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[Q] What Apps Can Be Removed?

I was thinking of using Titanium Back-up to remove unnecessary files and bloatware on my phone. The problem is, what can be safely removed and still have my phone function properly?
I'm running stock 4.3 rooted.
Thanks,
Ian

w98seeng said:
I was thinking of using Titanium Back-up to remove unnecessary files and bloatware on my phone. The problem is, what can be safely removed and still have my phone function properly?
I'm running stock 4.3 rooted.
Thanks,
Ian
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Here you go: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqTvctlW89DtdC1qVUlLeVFTV3ZOdUtDclpBdVRQOUE&pli=1#gid=0 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913428
*Note* I can't stand Touchwiz so I can't help with personal experience. I had just found these links when I first got my phone last year but then I promptly started installing Cyanogenmod based ROMs.

Thank You very much, these links are exactly what I am looking for.
Ian

Sorry, double post.

w98seeng said:
Thank You very much, these links are exactly what I am looking for.
Ian
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Your welcome, I'm glad to have helped. You might want to check out the Aroma Installer as I believe it lets you choose which Stock Apps you want to keep. I might be mistaken on this but I'm pretty sure it's right. I know that some Custom Stock based ROMs use the Aroma Installer though. And sorry I don't have a link for that but you can find the Stock based ROMs in the Android Development thread.

[Q] New Poster

Hi all, my name is Mike and this my first post. I have recently rooted my S3 with Odin and CFA. I would like to choose a ROM and try out different themes, but don't really know where to start. Do you have to install a ROM to choose different themes? Sorry for the noob questions. Thanks in advance.

Hey there!
lsusuperstar said:
Hi all, my name is Mike and this my first post. I have recently rooted my S3 with Odin and CFA. I would like to choose a ROM and try out different themes, but don't really know where to start. Do you have to install a ROM to choose different themes? Sorry for the noob questions. Thanks in advance.
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Welcome to XDA my friend!! Alright first off themes and ROMs are two completely different things. Themes are just skins you can swap in and out on your phone without changing any software. ROMs replace phone software with newer versions. If you would like to get a theme I suggest downloading this app called Themer by MyColorScreen. For ROMs you will need a custom recovery like ClockworkMod or TWRP. I am currently using CWM (ClockworkMod). Using the CWM recovery you can "flash" roms (basically installing them). I am currently running 4.4 QuantumROM by PwnCakes. It is beautiful!! If you would like to theme go with the Themer app but if you wanna go further than just reply here!!
Themer App: [URL="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycolorscreen.themer"/URL]

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lsusuperstar said:
Hi all, my name is Mike and this my first post. I have recently rooted my S3 with Odin and CFA. I would like to choose a ROM and try out different themes, but don't really know where to start. Do you have to install a ROM to choose different themes? Sorry for the noob questions. Thanks in advance.
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If you want to start out with themes go to the Play Store and ckeck out Colbalt themes by dustinb. They come in many colors for cm 9 & 10. I also liked killer blue, has nice graphics. If you are going to flash roms use the CWM recovery. Not as pretty as TWP but TWP is not compatable with 4.4. Also i am currenty favor the PAC man rom. Nice, fast and stable. It is a 4.3 rom. I have tried a few 4.4 roms but a little unstable for a daily driver. Also.if you start with the PAC rom it is a hybrid and has several varieties built in and has tons of options to play with.

Thank you both for the help. I will probably just start out with different themes until I understand ROMs a little more. :good:

Rooted Need to get CWM
Hi everyone,
Complete Noob here. Just rooted my I747-M AFTER getting 4.3 OTA using Mr. Robinson's root method! Don't know what to do after this step.
How do I get CWM? Can I flash it through Odin?
Also is it possible for me to get CM 11? I really don't like the Samsung OS.
Thank you so much in advance,
A Canadian User stuck with 4.3 OTA

Abzfly said:
Hi everyone,
Complete Noob here. Just rooted my I747-M AFTER getting 4.3 OTA using Mr. Robinson's root method! Don't know what to do after this step.
How do I get CWM? Can I flash it through Odin?
Also is it possible for me to get CM 11? I really don't like the Samsung OS.
Thank you so much in advance,
A Canadian User stuck with 4.3 OTA
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Hey there, first off you are on 4.3 OTA. So if anything goes wrong you may not be able to revert back to stock, it comes down to your bootloaders. Also go on over and check out QuantumRom by PwnCakes. It is 4.4 and is just beautiful. To get CWM go to the play store and download the cwm recovery app.

