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Voice dialer in Jelly beans?

I tried Jelly beans on my Galaxy Nexus couple of days and paired it with my BlueAnt S4 (Bluetooth speaker phone). Whenevr I tried to make calls after pairing it with BlueAnt, it will not use Voice dialer but was using Google speak tool. Which is very poor in understanding your commands. Where as voice dialer in ICS was very superior.

rookie8155 said:
I tried Jelly beans on my Galaxy Nexus couple of days and paired it with my BlueAnt S4 (Bluetooth speaker phone). Whenevr I tried to make calls after pairing it with BlueAnt, it will not use Voice dialer but was using Google speak tool. Which is very poor in understanding your commands. Where as voice dialer in ICS was very superior.
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You can use cyberon voice commander from play store but you must first disable google voice. It will give you very reliable voice dialing but completely shuts down all of the google voice commands as well as google now. For me, I chose cyberon but voice dialing is a very high priority. I'm pretty sure that someone will come out with a fix that will let 3rd-party voice dialers coexist on jelly bean.

Would cyberon shut down the GPS voice too or take it over?
Thank you
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cybeak said:
Would cyberon shut down the GPS voice too or take it over?
Thank you
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Thats a good question. I haven't used nav yet. If it does you can always enable google search for your nav session. I'm anxious now to find out.

Please let us know, I truly appreciate your help.
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cybeak said:
Please let us know, I truly appreciate your help.
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No problem, apparently the voice does work with google voice disabled. You can't however use your voice to give it your destination.

Jawbone Voice Dialer
I am currently using a Jawbone Era on my Galaxy Nexus running stock rom of Jelly Bean 4.1. I am trying to get the physical button on the Jawbone to activate Google Now/Voice Assistant instead of Voice Dialers. I tried installing the app in my talk that is suppose to work but no luck. Is there a setting in the os to switch the default action or an apk to download. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Schonplayer said:
I am currently using a Jawbone Era on my Galaxy Nexus running stock rom of Jelly Bean 4.1. I am trying to get the physical button on the Jawbone to activate Google Now/Voice Assistant instead of Voice Dialers. I tried installing the app in my talk that is suppose to work but no luck. Is there a setting in the os to switch the default action or an apk to download. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
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I've tried the 2 or 3 apps that would work to make these changes under ICS. I don't think any of them work under JB. Hopefully the new underlying is just different but still accessible. I think we will know fairly soon now that JB is getting out.

NCguy said:
I've tried the 2 or 3 apps that would work to make these changes under ICS. I don't think any of them work under JB. Hopefully the new underlying is just different but still accessible. I think we will know fairly soon now that JB is getting out.
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Thanks for responding. I'm no developer but I would think that this sort of thing should be in a settings menu somewhere. I'm surprised that it is not. Changing defaults like which apps to launch upon an action should be user level functions. Just out of curiosity which apps were you using in ICS?
Does anyone know where the defaults are stored to be reset or changed in Android any version?

Schonplayer said:
Thanks for responding. I'm no developer but I would think that this sort of thing should be in a settings menu somewhere. I'm surprised that it is not. Changing defaults like which apps to launch upon an action should be user level functions. Just out of curiosity which apps were you using in ICS?
Does anyone know where the defaults are stored to be reset or changed in Android any version?
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Media Button Router and bluetooth launch. Actually I may have used them prior to ICS because I didn't need them. Must have been Gingerbread.
I think your going to have to be a developer this time to alter the defaults and I have a bad feeling that it may not be doable this time in a stock rom.

NCguy said:
Media Button Router and bluetooth launch. Actually I may have used them prior to ICS because I didn't need them. Must have been Gingerbread.
I think your going to have to be a developer this time to alter the defaults and I have a bad feeling that it may not be doable this time in a stock rom.
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Thanks anyways. I will keep on trying. I said I was no developer...but still no stranger to programming Just never needed to mess around with Android OS usually it does everything i need no trouble. Symbian however was a different story. Hopefully someone will see this post who is much better than me a tweaking OS's and put an option into one of their Roms. (Hopefully android 4.1.2)

Schonplayer said:
Thanks anyways. I will keep on trying. I said I was no developer...but still no stranger to programming Just never needed to mess around with Android OS usually it does everything i need no trouble. Symbian however was a different story. Hopefully someone will see this post who is much better than me a tweaking OS's and put an option into one of their Roms. (Hopefully android 4.1.2)
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I sure hope so. Please report your future progress to the thread. Thanks!

