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rooting the ONE is it worth it...or should i

any one regret rooting the one ? i had a htc sensation rooted but alll the roms seem to have some thing that did not work...the one seems to be fine the way it is so before i root it i wanted some option ..... do the the htc one also have roms with broken parts of it ?
should i just wait on the updates ?

Really depends on how you use your device and how you feel about the stock setup. I didn't like having all the bloatware that AT&T packed on and really wanted to play around more under the hood, but obviously that is not for everyone and comes with all of the standard risks.
I'm running the latest ViperOne ROM and really love the options that can be set and tweaked. So many ROM options available for the device the choices are almost endless.

You haven't tried Trickdroid 9.0. Amazing rom that's not missing anything! insane battery life also

does the update also add alot of features ?

I've rooted every android phone I've had and flashed numerous roms on each one but this is the first device that I've left completely stock. I don't even have an unlocked bootloader. The phone is just fine the way it is, I will not be rooting or unlocking the bootloader on this phone anytime soon. Myself and many other users used to root our phones and flash custom roms because android phones used to be incredibly laggy and we always wanted better performance. Overclocking our processors was the norm but now android has matured so much and devices are ridiculously powerful now there is just no need to change them. Even if we were to still overclock our devices you wouldn't see a change in performance.
It's completely up to you though.

Personally, I think rooting is worth it just for the ad blocking it allows; i.e. editing the hosts file. Running a custom rom, being able to backup with titanium and nandroids, and changing radios is just gravy. And if you've ever had a device go south without a custom recovery already on it it's incredibly difficult to fix.
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lampel said:
Personally, I think rooting is worth it just for the ad blocking it allows; i.e. editing the hosts file. Running a custom rom, being able to backup with titanium and nandroids, and changing radios is just gravy. And if you've ever had a device go south without a custom recovery already on it it's incredibly difficult to fix.
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Devices don't tend to break on stock, that is a case for warranty

Matt said:
Devices don't tend to break on stock, that is a case for warranty
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The wife bought a refurb Acer tablet - no warranty (I think it was thirty days.) Was ridiculous to restore. I learned my lesson, well! And I'd rather be able to fix it myself than be without while I wait for someone else to. To each their own...
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yeah if this was a slow phone or laggy maybe i would,but a have read a few tread with custom roms and some are having trouble with them,think i'll wait on update....although the 4.2.2 update seems to not be coming to t-mobile,all i got so far was a small update.

I have only had the One for a few weeks, but I rooted it and flashed CM10.1 before I even put my SIM in it. Definitely worth it. No reason to deal with carrier restrictions.

t mobile told me there is no 4.2.2 update for the htc one......HTC said the same thing,so now im wondering how come people are saying there receiving this update..
who's lying

bucknaked said:
t mobile told me there is no 4.2.2 update for the htc one......HTC said the same thing,so now im wondering how come people are saying there receiving this update..
who's lying
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There will be no 4.2.2 update from tmobile, my guess is they are gonna skip that and go straight to 4.3 plus they said it on the internet on the news that htc said it themselves and that there would be no customer benefit for an update like 4.2.2 so they said they were gonna skip it and bring up 4.3.
The update started along the lines of outside international countries that aren't big market carriers and then it rolled on slowly...so no one's lying you just have to do some research on the internet but that 4.2.2 update never got to the US thats why it was never rolled out to large carriers to their customers..
Hopefully this gave you some insight on things that are currently happening.
Sent from my ViperOne

leohdz148 said:
There will be no 4.2.2 update from tmobile, my guess is they are gonna skip that and go straight to 4.3 plus they said it on the internet on the news that htc said it themselves and that there would be no customer benefit for an update like 4.2.2 so they said they were gonna skip it and bring up 4.3.
The update started along the lines of outside international countries that aren't big market carriers and then it rolled on slowly...so no one's lying you just have to do some research on the internet but that 4.2.2 update never got to the US thats why it was never rolled out to large carriers to their customers..
Hopefully this gave you some insight on things that are currently happening.
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there was alot of people saying they received the 4.2.2 update to there htc one

