hey guys need your help figuring out if its worth updating my ls996 from its current zv7 to the latest update. currently i am rooted and running quite a few mods and i am pretty happy with the way i have it, but i guess my question is, any advantages on updating? gain in speed or battery life? from personal experience would you recommend updating or holding off until the possible android 6 update? i mean what changes have been made to the firmware since zv7? also one other thing i'd like to ask would be, how are you guys overclocking or i should say what are you guys using? particular app? i gotta say im pretty lucky, my device after i had to switch it out with sprint due to overheating, turns out the one i got in return came out solid, does have the snapdragon 810, never really had any issues with overheating, which is why im considering overclocking.... any help or opinions are greatly appreciated.
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Hey guys,
I am coming from a G1 which I got from craigslist that I did not think twice about rooting. Now, I bought my captivate brand new and am over all pleased. The thing that drives me crazy is I would flash my g1 constantly. I liked the tinkering aspect. My question is at this point, are the custom roms out for the captivate worth rooting?
Keep in mind, I really do not notice lag on my phone and the GPS works fine for what I use it for. I also use the sideload wonder machine to load non market apps.
If you like to tweak - Designgears and others are pushing ROM builds like crazy.
Personally I will probably never run the phone stock again.
avgjoegeek said:
If you like to tweak - Designgears and others are pushing ROM builds like crazy.
Personally I will probably never run the phone stock again.
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Right on, looks likes I am going to root my phone when i get home and see what I can load up. Thanks.
If you are happy with your phone and it does what you need it to do there is no reason to do anything. Look at what the custom ROMs have to offer and if there is anything you really think you would miss not having.
I'm personally running Con 2.2beta4 and have been running what dg has been putting out since SRE 1.2 or so, but I'm the kind of person who likes to tinker
z28james said:
Hey guys,
I am coming from a G1 which I got from craigslist that I did not think twice about rooting. Now, I bought my captivate brand new and am over all pleased. The thing that drives me crazy is I would flash my g1 constantly. I liked the tinkering aspect. My question is at this point, are the custom roms out for the captivate worth rooting?
Keep in mind, I really do not notice lag on my phone and the GPS works fine for what I use it for. I also use the sideload wonder machine to load non market apps.
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Well, that's up to you, if you're pleased with your current setup, there's no need to.
Keep in mind stock rom with no lag fix gave me 900 on quadrant..
i9000 jg8 eclair rom (not recommanded unless you have a good reason for that specific rom) with reoriented kernel gave me 2200, and now, with cognition beta 4 I get about 1900 with lag fix, but it feels fast enough for me
and there's awesome flash support.
Stock setup is not using half of the potential of this phone if you ask me,
but if you're happy with it there's no need to risk it, you can always
brick it by accident if you flash (even though I flashed it a lot and unbricked it too many times but seems like some people managed to brick it completely..)
Unlike most of you guys I don't have a warranty, I'm living outside the u.s so I can't just go to at&t store and I paid for this phone
more than 650$ in cash and I still take the risk and flash it, I admit, I'm addicted.
So, I went ahead and rooted my phone and I have loaded a few roms already. Now I remember why I like android phones so much, heh.
quadrant doesnt matter.
if you like customization i say root. if you are in the know, then you should definitely root and customize
orlandoxpolice said:
quadrant doesnt matter.
if you like customization i say root. if you are in the know, then you should definitely root and customize
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I ended up at the stock firmware rooted, OCLF (honestly, besides the benchmarks, the phone does seem to be less laggy), stock lock screen and minus all of the ATT bloatware.
I feel silly for not rooting my phone before because this is exactly how I wish the phone was from the get go.
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I ended up at the stock firmware rooted, OCLF (honestly, besides the benchmarks, the phone does seem to be less laggy), stock lock screen and minus all of the ATT bloatware.
I feel silly for not rooting my phone before because this is exactly how I wish the phone was from the get go.
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yea im running cog 2.1.7 and it is blazing fast
hell yeah its worth rooting! im still debating to go to 2.2 or not, but im on cog 2.1.5 right now and its hella worth it
I do not have any reboot issues.
Should I update? I do not care about hotspot as I do not use it at all.
One thing I am interested is battery life. Will new OTA update help with battery life?
That is probably a not so easy question to answer, since the OTA is stock and many people around here are running custom roms which have been tweaked every which way to squeeze as much juice out of them as possible.
Depending on who you ask, some will say it's better now or it's worse now.
Problem is that no two people use or run their phones exactly alike. Also, no two phones are exactly alike, so internally, they may not work exactly the same.
So I guess it comes down to a matter of choice. I think the general consensus is that the new update is pretty stable and at some point you are going to have to update your phone to take advantage of new features, so it's really up to you.
I haven't had any issues with the update. However, don't let them fool you, the data connectivity issues still exist.
