Hey guys. I'm from Brazil (so don't be surprised if some sentences are strange, I'm using google translator), I have a Redmi 9A, which is already giving me a headache because it's so slow!
The first thing I thought of doing was buying a new cell phone (simple, isn't it?), but due to budgetary issues (my daughter is 3 months old, so, you know, you know, it wears out and I'll spend a lot more!) I thought if I could do as I did years ago with my motorola C650...customize the phone with some ROM (or kernel, as I think it's called now) lighter, without the factory apps, which I can't uninstall to free up memory and help with its performance .
So that's it, I would like to know if there is any and what it would be, a very 'clean' rom/kernel, with basically just the phone application (dialing), so I can choose and install all the other apps that I will use on the smartphone , being able to uninstall or replace them whenever you want/need.
Welcome to XDA and enjoy the forums!
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I am pretty excited! I have been looking for a 5-5.2 inch device that was not under powered. The new Axon Mini looks like it could be interesting! http://www.androidcentral.com/zte-adds-axon-mini-and-axon-watch-its-flagship-lineup
I hope it has NFC and supports ATT LTE Bands. I am concerned about the lack of support/interest on the Axon forums here at XDA. I wish we had root and custom rom support. Hopefully that will come with time?
I'm still scouring the web looking for root for the Pro. No luck yet. I have a pm on MIUI forum but my account is messed up and I can't access it. Support is working on it. The message is in Chinese so I need to translate it and see if the root method works. Mini looks nice. Can't locate list of LTE networks supported yet. As far as a developer community for this device, it is non-existent. Not having root certainly doesn't help. Love listening to music on it though. No other device I've tried even comes close.
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I'm still scouring the web looking for root for the Pro. No luck yet. I have a pm on MIUI forum but my account is messed up and I can't access it. Support is working on it. The message is in Chinese so I need to translate it and see if the root method works. Mini looks nice. Can't locate list of LTE networks supported yet. As far as a developer community for this device, it is non-existent. Not having root certainly doesn't help. Love listening to music on it though. No other device I've tried even comes close.
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Its unfortunate that there is no support- I wonder why that is? Seems like a good little phone.
To tell you the truth, because root is not available, I have not messed with the phone, obviously. And I don't miss it one bit. It's an almost vanilla experience. It runs smoothly. I haven't had any totally negative experiences with bugs etc. If they manage to get it on MM within a couple of months I'll be happy. The only thing I'm missing is Adaway. I really don't feel the need to jack with it anymore.
I have a couple of phones that I've ROM'd the hell out of and it's a time consuming all life encompassing thing. Making nandroids, installing dailies , restoring, rinse and repeat.
I'm Enjoying my time with a phone that runs well and hasn't got a bunch of **** on it so I have to rom it to get a decently passable experience. (I'm looking at you Samsung/Sony).
Root to me, is more of a freedom thing. If you can root you have the freedom to make the device be what you want it to be. The Axon Pro isn't that far away. For me at least.
More than anything, the lack of root will be a killer for the device, because if the modding community doesn't support it, then the device will lose the cult following it needs to bring it to the mainstream consumer that are obsessed with name brands. This is a shame because it is seriously one of the best phones I've ever owned.
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To tell you the truth, because root is not available, I have not messed with the phone, obviously. And I don't miss it one bit. It's an almost vanilla experience. It runs smoothly. I haven't had any totally negative experiences with bugs etc. If they manage to get it on MM within a couple of months I'll be happy. The only thing I'm missing is Adaway. I really don't feel the need to jack with it anymore.
I have a couple of phones that I've ROM'd the hell out of and it's a time consuming all life encompassing thing. Making nandroids, installing dailies , restoring, rinse and repeat.
I'm Enjoying my time with a phone that runs well and hasn't got a bunch of **** on it so I have to rom it to get a decently passable experience. (I'm looking at you Samsung/Sony).
Root to me, is more of a freedom thing. If you can root you have the freedom to make the device be what you want it to be. The Axon Pro isn't that far away. For me at least.
More than anything, the lack of root will be a killer for the device, because if the modding community doesn't support it, then the device will lose the cult following it needs to bring it to the mainstream consumer that are obsessed with name brands. This is a shame because it is seriously one of the best phones I've ever owned.
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Thats quite the endorsement! I only use root for Tasker and a backing up through Titantium. I have scaled back a tone on custom roms. I jsut want a phone that works well and isnt huge.
How is the GPS on it? I lose signal all the time on my G3 and my wife's G2.
