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Hi all,
First post as just registered here but XDA seems to be the best place for this subject by far.
Should I root and unlock, install kernel, overclock etc?
I use it for:
-Emails (Business & personal)
-Web browsing (a lot)
-Some games (but simple ones)
-Viewing and editing (slightly) Images.
-Google Analytics/Ads/Drive
-CRM database etc
In addition to the above question, I want to now if overclocking to 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6 ghz or install would make the N7 smoother and faster for these general things? I wont be 'gaming' or doing anything massively graphics or processor intensive (I dont think?)
iAmlearning said:
Hi all,
First post as just registered here but XDA seems to be the best place for this subject by far.
Should I root and unlock, install kernel, overclock etc?
I use it for:
-Emails (Business & personal)
-Web browsing (a lot)
-Some games (but simple ones)
-Viewing and editing (slightly) Images.
-Google Analytics/Ads/Drive
-CRM database etc
In addition to the above question, I want to now if overclocking to 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6 ghz or install would make the N7 smoother and faster for these general things? I wont be 'gaming' or doing anything massively graphics or processor intensive (I dont think?)
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Based on your uses I'd leave it stock...you could however install a custom kernel and squeeze some more battery life out of it.
Risk and Difficulty?
Culex316 said:
Based on your uses I'd leave it stock...you could however install a custom kernel and squeeze some more battery life out of it.
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Ok thanks, I have thought about battery life however I am willing to sacrifice a little battery for more speed. Do you think you'd notice the difference? In terms of smoothness and speed on general activities? Also one BIG question(s), how hard it is and how risky is it to root from Mac? Whats the likelihood of me ruining my device, for good? Are we saying 1 in 1000 or for a rookie like me a toss of a coin?
I have watched a few videos and find it pretty amazing what you can do to a phone or tablet. Especially by yourself.
iAmlearning said:
Hi all,
First post as just registered here but XDA seems to be the best place for this subject by far.
Should I root and unlock, install kernel, overclock etc?
I use it for:
-Emails (Business & personal)
-Web browsing (a lot)
-Some games (but simple ones)
-Viewing and editing (slightly) Images.
-Google Analytics/Ads/Drive
-CRM database etc
In addition to the above question, I want to now if overclocking to 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6 ghz or install would make the N7 smoother and faster for these general things? I wont be 'gaming' or doing anything massively graphics or processor intensive (I dont think?)
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Hi, iAmlearning...
Based on your needs... I would say... stay stock, but root...
You can then run apps like Titanium (always useful for backing up those Temple Run 2 high scores.. or running AdAway (for getting rid of those pesky, annoying ads that seem to crop up just about everywhere...)
As far as risk is concerned... well, it's not really quantifiable... there is ALWAYS the possibility you might hard-brick the thing... but then, you might drop it on the kitchen floor tomorrow!
I'd be a liar if I said the Nexus 7 was 'unbrickable' ... it is eminently 'brickable'! But it's actually kind of hard to do! And if you follow many of the excellent instructions here on XDA, you should be OK. (Actually, rooting is a piece of cake - people make too much of it.)
Finally... rooting involves unlocking the BOOTLOADER... which WIPES the device and performs a FACTORY RESET... so I would suggest it might be done sooner rather than later... before you build up a lot of content on it (not that it can't be backed up elsewhere beforehand).
Once you have root, you can then think about custom ROMs and kernels much later.
But root is you're gateway.
Rgrds,
Ged.
iAmlearning said:
Hi all,
First post as just registered here but XDA seems to be the best place for this subject by far.
Should I root and unlock, install kernel, overclock etc?
I use it for:
-Emails (Business & personal)
-Web browsing (a lot)
-Some games (but simple ones)
-Viewing and editing (slightly) Images.
-Google Analytics/Ads/Drive
-CRM database etc
In addition to the above question, I want to now if overclocking to 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6 ghz or install would make the N7 smoother and faster for these general things? I wont be 'gaming' or doing anything massively graphics or processor intensive (I dont think?)
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Doesn't sound like you really need to root. If you get sick of the interface or whatever you can always install a launcher like Nova Prime and play around with it. The things you can do without being rooted is pretty amazing.
Overclocking it to 1.4 Ghz won't make a huge difference, but overclocking to 1.8 Ghz will. It will also drain your battery a lot faster - something to think about. I'm one of the under clockers to preserve battery.
