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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ParkerParker:
I like stock to.. If your bored throwing Xposed on stock can be very cool. With Xposed modules running it's like you are on a hybrid tw/aosp, just a thought :sly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jtsv:
What does Knox actually do? That is only reason haven't rooted my S4 I've still got my WiFi only S3 rooted 4.4.2 gummy nightly too ease my pain. Can't say either one is greater than the other except for Xposed on S3. Battery life and smoothness about the same so wonder why to choose one over the other. If only to be on newest version of android is it worth it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cfclay:
I travel a lot (where unfortunately I'm mobile and have the phone in hand) and I think I'm a pretty heavy diverse app user. I normally use 20-50 gb a month. I am the nerd that has every phone since the -G1 and I flash.

I found flashing to be kind of a stress reliever.... Almost like building a computer. I kind of liked pulling into a hotel room, pulling out the laptop and searching for what was new.

Thanks to Xda for bailing me out many times!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] vboyz103:
This thread just hit me, I think I'm going to go with stock soon...i'm tired of flashing too and now with a kid, things are not like it used to be anymore.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
This is exactly why I created my ROM. It's not a "nightly flasher". It's a good stock experience with all the goodies of custom ROMs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] monkeychef:
I came from the OG Evo, and the only reason that I rooted and flashed ROMs to that was because official support for the device left me on 2.3. I wanted to keep getting updates and run the latest and greatest software possible, and flashing gave me that ability.

Now that I upgraded to the S4 and I've tried a few ROMs, I've come to the realization that stock is actually excellent and its being updated quite often. It shows that most OEMs have come a long way in the past few years. I also realized that doing any modifications can really mess up the phone (I got stock rooted for MF9 and it was stable for a few weeks then all of a sudden started getting messed up).

It's always cool to come back and see what projects are being worked on, and if I see something catch my eye I will certainly take it for a spin, but in the mean time I'm perfectly happy with what Samsung and Google have provided.

Just my 2 cents.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
OP here......I've been using the Nexus 5 for about 1 1/2 months now, and I have to say that the stock experience is just about perfect. I have no desire to flash anything at all on this phone either. It's nice that Android has gotten to the point where custom roms just aren't really necessary anymore, although I understand that the rom enthusiast community will always be around to some degree.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] testinguser:
In part due to this thread, my S4 is now collecting dust and I have moved on to the N5 stock not rooted and I love it. I should probably sell it before s5 comes out...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AuGmENTor:
So glad I found this! I got an S4 yesterday, and before the protective screen cover was off, I had banged CWM and root. Hungrily stalking the ROM that would go on it, I actually used the phone for a few minutes, and realized... It was pretty smooth. Nonsense I told myself! You need CM11 to get rid of the bloatware, and you know how you like all your lil customizable settings that just aren't there in stock. Now it's the next morning. I haven't flashed yet because there were several new confusions with this phone (ug, now a SIM card that has to be unlocked? WHY?) Should I flash something that will in all likelihood cause the same problems I had with my Epic 4G trying to connect regularly with my many BT devices? Losing data connectivity simply because I turned off wifi? So now I'm reading the ROM threads and thinking yeah, if I can get rid of this bloatware, I'm done with this sh!t.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bondosho:
Go download OctOS. Fatigue over.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AuGmENTor:
You kidding? That just made me MORE tired!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DizturbedOne:
Stock MF9 rooted here. I just want to go to a 4.3 ROM that is as close to stock as possible, and get rid of KNOX. Nexus ROM's with root are all I ever needed or had. I've always had a Nexus before, not realizing how nice it was to not have all of the bloat or oem interface.

I honestly HATE Touchwiz... And the boot logo.... And half of the apps it comes with. And the dialer and sms/mms skins. I like simple and clean.

Tapatalkin' from my SGS4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AuGmENTor:
Here's how stupid I am: I still don't know what KNOX is, but I'm afraid to get rid of it without knowing what it does or is. I also don't know what Touchwiz is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cidica:
I'm with you OP. I kinda got sick of flashing every single day from the S2 (bypassed the S3 after I got it and didn't like it much) About the only thing I do these days is flash rooted stock roms when they are released (stock versions not modded ones) and keep root. Other then that It became a tiring thing to flash everyday and/or do clean installs to test things to see if something was working from one version to the next. Atleast I have Nova launcher so I don't have to look at the stock Sammy launcher lol.