I'm on a GSM Nexus with EOS JB rom. My Voice Dialer seems to work fine except for the prompts not functioning, which I managed to fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28826612#post28826612

How can I disable Google voice? I will appreciate your help.

rookie8155 said:
How can I disable Google voice? I will appreciate your help.
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NCguy said:
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Thanks, it worked,

rookie8155 said:
Thanks, it worked,
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I deleted the reply because my instructions were for deleting the google voice commands. "Google voice" is a google phone app that is a completely different thing.

NCguy said:
I deleted the reply because my instructions were for deleting the google voice commands. "Google voice" is a google phone app that is a completely different thing.
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Well, actually your instructions seemed to be right. I disabled Google search and was able to use Cyberon Commander.

rookie8155 said:
Well, actually your instructions seemed to be right. I disabled Google search and was able to use Cyberon Commander.
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Great. Yes definitely works for that. Glad we were on the same page.

NCguy said:
Great. Yes definitely works for that. Glad we were on the same page.
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Yes, I wanted voice dialer to work with bluetooth becuase Google search is a very poor tool. It does not understand even a single command where as voice dialer in ICS was great. I don't care about Google serach. Voice dialer merge with Google search is a step backward from Google.

Will Google Voice search have full app launch and everything like s voice?

I saw a demo online comparing s voice to google voice search, and of coarse for 95% of the things google won no contest, but I was surprised that s voice could say update twitter and give a message and work, where google could not do this at all yet. Just wondering if they are planning on it being able to do basically everything the other can but better?

You mean Google Now? I believe it comes with every phone/tablet that has JB. If we get JB on the S3 then we will get Google Now, unless they disable it so we become stuck with garbage S Voice.

ComradeNF said:
You mean Google Now? I believe it comes with every phone/tablet that has JB. If we get JB on the S3 then we will get Google Now, unless they disable it so we become stuck with garbage S Voice.
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We already have google now on the s3. Works rather well
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jasvncnt1 said:
We already have google now on the s3. Works rather well
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I think OP is referring to have more control with Google Now like specific app or hardware controls.

melonbar123 said:
I think OP is referring to have more control with Google Now like specific app or hardware controls.
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Yes this is what I meant. Again if you look online for demos one of them shows that it works well, but still does not have full control or access to all apps and such, it literally gives an error that the feature is not working yet. I can only assume since it gives that actual error that they are planning on it having this ability soon, which makes since.

wiz4769 said:
Yes this is what I meant. Again if you look online for demos one of them shows that it works well, but still does not have full control or access to all apps and such, it literally gives an error that the feature is not working yet. I can only assume since it gives that actual error that they are planning on it having this ability soon, which makes since.
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That feature doesn't appear to be available on any phone just yet, it just brings up a google search.

I dunno, I tried Google now and really didn't find it all that great. I couldn't launch apps or dictate what I want done on the app. s voice has been pretty solid for me.
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Judging from the recent i9300 international JB leak, it looks like we will have access to both S-Voice and Google Now. So for those who prefer one over the other, it looks like SGS3 users will be able to use either which is good news. I was hoping that Samsung wouldn't remove Google Now from the JB rom when it comes out and so far looks good

I kinda hope they just put the ability to control apps in Google Now, I would not want to have to swap from one to the other just to ask a question, then swap to the other to launch an app. Might as well just launch it manually if your gonna have to do that each time. S Voice is only better for this one thing, ask it anything that requires it to look on the web for the answer and its slow as hell, Google Now is the best for this now, better than siri, so add in the app control and its the king.

I hope with the official JB release coming out soon we will find out for certain if Google Now will have full app controls like s voice.

