Which ROM, if any? - Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I just bought my S5 from sprint, rooted it, and would like to try out some ROMs.
It seems that certain ROMs only work for variants of this phone and I don't want to install something that's not meant for my phone.
I can't really seem to find any ROMs for this phone, maybe because it's so new? I'd like something that really cuts down on the bloatware of this phone and maybe adds some cool features. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks!

There is only one choice right now, but it is debloated so you might check it out in the Sprint S5 development forum. But with Xposed, I can get all the customizations I want without having to constantly flash new ROMs ... you should try it if you haven't already
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Will the debloated rom work with xposed framework or only with the stock rooted rom?

robbnice said:
Will the debloated rom work with xposed framework or only with the stock rooted rom?
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It'll work. Not all features may not be functional, but for the most part, guys are reporting it's working well!
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Not to knock any of the devs working on this phone, but it's probably the worst phone I've had as far as dev support goes. I'm still waiting for a reason to root. Really miss the ROMs from my s4 and g2. Wish I had more time and better reading comprehension so I could learn more about rom development and help out the few devs that are working hard to get us some goodies. I'm a hands on kind of guy so reading tutorials doesn't really work for me.
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Yea its going slow but give it time, I usally build a few right away but im swamped at work so no time.
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[ROM][9/26][TMo] - Stock Rooted ROM - D80110c

This is just that... A T-Mobile Stock Rooted ROM based on Build D80110c
Features
A stock rooted ROM
Pre-rooted
Busybox
zipaligned
Odex. De-Odex later!
Must be on latest OTA!
Includes boot.img that is pre-lokied.
You dont not need to worry about loki or OTA's.
Thanks
Semantics for helping test it, djrbliss, dees_troy, chainfire, Anonymous Donator!
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Its just as easy as hitting download!​
Sharing Policy
The spirit of Open Source is to share your knowledge and files with the rest of the world so they can improve on what you do when possible. This is also my philosophy and I would never compromise that!
You are free to use this ROM or any part of this ROM any way you like as long as you give proper credits!
Do not use my work if you cannot give proper credits!
Consider this your permission! Please do not PM me asking if its OK to build off this ROM. Permission granted!
However this does not include my CleanROM series of ROMS. Please do not use those without contacting me first!
This ROM is not a CleanROM. Its a stock rooted and all yours!
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I take it you'll have a CleanROM for T-Mobile also?
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dw9906 said:
I take it you'll have a CleanROM for T-Mobile also?
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In time yes...
I was very happy to help, Scott. I know from experience the ROM is worth the wait! Thanks again for looking out for us T-Mo folks!
Being the guinea pig, I can confirm 100% that everything works perfectly. It does take about 5 mins to wipe and 5 mins to install so don't freak out!
Semantics said:
I was very happy to help, Scott. I know from experience the ROM is worth the wait! Thanks again for looking out for us T-Mo folks!
Being the guinea pig, I can confirm 100% that everything works perfectly. It does take about 5 mins to wipe and 5 mins to install so don't freak out!
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Thanks again for all the help! TMo people owe you a thanks!
A huge thanks. Great to see some dev work for our device.
Good ROM, thank you to the Devs. Excited for more ROMs! 1 thing though is, what is that weird icon on the status bar? It looks like an N. I never saw that before!?
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NFC icon
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Ohhhh. Sorry for the noob comment. I have lots of experience with Android. Should have known that!
Sent from my TMO LG G2 D801.
This looks awesome. Looking forward to the de-bloater for tmobile
noob question, but how is a stock rooted rom different from just the stock version that comes with the phone, and what are the advantages?
TonyWhiteShoes said:
noob question, but how is a stock rooted rom different from just the stock version that comes with the phone, and what are the advantages?
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It's been zipaligned and odexed. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448022
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TonyWhiteShoes said:
noob question, but how is a stock rooted rom different from just the stock version that comes with the phone, and what are the advantages?
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The biggest thing is he now has a base. I sent Scott our system dump and boot.img files and he put something together, and while he couldn't test it, I did at the risk of bricking my phone so we can all have a clean base for ROMS. You're welcome
TonyWhiteShoes said:
noob question, but how is a stock rooted rom different from just the stock version that comes with the phone, and what are the advantages?
