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Are there any rom flashing experts out there for hire? I would gladly pay someone so I could see how it is properly done the first time on my N7000. I'm not even sure what I would enter for a google search so I thought I would ask here. I'm in Silicon Valley, so if such people exist I suspect I could find one nearby.
Thanks
~Paul
we're all experts here
What's your issue ?
azzledazzle said:
we're all experts here
What's your issue ?
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No real issue except that after reading about bricking one's phone I realize I would have to proceed carefully. I'd rather just pay someone who has done this many times, watch and learn and save myself hours in research and possibly even more if I screw up. I realize this might not be possible in which case I guess I will just have to bite the bullet. (Of course I would like to upgrade to ICS and I suspect I would prefer one of the non-stock roms).
Thanks
~Paul
You will be fine you're in safe hands here I can help you upgrade to a ICS custom ROM if you like ?
You dont necessarily need a Custom ROM, Just a Custom Kernel as its the Stock ICS Kernel that causes the bricks.
Do you have gtalk ?
I Could hel too..
I am on charcks v5 small custom cis rom with speedmod k3-3 kernel and my batt life time is great! This is the best on ics
2days 4 hrs with 4 hr and 25min gps wake lock (runtastic)
Let me know if you have problem.
Cheers
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You will be fine you're in safe hands here I can help you upgrade to a ICS custom ROM if you like ?
You dont necessarily need a Custom ROM, Just a Custom Kernel as its the Stock ICS Kernel that causes the bricks.
Do you have gtalk ?
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So you are saying the stock ICS rom with a custom kernel will work well? Is there a choice of kernels or is there one obvious choice? I'm not sure if I want Touchwiz (since I also have a Galaxy 8.9 Tab which of course doesn't use touchwiz) which is why I thought I might want a custom rom. Although I read that most custom roms don't support pen input which wouldn't be good. (Is that true?)
gtalk? I've used google video chat, so I'm sure I get get on gtalk. So that suggests you would be willing to talk me thru it? That would be quite generous of you. (Wouldn't be right away since my N7000 won't even arrive until Monday).
~Paul
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So you are saying the stock ICS rom with a custom kernel will work well? Is there a choice of kernels or is there one obvious choice? I'm not sure if I want Touchwiz (since I also have a Galaxy 8.9 Tab which of course doesn't use touchwiz) which is why I thought I might want a custom rom. Although I read that most custom roms don't support pen input which wouldn't be good. (Is that true?)
gtalk? I've used google video chat, so I'm sure I get get on gtalk. So that suggests you would be willing to talk me thru it? That would be quite generous of you. (Wouldn't be right away since my N7000 won't even arrive until Monday).
~Paul
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Sure, Download gtalk and give me a shout when you get the note Im more than happy to assist you through it ! its what i do lol
if you leave Samsung ROM you will lose all S-pen features, and the pen will become a stylus. As for kernels, If you like the stock ROM, just flash a safe kernel such as speedmod and you will be fine, However for better performance, combine the kernel and custom rom together, I can help you decide when you get your note
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Sure, Download gtalk and give me a shout when you get the note Im more than happy to assist you through it ! its what i do lol
if you leave Samsung ROM you will lose all S-pen features, and the pen will become a stylus. As for kernels, If you like the stock ROM, just flash a safe kernel such as speedmod and you will be fine, However for better performance, combine the kernel and custom rom together, I can help you decide when you get your note
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Many thanks for the offer to assist. I'll let you know when my Note arrives.
You say the "pen will become a stylus". What does that mean? Will the pen still be useable to click on links in the browser for instance? And is it still possible to write notes to oneself with an appropriate android app? I don't know what additional pen features might be there but I wouldn't need artsy performance (such as variable thickness with pressure or the like). Is this limitation true even of something like the MIUI rom which claims to be based on a stock rom? Also is there any hope of the other roms eventually gaining the S-pen features or is that based on proprietary code that Samsung will never reveal?
Feel free to save your breath and send me to a link to find this info. I did look in the wiki but didn't find it this info (or perhaps didn't understand it).
Thanks
~Paul
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Many thanks for the offer to assist. I'll let you know when my Note arrives.
