hi Experts,
i tried to find the answer from the forum, took me hours but no answer.That is why I am posting this thread.I want to root my HTC G1.But I don't want to use custom roms.On iphone when I jailbreaked my phone i did not go for another rom ,i used the same that came with it.My question is if I root my android device ,do I really need to install a new rom or I can use the same that came with it but will gain some power of having root.
sincerely,
ml
You don't need to but why not use a rom that has more features than stock.
Thanks for reply.I want to but afraid of make the device too slow.i can still remember when I upgraded ios 3.0.2 to ios4 on my iphone ,it was quiet annoying to use.I just want to root to move my apps to the sd card.
Installing a custom rom, normally, doesn't make your phone goes slow... but it gives it a HUGE boost and add features!!! And Android is not Ios 4...
yukinok25 said:
Installing a custom rom, normally, doesn't make your phone goes slow... but it gives it a HUGE boost and add features!!! And Android is not Ios 4...
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Thanks now I think there is no way to turn back.Can you or any one please tell me which rom I will go for.Cause My Htc G1 is not T-Mobile version ,it is from Rogers.i know there are a lot of thread about it ,I just need to focus on that rom which is the most stable and will work all functionality of the phone.
Hi everyone, I'm new here, i did register a while ago but i do not sign in that often, i thought of getting an iPhone 4 but i never liked being constricted to an OS. I liked the Nexus S as it is way better than the iPhone for me.
Anyways i just got a brand new Nexus S but it didn't launch here, I'm living in Dubai and i need to root the Nexus S , well not really but if i didn't ill miss out the:
1.Arabic keyboard and Reading Arabic in websites,
2.I will miss out the market enabler, because here we r limited to the free apps only
*Plus I'm not sure if MMS will work because now its NOT working even with the "ETISALAT" APN settings provided, but the 3G did work.
So my questions are:
1. Do i need to Root ? if YES -which is the best way, and -do i need to backup and -how do i backup ?
2. If i did root will i lose my OTA updates that are coming from Google, if NOT then will they unroot my device if i installed them ?
3. Does anybody know how to enable Arabic and install the best or original Arabic looking keyboard for Nexus S ?
I am using in Hong Kong.... But my carrier can't use... so i need to root and use other rom for use the 2G network ... please for help ...
P.S. one more question... Is D2G can use D2 rom now !? !? how ? just install 2 things is ok !?
Z4Root is the answer
or SuperOneClick
tungtung1220 said:
I am using in Hong Kong.... But my carrier can't use... so i need to root and use other rom for use the 2G network ... please for help ...
P.S. one more question... Is D2G can use D2 rom now !? !? how ? just install 2 things is ok !?
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No. Only use D2G Roms on a D2G. There is a tool (git-r-done rommer tool) that claims to make D2 Roms work on D2G, but there is an element of risk. The only rom for D2G I know of is fission. Everything else I would consider unstable.
I liked the vanilla UI on fission, but for me the performance was lacking.
D2G blur-stock & rooted
ElectroGeek said:
No. Only use D2G Roms on a D2G. There is a tool (git-r-done rommer tool) that claims to make D2 Roms work on D2G, but there is an element of risk. The only rom for D2G I know of is fission. Everything else I would consider unstable.
I liked the vanilla UI on fission, but for me the performance was lacking.
D2G blur-stock & rooted
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On droid forums there are a few more roms for the d2g, notably fenom by fenuxx and angel rom by 13th angel, I personally use fenom because its stock debloated and with a few speed hacks to make it run faster, runs amazingly on my phone, and it can also use fission themes.
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questions about rooting - how to, and what will it help with
Hi all:
Have had a D2G for about 6 months. Want to root it. Have tried z4mod multiple times and it doesn't work.
1. Can anyone help me either get it to work or recommend another method?
2. once it is rooted, how can I use the new root access privileges to optimize my phone's performance - my biggest problem is that it has become very slow. I have tried to not clutter it with useless apps and try to run things from the phone itself as opposed to SD storage, but it is still slow.
Thank you!
jglaser said:
Hi all:
Have had a D2G for about 6 months. Want to root it. Have tried z4mod multiple times and it doesn't work.
1. Can anyone help me either get it to work or recommend another method?
2. once it is rooted, how can I use the new root access privileges to optimize my phone's performance - my biggest problem is that it has become very slow. I have tried to not clutter it with useless apps and try to run things from the phone itself as opposed to SD storage, but it is still slow.
Thank you!
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There have been many many changes since the last post.
Use the d3 root method.
Follow this link for more info/links/download info...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20417088
Droid2 Global CM4D2G-GB-20111217 ***CM7 RevNumbers Kang***
I second using Pete's Motorola Tools method to root. Follow the previous link to find the info.
jglaser said:
Hi all:
Have had a D2G for about 6 months. Want to root it. Have tried z4mod multiple times and it doesn't work.