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There are zero advantages to the "average" person. None at all...
Unless you fall into these categories...
1. Screwed your phone up and half the things just don't work right because you "read something on the internet to make your phone (battery last longer, speed it up, random useless failed feature here)" and it didint quite go the way you expected it to and you cannot send TXT messages (just a random made up example). This would be a great way to fix that...
2. You flashed "Dev A's" ROM and you realized that the color (random color here) is not for you and you are about to go insane but are on the road so you can just flash this back to get back to a stock look.
3. You want to build your own ROM for personal use and you really dont know where to begin but you know what apps you DONT want in the phone. Yo could use this base to get started.
4. Your another Dev that doesnt have the experience of setting up a stock rooted ROM and may need to use this base to get started. Many people use my stock rooted ROMS across a MULTITUDE of devices because they trust that they are as close to perfect in all aspects as possible. (I was a newb once too and needed to use other stock roots).
If you dont fit into those categories... Then this rom has no value to you.
@scrosler
Will you be supporting the Sprint version of the LG G2 with ClearnROM when it comes out?
I know you're busy and all and I'm not trying to rush you or anything but how's the clean ROM for T-Mobile coming along ? :fingers-crossed:
ericdabbs said:
@scrosler
Will you be supporting the Sprint version of the LG G2 with ClearnROM when it comes out?
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No, but members of my team are...
bodom_hc said:
I know you're busy and all and I'm not trying to rush you or anything but how's the clean ROM for T-Mobile coming along ? :fingers-crossed:
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Meh, havent started... Are you game for testing? If so PM me.
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No, but members of my team are...
Meh, havent started... Are you game for testing? If so PM me.
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I will be once it arrives in the mail in a day or so!
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Regarding the lack of 4.3 TW roms

Let's face it, ML1 has been a divisive update for a phone with a community that was already dying when MF1 came out.
I had been hoping that Beans, the Synergy team, or someone else would take one more crack at our phone, but sadly I don't think it's going to happen anymore.
We should be happy with what we have though. A stock rooted knoxless 4.3 rom to nandroid back and forth from and a healthy AOSP community that should carry us through at least another year or two (or until you get a new phone).
In the end, this phone and its glorious 2GB of RAM deserved better. By all means there's nothing preventing it from running the next few versions of Android so long as Qualcomm keeps providing fresh code and drivers. But I guess Samsung and Verizon had their own plans of obsolescence.
We just got the rooted stock 4.3 in the last day or so, correct?
I'm pretty sure you'll see some magic happen over the next few weeks and we'll get updated versions of your favorite 4.2 TW ROMs. I'd be shocked if we didn't get a few. There are still many developers with this phone who love Touchwiz, so why would they sit on their hands and not make it better?
Patience is a virtue.
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I think in a bit of time they'll roll out. There were a few devs that said they'd update to it, but in no way should they be held to that. We just got a base last night, so I'd wait a bit longer. Besides, xposed can do great things for a stock rom.
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It should be trivial to update/reissue the 4.1.2 roms to 4.3, but a lot of assumptions need to be made going forward.
Until somebody figures out Safestrap or Loki for the people who took the OTA and are now enknoxed, these roms should require MF1 or older. It would be horrible if somebody released a zip with the bootloader included.
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It should be trivial to update/reissue the 4.1.2 roms to 4.3, but a lot of assumptions need to be made going forward.
Until somebody figures out Safestrap or Loki for the people who took the OTA and are now enknoxed, these roms should require MF1 or older. It would be horrible if somebody released a zip with the bootloader included.
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Bootloader was not included in the stock rooted released last night. And I think those that jumped the gun and took the OTA may sadly be out of luck simply due to it being much less time intensive for a Dev to build of the recent stock release. Unless I am misunderstanding you.
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I know the stock rooted doesn't include the bootloader, but that didn't stop me from triple checking before flashing it a few minutes ago.
I'm of the opinion that those who took the OTA are screwed just like people who did the same for the S4.