I got my Thunderbolt March 19th and haven't had the issues that others have reported. My phone use to randomly reboot, but it never got in my way since the reboot occurred when I was sleeping. The only difference I've notice with the update is that my phone has not rebooted one time since I applied the update.
No issues here too...
I recently bought an G2x and am very familure with the htc rooting as i was with Sprint. But service sucked so I went to T-Mobile figuring they would be bought out. BUMMER! Anyways I had a couple questions and cant seem to find my answers.
First off is if the phone gets rooted what features do I lose? Like I heard something about the graphics or what not.
Secondly if rooted could it handle the new cm?
Third is it even worth the effort?
sabwjawdjw said:
I recently bought an G2x and am very familure with the htc rooting as i was with Sprint. But service sucked so I went to T-Mobile figuring they would be bought out. BUMMER! Anyways I had a couple questions and cant seem to find my answers.
First off is if the phone gets rooted what features do I lose? Like I heard something about the graphics or what not.
Secondly if rooted could it handle the new cm?
Third is it even worth the effort?
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Just using a rooted stock rom you will not loose anything.
Yes it can handle CM.
sabwjawdjw said:
I recently bought an G2x and am very familure with the htc rooting as i was with Sprint. But service sucked so I went to T-Mobile figuring they would be bought out. BUMMER! Anyways I had a couple questions and cant seem to find my answers.
First off is if the phone gets rooted what features do I lose? Like I heard something about the graphics or what not.
Secondly if rooted could it handle the new cm?
Third is it even worth the effort?
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You've got nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Graphics aren't affected by rooting any device? I'm not sure where you heard that from. haha
CM7 runs great on this device, and ICS runs even better. (Alpha build)
It takes less than 5 minutes to ClockworkMod Recovery installed on here, so why not?
you lose nothing at all; graphics, functionality, speed, etc.
rooting just gives you extra permissions and abilities in addition to what you already had before. if you dont want to mess with the technical stuff, you can just leave ur stock rom rooted and enjoy the increased battery life and other simple stuff you can do with root.
rooting is essentially gaining superuser access to what companies dont want you to have because they're afraid of you breaking your phone or copyright or whatever. if you need to send it in to warranty, just unroot and youre all good.
tldr: rooting is good, no harm can come if youre not stupid and if you can read. have fun!
If you are looking for a custom ROM look at Weapon G2X, Tsugi, or cyanogenmod. I am currently using Weapon G2X with faux's kernel @1. 4 GHZ and my phone is very fast and stable. Also I am getting 10+ hrs of battery when I lower the clock speed to 1.2
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I'm using Bionix Reloaded rom with Dragon G2X Kernel. I'm getting about 12-16 hours of battery life. My phone is not overclocked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400620
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Bought my 10 year old this tablet last year for Xmas and it's laggy as all get out IMO. Love my android phones and will never switch, but I also love by iPad /gasp!
I am wondering if unlocking and rom'ing this thing will really make enough difference.
I have rooted and rom'ed every phone I have ever had, but I also use them daily so I get to play around with roms and figure out whats stable and works really well. I am also a little nervous about this thing, so many instructions and various ways to do things depending on which update your on.
The tab is 4.2.1 10.6.1.24.5
Any opinions on this and/or suggestions on what roms to try out if I go for it?
arcsum68 said:
Bought my 10 year old this tablet last year for Xmas and it's laggy as all get out IMO. Love my android phones and will never switch, but I also love by iPad /gasp!
I am wondering if unlocking and rom'ing this thing will really make enough difference.
I have rooted and rom'ed every phone I have ever had, but I also use them daily so I get to play around with roms and figure out whats stable and works really well. I am also a little nervous about this thing, so many instructions and various ways to do things depending on which update your on.
The tab is 4.2.1 10.6.1.24.5
Any opinions on this and/or suggestions on what roms to try out if I go for it?
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Unlocking and flashing custom ROMs is a major improvement over stock. If you want stability and performance, CROMi. If you want performance and cutting edge, CM or another KK ROM.
Just be careful about what to flash and always ask questions is there is any doubt.
cmendonc2 said:
Unlocking and flashing custom ROMs is a major improvement over stock. If you want stability and performance, CROMi. If you want performance and cutting edge, CM or another KK ROM.
Just be careful about what to flash and always ask questions is there is any doubt.
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Thanks, think I will check it out. Wish there was a path back to stock though.
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Thanks, think I will check it out. Wish there was a path back to stock though.
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You can always reflash the stock ROM to go back to stock, but only if you haven't bricked your tablet.
Made a backup of the stock unrooted rom, then rooted and backed up the apps. Loaded up Cromi and all is working well. So far I cant say it's that much of an improvement, with the exception of browsing. Flash will be nice too.
Should I feel like its a huge improvement? Maybe I needed to pick a different kernel.
I have rooted and loaded custom ROMs on many of my phones.
I don't know why but for some reason I am bit hesitant on rooting my G3.
