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RDF Discussion Thread for Sprint Galaxy S4 (SPH-L720)

This was done over on the Samsung Galaxy S3 threads by rwilco12 . I saw that we didn't have anything like it over here on the Galaxy S4 threads so I took a guess and found the RDF for the S4.
For more info check his thread over on the S3 forums http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2117229
Thanks rwilco12!!
Here is the S4 RDF latest entry...
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L720/latest
you have to use Internet Explorer to view an RDF. For whatever reason it will only display correctly in Internet Explorer.
It shows that L720VPUAMC5 is the current version of the S4 ROM being tested.
Enjoy!!

ChadH42 said:
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L720/latest
you have to use Internet Explorer to view an RDF. For whatever reason it will only display correctly in Internet Explorer.
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So right about IE!

This is going to be interesting
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But that's old... We're already on MDC.
And the odd thing is I don't see that one posted nor can I find it.
It's like the L900 - can't find it using the old convention.

garwynn said:
But that's old... We're already on MDC.
And the odd thing is I don't see that one posted nor can I find it.
It's like the L900 - can't find it using the old convention.
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Yeah I didn't notice that.... that's MC5 last month....

I guess that Sprint isn't keeping this site up to date.

ChadH42 said:
This was done over on the Samsung Galaxy S3 threads by rwilco12 . I saw that we didn't have anything like it over here on the Galaxy S4 threads so I took a guess and found the RDF for the S4.
For more info check his thread over on the S3 forums http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2117229
Thanks rwilco12!!
Here is the S4 RDF latest entry...
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L720/latest
you have to use Internet Explorer to view an RDF. For whatever reason it will only display correctly in Internet Explorer.
It shows that L720VPUAMC5 is the current version of the S4 ROM being tested.
Enjoy!!
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"Software Number"= MC5 ?!? Although it still says Android Version 4.2.2..... :thumbdown:

Nice to see one of these here in the S4 forum, I came from an s3 and always checked the RDF Thread for the newest for out phones. Tx for creating one of these.
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stereo386 said:
Nice to see one of these here in the S4 forum, I came from an s3 and always checked the RDF Thread for the newest for out phones. Tx for creating one of these.
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Same here! I was gonna create one myself but good thing I searched first and found this... it's been so dead that's why I didn't even know there was one haha. The S3 RDF thread was monstrous!
Now... what the heck is "MC5"?! Unless they haven't updated it in a while, which would suck!

The s2 rdf was boss.
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Febby said:
The s2 rdf was boss.
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Thats true. I swear I flashed 4 different leaks in like a week
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Joe0113 said:
Same here! I was gonna create one myself but good thing I searched first and found this... it's been so dead that's why I didn't even know there was one haha. The S3 RDF thread was monstrous!
Now... what the heck is "MC5"?! Unless they haven't updated it in a while, which would suck!
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That was just posted like a week ago so its still current info . I think we getting a update very soon, usually if one of these appears in an RDF thread it means update very soon hopefully. :beer: :thumbup:
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stereo386 said:
That was just posted like a week ago so its still current info . I think we getting a update very soon, usually if one of these appears in an RDF thread it means update very soon hopefully. :beer: :thumbup:
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How can you tell that it was updated a week ago?! I'm so shocked this is not getting more attention!!
SexTape where you at?!?! :good:

Febby said:
The s2 rdf was boss.
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That thread took on a life of its own. lol Fun times for sure.

stereo386 said:
That was just posted like a week ago so its still current info . I think we getting a update very soon, usually if one of these appears in an RDF thread it means update very soon hopefully. :beer: :thumbup:
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The rdf's are notorious for having incorrect info in them but if it is truly mc5 than it is old. Mc5 would be March 5th. And we have mf9 which is June 9th. But again you almost never know what to expect from the rdf.
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crawrj said:
The rdf's are notorious for having incorrect info in them but if it is truly mc5 than it is old. Mc5 would be March 5th. And we have mf9 which is June 9th. But again you almost never know what to expect from the rdf.
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Ur absolutely rite my friend we just gotta wait and see.
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So does anyone know what "MC5" is?? Was it what the phone originally came with or is it an update looming in the near future?!

