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A few noobie questions

Hey guys, Already got the SGS2 with SensatioN ROM 3 on it, so know Android a fair bit really. But for Christmas I got a Motorola Xoom and very happy with it really!
But a few questions, specific to the Xoom itself, rather than Android:
1) Is it as easy to root/put custom ROMs/mods, etc on?
2) Is there any benefits of rooting it?
3) Will it mess up any warranty/guarantee if I did root it?
4) If anyone has one and they've done any significant mods/roms to/on it, then please could you tell me if you would recommend them, and give me links etc?
Thanks for your help guys with every problem I've had so far!
Merry Christmas everybody, hope your day has been great!
Oli

Hi there, i've a SGS2 too.. so i could answer with my experience...
1)its different root a Cellphone and a tablet, but its easy, you need, adb commands on you pc, and the root image, and thats all, find the thread on dev sect.
Then when you are root, just download the rom (Tiamat), reboot on recovery mod, and install it. It's easy...
2) yeah, if you are not root you can't install romsm you get superuser access ( you manage all your device...
3) Yes you lose, but you can unroot it.
4) Motorola Xoom have an AWSOME rom, whos developers are the Team Tiamat... they make pefect the Xoom...
You get the Thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254933
And the Team Rogue, make wonderful themes and kernels that give to the xoom a high perfomance with few lose battery....
i hope this help you, if you need some else tell me

blackgf said:
Hi there, i've a SGS2 too.. so i could answer with my experience...
1)its different root a Cellphone and a tablet, but its easy, you need, adb commands on you pc, and the root image, and thats all, find the thread on dev sect.
Then when you are root, just download the rom (Tiamat), reboot on recovery mod, and install it. It's easy...
2) yeah, if you are not root you can't install romsm you get superuser access ( you manage all your device...
3) Yes you lose, but you can unroot it.
4) Motorola Xoom have an AWSOME rom, whos developers are the Team Tiamat... they make pefect the Xoom...
You get the Thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254933
And the Team Rogue, make wonderful themes and kernels that give to the xoom a high perfomance with few lose battery....
i hope this help you, if you need some else tell me
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If you are interested in rooting and modding, you could take a look at this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
Also, Android 4/Ice Cream Sandwich rom is in development right now; as a matter of fact, I am using it as a daily driver now...it's just missing a few bits, but it's already super fast, smooth and stable, over clocked to 1.6 ghz. So you're going to have fun.

Okay thanks for your help so far but im gonna need a bit more help than just "adb" because m only a 15 year old lad and I don't understand that?
Also what is missing from ICS, as I put it on my SGs2 and it had quite a few features missing/broken?

oli3107 said:
Okay thanks for your help so far but im gonna need a bit more help than just "adb" because m only a 15 year old lad and I don't understand that?
Also what is missing from ICS, as I put it on my SGs2 and it had quite a few features missing/broken?
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Actually, I'll bet you will understand how to do this...just go slow and step by step. There really isn't any quicker way (but you can use the limited adb setup furnished by Mandebrot Benoit).
What's still missing from ICS for the Xoom? So far, only camera and microphone don't work. If you root, you might want to flash the latest Team Eos ICS nightly---look in the Development section for more info.

I ahve a mac too, could you give me relevant links/information towards rooting please?
Thanks

oli3107 said:
I ahve a mac too, could you give me relevant links/information towards rooting please?
Thanks
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Well, I don't have one so I suggest you search on rooting or adb/fastboot with a mac. There have been threads/posts on the topic.

Ah man, I have no idea what to do to root it

My Xoom arrives tomorrow, is all of the info in this thread still up to date? If so, it looks like a good step by step Oli ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798

OMG when i started with rooting, i never see the @okantomi Guide... Damm!
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Yes that's all that your need for rooting

give me some ideas

hey ive got a mf3 s4 that i have rooted but have not yet put any roms on. ive read about as much as i can on here about roms and such. i know that i have to flash the mf3 zip after i flash the rom in safestrap on rom slot 1 and never to touch the stock rom slot. i just need some imput of which rom to use, they all sound great. so if u have used the roms could u give me some ideas of which to use. i like shostock but there are 3 versions and im still not sure which one to use, and gravitiron is also a posibilty. ive read where the WIFI sometimes wont work after flashing and that there is something u have to flash to get it to working. so if it doesent work and i go back to stock will the WIFI start working again.. sorry for the long post,.