I see now there is a quick and easy script to root even the Lollipop 5.01 OTA 850 so I am tempted to do this.
My question is if I don't want to load a custom ROM will the debloating and removal of carrier IQ make a noticeable difference to performance or just give a warm cuddly feeling that these are now gone?
I know there is tweakbox but it appears that besides some nice customizing that can be done there is not much on he performance side of things?
I am finding 5.01 a little laggy and it would be nice to get the phone running smoothly.
I don't even know why you asked.... Always root.
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Also in wrong section...lol
2SHAYNEZ
I asked because I wanted to know the answer.
Why always root?
samsat said:
I asked because I wanted to know the answer.
Why always root?
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You asked in wrong section... This is the general section .. We have a Q&A section for stuff like this.. For me I can not have a phone without root. Without root you have nothing but a normal bloated lag fest of ugliness... If you k ow anything about the capabilities possible with root then you would understand. Please next time you ask a question can you please put it in correct section. Please and thank you.
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samsat said:
I have rooted and loaded custom ROMs on many of my phones.
I don't know why but for some reason I am bit hesitant on rooting my G3.
I see now there is a quick and easy script to root even the Lollipop 5.01 OTA 850 so I am tempted to do this.
My question is if I don't want to load a custom ROM will the debloating and removal of carrier IQ make a noticeable difference to performance or just give a warm cuddly feeling that these are now gone?
I know there is tweakbox but it appears that besides some nice customizing that can be done there is not much on he performance side of things?
I am finding 5.01 a little laggy and it would be nice to get the phone running smoothly.
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If your simply looking to remove bloatware you will only be freeing up memory on your device as now in android you can simply disable most bloatware. If that's all you really wanted to do then I guess you shouldn't root. The reason stock 5.01 feels laggy is more than likely due to lgs launcher I prefer an aosp rom on all my phones currently using cyanogenmod offers great battery life while being pretty stable.
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I asked because I wanted to know the answer.
Why always root?
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The thing I appreciate most about rooting, and is the reason I will always root my device, is the ability to save a complete nandroid backup of my phone. I just feel comfortable having a complete image backup of my phone should I have to wipe it, lose it, or just have to replace it for any reason. There are other reasons too, like being able to back up individual files with Titanium Backup (multiple revisions in case an app update doesn't work right), remove bloatware, switch apps from system to user apps for better management, and customizing some features.
I really only run Greenify, ES File Explorer, and Titanium Backup root apps, but having the other abilities makes it appealing.
samsat said:
I have rooted and loaded custom ROMs on many of my phones.
I don't know why but for some reason I am bit hesitant on rooting my G3.
I see now there is a quick and easy script to root even the Lollipop 5.01 OTA 850 so I am tempted to do this.
My question is if I don't want to load a custom ROM will the debloating and removal of carrier IQ make a noticeable difference to performance or just give a warm cuddly feeling that these are now gone?
I know there is tweakbox but it appears that besides some nice customizing that can be done there is not much on he performance side of things?
I am finding 5.01 a little laggy and it would be nice to get the phone running smoothly.
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I was in your exact same situation a few days ago. The problem with me was that LG was just SO AWEFUL at making a skin, and they really sort of ruined some of the great aspects of the phone. I currently have CM12 on my G3, and it is great. Very little lag, customization through the rough, and basically everything as expected. To do this I had to downgrade to 4.4.4 from 5.0.0, and then to CM12, but before that I rooted 5.0. Rooting made a few good performance strides, but realistically I think your best choice is a custom ROM. Especially for this phone.
Thanks for the replies.
I am having a really bad run with the D850. The original one I bought died on me and was replaced with a refurb by AT&T. Since then there has been one issue after the next. My latest replacement has everything working OK except that bluetooth is staying awake after a drive in the car and flattening the battery. AT&T claim that this is a known problem with certain D850's after the 5.01 OTA update and are saying that it's LG's problem to fix.
I'm reluctant to start fiddling with rooting and ROM loading until I'm sure I have a phone with everything working the way it's supposed to.
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Thanks for the replies.
I am having a really bad run with the D850. The original one I bought died on me and was replaced with a refurb by AT&T. Since then there has been one issue after the next. My latest replacement has everything working OK except that bluetooth is staying awake after a drive in the car and flattening the battery. AT&T claim that this is a known problem with certain D850's after the 5.01 OTA update and are saying that it's LG's problem to fix.
I'm reluctant to start fiddling with rooting and ROM loading until I'm sure I have a phone with everything working the way it's supposed to.
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Sorry you have those problems. The G3 has been flawless for me and even after being out for a year there aren't any devices I would rather have.
A root, install TWRP and a clean install of one of the stock based 20f Roms for this device might fix the Bluetooth problem. I use Bluetooth in my car and headset every day and my battery is excellent, better than on KitKat. I have been running the ROM from autoprime.
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Thanks for the replies.