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Is there a catch all guide to what has been developed for the Galaxy S platform? I'm curious about the state of CM6 and something akin to Tkirton's apps2sd. Just want to read up on what's going on before my phone arrives this week.
Thanks.
read some of the top threads would be a good start, and the stickies
No custom roms yet, but SRE 1.0 hack is amazing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751934
CM6 is in the works for the Vibrant, nothing for the captivate yet, but I am sure it wont be to hard to port the vibrant version over.
Unhelpful's 1.2GHz overclocked, sweet, awesome kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=762171
The I9000 roms are pretty smooth compared to a AT&T crapped up roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763543
True stock one-click recovery, reverts EVERYTHING so you can hide your rooting and such from AT&T
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
designgears said:
No custom roms yet, but SRE 1.0 hack is amazing
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Not biased at all
(But seriously he did a kickass job)
Its just depressing to see Vibrant listed for future support for cyanogen roms, while the captivate is not. Hopefully the port is easy.
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/home/cyanogenmod-6-0-status-update
Last I heard they where making a universal cm6 for galaxy S. Perhaps working on the vibrant but end goal would make it universal. Oh well...perhaps i was wrong it wouldn't be first and def wouldn't be the last.
Same hardware so I don't see the problem with getting CM6 to work for us. Hell the Vibrant one might work straight across.
Side question, has anyone tried flashing a captivate with a vibrant kernel?
pretty good chance that CM6 should work as is, I'm running Vibrant6 at the moment with no issues other than the TMO stuff but that is nothing to worry about
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gunnyman said:
Is there a catch all guide to what has been developed for the Galaxy S platform? I'm curious about the state of CM6 and something akin to Tkirton's apps2sd. Just want to read up on what's going on before my phone arrives this week.
Thanks.
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Just out curiosity why didn't you stay with sprint to get the epic cause im switching to them?
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Side question, has anyone tried flashing a captivate with a vibrant kernel?
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I'm actually using the Vibrant source release to build my Captivate kernels. They're about the same but many things are missing from the Captivate sources. The compiled kernels are quite different though - the two version are built with different configurations and have different files in initramfs.
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Just out curiosity why didn't you stay with sprint to get the epic cause im switching to them?
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A couple of reasons
1) there isn't any 4 G coverage where I live and refuse to pay an extra 10 dollars for a service I'll never use. I'm in agreement with the folks behind explainthefee.com on that subject.
2) EVDO sucks here as well. 90% of the time I am on 1x instead of full EVDO.
Thanks for the answers so far by the way. Has Samsung finally gone along with the rest of the Open Handset Alliance and standardized on their file system layout or is it still as screwy as the one on the Moment?
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A couple of reasons
1) there isn't any 4 G coverage where I live and refuse to pay an extra 10 dollars for a service I'll never use. I'm in agreement with the folks behind explainthefee.com on that subject.
2) EVDO sucks here as well. 90% of the time I am on 1x instead of full EVDO.
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Oh okay i completely understand you, i got screwed by ATT thats why i'm switching, i thought sprint and verizon share towers virtually. i guess everyone have different experience i hope you have good one with ATT, but i'm sure you will .
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Oh okay i completely understand you, i got screwed by ATT thats why i'm switching, i thought sprint and verizon share towers virtually. i guess everyone have different experience i hope you have good one with ATT, but i'm sure you will .
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They don't share towers, BUT you can install a VZW PRL file which force a sprint phone to use VZW towers. That helped me a little.
The main reason I moved to AT&T was Sprint's decision to not include Froyo on any of their older Android phones. The Hero, which now runs CM6 and the Moment, which has the same CPU as the moto droid, will get no further enhancements. I hated that. I was ready to jump to T-Mob and the Vibrant but the Amazon deal for a penny on the Captivate got me here.
AT&T is great here. I'm not in a major metro area, and that seems to be where AT&T fares the worst.
