Hi everyone I'm brand new to android rooting and everything. I want to start learning how to root, upload custom os's, custom roms etc. I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 which from what I read seems to not work with rooting. I'm going to buy a new android phone and was wondering if you guys had any good suggestions? I'm looking for a phone less than $120 and is fully capable of doing everything (modification wise). I would like to know wher eI could go to find good tutorials or lessons on learning about everything from custom roms to writing custom root apps for personal use. I'm a computer science major currently learning java if that helps with anything.
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Android is installed in a lot of devices so there is not a universal guide for rooting and modding, and not all of the devices are supported by the modding community. To have a modding friendly phone you need to increase your budget. The most modding friendly phone is the huawei nexus 6p(all of the other nexus are modding friendly).
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I know everyone at XDA is extremely knowledgable and are also very friendly and helpful. First, thank you for that, you have made my windows mobile experience amazing. Secondly, I know this is predominantly a GSM forum, however I have some questions reguarding CDMA version of a phone that is coming to the carrier I work for. US Cellular is bringing out their first Android phones, one in the next few weeks, the next in september-ish. Now, good news for anyone with US Cellular, because the Samsung Acclaim is a 2.1 device with 3.2 inch capacative OLED screen, 800MHZ Proccessor, full qwerty PHYSICAL keyboard, and a suite of US Cellular new goodies. Now, heres where I need your help XDA members.
I want to root the device, and I want to make a custom 2.2 rom for the phone. Where do I start? I would like to read up on porting the firmware and all that jazz in the next few weeks here. What do I need to know about rooting? Do I need a Kitchen like WinMo phones? or do I need to use the Android SDK to build an update.zip for it?
please oh please help me with this information. US Cellular doesn't have a lot of support, and I would like my fellow USCCers to have an option for 2.2 ASAP.
Thank you in advance my friends.
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I will be the first to tell you I am not tech savvy at all! I have been doing some research with regards to this and have used many resources avail, including this site.
I have read most of the answers to my questions but still require assistance. I have the HTC Desire with with my local internet provider Cox Communications and I have a 10.2 inch tab through wowpad that is powered by Android supertab. It is operating on 2.1. My HTC is 2.2. I am very new to the smart phone world and tablet world.
Is there a way to just simply upgrade my tab to a new OS? Do most of you feel that rooting my phone is the way to go, because I never ever have storage that I need. I know it comes down to a personal choice. Or, will my phone eventually upgrade to a new OS?
I really want to do my tablet but honestly I literally need step by step directions in doing so. If I mess this up on my own, my wife and daughter will kill me. Thanks in advance to all of you. This is truly the best site in the world!
How would rooting your phone solve your storage issue?
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From what I understand, I will have superuser rights and that would allow me to delete some of the stock programs to free up space. Is that right?
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Is there anyone out there willing to help with this issue? It would be greatly appreciated.
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Ummmm Wow! I thought I would get some help with this, but I guess not. I guess I'll try another site.
Take it easy, look up your device in the forums and look for how to root.
It's not that hard to do and most devices have a manual how to.
Take a look at this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788044
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Thank you krt. That is exactly what I needed. Thanks again.
Hi guys! A long time user and a new member of this incredible forum and website. This is infact the BEST website for android phones.
Being a HTC Desire user for 4 years now, I could keep it alive and breathing with customs roms and tutorials you guys have provided here. My sincerest thanks to everyone responsible for this, especially the developers. Now I think its finally catching up with age and I need a newer handset.
So I'm on a hunt for an used Android phone something which has good hardware, 4G LTE (not required not a plus nonetheless) and is cheap ($100 - $150ish) which has a good support base with developers building new roms frequently. I would be extremely happy if someone could suggest a phone to match my requirements. All suggestions and advice is welcome. Thanks again for being such an awesome community, you guys simply rock!
Hi,
So it been a month that I am testing some china phone, gionee has some of really good quality. Well build, top materials and grat quality of displays too.
The problem with this phones is that there is no costum rooms for them and to be honest the software (android) SUCKS!!!
What I want to do is to build my own "MOD" to run on those phone. I know java quite well.
So my question is,,, What to I need to start learning to be a developer? I know that is a bit of an abstract question, but I need an advise. I have read all the posts from XDA University but the thing is. On that site you only explain how and android phone works.
I want to know what do I need to learn to build a kernel? Where do i find libraries? How to build a Bootloader? and finaly how do I get that to work with the radio?
Hi,
I am due to purchase new smartphone and interested in Maru OS. Most probably I am looking at devices from Xiaomi, Innjoo or Oppo (due to spec-to-cost ratio) depending how much friendly it is for porting Maru OS.
1) Can anyone advise which will be the best device for this purpose? I understand major problem will come due to non-availability / locked bootlooders, drivers and working kernel.
2) Also, I am not experienced in mobile development and not a pro/full-time programmer (but can learn as I have been using Gentoo and Arch Linux, plus studied programming during school days), if anyone experienced can help me in getting started, it will be a good start for me.
Thank you.
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Marked 'Useless' ... thanks to everyone for not responding.
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If no one is interested in responding to OP, can anyone point me to how to extract device drivers from stock ROM for use with custom ROM I intend to compile? [I mean use working ROM as a base then customize it for Maru OS adoption].