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[Q] New Incredible S user needs advice

Hi,
I traded my ZTE blade for an incredible S and boy what an incredible difference,
but i have a problem ..... :/
I don't like SENSE, so i'm looking for an AOSP as possible rom
I tried CM7, but all versions i tried (latest nightly, 7.1, older nightly) have problems with the camera :/ the image freezes, unless you rotate or select an option, then it moves again untill i stop using a setting or it has been rotated, and that is VERY annoying ....
also, when i install a tiamat kernell, the device hangs on the htc logo and does not boot .. I hoped that changing kernels would cure the problem
So I am looking for another rom to use, I want a stable, fully functional as AOSP as possible rom that is rooted and has an unlocked (overclockable) kernel
can someone point me in the right direction?
NB: i've been looking in the forums, but it's a lot of info and hard to find what i want ... I've been on MODACO the whole time i hade my blade, but for Incredible they have no lively community, so i'm putting my hopes on XDA
NB2: No need to tell me about S-off and how to install clockwork recovery, that has already been done

u don't like sense then go for android revolution hd..
it has an option to remove sense via no sense script..
it is most stable rom out there.

afaik, cm7 and miui are the only aosp roms available for our phone. someone correct me if i'm wrong.
one of the downsides of aosp roms for our phone is that the camera quality is not as good as sense roms. i've read that the reason for this is because htc has not released the code. until then, we are stuck with it. having said that, i've read that the miui camera is a bit better than the cm7 camera. you can try the miui rom or download the miui camera and try it with cm7.

Thank you for replying to my question.
I'm gonna go for Android revolution with Sense removed.
Actually I already did it, now all I need is an AOSP dialer to put in there, because the HTC dialer isn't really my thing.
Great phone by the way, i'm utterly impressed with everything so far
NB: the HTC camera app is awesome

You can try to use go launcher, or touchizwiz4 or any other custum launcher of all above doesn't do the job for you.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda premium

then wth did u get the incredible s?
htc makes incredible s, htc makes sense.
you're not making any sense if u use aosp on a sense phone

shiningarmor said:
then wth did u get the incredible s?
htc makes incredible s, htc makes sense.
you're not making any sense if u use aosp on a sense phone
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Strange argument.

Raithmir said:
Strange argument.
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it's true

shiningarmor said:
it's true
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So if we want to use AOSP you're saying we should only buy a Nexus?

Raithmir said:
So if we want to use AOSP you're saying we should only buy a Nexus?
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obviously. and a nexus's gpu is faster than incredible s

shiningarmor said:
obviously. and a nexus's gpu is faster than incredible s
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Why not wait for that new quad core HTC?

i was doubting between the nexus an the incredible.
but in the shop where i work (and where i get discount) we don't have the nexus
and the 8 MP camera did it for me. i never base my purchase on software, i just look at the hardware for android devices, then i turn to romswapping
now, does anyone know a good dialer from the market?
I want something similar to CM7 dialer, i tried installing it, but it f*** the phone

Oh.
And no offence, but saying that buying htc equals using sense is like saying you cant buy a windows computer and then put linux on it. Same thing
Sent from my Blade using xda premium

a good dialer would be go dialer. basically go made most of everything.
go keyboard, go contacts,go sms, go dialer, go launcher.. etc etc
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ahh, but if u buy a windows pc, u can dual boot windows and linux. that makes it entirely different. a hybird i'd say. even if there's a dual booting program in android, it's still immature and can brick the phone anytime

shiningarmor said:
a good dialer would be go dialer. basically go made most of everything.
go keyboard, go contacts,go sms, go dialer, go launcher.. etc etc
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ahh, but if u buy a windows pc, u can dual boot windows and linux. that makes it entirely different. a hybird i'd say. even if there's a dual booting program in android, it's still immature and can brick the phone anytime
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That was just... stupid, some people actually buy a PC, reformats the HDD and then install a Linux dist, without dualbooting with Windows.
Are they stupid too?
No?
Didn't think so. Your argument sucks.

let's get back to phones..
for me selling point for htc phones is sense..you can argue as long as u want but it's d truth..that's y they r always looking to improve d sense and other's like samsung,motorola
are also trying to put a layer of there software on top of android.
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Splux said:
That was just... stupid, some people actually buy a PC, reformats the HDD and then install a Linux dist, without dualbooting with Windows.
Are they stupid too?
No?
Didn't think so. Your argument sucks.
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d people u r talking abt are programmers and app devs..not d casual user.