I had an HTC LEGEND which I rooted and used Blayo’s rom on, and then
later a stripped down version of it. I loved it, made my phone faster everything worked great and it updated me to 2.2
Now I’ve got a new phone the Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant and I’ve heard that the modding community has done some fantastic work for this piece of hardware. I’ve been creeping on the forum for the last couple of days and noticed a few things.
First it seems like a bit more work to flash the phones, and second that there’s a lot more options with things like kernals and such. Despite reading through pages of intellectual jargon I’m still feeling a little overwhelmed in what choices to make. Perhaps if I listed the features I was looking for someone could point me in the right direction?
I can follow the directions that forum members have posted easily enough I just can’t decide what is right for me when it comes to flashing the phone.
Here’s what I’m looking for:
I like the stock rom look and enjoy the layout of the phone, contacts, apps and messaging home row.
I would really like to have better battery life as I feel the phone really doesn’t last long.
I hear that there may be some better GPS tweaks? I use the GPS lots when I’m out of cell range with pre-loaded backroad maps. It’s REALLY important to me that this works as it could get me home at night or leave me stranded in the dark during hunting season if it doesn’t work.
I’d like to get rid of all the bell and Samsung bloatware. I didn’t really seem to care for any of the stuff they had pre-loaded.
I’d like to keep the voice dialer, calendar for sure along with the
contact manger – it’s sweet.
I don’t really like the pre-loaded internet app been using Dolphin mini and loving it.
I would like it to be as stable as possible I don’t want to be having to tinker
with it all the time.
Based on these prerequisites and that knowledge that my phone is:
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant from Bell i9000m
Any suggestions?
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Based on ... knowledge that my phone is: Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant from Bell i9000m
Any suggestions?
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Yes. I'd suggest checking out the Vibrant forums .
You've got the right forum! The Canadian "Vibrants" are not the same as the "Vibrants" from the US. What is the manufacture date of your phone? It should be located behind the battery. I had a galaxy s from Aug (from Bell) and I found the GPS really bad. It improved with the updates but would still put me on wrong roads, etc. However, I now have a phone made in Dec. 2010 and it seems like the GPS is much better than before (without any tweaks or anything). It actually works with google navigation now! I would recommend you test out the GPS thoroughly (without assistance from towers) before going on any big trips. I went on a 9 hour drive with my old SGS' GPS and it was terrible.
oops, forgot to mention that seeARM has a rom based off of stock Bell JL2 ROM. If you are worried about the possible internal SD issue that was happening a month or so ago, this seems like a safe bet. It does seem like the issues have been solved though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906977
It says that the stock launcher is included so you can keep the touchwiz, contact manager, etc. I think there's still some bell bloatware on but I believe you can remove them through programs like titanium backup.
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...Based on these prerequisites and that knowledge that my phone is:
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant from Bell i9000m
Any suggestions?
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Yes. I'd suggest checking out the Vibrant forums .
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LegendDroid said:
...Based on these prerequisites and that knowledge that my phone is:
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant from Bell i9000m
Any suggestions?
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Hes got the right Forums buddy This is the Canadian version of the Vibrant not the T-mobile one
Honestly, I'm not sure what all the *****in' for an XT860 forum is all about. Do we really need a lot of space to discuss all the dev that doesn't work on our phones? I'm sure one thread is enough. That way, maybe all the d3 users can get some peace from us constantly asking about compatibility.
Maybe, as a public service, all the d3 devs could stop in here after they've produced the next great ROM, and just let us know (without laughing) that NO, this will NOT work with your phone.
Ah...I feel better now.
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Honestly, I'm not sure what all the *****in' for an XT860 forum is all about. Do we really need a lot of space to discuss all the dev that doesn't work on our phones? I'm sure one thread is enough. That way, maybe all the d3 users can get some peace from us constantly asking about compatibility.
Maybe, as a public service, all the d3 devs could stop in here after they've produced the next great ROM, and just let us know (without laughing) that NO, this will NOT work with your phone.
Ah...I feel better now.
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Venting feels great eh? Haha I'm sorry I cant relate to your problems (XT862 user) But I wish you luck on future ROM's being developed!
