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Hello everybody. I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to explain to me if you need to root your device or not in order to download custom ROMs such as CM10 and AOKP and slim bean and etc. And if so, can you direct me where I should go in order to learn how to root? I'm a first timer, with absolutely no prior experience In custom ROMs or rooting. Much thanks.
atomictom123 said:
Hello everybody. I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to explain to me if you need to root your device or not in order to download custom ROMs such as CM10 and AOKP and slim bean and etc. And if so, can you direct me where I should go in order to learn how to root? I'm a first timer, with absolutely no prior experience In custom ROMs or rooting. Much thanks.
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read my sig links, they are stickies, all the info is there, quick answer is all u need todo is install a custom recovery, rooting is not needed
Welcome to the wonderful world of Android customization! To answer your question, yes you do need to have root access to install custom roms. It's not very hard though, you just have to follow directions precisely. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999 This like is the 1 stop for all your Skyrocket needs. There are links for everything from roms to guides on how to root and everything in between. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659 I would use this method to root. It all might seem a little daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it it's a piece of cake, and you'll be flashing out the yin-yang. My suggestion is to just read, read, and read some more, and then ask questions. Everything you need to know is in the pages of this amazing website somewhere. Happy flashing!
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Android customization! To answer your question, yes you do need to have root access to install custom roms. It's not very hard though, you just have to follow directions precisely. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999 This like is the 1 stop for all your Skyrocket needs. There are links for everything from roms to guides on how to root and everything in between. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659 I would use this method to root. It all might seem a little daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it it's a piece of cake, and you'll be flashing out the yin-yang. My suggestion is to just read, read, and read some more, and then ask questions. Everything you need to know is in the pages of this amazing website somewhere. Happy flashing!
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read my previous post, you DO NOT need root, he could if he wants too but installing/flashing any roms would wipe out any rooting previously done, rooting is only necessary for stock roms so u can remove bloat and/or modify system files on stock firmware
spizzlo said:
Welcome to the wonderful world of Android customization! To answer your question, yes you do need to have root access to install custom roms. It's not very hard though, you just have to follow directions precisely. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999 This like is the 1 stop for all your Skyrocket needs. There are links for everything from roms to guides on how to root and everything in between. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659 I would use this method to root. It all might seem a little daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it it's a piece of cake, and you'll be flashing out the yin-yang. My suggestion is to just read, read, and read some more, and then ask questions. Everything you need to know is in the pages of this amazing website somewhere. Happy flashing!
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Nope, don't need root.
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lol you just beat me to the punch vincom and I linked to your stuff anyway. They are the best resources after all. Anyways, I didn't realize you don't need root to flash roms. That is pretty cool. I would however recommend that you root anyway. You have access to SO much more customization. Root access is needed to use a bunch of really cool apps like Titanium Backup, and this app is arguably worth rooting alone. Just my 2 cents.
spizzlo said:
lol you just beat me to the punch vincom and I linked to your stuff anyway. They are the best resources after all. Anyways, I didn't realize you don't need root to flash roms. That is pretty cool. I would however recommend that you root anyway. You have access to SO much more customization. Root access is needed to use a bunch of really cool apps like Titanium Backup, and this app is arguably worth rooting alone. Just my 2 cents.
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yes but only if u plan on staying w/stock firmware, all custom roms are already rooted, no previous/further rooting is needed unless dev of rom states to root after installing his rom, . op was asking about custom roms
vincom said:
yes but only if u plan on staying w/stock firmware, all custom roms are already rooted, no previous/further rooting is needed unless dev of rom states to root after installing his rom, . op was asking about custom roms
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Ahh I see. I thought you meant he could flash a custom rom but wouldn't have root. I just rooted first and didn't realize that flashing a custom rom itself gave you root.
Hey Vin, while we're at it... If you are on a stock rom, can you load goo manager and install twrp from there?
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stoopendis said:
Hey Vin, while we're at it... If you are on a stock rom, can you load goo manager and install twrp from there?
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same answer applies, if on stock and you need to alter system files, like stock recovery, you would need to root the phone, which you would first install cwm/twrp w/odin, then flash the root files(su), then goomanager can do its thing, but u already have twrp installed, so the only benefit would be in goomanager is that u can update twrp and/or if you initially flashed cwm w/odin then you can change it to twrp through goomanager
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Hey Vin, while we're at it... If you are on a stock rom, can you load goo manager and install twrp from there?