Everyone has their own flavor here. What may be good for one may be utter crap to another. We all took roms out for a test drive till we found the one we were most comfortable with. Unfortunately no one will hold you hand on here and asking for what rom is best for you is frowned upon here. Thats why we never compare roms to one another.
As I said you have to take a few out for a test run and see which you like best. There all AWESOME in my opinion. Go to each rom and read the last few post and you will get an idea as to what issues people are running into is all I can advise. Plenty of reading ahead of you, we all did it.
Enjoy the learning.

phantom1999 said:
hey ive got a mf3 s4 that i have rooted but have not yet put any roms on. ive read about as much as i can on here about roms and such. i know that i have to flash the mf3 zip after i flash the rom in safestrap on rom slot 1 and never to touch the stock rom slot. i just need some imput of which rom to use, they all sound great. so if u have used the roms could u give me some ideas of which to use. i like shostock but there are 3 versions and im still not sure which one to use, and gravitiron is also a posibilty. ive read where the WIFI sometimes wont work after flashing and that there is something u have to flash to get it to working. so if it doesent work and i go back to stock will the WIFI start working again.. sorry for the long post,.
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Wait...MF3 can now flash custom rom?? since when? and How?? I didn't be here for while... please let me know if you can do that.

ksj0823 said:
Wait...MF3 can now flash custom rom?? since when? and How?? I didn't be here for while... please let me know if you can do that.
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yes u can flash custom roms on the mf3 they have to be 4.2.2 and u use safestrap.

phantom1999 said:
yes u can flash custom roms on the mf3 they have to be 4.2.2 and u use safestrap.
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U talking about MF3 only able to flash the rom that's android 4.2.2? and where is the details for Safestrap?

ksj0823 said:
U talking about MF3 only able to flash the rom that's android 4.2.2? and where is the details for Safestrap?
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I'm suprised you havent heard of this yet. Go to the general section (I think), you'll find a safe strap discussion Q&A thread. Read up and ask questions before you jump in and flash a wrong ROM or something.
brought to you by my not so sexy GS4 MF3

nash2000 said:
I'm suprised you havent heard of this yet. Go to the general section (I think), you'll find a safe strap discussion Q&A thread. Read up and ask questions before you jump in and flash a wrong ROM or something.
brought to you by my not so sexy GS4 MF3
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well, I did hear the Safestrap before. But I didn't know it can help the MF3 to flash the custom rom. Good to know that.

ksj0823 said:
well, I did hear the Safestrap before. But I didn't know it can help the MF3 to flash the custom rom. Good to know that.
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yes u can flash the mf3 with custom roms there are some on here but u also have to flash a mf zip file after flashing the rom.

phantom1999 said:
yes u can flash the mf3 with custom roms there are some on here but u also have to flash a mf zip file after flashing the rom.
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By any chance, Is there someone who made a youtube video that can show me how to flash that on MF3??

ksj0823 said:
By any chance, Is there someone who made a youtube video that can show me how to flash that on MF3??
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84UJnU4TPos

phantom1999 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84UJnU4TPos
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okay, thanks for the video.
help me understand this. So this is like you got 2 roms in your phone at the same time. and we can flash the custom rom in slot1 2 3. and keep the stock rom right in the phone. that means we can always switch from the original stock rom and the custom rom that we install at slot 1. is that right??

As stated members are expected to do the research and decide for themself which ROM to try. The only thing you will get with a thread like this is what everyone's favorite ROM is and those threads are not allowed on XDA. Please read thoroughly all the ROM threads you are interested in before drastically altering your $700 device.
Thank you for your cooperation
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What should I do with my Oneplus One?

Hi! I have a Oneplus One and it works quite well, but sometimes, for example when I open Whatsapp, it takes a lot of time to do it. I have the Stock ROM (6.0.1, 13.1.2), and since I have seen that LineageOS is the new CyanogenMOD I don't know if I should change to it in order to have a better performance in my Oneplus. I would be great if you suggest me what to do, I mean, what ROM to install.
If you can, please put the guide that I have to follow to install it.
Thanks.

quico14 said:
Hi! I have a Oneplus One and it works quite well, but sometimes, for example when I open Whatsapp, it takes a lot of time to do it. I have the Stock ROM (6.0.1, 13.1.2), and since I have seen that LineageOS is the new CyanogenMOD I don't know if I should change to it in order to have a better performance in my Oneplus. I would be great if you suggest me what to do, I mean, what ROM to install.
If you can, please put the guide that I have to follow to install it.
Thanks.
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Yes flashing a custom rom will definitely help.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
This thread is a one-stop place for newbie.