bucknaked said:
there was alot of people saying they received the 4.2.2 update to there htc one
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It had to have been those in the UK or in some parts of the world because it started from one small part of the world, I mean those that are not on carriers, and it did end up in parts of the UK but it never got to the US and if people who are in the US saying they got the update they changed their CID to a region that had the update rolling out so really no one on this side of the US has that software except verizon because they shipped those one models with the current software, and the GPE ones got an update first because well those aren't sold by carrier they are sold by htc themselves on their website. So yes people have said that they receive it but unless there is proof I wouldn't go off of their word, they more than likely did something to their phone to get that software, they might have a custom rom on their phone or done something to get it officially but here in the us there is no word of 4.2.2 ever coming to their customers....of course except verizon....
Well hopefully this helps...if you have any other questions or concerns please do let us know as we want to help you out
Sent from my ViperOne

guess i may have to root it to get the extra features,just hate all the other problems that comes with custom roms,there always updating to fix this or that.

bucknaked said:
guess i may have to root it to get the extra features,just hate all the other problems that comes with custom roms,there always updating to fix this or that.
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Not always. Running a stock 4.2.2 Rom or something without major modifications will be smooth for a long time. I ran Mike's stock build rooted for almost a month with no issues at all.
It all depends on what you want from it. If you want all the themes and icon changes and modify this and that, you will have issues. But if you JUST want the newest version out there then I would say go ahead and run a stock build, get it odexed (not deodexed) and you will have buttery smoothness
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is revone still not working for updated htc ones ?
or have they got that fixed ?

zammboss said:
You haven't tried Trickdroid 9.0. Amazing rom that's not missing anything! insane battery life also
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Hi, I am looking for ROM with better battery life than Stock.
My average battery drain about 1% for about 4-5 minutes while using Internet via WIFI for browsing using JB's 4.2.2 default browser, chatting via WhatsApp, reading emails and using Blink Feed.
How about using this ROM?
Thanks.

My main reason FOR rooting, was to theme the phone red. I have the HTC one Red edition. And just love red. I also hate blink feed. Ive flashed Venom rom, and desensed it. Battery life is amazing, I cant find anything that don't work, well nothing I need to use anyway. Plus they have there own red theme, and with the help of a few icon designes from Seriously Crazy. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091654 This is what ive come up with.
So worth rotting for me, if only for the theming, and gtting rid of blink feed.
Steve

N9005 stock rom/firmware

Did my search but nothing found! (Maybe I didn't try hard enough?) I'm questioning the rom/firmware gurus on this one.
I previously owned a N9005 variant and loved the rom! Now I was at At&t messing with the Note 3 N900A and its BLOATED! Now I do know it'll probably require a root but is it possible to install the N9005 version of android on the N900A. Yes there is a difference!

PatienceWithin said:
Did my search but nothing found! (Maybe I didn't try hard enough?) I'm questioning the rom/firmware gurus on this one.
I previously owned a N9005 variant and loved the rom! Now I was at At&t messing with the Note 3 N900A and its BLOATED! Now I do know it'll probably require a root but is it possible to install the N9005 version of android on the N900A. Yes there is a difference!
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You can't just use the 9005 ROM, you have to have a ported ROM. Xnote over in the development section is based off the international version and it's what I use. And yes, your right. There is a huge difference lol

Sweet, thanks for the response. I knew it would need to be ported over but I'll check Xnote out!
Anyone familiar with Straight talk sim cards as in is there two different micro sims? (Grey and Blue?)

Sorry I can't tell you the difference in SIM cards. But can you tell me some software differences you found between the 9005 and 900A?

440bro said:
Sorry I can't tell you the difference in SIM cards. But can you tell me some software differences you found between the 9005 and 900A?
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I had a Czech variant of the N9005. I couldn't pick up At&t 4G/LTE because of software restrictions but I can say. It ran a lot cleaner. Everything was a lot more responsive. I'm thinking the N900A, why it's backed up a little because of its bloatware from hell and back! When I mentioned about the difference earlier in my posting. It dawned on me that some of those things I liked on the N9005 was part of the LTE features and the N900A doesn't have those features. Impossible to get but I did notice which I miss is when you hold the power button on the N9005. A menu appears and give you several options. The N900A doesn't give you those options. Only very little options which I miss.
When texting, At&t has this symbol that appears to the left of the suggestive would you may be typing. Annoying as hell but the N9005 doesn't have it. Another reasons why I'm after that copy.

