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Here and ONLY here will you guys discuss about this and any other soak test. Stay on topic at the first signs of derailing, flaming or anything else I will lock and hand out infractions.
Cheers
SOAK has begun. Lots of people receiving the update...no one from moto has responded to any questions/problems being posted...
dk-v1 said:
SOAK has begun. Lots of people receiving the update...no one from moto has responded to any questions/problems being posted...
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They pretty much said that's the way it was going to be at first.
Hello folks!
Could someone megaupload it? So I can test it?
Best Regards!
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/90004
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NOTE: You cannot downgrade back to Android 2.3(Gingerbread) software after this upgrade.
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I would tend to think that a reasonable % of soak testers will not even try it for the fact there is no known return..... That might be one of the main reasons there are no comments as of yet..... As for the other %'s might not really know how to identify a bug?????
O btw is DNLA back that would be the real only reason i would move from the leak.....
I keep getting, "your software is up to date"
Darn
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I keep getting, "your software is up to date"
Darn
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Same thing. I don't have sims in my atrix2s anymore though. I did get the soak test email for both phones. One is bone stock the other is not. Both say up to date. Oh well. Anyone that gets it try the oem unlock.
Nice, I can slap "Official" on my ROM posting now instead of Leak
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Also, If you get this update and actually upgrade can you try "fastboot oem unlock" to see if the bootloader is unlockable? Maybe we'll get lucky
RoadToNever said:
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/90004
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Thanks dude!
timmytim said:
Also, If you get this update and actually upgrade can you try "fastboot oem unlock" to see if the bootloader is unlockable? Maybe we'll get lucky
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Lol.. yea right
But I like your optimism..
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timmytim said:
Nice, I can slap "Official" on my ROM posting now instead of Leak
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Also, If you get this update and actually upgrade can you try "fastboot oem unlock" to see if the bootloader is unlockable? Maybe we'll get lucky
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I was going to say, your ROM is about as close to stock quality as I would expect. Nothing in my mind jumps out in terms of bugs right now. What's the point of official except for the devs to adjust and re-release.
Thanks for the link...I never knew that ICS had a native screenshot app. I wonder if they update the kernel or other pieces from the leaks
Dudes I recently upgraded my HTC one X and after the upgrade ATT changed the system user rights doing almost imposible to root the phone, I knoe a guy is working to get this issue fixed. But I am wondering if we aare going to expect the same behavior with this "upgrade". Could some one advice?
ticobiker said:
Dudes I recently upgraded my HTC one X and after the upgrade ATT changed the system user rights doing almost imposible to root the phone, I knoe a guy is working to get this issue fixed. But I am wondering if we aare going to expect the same behavior with this "upgrade". Could some one advice?
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If it's the same package as leak#2, then there should be no problem with root.
But, I don't believe any of the devs had a chance to check it out yet... so, if someone happened to download it and it's sitting in your /cache folder - I would suggest to copy it to your sdcard, then upload it and pm one of the devs or senior senior members.
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If it's the same package as leak#2, then there should be no problem with root.
But, I don't believe any of the devs had a chance to check it out yet... so, if someone happened to download it and it's sitting in your /cache folder - I would suggest to copy it to your sdcard, then upload it and pm one of the devs or senior senior members.
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I am still waiting for the email confirmation, could someone ftp it? Damn is too much boring to wait,,,
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Lol.. yea right
But I like your optimism..
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Haha, it would be nice though
If anyone has updated to it.feel free to create a backup and up it for me.or even the build prop.id like to see the build date and if its newer make use of the rom. Thanks.pm me link.
If anyone could.
- ryan
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Also, besides the actual soak package.. does someone who is on it want to do a system dump and share by pm or post? I'm sure you'll get some thanks for it..