Thanks for the Response
UnknownTroll1 said:
Hey there, first off you are on 4.3 OTA. So if anything goes wrong you may not be able to revert back to stock, it comes down to your bootloaders. Also go on over and check out QuantumRom by PwnCakes. It is 4.4 and is just beautiful. To get CWM go to the play store and download the cwm recovery app.
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Hey,
Thanks for replying. So I can't get the Recovery App because it does not support my phone (AT&T). So I ended up using terminal and the .img file to get CWM onto my phone. So is it possible to get CM 10.2 then?
Will a release come out later allowing me to revert to stock? In the meantime can you walk me through CM?
Thanks so much from this hopeless noob.

First off, welcome to XDA. Like everyone else has said, Quantum is the way to go. For good themes, Mianogen and Gem Flat are my favorite. There's a free version of Mianogen and a paid, and for Gem Flat, it's $1.88, but well worth it. If you wanna give it a shot, custom icon packs are also really nice. Mianogen comes with its own icons, but hands down, Nox by Kovdev is the best with 1000s of really nice icons.
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Abzfly said:
Hey,
Thanks for replying. So I can't get the Recovery App because it does not support my phone (AT&T). So I ended up using terminal and the .img file to get CWM onto my phone. So is it possible to get CM 10.2 then?
Will a release come out later allowing me to revert to stock? In the meantime can you walk me through CM?
Thanks so much from this hopeless noob.
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The app for CWM is called ROM Manager, for now, I don't know about the 4.3 update since I've been on Quantum for a few months. What would you like to know about CM? Its the easiest ROM to learn to use and is close to vanilla, while still being useful.
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Walknmemfs said:
If you want to start out with themes go to the Play Store and ckeck out Colbalt themes by dustinb. They come in many colors for cm 9 & 10. I also liked killer blue, has nice graphics. If you are going to flash roms use the CWM recovery. Not as pretty as TWP but TWP is not compatable with 4.4. Also i am currenty favor the PAC man rom. Nice, fast and stable. It is a 4.3 rom. I have tried a few 4.4 roms but a little unstable for a daily driver. Also.if you start with the PAC rom it is a hybrid and has several varieties built in and has tons of options to play with.
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This post makes absolutely no sense. First you mention themes for a custom rom, which the op and question at hand obviously have no experience with. Secondly blindly stating that TWRP doesn't work with 4.4 is beyond ridiculous seeing as I just flashed Beanstalk 4.4 today just fine with TWRP 2.6.1.1. It is wonderful that you are trying to help someone with a problem or question, but i makes me sick when people casually throw out advice without any regard to the issue at hand or the ramifications of their words.

dntesinfrno said:
This post makes absolutely no sense. First you mention themes for a custom rom, which the op and question at hand obviously have no experience with. Secondly blindly stating that TWRP doesn't work with 4.4 is beyond ridiculous seeing as I just flashed Beanstalk 4.4 today just fine with TWRP 2.6.1.1. It is wonderful that you are trying to help someone with a problem or question, but i makes me sick when people casually throw out advice without any regard to the issue at hand or the ramifications of their words.
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I Somewhat agree, IIRC, TWRP became compatible with 4.4 about a week or so after 4.4's release, right? As choosing one or the other, I've never even tried TWRP, but I've never had any issues with CWM, so I'm happy. And as for the ROM, I think the simpler it is, the easier it is to get used to. Sometimes having hundreds of customizations can be a bit overwhelming.
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drx895 said:
I Somewhat agree, IIRC, TWRP became compatible with 4.4 about a week or so after 4.4's release, right? As choosing one or the other, I've never even tried TWRP, but I've never had any issues with CWM, so I'm happy. And as for the ROM, I think the simpler it is, the easier it is to get used to. Sometimes having hundreds of customizations can be a bit overwhelming.
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Personally i was using CWM recovery when it was the only option besides stock, and it always did a fine job at what it was intended to do. In the last year or so i started using TWRP solely for the purpose of its free touch based UI. Yes you can find CWM touch on the net for free, but they are asking for payment for it so i opted out. Both work great at what they do, and although one or the other may lag a bit from time to time keeping up with changes in the android world, as fast as things move these hiccups are to be expected.

[Q] Anybody tried flashing Gapps packages?

