Finally got an N7 coming tomorrow, really excited, rooting and bootloader seems so simple. However, choosing my future rom and kernel isn't as easy, any inspiration welcomed and appreciated =)
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Welcome!
The N7 is my first Nexus device and with my other android devices so far I've gotten used to flashing many different aosp/aosp roms to get that pure android experience i like. With the N7 on stock rom I was almost disappointed that aside from rooting it I had no great need to do anything else initially -stock vanilla android is really great for me!
After about one month with my N7 i switched to the aosp 4.2.2 codefirex SR12 and now it's perfect for me: vanilla aosp 4.2.2 with lots of optimizations making it one of the speediest tho bugfree aosp builds out there.
In any case I would reccomend that after unlocking bootloader, installing recovery and rooting you give the stock rom some time so you have a good reference point for judging other roms on the unit...
I hope you enjoy your N7 as much as I am!
btw here is the thread for the cfx aosp 4.2.2 rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2043095
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Thanks Jet, my favourite kind of roms on the galaxy note was the minimal stock roms to squeeze a little extra out the battery while, slightly improving gaming FPS, what kernel are you running with codefirex?
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Read this thread.
Currently there are no "custom" ROMs, as I'd term them. Right now, they're are just optimizations of Sense 5. When ROMs like AOKP and CM start popping up for the HTC One, will it be difficult to get the stock Sense camera app on them? That's the only thing I'm worried about in relation to switching to a non-Sense ROM. All the HTC optimizations and features for the camera will be lost with the stock Android camera app.
Will it be as easy as sticking the APK on the new ROM? Or will it require some real work?
HTC camera requires sense framework which isn't present in Aosp/aokp Roma
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born_fisherman said:
HTC camera requires sense framework which isn't present in Aosp/aokp Roma
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Well, that sucks. I really can't switch to an non-Sense ROM if I'm going to lose all the camera optimizations. Hopefully someone can figure it out.
Yea I always wished the camera was better on vanilla roms, but I find myself always switching back to sense roms because of the camera. I havent used a nexus 4 persay so I can't comment on that
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Hi all, I am just about to buy this device, however I don't have any interest in sense 5. Are there any stock android ROMs out at the moment? I see plenty of ones with sense 5
Thanks
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You can found some AOSP/AOKP rom here.
But you will lose zoe function, boomsound and other stuff.
And, just curiosity, why buy a one if you will android stock?
Hold on to your money and wait for the newest Google phone.
Honestly for me personally, the stock MDL ROM with some tweaks/KT-SGS4 Kernel/mods is freakn smooooothh as heck! I see no need for a custom ROM... yet! So far I'm loving this phone and I've only had it for a day, can;t wait for that next update hopefully we get it soon to fix some stuff. Other than that, this thing is smooth as butter!
I haven't even rooted mine yet and it's been over a week. I usually root the first day or two.
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I kinda agree... Except there are some cool root apps... And I wanted to uninstall a bunch of bloat apps.
That's why I went with team Sonic's freegs4.... It just like stock with some basic tweaks and some apps are uninstallable.
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I will agree that this phone offers the best stock experience I've ever had. If you're a tweaker like me though, custom ROM's are a must. I hightly recommend Blu Kuban. AOSP ROM's are also quite enjoyable, especially with Halo.
Also, man I wish the Hyperdrive ROM that's out for the Verizon variant would make its way to us. That ROM looks amazing.
Dont U Wanna Get Rid Of The Boatwear? And Have a Longer Last Battery? And More Faster Phone? Thats All In Root And Roms My Friend
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You think you got something smooth, run a custom rom with the tweaks, you will not go stock again. It is up you. You can always go back to stock, run WanamLite, Basically stock with the tweaks, super fast, and just as stable. Sorry, but you are missing out.
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You think you got something smooth, run a custom rom with the tweaks, you will not go stock again. It is up you. You can always go back to stock, run WanamLite, Basically stock with the tweaks, super fast, and just as stable. Sorry, but you are missing out.
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WanamLite Rom? For Sprint S4? Where Is That at?
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Son Rise said:
WanamLite Rom? For Sprint S4? Where Is That at?
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It's not a Sprint rom. It's am international rom. I'm guessing he used the app trick.
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Yeah stock on the phone lagged pretty bad. Team sonics ROM fixed that up .
