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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepankarS:
See the custom roms are on preference.

Few like the touchwiz based roms.

Others like pure android. (CM AOSP PW Mahdi etc etc)

Touchwiz roms are beautified by the devs. We have to apply themes on CM/AOSP to get the beauty and can change it as and when we like.

CM/AOSP roms have better update support. A touchwiz dev might just abandon the project after a few updates.

Plus CM/AOSP based roms use less ram than touchwiz roms.

On the other hand, TW based roms are a boon for the i9505 people. Those who dont want to trip the knox counter can flash a few TW based roms without tripping knox!!

And TW based roms bring out the real beauty and 0% bloat and lag on the TW launcher and additional aspects.

It is all on preferences. You can check the i9505 Android Development and i9505 Original Android Development thread for your picks :D

I was a TW rom lover too, till I flashed a CM11 based rom ;)

You can get the TW feel on CM11 bdw :P

"If someone helps, never forget to hit thanks ? "
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UltimateBardock:
Thanks i'll search for some ROMs then :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YourTheBest:
Hello,

When does come the Andoid L (5.) for the Nexus 4.

Not the previeuw, but the Original/Final version?

I can't find it.

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parkourz:
Android 5.0 is not the "L", it's Lollipop... and it will come somewhere around November 3rd or later

L is a little bit different story... it may be a base for Lollipop (but as I remember, gossips about Key Lime Pie was before L), but it's multiplatform OS and is out of that "sweet" Android family I think...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] just1n:
Accidentally posted this in the TMO S5 board, my bad.

I've followed the super easy instructions on how to use CF Auto Root but still cannot make it all the way through the first part of the root process. It starts running fine and then stops at NAND Write Start. At one point it got past that but failed at again.

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-kltespr-kltespr-smg900p.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Earlier it said something about the PIT partition, but I can't seem to find a 32GB pit file for the Sprint S5 - and it's not saying that any more. I am kind of at a loss here, and now my phone won't boot at all. What else can I do?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Battlehero:
Could you first please confirm is Kies installed?

Secondly could you try to change the cable and try a different USB port?

Have you booted your phone into the bootloader? Home + volume down when powering on. Take the battery out and leave it for 10 seconds and then try to boot into bootloader mode.
[HTC Amaze 4G] bladebarrier:
I have the Amaze 4g, and am on the last stock ROM. I'm rooted and such, but was wondering if there are any custom ROM's worth swapping to.

I'm looking for full (or essentially full) functionality, and compatibility with google apps.

Better battery life.

Possibly better control over the notifications without having to use LightFlow (a fine app, but a bit of a battery eater).

It doesn't have to do anything particularly fancy, as I mostly use it as a phone, calendar, text, gvoice, email device, and don't care too much about fancy customizing and such, though it would be nice to have the calendar (I use business calendar), emails, texts, and missed calls on the lock screen, as well as a faster way to clear the notifications once I turn on the screen.

Anyways, there you have it. I use my nexus 7 2013 for most of my other stuff, so the primary thing I'm looking for is solid day to day performance, good notifications, and battery life.

Thanks very much!
[HTC Amaze 4G] pbergonzi:
Best ROM.

Since it's sort of taboo for anyone here to recommends ROM's, you would well to look at the developer's forum, and the first post in each thread usually has the working/not working info.

Also, googling the web will return some good articles.

I currently am running through a bunch of ROM's myself, as stability and fully-functioning camera are essential for me. In my trials--yes, at least 10 ROM's in a week--It turns out that just about any later ICS--above 4.0--and newer JB or KK doesn't have a fully functioning camera--may be mostly functioning, but not exactly fully functioning--unless it's STOCK-based. I'm staying away from stock based if I can help it, as the ROM's are sort of busier than I would like, and would rather avoid the T-Mo upsell hotspot.

I've learned that the most recent CM11 KK rom is just about stunning, but can't use it because of my camera requirement. Some ROM's have T-Mo upsell hotspots, and some do not. I think the earliest ICS ROM's have good cameras for the most part--and some of the later JB will work if the camera doesn't have to be "perfect." Alas, I need my camera perfect, and currently have been using Energy ICS 4.0.3 as my sort of nandroid back-up base to return to in between other testings.
[HTC Amaze 4G] bladebarrier:
Thanks very much for the detailed response.

It's true, a lot of people get touchy about such subjects, it's just been so long since I've done the whole Rom swapping scene, that i had no idea where to even start. I looked through a few, but I'm away of doing what you're doing now, without a basic general approach. So many Roms are about being the newest, or the most innovative, that sometimes it's hard to sort out the ones that just plain add simple performance boosts without sacrificing other things.

I will definitely give energy a shot, and stick with that if everything seems in order on my end.

Cheers.
[HTC Amaze 4G] pbergonzi:
While several other ROM's would do for a perfectly functioning camera, the max manual ISO listed in settings was 800--the Energy I'm using gave 1250. Probably it matters not a hoot really, however that made for my decision.
[HTC Amaze 4G] bladebarrier:
Yeah, that's probably an unusable iso for a camera phone. I rarely even used settings that high on my high end DSLR's, but it's always good to have a little extra headroom, just in case you're in a no-flash-allowed area. You can always do a little photoshopping later on and clean up the grit. Good enough for an online crop anyways.