NOTE: You need to be rooted and install busybox - see here for ICS root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779968
To do a system dump through adb:
Code:
adb shell
su
busybox tar czvf /sdcard/systemdump.tgz /system
exit
exit
adb pull /sdcard/systemdump.tgz C:\[your destination path]
EDIT - or, as rda just mentioned do a cwm backup... Lol
Looks like its the same as the last ota in the leak from the number. On still not getting any update
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i have ICS and i want to just reset the whole thing back to gingerbread, so that it will perform better, cuz ICS is really slow on mine. it is not rooted, and the model is GT-19020A. Thanks, if you can help
EDIT: also, how can i tell if my phone is GSM Unlocked?
desarter ggingsa
pleace said:
i have ICS and i want to just reset the whole thing back to gingerbread, so that it will perform better, cuz ICS is really slow on mine. it is not rooted, and the model is GT-19020A. Thanks, if you can help
EDIT: also, how can i tell if my phone is GSM Unlocked?
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As far as i know there is no way to actually go backwards on your OS.
You could search for the the 2.3.... for the nexus S but i doubt that youll be in any luck.
What i reccomend is to take it to the next step.
I have heard good things about it.
Not sure if the Trim does any difference to nexus S but i believe it might help.
Try the following ... was about to flash it yesterday to mine but the download link doesnt seem to work !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2402655
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pleace said:
EDIT: also, how can i tell if my phone is GSM Unlocked?
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From what i remember ... if there is an unlocked lock when boot up your phone, that means it is unlocked.
I thingx that it means that the phone is unlocked dont know if the SIM is as well.
Maybe someone else might shed more light into that
Of you really want gingerbread, find the oxygen ROM thread in the development section. It is a great ROM. Or try the new CyanogenMod nightly 4.3 ROM. There are a few bugs, but it is quite quick.
Edit: are you still on stock, unrooted?
Just do a Google search for nexus s stock images and you should be able to get them off Google developers or something. Just make sure you have adb installed. Fastboot unlock, flash factory 2.3 images and relock fastboot. Tell me if you need me to go in depth and I'll post a more in depth tutorial as o in bed right now
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BTW the unlocked padlock on the turn on screen means your boot loader is unlocked but your GSM may not be unlocked.
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Q&A for [ROM][Official][4.4.4] CyanogenMod 11.0 Nightlies for the Verizon Galaxy S3
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Google Hangouts Call Wrong Mic
I have the latest nightly of this rom, and recently tried to use data calling over google voice with google hangouts. It works fine, except it seems to be using the incorrect microphone (the top one). I'm not sure if this is an app issue, or a rom issue so I am reporting the problem both here, and to google hangouts.
I want to run the most stable version of cm. Any recommendation?
Anyone else having the stretched front facing camera issue in Snapchat again? Haven't tested the normal camera, and its too dark right now.
I remember it was worse of an issue several months ago and got fixed, but its back for me.
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Zacharybinx34 said:
I want to run the most stable version of cm. Any recommendation?
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Honestly theres no 100% stable version of CM.
But even the nightlies do a great job of getting pretty close. I'd honestly say just do a clean install of the latest nightly and go from there. If its not stable enough, go for one of the M releases
avoid M8 (or M9?), one of those had some pretty big issues.
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also having hangouts use top mic
I have the same problem as @jfarre20 and i can confirm its not an app problem. This issue has been around since i first used CM over a year now. Its also in skype and others. I hope it can be fixed soon
First things first, I want to say thanks to Invisiblek. I've been out of the root/rom loop for quite some time and have recently been getting back into it. However, I remember all of the great things that you did for the HTC Incredible. I still have that phone (I keep every phone that I've ever owned) and if I need it as a backup for any reason, it still works like a champ. I'm glad to see that you are still continuing to do great things in this community. Keep up the great work and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you and your work.
Now, for my issue. I was using Wicked Sensations and my phone was running fine. Now that Wicked Sensations isn't really being maintained anymore, I decided to move onto something else. I chose to try CyanogenMod as I remember it being the most reliable rom on the Incredible. I installed CM11 and have of course had issues with the things that everyone knows is broken, i.e. camera, etc. My biggest issue is that I have noticed that my battery life has taken a pretty big dip and my phone gets very hot at times, especially when playing games. I reinstalled Wicked Sensations and no longer had the overheating issue. I believe the battery drain may be related to the overheating. Is there anything that I can do to control this overheating issue?
