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[Q] rooted.....now?

So I have rooted for the first time, I flashed a ROM.
ok so i don't notice much difference.
So I'm guessing maybe its just the ROM I am using, I wont mention it by name as I'm sure the dev. Put alot of time and effort to create it and its just not what I'm looking for.
Other than speeding up the performance a little, what was the root suposed to do?
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from what I can see ( and I'm not very experienced in this stuff, I'm learning ) most Roms are just stock with stuff riped out. What else is possible? I wanted to set myself apart from my stock user friends.

Why did you do it if you didn't already know the answer? Anyways, you can overclock, undervolt, have ROMs like MIUI and CM7, free wifi tethering, and more stuff.
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You probably shouldn't have rooted if you didn't know what you were doing. As they always say, "If you have to ask what rooting IS, you probably shouldn't be looking up how to do it yet."

ok maybe I worded that wrong. Yes I know that I can overclock, Already done. And I have a rom on it. I guess what I'm asking is what diffferent roms have to offer.
I'm just learning and don't completely under stand all the technical stuff and the slang. They all basicly say the same thing. Faster and longer battery.

It really comes down to customization. A big one is boot times being much faster - this really seems popular, which I obviously understand. Some people compress all of the apps so the ROMs can really get down to like 200MB and the ROM is usually much better on memory in these cases. Another huge thing is custom kernels (overclocking) and being able to remove unwanted bloatware with system applications. There's apps on the market that only work on rooted devices, such as custom recovery which allows you to take a backup and then restore in the event you screw something up and get boot loops, and apps like cachemate and one of my new favs, the Reboot.apk. It's really limitless. Oh yeah, you can also customize font colors and notification colors, battery (and other) icons, messing with the build.prop, you are able to change certain behaviors of the phone/tablet, and with TrevE's apps, you can find out if your phone/tablet is spying on you. I recently deleted a lot of logs and made those files and folders read only so no more logs could be made. And finally, you customize your boot animation, which is really cool.

Thank you that's what I'm looking for.
So if I wanted to say change some icons, ist the same as flashing the rom? Can I download icons and install the same way? I'm Not ready to make my own or anything lol

Well, you can download full icon packs on the Market. Some are paid, some are free. There are other applications like "BetterCut" or something like that that allow you to change the icons. I'm not sure if you need a custom launcher to do that though, as I've always changed my icons inside of a custom launcher like Panda Home. Panda Home actually has a built in custom icon changer! Not sure if it's compatible with the tablet though, but I know ADW is. Good luck!

Perhaps, you should just flash back to a stock acer rom.
But before you do, take a good benchmark on your battery life.
Then flash back.
Sometimes, rooting is just not for everybody.

Ok one more question.
I have done a full back up, if i want to try a different rom, i flash the same way. If i dont like it i can restore using the backup i made and everything goes back to how it is now? Including how my home screen is now and widgets?
Thank you everyone!

Yes if you did the backup inside of cwm.. I used this feature alot when i was messing with the UI Of my tablet.. NOW all my icons text boarders all match the nice burgundy color case i have my tablet in
I Would try to restore your backup to be sure it does restore before flashing a new rom..
just make sure you fallow all instructions by the Rom Developer.Doing this and you should be fine..
If you brick your tablet you can Blame me .......
Happy Flashing...... STOCK IS BORING.

Ok great thank you
Just to be clear, i hate to asume but cwm is clockwork mod right?

dr mcknight said:
Ok one more question.
I have done a full back up, if i want to try a different rom, i flash the same way. If i dont like it i can restore using the backup i made and everything goes back to how it is now? Including how my home screen is now and widgets?
Thank you everyone!
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Generally, this is correct.
Each Rom cook usually posts the procedures needed to install their rom. Usually, game data, downloaded files and such, is saved. Usually, but not always. Things on the ext sd card are not effected by this process. Usually the procedures are the same. Wipe data, cache, dalvik cache. Sometimes we like to throw in some formats. Especially with the newer roms.
Your full system recovery, should be done through your CWM recovery or RA Recovery, whichever you use, and NOT using an internal application. And this should be done before you install a rom. It will save your current system, widgets, etc, so your system is just like it was before you installed a different rom.