You say the "pen will become a stylus". What does that mean? Will the pen still be useable to click on links in the browser for instance? And is it still possible to write notes to oneself with an appropriate android app? I don't know what additional pen features might be there but I wouldn't need artsy performance (such as variable thickness with pressure or the like). Is this limitation true even of something like the MIUI rom which claims to be based on a stock rom? Also is there any hope of the other roms eventually gaining the S-pen features or is that based on proprietary code that Samsung will never reveal?
Feel free to save your breath and send me to a link to find this info. I did look in the wiki but didn't find it this info (or perhaps didn't understand it).
Thanks
~Paul
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He means to say that you will lose apps like S-Memo,S-Note and other features of the S-pen which require the Samsung Touchwiz framework to run.Yes, there are many other note taking apps in the play store,check them out.Custom ROMs based on stock ROMs do not suffer from this limitation.The MIUI ROM you speak of is base on the stock ROM,so S-Memo will work and although S-No seems to be not fully operational I'm sure the dev will iron out the problems with it.So bascically-
S-pen features------Touchwiz framework required------Present in ROMs based on stock Roms
AOSP ROMs--------Original("Vanilla") Google ROMs with no manufacturer software(eg. no Touchwiz,no S-planner....you get the idea)
Phone is great and already rooted it. I wonder, should i install a custom ROM or keep the stock one? What are the benefits of installing a custom ROM on the active? In the past i always installed customs but for the Active i'm not sure i need it at the moment. Thoughts?\\
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Phone is great and already rooted it. I wonder, should i install a custom ROM or keep the stock one? What are the benefits of installing a custom ROM on the active? In the past i always installed customs but for the Active i'm not sure i need it at the moment. Thoughts?\\
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There are countless articles on the benefits of Custom vs Stock ROMS. I personally love CM10.2 that I currently have installed on mine. I'm waiting for CM11 but that looks a while off. If you leave it stock, though, you'll easily be able to update to 4.4 soon. I personally HATE the touchwiz interface, but I'm jealous of some of Wanam Xposed's capabilities. Other than that, you've said you've already used custom ROMs before...
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There are countless articles on the benefits of Custom vs Stock ROMS. I personally love CM10.2 that I currently have installed on mine. I'm waiting for CM11 but that looks a while off. If you leave it stock, though, you'll easily be able to update to 4.4 soon. I personally HATE the touchwiz interface, but I'm jealous of some of Wanam Xposed's capabilities. Other than that, you've said you've already used custom ROMs before...
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I've installed nova, and themer and about me. all amazing interfaces. also found a workaround to enable wifi tether. what else can i do on a custom rom on the S4 Active that's worth reverting from the stock? I'm just trying to see if there's anything major i'm missing right now.
Also, i've noticed there's very little dev action on here compared to the S4. Is that because not a lot of users have it? or because S4 roms can be used on the active?
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I've installed nova, and themer and about me. all amazing interfaces. also found a workaround to enable wifi tether. what else can i do on a custom rom on the S4 Active that's worth reverting from the stock? I'm just trying to see if there's anything major i'm missing right now.
Also, i've noticed there's very little dev action on here compared to the S4. Is that because not a lot of users have it? or because S4 roms can be used on the active?
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There's less action here because the Active has less users. S4 Roms are similar to the Active and can be, in a way, "ported". They are NOT interchangeable though.
Nova and Themer don't require a Custom ROM such as CM. CyanogenMod is the most common Custom ROM so I'm going to focus on that. There are other good ones for this device such as SlimBeam and Smasher X.
Here is an article with the Top 10 Reasons To Install CyanogenMod.
While the above article is a good article, it doesn't go into enough depth about it's Customisations and Usability tweaks which are (along with speed) the main reasons that CM is my choice ROM at the moment. For example, if you find that the auto-brightness is sometimes a bit too high or a bit too low while using your Android device, you can tweak this to your own specific perfection. There's hundreds of little tweaks like this built into CM that essentially make using TouchWiz afterwards somewhat frustrating.
In saying that, a lot of the things you can do on a Custom ROM can be achieved on the stock ROM through things such as XPosed framework with modules such as Wanam Kit or other third party apps such as All In One Gestures, or tasks created in Tasker.
I will also be doing a guide on how to get the AOSP Android 4.4 look on your stock TouchWiz Device.
I was looking to get the Nexus 5 but I lost my camera the other day and I like taking pictures.
