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I'm new to rooting and just rooted my Droid 2 Global and have no idea what to do next. Where do I find roms? What are the best ones? And how can I get rid of some of this junk moto has on here?
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I'm sorta new to this too. I rooted with Z4Root. I'd recommend going to the market and downloading Root Uninstaller. That helped me get rid of all the stupid crap verizon put on there, like Blockbuster, Kindle, CityID, etc.
Another thing you could do is look up "root" in the market. It will show you all the apps that require root access.
Becareful though, just like your home computer, uninstalling some software may have unintended consequences. Hope that helps.
marcort said:
I'm sorta new to this too. I rooted with Z4Root. I'd recommend going to the market and downloading Root Uninstaller. That helped me get rid of all the stupid crap verizon put on there, like Blockbuster, Kindle, CityID, etc.
Another thing you could do is look up "root" in the market. It will show you all the apps that require root access.
Becareful though, just like your home computer, uninstalling some software may have unintended consequences. Hope that helps.
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Thanks a lot. Has anything you uninstalled caused you problems?
Not yet. But I only uninstalled the factory installed extra stuff. I noticed a slight pickup in speed and battery life (although it could just all be in my head... LOL). Let me know if you do anything else cool. Im still trying to build up enough balls to actually start flashing roms.
marcort said:
I'm sorta new to this too. I rooted with Z4Root. I'd recommend going to the market and downloading Root Uninstaller. That helped me get rid of all the stupid crap verizon put on there, like Blockbuster, Kindle, CityID, etc.
Another thing you could do is look up "root" in the market. It will show you all the apps that require root access.
Becareful though, just like your home computer, uninstalling some software may have unintended consequences. Hope that helps.
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This is a bad idea, don't do it.
When you delete the bloatware that comes on the phone, you make your phone unable to receive OTA updates from Verizon. This includes any future updates to Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread). The updates run as a patch, they check for all of the system data to be present. This includes pre-installed apps like blockbuster, amazon, etc. If ALL of the system data isn't present, the patch can't run.
Instead, you should use Titanium Backup to freeze these programs. It does the same thing, but instead of removing the files, it changes their extension, so that they can't run. It has the same effect, but when you want an update, you just unfreeze your programs, update, and then refreeze them. It also lets you make backups of your apps and app data.
If you don't want to pay for TiBu, you can always manually change all the filenames from cityID.apk to cityID.bak, etc etc. This does the same thing, for free, but is more involved and less beginner friendly.
Do what ever you want......if you want to go back to stock to get offical ota updates just search for the sbf file and your all good. Just know what your doing before you do it. If you delete bloatware it will effect ota updates. But flash the sbf with rsd lite and you'll be fine
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You could do that, yes. But freezing bloatware is more efficient. Flashing an SBF is more time intensive, and has a higher chance (not high, mind you, but highER) of not working correctly. Also, TiBU has the added benefit of being a backup utility that's easy to use and very functional and stable.
Ok.
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Well I guess that shows how much of a dummy I am with this stuff. I ended up reinstalling the stuff I removed from the market and unrooting because I had to send the phone back. It had a really weird charging issue that was present when I bought it. Im on the new one now. (Rooted to try and fix the charging issue. It didnt work). I haven't rooted the new phone yet. Im reading through all the forums to try and gain a little better understanding of how to do this stuff without wrecking my phone or missing out on updates. Thanks for all the good info! I wont be screwing around with bloatware so soon this time.
Definitly do not go the uninstall route on the Blur stuff.
Freezing is better!
As for ROMs there is only one ROM that I know of and it is Fission.
Get the ROM manager here at XDA and flashing it is a snap. It even has the Stock Droid in the manager so you can easily go back to stock when needed.
The stock rom in the rom manger still has root, busybox and is deodexed. If sent back with these programs on it will void your warranty. So if you ever need to send back sbf 1st to be safe. The .sbf takes like 15 minutes. Maybe two minutes more then flashing a ROM. So I really don't get how flashing a .sbf is difficult. And it actually is the safest due to the locked bootlader and the drivers usually never fail if running Windows 32 bit.
so i'm assuming that all of the other "popular" ROM's (liberty, rubix, apex, etc.) that say they are for the DX and D2 wont work on the D2G? I've installed many ROM's on my D2G and all of them get stuck on airplane mode and wont unlock. I end up having to restore and revert back to stock...
