I've had my sprint s4 for two years now, I am looking for a rom that will breath new life into the phone. I am still using the stock jelly bean rom and I am looking to switch over to a custom rom. I know I am two stock roms behind but would like to try a custom rom. Does anyone know which custom rom out here is stable enough to try on my s4? I have a few concerns before attempting this custom rom process. I would like to know whats programs will I need to back up my current rom and settings and text messages and applications to be restored over? I did a little research about this when I first got my phone 2 yrs ago but held off because I was a little intimidated with the process. I am sure by now custom roms have been improved and have better stability and the process may have gotten a littler easier. Can someone here point me in the right direction?
Thanks
Cyanogen Mod is great place to start. Its pretty close to stock AOSP but has some nice additional in features.
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_jfltespr
Do you know what software that will back up text message and call logs?
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Do you know what software that will back up text message and call logs?
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Have you searched the Play Store?
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Have you searched the Play Store?
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I will check out the Play Store and track down the back up software. Are there any major bugs I should be concerned about using CM 12.1 on my s4?
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I will check out the Play Store and track down the back up software. Are there any major bugs I should be concerned about using CM 12 on my s4?
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I have Octos 5.1.1 on my device (Oct. 31 build). Much of my phone use is streaming podcasts via Bluetooth to the head unit of my car on my daily commute. Many of the 5.1 roms I tested had poor audio quality. The Octos build is flawless for me. It's a known problem for Lollipop roms but most probably have fixed it by now.
What firmware are you on?
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I have Octos 5.1.1 on my device (Oct. 31 build). Much of my phone use is streaming podcasts via Bluetooth to the head unit of my car on my daily commute Many of the 5.1 roms I tested had poor audio quality. The Octos build is flawless for me. It's a known problem for Lollipop roms but most probably have fixed it by now.
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I am on Jellybean
Sph-L720 build jdq39.l720vpuamdl.
I haven't updated this phone since I had it. I ran into problems within 2 days of purchasing the phone when I did an OTA update, had to get a new phone. Since then I disabled the updates, that was two years ago. I am just trying to find a rom, that I won't have to fuss with too much and most features will work. I don't want to deal with any nightly recoveries.
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Titanium Backup
jp0213x said:
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I really like Helium.
ttakacs said:
I have Octos 5.1.1 on my device (Oct. 31 build). Much of my phone use is streaming podcasts via Bluetooth to the head unit of my car on my daily commute. Many of the 5.1 roms I tested had poor audio quality. The Octos build is flawless for me. It's a known problem for Lollipop roms but most probably have fixed it by now.
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Is my firmware good to upgrade to a custom rom?
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Is my firmware good to upgrade to a custom rom?
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The main concern is to root your device safely; look at this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2257101, especially post #466, which is the method I just used to root my S4 (see my post #475 in that thread).
Chainfire just updated his auto-root, which you can find here: https://autoroot.chainfire.eu/.
Rooting seems straight forward, but I would like to do a back up of my current image before proceeding.
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Rooting seems straight forward, but I would like to do a back up of my current image before proceeding.
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I've never tried with an unrooted device, but this might be helpful: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28296/full-backup-of-non-rooted-devices.
If the unrooted methods don't work or appeal, you could flash TWRP then immediately boot into it to make your nandroid backup before flashing your custom ROM.
My time and date won't update after restoring my stock rom using twrp, any fix for this? The time option is set to automatically update from network and still the time will update but will not change.
Update: I search around and the fix was setting the time zone manually and check the network to set the time automatically. Wow
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Just wondering, if I were to flash to a custom rom, such as Thor... then a few months later ICS comes out for our tablets, what would the upgrade process entail?
I'm hesitant to try a custom rom, because when ICS finally comes I don't want there to be extra steps in order to get the update.
Anyone know how difficult/easy this is going to be? Will it involve having to flash back to stock first, then OTA to ICS?
TIA!
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Just wondering, if I were to flash to a custom rom, such as Thor... then a few months later ICS comes out for our tablets, what would the upgrade process entail?
I'm hesitant to try a custom rom, because when ICS finally comes I don't want there to be extra steps in order to get the update.
