Hey Everyone, I have been pushing the ICS update away, kind of scared of all the bugs. But I'm wondering if theirs any decent Jelly Bean ROMS? With working Data (4G?) and Camera / Video?
I'm not expecting anything perfect, darn bootloader..
I don't think the bootloader is a concern at this point. A bunch of smart and dedicated developers have managed to get past that on the D3/D4/Bionic/RAZR. Now the difficulty is getting a kernel that works well. Anyway, to answer your question, no. It is a WIP ATM.
Yeah I don't really blame the bootloder, making a joke.
How can I download, learn more, keep track of the w.i.p.s? I know hashcode says stuff over twitter, which is probably keeping track of part. Though I don't understand twitter tweets replys.
And do I need to be on the new ICS update to flash them (with Safestrap 2?)
And whats a kexic build over a rom, or are they the same? differences? I know the kexic stuff is going pretty well.
TechTinker said:
Yeah I don't really blame the bootloder, making a joke.
How can I download, learn more, keep track of the w.i.p.s? I know hashcode says stuff over twitter, which is probably keeping track of part. Though I don't understand twitter tweets replys.
And do I need to be on the new ICS update to flash them (with Safestrap 2?)
And whats a kexic build over a rom, or are they the same? differences? I know the kexic stuff is going pretty well.
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Hashcode's twitter feed is probably the best/only way to keep tabs on kexec right now.
You do need to be on stock ICS in order to use safestrap 2.11 which is needed to flash the newer ICS builds as well as the kexec builds.
Kexec refers to the kernel as opposed to the ROM. So you have ROMs right now that run off the stock phone kernel and you have kexec ROMs which run off the custom kexec kernel.
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Can anyone explain to me why the netflix app doesn't work on this ROM. Nothing ever gets displayed. AOKP on droid 4 latest build.
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Are you on one of the ICS leaks, or still have a Gingerbread "unsafe" system?
The Gingerbreak/ICS frankenROMs don't have hardware acceleration working properly (due to mismatched kernel). Thus Netflix, Chrome, Opera and anything else like that won't work.
Yeah I have gingerbread/aokp installed right now. So it sounds like I can't have a non safe system, just the ics leak installed. Is that correct? I still can't deside if I want to flash the ics leak or not. AOKP is nice and all with all its extra features, but for whatever reason, they cannot get data to work. Its pretty ridiculous they still don't have 3g/4g working after several months. Should i just go ahead and flash the ics leak?
It really isn't their fault, it is because the kernel is locked. AOKP-based off of the leak (as opposed to the Frankbuilds based on GB) work much better.
I finally jumped to the leak and atm I'm actually using the stock leak and am pretty happy with it. That being said, if you move to the leak you have to be ok with the fact that you might be off the upgrade path forever. The chance of that happening looks to be pretty small, but nobody can rule it out...
I understand its not AOKP's fault. The stuff they are pulling off is pretty advanced. Its just very frustrating from a users end trying to get data to play nice. I dont want to go to stock ICS because I really love the features AOKP has thrown in. And I dont wont to be off the upgrade path either. So will AOKP ever have solid data or are they going to have to take the stock ICS kernal and build a new AOKP ROM from that?
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I understand its not AOKP's fault. The stuff they are pulling off is pretty advanced. Its just very frustrating from a users end trying to get data to play nice. I dont want to go to stock ICS because I really love the features AOKP has thrown in. And I dont wont to be off the upgrade path either. So will AOKP ever have solid data or are they going to have to take the stock ICS kernal and build a new AOKP ROM from that?
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Bottom line is: a locked Bootloader prevents developers from providing a proper Kernel to the device. So, you don't get the HW codecs with a Gingerbread based ICS ROM, therefore no Netflix. If you install any of the leaked ICS builds, Netflix runs just fine (I can confirm)
I guess Motorola says that it's to protect us "in the name of security", but nobody seems to realize that the root exploits in themselves, already breaks that so called "security", so why not just let us have an unlocked bootloader!