Yep, pretty lame that all these devs havent taken numerous peoples' offers to test out d2g ports of the d2 roms. i mean i have no idea how to port it myself but theres people saying "if you try it, ill test it" and still no devs take anyone up on the offer.
So does ne one think that we are going to get ne roms ported over to us from the dx or the d2 cuz I was lookin forward to flashing liberty to my D2G so can some1 pm if they got ne idea or if they kno when we can expect a new rom
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Hey Guys- I just rooted and installed Fission ROM on my D2G- WHEW!! My wife (the IT pro) and I rooted this past Sunday evening. We used Z4ROOT- this part was fairly easy. Then we spent the next 6 hours- with no luck whatsoever- trying to install a custom ROM. We finally found out that there aren't many out for the D2G just yet.
We finally found Fission ROM, but could not get it installed. You must have a bootstrap program to install the rom. I found this out by accident. Finally installed Fission on Tuesday night. Only used for a few hours, but so far so good.
BTW- there are several bloatware freezers on the market. I had read not to remove it, so I froze it. App Freezer for Root seems to be working fine.
Be careful, and good luck!
biknut1 said:
We finally found Fission ROM, but could not get it installed. You must have a bootstrap program to install the rom. I found this out by accident. Finally installed Fission on Tuesday night. Only used for a few hours, but so far so good.
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There are instructions with everything you need to know (including koush's bootstrap) provided by team defuse on their website. The entire process shouldn't take more than 30 minutes tops.
And you can delete anything you want now that there is the D2 global SBF for recovery. Just make sure you know how to use it before things go awry so you don't panic and flood the forums with questions that have already been answered.
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pfallin said:
so i'm assuming that all of the other "popular" ROM's (liberty, rubix, apex, etc.) that say they are for the DX and D2 wont work on the D2G? I've installed many ROM's on my D2G and all of them get stuck on airplane mode and wont unlock. I end up having to restore and revert back to stock...
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how do you revert back to stock. yes i made a backup.
How do you get the OTA Update? I mean, you have to be on Verizon to get it, right? What if you unlocked the phone and use it outside the US with a different sim card from some other carrier? Can you still get the update? Please help.
And, if somehow I can find this precious update, then if I change my rom to Fission, I won't get updates anymore, right? Then what is the point of getting new roms? I'll have to be checking for newer roms with newer updates from Verizon all the time? Is this the idea?
Thank you,
hgrimberg said:
How do you get the OTA Update? I mean, you have to be on Verizon to get it, right? What if you unlocked the phone and use it outside the US with a different sim card from some other carrier? Can you still get the update? Please help.
And, if somehow I can find this precious update, then if I change my rom to Fission, I won't get updates anymore, right? Then what is the point of getting new roms? I'll have to be checking for newer roms with newer updates from Verizon all the time? Is this the idea?
Thank you,
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Yes, you can get the update, no matter you are not on Verizon network. But update will not be 'pushed' to you, you have to go to system/about phone/system updates. Phone will check for update and let you know if one is available. If you are already running 2.4.330, you will get prompt no update is available. If you are on 2.4.29 - you must get the prompt update is available and will be downloaded.
Update will work only if you are using stock firmware (for me it worked fine no matter I had rooted the phone, you must make sure there are no 'frozen' apps before update is applied, or it will fail to install). On Fission, it will not show/work. Many users, including myself, have reported update does not seem to be adding anything benneficial to users on GSM/UMTS networks. On some networks (in Canada and Australia so far) update causes the phone to become unreliable when it comes to keeping connection to the cellular network. Another user (in Germany) reports no problems using the updated firmware. I suspect this is related to frequencies - in Canada and Australia we use bands that overlap with US bands which as we all know have some software restrictions imposed by the phone. In Europe (Germany, Greece) you guys use 2100Mhz.
Again - update addresses some CDMA issues, I find absolutely no different with/without the update in terms of battery life or call quality. (I am on Rogers Canada - GSM/HSPA 850/1900.)
With the release of Android 4.4 coming, I'm thinking of flashing the latest Cyanogen rom. But, this is my first time owning an Android phone, or any smart phone at all. So I was wondering:
Can I upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S2 SPH-D710BST to the latest version?
If so will I have to reinstall my apps and etc.?
If I use custom firmware can I still activate and use my phone to call? (This is all assuming I still haven't gotten around to activating my phone)
If so will i have to use Boost Mobile to activate my phone? (As indicated by the model number)
Thanks in advance for any advice!
