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[Q] Newbie questions?

I started a thread in the main section (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321122) about android phones, specifically the Galaxy S4 and HTC One, as I am looking at getting a work phone and thought I'd go for something different from my iphone.
After having a play with the S4 and One in store I prefer the One, however one thing I don't like with the One is the black background/wallpaper for the app screen and other menus, and much prefer the look of the S4's (see pics on the other thread). From the other thread I have been advised that you can change this on the One, but this would require rooting/hacking the phone. I don't mind doing this but am worried a little about glitches, is there a ROM that is generally regarded as 'glitch free' for this phone?
Also, I am a little concerned about warranty as any hacking or unlocking is apparently flagged, although again I have been advised that you can get something called s-off for the one that takes away the flags that say it's been hacked/unlocked. Is this true? If so what is s-off and where do you get it from?
Alternative to rooting the phone, is it likely that you will be able to make such changes to the 'look' of the phone/UI at some point, maybe with a ROM update, or OS update?

snerkler said:
I started a thread in the main section (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321122) about android phones, specifically the Galaxy S4 and HTC One, as I am looking at getting a work phone and thought I'd go for something different from my iphone.
After having a play with the S4 and One in store I prefer the One, however one thing I don't like with the One is the black background/wallpaper for the app screen and other menus, and much prefer the look of the S4's (see pics on the other thread). From the other thread I have been advised that you can change this on the One, but this would require rooting/hacking the phone. I don't mind doing this but am worried a little about glitches, is there a ROM that is generally regarded as 'glitch free' for this phone?
Also, I am a little concerned about warranty as any hacking or unlocking is apparently flagged, although again I have been advised that you can get something called s-off for the one that takes away the flags that say it's been hacked/unlocked. Is this true? If so what is s-off and where do you get it from?
Alternative to rooting the phone, is it likely that you will be able to make such changes to the 'look' of the phone/UI at some point, maybe with a ROM update, or OS update?
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Hi, firstly yes, the black background can be changed to any picture or colour that you wish, however you will need to be rooted first.
Secondly, Android Revolution HD is regarded as one of the best stock ROMs with optimisations and it will always be glitch free.
Thirdly, S-OFF can be achieved via Revone which will mean you have full warranty. I would be happy to do this for you if you couldn't do it yourself.
Finally, you will never get an update from HTC which will allow further customization

MacHackz said:
Hi, firstly yes, the black background can be changed to any picture or colour that you wish, however you will need to be rooted first.
Secondly, Android Revolution HD is regarded as one of the best stock ROMs with optimisations and it will always be glitch free.
Thirdly, S-OFF can be achieved via Revone which will mean you have full warranty. I would be happy to do this for you if you couldn't do it yourself.
Finally, you will never get an update from HTC which will allow further customization
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Thanks for this, and taking the time to answer all questions. I've read numerous reports that the latest android OS will be available for the HTC One soon, is this a myth, or are you saying that an android update doesn't allow any different features or customisation?

snerkler said:
Thanks for this, and taking the time to answer all questions. I've read numerous reports that the latest android OS will be available for the HTC One soon, is this a myth, or are you saying that an android update doesn't allow any different features or customisation?
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I already have the latest OS, because Android Revolution has it

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I already have the latest OS, because Android Revolution has it
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Cool. What exactly is the ROM then? I understand what the OS is, and what the UI is, but what's the ROM and what does it do? (Sorry for the newbie questions)

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Cool. What exactly is the ROM then? I understand what the OS is, and what the UI is, but what's the ROM and what does it do? (Sorry for the newbie questions)
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The ROM is basically your system, so a new ROM upgrades your system components and modules for the best experience.

MacHackz said:
The ROM is basically your system, so a new ROM upgrades your system components and modules for the best experience.
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To elaborate further a Rom basically is a package with an os usually customized by the dev, which obviously includes the ui, and a kernel. Arhd which was mentioned is a very nice stable Rom which includes android 4.2.2 which as of this date is the very latest released. The official 4.2.2 update is coming sometime pretty soon to the developer edition phones... When it gets to carrier based models after that is carrier dependant and could take a while.

