What is the hold up on roms? Anyone know?
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Well it takes time for some developers to make a rom to the best of its ability... Would you rather want a slow buggy rom or a fast and durable rom...so give them some time and im positive they'll have new ones eventually.
There's not much developer support for this device if you haven't noticed
Yeah it just depends if your Device is compatable with the rom you want just keep searching for a rom for your phone there might or might not be one
Hope it will give a Rom with Support for Fingerprint Sensor. :good:
Maybe or maybe not just keep searching for it until you find one good luck
dillanmason said:
Well it takes time for some developers to make a rom to the best of its ability... Would you rather want a slow buggy rom or a fast and durable rom...so give them some time and im positive they'll have new ones eventually.
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Not complaining. Just asking.
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I'm not saying you are im just saying give it some time and there might or might not be one.I know that you were asking and I'm telling you in information that I have heard.
I'm afraid it looks like there isn't much developer support here. Contrast the Oneplus X which came out a few weeks later, and there are plenty of modded OEM roms as well as a somewhat functional version of cm 12.1 being worked on.
I might be moving on to that device myself. It's a shame though since the A9 is physically my favorite phone since the 2013 moto x...
Yeah developers don't want this phone apparently. Devs have to want the phone or have a big enough demand to support a device
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Don't worry! The one Max was like this at the beginning to, and it turned out fine.
probably has alot to do with there being no us kernel source yet if i remember correctly, also theyre arent too many marshmellow roms yet anyway. and no kernel source for lolipop means no lolipop roms. just wait young padawan
edit: i just checked htcdev. there definitely ARE source files for att at least.
just gotta wait for somone to port something.
perhaps... pray.
Ae3NerdGod said:
probably has alot to do with there being no us kernel source yet if i remember correctly, also theyre arent too many marshmellow roms yet anyway. and no kernel source for lolipop means no lolipop roms. just wait young padawan
edit: i just checked htcdev. there definitely ARE source files for att at least.
just gotta wait for somone to port something.
perhaps... pray. [emoji14]
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That's great news. I can't wait to flash CM 13 on this thing [emoji1]
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Pan Skrzetuski said:
I'm afraid it looks like there isn't much developer support here. Contrast the Oneplus X which came out a few weeks later, and there are plenty of modded OEM roms as well as a somewhat functional version of cm 12.1 being worked on.
I might be moving on to that device myself. It's a shame though since the A9 is physically my favorite phone since the 2013 moto x...
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OnePlus X? You live in Europe? Because that phone doesn't support any CMDA, and it doesn't support one of the largest frequencies for LTE by ATT in the US.
So, OnePlus X is kind of a fail, with worse specs than the A9...there are other options out there besides that phone that you need a "special invite"...pleaze..makes me NOT want one just because of that.
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OnePlus X? You live in Europe? Because that phone doesn't support any CMDA, and it doesn't support one of the largest frequencies for LTE by ATT in the US.
So, OnePlus X is kind of a fail, with worse specs than the A9...there are other options out there besides that phone that you need a "special invite"...pleaze..makes me NOT want one just because of that.
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Well I'm on T-Mobile, so radio coverage is pretty good, although I would like band 12 LTE.
You can buy opx without an invite on Tuesdays.
As for specs, the 801 is fine with me. My 2014 Moto x had that and it was plenty fast. I think we're at the point laptops hit a few years ago where processors are just fast enough unless you are doing something special with your device.
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Well I'm on T-Mobile, so radio coverage is pretty good, although I would like band 12 LTE.
You can buy opx without an invite on Tuesdays.
As for specs, the 801 is fine with me. My 2014 Moto x had that and it was plenty fast. I think we're at the point laptops hit a few years ago where processors are just fast enough unless you are doing something special with your device.
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Tmo and att use many of the same bands. Band 12 is all it has. That won't translate well to ppl outside of metro areas
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There's a stock rooted 6.0.1 ROM based on the Dev Edition here.
Someone needs to actually try it and confirm it works.
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There's a stock rooted 6.0.1 ROM based on the Dev Edition here.
Someone needs to actually try it and confirm it works.
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Great job Captain! Wish it was for Sprint lol. Kinda missing my M9 at this point tbh.
Blackcircle said:
Great job Captain! Wish it was for Sprint lol. Kinda missing my M9 at this point tbh.
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Building a Sprint version should be relatively straightforward. What's the latest software for Sprint? If someone grabs me a boot and system image backup from TWRP, I can easily build a flashable ROM from it (in fact, anyone can, using SuperR's Kitchen).
