Hi guys,
I've got a few questions as I've just bought the Galaxy 3.
1) What does rooting my phone allow me to do and do I need to do it?
2) How does overclocking help?
3) How do I get CWM on my phone?
4) What are the kernels for and do I need a new one other than the one on the phone already?
Any other advice that you think will help me in getting a custom rom on the phone is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers,
Pav
1. Rooting alowes you to tamper with system files. There are allot of benefits to that, changing themes, titanium backup, Ad-Hoc WiFi and lots of stuff I can't remember right now. I can't think of any real drawbacks
2. Overclocking boosts your phones performance by increasing the frequency of the CPU. Of course there are some drawbacks, the phone may crash, freeze, heat up too much and stuff.
3. Don't know this one... You can flash a rom with CWM in it, that's how i did it.
4. I don't know the specific use of Kernel, but i know that there are some benefits to having a custom kernel, like overclock, changing filesystems (from my experience not very beneficial but i'm not an expert), better use of RAM, data2sd - apps are automaticly transfered to SD card, and lots of other stuff. And of course there are some drawbacks, it's not 100% safe, it may not work for you as it should
I hope I helped, someone correct me if I got something wrong
Rooting allows you to do all the other things you asked about. actually it is no big deal.it isn't irreversible. so use the phone as it is. if you feel you need more functional control, root .
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So I rooted my nexus, and am using cyan's 5. beta4 rom. For anyone who does not know this already, the nexus one doesn't even use half of its 512
ram, and the biggest reason that I had for rooting my phone was definetly the increase in power...
Now here is my question: Now that I have rooted my phone, and have a custom rom, I have been told that I wont be able to recieve a ota at all... What about the flash player that is supposedly going to be available?
I've also found that the easiest way for a noob like myself to root my phone was to go to the unlockr.com and watch the step by step video.
They just dont keep up on the roms like this place does. Can someone please tell me of a rom that uses the ram of the phone the way cyan's does and multi-touch, then after that we can look at customizing the phones, cuz there is no point to any rom that doesn't enable the ram the same way this rom does.
Hi guys,
I am new to android world n amature in doing techy things on my mobile. I have updated my os from 2.1 to 2.2 via kies.
I get lag n black screens on my usage. Can anyone help me?
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i laso get some lag end som blackscreens
but i have already done the lagfix.
but i have the brazilian version, also with 2.2 with
baseband i900bvjjpd
kernel 2.6.32.9 [email protected]_lation #3
dunoo if its maybe an app, but i have watchdog and there are no apps misbehaving :/
first of all i think your both in the wrong thread lol, wont get noticed much in this section.......... but anyway
Are you using 2.2 or 2.2.1 ?? there are alot of fixes in the 2.2.1 and is a lot quicker for a stock ROM.
if you wanted even more speed you could go for a custom ROM there is loads to chose from.... but it can get a bit technical so if your unsure DONT DO IT !!!
There are a few things to consider:
- as stated above, you should make sure you get the latest, because 2.2.1 should be available (even officially) pretty much everywhere
- after flashing a factory reset is recommended to get the best performance (do a backup before so you can restore anything)
- there are better kernels out there that can speed up things and make your experience smoother (speedmod, voodoo, tegrak, etc)
- there are custom roms out there that are junk free and should provide a richer better experience.
Hi,
I know my question may be weired to some of experience people out here.
but i am really confused
What is difference between linux kernal update and flashing rom.
how to update kernel on my samsung galaxy s (I9000 2.2 default by samsung)
Thanks
Kernels and ROMs go hand it hand, it pointless getting a custom ROM and keeping stock Kernel. or vice versa
if you look it the development section and look for kernels (speedmod, Voodoo ect) there is a detailed step by step guide to installing them, and what benefits they have... it will make more sense for you to read through it all, than it would for us to try break it down into simple terms
Hey guys I'm looking for a ROM that has just the minimal apps that keep the phone working right. (Spen/Gplay/Call+Text etc. )
I'm not looking for any super duper reskins and custom features (Maybe if there nice) or anything like that, just minimal.
