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Will I still receive the android updates? Ive always been sketchy about rooting my phone because i want to keep the android system as up to date as possible. Will I still receive the android updates if I root my phone or will I have to manually do it somehow?
Much thanks
If you flash a custom rom then you won't recieve the official OTA updates from Google.
If you root the stock rom you will still receive ota updates. You can also manually flash updates(best method). Please do alot of reading about rooting before attempting anything. Had you done this you would have known the answer to your question. Learn how to use adobe and fastboot. Don't be lazy and use a one click root method as this will not teach you anything about your phone and you will not know how to fix a problem should one arise. Thanks for posting in the correct section!
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any recommendations for a guide to root my nexus?
wsiegfri said:
any recommendations for a guide to root my nexus?
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If you have a mac, my guide.
thats what i have. could you link me? also my phone is on 2.3.7
Rem3Dy said:
If you root the stock rom you will still receive ota updates. You can also manually flash updates(best method). Please do alot of reading about rooting before attempting anything. Had you done this you would have known the answer to your question. Learn how to use adobe and fastboot. Don't be lazy and use a one click root method as this will not teach you anything about your phone and you will not know how to fix a problem should one arise. Thanks for posting in the correct section!
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What in the world does he need to know anything about adobe for?
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Auto correction on his phone turned abd into adobe I would say. It is clear to me what was meant.
sooo how should i go about rooting it with 2.3.7 and being on a mac?
Found this sticky in the Nexus S General section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878446
double check if it supports your Nexus s version though.
Guides in Android Development section
do you think it will matter that I'm on mac 10.7?
wsiegfri said:
do you think it will matter that I'm on mac 10.7?
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You'll be just fine
Also, if your rooted and running a, custom ROM, you don't need OTA updates, as the ROM developers incorporate the updates into their ROMs, within a day or two usually. I don't even worry about updates from OEMS or Google anymore.
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One click is certainly looking like a bad idea as the ota does come through and then screws up your superuser. I've been arguing w my phone for a week trying to get past this and put cm7 on it.
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i get to the part where i have to mount my phone while in recovery mode and my phone won't mount to my computer. Some help with this would be greatly appreciated
I recently Rooted my At&t one x and installed the lasted Viper XL. i had an issue during the first flash of the ROM but fixed it by restoring back up and re flashing, however i did not select wipe flash this time to see if it would work, sure enough it worked so i started customizing and exploring what it has. Then i was trying to figure out the OTA feature and sure enough i did not have it. I found one solution which was to re flash the ROM but i do not want to lose all my setting and redo it all again. so the question is...is there a way to get the OTA update feature without re flashing or at least a way to re flash and keep all my settings apps and what not intact?
new to rooting android, feared it for a while after bricking my first HTC one X. Any help is greatly appreciated
r0773nluck said:
I recently Rooted my At&t one x and installed the lasted Viper XL. i had an issue during the first flash of the ROM but fixed it by restoring back up and re flashing, however i did not select wipe flash this time to see if it would work, sure enough it worked so i started customizing and exploring what it has. Then i was trying to figure out the OTA feature and sure enough i did not have it. I found one solution which was to re flash the ROM but i do not want to lose all my setting and redo it all again. so the question is...is there a way to get the OTA update feature without re flashing or at least a way to re flash and keep all my settings apps and what not intact?
new to rooting android, feared it for a while after bricking my first HTC one X. Any help is greatly appreciated
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I think I know the confusion
When you get an OTA update from Viper, it is obtained by going to System > About > Software updates, exactly the way you would normally on a carrier rom.
If you have downloaded the latest Viper, which will be 3.1.0 , there will be no OTA updates, as that is the latest version
Hope that helps you out.
I'm confused why it's so hard to post a question in the correct section?
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CheesyNutz said:
I'm confused why it's so hard to post a question in the correct section?
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that hadn't even registered when I answered it. :what:
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CheesyNutz said:
I'm confused why it's so hard to post a question in the correct section?
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Because he only has 1 post, and is not yet able to post in the development forum.
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Because he only has 1 post, and is not yet able to post in the development forum.