1. Can anyone help me either get it to work or recommend another method?
2. once it is rooted, how can I use the new root access privileges to optimize my phone's performance - my biggest problem is that it has become very slow. I have tried to not clutter it with useless apps and try to run things from the phone itself as opposed to SD storage, but it is still slow.
Thank you!
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I don't know what kind of slow did you get, but I assume you're on Stock rom, right ? maybe you can try using a custom rom such as CM, Miui, Liberty or Apex
(scuze my pretty badass little english)
Hey guys need some help over here
I found in china a wonderfull replica of an iPhone 4s, on Android
I flashed a lot of phones on Android (htc magic, htc one X, S3, xperia x10 ....) but I really dont know how to remove the iOs style, I dont want it at all, I need some help, anyone know if there is a stock rom or anything for this kind of stuff? I can't just install another launcher I have to remove all of this s*it,
Some pictures of the beast:
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2013/09/1361956549-imag0015.jpg
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2013/09/1361956543-imag0016.jpg
I just don't know how it work, there is special roms? how to boot on hboot recovery or something similar? Do the people how make iPhdroid are on meths?
Thank you :good:
I found the device:
http://androidfragmentation.com/dat...c;jsessionid=92316599AF86CD49B767B5EA0AD473F9
Have some trouble to install Google play an error with com.android.vending, I think I have to put it with Titanium Backup but can't do anything, even root the phone because of the USB which is not detected :/ ...
King of fake.
I've tried some china phone at some store. But It's seem very bad!
Is there any possible way to install touchwiz launcher on Moto E2 without root or installing custom rom.
Any working flashable zip is available ?
Also provide instructions for installation of the same.
deanthomas said:
Is there any possible way to install touchwiz launcher on Moto E2 without root or installing custom rom.
Any working flashable zip is available ?
Also provide instructions for installation of the same.
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Just search the playstore for a launcher
Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk
deanthomas said:
Is there any possible way to install touchwiz launcher on Moto E2 without root or installing custom rom.
Any working flashable zip is available ?
Also provide instructions for installation of the same.
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Be specific whether you want it with root or without root???
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Be specific whether you want it with root or without root???
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It would be best if it is without root. But if its there with root it will also work.
I tried S Launcher and some launchers from the play store but it does not give me tge same samsung interface.
Also provide method to install as well as uninstall the same.
Thanks in advance.
deanthomas said:
It would be best if it is without root. But if its there with root it will also work.
I tried S Launcher and some launchers from the play store but it does not give me tge same samsung interface.
Also provide method to install as well as uninstall the same.
Thanks in advance.
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If your going for root and have a custom ROM installed them you can just download a theme from play store that will help you
But if you wanna so it on stock then there's no other option to do it without launcher
Also I would prefer root because theme will give you a better interface everywhere not only in app drawer but also in settings,notification drawer etc !!
Silent Visitor said:
If your going for root and have a custom ROM installed them you can just download a theme from play store that will help you
But if you wanna so it on stock then there's no other option to do it without launcher
Also I would prefer root because theme will give you a better interface everywhere not only in app drawer but also in settings,notification drawer etc !!
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Ok no problem. Provide me the instructions for installation with root.
Can it be done just by rooting the device without installing a custom rom. It would be delightful if that is possible.
Just like we flash a zip file for some apps to be installed.
deanthomas said:
Ok no problem. Provide me the instructions for installation with root.
Can it be done just by rooting the device without installing a custom rom. It would be delightful if that is possible.
Just like we flash a zip file for some apps to be installed.
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To root your device you can refer to another thread on XDA
Custom ROM is necessary for theme effect !!
Silent Visitor said:
To root your device you can refer to another thread on XDA
Custom ROM is necessary for theme effect !!
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Ok can u provide me the link to custom rom which would give me the best performance on my phone along with installation instructions as well as uninstallation of the same.
And the method to switch back to the stock rom.
deanthomas said:
Ok can u provide me the link to custom rom which would give me the best performance on my phone along with installation instructions as well as uninstallation of the same.
And the method to switch back to the stock rom.
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I don't really understand what you mean by that. Firstly be sure whether you wanna root you device or not . It's a risky job indeed to root the device . make sure you refer to the thread properly and have all the requirements. If you don't want all this stuff to be done then enjoy the launcher effects.
deanthomas said:
Is there any possible way to install touchwiz launcher on Moto E2 without root or installing custom rom.
Any working flashable zip is available ?
Also provide instructions for installation of the same.
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Here you go..this is an almost the same replica of what you want..you might get transparent nav bar and status bar...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2605369&d=1393581600
Silent Visitor said:
I don't really understand what you mean by that. Firstly be sure whether you wanna root you device or not . It's a risky job indeed to root the device . make sure you refer to the thread properly and have all the requirements. If you don't want all this stuff to be done then enjoy the launcher effects.
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1. I want to root the device (Only if it is required).
