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Hi I just got my first "Gnex" (GT-i9250) although This is an Oldish phone, I got this as a replacement to one of my Xperia Play's I have (Cracked screen, fried battery from being in Afghan') :crying:
I had my Xperia Play overclocked to 1.9-2.0GHz for gaming and 1.4GHz whilst working (Idle'd at 233MHz)
Anyhow; The phone is going to be used for both work and play.. So is there an essential specific set of things I should do? Swap out Google apps with After-market ones? Root and install CFW?
its a 16Gb Model also!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
Welcome to the GNex! I suggest 2 apps if you don't already have them. SwiftKey keyboard (can't stand stock) and Root Explorer which is the best file manager I've used personally. If you do decide to root, steer clear of toolkits. The GNex is easy to root manually. A few lines of ADB commands and you are good to go. The hardest part is getting your drivers installed, which isn't a big deal. Other than that, enjoy! The GNex is an excellent device with some great developers.
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You might want to hold off on buying SwiftKey keyboard because they're working on a new version that supports swype as well. I bought the phone and the tablet versions and now I'm buying the new version whenever it is released.
As far as ROMs I recommend you stay on the stock firmware, root it, remove apps you don't really use, then install a recovery like TWRP 2.3.10. This recovery supports storage encryption.
I would stay away from custom ROMs or kernels because I can tell you from personal experience, they just glitch eventually.
I used to own the Motorola Atrix and even though it was a pain to unlock, it's ROMs and kernels never gave me any issues. Maybe it's because I used to flash Faux123 kernels only?
Enjoy your phone dude! The new Nexus 4 was released, but i got a feeling people will be wanting to go back to this device once they realize the grass is not always greener on the other side.
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Pierceye said:
Welcome to the GNex! I suggest 2 apps if you don't already have them. SwiftKey keyboard (can't stand stock) and Root Explorer which is the best file manager I've used personally. If you do decide to root, steer clear of toolkits. The GNex is easy to root manually. A few lines of ADB commands and you are good to go. The hardest part is getting your drivers installed, which isn't a big deal. Other than that, enjoy! The GNex is an excellent device with some great developers.
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Why did you say stay away from Tool Kits?
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Why did you say stay away from Tool Kits?
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Because you don't really have "control" over what they do. It's better to manually do things since you'll know exactly where something went wrong rather than be dependent on software to do something that's incredibly easy.
Soldier-2Point0 said:
You might want to hold off on buying SwiftKey keyboard because they're working on a new version that supports swype as well. I bought the phone and the tablet versions and now I'm buying the new version whenever it is released.
As far as ROMs I recommend you stay on the stock firmware, root it, remove apps you don't really use, then install a recovery like TWRP 2.3.10. This recovery supports storage encryption.
I would stay away from custom ROMs or kernels because I can tell you from personal experience, they just glitch eventually.
I used to own the Motorola Atrix and even though it was a pain to unlock, it's ROMs and kernels never gave me any issues. Maybe it's because I used to flash Faux123 kernels only?
Enjoy your phone dude! The new Nexus 4 was released, but i got a feeling people will be wanting to go back to this device once they realize the grass is not always greener on the other side.
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Why did you say stay away from Tool Kits?
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Root is not required for unwanted apps, just disable them.
Root is an essential for any Android phone IMO.
Then pick up Root Explorer.
The whole point of Nexus devices is AOSP and access to custom ROMs. Otherwise might as well stay with HTC One or GS3.
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The whole point of Nexus devices is AOSP and access to custom ROMs. Otherwise might as well stay with HTC One or GS3.
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I believe the whole point of Nexus devices is getting new update first, and clean ROM looking without HTC, Samsung mambo jumbo launchers. You got custom ROMs for all high end devices
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Root is not required for unwanted apps, just disable them.
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Try disabling Google Plus...
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Try disabling Google Plus...
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What happens? I'm not stock so G+ is not a system app.
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Because you don't really have "control" over what they do. It's better to manually do things since you'll know exactly where something went wrong rather than be dependent on software to do something that's incredibly easy.
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I understand where you're coming from. But from my vantage point, I think there are a lot of people on the XDA Forums who know WAAAAYYY more that I do. I don't know a Kernal from a colonel. I got my Galaxy Nexus (off eBay -SCH-i515) on Thursday 11-1-12. I used the Samsung Galaxy Nexus ToolKit V9.1.0 and used selection #8. It was a one button push to Unlock, root, flash CWM.
