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[Q] Verizon Galaxy Tab/Flashing a ROM

Hi, i have a Verizon Galaxy tab. I was interested in flashing a new ROM. Does anyone know if the tab has a Sim card? and which is a good ROM? Has anyone successfully flashed a ROM where everything worked? I use my tab in the car and need 3g, gps etc. But im itching to flash a kernel and a new ROM. Anyone have any advise? looks like most of them are for GSM and not CDMA. Please Help!

The Verizon (and Sprint) SGT does not have a SIM card as they are CDMA devices.
There is a small handful of ROMs available however at first it was pain getting started flashing the CDMA SGTs I've messed with.
Personally, I like oldmacnut's ROMs.
However, I'm currently running KhasMek's kernel and the stock ROM (just until oldmacnut finishes his GB port) - Also, running LauncherPro to hide that awful touchwiz interface and Dolphin Browser HD (for better browsing) - This has made the SGT loads better for me.
My advise to anyone looking to flash ROMs (even as unlikely as it is) if you're note 100% okay with the possibility of a brick, then don't flash. Personally, I've never encountered a bad flash I couldn't recover, but your milage may vary.

Thanks Addictive,
I am also waiting for stable GB roms for my VZ Tab. But I need to flash a nice kernel and a ROM. Even though the rooted tab runs nice with some tweaks......such as launcher Pro. I never used Dolphin HD. Ive always used Miren Browser since its lightweight and real quick for me BUT i will def give Dolphin a try. I might follow your footsteps and flash KhasMek's kernel and wait for Gingy. Have you noticed any significant differences as far as performance with this kernel?

The kernel is a touch buggy, but for me the performance boost was worth it. Lagfix, ext4 conversion and over clock were too good to pass up.
Using SetCPU to bump up on demand to 1.4GHz helps a bit when I push the tab (google music streaming in the background, navigation running in the background, bluetooth paired to car for audio, a friend browsing the web .... simultaneously) - Doing that stock made it angry, audio would skip and UI would lag, now its nearly perfect.
Also, I use Refresh for Android to reboot the tab automatically at 4:30 AM everyday. This alone has helped with stability/performance. Recently though, it has stopped automatically rebooting the SGT. I got the app because I was too lazy to setup a cron job to do it for me heh.

Hmmm well I have the ext 4 conversion (using OCLF) and that definitely made it much snappier but mine is running stock as far as cpu goes. I haven't experimented with overclocking...not sure if I want to risk damaging mine. But it did spike my interest since I have the same setup and have a car mount for mine. So I stream music and goole map it along with other goodies (like trapster) and sometimes it stutters. Would be cool to see how much faster it would go. And yeah rebooting always helps lol so I might flash that kernel friday. Have you tried any other ones?
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What is the CM9 issues and how do you guys survive with it ?

Hi , anyone can tell me the exact CM9 issues and why it's cannot be fixed yet ?
So how you guys survive with that ROM ?
Please share me some TIPS .
Currently i'm using Stock Gingerbread since I bought it last year December and now I would like to use CM9 custom rom (PARANOIDANDROID) yayyy
Thanks .

reyyy96 said:
Hi , anyone can tell me the exact CM9 issues and why it's cannot be fixed yet ?
So how you guys survive with that ROM ?
Please share me some TIPS .
Currently i'm using Stock Gingerbread since I bought it last year December and now I would like to use CM9 custom rom (PARANOIDANDROID) yayyy
Thanks .
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I guess the idea is to test your own skills in modding your phone and see, what the different developers would like us to have. After a few installs, you are hooked at getting your daily fix of new ROM and will suffer withdrawal symptoms, if no new ROM are a available for even a short period!!
Even if all the latest ROMs are not fully functional, they still add many new features to our phone.
I have become very enthusiastic about my phone again and I have had it for almost two years now. The longest time I have ever had a mobile phone.
What also is interesting is that you are able to try so many new apps, that only works if your phone is rooted.
So the benefits are many and if you are not satisfied, there are very good guides on how to go back to stock.
Good luck

reyyy96 said:
Hi , anyone can tell me the exact CM9 issues and why it's cannot be fixed yet ?
So how you guys survive with that ROM ?
Please share me some TIPS .
Currently i'm using Stock Gingerbread since I bought it last year December and now I would like to use CM9 custom rom (PARANOIDANDROID) yayyy
Thanks .
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CM 9 don't support Hardware acceleration. Thats the major problem that i know

reyyy96 said:
Hi , anyone can tell me the exact CM9 issues and why it's cannot be fixed yet ?
So how you guys survive with that ROM ?
Please share me some TIPS .
Currently i'm using Stock Gingerbread since I bought it last year December and now I would like to use CM9 custom rom (PARANOIDANDROID) yayyy
Thanks .
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Hardware Acceleration in CM9 for LG O2X is not working as of now (Needs LG to release an ICS based kernel).
Due to which:
- Video Recording doesn't work.
- Will not be able to play HD videos.
- Some of the system apps will start to lag after some usage (Phone & Contacts).