LLStarks said:
I know the stock rooted doesn't include the bootloader, but that didn't stop me from triple checking before flashing it a few minutes ago.
I'm of the opinion that those who took the OTA are screwed just like people who did the same for the S4.
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Agreed. Realistically it didn't take long at all for 4.3 to be cracked open. That will be what devs work off. Anyone on xda that knowingly took the OTA either purposely hung up their flashing habits or are really hedging their bets that someone will take the time to help the OTA folks. I just don't see that when there is this new stock release out there as a base.
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Whip one up for us.
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Chances are, the locked bootloader probably won't get any attention at this point. S3 is an eol device and cracking the bootloader is probably too big of a task for devs to work on now...
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LLStarks said:
I know the stock rooted doesn't include the bootloader, but that didn't stop me from triple checking before flashing it a few minutes ago.
I'm of the opinion that those who took the OTA are screwed just like people who did the same for the S4.
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It's the truth, its going to take somebody porting safestrap because there is no motivation for hashcode to do it for us (most likely use the vulns in the s4)
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Not really sure of the point of this thread. People were warned in advance of the ota not to take it. Now after a few weeks and some incredible work by a group of guys, we have a flashable 4.3. I guess you need to break it down into further detail to me what your compkaint is. Those who were patient and did not ota are pretty stoked right now. Those that didnt listen, well Happy New Year to all.
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zachf714 said:
It's the truth, its going to take somebody porting safestrap because there is no motivation for hashcode to do it for us (most likely use the vulns in the s4)
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Kinda OT, but does Safestrap support kexec on the S4? I have been trying to port Safestrap to the S3 and *almost* got it working (everything up to and including creating and installing slots) but I can't get it to actually boot a slot. Even if I could get it to do that, w/out kexec I doubt it would get very far.
O.T.A.
I am so glad I didnt take the OTA,I dont know how I would make it without my flaching fix..I love checking out all the new roms.That new 4.3 tw that just came out on the 31 is smoking fast.The only bad thing is it started a new addiction,Xposed Framework!!LOL Im late to the party on that but Im glad I tried it(My Wife isn't):good::good:
podspi said:
Kinda OT, but does Safestrap support kexec on the S4? I have been trying to port Safestrap to the S3 and *almost* got it working (everything up to and including creating and installing slots) but I can't get it to actually boot a slot. Even if I could get it to do that, w/out kexec I doubt it would get very far.
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From my knowledge it does not use kexec like what we used to use but a kind of hack to the boot.img that loads the system into memory.. The thing tho is that the s4 and n3 use the same vulns
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4.3 rom 12/31/13
loving this new rom it is fast....moding the heck out of it...expose is awesome.... :laugh:
phillipmckinnish said:
loving this new rom it is fast....moding the heck out of it...expose is awesome.... :laugh:
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Really? I find it laggy tbh. I'm coming from aosp tho
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omair2005 said:
Really? I find it laggy tbh. I'm coming from aosp tho
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Sane here. I jumped over to see what all of the excitement was about... Back to AOSP one day later. Couldn't stand the lagginess.
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PsiPhiDan said:
Sane here. I jumped over to see what all of the excitement was about... Back to AOSP one day later. Couldn't stand the lagginess.
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I've got my 4.3 TW flying. Set all animations to 0.25 in Dev options, and did the same in Nova. Also modded my debug.composition.dyn to gpu in the build.prop and it's rivaling my cm11 rom I was on. I know it will never be CM smooth, but the signal and camera improvements do it for me.
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please use this thread here for further discussion...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661

Which ROM is everyone using on their Sprint Note Edge?

I am currently on stock rooted NK1 on my Sprint Note Edge. Has any created or tried using a different ROM that works on our phone? Just haven't seen much development with our version of the Edge.
I'm using the same ROM for now... and yes some development would be nice... I was gonna start the same thread myself. We really need some activity, where are the ROMs? It doesn't have to be all bells and stuff, but something.... possibly with native Hotspot working, & the stereo speaker mod included. I wouldn't be opposed to some Vanilla Lollipop but I'm sure that's a long way off.