On Friday, my Galaxy Nexus was sporting the new Jelly Bean 4.2 camera, and I am one happy camper.
Honestly contrary to what most here said I feel if you are interested in how the device works or are a little inclined towards tech in general then unlock it and take a weekend. Set up your ADB interface and get fastboot working. Otherwise you may do something incorrect and have to create thread after thread getting help to fix it. Get ahold of the fastboot images you need and go to town. You really can't break it, and you will learn tons.
In my opinion CM10 with its new update feature is the best. It is ultra stable even on the nighties and updating is super easy. Get some great root apps to create backups and such.
RootExplorer (cm10 now includes a file manager but it can't handle zips yet)
TitaniumBackup - use the new XML backups to never lose Text messages or call logs and XMLs are compatible with each ROM which is nice.. No issues.
Rooting your phone comes with dangers but can be the most rewarding experience. I personally cannot use my phone without root anymore, mainly for the little things. CM10 has a beautiful quick message element that is exactly what Android has been missing. I use a theme called Popstyle and it is what Android should look like. Dark grey and a non-overpowering red are the colors and it looks upscale and far better then stock Android IMO.
The best thing I can say is have fun. You will break things sometimes and get frustrated but it is a fantastic experience. I've been rooting and modding phones since the D1 in late 2009 and have had stock Android running a small fraction of the time.
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I understand where you're coming from. But from my vantage point, I think there are a lot of people on the XDA Forums who know WAAAAYYY more that I do. I don't know a Kernal from a colonel. I got my Galaxy Nexus (off eBay -SCH-i515) on Thursday 11-1-12. I used the Samsung Galaxy Nexus ToolKit V9.1.0 and used selection #8. It was a one button push to Unlock, root, flash CWM.
On Friday, my Galaxy Nexus was sporting the new Jelly Bean 4.2 camera, and I am one happy camper.
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Unlocking a Nexus manually is easy and enjoyable. Mine was unlocked with TWRP and SU within 15mins of coming home, no toolkits needed. It's like hiring someone to change an outlet - why? It's really simple to do yourself and impresses the wife.
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I would stay away from custom ROMs or kernels because I can tell you from personal experience, they just glitch eventually.
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I would agree with you on the ROM part but not with the kernel part. Franco and trinity kernel are the most stable kernel out there. If op will go about overclocking/underclocking which i think he will, custom kernel is the way to go
Op, read the stickies on general and q&a. search, learn. And always have usb debugging on.
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Thanks guys (And any girls?) I've had Android devices in the past; This is just another in a long line of devices, from Chinatech android resistive devices to top-of-the range "Brand" devices I've had them all. I even had the G1!
Being as this was my first GNex I didn't want to be going round and round in circles like the Galaxy ACE & Galaxy Mini I have!
I had epic difficulty with my Xperia play (No usable recovery as such!).
I've used ADB, got most if not all drivers for Sony, Samsung and HTC Drivers installed on my work laptop ^_^
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Thanks guys (And any girls?) I've had Android devices in the past; This is just another in a long line of devices, from Chinatech android resistive devices to top-of-the range "Brand" devices I've had them all. I even had the G1!
Being as this was my first GNex I didn't want to be going round and round in circles like the Galaxy ACE & Galaxy Mini I have!
I had epic difficulty with my Xperia play (No usable recovery as such!).
I've used ADB, got most if not all drivers for Sony, Samsung and HTC Drivers installed on my work laptop ^_^
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An android phone with a resistive screen, damn
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Why did you say stay away from Tool Kits?
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I suggest avoiding toolkits for 3 reasons. First off, you aren't learning any about the device. If you are going to be rooting and modding your phone you Are eventually going to have a problem that needs fixing. Which leads to reason 2. Most of the users here that have enough knowledge and experience to help when something goes wrong don't generally like having to sort through the mess a toolkit can cause. It's difficult to tell where in the process a toolkit screwed up, so it's that much harder to figure out how to help. It's possible to spend hours bug hunting the problem a toolkit caused. And the last reason is that the GNex is easy to root. I have next to no computer expertise, but with some reading and a little patience I got my phone rooted using the manual method. I learned a lot, not only about the rooting process but Android in general. I admit that I spent a good month reading here at XDA before I was willing to take the plunge. Look at it this way. Would you let a machine that you know nothing about, built by a stranger in their basement, make modifications to the transmission in your car? Would you try to make those same changes yourself without at least reading up on it? This is what people are doing with a toolkit. They then come back to XDA in a panic because their several hundred dollar device doesn't work, they don't know any of the terminology or common courtesies of the forum, and it seems like they expect that help should be forthcoming. Nobody likes to have demands made of them, especially by someone who wasn't willing to take basic precautions. The instant gratification of a toolkit looks good on paper, but if a person isn't willing to do some reading and learning then a rooted device is probably not a good idea for them. I'm proof that you don't have to be a computer genius to do it, but I was damn sure willing to read and LEARN HOW!
