Hey guys,
I am hoping a moderator can move this thread into the correct place.
I just registered my account and as it's my first post it won't allow me to post anywhere but general.
As Ive always used apple for everything. I wanted to dabble a bit into Android.
So I purchased a cheap phone to experiment with.
What I would like to do is understand how to install a custom ROM on my device.
Please forgive me ignorance but I don't really know about all the different ROMs and why people would use them.
At this point I'd just like to install stock android and get the pure Google experience.
I did a few searches and no one has mentioned this model before.
If someone could please provide me with some tips/help I'd really appreciate it.
Also any insight into what other ROMs people use and why?
Thanks again.
I had use zenfone 5. Asus phones are of less cost with many features.
Good battery backup
screen size is good
price
features
sound
All these parameter are damn good in zenfone than others phones.
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and i am a complete android noob. i have never had any android based devices. i am an iphone owner. any tips/hints on where to start? ive looked through the forums but im nothing but confused at the terms and stuff.
i would like to root the device, where do i start? i dont know what all this rom stuff is and all the talk. can anyone help me out?
also, i tried connecting to wifi through my iphone (jailbroken running MyWi), but the Nook wouldnt recognize it. is it because it is considered an Ad-Hoc network?
any helps/pointers/links for a noob would be great. thanks.
To keep it simple, you will probably just want to root it through autonooter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872490
The first post has good instructions, but this post has even more thorough ones:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9816724&highlight=skip#post9816724
Youtube might crash after this. Although that second link I listed states to delete, you'd be better served by doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9915878#post9915878
Welcome to the community!
First off, i would say to take a read through the main Nook color information hub, found here: http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor
There is lots of info about the device, and things that can be done with it. Terminology is all over the place, so if you have something in ind, i would suggest asking a specific question.
In general, the Android system is a highly customized Linux system, built on a linux kernel. Android itself is the rom, and is the OS that you are actually booting too. The kernel is the supporting software for the OS, and contains the system drivers (among other things). Commonly, when a custom rom is developed, an associated kernel is released with it, but they can be changed, if they are made interchangeable. If you do to the dev forum, you will see people working on both pieces.
The rooting information for the NC is in the portal page, and should get you fully started. As for the ad-hoc issue, yes, you will need to do some work to get that working, also found in this and the development forums.
Yes, welcome! I, too, am from iPhone jaikbreak land with this as my first android device. You'll love it! it's flexible and slick. Everyone here is so helpful, so just jump in!
Sent from my Nook Color
Just landed on the NOOKcolor planet as well
I love my Droid 1 and thought the Ipad worked pretty cool. It's pretty heavy though and $500? No thanks.
If only there was a smaller, cheaper, user customizable option.... the NOOKcolor!
Found info on XDA about it. Did some research. Played with it a few times. SOLD!
This thread links to everything I need to know about rooting it like my Droid so off I go.
Thanks for all the hard work everyone.
Mikey
So, I used to play around a lot with my old htc desire 3-4 years ago, during its golden days of software development here on xda. I know my way around flashing, rooting, radios, kernels, etc. pretty well I'd say.
This time with my new nexus I'll probably keep things simple, I like stock lollipop and getting updates faster. But in any case, what are (in your opinion) the modifications that needs to be done to this phone to enjoy a perfect experience? Talking about things like would you unlock bootloader right away? Root? New kernel? What makes it better for you?
In my opinion the "must have" is to unlock bootloader then root and finally buy the Light Flow app to enable notifications led, because when I'm for example play game in fullscreen I can't see latest notifications. It's very useful.
When mine arrives in a couple of days I'll be unlocking, flashing SlimLP and elementalx as soon as its out of the box. Really, you just have to find what you like. Stay stock for a while to get used to it. If you want quicker updates, go to aosp
Unlock Bootloader
Flash TWRP
Create Stock Back Up (EFS and what not)
Flash Root through Recovery
You are golden.
Now you can go flash happy with all of the wonderful things on the site.
Personally > I am running CM12 / Faux Kernel
There are so many of these threads, you can go to any one of the existing threads and already see whats out there. This is nothing different than one of those "best ROM / kernel" threads. Everybody is just going to recommend whatever they're using because thats what they're comfortable with. What another person uses doesn't necessarily mean that its what you should be using.
For sure you should, bootloader unlock (you'll have to enable "OEM unlock" in developer options) before anything and if you want to, you can decrypt your phone (you can find that out by finding the thread).
If you want to enjoy the fullest experience, browse through the forums and find out what appeals to you. Think of it as shopping through a store to find something you're interested in, the only difference is that you don't have to pay.
Toneman07 said:
Unlock Bootloader
Flash TWRP
Create Stock Back Up (EFS and what not)
Flash Root through Recovery
You are golden.
Now you can go flash happy with all of the wonderful things on the site.
Personally > I am running CM12 / Faux Kernel
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This seems quite reasonable. Any particular reasons why you should run a stock rom with root privileges? Also, do you get OTA with root (I( cannot remember this one)?
zephiK said:
There are so many of these threads, you can go to any one of the existing threads and already see whats out there. This is nothing different than one of those "best ROM / kernel" threads. Everybody is just going to recommend whatever they're using because thats what they're comfortable with. What another person uses doesn't necessarily mean that its what you should be using.
