yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skny:
Howdy all - so I've spent about a week on these forums - and the interwebs in general - trying to make sense of the rooting / rom scene. I've played with smart phones for quite awhile - including an HTC Incredible & Galaxy S2 for a short period (my only previous exposure to Android) - but never rooted or put custom ROM's on them. I've mostly been an iPhone user - and was always jailbroken.

Much to my disappointment, after picking up my Verizon Galaxy S4 (I traded someone from my iPhone 5) - I discovered all the bloatware - among other things - and want to put a custom rom on it.

I do have 4.3 on MJ7. My understanding is the previous owner of this device had the phone for about 2 week.

So - what are my options? I am a bit confused with all the different concepts & terms.

I understand MJ7 is pretty locked - but have been paying attention to the vRoot method.

If I WERE to use it - and root my phone - what would be my next step?

Do I then have to install a recovery loader or is that still not an option?

My "goal" is to have a leaner more efficient OS running so that things move faster and battery drain is kept to a minimum.

If I understand things - if I do root - I would need to use a 4.3 ROM, correct? Or no? Could I use a 4.2 ROM?

I still don't understand where "safestrap" and whether a ROM has TouchWiz fits into things.

I've read about this Knox 0x1 stuff too - but I'm not worried about warranty issues - that's the only real concern, right?

I know once I'm rooted - I can run things like nandroid backup - right? Among other things?

But my big issue is - I want a stable custom ROM that doesn't have all the bloatware & that works well.

Can I do this now - if I used the vRoot method (I know some are still iffy about it & I understand those concerns)?

I apologize to those of you who "know" this stuff. I really have been searching and reading up - but I have to be honest - my head is spinning with "what is what".

I understand the "potential" of Android over iOS - and appreciate/respect the complexities that come with it - but I am disappointed that things seem to be even more "locked down" and unreliable this far into the game for Android (I dumped my HTC Incredible & S2 because of far inferior performance, battery & reliability issues compared to iOS). I'm sure much of the blame lies with Verizon and/or Samsung as opposed to the actual OS, but, it is what it is.

Not looking to debate my experience or opinion; just looking for a little more guidance for a few things I'm struggling to comprehend.

I just want to have something that works- and works well.

I've been in & out of these forums over the years for different things and know it's a great resource. Thanks ahead of time for anyone that chooses to take the time to point me in the right direction(s).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
As of now your ONLY option for MJ7 is root via VRoot.(Make sure you read the ENTIRE VRoot thread) That's it. No custom recovery, no ROMs, no Safestrap.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] sipepguru:
please can somebody tell me the best way to send files via bluetooth.

cheers sipepguru
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
Obex. Works without pairing, and same code can be used on IR and Bluetooth.

V
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vollachr:
Hi,

I have a SAMSUNG Galaxy S3 Mini I8190, last night, from some unknown reason it froze with a black screen and after a while rebooted into a boot loop, I removed the battery and refitted it, turned it back on and it started as you'd expect it, or almost.

To my surprise I lost my background settings and the display language changed from Hebrew to English UK, I thought I just go to settings and change it since there was always Hebrew by default, but to my surprise the Hebrew option in the language choices was gone, I had to result to installing morelocale 2, thought that solved it, was mistaken again, after every restart the phone switches back to English UK again and I need to run morelocale 2 again and change it.

The phone is rooted and root seems to work well, tested with root checker and titanium backup but build.prop cannot be saved after editing.

I deducted that something must have gotten corrupted in my Android OS.

What I would like to know is if it's possible to use the same ROM I used when updating to 4.1.2 to reinstall the OS without losing all my installed apps & data, phone settings I can handle but I have too much apps and data to reinstall, even from a backup.

I know I probably bored you with the long explanation but I think it is necessary to understand my situation.