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Building a Sprint version should be relatively straightforward. What's the latest software for Sprint? If someone grabs me a boot and system image backup from TWRP, I can easily build a flashable ROM from it (in fact, anyone can, using SuperR's Kitchen).
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I honestly have not even rooted yet. Tbh...I'm a little confused on all this encryption stuff with rooting and s-off. Haven't had a day to really sit down and read in detail the process lol. If I was rooted, I would gladly get what you need sir.
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Does anybody have a more specific eta for the update? HTC said it would be this month but it is almost over. Somebody enlighten me with anything?
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Well I unfortunately cannot enlighten you although I can say that month estimate would be for the international (Tegra). One X and for what I know it might be Christmas before AT&T or some other carrier releases jelly bean for the HTC One XL
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Thanks very much ;D still a great device
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ttinjust96 said:
Thanks very much ;D still a great device
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great device made by a joke of a company who clearly doesn't give a rats arse about keeping current customers
bloodrain954 said:
great device made by a joke of a company who clearly doesn't give a rats arse about keeping current customers
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Wow dude, you can help yourself can you?
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That's why there are developers and custom roms
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bloodrain954 said:
great device made by a joke of a company who clearly doesn't give a rats arse about keeping current customers
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You're free to switch to a different OEM, no one is stopping you... For the rest of us, we're more than happy to use custom ROMs, they're usually much better than any OEM's updates anyways.
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You're free to switch to a different OEM, no one is stopping you... For the rest of us, we're more than happy to use custom ROMs, they're usually much better than any OEM's updates anyways.
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Just a side note, without official updates the amount of features working on custom ROMs starts to decline.
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Just a side note, without official updates the amount of features working on custom ROMs starts to decline.
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Just out of honest curiosity, why is that?
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Just a side note, without official updates the amount of features working on custom ROMs starts to decline.
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Not quite true, for some devices the lack of update promotes devs to produce some great unique roms. Port updated versions of android to a device that would otherwise never receive it
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Just out of honest curiosity, why is that?
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One factor is by that time most devs have probably moved onwards to more current devices.
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fungied.cheese said:
Just out of honest curiosity, why is that?
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They can use the official updates as a base and then make their ROM from there. The official updates contain all the drivers and features and its easy to build up. Making ROMs from scratch is difficult to say the least.
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Not quite... Having the OEM's official update makes creating custom ROMs MUCH easier, sure. But being easier doesn't make them better, in fact, its quite the opposite... The better custom ROMs come from being built off of the AOSP source, not from the OEM's source. ROMs built from the OEM's source will still have many of the official ROM's inherent flaws, which kinda defeats the purpose of custom ROMs to begin with (and the main reason why I haven't flashed anything onto my One X yet)... Then we have porting ROMs from other devices which is one of the main reasons why you see ROMs with missing features such as cameras, WiFi and so on, along with other bloat and garbage files/drivers that aren't needed for the device it's being ported onto, but may cause issues if removed completely whether its used or not.
The problem devs are facing now is that they're spread too thin throughout hundreds of devices, back in the HTC Dream/Tmobile G1 days, building ROMs from the AOSP source wasn't a problem because they were all working on the same device, and could pool their resources to turn out MUCH better, faster and stable ROMs at a MUCH faster pace... Today, that's seemingly impossible since there are so many great devices out there (and more being released every few months), not to mention the competition between devs for recognition and donations, which isn't good for the community as a whole... Devs simply cannot keep up, so instead of building off of AOSP (which takes longer), most of them build off of the official updated ROMs or ROMs ported from other devices to make things easier and have a faster turn around time. Not to mention there are many "devs" (and I use this term lightly) out there who simply copy and paste code around, add a few things here and there, add a launcher and theme, slap their name on it, call it a finished ROM and then ask for donations for all their "hard work" (again, using this term lightly), when in fact, all the hard work was already done by other devs... Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the work devs do for basically nothing in return, and have donated to many who deserved it, without them, we'd be at the mercy of OEMs, which is never a good thing (see iOS), but there's only so much they can do on their own, and with so many handsets on the market, it's very difficult to stay focused on a single handset for more than 6-8 months...
I Concur...
bloodrain954 said:
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After three HTC phones and seeing this same pattern, I will not be buying another HTC phone. I know AT&T is to blame too, but HTC was committed to build quality and dedication to less devices and more support. I haven't seen it to my level of satisfaction. Maybe I'm on the wrong carrier, I don't know...
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After three HTC phones and seeing this same pattern, I will not be buying another HTC phone. I know AT&T is to blame too, but HTC was committed to build quality and dedication to less devices and more support. I haven't seen it to my level of satisfaction. Maybe I'm on the wrong carrier, I don't know...