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No
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Since a lot of new custom recoveries are being built without loki due to the unified builds, I made this tool to loki recoveries.
Procedure:
1) flash your favorite recovery
2) flash the attached loki_recovery.zip
Thanks @Phil3759 for loki updater scripts and @djrbliss for finding the exploit and attn1 for loki-doki.zip
This will only loki the recovery in your recovery partition. This will NOT loki ROMs or kernels.
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what does this mean/tool do exactly?
I know it allows to flash custom roms, but will this work for mk2?
No!
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Since a lot of new custom recoveries are being built without loki due to the unified builds, I made this tool to loki recoveries.
Procedure:
1) flash your favorite recovery
2) flash the attached loki_recovery.zip
Thanks @Phil3759 for loki updater scripts and @djrbliss for finding the exploit.
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I'm not sure what is going on here. Loki-Doki was introduced by attn1 sometime around May of 2013. It is the flashable script that Loki's recoveries, Kernels, and Roms that are not already LOKI'd. It only works for MDB and MDL firmwares on AT&T because that is all that LOKI works for with AT&T..
So what is this all about?
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I'm not sure what is going on here. Loki-Doki was introduced by attn1 sometime around May of 2013. It is the flashable script that Loki's recoveries, Kernels, and Roms that are not already LOKI'd. It only works for MDB and MDL firmwares on AT&T because that is all that LOKI works for with AT&T..
So what is this all about?
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The loki-doki zip I could find does not Loki recoveries. It only Loki's ROMs and kernels. This zip loki's recoveries. That's all..
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trillog said:
what does this mean/tool do exactly?
I know it allows to flash custom roms, but will this work for mk2?
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Nope. This will Loki your recovery if you are on MDB or MDL.
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RK said:
The loki-doki zip I could find does not Loki recoveries. It only Loki's ROMs and kernels. This zip loki's recoveries. That's all..
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OK, thanks for clarifying. The name in the title threw me off a bit.
But there is also this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2497335
For anyone interested in how the process works.
From the moderator
To the OP Make sure If you are not part of the Loki team that you have permission to use and make sure you provide credit.
Thanks ~~~ oka1
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OK, thanks for clarifying. The name in the title threw me off a bit.
But there is also this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2497335
For anyone interested in how the process works.
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Ah OK.. I didn't know that existed.. This way is easier tho.. You just flash Loki_recovery.zip after a recovery flash..
I'll change the title too..
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To the OP Make sure If you are not part of the Loki team that you have permission to use and make sure you provide credit.
Thanks ~~~ oka1
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Not to sound rude but I really did not know (and still don't) that there was a Loki team. I used stuff from @Phil3759's recovery zips and the original loki-doki.zip from attn1 as a guideline. If there is such a team, please do tell me who the members are in a pm and I will take the OP down till I get permission from them.
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Not to sound rude but I really did not know (and still don't) that there was a Loki team. I used stuff from @Phil3759's recovery zips and the original loki-doki.zip from attn1 as a guideline. If there is such a team, please do tell me who the members are in a pm and I will take the OP down till I get permission from them.
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attn1 said that people can freely use his work for further development. However, generally, it's usually good form to recognize those that your work is based on. I agree with you that this could be very useful as long as people understand what it is for and the it will only work with MDB and MDL builds. My concern was that people will confuse this with LOKI-DOKI and that would cause a lot of issues. Unfortunately, you can explain 100 times in a thread what it is or isn't and it is always the responsibility of individuals to do their own research and reading, but the truth is, the name alone would throw people off. So changing the title is probably a good thing for their sakes.
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attn1 said that people can freely use his work for further development. However, generally, it's usually good form to recognize those that your work is based on. I agree with you that this could be very useful as long as people understand what it is for and the it will only work with MDB and MDL builds. My concern was that people will confuse this with LOKI-DOKI and that would cause a lot of issues. Unfortunately, you can explain 100 times in a thread what it is or isn't and it is always the responsibility of individuals to do their own research and reading, but the truth is, the name alone would throw people off. So changing the title is probably a good thing for their sakes.
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Thank you sir! How do you like the OP now
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Thank you sir! How do you like the OP now
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Looks good. Hopefully your work will help some people out. Thanks.
Hello!
Tittle describes all, Just for informative and developers:
http://opensource.lge.com/fileMgr/download/op/LGD800/506481?
please moderators make it visible (pin it and make it non editable or replyable) if is possible.
@Cloudyfa and all other developers make it posible cloudyG3 3.0 for D80X too!!