And before anyone say anything, I tried searching, couldn't find an answer, though I might have missed something, if I did, please point me to it.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mauam:
I don't understand you very well, but just flash your rom again & you don't lose anything.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vollachr:
OK, Thank you, that's basically what I wanted to know.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mauam:
Just flash it again & wipe cache & dalvik cache only. Not system/factory reset or you lose all your data:)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vollachr:
Once again, thank you, I will try that.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Daabeck:
Hi

I've tried updating my phone to the custom 4.4 rom, but now I want to go back to Cyanogenmod.

But how do i do it?

I can't seem to access recovery, because apparently my root is gone.

I've tried numerous guides on how to root my phone, but none of them worked!

It either says:

error: device not found

or stuck on

daemon started successfully

I've tried Docomo OptimusG Root, DooMLoRD Easy Rooting Toolkit, motochopper, ZV9-JB-ROOT and some unnamed rooting methods

What am I doing wrong?

Help, please!
[LG Optimus G (International)] Daabeck:
Apparently, my PC doesn't recognize my phone as soon as I switch to charge only.

In MTP I can access my files and charge my battery, but as soon as i switch to charge only, it stops charging.

Driver: http://oi44.tinypic.com/55qdy8.jpg
[LG Optimus G (International)] atifsh:
Go the easy way and save time!

Flash stock Kdz
[LG Optimus G (International)] Daabeck:
I tried flashing stock, but since I don't know anything about it, it didn't work for me, of course...

So instead I flashed CWM with TWRP, and with CWM I could suddenly flash another rom without getting an error!

So I flashed Pacman-rom and now I both have root and my adb is working somehow :)

But thanks for the help :)
[LG Optimus G (International)] atifsh:
So basically what you said earlier was false!

You could access recovery, you just needed to update recovery.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Daabeck:
I tried to restart via CWM, but I couldn't.

Then I realized I could restart to recovery in the powermenu.
[LG Optimus G (International)] hasan4791:
Which custom 4.4 yu flashed......??.... Houstonn aosp rom doesn't have root and yu need to flash separately... Tats y u could not able to do restart from recovery nd is not a issue though...,!!

Sent from my LG-E975 powering Stock 4.1.2
[LG Optimus G (International)] Daabeck:
I flashed this rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2511730
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] xenon92:
SCREENSHOTS

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[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] xenon92:
CHANGELOG​

Nov-16-13

- Fixed bluetooth

- Fixed video recording

- Fixed mic in other apps (Google Now, Swiftkey, etc)

Nov-15-13

Initial build

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[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] iceyhotguy:
[MENTION=5273865]xenon92[/MENTION] Thank you :D waiting for the download link, can't wait to test it :D :good:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] androidbaba:
[MENTION=232693]xenon[/MENTION] pls ignore comments like that

thank you for another great rom

and i am quiet angry with you ..whenever i revert to 4.2.2 you come up with some new rom making me go back to 4.1.2 :mad:

just kidding keep them coming :good: :beer::D:)

edit i hope you will work on carbon soon
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] k2wl:
so this one is one more for us...nice!!!!

so what is remain from source roms???

may be carbon and you already said that you may be working on that....so this makes almost a perfect device to buy if you are a power user and u are flasholic...:)

i saw your comment that you dont use grand anymore ...why??? is it your secondary device??
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] xenon92:
People don't know much about Resurrection Remix ROM. But look at this original thread for S2. More than 2000 likes. It is one of the MOST CUSTOMIZABLE ROM with so many features built into it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1436854

Don't go to 4.2.2. There are many more ROMs to come. :)

I am on Note 2 now. But there are 2 Galaxy Grand at my home. There is already a lot of development for Note 2, so I am not required there. :D

Developing for Grand is one of my ways to learn more about Android.

Carbon ROM 4.2.2 seems to be abandoned by the Carbon Team. Syncing gives "repo doesn't exist errors" for a few repos. I think i can use replacement repos and fix those errors, but it will be too time consuming. I'll compile Carbon 4.3 as soon as CM10.2 releases (which might be sooner that you think!)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] ArcMan09:
Another Sexy Rom!