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Unless you get a nexus device then anywhere else you go this will be normal
Not directed at you.
We are in a forum about rooting and flashing custom ROMs, not about whining when will a release for new software come out forum.
So I suggest to start flashing custom ROMs and stop talking about this.
It will get released when it gets released, and no amount of anyone bashing carriers or whining will make it come sooner.
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Not quite true, for some devices the lack of update promotes devs to produce some great unique roms. Port updated versions of android to a device that would otherwise never receive it
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Exactly this. I came from the HTC Aria, who's last official update was 2.2. Currently, there are community built ICS and JB builds that are ~99% complete in terms of functionality.
I upgraded yesterday to the HTC OneX+ and it has the updated software that OneX will probably get soon and if I knew how to root this sucker and pull the RUU off I would be more than happy to oblige. Anyone familiar with this process can chime in and help pull it from my phone because it really is nice especially the custom options in stock.
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Unless you get a nexus device then anywhere else you go this will be normal
Not directed at you.
We are in a forum about rooting and flashing custom ROMs, not about whining when will a release for new software come out forum.
So I suggest to start flashing custom ROMs and stop talking about this.
It will get released when it gets released, and no amount of anyone bashing carriers or whining will make it come sooner.
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It's cool, I know what you are saying. I'm very grateful this community exists, and for brilliant developers that feed my addiction of flashing roms.
It's places like this that fill the gap between an OEM's product and our expectations.
olorolo said:
I upgraded yesterday to the HTC OneX+ and it has the updated software that OneX will probably get soon and if I knew how to root this sucker and pull the RUU off I would be more than happy to oblige. Anyone familiar with this process can chime in and help pull it from my phone because it really is nice especially the custom options in stock.
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It would be useless for you to do so, it has a completely different processor. And since we are due for an update soon our devs are just going to wait until its released to make a custom rom
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I was thinking about getting an ATT LG G3 and was looking around , but do not see any Vanilla android roms.
Do they exist?
Do you think there will be a Lollipop rom that can be flashed to this device?
Thanks
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No and yes. Once the official or leaked android 5.0 drops for either the international g3 or att g3 our devs will pump something out.
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There are aosp roms available. It's just that a few things don't work at the moment (camera has been fixed recently but bluetooth still doesnt work).
The problem is the aosp roms are tethered, meaning you need a pc and adb to boot the rom. As soon as the bump devs release the necessary tools, rom devs will be able to "bump" the kernel and have it ready for flashing. By then you'll be able to download and flash normally.
I think the biggest reason why we don't see more custom ROMs is the fact that the Bump team still has not provided a website or other method for developers to "bump" their work. These guys do this in their spare time (ie they aren't working on this 9-5, 5 days a week). Apparently they are struggling to get their website up and running as it has become a magnet for hacking attempts. Hopefully they will be able to get it all sorted out soon!
Once there is a bump method released to developers, they will be able to really concentrate on the G3 and I think you will see a lot of work released soon after.
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I think the biggest reason why we don't see more custom ROMs is the fact that the Bump team still has not provided a website or other method for developers to "bump" their work. These guys do this in their spare time (ie they aren't working on this 9-5, 5 days a week). Apparently they are struggling to get their website up and running as it has become a magnet for hacking attempts. Hopefully they will be able to get it all sorted out soon!
Once there is a bump method released to developers, they will be able to really concentrate on the G3 and I think you will see a lot of work released soon after.
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I ask this out of ignorance and not impatience in any way, but. . . . Why is the site such a rich target for hacking?
czucker said:
I ask this out of ignorance and not impatience in any way, but. . . . Why is the site such a rich target for hacking?
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Because they found an exploit in the LG bootloader so it basically paints a target on their back? Those same devs have had other successes with rooting other phones and what not. They are in my opinion very popular in the Phone community from their accomplishments. I think this alone makes them a target which is ridiculous. Whether it be jealousy or someone trying to make a name for themself or better yet a foreign country being mad that Americans cracked the code who knows. Actually I don't exactly know why they are being targeted lol. I am just taking guesses. I am sure their is even a possibility that Team Codefire doesn't know. Either ways its a shame that it is happening but it will all get sorted out.
Wish d850 could at least get a tethered aosp ROM
I bet we see some by next week. The tree is out. Should be good to go soon. I bet this thing is a BEAST when its running something slim.
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Hello all,
I'm an avid android user, and I recently bumped my g3. Has anyone tried.(or is trying) to make a stock Android 5 ROM?
thanks everyone!!