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But you can post in the q&a with only 1 post
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ethantarheels123 said:
But you can post in the q&a with only 1 post
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It is in Q&A
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EoinCuinn said:
I think I know the confusion
When you get an OTA update from Viper, it is obtained by going to System > About > Software updates, exactly the way you would normally on a carrier rom.
If you have downloaded the latest Viper, which will be 3.1.0 , there will be no OTA updates, as that is the latest version
Hope that helps you out.
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Sorry for wrong forum didn't see roms as part of q and a.
So regarding this answer...the ota update feature will only appear when there's an update? I find this strange because there is no way to for viper to check tosee if you have the most current version. But if you could confirm this that would be appreciated
r0773nluck said:
Sorry for wrong forum didn't see roms as part of q and a.
So regarding this answer...the ota update feature will only appear when there's an update? I find this strange because there is no way to for viper to check tosee if you have the most current version. But if you could confirm this that would be appreciated
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Lots of people put questions in the general forum, and its get a bit annoying. Also, you run a much greater chance of it being answered if you put in the in the Q&A section, and we don't end up annoying the moderators who then move it for you (which it looks like someone has)
Basically, if you sentence ends with a ? it belongs in Q&A, regardless of what you are asking about, ROM or phone or anything else.
The Viper rom is coded to check the Venom Hub periodically for updates, and will end up telling you there is an update available, similar to if a carrier rom had put an update up. I can confirm this is very much the case, as I have had my phone when it was on the 2.xx version, and my phone told me I had an update available, which, when I checked, told me it was a Viper update, not a carrier update.
That being said, I actually have that option unticked, as I keep quite a close eye on the Viper rom thread and know when there's an update before the phone does!! I have no idea how often the phone checks for updates btw.
r0773nluck said:
I found one solution which was to re flash the ROM but i do not want to lose all my setting and redo it all again. so the question is...is there a way to get the OTA update feature without re flashing or at least a way to re flash and keep all my settings apps and what not intact?
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For minor updates to most any custom ROM, you can just flash without wiping data (factory reset). But always wipe Dalvik and cache. This is called a "dirty flash" by some.
With ViperXL OTA updates in particular, you should just be fine dirty flashing.
If an update to a custom ROM requires a factory reset, the dev will usually say so.
Due to mine having issues with flashing in TWRP I encourage you all to grab @scrosler update from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2771012
Nice work sir.
Thanks for this.
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PSA: somewhere along the line I was smart enough to derp up the root part. I tested via adb shell and it worked so I must have missed something when integrating it.
I'll fix the whole thing soon. in the mean time just flash SuperSU after you flash the ROM: http://download.chainfire.eu/446/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r3.zip
Installing now..thank you!
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Bootloop... Even after flashing SuperSU, clean install
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Nice. Flash this on both mine & my wife's N7's
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Anyone flashed this in twrp?
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matt4321 said:
I'm sure we are all aware that 4.4.3 hit only a few hours ago!
I've been spending the past hour or so getting into an update zip and rooted and well, here it is!
IMPORTANT:
TWRP my recovery of choice did not work when flashing this, I cannot work out why (I think it's a TWRP issue with the new Android)
However I swapped over to Philz recovery and it flashes flawlessly. Please report if this works with CWM or other recoveries.
This odexed! de-odexed is coming
Download: http://d-h.st/c6J
I may have derped root it worked for me but when testing another flash it failed, if you have problems flash this: http://download.chainfire.eu/446/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r3.zip
Enjoy
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FYI: TWRP has nothing to do with what issue you may be having in regards to flashing. I have no problem with my stock rooted ROMS. Will flash on TWRP just fine. If you have an issue post the error and I can help you troubleshoot it. More than likely its bad binaries or something. Some recoveries are certainly more picky than others.
Also, you should post the device type so people dont try to flash this on the wrong version of Nexus 7 2013. There are a couple models.
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FYI: TWRP has nothing to do with what issue you may be having in regards to flashing. I have no problem with my stock rooted ROMS. Will flash on TWRP just fine. If you have an issue post the error and I can help you troubleshoot it. More than likely its bad binaries or something. Some recoveries are certainly more picky than others.
Also, you should post the device type so people dont try to flash this on the wrong version of Nexus 7 2013. There are a couple models.