Thanks for the replies guys. It does make me wonder why developers restrict their ROMs so much if the phones are capable of so much more?
Another 'solution' I've been given is to create app shortcuts on a home/widget screen and then I could change the wallpaper here. But I guess this would lose some functionality, ie no quick access per se. I think I prefer the root solution.

Call Recording
I've been using Samsung Galaxy S3 rooted. Installed TotelRecall and worked well. Is there any rom comes with call recording facility? Or someone please explain how to enable 2 way call recording. I've rooted my HTC One.

[Q] What ROMs are popular among the sprint users?

Having already bricked my phone trying to put Revolution HD on it, (no sprint support) I thought I'd ask what people are currently running and their opinions. Most of the roms in our Development section are mostly graphical changes it seems, and lighter versions of cleanROM.
Are there any roms that are really popular for us poor Sprint customers?

I've run OMJ's, Mack's Dark Horse and settled on d3rp. Love the mobile commander and bareback options.
I feel like we have plenty of options, don't feel left out at all.
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I agree with the general sentiment, but if you want variety, have a go at the Original Development section. AOSP ROMs for this device are certainly out and about-- I didn't mind my experience with it (besides the then-prevalent sleep of death "bug").

Go to Sprint HTC One Android Development
Now go look at the views and mainly "replies" to each rom. That will give you a general idea of the favored roms. The method I use when getting a new phone or when a friend or family member comes over with a new phone and wanting a rom installed

naturecannon said:
Go to Sprint HTC One Android Development
Now go look at the views and mainly "replies" to each rom. That will give you a general idea of the favored roms. The method I use when getting a new phone or when a friend or family member comes over with a new phone and wanting a rom installed
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yeah but there is a sense rom that is not in that section that is very good. it got labeled under original android development.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41235490
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And it has way more than just graphical changes and is far from stock as one can get
From My TweakedOut ONE

swishersweedz420 said:
yeah but there is a sense rom that is not in that section that is very good. it got labeled under original android development.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41235490
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It's under original because there is no other rom like it. No other rom has the customization tranquil one does. It's original work
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difference between?

Sprint HTC One Android Development
and
Sprint HTC One Original Android Development
What is the difference?
Sorry if the question seems dumb or is overly obvious I am a little thick headed at times.

bongo264 said:
Sprint HTC One Android Development
and
Sprint HTC One Original Android Development
What is the difference?
Sorry if the question seems dumb or is overly obvious I am a little thick headed at times.
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The first is typically ROMs that are based on stock builds, some with customization.
The second is typically non-stock ROMs, like AOSP and the like, or sometimes Stock-based ROMs with HEAVY customization like the Badseed Tranquil ROM.

That's what I always thought, but I'm always seeing AOSP roms and Stock ROMs in the wrong threads. For example there is the Beanstalk ROM and a couple other CM ROMs in the normal thread and then there's the Badseed ROM in the Original thread =/

Some people want to be rebels.

I have also wondered the same thing. I Would vote to join the two forums because more people title the posts correctly than post to the correct forum.
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Yea I never liked the separated forums.
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The ORIGINAL work is in Original Android Dev. It does not necessarily need to 've AOSP. And the reason you see AOSP roms in regular Android Dev at all as opposed to Original Android Dev, is because those are largely based on other AOSP sources and hence are not ORIGINAL.
The Badseed rom is in Original Android Dev because it's not just a tweaked and optimized stock rom anymore, it's a whole new beast....I mean, have you guys seen any other rom where there's a toggle to invert the entire thing? Exactly...it's just insane the level to which they've taken customization and remade the entire stock rom.
If you guys are in a reading mood, this post by jayharper08 explains it perfectly. I'm not sure why a similar sticky hasn't been created in the Sprint HTC One forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37038201

Again, that makes no sense... There's no organization if both stock and AOSP can be in either forums. It should be Stock and AOSP... Nothing more and nothing less. I would also like to see a separate forum for Kernels, like a sub-forum to each of the forums. I know there isn't an abundance of Kernels out there for our particular device, but it should be that way for all devices to remove clutter.... especially for those that have a bunch of kernels available.
If it was worked out this way then we wouldn't have to tag everything like [ROM][AOSP][CUSTOM] before we even see what the names is.

