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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] dragonsoul84:
I installed KK Launcher from the Play Store. Once downloaded you can all install the KK Locker which will replace your Amazon lockscreen with KitKat style one. In the settings of KK Locker choose the disable default lockscreen option and it will take you to the amazon lockscreen options, then back out of it. Reboot device. The amazon lockscreen will appear for a few seconds, then disappear. From then on, the KK Locker screen always appears, no double lockscreen. If you download Android L Wallpapers by AKWS, you can use it to change wallpapers. You can also change the keyboard by installing keyboard of your choice and then finding it under keyboard languages. I installed Android L keyboard from the Play Store and found it under languages as "English (United States)" and checked it. There is another option with same name already checked and that was the Amazon Keyboard, which I unchecked. Then selected the checked keyboard under default and voila. Now my Fire HDX looks like an AOSP Android L (except when entering settings).

BTW - If you go to the app drawer within the launch and select manage apps, it will open the Amazon app manager, but you will lose your onscreen buttons at the bottom of the screen. I did this while typing this post ... still trying to get them back:( Maybe I can figure out how to load the AOSP buttons in their place:fingers-crossed::p

KK Launcher : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kk.launcher&hl=en

KK Locker : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kk.locker&hl=en

Android L Wallpapers : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=alexanderkazmin.androidlwallpapers&hl=en

Android L Keyboard : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.e.android.softkeyboard&hl=en
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] lekofraggle:
First a preamble....

I am thinking this might be better placed in the themes and apps section, but I am not sure.

If you have read all of the posts about bricking, you would know that flashing a replacement Rom is both dangerous and bound to fail because we do not have an unlocked boot loader yet.

Be careful with implementation, but if you want to experiment with alternate roms, head over to the developer section, read everything about Dagestan for your particular device, and then have a it. Be sure the first thing you do is back up your current Rom. Then make a new slot, and only make changes on new slots.

Okay with that our of the way...

As others have stated, I use Nova. It is quite nice.

For those of you who have issues with typical Android things like wallpapers and widgets, Amazon left out some apps that run those services. Some launchers do not need those services to implement those things. Most do.

You can install those services safely (without locking up your device) by using Kindle Free. It is an app that is in the play store. I just used the free one.

I was happy to discover that even Amazon Native apps come with widgets that can be used once the fix is applied.

I am on the OEM Rom, rooted.

Good luck. Sorry if this comes across as pejorative, but a lot of people are bricking their devices and I would hate for that

T to happen to anyone else.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] rootnooby:
Apex works well for me. Love that you can resize widgets. Wallpapers work well. That being said, there is the occasional glitch that is fixed with a reboot.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] gbenrus25:
Amazon Kindle doesn't open when I use Apex. Haven't tried other launchers but expect the same thing to occur. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix that?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia ZL] zear4fear:
Hey,

i'm searching for side strips in black or white te replace after mine damaged.

Could someone please help with a shop to buy the side strips?

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia ZL] prudhivisekhar:
I am also searching for the same. But didn't find any...
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] John-Wu:
Hello,

can someone please download the new Qtek Rom in German please??

Thanks alot.

John
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] vladisa:
Xda neo Rom Update (ca. 49,6 MB)

http://www.o2online.de/o2/business/service/download/xdaupdate/xdaneo/update/xda-neo-update.exe
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] John-Wu:
hello,

i need a gernam Qtek Rom and not a O2 Rom
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] triob:
And this is not the "new" ROM it is Version 2.15.x

Greets.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] marley:
Dear John (thats a song right?) :)

As far I can tell there is no new german qtek rom on the qtek site, just swedish and english (see screenshot)

greetz, marl
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] John-Wu:
hi,

thanks for your answer. What a pitty :-(
[Sprint LG G2] eddytheyeti2:
how do I upgrade TWRP from 2.7 to 2.7.1? I need to upgrade it before installing slimrom, and am unsure how to. is it safe to flash it with TWRP 2.7 or what?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xshadowinxbc:
http://imgur.com/EgzxWFI

I think this screenshot should have all of the relevant information. I would tried this sooner, but it was end of college, I got my first full time job, etc etc.

My main issue with this phone is that it does random "soft" resets where everything just comes down and it reboots to the lock screen. This is especially fun when I'm driving and using this as a GPS :laugh:. I'm pretty sure the kernel is involved somehow, but I honestly don't know.

I want to know:

1. What do you guys think would be the most efficient way for me to update both the ROM and Kernel?

2. Is there any way to do this without having to re-root?

3. Would I be better off just choosing a non-stock ROM in order to get to the latest version of the android OS more easily?

