Hi there. I know this phone is very old now. I was very much hoping there is a way to update it to a kitkat or even lollipop with an unrooted rom? This jelly bean stock rom it has is fine, but i wanted a little more freedom with the phone, so i can use a few more modernish apps, for my banking. I'd love if the rom can be very light weight, not taxing at all
Is there a way to upgrade the rom, keep it stock with no root?
Or What is generally the best way to go about a new version for the phone?
It's my first phone i had back in the day and it's just something i want to use as a backup.
Plus i've never rooted a HTC phone and i heard they are a pain in the ass, so if anyone can provide a guide, i'd be greatful
and I need android 6 or above.
i don't really care how, i just want it to happen.
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Folks: I have HERO and downloaded official 2.1 update earlier this summer. I was really hoping that issues like dialer lag and general "under-performance" feel on HERO would improve but I am still disappointed. I have still lot of time before I get eligible for a phone upgrade. I have no experience with rooting or custom ROMs. Would a HTC sense-less ROM help my case? I love the form-factor of this phone but lag just kills the experience.
I would really appreciate if someone can point me to step-by-step procedure on how to get a ROM on HERO that works lag-free.
thanks
keep it stock if you like. thats how i did it at first. i rooted the stock stuff and deleted tons of sprint bloatware and the other useless apps; peep, teeter, gmail, socialnetworkprovider.apk...tons of stuff. after doing ONLY that, my device was faster and more responsive. ive never used a 'killer' of any sorts. linux is smart and you dont need 'killers'. of course, others may argue differently.
so head over to the dev forum and learn how to root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674833
edit: read, read, read. thats what i was told to do and i did. a lot of prep was required before rooting but if you follow the directions, it will go very smoothly
In my opinion, the two fastest ROMs here are
Darchdroid 2.8 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=703133
and Cyanogenmod 6.0.0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=722122
But know that these two ROMs are based off Android only, and don't have the HTC Sense user-interface (in other words, they will look different than stock and have some different apps and features).
But first you will need to root your phone following these steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
After you root your phone, NANDROID BACKUP! Then you can try deleting apps like the post above mentions. See this post here about deleting apps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581976
If just doing that isn't good enough for you, try one of the two ROMs I posted above. I think you'll find that rooting your phone is a very wise and eye-opening decision
Lol chromiumleaf you didn't recommend the ROM in your sig
OP if you are willing to root and still want Sense UI, nfinitefx45's stock ROM is for you. If you follow the instructions you will basically run an over clocked (if you choose, but recommended), streamlined version of stock ROM + apps2sd (your choice, but recommended)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=703267
thank you all for quick replies and helpful pointers to the resources. Looks like rooting + deleting apps is the first step. I will try that. Btw hadnt relaized that custom ROMs is a world on its own
It sure it as I have also been reading, and one more thing incase you did not know and I don't believe it was mentioned in this thread you need to not be on the 2.1 .6 firmware, you need to downgrade to the .5 firmware to be able to root, I know it is in the instructions pasted by other but was just giving you a reminder incase you still have not done anything. Now if you did finally Root I would like to know how it went, as I am also almost ready to Root, tired of mine going into sleep mode and not responding, anyways it has been a while since you were suppose to have rooted, just curious how it went and how was your experience, and if you did finally go to a custom Rom which one did you go with??
don_walio said:
thank you all for quick replies and helpful pointers to the resources. Looks like rooting + deleting apps is the first step. I will try that. Btw hadnt relaized that custom ROMs is a world on its own
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don_walio said:
Folks: I have HERO and downloaded official 2.1 update earlier this summer. I was really hoping that issues like dialer lag and general "under-performance" feel on HERO would improve but I am still disappointed. I have still lot of time before I get eligible for a phone upgrade. I have no experience with rooting or custom ROMs. Would a HTC sense-less ROM help my case? I love the form-factor of this phone but lag just kills the experience.
I would really appreciate if someone can point me to step-by-step procedure on how to get a ROM on HERO that works lag-free.
thanks
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if you want to stay close to stock but be rooted id say use the stock rooted .6 rom with apps2sd. you could also use an oc kernel but i never found it did much for my phone. always use advance task killer and use a memory manager like autokiller and set it to aggressive or ultimate. my hero runs pretty good now. if your daring you could try the new froyo rom too.
Hello.
I just unlocked, rooted and S-OFF my HTC One M7. Now I am looking for the ROM that will suit me best.
I dislike HTC Sense, so I just want a vanilla Android experience. The first thing I did was to install Google Play Edition ROM (KitKat 4.4) from HTCOneroot.com, but after updating to 4.4.3 it started to have a whole pile of problems (constant graphical glitches, some apps+widgets not working, apps freezing, ringtone problems, etc.). It's basically unusable now, so that was a massive waste of time.
I'm nervous about installing custom ROMs because I can't be sure of the stability and I'm also a bit paranoid about what all they may be doing behind the scenes. Plus I don't want to have to be flashing new updates all the time. So what I'm really looking for is just a stock(ish) ROM I can install of 4.4.4, that I'll have no problem doing OTA updates with.
If someone can recommend one they've had good experiences with, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
Mr. Barker said:
Hello.
I just unlocked, rooted and S-OFF my HTC One M7. Now I am looking for the ROM that will suit me best.
