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Aosp roms discussion thread. [Minor FAQ inside]

This thread is for discussing aosp roms, like Slim, Carbon, etc. except for CM though since it has its own thread. This is meant to keep the unhelping chit-chatter out of the development threads where bug reports best reside. When posting here, clarify what aosp rom you're on. Do not post bug reports here, post them in their respective development threads!
One more thing! While this thread progresses, use search and/or read the faq to see if your question has already been posted before, to avoid repetitiveness and us older lads becoming grumpy.
F.A.Q: (frequently asked questions)
I would like to dualboot, what should I do?
Flash siyah kernel
Help! I flashed siyah and now my rom doesn't boot!
It's because whatever rom you use has a newer mali driver which most kernels aren't updated for. Especially siyah which hasn't seen some dev love in ages.
What rom should I flash?
We don't know, you have to try them out yourself!
What's gapps, and is this inside xx rom?
Gapps is short for google apps, which is the Play store and some other apps you sorely need. Go too http://goo.im/gapps and download the gapps package for whatever version you have. Newer aosp roms are most certainly 4.2.2. Some roms, like Slim, have their own separate gapps packages specially made for those roms. In those cases, the standard gapps from goo.im will not work!
Help! I flashed xx rom but now it doesn't boot!
Try making a factory reset in the recovery and reflash whatever rom you were on. Also, in most cases, CWM works better for rom installations. Twrp craps out for unknown reasons.
Help! I wiped data and reflashed the rom but it still doesn't boot!
That sounds like a rom issue. Try flashing an earlier version of the rom.
Help! Something screwed up and now my phone doesn't boot anymore!
Well, reboot into recovery and see if a reflash helps. It is always recommended to regularly keep your system backed up in case something nasty happens. Perform a nandroid backup every once in a while.
What is a nandroid backup?
It's like a screenshot of your current state which you can return to if something bad happens. A nandroid backup backs up the system, boot (kernel) and data and, if specified/selectable, it also backs up cache and recovery. Maybe even efs (in twrp). However, it doesn't back up the modem!
I flashed xx kernel and I now get a black screen upon reboot!
That is because the rom you flashed has the new mali driver from the 4.2.1 leak and the kernel you flashed isn't updated with this driver. Stay on the provided kernel for now.
Thanks to:
I forgot to give thanks where due, and I'm so sorry for that. If I got an advice from you, hit me up and your name goes on this list.
C_tho; for mentioning the mali driver stuff.
Noble Sir Slaphead20; for suggesting I'd maintain an FAQ and suggesting I'd make an entry covering gapps.

great..let me fire up first noob ?...other than siyah any other kernel supports dual boot of cm & sammy rom/ cm or aokp...
edit i know its kernel ? but still related to cm or aokp...

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great..let me fire up first noob ?...other than siyah any other kernel supports dual boot of cm & sammy rom/ cm or aokp...
edit i know its kernel ? but still related to cm or aokp...
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Nope, only siyah
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@Theshawty....maybe as the thread develops you can add a FAQ?

kevinarjun said:
great..let me fire up first noob ?...other than siyah any other kernel supports dual boot of cm & sammy rom/ cm or aokp...
edit i know its kernel ? but still related to cm or aokp...
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Only Siyah, and Siyah only supports the older aosp roms.
Speaking of aosp, I just had an urge to flash Carbon. Think I'll do it, because I'm a bit bored of running touchwiz and I've run CM for so long I need change. I didn't like RootBox that much (too many settings, lol. I like a "leaner" setup) and there's no official aokp for our device. I also didn't like Slim, so I'll give Carbon another go.
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Nope, only siyah
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@Theshawty....maybe as the thread develops you can add a FAQ?
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Yeah, I had in mind to add a smaller faq.

would suggest you also try JellyBam...

kevinarjun said:
would suggest you also try JellyBam...
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not gonna happen
jellybam isnt a welcome rom here

kevinarjun said:
would suggest you also try JellyBam...
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DSA said:
not gonna happen
jellybam isnt a welcome rom here
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What DSA said. We do not welcome JellyBam here anymore because the developer broke a lot of rules of XDA. Plagiarism and violating the gpl, amongst others.
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I updated the op with a small faq. More to come in the following days.

