yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotzaDroid:
Completely stock. The only reason I rooted my vivid was to get the aosp feel and I have that now, so I see no need to root. I know I'm missing out on apps like setCPU and ROM toolbox, but for now, the phone is doing everything I want it to and very well.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldcrush390:
Sorry but that was the stupidest thing I've heard in awhile....

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KyraOfFire:
Android is always about customizing and adding things that you like, or removing things that you don't like. The bad thing about skinned Android is that it has things that you cannot removed, and the good thing about vanilla is that you can replace anything and everything.

Custom ROM is not about coolness, it is about using the phone the way you like.

Sorry, your opinion is stupid.

Sent from my Nexus 4 in a Faraday cage
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] retskrad:
People say putting on a custom kernel and ROM will make your phone faster. No offense to the developers here at XDA, but thats straight bull****. The only thing I got from ROMs and kernels was lag, craches and more lag. And reboots. Who needs new feutures when the whole experience is **** when using the device?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zer0day:
I'm still on stock Android. I haven't bothered changing roms since my Nexus 1 days, the last time I used custom rom was on my G1. I prefer the stability of stock, and while I would like some extra features, unlocking, wiping and setting everything up again is just too much hassle for me. If there was a way to root without unlocking the bootloader and losing everything, I'd do it :)

As others have said, custom ROMs simply don't have the stability of stock and that's been my experience also.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lap823:
This is what I was worried about.. Crashes, lag, and bugs. But with it being the latest jellybean all builds should work fine right?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nigeldg:
You're doing it wrong. You can't call BS on claims of devices being faster on custom ROMs when you're in the very small minority that have issues when flashing. I've had no lag, glitches or random reboots having flashed PA. Most people find custom ROMs faster and have better battery life with them.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatltael:
Its shocking to see the number of people on stock.

Not that there's anything wrong with the stock ROM but you guys need to flash either the PA kernels or Franco and fix the horrible stock screen gamma.

I was happy with the stock colors as well till I saw the difference that proper gamma calibration made, and now it makes my eyes bleed when I look at the stock kernel color setup.

Trust me, flash a gamma corrected kernel and you'll never go back to the crappy stock colors.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illgodson:
I was living with this stock like this...but after that post I'm jumping outta my skin to root now. I can just root and use the gamma correction app correct? I don't have access to a full fledged computer right now, so I don't want to start flashing without having a comp on deck, but I think I can root real fast and be OK.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowrider262:
I agree that when it comes to smoothness & stability stock is the way to go. But there's definitely some battery life to gain from custom kernels.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatltael:
You need to be running franco's kernel to edit the gamma settings. Flash his kernel and then use the app. Or download the app, flash the kernel from within the app and then you can work on the gamma. I suggest doing this for the most custom control over gamma and color.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.kernel

Or you could flash one of the paranoid android kernels which are essentially stock kernels with fixed gamma. There are different kernels with different color/gamma presets but you can't customize them later.

There are probably other kernels that allow this but I haven't used em so I can't comment on their effectiveness.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmsa786:
I'm stock but rooted. I don't like flashing roms coz they can be such a waste of time at times.

I don't mind mods though :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonb255:
Stock rooted Franco kernel
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbadge:
Stock ROM here, but rooted and running Faux kernel. Still perfectly smooth, but with much better battery life. Even on completely stock 4.2.2 I still had the wakelock issue and terrible battery life
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyvram1:
stock.

my kids have 2 myTouch 4Gs; one running custom gingerbread and one running ICS ROM.

my wife has my old HD2 running JB421

after dealing with those 3 phones and the headaches from flashing; i dont want to put myself through that..the peace of mind of using my N4 stock to handle my work and play is worth more to me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
You're comparing apples to oranges. The Nexus is essentially made to have it's software toyed with. Those other phones were not.

Sorry.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyvram1:
No you're missing MY point. The n4 is perfect the way it is... Why mess with that? I have work to do.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
You're preaching this all over threads on a site that is here specifically for modifying devices. Now who's missing the point?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Because we don't like thinking uniformally and we are curious people to tinker with our devices and try new things.

Honestly, if you like your device so stock. Go to AndroidCentral or something, this is XDA developers and not your average Android forum/website.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyvram1:
Lol read my Sig dude.. I was flashing Roms on phones while you were still in diapers.

