Hi mates, I am new to this subforum because i recently shifted from E975 to i9505 black edition... Things I am confused of are: (It is surely black edition from front and back)
Black edition has no extra wallpapers. (No chess wallpaper)
Stock ringtones. - I think these are because of stock rom flashed? Non black edition one?
Nd I didn't get Lollipop (XXUGNH6 - Aus 'Yes optus') -- if I flash lollipop through odin (of anyother country) would I get baseband issues?
That's all you know curiosity of finding out new device haha...
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MZO said:
Hi mates, I am new to this subforum because i recently shifted from E975 to i9505 black edition... Things I am confused of are: (It is surely black edition from front and back)
Black edition has no extra wallpapers. (No chess wallpaper)
Stock ringtones. - I think these are because of stock rom flashed? Non black edition one?
Nd I didn't get Lollipop (XXUGNH6 - Aus 'Yes optus') -- if I flash lollipop through odin (of anyother country) would I get baseband issues?
That's all you know curiosity of finding out new device haha...
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The Black Edition has the fake black leather back cover. And the front is a pure black, not that mist black with small dots in it that the normal edition has.
And of course those extra ringtones and wallpapers. If you don't have those, then it might not be running the original stock rom or it isn't a black edition.
As long as your phone is not locked you should be able to flash any rom without any problems. If you have baseband issues you can simply flash another modem.
GDReaper said:
The Black Edition has the fake black leather back cover. And the front is a pure black, not that mist black with small dots in it that the normal edition has.
And of course those extra ringtones and wallpapers. If you don't have those, then it might not be running the original stock rom or it isn't a black edition.
As long as your phone is not locked you should be able to flash any rom without any problems. If you have baseband issues you can simply flash another modem.
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The firmware is of Yes Optus, do you think it would be with locked bootloader or unlocked? How to determine? Nd yeah I have different rom... thanks a lot mate
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MZO said:
The firmware is of Yes Optus, do you think it would be with locked bootloader or unlocked? How to determine? Nd yeah I have different rom... thanks a lot mate
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Only AT&T and Verizon have locked bootloaders, I think.
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Only AT&T and Verizon have locked bootloaders, I think.
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Looks scary huh... Anyway to check if it is locked?
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MZO said:
Looks scary huh... Anyway to check if it is locked?
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I'm sure there is. I, unfortunately, don't know any. But if you google you might find something.
MZO said:
Looks scary huh... Anyway to check if it is locked?
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It's not locked. So don't worry.
Lennyz1988 said:
It's not locked. So don't worry.
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Glad to know!
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I have the Australian Optus variant of the SM-G900I and would very much like to flash to a stock version to get rid of the optus bloat
Has any one got this yet?
Also there seems to be some functions missing here in Australia, would the stock rom enable these or would we need to try another region variant?
yeah i am too...does ur camera shortcut work on the lock screen cause mine is missing..
Assimilator69 said:
I have the Australian Optus variant of the SM-G900I and would very much like to flash to a stock version to get rid of the optus bloat
Has any one got this yet?
Also there seems to be some functions missing here in Australia, would the stock rom enable these or would we need to try another region variant?
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zimmy83 said:
yeah i am too...does ur camera shortcut work on the lock screen cause mine is missing..
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I don't see one, really keen to find out if other countries on the asia rom has the same missing things
yeah...pretty annoying i must say how things have been disabled...even to the smallest thing like a camera shortcut on the lock screen...
Telstra rm is also lacking camera on lockscreen. Apparently u can root with g900F root with no issues
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have u done it yet??? 900F what is the main difference?? does it change any of the bandwidth or stuff??
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Telstra rm is also lacking camera on lockscreen. Apparently u can root with g900F root with no issues
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Yeah not sure that is a good Idea yet, I read in another thread, that doing that broke ability to transfer from internal storage to SD storage.
sounds good...hope maybe there will be a stock 900I ROM for us to use without the aussie locks...
this rom will get you out of Auz blot on SM-G900i
Find this then flash with Odin.