For sure you should, bootloader unlock (you'll have to enable "OEM unlock" in developer options) before anything and if you want to, you can decrypt your phone (you can find that out by finding the thread).
If you want to enjoy the fullest experience, browse through the forums and find out what appeals to you. Think of it as shopping through a store to find something you're interested in, the only difference is that you don't have to pay.
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XDA being XDA I guess, telling you that the thread can be answered by searching, lol. In my mind, this is a different kind of question, I want to know what are the simplest modification you can do to get the best experience, let's say to get the best with minimum effort, if you want. Anyway, I do appreciate your input, I did thing that unlock and maybe even custom recovery are a must (at least, you need those if you want to start doing anything else, IIRC).
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XDA being XDA I guess, telling you that the thread can be answered by searching, lol. In my mind, this is a different kind of question, I want to know what are the simplest modification you can do to get the best experience, let's say to get the best with minimum effort, if you want. Anyway, I do appreciate your input, I did thing that unlock and maybe even custom recovery are a must (at least, you need those if you want to start doing anything else, IIRC).
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That's because searching is a rule here. I browse the forums and help people out all the time and posts like this show up on a everyday basis.
The question is not different at all, they all share similar elements to what others have asked and if you read through other people's threads you would have what you were asking for answers in their threads.
In development or using mods, there is no "best." if you want to do anything relating to flash able mods kernels roms then you'll need twrp. It's a necessity. For everything else more than that, you'll have to browse through the forums and find what interests you.
Interests you? Try it. Not happy with it? Try something else. Feeling adventurous? Try something else. The best possible experience is using something new every couple of days until you find that sweet spot where you can settle down with a ROM and kernel set up.
If you're looking for something to narrow down your choices. Look for a kernel or rom based on the following attributes.
How active is the thread? Does the developer release updates often? How many views and posts?
Popularity usually leads to a good experience and it's popular for a reason. Check it out and see why it is so popular. I'm not saying popular is the best but it's a good start.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
Same Here!
I'm also going to get one soon. Most probably I'll unlock that effin bootloader without even unboxing the phone completely lol
I would like to try Official CM12 for Nexus 6 first
whats funny about threads like this, and the op as well, is that the op says he knows whats up about flashing and all the good stuff, but goes ahead and asks what he needs to do. lol! the right thing to do would be not to ask what needs to be done, but to play around with the device and do what YOU want to do to your device. not what others think you should do to your device.
Anyway, thanks for all the people that, instead, came here to have a nice discussion! Some comments were rather helpful!
qweasdfzxc said:
3-4 years ago people were way less *****y here, what happened? Y'all need to lay back.
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3-4 years ago, xda was also not as popular to this day. People were more independent and didn't rely so much on having information fed to them.
When I first started out on xda, I pretty much lurked on the forums since I was new to flashing anything on my phone. The first phone I had was a g1 and rooting that phone took over 40 minutes using terminal emulator and telnet.
There wasn't a one click root toolkit for that phone. I spent weeks and months learning the ways and when I finally felt comfortable I started helping others. I rarely ever asked any questions unless it was super necessary.
You haven't even purchased the phone, you have all the time in the world to browse through the forums to see what roms and kernels interest you. The resources to your answer is already there, you're just not finding the answer but yet want others to answer for you.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
Enough with the snide remarks. The OP is asking for some help. If you don't like the question, move on and don't respond. There is no need to post on every thread you see....
To the OP: There is a ton of information in the N6 fora. Do some searching of specific things and browse around. You'll find all the info you need.
Hey guys in having a hard time choosing between these. If you look them up they are very similar. Prices aside, which would you choose?
Thanks, DJ
Easy choice!
if you enjoy being locked in a small room with both your hands tied behind your back and no one to bring you food, you should definitely get the Oppo. If you enjoy the sun on your face and being free to roam about and use widgets and apps and launchers and whatnot, get the S6.
Hi there,
There are threads already established that are devoted to discussions about devices, please read, and if necessary, repost your question in one of these threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
There are also several other discussion threads that you probably should review to help you. They are What phone do you wish you had? or
The Worst Android Device That You've Ever Had & Why or even this place that talks about The best phone you ever owned.
I will have to close this one. Thanks for understanding.
Hey
I can buy one of these phones used 1-2 months for similar good prcice. And I have dilema.
The most important for me is camera(quality in night condition also matters) - I have no idea which one is better in this field.
Also I pay attention to screen and design - I guess in this regards Nokia win. However I have some doubts about 3gb ram in Nokia, it seems too little, but maybe its enough because of pure android?
I have also option to buy LG G6 but for similar price, but it would be used about 12months.
What do you think?
Hi there,
There are threads already established that are devoted to discussions about devices, please read, and if necessary, repost your question in one of these threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
There are also several other discussion threads that you probably should review to help you. They are What phone do you wish you had? or
The Worst Android Device That You've Ever Had & Why or even this place that talks about The best phone you ever owned.
I will have to close this one. Thanks for understanding.
