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[ROM] Android 4.2.2 | JDQ39 | Stock | Unrooted

This is just a flashable stock unrooted ROM for anyone wanting a copy to flash via CWM as opposed to fastboot. It was literally the JDQ39 system image dumped into the dsixda kitchen and thrown straight back out with NO changes whatsoever - it's not even deodexed! Useful if you need to use an app which can still detect root even after using a root-hider app (e.g. to watch Sky Go in the UK)
It is the 100% untouched, unmolested system image
Enjoy...
https://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJnSU5IQVNiV3dPd3NUQw

Cheers owd
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Nice, this is good to have on hand. Thanks:beer:
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If you flash this, will you get OTA updates even when on a custom recovery?
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If you flash this, will you get OTA updates even when on a custom recovery?
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Far as I know, OTA is dependent on the recovery. So you would still need stock recovery to pull the OTA.
Someone feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken. I came from an HTC monstrosity, and we all know how easy those are to modify.
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So is this the latest stock JDQ39E?
NEXUS⁴

DontPushButtons said:
Far as I know, OTA is dependent on the recovery. So you would still need stock recovery to pull the OTA.
Someone feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken. I came from an HTC monstrosity, and we all know how easy those are to modify.
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Yes..you need stock recovery to get ota updates...!
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naveediftikhar said:
Yes..you need stock recovery to get ota updates...!
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But I will be able to install KLP through recovery when it comes out, if someone converts it into a .zip file, right?
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Thibaultvw said:
But I will be able to install KLP through recovery when it comes out, if someone converts it into a .zip file, right?
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yes that you can do..but forget about anythin OTA if u aint using the stock recovery!

naveediftikhar said:
yes that you can do..but forget about anythin OTA if u aint using the stock recovery!
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Yup I know that but maybe I could get .zip of the stock recovery.
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Thibaultvw said:
Yup I know that but maybe I could get .zip of the stock recovery.
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that can be done aswell!

Thanks for this really! I ended up pushing root after installing, it was a must
I went unrooted first and forgot TB wouldn't work. Kinda feels good to be on stock, nothing like regular N4 :thumbup: thanks again!
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yes that you can do..but forget about anythin OTA if u aint using the stock recovery!
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Hmm. Though we would get "Failed" upon an ota via s3 I remember regardless of recovery it would indeed update as well as patch recovery. But I'm not saying this is the case on nexus devices as this indeed is my first.
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swirly05 said:
Thanks for this really! I ended up pushing root after installing, it was a must
I went unrooted first and forgot TB wouldn't work. Kinda feels good to be on stock, nothing like regular N4 :thumbup: thanks again!
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Hey swirly ..as you approach a possible flash coming from this flash able stock zip would you mind posting any positive results if any with your performance and battery? I have heard and at times on other devices found at times this does improve somewhat by the partitions being reset or to those lines etc. Thank you.
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Yup I know that but maybe I could get .zip of the stock recovery.
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I would love this too!

swirly05 said:
Thanks for this really! I ended up pushing root after installing, it was a must
I went unrooted first and forgot TB wouldn't work. Kinda feels good to be on stock, nothing like regular N4 :thumbup: thanks again!
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You didn't keep a stock from first flash?. I always do. Good ole flashback unroot then delete twrp (depending if really needed as s3 wasn't) then protect root with root keeper then unroot take ota then load saved root. If this doesn't work on nexus 4 I'd love to know but worked on RAZR rezound and s3..if not I'll report in a created thread via next update. My reason is I like having that true first stock backup. Good for fresh installs of custom when reverting first. IMO lol
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Thanks
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Just a quick question. If you flash this and then flash stock recovery, can you basically unroot by doing that? It'll be much easier (at least in my opinion) of you could just flash the rom to unroot and go back to pure stock
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Well the truth is that if you have cwm 6+ the OTA installs with no problem and if you are root, it keeps it too! Just for your information the OTA needs system ,bootloader, radio, boot.img unmodified.

TBH I made this to help people too lazy to flash the stock factory image from Google. I'd always recommend the factory image personally

Gapps requirement
Is gapps required after flashing the ROM?

Ad Away not blocking ads on HTC One

Obviously most are aware Google Play have blocked any ad blocking apps but i had an apk. of AdAway from my Galaxy S3 so i installed it on my One but it does not appear to block all ads like it used to even when i manually update it and reboot there's always ads in certain apps, am i using an older version of this apk. or does anyone else have an alternative apk'. of any ad blocking app i could use, or is it something to do with the phone itself?
Cheers

unless you're running a modified kernel with the protection of /system partitions disabled, your host file gets replaced by default every time you reboot.

I've adblock 2.3 and it works fine, i don't have ads in apps
Which version do you have?
And see if you aren't running a custom kernel with /system partition protection disabled.

