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What has root done for you?

What have you done since you've gotten root access?

I rooted, and the only thing I have done is remove apps I don't want.

Same here, removed apps for now.
I look forward to a good custom ROM in the future as there are some aspects of the MT4G Sense I would rather not have.

pack said:
What have you done since you've gotten root access? A lot of people have been complaining about the mt4g/g2 and wanting to return it since they couldn't get root. I want to know what you have done since you've rooted that made it so life or death.
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All about the custom roms and kernels. Root was the prerequisite. Now that we have it developers can start working on the real stuff, as in the "life or death" stuff everyone is so excited about. I'll take it you're new to android/rooting? Wait and see, great things to come

thebitjockey said:
Same here, removed apps for now.
I look forward to a good custom ROM in the future as there are some aspects of the MT4G Sense I would rather not have.
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i agree... im not a fan of 2nd hand android lol id always rather just stock style
c_licious said:
All about the custom roms and kernels. Root was the prerequisite. Now that we have it developers can start working on the real stuff, as in the "life or death" stuff everyone is so excited about. I'll take it you're new to android/rooting? Wait and see, great things to come
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no not at all actually :/ i got addicted back with the G1 and have had a list of android phones since then... i lost my nexus one the other day so im just as excited as anyone else... i just wanted to see if anyones been playing with anything good or just makin minor tweaks

Not only removing stock apps. It helps u bring a sense of originality & style to ur device with the full customation ability that Root access provides. In addition to that, making your device run smoother & faster & not being an eager slave to the creators of the smartphone world. In easier terms, not always waiting for the things u anticipate for that ur phone is already suppose to do. I was a sceptic at first, but once u decide to take that turn towards rooting u will be very satisfied.
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Srry for the long post.
r0cky.Da.3v0.SU

Just to be clear I'm not asking if I should root my phone and why... I just wanted to see what the first things people did when they got root...

pack said:
Just to be clear I'm not asking if I should root my phone and why... I just wanted to see what the first things people did when they got root...
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I see. maybe it was the "life or death" remark that got people confused?

your right i meant it as a 2 part question but the way i typed it made it sound like one...

are your phones running different with the bloatware off?

I uninstalled bloatware (a must) and installed mobile defense as a system app (also a must)
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mixer5911 said:
I uninstalled bloatware (a must) and installed mobile defense as a system app (also a must)
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What's mobile defense?

mixer5911 said:
I uninstalled bloatware (a must) and installed mobile defense as a system app (also a must)
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is it making a difference? normally the bloatware weighs down the boot time but thats not an issue here....

im hoping we can overclock are mt4g like the g2 can. 1.6ghz would be nice if it was stable. so im gonna wait to root my phone till overclocking comes to this phone.

s10shane said:
im hoping we can overclock are mt4g like the g2 can. 1.6ghz would be nice if it was stable. so im gonna wait to root my phone till overclocking comes to this phone.
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I'm as bad a spec geek as the next, but I've yet to find any reason to OC over 1ghz on any recent phone I've had.
I would only OC when I was trying to pull the best benchmark and then back to 1ghz for me on my Evo...

Rooting
I wasn't aware that there was a root for this phone so quickly. Where is it located so that I can remove all this crap that I will never ever want to use. Thanks. Also What is mobile defense.

So far the only thing I've really done with root was change the Lock/Unlock sounds. I'm a huge Metal Gear Solid fan so now whenever I lock or unlock the phone I hear the codec open or close sound.

whats the easiest way to remove said bloatware again? titanium?

I've removed bloatware and the rosie.apk. Also, I'm waiting until u can actually underclock my processor.
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ryutsuke said:
So far the only thing I've really done with root was change the Lock/Unlock sounds. I'm a huge Metal Gear Solid fan so now whenever I lock or unlock the phone I hear the codec open or close sound.
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This information must be shared, Snake!
I'm guessing Root Explorer would do the trick? I've never looked into doing that before. Mind sharing the location and/or the sound?
Anyway, removed bloat, used Setcpu, gave Juice Defender root access. And @flopie, mobile defense is an app that can track your phone if you ever lose it. Shows the gps location on a map at their web page. You can remotely lock it down or wipe the phone and sd card if you have to.

Official FroYo is out on HTC site!

http://www.htc.com/us/support/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide/downloads#320
I thought it was an april fools joke too. But there it is.
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Is there root?
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There is gingerbread for this...froyo is old news

I don't see any instructions on how to install it to ur phone, all i see is how to put the program on ur computer. If anyone knows how to put it on the phone please explain. Thanx

Did you click on the more link after the sentence that said "other minor fixes"
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mulletcutter said:
There is gingerbread for this...froyo is old news
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There's no stock gingerbread espresso sense update available from HTC.