I almost never use my phone or tablet cameras, but I definitely like to have them handy for a quick snap shot when needed. Now that high end point and shoots have wifi, wifi sd cards are pretty cheap now too, and are pocketable with quite good sensors, the phone only comes out for shooting if I forgot to have a camera with me (I have a dsc-rx100 ii, and an lx5, for pocket use).

I agree though, no camera on the phone would be a deal breaker for a ROM. You never know when you'll need it handy.
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[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rafagaz:
I lost my "Unlocked" sim, it ask for the code because im not using the original one.

Its there a way to fix / unlock it, or is it fae to roll back to 4.1.2? Thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altaleth:
Clock is not working properly, when my sgs is blocked/sleeps, clock stops working, so alarm doesn't work, any solutions to this problem?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Equals_Android:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/b5hjm862oc1lh87/LostVirginityV2.zip

found a download link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] furiousgtz:
its been a while since I updated my phone software and I decided to factory reset my device now its in panic mode.

Can someone please help me and tell me which bootloader and files to install in order to get up and running :confused:. I was on Sprint stock rooted 4.4.2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jimzweb1:
Maybe this will help http://xdaforums.com/note-3-sprint/general/samsung-note-3-rom-flashin-basics-t2896440 if not read through this http://xdaforums.com/note-3-sprint/help/4-4-4-download-mode-t2877528 Enjoy !!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] smccall:
Just odin to 4.4.4. All should be good.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2712205
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] furiousgtz:
Thanks all fixed now.
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] matutecarp99:
Hi ! I installed several versions of modern combat 4 different pages but none have worked for me , if 1 only start the mission are buttons ( move, shoot , etc ) and the background is dark in my SII + . Currently I have the Spirit rom with android 4.4.4 rom v1.5 .

My question is : Why is this happening ? It is the rom ? Our phone? It is incompatible ? Anyone game will work?

Thanks in advance !
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Mohamed Elhadad:
I think phone isn't incompatible cause it's high end game
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] DenisRonaldo798:
It's compatible.Maybe he have downloaded incorrect game data or something like bad apk.It's working flawlessly on my phone.I've complete it without any issues like lag/freeze or etc
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Mohamed Elhadad:
On what rom did u played it
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] DenisRonaldo798:
It's working without issues.I've tried it on stock based and cm based roms,and there weren't any crashes or any other problems.
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] matutecarp99:
Maybe you downloaded the wrong data or download an incompatible version ..

Might I turn the page from where you downloaded it? I agree with that also supports, as in youtube there is a video playing modern combat 4 in sii +!

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigric_tx:
I added a line for ro.sf.lcd_density to build.prop on my wife's S5 Active running stock AT&T ROM and am now stuck with com.android.systemui and TouchWiz failures as soon as it boots. I need to replace build.prop but am having trouble with adb.

adb devices returns the phone as sideload, but any other adb command return error : closed. Is there any way to write over the file using fastboot? Where can I go from here?

I'm running the stock recovery. Is there a graceful method without installing TWRP and copying it from there? All of my experience is with the old Skyrockets; will installing a custom recovery mess with KNOX?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Reflash the stock rom, no need to wipe.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigric_tx:
Thanks, I ended up doing that last night after finally finding the stock ROM. It turns out I hadn't enabled developer options or USB debugging on our new phones. This was a lot easier on the old phones when I didn't have to care about warranty.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] E-TARD_The_LifeCaster:
I have a Rooted HTC One M7 that's all up to date: android 4.4.2 HTC sense v6.0 Software v5.03.651.3

I also have titanium installed & I have uninstalled apps that I don't want that came with the OS using the titanium uninstaller

yes I know you can turn off Blinkfeed but why waste the phone space.

What I want to know is if I uninstall HTC Blinkfeed v6.1.773850

will it F up the phone in anyway???
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] JoeNeckbone:
Nandroid backup and let us know.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] E-TARD_The_LifeCaster:
:(

So that's all the replays I'm going to get :(

Well I did some looking around & found that the name of the APK for Blinkfeed is "launcherUpdateScreen.apk" that made me fear full about removing it.

So I ask again can I remove it???

I'm running HTC Sense UI everything is stock I have just unlocked & rooted the phone

Oh more ? I have can I delete gmail.apk I don't want it & want to know if I remove it will it F up my phone???

Is there a list of what's safe to remove & what's not safe to remove???
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Kannz2:
any time I tried to disable or remove Blinkfeed from my m7 the launcher would stop working. good thing before I tried disabling it I did a backup. (Dont bother trying to disable) the best that can be done to is it go into your settings and remove blinkfeed from the page itself.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] E-TARD_The_LifeCaster:
Thank you

thank you & I have already done just that.

so from here on I will give up on removing it

but do you update Blinkfeed or see any point in updating it when you see Blinkfeed come up in the play store?

also got any input on gmail.apk?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Kannz2:
If you don't use Gmail then I'm sure you could remove it. Although I would freeze it first to see if it causes any problems. It may mess with hangouts or other Google Apps.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Sloth:
Use a third party launcher...Nova,Apex,ADW,Next,ect.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sauprankul:
This is exactly what I was going to say. Honestly, there's nothing good about the Sense launcher except for blink feed, so if you're want to "desensitize" your phone, you can do that via Ti. I would freeze HTC Weather, blinkfeed, and service pack. I did that once, and I didn't see any negative effects. Once you're confident with that, you can defrost then delete those apps via Ti. Make a backup if your setup is valuable.