In the Faqs it might be worth mentioning in the gapps bit that some Roms ie slim, have their own gapps, and others won't work

Just flashed Carbon 1.5, not regretting it thus far! This ROM gives the word buttery smooth a whole new meaning!
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Not sure this goes here, but ill give it a go anyways.
In the Slimbean thread there was a lot of talk about mali drivers. Now could someone please give me some info on the matter cause seems like I missed something.
Basicly what im wondering is whats up with the mali drivers and why do I want them?
Sorry if this is off-topic or has been answered somewhere else.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk HD

looking to switch to a AOSP ROM, what do you think about Super Nexus? Seems like the definition of AOSP

Glebun said:
looking to switch to a AOSP ROM, what do you think about Super Nexus? Seems like the definition of AOSP
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Slim is definitely worth a go as well

slaphead20 said:
Slim is definitely worth a go as well
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Agreed, running it now with no problems.
Carbon is nice as well..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

Jns said:
Not sure this goes here, but ill give it a go anyways.
In the Slimbean thread there was a lot of talk about mali drivers. Now could someone please give me some info on the matter cause seems like I missed something.
Basicly what im wondering is whats up with the mali drivers and why do I want them?
Sorry if this is off-topic or has been answered somewhere else.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk HD
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They fix the graphics glitches and completely without memory leaks.
Glebun said:
looking to switch to a AOSP ROM, what do you think about Super Nexus? Seems like the definition of AOSP
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I think you should give Carbon a try, it's THE definition of buttery smooth and come with some neat customization.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Glebun said:
looking to switch to a AOSP ROM, what do you think about Super Nexus? Seems like the definition of AOSP
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The only problem with SuperNexus is it is updated very slowly. Also Faryaab has exams to do now, so it will not get updated at least until he is done with them.
If you want a super light rom I would reccomend SlimBean it's fast, and light, battery is acceptable, and it's easy to change settings like screen density and navbar settings without having to edit build.prop and decompile framework-res.apk, which you will have to do on SuperNexus.

what about the smoothness of it?

Another one there to vouch for Carbon, running it on both phone and tablet
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

I love AOSP Roms and thank you for starting this thread. Unfortunately I am afraid that I can't use such Roms as a daily driver because of the camera problems. Bluetooth also seems to be a problem for some users.

Guys I am facing Memory leak problem with the Slim bean 4.2.2.....is it normal? cant seems to find any solution....

you'd be better off asking in the slim thread

Battery % in top right action bar?

Is there a mod for our Nexus 4 that changes the stock battery icon in the top right to a circle, or at least shows a %?
I had this mod on my old Atrix 2 that I just upgrade from, and I miss it a lot...
Yes I searched before I made the new thread, and could only find stuff for other phones...
It's not ROMd but I do plan on rooting soon. I'd like to avoid ROMing as I am very satisfied with the stock one.

S2005x said:
Is there a mod for our Nexus 4 that changes the stock battery icon in the top right to a circle, or at least shows a %?
I had this mod on my old Atrix 2 that I just upgrade from, and I miss it a lot...
Yes I searched before I made the new thread, and could only find stuff for other phones...
It's not ROMd but I do plan on rooting soon. I'd like to avoid ROMing as I am very satisfied with the stock one.
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that´s a standard cyanogen feature...
give cm a try, it´s stable like stock

CM10 is the one I should use then?
I'm reading the guide right now on how to root/rom etc...
Will I need a different kernel too?
Also, this is another issue I'm having, will CM10 fix this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41861539#post41861539

If you want to avoid flashing to the latest nightly of the Rom, I recommend MiNCO as it's near stock with minimal customization and updates. You can change the battery icon like in CM.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

S2005x said:
CM10 is the one I should use then?
I'm reading the guide right now on how to root/rom etc...
Will I need a different kernel too?
Also, this is another issue I'm having, will CM10 fix this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41861539#post41861539
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Thats the one Id recomend; you don't need another kernel, as all Roms come with a kernel already bundled in. However you can install other kernels instead.
And yes, CyanogenMod will allow you to make those changes straight away, just go into launcher settings and system from the settings app in CM.
Sent from my CM10.1 Nexus 4
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S2005x said:
Is there a mod for our Nexus 4 that changes the stock battery icon in the top right to a circle, or at least shows a %?
It's not ROMd but I do plan on rooting soon. I'd like to avoid ROMing as I am very satisfied with the stock one.
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Here is a mod you can do on stock ROM if you want to avoid installing custom ROMs; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2227222
Sent from my CM10.1 Nexus 4

Ok, so the more I read about CM10.1, the more I don't want to ROM the phone...
They do daily updates? Does that mean I have to reflash every day?!
Also, there are a TON of different CM10.1 versions... which should I use...?