I recently sold my s3 and the buyer claims to have issues with GPS. I shipped the phone running this ROM. Does this rom have any history of GPS issue?
Verizon 4.4.2 Rooted
So i realize this question has likely been answered however this thread is 400+ pages long. I am running 4.4.2 on my Verizon Samsung SG3. Locked bootloader and rooted. I am able to launch the Android Recovery KOT49H.I535VRUDNE1. I have been unsuccessful in flashing a custom recovery thus far. Will i be able to flash a custom rom using the recovery already on the phone or will i brick the device and be sent unbricking it with Odin again? I have simply had it with the performance of the stock rom and have found changing it on this phone to be challenging. In addition to all i have read on various forums about the difficulty or flat out inability to do anything with a SG3 once it has received the OTA 4.4.2 update.
joelfranke said:
So i realize this question has likely been answered however this thread is 400+ pages long. I am running 4.4.2 on my Verizon Samsung SG3. Locked bootloader and rooted. I am able to launch the Android Recovery KOT49H.I535VRUDNE1. I have been unsuccessful in flashing a custom recovery thus far. Will i be able to flash a custom rom using the recovery already on the phone or will i brick the device and be sent unbricking it with Odin again? I have simply had it with the performance of the stock rom and have found changing it on this phone to be challenging. In addition to all i have read on various forums about the difficulty or flat out inability to do anything with a SG3 once it has received the OTA 4.4.2 update.
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I believe the only way to use custom Roms is by using safestrap or you'll mess something up
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XdrummerXboy said:
I believe the only way to use custom Roms is by using safestrap or you'll mess something up
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Safestrap roms are not necessarily considered custom roms. They are all based off of touchwiz which to me at least isn't custom at all
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joelfranke said:
So i realize this question has likely been answered however this thread is 400+ pages long. I am running 4.4.2 on my Verizon Samsung SG3. Locked bootloader and rooted. I am able to launch the Android Recovery KOT49H.I535VRUDNE1. I have been unsuccessful in flashing a custom recovery thus far. Will i be able to flash a custom rom using the recovery already on the phone or will i brick the device and be sent unbricking it with Odin again? I have simply had it with the performance of the stock rom and have found changing it on this phone to be challenging. In addition to all i have read on various forums about the difficulty or flat out inability to do anything with a SG3 once it has received the OTA 4.4.2 update.
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You cannot run a custom recovery on the locked bootloader. I wouldn't even attempt to try it with a very good possibility of bricking the phone
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ShapesBlue said:
Safestrap roms are not necessarily considered custom roms. They are all based off of touchwiz which to me at least isn't custom at all
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You cannot run a custom recovery on the locked bootloader. I wouldn't even attempt to try it with a very good possibility of bricking the phone
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Ahh, thanks for the clarification, I've never looked much into safestrap since I've had an unlocked bootloader.
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XdrummerXboy said:
Ahh, thanks for the clarification, I've never looked much into safestrap since I've had an unlocked bootloader.
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Same here man, I know only what I've read and learned about myself
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thank you for your feedback
While I realize safe strap is a work around I will say this. The Rom I am running now is way smoother. I am glad that I used it and my phone seems to have new life. I am limited to the one Rom available but nonetheless it is stripped of bloat, cleaner and faster. I would recommend this option to anyone wanting to speed up their $3 with a locked boatloader. Thanks again for your input.
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While I realize safe strap is a work around I will say this. The Rom I am running now is way smoother. I am glad that I used it and my phone seems to have new life. I am limited to the one Rom available but nonetheless it is stripped of bloat, cleaner and faster. I would recommend this option to anyone wanting to speed up their $3 with a locked boatloader. Thanks again for your input.
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Also I should mention I installed it on the stock Rom partition. It was an added risk versus running it on its own partition but install was successful. It is a SUPERLITEROM! V3.0 1535VRUDNE1 DEODEXED. It is simply a variant of my stock but it does truly run faster, scroll smoother etc.