*subscribe*
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Oh well. The thing is that Bell should just come with an update so devs can start. Wonder if Bell is waiting for ICS to update instead of updating now and then having to update again for ICS???
But yeah where is the freaking update. Maybe some Canadian people know more about it ????
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Venting feels great eh? Haha I'm sorry I cant relate to your problems (XT862 user) But I wish you luck on future ROM's being developed!
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...it just gets frustrating. The D3, if you include the leaked 5.7.894, is now two updates ahead of us...and we're stuck on what...er...windows 3.1?
There's also a level of frustration with myself. After all, with alternate launchers, UOT kitchen, root, debloating, its not like its a bad phone..I guess I just have the patience level of the average 3 year old.
Just to be clear, once we get an update then someone can get an sbf from that? Or am I totally out to lunch...remember, I'm the guy who has a flashing clock on his vcr. VCR....video cassette recorder? Never mind kiddies.
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...it just gets frustrating. The D3, if you include the leaked 5.7.894, is now two updates ahead of us...and we're stuck on what...er...windows 3.1?
There's also a level of frustration with myself. After all, with alternate launchers, UOT kitchen, root, debloating, its not like its a bad phone..I guess I just have the patience level of the average 3 year old.
Just to be clear, once we get an update then someone can get an sbf from that? Or am I totally out to lunch...remember, I'm the guy who has a flashing clock on his vcr. VCR....video cassette recorder? Never mind kiddies.
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It still has some major glitches in my opinion that Motorola should have already fixed for us. I asked bell and was told the updates come from the manufacturer. I'm still waiting to hear back from Motorola, despite the 24 hour for a response auto reply I got. While ROMs would be nice, the cell standby, slow camera and buggy keyboard are all issues that Motorola should have addressed already imho
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It still has some major glitches in my opinion that Motorola should have already fixed for us. I asked bell and was told the updates come from the manufacturer. I'm still waiting to hear back from Motorola, despite the 24 hour for a response auto reply I got. While ROMs would be nice, the cell standby, slow camera and buggy keyboard are all issues that Motorola should have addressed already imho
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Well I once e-mailed motorola canada with questions about the XT860 - haven't heard from them since (it's been weeks). So don't get your hopes up
I completely agree with you Endroid. I am also curious about one other thing... Lets say I wanted my phone in french, how would I be able to convert it over, or vice versa? Maybe we could get an SBF out of it???
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I completely agree with you Endroid. I am also curious about one other thing... Lets say I wanted my phone in french, how would I be able to convert it over, or vice versa? Maybe we could get an SBF out of it???
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Settings>language and keyboard>select locale.
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Weird bug I just noticed... I did that and changed to French, back to English, then to Spanish, then to English and I noticed that my message icon for my Exchange account changed colours...
Yeah my gf has the XT860 and she's not very happy with it. Part of that is because it's more complicated than her 3GS, but part of that is also because there are a number of bugs and it's laggy at times. Tons of bloatware.
At least if we had some way of loading our own ROMs I could fix some of that for her.
I know that my stock AT&T Captivate was a piece of crap. It wasn't until I installed Cyanogen Mod that I had something useful.
I truly apologize for the inconvenience that you are experiencing at this time. What issues are you experiencing with the unit? Unfortunately, there is not an update scheduled to be released at this time and we do not have any information as to when one will become available. You can check our site for future updates. I truly understand your frustration and I apologize again for the inconvenience. If you need further assistance please contact Customer Care at the following number (800) 461-4575. Thank you for your continued patience.
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/CA-EN/Home
Sincerely, Latasha Customer By Web Form (Marc Laferriere) 11/06/2011 07:40 PM I am the owner of a XT860 4G, which i am beginning to regret. The phone has numerous issues and bugs, which i'm sure Motorola is aware of, as pretty much all of these issues were fixed in the recent update to the XT862 (5.6.890). I have previously contacted Morotola about this and was told that there currently is no update and there is no information pertaining to one. Now i see that there is yet another update coming for the XT862(an unofficial leak, however that means that one will be released soon) yet still nothing for the XT860. The lack of support for this device is offensive to me. When i purchase a device i expect that it will be supported for at least a few years. As it stands i would not purchase nor recommend Motorola products. So again i ask, is an update for the XT860 forthcoming, or should i be looking for a device that will actually see some support.
