-2.0.9720t 1[jul 15 2011 10:00:00] mp:trulge_08.09.02r_mdm
kernal 2.6.32.9
software lg-p999-v21e
build gri40
I plan on using the phone on he $30 dollar plan because I plan on travelling and swapping sim cards when I visit my friend in japan among other places. The phone is unlocked and works with a AT&T card I hope it works outside the country too.
This lg is alot different than my droidx and an lg optimus I worked on. between what you told me and what the Guide told me, think I understand. I havent put anything on the phone yet, been waiting for my sim card
Question though, is there a reason to update the baseband? and when/if I do will it interfer with forgien sims?
LG G2X is a "stock android" it doesn't have a overlay or different UI on it... but does have a butt load of LG (poopy) coding, which is why root and a different rom is so good.
there is no reason to change base-band, IMO, from the one you are on. I had the latest base-band (Mar '12) and it has a little pllus to it like the GPS was a tad bit faster, but it had more downfalls, you cant have any other custom rom on it besides the one Kwes is working on and that won't cut it for my personal flavor as it doesn't get the kind of battery life CM7 base roms will get FOR ME.
base-band should not make a difference when it comes to changing sim cards and traveling.
My first question is, is the Verizon version of the Razr Hd able to be rooted on jb?
Two: All I want to do is be able to remove unwanted apps, add superU and possibly over clock. No roms or anything else.
Is this possible and is there a one click root?
I've looked through a lot of threads and I can't seem to find a definitive answer for the Verizon version running jb and I've only rooted a xoom, so I'm new so any info would help.
Lastly, I would be more than willing to donate to devs for any help on this. Thanks!
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Anyone?
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You could use Matt's utility and just not do option 4 if you don't plan on installing any roms. That's all I did on my VZ HD MAXX and it's pretty much all OTA based. Takes a while though and it's not "one click". Took me about 20-30 minutes from start to finish.
You can freeze most apps in the stock build with no root.
I suggest not removing apps, since removing apps will prevent you from getting any OTA upgrade later unless your put them back or flash the phone.
Will it be possible to turn my unlocked U.S GSM Moto G into a Google Play Edition with it being able to receive OTA updates from Google?
My Moto G is all stock atm.
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it should be possible by soon, just as its possible for HTC one and GS4 to turn into their google edition roms.
I just hope it's possible for dual sim as well since the google edition one is only out in single sim version
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Will it be possible to turn my unlocked U.S GSM Moto G into a Google Play Edition with it being able to receive OTA updates from Google?
My Moto G is all stock atm.
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you will likely need to unlock your bootloader but other than that, it should absolutely be possible.
And I'll need root, correct? I remember when I had my at&t HTC one that you couldn't just flash the GPe edition ROM for OTA updates you had to do something else for that..
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And I'll need root, correct?
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Most likely not. But we will not know until they post the rom.
why would you want to do this ?
cra1g321 said:
why would you want to do this ?
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Why not? Some people may appreciate the Google Dialer or the pure Nexus experience.
cra1g321 said:
why would you want to do this ?
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New dialer, no bloatware, full list of system languages (like Russian for example)
I am waiting for such conversion guide. I did the same with my HTC One before.
UPD: As I am using Nexus 5 I want only stock Android on my other devices . Because 4.4.2 is awesome ) I really enjoy it.
Thanks for the replies, i wasn't asking it to sound rude,
just didnt know what the differences where.
I don't know about u guys but I have the Google dialer on my stock-non rooted US GSM moto g. On 4.4... It's the same one as my nexus 4...
So besides the camera software and no Motorola features/ apps (which I find cool/ useful like the battery saver) there's really no difference.... Yeah software updates... Whatever.
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I don't know about u guys but I have the Google dialer on my stock-non rooted US GSM moto g. On 4.4... It's the same one as my nexus 4...
So besides the camera software and no Motorola features/ apps (which I find cool/ useful like the battery saver) there's really no difference.... Yeah software updates... Whatever.
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It's a win win situation for Moto G owners.
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why would you want to do this ?
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Faster Android updates and probably outlast Motorola's updates..as OEMs typically stop putting out updates once another device comes and steals the thunder.
As for the dailer I think that's still exclusive to the Nexus 5 where it shows a picture based on the number which it gets from a automatic Google search I think..possibly more features.
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Faster Android updates and probably outlast Motorola's updates..as OEMs typically stop putting out updates once another device comes and steals the thunder.
As for the dailer I think that's still exclusive to the Nexus 5 where it shows a picture based on the number which it gets from a automatic Google search I think..possibly more features.
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IMO we don't know yet if GPE versions will actually be faster.
Moto mostly just added a few Moto apps for their OEM version. That's why they had 4.4 ready so fast I think.
And the reality with GPE is that the OEM, Motorola, is actually responsible for the work.
