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[Q] If someone could explain me few things.

I am totally new to this and I got my Wildfire couple of weeks ago. English is not my native language so excuse me if I write something wrong but I hope that you will understand my request. I dont really understand this rooting and flashin custom roms and everything, so I have few questions :
1.) What is rooting ? I read that it means accessing root directory but I dont fully understand that.
2.) Custom roms, what do I really get with them ?
3.) Kernel, what is that ?
4.) Can OC and flashing custom rom's be harmfull for my phone ? Can something blow up ?
5.) Is it possible to change language of my phone to croatian with those custom roms ? I tried with morelocale and apps simillar to that, but it translates only half of the interface.
I would be very gratefull if someone could explain these terms to me into the smallest details so I could understand everything. Thank you.

anyone ? pleasee

Well not a techie myself but there is a thread generally explains this in the Android forum of you look for it.
Rooting means opening access to the system file on the phone that is normally not accessible this let's you change files and system attribute like themes etc. And mods that let's you install from sdcard.
Kernal is the instructions to the CPU how it should work.
Oveclocking are predefined or scaled instructions to make the CPU run at higher speed than the default in stock roms, available on custom roms only, will make the system smoother less waiting loading times. It will generate more heat than normal but hardly will blow anything up.
Custom roms are tweaked versions of sense or original android, they include functions like app2sd, most useful as it puts files to SD card and work with the phone releasing resource so you can install many more apps. Of course downside is SD card is operating more decreasing its life but depends on the card reliability and good branded ones these days they last for years.
As for you language you should read the Rom threads.
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1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android_OS)
2: Read the ROM thread. More often than not, the features are listed there. There is no specific answer as to what you get by installing Custom ROM's. It differs from ROM to ROM. Some offer performance, some offer stability and so on.
3: The interface which controls the hardware, basically. It is a modified form of Linux kernel, and, to know what a kernel does, you can look it up on Wikipedia.
4: No, it cant blow up. That being said, it is not recommended to keep the phone OC'ed 24x7 at very high values. A moderate OC doesnt have any negative effects, with maybe a reduction in the lifespan of the hardware, but, IMO, that will be seen over a very long period of time.
5: No idea, sorry. Never required any other language apart from English myself.

1.) Rooting is simply "HACKING" your phone so you can put whatever you'd like to on it (Custom ROMs and such).
2.) Better battery life, more customization and such.
3.) Too deep, but in simple words kernel is the base of the OS running in your phone (apperently Android is UNIX based).
4.) Small risks only, if you're doing something wrong. I didn't get any problem myself though.
5.) Yes. Not fully as said, but yes.

hmmm I think that I understand everything now. Thank you all for the given informations.

and I have one more question : does anyone know for how long will I have to wait until I can root my 2.2 Froyo ?

karacic said:
and I have one more question : does anyone know for how long will I have to wait until I can root my 2.2 Froyo ?
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Till unrEVOked gets the HBOOT cracked again (no specific date )

To change the cpu power and make the battery long lasting one i rooted my phone do i need to install a custom rom or theres an app i can just install on original sense to manage cpu and battery like from custom roms?

raniero1 said:
To change the cpu power and make the battery long lasting one i rooted my phone do i need to install a custom rom or theres an app i can just install on original sense to manage cpu and battery like from custom roms?
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You just need SetCPU. Since you are not looking to overclock, you don't require another kernel or a Custom ROM.

raniero1 said:
To change the cpu power and make the battery long lasting one i rooted my phone do i need to install a custom rom or theres an app i can just install on original sense to manage cpu and battery like from custom roms?
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If you're looking at underclocking be careful as not enough CPU power will cause lag and freezes.
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ZooMas said:
Till unrEVOked gets the HBOOT cracked again (no specific date )
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ok thanks, I thought that maybe someon knows that it will be done in month or some specific time.

karacic said:
ok thanks, I thought that maybe someon knows that it will be done in month or some specific time.
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Nope. No one has an ETA, and this holds true for (mostly) all dev related work / releases like this, Not just unrevoked.

I thought it was like that, but there is no harm in asking I hope that it will be soon because I want new rom because official is disaster.