That's about it, pretty simple. Just some directions would be nice as I'm quite out of the loop. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
If you don't want to do the research or take the time to go through the trouble of reading through these forums, then the most efficient way will be to remain stock unrooted and update via the approved methods from your carrier and/or Samsung (OTA and/or Kies usually). All software versions from ICS on up (non international S3s are now officially on KitKat) have been covered extensively by now so I doubt anyone is going to entertain your direct request for information. There are many things you need to be aware of, such as but not limited to how the new bootloaders and KNOX, as well as how custom roms and kernels, are working together in the big picture of things.

NOTE: Regardless of which route you take, no one in this forum, including myself, is responsible should anything happen to your phone. Anything you do to your phone is at your own risk, including official updates from your carrier and Samsung.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
You can get all the info you need here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1725839

As for having to re-root, you won't if you flash a custom ROM. Getting the OTA (or Kies) update will require a re-root which can be easily done with Towelroot.

As for the "most efficient", just follow the ROM's OP instructions to a T - it''s usually straight forward and easy to follow.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xshadowinxbc:
Thank you for the reply

Okay so basically the most (time) efficient way for me to update is to get some custom ROM. That's fine, all I need to work on my phone is a few programs nowadays. Namely Google maps and the phone (well and the browser). Is Kernel updating the same? What's one of the good kernels and roms these days for the purposes battery life?

The main reason I'm making this topic is I'm fine with just going out and following directions, but I'm updating from such an old version that I'm wondering if there are any "gotchas". Like I update it to this with my old kernel and the thing is suddenly bricked. That's really what I'm worried about.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Kernel will be overwritten in the flashing process. All you gotta do is make sure you recovery is up to date if you go the custom ROM way.

We don't make suggestions as for what ROM/kernel to use to avoid flaming and it also comes down to user preference. Although, I do suggest starting to look at some custom ROMs (most of them come with their own kernel but can also flash another one). It will most likely come down to AOSP vs TW (stock) base.

The closest to a suggestion I can make is to look at the top threads in the Dev section, those are the most "popular" ROMs/kernels.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xshadowinxbc:
Alright, looking around at the various threads in the development section I see that most of them look pretty simple to install. Just download the zip, reboot into clockwork and install after doing some resets.

I notice that some of these require a new bootloader/modem, though... I haven't seen those terms when I last did this. What are the general installation instructions for those; the same as custom roms? Can they brick your device (assuming that I even pick the one for my device)? I'll probably just install something that doesn't need me to update the bootloader/modem to make things simple.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
For the most part, if you've updated to 4.3 you will be able to flash any available roms. The catch is once on 4.3, you cannot downgrade your firmware.

Firmware is updated either by ota or flashing with Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xshadowinxbc:
I went ahead and got the Slimkat because the instructions for it were pretty easy. There are some unpleasant changes about it that I would like some assistance on, but I suppose that would go in the dev thread to ask about those. Thanks for the info, it helped give me some confidence about just trying it out. Like I said a little iffy about some of the things but overall I like. At least it hasn't randomly crashed on me yet, and getting all of my apps back was as easy as having TitaniumBackup extract them from my Nandroid backup.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cameracartwright:
If I root (towel root) install custom recovery then unroot and factory reset will I have stock recovery back?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
no, factory resets only wipe your user data, they dont magically reinstall software. but you will after you.. a. flash the factory img, or b. flash the stock recovery via fastboot.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
all info and guides are linked in my signature. Lots of reading but lots to learn.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] la2o:
You could extract the recovery.img from the stock rom and flash it :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cameracartwright:
Just discovered flashify oh man its amazing
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
They're all linked in the recovery zips thread in the resources section of my signature
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
yea, its a great app. i use it for flashing boot.img files and updating my recovery :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yep. I like flashify too.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Why?

I see great htc sense roms out there but haven't been updated since 1 year

the Original Android Roms are great, but they lack of the **** why most of us bought this phone, the camera.

try taking a photo in cm11 it just destroys one of the best assets of this phone

any explanation why? and if I'm wrong, could you link me to a htc sense rom which is normally updated?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majmoz:
I am not a dev but if you look at the Development Section you will find the ROM's being updated. Granted, updates have slowed with the introduction of M8. However, they are still being updated as official releases are available.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
So let me see. Bacause you dont see roms that are closed sourced and bases that can only be updated by HTC updated here by the devs you think development is dead? Not in the least. OEM based roms will never match the development of AOSP based roms. And as for the camera, it is not a big deal for most of us. IF we wanted a great camera we would not have gotten a device with a 4mp camera.
[Verizon LG G3] GeranimoFlux:
Could use some assistance. With my new LG G3, I can't see hidden folders when mounted in 8.1. Hidden folders are of course being displayed, I've tried MTP/PTP/Internet -> Ethernet with no luck. Currently unrooted but able to do so if needed.

