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[Motorola Droid RAZR] morr22066:
ROM recommendations

If you are looking for KitKat ROM's that are stable and normally run smoothly without major issues, my recommendations are Paranoid Android and CM11. CM11 has more options and gets more frequent updates but Paranoid Android is pretty streamlined and smooth and the current versions look and feel more like a straight stock Android system . If you are looking for a lot of options and things to tweak then PacMan ROM is nice.

As for battery life Paranoid Android may be a little better. Of course using a dark theme like thyrus dark ui, keeping screen brightness low and going into the advanced WiFi settings along with a few other things will really improve battery life.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
Install liquid smooth or slim, best roms out there so far!

Not only for the Razr Btw :P
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jco23:
can any of the kitkat ROMS be installed on the stock slot?

thanks...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
Yes,all of them...

Sent from my RAZR XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] xlightwaverx:
I am running AOSPAL without a problem.

X
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vazersecurity:
AOSPAL? What is that? I feel dumb asking.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
Sounds like paranoid Android
[Motorola Droid RAZR] xlightwaverx:
PA Legacy yes.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vazersecurity:
I knew it was Paranoid Android, but i didn't understand what the "L" was at the end.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] feduss:
i had the AxxionKat, LS, mooke and the resurrection remix and, in my opinion, the best was the resurrection remix, but the v5.1 ;). DumbleCore, what is the most recommended Cm11's nightly at the moment?

Edit: the axxionkat v 1.5 is very very fast :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iamteachme:
not meaning to hijack but ......

since this is a rom thread i see lots say cdma/gsm does that mean no support for lte or is it just not listed ? and what is spyder utms sorry just trying to find a rom to test i got phone rooted and safestrap installed and slots made just looking for a rom to try thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
XT912-spyder (cdma with lte)

XT910-umts spyder (gsm without lte)

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iamteachme:
thanks for the info

thanks for the info i am test

cm-11-20140805-NIGHTLY-spyder in slot 1 and

AXXION-v1.5.0-OFFICIAL-spyder in slot 2 really liking this phone so far. ill have to try out liquidsmooth i see lots saying its good.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
Try LS,you will not regret it ;)

Sent from my Razr XT910
[HTC One Max] Winins:
i have cid HTC_622 and i dont get any update to sense 6, why?

Edit.: 3.20.708.3 update sense 6 HTC_asia_hk
[HTC One Max] Svolacius:
Haven't received Sense 6 for my International HTC One Max either :confused:
[HTC One Max] Winins:
I get sense 6 and software is 3.20.708.1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kkrucek:
Quick question... How can I remove the Apps icon from the home screen (Bottom row) When I hold it down it does not give you the option to move or trash it.... Running hyperdrive 17.1
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] gkm8123:
Hallo i watch all this roms... They are all 4.2.2. In the sort time adroid L its out... And i have the big question when we have one real update ??? I have this phone 9 months until now i live in eu
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] mazi_v:
100% agree but unfortunately duo to mate 2 is out they have no plan to update mate1 to 4.3 or 4.4:crying:

i really think ham is good phablet and deserve better support from manufacturer.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] henk_j:
This kind of support let me turn away from Huawei. A pitty. But i want decent support. A phone schould get 2 year regular updates. Thats wat a customer deserves
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] CyReVolt:
Well you'll have to dive deeply into it to do the job of building a custom Android ROM. I just downloaded the kernel sources from the official JB (4.1) release, but I'm not sure how far I can get with that. Some experienced devs here posted that they would need Huawei's sources for KitKat to build a KitKat ROM, but I also have an Ascend P1 and I'm running a custom KitKat CyanogenMod build from the forums here although Huawei only released ICS (4.0) Kernel sources. I will have a try with a custom cross compiling toolchain of mine that I use for my Radxa Rock, but it's quite generic. I'll let you know how far I could get if at all.