PS and then read thread title.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
Learn to use the quote feature. Everyone here knows what the thread title is.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyvram1:
Look guys I'm happy with the stock ROM on my n4 so far.. Why get all bent out of shape about that?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucke:
100% completely stock... not sure i even care to root/ROM either since there's no functional need to do so (aka, no carrier bloatware that needs to be removed).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
Because that's not what you were making it. Read your posts. If you're happy with stock, fantastic. What's more, we're happy for you. But coming on XDA, of all places, and saying there is no reason to change anything is not only an opinion, it's just not smart.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobola:
stock for a while..

then tried out aokp and been stuck with it since then..

little features that stock does not have makes using the phone so much better!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vickpick:
stock but rooted. used franco kernel for a couple of weeks but realized that all the battery life increase was placebo so now stock kernel.

I rooted my phone so that I can use titanium
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjdm:
I would like to play with the color settings. But I also want to run some apps that won't run on rooted devices (TWC TV and a banking app, IIRC.) So, for me, not yet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
I prefer stock. Should I leave too? ;)

In all seriousness, since 4.1 was released last summer for the Gnex I have been running stock. After years of flashing, restoring data, wipe, rinse, repeat; I've become a bit tired of that whole game.

Sure, when something intrigues me I'll give it a try. Such as paranoid android. That was the first truly innovative thing I've seen on android since cyanogen was putting out roms for the G1. While PA is fantastic it just wasn't for me. Stock does everything I want/need it to do.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illgodson:
With the exception of the mighty HD2 of course lol. Mine still running 4.2.2 as well as most native phones run JB. Back on topic though I've noticed people have problems with battery on stock, I've been getting near 15 hours on full charge, use it fairly hard... Browsing, facebook, camera and maybe some gaming like subway runner. Almost hate to mess with that lol. And with no PC right now, I can't flash or root anything, there's a guy about half hour from me who wants $30 to root and being someone like the test of us who know how to do it, paying is such a kick in the nuts lol.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyvram1:
Well said
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nigeldg:
I'm on neither side of this, but if you had trouble flashing an HD2 then

:p

I personally found it just as easy if not easier than flashing my N4. Even if you did everything manually you just had to click things on your PC and everything worked. Plus, I could always be sure that every single ROM would work on my phone. Liking the stock ROM is a perfectly valid reason not to change it, but having trouble with an HD2 isn't :p
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinTenken:
Stock but rooted.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baraks:
if i'v rooted my N4 will i stop receiving the OTA updates?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Anyone should do that what he is comfortable with and satisfies his needs, wether it is rooted/not rooted or stock/custom. But no one is right, please do not try to attempt to pursuade/push or lecture anyone to do this or that. We are not Jehova`s witnesses and no one needs to be converted unless he himself chooses for that. Just my 2 cents.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] molesarecoming:
as much as i agree, it would be kind of silly for an atheist to visit church every sunday. thats what the non rooting folks are doing when they come and visit xda-developers. i enjoy this place because i can still mention 'root' without getting hammered for it. i can assume people root their nexus devices, as they should, and that makes interaction easier. :cowboy:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfoshizzle:
I realized stock 4.2.2 doesn't have a lot of features...but I'm still stock non rooted,
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt1733:
Thats the lamest thing I've heard if you never run a custom rom on your nexus you might as well get an iphone
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnocomski:
same here :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyvram1:
You misunderstood me.. It's the learning curve and tools etc on my PC for each and not having time to manage 4 phones with custom Roms.

I love my hd2! best phone I ever owned.. Prior to n4.

As for the religious/atheist site comment lol. Really? I shouldn't be on this site if my n4 isn't running a custom ROM? lol lol lol
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nigeldg:
Fair enough I guess

What I think moles meant is that if you're going to be active on XDA (especially in a device specific forum) your phone should really be rooted or you should be planning on rooting. Since that's kind of the point of XDA (development, that is) it makes communication a whole lot easier if you don't need to gather too much information about a person's phone before helping them. It's fine to check development every once in a while and see if anything catches your eye, but otherwise being on XDA is kind of a waste of your time.

Not that I agree with the person who originally posted that rooting is disrespectful to the Nexus name (lmao) but this is a load of bull as well IMO. People tend not to buy phones because of their ability to run custom ROMs, and if that's your only criteria then you should probably go outside and explore the world a bit. If a stock ROM works for you (which it does for 95% of consumers [yes, I just made that up]) then why void your warranty or risk a brick when you can leave it as it is, get timely updates and have everything working?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Themindbuddah:
One week, then flashed to CM 10.1. Would have done it sooner but only then found a Mac root kit
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottx .:
If you love stock so much why are you on xda?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uploder:
Still stock. I used to flash Roms like crazy because I had to. ( lack of features, things just not working right in general. )Plus being ocd doesn't help. When something doesn't work for me I want it fixed YESTERDAY. Stock has been more than efficient thus far.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Sure, and while you`re at it lets cancel all users accounts of those that do not run custom rom`s/kernels :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adikbzik:
Odp: How many people still stock?