Anything I'm missing?
[General Accessories] vectron:
Review of Brainwavz Headphone card case for HP150 and other headphones

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[General Accessories] vectron:
Review of Lunashops 3.5mm to 3.5mm replacement cable for HP150

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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] camf3xu:
Was wondering what is the most stable rom out? Just looking for everything to work properly. Also need NFC and flashlight. Not looking to flash nightlys, just something that i can throw on and update periodically. Not looking for a rom that will bog down my phone either. Any suggestions???
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cntryby429:
If stability and infrequent updates is important then I would recommend a sense based rom. Scott's cleanrom is pretty much straight stock with practically all bloat removed and is as stable as stock but I don't know I'd it has flashlight built in. I'm still running viper due to its extensive built in customization options but it's also extremely stable. I'm on mobile so no links, sorry. Check the android development section of this forum. Happy flashing and don't forget to nandroid!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] wtoj34:
I'd recommend clean ROM, only ROM I've run so far on this phone (3 or so months) and I love it. Flashlight is included and the ROM is force close free and art compatible ?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] pball52998:
Or try insert coin ?? I love insert coin :D although, everyone has a difference in "bloat free" :p I debloat so much, literally.. everything gets gone.. I really should just create my own flashable zip that uninstalls and installs all my apps... OP, I would suggest trying a lot of different ROMs, only you know what you will like :p

Sent from my HTC One M8 running Insert Coin. S-OFF.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] BadUsername:
Bonestock is pretty much full stock also, but Andy built a flashlight quick toggle into the notifications. It's pretty awesome. It's similar to cleanrom with a few more options upon install. But that flashlight toggle is very convenient.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Roefastford:
Honestly the best easiest to customize is viperone without a doubt, now next would be bad seed tranquil m8 both are a very good daily driver with the least amount of bugs. If you like stock then go with cleanrom. If you check around you will see these are the roms with the least amount of bugs and best smoothest running roms. Now if v6 would start up elegancia again I would flash it again in a heart beat and run with it not looking back. Elegancia closed = :(
[Samsung Galaxy Chat] Test10245:
Hi,

I wish to have Samsung Gingerbread OS for Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330.

Why? Short history:

I used to use Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos B5512 and i love it (because of QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen and it's Android that i needed). But after few years 160MB of internal memory is not good enough for official updates (such as google play, youtube etc.). So I bought Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330 because of 2GB of internal memory (also it's better screen orientation). I bought and run it and... BOOM, there is Android 4.1.2. Dear Lord... Maybe I am crazy man (with bad English :P) but I hate changes. The new version of Android is really not for me.

So my question is...

it's even possible to install Gingerbread OS on my Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330 and will it work?

If yes - please guide me how to do it.

I will be really grateful.
[Samsung Galaxy Chat] ltcdata:
no one?
[Samsung Galaxy Chat] zelendel:
You will OT find anything that far back for that device if it comes with 4.1.2 stock which means there is no kernel for it for that old of a os. Sorry but your gonna be out of luck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sk8terboy13:
Galaxy s3 kitkat boot loader unlock bounty ideas lets see what we can come up with
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Dude I hate to be the burden of bad news but I doubt it will ever be unlocked on kk with VZW. It's a nice idea but sadly no devs are willing to give this a shot. I kind of don't blame them. VZW will screw us all over rather than let us do what we want to the devices we have

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] poppers162:
You don't have to be a dev to give it a shot. There's a couple non-devs taking a look at the bootloader and stuff. Just picking at it. Seeing what does what. Who knows. It could happen.

Sent from my Unlocked SCH-I535 running Pac-Rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] carlofabyss:
I'm a pretty amateur dev when it comes to android. I have this phone and its killing me that no one has even tried to do anything about this in recent months, I seriously want to try a software mod for this horridly annoying dilemma before doing an emmc replacement. If I'm not mistaken loki project failed yes?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Well I agree I'm just being realistic here. With any trial and errors there will always be failure, while there may be a triumph I just don't think any will work

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
You're not going to get an unlocked bootloader unless you have a mole inside Verizon or Samsung. , but I am surprised that no one has created a safe strap method for this device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lepa71:
I thought there is one in developers section. Am I missing something?:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
You are missing something, unless you are on the 4.3 locked bootloader , there is a 4.4.2 beta safestrap but no official build and very few ROMs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
If they have used the same method as they did for the S4, Note 3 and S5 then it is very doubtful you will get an unlock method as SRDs and RDs have tried to unlock them with no success. You should consider either changing carrier or changing to a phone that is unlocked or can be unlocked. I doubt there is enough hackers to send a proper message to Verizon because the locked bootloader combined with Knox is attractive to the Exchange customers consisting of the military and corporate America...big bucks for big Red.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Completely agree.