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Okay so I'm planning on finally upgrading from my Samsung Vibrant(S1) to an S3. I would go to an S4 but it's still a bit too pricey for me. Anyways, I just wanted to know some general tips and such. What is the latest official firmware, some pros and cons of keeping TW, which ROMs should I use, etc. Just any input would be nice! I think I've just about maxed out my Vibrant's potential with it running SlimBean 4.2.2 for the most part, and recently switching over to CyanAOSP. I think it's my phone, but things are still very laggy. So I can't wait for my S3 to come in.
Sorry if this is in the wrong section. First time posting.
You will find out quickly that almost everything here is great. Touchwiz isn't bad on this phone and cm 10.1 has almost all the bugs worked out. So all i can say is happy crack flashing.
Honestly, save a lil more and get the S4. Don't upgrade to last yrs model.
Don't get me wrong, the S3 is a major upgrade from the Vibrant, but I feel like if you have an opportunity to upgrade you should get the very best upgrade available.
Just my 2ยข.
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I would also recommend to save a bit more and get the s4. You have waited this long why not a bit more?
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Thing is, I'm in desperate need for a phone currently. My Vibrant is becoming unusable and it'll take me a while to save more money. I'm only 16, and the only source of money for me is an annual thing, which is doing the traditional Lion Dance every Chinese New Years. So, by next year's event, I'm sure S5 will be coming about and my Vibrant will definitely be dead by then. So I'm gonna go ahead and upgrade to an S3 now. I really need it to talk to my gf too, since we're a state away. Thanks for everyone's input about going to S4 though.
Btw, I'm guessing it's not possible, but a T-Mobile S3 can't flash ROMs from the i9300 can it? I wanted to try out the recently released GlamourS4 ROM, but I just realized it was in the i9300 section.. Unless the T-Mobile variant is the same model?
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Btw, I'm guessing it's not possible, but a T-Mobile S3 can't flash ROMs from the i9300 can it? I wanted to try out the recently released GlamourS4 ROM, but I just realized it was in the i9300 section.. Unless the T-Mobile variant is the same model?
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No, do not flash ROMs or kernels from other s3's you will end up with a hard brick!! You can flash ROMs from at&t though.. Verizon and sprint I don't think will brick it, but better stay away..
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If you're really that tight on money, then maybe you shouldn't root.
And as mentioned above, do not flash anything from the International S3 section.
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limen123 said:
Thing is, I'm in desperate need for a phone currently. My Vibrant is becoming unusable and it'll take me a while to save more money. I'm only 16, and the only source of money for me is an annual thing, which is doing the traditional Lion Dance every Chinese New Years. So, by next year's event, I'm sure S5 will be coming about and my Vibrant will definitely be dead by then. So I'm gonna go ahead and upgrade to an S3 now. I really need it to talk to my gf too, since we're a state away. Thanks for everyone's input about going to S4 though.
Btw, I'm guessing it's not possible, but a T-Mobile S3 can't flash ROMs from the i9300 can it? I wanted to try out the recently released GlamourS4 ROM, but I just realized it was in the i9300 section.. Unless the T-Mobile variant is the same model?
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Man, back in my Vibrant days, I would of told you to Odin and flash Bionix by Team Whiskey.
Best Rom I ran back then, couldn't really top that.
But I see what you mean! well enjoy your new toy.
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Latest update is 4.1.2, which has multi window.
Touchwiz is ok, definitely recommend getting Nova launcher. Rooting is simple, plenty of instructions, follow them and you'll be good.
I definitely don't recommend flashing kernels or roms not meant for t mobile. You don't want to end up with a hard brick phone. Especially your case that you're tight on money. You don't want to pay extra for a repair.