PatienceWithin said:
I had a Czech variant of the N9005. I couldn't pick up At&t 4G/LTE because of software restrictions but I can say. It ran a lot cleaner. Everything was a lot more responsive. I'm thinking the N900A, why it's backed up a little because of its bloatware from hell and back! When I mentioned about the difference earlier in my posting. It dawned on me that some of those things I liked on the N9005 was part of the LTE features and the N900A doesn't have those features. Impossible to get but I did notice which I miss is when you hold the power button on the N9005. A menu appears and give you several options. The N900A doesn't give you those options. Only very little options which I miss.
When texting, At&t has this symbol that appears to the left of the suggestive would you may be typing. Annoying as hell but the N9005 doesn't have it. Another reasons why I'm after that copy.
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Thanks for sharing with me. I appreciate it. For weeks I tossed and turned about getting an 9005, or a plain unlocked 9000. Finally I tried squeezing an early upgrade out of att and got an 900A for cheap. I don't regret that now thanks to your remarks. I rooted, and debloated it so it seems a lot more peppy to me now than before. I also installed xposed framework. Using Gravity box and Wanam modules gives me some user customization. Like the power menu you mention. I prefer the swype keyboard, so I don't have your annoying suggestive word issue. So the only thing I'm missing out on are some LTE features. I'm not even sure what those are, so I guess ignorance is bliss in this case lol! Thanks again for your info.

Well in the Unbranded section of the N9005. Seems like a few members have a hunch that they can get the N9005 to read At&t bands. If it comes to light. It's do-able. I will be converting back over but will just have two Note 3s, ha. Now your N900A, how does it run without that extensive amount of bloatware?
Never got used to swype but the N9005 didn't have the annoying little arrow that pops up but maybe its just me being picky.

PatienceWithin said:
Well in the Unbranded section of the N9005. Seems like a few members have a hunch that they can get the N9005 to read At&t bands. If it comes to light. It's do-able. I will be converting back over but will just have two Note 3s, ha. Now your N900A, how does it run without that extensive amount of bloatware?
Never got used to swype but the N9005 didn't have the annoying little arrow that pops up but maybe its just me being picky.
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There's nothing wrong with being picky about our features! Android wouldn't of made it this far if people weren't picky lol!
Swype will suck for the first week of use. Make sure you register and backup your information. You have to mold the dictionary to you by adding your emails, passwords, and acronyms. If I add my 12 letter long last name on a tablet dictionary, it also adds it on my phone dictionary. So feeding the dictionary knowledge is easy. People are dumbfounded when they see how quickly I swype in information. Especially email addresses. I don't think I could live anymore without my swype!
I am a HUGE fan of debloating!!! I understand why carriers put that crap there. But I hope they understand the first day I have my device, is the same day I freeze and blast there crap outta here! Who wants att wifi app constantly turning on wifi and looking for signal? What a resource hog! Who wants drive mode when they have a galaxy gear? Who wants att navigation when google maps is preinstalled? I mean come on carriers!!! Nice try! I constantly monitor wake locks, and triggers. 3/4 of my waking and running activity is gone now that I've removed bloat. I haven't hit 40k on antu benchmark yet. But I'm happy with my 36.5k stats.
Sorry to hijack your thread :angel:

440bro said:
There's nothing wrong with being picky about our features! Android wouldn't of made it this far if people weren't picky lol!
Swype will suck for the first week of use. Make sure you register and backup your information. You have to mold the dictionary to you by adding your emails, passwords, and acronyms. If I add my 12 letter long last name on a tablet dictionary, it also adds it on my phone dictionary. So feeding the dictionary knowledge is easy. People are dumbfounded when they see how quickly I swype in information. Especially email addresses. I don't think I could live anymore without my swype!
I am a HUGE fan of debloating!!! I understand why carriers put that crap there. But I hope they understand the first day I have my device, is the same day I freeze and blast there crap outta here! Who wants att wifi app constantly turning on wifi and looking for signal? What a resource hog! Who wants drive mode when they have a galaxy gear? Who wants att navigation when google maps is preinstalled? I mean come on carriers!!! Nice try! I constantly monitor wake locks, and triggers. 3/4 of my waking and running activity is gone now that I've removed bloat. I haven't hit 40k on antu benchmark yet. But I'm happy with my 36.5k stats.
Sorry to hijack your thread :angel:
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Oh no no no. Not a problem at all. Just got off the phone with Straight talk. Since my Sim card is the older version. I had for my S3. It's doesn't carry the LTE compatibility. Just ordered another but while on my hunt for a decent ROM. You using stock Rom but debloated or? Asking because I'm not a real fan of XNote. I'm thinking of popping her cherry and breaking her in. (Phone's stock, not rooted yet)