ShikiSatsu said:
With the release of Android 4.4 coming, I'm thinking of flashing the latest Cyanogen rom. But, this is my first time owning an Android phone, or any smart phone at all. So I was wondering:
Can I upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S2 SPH-D710BST to the latest version?
If so will I have to reinstall my apps and etc.?
If I use custom firmware can I still activate and use my phone to call? (This is all assuming I still haven't gotten around to activating my phone)
If so will i have to use Boost Mobile to activate my phone? (As indicated by the model number)
Thanks in advance for any advice!
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hey there, welcome to the world of android friend! so if you were to have cm 10.2 (android 4.3) on your device and decide when a stable version of 4.4 comes out you want to flash it, you will have to reinstall all your apps, if you were to come from android 4.1 to 4.2 you wouldnt have to reinstall them. android 4.1-4.3 dont have very much changes, just a little of ui change and hardware changes to use left memory. now to see if your galaxy s2 will get 4.4? nobody will know, i dont think anybody knows if cyangenmod will make more roms, they recently annouced something that sounded like they were making their own android handset. if you use custom firmware, yes you can still use it as your phone and activate it, im sure not allot of people would flash roms to not be able to use their phones . i looked up the model number and it looks like the carrier is boost mobile. hope you figure out what you want man, please if you have any questions i would love to answer them, i love to see the notification numbers go up xD
Thanks! I already knew my phone was from Boost, I was just asking if activating it with them was a MUST. Also my phone has that manufacturer's error with the dropping cell signal repeatedly activating the menu. I tried the fix where you clear the cache partition, but that was only a temporary fix.
So, to fix the phone I have to get it repaired at a Sprint?
If so, how much?
Or, alternatively, could re-imaging the phone with a new "OS" fix it? (Only asking since the cache wipe worked for a while.)
Hi people of XDA-Developers, I have a few questions to ask about Android, I've been an iOS user for around 3-4 years and I was very familiar with jailbreaking, iOS softwares, and almost everything. I knew what to do on exactly every situation but then I got bored of iOS and then I thought of switching into a better OS and I thought Android was good. Now I'm in Android and I don't understand a single thing about it. Compared to Android, iOS is a lot simpler, easier but also boring. You can play around with the Android but I really don't understand much. By miracle I didn't brick my phone after attempting to Root it, I was so lucky that it worked because I didn't know what I was doing . So here are my info and some questions.
Phone:
-Samsung Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile)
-SGH-M919
-Android 4.2.2
Questions:
1- Ok, so I have Android 4.2.2 on SGH-M919 which is on T-Mobile, I bought the phone on the US but then I left to another country (Panama), I want to upgrade from 4.2.2 to 4.3 and I want to know if it is already available because some websites say that it's coming on the 18th of November. I want to know if it is available.
2- If so, why can't I download it? When I do software update it says that: "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available", I already used Triangle away to reset the times flashed and it's already on the "System: Official" (it was on "System: Modified") , I've already erased the cache and even factory reset.
3- I've seen somewhere on Google that you can manually update it (with Odin and/or with an external SD card)
4- Not that I really care THAT much about updating but what I want to do is to flash it to a ROM, in this case, the PACman ROM. But it says PACman 4.3 and I don't know if it is possible to use the 4.3 version on the 4.2.2 Android and I won't risk it so I want to know if there is a way around it. I really want to flash it before moving everything from my iPhone to my Galaxy.
I would really appreciate if you answered these questions, the simplest way possible, please and thank you in advance.
Phone:
-Samsung Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile)
-SGH-M919
-Android 4.2.2
Questions:
1- Ok, so I have Android 4.2.2 on SGH-M919 which is on T-Mobile, I bought the phone on the US but then I left to another country (Panama), I want to upgrade from 4.2.2 to 4.3 and I want to know if it is already available because some websites say that it's coming on the 18th of November. I want to know if it is available.
IIt is available from some carriers now via OTA upgrade and more carriers are releasing it currently.
2- If so, why can't I download it? When I do software update it says that: "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available", I already used Triangle away to reset the times flashed and it's already on the "System: Official" (it was on "System: Modified") , I've already erased the cache and even factory reset.
3- I've seen somewhere on Google that you can manually update it (with Odin and/or with an external SD card)
4- Not that I really care THAT much about updating but what I want to do is to flash it to a ROM, in this case, the PACman ROM. But it says PACman 4.3 and I don't know if it is possible to use the 4.3 version on the 4.2.2 Android and I won't risk it so I want to know if there is a way around it. I really want to flash it before moving everything from my iPhone to my to my Galaxy.