So I remembered about the Galaxy Zoom and I see there is a new version, The Galaxy K Zoom.
Is there custom ROMs for this? Only thing that is holding me back...
(BTW, why doesnt it have have its own section?)
nope. and never will
Why will that be?
too few developers on it, to little interest in device from consumers
we are just a bunch of enthusiasts needing such a camera phone
the broad folk is buying all that ultra slim hyper fast highend stuff
Well, if you want ROMs to start appearing, you might want to deodex the stock rom of the device. After that happens ROMs are bound to appear
Who needs custom roms?
There's absolutely no need for custom roms imo. I just rooted it, installed the Exposed framework and installed gravitybox. All your favorite customisations are right there and there's no need to flash anything
I know, but it seems like he wanted ROMs, so I gave him a way
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SchizoDuckie said:
There's absolutely no need for custom roms imo. I just rooted it, installed the Exposed framework and installed gravitybox. All your favorite customisations are right there and there's no need to flash anything
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gravitybox for samsung roms?
Nononono! you must use wanam xposed!
Sorry for spamming thread and lame question, which one is better, AOSP, CyanogenMod or any other original debloated Android ROM?
And when Xiaomi Mi5 will get many custom roms and official CM support?
Deez nuts
you should try out yourself, it's depends from person to person....
There's no such thing.
Phalcore said:
Sorry for spamming thread and lame question, which one is better, AOSP, CyanogenMod or any other original debloated Android ROM?
And when Xiaomi Mi5 will get many custom roms and official CM support?
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It seems that CM will be official for gemini (Mi5) from now on, thanks to xiaomi releasing it's kernel sources a while back.
Althoug many custom roms were already available, without a proper kernel their performance was very poor. So, if you don't want to test which one will suit you the best, I recommend you to wait a few more days to allow devs to start creating their own custom kernel versions, so the device can perform on its max
I have been using CM13 by bgcngm along with the Falcon Kernel by Harrynowl and so far it's amazing. I've had no issues with this configuration and can say it's WAY better than MIUI. You check it out.
Captain_Obviyus said:
I have been using CM13 by bgcngm along with the Falcon Kernel by Harrynowl and so far it's amazing. I've had no issues with this configuration and can say it's WAY better than MIUI. You check it out.
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Could you specific in which area it better?
Performance? Clean? Customize? Feature? ....?
baszu said:
Could you specific in which area it better?
Performance? Clean? Customize? Feature? ....?
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Well let's see...
MIUI has this annoying feature (probably to conserve battery life) that whenever you close an app from the recents tray, anything that you had enabled in the Accessibility settings got disabled.
Secondly, MIUI's customization is nowhere as close as to CM's. I know MIUI looks great and all and the theme engine is pretty good but I still prefer stock over it.
There's no Google Now On Tap on MIUI.
MIUI doesn't let apps run in the background (again, to conserve battery), but it's kinda too agressive. Like not even Greenify can run for long periods.
Can't root MIUI unless you're using the China Developer ROM.
I could go on and on but then I'd be nitpicking on MIUI. These are a few reasons from the top of my head.
Also, I've been following this thread for battery optimization. It's pretty darn good and lets me go through 2 days on a single charge.
MIUI has better battery life than stock CM. No question about that. But CM's strengths far outweigh it's weaknesses.
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Well let's see...
There's no Google Now On Tap on MIUI.
Can't root MIUI unless you're using the China Developer ROM.
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Now On Tap on MIUI works.
You can root any kind of MIUI: just flash SuperSU zip via TWRP.
Fortinho said:
Now On Tap on MIUI works.
You can root any kind of MIUI: just flash SuperSU zip via TWRP.
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Huh. I didn't know that. Good to know!
Captain_Obviyus said:
I have been using CM13 by bgcngm along with the Falcon Kernel by Harrynowl and so far it's amazing. I've had no issues with this configuration and can say it's WAY better than MIUI. You check it out.
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Really man!!! I never try any other ROM than MIUI - Currently is MIUI 8 and it is realizable, durable and fast. Can you please share what functions are better?
I would say cm14.1 is best. Except the camera. The dev can't port it perfectly. Otherwise it is perfect
I entirely agree with you.
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Well let's see...