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Oh no no no. Not a problem at all. Just got off the phone with Straight talk. Since my Sim card is the older version. I had for my S3. It's doesn't carry the LTE compatibility. Just ordered another but while on my hunt for a decent ROM. You using stock Rom but debloated or? Asking because I'm not a real fan of XNote. I'm thinking of popping her cherry and breaking her in. (Phone's stock, not rooted yet)
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Pop her cherry! Give her some kingo love and xposed framework. Don't forget to tibu her bloated butt lol!
I'm on the stock rom rooted and debloated. No custom roms and I'm more than happy with her! I am also picky. I've flashed a lot of custom roms in my day for my previous note devices. Just not the note 3 yet. It's snappy and VERY reliable/stable.

440bro said:
Pop her cherry! Give her some kingo love and xposed framework. Don't forget to tibu her bloated butt lol!
I'm on the stock rom rooted and debloated. No custom roms and I'm more than happy with her! I am also picky. I've flashed a lot of custom roms in my day for my previous note devices. Just not the note 3 yet. It's snappy and VERY reliable/stable.
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I had tried many different ROMS on my S3 but this will be my first with Note 3. I didn't even break in my N9005. I was chicken **** to do so. It was snappy and stable for me. I had no reason to root it.

PatienceWithin said:
I had tried many different ROMS on my S3 but this will be my first with Note 3. I didn't even break in my N9005. I was chicken **** to do so. It was snappy and stable for me. I had no reason to root it.
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If you're easily susceptible to peer pressure, and don't want to void your warranty, please don NOT read the next sentence.
Ahh come on! no need to be scared. Just root it! You know you want too! Everyone cool is doing it!! lol!
But on a serious note (not sure if pun is intended or not), you'll love xposed framework and debloating. It might give you back that 9005 rush you had.

440bro said:
If you're easily susceptible to peer pressure, and don't want to void your warranty, please don NOT read the next sentence.
Ahh come on! no need to be scared. Just root it! You know you want too! Everyone cool is doing it!! lol!
But on a serious note (not sure if pun is intended or not), you'll love xposed framework and debloating. It might give you back that 9005 rush you had.
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Oh I was scared to root the N9005 because her love was so crisp! Now the N900A, she needs broken in! I will root her down to the framework!

Hey guys, is the offical stock rom n9005 go straight forward to be installed on n900a?

[Q] Got a 4.2.2 AT&T active that I've unlocked and put on T-Mobile. Now what?

I've rooted and modded every phone I've ever had including my last phone, an S3. Now I'm looking and kind of confused at my next steps here.
I'd like to have a slimmed down phone, definitely don't need AT&T bloatware now. I'd love to have tmobile's wifi calling back, but I can deal if I can't have that. Wouldn't mind having an updated version but again, I really just want a slimmed down system... Battery life over bells and whistles for me.
What should I do next with this phone. What would you do if it was your phone?
Oh, I read about a procedure for accessing some bands for t-mobile's lte but mine is showing LTE right now.
Thanks,
Gilligan

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I've rooted and modded every phone I've ever had including my last phone, an S3. Now I'm looking and kind of confused at my next steps here.
I'd like to have a slimmed down phone, definitely don't need AT&T bloatware now. I'd love to have tmobile's wifi calling back, but I can deal if I can't have that. Wouldn't mind having an updated version but again, I really just want a slimmed down system... Battery life over bells and whistles for me.
What should I do next with this phone. What would you do if it was your phone?
Oh, I read about a procedure for accessing some bands for t-mobile's lte but mine is showing LTE right now.
Thanks,
Gilligan
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Really the only thing you can do is root your phone, and uninstall the bloat you don't want. You have a phone with a locked bootloader so you can't flash custom ROMs with custom kernels. Install SafeStrap and xposed, and that's about the best you can hope for.