I dislike HTC Sense, so I just want a vanilla Android experience. The first thing I did was to install Google Play Edition ROM (KitKat 4.4) from HTCOneroot.com, but after updating to 4.4.3 it started to have a whole pile of problems (constant graphical glitches, some apps+widgets not working, apps freezing, ringtone problems, etc.). It's basically unusable now, so that was a massive waste of time.
I'm nervous about installing custom ROMs because I can't be sure of the stability and I'm also a bit paranoid about what all they may be doing behind the scenes. Plus I don't want to have to be flashing new updates all the time. So what I'm really looking for is just a stock(ish) ROM I can install of 4.4.4, that I'll have no problem doing OTA updates with.
If someone can recommend one they've had good experiences with, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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The best stock(ish) ROM to receive OTA is the stock ROM. In fact, it is the only one that will receive official HTC OTA!
Hello,
I have a maby dumb question. But since I debloaded my phone the battery is amazing 9 hours of SOT but I really like stock android. So here is my question.
Will I lose this amazing batterylife if I switch to stock android? Are there some special sony tricks that give my phone that battery boost?
And so far I now there isn't a stable and 100% working stock ROM for my phone. Or am i wrong?
Sony xperia z3 compact 4.4.4
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Hello,
I have a maby dumb question. But since I debloaded my phone the battery is amazing 9 hours of SOT but I really like stock android. So here is my question.
Will I lose this amazing batterylife if I switch to stock android? Are there some special sony tricks that give my phone that battery boost?
And so far I now there isn't a stable and 100% working stock ROM for my phone. Or am i wrong?
Sony xperia z3 compact 4.4.4
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Having a debloated rom is pretty much as stock as you'll get it.
I know what you mean with stock Android, but the thing is: You simply can't just simply flash a stock Android rom on your phone, unless it's specifically made for our phone.
If the Rom isn't specifically made for our phone some stuff won't work, more important, you'd probably brick your phone.
And what do you mean with there isn't a 100% working stock Rom for our phone? I've been with the stock rom .93FW since like the phone came out and I haven't gotten a single crash or what ever.
Last week my phone became sluggish for some reason, but a simple reboot fixed that.
Unless you meant a stable stock Android Rom
Dsteppa said:
Having a debloated rom is pretty much as stock as you'll get it.
I know what you mean with stock Android, but the thing is: You simply can't just simply flash a stock Android rom on your phone, unless it's specifically made for our phone.
If the Rom isn't specifically made for our phone some stuff won't work, more important, you'd probably brick your phone.
And what do you mean with there isn't a 100% working stock Rom for our phone? I've been with the stock rom .93FW since like the phone came out and I haven't gotten a single crash or what ever.
Last week my phone became sluggish for some reason, but a simple reboot fixed that.
Unless you meant a stable stock Android Rom
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Sorry, I meant a stable stock android rom. But really thanks for your response!
Hey there!
I own a Sony Xperia SP model C3506, updated to the latest stock version possible (4.3 Jelly Bean). Now, there are a few apps and a very specific one available only to users on 4.4+ (I think someone will probably know exactly which one I mean), and I would absolutely love to install a ROM to my phone to update it and be capable of running this application, but unfortunately for me, it's technically not considered my own phone, as my father claims he only "lent it to me" (for over a year now). He is no idiot, and is the kind of person to notice any little out-of-place characteristics like the battery meter being horizontal instead of vertical, or the colors are different or this or that, so I ask to you all; is there a way install a 4.4 ROM that is so perfectly the same as the stock 4.3 that even my father with a degree in computer science won't see the difference?
I was looking at http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-sp/development/rom-z3-experiencesp-t3039228 , but the big problem is that with that, going into the "About Phone" menu will show the version to be 4.4 and also show the mod version, which, while necessary for most, is not so good for me.
NOTE: If there's a way to edit things in the ROM I linked above to make it look like and claim to be 4.3, then please, tell me how! I'll do it myself if necessary.
Bump.
Just install a stock rom but tell him you added a launcher to it. If ever the phone needs some fixing backup using the recovery and flash the stock rom
Try multirom with stock 4.3 and cm13
And use the stock rom while you're near him
Hey all
ssup ?
Well I tried searching the forum but somehow wasn't able to find any .....
Nougot based TWRP flash-able , Stock , Rooted Rom for the Nexus
Its nexus so there are no so called bloats in it but still if someone might have made a slimmer rom out of stock , i would love to have that along with proper flashing instructions.
Currently my phone has the latest nightly from Lineage , but i want to experience stock rooted
Thanks in advance
EDIT had another closer look and found that the this ROM has a nougot variant too
[ROM][Stock+][N6F26R-MOB31K]Prerooted-Debloated-Odex-Busybox-Fast & Stable
But still would appreciate if you folks could chip in with your suggestions as well
An easy way to have a slim stock rom is just use the Nexus toolkit, go back to stock rooted and use something like Titanium Backup to delete the apps you don't want/need. That's what I've done and use my N6 without a Sim card as an offline navigation and music player with Here Maps and Google Music. I use to build slim ROMs for the HTC Rezound back in the day... Maybe if I can get a few free minutes I could cook up a slim flashable stock rom. No promises though as I tend to work 6 days a week anymore.