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I hate these types of threads.
There are 2 ROMs right now, both stock. If these are not top your liking then you can build a new one or try to encourage some one to build it for you (digest what you want and put up some cash). Complaining that there is not enough development is useless, is like going to city hall and complaining that there are not enough parks, but then telling the mayor you are not willing to pay more taxes. Anything you are not woolf to do your self or willing to pay for must not be that important to you.
That said I've been modding away at my phone, but my primary focus had been on fiddling with the radio to fond a domestic/international unlock and enabling disabled LTE frequencies. To me these are more important then ROMs. I math work on ROMs later though. Using an international/T-Mobile ROM shouldn't prove to hard, probably will just need a few modifications and it would work.
I'm just running rooted NK1 with:
Greenify
CWM recovery
Xposed various modules
Sound mod
This combo gives me all I need so haven't really been looking for any complete ROMS... (yet)
More developme t would be nice, but right now I'm personally happy with this set up.
Now, once Lollipop rolls...
Next1776 said:
I'm just running rooted NK1 with:
Greenify
CWM recovery
Xposed various modules
Sound mod
This combo gives me all I need so haven't really been looking for any complete ROMS... (yet)
More developme t would be nice, but right now I'm personally happy with this set up.
Now, once Lollipop rolls...
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Heyyyyyyyy!!!! What sound mods you using viper? Ebs? Eof? Pon-3? if that sounds all foreign to you I'll let you know as soon as I root this bad boy......what root method did you use?
Next1776 said:
I'm just running rooted NK1 with:
Greenify
CWM recovery
Xposed various modules
Sound mod
This combo gives me all I need so haven't really been looking for any complete ROMS... (yet)
More developme t would be nice, but right now I'm personally happy with this set up.
Now, once Lollipop rolls...
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Greenify?
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Greenify?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
dinaps86 said:
Heyyyyyyyy!!!! What sound mods you using viper? Ebs? Eof? Pon-3? if that sounds all foreign to you I'll let you know as soon as I root this bad boy......what root method did you use?
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Sorry for the late response....
By sound mod, I meant this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/development/mod-sm-915t-surround-sound-t2955648
I rooted this way : See my post #6 http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/info-galaxy-note-edge-sm-n915-t2945942
And recovery here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...15s-n9150-cwm-based-recovery-6-0-5-1-t2954960
And it looks like you found the greenify app !
I have had zero issues so far, and I would like to see some Edge panel specific mods, but for now - rolling just fine with this set up. Good luck with everything!

The Galaxy S6 G920R4 Rom Request Thread...

Hi there. I have a Galaxy S6 G920R4 from US Cellular. I absolutely love it. I'd love to have a custom ROM to run on it, but I of course don't have the know-how. I don't see much in the forums about my phone. I just wanted to start a thread and get some replies from others to show support and kind requests that have this phone from the same carrier. Maybe a kind developer will help us out here with whatever modifications need to be done to get a ROM working on our phones. I'd like to thank you all for the work that you guys do to make phones fun for folks like us.
I second this. I would love to have a ROM for this device. It's a wonderful phone but doesn't have the ROM support of the bigger carriers as of yet.
I have been waiting patiently When I had my Mesmerize, it really only took one person to bring support on, and I was able to use other ROMs through flashing specific stuff. This was with an AOSP rom, so I'm sure it is much different with these Touchwiz ones.
I've got two US Cellular S6's, both rooted but would also love a new rom..
don't forget us with the Marshmallow System dump of touchwiz!!!
This would be great... But I don't think an pure Lollipop will be available for a long time, since Samsung's drivers aren't public-domain anymore.
People with some know-how though should be able to at least modify the TouchWiz version, though.
Kinda wish that were me!
I have the S6 Edge and hope this thread takes off!!!!
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Any reports of low signal with US Celluar (sm-g920r4) with MetroPCS/T-Mobile service?
doesn't look like much interest guess we are stuck guys haha
Sad....such a powerful device....I just haven't learned enough yet but trying
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I really hope support cones to this device. I enjoy it but I want more out of the device. I like freedom.