Development is essentially dead on the S3 if you are on 4.4. Safestrap isn't even an attractive option because you can't run a rom without the 4.4 stock kernel. You have to rely on only touchwiz roms running kitkat only. Not too many developers are going to be around who would develop such a rom. This is also unique to the Verizon variant, which makes it particularly difficult for other developers from different variants trying to help out. Extremely annoying.

There are huge bounty threads for the S5 and S4 threads trying to get bootloader unlocked. I guarantee that capable devs are trying everything they can, but bootloader hacking is expensive and difficult as a lot of hardware or low level exploits can irreversibly hard brick a phone. Devs usually only have one phone, and simply can't afford to guess on the correct exploit to prevent an irreversible brick.

For example, the devs who unlocked the bootloader on the HTC m8 said they burnt through some phones in order to get the bootloader unlocked. They never said exactly how many phones, but I certainly believe them. To pay for the cost of the devices, they are charging $25 per device for their sunshine app to unlock the bootloader . You could agree with this approach or not, but considering how expensive and dangerous the process is I think the cost is completely justified. Plus it keeps them making exploits continuously throughout the life of the device.

I think a lot of people just think that these exploits aren't as dangerous as they actually are. As a comparison, achieving root has way less of a chance of bricking a device so 1 phone per developer is enough. It's simply looking for a way to inject a file in the system partition, and if it fails then nothing happens. Unlocking a bootloader is a completely different story, and something that takes an immense amount of research and understanding before an unlocking is even attempted. If you miss with a bootloader exploit, then that phone is gone, JTAG won't even fix it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Yeah, I think we only have a few options at this point:

1. Stay on 4.3 TW and keep an unlocked BL

2. AOSP 4.4 and keel ublcked BL

3. Lock your device with 4.4 TW

4. Ditch VZW.

Id be shocked if his phone gets unlocked for all of the reasons peoole have stated above. I think people forget that this devoce was only unlocked to begin with due to a leak -- the original security was never cracked and it has only gotten more difficult. Maybe if it was 2 years ago we would have a shot, but it is looking more and more like the ship has sailed.

#4 is looking better and better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Well here's some good news.

Dan Rosenberg released a proof of concept tz exploit that works on a myriad of devices.

The s3 isn't listed, but it might work on it anyway. Keep looking in the s4 forums for an exploit to come out soon. It definitely won't work on the s5.

If you guys are lucky, the s4 exploit will work on the S3. Don't take any system updates from Verizon until this is ironed out, could mean an unlocked bootloader for everybody.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] astonmartin214:
wow great news I won't then keep this close & see what becomes of this

---------- Post added at 03:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:18 AM ----------

#1 is incorrect cause it's locked also only 4.1.2 has unlocked BL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
#1 is correct. Check the S3 android development section and you will find several ROMs based on 4.3 ML1. If you had an unlocked bootloader on 4.1.2, you could flash one of these ROMs and keep the unlocked bootloader. As long as you didn't take the OTA to 4.3 ML1, your bootloader was still unlocked. Before I switched to an S5, my S3 was running the latest wicked sensations ROM based on 4.3 ML1, and my bootloader was still unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] astonmartin214:
okay my mistake thought it was locked also thank you for clearing that up

well now I think there could be light at the end of the tunnel for 4.4.2 BL unlocking
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Shallow_1:
Do you have a link where I could check this out?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2500826
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Didn't know you already upgraded to an S5. How is it?

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
S5 is great. Noticeable difference over the S3. Overall size is pretty close to the S3, but the screen size is noticeably bigger. And the screen is so much brighter, crisper, clearer, and more vibrant. Battery life with the S5 blows the S3 away. 2800 mAh battery instead of a 2100 mAh battery, and the radios must be better also because I actually get a signal in my office when I never got one on the S3. Pictures on the camera seem to be much better, especially when using the "beauty" feature. I haven't even rooted it because everything is working so well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Haha, exact same with me. I unlocked my bootloader and I'm still running this thing unrooted. I don't see much of a reason to root right now except for titanium backup. These latest batches of phones are pretty awesome.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Wow VZW is actually doing something right for once

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] astonmartin214:
& no this method won't unlock the S4 so as of now no light for the S3 KK unlock BL..might be another way tho