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KNOX is Samsungs answer to getting Android into goverment offices (ie it's a "secure" version of Android kinda like how Blackberry has their stuff for security) Touchwiz is what you are looking at with a stock Samsung phone (any version) ie the UI

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I honestly love the Nexus line of phones. My only issue with them is not even Google its Sprint in general and the CDMA we have with them and their Nexus phones not getting updates when the others do. IF that would ever change I would love to go back to using a Nexus device and being able to stay current with the newest version of Android pretty much as Google released them. That is one reason I started rooting back in the HTC G1 days was to stay current and make sure my phone was always up to date with the newest version of Android. I like simple as well which is what has always drawn me to the Nexus line it's pure no bloat no bs nothing just stock Android how Google envisions it should be and I love it. Out of the box it does everything (minus needed root for things for work or messing about) and it does it imo with a beautiful UI that just works how it should.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gottria:
I'd get an N5 also if it had a micro SD slot. Removable battery I could do without.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] strive53:
+1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] emottau:
bunch of sissy la-la's!

Lol j/k. If sammy would hurry up and release TW kit kat I have a hard time coming up with a reason to go elsewhere. I mean this is arguably the best phone on the us market (or at least close to it) and here we are how long after the release on the nexus and still no update? Until then I have accepted the fact I have no control over my need to flash. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jtsv:
I agree an update is needed I as still have a S3 rooted WiFi only running 4.4.2 and other than liking some of the updated features my S4 is already stock running better. If I could get a different phone in the future it would have to be S5 but since I've still got 2 yrs left who knows what will be out then.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AuGmENTor:
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KNOX is Samsungs answer to getting Android into goverment offices (ie it's a "secure" version of Android kinda like how Blackberry has their stuff for security) Touchwiz is what you are looking at with a stock Samsung phone (any version) ie the UI

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Does this mean I can get rid of it using Titanium?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
Yes you can get rid of it with Titanium, but there's a script to remove it too. It will remove all Knox apps and files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ahendowski:
Honestly I'm completely fine with TW. the only problem I have is the lock screen hang up. That's what really pushed me over the line to root. Since rooting and flashing, that issue has stopped. Having my phone lock for ten seconds at a time was very infuriating. I don't think I would ever go back to touchwiz unless they fix it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AuGmENTor:
What did you flash? Curious. A week in and I'm fine with how the stock ROM runs. I've been stalking the CM11 thread and I hear the same problems (bluetooth issues, no data after wifi disconnect stuff like that) that I gave up with my Epic 4G. A ROM would really have to wow me to break my laziness at this point.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ahendowski:
I was running a 4.3 BeanStalk for a while and worked really well. Never had data connectivity issues. The only issue I had was not getting LTE... But that's all sprint. I'm in a no coverage area.

It was a few months with no problems, and it randomly did go into an infinite boot loop, which I had to upgrade to 4.4 beanstalk. There's a few features, minor bugs like the quick selection tiles still flip when turning on, minor things like that. Not the biggest deal but I'm sure their first big flagship works fine. No data or service problems. Haven't experienced dropped calls or no data after WiFi so far

Its interesting. My girlfriend has an S4 active and I have a S4, and we both experiences locking our phones and going to use it and the screen is completely unresponsive for ten full seconds at a time. And it happened frequently.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AuGmENTor:
I have not had that problem at all. It is as you say odd. I have sh!t for data as well, being 60 miles north of NYC. I only have ever connected to 4G when down there. Up here I'm just happy enough to get 3G.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skystander:
Yeah I switched back to MF9 so I could be of use in any emergency scenario during a road trip I am planning.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
I'm still on MF9. It works fine, and that matters to me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SirCumference:
I've been using triforce ROM since May. It gives me a few customizable features, which is okay with me. I just don't treat TouchWiz as if it's the plague like most of you... :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] TheGiant93:
These responses are interesting. I guess "ROM fatigue" is going to catch up with me eventually lol. I'm still in the flashing everything stage, and I've been flashing for about 2 years.

Currently on Sacs 5.5 ultra
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cidica:
When you have been flashing since the HTC G1 days none stop on every phone you have owned it honestly does just start to get old and tiring after awhile. That is not to say that it is not still fun however it just gets to a point where you really do actually NEED your phone at 100% working order (even with fails in stock roms at times) that you just no longer care to tempt fate and hope thngs work when you actually need it to work the most.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chris-allen:
im using the stockish 5 rom...thats about as custom as ill go..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] max229:
The differences might be subtle but I honestly just like to tinker. I don't really like to bother with nightlies or unstable builds but I love writing and trying new programs and setting up the occasional ROM.

Sent via mobile
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
I keep downloading roms for my N5 every once in a while with the sincere intent of flashing them, and then I just....don't. The stock rom on the N5 is so awesome that I just can't bring myself to change it. I don't know why I keep getting the idea in my head to download these roms in the first place. I guess old habits die hard.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ParkerParker:
Once a flasher... Always a flasher lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Yeah. I'm actually in stock, locked and unrooted. I use my phone for work now and company policy states that I can't modify my phone.