[Q] All NAND users need these answers

hi guys,
i have flashed only 30+ roms untill today but i still don't really know some answers? if somebody smarter than me can answer my questions below i will really appreciate. I tried to find the exact answers searching the forums but i was confused.
1. is it important which wm6.5 rom we had lastly flashed before we flash a nand rom?
2. is the radio important? (i read that radio 2.12... is better for battery life)
3. is "creating an ext4 partition with mini partition tool wizard" better than "partitioning sd card in rocovery menu during installation" ?
4. if i don't use a2sd or someting like that and only use my internel memory for apps, will my rom run faster and have better battery life?
5. the roms we install includes a kernel right? so should we install some other kernels for better performance, battery life etc..? what is the difference between the kernels ?
6. if i don't care how beautiful or good looking my rom interface is, which type of roms (sense, miui..) is better for battery life and performance.

kadirbeyaz said:
hi guys,
1. is it important which wm6.5 rom we had lastly flashed before we flash a nand rom?
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not at all
2. is the radio important? (i read that radio 2.12... is better for battery life)
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it must be a tmous radio = meaning it must support the 576mb hack on regular hd2, = meaning a radio that has 50 as teh third set of digits
2.15.50, , 2.12.50, 2.10.50 will work, 2.12.51 wont.
3. is "creating an ext4 partition with mini partition tool wizard" better than "partitioning sd card in rocovery menu during installation" ?
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no reason why it should be better. personal preference.
4. if i don't use a2sd or someting like that and only use my internel memory for apps, will my rom run faster and have better battery life?
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unlikely. certainly not anything noticeable.
6. if i don't care how beautiful or good looking my rom interface is, which type of roms (sense, miui..) is better for battery life and performance.
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cm7 > miui > sense or maybe miui > cm7 > sense, , , ,probably.

Just saying, your title is wrong. Most NAND users don't need these answers as they already know these answers by reading
Oh and for 5 (seeing as samsamuel either forgot or didn't know) you can install other kernels depending on the type of ROM you're on, but often it isn't really necessary. For example, on Typhoon CM7 I tried Dorimanx's kernel and really didn't notice any difference from the stock Tytung R14. I haven't tried many other kernels, and some will obviously have advantages over others, so I guess the only way to find out which is the best for your usage is by flashing all of the compatible ones you can find and using your phone as normal with those kernels for a day or so, and just figure out which is best through how fast they feel and using CurrentWidget to measure battery drain.

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(seeing as samsamuel either forgot or didn't know)
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hehe, , 100% didnt know, never changed a kernel, , iom still feeling my way slowly with android.

Thanks
Thanks for the answers.
i have one more question. i don't want to bother you, if you just have free time to answer.
i replaced the trobuchet launcher apk file with nova launcher.apk getting into the zip file/system/app folder and installed the rom. it worked well. so i wonder if i can change the phone.apk or others as the way i like . i will try anyway.

kadirbeyaz said:
Thanks for the answers.
i have one more question. i don't want to bother you, if you just have free time to answer.
i replaced the trobuchet launcher apk file with nova launcher.apk getting into the zip file/system/app folder and installed the rom. it worked well. so i wonder if i can change the phone.apk or others as the way i like . i will try anyway.
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I'm not certain but I think not. I use the app 'exDialer' and when you go to edit contacts or when you're in the in-call screen it uses the stock phone app, so if you remove the stock phone app I would think you wouldn't be able to use the phone/edit contacts. This is on CM7 btw, so I don't know about CM9 or AOKP.

Nigeldg said:
I'm not certain but I think not. I use the app 'exDialer' and when you go to edit contacts or when you're in the in-call screen it uses the stock phone app, so if you remove the stock phone app I would think you wouldn't be able to use the phone/edit contacts. This is on CM7 btw, so I don't know about CM9 or AOKP.
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you are right about ex dialer or similar dialer apps. they only change the interface and the phone.apk works at background for dialing someone, comunicating with the network operator and that kind of technical stuff. But if i try miui roms phone.apk or sense phone.apk instead, it may work fine. i just don't know if there is some other things to change in zip file which is about phone.apk

kadirbeyaz said:
you are right about ex dialer or similar dialer apps. they only change the interface and the phone.apk works at background for dialing someone, comunicating with the network operator and that kind of technical stuff. But if i try miui roms phone.apk or sense phone.apk instead, it may work fine. i just don't know if there is some other things to change in zip file which is about phone.apk
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I highly doubt either Sense or MIUI's dialers would work on any ROM other than a Sense or MIUI ROM. If that were the case, don't you think everyone would be replacing system apps with whichever app from whichever Android version/manufacturer skin they wanted? If I were you, I wouldn't even bother trying it out. All you'll end up having to do is reflash the ROM which would basically just be effort.