More than likely it was an old test build.
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daniel4653 said:
More than likely it was an old test build.
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You are correct. It seems that Sprint did not use the RDF process for production ROMs for the S4.

ChadH42 said:
You are correct. It seems that Sprint did not use the RDF process for production ROMs for the S4.
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Damn that's so wack. Is there any other way to get RDFs?

NEW Project!

OK folks, we have a new project:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/android-building/_F67iLDcVzQ
PA and AOKP test builds from the new full-time build box also in verification.
If they're good they'll be posted tonight.

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OK folks, we have a new project:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/android-building/_F67iLDcVzQ
PA and AOKP test builds from the new full-time build box also in verification.
If they're good they'll be posted tonight.
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A New Rom Project? Gotta See This
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What's good about this ? I'm confused at the moment
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daniel4653 said:
What's good about this ? I'm confused at the moment
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To put it in simple terms, this means that there's a greater chance of stable AOKP and PA ROMs for our device.
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mjs2011 said:
To put it in simple terms, this means that there's a greater chance of stable AOKP and PA ROMs for our device.
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So is he gonna post them tonight? I hope im looking forward to it
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If this is what I think it is, a port of the recently released Google vanilla s4, then this should be interesting. Granted, there are proprietary drivers and software for touchwiz devices, it might not be as exciting or feature laden as tw, but it is certainly something different. No, I was too lazy to read the link for clarification.

mjs2011 said:
To put it in simple terms, this means that there's a greater chance of stable AOKP and PA ROMs for our device.
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Thanks for making it clean and simple
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Actually, they're two separate things.
I just got the new build box up and running so first order of business was making sure PA and AOKP build properly.
Those builds got posted this morning.
Next I'll be working on the Google Edition stuff to see if we can't make a pure AOSP ROM.
Also curious at the kernel to see how it stacks up versus what CM is already using.

garwynn said:
Actually, they're two separate things.
I just got the new build box up and running so first order of business was making sure PA and AOKP build properly.
Those builds got posted this morning.
Next I'll be working on the Google Edition stuff to see if we can't make a pure AOSP ROM.
Also curious at the kernel to see how it stacks up versus what CM is already using.
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Nice! I wasn't sure if you were going to take over the Google Edition items as well. Thanks again for all that you do!

mjs2011 said:
Nice! I wasn't sure if you were going to take over the Google Edition items as well. Thanks again for all that you do!
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I'm very curious about it so I'm going to poke at it. We'll see how far that gets.

When u droppin this project brother
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Garwin. Not sure if you saw but it looks like the international version has a working GE rom. Not sure if that will help you or not.
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Son Rise said:
When u droppin this project brother
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Like anything else I work on, too many factors and especially this one needs to be looked at carefully.
For example, the file released by JBQ looks awfully similar to what Samsung OSRC normally releases.
But when I asked before - well, can we build with that? - the answer was no.
Reason being we need things like the proprietary binaries that are up to Samsung to release.
I'm going to start by what JBQ said to do:
1) Make a clean AOSP repo
2) Drop their changes on top of that repo.
3) Add kernel - which I still want to compare to the source used in CM.
Anything else I may use what was pulled for CM (such as vendor blobs) to fill in the gaps.
We'll see if this plan of attack works or not.

mjs2011 said:
Garwin. Not sure if you saw but it looks like the international version has a working GE rom. Not sure if that will help you or not.
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I saw the post and it seems questionable if the build works. OP says it does but no one else has verified.

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I saw the post and it seems questionable if the build works. OP says it does but no one else has verified.
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What post in particular? I tried a GE rom on my Sprint S4 with some success (mostly everything but data seemed to work fine). Probably not much help though I guess.