From MY PERSONAL opinion. Wicked v10 and Stockorama are fantastic touchwiz based roms. Solid battery life and super smooth.
Always read the op and hit the search button.
I can't advise much about AOSP based roms since I just started using one two days ago. I'm on Liquidsmooth 2.5 and it's working great so far.
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Ask your parents for the extra money you need.. I'm sure they will be willing to lend you some.
Always go for the best you know?
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If you're really that tight on money, then maybe you shouldn't root.
And as mentioned above, do not flash anything from the International S3 section.
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Hmm. Care to explain why?
IXChicharitoXI said:
Latest update is 4.1.2, which has multi window.
Touchwiz is ok, definitely recommend getting Nova launcher. Rooting is simple, plenty of instructions, follow them and you'll be good.
I definitely don't recommend flashing kernels or roms not meant for t mobile. You don't want to end up with a hard brick phone. Especially your case that you're tight on money. You don't want to pay extra for a repair.
From MY PERSONAL opinion. Wicked v10 and Stockorama are fantastic touchwiz based roms. Solid battery life and super smooth.
Always read the op and hit the search button.
I can't advise much about AOSP based roms since I just started using one two days ago. I'm on Liquidsmooth 2.5 and it's working great so far.
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So 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 are leaks right now? What would be advantages of staying on 4.1.2 until the official release?
Yeah, I've been using Nova on my Vibrant for who knows how long. I love it.
Thanks to everyone for the info about carrier-specific flashing. I wasn't intending on trying it until I got an answer anyways.
So what kind of advantages would I get from TW roms and AOSP roms? I know the Samsung specific things like multiwindow, but what else? Or is just a matter of preference?
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Ask your parents for the extra money you need.. I'm sure they will be willing to lend you some.
Always go for the best you know?
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Trust me, they won't. I've tried asking for a bit of money so I could get the S3 when it was first released. It'll be the same thing if I ask for a bit to get an S4.
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Hmm. Care to explain why?
So 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 are leaks right now? What would be advantages of staying on 4.1.2 until the official release?
Yeah, I've been using Nova on my Vibrant for who knows how long. I love it.
Thanks to everyone for the info about carrier-specific flashing. I wasn't intending on trying it until I got an answer anyways.
So what kind of advantages would I get from TW roms and AOSP roms? I know the Samsung specific things like multiwindow, but what else? Or is just a matter of preference?
Trust me, they won't. I've tried asking for a bit of money so I could get the S3 when it was first released. It'll be the same thing if I ask for a bit to get an S4.
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I'm not against rooting, but if you're tight on cash, then maybe you should think twice about it. Accidents can happen, you can accidentally flash the wrong kernel or rom and brick your device. It can be fixed, but it will cost you.
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So 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 are leaks right now? What would be advantages of staying on 4.1.2 until the official release?
Yeah, I've been using Nova on my Vibrant for who knows how long. I love it.
Thanks to everyone for the info about carrier-specific flashing. I wasn't intending on trying it until I got an answer anyways.
So what kind of advantages would I get from TW roms and AOSP roms? I know the Samsung specific things like multiwindow, but what else? Or is just a matter of preference?
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The latest official release was 4.1.2 which came out a few weeks ago. It's major improvement imo was multi window. I didn't care about the other features personally.
If I'm not mistaken all AOSP roms are 4.2.2 based.
Advantages for touchwiz roms is great stability. You shouldn't come across many, if any bugs at all. You will have all the gesture features on touchwiz roms. Palm to screenshot, tap to refresh, smart stay, etc. You will have more camera features. Everything should just work.
AOSP have more customization but you will give up Samsung features, downgraded camera imo, and you will likely come across minor issues. Random reboots, flickering issues, etc.
I'm not saying AOSP roms are bad. The community here is great and for the most part there's always a solution. I'm running an AOSP rom and I haven't had any issues so far.
One thing I'll recommend, don't switch between AOSP and touchwiz roms back and forth. You may experience some issues, best to Odin stock from an AOSP rom then flash a touchwiz rom afterwards. It's not difficult, just a bit time consuming.
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Touchwiz isnt horrible, I just don't like it very much. Its stable, but to me its too laggy, that and I can only have 4 rows and columns on the launcher for icons. If you ask me, it wastes screen real estate, but there are alternatives to it.
Overall once you get 4.1.2 running on this phone it becomes very very stable.
