Hi all.
I own the T230 Samsung Tab 7.0 in the UK. I keep reading about how Samsungs software slows this tablet down. Im a little lost on what to do, but can you just put normal android on this to speed it up? I keep hearing about custom roms, but basically I just want to strip the rubbish out of this and speed the thing up.
Can Lollipop be put on this?
My build number is KOT49H.T230XXU0AOD2, if this helps.
Thanks so much......from the Newbie!
Galaxy Tab 4.0 7" Newbie Question
Mostly every variant of the Tab 4 should have L by now, including yours but idk if it's available in your region. We have a user here who made a Samsung firmware thread (@thisusernameisapoorchoice), so look around that thread.
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To clean out the preinstalled Samsung junk you'll need to root your phone, which means flashing a recovery module (e.g. TWRP, Clockwork Mod, etc.). Fortunately, this shouldn't interfere with the stock firmware.
Alternatively, I think the development section has a rom that's just debloated version of the stock firmware. One of the most common ways to make a custom rom is to just strip the bloatware from the stock image, and apply updates.
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Hi! all im thinking of flashing my tab with some custom roms, but since im new to the process, i was wondering if someone would guide me to the basics. Also are there are roms that boost the cpu performance? i've been hearing that samsing file system also drags their android devices and the tab is no exception is this true?
regards all,
Where to start from? My tab is a TMN Porguese one.
Edit:Also what's the best to way to backup current ROM?
Hey mate. I have actually posted up a guide to Installing Overcome ROM v1.2.0 which includes the filesystem conversion and all, would be a good point to start from Technically any ROM can be used for the ROM part of the Guide, but Overcome is an awesome ROM anyway and well worth taking a look at.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973402
The best way to backup your current ROM is to do a RotoBackup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850359
This is a complete flashable ROM backup.
You will need to be Rooted for both of these, Z4Root is what I personally used and seems to be pretty popular. You just need to download the app, make sure your tab is in USB Debugging mode, and run the app, and let it do its thing. As always, the usual warnings apply for that sort of thing. SuperOneClick reportedly works aswell, but I have no personal experience with that one.
Check out the Stickies in the Galaxy Tab Android Development forum about the locked bootloaders and check your firmware, but as long as you haven't updated your firmware using Kies at all, you should be fine. I never ran into this myself, but worth checking for safety.
Hope this helps as a starting point
I was all amped up to finally make the leap from just being rooted (OC3) to installing a custom rom (CM 12.1) and spent a bunch of time researching the process and trying to figure out why my attempts to install a custom recovery were all unsuccessful. Then I came here and discovered why (AT&T locks the bootloader).
Now I'm feeling very deflated. Originally I thought I'd get a Nexus phone but I don't like the new Nexus offerings. The next best alternative to me was to pretty much go AOSP with my S4 (eventually moving to CM 13 once that releases for the S4).
So my main question is this: for someone who was interested in going pretty much as stock Android as possible, what's the best option among roms that I can install on my phone, particularly roms which will continue to give my phone life moving forward in terms of updates (marshmallow and beyond)?
And my secondary question is what, if any, reasons are there for me to install a custom rom if I'm not interested in bling? In other words, what are the functional advantages (e.g. enabling tethering, non-broken xposed, eliminating samsung/at&t bloat, etc)?
Appreciate any info and guidance!
I guess I have a 3rd question - is there any hope that we will ever be able to replace the bootloader and install roms like CM? I have no idea if anyone is working on that and it's just a matter of time or if it's considered to be an impossible task.
I can't answer your first question and I'm not sure why you are asking since you aren't able to install proper custom roms anyway..
You don't need a custom rom for a number of things you mention. Removing bloat can speed up your device, save battery, and put an end to some of the annoyances you get from unwanted apps. Xposed is great for customizing your phone and getting rid of that irritating high volume notification.
Finally, no, there is no hope of unlocking the bootloader. The S4 is old so fewer and fewer people care about it. There is a thread about it in the Verizon s4 forum...
My advice : get rid of your S4. Find a phone that uses stock Android and not all this custom TouchWiz rubbish.
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Hello,
it's since I lost my old Omnia 900 that I don't login on this forum, so please forgive my question, I am not updated at all.