NJAZ said:
There's no stock gingerbread espresso sense update available from HTC.
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I know...root and install cm7

No root for it yet, so I'll stay on CM7.

I've been waiting for this for my wife's phone for a very long time. She'd never let me put CM on her phone, she likes Sense too much.
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I've been waiting for this for my wife's phone for a very long time. She'd never let me put CM on her phone, she likes Sense too much.
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lol, women. my wife said the same thing. sense is "prettier" lol
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chris6278 said:
I don't see any instructions on how to install it to ur phone, all i see is how to put the program on ur computer. If anyone knows how to put it on the phone please explain. Thanx
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Download HTC Sync and install it.

Anyone else getting FCs when launching the web browser?

i hate sense, is there any way to kill it with froyo? i like the look of the stock ui better.

Only option is to download a 3rd party launcher like ADW or LauncherPro. Deleting the Sense launcher would cause a bunch of problems considering the framework depends on Rosie if I'm not mistaken.
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Anyone else have these AWFUL download speeds? I know it's not just me..
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anyone know where else I can download it?

Downloading for my wife and daughter and the speeds are just horrible.

Not familiar with getting updates this way, I usually flash roms and stuff, but will updating this way erase everything?
Thanks for any help!

BoogieII said:
i hate sense, is there any way to kill it with froyo? i like the look of the stock ui better.
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Use cyanogenmod
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We should stop suggesting people use custom roms in this thread and stick to talking about experiences with the official update. How are people liking it? Issues?
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[hfm] said:
We should stop suggesting people use custom roms in this thread and stick to talking about experiences with the official update. How are people liking it? Issues?
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I agree; the thread title is pretty clear as to the topic of discussion.
Loaded it on the wife's Slide. Download speeds from HTC were truly absurd; took 3 hours to get the necessary files. I flashed chiefz version of this when I was still using the Slide ... I found the leaked ROM to be sluggish compared to 2.1 stock; I've found the 2.2 official update to be virtually identical to chiefz version - a bit sluggish. I definitely like having the wireless "hotspot" on her un-rooted slide; helps to share our two 5gb data plans wirelessly. I tried to move a few large apps to sd (Froyo a2sd) and apps that should be able to be moved were not able to be moved and I'm unsure if that's due to not having root. HTC sync and bluetooth have turned on by themselves after I disabled them in settings ... very odd. My wife doesn't seem care one way or the other but I'm a root user so I have a different take on things. The bottom line is it keeps the system as it always has been and adds some useful features. It appears some bugs were fixed from the release notes but I have a suspicious feeling a whole new set of bugs may crop up. With all the time that has passed I believe HTC could have done a better job. Hoping the wife is is happy with it because I will never hear the end of it if she prefers the old stock ROM. Fingers crossed ...

[Q] Most complete CM7 based ROM?

Sorry for not spending a huge amount of time researching this, guys. It's not for me.
I'm a flash-a-holic and my friend has your phone model and needs a new ROM installed on it. So I get one shot at this. I won't be "supporting" her phone and flashing nightlies all the time.
CyanogenMOD's site says that CM7 is officially supported, so that's what I'm considering flashing for her. It looks like there are a few threads based on it and many of the dev's have since discontinued support.
Can you guys point me to the most complete/stable CM7 based ROM out there?
I don't want CM9 or CM10 based ROM's because based on what research I have done, those still have some important things broken. Like camcorder or Netflix or 4g, etc.
This needs to be a "Flash once and be done with it" type of deal.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not after the "most popular" or "coolest" ROM. Because I know all ROM's are a WIP and Dev's improve on things daily. I just want the CM7 build that has the least amount of items broken.

CZ Eddie said:
Sorry for not spending a huge amount of time researching this, guys. It's not for me.
I'm a flash-a-holic and my friend has your phone model and needs a new ROM installed on it. So I get one shot at this. I won't be "supporting" her phone and flashing nightlies all the time.
CyanogenMOD's site says that CM7 is officially supported, so that's what I'm considering flashing for her. It looks like there are a few threads based on it and many of the dev's have since discontinued support.
Can you guys point me to the most complete/stable CM7 based ROM out there?
I don't want CM9 or CM10 based ROM's because based on what research I have done, those still have some important things broken. Like camcorder or Netflix or 4g, etc.
This needs to be a "Flash once and be done with it" type of deal.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not after the "most popular" or "coolest" ROM. Because I know all ROM's are a WIP and Dev's improve on things daily. I just want the CM7 build that has the least amount of items broken.
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Most roms are perfect our darn close, I would check out decks reloaded.
Blazin Fast Reloaded OG

Reloaded.