GhostSonic said:
What post in particular? I tried a GE rom on my Sprint S4 with some success (mostly everything but data seemed to work fine). Probably not much help though I guess.
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Can you link to thread? Looked quickly but if I'll be happy to check again shortly. Data may just be a switch of blobs and apns-conf.xml
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garwynn said:
Can you link to thread? Looked quickly but if I'll be happy to check again shortly. Data may just be a switch of blobs and apns-conf.xml
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I ended up trying it yesterday and data indeed does not work. I think some people are getting confused because 1x data still works but 3g does not work even after using the APN Backup and Restore app and KT AOSP Kernel.

Your supposed to use the kt touchwiz kernel according to sources the kernel is built from touchwiz based kernel BC its touchwiz coded with Google overlay
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devoureddreams said:
Your supposed to use the kt touchwiz kernel according to sources the kernel is built from touchwiz based kernel BC its touchwiz coded with Google overlay
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Oh....well that explains things. Still seems like no one is getting data to work though unfortunately.

mjs2011 said:
Oh....well that explains things. Still seems like no one is getting data to work though unfortunately.
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Yes I know man sucks BC I want a stable aosp build so bad
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We got some top notch roms coming!

I know things were slow for a while but things are starting to pick up! we have Imformous Rom/kernel coming! also have Hyperdrive Rom.. and Synergy Rom on its way:good: man I cant wait!! and to think I was gonna trade my s4 for the One.. lol so glad I didnt I Would like to give a big thanks to all the rom devs that dont have the sprint s4 but are still looking out for us.. Thats huge! Thank u guys:highfive:

P.Mobile said:
I know things were slow for a while but things are starting to pick up! we have Imformous Rom/kernel coming! also have Hyperdrive Rom.. and Synergy Rom on its way:good: man I cant wait!! and to think I was gonna trade my s4 for the One.. lol so glad I didnt I Would like to give a big thanks to all the rom devs that dont have the sprint s4 but are still looking out for us.. Thats huge! Thank u guys:highfive:
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Strongly agree with you
Legit Samsung Galaxy S4

hoping to see MOAR make its way to the S4, love me some Aroma installer

Cannot wait for Hyperdrive!!!! ☆
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scott_0 said:
hoping to see MOAR make its way to the S4, love me some Aroma installer
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o yea! MOAR and Hyperdrive were my go to roms on the s3... i miss them both!

With my previous phones, I've never heard of these roms.

I understand the excitement but did it really need a whole new thread ?
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daniel4653 said:
I understand the excitement but did it really need a whole new thread ?
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4 I'm excited too fluk this guy
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Goose0121 said:
daniel4653 said:
I understand the excitement but did it really need a whole new thread ?
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4 I'm excited too fluk this guy
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Fluk this guy ?
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Way to indirectly diss our current dev's. Fantastic thread. Bloat that opinion of yours. As daniel4653 said, I too understand but really you could of done this in a more elegant manner.
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daniel4653 said:
I understand the excitement but did it really need a whole new thread ?
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this thread rocks.. dont hate Daniel son :laugh:

I'm not intentionally disrespecting them. I'm just saying I've never heard of them in my travels. There are some roms out but that I've heard of, and don't care for with my past experience, but I won't name them on purpose. One person's candy is another one's poison.

P.Mobile said:
this thread rocks.. dont hate Daniel son :laugh:
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Lol. Imagine every person making a thread "omg I'm soooo excited for _________ ROM!!!" Like a little school girl.
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daniel4653 said:
Lol. Imagine every person making a thread "omg I'm soooo excited for _________ ROM!!!" Like a little school girl.
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Why dont we start doing that xD
★ Samsung Galaxy S4 ☆

Help porting to d2vzw

Any devs want to help port this to the Verizon S3? I have tried but cannot seem to succeed...
Yes, I know someone did this back in February, but it was just the live demo version... I have been in contact with him and he doesn't seem to want to be of much help. All he said was "It should work with the newer releases", which it did not. I have no idea what he did to make that edited version of CM 10.1 work with the quantal preview, but I would like to somehow get it working with a stable release of saucy.
I have tried many things, and have not had success with any of them as of yet.
If someone could take a look at the files and figure out what needs to be done, I will do it just tell me what to do.
The original stuff can be found here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/39299-romwip-ubuntu-touch-on-d2vzw-dev-previewphantom-022213/
nightly updated builds from ubuntu can be found here: http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch/daily-preinstalled/
I really don't have much experience with porting, but if someone would be willing to partner up on this with me, I would be so grateful.. I really can't be the only Verizon S3 owner itching to try out Ubuntu Touch...