Answered on many threads already.
No lollipop roms are available atm. Even if there was, we wouldn't be able to flash since the bump site is not up and running yet. We can only flash stock images right now.
Be patient. Soon enough, once it's released on another variant, I'm sure someone will try and port it over. (Especially since AT&T probably won't see an official update till well in to next year)
Enjoy the phone!
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cwhitney24 said:
Answered on many threads already.
No lollipop roms are available atm. Even if there was, we wouldn't be able to flash since the bump site is not up and running yet. We can only flash stock images right now.
Be patient. Soon enough, once it's released on another variant, I'm sure someone will try and port it over. (Especially since AT&T probably won't see an official update till well in to next year)
Enjoy the phone!
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I think development is going to suck on g3, I'm not being negative but it seems like the g3 is just a pain in the butt. We have to wait for lg to see what there plans are then we have to wait for the devs to look at what lg has patch and see if they need to exploit again and if it will be possible. It seems like tmobile g3 should have more roms but its pretty quite there and a lot of people are already leaving the g3 for other phones like the nexus 6. Its going to suck if lg patched bump exploit and really puts a hold on development. I will wait a month if nothing im moving on. Im very grateful for all the devs work but irritated at lg for all this bootloader crap.
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I think development is going to suck on g3, I'm not being negative but it seems like the g3 is just a pain in the butt. We have to wait for lg to see what there plans are then we have to wait for the devs to look at what lg has patch and see if they need to exploit again and if it will be possible. It seems like tmobile g3 should have more roms but its pretty quite there and a lot of people are already leaving the g3 for other phones like the nexus 6. Its going to suck if lg patched bump exploit and really puts a hold on development. I will wait a month if nothing im moving on. Im very grateful for all the devs work but irritated at lg for all this bootloader crap.
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Development will be slow for sure compared to past phones. This has been happening more and more every year where the carriers are locking things down even more tightly.
I understand your frustration, but for me this is one of those phones that i can say is just fine using a rooted stock with only a few tweaks. (The others in that category for me are the G2 and the HTC one) Other phones I've had really were just better with something like cm/aokp/etc. (And that's a bunch of phones for me since it seems I get a new phone every six months)
I don't blame the devs for going elsewhere and I know you are not either. Devs gotta dev lol.
But I wouldn't give up just yet. Some interesting things will be coming from some devs very soon that may make you enjoy your phone, even while still on rooted stock. (I've said to much haha [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] )
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cwhitney24 said:
Development will be slow for sure compared to past phones. This has been happening more and more every year where the carriers are locking things down even more tightly.
I understand your frustration, but for me this is one of those phones that i can say is just fine using a rooted stock with only a few tweaks. (The others in that category for me are the G2 and the HTC one) Other phones I've had really were just better with something like cm/aokp/etc. (And that's a bunch of phones for me since it seems I get a new phone every six months)
I don't blame the devs for going elsewhere and I know you are not either. Devs gotta dev lol.
But I wouldn't give up just yet. Some interesting things will be coming from some devs very soon that may make you enjoy your phone, even while still on rooted stock. (I've said to much haha [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] )
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Trying not to give up but i have been on nexus devices for ever, so I thought I would changed it up with skinned phones, but I cant stand skinned roms and it not very smooth. I love the camera on this phone and knock on but hope we all get aosp soon or just a lg 5.0 leak so we see how things are
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Trying not to give up but i have been on nexus devices for ever, so I thought I would changed it up with skinned phones, but I cant stand skinned roms and it not very smooth. I love the camera on this phone and knock on but hope we all get aosp soon or just a lg 5.0 leak so we see how things are
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I hear ya.
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Thanks guys. Sorry if I missed it on other forums. Curiosity is killing me lol
I just got the note 5 and I'm disappointed in the little support we have here in the sprint thread. With my note 3 and 4 i could install rom for other variants, the note 4 will only require you flash special data fixes and kernels. But for note 5, i don't know what's going on? Am i just being a newbie? Is there a way to install roms for other variants and have it working? Please if there is, share with me pleeassee... If not, we got to make it loud, we need support, maybe a data fix or something, anything that will make us part of the note 5 family. I'm totally not happy about this. Thank you
It's complicated. There's a few people messing with note 7 ports from an international cdma based firmware. GSM ports require more work than anyone honestly has time for.
There's a telegram group you can check out and see what other people are actively trying to do. Maybe you can point the way to porting all the csc/ril/framework stuff to get a data fix going.
https://telegram.me/n7ton920p
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It's complicated. There's a few people messing with note 7 ports from an international cdma based firmware. GSM ports require more work than anyone honestly has time for.