Cheers!
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] CyReVolt:
The kernel build was successful, but I've simply used Google's latest toolchain (arm-linux-androideabi-4.6-android-4.4.4_r1). I'm now syncing the most recent Android repo, that will take some time. I will try to set everything up to start compiling tomorrow morning or something... ;)

Just in case you want to build the kernel yourself as well: There is an indentation issue in one of Huawei's Makefiles for the touchscreen, you'll see an error message about it if you run the first make according to the README_kernel.txt. You can just add tabs and your file should look like this:

[drivers/huawei/device/touchscreen_Mate/Makefile]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]#
# Makefile for the touchscreen drivers.
#

# Each configuration option enables a list of files.

obj-y += synaptics_i2c_rmi.o
obj-y += rmi_dev_6.o
obj-y += rmi_f54_6.o
obj-y += rmi_fw_update_6.o

all:
make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) modules

clean:
make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) clean[/COLOR]
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] henk_j:
A kitkat kernel that would make you in my opinion almost immortal for Mate users
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] CyReVolt:
We'll see, I'm still learning about the stuff, but the chances look quite fair. I've set up the rest of the environment and the build is running now. But I guess it will take some more hours. I usually need about 3.5 hours to build chrome, firefox or libreoffice. AOSP should be similar. I'll see how far it got today evening/night. But for now it looks good, I'm running with -j4 as recommended. ^^
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] svvv:
if you have more cores processor why dont increase the thread value so that build process will complete more quickly
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] CyReVolt:
I have 2 cores, so 4 is quite fine. The next option would have been 16. ;)
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] gkm8123:
Take your time! we need more developers
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] gkm8123:
Any news ?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] theoppositeman:
Really appreciate the works here.

so many had forgotten Mate 1 and P6 since 2 & 7 came out...

For me the first editions are always the best although the the 2nd might have little differences or improvements (but always have flaws or bugs more than the 1st editions)..

so very much grateful and thanks for devs that spent their time looking at mate 1 and p6...

Will donate if theres any need for it..count on me for that..

T28@HAM
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] CyReVolt:
Come on, I'm writing every couple of hours... :p

Well, the news is: v8 failed in some point. :D I've just resynced the AOSP repo to start over. ^^ I'll let you know how it went today evening. I also have a job, you know. ;)
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] gkm8123:
Ok no problem, thank so much for your help
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] CyReVolt:
Well, the newer patches didn't resolve the issue so I decided to try the normal user build (I tried a full debug build first). For now it looks very promising. I'm not sure if I can figure out how to to fix the issue I had, so if this one fails at the same point (although as far as I understood it was one of the debug parts so it shouldn't), it might get a little harder. We'll see ^^
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] cumanisengdoang:
thank you mate.. i mean CyReVolt. :)

i hope ur doing ok with ur job also,, and really hope u give us a good news..
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] CyReVolt:
Sure, np... actually, it failed again due to the same problem, and I quickly figured out the cause (I already had suspected that): I'm on a strongly hardened Linux system, and the

mksnapshot

tool was killed due to NX protection (see http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/PaX_Quickstart#Understanding_PaX). So if you're running a PaX protected kernel or similar you might run into the same issue. Duh... -.-

It's up and running again, so let's wait for a result!

While waiting you can try the Android kernel I have attached. Don't ask me how to do that. I have no clue. This is just for fun. And for you! :D

Considering work: It was actually quite funny today because I had to work on a Mac and OSX feels just horrible to me. My boss asked me to take a glance at Xcode and especially the new beta and Swift. I'm so glad to be back at my Linux machine now. :D
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] joe.stone:
The main problem is not the kernel. We can build a kitkat rom with the 3.0.8 kernel , but we have no source for display part , audio part. We have to use the prebuilt hwcomposer , grallloc etc. . These prebuilt libs are compatible only with the android version of the stock rom they are coming from and with the kernel they are patched for.