Anyone know how difficult/easy this is going to be? Will it involve having to flash back to stock first, then OTA to ICS?
TIA!
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Not trying to be rude but honestly, if youre afraid of a few extra steps than rooting and android is not for you. I suggest an apple product.
But to answer your question, when official ICS comes out OTA Im sure devs will create custom roms that you can just flash. I mean we already have ICS ports in the works.
Why would you want crappy OTA ICS when you could have a faster, custom rom ICS .
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Not trying to be rude but honestly, if youre afraid of a few extra steps than rooting and android is not for you. I suggest an apple product.
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Don't assume. I already have ICS running on my Galaxy S; I'm sure I've flashed and reflashed android devices just as much as anyone else here. It's not about being afraid. It's about convenience for a device I've come to rely on day-to-day.
Thanks for the post, anyways. But I'd still like to hear what the process would be to go from a custom rom to the offical OTA ICS.
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Don't assume. I already have ICS running on my Galaxy S; I'm sure I've flashed and reflashed android devices just as much as anyone else here. It's not about being afraid. It's about convenience for a device I've come to rely on day-to-day.
Thanks for the post, anyways. But I'd still like to hear what the process would be to go from a custom rom to the offical OTA ICS.
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From what Ive read (search function), you can update from a custom rom but you will lose root.
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Don't assume. I already have ICS running on my Galaxy S; I'm sure I've flashed and reflashed android devices just as much as anyone else here. It's not about being afraid. It's about convenience for a device I've come to rely on day-to-day.
Thanks for the post, anyways. But I'd still like to hear what the process would be to go from a custom rom to the offical OTA ICS.
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If u rely on this day to day, u do NOT want to flash an ICS rom yet. Not even close for day to day use.Stick with what u have and just be patient.
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If u rely on this day to day, u do NOT want to flash an ICS rom yet. Not even close for day to day use.Stick with what u have and just be patient.
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I agree wait for the kinks to be worked out.
If you rely on this device pretty heavily, and you still want to get ICS when it comes out, I would just recommend flashing a custom ROM now that is known to be pretty stable. like you suggested, Thor's ROM seems to be a great one. It definitely improves the speed of the tablet and I have yet to come across any bugs that would inhibit my everyday use. Then, once developers have worked out a ROM for a relatively stable version of ICS, you shouldn't have any trouble switching to that and not worrying about the OTA updates.
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Don't assume. I already have ICS running on my Galaxy S; I'm sure I've flashed and reflashed android devices just as much as anyone else here. It's not about being afraid. It's about convenience for a device I've come to rely on day-to-day.
Thanks for the post, anyways. But I'd still like to hear what the process would be to go from a custom rom to the offical OTA ICS.
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Well, if you're familiar with all that, then you already know how to flash an OEM ROM and would know you already knew how to do it.
can be a bit of a pain going back to stock ota updates. Depends on availability of your devices localized stock rom.( or being able to backup stock rom first). Took me about 5 days to find the right files and steps to get ota working again. Didnt help that i am a total newbie, the iconia is my first android device never flashed anything before except a pc bios. Do your research first and make sure you can go back instead of getting stuck. Here is a link to get you started http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155664 another thing when you go back to stock you also go to the back of the line in the update queue as well. I was on 3.2.1 went back to 3.1 got ota updates up to 3.2 but have not recieved 3.2.1 update again yet cheers.
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another thing when you go back to stock you also go to the back of the line in the update queue as well. I was on 3.2.1 went back to 3.1 got ota updates up to 3.2 but have not recieved 3.2.1 update again yet cheers.
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Now THAT is very interesting. Thanks!
hello everyone hope someone can help I did the update for the 4.3 and a few days I realized that sometime I'm trying to make calls or receive calls and there's no sound no out And no in on the other side is answering but no sound either he doesn't hear me I don't hear him either and what I have to do is reset the phone mains take the battery off and put it back and turn it back on And it works again and tell it's happening again this is driving me nuts because it can happen twice a day by the way my phone is flashed to boost mobile and this is a sprin Phone Everything works beautiful until the last update: thank you guys hope someone can help
Not nearly enough info to help.
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did the update for the 4.3
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Question is HOW? - via OTA? via flashing ROM from dev section? If you flashed a ROM, which one? And how did you do it - steps you took.