Hopefully with the Google acquisition, someone can revisit that policy, and clarify to us users what it actually means. Moto probably loses customers over that policy.
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revisit that policy, and clarify to us users what it actually means. Moto probably loses customers over that policy.
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This^
You CAN have a safe system with the ICS leaks installed. You just have to use the Safestrap v 2.00 and ICS Leak build of aokp. AFAIK Netflix and HW Acc. codecs work with the new ICS leak builds!
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I would say they lose some of the die hard users, who *need* to have an unlocked boot loader. Just reading through other posts, I have seen many get so frustrated at the fact that Moto won't unlock the boot loader, that they say they won't buy moto products because of it.
I'm just thankful that people have found loopholes that allow us work arounds, but it certainly adds a lot of complexity, that wouldn't be necessary if they would just unlock the boot loader (as they said they would do).
I get Moto's stance that they need to provide support, and if people are loading custom overclocked kernels, it could certainly cause HW damage, if the chip is running at a speed out of specs, but why not have the users sign something giving up that warranty, so they can do with their devices as they wish.
I'm just saying I think they should reconsider their policy of locked boot loaders, and open up their phones to hacker enthusiasts. Heck, Jelly Bean has been announced, and most phones still don't have ICS! I would bet an unlocked boot loader would have gotten ICS into the hands of users much faster, and in this instance where there is a ICS ROM, but a GB kernel, it would actually provide for a much better user experience.
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You CAN have a safe system with the ICS leaks installed. You just have to use the Safestrap v 2.00 and ICS Leak build of aokp. AFAIK Netflix and HW Acc. codecs work with the new ICS leak builds!
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OK now I'm confused. I've been using the aokp builds for a while and they are the ics build 40 then the date. I've been flashing those for a long time but data is just as bad if not worse on some builds. Can someone explain why even though I have the ics leak, data is still screwed up? I was told data was much better on these builds.
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OK now I'm confused. I've been using the aokp builds for a while and they are the ics build 40 then the date. I've been flashing those for a long time but data is just as bad if not worse on some builds. Can someone explain why even though I have the ics leak, data is still screwed up? I was told data was much better on these builds.
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Nevrmind figured it out
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Hey All,
Soooo this is my first Motorola Android device and I have to say I'm quite excited, but nervous. Just recently I was using Verizon's thunderbolt, and I've always used HTC. Well, after my 2nd thunderbolt, it crapped out on me again. So, I complained to Verizon and in return they sent me a Bionic. After reading reviews I hear nothing but great things.
Now my issue, I don't know what to do. Usually with my HTC devices, I root and flash roms, enough said. But with this Bionic I dont know where to begin. Some folks say install the ICS .232 build (which not sure how to do) and some folks say root and flash a ROM on. (Also, not sure what all this safestrap/bootstrap stuff is)
In all honesty, I really want a newer android OS. I think I was using gingerbread with my Tbolt, and I know ICS is out now, and Jellybean.
My main concern in what I want, and I hope someone can direct me to the correct place. I really want a fast, stable, build/ROM. I would like for everything to work as far as apps, gps, bluetooth, camera, etc.
I really appreciate all who respond, and I apologize greatly in advance if this is a repost. I tried researching before posting.
Again, huge thanks to all who respond.
Follow this guide to get on the an ICS leak. Personally I would strongly recommend not going beyond the .232 ICS leak for now.
Follow this thread to get rooted.
Here's a link to everything you need to know about the bionic. http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...tstrapall-download-links-in-op-updated-daily/.
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Hey...
Thanks the responses. I'm just confused. Everyone is saying to put on the.232 build, but can I put a Rom over top of that? If so, what Rom do you recommend and why?
Is .232 stable? Any known issues?
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Hey...
Thanks the responses. I'm just confused. Everyone is saying to put on the.232 build, but can I put a Rom over top of that? If so, what Rom do you recommend and why?
Is .232 stable? Any known issues?