You can run PACman 4.3 on the S4, but going from 4.2.2 to 4.3 you should do a full wipe first to prevent any install issues. 4.3 is just an upgraded version of 4.2.2 and is still in the JellyBean series.You can find the PACman Development thread here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295673
Lord of the Droids said:
Phone:
-Samsung Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile)
-SGH-M919
-Android 4.2.2
Questions:
1- Ok, so I have Android 4.2.2 on SGH-M919 which is on T-Mobile, I bought the phone on the US but then I left to another country (Panama), I want to upgrade from 4.2.2 to 4.3 and I want to know if it is already available because some websites say that it's coming on the 18th of November. I want to know if it is available.
IIt is available from some carriers now via OTA upgrade and more carriers are releasing it currently.
2- If so, why can't I download it? When I do software update it says that: "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available", I already used Triangle away to reset the times flashed and it's already on the "System: Official" (it was on "System: Modified") , I've already erased the cache and even factory reset.
3- I've seen somewhere on Google that you can manually update it (with Odin and/or with an external SD card)
4- Not that I really care THAT much about updating but what I want to do is to flash it to a ROM, in this case, the PACman ROM. But it says PACman 4.3 and I don't know if it is possible to use the 4.3 version on the 4.2.2 Android and I won't risk it so I want to know if there is a way around it. I really want to flash it before moving everything from my iPhone to my to my Galaxy.
You can run PACman 4.3 on the S4, but going from 4.2.2 to 4.3 you should do a full wipe first to prevent any install issues. 4.3 is just an upgraded version of 4.2.2 and is still in the JellyBean series.You can find the PACman Development thread here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295673
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Ohh now I get it, now I updated from 4.2.2 to PAC 4.3.1. I think I understand how this works. The PAC 4.3.1 is just like an update, I thought you had to be on the same version to flash ROMs. Thank you for your response :good:
There's one more question, now that I have PACman, it comes with Trebuchet, I want to know if it's possible to organize the apps in my App Drawer in a custom way, not my name or by the date installed. If yes, how. If no, is there a way around it? If yes, which one. Thank you in advance.
This is for D800 (AT&T LG G2) users ONLY.
This package will update a phone with D80010d firmware to a "mixed" firmware that boots normally to D80020c (kitkat), but retains the older boot loader and compatibility with loki patched custom recoveries. The "normal" boot is 100% unmodified stock.
This "mixed" firmware is currently the only known way for a stock D80020c (kitkat) system that also allows custom recovery.
What's installed:
rpm, tz, modem, and system partitions from the stock D80020c (kitkat) LG G2 firmware.
LG's D80020c kernel, recompiled by @Savoca, and made compatible with the D80010d bootloader.
That will leave your existing D80010d boot loader (aboot) intact, as well as whatever custom recovery already installed.
This firmware package will (or at least should) refuse to install on ANY firmware other than the D80010d firmware. Please don't reply to this thread if you are using anything else. (That was as polite as I'll be on that issue...)
I STRONGLY suggest doing a full wipe on your device after flashing this. You don't have to, but it'd be a really good idea...
This is NOT my software. This is 100% LG's software and firmware. Don't ask for support in this thread. It won't be provided.
Instructions:
Restore your phone to the stock LG G2 D80010d firmware. Please click "here" for directions. (remember that you have the AT&T device when reading that post...) If you don't like that post, here's a youtube video (not mine) for doing the same thing. Make sure you restore the D80010d firmware and _not_ the D80010o firmware!!
Root the device and install recovery (recovery is required, root is not.) This is a link for rooting instructions. While you are welcome to use CWM for your recovery, this is a link for installing TWRP recovery. (Since cyanogenMod took freely given contributions to their codebasse and went private/for-profit, I have a personal bias against them - so my personal recommendation is for TWRP.)
Copy the d80010d_to_20c.zip package linked below to your phone.
Reboot into recovery and install the d800_to_20c.zip package.
Optionally, also install a superSU or other root package.
Optionally, but suggested, Perform a "factory reset" on your device.
Download Links:
The main package (about 1.7GB): Dev-Host (md5: 7cfe7de4ab31f727b72178b8fb618fd3)
SuperSU: Direct from Chainfire's webpage
Credits:
Several people spent countless hours working on finding a way to get recovery working with LG's kitkat. The kernel used in this package was made by @Savoca - who used the solution found by @JackpotClavin. Others involved are (as far as I'm aware) @AndroidUser00110001 and @jakew02. Of course, @Chainfire for the 'su' package.