G900IDDU1CPD1_G900IODD1CPC3_G900IDDU1CPC1_HOME.tar.md5
it is Indian rom make 6.0.1 bootloader whatever then you can put S7 Insanity rom..
Problem 1: So I just bought a Galaxy S4 for U.S Cellular... Never really liked USC... So I been trying to Sim Unlock it to GSM.. So I can use this for H2O Wireless..... The Bad thing is that the S4 was already updated to 4.4.2.... I been trying to put the phone in diag mode but i couldn't get into diag mode.......
Problem 2: So I got it rooted... Flashed TWRP Recovery... (Had 2.6.0.0, Now I have 2.7.0.1) And I thought that I can put a custom rom on it.. But I like stay close to a stock rom. Like Samy Deluxe Jello Biafra (S5 Rom for S4).. Like i wipe cache, dalvik cache, and data.. But every time i be finished installing the rom... It be stuck on bootloop... Be taking more than 30 mins to boot up at all.... And by then... i decide to just restore the stock rom i had backed up previously...
Problem 3:Solved!
But can someone help me out with all this...... PLEASE!! Thanksss
emm.. are you sure that you have tried to install the ROM appropriate to your MODEL of S4, first?
If bought in US, I doubt if it is I9505 or I9500....
from the USC website, I assume that it is SCH-R970?
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emm.. are you sure that you have tried to install the ROM appropriate to your MODEL of S4, first?
If bought in US, I doubt if it is I9505 or I9500....
from the USC website, I assume that it is SCH-R970?
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Yes, of course i got this in the US. And yes its SCH-R970 lol... But like i still need help trying to find a rom closer to the stock one..... something like a s5 ported rom for the s4, with gsm capabilities
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Yes, of course i got this in the US. And yes its SCH-R970 lol... But like i still need help trying to find a rom closer to the stock one..... something like a s5 ported rom for the s4, with gsm capabilities
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OK, here is a biggest resource of top secret custom ROMs, especially ported for your model.
Feel free to check if installing these ROM would not violate the US Customs and Import limitation, as most of these were developed in other countries.
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OK, here is a biggest resource of top secret custom ROMs, especially ported for your model.
Feel free to check if installing these ROM would not violate the US Customs and Import limitation, as most of these were developed in other countries.
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Lol is you sure that's the link? it sends me straight to google.... :/ lol
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Lol is you sure that's the link? it sends me straight to google.... :/ lol
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it is special edition of Google for Dummies...:laugh::laugh:
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it is special edition of Google for Dummies...:laugh::laugh:
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Lol not even sure he gets the sarcasm/irony
So I've been getting kind of angry that T-Mobile hasn't updated the phone to KitKat and I tried something on my own. Flashing the MetroPCS KitKat software version on my device via Odin. Guess what? It worked. The only thing was that after it updated all the apps, it installed some MetroPCS bloatware. I don't mind that but this is awesome that I was actually able to install the SGH-T399N software on the SGH-T399. Try it for yourself and let me know how it went for you.
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So I've been getting kind of angry that T-Mobile hasn't updated the phone to KitKat and I tried something on my own. Flashing the MetroPCS KitKat software version on my device via Odin. Guess what? It worked. The only thing was that after it updated all the apps, it installed some MetroPCS bloatware. I don't mind that but this is awesome that I was actually able to install the SGH-T399N software on the SGH-T399. Try it for yourself and let me know how it went for you.
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check this out.http://androidforums.com/threads/up...ht-t399n-metro-pcs-stock-kitkat-4-4-2.894332/
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check this out.http://androidforums.com/threads/up...ht-t399n-metro-pcs-stock-kitkat-4-4-2.894332/
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Yeah I'm pretty sure that would brick my phone since that's for the SGH-T399N. I have the SGH-T399. Oh and BTW I know they are both pretty much the same, but if I were to flash that, it would probably screw up.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure that would brick my phone since that's for the SGH-T399N. I have the SGH-T399. Oh and BTW I know they are both pretty much the same, but if I were to flash that, it would probably screw up.