S2005x said:
Ok, so the more I read about CM10.1, the more I don't want to ROM the phone...
They do daily updates? Does that mean I have to reflash every day?!
Also, there are a TON of different CM10.1 versions... which should I use...?
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Those are nightlies. They fix some bugs and build every day. You can flash them and post some bugs or something.
But recently they released the first stable version. You can flash it and wait untill there is another one.
I flashed everyday the nightlies and they are as stable as stock so no worry about that. And you don't have to flash every nightly if you don't want. Just flash them when you feel to.

Nexus 6 Shamu AOSPA - Paranoid Android

I'm surprised not to see a link in reference to it yet and I'm sure that the paranoid team will make an official thread soon enough but for now this will do to let everyone know that paranoid android is available finally for our device.
Please not that it is still an alpha release so there may be bugs, don't report them in here as this is just to inform users and has nothing to do with the official team.
Grab the ROM file here.....http://get.aospa.co/
File is located under official supported devices....Happy flashing all!!!!

Sweet! But does it auto encrypt?

Sane1 said:
Sweet! But does it auto encrypt?
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Yes it seems to be encrypted going by what the comments on G+ say. downloading atm so i can confirm in a bit (download is real slow though)
Also remember PA is no longer pre rotted

yeah, i saw the new on reddit this afternoon and wonder why there's no thread here.
did most of us forgot PA already?

mjwhirly said:
File is located under official supported devices....Happy flashing all!!!!
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I may be blind, but I'm not seeing the Nexus 6 under official devices.
**UPDATE** Yes, I'm blind, please disregard.

Was wondering where the thread was to this. Saw it on G+ this morning and downloaded but haven't flashed yet. Glad to see PA is an option for N6 users. I'm sure we will see some nice features with this ROM as it develops. Maybe we will get lock screen customization back sooner than we think.

BradleyUffner said:
I may be blind, but I'm not seeing the Nexus 6 under official devices.
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it's there you probably just missed it http://get.aospa.co/official/shamu

BradleyUffner said:
I may be blind, but I'm not seeing the Nexus 6 under official devices.
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It's there bro. It says Shamu Nexus 6.

Just flash an unencrypted kernel if you dont want to be encrypted

Roxas598 said:
it's there you probably just missed it http://get.aospa.co/official/shamu
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The page loads but there's no download link.

Toneman07 said:
The page loads but there's no download link.
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no big download button/bar at the bottom? there is for me.

For those who don't see it, it is because your browser is using a cached copy of the page. Clear your cache and you should be good!
Or, if you don't want to clear the cache, I have the link below.
http://get.aospa.co/official/shamu

OK so I installed and it's running good however I see no options besides themes..... Am I taking crazy pills?

Nice one ?

JustusIV said:
OK so I installed and it's running good however I see no options besides themes..... Am I taking crazy pills?
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It's an Alpha. PA will need to redo all of their old features to work and follow the Lollipop look so it'll take a while.

Roxas598 said:
It's an Alpha. PA will need to redo all of their old features to work and follow the Lollipop look so it'll take a while.
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Sure I get that.... Just expected something. No disrespect intended, just expected the basics to be there.

suzook said:
Just flash an unencrypted kernel if you dont want to be encrypted
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Instead of flashing an unencrypted kernel I was wondering if anybody has tried this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3000788
I am running stock, rooted and unencrypted.

JustusIV said:
Sure I get that.... Just expected something. No disrespect intended, just expected the basics to be there.
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I'll admit they launched way after Cyan and Cyan have more stable features but the PA guys always like to make sure things work before they release it since they have no nighties. I was expecting more from the first release but ah well they'll get there eventually. I'm still on stock atm anyway Cyan has a stutter problem with the notification/toggle swipe and animations that annoyed me too much.

Roxas598 said:
I'll admit they launched way after Cyan and Cyan have more stable features but the PA guys always like to make sure things work before they release it since they have no nighties. I was expecting more from the first release but ah well they'll get there eventually. I'm still on stock atm anyway Cyan has a stutter problem with the notification/toggle swipe and animations that annoyed me too much.
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Yeah it's running good for sure!

Has anyone tried an unencrypted kernel yet? If so, did you flash it immediately after the rom to stay unencrypted?

✹List of Custom ROMs with Android Nougat 7.0✹

Abandonned

Suggestion: add links to relative XDA forum threads.
Thanks for your topic

SKUndef said:
Suggestion: add links to relative XDA forum threads.
Thanks for your topic
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The links are to homemade builds. Any mention of them or bugs pertaining to them in the ROM threads will most likely piss of the devs.
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

who made the pure nexus? is it safe to use now? i really miss it!