The reason I'm looking for this is because I've removed the wrong apps multiple times and had to reflash my phone with is very frustrating... I know there's what to and not to remove threads but that takes to long... Ive looked through the rom section and nothing semmed to fit me (Accept CM11 wich i cant use) Maybe one of you guys has barebone minimum on your phone and could/woyld hit me up with a backup of it (Without your personal data obviously) Thank guys for any help or suggestions.
my best advice, strip the ROM yourself.
Note 3 is way too delicate for custom roms for me, i come from a lot of previous samsung phones and nearly on all of them i have used CM, but the spen framework to me is irreplaceable.
There are some scripts for Aroma that will give you a choice of apps to debloat (remove), then theres an app for windows which will re-pack the ROM without the apps you chose.
I personally, right after i flash a rom, i root, and i use a file manager and delete the stuff in /system/app and /system/priv-app
anyway, here are the links that might be useful to you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470862
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710162
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642101
EDIT: this one as well, seems even better
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...opment/tool-arianaclean-script-aroma-t2840896
I was all amped up to finally make the leap from just being rooted (OC3) to installing a custom rom (CM 12.1) and spent a bunch of time researching the process and trying to figure out why my attempts to install a custom recovery were all unsuccessful. Then I came here and discovered why (AT&T locks the bootloader).
Now I'm feeling very deflated. Originally I thought I'd get a Nexus phone but I don't like the new Nexus offerings. The next best alternative to me was to pretty much go AOSP with my S4 (eventually moving to CM 13 once that releases for the S4).
So my main question is this: for someone who was interested in going pretty much as stock Android as possible, what's the best option among roms that I can install on my phone, particularly roms which will continue to give my phone life moving forward in terms of updates (marshmallow and beyond)?
And my secondary question is what, if any, reasons are there for me to install a custom rom if I'm not interested in bling? In other words, what are the functional advantages (e.g. enabling tethering, non-broken xposed, eliminating samsung/at&t bloat, etc)?
Appreciate any info and guidance!
I guess I have a 3rd question - is there any hope that we will ever be able to replace the bootloader and install roms like CM? I have no idea if anyone is working on that and it's just a matter of time or if it's considered to be an impossible task.
I can't answer your first question and I'm not sure why you are asking since you aren't able to install proper custom roms anyway..
You don't need a custom rom for a number of things you mention. Removing bloat can speed up your device, save battery, and put an end to some of the annoyances you get from unwanted apps. Xposed is great for customizing your phone and getting rid of that irritating high volume notification.
Finally, no, there is no hope of unlocking the bootloader. The S4 is old so fewer and fewer people care about it. There is a thread about it in the Verizon s4 forum...
My advice : get rid of your S4. Find a phone that uses stock Android and not all this custom TouchWiz rubbish.
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Hi all,
Still have my Note 3 and enjoying it but realise it is slightly long in the tooth and slowing down, so I am thinking of breathing some life back into the old girl and installing a new OS, recommendations and guides would be kindly received?
There are, till now, 40 million tutorials on the web on how to. So...
I'm using Audax L Rom since last year with stock kernel selected. This is running very well. I can recommend it.
You can find it in the forum here.
I installed it the short way without taking care of knox, because note 3 was already out of waranty.
Regards
mayerflash
Thanks for the reply, again scuse the noobie question, but I hear Knox is major draw on the phone's system, I presume a root and a new OS would get rid of this, also would all my apps work on the new OS, is this dependant on which one I install?
Audax L Rom is already de-knox-ed.
Usually all apps will work unless they don't rely on a specific kernel (usually stock).
For those you can select to use the stock kernel during installation. (Like i do. )
Apps which need knox won't work on this rom, of course.
I always preferred Cyanogenmod, thus I recommend temasek's CM13 builds + OpenGapps STOCK, see my sig which always shows up to date what I use and consider a good daily driver for home and company use