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Hi all! I just purchased 4 days ago my nexus 4 16Gb
Im quite happy with it but here are some questions: I'm just asking them because probably someone else has already gone through the same doubts and probably has some more experience: This device's forums have the fame of being more polite and tolerant than some other, so I hope you guys give me some feedback
I come from SGSII - I have ben using CM9 and 10.0 until it got bricked on november 2012
In the moment i received the new phone, i unlocked it, installed CWM Recovery and made a backup of the original ROM, then, installed CM10.1+franco kernel (both nightly)
The questions I have are:
1: Perhaps the low battery life has something to do with the fact that this is my new toy and I cannot stop playing with it, but I'm thinking about trying official ROM+ root.... would this improve the battery life?
2: The camera has been acting weird a couple of times: Once, the image was flickering: a reboot fixed it.... and another time, when i opened the camera app, would get a black screen. Im not very patient.... so I restarted and the problem is gone... Would official ROM fix this?
3: Which features do we have in stock rom that are not present on CM?
4: On stock rom, can you Root/Unroot and then re-lock the phone as if nothing happened? ¿Do you lose data if you do so?
5: There is a lot of confusion about this: When you unlock the phone, the disclaimer says that process "MIGHT" VOID THE WARRANTY..... does it void it or not?, what does that "might" mean?
Overall, the phone is wonderful and I'm really happy, I'm just thinking about testing stock rom but I don't want to lose functionality...
I'm waiting for your advice.
Thanks!!

GFXi0N said:
Hi all! I just purchased 4 days ago my nexus 4 16Gb
Im quite happy with it but here are some questions: I'm just asking them because probably someone else has already gone through the same doubts and probably has some more experience: This device's forums have the fame of being more polite and tolerant than some other, so I hope you guys give me some feedback
I come from SGSII - I have ben using CM9 and 10.0 until it got bricked on november 2012
In the moment i received the new phone, i unlocked it, installed CWM Recovery and made a backup of the original ROM, then, installed CM10.1+franco kernel (both nightly)
The questions I have are:
1: Perhaps the low battery life has something to do with the fact that this is my new toy and I cannot stop playing with it, but I'm thinking about trying official ROM+ root.... would this improve the battery life?
2: The camera has been acting weird a couple of times: Once, the image was flickering: a reboot fixed it.... and another time, when i opened the camera app, would get a black screen. Im not very patient.... so I restarted and the problem is gone... Would official ROM fix this?
3: Which features do we have in stock rom that are not present on CM?
4: On stock rom, can you Root/Unroot and then re-lock the phone as if nothing happened? ¿Do you lose data if you do so?
5: There is a lot of confusion about this: When you unlock the phone, the disclaimer says that process "MIGHT" VOID THE WARRANTY..... does it void it or not?, what does that "might" mean?
Overall, the phone is wonderful and I'm really happy, I'm just thinking about testing stock rom but I don't want to lose functionality...
I'm waiting for your advice.
Thanks!!
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Thread allready excists:
https://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=...O-GpCSO_eYYCvy4ortY3ZoQ&bvm=bv.44158598,d.d2k
There are tons of these threads, no need to post yet another one and don`t wait on other users yo answer YOUR question. Google and search XDA please.

[ROM][MIUIv5_ZTE_Blade_Q_Maxi][custom_rom]

I re-ported(adapted to ZTE Blade Q Maxi) this rom from Huawei y511
original port is here and is made
by "nambba"
all creditts to him
instalation process work only with CWM
make first a backup of previous rom wich work on your phone
you do it on your risck, no more waranty and all the rest
how to install
download and copy the rom archive to sdcard
reboot in recovery
"wipe data factory resset/ yes format"
"advanced/wipe dalvick cache/ yes"
"install zip from sdcard/choose zip/(sellect the rom archive)/yes install"
when it finish, the phone will boot alone
Download
Enjoy
I hope you like what i do and aspect feedback from you
XDA:DevDB Information
Miui_v5_Blade_Q_Maxi, ROM for the ZTE Blade
Contributors
vaserbanix
ROM OS Version: 4.2.x Jelly Bean
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: Miui
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2014-08-31
Last Updated 2014-08-31

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I cannot stress it enough how awesome you are!! The rom works flawlessly and îs the best rom I have ever used.
Cheers to you Vaserbanix, and keep 'em coming . Maybe soon enough we'll see a kitkat port.