Clean custom rom to recommend?

Hi all,
I'm new to android & I'm equally frustrated about the lack of internal storage. I'm on a 16GB S4 I9505 & like many users, out of box storage is limited. I would like to know if there's a custom rom that works well despite being clean, smooth & allows better battery life than the stock JB 4.2.2.
I've tried using Titanium Backup to try removing bloatware like S Health & ChatOn but the list is too long to carry on removing one by one. Not mentioning I do not have much knowledge about android & am worried that if I removed the wrong app, might screw up the phone itself.
Therefore I'm searching for a clean custom rom which is debloated, runs smoothly & give me more battery life out of the device.
I tend to browse the Web, text, watch videos on YouTube & maybe just some games. Any recommendations would be welcomed & please help me by providing more information such as what bloatwares are removed etc as I might still need some of the basic apps.
Regards.

Try the CyanogenMod roms. They are fully clean and pretty fast. Before you flash it ,make a backup of your phone/ rom so you can switch back to it if you don't like it.
--edit: you can find those roms in the official galaxy s4 i9505 development forum.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

PleaseClickHere said:
Hi all,
I'm new to android & I'm equally frustrated about the lack of internal storage. I'm on a 16GB S4 I9505 & like many users, out of box storage is limited. I would like to know if there's a custom rom that works well despite being clean, smooth & allows better battery life than the stock JB 4.2.2.
I've tried using Titanium Backup to try removing bloatware like S Health & ChatOn but the list is too long to carry on removing one by one. Not mentioning I do not have much knowledge about android & am worried that if I removed the wrong app, might screw up the phone itself.
Therefore I'm searching for a clean custom rom which is debloated, runs smoothly & give me more battery life out of the device.
I tend to browse the Web, text, watch videos on YouTube & maybe just some games. Any recommendations would be welcomed & please help me by providing more information such as what bloatwares are removed etc as I might still need some of the basic apps.
Regards.
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Hi,
You have a choice of ME2 or ME3 stock slim-line de-bloated ROMS.
Look HERE

malybru said:
Hi,
You have a choice of ME2 or ME3 stock slim-line de-bloated ROMS.
Look HERE
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+1 ^^
If you dont wanna loose ALL the samsung/touchwiz features then above is a good option.
If you like stock rom, BUT find its usually just a little to slow/bloated
And also like the ability to flash custom kernel/recovery then the rom's in the link posted above are really nice.
You could do all the things to the your base rom to make it the same as the ones in above posted link, but the 1 file flash via odin is so convenient for most.

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Swanseatom said:
+1 ^^
If you dont wanna loose ALL the samsung/touchwiz features then above is a good option.
If you like stock rom, BUT find its usually just a little to slow/bloated
And also like the ability to flash custom kernel/recovery then the rom's in the link posted above are really nice.
You could do all the things to the your base rom to make it the same as the ones in above posted link, but the 1 file flash via odin is so convenient for most.
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Hi, thanks for your reply.
I kept reading about custom kernels etc but I'm not really sure what it does & which one is the better ones or best out there.

malybru said:
Hi,
You have a choice of ME2 or ME3 stock slim-line de-bloated ROMS.
Look HERE
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What's the difference between ME2/3? Region difference?

PleaseClickHere said:
What's the difference between ME2/3? Region difference?
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Hi,
ME3 is the latest version.
Sent telepathically from my S4

Which ROM is Closest to Stock TouchWiz?

I need a ROM that is close to stock TouchWiz; default Samsung Kernel (need HDMI output support), Note 3 Camera, full S-Pen support, stock modem and such. Just need something fast, reliable and clean.
Ah...How nice it would be to have an AOSP ROM with stock camera, S-Pen support, multiwindow etc

Same here.. been looking for one too..
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Colton127 said:
I need a ROM that is close to stock TouchWiz; default Samsung Kernel (need HDMI output support), Note 3 Camera, full S-Pen support, stock modem and such. Just need something fast, reliable and clean.
Ah...How nice it would be to have an AOSP ROM with stock camera, S-Pen support, multiwindow etc
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Well... flash the stock ROM with Odin, then root it. In case you don't want that...
Here, lads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649176 I used to flash different ROMs every 2-3 days, until one day I knew I wanted a stable ROM. And as f***ing ugly TouchWiz is, it's the real deal and Samsung took care it's stable. I tried first stock rooted, but it kept missing something, something I couldn't mod myself, because I am no dev. Then I found this ROM. Stable, and still with a tweak here and there. I'm using it with Lean kernel (3.9.3 works), and so far - no problems.
As for wishing that Samsung would release the source of the S-Pen and their camera... that's too much.