So the Internet is a-buzz with Stagefright news. I presume CM11 and 12 are both vulnerable to this exploit too. (Are they?) Is there a timeline on incorporating the AOSP fixes Google pushed out to secure out devices? Thank you
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So the Internet is a-buzz with Stagefright news. I presume CM11 and 12 are both vulnerable to this exploit too. (Are they?) Is there a timeline on incorporating the AOSP fixes Google pushed out to secure out devices? Thank you
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It applies to all devices running 2.2 or later as far as a fix I'd keep my eyes open. There may be a carrier fix but I wouldn't take any OTA ever! With root I'm damn near certain you can block apps from having certain permissions
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Is there ongoing development to root the J700T without porting from roms of other carriers?
Yes.
Twrp and debloated Roms possibly by this weekend.
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OriginalShinken1 said:
Yes.
Twrp and debloated Roms possibly by this weekend.
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Wow!!!!! Hope I'm not dreaming. So this means for sure that J700T owners will be able to root their phones officially? By this weekend??
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Yes.
Twrp and debloated Roms possibly by this weekend.
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You will be my hero if you can make this happen.
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What's the difference between the J700T and other variants? Does it mean a working recovery for the J700P?
yahanna said:
Wow!!!!! Hope I'm not dreaming. So this means for sure that J700T owners will be able to root their phones officially? By this weekend??
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Possibly...... it's being worked on.
No absolutes.
No promises.
Also remember XDA golden rule;
Do not ask for ETAs.
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What's the difference between the J700T and other variants? Does it mean a working recovery for the J700P?
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Both share same specs so maybe twrp will work but don't hold me to it.
But tmo ROM will not.
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If a stock (I mean bone stock) ROM can be created to work for all exynos variants, that would be cool.
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I just brought this phone on Saturday. I have not even installed sim card yet. If no recovery is posted or no Roms will be available I guess ill be returning it. Need a phone with removable battery. Guess will fix my slightly cracked screen on my S5. I don't know why phone have enclosed batteries the worst idea ever.
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I just brought this phone on Saturday. I have not even installed sim card yet. If no recovery is posted or no Roms will be available I guess ill be returning it. Need a phone with removable battery. Guess will fix my slightly cracked screen on my S5. I don't know why phone have enclosed batteries the worst idea ever.
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Give it time it takes time for these things to happen trust me on this it will be very soon
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OriginalShinken1 said:
Possibly...... it's being worked on.
No absolutes.
No promises.
Also remember XDA golden rule;
Do not ask for ETAs.
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I never heard of this "golden rule". But anyway the guy mentioned first that official root for J700T will likely be available this weekend. He said it not me.
Are the devs looking for people to test it out for them or are they keeping it in house until release?
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Are the devs looking for people to test it out for them or are they keeping it in house until release?
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Only staying "in house" due to crashed laptop (HD anyway).
Have backups and will be back working on it through weekend.
"Possibly" was the key word. But it is being worked on.
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That's cool I was just wondering if you guys needed people to beta test it for you. Something tells me you would have volunteers. Lol
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Give it time it takes time for these things to happen trust me on this it will be very soon
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I hear you my friend. But really need a phone now . Just purchased a 128gb micro sd. And only have a few days left to return it and get a certified note 4 .
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Only staying "in house" due to crashed laptop (HD anyway).
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Will that hamper your progress in working on the official root for the J7?
yahanna said:
Will that hamper your progress in working on the official root for the J7?
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No. Have 6+ laptops and various parts.
We can rebuild.
We have the technology.
Lol
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OriginalShinken1 said:
No. Have 6+ laptops and various parts.
We can rebuild.
We have the technology.
Lol
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Ok good good.. cant wait for official root and custom recovery.. hopefully today or tomorrow. And its abour time for a good phone like this. Its been my fave phone so far.
OriginalShinken1 said:
No. Have 6+ laptops and various parts.
We can rebuild.
We have the technology.
Lol
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If it helps I can get you a ssh account on my machine here at the house.
So... what happened to the root development? I thought it would've been done by the weekend. Any snags?
yahanna said:
So... what happened to the root development? I thought it would've been done by the weekend. Any snags?
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Weekend started with the HD issue on laptop. Replaced HD, restored data, and discovered some conflict between compiling twrp and my current setup. Haven't figured that one out because it's strange since my laptop is Linux and has SDK installed and been using for about 3 years. Every phone I have touched has a ROM (or few on there).