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hey bro
weird, when I flash in TWRP it leads to a recovery reboot, never had the issue before when making any mod/rom
I've clarified it's for FLO
If you wanna upload yours that are working in TWRP I can add them to the OP or close this thread and encourage users to move over
EDIT: just noticed your thread, I'll close this, thanks for your offer to help anyway
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hey bro
weird, when I flash in TWRP it leads to a recovery reboot, never had the issue before when making any mod/rom
I've clarified it's for FLO
If you wanna upload yours that are working in TWRP I can add them to the OP or close this thread and encourage users to move over
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I will download yours and take a look. I have some free time. I bet its binary related or some oddity in the script.
No need to add mine to the OP. I uploaded and started a thread of my own. Sorry, hope I didint offend But when I saw that yours had issues I figured I would just upload what I had. I also have no issues with root.
You can certainly link to my thread in your OP if you want. Dont feel like you have to close your thread. Its up to you.
Hi,
I want to try the GPS fix solution by flashing the Android 4.4.1 radio on my Nexus 5.
GPS issue: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72311
But after searching the internet, I could not find it.
It is not even listed in the official Nexus 5 download image.
Anyone has it?
Please if you can share.
Thank you.
I probably do if you know it's code number i.e KRT??
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The flashable radio thread is full of them. You van get to it via my signature
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It is KOT49E.
Ben36 said:
I probably do if you know it's code number i.e KRT??
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rootSU said:
The flashable radio thread is full of them. You van get to it via my signature
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I only found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...t/modem-nexus-5-flashable-modems-efs-t2514095
On your RESOURCES link.
But, I don't know how to flash it. When I extracted the linked "modem" (is this the radio?), I got 2 files.
I am expecting to have a single .img radio image.
If you are interested in the GPS issue that I mentioned here is the link:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72311
Basically, the GPS was working fine, perfect prior to 4.4.3 / 4.4.4 update.
A lot of people (if not all) fixed the issue by flashing the radio from 4.4.1.
gogol said:
I only found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...t/modem-nexus-5-flashable-modems-efs-t2514095
On your RESOURCES link.
But, I don't know how to flash it. When I extracted the linked "modem" (is this the radio?), I got 2 files.
I am expecting to have a single .img radio image.
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They're flashable zips from recovery. Either flash the zip via custom recovery or the extract the image
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Thanks! Flashed using Wugfresh
Going to test now ...
gogol said:
Thanks! Flashed using Wugfresh
Going to test now ...
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Ugh. Please don't use toolkits
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U got it now?
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rootSU said:
Ugh. Please don't use toolkits
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Ugh ... why? So far so good.
If not, it's quite hassle to install Android SDK when I only to use "fastboot".
Ben36 said:
U got it now?
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Yes.
Tested and definitely the GPS is now MUCH BETTER!!
I was panicked at first because after flashed, the power button didn't work.
Rebooted, still didn't work. I cannot put the phone to sleep using the power button.
But, after awhile it fixed itself.
gogol said:
Ugh ... why?
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Lot of reasons, but :
You can't see what they're doing
Causes lot sof support threads from people thinking they bricked
You don't learn the essential methods and tools needed to get you out of trouble
Promotes a lack of knowledge and takes a toll on this forum
There is a "rant" about it linked in the same thread of my signature if you want to see what 99% of those of us posting here, regularly helping think.
gogol said:
So far so good.
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The past is not indicative of the future
gogol said:
If not, it's quite hassle to install Android SDK when I only to use "fastboot".
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You don't need the SDK to use fastboot. Fastboot is very easy to use. You can simply install fastboot using the 15 second installer. Please have a read of my "adb and fastboot. What is it?" thread.
I know you only went in my thread to find the radios, but do have a look at the other info a guide threads there. Your world will open up.
Wow ... indeed ... that's easy installation.
I have done the trouble in the past with installing the whole SDK, then maintaining it.
It was too much hassle.
Not anymore with the info from your signature.
Thanks! big thanks!
rootSU said:
Lot of reasons, but :
You can't see what they're doing
Causes lot sof support threads from people thinking they bricked
You don't learn the essential methods and tools needed to get you out of trouble
Promotes a lack of knowledge and takes a toll on this forum
There is a "rant" about it linked in the same thread of my signature if you want to see what 99% of those of us posting here, regularly helping think.