Source:
All the images in the recovery package are completely stock with the exception of the kernel and kernel modules. The kernel is modified and recompiled with only the following patch: https://github.com/JackpotClavin/an...mmit/7b6187a0e5fb8ca59888cacf5f5b863baa8d1064. (The installer overwrites the kernel images in /system with those from the kernel compile.) The base kernel source is found on LG's opensource website under the D800 heading.
May 2014 Update:
I'm no longer able to tinker with my G2. My wife took it from me (for her own use), and she gets angry when I mess up all her settings.
(I ended up getting a HTC One M8 to tinker with.)
While I'll leave the thread unlocked so users can assist each other, please don't expect prompt responses from me or maintenance.
switched main package link to dev-host
added "source" section.
As soon as it's done downloading I will let you know that it works unless someone beats me to it that is
EDIT: Finally finished downloading I already flshed back to 10d rooted installed recovery and am now installing kk.zip
Re-Edit: just finished installing also just so you know flashing system only took about 2mins a little bit over that in terms of seconds anyways everything seems to be running fine ill report back tomorrow when its not 1am my time and can test things more thoroughly but I can confirm that everything flashes like its supposed to and also I like the little check you added where it says d80010d bootloader good!
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XxZombiePikachu said:
... and also I like the little check you added where it says d80010d bootloader good!
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It's actually checking that loki_patch reports a d80010d bootloader. If not, it'll abort flashing.
Thanks man, now i have kitkat with root and recovery (D80020c)
Damn I wish I had waited for this before flashing kit Kat last week. Of will I'll just have to wait on a recovery compatible with kit Kat or go back to 4.2.2 and then flash this when I have time.
>^·^< Sent From MEOW G2
DowntownJeffBrown said:
Damn I wish I had waited for this before flashing kit Kat last week. Of will I'll just have to wait on a recovery compatible with kit Kat or go back to 4.2.2 and then flash this when I have time.
>^·^< Sent From MEOW G2
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This is the only way for now to have a recovery on kit Kat
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Okay, so let me get this straight before I do anything. I'm currently running a custom rom right now, do I still need to revert to stock and install a custom recovery again, or can I just copy the stock kitkat zip to my phone and install from my current recovery?
FlyingColors said:
Okay, so let me get this straight before I do anything. I'm currently running a custom rom right now, do I still need to revert to stock and install a custom recovery again, or can I just copy the stock kitkat zip to my phone and install from my current recovery?
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What is step #1 on the instructions?
You can do whatever you want with your phone. It won't impact me whatsoever. However, that has nothing to do with what I posted.
Sigh...on every single KitKat Stock ROM ive tried so far...Bluetooth kills the battery, i mean it massacres it. I really dont get what the issue is...some sort of wakelock?
garyd9 said:
What is step #1 on the instructions?
You can do whatever you want with your phone. It won't impact me whatsoever. However, that has nothing to do with what I posted.
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I'm just trying to get some clarification so I don't have to go out and spend $400 on a new phone.
Would you rather be unaware of what your doing and then break your phone or be cautious and ask a question to the man in charge even if it makes you look like an idiot. I thought so...sorry for wasting your time.
FlyingColors said:
I'm just trying to get some clarification so I don't have to go out and spend $400 on a new phone.
Would you rather be unaware of what your doing and then break your phone or be cautious and ask a question to the man in charge even if it makes you look like an idiot. I thought so...sorry for wasting your time.
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It clearly says on step #1-
Instructions:
1. Restore your phone to the stock LG G2 D80010d firmware. Please click "here" for directions. (remember that you have the AT&T device when reading that post...) If you don't like that post, here's a youtube video (not mine) for doing the same thing. Make sure you restore the D80010d firmware and _not_ the D80010o firmware!!
So obviously the first step is to flash back to 10d it cannot get any simpler than that
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XxZombiePikachu said:
It clearly says on step #1-
Instructions:
1. Restore your phone to the stock LG G2 D80010d firmware. Please click "here" for directions. (remember that you have the AT&T device when reading that post...) If you don't like that post, here's a youtube video (not mine) for doing the same thing. Make sure you restore the D80010d firmware and _not_ the D80010o firmware!!
So obviously the first step is to flash back to 10d it cannot get any simpler than that
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more people asking questions that have already been answered. then when you point out that their question has already been answered they say they are trying to clarify even though it's already been clarified in the OP. it's a phenomenon on xda.
xLordNitro said:
Sigh...on every single KitKat Stock ROM ive tried so far...Bluetooth kills the battery, i mean it massacres it. I really dont get what the issue is...some sort of wakelock?