With sources of display driver we can patch the kernel and the driver to work on KK . Like I did JB on ZTE V11,V71,V55 tablet with 2.6.35 kernel , but that device was QC based device with available display driver sources. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1629630)

I have compiled a 4.3 rom for mate , but I am stuck at display. There are changed routines in framework which are not working with 4.2's display drivers . One solution can be to get these sources , or to change the framework to work with the 4.2' display driver.

The Mate is my first non QC chipset based device , but also the last too. This is my fourth device from Huawei and until now I was satisfied , they simply do not care Mate customers. The release of the KK for Mate is just a few hours job , but they wont do it.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] henk_j:
Thats why we have to get some sense :) into their heads thats trough they're Wallet. The only way tot make them do this strangely by hurting them where it counts.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] CyReVolt:
Alright, I'm getting the point now... so I did some research.

The GPU is a Vivante GC4000, so might this help https://github.com/laanwj/etna_viv ?

I wouldn't mind the sound at first. I would love to work on this somehow.

Can you point out which files I should look at? I know a bit about the ARM/Thumb ISA, so I'd try to reverse engineer a little to either adjust the pre-built drivers or the framework using them. =) I don't give up very quickly, you know! Finally, I'd just contact Huawei and talk straight to them. :D Thanks in advance for all your efforts. :)

Cheers

CyReVolt
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] gkm8123:
Keep going.... Thanks for all realy thankxxxx
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] mik3see:
Its nice to see someone working so hard on this!
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] henk_j:
Is backporting some elements from 4.2.2 an option?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] darkado:
never ask for ETAs. it happened more than a few times that developers got sick of people asking "ANY NEWS?". when something's done i'm sure no developer will keep it for himself so asking ANY NEWS is quite pointless and might have a counter effect.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] gkm8123:
Thank you
[HTC One S] idekkers:
Hey

[edit]

don't know if i did good or bad, but i installed hboot 2.16 since i want kitkat,

but when i select recovery in the bootloader i still get the constant reboot.

[/edit]

my phone is s-off and super-cid, hboot 1.09, but when i try to install a new version of either CWM or TWRP through their apps, it says installed successfully, but after a reboot i can;t get into recovery - the phone just keeps rebooting.

also - rom manager says i have both installed.

also i can't reset the phone, when i click reset phone in the settings menu, it says it does, but after it reboots - everything is still as it was.

I guess i should not do a factory reset (in hboot menu) unless i have some sort of recovery working?

thanks
[HTC One S] idekkers:
OK, all fixed now.

what i did is this:

downgraded to HBoot 2.15

relocked bootloader

installed the 3.16 RUU (only able to do it after the downgrade to 2.15 hboot, and only on one computer - otherwise got error 158)

unlocked the bootloader through HTCDev

installed latest TWRP

tried to load CM without success (didn't read all the instructions)

read all the instructions

flashed the CM boot.img

install CM11 without a problem

hoe this will help someone
[HTC One S] silvrdragona:
how did you go from 2.16 to 2.15?

i'm having a similar issue. http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-s/help/help-load-recovery-boot-rom-hboot-2-16-t2827392

thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mally341:
my info:

htc one xl

android version 4.2.2

htc sence version 5.0

kernel version 3.4.10

baseband 1.31a

evita pvt ship s-off rl

cid-11111111

hboot- 2.15

radio-1.31a

that's all I just want to have the stock original rom again.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Run an RUU and you'll be back to stock.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mally341:
Ok I'll use 3.18 ruu is that cool? And will it erase everything on my phone ?.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
No it won't erase of your personal data (images, music, etc).

Sent from a crappy Samsung because my Evita died
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magius82:
i am from turkey and have an m8w version (asian model) and installed ARHD9.1 on it but after installation when i insert any SIM, i can not get any mobile network signal. which baseband do i need to install, do i need to S-off for that.

any help and advice will be appreciated.

my phone parameters are:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.16.0.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.16.21331831.A16G

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main:

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

(bootloader) serialno:

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) imei2: Not Support

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m8_ul

(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974

(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B62000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTCCN701

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: c3d94491

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.007s
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckpv5:
First ... edit your post and remove the serialno and imei

Second ... you need the firmware for that ROM but you can't do it as your device is S-On
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magius82:
sorry for the mistake. i tried s-off with firewater but no luck. will try again.
[General Questions and Answers] sriharshaarangi:
Try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slash.electron&hl=en
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Digs:
There seams to be a new verison of this browser.