The past is not indicative of the future
You don't need the SDK to use fastboot. Fastboot is very easy to use. You can simply install fastboot using the 15 second installer. Please have a read of my "adb and fastboot. What is it?" thread.
I know you only went in my thread to find the radios, but do have a look at the other info a guide threads there. Your world will open up.
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gogol said:
Wow ... indeed ... that's easy installation.
I have done the trouble in the past with installing the whole SDK, then maintaining it.
It was too much hassle.
Not anymore with the info from your signature.
Thanks! big thanks!
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No problem. Any time.
We definitely like to help people who are willing to learn, so respect to you for that!
It's much easier to help someone in trouble who is configured ahead of time and understand than it is to help someone in trouble who doesn't understand basic commands - this is why we (almost everyone) recommend fastboot (and adb in some cases) over toolkits.
Any adb or fastboot questions, please feel free to ask them in that thread.
gogol said:
Yes.
Tested and definitely the GPS is now MUCH BETTER!!
I was panicked at first because after flashed, the power button didn't work.
Rebooted, still didn't work. I cannot put the phone to sleep using the power button.
But, after awhile it fixed itself.
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Good good! And yea, you'll find sometimes the power button does that straight after boot up. I think it's just not finished completely booting yet
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Nvm already answered derp.
Here are two stock custom rooted roms by Vietnamese team. Just sharing the links.
REMEMBER back up your recent rom first by twrp
I use google chrome to translate the page to English
Tizen V.6.0 H90120L
http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/tỔng-hỢp-tizen-rom-cook-mm-6-0-h901-updated-v6-0-h90120l.61474/
RadeonMaya V.4.0 H960A20M
http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/rom-radeonmaya-t-mobile-h901-v4-0-update-19-11-2016.58894/
Is this ROM from a trustworthy source?
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iphone5sf said:
Here is one stock custom rooted rom H90120L by Vietnamese Tizen team.
Back up your recent rom first by twrp
I use google chrome to translate the page to English
I have installed it and it runs perfect and smoothly.
http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/ton...6-0-t-mobile-h901-updated-v3-0-nen-20l.61474/
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How is it going? I actually like the G5 port. Please confirm everything is going well cos I would love to use it. Please tell me how you see the ROM.
My only fear is that I noticed that if one is to revert to stock there are other files to be flashed. Being the language is in Vietnamese if a mistake is made, then hardbrick will ensue.
Thanks
zayidhs said:
How is it going? I actually like the G5 port. Please confirm everything is going well cos I would love to use it. Please tell me how you see the ROM.
My only fear is that I noticed that if one is to revert to stock there are other files to be flashed. Being the language is in Vietnamese if a mistake is made, then hardbrick will ensue.
Thanks
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You can use Google Chrome to open the page and use translate the page to English, the rom installation is English. I have installed and run good and smoothly. You need to back up rom and then full wipe, and install rom. There is instruction on V3.0 section. I just use as normal use so I am not sure how is perfect or not. Any other user has idea?
iphone5sf said:
You can use Google Chrome to open the page and use translate the page to English, the rom installation is English. I have installed and run good and smoothly. You need to back up rom and then full wipe, and install rom. There is instruction on V3.0 section. I just use as normal use so I am not sure how is perfect or not. Any other user has idea?
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I've downloaded the ROM, will flash later when I get back from work. Will let you know how it goes....
This rom is super cool. Im running a different one that's in the same section, it seems to have the UI more accurate like the V20. The devs there seem to be hella active. Ive seen updates every few days for both roms. Runs smooth and battery life is much better than stock in my opinion, cant tell if its a placebo though so Id recommend you test yourself.
iphone5sf said:
Here is one stock custom rooted rom H90120L by Vietnamese Tizen team.
Back up your recent rom first by twrp
I use google chrome to translate the page to English
I have installed it and it runs perfect and smoothly.
http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/ton...6-0-t-mobile-h901-updated-v3-0-nen-20l.61474/
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Q: Can you roll back to 20J after trying 20L, or will it brick?
martinsavvy said:
This rom is super cool. Im running a different one that's in the same section, it seems to have the UI more accurate like the V20. The devs there seem to be hella active. Ive seen updates every few days for both roms. Runs smooth and battery life is much better than stock in my opinion, cant tell if its a placebo though so Id recommend you test yourself.