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Yes you need to install the .232 leak in stock recovery. Then you need to root it and install safestrap, which is a recovery in which you can flash things. Once you have that installed, you need to boot into safestrap and make a backup of the nonsafe side. Safestrap works by partioning your system into a safe and nonsafe side. You are able to flash stuff on your safe side. So you need to toggle to your safe side and then you can flash a rom. I recommend http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32349741#post32349741 but thats just me haha, theres a ton of other info in the different sections here http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/forum/68-droid-bionic/
So I've been using my s4 active for about 2 months now, and I have no problems with it, but I enjoy the tweaks.
I've been debating on trying out safestrap, but havent had time yet. I got another idea from another post I previously read.
1st question is, will I be able to get my phone replaced even though I bought it full price, and live in Canada? (in case of water damage, that's really the only concern, as things like smashed screens aren't covered by anyone)
if not then is it not worth it for me to call at&t and have them unlock my bootloader, seeing how they wouldnt be covering my warranty anyhow in that case?
I just want a change to pure, simple, stock android.
I have no idea why you'd get your phone replaced or if it's possible, that's between you and whatever company you bought it from. If you're tinkering around with it with root and flashing things on it, most likely you'll be voiding the ToS or whatever from the seller so that's up to you do find out from them.
The only "pure, simple, stock android" you're going to get on the I537 right now at this minute is the AOSP ROM provided by LeJay, and that requires:
a) a rooted I537 (meaning it's running either the MF1, MF2, or MF3 build of Android 4.2.2)
b) Safestrap for the I537 provided by Hashcode (not the regular Safestrap found elsewhere, you need the specific version for the I537 and it's found here in this subforum for the GS4A)
c) the AOSP ROM to flash, d) the MF1/MF2/MF3 kernel modules depending on the build/kernel you use as your stock ROM
d) the camera fix also provided by LeJay
The AOSP ROM can be found in LeJay's AOSP thread; the other files can be found in Hashcode's Safestrap thread (again, all in this subforum for the GS4A).
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I have no idea why you'd get your phone replaced or if it's possible, that's between you and whatever company you bought it from. If you're tinkering around with it with root and flashing things on it, most likely you'll be voiding the ToS or whatever from the seller so that's up to you do find out from them.
The only "pure, simple, stock android" you're going to get on the I537 right now at this minute is the AOSP ROM provided by LeJay, and that requires:
a) a rooted I537 (meaning it's running either the MF1, MF2, or MF3 build of Android 4.2.2)
b) Safestrap for the I537 provided by Hashcode (not the regular Safestrap found elsewhere, you need the specific version for the I537 and it's found here in this subforum for the GS4A)
c) the AOSP ROM to flash, d) the MF1/MF2/MF3 kernel modules depending on the build/kernel you use as your stock ROM
d) the camera fix also provided by LeJay
The AOSP ROM can be found in LeJay's AOSP thread; the other files can be found in Hashcode's Safestrap thread (again, all in this subforum for the GS4A).
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I meant just for warranty purposes, but that sounds simple enough.. I've really only been reading up info in this subforum, safestrap included, since I got the i537 anyhow.
I'm assuming you have experience using this rom on this phone, did you notice improved battery? and is it "better" overall? I don't care for any touchwiz addons obviously.
Thank you for all the advice
It's just Android, not sure what else I can say. I haven't noticed anything particular beneficial or negative either way - it's just another ROM to me to use if I choose to do so. Using Safestrap with the AOSP ROM is just an option that makes the GS4A more useful I suppose. Even if it's pure stock from Samsung, that's fine with me too, doesn't matter.
Still hoping for an actual CyanogenMod build if someone gets around to it but those hopes are dying a bit more each day with what's becoming of that project overall. I don't mean seeing full on support for the GS4A, that will never happen, what I mean is someone talented enough to take the kernel source for the GS4A and make a CM10.1 build for us that we can flash using Safestrap. It'll still be limited because of the locked bootloader so no custom kernel stuff, but most everything else could be useful and I do like CM overall.