2. I want to install the custom rom (Only if it is required).
3. I want the complete galaxy transformation pack (My phone should look completely like samsung).
4. I want the instructions to install all this.
5. I also want instructions to uninstall all this in case if I want to bring back the stock default system.
PseudoDev said:
Here you go..this is an almost the same replica of what you want..you might get transparent nav bar and status bar...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2605369&d=1393581600
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Thank you for your reply. This is similar to what I want.
I want to use whole samsung interface on my moto E2
(Samsung default messaging app, phone dialer etc etc , everything samsung)
The launcher which you have given works good and also provides the look which I want but I also want all the apps from samsung devices.
deanthomas said:
Thank you for your reply. This is similar to what I want.
I want to use whole samsung interface on my moto E2
(Samsung default messaging app, phone dialer etc etc , everything samsung)
The launcher which you have given works good and also provides the look which I want but I also want all the apps from samsung devices.
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I've tried this as on my moto e but not with a Samsung interface, i tried this with the HTC sense 7 interface, by Xpirit here on XDA, but this made my moto e slow and laggy.
I also tried a windows phone interface with windows apps, I didn't like it.
Samsung's touchwiz is renowned for being laggy and slow on Samsung devices, why you want need this on a moto E is beyond me, but that's your choice!
What a full touchwiz port would run like on a moto e 2015 I can't say, because I don't know!
Just a small word of caution.........
I find that unless you flash a "themed" custom ROM, you won't get the "full" other manufacturer effect you desire, some element will still be stock android or "basic"
I haven't found any good themed custom ROMs for the moto e 2015, I'm not saying there isn't any, I just haven't found them.
But what I have found is placing different launchers, themes, overlays and xposed mods slow my moto e down to a crawl, performance is drastically affected.
Please consider this before you go ahead (you don't have to take my advise, any modification you choose to make is up to you)
Good luck
deanthomas said:
Thank you for your reply. This is similar to what I want.
I want to use whole samsung interface on my moto E2
(Samsung default messaging app, phone dialer etc etc , everything samsung)
The launcher which you have given works good and also provides the look which I want but I also want all the apps from samsung devices.
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I have an idea but not sure about its success. You could go to any Samsung galaxy 4, 5 or 6 XDA and download its Deodexed Stock ROM
After doing that, try extracting the system.img and from the system image, you will get an app folder which will have the system apps. Choose what you like and copy those to your phone. As I said, I'm not sure whether this works.:laugh::laugh:
P.S : And yeah, just like @ivan39 said, y do you need a touchwiz background!! I mean, I owned a Samsung. It was a nightmare. I didn't even keep it for 6 months. Exchanged it for a moto e2. Just y?
PseudoDev said:
I have an idea but not sure about its success. You could go to any Samsung galaxy 4, 5 or 6 XDA and download its Deodexed Stock ROM
After doing that, try extracting the system.img and from the system image, you will get an app folder which will have the system apps. Choose what you like and copy those to your phone. As I said, I'm not sure whether this works.:laugh::laugh:
P.S : And yeah, just like @ivan39 said, y do you need a touchwiz background!! I mean, I owned a Samsung. It was a nightmare. I didn't even keep it for 6 months. Exchanged it for a moto e2. Just y?
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I had several Samsung's, last one I had was an s9000i or s1 someone gave to me, it was the easiest to root/flash ROMs/make mods for, but it was the slowest and had the most pathetic performance of any any smartphone I've owned.
I'll personally never have another Samsung, I now only buy phones that are stock or pure android, I find them much better without all that bloat!
I did notice a lot of those horrible cheap Chinese handsets available have a touch wiz like interface, maybe you could find a port of that?
Edit
A discussion/disagreement at work today regarding theming ect......
Someone happened to notice my own moto e homescreen looks like the nexus 5x.
I only use the "beach drone" nexus 5x wallpaper, and I use Nova launcher with its standard marshmallow icons, but that's where the similarities with the Nexus ends.
I use the CLock weather/clock widget with google now weather icons that the nexus doesn't, and I also use a different google search widget on my home screen to the nexus.
The gentleman who took me to task over "copying" the nexus home screen could not grasp the fact android is so customisable, and as he had his own moto e 2015 with the standard launcher, the yellow disk wallpaper, he didn't see the point to change it.
His argument was I have a ford focus C max as my car, but its not badged as a Bugatti or a Porsche.....
So if a Motorola looks like something else, it is something else and I'm messing around with stuff I "know nothing about"
I explained about theming/launchers/XDA/mycolourscreen/themer and icon packs but I'm afraid it fell on deaf ears and this man was quite upset I had changed my handset so Much from standard.
Point I want to make is we all make our devices what we want, that's the beauty of android.
If you want a Samsung theme, good. If I want to try out HTC sence 7 (that I love but its laggy on my moto e) then that's great.
Its all about individuality and we mustn't let others tell us different!
If you want samsung why not just buy it?