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Will I still receive the android updates? Ive always been sketchy about rooting my phone because i want to keep the android system as up to date as possible. Will I still receive the android updates if I root my phone or will I have to manually do it somehow?
Much thanks
If you flash a custom rom then you won't recieve the official OTA updates from Google.
If you root the stock rom you will still receive ota updates. You can also manually flash updates(best method). Please do alot of reading about rooting before attempting anything. Had you done this you would have known the answer to your question. Learn how to use adobe and fastboot. Don't be lazy and use a one click root method as this will not teach you anything about your phone and you will not know how to fix a problem should one arise. Thanks for posting in the correct section!
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any recommendations for a guide to root my nexus?
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any recommendations for a guide to root my nexus?
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If you have a mac, my guide.
thats what i have. could you link me? also my phone is on 2.3.7
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If you root the stock rom you will still receive ota updates. You can also manually flash updates(best method). Please do alot of reading about rooting before attempting anything. Had you done this you would have known the answer to your question. Learn how to use adobe and fastboot. Don't be lazy and use a one click root method as this will not teach you anything about your phone and you will not know how to fix a problem should one arise. Thanks for posting in the correct section!
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What in the world does he need to know anything about adobe for?
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Auto correction on his phone turned abd into adobe I would say. It is clear to me what was meant.
sooo how should i go about rooting it with 2.3.7 and being on a mac?
Found this sticky in the Nexus S General section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878446
double check if it supports your Nexus s version though.
Guides in Android Development section
do you think it will matter that I'm on mac 10.7?
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do you think it will matter that I'm on mac 10.7?
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You'll be just fine
Also, if your rooted and running a, custom ROM, you don't need OTA updates, as the ROM developers incorporate the updates into their ROMs, within a day or two usually. I don't even worry about updates from OEMS or Google anymore.
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One click is certainly looking like a bad idea as the ota does come through and then screws up your superuser. I've been arguing w my phone for a week trying to get past this and put cm7 on it.
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i get to the part where i have to mount my phone while in recovery mode and my phone won't mount to my computer. Some help with this would be greatly appreciated
Hi.
I'm a new membr to XDA, not ANdroid, I've had my Samsung s3 since it came out. I want to upgrade to Jellybean. I Have Odin, and I have the JB file to Flash. I'm blind, so I'm not sure what the best way of doing this is. Odin is accessible, but entering download mode might be a problem because there would be no speach unless there was vibration feedback. Also, how do I unlock the bootloader? I'm using a PC. Can I just use Odin to unlock it? Thanks for the help in advance.:fingers-crossed:
I would read up on it. But if you want easy just wait (sources say maybe Friday) for the ota. It will be coming soon.
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I would read up on it. But if you want easy just wait (sources say maybe Friday) for the ota. It will be coming soon.
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Well, I could, But I don't mind hard. I like challenges. LOL.
Read section 2 of Droidstyle's guide in the development section. In section two of that guide, you will find everything you need to root, unlock, and install a custom recovery in order to flash a JB rom.
Wait and I do apologize. I'm not sure how best to help you if you do in fact have a visual handicap. I'm honestly not aware of a way to go forward and not cause any issues.
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Guys wat is this...????for discussing official updates and stocks things do we really need a forum for us????
Wat crappy locks will this phone has and let we break those bricks first then will build all....
Things that developed for xperia L so far....
No proper Cwm recovery like other phones
No proper tweaked custom rom
No cm roms
No easy flushable mods
Only experts will use customization and if other tries will landup in bootloader or some error which is because of we didn't have basic things for customization properly...
Still people are fighting for official updates and scolding Sony...
Come on guys we really have to work hard to get things....
Please devs working on this try to get the basic things first because only experts can flash and install things now and that is the situation here...
We need proper Cwm recovery and nandroid backup, flash method first (should be simple like on other phones)
Guys this is my suggestion and I worked hard and got basic things to work properly for grand quattro and those guys are enjoying my roms and ports, tweaks etc which is lack here since so many months....so considering basic things first will improve the development of Xl otherwise we will stuck here itself...
So please discuss the flaws so far wat we have and how to get those...
This thread is for guys who really put their ideas forward for development on xperia L...thanks for reading this and dont just read this.
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Guys please don't make this thread to die and everybody should post their ideas here....and all words are important here and now for development of Xl....
Leave on begging for 4.3 updates and make it beautiful on wat we have...thus is wat every phone users are doing there and lacks here.
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From what i read,we need proper kernel for CM.Now devs wait for sony to release 4.2 kernel sources and then they will port it to CAF base kernel.After that we will have CM and all the development will start,like porting miui and ubuntu touch.