One further question?
ynrozturk said:
Doesn't sound like you really need to root. If you get sick of the interface or whatever you can always install a launcher like Nova Prime and play around with it. The things you can do without being rooted is pretty amazing.
Overclocking it to 1.4 Ghz won't make a huge difference, but overclocking to 1.8 Ghz will. It will also drain your battery a lot faster - something to think about. I'm one of the under clockers to preserve battery.
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You have probably answered my question, I am a bit scared to overclock past 1.4 or 1.5 due to the heat and me not really knowing what I am doing and as the battery life is fairly important I might just leave as stock.
However like a few people advise I may try to give the rooting a go.... or maybe find a cheap used tablet or handset and try it on that first?
Would be great to get rid of the adverts.
Question - I have heard that some of these customer ROM's take away the unnecessary junk from the OS and make things smoother and faster? Would this be more worthwhile than overclocking if I were to do just one? Also any ROM's for this purpose that people recommend?
Thans again everyone
Well because the device is a Nexus device, it comes very clean as default. Not really any junk on the device to slow it down, even though that "junk" is relative. For example, I live in Europe and Google Play Music does not work over here, so I've disabled it. I've also disabled Google Currents, and any other built in apps that I simply do not use. Now it's like those apps are not even on my device - they are just dead.
If we were talking about a Samsung tablet, then yes I would say root it. Because rooting would allow you to get rid of Samsung's Touchwiz interface, which can be a bit of a RAM hog. But the Nexus 7 doesn't have such a problem, it's already stock and very smooth.
I can tell that you're very interested in this stuff and you will most probably root in the near future. However, my advice to you would be to just use and enjoy the device as it is right now, but in the mean time just read about how to unlock bootloaders, rooting, custom ROM's.. read as much as you can. You'll get more familiar with the process and the terminology, and it will be a big help when it comes time to root two months down the line.
One custom ROM I can recommend is Paranoid Android. Truthfully, it's the only one I can recommend because its the only one I've flashed. I like it, but does it make a huge difference from stock in terms of speed? Not really. It has a load of other cool features, though.
If all you're interested in is battery life and performance, rooting and a custom kernel would suffice. However for what you say you'll be using it for, not really needed. The nexus line is super simple to root and play around on though. It all sounds way more complicated than it really is.
Sent from my Paranoid 3.0 Nexus7 running M-Kernel mr1
ynrozturk said:
Well because the device is a Nexus device, it comes very clean as default. Not really any junk on the device to slow it down, even though that "junk" is relative. For example, I live in Europe and Google Play Music does not work over here, so I've disabled it. I've also disabled Google Currents, and any other built in apps that I simply do not use. Now it's like those apps are not even on my device - they are just dead.
If we were talking about a Samsung tablet, then yes I would say root it. Because rooting would allow you to get rid of Samsung's Touchwiz interface, which can be a bit of a RAM hog. But the Nexus 7 doesn't have such a problem, it's already stock and very smooth.
I can tell that you're very interested in this stuff and you will most probably root in the near future. However, my advice to you would be to just use and enjoy the device as it is right now, but in the mean time just read about how to unlock bootloaders, rooting, custom ROM's.. read as much as you can. You'll get more familiar with the process and the terminology, and it will be a big help when it comes time to root two months down the line.
One custom ROM I can recommend is Paranoid Android. Truthfully, it's the only one I can recommend because its the only one I've flashed. I like it, but does it make a huge difference from stock in terms of speed? Not really. It has a load of other cool features, though.
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Quite impressed that you can determine this, as its 100% correct. I am probably going to do this at some point, but maybe not just yet, I think I need to get comfortable with the process and research a bit more about it all. Also, I am actually very impressed with the Nexus 7 as it id and coming from an Apple iPhone 5 and iPad 3, I can safely say that I'd not go back to either after this. I used to think Apple had it all in terms of functionality and innovation, however in recent years they have almost made backwards steps.
But thanks for the response, I keep seeing the Paranoid ROM around and on signatures. So may give that a go.
iAmlearning said:
Quite impressed that you can determine this, as its 100% correct. I am probably going to do this at some point, but maybe not just yet, I think I need to get comfortable with the process and research a bit more about it all. Also, I am actually very impressed with the Nexus 7 as it id and coming from an Apple iPhone 5 and iPad 3, I can safely say that I'd not go back to either after this. I used to think Apple had it all in terms of functionality and innovation, however in recent years they have almost made backwards steps.