I Hope you will fix all the Bugs.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] RIPPER:
Yippeeeeeeeeeeee!!! feeling blessed :angel::angel::angel:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] Sulaimanshariff:
[MENTION=5273865]xenon92[/MENTION] Waiting for the bugs to be fixed i again with all respect thank you and love you for all of the awesome work by you,,now im damn sure grand will get heck lotta development thanks a ton again bro untill the bugs are fixed im enjoying the best rom(my opinion no offense) SLIMBEAN:thumbup::D:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] codekidX:
Again awesome work!!

[MENTION=5273865]xenon92[/MENTION] i suggest you to build 4.3 version of it as soon as any ROM has been stabilized like slimbean!

Because if you see we have all 4.2.2 builds...if we get a proper device tree for 4.3 we can upgrade ourselves! Just a suggestion :)

Good going ;)

Sent from my GT-I9082 running Slimbean rom by xenon92
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] anantalawliet:
Another great rom for our grand duos :D , keep up the good work ! :thumbup:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] androidbaba:
Great ROM very stable,very fast and very smooth..battery life seems great also..

Only thing not working is video recording and once that is fixed this will be THE best ROM..

Thank you xenon..
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] iceyhotguy:
Got a force close on Clock when I started the phone for the first time. Flashed Gapps, issue seemed to be fixed.

Got another force close of Google's Setup Wizard at the end of setup.

Settings force closed the first time I tried to uninstall an application.

Tried recreating the Settings force close for logcat but it seems to be working fine now :rolleyes:

PS: I wiped cache/data/dalvik as well as formated the internal sd before flashing.

A lot of customizing options, everything seems to be working great and smooth (except from the initial force closes). All over great ROM :D
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] k2wl:
it is not only device tree which will solve the problem...i think more code changes require to make 4.3 bootable on our device...

because from last 2-3 weeks i am trying to make it boot but it stays on boot logo
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] xenon92:
New build uploaded.

Nov-16-13

Fixed everything. Check changelog.

Resurrection Remix is indeed one of the most customizable ROMs out there.

In build Nov-15-13, I faced FCs on cLock too initially, but they went away. I didn't find them in Nov-16-13 (I did flash Gapps right after flashing ROM).

As far as 4.3 and CM10.2 is concerned, we might get some good news soon. Patience. :)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] 10xian04:
nice...gonna try this rom...:good:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] RVR:
Bro ur really fast in fixing bugs :D:D:D
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] 10xian04:
the rom zip is corrupt i downloaded it twice still corrupt can anyone else having corrupt rom zip
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] xenon92:
It might be possible that the zip has been corrupted by androidfilehost.com. If you observe, for the past 2 days the website isn't working properly, observe the "Download Counters". They are set to "0" even after downloads.

I'll mirror the link to some other site.

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Deleted the corrupt zip from androidfilehost. Uploading to mega now. I'll upload to androidfilehost, again.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] 10xian04:
oh yeah i notice that too 0 downloads..thanks man i'll wait for the mirror link:good:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] mukeshpacheria:
great man for a great rom

i am waiting for new link
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] RIPPER:
Wowow.. U on roll dude. Downloading straight way. Thank u so much:D:D:D:D:D:D
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] mukeshpacheria:
downloading:):):):):):):):)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] RIPPER:
New Link is added. Thank you [MENTION=5273865]xenon92[/MENTION]
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] androidbaba:
...and now this is officially THE best rom for grand

thank you [MENTION=5273865]xenon92[/MENTION]
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] sumitverma1:
I m on 4.2.2 can I flash this rom on my phone,,,,plz suggest me
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] RIPPER:
No.. U have to revert to 4.2.1 :p:p
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] snbk97:
do i need to revert to stock 4.1.2? or can i flash over slimbean ? REPLY fast!!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] androidbaba:
You can flash over slimbin

Don't forget to wipe cache dalvik cache and factory reset in recovery
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] goku15:
THANKS A TON xenon92 http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=5273865 for making this rom for grand. This is the best rom much better than cm slim aokp etc and very smooth. You are just awesome. Hope for more updates:D:D:D
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] moumou android:
Flashing Resurrection over XPERIAZ 4.2.2 !!!