I've been dev'ing roms for the ZTE Blade and i been programming some android as well (not too much, just basic stuff). I'm not really a casual user.
It also wasn't my meaning to go dissin' Sense. I just happen to not like it. So I bought a phone after I checked that it was CM7 compatible, which the Incredible is, but unfortunatly the camera is broken on all non Sense Roms (CM7 and MIUI (tried both))

mandeep294 said:
d people u r talking abt are programmers and app devs..not d casual user.
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I was only trying to make a point, which I obviously failed with, so I'll just write my point in clear-text:
His argument is stupid, and he doesn't realize it.
Psyloid said:
I've been dev'ing roms for the ZTE Blade and i been programming some android as well (not too much, just basic stuff). I'm not really a casual user.
It also wasn't my meaning to go dissin' Sense. I just happen to not like it. So I bought a phone after I checked that it was CM7 compatible, which the Incredible is, but unfortunatly the camera is broken on all non Sense Roms (CM7 and MIUI (tried both))
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Weird, for me the camera in CM7 (using a nightly, dunno which one though) works pretty good. Sure it lags if it's bad lightning, but I've never had a cellphone with a camera that's good enough so I can use it if it's dark...
But I can't compare with how it's in a Sense ROM, haven't been using a Sense ROM since I realized how unnecessery all the stuff from Sense is for me

@mandeep
thank you for making my point clear.
@splux
implying yourself that you failed to make your point clear, how can you tell my argument is stupid? it is actually you who failed to understand what i am pointing out. well you see, there is no point in getting a phone which runs primarily on sense. htc made phones with sense. and to run aosp on a sense phone is like playing mario on a dual gtx 590 pc computer.
ah, and yes. i agree that people who buys windows pc and run linux without dualbooting are developers, more to the networking sector. they arent stupid, but rather smart. because in linux, 95% of viruses wont affect your work, as they're written for windows only. so your argument is invalid.
by saying my argument is rather stupid, you made a fool out of yourself without realizing it.

Splux said:
Weird, for me the camera in CM7 (using a nightly, dunno which one though) works pretty good. Sure it lags if it's bad lightning, but I've never had a cellphone with a camera that's good enough so I can use it if it's dark...
But I can't compare with how it's in a Sense ROM, haven't been using a Sense ROM since I realized how unnecessery all the stuff from Sense is for me
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I tried Cm7 older nightly, latest nightly and stable 7.1 and MIUI and all of them freeze the preview image of the camera on the screen, unless i rotate it or touch the settings, then the image moves, but it freezes again, the moment i stop touching the settings or when the rotation sequence is done .... strange isn't it ?
Also, when i flash a Tiamat kernel the device hangs on the HBOOT .... I have a 1.13 device, maybe thats it. Anyway, I just spent the last hours customizing the Android revolution zip file to my taste (since i have some ROM knowledge)
I got rid of most of the sense stuff (Hope i did not delete too much, hehe) and replaced some apps, removed bloatware and changed bootanim. Just the dialer is bugging me, but i'll have a look at godialer, i bet i find smth that suits me
Still too bad i cant use CM7 I really love it, but one of the key points of buying this phone was the camera, so if it's useless on CM7, I have to ditch it for another rom ....

[Q] Why are all the Optimus 2x so cheap??

I just recently broke my old android and was looking to upgrade. The 2x stuck out because of the price/specs to me. Why is a phone thats compared in reviews to the galaxy sII which costs used around 450/500 (canadian$) so cheap? I can find a perfect condition 2x for around $200???? Is there something wrong with these phones? I can imagine when a good build of ICS comes out that these phones will fly...... so I guess my question is, howcome?

De O2x is a good phone the price is really worth it, you won't be missing much. The only thing I can think of that makes it cheap is because LG don't spend much on marketing and support.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda premium

LG and Nvidia dont care for their consumers enough. The phone had lots of problems in the first few months and that made many people sell it/return it. Its true the price is incredibly low now and if the price difference is so big, then you should go for the Optimus 2x. Also we don't really know when ICS will come for our device. LG said Q3.. this could mean december( I personally bet on that ). Nvidia could help developers by releasing some code, but they won't so screw them

Can you believe they only just released gingerbread for Optimus 3d? Lol I was about to get rid of my o2x but then there ain't much other phones are offering that I'm missing out on and selling wud make me lose. If there wasn't so much support on here I'd sold it for anything lol
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda premium

Thanks for the replies. I was just wondering if I was awaiting a nasty surprise when i buy for for $200, but it doesnt really seem like it. I guess the phone at least keeps up with other phones that have just come out. Is there a rom that is heavily favoured on the o2x forums - in regards to free ram/speed/not a lot of junk installed?