Works great. The only weird thing is Google Chrome get crashed every single time and the camera Resolution is 2mpx instead 5mpx.

imkoma said:
Works great. The only weird thing is Google Chrome get crashed every single time and the camera Resolution is 2mpx instead 5mpx.
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And that after reboot it doesn't remember that I disabled vibrate on touch and keypad sound. But those aren't something important
Overall great rom and great port!
Also, it doesn't display diacritics at all. Very strange. Is it a font issue?

vaserbanix said:
I re-ported(adapted to ZTE Blade Q Maxi) this rom from Huawei y511
original port is here and is made
by "nambba"
all creditts to him
instalation process work only with CWM
make first a backup of previous rom wich work on your phone
you do it on your risck, no more waranty and all the rest
how to install
download and copy the rom archive to sdcard
reboot in recovery
"wipe data factory resset/ yes format"
"advanced/wipe dalvick cache/ yes"
"install zip from sdcard/choose zip/(sellect the rom archive)/yes install"
when it finish, the phone will boot alone
Download
Enjoy
I hope you like what i do and aspect feedback from you
XDA:DevDB Information
Miui_v5_Blade_Q_Maxi, ROM for the ZTE Blade
Contributors
vaserbanix
ROM OS Version: 4.2.x Jelly Bean
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: Miui
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2014-08-31
Last Updated 2014-08-31
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Can you make this working on zte blade q mini? Thank you!

An image?

bZk.ro said:
An image?
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Press the screenshot buttons from the top of the thread

vaserbanix said:
Press the screenshot buttons from the top of the thread
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Thanks.
Nu stiam chestia asta.... Si cred ca m-am indragostit de acest rom dupa cum vad din poze

Please you enjoy the ROM on That level for 4-5 days.
I have some personall jobs to do wich are eat all my time.
Post all bugs or malfunctioning you can get and I will try to fix it
Ps.- my brouser work fine # try delete cache from settings/aplication/brouser
or reinstall the rom (wipe factory, wipe dalvik cache)
-for Q Mini I will try to port But on few days

There is a problem, the battery tells me that 1%, I had 60% before installing this ROM. Some FIX?

Flaxxy said:
There is a problem, the battery tells me that 1%, I had 60% before installing this ROM. Some FIX?
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Aply the fix from Samsung rom(my previous rom) I Post there 2 way to fix the battery

vaserbanix said:
Aply the fix from Samsung rom(my previous rom) I Post there 2 way to fix the battery
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Ok Thank you ! Just one more thing, when I change to SILENT mode and then back to NORMAL mode, the vibration of the keys and other things again, not kept in my settings.
But very good job with the ROM, I really like

MIUI - Who would've thought that there was actually a market for people who want Android to be just like iOS?
Let me thank you for providing this ROM, it was a unique experience, having first sampled flashing my first ZTE device and also having sampled MIUI and also for the chance to finally install CWM recovery!
That being said, there are a few issues with it, like the battery level, the sound options, random crashes, the keyboard, no live wallpapers, stupid/useless/bloated notification bar and most important of all, because the phone is no longer seen as Orange Reyo/ZTE Blade Q Maxi, the ZTE ABD driver does not recognize it anymore, so a restore from PC is not possible, only through CWM recovery.
I dislike iOS and MIUI, so I'll be sticking with the stock ROM and Nova Launcher on top.
Thank you again for your hard work and keep it up!:good:

UzY3L said:
MIUI - Who would've thought that there was actually a market for people who want Android to be just like iOS?
Let me thank you for providing this ROM, it was a unique experience, having first sampled flashing my first ZTE device and also having sampled MIUI and also for the chance to finally install CWM recovery!
That being said, there are a few issues with it, like the battery level, the sound options, random crashes, the keyboard, no live wallpapers, stupid/useless/bloated notification bar and most important of all, because the phone is no longer seen as Orange Reyo/ZTE Blade Q Maxi, the ZTE ABD driver does not recognize it anymore, so a restore from PC is not possible, only through CWM recovery.
I dislike iOS and MIUI, so I'll be sticking with the stock ROM and Nova Launcher on top.
Thank you again for your hard work and keep it up!:good:
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"MIUI - Who would've thought that there was actually a market for people who want Android to be just like iOS?"
-I discover android about 5 years ago and never like me iOS and MIUI(becouse of it launcher,thats whay i changed it with ADW and now it look GOOD)
"the battery level"
-can be fixed! just read all post on this page
"most important of all, because the phone is no longer seen as Orange Reyo/ZTE Blade Q Maxi, the ZTE ABD driver does not recognize it anymore, so a restore from PC is not possible, only through CWM recovery"
-i dont have this isues! SPflashTool and MTKdroid it see the phone and work good with it
"random crashes"
-i never had something like this
"the keyboard, no live wallpapers"
-market(play store) is full with this
Thanks for feedbak, i will try to fix some of it like battery level, name on pc and others

