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I just bought a Verizon Galaxy Tab and wow, is this thing always this slow and sluggish? I am coming from a Droid X with Fission Rom and its so snappy. What do I need to do to speed it up? I rooted it with Z4root, have bootstrapper installed. What ROM would make this thing fly if any?
Very disappointed in this so far... Could I possibly have bad hardware? Any help, tips, etc would be great.
Thanks...
Afraid so. The best thing to do is root it and convert the filesystem to ext4....that helps a LOT!!
Remember to ALWAYS DO A BACKUP FIRST!!!!
I too have a vzw galaxy tab and noticed its much slower AFTER using ADW Launcher EX. Now I know its going to be a little slower just becuase it has to run that 24/7 but it locks up a lot and is just generally slower. Has anyone else had these issues after installing ADW???
Also is installing the VZW tablet bootstrap from the market going to give me noticeable preformance?
I am searching around for instructions on converting file system for CDMA verizon tab. Not finding anything. Have any links on the steps to take?
I'm using adw launcher ex and it fast
Ext4 to speed up file system by approx 40%
Overcome_v1.2.1
Then clock to 1.4 GHz
2200+ on quadrant test
1789 without overclock
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Use the Voodoo Kernal for Vzw, I dont think I would do the bootstrap again knowing what I know now.
Bobby Buggs said:
Use the Voodoo Kernal for Vzw, I dont think I would do the bootstrap again knowing what I know now.
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Agreed. Although the bootstrapper + heimdall flash did work for me, the Voodoo kernel is MUCH better.
Be sure to grab SetCPU and Voltage Control while you're at it. At 1.4ghz, my tab screams.
What settings are you running with SetCPU and voltage control? I installed Voodoo and it is faster but the typing lag is driving me nuts. Any of you having serious lag on keyboard while typing?
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First, sorry in advance for the noob questions..
I am a first time Android phone owner. I ended up with the Revo because SWMBO said I could upgrade but only if it was free. Since it was the only 4G phone I could get for free (through newegg) other than the Stratosphere that's what I got. Otherwise it was the Galaxy Nexus for me.
Overall I am quite pleased with the Revo after dumping the stock ROM and installing Gingervolt 1.3. The only thing I don't like much is battery life but I understand that is fairly common among android devices. I suspect the ebay app is not helping but we'll see how it goes.
My last phone was a Blackberry Bold. I gotta say that the Blackberry has it all over android when it comes to email push. I don't much like gmail but yahoo's android app does a pretty good job, so I'm satisfied with it even if it does have to pull the email versus getting pushed. Also, copy/paste is far superior on the blackberry due to the trackball. I really don't like the way GB copy/pastes. It's a PITA.
However, after reading all 86 pages of the GV1.3 developer's thread, I see several references to supercharging.
I am assuming supercharing refers to the ability to overclock and/or underclock the processor. Is this possible with the stock GV1.3 ROM or is there an add on I have to install? I see there are apps in the market to do this. Is this the same or is this something different? I would like to overclock it a bit to see if that resolves the sluggishness the phone sometimes experiences and also see how bad it affects battery life.
In addition I tried to reinstall the stock LG weather widget by using ES File Explorer to put the .apk file back into the system/apps directory but it doesn't work. It won't show up in the list of widgets, etc. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Michael
Radius118 said:
First, sorry in advance for the noob questions..
I am a first time Android phone owner. I ended up with the Revo because SWMBO said I could upgrade but only if it was free. Since it was the only 4G phone I could get for free (through newegg) other than the Stratosphere that's what I got. Otherwise it was the Galaxy Nexus for me.
Overall I am quite pleased with the Revo after dumping the stock ROM and installing Gingervolt 1.3. The only thing I don't like much is battery life but I understand that is fairly common among android devices. I suspect the ebay app is not helping but we'll see how it goes.
My last phone was a Blackberry Bold. I gotta say that the Blackberry has it all over android when it comes to email push. I don't much like gmail but yahoo's android app does a pretty good job, so I'm satisfied with it even if it does have to pull the email versus getting pushed. Also, copy/paste is far superior on the blackberry due to the trackball. I really don't like the way GB copy/pastes. It's a PITA.
However, after reading all 86 pages of the GV1.3 developer's thread, I see several references to supercharging.