thank you . i hope the promised official ICS update will reach soon .

reyyy96 said:
Hi , anyone can tell me the exact CM9 issues and why it's cannot be fixed yet ?
So how you guys survive with that ROM ?
Please share me some TIPS .
Currently i'm using Stock Gingerbread since I bought it last year December and now I would like to use CM9 custom rom (PARANOIDANDROID) yayyy
Thanks .
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Ok, so CM 9 and CM 10 has the following problems:
1) No Hardware acceleration which means:
a) You CAN'T use your video camera at all. Now, I know that some says that you can use Videocam illusion, but that app can record only very low quality videos, which I found to be pretty useless (a lot of CPU use for that low quality).
b) Google Chrome is not supported due to it's need to access the GPU, but this is not so important due to other very good browsers
c) You will experience scrolling jittering. That being said when you will try to change between photos in the gallery (usually there is the bigest problem), or between songs in some media players by swaping on the screen, you will see something like the photo or album art is going back from where it came, but the result is good: changing the photo / song. The only problem is the visual one.
d) Gameloft games, and especially those with a little video at the begining will not work until you delete those clips from the instalation folder.
2) No radio application => no more FM radio for you. Wi-Fi (or a really well data plan) resolves this thing by using it for Tune-in Radio, a very good application for radio. I prefer to use it even on GB roms, because of the very good sound quality regardless the standard radio that sometimes loses the signal.
3) On CM 10 there are a few more bugs like no automatic brightness, or battery drain due to Wi-fi. Regardless all theese bugs, I found CM 10 from ParanoidAndroid to be a way much better rom than any other around here. Keeping the Wi-Fi off I don't experience any battery drain (more than that my battery last longer than anytime) and my favorite no data connection lost (I don't know if this was a carrier problem or not, but before switching to CM 10 i had a lot of data connection problems).
4) Not to be forgotten the lag on installing applications from Google Play Store. I found this problem on almost every single rom I've tried, and I tried almost all of them. I think I found only one or two roms w/o this problem, but being a maniac for the latest updates I've chosen the ICS and JB roms instead of a very stable one
5) No GPS working on CM 10
Now it's your decision. If you can live w/o video camera and gps and try to not get angry at every scroll bug you should really try the new CM 9 and 10 roms

al3x1393 said:
5) No GPS working on CM 10
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GPS is working fine for me on CM10 (KashaMalaga's build)
reyyy96 said:
So how you guys survive with that ROM ?
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I know this may sound weird to you, but: I can survive without any ROM.
It's not that your life depends on your smartphone, does it?
Just be happy with what you got.

[Q] Turn a galaxy S3 I9305 into a ipod touch like MP3 player

I have just received a new galaxy S5 so i would like to turn my old S3 into an ipod touch like mp3 player.
The only functionality required is a long battery life, the ability to play music from internal storage, home server and internet (via wifi only, no cellular connection will be available so i would also like to remove all of the apps associated with calling, messaging etc.)
Dose anyone have any recommendations for Firmware, Kernels and Apps to help me achieve this.
I am currently running SlimKat 4.4.2 Build 4.8.

I have found a mod to disable Cell services and remove the associated apk's, I will be testing it out shortly.
What it does:
Removes unnecessary apps (Messaging.apk, Phone.apk, TelephonyProvider.apk, Mms.apk, TelocationProvider.apk)
Completely turns off cell radio on bootup
Installs the radiooptions binary in case your ROM does not include it
Prevents emergency calls and 911 calls (good for giving your kids your old phone to play with)
Unfortunatly i can't post links but the mod is on rootzwiki [MOD]Any phone, any ROM: Wi-Fi only mode (disable cell radio)

Spud2233 said:
I have just received a new galaxy S5 so i would like to turn my old S3 into an ipod touch like mp3 player.
The only functionality required is a long battery life, the ability to play music from internal storage, home server and internet (via wifi only, no cellular connection will be available so i would also like to remove all of the apps associated with calling, messaging etc.)
Dose anyone have any recommendations for Firmware, Kernels and Apps to help me achieve this.
I am currently running SlimKat 4.4.2 Build 4.8.
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Thanks very much for sharing Thank you very much for sharing

Why don't you resell it, buy an actual ipod and get some extra cash??

lovetatfitties said:
Why don't you resell it, buy an actual ipod and get some extra cash??
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The phone was found on the side of a major highway with a cracked screen and has had the IMEI blocked, so its not really worth selling it.
I was just trying to make as much use of it as i could.