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There does seem to be a lot going on there! But there's only one 20l ROM thus far, right?
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I dirty flashed the 20l ROM over stock rooted 20l, it booted up fine and seems fine so far.
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HelloG3_MotoNoMore said:
Q: Can you roll back to 20J after trying 20L, or will it brick?
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I saw a post in the Dev section that stated both 20J & 20L are both set to Anti-Rollback version 2. As long as you stay within the same anti-rollback version then you should be able to move back and forth between 20J & 20L. I believe 20E is Anti-Rollback version 1.
I am about to move back to 20J and will let you know how it goes.
EDIT: I was able to go back to 20J with no problem
Do we need to modify any of the APN's or build.prop for use on Verizon in US? My phone says 4G but keeps dropping to 3G and then sometimes it says H...
martinsavvy said:
This rom is super cool. Im running a different one that's in the same section, it seems to have the UI more accurate like the V20. The devs there seem to be hella active. Ive seen updates every few days for both roms. Runs smooth and battery life is much better than stock in my opinion, cant tell if its a placebo though so Id recommend you test yourself.
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Yeah, they are active but it is expected since they have a lot of sales in the Asian market. Can you please get me the link to the V20-like ROM?
Ty
Can someone say whether this ROM has init.d support? You can tell because there will be a folder called init.d at /system/etc/init.d. It may or may not be empty. If there is something in there then it's a pretty good indication. I usually drop a file in there that will run on boot and produce a log file in /data. If that log file doesn't appear, then no init.d support is present.
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Can someone say whether this ROM has init.d support? You can tell because there will be a folder called init.d at /system/etc/init.d. It may or may not be empty. If there is something in there then it's a pretty good indication. I usually drop a file in there that will run on boot and produce a log file in /data. If that log file doesn't appear, then no init.d support is present.
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Can't find it using root browser, though it maybe me. Let's wait for another person to confirm.
I'll go ahead and assume the answer is no unless someone confirms otherwise. If I knew how to mod kernels, ramdisks, etc then I would add it myself. There is a universal init.d app that can add artificial support for this in the meantime, so not a huge deal. But kernel/ROM support for it is superior.
zayidhs said:
Yeah, they are active but it is expected since they have a lot of sales in the Asian market. Can you please get me the link to the V20-like ROM?
Ty
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I believe this is the ROM you are looking for: RadeonMaya
I've had it installed for about 2 hours now and all is well.
V. 4.0 Back up first. My idea for easier update, wipe Dalvik / System / Cache and then install the 4.0
For Clean install, wipe Dalvik / System / Data / Cache then install
Sippi4x4man said:
I believe this is the ROM you are looking for: RadeonMaya
I've had it installed for about 2 hours now and all is well.
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How did you extract this? The apps I used on the phone say a password is required. And it's a TWRP backup to be restored?
Edit: got it from the thread there! Duh
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YrrchSebor said:
How did you extract this? The apps I used on the phone say a password is required. And it's a TWRP backup to be restored?
Edit: got it from the thread there! Duh
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Glad you got it worked out, it took me a minute to figure out the password also lol. So far I've noticed my data speeds are slow and I only see 4G and not 4G LTE at the top so far....
Sippi4x4man said:
Glad you got it worked out, it took me a minute to figure out the password also lol. So far I've noticed my data speeds are slow and I only see 4G and not 4G LTE at the top so far....
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Ah ok lol haha, cool. All my andoid apps on the phone are failing to extract it, even with the password.
But as for the LTE, I think you may need to edit the build.prop if it isn't set up to be a Tmobile device. Or someone posted a tmo build.prop file in the thread about getting the 20l OTA, I believe
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YrrchSebor said:
Ah ok lol haha, cool. All my andoid apps on the phone are failing to extract it, even with the password.
But as for the LTE, I think you may need to edit the build.prop if it isn't set up to be a Tmobile device. Or someone posted a tmo build.prop file in the thread about getting the 20l OTA, I believe
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If you replace the build.prop in this rom with a stock one it will get stuck at LG and won't boot any further...at least in my experience. I'm sure it's something easy but who knows