Vaserbanix, it is a phenomenal port. I haven't had the slightest of issues. It is a great rom, and it's blazing fast. This rom is perfect to fill in the wait for kitkat 4.4.
Also, have you heard any news about that lg device with kitkat and mt6572?

This ROM is great, works fast, with MIUI store you have all, you just have to know how to configure the phone, can not talk bad if inexperienced user.
+10 Vaserbanix Thank you for share

i have this rom for a few days now and asa far as i see its a very very good rom but i found some bugs if i may call them like that......first i cant sincronise my google contacts, second when im using data connection i cant download anything......i enter google play store and trying to take 2 mb apk and its saying that i should use wifi....even 100kb cant download...i can browse the internet but cant take nothing.....these are not cool at all....and finally that app,MiCloud, its useless.....sorry for my bad english :fingers-crossed:

jupanualex said:
i have this rom for a few days now and asa far as i see its a very very good rom but i found some bugs if i may call them like that......first i cant sincronise my google contacts, second when im using data connection i cant download anything......i enter google play store and trying to take 2 mb apk and its saying that i should use wifi....even 100kb cant download...i can browse the internet but cant take nothing.....these are not cool at all....and finally that app,MiCloud, its useless.....sorry for my bad english :fingers-crossed:
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Chek your APN to be set on Orange Internet, not on Orange Word(if you are on Ogange ntwork)
Miclouds are not useful for me too, maybe for others.

Lenovo Ideapad K1, should i bother rooting since my volume down button broken?

Hey guys,
So I found my Lenovo Ideapad K1 wifi model in some drawer. I gave this to my sister before she got a smartphone. She took it with her to my country. Suffice to say the back cover is kind of loose, the volume down button is gone and I am surprised the screen even works. So after making sure all works I did a factory reset on it and then it hit me, it is still one 3.2 Honeycomb. I am hering that google will cut support to older androids (i.e. anything bellow 4.0). So since the tablet is working fine I want to re-purpose it! I found a kit-kat rom based on CM10 which is more than enough to give it more like, my only problem is without the functioning volume down button how do I boot into recovery to even root it?

Is it rooted ?
There are many apps available in the store which will reboot the system into recovery mode. One such is the ROM manager.
Where did you manage to get the Kitkat ROM for K1?
Can you please share the details?

EternalSeekerX said:
Hey guys,
So I found my Lenovo Ideapad K1 wifi model in some drawer. I gave this to my sister before she got a smartphone. She took it with her to my country. Suffice to say the back cover is kind of loose, the volume down button is gone and I am surprised the screen even works. So after making sure all works I did a factory reset on it and then it hit me, it is still one 3.2 Honeycomb. I am hering that google will cut support to older androids (i.e. anything bellow 4.0). So since the tablet is working fine I want to re-purpose it! I found a kit-kat rom based on CM10 which is more than enough to give it more like, my only problem is without the functioning volume down button how do I boot into recovery to even root it?
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Hi,
Can you please share the CM10 KitKat ROM for K1, please?
We have resumed discussion for K1 Rom at the thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357353&page=46

3 problems at one time!!!