Yes, I've read about this much... Wasn't sure if things might have changed.
So safestrap will be as close as I can get. What would be the best option for a ROM for what I'm looking to achieve? Is there a way (safe) to get to 4.3 or 4.4?
What is the best/safest way to "uninstall" the bloat one I've got whatever ROM I'm gonna run installed?
Thanks again!
Gilligan

Any suggestions?
I would REALLY love to have the t-mobile WiFi calling feature. Is this possible?

gilligan8 said:
Any suggestions?
I would REALLY love to have the t-mobile WiFi calling feature. Is this possible?
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That is not possible. The only way to get WiFi calling is with a T-mobile stock ROM, and obviously there will never be one for the S4 Active.

Devo7v said:
That is not possible. The only way to get WiFi calling is with a T-mobile stock ROM, and obviously there will never be one for the S4 Active.
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Well ok, that makes sense... thought maybe someone may have had ported one over or something.
What ROM would be recommended for lightweight stripped down ROM?

Wanting to root, but don't want history to repeat.

Long time Android user here. I'm debating on whether or not I'd like to pull the trigger and root/flash a custom ROM to my brand new Nexus 6 (seriously, still has that new-phone smell). My girlfriend and I both got these beauties the same day and love them to pieces.
However...
Coming from a rooted/customized S3 and M7 I'm already missing the customization features that rooting devices allowed. Although I wouldn't have any issues doing so, I'm a bit concerned with potential bugs that could occur while using custom ROMs.
For instance, when I bought my M7, before I rooted it, the call quality was phenomenal. Then after rooting/flashing a custom OS, the quality seemed to drop substantially. No matter which ROM/kernel sets I used, there were always data and/or performance issues including, but not limited to, Pandora app skipping even when data (LTE) was at max reception.
I'm not asking which custom ROM is better as that would be a "to each their own" situation. I've, personally, been a fan of Liquid Smooth and ran it as a daily driver for my S3 (and ViperOne for my M7), but from what I've seen in the development pages there are quite a few ROMs I'd like to try out.
I wanted to see what people who've already rooted and flashed custom ROMs thought of their Nexus 6 post-awesomizing. Did the call quality change? Other than listed ROM bugs, were there any frequent issues that continued through various ROMs and kernel combinations?
Thanks, in advance, to anyone and everyone who replies!
Cheers,
Blue

bb2si said:
Long time Android user here. I'm debating on whether or not I'd like to pull the trigger and root/flash a custom ROM to my brand new Nexus 6 (seriously, still has that new-phone smell). My girlfriend and I both got these beauties the same day and love them to pieces.
However...
Coming from a rooted/customized S3 and M7 I'm already missing the customization features that rooting devices allowed. Although I wouldn't have any issues doing so, I'm a bit concerned with potential bugs that could occur while using custom ROMs.
For instance, when I bought my M7, before I rooted it, the call quality was phenomenal. Then after rooting/flashing a custom OS, the quality seemed to drop substantially. No matter which ROM/kernel sets I used, there were always data and/or performance issues including, but not limited to, Pandora app skipping even when data (LTE) was at max reception.
I'm not asking which custom ROM is better as that would be a "to each their own" situation. I've, personally, been a fan of Liquid Smooth and ran it as a daily driver for my S3 (and ViperOne for my M7), but from what I've seen in the development pages there are quite a few ROMs I'd like to try out.
I wanted to see what people who've already rooted and flashed custom ROMs thought of their Nexus 6 post-awesomizing. Did the call quality change? Other than listed ROM bugs, were there any frequent issues that continued through various ROMs and kernel combinations?
Thanks, in advance, to anyone and everyone who replies!
Cheers,
Blue
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The problem with HTC and Samsung devices, is that they are not truly open source. For a "dev" to get an AOSP ROM built for those devices can be quite an ordeal and can require many hacks to be made and many bugs will be found trying to get the AOSP source code to fit that device... The Nexus does not have this problem as AOSP is designed for it. Even a monkey could compile a bug free AOSP rom for the nexus, so don't worry about that sort of thing.