Makes perfect sense here.
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Locking this as its been discussed in depth many times across xda now.
As posted there are some places to read up on the explanations...
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[Q] Non-Broken KitKat ROMs?

Is it just me, or does the Sprint HTC One seem to be completely overlooked by ROM developers? TWRP for Sprint HTC One is still only 2.6.3.0 despite 2.6.3.3 and 2.6.3.4 being out for other phones for months. Nearly every ROM I have looked at seems to support every HTC One variant except for Sprint. If you want Sprint support, you have to use an older version. The latest CWM for m7spr does support KitKat, and I have been able to install CM11 nightly, but this is extremely buggy, and every nightly build seems to introduce as many new problems as it solves. Is there any stable KitKat ROM that doesn't suck and supports Sprint? Is there a reason developers hate Sprint users? Please someone tell me the answer to this.

Well I'm on the official cm11 from 1/3 and its running perfectly now for me except the browser once l toggled the data to CDMA/lte but that's it. Ecliptic seems to run as good as any other 5.5 on 4.4 Sense in my experience with it. I only use Sense a little because since the 4.3 ota the WiFi doesn't upload data at all and I use that way too much to tolerate that absence but the devs overlook it. Oh well cm it is until its fixed by Sprint.
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No offense but if you bothered to do a simple Google search, you'd find that an official 4.4 OTA for sprint is not yet released which is why there is a lack of stable 4.4 roms...

vcumsk said:
No offense but if you bothered to do a simple Google search, you'd find that an official 4.4 OTA for sprint is not yet released which is why there is a lack of stable 4.4 roms...
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Agree with the need to do a search before complaining about the devs sucking around here (which is effectively what was said, imho).
I have to dissent from the 'no stable kitkit' ROMs, though. For instance, EclipicONE [4.4] is quite stable -- it is, after all, based on InsertCoin and I can't imagine anyone suggesting @baadnewz creates anything other than extremely stable ROMs when he says they're good to go, and @hawknest is clearly no slouch either. I've used EclipticONE since the final test versions for my day to day -- no problems at all and fact it's outperforming my 4.3 ROMs (generally use ViperONE or InsertCoin) handily in battery, speed (I clocked it up to the 1.7 our processor is supposed to be, but even the default 1.1GHz top end runs totally smoothly) and general operations.
Not on a high horse here -- just saying ... I find we do in fact have stable kitkat based roms.

Eliptic is super stable. It can't get better than this. Plus it has s2w and s2s
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TV4FUN said:
Is it just me, or does the Sprint HTC One seem to be completely overlooked by ROM developers? TWRP for Sprint HTC One is still only 2.6.3.0 despite 2.6.3.3 and 2.6.3.4 being out for other phones for months. Nearly every ROM I have looked at seems to support every HTC One variant except for Sprint. If you want Sprint support, you have to use an older version. The latest CWM for m7spr does support KitKat, and I have been able to install CM11 nightly, but this is extremely buggy, and every nightly build seems to introduce as many new problems as it solves. Is there any stable KitKat ROM that doesn't suck and supports Sprint? Is there a reason developers hate Sprint users? Please someone tell me the answer to this.
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try Beanstalk 4.4, it's stable and everything works.

Aldo101t said:
try Beanstalk 4.4, it's stable and everything works.
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Without tooting my own horn(cuz it ain't me who designs this ROM, I just build it), BS 4.4.205 is one of the best KK custom ROMs around, and I check. It does not have a completely bug-free experience, but for the scale of what is offered in options versus what doesn't work properly, you can't do much better anywhere. Most of the other custom ROMs are still implementing KK. As far as stock or stock-based, the earlier comments are all true. I do feel as though development here has stalled, and in general, Sprint is the ugly stepchild of the carrier system, based on how the phone is designed to run(totally different than any other carrier). Most of the truly gifted and knowledgeable devs have already moved on to the next big thing, which unfortunately, is the name of the game around here. But, I love my m7spr, and although I am not a coding guru, I plan to stick around for a while and try to get more cool ROM choices out there.