Hi everyone,
As the topic suggests, I am just wondering if anyone has tried flashing any gapps packages out there and what their results have been?
I mean, maybe I am mistaken and because we still on stock we can't flash them, if this is the case, please let me know, just interested to know if anything is available at this time.
In the end what I would have liked to do if at all possible was remove as much of the gapps crap that I don't use and land up with a minimal gapps like I used to do on my S3, but as i have said, I am unsure if this is possible due to us still being on stock.
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All it'll do is causes FC's and massive ones at that. Gapps are only required for AOSP ROMs that don't have them included.
Just use titanium backup or my back up pro to freeze/remove apps/packages you don't use or need.

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All it'll do is causes FC's and massive ones at that. Gapps are only required for AOSP ROMs that don't have them included.
Just use titanium backup or my back up pro to freeze/remove apps/packages you don't use or need.
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Thanks for the reply.
I thought this might be the case, but just thought I would ask, and you have explained and cleared up my suspicions.
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[Q&A] [ROM][UB][5.0.2][ZL]GZR Validus 7 ROM official builds {Linaro+Sabermod}

Q&A for [ROM][UB][5.0.2][ZL]GZR Validus 7 ROM official builds {Linaro+Sabermod}
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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [ROM][UB][5.0.2][ZL]GZR Validus 7 ROM official builds {Linaro+Sabermod}. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.
Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy!

MHL
Support mhl for tgis rom..? If not, please,.,. Give me solution,. Im realy want this rom

Iebnoe.adja said:
Support mhl for tgis rom..? If not, please,.,. Give me solution,. Im realy want this rom
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i didn't tried it i have no mhl cable.
if its not working there's no solution for now.

@alex when i try to apply white theme in the rom it doesnt chng to white but in candyrom the theme changes its color !!!!

Thats the price to use validus for now...not themable yet.
I mean yeah, u can theme, but frameworks been changed to black, so themers and validus head dev working on this kind of issue...

Not sure if its something I did wrong but I lost root after update. Supersu tried to update binary then said no root. Will try to install again.
Maybe is was something I did. Wiped caches and flashed ROM plus PA gapps and root is back. Awesome ROM thanks!

Optilicious said:
Not sure if its something I did wrong but I lost root after update. Supersu tried to update binary then said no root. Will try to install again.
Maybe is was something I did. Wiped caches and flashed ROM plus PA gapps and root is back. Awesome ROM thanks!
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flash this in recovery next time it happens

Query on Recovery
Hello, Good Day!!!
I am currently using this ROM and I want to back up the this to try other ROMs. How can I back up this ROM since there are no back up feature in the CM Recovery?
Do I need to flash other kernel (example advance kernel) that has recovery to back up the ROM then reflash the CM kernel again?
Thank you,
PS: This is my first post. 
Love the ROM.

MarkRamirez said:
Hello, Good Day!!!
I am currently using this ROM and I want to back up the this to try other ROMs. How can I back up this ROM since there are no back up feature in the CM Recovery?
Do I need to flash other kernel (example advance kernel) that has recovery to back up the ROM then reflash the CM kernel again?
Thank you,
PS: This is my first post. 
Love the ROM.
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flash twrp onto fota partition and make a nandbackup from it, or else use titanium backup pro app....or superbackup there's plenty

Thank for the quick reply.
Can you me a link for the procedures on flashing twrp onto fota? I'm afraid that i might use an incompatible procedures that may break my phone?
I cannot use titanium back up in case of bootloop right? I should use nandroid back up.
Sorry for being demanding.
Thanks in advance. :victory:
Alx31TLse said:
flash twrp onto fota partition and make a nandbackup from it, or else use titanium backup pro app....or superbackup there's plenty
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MarkRamirez said:
Thank for the quick reply.
Can you me a link for the procedures on flashing twrp onto fota? I'm afraid that i might use an incompatible procedures that may break my phone?
I cannot use titanium back up in case of bootloop right? I should use nandroid back up.
Sorry for being demanding.
Thanks in advance. :victory:
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i used xperia recovery manager .. there is a thread in the cross dev section ..

Hi,
Am I the only that cannot connect to Mobile Network using this rom? Wifi is working fine, however, when connecting thru mobile it cannot establish any connection. I've also encountered this in the new version of Candy5.
Thanks

MarkRamirez said:
Hi,
Am I the only that cannot connect to Mobile Network using this rom? Wifi is working fine, however, when connecting thru mobile it cannot establish any connection. I've also encountered this in the new version of Candy5.
Thanks
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revert back to previous build as there are issues on calling from cm .
not had this issue in previous build or latest except calling

demonicangell™ said:
revert back to previous build as there are issues on calling from cm .
not had this issue in previous build or latest except calling
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So the issue on calling affects the mobile network?
Thanks

MarkRamirez said:
So the issue on calling affects the mobile network?
Thanks
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no, actually now i am facing this issue on ressurrection remix .. as many others are ..but on latest candyrom 1.0.0 i had 3g working just fine with clean wipe

demonicangell™ said:
no, actually now i am facing this issue on ressurrection remix .. as many others are ..but on latest candyrom 1.0.0 i had 3g working just fine with clean wipe
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We had different experience since i do not have issue on calling on Candyrom. Just the mobile network.
Edit:
Have anyone here tried to install the Xposed for Lollipop?