Hello everybody,

I'am running GENNXT ROM XPERIAZ 4.2.2 and now i want to install Resurrection Remix ROM in to my Samsung Grand i9082 , so i have two questions please:

1)- Where can i find a link to download Stock 4.1.2 ROM to flash my device ?

2)- After flashing my device with Stock 4.1.2 ROM do i must flash the (OLD) Resurrection Remix ROM and after that the (LATEST) build of Resurrection Remix ROM , or i must flash directly the LATEST build of Resurrection Remix ROM without flashing the old one ?

Thanks for your helps brothers .

Bye.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] Sulaimanshariff:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43797796

Find here the latest xxxamf7 4.1.2

Then flash it and flash cwm and flash the latest build no need to flash previous build

Dnt forget to thanks xenon92:thumbup:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] moumou android:
Ok Brother , you are faster than grand CPU .

Thanks .
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] moumou android:
Hello Mr Soulaimanshariff , when i try to flash INS-I9082XXAMF7-STOCK ROM , my device shows this message : " installation aborded" .

Please what is the problem ? and how to solve it ?

Thank you .
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] jayc137:
These files need to be flashed through Odin

Extract the zip file and select .tar file in PDA
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] moumou android:
hello Mr Akiratoriyama , after flashing INS-I9082XXAMF7-STOCK ROM in to my device with odin ,and when it's finished my device BOOTLOOP in Samsung logo , how to solve that please .

Thanks.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] Sulaimanshariff:
This thread is for a rom and for the developer to help ppl related to this rom so if you need help over stock rom pls contact me via whatsapp i hve sent you my number dnt make irrelevant posts(no offense) hope you understand
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] moumou android:
Hello Everybody ,i am running XPERIAZ 4.2.2 and i want to flash Resurrection Remix .

When trying to downgrade from (XPERIAZ 4.2.2) to (INS-I9082XXAMF7-STOCK ROM) with ODIN , and when flashing finished , my device wont start and bootloop in to samsung logo ,

please what's the problem and hos to solve that ?

thanks.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] emccccc:
do a factory reset. boot into recovery when it goes into a bootlopthen factory reset. restart phone, and there you go.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] mukeshpacheria:
battery drain very fast

any ways great work
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] codekidX:
Don't flood this thread with stupid questions.

Dude this is common sense, if you want to run RR then just flash philz or CWM and then flash RR. Why you care if your stock firmware is booting or not?

FYI RR is resurrection remix
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] nareshlove:
i want setting menu UI like default jely bean

not like phablet

how to change???
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] mukeshpacheria:
Then Only way to flash stock jelly bean

in pac, cm aokp, slipbean, rre......... provides defferent UI
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] xenon92:
Settings > Hybrid Properties > Slide right > Select Apps > Choose "Settings" > Set "Layout = 360p" > Click on the "Tick" at top.

This is how it's done in PAC. As far as Resurrection Remix is concerned, try something like this and see if it works.

EDIT:

RR doesn't have a tablet layout in settings by default as far as i remember. I think it is called "hamburger layout". So this method above might not work.

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androidfilehost.com seems to have become stable now. I'll upload the Nov-16-13 build to it now.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] androidbaba:
hey [MENTION=5273865]xenon92[/MENTION] any other source rom under development?? or you are concentrating on cm10.2??
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] mukeshpacheria:
Pac and RR Roms are the best one roms

But both rom are battery Hunger

latest stock based rom give great battery back in both sims

but above roms are in single sim and battery backup is poor

is any way to improve the battery

Slimbean have same problem but in new built battery improvement highlights

Thanx for your efforts ,,,,,,,,,,,, :confused:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] adi1996:
How to enable navbar...saw no option...:confused:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] goku15:
Instead of complaining use greenify. The battery usage depends on every persons way of using phone. If this is a problem provide logcat to developer. Dont ask unnecessary questions and flood the thread
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] sharingan:
for saving batter follow these tips you will definitely see the change