TV4FUN said:
Is it just me, or does the Sprint HTC One seem to be completely overlooked by ROM developers? TWRP for Sprint HTC One is still only 2.6.3.0 despite 2.6.3.3 and 2.6.3.4 being out for other phones for months. Nearly every ROM I have looked at seems to support every HTC One variant except for Sprint. If you want Sprint support, you have to use an older version. The latest CWM for m7spr does support KitKat, and I have been able to install CM11 nightly, but this is extremely buggy, and every nightly build seems to introduce as many new problems as it solves. Is there any stable KitKat ROM that doesn't suck and supports Sprint? Is there a reason developers hate Sprint users? Please someone tell me the answer to this.
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Thanks for joining XDA nearly 4 years ago and only posting 7 times. Good thing you used one of those 7 for this stupid post to discourage the developers we do have for Sprint. Boo I say, Boo!

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I'm getting really annoyed with these 'did you search first, stupid?' posts. Get off yourself. Yeah, there's a lot of information out there, but most of it's junk/spam, obsolete or completely irrelevant. There's so much crap info out there. If someone is unsure enough about something to get to the point of asking a question to get an answer, and you know the answer, just answer it.
Google 'sprint kit kat htc one'. Kind of interesting sure, but absolutely none of that is useful information esp in helping TV4FUN get an answer. Blogspot opinions, link farms copying things over and over, unrelated sprint and Moto(?!) info and random HTC ad crap, etc.
Similar experience to TV4FUN.. IMO there are no daily drivers for KK yet, probably not until Sprint KK and source is released. Much thanks to the devs who are working hard to get there though.
[irony]everyone stop beings dicks to everyone[/obvious]

pbassjunk said:
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I'm getting really annoyed with these 'did you search first, stupid?' posts. Get off yourself. Yeah, there's a lot of information out there, but most of it's junk/spam, obsolete or completely irrelevant. There's so much crap info out there. If someone is unsure enough about something to get to the point of asking a question to get an answer, and you know the answer, just answer it.
Google 'sprint kit kat htc one'. Kind of interesting sure, but absolutely none of that is useful information esp in helping TV4FUN get an answer. Blogspot opinions, link farms copying things over and over, unrelated sprint and Moto(?!) info and random HTC ad crap, etc.
Similar experience to TV4FUN.. IMO there are no daily drivers for KK yet, probably not until Sprint KK and source is released. Much thanks to the devs who are working hard to get there though.
[irony]everyone stop beings dicks to everyone[/obvious]
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It's just funny how I'm able to search and find 99% of the answers to questions I have. I don't think I'm special, it's just pretty east. That is why.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48697103
Me, @buckmarble and @brymaster5000
Have made kitkat on Sprint quite stable
From My Dark EclipticONE

hawknest said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48697103
Me, @buckmarble and @brymaster5000
Have made kitkat on Sprint quite stable
From My Dark EclipticONE
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Agreed! :good: :beer:

hawknest said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48697103
Me, @buckmarble and @brymaster5000
Have made kitkat on Sprint quite stable
From My Dark EclipticONE
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Yes thank you. I am using EclipticONE now and it is quite stable. By the way, does vDM client do anything important?
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I'm confused about this because little by little we are getting more and more roms for this phone more than when I first got here. A lot of the aosp issue we have the other variants of the m7 have as well and a lot are Google based issues, one reason the devs are having issues is that kit kat has changed a lot even cyanogen him self has said so.
Be patient and remember no one here gets paid for this, they do it out of love for Android and a little respect I believe is deserved.
Edit: Mods should have closed this a while ago because it kills moral.
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Ecliptic is good enough for a daily driver. In my opinion so are the nocturnal roms. I have never tried beanstalk so I cannot speak to that. But I think there are plenty of options out there. I guess it just boils down to how picky you are.