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I did it with no problems u just need to flash a different radio modem
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I did it with no problems u just need to flash a different radio modem
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So does this work with no issues? Also, how would I come across the t mobile radio to flash it and how do I flash it?
Koohara947 said:
So does this work with no issues? Also, how would I come across the t mobile radio to flash it and how do I flash it?
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Well the phone still has random reboots which is problem with phone im sure. But u root and flash twrp recovery and everything else is flashed in twrp then.
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Well the phone still has random reboots which is problem with phone im sure. But u root and flash twrp recovery and everything else is flashed in twrp then.
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Rubberman: Where do you get the tmobile radio to flash??????
That's what I wanted to know. ?
Right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/qa-lightwave-v3-t2904537/page3
I'm working on some Roms for tHis phone. I've already made a stock odexed and deodexed flashabke zips for basic development modding and working on a debl poo acted stock Nodded version for release. If anyone Needs anything for the . Metro t399n... gonna show this device some love.
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I bet you can port KK to this if you have a stock rom and metro's stock rom with Kitchen.
I have a stock rom zip here:https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347774930
there's a metro KK stock rom zip you can google it.
I think there's a storage mount file you need for kitchen, I wrote one if you need it just ask (i have it in my linux partition, which I'm not on now).
Oh and always have a backup.
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sickaf_a said:
Hey man do you know if I will be able to flash to MetroPCS rom and then root it while its on the ROM? I really want to buy this phone. Also is this phone worth $75 because this how much someone is selling it to me almost new. Metro PCS doesn't have it anymore :crying:
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If you don't see enough development for this phone now and don't want to wait, then don't buy it. Don't flash something not made for your phone unless you have a backup.
Other than that the phone has a well balanced spec sheet for the price.
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sickaf_a said:
Hey man do you know if I will be able to flash to MetroPCS rom and then root it while its on the ROM? I really want to buy this phone. Also is this phone worth $75 because this how much someone is selling it to me almost new. Metro PCS doesn't have it anymore :crying:
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There is already a rooted debloated metro pcs 4.4 kk rom. I put it on sons tmo galaxy light.
rubberman365 said:
There is already a rooted debloated metro pcs 4.4 kk rom. I put it on sons tmo galaxy light.
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How is the MetroPCS 4.4 KK rom working out on the T-Mobile Galaxy Light?
blashrrt said:
How is the MetroPCS 4.4 KK rom working out on the T-Mobile Galaxy Light?
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Its working great!
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Are there any bugs?
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No everything works.
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Hey guys. I was really confident that when I will sell my S4 LTE I'd reset the counter by triangle away and flash stock ROM, but after reading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45666586 I'm kinda worried. :/
Mine is XXUGNH6 but running CM12.1 can't I ever restore status with Chainfire's Triangle Away? :S
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Hello,
No it's not possible to reset the KNOX status
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Hello,
No it's not possible to reset the KNOX status
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Then what is CFTA used for?
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MZO said:
Then what is CFTA used for?
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Only to reset the flash counter. S4 had it on Android 4.2 bootloader which didn't have KNOX, starting from the KNOX bootloader (4.3) the flash counter isn't inside anymore
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Only to reset the flash counter. S4 had it on Android 4.2 bootloader which didn't have KNOX, starting from the KNOX bootloader (4.3) the flash counter isn't inside anymore
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Damnit!! I bought this phone on 4.2... How'd I sell this if I need to lol.
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The Knox flag being tripped doesn't affect sale value. People looking for a device with Knox are probably purchasing the S5 or S6 at this moment. The more important question is whether the phone is carrier unlocked or not, because a carrier unlocked S4 carries a premium over one still tied to the carrier. Case in point is my S4. I purchased it off Swappa with the Knox flag tripped. Compared to the value of other S4 devices being sold on Swappa at the time, the value wasn't hurt at all. In fact, its being unlocked made it more valuable than most of the other phones, so the seller made out well.