I am assuming supercharing refers to the ability to overclock and/or underclock the processor. Is this possible with the stock GV1.3 ROM or is there an add on I have to install? I see there are apps in the market to do this. Is this the same or is this something different? I would like to overclock it a bit to see if that resolves the sluggishness the phone sometimes experiences and also see how bad it affects battery life.
In addition I tried to reinstall the stock LG weather widget by using ES File Explorer to put the .apk file back into the system/apps directory but it doesn't work. It won't show up in the list of widgets, etc. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Michael
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I'll get as much as I can with this as I'm on my phone
1. Thank you so much for being dedicated and reading up on what you did to your phone.
2. Supercharging is a script. I believe it is built into the rom already.
3. To over clock the cpu download the blitz kernel and flash. Then download either cpu master or setcpu from the market.
4. Idk how to do widgets like that:-(
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CPU tuner is a free alternative and still has profiles like setcpu
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CPU tuner is a free alternative and still has profiles like setcpu
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CPU tuner is more costumizable than setcpu
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I'll get as much as I can with this as I'm on my phone
1. Thank you so much for being dedicated and reading up on what you did to your phone.
2. Supercharging is a script. I believe it is built into the rom already.
3. To over clock the cpu download the blitz kernel and flash. Then download either cpu master or setcpu from the market.
4. Idk how to do widgets like that:-(
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Thanks for the response..
1: Yes, I do try to read first before asking dumb questions. Even then I still end up asking them. Thanks for your patience.
2: How do I access it? I've looked all over the place in all the settings on the phone with GV1.3 installed and I haven't seen anything like that.
3: Where do I get the blitz kernel?
4: Fair enough. The instructions I read simply said to put the file "weatherwidget.apk" in the system/apps directory and don't try to install it. But from there I don't know what else to do.
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CPU tuner is a free alternative and still has profiles like setcpu
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CPU tuner is more costumizable than setcpu
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Free and better ftw x 2.
Michael
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Michael
i dont want to post a new thread for such a dumb question so hopefully peole will see this...does the revo has any sense roms available? i have searched this device 'development' thread and didn't see any...
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i dont want to post a new thread for such a dumb question so hopefully peole will see this...does the revo has any sense roms available? i have searched this device 'development' thread and didn't see any...
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Not only one rom and that's gingervolt.
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Not only one rom and that's gingervolt.
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this device only has 1 rom?
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this device only has 1 rom?
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We only have one developer unfortunately but he does great!
GINGERVOLTED!
Here is the blitzkrieg topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371022
Radius118 said:
1: Yes, I do try to read first before asking dumb questions. Even then I still end up asking them. Thanks for your patience.
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Don't be afraid to ask questions around the revolution forums, we're a pretty friendly bunch and there are always lots of people willing to help or do their best to point you in the right direction.
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Don't be afraid to ask questions around the revolution forums, we're a pretty friendly bunch and there are always lots of people willing to help or do their best to point you in the right direction.
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Thanks for that. As you well know some forums are not nearly so friendly.
Okay so let me see if I've got this straight:
GV 1.3 already has V6 supercharger included, but how do you access it's settings? Or are there settings to access at all?
To upgrade V6 supercharger to the latest beta I need to follow the directions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379564 right?
To overclock I need to install the blitzkrieg kernal available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371022 and then install CPU tuner to manage it?
How do you calibrate the battery? I read this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11803458&postcount=10 Is that how you're supposed to do it? It looks like that was written for a Motorola device
I also found this thread regarding tweaks and scripts? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227269 I'm not really sure how to use any of these or whether I should use any of these.
Another note: I'm typically not a habitual tinkerer when it comes to my phones. I get them setup the way I like them and then leave them alone.
And while I am at it, since it's highly unlikely that LG or Verizon will upgrade the revo to ICS, do you think it will get done by someone here?
Thanks,
Michael
Radius118 said:
Thanks for that. As you well know some forums are not nearly so friendly.
Okay so let me see if I've got this straight:
GV 1.3 already has V6 supercharger included, but how do you access it's settings? Or are there settings to access at all?
To upgrade V6 supercharger to the latest beta I need to follow the directions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379564 right?
To overclock I need to install the blitzkrieg kernal available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371022 and then install CPU tuner to manage it?