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I've seen that people have reported that issue on the D802, but I have to admit that I haven't seen the issue whatsoever on the my own D800. I have bluetooth on 100% of the time, and connected twice a day (on my commute to work and my commute back - each about 45 minutes.) My battery on 4.4.2 is about the same as what it was on 4.2.2 - however, "bluetooth" does show up higher on the battery app list of what is using power. Yet, it doesn't seem to have any real impact on overall battery life.
What are you basing the statement that BT is killing the battery on? Some of those OEM batter apps (like the LG one and even the android built-in one) are often misleading. For example, at least with 4.2.2, my phone wouldn't show "pandora" as a battery user (instead blaming 'android system.)
Of course, it's also possible that, for your environment, something really is causing BT to use up more battery than it should. There are several services related to BT, including the newer GATT/ATT (not related to AT&T) calls. (They are related to low power profiles.) It's possible that *something* in your environment is interacting with the phone or one of those services in such a way to cause issue... I'd suggest getting betterBatteryStats, install the piece needed for it to work properly with kitkat, and getting more detailed information from that. (When I say "environment", I mean the physical space around you, the software on your phone, or anything that may influence RF, light, sound, etc around your phone.)
FlyingColors said:
I'm just trying to get some clarification so I don't have to go out and spend $400 on a new phone.
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...and I'm trying to give EXTREMELY clear and detailed instructions so that people don't have to replace their phone. In fact, my instructions take a paranoid approach.
However, your question is essentially asking if you could skip steps. Does a "cautious" person skip steps?
Well, you can - assuming you know EXACTLY which partitions are installed on your phone, EXACTLY where they came from, EXACTLY what version they are, and you are 100% sure that they all match what is required. Of course, if you already had all that information, then you wouldn't feel the need to ask the question, as you'd obviously be "geeky" enough to not even really need a recovery package to install it.
Don't come into this thread asking if you can skip steps and then say you want to protect the investment in your phone. As well, don't get an attitude with me if I don't put my entire life on hold, and spell out to you the very same directions that are on the first post on this thread. Don't want to follow them? Fine. Don't. Honestly, I could NOT care less what happens to your phone if you don't want to follow the instructions I typed out.
You can read. I know this, as your question was in the context of the thread. Are you one of those people who will install kitkat, won't bother to "factory reset" the phone, and then complain that things don't work properly?
Edit: On second thought, FlyingColors, please don't install the package from this post. I get no benefit if you do, but you've already been a burden. I'd rather you continue to use whatever "custom rom" you are using. It's obviously something you are happy with (as you don't want to restore your phone to stock), and I don't have the patience to answer questions when I've already taken the time to give the answers.
By the way, as you want "clarification": It's not a "rom." It's not even a "ROM." At best, it's "firmware." If it was "ROM", you wouldn't be able to change it. Read Only Memory.
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I've seen that people have reported that issue on the D802, but I have to admit that I haven't seen the issue whatsoever on the my own D800. I have bluetooth on 100% of the time, and connected twice a day (on my commute to work and my commute back - each about 45 minutes.) My battery on 4.4.2 is about the same as what it was on 4.2.2 - however, "bluetooth" does show up higher on the battery app list of what is using power. Yet, it doesn't seem to have any real impact on overall battery life.
What are you basing the statement that BT is killing the battery on? Some of those OEM batter apps (like the LG one and even the android built-in one) are often misleading. For example, at least with 4.2.2, my phone wouldn't show "pandora" as a battery user (instead blaming 'android system.)
Of course, it's also possible that, for your environment, something really is causing BT to use up more battery than it should. There are several services related to BT, including the newer GATT/ATT (not related to AT&T) calls. (They are related to low power profiles.) It's possible that *something* in your environment is interacting with the phone or one of those services in such a way to cause issue... I'd suggest getting betterBatteryStats, install the piece needed for it to work properly with kitkat, and getting more detailed information from that. (When I say "environment", I mean the physical space around you, the software on your phone, or anything that may influence RF, light, sound, etc around your phone.)