3.3 to 3.4 here : http://www.access-company.com/products/netfrontmobile/browser/index.html

Q: But where is the download ???

Is the upgrade free ???

I assume 3.4 will fit for my device ( see below )

Please advise ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] bonisalive:
I think it not the pocketPC version wich is upgraded...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] fards:
According to the PDF brochure it is, see page 6, but there's nothing on the shops, can't see it being free upgrade if it is, as the last one cost $15

New in NetFront Browser v3.4

• Ajax support

• New RSS viewer libraries

• SMIL 2.1 support

• SVG 1.2 + microDOM support

• NetFront Document Viewer

• NetFront Component libraries for integrating NetFront as a module or widget

Supported Operating Systems

• Symbian OS (Series 60 and UIQ)

• Palm OS®

• BREWTM

• REX OS

• Linux (MontaVista® Graphics, QtEmbedded, Qtopia, GTK+,

and others)

• Microsoft® Windows CE family: Pocket PC, CE.NET, Smartphone

• OSE

• QNX

• VxWorks

• ITRON

• Others (OS-9, pSOS, Nucleus, etc.)

---

But this is the response on their support forum:

[Quotation]

Hello,

all over in the Access Webpage i see NetFront Pocket PC 3.4 !

But when i like to download and buy it, there is only Version 3.3

How to get 3.4?

I use HTC TyTN Pocket PC (QTEK 9600 /Hermes /Orange SPV M3100 / XPA v1605)

[1436] Re: NetFront 3.4

-Contributor/ Customer support ACCESS Co. --(2006/10/13(Fri) 17:54:19)

Res1

[Quotation]

Hi

Since NetFront v3.4 is the only developing demo version, we do not have any plan to release v3.4 for endusers in the near future. So that NetFront v3.3 for PocketPC that you have is the latest version so far.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] tjewell:
You can download PPC v3.4 if you fill in this form:

https://www.access.co.jp/nfppc/send.php?type=3

Now, I know it looks like gibberish, but this is what I did -

I entered a few chars in the first box, selected something with the pulldown, clicked a radio button and entered an email address twice.

Then I clicked the first box in the next block, clicked a random machine, and then the left hand submit button. Hey presto, download page.

I don't actually have my PPC to hand - when I do I'll tell you what it's like.

Minty.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] tjewell:
Ah, installed it now. Well, the good news is that it *is* for the PPC, and handles Ajax nicely. Bad news is that it's in Japanese, and I don't know if I can switch it to English.

Oh well.

Minty.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] fards:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...ttps://www.access.co.jp/nfppc/send.php?type=3
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] nexuspb:
Hey,

I received a rooted Iconia a110,

Can i put a custom rom for Iconia a100 on iconia a110?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] nexuspb:
bump
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdzareef:
I have flashed stock asian rom on xt1033 but recover is empty :confused:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snow_fox:
So generally speaking I've always stuck to sister phones of nexus devices. My Samsung Captivate was sorta the "nexus with an SD card" in terms of being identical to the Nexus S, the LG Optimus G was "4g + SD Card Nexus" and I never really had any problems running roms with the latest version of Android. Running nightlys and experimental software wasn't such a big deal because it allowed me to keep my phone up to date long after it would have been updated otherwise.

The general lack of desire to stand behind the stability of a particular version coupled with a general lack of "stable" releases kinda has me jaded when I can just keep rolling with the newest version of Android officially.

It has made me wonder if there are any "stable rolling release" versions of roms? Like "here is the stable rolling release, once a week we push the latest stable versions and features from our nightles over the last month!" Letting those who want to try the newest upgrades immediately have nightly and letting people who want the latest version of android with more tweaks get the version that suits them the most?