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you say you .
Question is HOW? - via OTA? via flashing ROM from dev section? If you flashed a ROM, which one? And how did you do it - steps you took.
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I didn't do anything or changing the Rom the phone was flashed 7 months ago I never have problems I just lately I did the update for the 4.3 and I start having those problems that's why I was checking if there is any issue with the update and if you recommend to do anything I would love to know thank you for the response
and if you think to go back to the 4.2 will Help and how can I do it thanks
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I didn't do anything or changing the Rom the phone was flashed 7 months ago I never have problems I just lately I did the update for the 4.3 and I start having those problems that's why I was checking if there is any issue with the update and if you recommend to do anything I would love to know thank you for the response
and if you think to go back to the 4.2 will Help and how can I do it thanks
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Okay.
Again I'm still not quite getting what you did.
So I'll assume that when you say,
I did the update for the 4.3
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you mean you took the Over The Air update - the one from Sprint; your phone says Firmware update available.... etc.
IS THAT CORRECT?
If so you CANNOT go back to 4.2 period. End of story on that route.
You can however, If my above assumption is correct, and you didn't apply the update in some other way re-flash MJA or flash a custom ROM. For that you'll need to root your phone (CF-Autoroot works), install custom recovery (for 4.3 Philz is the one to use) and then flash the ROM as per the developers instructions.
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Okay.
Again I'm still not quite getting what you did.
So I'll assume that when you say, you mean you took the Over The Air update - the one from Sprint; your phone says Firmware update available.... etc.
IS THAT CORRECT?
If so you CANNOT go back to 4.2 period. End of story on that route.
You can however, If my above assumption is correct, and you didn't apply the update in some other way re-flash MJA or flash a custom ROM. For that you'll need to root your phone (CF-Autoroot works), install custom recovery (for 4.3 Philz is the one to use) and then flash the ROM as per the developers instructions.
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Thank you I will work on it I will let u know
1. DO NOT Flash CM11 or any ROM without the 3.4 kernel, official cm11 is now based on the 3.4 kernel , @epinter 's are not.
2. DO NOT flash an old recovery not for the kit kat boot loader.
3. DON'T NOT make a backup before flashing roms so you can easily go back.
everyone please add your suggestions i will update the op with them.
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1. Flash CM11 without the 3.4 kernel.
2. flash an old recovery not for the kit kat boot loader.
everyone please add your suggestions
sorry wrong section mods please move to general sorry
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Link or explain why? Cyanogenmod of all roms is not safe yet?
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Link or explain why? Cyanogenmod of all roms is not safe yet?
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jewbydoo said:
Link or explain why? Cyanogenmod of all roms is not safe yet?
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dhacker29 has some cm11 builds with a 3.4 as well as a working recovery for our updated phones. I just flashed his latest cm11 build with 3.4 kernel and so far so good. Only been running a couple hours while at work so it hasn't been put through the paces yet either. If you go to the Android Dev section and go to the CM11 Official thread you can a link to the 3.4 builds at the bottom of the 1st post. Good luck
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dhacker29 has some cm11 builds with a 3.4 as well as a working recovery for our updated phones. I just flashed his latest cm11 build with 3.4 kernel and so far so good. Only been running a couple hours while at work so it hasn't been put through the paces yet either. If you go to the Android Dev section and go to the CM11 Official thread you can a link to the 3.4 builds at the bottom of the 1st post. Good luck
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Thanks, I'm downloading and recovering now.
Link to CM11 test build for the lazy. Praise dhacker29!!
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dhacker29 has some cm11 builds with a 3.4 as well as a working recovery for our updated phones. I just flashed his latest cm11 build with 3.4 kernel and so far so good. Only been running a couple hours while at work so it hasn't been put through the paces yet either. If you go to the Android Dev section and go to the CM11 Official thread you can a link to the 3.4 builds at the bottom of the 1st post. Good luck
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I'm definately not seeing this link you're talking about, The bottom of the first post?
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Doh I'm an idiot. You linked to it in your post!
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Thanks, I'm downloading and recovering now.
Link to CM11 test build for the lazy. Praise dhacker29!!