CyanogenMod KANG of course, along with a custom kernel it works perfectly. Look at my signature for the links...

SP1996AC said:
CyanogenMod KANG of course, along with a custom kernel it works perfectly. Look at my signature for the links...
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Thanks for all the help. Still a little skeptical .... but only because its so cheap im going to go ahead and buy it. One more question, what is the difference between all these kernals? I assume I flash the rom, then flash one of the following kernals:
Normal version
32M ramhack shared
32M ramhack
64M ramhack

First of all vadonka explained everything in his thread so you could've found out if you read it, yet maybe you didn't understand it so I'll explain it
Base version: no extra ram memory, everything works like how it's supposed to be. This one I recommend if you just want a stable phone with everything working.
32MB shared version: AFAIK, this version has 32MB extra ram memory because it shares this extra 32MB with the GPU (correct me if I'm wrong guys ) this isn't really important anyway, all you have to know that this version used to be a little buggy, so if you want a stable phone I won't recommend this one.
32MB Ramhack version: this version also gives you 32MB extra ram memory, but this isn't shared with the GPU. Therefore this version is also really stable and I'm using it too. However, only reboot doesn't work with this version because of the ramhack from the GPU.
64MB Ramhack version: this version gives you 64MB extra ram memory. This one is also very stable I think and because of the bigger ramhack compared to the previous version more things don't work. The things that won't work with this version is reboot and 1080p (and maybe 720p) video recording.
For more information go to the original thread (link in signature)

I didnt really understand it in the thread, thanks for taking the time. I just went out and bought the phone, I got it for $200 canadian (Still cant believe its this cheap).

make sure first the phone doesnt have faulty hardware that causes annoying random reboots. sometimes hidden faults are the reasons why phones are sold cheap. learned this the hard way.

ongkal said:
make sure first the phone doesnt have faulty hardware that causes annoying random reboots. sometimes hidden faults are the reasons why phones are sold cheap. learned this the hard way.
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Is there anyway to tell if I have a device thats faulty?

what i'd do is leave it charging over night with an alarm set for morning. i remembr lots of people having problems with these actions. basically theres no real way of finding this fault. I for one never had it good luck

umirza85 said:
I just recently broke my old android and was looking to upgrade. The 2x stuck out because of the price/specs to me. Why is a phone thats compared in reviews to the galaxy sII which costs used around 450/500 (canadian$) so cheap? I can find a perfect condition 2x for around $200???? Is there something wrong with these phones? I can imagine when a good build of ICS comes out that these phones will fly...... so I guess my question is, howcome?
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Nothing is wrong but when the phone started to be sold the software was sad. This now it´s the past. The 2X works fine and it´s powerfull. And the G2? You have to remember it´s a newest phone and with the first android company on back.

ongkal said:
make sure first the phone doesnt have faulty hardware that causes annoying random reboots. sometimes hidden faults are the reasons why phones are sold cheap. learned this the hard way.
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A lot of people have said this problem disappeared with software upgrades, so I'd say this is not a hardware problem.
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krajova said:
Nvidia could help developers by releasing some code, but they won't so screw them
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I read the other day here in xda that they have confirmed they will release the code for the drivers, so we can expect good stuff on the way
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umirza85 said:
I just recently broke my old android and was looking to upgrade. The 2x stuck out because of the price/specs to me. Why is a phone thats compared in reviews to the galaxy sII which costs used around 450/500 (canadian$) so cheap? I can find a perfect condition 2x for around $200???? Is there something wrong with these phones? I can imagine when a good build of ICS comes out that these phones will fly...... so I guess my question is, howcome?
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I also just recently bought the phone. From what I've ready LG has bad stock software and sub-par support. So I'd say they sell the phones cheap because they don't have a large development team. But we have Cyanogen, so it's a fair compromise for me

cm7 rocks..
do it first bro..
I was in same condition as you, but took this phone and using it.
I tried every custom roms, and finaly stable on cm7 kang.
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can u tell me that ur all 2 speakers (right and left) are working ?
cause in my phone only right speaker is working.