If you want another launcher, Nova (Prime version is 4$, Go Launcher Ex, ADW are all fine choices. Just be warned that Touchwiz Widgets (Such as the Touchwiz Calendar, Accuweather) cannot be used with those Launchers. I use Nova Prime (With Teslaunread for unread email and MMS counts), and it is rock solid stable, and also has Project Butter enhancements which just make it so smooth its not even funny.
Granted, there are also replacements for those such as the Weather Channel, Weather Underground, Google Calendar (Which is what I use anyway), and tons more on Google Play
The S3 is a reasonably good phone, and the only phone I would actually ditch it for would be the Galaxy S4: Nexus Edition when it gets released, granted the GS4-N is not LTE compatible, and costs full price (650$ from what I hear), but it will be Pure AOSP.
I like my GS3.
Also dont use the stock music player, believe me, its not that good. Buy/download one of these
Poweramp (4$)
N7Player (also 4$),
Winamp (Free, but has a paid version that removes Ads and unlocks a couple features).
There are many other Music Players. As for Video Players, I use Moboplayer.
Also the i9003 is the international model. No rom for the SGH-T999 will work on the i9003, nor will any rom built for the i9003 work on the SGH-T999. In fact, flashing either of them to the opposite will brick your phone.
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Throwing in my experience with TouchWiz.
The SGS3 is a pretty solid phone, and some of the TouchWiz stuff can get you quite hooked (personally, I like how you're able to flip through the homescreen until you are back at the beginning, and some nice touches they recently included for their file manager like the helix and roll pin scrolling), but it's mostly a matter of preference.
On the other hand, I started having issues with the stock TouchWiz after almost a year of use. It would randomly restart itself from time to time, then all controls became unresponsive after start-up (volume buttons, home button, touchscreen and the soft buttons); only the power button was working. I only got it working again after I did a clean wipe and restored an older backup. Which then inevitably led me to check out custom ROMs.
I never had an Android phone before this one, but my brother had been tinkering with his Vibrant for years now. He was the one that helped me root my SGS3, and he stated that it's a lot easier to do things now than it was back when he first started since there's an app for just about everything needed. (Just to give you a perspective)
Besides, the instructions around here are pretty easy to follow.
And yeah, if you are going for a T-Mobile SGS3, only look for ROMs compatible with SGH-T999 (T999) for T-Mobile (d2tmo).
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Yes exactly, my bad.
Ask your mom or dad or even family members if you can borrow money to buy an S4. I was touching the S4 the other day at Tmobile and it's so fast and smooth makes me wanted it so bad. I think S4 is better than S3. Go for the S4 I would say.
TouchWiz feels too bloaty and laggy for my taste, so I recommend using CM10.1. The smoothness in scrolling and general navigation of the UI are definitely noticeable compared to even the most de-bloated TouchWiz ROM. Just my 2c.
Hey Peeps,
I have been an Android user since Nexus One itself but never stumbled upon a phone without any ROMs except this one. Am I missing out something? Why aren't they in development?
Please do let me know if they exist cause I was thinking about taking the initiative of making one.
There are no roms under development I think so..... So u should go for it ??
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go for it mate.ull be the first one
go for it. You have our support.
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Hey Peeps,
I have been an Android user since Nexus One itself but never stumbled upon a phone without any ROMs except this one. Am I missing out something? Why aren't they in development?
Please do let me know if they exist cause I was thinking about taking the initiative of making one.
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What the good news this morning... go for it dude! we'll support you... and don't forget for LTE model also... :laugh:
I think so. No AOSP Rom for Note 3 Neo up to now although its was issued 4 months ago :laugh:. I like the design, S-Pen, battery life, price and its performance but I have never seen any hi-end deviced before with no both custom ROM and recovery like it (N750 - hl3gxx).
I think we have to wait or study to build myself . I have just bought a second-hand Nexus 5 to feel 4.4.3 Rom beside N750. :laugh::laugh:
Hi look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2828261
First and foremost I'd like to thank all the developers on working so hard on giving us amazing ROMs
I'm not going to ask which is best. That's like kicking myself in the testes. But... I have searched a few. Watched reviews . kinda did my hw.
But can anyone suggest a ROM close to stock, least issues, has the multi window function working for all apps. Better tweaks. Overally... What the touch wiz was throttled back for.