ok this might be a little pointless but I still cannot find a working method to root stock 3.2 help please

thedeadend100 said:
ok this might be a little pointless but I still cannot find a working method to root stock 3.2 help please
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try this
http://youtu.be/zfSPP8UOn78
worked for me no problem

rrroach said:
Why did you do it if you didn't already know the answer? Anyways, you can overclock, undervolt, have ROMs like MIUI and CM7, free wifi tethering, and more stuff.
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MIUI or CM7 in A500?????

anikiup said:
MIUI or CM7 in A500?????
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what is your q referring to?

dr mcknight said:
what is your q referring to?
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I am referring to this section:
have ROMs like MIUI and CM7

Nexus 7 PA 2.12 Wifi issues..

Posting here as I'm a noob, and consequently can't post to the P.A page directly.
Since this 2.12 update i've been having wifi issues, like from where i am positioned normally I get 1 bar, but its a steady one bar, now i'm often finding i have no internet connection in the same places as i would before.
I did do a dirty flash, so that is most probably where all my problems are arising from, but i'm still really new to this, and any step i take, i worry and fret over.
had some tablet ui bugs after running games, along with all applications running twice when i open recent apps. I don't know where why or when this recent apps double bug occurs, but i've come across it a few times. I believe the tablet ui bug may be related to when i set bobclock (widget) to force, adjusted the size on restart, but then would encounter the icons dropped off bottom of screen, and everything just out of place, like its reverted to old ui.
oh another issue, which has been mentioned many times before, is inability to use google play store, i've fiddled with all the different dpi settings and size, nothing seems to work.
a clean wipe would include
backing up apps/data/p.a sys pref(?)
wiping
cleaning cache's
flashing the same 2.12 p.a zip i dirty flashed before
caches again? or gapps
any dumbing down would be greatly appreciated

Just to say version 2.13 is out. You might want to try updating in the first instance...
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Just to say version 2.13 is out. You might want to try updating in the first instance...
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oh.. so there is. well i guess i can just skip over 2.12
if doing a dirty flash, when reinstalling gapps, do i have to have deleted them prior to this? or will it just replace/update the old files?

No, you don't need to. Just wipe both caches and install the new version and gapps.
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Just to say version 2.13 is out. You might want to try updating in the first instance...
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oh cool.... is there a change log? or the question is, where would i see the change log?
Updating ... nevermind, i got what i need

we got any paranoid android avid fans here? running on the nux 7, ofc.
and by avid fan i mean, quite knowledgable, maybe able to help with some issues that may arise, being under 10 post count, there very little i can do it actually get any relevant help, ie to p.a
there is just so much information here, and being new to the android scene, consequently rooting roms and such as well. quite a bit is over my head but i'm doing my best! or well trying

`etcH said:
we got any paranoid android avid fans here? running on the nux 7, ofc.
and by avid fan i mean, quite knowledgable, maybe able to help with some issues that may arise, being under 10 post count, there very little i can do it actually get any relevant help, ie to p.a
there is just so much information here, and being new to the android scene, consequently rooting roms and such as well. quite a bit is over my head but i'm doing my best! or well trying
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What sort of help are you looking for? I can try to answer any questions you might have, but your best bet is to search the paranoid android forum in the 'Original Development' section.
Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7

RockNrolling said:
What sort of help are you looking for? I can try to answer any questions you might have, but your best bet is to search the paranoid android forum in the 'Original Development' section.
Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7
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i shall head over there and have a browse. will report back, need to get myself to 10posts so i can share bugs and such that i've encountered

Wouldn't Kernel be more specifically tied to WiFi issues? I don't know what PA does to the kernel they include, but if your up to it, you could try another kernel, like franco.Kernel