There's a telegram group you can check out and see what other people are actively trying to do. Maybe you can point the way to porting all the csc/ril/framework stuff to get a data fix going.
https://telegram.me/n7ton920p
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Hm thank you bro
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Hm thank you bro
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no prob. These threads pop up and i know the lack of options to people new to this particular variant is frustrating. af. We are lucky to have Moar and I think we still have a kernel...Not sure on the status of development is atm.
If you look at it this way it provides a perfect place to start learning. Like I said before we are an after thought so time to hit the search button and get to reading. Feel free to ask questions in that telegram group. It's just structured around the N7 ports.
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no prob. These threads pop up and i know the lack of options to people new to this particular variant is frustrating. af. We are lucky to have Moar and I think we still have a kernel...Not sure on the status of development is atm.
If you look at it this way it provides a perfect place to start learning. Like I said before we are an after thought so time to hit the search button and get to reading. Feel free to ask questions in that telegram group. It's just structured around the N7 ports.
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All right bro. Peace
I use the USCC R4 version of the note 5 and use Sprint Roms on it. I am able to, only if I use a kernel compatible with my processor (exynos7420)
and my own modem and efs backups from twrp
It has to be a cdma rom as well
I hope this helps in some way...there are currently ZERO custom roms for USCC, so feel blessed
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I use the USCC R4 version of the note 5 and use Sprint Roms on it. I am able to, only if I use a kernel compatible with my processor (exynos7420)
and my own modem and efs backups from twrp
It has to be a cdma rom as well
I hope this helps in some way...there are currently ZERO custom roms for USCC, so feel blessed
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All right bro. I'm not using the sprint variant anymore , couldn't take it anymore so i swapped it for n920c. I'm loving it so far. Aod is here .
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All right bro. I'm not using the sprint variant anymore , couldn't take it anymore so i swapped it for n920c. I'm loving it so far. Aod is here .
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Dear Kumuyi
could you please help me?
Have you installed an n920c rom on your n920p ?
Thank you in advance for your help
Regards,
Alberto
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Dear Kumuyi
could you please help me?
Have you installed an n920c rom on your n920p ?
Thank you in advance for your help
Regards,
Alberto
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Uhm, none bro , sorry. Sprint variant is a lock down .
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All right bro. I'm not using the sprint variant anymore , couldn't take it anymore so i swapped it for n920c. I'm loving it so far. Aod is here .
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Uhm, none bro , sorry. Sprint variant is a lock down .
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What do you mean with "lock down"?
If we root the phone we can unlock it. Isn't so?
Thank you
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What do you mean with "lock down"?
If we root the phone we can unlock it. Isn't so?
Thank you
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No not that kinda lockdown. I mean there isn't much support for Sprint. If you scroll up you understand why . If you can get anoda variant,i suggest u do
Now what if we use the phone as a Wi-Fi device no need for cell signal, just Wi-Fi. What options would I have for other?
So far all I have had was bootloops...
This is just my two cents worth but I think tdunham and Im sure a few others with him have given the sprint note 5 an amazing rom with about every kinda way to customize it built right in. But I guess I am not as flash happy as I once was. MOAR has custom kernel and tdunham has all the firmware updates ready to flash with odin. I think MOAR is a rock solid and most stable rom for the note 5. I know you said your disappointed in the little support for the sprint note 5 but I think the support we do have is top notch. like I said, This is just my two cents worth.
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This is just my two cents worth but I think tdunham and Im sure a few others with him have given the sprint note 5 an amazing rom with about every kinda way to customize it built right in. But I guess I am not as flash happy as I once was. MOAR has custom kernel and tdunham has all the firmware updates ready to flash with odin. I think MOAR is a rock solid and most stable rom for the note 5. I know you said your disappointed in the little support for the sprint note 5 but I think the support we do have is top notch. like I said, This is just my two cents worth.
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Amen, bro!!!
I second that thought
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more options the better i miss using cm just for a change from the usual. but as i get order a stable rom with a few extras is all i need.
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FYI. Running a gsm port rom on any Sprint Samsung Note4/5, etc is gonna be a complete headache due to the lack of corect frameworks, smali coding etc in order for it to work on the Sprint network. No amount of "data fixes" will correct the wrong and/or missing Sprint specific cdma code in smali. Period. As was stated here in a previous post, this stuff takes a lot of time. patience and skills to port a rom from a completely different piece of hardware and get it working decently on a different device. More time and effort than most people are willing to commit to. Believe me, i've done it but I'm not eager to do it again. This is like a second full time job.