But thanks for the response, I keep seeing the Paranoid ROM around and on signatures. So may give that a go.
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I wouldnt root it for the uses you are indicating, BUT from your post I can already see that you eventually will. My advise is set a saturday or friday night aside and get this done sooner than later. Its just easier because this device not having an SD card will make it difficult to restore data and things that you have already done on it ( I got it two days ago and still havent rooted but am already worreid about some of the work ). The thing that usually helps me the most is youtube. Read a lot but have a good comprehensive detailed youtube video of teh rooting method you decide to follow and just follow along with the video. I have rooted 3 phones using that method and have yet to brick anything.
Hi, just got my note 3 a few days back and I was prompted to update the firmware to 4.4.
Would jsut like to know what I might gain or lose in functionality with regards to flashing/rooting etc. etc.
Also a service name Index Service has been eating mybattery ever since I started syncing dropbox, anyone in the same boat?
Much Appreciated.
Pros:
Some people claim better response, little faster speed, better battery life and gain about 300MB of RAM on clean boot.
Cons:
Change in SD card writing permission, third party programs can't write to SD card unless updated, won't work until then or you fix it manually but need root.
Can't root without tripping Knox
Can't go back to lower firmware
Third party s-view covers no longer work as designed
some other random incompatibilities with some programs, those are to be expected with any firmware update.
That's all I can remember for now.
If you use SD card with non factory installed programs, the new permissions could be a big deal especially if you want to keep your Knox flag =0
Forgot to mention under pro's, better battery life...
Most of the pro's are under the hood upgrades. You will find it is a bit faster and some little problems you experience are fixed.
As I rooted my phone 10 minutes aftr I got home I have no problems with sd card and s-view case as there is a mod for that...
Knox warranty is voided when rooted but then again the phone is fine...
I'm very content with stock version.
Particularly content with the battery life.
Personally ATM I have no problems with my Note 3 running 4.3 at all, I'm rooted with Knox=0 so I can tweak speed, battery life etc. much better than KK can and I learned (at least I should have) long time ago, don't fix it, if it ain't broke, especially that I rely on SD card a lot (would be out of memory already if didn't have card), so yeah I would have to be stupid to upgrade and then trip the Knox to root just to have the phone running as well as it's now. Of course everybody is different and for example if I had my Knox tripped already, I may have been more tempted to upgrade.
Have had zero issues since flashing Kitkat on my Note, Only thing I regret (con to me) is jumping the gun and upgrading to the new boot loader (i was running AOSP for a while) - but now I can live with a non AOSP ROM as the new boot loader is being sorted.
PROS - battery is a lot better, smoother feel of the device in general also.
ShadedCyan said:
Hi, just got my note 3 a few days back and I was prompted to update the firmware to 4.4.
Would jsut like to know what I might gain or lose in functionality with regards to flashing/rooting etc. etc.
Also a service name Index Service has been eating mybattery ever since I started syncing dropbox, anyone in the same boat?
Much Appreciated.
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No real Cons really, I feel that KitKat is alot better than JellyBean and personally, I really prefer the White Status bar icons.
About Index Service, seems it has to do with PDF files on your phone, here are some threads below to help you with fixing it. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480763
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472574
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2533303
radicalisto said:
Have had zero issues since flashing Kitkat on my Note, Only thing I regret (con to me) is jumping the gun and upgrading to the new boot loader (i was running AOSP for a while) - but now I can live with a non AOSP ROM as the new boot loader is being sorted.
PROS - battery is a lot better, smoother feel of the device in general also.
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I know exactly what you mean, I felt the same way when i flash MJ6 firmware that brought the new bootloader wayy back then on JB, but eventually, It would be hard to avoid upgrading the bootloader, plus i saw some people complaining of some weird issues like charging and stuff that upgrading bootloader fixed for some reason. Lol. Anyways.. BottomLine: ENJOY your phone.
Depends on what you need.
ShadedCyan said:
Hi, just got my note 3 a few days back and I was prompted to update the firmware to 4.4.
Would jsut like to know what I might gain or lose in functionality with regards to flashing/rooting etc. etc.
Also a service name Index Service has been eating mybattery ever since I started syncing dropbox, anyone in the same boat?
Much Appreciated.
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I am very unhappy with my update, but I kinda had to as I was unfortunate enough to get one of the Note 3s that randomly reset itself. I haven't had that issue since updating, though I haven't been using it for more than the day so it could still decide to spontaneously reset itself, but all of my third party apps that access the SD card have stopped working.