Thanking you in advance Marc
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I just want a fix for the battery life, 12 hours is unacceptable ...
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I just want a fix for the battery life, 12 hours is unacceptable ...
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Hell I don't even get that. Granted I could make some changes to improve my battery life such as turning off background data but then what's the point of having a smartphone. 6-10 depending on my usage
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Great post, Endoroid. As doom and gloom as the lettter appears, its still possible that the letter is simply holding to company policy of not releasing info until its ready to be released. That's what I'm gonna tell myself anyway.
Its been said before somewhere, but I'll re-iterate, never ever buy a country specific phone like this...unless you are happy with the stock experience.
I'm very happy I didn't actually pay for this baby, having won it in one of Mobile Syrups giveaways.
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Endroid,
Can you go to Bell and have them talk to Motorola regarding these issues? Unfortunately I'm not on their service so I don't have as much leverage as someone like you would...
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Hell I don't even get that. Granted I could make some changes to improve my battery life such as turning off background data but then what's the point of having a smartphone. 6-10 depending on my usage
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Wow guys I'm sorry. My droid 3 can get almost 3 days if I use it sparingly.. I wish you guys could use our system updates..
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Endroid,
Can you go to Bell and have them talk to Motorola regarding these issues? Unfortunately I'm not on their service so I don't have as much leverage as someone like you would...
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I'm out of country the next week but when I return I plan on also contacting bell and escalating with Motorola. I have been into a bell store but the sales reps are pretty useless for this.
I mean honestly, given the similarities between the 2 phones I don't understand why we wouldn't receive updates around the same time as d3. It should be easy enough for Motorola to modify the update to apply to our device
Grrrr
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Yeah yeah, Rub it in lol.
Well sad news for the Bell users for sure.
Huh, we don't even recovery to get back to stock if things go wrong.
I heard Motorola issues updates based on phone popularity/user base. If this is true, it will be awhile before we see any updates. XT860 has the same bugs, if not even more like D3 with original release firmware. D3 is now getting second OTA while we have not even heard about first one to address these obvious bugs. If we look back at Milestone 2, to compare to Droid 2 Global which took 8 months to get GB upgrade, M2 has not yet received it.
Things don't look good with XT860 in this aspect for sure.
Lets hope Motorola will prove me wrong!
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Hi there, long time lurker first time poster here.
I have an AT&T branded galaxy captivate that I rooted and unlocked. I've been happy enough with it, but I'm still running froyo here, and I have been thinking about an update to 4.x
I see many options out there in the way of roms, and I am confident enough in updating the phone, I've done other phones both android and ios for friends and customers (I'm a computer tech)
But now that I have decided to commit to an upgrade, I'm feeling a little conflicted on what rom to pick. They all have their points, but since I litterally use mine for the phone function, and a few games and barely for work reasons (my professional apps only include a wifi scanner, dell service tag lookup, and a few other little techie apps) I really just don't know what to pick.
So if you folks would be so kind as to share opinions, perhaps recommend a rom, and perhaps let me know what kind of experience you had with the particular one you installed, I would be very grateful.
Oh, and I don't know if the phone will be unlocked after the update or not, I wasn't quite clear on that, so if somoene would be kind enough to let me know on that point as well it would be nice. I have it unlocked so when I pop outside the country I can just grab a cheap pre paid sim off the shelf in whatever country I visit and use that for local calls while I'm there. Saves a ton on the bill since it seems like NO ONE in the US provides decent rates for calling while out in the world. I just drop my original sim back in when I come home, or if I need to call back home while out I just eat the charge.
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Which 4.x captivate rom do you prefer and why?
Gorbashsan said:
Hi there, long time lurker first time poster here.