How do you calibrate the battery? I read this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11803458&postcount=10 Is that how you're supposed to do it? It looks like that was written for a Motorola device
I also found this thread regarding tweaks and scripts? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227269 I'm not really sure how to use any of these or whether I should use any of these.
Another note: I'm typically not a habitual tinkerer when it comes to my phones. I get them setup the way I like them and then leave them alone.
And while I am at it, since it's highly unlikely that LG or Verizon will upgrade the revo to ICS, do you think it will get done by someone here?
Thanks,
Michael
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Yeah Gingervolt 1.3 has the supercharger already included, but there's no real way of actually accesing it. You might want to try downloading script manager from the market and see if you can find it that way. But if you want the latest version of the Supercharger, then ya go to the V6 supercharger thread in general and download the latest version. You'll need to uninstall the Supercharger built into the rom first then install the new one using Script Manager. The V6 Supercharger Thread should have all the instructions.
For overclocking, yes that's what you need to do. Blitz will overclock it to 1.5GHz but you can use the CPU apps to change it to whatever you like (1.5 or less).
To calibrate the battery, all i did was download the battery calibrator app from the market. You charge your phone to 100% then hit calibrate.
For tweaks specific to this phone, I would suggest looking at this thread instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420199
We're all hoping MT, the one dev we have, can work some magic and get us ICS but we just have to wait and see i guess lol.
Hope this helped.
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Yeah Gingervolt 1.3 has the supercharger already included, but there's no real way of actually accesing it. You might want to try downloading script manager from the market and see if you can find it that way. But if you want the latest version of the Supercharger, then ya go to the V6 supercharger thread in general and download the latest version. You'll need to uninstall the Supercharger built into the rom first then install the new one using Script Manager. The V6 Supercharger Thread should have all the instructions.
For overclocking, yes that's what you need to do. Blitz will overclock it to 1.5GHz but you can use the CPU apps to change it to whatever you like (1.5 or less).
To calibrate the battery, all i did was download the battery calibrator app from the market. You charge your phone to 100% then hit calibrate.
For tweaks specific to this phone, I would suggest looking at this thread instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420199
We're all hoping MT, the one dev we have, can work some magic and get us ICS but we just have to wait and see i guess lol.
Hope this helped.
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Yes it has, thank you.
And mega thanks to MT for all of his hard work. I would have sent this phone back if it weren't for him.
So this is the order I plan to do this. Please chime in and let me know if I am wrong. Hopefully soon cause I am starting now.
1: CWM backup
2: Install blitz
3: Install CPU tuner
4: Install script manager
5: uninstall built in supercharger
6: install updated V6 supercharger
7: Perform whatever build.prop tweaks I think I need to do
8: Calibrate battery
9: Marvel at the new found goodness that is my LG Revolution.
Michael
Radius118 said:
Yes it has, thank you.
And mega thanks to MT for all of his hard work. I would have sent this phone back if it weren't for him.
So this is the order I plan to do this. Please chime in and let me know if I am wrong. Hopefully soon cause I am starting now.
1: CWM backup
2: Install blitz
3: Install CPU tuner
4: Install script manager
5: uninstall built in supercharger
6: install updated V6 supercharger
7: Perform whatever build.prop tweaks I think I need to do
8: Calibrate battery
9: Marvel at the new found goodness that is my LG Revolution.
Michael
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Looks like a good plan of attack. And definitely profit with your new found rank of a phone
BLITZ ledded adshot nitro supercharged Gingerlution
I'm glad i could help. Ya that should work great for you. If you get stuck feel free to ask.
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I'm glad i could help. Ya that should work great for you. If you get stuck feel free to ask.
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Thanks. I was on irc until the SO high jacked me to go to cold stone. Now she is pissed at me cause I won't get off my phone.
Lots of setting up to do in cpu tuner. Blitz and newest v6 supercharger installed. Phone is running nicely.
When i find work and actually have some money I am most definitely sending MT a donation!
Oh! And my honey bought me a present. Verizon store has the 2900 extended battery on sale at 50% off - $25.00.
Michael
Radius118 said:
Thanks. I was on irc until the SO high jacked me to go to cold stone. Now she is pissed at me cause I won't get off my phone.
Lots of setting up to do in cpu tuner. Blitz and newest v6 supercharger installed. Phone is running nicely.
When i find work and actually have some money I am most definitely sending MT a donation!