RohanAJoshi said:
cm7 rocks..
do it first bro..
I was in same condition as you, but took this phone and using it.
I tried every custom roms, and finaly stable on cm7 kang.
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can u tell me that ur all 2 speakers (right and left) are working ?
cause in my phone only right speaker is working.
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1 is speaker
1 is mic

There is only 1 speaker.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using Tapatalk

The O2X is a capable phone. I have been using it for 4 months with no major issues other than reboots mentioned above. Temasek's CM7 KANG is well recommended. I'm happy with the performance and stability. The only gripe is the fact that the camera software with CM7 is not on par with the stock software regarding video recording in low light. The frame rate drops considerably. If the camera software was changed to fix this issue then I'd be 100% happy with the phone.

reverendhtc said:
The O2X is a capable phone. I have been using it for 4 months with no major issues other than reboots mentioned above. Temasek's CM7 KANG is well recommended. I'm happy with the performance and stability. The only gripe is the fact that the camera software with CM7 is not on par with the stock software regarding video recording in low light. The frame rate drops considerably. If the camera software was changed to fix this issue then I'd be 100% happy with the phone.
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i agree. but i really do not understand why is the CM7 camera so much worse than stock LG (im actually amazed that lg did something better than cm ) the video is completely unusable and lg's camera has better brightness. also if you move just a LITTLE bit with CM7 camera you will get blurred out images, whereas on Lg's acmera i could move quite a lot and get much better results (anti shake was off cuz it made the pic taking slower for me)

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i agree. but i really do not understand why is the CM7 camera so much worse than stock LG (im actually amazed that lg did something better than cm ) the video is completely unusable and lg's camera has better brightness. also if you move just a LITTLE bit with CM7 camera you will get blurred out images, whereas on Lg's acmera i could move quite a lot and get much better results (anti shake was off cuz it made the pic taking slower for me)
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I assume you're talking about how CM7's camera handles auto exposure. The overall quality however is admittedly worse due to lack of drivers source.

What's YOUR Rom preference?

So I'm getting this phone today. Like most phones...after they "honeymoon" stage, ROM threads kind of die down. I like things simple...I'm coming from a Droid 2G, Droid 3, to the 4. (Which, by my luck, means the announcement of 5 will be any day now.) I'm looking for a ROM that's simple...and strong on battery. I'm not an average user, so I'm pretty sure I can get by...but I'm curious for ROM choices. I prefer a debloated stock rom as its usually the simplestest. But in true nerd fashion...I gotta ask..what's your preferred ROM?

ChristianPreachr said:
So I'm getting this phone today. Like most phones...after they "honeymoon" stage, ROM threads kind of die down. I like things simple...I'm coming from a Droid 2G, Droid 3, to the 4. (Which, by my luck, means the announcement of 5 will be any day now.) I'm looking for a ROM that's simple...and strong on battery. I'm not an average user, so I'm pretty sure I can get by...but I'm curious for ROM choices. I prefer a debloated stock rom as its usually the simplestest. But in true nerd fashion...I gotta ask..what's your preferred ROM?
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eclipse. I've tried droidHD, aokp, cm10 and cna and frankly, I can hardly tell the difference (except for the screen rotation bug in jelly bean). eclipse is fast and easy on the battery; I'd go with it.
note, however, that with safestrap 3.x you can experiment with different ROMs all you like...

I agree, plus there are no bugs on Eclipse though I love the customization options of the JB roms.

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I agree, plus there are no bugs on Eclipse though I love the customization options of the JB roms.
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Thanks guys. I thought I read somewhere that there was a screen rotation issue with Eclipse. Is this true?

Definitely the Eclipse hybrid. I left my phone stock for 2 months and I didn't like the battery drain and just decided to root and install safestrap (very easy) and I tried a few ROMs but came back to the eclipse hybrid. It's debloated and i also have it slightly overclocked to 1320 but with low voltage. Excellent battery life and very snappy! you won't be disappointed.
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I use nova launcher but while I was using eclipse' launcher I didn't experience any problems

The rotation issue is with the JB-based roms (AOKP, CM, CNA0.

I've seen a lot of people recommending eclipse but this is the first time I've seen "hybrid" attached to the name. What is meant by "hybrid" in this case? Is there an eclipse rom and a hybrid eclipse rom, or is it just differing terminology for the same thing?