RonnellTapawan said:
who made the pure nexus? is it safe to use now? i really miss it!
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I'm use now,much faster,more not restore data of google,to use this ROM,install and go to "start NET phone" not conect in wifi,and pass of setup screen ^^

SKUndef said:
Suggestion: add links to relative XDA forum threads.
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Nice idea,serious,i'm make this tomorrow for uberstock (PhasmaKernelDev)
In puré nexus,i'm not add because is one homemade,more i'm add any info about this ROMs ) nice flashing ^^

Don't use these yet. Especially pure nexus as it's not from the actual developer.
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

milan187 said:
Don't use these yet. Especially pure nexus as it's not from the actual developer.
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
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I've been about to say the same. It's good you've made Pure Nexus for N BUT if that is home made keep it with yourself. You use github? The sources all yours? If not you are facing troubles as you've likely not been given permissions by the one having maintained the Pure Nexus for quite a while. Nor you quoted him in OP.

enzo_cz said:
I've been about to say the same. It's good you've made Pure Nexus for N BUT if that is home made keep it with yourself. You use github? The sources all yours? If not you are facing troubles as you've likely not been given permissions by the one having maintained the Pure Nexus for quite a while. Nor you quoted him in OP.
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I just shared the first ROMs nougat , I'm not a developer '-' i'm not make this ROMs

Terribly unsafe post. No one knows who compiled this, no source code, nothing. Do NOT flash, just to be safe at least.

Do not flash, Uberstock is not ready for prime time if you need ROMs go to the threads themselves.

AnrgKrshn said:
Terribly unsafe post. No one knows who compiled this, no source code, nothing. Do NOT flash, just to be safe at least.
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Wow,nice hate,uberstock is the same developer of phasma kernel,i'm testing the ROM
Pure nexus homemade i'm don't know who develop this,but is my ROM for daily use,more ok, new ROMs i'm update the post,sharing more ROMs Nougat ^^

TheDemonOfSky said:
Wow,nice hate,uberstock is the same developer of phasma kernel,i'm testing the ROM
Pure nexus homemade i'm don't know who develop this,but is my ROM for daily use,more ok, new ROMs i'm update the post,sharing more ROMs Nougat ^^
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You don't get the point. It's not hate. It's called being safe. It's one thing to download an app you don't know where it came from and install it on your phone but to uninstall an entire operating system that you are unsure where it came from? No way to report bugs? What happens if flashing the wrong breaks your device? Where are you supposed to get help at? Are you going to help people? I agree, if you were in need of a new get rom that bad then search the forums

Exactly. No hate but these are rip off roms and unsafe.
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Actually uberstock is legit check original development thread

hilla_killa said:
Actually uberstock is legit check original development thread
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Exactly,i'm tested the uberstock and Pure Nexus,nexus is one home made unnoficial More is one Great ROM,i'm use now

Uberstock update ))) same developer of phasma kernel
I'm downloading and install in next times,and share news )
I love uberstock and phasma kernel,thanks Despair,i very love your work <3

I didnt even knew that Uberstock is on Nougat. Thanks.
But after i flashed the latest ROM (08-27) and Cl3Kener gapps, i received dozen of "stopped working" alerts. Guess its still in some alpha / beta version.

Carach_CZ said:
I didnt even knew that Uberstock is on Nougat. Thanks.
But after i flashed the latest ROM (08-27) and Cl3Kener gapps, i received dozen of "stopped working" alerts. Guess its still in some alpha / beta version.
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flash the 09/01 build

DespairFactor said:
flash the 09/01 build
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Ill try it once it will be on Google Drive. thanks for keeping Uber updated.

[rom q] cm13/14

Is anyone working on CM for this device? I'd love to contribute!

jjj551280jjj said:
Is anyone working on CM for this device? I'd love to contribute!
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Any idea if lineage is working on anything for the bolt?

I'm about to attempt to build lineage for the Bolt sometime this week.
I wanted to port over ubuntu touch but since there isn't even a lineage port to begin with, I might as well start one. It doesn't look too hard, it's just sitting the time aside and having patience. Plus school can be a time consumer itself.

Just wanted to post an Update on porting the Bolt:
Uh, where do we begin? Lol. I can't find any source code for the device. Not sure if I need it, I'm thinking I might be able to use the existing kernel since it shipped with 7.x. I mean, I finally got a Environment set up to port it over but I'm not even sure where to go from here. Nobody seems to want to help, either. So, I'll keep poking around until I find something. Will be emailing HTC about the kernel source a little later today.