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Thats quite the endorsement! I only use root for Tasker and a backing up through Titantium. I have scaled back a tone on custom roms. I jsut want a phone that works well and isnt huge.
How is the GPS on it? I lose signal all the time on my G3 and my wife's G2.
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As much of an endorsement as someone who hasn't bought a brand name phone since the Xperia Z1 (and that was for my girlfriend). The shortage on storage could be an issue but I'm used to it with my OPO, so I moved everything over to cloud storage anyway. It maybe because of the Find7/OPO/Nexus 5 combo of my last 3 phones but I'm happy NTL. I'm not a big phone gamer though.
GPS is sweet, never had an issue. It stays connected and locks quickly. I've used it in a couple of states over the US and it's never been a problem. It gets a bit warm, but if you have a case you won't really notice.
Not sure this is coming to the states. The chinese version will support ATT HSPA which is fast enough for me. Just nervous about the lack of interest and lack of official support from ZTE.
Okay I bit the bullet and bought the Chinese version of the Axon Mini, It should get HSPA on ATT.
need some ques for firsthand users...is it laggy or smooth...hearing a lot of complaints about it...
go ahead, best phone at this price
There are touch issues with many of them, mine had also gone back to the service centre for touch repairs. Careful where you buy it from, you might not get warranty option
regret, i brought it based on its excellent specifications.
worst phone i ever had (china version).
better to buy xiaomi than lenovo, better of the worst.
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regret, i brought it based on its excellent specifications.
worst phone i ever had (china version).
better to buy xiaomi than lenovo, better of the worst.
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what happened with your phone? the phone was pretty good in my opinion, did everything so well, i wish the camera was better but for the price its good. I only started the have touch issues after i dropped it from about 1.5m on concrete. I had the indian version but they are identical with different names and boxes
This phone is good..
If this phone is not good then xda won't let it have its own forum..
All those developers don't develope their rom or
They don't give all those supports..
For me its awesome..
You want the truth? Here you go!
I'm an end user of this phone myself and it is literally the worst phone I had ever experience because of this Phone I had to learn how to root and install custom recovery which I never done before in quite a while on the get-go. Not to mention that I had to learn about Xposed because it lacks customisation options. The Official OS sucks the worst trully! I prefer Nexus ROM by Dr. Root better. Specs are ok for the price and if you use Nexus Custom ROM as mentioned previously you will have a lot of free space for RAM. If you are a normal end consumer who wants it easy either look for another phone OR buy an iPhone, but if you have interest in technology and wants to customise your software, look no further this is by far the best cheap phone I used so far.
Here are the MUST you need:
1) Interest in android
2) Tech Savvy
3) Learn to root in anyway possible i.e. One-click root, SP Flash tool and/or adb fastboot
4) Learn more about Xposed framework
5) Learn to flash custom recovery using mobile uncle (or anything similar), SP Flash Tool and/or adb fastboot
Optional but very effective that you don't need the previos 5
6) Have a friend that can do number 1-5.
Once a gain and I quote "If you are a normal end consumer who wants it easy either look for another phone OR buy an iPhone, but if you have interest in technology and wants to customise your software, look no further this is by far the best cheap phone I used so far.". The Official ROM is full of bloatware that hogs your RAM thus choosing a Custom ROM is compulsory.
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I had to learn how to root and install custom recovery which I never done before in quite a while on the get-go. Not to mention that I had to learn about Xposed because it lacks customisation options. The Official OS sucks the worst trully!
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No mate, you didnt have to learn it, you chose to do this yourself, you couldve simply used a stock launcher, but you didnt, you had youtube reviews showing it all, but you ignored that and still purchased the phone. The stock one isnt bad and the stock OS does not suck so dont go ahead blaming it because you didnt like it and made poor decisions.
buy an iPhone
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if someone is looking at buying this phone, why would they opt for an iphone which is 5 times the price?
OP its all about preference, if you have a price range and cant go higher, go for this phone, keep in mind, it has no app drawer, but you get used to it, also if you want an app drawer or stock feel, you can always install a launcher like google launcher or nova. This phone is very good for its price and i would highly recommend it, just be warned about the touch issues many users are facing
stock OS is one of the biggest sh*t (chinese version).
the moment it is connected, if u r lucky using wifi, otherwise data connection cost money wasted on all the bloated malwares downloaded.
worst of all, lenovo game center, apps/games applicable to china only.
if it is ROW (Rest-Of-the-World) maybe better, no gapps for chinese version.
local radio (ota) cut-off every 15 minutes.
speaker too small and soft, always missed call in my pocket.