Thanks!!!
We know. The dream team is already taking it apart, actually they started that about 18 hours ago.
Don't worry. You'll get your stuff soon.
Keep in mind that I am not a representative for them, but I can rest fairly certain that I'm speaking for the proper parties right now -- they can't because they're busy.
I already was able to build the stock kernel! It built smooth, 0 errors, for d800. But we need to get the bootloader situation straightened out first.
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We know. The dream team is already taking it apart, actually they started that about 18 hours ago.
Don't worry. You'll get your stuff soon.
Keep in mind that I am not a representative for them, but I can rest fairly certain that I'm speaking for the proper parties right now -- they can't because they're busy.
I already was able to build the stock kernel! It built smooth, 0 errors, for d800. But we need to get the bootloader situation straightened out first.
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hey @berryman13
@bender_007 posted an autorec for the d800 lollipop in the playstore. I started a thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-g2/general/autorec-lollipop-d800-t3084739
I'm willing to test some of those kernels out for ya since we have access to TWRP now!
berryman13 said:
I already was able to build the stock kernel! It built smooth, 0 errors, for d800. But we need to get the bootloader situation straightened out first.
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Could you post a .zip to the LP stock kernel you were able to build? Do you think it'd work if I tried flashing that kernel on the official CM12 nightly for the D800?
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Could you post a .zip to the LP stock kernel you were able to build? Do you think it'd work if I tried flashing that kernel on the official CM12 nightly for the D800?
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No won't work properly, because it will need the correct bootloader and radios.
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No won't work properly, because it will need the correct bootloader and radios.
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What if I flashed the bootloader and radio? Would those work on CM12?
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What if I flashed the bootloader and radio? Would those work on CM12?
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Thierry is no bootloader or radios officially out for lollipop yet. So I am guess no. Good chance of hard bricking your phone if you proceed.
Crumplet said:
Thierry is no bootloader or radios officially out for lollipop yet. So I am guess no. Good chance of hard bricking your phone if you proceed.
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So that is why we dont have a flushable lp, or rom?
So with PingPong root proving that root can be obtained for the Verizon Samsung S6, the next step would be to obtain some form of recovery that would allow us to flash Touchwiz based ROMS with certain features removed, hidden, or added. This thread will be devoted to getting status and updates on Safestrap and/or ROM versions.
I'd like to start off by stating the two absolutes that I'd like to see:
Debloat
Native Mobile Hotspotting (Wifi Tether)
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So with PingPong root proving that root can be obtained for the Verizon Samsung S6, the next step would be to obtain some form of recovery that would allow us to flash Touchwiz based ROMS with certain features removed, hidden, or added. This thread will be devoted to getting status and updates on Safestrap and/or ROM versions.
I'd like to start off by stating the two absolutes that I'd like to see:
Debloat
Native Mobile Hotspotting (Wifi Tether)
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All these are already taken care of..
1: Debloat Tool
2: WIFI Tether
3: ROM versions and updates
4: SafeStrap is discontinued and FlashFire is available
RockyCJC said:
So with PingPong root proving that root can be obtained for the Verizon Samsung S6, the next step would be to obtain some form of recovery that would allow us to flash Touchwiz based ROMS with certain features removed, hidden, or added. This thread will be devoted to getting status and updates on Safestrap and/or ROM versions.
I'd like to start off by stating the two absolutes that I'd like to see:
Debloat
Native Mobile Hotspotting (Wifi Tether)
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What I would like to see, is Members reading the Forum Rules on posting.....Moved here.
I agree. Item 2.3: "Never post in a demanding, argumentative, disrespectful or self-righteous manner."
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Misterxtc said:
All these are already taken care of..
1: Debloat Tool
2: WIFI Tether
3: ROM versions and updates
4: SafeStrap is discontinued and FlashFire is available
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Thank you for this information. You may have misunderstood what I meant by touch wiz based ROMS though. I meant custom ROMS based off the stock ROMS so that they can be flashed. There doesn't seem to be any for the Verizon s6 yet.
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RockyCJC said:
Thank you for this information. You may have misunderstood what I meant by touch wiz based ROMS though. I meant custom ROMS based off the stock ROMS so that they can be flashed. There doesn't seem to be any for the Verizon s6 yet.
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Yes, I did misunderstand. I made a broken ROM if you want to flash that...lol.
Misterxtc said:
Yes, I did misunderstand. I made a broken ROM if you want to flash that...lol.