Oh. Yes. i've been on that page and have trolled through a few hundred pages.
I think I just need to become a bit more familiar with everything in regards to roms flashing and such, its not difficult but i fear i'm sure to do something in the wrong order,
yes i've read guides before you point me there.
gosh this 5 min wait timer for new people is getting on my nerves i didn't think i'd be wanting to reply so fast, but when you guys are on it like this, i can't turn down that kinda service!
another question while i wait for my timer to finish.
initially i flashed pa. 2.11 then gapps along with doing cache business.
since then i flashed 2.12, but not gapps, and consequently having issues with play store (cant open)
can i just go to flashing 2.13 when it finishes downloading and then flash gapps after?
is the latest gapps jb-20120726-signed?

espionage724 said:
Wouldn't Kernel be more specifically tied to WiFi issues? I don't know what PA does to the kernel they include, but if your up to it, you could try another kernel, like franco.Kernel
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a kernel is one of these things i have no clue about.
i had a mac many years ago, and that got a kernel error, so my knowledge is limited to that its something root related, or there abouts anyway xd
How does one go about implementing one of these kernel do-hickeys?
on a side note, my wireless icon used to show grey and blue.
blue meant connected, grey, i'm not sure.. sometimes worked sometimes didn't
ever since going to 2.12 i've had nothing but grey, seem to have connection as i am downloading from goo, but as mentioned in initial post, connection is definately worse than it was before hand.. any ideas?

`etcH said:
can i just go to flashing 2.13 when it finishes downloading and then flash gapps after?
is the latest gapps jb-20120726-signed?
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Sorry I took a while, I was in class. First, you always have to reflash gapps when you flash an update or a new ROM.
When you change to a different ROM (i.e. from Slim Bean to Paranoid) it's recommended to do a full wipe/factory reset before flashing the new ROM.
So the procedure for new ROMs is this. Factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, flash ROM, flash gapps, reboot.
The procedure for a ROM update is the same, you just omit the factory reset.
The latest gapps is gapps jb-20120810. You can download it in Goo manager.
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a kernel is one of these things i have no clue about.
i had a mac many years ago, and that got a kernel error, so my knowledge is limited to that its something root related, or there abouts anyway xd
How does one go about implementing one of these kernel do-hickeys?
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A kernel is what governs your CPU clock speeds and voltage levels, as well as some other things. To flash a kernel, you don't have to wipe anything, just flash the zip file. Whenever you flash a new ROM, it changes your kernel to whatever is stock for that ROM. So if you use a custom kernel, you will have to reflash it.
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p.a 2.13
might anyone have any idea why after;
wiping both cashes and installing p.a 2.13 then gapps
my youtube comes up with an error from the beginning, unable to start, same goes for if you click it in the app drawer.
i fiddled about with dpi size force and such, but to no avail.
some settings transferred but not all, like the ui, after switching ui back to what i wanted, tab small/mid
i started to recieve trebuchet has stopped working, this keeps popping up but you can just leave it in the back ground and work around it..
wish i could post this in the correct thread..
ah well.
thinking of just re-flashing them both, will do whatever i did this previous time, see if the error returns.
edit: just finished the reflashing of both, no trebuchet error as expected, the youtube one is back, same as the previous flash.
i really don't think i've done anything wrong, but i haven't seen anyone else reporting this error..
edit edit: simple uninstall and reinstall for youtube and problem solved.
hope its an issue localised to me.

`etcH said:
might anyone have any idea why after;
wiping both cashes and installing p.a 2.13 then gapps
my youtube comes up with an error from the beginning, unable to start, same goes for if you click it in the app drawer.
i fiddled about with dpi size force and such, but to no avail.
some settings transferred but not all, like the ui, after switching ui back to what i wanted, tab small/mid
i started to recieve trebuchet has stopped working, this keeps popping up but you can just leave it in the back ground and work around it..
wish i could post this in the correct thread..
ah well.
thinking of just re-flashing them both, will do whatever i did this previous time, see if the error returns.
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Yeah I would reflash. It could also be a corrupted download, try re-downloading paranoid android 2.13 and then flashing the newer zip to see if that fixes it.
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[Q] In pursuit of smooth experience with my Nexus 7 .. (currently on CynogenMod)