Oh! And my honey bought me a present. Verizon store has the 2900 extended battery on sale at 50% off - $25.00.
Michael
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No problem at all man. Haha ya there are a lot of things to play around with especially with a new phone. Good to hear it's working well for you.
Yeah MT has definitely done an awesome job. I just wish we had more devs to help out.
Haha very nice. The extended battery is definitely gonna come in handy with this phone.
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Oh! And my honey bought me a present. Verizon store has the 2900 extended battery on sale at 50% off - $25.00.
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My first impression when I got my extended battery was how much bigger and heavier the phone felt. BUT, I love not worrying anymore about the battery. I haven't ever considered going back to the little battery!
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after researching the net for ways to speed up my revo I have came across people talking about "smurf" or "thunderbolt" for the revo and im not sure what they are talking about. im a noob but I am currently brokenout 1.1 with blitz 3.0 do I need to de these things or a supercharger to speed my phone up more, i may be new to this but i can usually figure it out with instructions, thanks for any help
Those are tweaks that do speed up the phone quite a bit. My personal preference is thunderbolt because it comes in a zip file that you just flash through cwm whereas Smurffed out is a physical script you run through a script manager. Some users prefer this because you can truly customize the settings on smurffed out but for some reason I've had keyboard issues every time I install it so I always end up removing it. The t bolt script has worked well though with no problems.
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after researching the net for ways to speed up my revo I have came across people talking about "smurf" or "thunderbolt" for the revo and im not sure what they are talking about. im a noob but I am currently brokenout 1.1 with blitz 3.0 do I need to de these things or a supercharger to speed my phone up more, i may be new to this but i can usually figure it out with instructions, thanks for any help
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They are script Tweaks; Battery life, Min max CPU settings etc. etc.
check this out, its older but SPC took the time to explain most of this already
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420199&highlight=smurf
where can i find the thunderbolt zip file?
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where can i find the thunderbolt zip file?
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Searching is a good way to start
i typed smurfed out into google and here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517632
I got AnTuTu benchmark tonight just to check my scores and when I scrolled down to the scores of other people, guess what I found? HTC Desire C phones with frequencies over 1GHz. I'm used to seeing Desire C's overclocked by NOPE or Prometheus kernel, but I never heard of a kernel that overclocks the device at over 1000MHz...
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I got AnTuTu benchmark tonight just to check my scores and when I scrolled down to the scores of other people, guess what I found? HTC Desire C phones with frequencies over 1GHz. I'm used to seeing Desire C's overclocked by NOPE or Prometheus kernel, but I never heard of a kernel that overclocks the device at over 1000MHz...
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this si fake ....
this is desire v but in build.prop people has ben set desire ....lol
Hahaha build.prop
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Hi to all! Is there any guy from Greece who has the Desire C_golfu or in general, because i can only overclock it up to 750 MHz!
Continue:
Just asking :
((I have realised- not always)), either when its... a little bit "full loaded" or if i haven't used it for some hour and then I am writing a message (messenger, viber), it restarts!-
The problem, is that i haven't used it much time as a stock rom (and unrooted), just to see if it was because of the greek model i have..... or know with the custom rom i use! (The usual thaught, that when its original, its more stable....)
Thanks anyway for your info!
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Hi to all! Is there any guy from Greece who has the Desire C_golfu or in general, because i can only overclock it up to 750 MHz!
Continue:
Just asking :
((I have realised- not always)), either when its... a little bit "full loaded" or if i haven't used it for some hour and then I am writing a message (messenger, viber), it restarts!-
The problem, is that i haven't used it much time as a stock rom (and unrooted), just to see if it was because of the greek model i have..... or know with the custom rom i use! (The usual thaught, that when its original, its more stable....)
Thanks anyway for your info!
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I'm greek and own an unrooted and run stock ROM. Maybe I'm the answer to your problem.
What exactly are you looking for? Cause I lost you. Do you need the stock rom? Only a specific file?
Never experienced random restarts. It is stable and strong, minor the radio app bug and the app shortcuts of the home screen gone missing after soft-reseting my phone.
I'm a complete android noob though, but I'm willing to help you.
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I'm greek and own an unrooted and run stock ROM. Maybe I'm the answer to your problem.
What exactly are you looking for? Cause I lost you. Do you need the stock rom? Only a specific file?