Can't say I miss it too much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
Funny...I still check out S4 forums every once in a while just out of curiosity. Looks like you might be doing the same :)

Even though I don't flash roms anymore, I think I'll always unlock and root my phones. I just don't like being arbitrarily restricted in terms of what apps I can use and what portions of the file system I can access. That kind of sucks that you wouldn't be able to do anything even if you wanted to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jtsv:
Is there room in the boat?

Other than for a few app's since installing the performance enhancements of 4.4.2 "I am a reformed flash junkie" Knox has been the beginning of my non rooting and now with this speed and kitkat it will make things a lot easier. I've been flip flopping between my wifi only rooted GS3 but now I can truly be Free! Whew That feel's good! At least now my family won't be saying "you've messed your phone up stop messing with it".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Yeah, luckily the catch here is that it's due to receiving a promotion and now my phone plan is completely paid for by my employer. So I'll take it even if it means I can no longer root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AuGmENTor:
I loled at this. My girl actually told me I flashed my Epic 4G so may times I wore it out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jtsv:
I actually did got my E4GT from a .01 Amazon BF Sale 2 yrs ago.

Bricked 3 and when the power button broke on 4th Sprint bumped me to S3 because on E4GT being back ordered.

Dropped it and cracked the screen just before BF this year so my wife and I upgraded to S4 on a .96 Sams Club Pre BF Sale this year.

So I've had my S3 rooted with Wifi only but now that this is 4.4.2 there's not much reason to root especially with Knox.

So been there and rode hard and put up broken and wet. Now just have the S3 as a throw down back up phone.

Bought Otterbox immediately for both of us because I've learned better to be safe than sorry.

Only things missing are 64gb sd, 7400aMh battery and a turbo 360 vibration speaker and everything would be complete since I'm dreaming right now I would add Bose BT.

Right now is not a good time for free spending so I'll just stick with things for now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] maxpower7:
Very nice. I would definitely take that tradeoff.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
I only get ROM fatigue when it doesn't initially work. I hate having to tweak and flash a bunch of little things to get it working. I'd rather flash and then just be able to go from there without any hiccups.

Looking forward to crop of 4.4 roms that will surely be coming in a few weeks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Spiricore:
I've skimmed over this thread title quite a number of times over the months thinking it had to do with ROM flashing actually having a fatigue-like effect on our hardware so I had to poke my nose in.

To continue from where the OP left off: I certainly hit that point with 2.3.5 on my EVO Shift and then again on my Galaxy S4. For me it was first a matter of trying to find the right 'fit' for me since running any unmodified technology is just letting unharnessed potential go to waste, but I do get to a point - and I remember it very specifically with my S4 - of just sitting there at the Android Development forum staring at all the ROM releases and just being like, "Meh." But every time I'd return to stock I'd just get this overwhelming "dirty" feeling and would get caught back up in the thought process of "Ugh, where to start to get rid of ALL of this **** I don't want, need, and already have preferred alternatives for?" Anything along the lines of customization for stock seems so limited, unsatisfactory, and really just unacceptable in my eyes.

I don't remember what ROM I settled on with my EVO Shift; I do know that I couldn't even find my old files when I had to wipe it to let a family member borrow it and just flashed the most recently updated one I could find. I've been running CarbonROM on my S4 for a few weeks after trying every major 4.3 ROM and just not finding a good fit for me, and I am very much enjoying it despite it still having issues; none of which are dealbreakers for me and I know will be addressed in the future. Flashing a daily every week or so doesn't seem outside the realm of reason with dirty flashing, OTA updates and utilities like ROM Toolbox to get me back up and running in 30 minutes or less, and finding new developments/tweaks I can implement are a constant source of (mostly) entertaining and beneficial endeavors. Having a modified ROM allows me to have very little of what I don't want and more of what I do - or at least provide a MUCH cleaner foundation to have my phone how I want it.

I have the same problem with the IT industry and computers shipped by Dell, HP, etc. The first thing I do is wipe them completely, customize my OS installer of choice, restore the software I've come to prefer and support over the years, and then never touch it ever again unless something fancy-shmancy comes along that piques my interest to instill enough motivation to give it a try. Stock is just so ugly, restricted, sub-par and half-assed for my liking to even consider "just dealing with it."

Then again my fiance of three years - she's had plenty of time to run away - regularly reminds me of being a control freak, so I'm sure that plays some role in it all as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] zeroxia:
The vendor knows its hardware best. Android is only middleware, your phone still needs a lot of closed-source stuff to function properly.

As long as there is official 4.4, it should be preferred. The same applies to Android 5.0, 6.0...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] x5starguerillaa:
I would love to attach a screenie.....but it happens so randomly and only lasts a second.