Hi,
I've been meaning to find a smooth Android experience with a 2012 "grouper" Nexus 7, which is apparently too much to ask.
I got this device second handed and it was on 5.0 Lolipop and was laggy. I flashed CM 11 and was still laggy. Upgraded via OTA to latest build, which I believe was M12 snapshop, and got worse.
After a week o Googling around, I wiped all partitions (except my internal SD Card), mounted them and "fstrim"-ed partitions to fix any fragmented empty space, even though it was fixed in 4.2. I tried LagFix with no luck. Also removed apps to free up space, no luck. Disabled Google Currents (which is obsolete now), disabled location services, whatever I could find on the net, done with no result.
Finally I flashed "cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-grouper" and "gapps-kk-20140606-signed" and restored my backups with Titanium Backup and still have lag.
I have several questions but I keep it simple for now:
1) Since I backed up my apps from the laggy roms, are they defective? At least their "user data"?
2) I just want a smooth android experience so I can safely test my games on it. Am I on a wrong foot with CM? Is there "better" ROMs for my need?
(I know it's unholy to talk about pros and cons of roms, at least in other forums is, but I'm on the verge of my sanity)
Thanks.

Honestly, the stock lollipop 5.0.2 is pretty smooth. Not totally 100% lag free, but much better than any Rom I've tried in the last few months. I'm enjoying it.

Well, the standard advice is "switch to F2FS", and it helped me a lot. Lollipop lags only rarely now, if the uptime gets to long.
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Regarding your second point: CM should be okay, as most other "original" roms. I've only had problems with roms who combine many features from different sources.

What is switch to f2fs?

funkpod said:
What is switch to f2fs?
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F2FS is a filesystem that is optimized for flash storage. It's much faster than the standard ext4, which was developed with magnetic drives in mind.

luckyrumo said:
Well, the standard advice is "switch to F2FS", and it helped me a lot. Lollipop lags only rarely now, if the uptime gets to long.
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Regarding your second point: CM should be okay, as most other "original" roms. I've only had problems with roms who combine many features from different sources.
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Is it possible to change stock 5.0.2 of Nexus 2012's firmware to F2FS (or anyhing that does that) or I should go with custom roms? If custom rom, which one would you recommend to achieve F2FS?
Thanks.

test84 said:
Is it possible to change stock 5.0.2 of Nexus 2012's firmware to F2FS (or anyhing that does that) or I should go with custom roms? If custom rom, which one would you recommend to achieve F2FS?
Thanks.
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I honestly don't know if stock works with F2FS, but I'm pretty sure you would have to flash a custom kernel (like phantom kernel).
For custom roms, you must distinguish those which offer "All-F2FS", which means that all partitions (including /system) are on F2FS, from the possibility on almost any rom to have only cache and data on F2FS (after flashing an f2fs-compatible kernel). IMHO the latter is fast enough, since the content of /system doesn't change while running.
There's a lot of roms now, so try for yourself. I don't have time to try out a lot at the moment (exams...), the one I use currently (see my signature) is okay, but not perfect. (but maybe the current release is better, I haven't updated for a while now.)
This rom has an All-F2FS-version and is very close to stock, so too few features for me, but maybe you'll like it I used it directly after lollipop release. Here's a related post from me, the links in there are a bit outdated, but the rest should be correct.
One important thing: Formatting to F2FS will wipe everything, including /sdcard, so do a BACKUP on your PC or USB drive first!