Don't know what you mean for CWM and what expert things are needed to flash some .zip's,but I'm using vengeance kernel and all work correct. If you mean CWM for locket bootloader,then you need to know that they try to make it,but there is an bug in kernel and CWM is unusable for LB.
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From what i read,we need proper kernel for CM.Now devs wait for sony to release 4.2 kernel sources and then they will port it to CAF base kernel.After that we will have CM and all the development will start,like porting miui and ubuntu touch.
Don't know what you mean for CWM and what expert things are needed to flash some .zip's,but I'm using vengeance kernel and all work correct. If you mean CWM for locket bootloader,then you need to know that they try to make it,but there is an bug in kernel and CWM is unusable for LB.
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Is that custom recovery fully working like nandroid backup etc?
Is there any way that I can flash Cwm recovery easily after I unlock the bootloader...No this is wat we have to concentrate....people who are new to Sony will always brick their phones on flashing these due to complicate procedure...so first it should made easy for every one.
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Is that custom recovery fully working like nandroid backup etc?
Is there any way that I can flash Cwm recovery easily after I unlock the bootloader...No this is wat we have to concentrate....people who are new to Sony will always brick their phones on flashing these due to complicate procedure...so first it should made easy for every one.
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We already have a properly working recovery with all bugs fixed. Search and research before you post or spam anything.
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Is that custom recovery fully working like nandroid backup etc?
Is there any way that I can flash Cwm recovery easily after I unlock the bootloader...No this is wat we have to concentrate....people who are new to Sony will always brick their phones on flashing these due to complicate procedure...so first it should made easy for every one.
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Don't know for nandroid backup (but I'm sure its working),will test it for you tonight and report.
Sony phones don't have stock recovery and we need to include it in kernel ramdisk(or for LB in system).So all the custom kernels got CWM recovery buildin.And on your question "Yes" after you unlock your phone you just need to download custom kernel that you like and flash it on your phone.Then when the phone start you only need to press volume down key and you will go to CWM(you know what to do after that ).
How i see you are new to sony,so i will tell you how to flash a custom kernel.
You got two ways:
Manual with fastboot
And Flashtool(recommended for new users)
First way you will need fastboot drivers(there are some .zip's that include only fastboot drivers other way is to install all the SDK)
On windows you will need to open command prompt and need to navigate to fastboot drivers,like "cd C:\fastboot".You will need to paste boot.img in the folder with the drivers (C:\fastboot).Then you only need to tipe in command prompt this "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and in 2-3 seconds flash will finish.
Second way with flashtool is simpler and for that i recommend it.
Download and install flashtool,then go to C:\Flashtool\Drivert and install drivers that you need(if you dont have them).After that just open flashtool,click on the "thunder" icon and chose "Fastboot mode".Then click on "Select kernel to flash" find your kernel and click "ok".After 2-3 seconds you will see the log that tells you flash was Successful.
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We already have a properly working recovery with all bugs fixed. Search and research before you post or spam anything.
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I'm not trying to spam anything here and I need to boost on dev of this phone...
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I'm not trying to spam anything here and I need to boost on dev of this phone...
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I think that this is against the XDA rules...
At least research a little before you start posting such rants. We do not have the level of devs that can produce the stuff on their own(like S2's devs wrote drivers from scratch after Samsung denied to go open source with Exynos), I didn't expect anything when buying Xperia L, I've been in big communities like Galaxy S2, owned it for a year. And we bought Sony's phone, we have to be reliant on them to provide sources, 4.2.2's first build is just out, I don't think Sony will release kernel sources until they release a bug-free build, and the Devs who're up for CM wouldn't want to develop CM10 just to please you for a week or two then start CM10.1 when Sony releases kernel sources.
And it's not hard to unlock a bootloader and install Kernels. This is my first sony device, I know how easy it is in Samsungs, and Samsung attracts a lot of customers in India, more than Sony, so the development has to be more, you can't compare the development of two devices. This is just a pathetic thread. It just shows that you *expect* the devs here to work for said phone, let me tell you, this is a free society, it's upto devs whether they want to work or not.
We have forums because there were numerous requests in the new forum for device thread (Or whatever it is called). You bought the phone, that is it. It isn't the responsibility of the devs here to provide you with the goods you want to see.
And please, write in proper coherent English, it's flashing not flushing. Sony's all devices have locked bootloader, should've researched before buying.
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I'm not trying to spam anything here and I need to boost on dev of this phone...
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Then why don't you develop something. Stop complaining and do something. It will make us and you happy.
Btw. we have fully working CWM and custom rom. Don't get what is your problem.
Complaining and whining about what your phone does or does not do is NOT WHAT XDA IS ABOUT.