The reason there is more support for gsm devices is because there is simply more gsm variants than cdma variants. And developers & rom chef's are hit & miss with cdma devices as well as people switching carriers & devices all the time. That and the fact that a device is nearing 2 years old and the development will decrease as time goes by. So you really can't complain with the lack of "support". This stuff requires a ton of time. skills and patience as well as mental aptitude. Not everybody has these attributes and even those who do don't always feel like they are expected to do this stuff for free. Like I said, it's a lot of work porting roms. Building roms native to a specific device is a breeze.
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FYI. Running a gsm port rom on any Sprint Samsung Note4/5, etc is gonna be a complete headache due to the lack of corect frameworks, smali coding etc in order for it to work on the Sprint network. No amount of "data fixes" will correct the wrong and/or missing Sprint specific cdma code in smali. Period. As was stated here in a previous post, this stuff takes a lot of time. patience and skills to port a rom from a completely different piece of hardware and get it working decently on a different device. More time and effort than most people are willing to commit to. Believe me, i've done it but I'm not eager to do it again. This is like a second full time job.
The reason there is more support for gsm devices is because there is simply more gsm variants than cdma variants. And developers & rom chef's are hit & miss with cdma devices as well as people switching carriers & devices all the time. That and the fact that a device is nearing 2 years old and the development will decrease as time goes by. So you really can't complain with the lack of "support". This stuff requires a ton of time. skills and patience as well as mental aptitude. Not everybody has these attributes and even those who do don't always feel like they are expected to do this stuff for free. Like I said, it's a lot of work porting roms. Building roms native to a specific device is a breeze.
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No bruh , i use to run other variants rom on my sprint just fine only had to flash data fixes and that was it. I think there's more to the note 5 , i think it's more complicated.
DracWolf said:
Now what if we use the phone as a Wi-Fi device no need for cell signal, just Wi-Fi. What options would I have for other?
So far all I have had was bootloops...
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Bro i booted viper rom v1.3 just fine but didn't get data.....if you want wifi only , that's a go bro
kumuyi said:
No bruh , i use to run other variants rom on my sprint just fine only had to flash data fixes and that was it. I think there's more to the note 5 , i think it's more complicated.
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He just told you, it's more complicated, and that a "data fix" isn't going to fix the actual problems. A band aid maybe, at best!
Thanks for all you do tx!
Hi there,
i´m thinking of getting the u11 life here in germany and its only available as android one version. So now i have some questions to people which already own the u11 life (android one version).
1. Is HTC taking their promise serious and its getting monthly security updates very fast? (i know its just on the market for 2,5 months but at least one update should be there)
2. Is everything working (hardware related) like it does with international version (like dt2w, sqeeze and so on)?
3. Is it possible to use the custom roms and kernels here from XDA or are those only for american (sense) version?
I hope someone could answer those questions and helping me to decide if i get the u11 life or not. Thank you!
saturday_night said:
Hi there,
i´m thinking of getting the u11 life here in germany and its only available as android one version. So now i have some questions to people which already own the u11 life (android one version).
1. Is HTC taking their promise serious and its getting monthly security updates very fast? (i know its just on the market for 2,5 months but at least one update should be there)
2. Is everything working (hardware related) like it does with international version (like dt2w, sqeeze and so on)?
3. Is it possible to use the custom roms and kernels here from XDA or are those only for international versions?
I hope someone could answer those questions and helping me to decide if i get the u11 life or not. Thank you!
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Had mine less than a week, but here it goes. The international version is the one with Android One and the one you buy i Germany is therefore the international version. The other one with Sense is only available i North America.
When i started my phone, it downloaded and installed the latest update, from december. Squeeze works, but i'm not that fond of it, but that's me. Can't remember reading about dt2w, never used it probably never will, the fingerprint makes it kind of obsolete.
I still waiting for a reliable method to root my phone (no twrp available), at least i have unlocked the bootloader.
saturday_night said:
Hi there,
i´m thinking of getting the u11 life here in germany and its only available as android one version. So now i have some questions to people which already own the u11 life (android one version).
1. Is HTC taking their promise serious and its getting monthly security updates very fast? (i know its just on the market for 2,5 months but at least one update should be there)
2. Is everything working (hardware related) like it does with international version (like dt2w, sqeeze and so on)?
3. Is it possible to use the custom roms and kernels here from XDA or are those only for international versions?
I hope someone could answer those questions and helping me to decide if i get the u11 life or not. Thank you!