Not a problem if you're rooted, but I'd like to keep my KNOX =0
As an added annoyance the Tap and Pay still doesn't work, I had hoped that the changes in 4.4 would let me use my Note 3 like I did my S3.
You should take a look at Google's KitKat page: http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/
It's very informative.
Remember that it isn't only fast, but it handles memory operations much more efficiently than on 4.3.
Battery life is also much better for me.
I've been running X-Note 10, and it has the ExtSDCard writing capability enabled again.
Running custom kernel, custom recovery and ROM with KNOX at 0x0. NB4.
nicholaschum said:
You should take a look at Google's KitKat page: http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/
It's very informative.
Remember that it isn't only fast, but it handles memory operations much more efficiently than on 4.3.
Battery life is also much better for me.
I've been running X-Note 10, and it has the ExtSDCard writing capability enabled again.
Running custom kernel, custom recovery and ROM with KNOX at 0x0. NB4.
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Doesn't flashing custom kernel or recovery trip Knox? If not, how did you flash these?
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dsm52 said:
Doesn't flashing custom kernel or recovery trip Knox? If not, how did you flash these?
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It only works on one particular variant of note 3 which is the N900W8. Other variants of note 3 will trip knox.
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After reading through these comments I probably would update too but I want to know one thing:
Can I update to KK without updating my bootloader ? (non rooted 4.3 MJ7)
Im asking this, because I read about updating your bootloader won't let you downgrade.
At this point in time it no longer worth it to remain in 4.3. All issues so far have been fixed or can be fixed. And also understand 4.3 is not "perfect". There are bugs in 4.3 as well that are probably fixed in 4.4.
Not to mention most of the custom rom devs don't make 4.3 roms anymore.
It's not worth it to stay in 4.3
Sheeezy said:
After reading through these comments I probably would update too but I want to know one thing:
Can I update to KK without updating my bootloader ? (non rooted 4.3 MJ7)
Im asking this, because I read about updating your bootloader won't let you downgrade.
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The 4.3 bootloader does not have the capability of booting a 4.4 ROM, hence No.
nicholaschum said:
The 4.3 bootloader does not have the capability of booting a 4.4 ROM, hence No.
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So would you advise me to upgrade to KK or to stay on JB and hope there will be some root method in near future ?
Sheeezy said:
So would you advise me to upgrade to KK or to stay on JB and hope there will be some root method in near future ?
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My 2 cents.
I dont think it's worth the hassle. The only cosmetic changes are the status bar icons- now all white and the new music lockscreen- fullscreen instead of pulldown widget.
You Lose sd card support for 3rd party apps who haven't been updated for KK. Also breaking some games: San andreas, among others (FCs) and losing features from apps: Boat Browser (Text wrapping).
You gain: Speed boost (modest at best), more available memory (RAM), Potentially better battery life (IMO 4.3 MJ7 just the same as NA6 4.4.2- other words no change in my case, YMMV)
If your not afraid of tripping knox and rooting than I'd say go for it. I don't mean to stifle your enthusiasm, just keepin it real. I will say this though, when I did update and I was unrooted for all of 10 minutes, the phone absolutely flew. Once rooted and everything back up and running the speed boost is minimal, the best word to describe it would be confident. The phone had less stutter and felt more confident (this is really nitpicking though).
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@denski101 Alright, then I'll probably stay at 4.3
I think the performance increase can't be too big, cause it flies even with 4.3 no complaining here.
Basically I dont want to risk tripping knox counter, who knows what will happen in a year with my device.
But I really do want root, but not at the price of voiding my warranty.
TL;DR
I'll stay at 4.3 for the moment and wait until there's a method to root on 4.4.2 without tripping knox.
Sheeezy said:
@denski101 Alright, then I'll probably stay at 4.3
I think the performance increase can't be too big, cause it flies even with 4.3 no complaining here.
Basically I dont want to risk tripping knox counter, who knows what will happen in a year with my device.
But I really do want root, but not at the price of voiding my warranty.
TL;DR
I'll stay at 4.3 for the moment and wait until there's a method to root on 4.4.2 without tripping knox.
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Actually. I have no complaints for 4.4. You can re-enable SD card writing for third party apps, NO FC's if you don't do something the system doesn't want you to do (TB/dirty flash) [clear cache]. The speed is much better, it's like comparing Windows 7 and Windows 8, but Windows 8 is more optimized to be much faster than Windows 7. Even though they're both great OS'es, the memory management has been drastically improved.