So, setup a different laptop with fresh install. Worked most of Saturday night and a good bit on Sunday on it. Even used a Windows (eww) PC to work on it. Roms will be relatively easy. The recovery is more important at this point.
I even unpacked existing twrp for other j7 variants to compare to what I got in order to discover what I'm missing.
Odin failed twice. Passed once but still couldn't boot recovery as 02:15 earlier.
I am working on it.
I am no master dev.
Just a determined geek.
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I need th3 full Tar For J700T1 can some one upload or post a link?
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Wondering about root doesn't seem we are getting much development on our u11 life
twinnfamous said:
Wondering about root doesn't seem we are getting much development on our u11 life
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Wondering the same thing or maybe it take time to get us root...it was easy to unlock bootloader for me no problem...but twrp is a no good on T-Mobile U Life[emoji22] as of right now for me anyway
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The lack of releases at this time is probably related to this phone being less than ten days old.
iamxaq said:
The lack of releases at this time is probably related to this phone being less than ten days old.
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Exactly haha. Not sure why people are jumping the gun on development for this phone already. My Moto g5 plus took longer than this from its initial release to get development going. And now that phone is very active in the community.
Anyway, point is, just give it some time like this guy said. The phone isn't exactly a flagship anyway. And the Android one version hasn't even been released here yet.
dpryor88 said:
Exactly haha. Not sure why people are jumping the gun on development for this phone already. My Moto g5 plus took longer than this from its initial release to get development going. And now that phone is very active in the community.
Anyway, point is, just give it some time like this guy said. The phone isn't exactly a flagship anyway. And the Android one version hasn't even been released here yet.
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thanks for the comments. how long have you been in the developer scene with HTC. Also nobody is jumping the gun. We aren't allowed to go to devs and ask for eta's so I just made this thread so they may see and hopefully give some love to this phone. All I need is root and a recovery I can do the rest.
Look on the bright side, pixel 2 been out for a month. And even we are slow on development. You'll get root and probably a few roms, it will take time though.
Also the fact that bootloader is unlockable when phone cost less than $400 is kinda big deal
twinnfamous said:
thanks for the comments. how long have you been in the developer scene with HTC. Also nobody is jumping the gun. We aren't allowed to go to devs and ask for eta's so I just made this thread so they may see and hopefully give some love to this phone. All I need is root and a recovery I can do the rest.
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I could ask you the same question. If you've been in it so long yourself, why don't you figure this problem out yourself? Hah.
dpryor88 said:
I could ask you the same question. If you've been in it so long yourself, why don't you figure this problem out yourself? Hah.
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Very well put. I only usually get the flagship HTC phones but this time I chose this since it was T-Mobile specific. And I waited to long to get u11 so using this till next HTC flagship comes. I look forward to seeing you around.
HTC phones from my experience don't take too long to get root. They average about a month or so. Keep in mind my last HTC was the EVO LTE.
You don't need a custom recovery for root.
You can use Magisk to patch a stock boot.img for your device (for example, one found here) and flash the patched image via fastboot. Then you're rooted, and you didn't even need TWRP.
I won't be purchasing this device, so unfortunately I can't build a TWRP for it (that and I'm retiring in 8 posts). If someone else wants to pursue building it, I'm willing to offer minimal assistance.
Captain_Throwback said:
You don't need a custom recovery for root.
You can use Magisk to patch a stock boot.img for your device (for example, one found here and flash the patched image via fastboot. Then you're rooted, and you didn't even need TWRP.
I won't be purchasing this device, so unfortunately I can't build a TWRP for it (that and I'm retiring in 8 posts). If someone else wants to pursue building it, I'm willing to offer minimal assistance.
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Thanks so much for the info. I'm on to something now. About building it what can I use as a pre-built kernel or will I have to wait for source to drop? Sorry for using your last posts to help us
twinnfamous said:
Thanks so much for the info. I'm on to something now. About building it what can I use as a pre-built kernel or will I have to wait for source to drop? Sorry for using your last posts to help us
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There's a thread on xda about building TWRP. I've never built TWRP before, but I know about using build environments and whatnot. Google "how to build TWRP" I believe haha, as simple as it sounds it should come up in the top few results.