Leagoo Elite 1 MTK6753 Cyanogen Mod port

Can anyone spare me a few minutes and explain how could i port Cyanogen onto my Leagoo?
I'we tried a few times but just can't wrap my head around all those files in the stock rom

don't know how to help you on the porting process but there's one aready on 4pda based on CM 12.1

THANKS
man i LOVE YOUUUU

Matt_85 said:
don't know how to help you on the porting process but there's one aready on 4pda based on CM 12.1
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Could you possibly give a link to this if you still know where it was? I can't find it no matter how hard I try to look through that forum.

dillanm83 said:
Could you possibly give a link to this if you still know where it was? I can't find it no matter how hard I try to look through that forum.
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Here you go
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=768471&st=0#entry52719326

How about letting us know how it all went?
And what is the appropriate process of installing it?

sirG said:
How about letting us know how it all went?
And what is the appropriate process of installing it?
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Everything works great except the 3G. Works ONLY in Facebook Messenger and Viber.
Installed it as any other ROM, with TWRP and a SD card or you can use SP Flash Tool. Same process as any other rom installation
Hope this help a little bit :fingers-crossed:
Here is a post how to install install TWRP
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/leagoo-elite-1-mtk-6753-root-twrp-t3458646

Thank you very much for the update.
Most helpful!

Galaxy tab4 sm t230 updated firmware

Hi guys
I'm looking to update the firmware on this old tablet as it's a bit out of date and a bit sluggish it's been a long time since I've rooted or flashed anything android. I own a Linux satellite receiver and have flashed firmware images bootloader etc so hoping this will help me. I'm basically looking for a guide from start to finish to bring this tablet a bit more up to date, hope somebody can point me in the right direction.
Thanks.
Gilly77

Check if these 2 ROMs are enough stable for you: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...11-cm-14-1-based-android-4-4-4-7-1-2.3648887/

Thanks matteo I think I'd like to try your build I've read quite a few of your post and you seem to know quite a lot about these tablets all I need to know now is what to download and how to flash it
Thanks
Gilly77

Gilly77 said:
Thanks matteo I think I'd like to try your build I've read quite a few of your post and you seem to know quite a lot about these tablets all I need to know now is what to download and how to flash it
Thanks
Gilly77
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What to download is in the thread (rom, gapps and twrp), and you can find instructions all over the internet. I've wrote something in my thread of lineage 16 and twrp on how to install them (lineage 16 has the same instructions as the other ROMs I've linked you) too. What I advice you is to understand well what you have to do before doing everything. Otherwise, it can happen that you'll come back and say: "device doesn't boot anymore, what to do now?"

Yes I'm trying to gather as much information as I can so as to avoid any problems when I actually try to do the flash process. I will read up some more.
Thanks again
Gilly77

matteo0026 said:
Check if these 2 ROMs are enough stable for you: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...11-cm-14-1-based-android-4-4-4-7-1-2.3648887/
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Hey Matteo- do you think this ROM is still the best option for those of us with a SM-T230 / DEGAS ? There isn't a proper LineageOS build is there? Appreciate the knowledge, thank you.

pchc_lx said:
Hey Matteo- do you think this ROM is still the best option for those of us with a SM-T230 / DEGAS ? There isn't a proper LineageOS build is there? Appreciate the knowledge, thank you.
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Yes. There's a LOS16 for T235, but not for T230.

matteo0026 said:
Yes. There's a LOS16 for T235, but not for T230.
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Hi, I will ask maybe stupid question, since knowledge is 0 in terms of android, but is there a possibility to upload some ROM with android 9.0 to T230? (I even do not know if I haven't made mistake in question )
Anyway I need 9.0 for app and already rooted device following step by step instruction.
Thx in advance

kazazel said:
Hi, I will ask maybe stupid question, since knowledge is 0 in terms of android, but is there a possibility to upload some ROM with android 9.0 to T230? (I even do not know if I haven't made mistake in question )
Anyway I need 9.0 for app and already rooted device following step by step instruction.
Thx in advance
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No, since there aren't any devs with enough interest/knowledge to make them.

Hi there. I have found an old SM-T230. I need to install some apps, which require at least Android 7. Will the above Custom ROMS work in that way, that i can install apps build for Android 7 or higher? I fear, i have to find some GApps but thats a other story... if someone can assist to find the right ROM and GApps, this would be nice...

Lifear said:
Hi there. I have found an old SM-T230. I need to install some apps, which require at least Android 7. Will the above Custom ROMS work in that way, that i can install apps build for Android 7 or higher? I fear, i have to find some GApps but thats a other story... if someone can assist to find the right ROM and GApps, this would be nice...
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