I have many complaints about 4.3, including delay wake/sleep, sporadic hangs and memory leaking.
On 4.4, they fixed the problematic touchscreen bug (if existent, to up to 10 fingers), battery life is much better (40 hours standby time - no display, wifi on, autosync on), faster responses in app launching, faster boot up time, more RAM for heavier background apps and all apps available on the Play Store for me works on 4.4 (Around 400 apps downloaded).
Con: You need root to re-enable SD card writing for now, until Samsung fixes it with a later update: however, most apps by now have been updated for 4.4, so this shouldn't be needed anymore. Custom ROMs allow apps that don't support 4.4 to read/write to SD card, like osu!.
Well, my expirience with KK on note 3 is amazing... way better than JB. It corrected a lot os bugs, FC, HEAT, BATTERY DRAIN... of course still have some touchwiz's bugs, like index bug... but KK way way better than JB.
Absolutely no regrets...
Same I am on MJ7 I'm happy with it but all I want is root. Don't know if I should update to 4.4 f u samsung
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I've been playing with Androids for about 2 years now. I'm a root, custom recovery, xposed, cpu tweaker kind of guy. I have never touched a Samsung. My roommate bought the G530T a few months back and did a root/kernel (Trap Kernel and Root on 5.1.1 from about phone) No other mods and minimal app installs.
His problem is the phone is laggy for him compared to his past phone which was a HTC 1GB Ram with the Snapdragon 410. Sometimes going unresponsive, slow to do anything like opening Google. Other than this I have no other info. He wants me to get the phone faster/better.
Being new to messing with a Samsung I have no idea if he has custom recovery. I want to tweak the cpu (governor, and a few settings like that through 3C or kernel adiutor) install xposed and run gravity box, and a few other things.
So what do you guys advise I do first. He isn't happy at all with the phone performance compared to the HTC he had so I told him surely I can get it running good for him. He reboots the phone once every 48 hours and that's about it. He is a minimal user so I can assure you it shouldn't be to many apps installed/opened unless this phone has a potential stock ram leak. I'm gonna do the normal android do this first type things as I'm not a noob but I am when it comes to Samsung. I didn't know there was a built in flash type program similar to custom recovery. That's new to me.
MustangLife03 said:
I've been playing with Androids for about 2 years now. I'm a root, custom recovery, xposed, cpu tweaker kind of guy. I have never touched a Samsung. My roommate bought the G530T a few months back and did a root/kernel (Trap Kernel and Root on 5.1.1 from about phone) No other mods and minimal app installs.
His problem is the phone is laggy for him compared to his past phone which was a HTC 1GB Ram with the Snapdragon 410. Sometimes going unresponsive, slow to do anything like opening Google. Other than this I have no other info. He wants me to get the phone faster/better.
Being new to messing with a Samsung I have no idea if he has custom recovery. I want to tweak the cpu (governor, and a few settings like that through 3C or kernel adiutor) install xposed and run gravity box, and a few other things.
So what do you guys advise I do first. He isn't happy at all with the phone performance compared to the HTC he had so I told him surely I can get it running good for him. He reboots the phone once every 48 hours and that's about it. He is a minimal user so I can assure you it shouldn't be to many apps installed/opened unless this phone has a potential stock ram leak. I'm gonna do the normal android do this first type things as I'm not a noob but I am when it comes to Samsung. I didn't know there was a built in flash type program similar to custom recovery. That's new to me.
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You better check evertthing in this forum, because Samsung is non-developer friendly phone brand, but i advise you to try flash the firmware of that phone (but before getting the firmware, check the phone's baseband, it'll be very important since every Samsung's firmware is different, depends of that baseband's country and variants so Google it first before do anything) and you could find the reqiurements on the net, but if done it wrong , you'll brick the phone
Hello,
Ive had Lumia 930 last 2 years and before Lumia 800,even before old Huawei Honor and now I got new HTC One M8 (930 display broke). So I want from you guys a help/guide/tips
1. Is it worth of rooting? If yes, what are those bootloader unlocks, S-ON unlocks, etc.? Do I need them, what is the purpose and which order
2. a) If I stay un-rooted, what are best ways to protect/optimize/use as much of the phone as possible?
b) If I root, same as above..(best ways to optimize, etc.)