Really, nobody...?
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you're gunna want to follow this guide to get you started up. I know there's someone working on the d2Att port which should be compatible with your d2vzw. I myself have been attempting to port this to the d2's as well but have had no luck. To the people that say it's as easy as porting cm: no it's not. I guess in theory it is but with all of the kernel modifications and stuff required to get it up and running correctly it's just a LOT of work. I hope you have better luck than i have had and let me know if you need any help, i'll try to be of some assistance.

If I had any experience with porting stuff other than pulling cm kernel, and a few other things and such from a working aosp rom and using it on an aosp rom from another device.... Anyways if I could I'd help, if I can quickly be taught, I'll contribute the crap out of myself into this. Official ubuntu touch is supposed to be out on October 17th according to rumors, around same time as ubuntu 13.10 release
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moparfreak426 said:
If I had any experience with porting stuff other than pulling cm kernel, and a few other things and such from a working aosp rom and using it on an aosp rom from another device.... Anyways if I could I'd help, if I can quickly be taught, I'll contribute the crap out of myself into this. Official ubuntu touch is supposed to be out on October 17th according to rumors, around same time as ubuntu 13.10 release
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Thanks for the replies guys, I will take a look at that guide.
I know it'll be out Oct 17th, which I am excited as hell about, cause its 3 days away lol. :good:
However, I don't believe our device is one of the ones "officially" supported, so either way we will have to figure out a port... I think...
I guess I will wait and see what happens Thursday and take it from there...

sgirard1991 said:
Thanks for the replies guys, I will take a look at that guide.
I know it'll be out Oct 17th, which I am excited as hell about, cause its 3 days away lol. :good:
However, I don't believe our device is one of the ones "officially" supported, so either way we will have to figure out a port... I think...
I guess I will wait and see what happens Thursday and take it from there...
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Yeah, I'd say ours isn't official but.... It'll be official for others and therefore maybe easier to get everything working
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Today was the official release date! Has anyone made any progress on porting? I haven't been able to make anything work. I really wish I was better at this stuff....

sgirard1991 said:
Today was the official release date! Has anyone made any progress on porting? I haven't been able to make anything work. I really wish I was better at this stuff....
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I haven't even looked! Shoot!
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moparfreak426 said:
I haven't even looked! Shoot!
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Lol.
I did a little searching this morning but was unable to find anything.
I'm probably gonna just give it a week and look again, but if you find anything lemme know.
I'm gonna read that porting guide again tonight and see if I can make sense of it..
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sgirard1991 said:
Lol.
I did a little searching this morning but was unable to find anything.
I'm probably gonna just give it a week and look again, but if you find anything lemme know.
I'm gonna read that porting guide again tonight and see if I can make sense of it..
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I wish I knew anything past basic C++ programming because I would totally help how I could..would love to see Ubuntu Touch on my d2vzw as well lol Wanna keep it as fresh as possible since odds are looking slim on that new Nexus coming to Verizon.