luckyrumo said:
I honestly don't know if stock works with F2FS, but I'm pretty sure you would have to flash a custom kernel (like phantom kernel).
For custom roms, you must distinguish those which offer "All-F2FS", which means that all partitions (including /system) are on F2FS, from the possibility on almost any rom to have only cache and data on F2FS (after flashing an f2fs-compatible kernel). IMHO the latter is fast enough, since the content of /system doesn't change while running.
There's a lot of roms now, so try for yourself. I don't have time to try out a lot at the moment (exams...), the one I use currently (see my signature) is okay, but not perfect. (but maybe the current release is better, I haven't updated for a while now.)
This rom has an All-F2FS-version and is very close to stock, so too few features for me, but maybe you'll like it I used it directly after lollipop release. Here's a related post from me, the links in there are a bit outdated, but the rest should be correct.
One important thing: Formatting to F2FS will wipe everything, including /sdcard, so do a BACKUP on your PC or USB drive first!
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Thanks, your post was fantastic and I changed my device's file system to F2FS and installed SlimKat on it and it solved the problem (there is still a bit of lag, but the device is usable now).
I followed your advice and tried to find other ROMs that support F2FS or All-F2FS but could not understand the descriptions in ROM threads completely. Would someone please help me on how I can find other ROMs that are F2FS OR can be turned into one?
This led me to want to try to build ROMs myself as well ;o)

test84 said:
Thanks, your post was fantastic and I changed my device's file system to F2FS and installed SlimKat on it and it solved the problem (there is still a bit of lag, but the device is usable now).
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You're welcome.
test84 said:
I followed your advice and tried to find other ROMs that support F2FS or All-F2FS but could not understand the descriptions in ROM threads completely. Would someone please help me on how I can find other ROMs that are F2FS OR can be turned into one?
This led me to want to try to build ROMs myself as well ;o)
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The All-F2FS roms usually have [F2FS] written in their thread's title, and if you don't care if /system is f2fs, you can use any rom with an f2fs-kernel. Simply flash it directly after the rom itself (without rebooting first).
For Kitkat, this thread seems to be a list of f2fs-roms and -kernels.
For Lollipop, there's at least BSZAOSP and SlimLP as roms, and Phantom and M-Kernel as kernels.

Thanks. Is there CyanogenMod newer than M9 with F2FS for Nexus7?

I don't know, but you could try to convert it yourself. There are apps for this on the play store (search for F2FS), and I've heard they work fine, at least for KitKat (they discussed it somewhere in the BSZAOSP thread I linked above).

Thanks.
after several days of usage, I still find the "mmcqd/0" process is causing lags on my device. I've installed SlimKat and have plenty of free space on my device and not too many apps installed, and also disabled their auto start on boot with Clean Master.
Any other thing I can do?

Delete
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Delete?!
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what a definite advice!
He/She probably misposted and "deleted" the post by editing it like this.
I'm sorry but I can't help you any further. I'd be interested if you figure something out, though, maybe it'll help me, too. Good luck

Thanks, you already helped me a lot.
I installed my 3rd ROM, "Vanilla-ish AOSP 5.0.1_r1 ROM (LRX22C) for WiFi Nexus 7 (2012) Grouper" and it still lags. Will it work butter smooth if I go back to first stock ROM?
I mean, the slow NAND was the problem from the start, why recently people opt to F2FS?

The best rom/kernel for the batery life ?

Yo i search the best rom and kernel for the G model

Not really sure man. I think its up to you to test them out and see which one gives you the best battery performance for your needs.

Yough said:
Yo i search the best rom and kernel for the G model
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Just use Lineage with a totally black Substratum theme and Llama Sweet EAS kernel

Thanks for your advice, I had no big needs I just watch videos on Netflix ^^

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Just use Lineage with a totally black Substratum theme and Llama Sweet EAS kernel
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Can you confirm that this is working? I've been wanting to use a black substratum theme for ages, but until now I didn't dare to, since substratum doesn't officially support LineageOS as far as I know. On top of that I read a couple of comments of people having issues

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Can you confirm that this is working? I've been wanting to use a black substratum theme for ages, but until now I didn't dare to, since substratum doesn't officially support LineageOS as far as I know. On top of that I read a couple of comments of people having issues
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You're right, but I meant LineageOS as in an LOS-based ROM more than LOS itself. Most custom ROMs run better than LOS and have a bunch of features.
You may know that Substratum uses "OMS" to do the overlay stuff, so if you want a ROM with full substratum compatibility, it's as easy as finding one with the necessary commits, like NucleaROM or RR (I prefer NucleaROM over all of the other LOS-based ROMs to be honest). Just look at the description of the ROM for 'oms support'. Or you can try, I'm sure that I used Substratum on LineageOS stock for some time and I was getting 7 hrs SOT with heavy usage