MIUI has this annoying feature (probably to conserve battery life) that whenever you close an app from the recents tray, anything that you had enabled in the Accessibility settings got disabled.
Secondly, MIUI's customization is nowhere as close as to CM's. I know MIUI looks great and all and the theme engine is pretty good but I still prefer stock over it.
There's no Google Now On Tap on MIUI.
MIUI doesn't let apps run in the background (again, to conserve battery), but it's kinda too agressive. Like not even Greenify can run for long periods.
Can't root MIUI unless you're using the China Developer ROM.
I could go on and on but then I'd be nitpicking on MIUI. These are a few reasons from the top of my head.
Also, I've been following this thread for battery optimization. It's pretty darn good and lets me go through 2 days on a single charge.
MIUI has better battery life than stock CM. No question about that. But CM's strengths far outweigh it's weaknesses.
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Unfortunately I don't think that there is any other alternative that could replace the global ROM. the CM O.S. have other (unsolved) problems.
Captain_Obviyus said:
Well let's see...
MIUI has this annoying feature (probably to conserve battery life) that whenever you close an app from the recents tray, anything that you had enabled in the Accessibility settings got disabled.
Secondly, MIUI's customization is nowhere as close as to CM's. I know MIUI looks great and all and the theme engine is pretty good but I still prefer stock over it.
There's no Google Now On Tap on MIUI.
MIUI doesn't let apps run in the background (again, to conserve battery), but it's kinda too agressive. Like not even Greenify can run for long periods.
Can't root MIUI unless you're using the China Developer ROM.
I could go on and on but then I'd be nitpicking on MIUI. These are a few reasons from the top of my head.
Also, I've been following this thread for battery optimization. It's pretty darn good and lets me go through 2 days on a single charge.
MIUI has better battery life than stock CM. No question about that. But CM's strengths far outweigh it's weaknesses.
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You do know that on MIUI battery saving mode is activated my default right? Is not that hard to disable it.
MIUI do let application to run in background. You just need to turn off MIUI optimisation and set Memory optimisation to "off" in Developer Settings.
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You do know that on MIUI battery saving mode is activated my default right? Is not that hard to disable it.
MIUI do let application to run in background. You just need to turn off MIUI optimisation and set Memory optimisation to "off" in Developer Settings.
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Yeah, well it doesn't really stop killing the apps. Right now I'm running CM 14.1 and it is AMAZING. The quick switch between apps is phenomenal. And unlike MIUI, it actually keeps my apps the way they were when I last used them.
I guess you did not use MIUI much
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Well let's see...
MIUI has this annoying feature (probably to conserve battery life) that whenever you close an app from the recents tray, anything that you had enabled in the Accessibility settings got disabled. - wrong, you can set the behaviour in the settings
Secondly, MIUI's customization is nowhere as close as to CM's. I know MIUI looks great and all and the theme engine is pretty good but I still prefer stock over it. it is subjective. There are lot more nice looking themes for miui then for cm ("nice" is of course subjective too)
There's no Google Now On Tap on MIUI. Wrong, just tested and it works great.
MIUI doesn't let apps run in the background (again, to conserve battery), but it's kinda too agressive. Like not even Greenify can run for long periods. Wrong, same as the first point. You can play a game today, then put it in background and resume it exactly at the same state in the next day.
Can't root MIUI unless you're using the China Developer ROM. Wrong again, you can root any MIUI Rom.
I could go on and on but then I'd be nitpicking on MIUI. These are a few reasons from the top of my head.
Also, I've been following this thread for battery optimization. It's pretty darn good and lets me go through 2 days on a single charge.
MIUI has better battery life than stock CM. No question about that. But CM's strengths far outweigh it's weaknesses.
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I really wonder why people spread already wrong proven rumors CM is basically an alpha rom with numerous bugs in it. It can not compete with MIUI for a daily driver.
greg17477 said:
I guess you did not use MIUI much
I really wonder why people spread already wrong proven rumors CM is basically an alpha rom with numerous bugs in it. It can not compete with MIUI for a daily driver.
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Huh. You make some excellent points. I was referring to an older build. Maybe the first MIUI 6 one, IIRC. However, it is my personal taste. I can never switch back to MIUI after CM 14.1. It's just so good. I'm not saying that MIUI is bad. It's just that CM 14 is REALLY good. Another issue (and I may be nitpicking here), is that I use LastPass a lot and it requires to be switched on in the accessibility services. From what I had gathered, I had to keep turning the Accessibility setting on every time I close the app/restart my device. If there's a work around, do let me know....