Well i had this problem even when i had apps installed on a different Stock KITKAT rom created by someone. I DID NOT have this problem on the official OTA from AT&T, or on the PowerUser KitKat ROM but that had so many things missing that ireally did enjoy, maybe ill download the pack with the removed apps. So i decided to rewipe everything, ReFlash stock Jellybean and reroot and do everything all over again and then i flashed this, same problem. Bluetooth is completely off, i rarely use it. It went from 100%-60% within 1 hour of just standby, didnt even use the phone. Look at the stats and Bluetooth has been keeping the CPU awake the whole time. So i did what someone suggested, turned it on and off and rebooted. Same problem. Went back to JB, no issues.
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I've seen that people have reported that issue on the D802, but I have to admit that I haven't seen the issue whatsoever on the my own D800. I have bluetooth on 100% of the time, and connected twice a day (on my commute to work and my commute back - each about 45 minutes.) My battery on 4.4.2 is about the same as what it was on 4.2.2 - however, "bluetooth" does show up higher on the battery app list of what is using power. Yet, it doesn't seem to have any real impact on overall battery life.
What are you basing the statement that BT is killing the battery on? Some of those OEM batter apps (like the LG one and even the android built-in one) are often misleading. For example, at least with 4.2.2, my phone wouldn't show "pandora" as a battery user (instead blaming 'android system.)
Of course, it's also possible that, for your environment, something really is causing BT to use up more battery than it should. There are several services related to BT, including the newer GATT/ATT (not related to AT&T) calls. (They are related to low power profiles.) It's possible that *something* in your environment is interacting with the phone or one of those services in such a way to cause issue... I'd suggest getting betterBatteryStats, install the piece needed for it to work properly with kitkat, and getting more detailed information from that. (When I say "environment", I mean the physical space around you, the software on your phone, or anything that may influence RF, light, sound, etc around your phone.)
Well i had this problem even when i had apps installed on a different Stock KITKAT rom created by someone. I DID NOT have this problem on the official OTA from AT&T, or on the PowerUser KitKat ROM but that had so many things missing that ireally did enjoy, maybe ill download the pack with the removed apps. So i decided to rewipe everything, ReFlash stock Jellybean and reroot and do everything all over again and then i flashed this, same problem. Bluetooth is completely off, i rarely use it. It went from 100%-60% within 1 hour of just standby, didnt even use the phone. Look at the stats and Bluetooth has been keeping the CPU awake the whole time. So i did what someone suggested, turned it on and off and rebooted. Same problem. Went back to JB, no issues.
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after you went back to jb then rooted and installed custom recovery then flashed this firmware, did you do a factory reset upon first boot? meaning did you get past the initial set up then go to settings/backup and restore and reset the phone? if not then that could be your problem. the factory reset does indeed reset everything after you initially install kitkat. it worked for me also, i had mms issues every time i initially installed kk. after a factory reset the mms is resolved.
Yep, did that. Still same problem. So im assuming its something to do with the files themselves, and maybe the fixes that are being done to keep recovery. I dont know. But im back on Jellybean for now, i cant let my battery take that huge a hit.
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Well i had this problem even when i had apps installed on a different Stock KITKAT rom created by someone. I DID NOT have this problem on the official OTA from AT&T, or on the PowerUser KitKat ROM but that had so many things missing that ireally did enjoy, maybe ill download the pack with the removed apps. ... . It went from 100%-60% within 1 hour of just standby, didnt even use the phone.
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Wow. That's REALLY strange. I wonder why it's impacting only some users, and not all. (It would make sense that if it happens when BT is turned off, it would impact 100% of users.) Something else that's odd is that it happens with this, but not with the OTA. Even more strange is that it happens with that other "stock kitkat" firmware, as that essentially is the OTA with zero changes - it's even using the OTA provided bootloader and kernel.
I'm not really sure how to guide you on troubleshooting this. Anything I might suggest would take a few days of reverting and flashing various things, and I somehow doubt you'd want to spend the rest of your life doing random experiments for me. Perhaps you should try that poweruser firmware with things added one at a time - as you suggested.
Take care
Gary
garyd9 said:
I've seen that people have reported that issue on the D802, but I have to admit that I haven't seen the issue whatsoever on the my own D800. I have bluetooth on 100% of the time, and connected twice a day (on my commute to work and my commute back - each about 45 minutes.) My battery on 4.4.2 is about the same as what it was on 4.2.2 - however, "bluetooth" does show up higher on the battery app list of what is using power. Yet, it doesn't seem to have any real impact on overall battery life.
What are you basing the statement that BT is killing the battery on? Some of those OEM batter apps (like the LG one and even the android built-in one) are often misleading. For example, at least with 4.2.2, my phone wouldn't show "pandora" as a battery user (instead blaming 'android system.)