3. Some general tips/apps for kepping phone "in good health"?
For the few who decide to help me "re-introduce" into Android world, really thanks you
P.S.: English not my native language, I hope you understand anyway
Sharp852 said:
Hello,
Ive had Lumia 930 last 2 years and before Lumia 800,even before old Huawei Honor and now I got new HTC One M8 (930 display broke). So I want from you guys a help/guide/tips
1. Is it worth of rooting? If yes, what are those bootloader unlocks, S-ON unlocks, etc.? Do I need them, what is the purpose and which order
2. a) If I stay un-rooted, what are best ways to protect/optimize/use as much of the phone as possible?
b) If I root, same as above..(best ways to optimize, etc.)
3. Some general tips/apps for kepping phone "in good health"?
For the few who decide to help me "re-introduce" into Android world, really thanks you
P.S.: English not my native language, I hope you understand anyway
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Hey, welcome to Android again and the HTC One M8 community!
1) Rooting your HTC One M8 gives you more privileges and customization's for your device, customs ROMS, Kernels etc. Is it worth it? Sort of, it really depends how much your gonna use it and if your really into Android such as the operating system, KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat etc and if you are into getting to know the device in a more customizable way.
2A) The best way to protect the device is to get a nice new shiny but hard trusted case, amazon is a good place to pick one up. As for optimization you can find apps on the Google Play market and on XDA which can help to speed your device up and reduce battery consumption without needing root. Also for use, I am not really sure. Just see how you get along with the phone and try to use it as best as you can and be careful to not let it drop etc.
2B) With root the best way to optimize it would be to look around on XDA for forums regarding this as their are many more people who really get into it. First thing to do is find a decent but good/trusted ROM, if you want pure Android I would recommend the new CM14.1 ROM for your device (found in the android development section.) Kernels are also a good way, they can change everything from clock speed all the way to background tasks when the phone is off, I believe, but do not quote me on that! Other apps can be found on the Google Play store which can help battery with root and speed etc. For the health of the phone, I would advise against not over-clocking the CPU speed, as it reduces the phones life dramatically and bad for the battery, best to keep to pre-built kernel on your choice of ROM to be safe.
3) Best tips are as above really, just look out for dodgy apps and any apks downloaded off market just be careful and make sure their from a reliable source. Also check when your latest security build was on your phone, that is why I recommend the CM14.1 ROM as it has the latest security as its Android 7.1 Nougat. Also have a heavy duty case as mentioned above and keep any eye out for to much over heating.
Hope I helped, if you need anything else do not hesitate to reply to me,
DTLblaze. :good:
DTLblaze said:
Hey, welcome to Android again and the HTC One M8 community!
1) Rooting your HTC One M8 gives you more privileges and customization's for your device, customs ROMS, Kernels etc. Is it worth it? Sort of, it really depends how much your gonna use it and if your really into Android such as the operating system, KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat etc and if you are into getting to know the device in a more customizable way.
2A) The best way to protect the device is to get a nice new shiny but hard trusted case, amazon is a good place to pick one up. As for optimization you can find apps on the Google Play market and on XDA which can help to speed your device up and reduce battery consumption without needing root. Also for use, I am not really sure. Just see how you get along with the phone and try to use it as best as you can and be careful to not let it drop etc.
2B) With root the best way to optimize it would be to look around on XDA for forums regarding this as their are many more people who really get into it. First thing to do is find a decent but good/trusted ROM, if you want pure Android I would recommend the new CM14.1 ROM for your device (found in the android development section.) Kernels are also a good way, they can change everything from clock speed all the way to background tasks when the phone is off, I believe, but do not quote me on that! Other apps can be found on the Google Play store which can help battery with root and speed etc. For the health of the phone, I would advise against not over-clocking the CPU speed, as it reduces the phones life dramatically and bad for the battery, best to keep to pre-built kernel on your choice of ROM to be safe.
3) Best tips are as above really, just look out for dodgy apps and any apks downloaded off market just be careful and make sure their from a reliable source. Also check when your latest security build was on your phone, that is why I recommend the CM14.1 ROM as it has the latest security as its Android 7.1 Nougat. Also have a heavy duty case as mentioned above and keep any eye out for to much over heating.