I for one use MultiX v2.0 it's based on 4.4.2 ROM with very little modifications regarding the interface.
I've got a better battery life with this ROM than with the original Rom + Root + XPosed (and Greenify), so there are some optimisations regarding that too.
It has all the standard features of TouchWiz/Note 3 and you can even select what apps to install (for example the samsung apps if you need/use them).
I haven't tested the HDMI output since i don't have a cable, but in theory it should work, the others stuff work as expected (S-Pen, GPS, Camera, ...)

verszipo said:
I for one use MultiX v2.0 it's based on 4.4.2 ROM with very little modifications regarding the interface.
I've got a better battery life with this ROM than with the original Rom + Root + XPosed (and Greenify), so there are some optimisations regarding that too.
It has all the standard features of TouchWiz/Note 3 and you can even select what apps to install (for example the samsung apps if you need/use them).
I haven't tested the HDMI output since i don't have a cable, but in theory it should work, the others stuff work as expected (S-Pen, GPS, Camera, ...)
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Might give that a try... Would I need a clean install?
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dodgebizkit said:
Might give that a try... Would I need a clean install?
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With any custom ROM it's best to do a factory reset before installing the ROM, or you might end up with all kind of weird stuff. MultiX's Aroma installer also has options to do the wipes (factory reset) before it installs anything.
Make sure you follow the steps listed on the ROM's thread (this goes for all ROMs, not just MultiX), it will save you from a lot of trouble.
Oh, it's also not a bad idea to make backups of all the apps/data you have. If you have a custom recovery then it's also a good idea to make a complete backup from the recovery (make sure you have enough space on your phone or SD card, depending where you make the backup).
P.S. also make a backup of the EFS partition (multiX's aroma installer can do that too), just in case, you know the saying : "better safe than sorry"
(i've made EFS backups on all my phones, and i never had to use those backups in about 6 years of Android usage, but i still do them cause once i might just need it)

+1 for MultiX ROM. it looks better than stock TW (it had custom skins), it's as stable as stock but without the Samsung bloat and you can set a custom DPI while maintaining correctly sized stock apps.
By far, the best TW ROM!
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TW Rom
CivZ FlexKat is very Cool and battery friendly without tons of modding's.
This rom is based on the Samsung 4.4.2 and won't contain heavy mods or themes, install what you want.

Super Fast and Famous Rom with lean kernel will be the best in my opinion.Your phone will fly..

Lollipop ROM near the original one, but not lagging?

Sooo.... Has anyone made a tweaked version of official S4 Lollipop ROM? I mean ROM that doesnt lag and hang all the time? I actually like the latest original software, but it just lags too much...

Check out these ROM https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3397330 or DeHAWKs Thread

GTI-9300 said:
Check out these ROM https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3397330 or DeHAWKs Thread
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OK! Thanks, let's try this one.

Well. Too much UI modifications made to this one. Shame.

That is the point of custom rom. You can get or buy Package disabler Pro and use it on official rom to disable arround 150 applications in fresh official rom. If you really want fast rom. You need custom rom and you need get rid of the google apps, google background service cause 90% of lag. There are custom apks that work without google apps and market, like moded youtube etc. I was running almost a year without gapps. 1% battery los over night, etc.

Sigh. I was talking about ui customisation, not apps. I know how these things work. I was asking, is there stripped and not hanging version of original ROM. Apparently not.

tardolus said:
Sigh. I was talking about ui customisation, not apps. I know how these things work. I was asking, is there stripped and not hanging version of original ROM. Apparently not.
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At dehawks roms there is no ui modification

The official rom shouldn't be lagging, you probably need a new phone. Or you can get a new motherboard for $40 and replace it yourself. Does it lag even after factory resetting?