Have Trickdroid on my phone so I choose stock kernel as it's the most stable i believe, not ready to flash custom kernel yet as development is still in the early stages, running same version as above stated and not sure it blocks any ads, any other way around this without flashing a custom kernel?
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There's a mod that removes the protection from the stock kernel. It's in the development section.

gunnyman said:
unless you're running a modified kernel with the protection of /system partitions disabled, your host file gets replaced by default every time you reboot.
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But only on full boot, no problem if you have fast boot enabled... Works fine for me without kernel mod in that basis
Only problem was I needed to install Ad away with titanium backup as it did not show up in the market for some reason

melando said:
But only on full boot, no problem if you have fast boot enabled... Works fine for me without kernel mod in that basis
Only problem was I needed to install Ad away with titanium backup as it did not show up in the market for some reason
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As i mentioned in the OP Google play no longer allow apps like ad away and similar ad blocking apps, ridiculous but what can you do.
I actually don't have fastboot enabled, I'll do that now and try again and report back.
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gunnyman said:
There's a mod that removes the protection from the stock kernel. It's in the development section.
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I'll keep this in mind cheers
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Ok enabling fastboot hasn't made any difference, rebooted and ads are still showing in apps.
@ gunnyman what's the name of this thing I need to look out for in development section, I'll give this a go.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230341

gunnyman said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230341
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Cheers mate but i wouldn't be totally 100% confident doing this in case I ****ed up again I'll ask if this be incorporated into Trickdroid.
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Adaway working fine here on ARHD8.0. Get f-droid apk, install, search for adaway, install, profit.
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Is your phone rooted??
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Had better luck with adblock plus than adaway, might want to try that instead.

This was one of the first things I installed (all of yesterday, when I got it).
First thing to note is that you don't have to reboot the phone, despite what the app says. Just activate it and go back to Home screen. In fact, a reboot, as noted above, will undo the effects of Ad-away.
I did notice that it seemed to disable itself at one point today, unless my phone rebooted at some point in my pocket without my knowledge, which would be disconcerting.

akshaykishorchauhan said:
Is your phone rooted??
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I'm not being smart mate but I've already said I'm running Trickdroid which is a custom ROM so figure it out for yourself :-\
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Orcworm said:
Had better luck with adblock plus than adaway, might want to try that instead.
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Do you have an up to date apk. for that mate?
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I just checked the "help" information in my AdAway app, it sets out instructions for a workaround for HTC S-on devices i.e. how to move the hosts file to data and put a symlink in system...
Think this answers the question in the OP
Per post 12 you can currently get AdAway here either directly or by installing F-Droid market (alternative to Play store)

jonny68 said:
Do you have an up to date apk. for that mate?
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Aye you can grab it here:
https://adblockplus.org/downloads/adblockplusandroid-1.1.2.apk

If you're on stock ROM and don't want to use any kernel patch to make your /system partition writable, you can flash this little zip through recovery (e.g. CWM) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327934. Does exactly the same as the app (blocking hosts through system's hosts file) but applied via recovery

[CM12][CM12.1] Low Res MMS APK Fix

Hello all! If you've ever wanted to use the CM12, CM12s, or CM based ROM's stock messaging app (mms.apk) because of the theme engine and noticed that your MMS pictures were terrible quality then this is the fix for you!
By default the pictures are formatted to be downsized to 480x640 causing it to get super pixelated. With this modded Mms.apk the resolution was brought back up to 1920x1080 and the images aren't pixelated!
This was tested on my OPO, but testing on other CM12 powered devices would be appreciated!!
Step 1:
Download for CM12: Mms.apk
Download for CM12.1: Mms.apk
Step 2:
Move Mms.apk to /system/priv-app/Mms and overwrite the original apk.
Step 3:
Change permissions to rw-r--r-- and reboot!!
I used apktool and the apk files from Exodus (awesome ROM, you should check it out) so big thanks to @iBotPeaches (and other contributors) for the lollipop supported apktool:
http://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/
Special thanks to @froggymike911 for the CM11s MMS fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/low-res-mms-fix-t2822970
What problems you can run into:
-It will say "There is a problem parsing the package" if you try to regular install. This is a file that MUST be pushed manually to the system.
-If the apk doesn't install, try to use a different file explorer w/ root privileges. ES File Explorer is the one I use (and recommend )
Enjoy using the stock messenging app!!