Hi guys and gals.
I'm here to learn how to hack my new Xiaomi Pad 5. The MIUI is awful and sometimes overrides my defaults. Although the hardware is good. I don't trust neither Xiaomi nor Google.
I'm rather a newbie to Android (before my iPhones I had Nexus 5). Recently coming from Apple devices. I decided to switch system because Apple did me wrong and I was a good customer. I don't want to emphasize here but Apples behaviour is rather disturbing.
At the moment my base is Switzerland. I'm native Italian and German speaking and I know some other languages. I'm rather old you'll say but my mind is young.
So far i learned that I've to install ADB on the Mac. Than TWRP on Pad 5. I like to research.
The greeting message in this board was appealing and gave me a good feeling. I'll look around here.
I want to install Magisk. It seems rather interesting.
Have a wonderful day y'all.
Best.
Skianto
Skianto said:
Hi guys and gals.
I'm here to learn how to hack my new Xiaomi Pad 5. The MIUI is awful and sometimes overrides my defaults. Although the hardware is good. I don't trust neither Xiaomi nor Google.
I'm rather a newbie to Android (before my iPhones I had Nexus 5). Recently coming from Apple devices. I decided to switch system because Apple did me wrong and I was a good customer. I don't want to emphasize here but Apples behaviour is rather disturbing.
At the moment my base is Switzerland. I'm native Italian and German speaking and I know some other languages. I'm rather old you'll say but my mind is young.
So far i learned that I've to install ADB on the Mac. Than TWRP on Pad 5. I like to research.
The greeting message in this board was appealing and gave me a good feeling. I'll look around here.
I want to install Magisk. It seems rather interesting.
Have a wonderful day y'all.
Best.
Skianto
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Welcome to XDA! Enjoy the forums, and let me know if you need help with anything.
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Welcome to XDA! Enjoy the forums, and let me know if you need help with anything.
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Hello ethical_haquer
Thank You very much for Your kind words. I appreciate it very much.
It's the first time I'm in such a forum.
Honestly when I saw the MIUI and it's behaviour I was concerned about the privacy issues and I "panicked" a bit. I knew that Google spies on us and I was prepared. But these people from Xiaomi are even worse it seems. They make me troubles with the VPN and the private DNS. Fortunately Browsec has the feature of always on.
In order to get developer USB access and backup the device in my old MBP I needed to register with Xiaomi and you know what they gave me an id starting with triple 6. Rather weird
Here is summertime I have a lot to do and enjoy the summer biking Probably I'll start in Autumn with this project
As I found out the device could be bricked "messing" around with rooting and ROM's. I need to research more to be more sure to take the risk.
I'll surf here and see if there's a "save" way or do You know a safer way? I know only taxes and death are for sure but I would appreciate Your opinion very much in order to understand and evaluate even better.
Have a nice day.
Skianto said:
Hello ethical_haquer
Thank You very much for Your kind words. I appreciate it very much.
It's the first time I'm in such a forum.
Honestly when I saw the MIUI and it's behaviour I was concerned about the privacy issues and I "panicked" a bit. I knew that Google spies on us and I was prepared. But these people from Xiaomi are even worse it seems. They make me troubles with the VPN and the private DNS. Fortunately Browsec has the feature of always on.
In order to get developer USB access and backup the device in my old MBP I needed to register with Xiaomi and you know what they gave me an id starting with triple 6. Rather weird
Here is summertime I have a lot to do and enjoy the summer biking Probably I'll start in Autumn with this project
As I found out the device could be bricked "messing" around with rooting and ROM's. I need to research more to be more sure to take the risk.
I'll surf here and see if there's a "save" way or do You know a safer way? I know only taxes and death are for sure but I would appreciate Your opinion very much in order to understand and evaluate even better.
Have a nice day.
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I try to avoid Google as well.
Skianto said:
In order to get developer USB access and backup the device in my old MBP I needed to register with Xiaomi and you know what they gave me an id starting with triple 6. Rather weird
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It sure is!
What are you planning to try out on your phone? Don't be to worried about bricking it, although not uncommon it's mostly do to people not understanding what they're doing. If you just want to root it I would flash Magisk. Although honestly I wouldn't bother with rooting it before you install a custom ROM. Which will remove lots of the crap-ware and spy-ware that's built in. A custom ROM will run faster too. Once again, feel free to ask any questions!
ethical_haquer said:
I try to avoid Google as well.
It sure is!
What are you planning to try out on your phone? Don't be to worried about bricking it, although not uncommon it's mostly do to people not understanding what they're doing. If you just want to root it I would flash Magisk. Although honestly I wouldn't bother with rooting it before you install a custom ROM. Which will remove lots of the crap-ware and spy-ware that's built in. A custom ROM will run faster too. Once again, feel free to ask any questions! To say it in short. Weird things are happening with MIUI.
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Briefly I want to get rid of MIUI and Google. Weird things happened lately.
So far many say LineageOS and Magisk, others blah.
Than appstore. Aurora or FD. I've some apps I would like to keep.
It's a tablet Xiaomi pad 5.
Than the question security..
It's really not easy to find out the best