Never experienced random restarts. It is stable and strong, minor the radio app bug and the app shortcuts of the home screen gone missing after soft-reseting my phone.
I'm a complete android noob though, but I'm willing to help you.
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Its ok, I have just realised how it works! Well, as for your problem, i think i have a solution from a thread here which i can't found know! As i remembered ( i think it works but i am not sure- also i don't have this problem know, probably because of the rooted phone), its because your installed apps go to /system/app and they have to be on /data/app with the help of an file explorer e.g. ES3 explorer
Hi guys, i wanna perform a downgrade back to jellybean because kit kat really gets on my nerves for multiple reasons..
The reason i have not done this yet is purely because i dont want to lose anything i have on my phone, basically I'm looking for a backup programme which backs up absolutely everything i have on my internal storage, including 3rd party apps I've installed and set up, downloaded videos which are stored within apps and everything else pretty much THEN once I have performed the downgrade, to be able to just restore the backup and have my phone identical to how it is now only with jellybean instead of kitkat. Is this possible? Cheers in advance.
Titanium Backup is Good but sometimes gives errors.. I personally use Super Backup Pro it never fails very good for App and other items backup and restore
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For apps titanium for pics, mega, 50GB for free, never runs out like dropbox will.
If you're going to get titanium, pay for the pro version, you'll thank me later when you're restoring your apps.
Ok cheers guys, i will look into them all.
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Ok cheers guys, i will look into them all.
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NP m8.
PS: Spotted you without a thanks, put one on there for ya
dladz said:
If you're going to get titanium, pay for the pro version, you'll thank me later when you're restoring your apps.
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This! Especially when switching ROMs often, you will find the added features from the pro version helpful.
I was greatful for being able to restore the device ID so apps would just work like before.
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This! Especially when switching ROMs often, you will find the added features from the pro version helpful.
I was greatful for being able to restore the device ID so apps would just work like before.
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Very true, using the non pro version will work but it's a mundane task to have to allow and then install each and every app one after another, very useful if you plan on testing different roms with your apps, the automated process is so much quicker and it'll save you time.
Half way through installing 300+ apps you'll be thinking of that pro key.
Plus the do deserve your cash, amazing app titanium.
When looking into these backup apps including titanium it says I need to be rooted to use the features i want. I'm not rooted and dont really plan to be. It's a shame really because i moved over to android so i had more freedom and control over my device and at first I had as much control as i needed with jellybean (more is better obviously) but the kitkat update pretty much made every sd enabled phone into a poor device. Plus I find the wifi range is really bad on kitkat but jellybean had so much better range. My point is that it's annoying that i should have to root my phone to make it as i want it and be able to toy with the settings when really it should already either have these features or be better optimised. Now I'm wondering if i should just root my phone rather than downgrading it? If i root it can i tweak the wifi range? And can I allow my apps to have better access to my sd card? Also if i upgrade to 4.4.4 can i still root the phone after? Cheers
If you root, it is easier to do on 4.4.4, and you can fix the sd card issue.
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Fantastic help from you guys, much appreciated. It's good to actually be on a forum without morons! Lol
Ok so im now possibly leaning toward the rooting route.. Would you advise getting it done by someone in a shop or doing it myself? I'm pretty competent but if it's a risky process then I'd rather it be done properly! Are there any good tutorials for rooting from 4.4.4? Also does rooting wipe the phone memory? Cheers
And any app recommendations for rooted phones that allow me to sort out the sd access problems, also apps that allow me to tinker with my wifi range etc.. Just any good full customisation apps really so i can really get this phone as it should be!
Follow my signature, its a one click solution and takes about 30 seconds
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Follow my signature, its a one click solution and takes about 30 seconds
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Cheers pal
Ok so just to be sure.. My phone is totally standard running standard 4.4.4, all I have to do is download and run the tool and my phone is rooted? I don't have to make any mods to my phone first to prepare for it?
I only ask because people mention locked and unlocked boot loaders, i dont know what they are! Or the difference between them.
Sorry for being a pain!
No, just download newroot, run it, then you are rooted and have recovery.
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Follow my signature, its a one click solution and takes about 30 seconds
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You sir, are a life saver, I've been deciding to go root my device but ha Ave yet to have a one stop shop to cover all what is necessary. Cheers mate!
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