Of course, it's also possible that, for your environment, something really is causing BT to use up more battery than it should. There are several services related to BT, including the newer GATT/ATT (not related to AT&T) calls. (They are related to low power profiles.) It's possible that *something* in your environment is interacting with the phone or one of those services in such a way to cause issue... I'd suggest getting betterBatteryStats, install the piece needed for it to work properly with kitkat, and getting more detailed information from that. (When I say "environment", I mean the physical space around you, the software on your phone, or anything that may influence RF, light, sound, etc around your phone.)
...and I'm trying to give EXTREMELY clear and detailed instructions so that people don't have to replace their phone. In fact, my instructions take a paranoid approach.
However, your question is essentially asking if you could skip steps. Does a "cautious" person skip steps?
Well, you can - assuming you know EXACTLY which partitions are installed on your phone, EXACTLY where they came from, EXACTLY what version they are, and you are 100% sure that they all match what is required. Of course, if you already had all that information, then you wouldn't feel the need to ask the question, as you'd obviously be "geeky" enough to not even really need a recovery package to install it.
Don't come into this thread asking if you can skip steps and then say you want to protect the investment in your phone. As well, don't get an attitude with me if I don't put my entire life on hold, and spell out to you the very same directions that are on the first post on this thread. Don't want to follow them? Fine. Don't. Honestly, I could NOT care less what happens to your phone if you don't want to follow the instructions I typed out.
You can read. I know this, as your question was in the context of the thread. Are you one of those people who will install kitkat, won't bother to "factory reset" the phone, and then complain that things don't work properly?
Edit: On second thought, FlyingColors, please don't install the package from this post. I get no benefit if you do, but you've already been a burden. I'd rather you continue to use whatever "custom rom" you are using. It's obviously something you are happy with (as you don't want to restore your phone to stock), and I don't have the patience to answer questions when I've already taken the time to give the answers.
By the way, as you want "clarification": It's not a "rom." It's not even a "ROM." At best, it's "firmware." If it was "ROM", you wouldn't be able to change it. Read Only Memory.
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Too late, I've already installed it and successfully have Kitkat. Even though you probably don't like me, thank you.
Problems going back to other rom
I was running flex rom before end flash kk end the motion sensor calibration work but doesn't work on my other roms only work on kk only. please fix
Hi All,
I have a two Relays that have served me well, and I enjoyed having them, but the time has come to pass them on to someone else. Before I do that, I'd like to update them to the most recent versions of stable-release software that is available for them.
For Cyanogen, I have:
cm-11-20150831 (this is stable)
cm-11-20160523 (this is a nightly build)
For recovery I have:
philz touch 6.48.4
I'd like to replace Philz with a newer TWRP, but the Relay is no longer listed on the TWRP website. I'm also wondering if there was ever a stable CM release newer than the one I have.
Does anyone have sources for the above?
Thanks.
Is there any one still developing for this device? If so, is it possible to get Android Go on it.. might just breathe new life into it and bring it upto date..
mrigancb said:
Is there any one still developing for this device? If so, is it possible to get Android Go on it.. might just breathe new life into it and bring it upto date..
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Although I'm not a developer I have been working on my SGH T699 from T Mobile. You may already know of the JellyBean and before. Recently I've noticed new builds for the samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G like the Validus 5.0.2 or the Fat Toad. I haven't tried those yet I was trying for a higher version. With 8.0 Oreo it requires partitioning and I need to brush up on that. So I went lower to the 7.0 or the 7.1 Nougat. I started noticing a lot of broken or old links so I had to resort to fishing the internet for most of the packages apparently lost in XDA. I pretty much have all of them and was just starting to try a few out when I ran into problems like I want to keep using the keyboard and Wifi calling or a related Wifi issue. It also crashed, went into bootloop or even soft bricked within a few days. The Roms and packages I've found are highly unstable and I see many had flashing issues. So far I've been tricking my device into taking the flash and even then it doesn't hold long. I'd like 6.0 MarshMallow if I can, maybe 7.1 if they ever get stabler that'd be great. But so far the ROMs for the Galaxy S (relay) are fairly horrible to say the least. I get the impression these so-called developers aren't testing their ROM creations more than 5 minutes and then handing them off to noobs who may be very likely to brick their device trying to get it in and running, only to have it crash repetedly! Or worse, hard-bricked.
I like this device. I think I'll keep working on it.
Casper Young.