heat up every fast.
everything in chinese widgets/themes/fonts...........
weather only in china cities......
lists continue....unable to uninstall bloatware, some unable to disable............
block all bloatwares permission to data connection/wifi/auto-start run/background-run still some able to auto-run............
how good can stock os be?
nonsense, it is so bad, tats why custom roms are put up on xda......
ps;
since i had this phone, there r several major updates (chinese version) in just a few months. this will never happens to any phone makers, reasons is very simply....too many sh*tty problems.
op if u r not tech savvy or know basic linux commands, get yourself a xiaomi. at least they provide google installation apps, world-wide recognitions (not limited to regions eg. china, india, russia) and lesser problems from the go-start.
pss;
i had to use Mediatek engineering mode app to boost volume level, risk damaging to the phone speaker or my expensive head-set.
psss;
one last sh*t from lenovo.......install lenovo usb driver......it will load chinese malwares.
pssss;
i promise this will be the last of my sh*t......ROW (Rest-Of-the-World) does not means the WORLD, it meant for india and russia. if u live in these countries, its ok to buy.
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No mate, you didnt have to learn it, you chose to do this yourself, you couldve simply used a stock launcher, but you didnt, you had youtube reviews showing it all, but you ignored that and still purchased the phone. The stock one isnt bad and the stock OS does not suck so dont go ahead blaming it because you didnt like it and made poor decisions.
if someone is looking at buying this phone, why would they opt for an iphone which is 5 times the price?
OP its all about preference, if you have a price range and cant go higher, go for this phone, keep in mind, it has no app drawer, but you get used to it, also if you want an app drawer or stock feel, you can always install a launcher like google launcher or nova. This phone is very good for its price and i would highly recommend it, just be warned about the touch issues many users are facing
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I never think it was a mistake, for me. It was good that I purchase the phone with faulty ROM since I get to learn anything and everything about android. It's a win for me since the specs ain't bad.
Buy it if you want some adventure with android.
one of the Best community for a mid-range phone.
I learned a lot of things by using this phone.
From flashing custom ROMs, using SPFlash Tools(Really helpful, helped many of my friends to recover from bricking.)
I suggest you to buy this phone.
Hi! I'm abdulrahman15ar.
I've affected by ORD (Obsessive ROM updating Disorder)!
Before going to my story, I've to tell How I found that this Addiction is a COMMON DISORDER throughout the members of xda community & other ROM development forums
In this week full of times, I often thought that I've to search about this addiction on Google. But my addiction also made me forget this research!! Finally, Yesterday I'd searched on Google as "Custom rom addiction". Oh GOD! There are really an available posts about this addiction and they named this as an ORD (Obsessive ROM updating Disorder)!!! :sillyhhh no....!! Now I got another mental disorder!
Yes! I've already had Depression, Anxiety and Importantly Social Awkwardness which is already the known symptom of Smartphone Addiction.:crying:
Okey!! Now come to the point...
I'm severely affected with ORD.
It was started a two years ago (In 2015). At that time I was with Nokia X which runs on Nokia X software platform v1. As everyone know that the OS has poor Android experience. Then I found something on Internet about Custom ROM flashing. At first, I didn't know more about recoveries like CWM, TWRP.... So I've had bricked my phone a lot of times. Gradually, I've learned that How to flash any custom ROM and perform tweaks (Still I'm learning something small matters on ROM flashing everyday). I've changed the ROM on my Nokia X a lot of times. Then I realized that this business is not good and I've to change myself. Then I bought a Lumia phone (Nokia Lumia 520) in which the ROM and even a Launcher can't be altered. After a two days of Windows Phone experience, I can't control me to see only the same System UI on Windows Phone which is quite hard to use. After one and half month, I sold it and I'd passed my days with my Nokia 225 feature phone and searched to buy any other phone. Then I bought a Nokia X2 Dual SIM. Even though Nokia X2 had an improvement on System UI (Its Nokia X software platform 2), I can't stay at Stock version of that OS. I also changed its ROM to CM12 with bugs. Had a life with it for a time. Then I sold it and had a Nokia 225 again in which there's no possibilities of addiction. Even though, I need to have a Smartphone for some works. So I bought a Xiamoi Redmi 1s phone which I'm still using. Ohhh........no! It has a lot of Custom ROMs and still the latest LineageOS 15 is under development....!! What can I do! Can't control and stay the Stock version or any other ROM. Jumping and jumping daily. Also the company makes me to be too addicted! They're giving MIUI 9 update to my phone!!