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Hi there. I have a Galaxy S6 G920R4 from US Cellular. I absolutely love it. I'd love to have a custom ROM to run on it, but I of course don't have the know-how. I don't see much in the forums about my phone. I just wanted to start a thread and get some replies from others to show support and kind requests that have this phone from the same carrier. Maybe a kind developer will help us out here with whatever modifications need to be done to get a ROM working on our phones. I'd like to thank you all for the work that you guys do to make phones fun for folks like us.
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I gladly second that. But first we need a functional recovery. Ive learned the hard way that the current and only recovery for it (TWRP) doesnt work on this variant..
TheNinJANITOR said:
I gladly second that. But first we need a functional recovery. Ive learned the hard way that the current and only recovery for it (TWRP) doesnt work on this variant..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64173016
The dev there is on point with rooting our device. I have successfully rooted and did my first backup with Twrp...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64173016
The dev there is on point with rooting our device. I have successfully rooted and did my first backup with Twrp...
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Did you use Sprint TWRP then flash the kernel? Also, does unikernel fix the custom recovery deep sleep problem?
sintro said:
Did you use Sprint TWRP then flash the kernel? Also, does unikernel fix the custom recovery deep sleep problem?
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Flashed the unikernel first which added Twrp but I Flashed the one I got from same dev site just to be safe.....I haven't noticed any deep sleep problems.....
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Flashed unikernel from the sprint forum, works great. Rooted.
I take intrest in it aswell, I have high hopes. Whoever makes one for use will have the dominating rom for this variant no doubt
Glad I found this thread. I have a G920R4 S6 in US Cellular. Can someone point me to the correct thread for rooting our phones? I just downloaded the Unikernel v9. Thanks.
mhopewell41 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64173016
The dev there is on point with rooting our device. I have successfully rooted and did my first backup with Twrp...
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Will installing the sprint TWRP work on the SM-G920R4 (us cell)?
Has anyone tried any roms at all?.....I know we would probably have to edit apn settings
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TW ROMs in snapdragon section

Just summering if anyone had tried any of those as some say they're for our model and some say they'll work with the correct kernel.
I've been on AOSP/LOS MM,N, and O. I just wanted to try something different.
Thanks and sorry if it's been asked before
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Just summering if anyone had tried any of those as some say they're for our model and some say they'll work with the correct kernel.
I've been on AOSP/LOS MM,N, and O. I just wanted to try something different.
Thanks and sorry if it's been asked before
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I haven't tried any but am curious myself.
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Maybe someone will chime in. If I take the plunge I'll let you know here. I see all sorts of threads like what is the best but none about those specifically
griz.droidx said:
Just summering if anyone had tried any of those as some say they're for our model and some say they'll work with the correct kernel.
I've been on AOSP/LOS MM,N, and O. I just wanted to try something different.
Thanks and sorry if it's been asked before
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I use this one if you're interested.
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I use this one if you're interested.
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This looks interesting, what kernel did you install after installing the ROM itself. I"ve seen Boeffla, SmartPack, and Phoenix for TW Roms for verizon. There could be others I suppose in other threads though.
Also, did you do anything with CSC, That's an acronym that I'll have to look up and I've never had to worry about that option. Debloated as it is, is really nice, I'd say it's one of , if not, the fastest TW rom out. But I'm looking for something to debloat myself if possible as I wanted the theme engine from another newer phone like for example the s7/8/9 or note series or whatever phone, but substratum would be the shiznit.
Thanks for the reply, and I'm still collecting info from everyone else the more opinions the merrier IMHO that way not only myself but maybe others can make a decision.
I ran Phoenix 15 a while bak and it was a pain to install and use. But the theme engine worked flawlessly. I have all the files from one of the newer phones I found somewhere that after you copy them to the right places and restart your phone you can use s7 or s8 themes I beleieve.
Ahh that's cool the csc code can meke you TW ROM think your phone is something else... VERY COOL>
griz.droidx said:
what kernel did you install after installing the ROM itself. I"ve seen Boeffla, SmartPack, and Phoenix for TW Roms for verizon.