Anyway, I think you and I should help each other out here like you said. I'm using an older imac since I sold my old PC. It only has 4gb ram, but I'm going to install Ubuntu tomorrow on the Mac as a partition, and then hopefully I can get a build environment going quickly and start work.
What are you doing so far? Are you able to build too? Or maybe we can both research and bounce ideas off each other while I try it out. Whatever you prefer. Just PM me I guess.
dpryor88 said:
There's a thread on xda about building TWRP. I've never built TWRP before, but I know about using build environments and whatnot. Google "how to build TWRP" I believe haha, as simple as it sounds it should come up in the top few results.
Anyway, I think you and I should help each other out here like you said. I'm using an older imac since I sold my old PC. It only has 4gb ram, but I'm going to install Ubuntu tomorrow on the Mac as a partition, and then hopefully I can get a build environment going quickly and start work.
What are you doing so far? Are you able to build too? Or maybe we can both research and bounce ideas off each other while I try it out. Whatever you prefer. Just PM me I guess.
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I can build I have a great machine and all ready downloaded the source. The only difference in building twrp for a new device is we have to make our own files from scratch. And it would be nice if we had an ruu to restore back from if things don't go well during testing. We can figure it out. Help is always good more people trying different things usually gets results faster.
twinnfamous said:
I can build I have a great machine and all ready downloaded the source. The only difference in building twrp for a new device is we have to make our own files from scratch. And it would be nice if we had an ruu to restore back from if things don't go well during testing. We can figure it out. Help is always good more people trying different things usually gets results faster.
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I read somewhere about an emulator sorta program for testing your TWRP build without messing up your device.
twinnfamous said:
I can build I have a great machine and all ready downloaded the source. The only difference in building twrp for a new device is we have to make our own files from scratch. And it would be nice if we had an ruu to restore back from if things don't go well during testing. We can figure it out. Help is always good more people trying different things usually gets results faster.
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Did you try that magisk rooting (without TWRP) method? I haven't tried it yet.
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Captain_Throwback said:
You don't need a custom recovery for root.
You can use Magisk to patch a stock boot.img for your device (for example, one found here) and flash the patched image via fastboot. Then you're rooted, and you didn't even need TWRP.
I won't be purchasing this device, so unfortunately I can't build a TWRP for it (that and I'm retiring in 8 posts). If someone else wants to pursue building it, I'm willing to offer minimal assistance.
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Happen to know where there may be stock boot.img files for the Life that are free? I don't want to pay for a membership on that site you linked..
dpryor88 said:
Did you try that magisk rooting (without TWRP) method? I haven't tried it yet.
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Happen to know where there may be stock boot.img files for the Life that are free? I don't want to pay for a membership on that site you linked..
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that's gonna be the hard part. Finding a boot.Img for T-Mobile version. There's no links to software anywhere that I've seen. We may be stuck waiting for an update just to get the files we need
twinnfamous said:
that's gonna be the hard part. Finding a boot.Img for T-Mobile version. There's no links to software anywhere that I've seen. We may be stuck waiting for an update just to get the files we need
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Yeah I think we're at a road block right now
dpryor88 said:
Yeah I think we're at a road block right now
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I'm not giving up I'm still gonna try whatever I can on my end.
Hopefully something good or I'll end up with a bricked device till ruu comes
I would love to eventually see a ROM that gives the T-Mobile variant a similar appeal as the Android One version. I bought the U11 Life as a backup to my Pixel 2 (and to benefit from T-Mobile's Carrier Freedom promo, as well) and I was very surprised as to how much I actually enjoyed using the phone!
Brought me back to the days when I had the One M7.
Just so everyone is aware...... Once you unlock your bootloader you can then go super CID, once you are super CID you can flash ANY GSM boot.img , so there is no roadblock on that end. The roadblock is no custom recovery, if we had a custom recovery then we are open to a world of wonders and amazement. So get to work......