Hi. How is battery life compared to Resurrection Remix mod ?
And what is not working/ buggy at the moment with this rom ?

in settings when you click on Privacy, it says backup & reset at the top...
also in 'the void/statusbar' 'clock style hidden' does not stay after a reboot or even after unlock screen the clock reapears but the setting says hidden... these things are bugs right?
what did cm12 have to change to fix the wakelocks on google services? something about mixmatched versions?

ham5 said:
in settings when you click on Privacy, it says backup & reset at the top...
also in 'the void/statusbar' 'clock style hidden' does not stay after a reboot or even after unlock screen the clock reapears but the setting says hidden... these things are bugs right?
what did cm12 have to change to fix the wakelocks on google services? something about mixmatched versions?
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yes these are bugs
i didn't get you on mixmatched thing what u mean?

I suffer from the wakelock and was able to temporaly solve it by using privacy guard on the service... this is one link I found - http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2zrxwi/320_cm12_nightly_google_play_services_7x_wakelock/

What is the best custom ROM for N900T?

Hi guys. I have bad network reception on my N900T after upgrade to 5.0 Lollipop. I didn't want to install custom roms but I decided to try some to see how will my phone work with custom rom. Some custom rom with all working options will be awesome to try. Ty in advance

markokrstic said:
Hi guys. I have bad network reception on my N900T after upgrade to 5.0 Lollipop. I didn't want to install custom roms but I decided to try some to see how will my phone work with custom rom. Some custom rom with all working options will be awesome to try. Ty in advance
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First your going to have reception issues with majority of custom roms. But it is easy to fix most issues that can occur.
My faves in order for 5.* sm-n900t are
Pac-rom - very easy to customize and tweak. Also light and fast. It's built from the best parts from many different roms.
Dompop - cool to use lots of different mods and such. Haven't used the latest nightly but one from a month ago had issues with lte signal but was simple to fix.
Cm 12.1 - although not as good as cm10 or cm12 was, 12.1 is a great Rom that shows off the experience the developers have gain over the countless roms for countless devices they've done.
Reply back and I can do you a quick tut and direct links to files needed. Currently using twrp and pac-rom 5.1.2

markokrstic said:
Hi guys. I have bad network reception on my N900T after upgrade to 5.0 Lollipop. I didn't want to install custom roms but I decided to try some to see how will my phone work with custom rom. Some custom rom with all working options will be awesome to try. Ty in advance
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AryaMod is an awesome ROM that works with the N900T. It's stable and fast with tons of features (OTA updates, Aroma Installer, etc.) and development continues. The link is in my signature.

LiftedDroid said:
First your going to have reception issues with majority of custom roms. But it is easy to fix most issues that can occur.
My faves in order for 5.* sm-n900t are
Pac-rom - very easy to customize and tweak. Also light and fast. It's built from the best parts from many different roms.
Dompop - cool to use lots of different mods and such. Haven't used the latest nightly but one from a month ago had issues with lte signal but was simple to fix.
Cm 12.1 - although not as good as cm10 or cm12 was, 12.1 is a great Rom that shows off the experience the developers have gain over the countless roms for countless devices they've done.
Reply back and I can do you a quick tut and direct links to files needed. Currently using twrp and pac-rom 5.1.2
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Thank you on ur time and help. Right now I have poor network reception after upgrading to official 5.0 Lollipop. Idk maybe to try PacRom or DomPop? I need S-Pen and Air command to work. Which one to install?