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I have the Phone since some weeks and here is some help.
1) My phone came with Android 8.0 November Security Update and after i connected it to Wifi it had the Dezember Security Update. So far on January there is nothing.
2) "Squeeze" or Edge Sense works as expected. Although i also don't use it often. I never saw or heard anything about DT2W with the Android One version.
EDIT: HTC’s USonic is also available. And you can unlock the phone with FingerPrint on Home Button (probably the closest thing to DT2W).
3) I haven't tried yet but there seems to be already a Kernel available without mentioning any special version. See https://forum.xda-developers.com/u11-life/development/kernel-cleanslate-v1-0-0-oreo-sense-t3724725.
I'm very happy with the Phone, The build quality is good (still Moto Play Z feels superior), the battery lasts 1-2 days. Don't get alarmed by the size, the Snapdragon 530 is very efficient and Android Oreo has some improvements also for Apps on Background. The Camera is also very good for the price, still feels a bit slow but the latest HTC Camera App update improved significantly. And the Phone overall feels very fast and smooth and it feels also a high end phone.
Hope you make a good decision.
Well if there is no twrp available i think nobody can tell if the kernels and roms are working on the android one version. But someone with android one version could work together with the dev of twrp for sense version, he asked several times for someone with android one version to help him making twrp+root for android one version. But it seems nobody is intrested in doing something to gain twrp and root access. If i get the u11 life end of february this will change haha.
saturday_night said:
Well if there is no twrp available i think nobody can tell if the kernels and roms are working on the android one version. But someone with android one version could work together with the dev of twrp for sense version, he asked several times for someone with android one version to help him making twrp+root for android one version. But it seems nobody is intrested in doing something to gain twrp and root access. If i get the u11 life end of february this will change haha.
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for me, i'm just want root. images not so much, i kind of like aosp. unfortunately i'm not a dev, just an advanced user.
street_dog said:
for me, i'm just want root. images not so much, i kind of like aosp. unfortunately i'm not a dev, just an advanced user.
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if you are an advanced user you know you need twrp for getting root. And you only need to copy some files from your device and send them to the dev he will do the work for you. I know there is a way to gain root with magisk without twrp (patch boot img on pc and flash it from pc) but thats a bad way espacialy when there is an update each month. And you could get additional features if using custom kernels. And for ota you only need the stock kernel+recovery as a backup and an app like flashify.
Well, if i can help with extraction of some files and to send them over to someone who would know what to do with them. I most certainly would, but i would need some assistance in which files and then again, someone who would want them to work with.
Hello,
root is available as patched_boot.img for magisk. You can flash in download mode using fastboot.
The update works in the background on Android one version. It is there are two mirrored partitions and the update gets installed on the not running partition. To run updates it is necessary to install original boot.img first. There is no recovery partition.
Dt2w is not available for Android one.
You can find the patched boot here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3706652
The custom kernel is only for sense Rom.
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MC_Ohr said:
Hello,
root is available as patched_boot.img for magisk. You can flash in download mode using fastboot.
The update works in the background on Android one version. It is there are two mirrored partitions and the update gets installed on the not running partition. To run updates it is necessary to install original boot.img first. There is no recovery partition.
Dt2w is not available for Android one.
You can find the patched boot here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3706652
The custom kernel is only for sense Rom.
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No recovery partition?!? Where is the stock recovery than or is there no stock recovery at all?
A BIG Thank You to everybody who posted here, you made my decision much easier and i think i will get the u11 life next month.
Using htc u11 life for a week (buy from germany tho). No need dt2w. You can wake and sleep your phone with squeze
I'm also thinking of picking up the A1 U11 Life. How have they been keeping up on the security updates? Did they put out a January update?
trwrt said:
I'm also thinking of picking up the A1 U11 Life. How have they been keeping up on the security updates? Did they put out a January update?
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I don't know about the a1 version but for EU Android one version they put out security updates every month. I'm on January patch.
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HI,
So an ex nexus 5x owner. Let me try and answer some of ur questions
1. Security updates yes but I also wanted them to do software updates. A nokia non android one phone just got 8.1. When I gave up my nexus 5x in December I was on 8.1. So dissapointed in that sense. There is a nokia 7+ coming out which looks great and is android one. Have a look at that. I contacted HTC and they didnt wanna know re: schedule updates
2. Hardware is good. Overall its a great phone, never misses a beat, design is outdated though, lovely screen, I have the 4 gig version
3. Already been slated here for asking for a bit more involvement from the dev community. Those things may be available, but few and far between. Ahhhh, i miss my 5x
saturday_night said:
Hi there,
i´m thinking of getting the u11 life here in germany and its only available as android one version. So now i have some questions to people which already own the u11 life (android one version).