Hi
I'm from Italy
My name is Giampaolo
The galaxy s3 neo is my second phone
The phone was rooted with resurrection remix rom and after an accidental falling I've changed the LCD display with frame
Then I unrooted the phone and I've installed a stock rom from sammobile
Tryied more stock roms
All the things gone well except rear camera, microphone and ear jack
Now first thing I've done it's changed two times the ear jack and it doesn't work at all
The music comes distorted and with low volume when I listen music from ear jack .
Tryied more earphones.
From speaker music comes at right volume
Is this depending from some bugs?
How can I fix the problems?
I've tryied all the resets I know
Changed roms
In the mean time I've bought rear camera on eBay and s microphone and I'm going to change them.
What else I could do?
Tnx
Giampaolo

Problem.
Musogelido said:
Hi
I'm from Italy
My name is Giampaolo
The galaxy s3 neo is my second phone
The phone was rooted with resurrection remix rom and after an accidental falling I've changed the LCD display with frame
Then I unrooted the phone and I've installed a stock rom from sammobile
Tryied more stock roms
All the things gone well except rear camera, microphone and ear jack
Now first thing I've done it's changed two times the ear jack and it doesn't work at all
The music comes distorted and with low volume when I listen music from ear jack .
Tryied more earphones.
From speaker music comes at right volume
Is this depending from some bugs?
How can I fix the problems?
I've tryied all the resets I know
Changed roms
In the mean time I've bought rear camera on eBay and s microphone and I'm going to change them.
What else I could do?
Tnx
Giampaolo
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Hello Giampaolo,
I'm very sorry you're going through this, but your situation is interesting because something similar happened to me.
I also tried getting my S3 Neo on stock version from Samsung, yet I couldn't find the correct version so I had the problem with camera not working, and headphone jack.
I think you should try to find a correct version of the stock system, or flash another custom one, as I did.
I installed Lolipop by developer Rox, it is amazing, and stable. If you want I can send you the link.
I would generally suggest that you use Lolipop 5.1.1 cm12, since stock Samsung system is heavily bloated, and has lot's of security flaws, regarding your permission, etc.
I hope I was helpful, anyways, if you need that link just tell me.
Have a nice day,
Nikola.

Nikola_123 said:
Hello Giampaolo,
I'm very sorry you're going through this, but your situation is interesting because something similar happened to me.
I also tried getting my S3 Neo on stock version from Samsung, yet I couldn't find the correct version so I had the problem with camera not working, and headphone jack.
I think you should try to find a correct version of the stock system, or flash another custom one, as I did.
I installed Lolipop by developer Rox, it is amazing, and stable. If you want I can send you the link.
I would generally suggest that you use Lolipop 5.1.1 cm12, since stock Samsung system is heavily bloated, and has lot's of security flaws, regarding your permission, etc.
I hope I was helpful, anyways, if you need that link just tell me.
Have a nice day,
Nikola.
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Hi Nikola,
Your reply is more than a simple suggestion for me
It gives me hope to see my s3 neo useful one more time.
Please write me down the link you said,
It will be for sure helpful.
Tnx
Giamp

Musogelido said:
Hi Nikola,
Your reply is more than a simple suggestion for me
It gives me hope to see my s3 neo useful one more time.
Please write me down the link you said,
It will be for sure helpful.
Tnx
Giamp
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Here is the link of the Rom, it is developed by Rox, who is an amazing developer, soon there will me 6.0 version for S3 Neo, it is currently being tested and developed, so hopefully we will see it soon.
Link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24344671467602216
Instalation of the ROM is simple, standard one, you will do it over recovery, but just in case I will also send you tutorial here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-neo/development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-s3-neo-t3099384
GAPPS Link: http://opengapps.org/
Also for GAPPS download 5.1 version, and I recommend Pico, since it is just the essentials, other google apps are easily downloadable from the market.
Enjoy!

Nikola_123 said:
Here is the link of the Rom, it is developed by Rox, who is an amazing developer, soon there will me 6.0 version for S3 Neo, it is currently being tested and developed, so hopefully we will see it soon.
Link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24344671467602216
Instalation of the ROM is simple, standard one, you will do it over recovery, but just in case I will also send you tutorial here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-neo/development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-s3-neo-t3099384
GAPPS Link: http://opengapps.org/
Also for GAPPS download 5.1 version, and I recommend Pico, since it is just the essentials, other google apps are easily downloadable from the market.
Enjoy!
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Hi Nikola,
I've installed CM12 and Gapps as you told me, but the problems ( microphone and earjack sound distorted ) still exist.
In the mean time I solved the camera issue changing it with a new one.
Does anyone know if this kind of problems could depend from playservice app?
I've read around the web something about.
Tnx

Strange twrp problem 2014817

Hi, I bought an used 2014817 unit, the owner said that he has replaced the touchscreen before
The weird thing is, the latest twrp doesnt always register my touch, most of the time, I tap the screen without any reaction from the twrp, but sometimes it works, it can register my tap easily
While the previous twrp 2.8.7, didnt have this problem at all
How to fix this ? Bad drivers ?