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Hi guys,
I'm new to Android, in fact I just got my Nexus 5 today. I would like to change the colour of my network and battery icons from the default white to the same colour as the ones on the LG G2. See attached image.
Is this possible, and if so how do I go about it?
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
Edit: I don't have enough posts to post a link to the colour of the LG G2 battery and network icons
Root + xposed framework + gravitybox mms xposed module.
You can find all these on xda using Google search.
Gravity box allows you to set the colour to whatever you want from a pallet
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Root + xposed framework + gravitybox mms xposed module.
You can find all these on xda using Google search.
Gravity box allows you to set the colour to whatever you want from a pallet
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Thanks for the info I'll check it out now.
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Thanks for the info I'll check it out now.
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You're the first person I've seen who wants something from the G2's ui.
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You're the first person I've seen who wants something from the G2's ui.
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Haha. I really like those colours, what can I say lol. I'm a little apprehensive about rooting my device though. As I understand it, if I root I'll no longer get the OTA updates. And one of the selling points of the Nexus 5 for me was the fact that it gets all Android updates straight away.
There's an ota helpdesk thread in general.
Quick ota updates also means quick updates to full roms...
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Haha. I really like those colours, what can I say lol. I'm a little apprehensive about rooting my device though. As I understand it, if I root I'll no longer get the OTA updates. And one of the selling points of the Nexus 5 for me was the fact that it gets all Android updates straight away.
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You're not going to be able to do what you want without changing the system and giving up easy ota updates. But they're easy to apply through a custom recovery.
OK, so it looks like I'll be rooting :fingers-crossed: Is the cfroot the best way to go? Or I've seen another thread all about rooting the Nexus 5, which seems to assume you're using Windows. I'm running Linux Mint.
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OK, so it looks like I'll be rooting :fingers-crossed: Is the cfroot the best way to go? Or I've seen another thread all about rooting the Nexus 5, which seems to assume you're using Windows. I'm running Linux Mint.
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Personally, I would do it by myself using adb and fastboot instead of letting something else do it for me. But I guess cf auto root works as well.
Thanks for the help and advice guys. I've decided not to bother rooting, it's just not worth it just so I can change the colours on 2 icons. Thanks again.
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Thanks for the help and advice guys. I've decided not to bother rooting, it's just not worth it just so I can change the colours on 2 icons. Thanks again.
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But there's so much more than two icons in life
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But there's so much more than two icons in life
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Indeed, but recently coming from iOS I'm very happy with kitkat I just wanted to change the colour of those 2 icons. For me to do that I'd have to root. And if I root I lose my OTA and then have the hassle of having to flash the updates myself.
Actually, you don't. Unless you make changes to system files. Stock rooted would have no issues with otas..
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Actually, you don't. Unless you make changes to system files. Stock rooted would have no issues with otas..
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Would need to keep stock recovery though.
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Did you unlock your bootloader yet? Do that at least. It won't affect your device's OTA update or anything and locking it is extremely easy.
---DO IT IN CASE YOU DECIDE TO ROOT LATER---
it'll pay off trust me.
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I've done a bit of reading and from what I gather even if I root, unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery, I can still install all the very latest Android updates simply by boot to custom recovery and flashing the update. Is this correct?
What are some of the benefits of rooting? And would a custom ROM be better than the stock vanilla on the Nexus 5?
Sorry for all the questions. I'm just trying to get things clear in my mind.
Thanks again.
Also - Is there a way of rooting without wiping all my info on my device?
No you cannot root without unlocking the bootloader which wipes device.
Benefits of root are in the faq stickied at the top of this forum
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No you cannot root without unlocking the bootloader which wipes device.
Benefits of root are in the faq stickied at the top of this forum
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OK thanks.
Q&A for [ROM] [L] [5.0] Android Lpv Dev for N5 Enhanced [Stable 9002]
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Afetr flash 9001 ,I get very slow to open app ( Facebook , Line ) ,please advise
Afetr flash 9001 ,I get very slow to open app ( Facebook , Line ) ,please advise
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Afetr flash 9001 ,I get very slow to open app ( Facebook , Line ) ,please advise
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Flash the 9002 patch that addresses the memory leak. Download is right below 9001 in the op
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I didn't think syko minded questions in his thread, especially from the amount of general jibber jabber in there already ?
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I didn't think syko minded questions in his thread, especially from the amount of general jibber jabber in there already ?
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Still not sure if this is to do with the 10 post rule or not.
Devs have a choice of allowing users under 10 posts to post in the dev threads now. But if they dont allow it, the user gets sent to q&a and the Dev PM's about the new thread.