I have an AT&T branded galaxy captivate that I rooted and unlocked. I've been happy enough with it, but I'm still running froyo here, and I have been thinking about an update to 4.x
I see many options out there in the way of roms, and I am confident enough in updating the phone, I've done other phones both android and ios for friends and customers (I'm a computer tech)
But now that I have decided to commit to an upgrade, I'm feeling a little conflicted on what rom to pick. They all have their points, but since I litterally use mine for the phone function, and a few games and barely for work reasons (my professional apps only include a wifi scanner, dell service tag lookup, and a few other little techie apps) I really just don't know what to pick.
So if you folks would be so kind as to share opinions, perhaps recommend a rom, and perhaps let me know what kind of experience you had with the particular one you installed, I would be very grateful.
Oh, and I don't know if the phone will be unlocked after the update or not, I wasn't quite clear on that, so if somoene would be kind enough to let me know on that point as well it would be nice. I have it unlocked so when I pop outside the country I can just grab a cheap pre paid sim off the shelf in whatever country I visit and use that for local calls while I'm there. Saves a ton on the bill since it seems like NO ONE in the US provides decent rates for calling while out in the world. I just drop my original sim back in when I come home, or if I need to call back home while out I just eat the charge.
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Which 4.x captivate rom do you prefer and why?
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I've been using CyanogenMod since version 7, and I like it pretty well. 10.1 is very clean, based on Jelly Bean 4.2, and it has few flaws. It's my daily driver. Having said that, I've also used other Gingerbread ROMs like Andromeda and other JB ROMs like Captivating. Each one has its pluses and minuses. The best thing you can do is read user reviews, do some research, and pick one that works for you. As far as unlocking, I have no expedited with that, but my guess would be that that's a function of the SIM card and the hardware, so I would guess once unlocked, always unlocked. But hopefully someone smarter than I am in that area will correct me if I'm wrong.
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I've been using CyanogenMod since version 7, and I like it pretty well. 10.1 is very clean, based on Jelly Bean 4.2, and it has few flaws. It's my daily driver. Having said that, I've also used other Gingerbread ROMs like Andromeda and other JB ROMs like Captivating. Each one has its pluses and minuses. The best thing you can do is read user reviews, do some research, and pick one that works for you. As far as unlocking, I have no expedited with that, but my guess would be that that's a function of the SIM card and the hardware, so I would guess once unlocked, always unlocked. But hopefully someone smarter than I am in that area will correct me if I'm wrong.
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Thanks for that falcon, I appreciate the reply.
I have seen reviews of pros and cons in various threads, but they are all mainly focused on the rom being discussed in that theread, what I was hoping to get was a kind of comparison of opinions between the various choices here. CyanogenMod was one I looked over, but the bugs made me hesitate, I'd prefer slightly more stability than what it currently offers, though once the next revision hits I will see how many of those bugs are fixed and wait to see if new ones crop up, and if it seems decent (no data loss or phone freeze bugs left) I will likely give it a try, but for now, I'll play with something else a bit more stable and see how it goes.
Thanks again for the input!
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Well, while I was waiting I decided I would flash a few roms and see how they ran on the phone one after another, after getting that status 7 error on captivating, hellybean, slimbean, and cyanogen, I finally got LaNight to instal, sooooo I guess unless someone can tell me why the others are all coming up staus 7 and failing, I'm going with LaNight found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2003346
Odd, I checked the md5 on all the files, followed the directions on each install, tried them all from speedmod as well, tried restoring back to stock firmware and re doing speedmod with odin and still all but LaNight fail with a status 7 and abort.
Strange indeed.
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Thanks for that falcon, I appreciate the reply.
I have seen reviews of pros and cons in various threads, but they are all mainly focused on the rom being discussed in that theread, what I was hoping to get was a kind of comparison of opinions between the various choices here. CyanogenMod was one I looked over, but the bugs made me hesitate, I'd prefer slightly more stability than what it currently offers, though once the next revision hits I will see how many of those bugs are fixed and wait to see if new ones crop up, and if it seems decent (no data loss or phone freeze bugs left) I will likely give it a try, but for now, I'll play with something else a bit more stable and see how it goes.