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did you flash the cm11 i told you not to?
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did you flash the cm11 i told you not to?
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That link in his post is a direct link to the correct cm11 if you are updated and unlocked on stock 4.4.2. It's dhacker29's test builds with a 3.4 kernel.
doubljdog said:
dhacker29 has some cm11 builds with a 3.4 as well as a working recovery for our updated phones. I just flashed his latest cm11 build with 3.4 kernel and so far so good. Only been running a couple hours while at work so it hasn't been put through the paces yet either. If you go to the Android Dev section and go to the CM11 Official thread you can a link to the 3.4 builds at the bottom of the 1st post. Good luck
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Can you try and play music through apollo or even install Google Play Music. When i try to play music from either app it does not play or it just force closes. I know its not stable but i am on the 0615 build and making sure i installed everything correctly on my end.
Thanks in advance...
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Can you try and play music through apollo or even install Google Play Music. When i try to play music from either app it does not play or it just force closes. I know its not stable but i am on the 0615 build and making sure i installed everything correctly on my end.
Thanks in advance...
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this is a known bug i have been running the test builds for 3-4 days also video recording at hfr 60 fps causes fc of camera and you need to clear data to reopen
divxdvd said:
Can you try and play music through apollo or even install Google Play Music. When i try to play music from either app it does not play or it just force closes. I know its not stable but i am on the 0615 build and making sure i installed everything correctly on my end.
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I can confirm Apollo doesn't work. Play music works with bugs however. When I choose a song it says can't stream but when I choose the same song again it plays.
So I can play
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I can confirm Apollo doesn't work. Play music works with bugs however. When I choose a song it says can't stream but when I choose the same song again it plays.
So I can play
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Ok so Im going on a road trip in a few days. Pandora doesnt even work with CM11. I guess my only option is to RSD back to VZW_XT926_4.4.2-KDA20.62-10_1FF.xml. The stock kit kat bootloader ONLY works with these 2 ROMs and only 1 is stable enough to not be near a PC for a week. If I'm missing any other options feel free to chime in...
Thanks!!
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Ok so Im going on a road trip in a few days. Pandora doesnt even work with CM11. I guess my only option is to RSD back to VZW_XT926_4.4.2-KDA20.62-10_1FF.xml. The stock kit kat bootloader ONLY works with these 2 ROMs and only 1 is stable enough to not be near a PC for a week. If I'm missing any other options feel free to chime in...
Thanks!!
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why did you not backup in twrp/cwm
op updated so people know to back up
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Ok so Im going on a road trip in a few days. Pandora doesnt even work with CM11. I guess my only option is to RSD back to VZW_XT926_4.4.2-KDA20.62-10_1FF.xml. The stock kit kat bootloader ONLY works with these 2 ROMs and only 1 is stable enough to not be near a PC for a week. If I'm missing any other options feel free to chime in...
Thanks!!
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Try PowerAmp, working for me on a razr m
New to installing mods
I'm pretty new to modding, so I was just wondering how beneficial it is to install for example cyanogen mod vs the latest kit kat on the razr hd. I hear people praising how good mods are, but then I constantly read about the bugs and glitches to the most common things people use such as music or camera. Is there a mod out there that is 100% better than the current kitkat build no matter how you slice it, or are there always going to be trade offs?
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I'm pretty new to modding, so I was just wondering how beneficial it is to install for example cyanogen mod vs the latest kit kat on the razr hd. I hear people praising how good mods are, but then I constantly read about the bugs and glitches to the most common things people use such as music or camera. Is there a mod out there that is 100% better than the current kitkat build no matter how you slice it, or are there always going to be trade offs?
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If you are on the KK bootloader i would use the stock KK ROM for now just because all the devs are going to have to port there ROMs to work on the new bootloader. The only one you can use right now other then stock is CM11 only by Dhacker29. The Epinter CM11 build is still only for use on JB bootloader. So RIGHT NOW the ONLY stable ROM in STOCK KK. You can not downgrade the KK bootloader to JB no matter if you are unlocked or not.
In a week or 2 i am very sure we will have more options, but remember this phone is almost 2 years old. None of us thought in a million years MOTO would release an update with an open exploit that was closed last year on the 9.16 build.