The Kraken! said:
I've seen a lot of people recommending eclipse but this is the first time I've seen "hybrid" attached to the name. What is meant by "hybrid" in this case? Is there an eclipse rom and a hybrid eclipse rom, or is it just differing terminology for the same thing?
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Agreed. I've noticed this too, specifically on droidforums.net and was wondering the same thing. That brings me to my next question...does anyone have a link for the Eclipse ROM that is so popular? I'm seeing mostly JB links around..and I'm perfectly happy with getting ICS. (I'm on GB right now)

Regular Eclipse is stripped to the bare bones, the hybrid version has some Verizon stuff still in it because some people still wanted to make use of some of the Verizon apps.
As for the link to Eclipse, there's a thread a few spots down with Eclipse.
EDIT: here's the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815079

I always keep the latest version of Eclipse on one of my ROM slots because it's always reliable and never lets me down. I use CM10 a lot on another slot because I like messing around with some of what JB has to offer but I always need to swap into Eclipse when I have an issue on CM10.

Best ROM thread.
Closed.

Recommendations on a good ROM for Xperia SP?

Hello, like many of the people around here I have an Xperia SP device, in my case it's getting dust and I barely use it but I'm in the need of it right now for day to day use.
Right now I seem to have it running KitKat in the form of a CM11 snapshot (20150901), but even though very few applications are installed in the device it's running sluggish to say the least. I know it's a dual core processor, but a powerful one at that, yet compared to other phones that have dual core chipsets it runs quite slower; to the point of being unusable sometimes...
My guess is it's because of the memory cells Sony actually used in this device (a slow memory), but I can't really be sure at this point.
So I'd like to know... what's everyone running? Any recommendations towards a ROM to use? Its bootloader is unlocked by the way, if that helps on the recommendations.
I read there seem to be some problems with the camera in Marshmallow ones, although that would be my first option to try to use the option of using the SD card as an extension I'd be happy with any other one being KitKat or above.
Thank you for your time, I appreciate it.

yes sony did use a very slow emmc flash memory but it's a 2013 phone !!
ROM: u should go for cm12.1 unofficial thanks to adrian (https://basketbuild.com/devs/AdrianDC/Huashan/CyanogenMod-12.1)

flash- said:
yes sony did use a very slow emmc flash memory but it's a 2013 phone !!
ROM: u should go for cm12.1 unofficial thanks to adrian (https://basketbuild.com/devs/AdrianDC/Huashan/CyanogenMod-12.1)
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Thank you and sorry for the big delay on replying! I'm going to try the ROM you mentioned and see how it works.
It's too bad Sony used a slow memory on the phone, even though it's a 2013 phone there were others around those years and even earlier that had better performing ones; but hopefully it'll work just fine again

KaoDome said:
Thank you and sorry for the big delay on replying! I'm going to try the ROM you mentioned and see how it works.
It's too bad Sony used a slow memory on the phone, even though it's a 2013 phone there were others around those years and even earlier that had better performing ones; but hopefully it'll work just fine again
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yeah my friend that is really a late late replay ....sure go for unofficial cm13 now since everything is fixed !! super fast super smooth !
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https://basketbuild.com/devs/AdrianDC/Huashan/Addons-CM-13.0
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did somebody try out pokemon go on droid 4?

Just wanted to know that, becouse i will have to update the s.o version to install it (i have 4.1) but i dont know if it will work anyways.
Thanks.

Ive got CM 12.1 and my phone freezes when i try to start pokemon go. If you wait for it to load for like 30 minutes, you can hear the game music, but thats as far as i got.
I would also like to hear other people's experiences with pokemon go on the droid 4.

Ive got CM 13 and "pokemon go" work, but game very often freezes when I caught Pokémon 1/3.
and Gyroscope not work.
ЗЫ: sorry for my english I am Ukrainian

Install GlTools. Helps a ton with performance. Overclocking wouldn't be a bad idea either. I'll post a guide with what settings to use in GlTools if need be.

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Install GlTools. Helps a ton with performance. Overclocking wouldn't be a bad idea either. I'll post a guide with what settings to use in GlTools if need be.
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Need be! Please post what settings to use. I am getting my little brother a D4 and he really REALLY wants to play pokemon go. All I know is that it's unavailable for my stock d4 running android version 4.1.2
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Does pokemon go work on D4s that are running the latest stock rom? I think it's called nougat.