Cool i can test things

TheLiftedVisionary said:
Just wanted to post an Update on porting the Bolt:
Uh, where do we begin? Lol. I can't find any source code for the device. Not sure if I need it, I'm thinking I might be able to use the existing kernel since it shipped with 7.x. I mean, I finally got a Environment set up to port it over but I'm not even sure where to go from here. Nobody seems to want to help, either. So, I'll keep poking around until I find something. Will be emailing HTC about the kernel source a little later today.
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Check out htcdev.com you can get any kernel there

rognlorie said:
Check out htcdev.com you can get any kernel there
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One for bolt not there

roadkill42 said:
One for bolt not there
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May have get a chat session off of HTC.com and just ask them for it I've gotten the Dev edition for my m9 at&t phone that way the guy in chat just told me that they would not be responsible
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TheLiftedVisionary said:
Just wanted to post an Update on porting the Bolt:
Uh, where do we begin? Lol. I can't find any source code for the device. Not sure if I need it, I'm thinking I might be able to use the existing kernel since it shipped with 7.x. I mean, I finally got a Environment set up to port it over but I'm not even sure where to go from here. Nobody seems to want to help, either. So, I'll keep poking around until I find something. Will be emailing HTC about the kernel source a little later today.
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Any luck getting what you needed? I'd love to put lineage on here!

rognlorie said:
May have get a chat session off of HTC.com and just ask them for it I've gotten the Dev edition for my m9 at&t phone that way the guy in chat just told me that they would not be responsible
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Any luck getting what you needed? I'd love to put lineage on here!
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Be nice for a rom for this device only one it by sundream its an mollti device ROM

roadkill42 said:
Be nice for a romantic for this device only one it by sundress its an mollti device ROM
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Yeah I have that one xda recognizes it as an HTC u now weird huh

rognlorie said:
Yeah I have that one xda recognizes it as an HTC u now weird huh
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And with that ROM the kernel modified Ivan get rid of all bloat ware which can't with the modes bolt roms

roadkill42 said:
And with that ROM the kernel modified Ivan get rid of all bloat ware which can't with the modes bolt roms
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Yeah I don't really care for sense but it's OK like the plain rims I can gapp up and run substratum and make it all glassy

rognlorie said:
Yeah I don't really care for sense but it's OK like the plain rims I can gapp up and run substratum and make it all glassy
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I agree don't really like sense roms vanilla roms then add what u want

roadkill42 said:
I agree don't really like sense roms vanilla roms then add what u want
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I really like htc phones but like to be custom. I purchased an essential phone absolutely no bloatware it's pretty awesome too. Just aggregating to keep twrp and root.

Please where I can find lineage rom for this device?

roadkill42 said:
Cool i can test things
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hi i have htc 10 evo europ asia version i think vietnam. im unlocked but not s off. the sun dream rom did't finish installing the aroma stopped at system. so please please please i need rom that i can port to the device and where i can find stock rom or ruu to return to locked when selling device later.

jay k720 said:
hi i have htc 10 evo europ asia version i think vietnam. im unlocked but not s off. the sun dream rom did't finish installing the aroma stopped at system. so please please please i need rom that i can port to the device and where i can find stock rom or ruu to return to locked when selling device later.
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Do a factory reset format data then try again I had that problem on my bolt

roadkill42 said:
Do a factory reset format data then try again I had that problem on my bolt
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So all went well but it was a big let down because I sort of expected the same sundream experience or better that I had on my m8.
It was pretty close to sense stock, it was snappy but not notably snappier than stock, I'll miss the not bar icons but that's about it.....
the audio also suffered a hit on the head phones and that's what dd it 4 me 3 hours into the rom...
Xept for the usual rom mods I really needed soft nav buttons and status bar internet speeds ...thanks though it ported and worked seamlessy
.please link me to any other roms I can try lineage, aokp, dirty unicorns, I'm up to my head in research I've looked

jay k720 said:
So all went well but it was a big let down because I sort of expected the same sundream experience or better that I had on my m8.
It was pretty close to sense stock, it was snappy but not notably snappier than stock, I'll miss the not bar icons but that's about it.....
the audio also suffered a hit on the head phones and that's what dd it 4 me 3 hours into the rom...
Xept for the usual rom mods I really needed soft nav buttons and status bar internet speeds ...thanks though it ported and worked seamlessy
.please link me to any other roms I can try lineage, aokp, dirty unicorns, I'm up to my head in research I've looked
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That's it sad to say wish had some those too

Finally someone working in this mobile ? please... Thanks god