Maybe MIUI is different now... If you can tell me how I'd go about rooting the Global MIUI 6 ROM, I might just give it another shot!
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Huh. You make some excellent points. I was referring to an older build. Maybe the first MIUI 6 one, IIRC. However, it is my personal taste. I can never switch back to MIUI after CM 14.1. It's just so good. I'm not saying that MIUI is bad. It's just that CM 14 is REALLY good. Another issue (and I may be nitpicking here), is that I use LastPass a lot and it requires to be switched on in the accessibility services.
Maybe MIUI is different now... If you can tell me how I'd go about rooting the Global MIUI 6 ROM, I might just give it another shot!
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MIUI6 for MI5? Really?
But about rooting MIUI, you just need to flash SuperSU in TWRP. Is not exactly rocket science.
From what I had gathered, I had to keep turning the Accessibility setting on every time I close the app/restart my device. If there's a work around, do let me know....
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Where do you gather this kind of stuff? =)
Captain_Obviyus said:
Huh. You make some excellent points. I was referring to an older build. Maybe the first MIUI 6 one, IIRC. However, it is my personal taste. I can never switch back to MIUI after CM 14.1. It's just so good. I'm not saying that MIUI is bad. It's just that CM 14 is REALLY good. Another issue (and I may be nitpicking here), is that I use LastPass a lot and it requires to be switched on in the accessibility services. From what I had gathered, I had to keep turning the Accessibility setting on every time I close the app/restart my device. If there's a work around, do let me know....
Maybe MIUI is different now... If you can tell me how I'd go about rooting the Global MIUI 6 ROM, I might just give it another shot!
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Hi,
as Valdimir already stated, just flash the superuser zip and thats it. Btw. we are currently on MIUI v8 and v9 is around the corner. I do not want to bash CM. It is surely a good room, but I would not choose nor recommend it over a nice and stable miui rom. In fact I wonder why people do not buy the oneplus device, if they plan to use it with CM. It has almost the same specs.
cheers
greg17477 said:
Hi,
as Valdimir already stated, just flash the superuser zip and thats it. Btw. we are currently on MIUI v8 and v9 is around the corner. I do not want to bash CM. It is surely a good room, but I would not choose nor recommend it over a nice and stable miui rom. In fact I wonder why people do not buy the oneplus device, if they plan to use it with CM. It has almost the same specs.
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I'm not bashing CM neither. I just don't recommend it as dailg driver yet. And probably never due Xiaomi keeping larg part of their code close-sourced. And as I am concern, CM will die in few days (31st December). LineageOS is too far away in the future for me. A new infrastructure must be found, Cyngn paid developers must be replaced, a new fund source be found. Personally I don't see LineageOS as same level of functionality as CyanogenMod anytime soon. Time will tell.
I can't tell anyone "Hey! Install CM14.1! It's amazing! Well...is not perfect yet...but hopefully all the bugs will be fixed and camera will work as same quality level as MIUI in the remaining 5 days.
Is it worth it? And would you choose this over lineage?
It looks like a unified rom, so I'm a bit concerned if my experience will be limited.
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It looks like a unified rom, so I'm a bit concerned if my experience will be limited.
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all you have to do is to read their forum, they are even providing a full feature list
I'd definitely prefer it over a stock xiaomi china rom.
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I'd definitely prefer it over a stock xiaomi china rom.
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Got it to run! Thanks, now all I need to the gcam to see if it makes the camera better.
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Is it worth it? And would you choose this over lineage?
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Original roms offer Pie too now. I prefer .eu and the main reasons is the easy way to update it (my device is rooted), the extended power menu function and the app Theme woks (on the original rom in my country doesn't)
The key features that xiaomi.eu roms lacks are hide notch option, swipe up to unlock after face recognition and better notification integration with notch. That's why I am using aosp based roms.
for me the main advantage is ability to run my phone rooted, encrypted and selinux enforcing. and advanced power menu. all in all the rom is pretty stock. custom miui like ros or miuipro had a problem with GPS the last time I tested,which was about two months ago.