S voice six because its developed by vlingo who IMO was the worst assistant app... I have the note with paranoid android 4.1.1 and Google now is awesome..until someone ports it to your device I recommend assistant from the Google play market
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I want real tablet UI

Is it possible without needing to install a ROM? What I basically want is the ability to have the dockbar move to the bottom of the screen when I rotate it to landscape instead of staying on the short side like it currently does. I want my dockbar always along the bottom edge of the screen no matter what position I'm holding the tablet. Currently no launchers that I know of allow this as an option. Any ideas that don't involve ROMs?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2418867
This should do that until a new mods gets released .
You have to be rooted for this mod to work.
Hope that helps.
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I don't think real tablet UI has a dock. And a launcher like apex would give you the option to disable the dock like in larger tablets.

if you want true tablet ui, buy an iPad mini

What exactly do you mean with real tablet UI - the failed UI experiment from google in the past?
The N7 has the current tablet UI.

TDO said:
What exactly do you mean with real tablet UI - the failed UI experiment from google in the past?
The N7 has the current tablet UI.
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The current N7 uses the phablet ui. He means the honeycomb like ui. Whether you consider it failed or not does not matter some (me included) prefer it.
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I prefer that tablet ui too... would love some insight if tablet ui is possible at all in a CarbonRom.

I like the Honeycomb look better as well. My biggest issue is that all of the apps from the play store are downloaded as the phone version, not the tablet version. I bought a tablet to have tablet apps, not phone apps - I don't care that the screen is only 7".

Honeycomb ui works fine for a tablet all operations takes place below the screen. Unlike this new ui were you always have to reach the notification area

Most other android tablets ( like galaxy tab, acers and others) Have the tabletUI (honeycomb or whatever the hell you wanna call it)
Why? Because with the way you hold your tablet, its way easier to hit the buttons and swipe where you need to with that setup.
At least it would be nice to have the option to change it.
I use guest profiles and what not so i cannot use the method posted above
Hopefully we will get tablet UI on stock somehow working good....
hmm... the older I get, the lazier i get to mess with roms
I would install ParanoidAndroid if I were to flaSH....

stealthj said:
Most other android tablets ( like galaxy tab, acers and others) Have the tabletUI (honeycomb or whatever the hell you wanna call it)
Why? Because with the way you hold your tablet, its way easier to hit the buttons and swipe where you need to with that setup.
At least it would be nice to have the option to change it.
I use guest profiles and what not so i cannot use the method posted above
Hopefully we will get tablet UI on stock somehow working good....
hmm... the older I get, the lazier i get to mess with roms
I would install ParanoidAndroid if I were to flaSH....
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Also a lot of wasted screen real estate on the N7 between the forced search bar and top & bottom bar.

stealthj said:
Most other android tablets ( like galaxy tab, acers and others) Have the tabletUI (honeycomb or whatever the hell you wanna call it)
Why? Because with the way you hold your tablet, its way easier to hit the buttons and swipe where you need to with that setup.
At least it would be nice to have the option to change it.
I use guest profiles and what not so i cannot use the method posted above
Hopefully we will get tablet UI on stock somehow working good....
hmm... the older I get, the lazier i get to mess with roms
I would install ParanoidAndroid if I were to flaSH....
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You can flash pa and get the tablet look but that doesn't mean you're gonna get the tablet apps - that's what I'm wanting.
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RyanTX said:
You can flash pa and get the tablet look but that doesn't mean you're gonna get the tablet apps - that's what I'm wanting.
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Email the devs of the apps you buy and state your want to get a tablet version. easy peezy.
Revieww apps on the play store, state your opinion.
When people don't buy apps that devs spent lots of effort on, its discouraging.