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The problem with HTC and Samsung devices, is that they are not truly open source. For a "dev" to get an AOSP ROM built for those devices can be quite an ordeal and can require many hacks to be made and many bugs will be found trying to get the AOSP source code to fit that device... The Nexus does not have this problem as AOSP is designed for it. Even a monkey could compile a bug free AOSP rom for the nexus, so don't worry about that sort of thing.
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That's quite a relief to read. So there hasn't been any known issues with the call quality suffering? That is my biggest concern as with my HTC (post root/flash) the call quality was horrendous! It sounded like the person on the other line was constantly mumbling. The quality on the Nexus 6, as of now, is so crisp and clear it sounds as if they're sitting right next to me.
I'll definitely be looking forward to trying out the various ROMs available.

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That's quite a relief to read. So there hasn't been any known issues with the call quality suffering? That is my biggest concern as with my HTC (post root/flash) the call quality was horrendous! It sounded like the person on the other line was constantly mumbling. The quality on the Nexus 6, as of now, is so crisp and clear it sounds as if they're sitting right next to me.
I'll definitely be looking forward to trying out the various ROMs available.
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Yep, with a nexus those sort of issues should be a thing of the past. HTC are particularly bad as on teh M7, they themselves couldn't even get GPE to run properly (Speaker quality took a tumble).
Also, you may not know but Xposed framework just came out with an Alpha. In a short while, it wil get more stable and modules will get updated for Lollipop, meaning you will probably be able to add much of that customisation without changing from the stock rom.

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Yep, with a nexus those sort of issues should be a thing of the past. HTC are particularly bad as on teh M7, they themselves couldn't even get GPE to run properly (Speaker quality took a tumble).
Also, you may not know but Xposed framework just came out with an Alpha. In a short while, it wil get more stable and modules will get updated for Lollipop, meaning you will probably be able to add much of that customisation without changing from the stock rom.
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I've heard of the manufacturer UI's getting in the way of performance with devices. I'm glad I went with the pure Google goodness this time! I'll keep an eye on Xposed, but I think you've helped my decision in rooting today.
Now to impatiently wait for work to be over and rush home to my laptop!

bb2si said:
I've heard of the manufacturer UI's getting in the way of performance with devices. I'm glad I went with the pure Google goodness this time! I'll keep an eye on Xposed, but I think you've helped my decision in rooting today.
Now to impatiently wait for work to be over and rush home to my laptop!
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Good luck.
It is also my personal recommendation that you don't use a toolkit and you use fastboot natively..

rootSU said:
Good luck.
It is also my personal recommendation that you don't use a toolkit and you use fastboot natively..
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Always do! Already have links saved to my email for how-to's and how-not to's.
Thanks for your input!

bb2si said:
Long time Android user here. I'm debating on whether or not I'd like to pull the trigger and root/flash a custom ROM to my brand new Nexus 6 (seriously, still has that new-phone smell). My girlfriend and I both got these beauties the same day and love them to pieces.
However...
Coming from a rooted/customized S3 and M7 I'm already missing the customization features that rooting devices allowed. Although I wouldn't have any issues doing so, I'm a bit concerned with potential bugs that could occur while using custom ROMs.
For instance, when I bought my M7, before I rooted it, the call quality was phenomenal. Then after rooting/flashing a custom OS, the quality seemed to drop substantially. No matter which ROM/kernel sets I used, there were always data and/or performance issues including, but not limited to, Pandora app skipping even when data (LTE) was at max reception.
I'm not asking which custom ROM is better as that would be a "to each their own" situation. I've, personally, been a fan of Liquid Smooth and ran it as a daily driver for my S3 (and ViperOne for my M7), but from what I've seen in the development pages there are quite a few ROMs I'd like to try out.
I wanted to see what people who've already rooted and flashed custom ROMs thought of their Nexus 6 post-awesomizing. Did the call quality change? Other than listed ROM bugs, were there any frequent issues that continued through various ROMs and kernel combinations?
Thanks, in advance, to anyone and everyone who replies!
Cheers,
Blue
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It's Nexus man The best dev support is available for Nexus devices All ROMs has bugs and you'll have to bear with it. But the ROMs for Nexus devices meet stable version sooner than others. Taking Parandroid Android as an example. Visit their website and you'll be able to find that the main team focus on the Nexus line and they've legacy team to support other devices. I was also an user of S3 (Exynos variant) and PA used to be a great custom ROM for me