markokrstic said:
Thank you on ur time and help. Right now I have poor network reception after upgrading to official 5.0 Lollipop. Idk maybe to try PacRom or DomPop? I need S-Pen and Air command to work. Which one to install?
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DomPop as long as you as you're good with full debloat. I personally need my samsung sync so I run Aurora full Note 4 port v6 with Lean Kernel hlte v6.3.
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LiftedDroid said:
First your going to have reception issues with majority of custom roms. But it is easy to fix most issues that can occur.
My faves in order for 5.* sm-n900t are
Pac-rom - very easy to customize and tweak. Also light and fast. It's built from the best parts from many different roms.
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Thanks bro. Im on pacman but it seems to lag from time to time. Im on the latest build. can i go back to a TW rom by just flashing? TIA

jackherer420x said:
Thanks bro. Im on pacman but it seems to lag from time to time. Im on the latest build. can i go back to a TW rom by just flashing? TIA
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thanks for info I will try Dompop then.

kcohen67 said:
DomPop as long as you as you're good with full debloat. I personally need my samsung sync so I run Aurora full Note 4 port v6 with Lean Kernel hlte v6.3.
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Hey fam. How's it going?
Are you using an N9005 or N900T? I downloaed the Aurora ROM but in that thread it doesn't mention the 900T so i got curious.

cgingermany said:
Hey fam. How's it going?
Are you using an N9005 or N900T? I downloaed the Aurora ROM but in that thread it doesn't mention the 900T so i got curious.
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I used 9005. It's great and is setup for the 900t in the aroma already
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OK cool. About to give it a shot thanks fam

cgingermany said:
OK cool. About to give it a shot thanks fam
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How's it working out for ya?
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jackherer420x said:
Thanks bro. Im on pacman but it seems to lag from time to time. Im on the latest build. can i go back to a TW rom by just flashing? TIA
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If you want to do official 5.0 the just use Odin and open up lollipop in it and flash. If any force closes the clear cache and stuff followed by reboot. If you going to kitkat I usually install tw lp clean then do the down grade since I find that note 3 will usually have issues any other way. Make sure you do backups of you modem and efs always in case of corruption.
Personally I just use full backups so I have all my apps logins and such on booting.

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How's it working out for ya?
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To be honest with you it was FC a lot and I couldn't get it to work right. I somehow erased my backup and needed a ROM to work "now" LOL so I gave Alliance 1.2.1 a shot and this puppy is sooooooooooo smooth fam! I haven't had an issue yet. I don't know if you'd tried it, its really nice and enough customizing to satisfy me so I stayed here.

cgingermany said:
To be honest with you it was FC a lot and I couldn't get it to work right. I somehow erased my backup and needed a ROM to work "now" LOL so I gave Alliance 1.2.1 a shot and this puppy is sooooooooooo smooth fam! I haven't had an issue yet. I don't know if you'd tried it, its really nice and enough customizing to satisfy me so I stayed here.
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I tried it. It IS a nice Rom so can't be mad atcha. I pushed Alliance all through 4.4, but 5.01 belongs to these guys. I'd ever you think you wanna give it another shot...holla. I. Gotcho back.
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This one is the best for me now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-darklord-s6-port-alpha-t3083087

No doubt. Thanks a lot fam!

markokrstic said:
This one is the best for me now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-darklord-s6-port-alpha-t3083087
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does it work with n900w8. or the n900t did u have to flash any other files for modem e.t.c?

kiazand said:
does it work with n900w8. or the n900t did u have to flash any other files for modem e.t.c?
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works on my n900t only one bug thats blinking when u play videos but it will be fixed in next update. I dont have other issues. for n900w8 idk. I was on Norma S6 rom and I flashed this N5 port with TWRP. Full wipe/format and clean install. all good.

markokrstic said:
works on my n900t only one bug thats blinking when u play videos but it will be fixed in next update. I dont have other issues. for n900w8 idk. I was on Norma S6 rom and I flashed this N5 port with TWRP. Full wipe/format and clean install. all good.
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Which Kernel are you using?
Which camera did you choose in Aroma - N4 or S6? I was thinking to pick the N4 because it might have better S-pen support, on the other hand maybe the S6 has more advanced features being of the newer software.
I was wondering if in general Samsung might be trending to lighter apps, less menu options, etc in the S6/N5.

ymmp said:
Which Kernel are you using?
Which camera did you choose in Aroma - N4 or S6? I was thinking to pick the N4 because it might have better S-pen support, on the other hand maybe the S6 has more advanced features being of the newer software.
I was wondering if in general Samsung might be trending to lighter apps, less menu options, etc in the S6/N5.
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I had stock official 5.0 on N900T. First I installed Norma S6 but a lot of bugs. I only do full wipe format from stock 5.0 to Norma s6 and then I have done same from Norma S6 to DarkLord N5. Kernel is DarkLord, thats I got when I installed DarkLord N5 RC.