1 disable background data

2 switch off gps wifi 2g or 3g when not in use { 3g sucks battery more }

3 in cpu settings set cpu governor to on demand or conservative

4 try underclocking your grand by a little extent

i think these tips will help

good luck :good::good::good::good:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] snbk97:
LOGCAT 18-11-13 : http://pastebin.com/FwcqhiWL
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] iceyhotguy:
Found three sources of Force Close, was able to re-create, so attached their logcats

1. At the end of Gapps Setup Wizard, the setup force closes

2. While uninstalling an application, sometimes the Settings FCs. When uninstalling a Theme, both Settings and Theme Chooser force closes. Logcat - View attachment 2013-11-18_21.13-SettingsTheme.zip

3. Settings>Rom Control>Navigation Bar. On enabling "Hidden NavBar Enable" then disabling the same, SystemUI force closes. Logcat - View attachment 2013-11-18_21.12-hiddenNavBar.zip
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] mysarasaid:
Great rom .. this is the first rom based in CM I used .. previously I didn't like any rom based on CM & after flashing the rom I returned to stock based rom after an hour at most .. great work bro

anyone faced a problem with fb messenger notifications? .. it doesn't push any notifications unless when i'm using it :/
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] sachitoo:
Very nice! :):):)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] keshavt:
Great work!!:D
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] adi1996:
How to enable navbar?? Did not find option in rom control...:confused:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] iceyhotguy:
NavBar can be edited in Rom Control.

To enable it

1. Go to Settings > Resurrection Tools > PA Hybrid

2. From options (swipe left or press ParanoidAndroid Settings), select Interface

3. In Workspace drag the Nav. Bar from 0 to 100 (any value you want, this is to select the size of the layout of Nav Bar)

4. After selecting a value press the "Tick" mark on the top right corner

SystemUI will restart and you will have your Nav Bar :)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] ArcMan09:
I am on Stock 4.2.2.

I also Face that Fb messenger. Problem.

Its a Bug In the App Itself not in the rom.

Just wait for a update of fb messenger to fix the Bugs.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] RIPPER:
Clear the cache by going in application manager:good::good:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] mysarasaid:
I came from xperia flavors 4.2.2 .. fb messenger was working on it but also there was a bug in the app as it was repeating the conversations after time even i replied on messages

at last , I want to thank rom developer for his great efforts , it is realy amazing .
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] pramodmadhu007:
how is this rom ??

any bugs????
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] Sachin jain:
Read OP..it's almost fully stable!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] pramodmadhu007:
I asked abt the performance n battery backup
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] sachitoo:
GALAXY S4 TW theme :):):) looking good this rom :D:D:D
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] Sachin jain:
Performance is good..and battery backup is good in the latest build
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] anantalawliet:
Wow .... Another Stable ROM for our Grand ! Thanks xenon92 Will test it now ! :good: :laugh: :D
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] Sulaimanshariff:
Can you tell me how much you get with Mobile data enabled and gaming frm 100 to 0%,,,with regular use i mean nt even a minute or 2 minute screen off??? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] Amlan Mukherjee:
From Which rom u have taken this screen shot??remix or slim??
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] iceyhotguy:
Battery backup for this ROM is visibly less than Slim ROM.

RR is amazing in terms of effects in transition effects in switching windows, apps, in-app pop ups (I actually fell in love with the effects while I was using it), as well as in terms of bringing together the customization from PAC and AOKP, but the battery backup for me was considerably less compared to Slim. Can't tell you exact details you are asking but that's my overall opinion on it.

In terms of battery backup Slim is the best in my opinion, followed by PAC then RR (I haven't tried MoKee yet)

In terms of visual customization and looks it's RR, PAC then Slim

That's Resurrection, themed with TouchWiz theme
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] Sulaimanshariff:
BULLZEYE expected you to answer :p just kidding :D

So if you have tested it then i dnt need anymore answers yours is satisfactory thanks a million agn;)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] sachitoo:
Remix rom:D:D:D
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Android Development] Amlan Mukherjee:
Did u flash touchwiz theme in remix rom..or its inbuilt??