I'm currently on dirty unicorn, tried jelly bomb and ooooh man... I wanted the jedi x20 soooo bad. But they didn't port it to sprint. Just everyone else. I did hear someone had a sprint fix to it. But I couldn't find it. Nor can I really trust it.
But I'd love to play with the Jedi if possible.
Main problem is that since the sprint galaxy note 2's lifetime is nearly up. Half the developers have abandoned it for the note 3. The other half is completely giving up on it as soon as the note 4 comes out. Hence recently updated request. So... If anyone can suggest a few good ROMS, ILL CHECK THEM ALL OUT! But since there are so many, and half are just dead. I'd like live suggestions. Please.
If anyone knows how to get the Jedi x20 into sprint note 2 I'd be most appreciative.
but basically, what I'm looking for is, updated tether, better camera features... adjustable camera shutter sound. better GPS, (i believe theres a tom tom setup somewhere out there) Viper. etc... but it has to be sprint. and very minimal issues.
Thank you in advance.
Knewb
Only three devs left working on tw. Chaz, rwilco, and me. Look at the op's and change logs. It will give you a run down on features. Usually the last few pages will let you know of issues people are having.
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Thank you... I'll look into them.
Is there any 4.4 stable ROMs? Or you know about the Jedi x20 ported for sprint?
All our current roms are 4.4.2 while I use the old naming scheme of alpha, beta, and release dont think of them as unstable.
Now porting a differnt n2 rom to sprint is not an easy process. Dont look for anyone to take the massive amount of time required to make it happen. Closest thing here to jedi would be the s5 feat I ported from verizon.
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Odin will not load on Samsung galaxy note 2 l900
I really need some help from people much smarter with me.
I am trying to root my phone and for some reason I can no longer get TWRP to load on my phone using any version of odin. I have tried v1.83 1.85 and like 3 others and every time I restart the phone it just loads the stock Sprint operating system. I had the phone rooted about a year ago but set it back to factory and since then can't seem to root it again. Can anyone assist please.
First of all... Your posting on a thread this belongs to a new thread. This really has nothing to do with the subject post.
Secondly to help u out. Use philz recovery. Your welcome.
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Only three devs left working on tw. Chaz, rwilco, and me. Look at the op's and change logs. It will give you a run down on features. Usually the last few pages will let you know of issues people are having.
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What are their TW ROMs called? I checked yours out. And you have like 2... One isn't touch whiz. But I like the pie.
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What are their TW ROMs called? I checked yours out. And you have like 2... One isn't touch whiz. But I like the pie.
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I have 2? I will leave that one and you to have a good time.
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hahaha... or you were responding quite frequently to 2 of them. i guess. ill double check it again. thanks.
so... i saw rwilco's personal rom ported to the note2 but it seems like its still full of bugs.
basically I think that would be cool. something like that.
features I want again...
touchwhiz
vvm
unlocked multi window for all apps
usb/hotspot unlock
basically most of what rwilco has but actually working
it would be nice if it had something like
s5 features
viper4android
I don't know enough about this to actually make changes to its system itself. i feel its like going into the regedit in a windows OS. soooo scary.
I know you may know more about what is actually featured in most these roms since you are a mod. (or at least you have mod like qualities) and I would appreciate just 2 or maybe 3 suggestions into who might have something like most of what I like. and stable! lol
im testing the pacman nightlies but they don't have a listing of what they offer in it. for all i know. its not a tw program so I don't get the vvm mulitwindow and stuff like that.
Who will do the honours and compile an AOSP ROM for T999?
Doc Holiday where are you now?
or even a touchwiz ROM of S5 or S4 I love touchwiz..
I am also looking forward to this, however patience will be our friend. It's weeks like this one that make me want to learn how to write custom ROMs in their entirety myself. When I'm out of school I am totally going to learn to make ROMs!
The Nexus 9 Android 5.0 image is out--> https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
YPG70 said:
or even a touchwiz ROM of S5 or S4 I love touchwiz..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725192
nirogu325 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725192
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Thats not what I meant.. I am already using that ROM.. I ment a touchwiz Andriod 5.0 .. of the S5 or S4(ported for the S3). cause I doubt S3 will get a official Android 5.0 update
YPG70 said:
or even a touchwiz ROM of S5 or S4 I love touchwiz..