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If you are on the KK bootloader i would use the stock KK ROM for now just because all the devs are going to have to port there ROMs to work on the new bootloader. The only one you can use right now other then stock is CM11 only by Dhacker29. The Epinter CM11 build is still only for use on JB bootloader. So RIGHT NOW the ONLY stable ROM in STOCK KK. You can not downgrade the KK bootloader to JB no matter if you are unlocked or not.
In a week or 2 i am very sure we will have more options, but remember this phone is almost 2 years old. None of us thought in a million years MOTO would release an update with an open exploit that was closed last year on the 9.16 build.
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Ok pretty much what I expected. Just testing the waters. I'm updated to kitkat, rooted, bootloader unlocked, and replaced stock BL with CWM 6.0.4.4. Ive already made a backup of my stock rom, so I'm pretty much ready to go. Just need to wait for something that will surely benefit me
bill0405 said:
Ok pretty much what I expected. Just testing the waters. I'm updated to kitkat, rooted, bootloader unlocked, and replaced stock BL with CWM 6.0.4.4. Ive already made a backup of my stock rom, so I'm pretty much ready to go. Just need to wait for something that will surely benefit me
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I would have my phone on CWM 6.0.4.9 recovery. That one is specific for the KK bootloader. The version you have is pretty much useless for flash KK roms.
Get it here:
http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
divxdvd said:
I would have my phone on CWM 6.0.4.9 recovery. That one is specific for the KK bootloader. The version you have is pretty much useless for flash KK roms.
Get it here:
http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
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My mistake. I actually do have 6.0.4.9 installed. Don't know why I had that old file (which i referenced) still lol.
After unlocking I downgraded to jb and am running the 3.0 builds lots of options for unlocked bootloaders ?
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Hello Friends
I have been searching the internet for days on how to root the Note 5 N9208 dual sim and finally found something that seem stable.
DISCLAIMER: I am by no means taking credit for this root method, I am just sharing what I found because I know how hard the information can be to find on the internet. As you should already know, with flashing there is always a risk so you are always responsible for you own device
1. First you are going to want to enable OEM Unlock and USB debugging in the developer option.
2. Go to Samsung app store and get the CROM service app. (this is needed so you can flash custom roms, on some phones you won't be able to flash anything if you don't do this step)
3. Download Permissive kernel (from xiaolu) for N9208 with auto root: N9208-TW-Root (0909) .tar flash it with Odin3.10.7 (extract tar-file from zip, put it in section and flash AP)
At this point you should now have root, beyond this step will explain how to get TWRP recovery.
4. Official TWRP for Samsung Galaxy Note 5 DUOS you can found here ... (download tar-file, put it in AP section and flash with Odin3.10.7).
This information was accumulated by searching the web. My thanks goes out to all developers who help me to arrive at a root solution. If you, a developer come here and see a violation that I overlooked please inbox me and I will rectify it right away Thanks again
Thanks for the guide. Do you have more information on the kernel?
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Thanks for the guide. Do you have more information on the kernel?
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Sad to say, I didn't find much information on the web about the performance of this kernel. It just showed up as a way to gain root.
Not being about to accumulate any data on the kernel I kinda was back and forth in my mind if I should use it or not. after hours of thinking and really wanted root I decided to give it a go in a all or re-flash moment(nothing).
Turn out to be pretty good with no change in performance vs the stock kernel. Once flashed I saw superSU there installed and ready to go.
Now I was concern about the random reboots I heard about with other kernels but I have been using the phone for 3 days now and I haven't encountered any lags, no reboots, no drop of signals or calls. I have not yet installed any games on my phone so I don't know how it will be with heavy usage of that nature.
If you decide to give this a try please post any findings of abnormalities here. Thank you
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Sad to say, I didn't find much information on the web about the performance of this kernel. It just showed up as a way to gain root.
Not being about to accumulate any data on the kernel I kinda was back and forth in my mind if I should use it or not. after hours of thinking and really wanted root I decided to give it a go in a all or re-flash moment(nothing).
Turn out to be pretty good with no change in performance vs the stock kernel. Once flashed I saw superSU there installed and ready to go.