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If I want to increase my productivity at work, I'll hit you up for the broken ROM. In th email meantime, I'll stick with stock.
FYI, after disabling a number of apps using the debloat tool the battery life has improved tremendously so thanks for that. I will post a full list of disabled apps but I am not done reviewing everything yet.
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Well safestrap is open source do we have anyone with enough knowledge to get this working considering @Hashcode has moved on to better things man I miss him
jparasita said:
Well safestrap is open source do we have anyone with enough knowledge to get this working considering @Hashcode has moved on to better things man I miss him
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Bigger and better things?
jparasita said:
Well safestrap is open source do we have anyone with enough knowledge to get this working considering @Hashcode has moved on to better things man I miss him
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Flashfire works just fine (if not better) than Safestrap.
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elliwigy said:
Flashfire works just fine (if not better) than Safestrap.
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Agreed. Flashfire is just a click or two and done. SafeStrap was much more confusing...
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Hell yea very confusing
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elliwigy said:
Flashfire works just fine (if not better) than Safestrap.
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Yes you are correct much easier
Forgive my ignorance, but when flashing with flashfire, are we replacing the stock ROM without using recovery? Or are we adding a new rom "next to" the original, and booting into it?
If you know of a "Flashfire for dummies" I would love a link! I really have no clue. I've never dealt with flashing anything but the old fashion way (cwm/twrp). Which, to add to my confusion, TWRP is now available for the S6
TheAtheistReverend said:
Forgive my ignorance, but when flashing with flashfire, are we replacing the stock ROM without using recovery? Or are we adding a new rom "next to" the original, and booting into it?
If you know of a "Flashfire for dummies" I would love a link! I really have no clue. I've never dealt with flashing anything but the old fashion way (cwm/twrp). Which, to add to my confusion, TWRP is now available for the S6
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it depends on what variant you have.. if you have a locked BL twrp will not work for you.
To be honest there is no flashfire for dummies as it's pretty dummied down already lol. you have your typical wipe options and flashing options and backup/restore options.
to my knowledge it flashes to your regular partition you always use..
so set it to wipe and then install ROM.zip as usual.
flashing regular mods or zips you simple select flash zip, choose it and flash.
its sort of like its own recovery.. you'll see a loading screen followed by the screen that shows you what its flashing (update-script) so everything is selected from the app (not while in a recovery)
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There is no flashfire apk download link available in the flashfire thread. It is also not available in playstore. I see a beta 0.18 apk download in their google+ site. Is that what you used to flash zips in S6?
sam298 said:
There is no flashfire apk download link available in the flashfire thread. It is also not available in playstore. I see a beta 0.18 apk download in their google+ site. Is that what you used to flash zips in S6?
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"If you are reading to start messing around with it, this is how you get the BETA:
- Join the G+ community using the same Google account as you're using for Play on your phone/tablet here: https://plus.google.com/communities/...25291346007584
- Sign up to receive the BETA versions from Play here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.chainfire.flash
- Use the link provided after sign-up to download the app. Note that it may take minutes to even hours before the provided link actually works."
Found here
TheAtheistReverend said:
"If you are reading to start messing around with it, this is how you get the BETA:
- Join the G+ community using the same Google account as you're using for Play on your phone/tablet here: https://plus.google.com/communities/...25291346007584
- Sign up to receive the BETA versions from Play here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.chainfire.flash
- Use the link provided after sign-up to download the app. Note that it may take minutes to even hours before the provided link actually works."
Found here
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thanks for making it easy for people who cant read haha
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elliwigy said:
thanks for making it easy for people who cant read haha
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I think what he was trying to say was......before posting questions about flashfire, please check out this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433
Once you have at least read through the OP of this post and searched that forum for answers to your questions, then ask the community.
The best way I could describe flashfire is like having an easier to use version of Safestrap that is run on demand rather than as an option on each boot. If you want to flash something, you load it up in Flashfire first and tell flashfire each step you want it to follow and then click flash and it goes to work. I'd liken it to boot from CD for Windows (i.e. windows bypasses the boot up commands and instead loads files from the CD to boot up with....you'll notice with flashfire that after your boot, it loads a bunch of files very quickly and then enters a recovery mode to flash the files. But I'm just blabbering, give it a chance and you'll see it is easy making bacon taste good!
So is the real reason there is a lack of dev support and ROM cooking for this device is the locked bootloader ? It's likely we'll see a very small amount of (admittedly very good) ROMS here ?
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
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 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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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.
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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.
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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.