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It's Nexus man The best dev support is available for Nexus devices All ROMs has bugs and you'll have to bear with it. But the ROMs for Nexus devices meet stable version sooner than others. Taking Parandroid Android as an example. Visit their website and you'll be able to find that the main team focus on the Nexus line and they've legacy team to support other devices. I was also an user of S3 (Exynos variant) and PA used to be a great custom ROM for me
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Yes I suppose a caveat to what I have already said, there will still be bugs on roms due to devs making customisations and you will see their bugs potentially. When I say bug free, I'm just talking about a clean AOSP rom affecting the fundamentals of the device.

rootSU said:
Yes I suppose a caveat to what I have already said, there will still be bugs on roms due to devs making customisations and you will see their bugs potentially. When I say bug free, I'm just talking about a clean AOSP rom affecting the fundamentals of the device.
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Yeah. The awesome dev support is the only thing which made me to ditch Note 4 And I'm evidencing that custom ROMs has less Major bugs than stock ROM LOL :silly:

bb2si said:
That's quite a relief to read. So there hasn't been any known issues with the call quality suffering? That is my biggest concern as with my HTC (post root/flash) the call quality was horrendous! It sounded like the person on the other line was constantly mumbling. The quality on the Nexus 6, as of now, is so crisp and clear it sounds as if they're sitting right next to me.
I'll definitely be looking forward to trying out the various ROMs available.
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I'm currently running Euphoria OS on my N6. It is based on CM12, and offers a lot of customization options without actually having to enable root. I've been running it for almost a month now, and I have yet to feel a need to go into Developer Options and flip the switch for root access.
From a call quality standpoint, we are all running the same radio versions, so it will come down to your area. I work in an area where T-Mobile is spotty (my building specifically, LTE is stupid fast outside of it) and so I'm eagerly awaiting the update which adds WiFi Calling to AOSP. As it stands now, my phone does activate HD Voice and show an indicator icon in the dialer when I'm on with another T-Mobile user.

Maybe I can use this to convince my girlfriend to let me root hers, as well. She's never had an unlocked device before and she's very cautious about it, but I'm sure I could convince her.
Thanks again, all!

Quick question, does any one have a good recommendation on a guide to root my n6 I don't want to use a tool kit because I'm hearing its better to do root through fastboot if that's correct. I've been rooting phone for some time now but I've only dealt with fastboot once before with an HTC device. All my other devices where s2 to s5. And I usually used chainfires tool kits. So could someone please set me in right direction as far as guides go? Thanks

beachbum40 said:
Quick question, does any one have a good recommendation on a guide to root my n6 I don't want to use a tool kit because I'm hearing its better to do root through fastboot if that's correct. I've been rooting phone for some time now but I've only dealt with fastboot once before with an HTC device. All my other devices where s2 to s5. And I usually used chainfires tool kits. So could someone please set me in right direction as far as guides go? Thanks
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If you already have TWRP installed, just flash SuperSU. It used to require an insecure boot image due to Lollipop's security features removing root on each boot, but now the new SuperSU injects root each time.

beachbum40 said:
Quick question, does any one have a good recommendation on a guide to root my n6 I don't want to use a tool kit because I'm hearing its better to do root through fastboot if that's correct. I've been rooting phone for some time now but I've only dealt with fastboot once before with an HTC device. All my other devices where s2 to s5. And I usually used chainfires tool kits. So could someone please set me in right direction as far as guides go? Thanks
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Its pretty simple.
Use fastboot to unlock bootloader (wipes device]
use fastboot to flash TWRP recovery
Put SuperSU zip on sdcard and flash that via TWRP recovery.
There are guides in general. The main thing is understanding using fastboot. I have a thread on that.
Go to general > all in one thread > question 28

Thank you for quick response guys? Rooting today can't take it anymore.

NotATreoFan said:
I'm currently running Euphoria OS on my N6. It is based on CM12, and offers a lot of customization options without actually having to enable root. I've been running it for almost a month now, and I have yet to feel a need to go into Developer Options and flip the switch for root access.
From a call quality standpoint, we are all running the same radio versions, so it will come down to your area. I work in an area where T-Mobile is spotty (my building specifically, LTE is stupid fast outside of it) and so I'm eagerly awaiting the update which adds WiFi Calling to AOSP. As it stands now, my phone does activate HD Voice and show an indicator icon in the dialer when I'm on with another T-Mobile user.
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Why do you need a specific custom ROM for many customization when there is Xposed available now?
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beachbum40 said:
Quick question, does any one have a good recommendation on a guide to root my n6 I don't want to use a tool kit because I'm hearing its better to do root through fastboot if that's correct. I've been rooting phone for some time now but I've only dealt with fastboot once before with an HTC device. All my other devices where s2 to s5. And I usually used chainfires tool kits. So could someone please set me in right direction as far as guides go? Thanks
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This thread can help you further