Im presuming that the function is built in because the screen doesnt look all messed up. So does anyone know how to turn Landscape lockscreen on?

Ove looked through the setting but cant see anything? Perhaps im just being a tard?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Afrobean:
Android at its core can support a landscape lockscreen. There are a few apps out there that force rotation even when the app doesn't think it should support it. For example, the Netflix app is ALWAYS portrait when in the menu and ALWAYS landscape during video playback, but I used to use an app called "Ultimate Rotation Control", and it allowed it to do the menu in landscape and the video in portrait. I think the same sort of thing would work for you here, but I must admit that it's been a long time since I've used a lockscreen, so I don't know for sure.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] x5starguerillaa:
Thanks. Ill take a look.
[General Questions and Answers] rajigagi:
Hi guys

I've just signed up to this brilliant site and have been following the above thread and wanted to post this question there but wasn't able to, so here goes......

I have flashed my Samsung Galaxy Wi8150 with [ROM][JB][4.3.1][JLS36I] CyanogenMod 10.2 Alpha (Build 1) which installed Kernel v3.4.65 as standard. There is a new Kernel v3.4.66 which I am thinking of using but my question is.........

Does this new Kernel give a better Battery Life than the previous one since this seems to be one of the slightly problematic issues with this build?

Thanks in advance. :good:
[General Questions and Answers] owlcapsule:
I have TWRP Stock Recovery, and I want to get the T310 Stock Recovery back please help me!
[General Questions and Answers] rohansarpal06:
I was trying to install a CyanogenMod 10.1.3 Rom using ClockworkMod recovery 6.0.1.2. This is my very first attempt at installing a custom ROM. I simply put the ZIP file on my phone memory and booted in recovery mode. After that i wiped data to factory reset without any backup of my previous touchwiz ROM :o. Now I am in the recovery mode and I have no clue how to access the ZIP file(i might have erased that in the factory reset). I tried connecting my phone to my computer and it does detect my phone but does not show an sd card to which i can copy the zip file to.

Admins please help me out on how to solve this problem.
[General Questions and Answers] droidshan:
So . ..

Did you rebooted into CWM recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] arvin07143:
Just reboot system cause u did not format syatem
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojo5566:
hello

i need to root my htc desire to install cyanogenmod , but i don't have any idea to root it

can anyone help me plz :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
This is the HTC Desire section, and you have an HTC Desire HD. Ask here instead.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] gooroo:
Bearing in mind the limited internal DOC capacity, I have an SDIO GPS and want to run Tomtom on my Jasjar. Is there anyway to fit Tomtom on the internal DOC so I can use the SDIO for the GPS, or am I better off getting shot of the GPS and getting a bluetooth version so I can use the SD slot for memory?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] gooroo:
Sorry just noticed I posted in wrong section, not good going for my first post!

:oops:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oxbody:
I can usually figure stuff like this out for myself. I've been reading the forums for two days and I think I've tried everything. Razr just won't root.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yashade2001:
I'll write steps for you ;) ;

1) Unlock your bootloader using Motorola dev site : https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a

2) Then, flash a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP with Fastboot.

3) Download SuperSU if you are in 4.1 or 4.2. ( Chainfire' s flashable zip )

4) Flash that zip using recovery.

5) Then reboot. You should see SuperSU in app drawer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] czscout:
I used safestrap to flash hyperdrive rom on my VRUAME7 version Verizon S4. When I got rid of the safestrap recovery and boot into stock touchwiz I still get the Samsung Custom screen with the unlocked padlock. Before when I was just rooted and didn't have safestrap it didn't have that screen. Triangle away current status : Counter 0, Binary: Official, Device: SCH-I545, System: Modified.I haven't tried the reset counter option in triangle away because on the thread it said I needed the bootloader unlocked for it to work. I couldn't find anybody saying they had tried it on VRUAME7 so I wasn't going to be the guinea pig for it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jpeps:
Any had any problems updating app
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] LaloHigh:
Have you tried clearing cache and data or uninstall update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jpeps:
Yes 2 time still crashing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jpeps:
Google is errors
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dirtybudha:
Play works, some apps won't install.

I did the clear cachesand force quit. I got play to work after that.

HOWEVER, I can't get Watch EPSN to install. Gives me an unknown error (-24) Really annoying. I got it with a couple other apps, but those apps eventually came down-given to took a few "clear caches, force quit" to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jpeps:
I fix instilled a app it Ok now
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] PhilPan:
Has no one still figured out how to silent camera sound
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] nikkobenson:
Not that it helps, but I loaded a3rd party camera "camera fx", disabled the shutter sound in that app, and I still got the sound when I took a picture.

I think someone else posted that they deleted the sound files successfully. Try a search.