I love xda logo :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spicediablo:
I'm in stock and rooted as I use titanium backup to migrate my apps.

Sent from Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfoshizzle:
Problem?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nathanation:
I'm stock. I spent all my time with previous phones trying to get pure android. Now I have it and everything works like it should. I might root to run adaway though.

⭐Sent from my stock Nexus 4⭐
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clockcycle:
Stock +root

Been like that since after my third evo4g always having anamolies. Ran speedy stock, without requiring reboots. S3,note, nexus4 nice like the day I unboxed.

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trentreed:
Just a question for all you guys running stock plus whatever, have you even tried Cm10.1 cause i cant imagine going back to stock. Ever....
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScudMuffin:
Stock and rooted. Just wanted to tweak it a bit more and have backup features. I'm tempted to try out CM again. I loved it on my S3 but I fear the loss of functionality like I had with the S3 (sometimes volume didn't work, mms/sms quirks, etc)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajanu:
I am still stock, rooted as soon as I got the phone.(Why would anyone not unlock the bootloader at least, right away before you have any data to lose?) Had it about a week and a half, I am stock for now because I wanted a good baseline of what issues the phone has, and how long I can expect a battery to last. Will be flashing a stock colour modded kernel today. I tried PA, looked awesome but also a bunch of work to set up how I want and I didn't have the time so I went back to my stock nandroid.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjdm:
I was running cm 10 on the HTC Sensation before the Nexus 4. It is very nice. I don't get excited about what it adds to stock.

*shrug*
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] molesarecoming:
http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/mako

you can wash them over stock android just fine. its the 4.2.2 google kernel with color calibration - several revisions like darker, brighter, more eyepopping, etc. what you had in pa was halfbreed. try contrasty, like it best - may be too dark for your taste though.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stalingrad:
so those kernels (pa) are stock with colors modified nothing else added?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwyman:
I am stock but rooted...though I did add reboot power button options onto my stock rom...4.2 now does everything except for the reboot options on the power that I wanted from custom roms when I had my nexus s. I mean the only 2 features I really liked in a custom rom was power button options and powerwidgets in the drop down. I don't need any processor tweaks because well this one is fast enough and battery power is plenty more than what I was used to, screen looks fine..and I have outgrown themes so I am happy with stock.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semantics:
I was stock with just root. Then it was stock with a custom kernel. Now its AOKP, and I couldn't be happier. :p
[HTC One S] Jesushasadroid:
anyone have the ruu for this :

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.14.0005

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.13.50.05.25

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main:

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno: xxxxxxxxxxxx

(bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(bootloader) product: vle

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8960

(bootloader) modelid: PJ4011000

(bootloader) cidnum: T-MOB010

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4125mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 8be28a51

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.074s

thanks

stuck in bootloader

MOD-Edit: Removed IMEI Number. Remember it is dangerous to publish your IMEI
[HTC One S] Jesushasadroid:
Thank you... My bad
[HTC One S] Ryandroid86:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2140967

look here
[HTC One S] Jesushasadroid:
thanks...but which one for the radio i have above....there are like 25 different ones...
[HTC One S] aman0406:
no ruu 3.35.531.12

1.unlock bootloder.install custom roms.

2 obtain super cid.http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1674202

3.relock bootloder

4.flash 2.35.531.7 from http://www.androidfiles.org/ruu/sec...02.16_10.08e.50.04L_release_279577_signed.exe
[HTC One S] ardax:
SuperCID isn't required for the 2.35.531.7 -- he's already T-MOB010.

Not sure if it like (or even attempt to) downgrade HBOOT though without S-OFF.
[HTC One S] aman0406:
i downgrate it with super cid with s-on.but we need super cid to downgrade from 1.14.0005 to 1.14.0004..ok :D
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rawalmaulin:
I have recently purchased Samsung galaxy s advance i9070. Earlier i was using ace duos. I want to root my phone and also want to flash custom rom but as I checked forum and topics that there is no root package i.e. Update.zip available. And also rom flashing package not available. Every forum is talking about odin flashing. I do have tried to use odin for my ace duos but I had hard bricked it. So i request forum developers to post or give link of package which we can flash simple way like going into recovery mode and flash zip from sd or internal storage. Even clockworkmod recovery file is not available for it. My phone is indian version and runs on DDLK2 and lags in some games and running little slow. Please help me. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rawalmaulin:
I forget to write that i also need a package to replace my stock kernel to custome which should b stable and fast. Should not hang or restart. And also need kernel backup and restore package.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
You demand way too much.