I don't know what other people want or do with their devices so I can't comment, I tend to keep mine simple and don't get into the serious modding of most everything (UI, fonts, icons, etc) like others.
I'm pretty much a "stock" kinda person I guess.
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It's just Android, not sure what else I can say. I haven't noticed anything particular beneficial or negative either way - it's just another ROM to me to use if I choose to do so. Using Safestrap with the AOSP ROM is just an option that makes the GS4A more useful I suppose. Even if it's pure stock from Samsung, that's fine with me too, doesn't matter.
Still hoping for an actual CyanogenMod build if someone gets around to it but those hopes are dying a bit more each day with what's becoming of that project overall. I don't mean seeing full on support for the GS4A, that will never happen, what I mean is someone talented enough to take the kernel source for the GS4A and make a CM10.1 build for us that we can flash using Safestrap. It'll still be limited because of the locked bootloader so no custom kernel stuff, but most everything else could be useful and I do like CM overall.
I don't know what other people want or do with their devices so I can't comment, I tend to keep mine simple and don't get into the serious modding of most everything (UI, fonts, icons, etc) like others.
I'm pretty much a "stock" kinda person I guess.
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Alright, awesome. Thanks for the pointers, I appreciate it.
I'm gonna give safestrap a try.
so I got the mf3 .zip, the safestrap apk, and the aosp rom .zip
I am already rooted so that's taken care of,
The camera fix is the only thing I can't seem to find.. and I feel like it's staring me in the face lol
There are mirror links in that thread (and one of 'em was from me), just gotta find 'em.
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There are mirror links in that thread (and one of 'em was from me), just gotta find 'em.
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ITS "GONE" !!!!
http://click.xda-developers.com/api...CamPatch.zip&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13811789660048
thats the link address... is there anywhere else?
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ITS "GONE" !!!!
http://click.xda-developers.com/api...CamPatch.zip&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13811789660048
thats the link address... is there anywhere else?
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SCRATCH THAT got the QR code and downloaded it directly on my phone.. I'm ready to go.
Thanks for all the help!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19019338/SGS4A_CamPatch.zip
And there as well just in case.
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Hi there folks!!
This phone dropped on my hands today from a friend of mine you is a excluded in this matters of customizing droid's...
So what I need to know it's the stuff that i should use to root it, like recovery and such, and the best overall rom to put in the phone. IF there is kitkat stable even better... If not Jelly Bean it is.
I'm not an expert, but i workaround pretty well, but i dropped on this forum today, and with so much stuff i don't know where need to look, and don't have the time to read it all.
So please, have some kind of goodness on me.
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Hi there folks!!
This phone dropped on my hands today from a friend of mine you is a excluded in this matters of customizing droid's...
So what I need to know it's the stuff that i should use to root it, like recovery and such, and the best overall rom to put in the phone. IF there is kitkat stable even better... If not Jelly Bean it is.
I'm not an expert, but i workaround pretty well, but i dropped on this forum today, and with so much stuff i don't know where need to look, and don't have the time to read it all.
So please, have some kind of goodness on me.
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If none of the current data ia needed, then a nice clean full format to the New bootloader would be a good choice.
Use the AIO tool in the Developers section to format the phone to default new bootloader. you can follow the choices to install recovery, and download your choice of Rom.
The most stable and fully featured out of the newer roms are only the CM 10.1 roms. anything made later have camera and bluetooth issues.
Pengus has his own, Look ma no hands. its an excellent rom. along with his M1 kernel. its the latest you'll get to fully stable.
If you'd like more features, Tonyp made a T-build version 5 currently. use the same kernel from pengus again M1. and give that a go if you like customizing a bit more.
there are later roms. and they are all great, but they are still in development, with many bugs still to really work out.
you can also go Stock and try out the few very well made custom stock roms i believe there are 3 different dev's that have done work on ICS and did an excellent job of it.
Or you can stay on the old boot loader, and stick with GB if you really want to stretch out the battery life, and have every feature working.
the first few pages of the dev section would have everything I've just mentioned. but you could also use the Search for anything your having trouble with.