For anyone curious, installing this on CM12.1 nighties causes FC when trying to enter messaging settings. Do not install.
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
For anyone curious, installing this on CM12.1 nighties causes FC when trying to enter messaging settings. Do not install.
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If you want me to make it for cm12.1 pm me

Why not just make it and post it as there will probably be people looking for such thing. If you make it, I'll test it out for you.
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
Why not just make it and post it as there will probably be people looking for such thing. If you make it, I'll test it out for you.
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I'm not using 12.1 nightlies on my OPO. Also I'm using Exodus atm and don't want to switch over to it for just 2 apk files >.<

Archfeind2 said:
I'm not using 12.1 nightlies on my OPO. Also I'm using Exodus atm and don't want to switch over to it for just 2 apk files >.<
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No problem, I was just giving anyone running 12.1 a heads up it doesn't work.
Google messenger works just fine as an alternative.
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
No problem, I was just giving anyone running 12.1 a heads up it doesn't work.
Google messenger works just fine as an alternative.
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Updated Thread to Support 12.1 :good:

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Updated Thread to Support 12.1 :good:
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Well settings doesn't FC anymore, so so far so good. Just installed it, haven't sent MMS yet tho.
Thanks!
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Tried this. Lost my messenger app all together. Copied over and would over rite. Then It did so I changed permission and still nothing.
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Same thing here, can someone post the stock cm MMS?
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qbanlinxx said:
Same thing here, can someone post the stock cm MMS?
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Got it fixed. Reflashed nightly. Then in the app he suggested I made sure to go into setting to allow root. Then copied file and changed permission. Then reboot. Worked great. Now I can send better pics.
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What Rom are you guys using? Cuz it works fine on my end running CM12.1 nighties.
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Just gonna report that sending MMS doesn't work for me on CM12.1.
I believe it's more operator related on the size than just the app. It gets stuck on sending. Back to google messenger for me.
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It's not going to work IMO. Operator are setting up max size of MMS. For example, my operator/ provider offer max 300kb picture in MMS.

Mr Patchy Patch said:
Just gonna report that sending MMS doesn't work for me on CM12.1.
I believe it's more operator related on the size than just the app. It gets stuck on sending. Back to google messenger for me.
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What is your operator? It depends on what your operator can send as a max amount of data. Also, if you update to a certain nightly build on CM 12.1 it will stop working (I sold my OPO so I can't test anymore ).

Link Error
Given link is not working

Smart manager say Threat found

I own a N920C with root and Dr. Ketan's rom.
I have noticed that the smart manager say always that a threat found.
As you can see in the attached photo there is no details about it.
Any ideas ?

Maybe has something to do with Knox?
Since you're using a custom ROM.

Root and super user are the threats..
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pakure said:
Root and super user are the threats..
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Makes sense...

I know that can be the reason but I guess then that if I'll press reboot that will block my root.
Thought that maybe someone have experience it as well.

On the S6 post root, this was fixed for me by freezing securitylogagent using titanium backup.
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Got the SM-T817, where can i download the samsung or google phone app to use with SIM

Guys,
Got my Samsung TAB S2 9.7, SM-T817 last week and finally got it rooted. All my apps are installed and i'm running stock Samsung ROM (Android 5.1.1). Now, i know this tablet can make and receive phone calls but... There is no phone app installed on it. It's the Bell Mobility version and i knew that it would not come with it when i purchased it. I thought i could easily find a stock Samsung phone app APK somewhere, that i could install on my rooted tablet and start using but so far, i have not found any !!
Any of you can help me regarding this ? I need a phone app that talks to my SIM card, not a dialer using VOIP service...
Thanks
Miroul

Have you tried https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.dialer
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Fritzy62 said:
Have you tried https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.dialer
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Yes, it says the tablet is not compatible..
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miroul said:
Yes, it says the tablet is not compatible..
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I'm starting to think i might need to flash it with the modem file used for the international version (t-815)...
A little more digging on my tablet led me to find the Samsung phone app hidden in the System folder... Now, trying to use that app does not work.. No error message, nothing.. Just does not work...
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Any update on the phone app? I am trying to find a way to use it as a phone
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You're gonna need more than just an app, likely you will need the whole framework.
Try installing a T815 system.img with TWRP.

anyone would have the T815 system.img so that I can try?

poonjack said:
anyone would have the T815 system.img so that I can try?
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Just download the stock firmware and either flash the system.img with Flashfire or twrp.
Make sure you have a backup of your system partition before flashing.

ashyx said:
Just download the stock firmware and either flash the system.img with Flashfire or twrp.
Make sure you have a backup of your system partition before flashing.
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Tired to flash 815 system.img, booted up, dialer show up. Unfortunately call still cannot go in or out. Any idea?
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poonjack said:
Tired to flash 815 system.img, booted up, dialer show up. Unfortunately call still cannot go in or out. Any idea?
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You likely need the baseband too.

poonjack said:
Tired to flash 815 system.img, booted up, dialer show up. Unfortunately call still cannot go in or out. Any idea?
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Flashed the baseband, Sim won't recognized, pretty hopeless.
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I use mine as a phone and it works great. I use the app textme. Although youll have to use a number they give you.
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Any updates on this? I am also trying to get this feature on my t817

Me as well!