So Moto could decide to release simultaneous or delay one or the other.
If they ship both OEM and GPE 4.5's shortly after Android 4.5 is announced, that will make them look good (and will be good), and I'd bet that's part of their plan.
An unlocked Moto X can have the bootloader unlocked and then have different firmwares flashed to it. For example, I had a Moto X from Mexico...sim unlocked. I unlocked the bootloader, of course voiding the warranty and I flashed the ATT firmware to it. So I basically converted it to a ATT Moto X. Which is similar to converting a ATT HTC One to a GPe HTC One etc.
Nevertheless, because our Moto G's bootloader can be unlocked and we can flash firmwares etc once it unlocked, I'm assuming we'll be able to flash the GPe Firmware to our Moto G..
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Alright so my goal is to get CyanogenMod with the ElementalX kernel on my Verizon M8. From previous experiments of mine and on the thread for it it states that it won't work on the Verizon model. Now currently I have a GPE ROM with the ElementalX kernel so I obviously can tell that it will indeed work but my question is am I going to have to do a conversion to GPE using an RUU in order to get the setup I want or can I simply just install Cyanogen and flash ElementalX without problems? My assumption is no and I'll have to do the complicated conversion but I'm hoping that I'm wrong and it's simpler than I'm making it out to be ?
EDIT: Ok so within the past half hour i've become a bit more unsure as to whether this will work or not so let me get it straight on what I think currently. Currently from what I've seen, by converting to the Google Play Edition via an RUU I can enable myself to be able to use some if not all of the international ROM's + kernels such as the one I'm aiming for, ElementalX. I see that by simply using a GPE ROM I can use the ElementalX kernel but I want to use Cyanogenmod which isn't GPE. Matter of fact I believe I tried it once and messed up quite a bit so from that I get that by converting to GPE's filesystem/firmware I would be able to use the kernel I want which means I can use the ROM I want too. Am I right or am I wrong that by converting to GPE I will be able to use that specific kernel with CyanogenMod/other non sense ROM's?
Gpe we have is a PORT... the gpe edition is only gsm I believe.. I just came back to Verizon from years on AT&T and converting was easy but since we're CDMA I don't think you can actually convert it
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Gpe we have is a PORT... the gpe edition is only gsm I believe.. I just came back to Verizon from years on AT&T and converting was easy but since we're CDMA I don't think you can actually convert it
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So in short you're saying it removes CDMA compatibility meaning no calling/data/texting/etc? Well sh**. Would there be any other ways to use that kernel on a Verizon device?
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As far as I know... I've been away from CDMA for 4 years so not sure maybe now with the Sim cards it can be done but as far as I know no it wouldn't work... There was a guy trying to convert his vzw m8 to the Dev edition and as far as I know that was a no go too... My guess is you would need a ROM with a compatible base to use that kernel
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But if you do that then other things break
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As far as I know... I've been away from CDMA for 4 years so not sure maybe now with the Sim cards it can be done but as far as I know no it wouldn't work... There was a guy trying to convert his vzw m8 to the Dev edition and as far as I know that was a no go too... My guess is you would need a ROM with a compatible base to use that kernel
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Well crap lol, that sort of ruins my hopes for this to work . Ugh so disappointed atm. O well. Guess I'm stuck looking elsewhere for something to suit my needs.
Do NOT try to convert this phone to a gpe or Dev edition with ruus or any voodoo magic otherwise. The Verizon model uses different partitions from the other and the results would be catastrophic
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I just got a new AT&T LG3 and I am not to fond with the user interface of the device and would much rather have stock android kit Kat for the OS if possible. Can anyone point me in the right direction if this is even possible?
Thanks!
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I just got a new AT&T LG3 and I am not to fond with the user interface of the device and would much rather have stock android kit Kat for the OS if possible. Can anyone point me in the right direction if this is even possible?
Thanks!
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You cannot at this moment.
beeznhoney said:
I just got a new AT&T LG3 and I am not to fond with the user interface of the device and would much rather have stock android kit Kat for the OS if possible. Can anyone point me in the right direction if this is even possible?
Thanks!
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We have root and a bootloader unlock for all G3 variants is on its way. Donate to the cause if you can (check General forum for AT&T G3).
beeznhoney said:
I just got a new AT&T LG3 and I am not to fond with the user interface of the device and would much rather have stock android kit Kat for the OS if possible. Can anyone point me in the right direction if this is even possible?
Thanks!
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You can install the google launcher from the market i think and it will probably make it more google stock feel and to that add the keyboard and i think you are basically set for more googlelyness
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Im in your boat coming from Nexus 4 and rastakat aosp goodness. Rooting, debloating, removing carrier iq and installing Google Now Launcher helped big time. If not for ART that I prefer to use, xposed could get it even closer to stock experience.
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