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You're right, but I meant LineageOS as in an LOS-based ROM more than LOS itself. Most custom ROMs run better than LOS and have a bunch of features.
You may know that Substratum uses "OMS" to do the overlay stuff, so if you want a ROM with full substratum compatibility, it's as easy as finding one with the necessary commits, like NucleaROM or RR (I prefer NucleaROM over all of the other LOS-based ROMs to be honest). Just look at the description of the ROM for 'oms support'. Or you can try, I'm sure that I used Substratum on LineageOS stock for some time and I was getting 7 hrs SOT with heavy usage
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Alright, so thats how it is. But you say you had it running on LOS? Did you experience issues, or why don't you have it running anymore? To be honest I would currently prefer not flashing a new rom, since I'm kinda dependent on my phone working right now and at the moment, it works mostly fine would still love to use a totally black substratum theme though

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Alright, so thats how it is. But you say you had it running on LOS? Did you experience issues, or why don't you have it running anymore? To be honest I would currently prefer not flashing a new rom, since I'm kinda dependent on my phone working right now and at the moment, it works mostly fine would still love to use a totally black substratum theme though
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You have LOS on your phone though, right? If so, why don't you try? It's not like you have to flash anything so you can't brick your phone...
I think I used it on LOS yeah. But I prefer stock over custom ROMs by far. And now that the MiFavor 5 ROM is out (with the Android 7 QS tiles) I don't have any reason to use the buggy and laggy custom ROMs
I swear LOS was the worst of them all when I used it back in Feb/March. The worst thing was that a bunch of apps simply didn't feel like working...

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You have LOS on your phone though, right? If so, why don't you try? It's not like you have to flash anything so you can't brick your phone...
I think I used it on LOS yeah. But I prefer stock over custom ROMs by far. And now that the MiFavor 5 ROM is out (with the Android 7 QS tiles) I don't have any reason to use the buggy and laggy custom ROMs
I swear LOS was the worst of them all when I used it back in Feb/March. The worst thing was that a bunch of apps simply didn't feel like working...
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Yes I do. Personally I don't feel like it's that bad so you think it's save to try it out?
Hmm so you feel like stock is better right now? I switched to LOS because I was kinda mad at the stock rom (at least the German one) since updates weren't coming at promised times and when they did come they were full of bugs like apps not working and more.... Which was mostly fixed afterwards, but I wasn't that happy with the situation. I also didn't like the look and feel, which now wouldn't be as much of a problem, since I'm using Nova + KLWP to change most of the visuals. Is the "Tiles-App" with more QS tiles working with stock now? It didn't when I went to LOS. How's battery life? What are your main reason to go back to stock?
And least but not last.... How would I get back to stock? Just flashing a zip from the ZTE website?
And another weird thing which didn't bother me too much until now: I bought my phone in Germany so I had the G model. Ever since going to LineageOS, which included unlocking the boot loader etc. My phone tells me /shows up as the U model.... Is that bad in any way? Other than that it seems to work alright though