I just wouldn't expect the thread to look like this. It's not clear that this is related to the 10 post rule. It reads as if a dev has turned on a general "q&a" thread instead.
Also if it is 10 post rule, is there a new thread for each under 10 poster trying to ask a question or will they all get sent to 1 this one thread?
Was talking about this earlier with @Toledo_JAB
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I didn't think syko minded questions in his thread, especially from the amount of general jibber jabber in there already ?
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Still not sure if this is to do with the 10 post rule or not.
Devs have a choice of allowing users under 10 posts to post in the dev threads now. But if they dont allow it, the user gets sent to q&a and the Dev PM's about the new thread.
I just wouldn't expect the thread to look like this. It's not clear that this is related to the 10 post rule. It reads as if a dev has turned on a general "q&a" thread instead.
Also if it is 10 post rule, is there a new thread for each under 10 poster trying to ask a question or will they all get sent to 1 this one thread?
Was talking about this earlier with @Toledo_JAB
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I dont mind it, it defaulted to that on it's own
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I dont mind it, it defaulted to that on it's own
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Yeah, if it is the 10 post rule, it's left on as default. I guess it is then. Lets see if other questions come here for 10 posters.
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Yeah, if it is the 10 post rule, it's left on as default. I guess it is then. Lets see if other questions come here for 10 posters.
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I'm curious how it works too.
Sure beats getting pm'ed for questions from people under 10 posts that would be way better off out to the community anyways
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I'd like to post a question, but I've has no issues at all. Running smooth, 9002, stock kernel
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No Apn
I Just flashed 9001 with the 9002 patch and when i went to go and put in my APN for straight talk so that i can get my Data activated, it was all blank even when i tried to put in a new apn it stayed blank after i saved it. And for some reason my wifi refuses to connect. Did i do something wrong please help i just got my N5 today
I still havent been able to figure out what i did wrong, i even tried other L roms and they didnt work either. I dont have an unlocked bootloader is that why?
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I still havent been able to figure out what i did wrong, i even tried other L roms and they didnt work either. I dont have an unlocked bootloader is that why?
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Are you sure you are using the correct radio? If you just got it, chances are it might still be on a old version.
Flash the latest official version or the official Dev preview to get the latest boot loader and radio.
Also you can unlock and lock your boot loader in minutes
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Are you sure you are using the correct radio? If you just got it, chances are it might still be on a old version.
Flash the latest official version or the official Dev preview to get the latest boot loader and radio.
Also you can unlock and lock your boot loader in minutes
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Thats the problem though, i dont have a computer to unlock my bootloader or anything, i can flash files because i rooted it and installed twrp but i did that without a computer. Is there any way i can get it working without access to a computer.
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Thats the problem though, i dont have a computer to unlock my bootloader or anything, i can flash files because i rooted it and installed twrp but i did that without a computer. Is there any way i can get it working without access to a computer.
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I believe there is a flash able bootloader and radios are flashable but not sure about oem unlock though
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I believe there is a flash able bootloader and radios are flashable but not sure about oem unlock though
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Does my oem have to be unlocked? And do you know where i can find the flashable bootloader and radio, i used this rom on my n4 and i loved it, i really wanna get it working for my n5
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Does my oem have to be unlocked? And do you know where i can find the flashable bootloader and radio, i used this rom on my n4 and i loved it, i really wanna get it working for my n5
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I don't think you need to but here are the flashable bootloader and radio for L http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-n5-l-developer-preview-t2796003
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I don't think you need to but here are the flashable bootloader and radio for L http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-n5-l-developer-preview-t2796003
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I just see the radio, ive already flashed that one too, but i cant find the flashable bootloader it only shows a bootloader.img
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I just see the radio, ive already flashed that one too, but i cant find the flashable bootloader it only shows a bootloader.img
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Thought there was a flashable one there. If you got the radio then it should have the working APN.
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Thought there was a flashable one there. If you got the radio then it should have the working APN.
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Ive flashed the rom and the 9002 patch, the radio that you showed me, and the elementalEX kernel (i dont know any good kernels lol) but it still acted weirdly, like when it powers on and gets to the setup, i hit next and it just gets stuck at "Welcome - Just a Sec" when i finally get passed it i try to put in the APN and it doesnt work the APN i create just disappears
elementskater1010 said:
Ive flashed the rom and the 9002 patch, the radio that you showed me, and the elementalEX kernel (i dont know any good kernels lol) but it still acted weirdly, like when it powers on and gets to the setup, i hit next and it just gets stuck at "Welcome - Just a Sec" when i finally get passed it i try to put in the APN and it doesnt work the APN i create just disappears
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Elemental x is not a supported kernel, there is a list of them in the op
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