I also remember the hours lost to find the best suitable ROM for the Omnia, so I really don't want to experience that again.
I'd like to clean my Galaxy S5 and in order to do so, I don't want to experiment with unstable builds or similar.
I just would like to use the cleanest and most stable rom available that would let my galaxy S5 be fully functional.
Which ROM would you suggest me to use? BTW I actually know nothing except how to do a simple root, so if you have any links, is also appreciated.
I got some answers already, like: Phoenix rom and Blissrom.
Again I need the bare minimum, but with all the full set of samsung features enabled (minus the samsung software though, if, for example, finger scan needs some software, I will install it).
Hello everyone,
I personally never owned a Samsung device (always Nexus and mostly with Paranoid Android or Dirty Unicorns ROM) but my girlfriend has one and she defeniately needs it to be flashed :good:
As I am completely new to Samsung devices, I have no idea about all the developers and different ROMs that are out there for the Samsung Note 4 (Snapdragon).
I don't have much time to try around with different ROMs as it isn't my phone.
I need one that is good, stable, fast (and also supports the stylus / samsung apps). So I can flash it quickly and have a happy girlfriend
So that is the reason I an asking in the first place. Else I would just flash around and keep trying until I find the best fit.
I saw CM is officially supporting the Note 4. So that one might be a good solution. But does it have all those stylus samsung stuff?
Any other ROMs I should check out?
Do I need to flash a new radio?
Thanks in advance and sorry for posting another "which ROM" thread. But I can't really test around to find out on my own as it is not my device that I am going to improve !
If n910g, this is highly recommended, although you have to disable or uninstall later all apps that you don't want if you want a debloated rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...n910g-official-mm-6-0-1-t3359211/post67201643
GrippingSphere said:
If n910g, this is highly recommended, although you have to disable or uninstall later all apps that you don't want if you want a debloated rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...n910g-official-mm-6-0-1-t3359211/post67201643
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It is N910F.
The link you provided is simply stock android MM?
Yes stock MM, stock is in my experience the most stable and bug free rom build. But the link is for n910g unfortunately.
Stock ROM, and then debloat yourself. Quite honestly speaking, and no offence to anyone, there are no good ROMs available for Note 4. In fact I myself might have not got the phone if I realised the development section is like this. And I am not interested in ported ROMs, so even though there are many available I won't go that way, and I am too dumb to make a ROM for myself, so stock ROM it is.
I agree, stock rom rooted and debloat it, and apply msm tweaks. If you want, xposed as well.
Utini said:
Hello everyone,
I personally never owned a Samsung device (always Nexus and mostly with Paranoid Android or Dirty Unicorns ROM) but my girlfriend has one and she defeniately needs it to be flashed :good:
As I am completely new to Samsung devices, I have no idea about all the developers and different ROMs that are out there for the Samsung Note 4 (Snapdragon).
I don't have much time to try around with different ROMs as it isn't my phone.
I need one that is good, stable, fast (and also supports the stylus / samsung apps). So I can flash it quickly and have a happy girlfriend
So that is the reason I an asking in the first place. Else I would just flash around and keep trying until I find the best fit.
I saw CM is officially supporting the Note 4. So that one might be a good solution. But does it have all those stylus samsung stuff?
Any other ROMs I should check out?
Do I need to flash a new radio?
Thanks in advance and sorry for posting another "which ROM" thread. But I can't really test around to find out on my own as it is not my device that I am going to improve !
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You must flash samsung based rom to have all soen features and samsung apps. I reconnemed kurama rom which in using , its battery friendly, fast and stock based. If you going to flash kurama rom you must flash modem and bootloader for the rom to boot up (only can be flashed from pc with odin)
I recently got a second-hand Galaxy A5 2015, switching from a jail-broken iPhone 4. (Ewwww).
I am an Android noob, and have only been using it for a week. (Also noob to XDA, first post)
I'm on 6.0.1, using Nova Launcher, with a pretty clean setup, but the one thing that bugs me is the fugly TouchWiz pulldown area. I want to flash a stock Android ROM onto it, but have no ****ing idea how to do it. I have done so much research, but all of the tutorials conflict each other, and I don't know where to start. Being a Linux user doesn't help either. Can anyone recommend me a way to flash an Android 7-based ROM, from Linux, onto an A500FU?