stealthj said:
Email the devs of the apps you buy and state your want to get a tablet version. easy peezy.
Revieww apps on the play store, state your opinion.
When people don't buy apps that devs spent lots of effort on, its discouraging.
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It's nothing to do with the devs. It's the way the play store sees the nexus 7. USA today has a tablet version of their app. Directv has a tablet version. On the galaxy tab 8.9 for instance, I could get those. Maybe it's something to do with build.prop?
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RyanTX said:
It's nothing to do with the devs. It's the way the play store sees the nexus 7. USA today has a tablet version of their app. Directv has a tablet version. On the galaxy tab 8.9 for instance, I could get those. Maybe it's something to do with build.prop?
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OOoohhh I see I'm so sorry I misunderstood.
I saw that the USA app though says its for both phones and tablets. the direcTV one though , says not compatible with my device... of course we can always download the APK from somewhere but i think this calls for a petition to google to make sure we are getting the maximum experience on our devices.
the Wallet app I can understand, with the security thing and whatever but this? this is recidulous. and Now that You've mentioned it, I actally had a few apps on my nexus 10 which i cannot install on my nexus 7 (tablet apps)
weird right?

stealthj said:
OOoohhh I see I'm so sorry I misunderstood.
I saw that the USA app though says its for both phones and tablets. the direcTV one though , says not compatible with my device... of course we can always download the APK from somewhere but i think this calls for a petition to google to make sure we are getting the maximum experience on our devices.
the Wallet app I can understand, with the security thing and whatever but this? this is recidulous. and Now that You've mentioned it, I actally had a few apps on my nexus 10 which i cannot install on my nexus 7 (tablet apps)
weird right?
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Do you think we can edit the build prop or something to fool the play store into thinking we are using a nexus 10?
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tomarsenal said:
I don't think real tablet UI has a dock. And a launcher like apex would give you the option to disable the dock like in larger tablets.
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He's not talking about the launcher tablet ui. He's talking about the honeycomb style combines bar.
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RyanTX said:
You can flash pa and get the tablet look but that doesn't mean you're gonna get the tablet apps - that's what I'm wanting.
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You DO get tablet apps if you want. Changes in DPI determine app layout. PA lets you choose DPI on an app to app basis without trashing your market. Meaning modifications to build.prop are broad and make your market think you are a tablet which for some apps is bad, so they don't do that.

Mandelbrot.Benoit said:
You DO get tablet apps if you want. Changes in DPI determine app layout.
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In most cases yes. However (for whatever reason) some companies/developers choose to publish two separate apps to the Play Store - one for phones and one for tablets, and unless your device is identified as a tablet the tablet version of the app is marked as incompatible (and the phone version doesn't include the tablet layout so it isn't available by dpi/layout changes).
Again, however, this is something that the app devs should be sorting - provide one apk that contains all layouts and the problem is solved (because then you can use PA or whatever to use whichever layout you like).

RyanTX said:
Do you think we can edit the build prop or something to fool the play store into thinking we are using a nexus 10?
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I think there was a patched playstore apk that removes country/device restrictrions.... I don't remember if it needed Xposed or not.... I forgetbut im pretty sure i used it before on one of my old phones

Google now on tap

I know this is a more Android M general topic, but i hope some of you guys know the answer.
The google now on tap is only supported with English as the main language on the phone, you know when a multilanguage support update will come? have tried to search a little bit for a answer, but did not find anything.
Thanks for answers

Google Now on Tap is a garbage gimmick. Does anyone actually have it enabled?

jackdubl said:
Google Now on Tap is a garbage gimmick. Does anyone actually have it enabled?
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I think everybody does. It's on by default. You just have to actually use it.
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EeZeEpEe said:
I think everybody does. It's on by default. You just have to actually use it.
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I used it. It was worthless. It was like doing a Google search for what you want except you don't get what you want. Save some time and just type or talk what you want to know, instead of trying to rely on Google to read your mind, which it can't do.

jackdubl said:
I used it. It was worthless. It was like doing a Google search for what you want except you don't get what you want. Save some time and just type or talk what you want to know, instead of trying to rely on Google to read your mind, which it can't do.
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It's new. Of course it'll have things to work out. Just like anything else Google puts out. It's worked more often than not for me but definitely not 100%.
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It's pretty rubbish at the moment, I agree. But actually it's not so different from Google Now when it launched, which also lacked much utility (the weather card tended to be the most useful thing it produced). It had a lot of potential and I feel the same way about On Tap, so hopefully it will deliver in the future. For now, meh.