Oh, fair enough. What about Airplane mode and then activate WiFi? After that you can activate the power saving mode on CM 11. I have 0 experience with kernels for this phone so I'm doing my research atm (That's why I found this thread on the first place).
Also, right now I'm looking at the Sound Mod AC!D Audio Technology maybe you're interested in this too, I don't know how this mod affects battery life as I haven't tried yet but it is supposed to increase the sound quality by A LOT.

This is all new to me as well this is my first attempt at modding anything android (apart from installing pre-made roms, etc)
Thanks for the sound mod ill give it a test run.
Flight mode works to a point, while the phone is in Flight mode the cell radio is still active and searching for emergency signal therefore still using battery (as can be seen in battery stats as cell standby).
Because my phone is IMEI blocked and i always have my S5 with me i have no need for the emergency signal on this device so i would like to find a way to totally disable the cell radio. I just had the thought of taking the rom from a tablet device that has no cell radio to begin with and see if that works on the s3.

Flight mode works to a point, while the phone is in Flight mode the cell radio is still active and searching for emergency signal therefore still using battery (as can be seen in battery stats as cell standby).
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No it doesn't The only ones that did that were some Nokias. Try this, set network to GPRS/2G only, and then enable airplane mode. Remember the i9305 has a external modem due to the 4G, made by qualcomm.

Which ROM for Pokemon Go

Hi guys,
I resurected my N7000 as a Pokedex for my son, so I can go out and catch some Pokemons with him.
As Pokemon Go requires Android 4.4 I first tried the newest NightOwl 6.0.1. Unfortunatelly GPS was awefull, didn't work most of the time and was far from the actual spot when "working". It may be a problem, that it is connected to the internet via WLAN over my phone, as I have no SIM fot the Note and so have to run it in GPS only mode. I tried Stock Android 4.1.2 with a manual APK installation. As it does not support Google login, my son had do start from zero with a new Pokemon Club account. As GPS was better (while not good),it was worth it. However, performace is bad in rural areas and not playable in town. I am currently downloading stock N7000XXLA4 (Android 4.3.6) and hope for better performance and better GPS as it still loses GPS signal >50%.
Can anybody suggest a ROM for Pokemon Go for the N7000? I need very good GPS, good game performance and if possible Android 4.4 or newer.
Thanks
Muto1

You can try OMMI ROM 4.4 or Nightowl 5.1.1 + War Kernel. Nightowl 6.0.1 is not good for gaming.

i use SLimKat rom for playing pokemon go and it's stable, with xposed to using GPSJoyStick
go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2608467

Best ROM for playing Pokemon GO

Hello,
what is the best ROM for playing Pokemon GO on this device? I have used CyanogenMod 4.4.4. custom rom, but when im playing the phone laggs and sometimes crashes, and android system wastes too much ram memory (about 400-500 MB, almost half). The GPS also doesn't work well (in bigger cities it works but not precisely, in rural areas it doesnt work at all). I tried to play on other roms, but device fails on safety net check, so i can't play.
So, does anyone play Pokemon without any problems and on which rom?

cartmaneric said:
Hello,
what is the best ROM for playing Pokemon GO on this device? I have used CyanogenMod 4.4.4. custom rom, but when im playing the phone laggs and sometimes crashes, and android system wastes too much ram memory (about 400-500 MB, almost half). The GPS also doesn't work well (in bigger cities it works but not precisely, in rural areas it doesnt work at all). I tried to play on other roms, but device fails on safety net check, so i can't play.
So, does anyone play Pokemon without any problems and on which rom?
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Check stock ICS 4.0.3 its good and fast

Salman Al-Badgail said:
Check stock ICS 4.0.3 its good and fast
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No, it has to be at least Kitkat or newer versions.

cartmaneric said:
No, it has to be at least Kitkat or newer versions.
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CM13 by alfsamsung or AOSP MMB 6.0 by csk1jw , give a shot :good:

cartmaneric said:
Hello,
what is the best ROM for playing Pokemon GO on this device? I have used CyanogenMod 4.4.4. custom rom, but when im playing the phone laggs and sometimes crashes, and android system wastes too much ram memory (about 400-500 MB, almost half). The GPS also doesn't work well (in bigger cities it works but not precisely, in rural areas it doesnt work at all). I tried to play on other roms, but device fails on safety net check, so i can't play.
So, does anyone play Pokemon without any problems and on which rom?
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You're lucky. I've tried about dozen of roms but none of them work. I always get the 'unable to athenticate' error. What rom are you using? I'd be happy with that.

I do not know the minimum requirements of Pokémon GO. But official CM 10.1.3 has the best performance I ever tried. In second place comes official CM 11. You can try some kernels to improve performance too. I recommend Werewolf's and Iodak's kernels.
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