I would like to know what about ecliptic kk is not stable? just my 2 cents but most these issues people complain about are self induced due to lack of research or just nit picky! Come to think of it there isn't a single sense rom atleast that I have tried that isn't damn near perfect. I for one am feel very fortunate to be a part of the sprint m7 community

jblaze10 said:
I would like to know what about ecliptic kk is not stable? just my 2 cents but most these issues people complain about are self induced due to lack of research or just nit picky! Come to think of it there isn't a single sense rom atleast that I have tried that isn't damn near perfect. I for one am feel very fortunate to be a part of the sprint m7 community
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Depends who you ask. For some people, 'stable' means completely bug free.

vcumsk said:
Depends who you ask. For some people, 'stable' means completely bug free.
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Then "those" people should stick to stock software and not be installing custom ROMs.

raptoro07 said:
Then "those" people should stick to stock software and not be installing custom ROMs.
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EXACTLY!! And actually I think that with all these batt drain and SIM card issues the ota has presented. One could argue that the custom software here is better than the official versions!

OP you can go to Tmo now they will pay your ETF, get a gsm One if you need kit kat so bad
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[Q] Sense 7 thoughts?

Been a while since I moved away from my M7, however I am looking to resurrect the phone and maybe flash a Sense 7 rom.
When the ports first came out I noticed battery life was rather poor, if not very poor. Perhaps something I was doing wrong at the time, but I never returned to using a Sense 7 rom after that.
How do the latest Sense 7 ports compare these days, particularly over Sense 6 roms which I have found offer better battery life and perhaps more stability?
Any major bugs in Sense 7 roms to note?
What a great phone the M7 is. Many years old but still a powerful phone even on todays market. Good to see the devs still supporting the device.
Thanks.

Anyone?
Thanks.

maritimesbob said:
Been a while since I moved away from my M7, however I am looking to resurrect the phone and maybe flash a Sense 7 rom.
When the ports first came out I noticed battery life was rather poor, if not very poor. Perhaps something I was doing wrong at the time, but I never returned to using a Sense 7 rom after that.
How do the latest Sense 7 ports compare these days, particularly over Sense 6 roms which I have found offer better battery life and perhaps more stability?
Any major bugs in Sense 7 roms to note?
What a great phone the M7 is. Many years old but still a powerful phone even on todays market. Good to see the devs still supporting the device.
Thanks.
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Not sure if this answers your question, but I found this recent link which seems to offer a version for the M7 which includes Sense 7.
[ link blocked by XDA, will provide later, it's from a Turkish website and it's called "HTC One M7 (7.19.401.151) Sense 7 Ported - v2", you can probably find it online]
I will try translating the comments tomorrow to try to understand what it really is. Anyone familiar with the language please feel free to pitch in. One thing I'm confused about is that it lists the firmware version number as 7.19.401.151 Europe, while the version I recently flashed is 7.19.401.51 (last digits different).

xochipilli said:
Not sure if this answers your question, but I found this recent link which seems to offer a version for the M7 which includes Sense 7.
[ link blocked by XDA, will provide later, it's from a Turkish website and it's called "HTC One M7 (7.19.401.151) Sense 7 Ported - v2", you can probably find it online]
I will try translating the comments tomorrow to try to understand what it really is. Anyone familiar with the language please feel free to pitch in. One thing I'm confused about is that it lists the firmware version number as 7.19.401.151 Europe, while the version I recently flashed is 7.19.401.51 (last digits different).
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64543018
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cyrusct82 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...le to flash that firmare I referred to above?
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xochipilli said:
cyrusct82 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...t work because U model doesn't have LTE radio
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Thank you Mr Kong, that really clears things out.
Now if someone could address OP's initial concern about Sense 7 on an M7, that would be great.
Currently my phone is running ARHD 93.0 on a 7.19.401.51 and after tinkering quite a bit I got Sense Toolbox (Xposed) to work and I'm rather happy with it.

xochipilli said:
Thank you Mr Kong, that really clears things out.
Now if someone could address OP's initial concern about Sense 7 on an M7, that would be great.
Currently my phone is running ARHD 93.0 on a 7.19.401.51 and after tinkering quite a bit I got Sense Toolbox (Xposed) to work and I'm rather happy with it.
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Sense 7 ROMs are pretty much rock stable, with good performance. Battery life is a bit worse than Sense 6, but not much. I tried pretty much all sense 7 ROMs, and each one had at least one small bug that was very annoying to me, so I stuck with stock Sense 6 ROM. By small bug I really mean small, and there are fixes on xda, but I feel that Sense 7 doesn't bring any concrete upgrade, so I don't use it