My addiction made me to post this also!
https://youtu.be/_qATs3y9bhQ
Please anyone help me to exit from this wave!!!
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Hey everyone,
Story:
back in 2012 I bought an Samsung S3 and did everything a tinkerer would, I rooted the phone, tried several roms, edited those roms, installed AMAzing apps such as droidwall and adblock, I loved and cared Alot for that phone. Unfortunately it brke at some point (I think I dropped it after 7 Years). then I had no time so I bought a Huawei p20 Lite, I hated the OS, I hated that it has a quickcharge function which I cannot diable, which reduces battery life by alot, I think there is a lot wrong with the Phone's software and subsequently its hardware. Now, after 4 years, the battery is drained within one day of barely using the phone and it has some cracks on the display.
Question:
I want to get back to fiddling around, I want to buy a new Android Phone and install a custom ROM, I wanna edit my stuff and preferably change the battery more easily (lets be hones, its aleays easy). BUT Since i haven't been up to date with the Phone market and the ROM community for a very long time I don't know where to start. Can you guys tell which phone and ROM combo you're using and what for? is AOSP still a thing? I am not a big mobile gamer or user in general, I use it for messaging and taking notes so no fancy stuff is required.
Any tips and info's are appreciated.
For context: I had a rooted Galaxy S3 with the WanamLite ROM, I had Droidwall, adblock and some other roms for backing up and everything. SOmething similar to that would be splendid. Bonus for customizable ROM (in regards of the Theme)
Thanks for taking the Time
Sincerely
Gram
Avoid phones from Oppo, Vivo, Honor, Huawei, Tecno, Infinix, Nokia, etc. (That don't let you unlock your phone's bootloader) like the plague.
Xiaomi, Poco (well Poco is a part of Xiaomi) and OnePlus phones are highly recommended as, apart from easily allowing you to unlock bootloader (once you do that, sky is the limit), they make the kernels of their phones open source, making custom rom development much easier.
And if you're looking for a specific phone, I'd recommend the Redmi Note 10 Pro, the recently launched Poco F4 or if it's available, then go for with either Redmi K20 Pro or the OnePlus 7 series phones (I'd prefer the 7 Pro or the 7T Pro).
Hello good people of XDA.
Over the past few months an interest in flashing custom ROMs onto smartphones turned into a hobby of refurbishing and deGoogling phones. Mostly Motorola models.
I've used this forum a few times when looking up information on a phone I'm trying to flash. Right now my favorite is LineageOS but I've been meaning to try out some others.
Motorola phones are my favorite because so many of their models seem to be moddable. The LG v20 I picked up has a too recent version of android to try rolling back for a firmware flash, so when I have some extra cash I plan on buying an unused one from a chinese vendor and hoping it has the old android version 7.
My favorite phones are ones with IR blasters. Mostly because of how much you can control anything with a remote using your phone, I really don't understand why this feature isn't more common, but I suspect it's because of how mischievous they can be if misused.
Personally I don't have much IT experience professionally, I just recently got a CompTIA A+ certificate and am looking for my first helpdeks job to get into the field, but I'm really interested in getting into computer security. As of right now my big fascination is trying to remove as much of Google and as much tracking from a smartphone as possible while keeping app functionality.
Mobile development is something I never really thought I'd get into but I've found is extremely interesting to me. Hope I can contribute as the time comes
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Hello good people of XDA.
Over the past few months an interest in flashing custom ROMs onto smartphones turned into a hobby of refurbishing and deGoogling phones. Mostly Motorola models.
I've used this forum a few times when looking up information on a phone I'm trying to flash. Right now my favorite is LineageOS but I've been meaning to try out some others.
Motorola phones are my favorite because so many of their models seem to be moddable. The LG v20 I picked up has a too recent version of android to try rolling back for a firmware flash, so when I have some extra cash I plan on buying an unused one from a chinese vendor and hoping it has the old android version 7.
My favorite phones are ones with IR blasters. Mostly because of how much you can control anything with a remote using your phone, I really don't understand why this feature isn't more common, but I suspect it's because of how mischievous they can be if misused.
Personally I don't have much IT experience professionally, I just recently got a CompTIA A+ certificate and am looking for my first helpdeks job to get into the field, but I'm really interested in getting into computer security. As of right now my big fascination is trying to remove as much of Google and as much tracking from a smartphone as possible while keeping app functionality.
Mobile development is something I never really thought I'd get into but I've found is extremely interesting to me. Hope I can contribute as the time comes
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Nice intro, welcome to XDA!