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I like phones that look like "official", "untouched" and don't use rooted phones in everyday life.
That's why I use stock SM-G900V kernel for both CID15 and 11.
But if you have a CID15 phone, you can unlock the bootloader and use any kernel, of course.
Also, did you do anything with CSC, That's an acronym that I'll have to look up and I've never had to worry about that option.
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Yes, the most obvious options are the APNs for local operators (I'm on the opposite side of the Globe from Verizon ) and some useful features as the phone call voice recorder.
But mostly I use this ROM because it's international and contains many languages - I use 2 languages besides English in my everyday life .
On the other hand, SM-G900V is a very good and inexpensive device and works just excellent with this ROM.
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I use this one if you're interested.
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Ouch that looks like a lot of work, or did miss something?
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griz.droidx said:
Just summering if anyone had tried any of those as some say they're for our model and some say they'll work with the correct kernel.
I've been on AOSP/LOS MM,N, and O. I just wanted to try something different.
Thanks and sorry if it's been asked before
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Thanks for making this thread. I have been wanting to know if there was a good rooted ,debloated, and themeable tw ROM available for our phones. I am chomping @THE bit to see if you come up with anything good.
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swiftbones74 said:
Ouch that looks like a lot of work, or did miss something?
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Nothing special.
The main idea is to use the system image from a good international ROM and the rest of firmware parts from the most recent G900V stock ROM.
Devbase idea is great and beautiful itself but I think is not that much needed for G900V.
Personally I use this ROM in stock unrooted variant.
The ROM (system image) is flashed to G900V from SafeStrap recovery.
bbsc said:
Nothing special.
The main idea is to use the system image from a good international ROM and the rest of firmware parts from the most recent G900V stock ROM.
Devbase idea is great and beautiful itself but I think is not that much needed for G900V.
Personally I use this ROM in stock unrooted variant.
The ROM (system image) is flashed to G900V from SafeStrap recovery.
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Personally you use which rom?
My issues or quirks so far, going back to older twrp, just the right one so that my SD can be read, and I think none of the earlier versions that allow aroma to function correctly, can deal with my ExtSD that is set as internal in storage in N and O. So, I bit the bullet and tried a couple taking care to flash the correct kernel in each case. However, my efforts were fruitless, and I ended up completely wiped. And while I keep a lot backed up regularly, It had been a while but I didn't lose much important stuff but more like stuff I just don't like having to chase down, like the latest magisk, nanodroids zips, xposed, custom kernel, and so on..
Either way, after trying two different roms, Nemesis and Noise, which I was really looking forward to running, neither worked well. I can't remember making calls or sending texts, but I do remember a lot of apps crashing constantly but perhaps there's more to do that select a kernel, the one thing they ask you to select doesn't have an option for vzw. The code thing, that's probably what screwed me on both attempts.
For those who are wondering, there's the phoenix ROM in the vzw dev thread. It does have the theme engine from Samsung. I just wanted to try something like Noise or another Rom.
Also I remember downloading the files needed from somewhere to add to a stock rom to add the theme engine. There's quite a bit, but I'm almost certain this would work, for the theme engine, but I'd like to try some of the newer samsung apps.
I kinda really hate going back to to stock based rom because I have a feeling it's not going to be up to date with security patches. That's one thing I like about running Oreo, and even Nougat, there have been several dev's / builders releasing roms with the latest security patches baked in.. RR for example on AndroidFileHost, I think I saw viper, and others as well.
I'm still undecided at this point, and I'm just getting my apps back and with everything else after my accidential SD wipe when I tried to install one of the roms. That really sucked because my last full phone backup was a year ago.
Keep me posted if you guys get any of those ROM's from there working.
Well I've tried a couple and none of them have cell service of any type working for me. I've tried Noise and Unique to no avail. Unique booted fine but no service, Noise wouldn't get past the initial boot screen. This is just my experience so YMMV.
Oh, I've had excellent luck with the Phoenix ROM for CID 15 phones. Everything works as it should. But I still prefer AOSP or LOS based ROMS. If I can only get data working as it should when I'm not on Verizon towers.

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