Edit: I'm not really asking for specific ROM recommendations so much as ROM trends in general.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Many AOSP roms do this.. We can't recommend Roma to you because those comparisons are against the rules but the ROM I use (slim) has weekly builds and then a monthly stable.

The stable has a code freeze a while before release to extend testing to ensure it is stable but the weeklies are stable too.

The devs also post personal test builds in between the weeklies for those who want to test particular new functions.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snow_fox:
My mistake I should have phrased the original thread more carefully and I'll edit it after this.

I was more looking at general ROM trends as opposed to looking for a specific ROM.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Many AOSP roms do this ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
your "sister" phones in reality have nothing to do with the nexus, and are not similar. the only similarities they have is using the same kind of cpu, but tweaked completely differently. maybe the same screens as well. all the other internals are completely different. completely different as in your "sister" phones are nothing like their nexus counterparts. so unlike nexus, that i would never call them a "sister" phone.

and there are many completely stable aosp roms out there for the n5.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsgraphicart:
I really don't see a point in releasing "Stable Releases" with a nexus device. With a Nexus device, the whole source is there for developers and the device is fully unlocked. So most likely, if a dev knows what they are doing, there shouldn't be very many bugs, if any at all. It would be mainly feature additions and whatever else the dev wants to add.

Now with Non Nexus devices, it's a little harder to get EVERYTHING working since the devices are usually locked down and all. So "Stable releases" are kind of a bigger deal.

That's my view on it anyway.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamer.11:
the thing about android is that someone somewhere is finding something new everyday, and waiting around for the release of monthly releases of roms kinda puts the users off("ohh active notifications!" "wow heads up notification" "can i get the <insert fancy OEM specific feature here> in my device?"). I for one, coming from an XMP which had rom's being updated once every two week found it hard in the N5 community where the nightlies where more common.

The thing is you have to keep changing fast and there is always room for improvement so there can never be a "stable" version just short term triumphs.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
The thing is, there isn't much need for "stable" builds anymore, the nightlies for most ROMs are really stable and daily driver capable (of course sometimes something doesn't work right here and there, but generally). Some have Delta updates too so you don't need to flash the entire ROM over each nightly, kind of like daily OTAs.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snow_fox:
Out of curiosity is the same true for the Play edition devices? With that said I was thinking about ROMs in general not ROMs specific to devices. I'd also argue (having worked QA professionally) the need to check new features added ranges drastically depending on what you want to add to the device.

As someone who loves new features I find the "additives" as great. I've also found just having the latest version of Android with a working stable feature set is pretty cool too.

I might look into the Delta Updates. There are a few things I do miss about ROMs such as being able to close all active windows and stuff. I just don't miss how some ROMs basically were just a conglomeration of shoving as much stuff into one ROM as possible regardless of how it ended up.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
Google Play Edition devices aren't the same as Nexus devices, they just use a more "AOSP-like" ROM that doesn't have the respective OEM skin on top of it. Not sure if bootloader unlocking process is different (Nexus devices have fastboot oem unlock) but the stock ROM on them still has some parts of the OEM framework underneath (like double tap to wake and duo camera editing on HTC One M8). The Nexus 5 is more popular then Google Play Edition devices and which is why it subsequently has more developer support.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snow_fox:
This makes sense. I didn't know if the Play Edition devices still had OEM fragments or if they were as free as the Nexus series.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Heavy oem frameworks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptir:
To be fair, there was a pretty significant gap between 4.2 releasing on the Nexus 4 and Cyanogenmod releasing 10.2 stable. As mentioned though, many of the ROMs have released stable versions and those that haven't are still fairly stable despite not having an "official" stable release.

I will say that I'm less likely to stick with a ROM despite bugs on Nexus devices than on other devices for two main reasons. With other devices, you're often getting rid of a manufacturer skin (so it's a completely different interface, instead of just having some tweaks) or you're moving up an Android version early.