Now I was concern about the random reboots I heard about with other kernels but I have been using the phone for 3 days now and I haven't encountered any lags, no reboots, no drop of signals or calls. I have not yet installed any games on my phone so I don't know how it will be with heavy usage of that nature.
If you decide to give this a try please post any findings of abnormalities here. Thank you
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i used the same process and files on my 9208 to achieve root. going on 3-days with stock ROM, the root kernel and latest xposed for TW and haven't had one reboot.
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i used the same process and files on my 9208 to achieve root. going on 3-days with stock ROM, the root kernel and latest xposed for TW and haven't had one reboot.
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That's awesome
I thought xposed for our phone was only possible with Deodexed roms? if this is possible for our Odexed stock rom can you kindly point me into the direction to get this done?
dreskullz said:
That's awesome
I thought xposed for our phone was only possible with Deodexed roms? if this is possible for our Odexed stock rom can you kindly point me into the direction to get this done?
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Enjoy . i thought the same; be sure to get V74 for arm64 devices.
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Enjoy . i thought the same; be sure to get V74 for arm64 devices.
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Thank you I will go give this a try right now
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Sad to say, I didn't find much information on the web about the performance of this kernel. It just showed up as a way to gain root.
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If you decide to give this a try please post any findings of abnormalities here. Thank you
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Thanks for your reply. I will give it a go.
i am giving this kernel a try also.....to many random reboots on another one
edwardob said:
i am giving this kernel a try also.....to many random reboots on another one
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Let us know about any abnormalities you find just in case we have missed something
No problems at all. No reboots or lags.
Nice guide for obtaining root!
I already have rooted my Note 5 using the SpaceX kernel, but as some of you know this kernel has the random reboot issue.
What would be the procedure for me to flash this kernel. Can I just flash over the current SpaceX kernel or would I have to go another route?
Appreciate the help.
daffie said:
Nice guide for obtaining root!
I already have rooted my Note 5 using the SpaceX kernel, but as some of you know this kernel has the random reboot issue.
What would be the procedure for me to flash this kernel. Can I just flash over the current SpaceX kernel or would I have to go another route?
Appreciate the help.
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just the same way...directly over old o one
edwardob said:
just the same way...directly over old o one
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Cheers for the quick help! So just Odin flash this kernel directly over my current setup...will get right to it
Flashed the kernel and rebooted...all seems well. Now further testing and hopefully no weird issues like random reboots and/or deep sleep bug.
and We still don't know where it came from ??
but it Works
I seen it on a russian site thats all I know
but it works !!
Indeed...it's all rather strange No dev, no nothing...but it does work :good:
I got 4% battery usage in some 10 hours standby and that's pretty decent in my book.
Performance seems on par with stock kernel. Now for another couple of days of further testing to see if it holds up...(no random reboots and such).
I was at about 6%at 7hrs.....but I have one drive syncing. ..but before I had 15-20%....
and no reboots and I am rooted!!!!
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and We still don't know where it came from ??
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I seen it on a russian site thats all I know
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lol yup, there is no data at all on this kernel as far as I can search. one thing I can say for sure is that its doing very well in terms of performance. I play games, listen to music, make calls on both sims, send emails and have dual whatsapp going all day. with all that activity I manage to get 13 hours out of the phone, I plug in at 18%. to me thats good. What do you guys think?
l think we have a rooted in 9208 dual sim that doesnt reboot and works fine
curiousty leads me toWonder Where it came from and whats been done to it
Guys, will this work with the hong kong version (9200)?
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Hi there. I am kinda new on these things.
I am at my home right now. I have the time to backup everything.
I am on stock right now , I have started getting a bit of lags here and there.
Should I root and install a custom rom?
And if yes , what is the best combination of kernel and rom for the best performance and battery.
Akshatk said:
Hi there. I am kinda new on these things.
I am at my home right now. I have the time to backup everything.
I am on stock right now , I have started getting a bit of lags here and there.
Should I root and install a custom rom?
And if yes , what is the best combination of kernel and rom for the best performance and battery.
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DO NOT INSTALL CUSTOM ROM, if you have to ask that question.