Thanks again for the input!
EDIT:
Well, while I was waiting I decided I would flash a few roms and see how they ran on the phone one after another, after getting that status 7 error on captivating, hellybean, slimbean, and cyanogen, I finally got LaNight to instal, sooooo I guess unless someone can tell me why the others are all coming up staus 7 and failing, I'm going with LaNight found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2003346
Odd, I checked the md5 on all the files, followed the directions on each install, tried them all from speedmod as well, tried restoring back to stock firmware and re doing speedmod with odin and still all but LaNight fail with a status 7 and abort.
Strange indeed.
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Have you tried getting corn kernel instead of speedmod? That might fix your status 7 error.
Also, when flashing a JB ROM, you'll have top flash them twice as it repartitions the first time.
And when it comes to stability, AoCP and AOKP are my fav but I heard a lot of good things about other ROMs as well (like captivating).
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Have you tried getting corn kernel instead of speedmod? That might fix your status 7 error.
Also, when flashing a JB ROM, you'll have top flash them twice as it repartitions the first time.
And when it comes to stability, AoCP and AOKP are my fav but I heard a lot of good things about other ROMs as well (like captivating).
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I shall have to try that since it seems LaNight wont allow my phone to connect to the mobile network, it keeps telling me "error when searching for network" when I try to connect to it after popping in my new sim card. I just went down to swap back to AT&T since I'm switching to gophone now that my contract is up with verizon.
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I shall have to try that since it seems LaNight wont allow my phone to connect to the mobile network, it keeps telling me "error when searching for network" when I try to connect to it after popping in my new sim card. I just went down to swap back to AT&T since I'm switching to gophone now that my contract is up with verizon.
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3 things can cause this, you IMEI is wrong; APN is wrong or you need another modem.
any one regret rooting the one ? i had a htc sensation rooted but alll the roms seem to have some thing that did not work...the one seems to be fine the way it is so before i root it i wanted some option ..... do the the htc one also have roms with broken parts of it ?
should i just wait on the updates ?
Really depends on how you use your device and how you feel about the stock setup. I didn't like having all the bloatware that AT&T packed on and really wanted to play around more under the hood, but obviously that is not for everyone and comes with all of the standard risks.
I'm running the latest ViperOne ROM and really love the options that can be set and tweaked. So many ROM options available for the device the choices are almost endless.
You haven't tried Trickdroid 9.0. Amazing rom that's not missing anything! insane battery life also
does the update also add alot of features ?
I've rooted every android phone I've had and flashed numerous roms on each one but this is the first device that I've left completely stock. I don't even have an unlocked bootloader. The phone is just fine the way it is, I will not be rooting or unlocking the bootloader on this phone anytime soon. Myself and many other users used to root our phones and flash custom roms because android phones used to be incredibly laggy and we always wanted better performance. Overclocking our processors was the norm but now android has matured so much and devices are ridiculously powerful now there is just no need to change them. Even if we were to still overclock our devices you wouldn't see a change in performance.
It's completely up to you though.
Personally, I think rooting is worth it just for the ad blocking it allows; i.e. editing the hosts file. Running a custom rom, being able to backup with titanium and nandroids, and changing radios is just gravy. And if you've ever had a device go south without a custom recovery already on it it's incredibly difficult to fix.
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lampel said:
Personally, I think rooting is worth it just for the ad blocking it allows; i.e. editing the hosts file. Running a custom rom, being able to backup with titanium and nandroids, and changing radios is just gravy. And if you've ever had a device go south without a custom recovery already on it it's incredibly difficult to fix.
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Devices don't tend to break on stock, that is a case for warranty
Matt said:
Devices don't tend to break on stock, that is a case for warranty
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The wife bought a refurb Acer tablet - no warranty (I think it was thirty days.) Was ridiculous to restore. I learned my lesson, well! And I'd rather be able to fix it myself than be without while I wait for someone else to. To each their own...
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yeah if this was a slow phone or laggy maybe i would,but a have read a few tread with custom roms and some are having trouble with them,think i'll wait on update....although the 4.2.2 update seems to not be coming to t-mobile,all i got so far was a small update.