If you need to sell it, just sell it. The average person doesn't give a damn about Knox anyway.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
The Knox flag being tripped doesn't affect sale value. People looking for a device with Knox are probably purchasing the S5 or S6 at this moment. The more important question is whether the phone is carrier unlocked or not, because a carrier unlocked S4 carries a premium over one still tied to the carrier. Case in point is my S4. I purchased it off Swappa with the Knox flag tripped. Compared to the value of other S4 devices being sold on Swappa at the time, the value wasn't hurt at all. In fact, its being unlocked made it more valuable than most of the other phones, so the seller made out well.
If you need to sell it, just sell it. The average person doesn't give a damn about Knox anyway.
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My phone's hardware is of unlocked black edition but when I bought it it had yes optus firmware. Non black edition -.- any way I can find my own original firmware?
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Go to sammobile.com/firmwares, enter your model number in the search box, then narrow down the search by country and carrier.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Go to sammobile.com/firmwares, enter your model number in the search box, then narrow down the search by country and carrier.
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My country is Pakistan and there's no firmware for it, I bought this phone on AUS YES OPTUS OPS and signals were fine. Better than all the phones(due to hardware)... I mean how do I track it? I bought this black edition without black edition ROM? Any way I could get it back? :'(
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Since you know the device was originally running Australian firmware from Optus, you would narrow down your search using those parameters, not the country you live in. That would get you the correct ROM.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Since you know the device was originally running Australian firmware from Optus, you would narrow down your search using those parameters, not the country you live in. That would get you the correct ROM.
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You mean I should look for Australian black edition? (Original was OPS, it wouldn't matter right?)
My old OG was so cool, it only had one Kdz file no fuss
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Nobody gives a **** about KNOX on a two year old phone anyway.
MZO said:
You mean I should look for Australian black edition? (Original was OPS, it wouldn't matter right?)
My old OG was so cool, it only had one Kdz file no fuss
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Correct.
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Correct.
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Thanks. I'll get searching and if (IF) I flash wrong .tar.md5 (different region) what could happen?
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In your case, since you're unlocked you can install firmware from any region. I usually don't recommend branded firmware on an unlocked device simply because most branded firmware includes bloatware you cannot use. So in your case, I would look for an unbranded Australian firmware and use that instead of the Optus firmware. As to what will happen if you flash the wrong region, very little. It does however depend on what modifications the carrier made to the firmware.
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In your case, since you're unlocked you can install firmware from any region. I usually don't recommend branded firmware on an unlocked device simply because most branded firmware includes bloatware you cannot use. So in your case, I would look for an unbranded Australian firmware and use that instead of the Optus firmware. As to what will happen if you flash the wrong region, very little. It does however depend on what modifications the carrier made to the firmware.
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Hi,
There's no black edition ROM for Australia... So it is sure that my phone was altered what now? Should I flash any black edition?
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The thing to keep in mind that other than the addition of a set of exclusive wallpapers and ringtones, ROMs for the black edition and regular devices are identical. For example, my I9505 is not a black edition device, yet I can take the British black edition ROM (CSC BTU) and install it without trouble. So it is up to you if you want to do it. Like I said, you're not limited in the ROMs you can use.
Hi, the G4 root was made available today and without asking for ETAs (I know ya'll hate that), I'm curious as to how many ROMs and Kernels you think will be made available for it over time? Do you think that there will be as many available as there were for the G3? I do understand that these things take time and a lot of hard work, and I'll be patient, but I'm still super excited to get mine on stock lollipop and improve the battery life (maybe?).
I'm sure enough will be out soon. Wait a day or three.
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Patience young grasshopper. All will be well.
I had almost given up hope on my G4, but now. I see the light at the end of that glorious 16MP OIS camera which I have grown to love, roll on the roms and amazing dev support we all saw for the G3.