KrellaKrentoshi said:
Need be! Please post what settings to use. I am getting my little brother a D4 and he really REALLY wants to play pokemon go. All I know is that it's unavailable for my stock d4 running android version 4.1.2
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Does pokemon go work on D4s that are running the latest stock rom? I think it's called nougat.
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I'm not sure at the moment. Uninstalled Go after their cracking down on Xposed users and general falling out of style locally where I am.
If he wants to play Go on a D4 you'll have to do a lot of optimization because took some patient. I remember something with 2D textures and another with 3D decreasing to .5x or something. It's pretty easy to learn, just install and test out the main settings on the top mixing and matching on what helps the most.
Don't run stock for him. I'm current running KK (CM11) fine and Go worked decent with good optimizations. Might for him test out some of those overclocked kernels on here (low voltage ones too).
You're on the latest stock. There is a Nougat custom rom out (CM14?). Haven't tested too much, could be something good to look into.
For Go I would probably go with another device than a D4 sadly. Depends on who your brother is but he may not be very patient and wanting better speeds than what the D4 can offer with Go. May expect more from the D4 than it can offer. You're the judge, just a thought. You know him and your own ability.

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I'm not sure at the moment. Uninstalled Go after their cracking down on Xposed users and general falling out of style locally where I am.
If he wants to play Go on a D4 you'll have to do a lot of optimization because took some patient. I remember something with 2D textures and another with 3D decreasing to .5x or something. It's pretty easy to learn, just install and test out the main settings on the top mixing and matching on what helps the most.
Don't run stock for him. I'm current running KK (CM11) fine and Go worked decent with good optimizations. Might for him test out some of those overclocked kernels on here (low voltage ones too).
You're on the latest stock. There is a Nougat custom rom out (CM14?). Haven't tested too much, could be something good to look into.
For Go I would probably go with another device than a D4 sadly. Depends on who your brother is but he may not be very patient and wanting better speeds than what the D4 can offer with Go. May expect more from the D4 than it can offer. You're the judge, just a thought. You know him and your own ability.
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He's got my old D3 at the moment. He likes it well enough. He wants an Iphone 5S and is into a lot of older things. He's a classic car buff. I figure the D4 will be an improvement on the D3 he currently has. He and Mom went to the Verizon store today to look into upgrading his 'dumb' phone to one of the latest and 'greatest'? phones and left with his old 'dumb' flip phone. That poor D3 is so old that store doesn't even have SIM cards to fit it anymore, so he can't use that for his regular phone. Again, I figure the D4 will rock for him, I have a SIM card for it and he has memory cards.
As far as fiddling with roms goes, I have enough experience to root 4.1.2 (Jellybean) and rock with Mike Reid's Spirit1 app. I haven't ever overclocked or fiddled with settings like that, since I prefer the stock roms usually. I wonder if I can find a stock KitKat (4.4) to flash and instructions on how to do that. The Pokemon Go app says it supports 4.4 up to 6.0, so I guess nougat is out of the picture since it's 7.0?
If I were to consider using the CM11 rom could you point me in the right direction to find instructions on how to flash the rom to the D4?
Do you know if CM11 is rooted? That might make life easier for me cuz I have a new to me D4 that needs to be rooted to run my favorite app and I haven't done it yet cuz it's a bit complicated for me.

KrellaKrentoshi said:
He's got my old D3 at the moment. He likes it well enough. He wants an Iphone 5S and is into a lot of older things. He's a classic car buff. I figure the D4 will be an improvement on the D3 he currently has. He and Mom went to the Verizon store today to look into upgrading his 'dumb' phone to one of the latest and 'greatest'? phones and left with his old 'dumb' flip phone. That poor D3 is so old that store doesn't even have SIM cards to fit it anymore, so he can't use that for his regular phone. Again, I figure the D4 will rock for him, I have a SIM card for it and he has memory cards.
As far as fiddling with roms goes, I have enough experience to root 4.1.2 (Jellybean) and rock with Mike Reid's Spirit1 app. I haven't ever overclocked or fiddled with settings like that, since I prefer the stock roms usually. I wonder if I can find a stock KitKat (4.4) to flash and instructions on how to do that. The Pokemon Go app says it supports 4.4 up to 6.0, so I guess nougat is out of the picture since it's 7.0?
If I were to consider using the CM11 rom could you point me in the right direction to find instructions on how to flash the rom to the D4?
Do you know if CM11 is rooted? That might make life easier for me cuz I have a new to me D4 that needs to be rooted to run my favorite app and I haven't done it yet cuz it's a bit complicated for me.
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First install SafeStrap (3.75) and reboot to recovery, then you're home. Wipe the stock, flash a different rom. Look for the updated CM11 on here, (updated 2016).