bb2si said:
Maybe I can use this to convince my girlfriend to let me root hers, as well. She's never had an unlocked device before and she's very cautious about it, but I'm sure I could convince her.
Thanks again, all!
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Tell her no sex if you can't root her phone!

SAW_JOK3R said:
Why do you need a specific custom ROM for many customization when there is Xposed available now?
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Well xposed is Alpha - not ready for public consumption.
Also, xposed module features are never as good as ones compiled directly into the ROMs. They're just not as efficient. Xposed doesn't replace the need for custom ROMs.

rootSU said:
Well xposed is Alpha - not ready for public consumption.
Also, xposed module features are never as good as ones compiled directly into the ROMs. They're just not as efficient. Xposed doesn't replace the need for custom ROMs.
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Well, Xposed is working flawlessly on nexus 5 and 6 without causing any issue That's why suggested Yeah, that doesn't replace the need of custom ROM but that actually add more feature of user's choice

Just purchased Note 3, where to start??

Wow, my head is about to explode after the last hour reading different threads on here. I have some experience rooting and using Odin if needed but not sure where to begin. All I want is a less bloated rom of lollipop and runs real smooth. The stock has way too much junk I don't want. Unfortunately I got excited for a min when I saw the dark note 5 rom port but I guess that's not for at&t version because of the locked bootloader. So I looked at a few roms on here and some seem decent enough but not sure which ones I want. Like I said, I want closest thing to stock Android as possible but with the Samsung s pen features also. Also it seems to me I have to downgrade to NC2 and then do the recovery and install the roms from there?
Alot of work coming from a guy who is used to nexus and oneplus one type phones. ..

newtonfb said:
Wow, my head is about to explode after the last hour reading different threads on here. I have some experience rooting and using Odin if needed but not sure where to begin. All I want is a less bloated rom of lollipop and runs real smooth. The stock has way too much junk I don't want. Unfortunately I got excited for a min when I saw the dark note 5 rom port but I guess that's not for at&t version because of the locked bootloader. So I looked at a few roms on here and some seem decent enough but not sure which ones I want. Like I said, I want closest thing to stock Android as possible but with the Samsung s pen features also. Also it seems to me I have to downgrade to NC2 and then do the recovery and install the roms from there?
Alot of work coming from a guy who is used to nexus and oneplus one type phones. ..
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Yeah, it is a bit more complicated getting things done with this device than some others, unfortunately it seems that is the way a lot of device mfg's are headed.
Once you get the method down it isn't all that difficult to get a ROM installed.
There are 2 ROMS that work really well for me
I'm currently running, and have been for a few weeks now is a S6 Edge port from Carl1961 located HERE
The other is a Darkloard Note 4 port from sanguinevn located HERE
Not that the other few we have aren't good, it's just that these 2 give me best battery/functionality combo
Carl had just reminded me that we are currently faced with a problem that 5.1 and up is a problem for us since we have no bootloader, so we're a bit stuck on how far our fine dev's can take us.

kangi26 said:
Yeah, it is a bit more complicated getting things done with this device than some others, unfortunately it seems that is the way a lot of device mfg's are headed.
Once you get the method down it isn't all that difficult to get a ROM installed.
There are 2 ROMS that work really well for me
I'm currently running, and have been for a few weeks now is a S6 Edge port from Carl1961 located HERE
The other is a Darkloard Note 4 port from sanguinevn located HERE
Not that the other few we have aren't good, it's just that these 2 give me best battery/functionality combo
Carl had just reminded me that we are currently faced with a problem that 5.1 and up is a problem for us since we have no bootloader, so we're a bit stuck on how far our fine dev's can take us.
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Thanks for the reply. How do I root the 5.0 update? Is there a walk thru guide anywhere? I can't find one.
Also is there a big performance difference between this and stock? I disabled some of the stock apps but in still curious about the s6 rom you talked about