I have only had the One for a few weeks, but I rooted it and flashed CM10.1 before I even put my SIM in it. Definitely worth it. No reason to deal with carrier restrictions.
t mobile told me there is no 4.2.2 update for the htc one......HTC said the same thing,so now im wondering how come people are saying there receiving this update..
who's lying
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t mobile told me there is no 4.2.2 update for the htc one......HTC said the same thing,so now im wondering how come people are saying there receiving this update..
who's lying
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There will be no 4.2.2 update from tmobile, my guess is they are gonna skip that and go straight to 4.3 plus they said it on the internet on the news that htc said it themselves and that there would be no customer benefit for an update like 4.2.2 so they said they were gonna skip it and bring up 4.3.
The update started along the lines of outside international countries that aren't big market carriers and then it rolled on slowly...so no one's lying you just have to do some research on the internet but that 4.2.2 update never got to the US thats why it was never rolled out to large carriers to their customers..
Hopefully this gave you some insight on things that are currently happening.
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leohdz148 said:
There will be no 4.2.2 update from tmobile, my guess is they are gonna skip that and go straight to 4.3 plus they said it on the internet on the news that htc said it themselves and that there would be no customer benefit for an update like 4.2.2 so they said they were gonna skip it and bring up 4.3.
The update started along the lines of outside international countries that aren't big market carriers and then it rolled on slowly...so no one's lying you just have to do some research on the internet but that 4.2.2 update never got to the US thats why it was never rolled out to large carriers to their customers..
Hopefully this gave you some insight on things that are currently happening.
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there was alot of people saying they received the 4.2.2 update to there htc one
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there was alot of people saying they received the 4.2.2 update to there htc one
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It had to have been those in the UK or in some parts of the world because it started from one small part of the world, I mean those that are not on carriers, and it did end up in parts of the UK but it never got to the US and if people who are in the US saying they got the update they changed their CID to a region that had the update rolling out so really no one on this side of the US has that software except verizon because they shipped those one models with the current software, and the GPE ones got an update first because well those aren't sold by carrier they are sold by htc themselves on their website. So yes people have said that they receive it but unless there is proof I wouldn't go off of their word, they more than likely did something to their phone to get that software, they might have a custom rom on their phone or done something to get it officially but here in the us there is no word of 4.2.2 ever coming to their customers....of course except verizon....
Well hopefully this helps...if you have any other questions or concerns please do let us know as we want to help you out
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guess i may have to root it to get the extra features,just hate all the other problems that comes with custom roms,there always updating to fix this or that.
bucknaked said:
guess i may have to root it to get the extra features,just hate all the other problems that comes with custom roms,there always updating to fix this or that.
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Not always. Running a stock 4.2.2 Rom or something without major modifications will be smooth for a long time. I ran Mike's stock build rooted for almost a month with no issues at all.
It all depends on what you want from it. If you want all the themes and icon changes and modify this and that, you will have issues. But if you JUST want the newest version out there then I would say go ahead and run a stock build, get it odexed (not deodexed) and you will have buttery smoothness
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is revone still not working for updated htc ones ?
or have they got that fixed ?
zammboss said:
You haven't tried Trickdroid 9.0. Amazing rom that's not missing anything! insane battery life also
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Hi, I am looking for ROM with better battery life than Stock.
My average battery drain about 1% for about 4-5 minutes while using Internet via WIFI for browsing using JB's 4.2.2 default browser, chatting via WhatsApp, reading emails and using Blink Feed.
How about using this ROM?
Thanks.
My main reason FOR rooting, was to theme the phone red. I have the HTC one Red edition. And just love red. I also hate blink feed. Ive flashed Venom rom, and desensed it. Battery life is amazing, I cant find anything that don't work, well nothing I need to use anyway. Plus they have there own red theme, and with the help of a few icon designes from Seriously Crazy. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091654 This is what ive come up with.
So worth rotting for me, if only for the theming, and gtting rid of blink feed.
Steve