Try flashing miui fastboot rom....it will fix the broken drivers...

Paleskin said:
Hi, I bought an used 2014817 unit, the owner said that he has replaced the touchscreen before
The weird thing is, the latest twrp doesnt always register my touch, most of the time, I tap the screen without any reaction from the twrp, but sometimes it works, it can register my tap easily
While the previous twrp 2.8.7, didnt have this problem at all
How to fix this ? Bad drivers ?
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Yeah, the replaced touchscreen must be a replica. So bad drivers should be the case. If there's an official xiaomi agent near you, you should ask them to replace it or try finding an original touchscreen for RM2.
I'm guessing you've been facing frequent SoD's (Screen of Death that makes you have to force reboot the device) and unresponsive touchscreen when the device is trying to wake from sleep (ex: pressing power button). SoD's occurs because of the proximity sensor that is attached to the replica screen is buggy.
I used to have the same problems, but it got fixed. I bought a dead original Redmi 2 and right away I started switching parts from the dead redmi 2 to my redmi 2. Salvaging parts that I've tested and arent using right now, and replacing bad parts. Extra info: RM 2's Touchscreen isn't sold by piece. You gotta buy the whole package, from LCD to TS and Proximity.
Try reading an old ROM thread by @ketut.kumajaya (CM 12.1-13), there you'll find tons of information about buggy parts of your redmi 2. Starting from eMMC to Proximity sensors, because RM 2 are sometimes shipped with different parts inside it.
and one more thing, your thread should be posted in Q&A section, just reminding you mate!
Good luck!

So my best option right now is to go back to miui based custom rom and twrp 2.8.7, since I encountered no errors with them, thankz very much mate

Paleskin said:
So my best option right now is to go back to miui based custom rom and twrp 2.8.7, since I encountered no errors with them, thankz very much mate
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By all means yes if you don't have the leisure to do what I just posted (Changing your replica screen to an original RM2 screen). If you do plan on using MIUI based ROM, I suggest you to sneak a peek at xiaomi.eu and download the latest rom for Redmi 2 (running MIUI 8.2 with LP-bootloader). Best performance for MIUI.
Or if you are the 1 GB RAM variant of RM2, Try going for Kitkat MIUI 8 (with KK bootloader). I'll be praying that SoD's and other bugs won't occur while you're on KK and using that replica screen of yours.
I've been on this phone for a year, and at last when I fixed it (with the methods in my last post), I fully unlocked all customization for RM2, please do consider my methods if you are going to settle with RM 2 for a while or you're facing the same bugs that I used to.
Good luck!

ezrawk said:
By all means yes if you don't have the leisure to do what I just posted (Changing your replica screen to an original RM2 screen). If you do plan on using MIUI based ROM, I suggest you to sneak a peek at xiaomi.eu and download the latest rom for Redmi 2 (running MIUI 8.2 with LP-bootloader). Best performance for MIUI.
Or if you are the 1 GB RAM variant of RM2, Try going for Kitkat MIUI 8 (with KK bootloader). I'll be praying that SoD's and other bugs won't occur while you're on KK and using that replica screen of yours.
I've been on this phone for a year, and at last when I fixed it (with the methods in my last post), I fully unlocked all customization for RM2, please do consider my methods if you are going to settle with RM 2 for a while or you're facing the same bugs that I used to.
Good luck!
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Nah, I done wasting money on r2, I was in minovo cusrom kitkat before, and no problem encountered, so I'll just go back to minovo then, thanks

Paleskin said:
Hi, I bought an used 2014817 unit, the owner said that he has replaced the touchscreen before
The weird thing is, the latest twrp doesnt always register my touch, most of the time, I tap the screen without any reaction from the twrp, but sometimes it works, it can register my tap easily
While the previous twrp 2.8.7, didnt have this problem at all
How to fix this ? Bad drivers ?
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Try this TWRP
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120756050

nadifzidane said:
Try this TWRP
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120756050
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Works perfectly, thanks
You got any fix for sod issue on lineage 14.1 too ?

nadifzidane said:
Try this TWRP
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120756050
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Hi, where have you seen this link? I would like to learn more about the source of this TWRP before flashing it.