ThaSik1 said:
I wish I knew anything past basic C++ programming because I would totally help how I could..would love to see Ubuntu Touch on my d2vzw as well lol Wanna keep it as fresh as possible since odds are looking slim on that new Nexus coming to Verizon.
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I know some c++ and more java but not alot.....
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ThaSik1 said:
I wish I knew anything past basic C++ programming because I would totally help how I could..would love to see Ubuntu Touch on my d2vzw as well lol Wanna keep it as fresh as possible since odds are looking slim on that new Nexus coming to Verizon.
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Lol I wish I even knew basic c++..
But yeah I'm the same way, always trying the latest and greatest roms, keeping things fresh.
I get bored after a few weeks of the same Rom lol
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sgirard1991 said:
Lol I wish I even knew basic c++..
But yeah I'm the same way, always trying the latest and greatest roms, keeping things fresh.
I get bored after a few weeks of the same Rom lol
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That's how all of us are on xda
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I've been struggling through the porting guide, but so far haven't had any real success. I'll keep at it, but honestly I'd love any help anyone else can provide... I'm a bit out of my league.

ghost1227 said:
I've been struggling through the porting guide, but so far haven't had any real success. I'll keep at it, but honestly I'd love any help anyone else can provide... I'm a bit out of my league.
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If I could.....
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ghost1227 said:
I've been struggling through the porting guide, but so far haven't had any real success. I'll keep at it, but honestly I'd love any help anyone else can provide... I'm a bit out of my league.
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Same here, I've looked through it multiple times, a good majority of it makes no sense to me...
I'm pretty sure whoever said it was as simple as porting CyanogenMod was a liar lol cuz if it was that simple I'm sure we would've figured it out by now..
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Part of the problem is that it isn't just another port. Given it's as much Ubuntu as Android (more actually), a fair bit of Linux competency is required as well.
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True...
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Turns out Ghost1227 is working on a port, I just recently found out. :good::laugh:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2490863&page=2

Do not update today's tapatalk!!

Omg it's awful! Please can someone post a non updated apk file so i can get rid of this mess please?!
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Wat

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/tapatalk-inc/

I advise backing up before updating if you wanna see what it's like. Omg it's soooo bad

Ben36 said:
I advise backing up before updating if you wanna see what it's like. Omg it's soooo bad
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I should have read it first before updating.

I'm using the new xda one app. Its in alpha but OMG is it so much better than tapatalk. I already rated its app as crap on the playstore lol.

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I'm using the new xda one app. Its in alpha but OMG is it so much better than tapatalk. I already rated its app as crap on the playstore lol.
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I want more than just xda access tho. Thankfully I'm back on the older version and can actually make sense of what's going on. Who ever designed that new update needs a punch in the face

You should get used to play with this new UI but I would not say it's awful.
BTW Tapatalk has now access to your position and accounts (I saw these requests through Xprivacy).

Subscribed didn't show any forums
You couldn't tell what was read and unread
You couldn't mark forums as read.
When you finally got to the forum you subscribe to and went to a topic, going back takes you right out of the forum.
In my opinion definitely awful is the best description

Are there any alternatives?
The new update really is ****.

Smash41 said:
Are there any alternatives?
The new update really is ****.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733755 but no recent updates (on XDA at least).

Just updated to see what all the fuss was about. They ruined it. Glad I had a copy of 4.9.5 in Titanium lol.

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I'm using the new xda one app. Its in alpha but OMG is it so much better than tapatalk. I already rated its app as crap on the playstore lol.
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Link please?
Sent from my Nexus 5 ?

kapucho19 said:
Link please?
Sent from my Nexus 5 ?
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Here

Ben36 said:
I want more than just xda access tho. Thankfully I'm back on the older version and can actually make sense of what's going on. Who ever designed that new update needs a punch in the face
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EDIT: Nevermind, dumb me found the link before your post. :angel:

I made the mistake and now i finaly switched to xda go app. That tapatalk app is so terrible right now that i cant even understand how bad it is. Been using the pro version since 2010 but now its enough.

jnne2012 said:
I made the mistake and now i finaly switched to xda go app. That tapatalk app is so terrible right now that i cant even understand how bad it is. Been using the pro version since 2010 but now its enough.
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Yes that's the problem, Tapatalk is the only app, forum friend is to slow and other i don't find. I use Tapatalk since years but it's getting more and more horrible and the last two updates are the biggest crap i ever see. The XDA App is nice, if you want a app for more Forum you are lost

Tapaltk is orrible now....

Have someone found a decent alternative for it?

Just go back to 4.9.5 from the link in post #3