I am gonna upgrade my device soon and I've decided on the G4 as my next device. Where I live the international variants are available i.e 815 (single sim) and the 818 (dual sim). Now the dual sim variant better fits my needs but being a power user I can help feel that I would miss out on a lot of custom ROM's, Kernels, ans Mods since the single sim model (815) is more widely available throughout the world and thus more development for that variant.
I read somewhere that the only difference between the models is the modem?
If that's true would I be able to flash the ROMs, Kernel and mods for the 815 (Single sim) variant on the 818 (Dual Sim variant)?
Any and all suggestion are welcome
It will be January 2016 by the time you will be able to flash roms on this device so better look elsewhere if flashing roms is important to you.
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I have no problem in waiting its just custom rom increase device longativity even after the OEM stops delivering updates
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We are on the same boat. I am about to buy a second hand LG G4, and on my area there is both a single and a dual device with the same price tag being offered. But I've been doing some researches here on XDA and it definitely seems that the single sim device has better developer support.
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Before release, the consensus was that Snapdragon version was the best to buy because easier to root and because of ROM development support. From what I read, though, the Exynos is the one you can readily root, is this right? Will ROM development happen only for Snapdragon still? Or is Exynos more popular now?
I know the Snapdragon is faster than the Exynos, but in USA, even Best Buy sells the Exynos version if you asked for unlocked. So my question is this, which should I get?
1) US Cellular version Snapdragon (spoke with them, they sell them unlocked if you add a pre-paid card and pay the full 800+ for phone)
2) International version Exynos ( http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...00332&sr=8-4&keywords=unlocked+galaxy+s7+edge )
3) International DUAL SIM version Exynos ( http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...00332&sr=8-2&keywords=unlocked+galaxy+s7+edge )
I plan to root and install a ROM when one is available, so which of these is better for me? ROMs for international version work the same if dual sim or regular? I'd like to get the Dual SIM version because for only $30 more, you never know when it might be useful... unless having a dual sim version means it would be incompatible with a single sim ROM.
Thanks in advanced.
Your only choice is the exynos if you want root, exynos also has better battery life, they're both equally fast. The dual sim version uses the same firmware as the single sim, i'd get it.
Lots of roms working. Xposed working. Get international version
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hi I am planning to buy S4 .. There are several Carrier phone here like
sprint
at&t
verizon
tmobile
etc
which one i should but .. i want to unlock bootloader / then flash recovery / & use custom rom for my daily driver ?
fadyrox said:
hi I am planning to buy S4 .. There are several Carrier phone here like
sprint
at&t
verizon
tmobile
etc
which one i should but .. i want to unlock bootloader / then flash recovery / & use custom rom for my daily driver ?
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AT&T and Verizon have locked bootloaders.
All the others are unlocked.
Also, make sure you get the quad core S4, it has the best custom rom support of all the S4 models.
MEans i can purchase sprint or tmobile ? & what about docomo ???
what do you mean by Quad core ??
how would i check that phone is quad core or not ?
I mean the I9505 model.
Don't they display the hardware info of the device?
fadyrox said:
MEans i can purchase sprint or tmobile ? & what about docomo ???
what do you mean by Quad core ??
how would i check that phone is quad core or not ?
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Most i9505 ROMs don't support docomo variant. Slightly different hardware (even if it's still using same SoC).
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Market is selling international version of popular smart phones .. but if you check model in bootloader you will find logo model numbers means i checked 1 phone .. market sale person was saying that mobile is international version but when i checked in recovery .. it was sprint !
they flashed firmware of international version to sales phone on higher price !
Can anyone tell me whether my dual sim SM-A510Y/DS will be compatible with roms for the single sim SM-A510Y? I am confused becuase under about phone it is listed as simply SM-A510Y.
Its a Taiwanese version and Samsung hasn't released marshmallow for it yet but they have for other regions.
Any input appreciated, thanks!
after rooting can i use any another software varient of the s6 egde+. since mine is an at&t varient,there isn't much there.and mostly all the mods and roms i have seen here is for the other varients.
will there be any problem if i flash the stock rom of indian varient in it?
As at&t uses also GSM network you should be able, just make sure you do use a kernel that match your model.
Hi guys im planing to s7 edge dual sim version from nexus 6p. My question is can use all the custom roms without sacrificing dual sim option?
And second question is how much average sot can i get using aosp rom with s7 edge?
Both questions do depend on the rom... generally the FD is compatible to F roms and the necessary code for the second sim is included in the F rom as well. As long as a custom rom is based on Samsung rom and not modified regarding that part you should have dual sim.
As for sot you can read some posts here in the forum.