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You're all fricken crazy. Lol. Why run a custom ROM? Get rid of bloatware, get rid of a lot of lag, use custom PRL's when Sprint's amazing service does what it does, enhance the experience, increase the terrible battery life, install AOSP, etc... But that's just me.
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Delakit said:
You're all fricken crazy. Lol. Why run a custom ROM? Get rid of bloatware, get rid of a lot of lag, use custom PRL's when Sprint's amazing service does what it does, enhance the experience, increase the terrible battery life, install AOSP, etc... But that's just me.
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YOU'RE the crazy one IMO!! Why run an AOSP ROM and get rid of all the features that make the S4.... the S4 lol.
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YOU'RE the crazy one IMO!! Why run an AOSP ROM and get rid of all the features that make the S4.... the S4 lol.
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Lol, some of us bought it for the hardware - I think the whole eye watching thing is gimmick, and the pedometer is consistently off. AOSP really delivers in terms of speed and customization, which many desire. Speed + Customization > Gimmicks.
I'd also like to add that I'm still running stock so....
+1 stock. I like gimmicks
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TouchWiz features + AOSP Feel= Win haha I'm sure we aren't too far away from that
Every person commenting in this thread I think is why we all belong to XDA Developers. Do what you will with your device and enjoy it, we have many options available to us, thanks to all the great developers here. It personally took me a month to root my phone. And right now I can't really imagine having a AOSP ROM on it.
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Absolutely no ASOP for me and definitely no CM but that's just me. If I were buying strictly for the hardware, I might very well have gone a different route. I bought for the hardware and the software.
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Every person commenting in this thread I think is why we all belong to XDA Developers. Do what you will with your device and enjoy it, we have many options available to us, thanks to all the great developers here.
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Let's all hug. :highfive:
Just like life you can live life the way it is or tweak it and make it your own life the way u want with the options available.
can i root after i get my SG4 flashed from US Cellular to Criket without messing up the flash.
Also Can i install custom Roms after i get my SG4 flashed to criket without messing up the flash.
once im flashed and running on criket i am too scared to mess it up
please let me know hwat i should do. i can't even find someone that can flash it yet. its very hard
im very sad i love this phone.
Cm/aosp is always smoother since there is no bloat, compare 1.5GB for stock rooted to 300mbs for an aosp based ROM. But the features are gone. And the camera isn't as good.
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Hey XDA people,
I got a HTC One just a couple days ago and I wanted to root my phone because I feel that the battery is draining pretty quickly.
So, should I flash Android Revolution HD 31.6 or 40.3(/41.0)? Is one better than the other? I know that 40.3(/41.0) runs Android 4.4 KitKat, but is it stable enough to run daily? Or is 31.6 more stable than 40.3(/41.0)?
Thanks!
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Hey XDA people,
I got a HTC One just a couple days ago and I wanted to root my phone because I feel that the battery is draining pretty quickly.
So, should I flash Android Revolution HD 31.6 or 40.3(/41.0)? Is one better than the other? I know that 40.3(/41.0) runs Android 4.4 KitKat, but is it stable enough to run daily? Or is 31.6 more stable than 40.3(/41.0)?
Thanks!
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Hey! It is always tough to say which rom is better than the other. I've tried numerous versions of Revolution HD. I would and will go for the latest, 41.0 since there were a few bugs in 40.3.
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Hey! It is always tough to say which rom is better than the other. I've tried numerous versions of Revolution HD. I would and will go for the latest, 41.0 since there were a few bugs in 40.3.
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Thanks dude. However, I don't know if 41.0 is going to be as stable compared to 31.6, because of the fact that it just came out today. But I guess the dev wouldn't even release it if he knew it wasn't almost 100% stable, right?
Mike is pretty sharp, it's probably fine.
VPN doesn't work on KitKat, if that's important for you.
Well kitkat for HTC one now is the dev version. Generally 4.3 is more stable ( but i do not feel much difference between 4.4 and 4.3). So if you really want a stable version, i think 4.3 is better in theory
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Mike is pretty sharp, it's probably fine.
VPN doesn't work on KitKat, if that's important for you.
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Any info on how to setup VPN on pre-kitkat? There is the KeyVPN app plus the integrated Android VPN client, none of which seem to support certificate-based authentication.
I would appreciate any help on this topic.
Thanks.
Edit:
Nobody replied to my question about KeyVPN, so I had to find an alternative way. Happily using OpenVPN now. The configuration on both Router and Phone proved to be a hassle using certificate-based authentication, however once configured it works like a charm.
Cheers.