I would love to use it dispite the lack og functionality. It seems like something that can be very usefull when it works, and after what i have seen is it easy to search in google if the sugestions isnt helping.

touchpal keyboard or google keyboard.

I just wanted an opinion from everyone on what they are using for keyboards.
I like the touch pal but for some reason I seem to look at it as cheap or freemium aware
What does everyone think or use?

I actually like TouchPal! Since it's the HTC stock keyboard, there are no ads or anything.

I came from a Moto Maxx and used the Google Keyboard on that, so I quickly installed it on my HTC 10.
I was having problems with the cursor moving around while typing. I have since disabled all gesture typing features. I prefer tapping in text to swiping in text.

Google for me
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HTC keyboard (not TouchPal).
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Google Keyboard or Aosp Keyboard and both don't have ads and the advantage is you can use layers to theme both

HTC
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Google
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Try the Sony keyboard, you will have to download the apk which is available via the App/Theme section of this forum. I use it as my daily driver...

I love themes on the HTC keyboard, but I find the Google Keyboard much smoother to use.

SwiftKey, of course.

Been using the google keyboard since I got my 10.
But it's also what I use on my Nexus 7.

I was big on Swiftkey for quite a while but I've been sporting Google's keyboard for the past for weeks, feels a bit more smooth than Swiftkey... not keen on touchpal for some reason.
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Kr0m100 said:
not keen on touchpal for some reason.
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Because it sucks? lol
If I had houseguests that put my stuff back in a different place than they found it, I'd lose my mind. That's essentially my response attempting to use HTC's keyboard.

pidzero said:
Because it sucks? lol
If I had houseguests that put my stuff back in a different place than they found it, I'd lose my mind. That's essentially my response attempting to use HTC's keyboard.
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hahahaha
yeah well you can't compare an aosp or google build with that of htc's...
as said earlier i have always been a fan of aosp keyboard not even google

SacredDeviL666 said:
hahahaha [emoji14]
yeah well you can't compare an aosp or google build with that of htc's...
as said earlier i have always been a fan of aosp keyboard not even google
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I might be wrong about this, but I thought once upon a time my Motorola used AOSP keyboard. One day Google keyboard replaced it, either by user error or sneaky practice... and I've just been using it ever since.

pidzero said:
I might be wrong about this, but I thought once upon a time my Motorola used AOSP keyboard. One day Google keyboard replaced it, either by user error or sneaky practice... and I've just been using it ever since.
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yeaps... after nexus devices its motorola which is closest to aosp stuff... google hasn't replaced aosp keyboard must have selected google keyboard for input instead of aosp when you installed
even for development after nexus its moto devices which is in good lead...
if you want an aosp keyboard here (compiled from purenexus rom for hammerhead) --> https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424944832
you can flash it from recovery

SacredDeviL666 said:
if you want an aosp keyboard here (compiled from purenexus rom for hammerhead) --> https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424944832
you can flash it from recovery
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I think the first step would be to install TWRP, then...
I've been benefitting from root and custom roms for years, but only after following instructions on achieving them on 'xyz' device. i would benefit from a better understanding of flashing, and why it doesn't necessarily mean wiping.
but that's probably a discussion for another thread.

pidzero said:
I think the first step would be to install TWRP, then...
I've been benefitting from root and custom roms for years, but only after following instructions on achieving them on 'xyz' device. i would benefit from a better understanding of flashing, and why it doesn't necessarily mean wiping.
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Yes haven't flashed from stock recovery.
So u could or couldn't root HTC 10?
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Yes haven't flashed from stock recovery.
So u could or couldn't root HTC 10?
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Not sure what you're asking. <edit>nvm, I understand after rereading</edit>
Many devices past (all Motorola) rooted. Most of those saw custom ROMs. My daily driver (Verizon HTC 10) has been S-off and rooted for about a month, but still sports (read, 'suffers') from stock.