Thanks, Guys! I just found that one a few minutes ago and was getting ready to read through it!

CZ Eddie said:
Thanks, Guys! I just found that one a few minutes ago and was getting ready to read through it!
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reloaded

Reloaded. Its super smooth. If you only have one shot and wont be supporting, I'd recommend reading into cod tweaks. The updated settings should be linked somewhere in the thread.
And also go to advanced setting/display and make sure screen on/off is checked. Without it, you may have issue waking phone from time to time.
That's about the only "issue" I've ran into on reloaded. Fix that and its smooth sailing out of the box.
If she wants the ics look at all, download Holo launcher (free). Paired with the built in ics cm7 theme it'll look strikingly close.
Good luck

I'll second that. Below is a screenshot from my phone, and I'd say it is indeed striking. Yes, this is reloaded:
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Anyways, however you theme it, it's completely solid and once it's set up it runs forever, no drama. Sounds ideal for the situation the OP describes.
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NxNW said:
I'll second that. Below is a screenshot from my phone, and I'd say it is indeed striking. Yes, this is reloaded:
View attachment 1295605
Anyways, however you theme it, it's completely solid and once it's set up it runs forever, no drama. Sounds ideal for the situation the OP describes.
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+1 to that bro

Well if were sharing screen shots...

First of all questions go in the q&a (that's question and answer) section. That's usually where you put questions that you want answers to
Second you should search around and notice that any thread asking which rom is best gets shut down asap as its all opinion and you should figure out on your own and make your own opinion.
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Anyone tried "Lagfix" that enables Trim for LG G2?

Guys,
Anyone tried this app on LG G2 D802?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix&hl=en
This enables TRIM that supposed to come with Android 4.3 update and should help with Lag issues.
Some one tried?
can it harm the device?
Thanks!

rommark said:
Guys,
Anyone tried this app on LG G2 D802?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix&hl=en
This enables TRIM that supposed to come with Android 4.3 update and should help with Lag issues.
Some one tried?
can it harm the device?
Thanks!
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I have bought the premium of this long ago, for my old/other devices.
Please read up on which kind of LAG it should help.
LG G2 is not lagging or rather when its lagging, its due to the throttling or something else.
TRIM won't help. Won't do anything for you. Kinda would like that the placebo effect goes away which some ppl experience on other devices. Not saying it might not help. But mostly it's really just placebo. Lets say 1 in 100 000 specific devices under specific circumstances it helps... and not LG G2 .
(Not yet)
Android is out for more years, lets say after 5 they introduce TRIM and now every device and every one needs it? Wanna tell me that every device was lagging the past years? < @op This was not for you, but for the defenders that will pop out saying that TRIM is the almighty savior of high end devices.
You do not need TRIM. (Again not yet)

I used it on my Nexus 7, prior to 4.3. Works good on some devices that have poor i/o over time. I doubt it makes a difference on the G2, we'll most likely have a 4.3 or higher rom with built in trim before you would see any issues with i/o lag.

I must say. Installed lagfix on g2, everything being indeed smoother and seems as much less sttutering and scroll lags.

well the fixes you seek are not really there, android itself laggs due to the way it is designed.
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From my understanding of trim , you should still see a performance gain no matter what. This gain becomes more apparent as you use and fill your a device.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7185/android-43-update-brings-trim-to-all-nexus-devices
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puch0021 said:
From my understanding of trim , you should still see a performance gain no matter what. This gain becomes more apparent as you use and fill your a device.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7185/android-43-update-brings-trim-to-all-nexus-devices
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Yeah... But ... no... real life usage is little different
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PAGOT said:
Yeah... But ... no... real life usage is little different
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Are you referring to the lag and stuttering issue? I don't understand how trim wouldn't help a heavily used G2 on maintaining IO performance over time.

puch0021 said:
Are you referring to the lag and stuttering issue? I don't understand how trim wouldn't help a heavily used G2 on maintaining IO performance over time.
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What I said and meant is that in 99 % cases TRIM is only a placebo.
And in case of LG G2 it's 99.99999% placebo.
Look 5 years phones were fine without TRIM. Now suddenly it's a magic cure?( For a problem that 99% of devices didn't have?)
Even Google knows it's not like that at all. If it was, don't worry there would be more advertising behind it.
Stop reading into the technical details of it. As I said not my first device. Bought the premium one long ago.
Real life usage different from paper.
When you could see some benefits of TRIM on LG G2 we will have Android 5.5
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App requires a root, is there anything else we can try that does not require a root? If all else fail I will exchange the phone and I don't want to run into problem with a rooted device.