PM me also if you need more detailed assistance.
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If none of the current data ia needed, then a nice clean full format to the New bootloader would be a good choice.
Use the AIO tool in the Developers section to format the phone to default new bootloader. you can follow the choices to install recovery, and download your choice of Rom.
The most stable and fully featured out of the newer roms are only the CM 10.1 roms. anything made later have camera and bluetooth issues.
Pengus has his own, Look ma no hands. its an excellent rom. along with his M1 kernel. its the latest you'll get to fully stable.
If you'd like more features, Tonyp made a T-build version 5 currently. use the same kernel from pengus again M1. and give that a go if you like customizing a bit more.
there are later roms. and they are all great, but they are still in development, with many bugs still to really work out.
you can also go Stock and try out the few very well made custom stock roms i believe there are 3 different dev's that have done work on ICS and did an excellent job of it.
Or you can stay on the old boot loader, and stick with GB if you really want to stretch out the battery life, and have every feature working.
the first few pages of the dev section would have everything I've just mentioned. but you could also use the Search for anything your having trouble with.
PM me also if you need more detailed assistance.
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Thanks ... Without knowing I did this by myself... Trying pengus cm10.1
The problem with the phone it's that with stock rom the batterylast about 4/6 hours... And right now it's too test if custom rom's help a bit!
Thanks for the info... If I get in trouble I know who to contact!!!
+kudos
snake_boss said:
Thanks ... Without knowing I did this by myself... Trying pengus cm10.1
The problem with the phone it's that with stock rom the batterylast about 4/6 hours... And right now it's too test if custom rom's help a bit!
Thanks for the info... If I get in trouble I know who to contact!!!
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New battery can do miracles. LG stock battery is highly recommended.
The title says it all. Is anybody interested in a Stock GPE Build for the Sprint S4? The purpose of this build would be a Stock GPE ROM with changes only needed to make it function correctly.
Basically, Keeping it as close as possible to stock GPE for the device with the exception of root/supersu and busybox.
The reason for this would be so dirty flashes work better and be somewhat supported and tested.
Danvdh's GPE build is awesome with many features however there is people like me that need a somewhat stable phone and don't feel like re-building and wiping the phone every time for a new flash.
Let me know what you think.
I think it would definitely be a good idea. Everyone has different needs and as you can see from reading the threads, it seems each phone acts differently on each of these Roms. Thank you for taking time to work on it if you do. If you need someone to test to see if your work causes a phone to glow in the dark, let me know!
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The title says it all. Is anybody interested in a Stock GPE Build for the Sprint S4? The purpose of this build would be a Stock GPE image with changes only needed to make it function correctly.
Basically, Keeping it as close as possible to stock GPE for the device with the exception of root/supersu and busybox.
The reason for this would be so dirty flashes work better and be somewhat supported and tested.
Danvdh's GPE build is awesome with many features however there is people like me that need a somewhat stable phone and don't feel like re-building and wiping the phone every time for a new flash.
Let me know what you think.
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Ahhhh was wondering why dirty flash wasn't working. I'm gonna go with Yes! but it's honestly not much of a hassle either way.
As long as I can get voice-mail.
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Go for it just as long data,voice, sms and mms work and it does say sprint not digital roam or no service or insert sim
As long as everything works and there aren't any crapola CM add-ons, I'm in for a try.
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As long as everything works and there aren't any crapola CM add-ons, I'm in for a try.
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Thanks you made me laugh with that comment.
It exists...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557353&highlight=modem
No, it doesn't. That rom has been modded to hell and back and has nore issues with each release (which usually requires a complete wipe to even function). The OP of this thread is asking if we are interested in a more closely stock, more stable GPE rom without the mods and CM junk.
Would be nice if there was a actual source of the GPE I have a pure stock aosp build for jflte but its kk no mods no CM crap
Hey guys sadly this idea will have to be placed on hold for now. Somewhat busy with life. Sorry
I have one and love it. Do not know if voicemail works though...