1. Is HTC taking their promise serious and its getting monthly security updates very fast? (i know its just on the market for 2,5 months but at least one update should be there)
2. Is everything working (hardware related) like it does with international version (like dt2w, sqeeze and so on)?
3. Is it possible to use the custom roms and kernels here from XDA or are those only for american (sense) version?
I hope someone could answer those questions and helping me to decide if i get the u11 life or not. Thank you!
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moghm said:
HI,
So an ex nexus 5x owner. Let me try and answer some of ur questions
1. Security updates yes but I also wanted them to do software updates. A nokia non android one phone just got 8.1. When I gave up my nexus 5x in December I was on 8.1. So dissapointed in that sense. There is a nokia 7+ coming out which looks great and is android one. Have a look at that. I contacted HTC and they didnt wanna know re: schedule updates
2. Hardware is good. Overall its a great phone, never misses a beat, design is outdated though, lovely screen, I have the 4 gig version
3. Already been slated here for asking for a bit more involvement from the dev community. Those things may be available, but few and far between. Ahhhh, i miss my 5x
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Haha thanks for your opinion, but this thread was a month or so ago and next week i will get the u11 life. Last week i was able to test it for an hour and the most important thing for me is that i can use a phone with one hand and my fingers dont hurt after an hour of using it with one hand. The u11 life is able to fill that perfectly. You dont need any development if you have the android one version and the differences between 8.0 and 8.1 are very small so it doesnt realy matter if you have 8.0 or 8.1. Security updates are much more important than small version updates. And the design is also personal taste, i dont like those rounded corner displays, i dont like to have a display without brezels that is so big that you cant use it with just one hand and not be able to reach every corner of the display. I would love to have an even smaller device like the m7 was 4,7 inch screen and full hd but you cant get it, m7 was the only android device ever with that small screen size and full hd display. Also i love the edge sqeezing feature its brilliant (as u can see google copied it for their devices) HTC was and is the only company that brings innovations that last for years and get copied by other companys. I was involved in android development for years for so many different devices (mainly HTC and Sony) but there is nearly no device on the market which has 100% functionality with a custom rom (yeah i know you get additional features with a custom rom but there is allways a little - for every +). So the promise of 3 years main version updates and monthly security updates for a device which is perfect for my personal taste from hardware side makes it just the perfect device for me at the moment. And belive me i had a lot of different devices in the last 3 years and allways went back to my m7. That wasnt an easy decission for me haha
I'm wondering if anyone would mind commenting further on the camera? The reviews I've read have varied quite a bit. I don't need perfection but being able to take decent pics in low light is pretty important.
thanks
AsItLies said:
I'm wondering if anyone would mind commenting further on the camera? The reviews I've read have varied quite a bit. I don't need perfection but being able to take decent pics in low light is pretty important.
thanks
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If you have good light the cameras are very good, cant say something to low light or night picutres until end of next week.
AsItLies said:
I'm wondering if anyone would mind commenting further on the camera? The reviews I've read have varied quite a bit. I don't need perfection but being able to take decent pics in low light is pretty important.
thanks
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My camera no longer works after two months just crashes now. Even with Google camera ports. I guess the hardware is messed up? Haven't dropped the phone though..
dpryor88 said:
My camera no longer works after two months just crashes now. Even with Google camera ports. I guess the hardware is messed up? Haven't dropped the phone though..
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Wow, that really sucks. One of the big reasons to have a phone, for me anyway, is to always have a decent camera with you, just in case.
Did you contact HTC? Would be interested in how they respond?
AsItLies said:
Wow, that really sucks. One of the big reasons to have a phone, for me anyway, is to always have a decent camera with you, just in case.
Did you contact HTC? Would be interested in how they respond?
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I doubt they'll help since the phone is rooted. But one day the camera worked, the next it doesn't function... I didn't do any changes or updates either... Just stopped working :/
dpryor88 said:
I doubt they'll help since the phone is rooted. But one day the camera worked, the next it doesn't function... I didn't do any changes or updates either... Just stopped working :/
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Just ask them, if they tell you to send it in unroot it and do so. Usually if its a hardware damage they dont care if the bootloader is unlocked or a rooted system. When the m7 had the well known camera problem (purple pictures) they didnt care about unlocked or rooted, even with custom roms installed they switched the camera module without any problems. If you think it might be a software problem, just reflash system (if on sense version) or wait for next update unroot and update and see if its gone.