I just want to know what apps or widgets can I remove from the T-Mobile g4 that will help the phone have a better battery life or have better performance
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Jonnyn93 said:
I had almost given up hope on my G4, but now. I see the light at the end of that glorious 16MP OIS camera which I have grown to love, roll on the roms and amazing dev support we all saw for the G3.
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Gonna be worth the wait!
You cant install roms without a custom recovery, and in order to get cutom recovery you need the bootloader unlocked. Only model currently able to unlock the bootloader is the EU model.
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You can unlock the T-Mobile version by checking enable oem unlock under developer options. Once rooted you can use flashify to flash twrp. Its under original android development under the tmobile g4 forums if any other t mobile users need it. I've already used it to create a backup and it's working fine.
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Rydah805 said:
I'm sure enough will be out soon. Wait a day or three.
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Or 15.
But yeah, patience is golden.
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You cant install roms without a custom recovery, and in order to get cutom recovery you need the bootloader unlocked. Only model currently able to unlock the bootloader is the EU model.
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Pretty much this.
Root simply means we have access to system files to manage them according to our own liking.
In order to flash ROM's, your bootloader needs to be unlocked. The reason why root was so easily available on the H815 EUR model is because the bootloader was unlockable officially through LG, which meant simply flashing a custom recovery, in this case TWRP, then flashing SuperSU.zip gives you full root access. H815 EUR users have had it good for a while now, I sure envy them! But once a method to unlock the bootloader becomes available, we'll be able to flash custom ROM's and the whole lot. As with anything else - it's just a matter of time.
Just going to hop in here to state that I'll be working to bring AICP to the G4 ASAP.
Steve125 said:
You can unlock the T-Mobile version by checking enable oem unlock under developer options. Once rooted you can use flashify to flash twrp. Its under original android development under the tmobile g4 forums if any other t mobile users need it. I've already used it to create a backup and it's working fine.
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Been there, done that today. Got TWRP installed and got rid of the extra crap Tmobile put on here.
I would just be happy with a debloated stock rom with some added options such as center clock and to clean up the status bar icon clutter (alarm, NFC, 2 data icons, battery mod.
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Just going to hop in here to state that I'll be working to bring AICP to the G4 ASAP.
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I can't wait! Aicp was my daily driver on my g2 and n7.
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You cant install roms without a custom recovery, and in order to get cutom recovery you need the bootloader unlocked. Only model currently able to unlock the bootloader is the EU model.
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player911 said:
I would just be happy with a debloated stock rom with some added options such as center clock and to clean up the status bar icon clutter (alarm, NFC, 2 data icons, battery mod.
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I honestly do not know why OEM's don't let us do that already. It's so utterly bizarre. In this day and age, we really shouldn't have to go to such extents for slightly more convenient/better looking icons in the status bar.
At least Sony lets its users customise the status bar a bit. My Xperia Z3+ lets me customise what icons are shown, but won't let me move the clock or change the battery icon.
The G4 will be a speed demon if it gets CM12.1 My only worry being the camera and if it'll still produce amazing shots. I know that the physical camera itself with its f1.8 aperture lens is the reason why low light shots are amazing, but I wonder how much of it is down to the software's post processing. Time will tell, I hope.
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Just going to hop in here to state that I'll be working to bring AICP to the G4 ASAP.
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Sweet! My nexus 7 and M7 are running it at the moment
grneyez said:
You cant install roms without a custom recovery, and in order to get cutom recovery you need the bootloader unlocked. Only model currently able to unlock the bootloader is the EU model.
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False. TMobile can easily be unlocked via deveopler tab
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False. TMobile can easily be unlocked via deveopler tab
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I was'nt talking about T-Mobile, I was referencing the 815 series.
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To my knowledge, using the Loki method does not require an unlocked bootloader.
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To my knowledge, using the Loki method does not require an unlocked bootloader.
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Yeah, the G2 never got an unlocked bootloader. Loki and Bump got around that.