On a serious note, a factory reset will take care of all lags.Rooting is for those who have a spare phone,want to play around and can afford brick sooner or later. Moto has determined stock to be best for all others.
pradyot said:
DO NOT INSTALL CUSTOM ROM, if you have to ask that question.
On a serious note, a factory reset will take care of all lags.Rooting is for those who have a spare phone,want to play around and can afford brick sooner or later. Moto has determined stock to be best for all others.
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I am not so new dude. I have installed custom roms many a times..on my canvas a1.
On that device , it was good bcoz the device itself wasn't so good.
But this moto g5 plus is a nice phone. That's why I'm asking whether i should install custom rom or not
Akshatk said:
I am not so new dude. I have installed custom roms many a times..on my canvas a1.
On that device , it was good bcoz the device itself wasn't so good.
But this moto g5 plus is a nice phone. That's why I'm asking whether i should install custom rom or not
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Acknowledged !! and my apologies.
Rooting and custom roms work well on MotoG+.On some of the latest Oreo roms I was playing around with in the past couple of months,the camera app broke more often than once.If you can live with that in exchange for performance, LineageOS 15 and Pixel Experience roms worked great.
But as with any phone, you have to play around for the best of latest or for stability.
Just my two cents .
pradyot said:
Acknowledged !! and my apologies.
Rooting and custom roms work well on MotoG+.On some of the latest Oreo roms I was playing around with in the past couple of months,the camera app broke more often than once.If you can live with that in exchange for performance, LineageOS 15 and Pixel Experience roms worked great.
But as with any phone, you have to play around for the best of latest or for stability.
Just my two cents .
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What about the battery life?
Can i use greenify etc with these roms?
Thanks for the reply
Install only if a stock firmware higher or equivalent to your current version is available. Else you will not be able to go back to stock. If you attempt to downgrade you will run into problems with bootloaders.
Akshatk said:
What about the battery life?
Can i use greenify etc with these roms?
Thanks for the reply
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Battery life is pretty good on the custom rom side. All updated ROMs are now Android 8.1 and are 64 bit. I usually get 6-7+ hours screen on time and switch between every rom that's released For battery and customizations I recommend AEX or Validius. Also, you can use greenify on any of the custom ROMs and root with magisk and pass safety net as well. I Also recommend you download from telegram group as those links are updated more often than xda.
Telegram links are:
t.me/g5pluslinks ---> All new ROMs released no chat
t.me/motog5plus ---> Release of new ROMs / kernels but lot of chat too.
t.me/MotoG5PlusStuff ---> Collection of all kinds of camera apps.
Too late. I failed to root. And now my camera doesn't work. :Cries:
Gonna try flashing stock (some 92 version ) which has the Nov patch. Older one failed(downgrade).
Help me if you can. PLEASE.
I can explain everything I did.
Too late. I failed to root. And now my camera doesn't work. :Cries:
Gonna try flashing stock (some 92 version ) which has the Nov patch. Older one failed(downgrade).
Help me if you can. PLEASE.
I can explain everything I did.
Ok guys. So..i somehow got the root to work. But the camera is not working. It is saying camera is busy . What should I do?
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Ok guys. So..i somehow got the root to work. But the camera is not working. It is saying camera is busy . What should I do?
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I believe that using custom kernel was the fix to that issue, not 100% sure as I never had the issue myself. Also, if you decide to go to a custom rom you won't have that issue (it only affects stock rom). Another option if you want to stick on stock is find the thread on here for TWRP flashable stock ROMs and use latest one for your phone.
I'm not able to select SD card storage in the recovery mode. What's the issue here? How do I fix it?
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I'm not able to select SD card storage in the recovery mode. What's the issue here? How do I fix it?
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nevermind. I updated twrp to 3.2.1.0 . Now i can use my sd card there.
jeffsga88 said:
I believe that using custom kernel was the fix to that issue, not 100% sure as I never had the issue myself. Also, if you decide to go to a custom rom you won't have that issue (it only affects stock rom). Another option if you want to stick on stock is find the thread on here for TWRP flashable stock ROMs and use latest one for your phone.
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I installed lineage 14.1.
I have no issues now.
Thanks bro!
Akshatk said:
I installed lineage 14.1.
I have no issues now.
Thanks bro!
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No problem. Happy I could help.