Hope I helped, if you need anything else do not hesitate to reply to me,
DTLblaze. :good:
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Ohhhh Thank you :angel: , I am glad someone is so nice to me and explain it to me like you
Well, Custom ROMs, I dont plan on using another ROM (stock optimalized/full custom), but Ive seen some good (I think ) one, and for me it seemed like if I ever gonna install ROM, it will be that STeam HTC 10 Port(at least I think it will be Android N when its 10 port..) - What you think about it? Otherwise I think I just stay on stock+root because my logic for it is "if Custom ROM, at least Android N + even better with Sense"
About rooting, I know there is (at least been) Xposed Framework, and from old times, I really liked it, so that would be 1st reason for rooting for me, and 2nd is Greenify - which really helped me on old 500mb RAM phone, but should I use it also for M8? (I am using it right now with non-root mode)
About cleaners, etc. I have Greenify and first 2 days had HTCs Boost+ and Ccleaner but I uninstalled them because Ive seen something about cleaners isn't good for Android (That why I use only Greenify - that's not really a cleaner I think), but you tell me please - Should I stick with Greenify or start using Boost+/Ccleaner/other cleaner?
About case, Ive got one plastic-rubber-like case (Original HTC?) included with phone, and I planned to "upgrade" to Dot View later, so u tell that I should buy an hard-one? Or can I stay with "original case"/Dot View?
Cleaners are OK I guess, but some are bad for the phone, same with RAM boosters. Greenify is different though, it doesn't damage your phone. The HTC one though I guess can be trusted, it seems legit and I would doubt they would release a crappy one! Root with greenify is much better though, a lot better and more control with the app as to be expected with full system root.
As for the case, I really don't know. The dot case won't protect as well as speigen cases etc but does look nice! :good: Its really up to you, I just use a plastic see through one so I can show the scratched One M8 metal body. Planning to get a new phone soon, perhaps the Moto G4 or G4 Plus.
DTLblaze.
Dear guys,
i'm thinking about rooting or installing even a nice custom rom on the samsung galaxy a51 i just recently bought last week. i'm not sure, but in the past on other phones like nokia 7.2 or even more earlier on sony xperia and htc, i always got problems after it. phone app didnt worked, apps crashed, stock launcher didnt work, camera quality is lower than before and such. the worst thing i ever experienced was the massive increase in battery consumption. my battery was empty in half of the time.
so how is it with galaxy a51? will it increase the experience or will i hate my decision of rooting or even better - custom rom'ing it? its more a question of opinion, since i know that it would be possible. i just dont want to ruin my new device and gain disadvantages from the things im doing. but maybe there is something good that can happen out of it, so i just simply as for your opinions and ideas
Hi!
I use the current firmware with root and get pleasure from it. Nothing flies out, everything works perfectly, the battery holds the same. But I'm having trouble assembling custom firmware (GSI), and I have one firmware, but I haven't tested it. But in the near future the performance of this firmware should be checked by another person. At the moment, topical custom firmware under the 4th. On custom firmware, surprisingly, I work many functions. But sleep did not like how the fingerprint scanner works (on some firmware is highlighted not a separate area of the screen, and the entire screen). In addition, there remains the question of the full performance of the cameras. In terms of performance, custom shells should be faster, but the Havoc I tested seemed to me to be two more glitchy than Samsung's own shell.
My opinion: if you like OneUI and you want ROOT - you can get a lot of stock firmware.
Hello,
You can try this
Note:
1. Your phone Unlock Bootloader >> Click here for tutorial Unlock Bootloader
2. TWRP >> Click here to install TWRP for A51
All files >> Click here
Here is link to my thread GSI Havoc Android 10 for Samsung Galaxy A51
p0w3r_off said:
Dear guys,
i'm thinking about rooting or installing even a nice custom rom on the samsung galaxy a51 i just recently bought last week. i'm not sure, but in the past on other phones like nokia 7.2 or even more earlier on sony xperia and htc, i always got problems after it. phone app didnt worked, apps crashed, stock launcher didnt work, camera quality is lower than before and such. the worst thing i ever experienced was the massive increase in battery consumption. my battery was empty in half of the time.
so how is it with galaxy a51? will it increase the experience or will i hate my decision of rooting or even better - custom rom'ing it? its more a question of opinion, since i know that it would be possible. i just dont want to ruin my new device and gain disadvantages from the things im doing. but maybe there is something good that can happen out of it, so i just simply as for your opinions and ideas
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Custom ROM for A51 >> https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-a515x-refinedui-v1-0-oneui2-1-android10.4220373/
I am planning also to do these, unlock bootloader, install TWRP, root. What are the requirements needed for this? Version? Build? Exact model of A51? Will all applications run if I do these? Thank you