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Yes I do. Personally I don't feel like it's that bad so you think it's save to try it out?
Hmm so you feel like stock is better right now? I switched to LOS because I was kinda mad at the stock rom (at least the German one) since updates weren't coming at promised times and when they did come they were full of bugs like apps not working and more.... Which was mostly fixed afterwards, but I wasn't that happy with the situation. I also didn't like the look and feel, which now wouldn't be as much of a problem, since I'm using Nova + KLWP to change most of the visuals. Is the "Tiles-App" with more QS tiles working with stock now? It didn't when I went to LOS. How's battery life? What are your main reason to go back to stock?
And least but not last.... How would I get back to stock? Just flashing a zip from the ZTE website?
And another weird thing which didn't bother me too much until now: I bought my phone in Germany so I had the G model. Ever since going to LineageOS, which included unlocking the boot loader etc. My phone tells me /shows up as the U model.... Is that bad in any way? Other than that it seems to work alright though
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-I like stock because it runs better, and even though I thought I would hate ZTE's UI, I actually like it after using it for a long time. And the 5.0 UI is awesome, nuff said. They use blur on the volume pop-up and when you pull down the status bar.
MiFavor 5.0 is not official, it's just the A2017 ROM that's been ported by the Russians. You need to install a special A2017 bootstack (it seemed really dangerous but it's not that bad really) and then the system zip, which formats /system anyways. After that you have to format /data (which will format the internal storage too, just saying) because of the encryption, and it should boot just fine.
I have an A2017G too and flipped out when they f00ked up with B02 with Google Play Store, then B03 with exfat, and went to LOS. Then i tried to go back and DFU-bricked my phone. After I fixed it I preferred to stay stock, and in B04 they fixed everything there was to fix. Tried NucleaROM, best so far but it still has that WIP feel...
Anyways, make a backup of your current system on an SD card if you want to go 5.0.
The A2017U thing is normal, it's because the universal bootloader is actually the U bootloader without the NON-HLOS.bin which you flash later via the A2017G-MODEM.zip (which is ancient lol)

Thank you again for your aid! I have another question....
I downloaded substratum now and installed some themes but somehow I can't get them to work...
For example "Flux" tells me everything went good and I need to restart, but nothing changes after the reboot...
Swift Black has some errors compiling :/
Any ideas?

|Furō| said:
Thank you again for your aid! I have another question....
I downloaded substratum now and installed some themes but somehow I can't get them to work...
For example "Flux" tells me everything went good and I need to restart, but nothing changes after the reboot...
Swift Black has some errors compiling :/
Any ideas?
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well, it's not working with LOS then. I guess I used it on RR

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well, it's not working with LOS then. I guess I used it on RR
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Alright thank you! How did RR compare to LOS?

|Furō| said:
Alright thank you! How did RR compare to LOS?
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Okay but laggy. again, I prefer NucleaROM, you should check that one if you'll change ROMs

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Okay but laggy. again, I prefer NucleaROM, you should check that one if you'll change ROMs
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I will thank you! You are awesome! So I can just flash that rom over LineageOS? Or do I have to wipe my phone first?

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I will thank you! You are awesome! So I can just flash that rom over LineageOS? Or do I have to wipe my phone first?
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The best would be wiping everything, but you can try wiping system only. after that if the phone doesn't work well just wipe data

It seems to be that all the ROMs have bugs or are laggy. Stock is best right now if my research is correct.

Stock...
Edit* with a few things added and removed...

So I am running Nuclear Ron now, everything went smoothly and I've got Magisk installed correctly for root access. So far when I'm using the rom I love everything and substratum works well as well.....
But.... Whenever I turn of the screen it almost immediately reboots... when using my phone I don't get any random reboots, but when the screen is off it restarts every time. This is a real bummer and I keep my phone off most of the time right now, to prevent the reboots every minute :/
Any ideas what the reason for this issue could be? Would love to stay with this rom, but only if I can get this fixed!
I Uninstalled substratum and the substratum themes by the way, but that didn't help either...
Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!!

I get phenomenal battery life and speed on NucleaROM. Stability is so-so, however.

Rom sugestions?

Hi guys!
Is already have my OP5 since a month and using FreedomOS with Franco Kernel since the 2nd day I got it in my hand.
I am pretty happy in everything it brongs me both things, but I want to ask to people who has another custom ROM (xXx NoLimits, Resurrection Remix, ExperienceOS, etc) / Kernel on its device (I do not know a lot of kernels but I saw Franco and people (and his developer) told me some features and they hat reason is very smooth good and customizable with its own app.
So which Rom do you have? Magisk or SuperSu? Which Kernel is the best for you? :victory:
I want to get your personal opinion and your experience, I hope more people have the questions I did it and here we can help us each other with our opinion about using X rom X kernel and some more features that I can not put it here because I do not know if there are more things (my last Z5 I used mods and tweaks to make better performance but if you have a kernel like France you do not need this).
Thank you very much for your help :fingers-crossed:

I'm using xXx no limits and use the AKT (advanced kernel tweaks or so?) mod.
I don't know about the kernels but the ROM itself is my favorite.
It has an aroma installer (you pick which features you want before installing them) with many options.
You won't need to download gapps, magisk/ supersu and some stuff like xposed separately. It's very convenient.
Everything is smooth.
The stereo mod (using the earpiece as a speaker for music and videos) is something which is weird as it's used for something it wasn't meant to be used but still a very nice addition.
It's basically a faster stock OOS (oxygen OS) in a bundle with some root functionality added.
This shall be it for now. I hope that I could help you. Fell free to ask if you have any questions

I am using pure stock since I got this phone on the 4th of September and I have to say since then I stopped being a flasholic.

PureFusion because I've had the Nexus 6P and Pixel XL before this phone and ran PureNexus on those, and PureFusion is based on that. It's the only ROM that I feel provides just the right amount of features for me (not too much and not too less).
I'm using the stock kernel now because using custom kernels would introduce issues.
I did have the phone randomly reboot on Me 2 times so far but I can't say for sure that it's the ROM that is causing it.
Overall it's my favourite one out of the handful I have tried and I would definitely recommend it!!

Gonna go with stock as well. Stock kernel or Franco. Gotta say, better speed and battery than the other stuff out there. You gotta figure a whole company can do much better in software development than 1 guy or a team of 5 or 6 people.

Pure Fusion here too because its given me an extremely better battery life from the normal 3 hours SOT, i now get roughly 6 . Stock Kernel with the rom because it's just good for me all in all, maybe will try Franco sometime down the road because, i've been along time supporter. Magisk just because I don't need much except YouTube without ads, also can use Snapchat and other apps flawlessly! Good Luck!

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Pure Fusion here too because its given me an extremely better battery life from the normal 3 hours SOT, i now get roughly 6 . Stock Kernel with the rom because it's just good for me all in all, maybe will try Franco sometime down the road because, i've been along time supporter. Magisk just because I don't need much except YouTube without ads, also can use Snapchat and other apps flawlessly! Good Luck!
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I watched too Pure Fusion OS, but I need to know if I can install it jsut the Rom of do I need too one of the gapps that are they in the original post the gapps, bu I need to know how to install it?
Do I just make a clean install or i do a clean install and I install one of the gapps?
I must ask too, if I have unlocked the bootloeader, does that mean I have my mobile encrypted? Can I install Pure Fusion OS without problem?

What I normally do is wipe everything but internal memory, install room along with gapps I use open and it boots up! And you're all good to go !

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What I normally do is wipe everything but internal memory, install room along with gapps I use open and it boots up! And you're all good to go !
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Which open gapps shoild I download?

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Which open gapps shoild I download?
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It doesn't really matter. You can download open gapps or one for the others (forgot the names. Hehe).
You'll have to flash the ROM first and then the gapps file in the recovery. That's it.
But beware. Playing with your phones software doesn't come without risks. Read a lot about what you have to do and preferably try it on a phone to practice before doing it on your normal phone.
It can break your phone and I don't think that you can/ want to buy a new one. I had bricked my first phone a week after getting into root and custom ROMs.
The problems after that have driven me crazy but I was going to buy a new phone anyway.
LPT: If you want to flash something, wait for stable releases as long as you're inexperienced. Wait till others have tried that and then flash it. That way, you'll avoid some of the problems that you would struggle for a long time to fix.
And don't forget this. Keep an eye on the forums to see what problems people are reporting of and how to solve or avoid them in the first place.
Hope I could help

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Which open gapps shoild I download?
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Arm 64/ 7.1 / And then you can choose which you like i don't need everything from Google so i'm sure what to select and as the previous post it has a stable and beta build PERSONALLY i'm using the beta and no problems at all! Any other questions feel free to ask!

This is an age old question..
You need to ask yourself not us.
What is your favourite car ? Mines a McLaren or a nismo, or a s2000 or robocops car.
You may disagree..
So what do you like, flash a bunch and see for yourself..
Bare in mind these threads usually get closed.

I'm using pure fusion and love it.