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I highly doubt we will ever see a TW lollipop rom for our devices, our phone has become highly unpopular and most devs are gone. We are lucky we got a taste of kitkat since our device's sisters received the update and they all run the same processor. We are gonna have to settle with vanilla lollipop roms.
allendj81 said:
I highly doubt we will ever see a TW lollipop rom for our devices, our phone has become highly unpopular and most devs are gone. We are lucky we got a taste of kitkat since our device's sisters received the update and they all run the same processor. We are gonna have to settle with vanilla lollipop roms.
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nooooo S3 MUST NOT DIE!! I just got this phone a couple months ago LOL .. spent a good $200 on it.
YPG70 said:
nooooo S3 MUST NOT DIE!! I just got this phone a couple months ago LOL .. spent a good $200 on it.
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Don't feel bad, our phone is still a good device. Since our device has many variants (one for each carrier) our only hope would be if any devs from the other variants work on their devices and one of our devs port those roms to us, similar to what happened with the kitkat roms. I'm not changing my phone anytime soon, it handles everything I throw at it. Or device was ahead of its time, similar to many vintage sports cars lol
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Don't feel bad, our phone is still a good device. Since our device has many variants (one for each carrier) our only hope would be if any devs from the other variants work on their devices and one of our devs port those roms to us, similar to what happened with the kitkat roms. I'm not changing my phone anytime soon, it handles everything I throw at it. Or device was ahead of its time, similar to many vintage sports cars lol
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This is why I picked S3 .. I heard S4 was such a battery hogg with its air gesture sensors and stuff.. and S5 was too expensive for me at this stage.
Read last night about Lollipop's better access to removable storage and I'm starting to think I'd rather skip KK altogether.
If only we could get wifi calling on 5.0 :silly:
allendj81 said:
Don't feel bad, our phone is still a good device. Since our device has many variants (one for each carrier) our only hope would be if any devs from the other variants work on their devices and one of our devs port those roms to us, similar to what happened with the kitkat roms. I'm not changing my phone anytime soon, it handles everything I throw at it. Or device was ahead of its time, similar to many vintage sports cars lol
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I totally agree. The S3 was ahead of it's time and I'm starting to see a 3year ledgendary device trend with Samsung. Word is, the S6 will be grand. Propabaly I'll see it fit to upgrade then. I prefer Vanilla ROMs though, so I will be looking forward to AOSP, AOKP and CM build of Android 5.0. I can see some gorgeously awesome themes for Android 5.0 new material design with the theme engine so no Touchwiz for me
I would pay if it came to that for someone to make a 5.0 build! I don't have much, but I'd be desperate for animation galore and prettiness!
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I would pay if it came to that for someone to make a 5.0 build! I don't have much, but I'd be desperate for animation galore and prettiness!
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We will for sure have 5.0 builds, aosp that is. Not so sure about tw 5.0 builds
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We will for sure have 5.0 builds, aosp that is. Not so sure about tw 5.0 builds
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So it's really just a matter of time then
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They apparently have it for the SIII Mini, I doubt we will be far behind.
arusiasotto said:
They apparently have it for the SIII Mini, I doubt we will be far behind.
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Really? Got a link to it?..... Never mind. Found it http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2-tmobile/development/rom-aosp-lollipop-preview-t2931716 ..... It's a WIP but if S3 mini running it smoothly, it would be grand on this device.
Anyone interested in building a port?
There's a post in the at&t Samsung Galaxy s3 original android development for cm12 running lollipop 5.0. I flashed it on my t999 and it works great. Just follow the flashing instructions and flash all the files they say to flash. Your welcome. The topic is labeled cyanogenmod 12. It's build 4.
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Side note... You will get a /data error while flashing but ignore that because it flashes after that error. First boot takes a long time. Some had to factory reset after flash or battery pull during first boot. I had to go back into recovery and factory reset but booted afterwards. Took almost 10 minutes to boot. But running it now and it works great for an alpha build.
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Anthonol said:
I totally agree. The S3 was ahead of it's time and I'm starting to see a 3year ledgendary device trend with Samsung. Word is, the S6 will be grand. Propabaly I'll see it fit to upgrade then. I prefer Vanilla ROMs though, so I will be looking forward to AOSP, AOKP and CM build of Android 5.0. I can see some gorgeously awesome themes for Android 5.0 new material design with the theme engine so no Touchwiz for me
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I agree with what your saying about 3 year legendary device. The S3 is very well built, like the Vibrant. So my guess is, S6, if there's going to be one, will be as final of the S4 - S5 experiments.