We have whatever we have. Take it or leave it..

I do not respond to tech support via PM
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rawalmaulin:
I thought there r polite and helping nature people here at forum as per my previous experience. But I think those people have gone to somewhere else so, I think its better to take get out to other forums and find helping nature people.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManiacShri:
i think what he meant to say is we donot have root packages we have recovery integrated into kernels. also custom roms have to be flashed thru recovery i dunno where you read abt odin! odin is for stock fw only!

everything is recovery flashable including kernels. but for jb only. for GB you have to use the dd method...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] npesa92:
I am having a problem that every time I make a phone call my screen shuts off. Its annoying because I can't get the screen back on unless the person I call answers and hangs up, or I pull my battery. Wondering if anyone else is experiencing this and if there is a fix? It used to only happen on aosp based Roms but now it doesn't seem to matter what the base is ljc, lk8, ma5 or aosp. I am currently running the latest paranoid android from slick rick with the latest twrp; I've yet to try an ma5 ROM, but it was happening on a stock lk8 ROM.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] RTC88:
Most likely a faulty proximity sensor. Probably need a replacement, I did.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
what was the code to enter test mode? I cant remember.

I thought mine was faulty but turns out it is my defender case
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] RTC88:
Sorry I can't remember. If the guy has a screen protector, I would try removing that first. The test should show all zeroes though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] npesa92:
thank you, im gonna take it into a sprint store today if i can. I thought it might be something like that but was hoping it wasnt.

No screen protector either, or a case, just phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] CybeRPsycH:
Is it possible to make multiwindow just like samsung galaxy grant in sgy?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dipesh9717:
No it isn't possible yet due to some hardware limitations and less RAM
[Galaxy Note II General] jeremyandroid:
HERE IS THE UNOFFICIAL 1, 000, 000, GUIDE MADE. BUT MADE MY WAY WITH HOPEFULLY WORDS OF MOTIVATION

Note# I will first off state that I want to be a dev one day (Like Nunhugger ). So I read and learn as much as I can. I get comments and inboxes from people saying they wish they knew how to make a custom rom. Lets get to some real talk. I am an uneducated man. I have no diploma or degree and I was able to compile my own series of Roms. 4 years ago the terms widgit, live wall paper, Linux, Ubuntu, toggles, etc was foreign to me. TIGERZ0202 introduced me to ANDROID and I had a Blackberry and didn't have a clue how to even work it. So don't tell me you can't build your own ROM. If I can you can. These are the guides that led me to where I am today. It takes time it takes patience. It took me months of bricking my phone as you have to test your own work. I soft bricked my phone over 40 times and finally hard bricked it and had to get another due to my lack of knowledge and trial and error.But I was determined I was going to do this. So here are some links that taught me. I'll add many from week to week. There are many people from noobs to veterans on this site. There are many young users such as my son who is 10. But knows how to flash a rom because he was taught and has an interest. Many kids such as my son just don't do a search of the forums (young child, lack of knowledge) If you are not willing to study out of the links I provide you are wasting your time. I do bodybuilding shows from time to time and its just like this YOU HAVE TO BE DETERMINED!!!! YOU HAVE TO WANT IT AND READ !!!! JUST GET FOCUSED AND DO IT MY FELLOW XDA MEMBERS￼ Hope these links will lead to some new Roms out there for the greater good .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1272270

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086771

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1611349

http://androidforums.com/explorer-all-things-root/656582-tutorial-how-make-custom-rom.html

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801690

http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/26/ho...om-for-android-part-1-setting-up-the-kitchen/

http://thechaithanya.wordpress.com/...n-custom-rom-for-any-android-device-from-xda/

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIE2NWYG4D_j0vfzPnLGyXhpmSGbngJyp

There are tons of info for you guys. All questions just go to the links and ask them. They are all very supportive. I hope someone cooks up something sweet soon. These are the guides that taught me what I know. If you learn them as I did you on the way!

JDEVIL ZODIAC POWERED ROMS http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2129031
[Galaxy Note II General] js663k1:
Thanks very honest talk and encouraging words bro. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] SlsAustin:
Real talk. Wow thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] UtkarshGupta:
Really good. But I think linking to some other site is not allowed.

Sent from my GT-N7100