it's definitely faster. see the screenshots, the later one is obviously after applying the fix
running on rooted stock 4.2 on D802.
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better to install cusrom
Well, its little improvement.. its better to use custom rom directly to speed the whole process.. its rooted anyway

Custom roms and lag speed for an artist

Hello, I have a GN10.1 2014 and I was an ex owner of a GN10.1 2012, my question is quite simple, does the custom roms actually get rid of the lag when you draw ? I will be more specific, I didn't had any kind of lag on my old GN and now with the new screen (double the pixels) I have to use the 2x mode to draw smoothly... which mean that it's like drawing with the old one.
That occur with Layerpaint and Layerpaint HD, I own these 2 on the old one and I have to say I barely use them now because of that responsiveness. Sketchbook is cooler but of course (and I guess you noticed) it's zoomed in.
Can anyone confirm that it's getting better by installing a custom rom specifically to draw ? I don't want to lose the warranty (knox), because here now they check if you installed a custom rom or not...
Thanks in advance !

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Ive been using both since 4 months, I have to say that I dont see any diference... obviously, if you want your tablet much faster than before, you need to mod your rom, is that why I have a custom rom, modified by me. (Just in a few things)
Is almost like my desktop, I just drawed that faster, without zooming, with my mamboo stylus actually, I prefeer to draw in this tablet than my computer... (just drawing and sketch's)
Greetings!
ROM: xKat 3.0
Kernel: Xluco kernel V1

Nevermind, I found it ~.~ *

Grykonmon said:
Ive been using both since 4 months, I have to say that I dont see any diference... obviously, if you want your tablet much faster than before, you need to mod your rom, is that why I have a custom rom, modified by me. (Just in a few things)
Is almost like my desktop, I just drawed that faster, without zooming, with my mamboo stylus actually, I prefeer to draw in this tablet than my computer... (just drawing and sketch's)
Greetings!
ROM: xKat 3.0
Kernel: Xluco kernel V1
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That seems quite cool, I'm just afraid of the Knox you know, the sellers are more and more geek here, and they check these kind of stuff... I'm still on stock anyway ha haha

leomon32 said:
That seems quite cool, I'm just afraid of the Knox you know, the sellers are more and more geek here, and they check these kind of stuff... I'm still on stock anyway ha haha
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if it helps, i am on a custom rom and no lag with snote that i have experienced (have only had this a few weeks). I was recently makin a list of the plugins and various settings for my n64 emulator, for each game i have, and i had both snote and the emulator multiwindowed to make the task easier. Both apps ran well and no lag. Games were still playable and snote very responsive.

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if it helps, i am on a custom rom and no lag with snote that i have experienced (have only had this a few weeks). I was recently makin a list of the plugins and various settings for my n64 emulator, for each game i have, and i had both snote and the emulator multiwindowed to make the task easier. Both apps ran well and no lag. Games were still playable and snote very responsive.
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Sorry I was away, so the rom is the one you wrote on your signature ? I need to test that because right now I don't use my tablet that much =T

leomon32 said:
Sorry I was away, so the rom is the one you wrote on your signature ? I need to test that because right now I don't use my tablet that much =T
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yes exactly one in my sig. I use my tab so much that my phone (also in sig) battery life is around 3-4 days. I charge my tab every night though.

For drawing on Note 10.1 2014 edition, I recommend Artflow studio. I get no lag whatsoever using that.

MunkinDrunky said:
yes exactly one in my sig. I use my tab so much that my phone (also in sig) battery life is around 3-4 days. I charge my tab every night though.
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I have just read the posts corresponding to the ROM and Kernel you are using... And I'm convinced! I should install this on my tablet.
But first... Can you please tell me if I should install the kernel first and then the ROM, or is it the other way around?
I don't want to make any mistakes.
Thanks in advance!

You have to turn off the force gpu rendering, ull see a notable change in how smooth it is. Custom rom would help, gets rid of the crapware which eats up system resources and slowing down processor speed overall.
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Vexelius said:
I have just read the posts corresponding to the ROM and Kernel you are using... And I'm convinced! I should install this on my tablet.
But first... Can you please tell me if I should install the kernel first and then the ROM, or is it the other way around?
I don't want to make any mistakes.
Thanks in advance!
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Flash rom see how you like then test out kernels you might want. You want to know the rom is working for you first then you can jump into adding other stuff, you know.