Oh yeah, you'll lose all lock screen shortcuts if you delete blink feed, so keep that in mind.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] E-TARD_The_LifeCaster:
Thanks for all the replies everyone

Thanks for all the replies everyone

I'm a upper level android user & that's only because I'm a hardcore Linux user

but changing things like the launcher & other things beyond that is too advanced for me.

I have fears of bricking my phone, so I keep everything stock & just root/unlock/s-off etc...

but stay stock.

As for the Blinkfeed I will just leave that turned off & alone

but even with it off should I update Blinkfeed?? there is an update for it in the play store.

As for the gmail I will try & freeze it & see what happens.

the Google user I have for my phone, I don't use the gmail.

the user I made is just for my phone, the only thing I use it for to just to access the play store & that is only to get free apps.

I have another gmail user that I use for email but I don't trust checking email over a phone so I don't. (I work in computer & network security so I'm always paranoid about security)
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] orangekid:
For future reference, root/S-OFF/unlock is a much higher percentage for bricking your phone than installing a launcher APK, which has about a zero percent chance.

So you should feel safe installing Nova or any other launcher that you want if that will help your situation...
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] E-TARD_The_LifeCaster:
well I have confidence in doing that because I have done it soo many time & I understand all of it but there are areas of Android I just have not had the time to learn.

with a third-party launcher does the old one keep running in the background? & can the old be remove all the way?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] orangekid:
A third party launcher is just another app. When you first install it, it asks you which launcher you want to use by default, or you can select either launcher every time you press the home key.

If you ever want to you can remove the new launcher via uninstalling the app and it just defaults back to the old one, exactly as you had it.

Just think of it as a normal app, it has about as much chance of bricking your phone as Candy Crush.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bat0nas:
Hi,

Does anybody use encryption in note4?

Can you notice any diference in phone performance before and after encryption is turned on?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] FiniteTime:
Note 4 owners over in the Verizon section are putting together a fair effort to investigate rooting themselves. We AT&T users should have a similar thread. :)

The Verizon thread, for reference:

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/general/talk-root-t2908919

T-Mobile and Sprint have CF-Autoroot but not yet for AT&T and Verizon. So (I think) a new root should work for either, all the more reason to work together.

In the Verizon thread the general process was posted:

Feel free to read through the other thread for info on CVEs and stuff.

The Verizon owners have to wait for kernel source but I guess our's is already posted (N910A):

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=Sm-n910

SHA1 and SHA256 for the kernel source zip that I downloaded, for reference:

99e00529ce613548664f3c986cd7df886b54caa0 SM-N910A_NA_KK_Opensource.zip

9a5dfcbcd1b77367507b9374afd4f1e1afd505255ff48b4d3779b235974650c0 SM-N910A_NA_KK_Opensource.zip

This might not be necessary as someone like Chainfire may already be working on a rooting method, but we might make it slightly easier.

Any contributions by more knowledgeable people are greatly appreciated.

Anyone want to post their kallsyms, boot, or full image of an AT&T phone?

I'll try to post myself if I can figure out of I'm supposed to use Odin or if the way the Verizon owners got their's was with some Verizon-only tool.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Tikerz:
We have firmware here:

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-att/general/stock-to-stock-odin-flashable-tested-t2915915

The kernel source is here:

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=Sm-n910a

That should get us started.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] FiniteTime:
Nice! Yeah the kallsyms should definitely be in there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] SirAthos:
Here are the kallsyms from the ATT image.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] v3ngence:
I've been googling but I can't figure it out

How do you get partition info from kallysyms?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] SirAthos:
You don't. The kallsyms are information about the internal kernel functions, useful for writing code which gets you root access.

Partition information sits in a .PIT file inside the factory image (if it's available), or you can dump it from a running phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Surge1223:
They shouldn't match the Verizon n4 kallsyms... They should be different, if not then someone odd is happening..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] SirAthos:
I'll extract them again, maybe I missed something...

Edit

: Gah, still had kernel.Image extacted from the Verizon image, and didn't notice the message saying "kernel.Image: already exists; not overwritten". The attachment above has been updated. My apologies, and thanks for catching it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] ShrekOpher:
This may be interesting though. The nexus devices have a check box in the developer settings to OEM unlock the phone. Basically you just check a box and it's boot loader is unlocked.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-6-9-requires-checking-box-developer-options/

Maybe this can be used to find a loop hole on lollipop for this device. I think there could b be a small chance this device could get unlocked after the update. It might actually be easier.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] natboy:
While I appreciate the speculation, that's all this is, and at the moment we don't have Lollipop. I believe the OP specified good steps that should be looked into. I have downloaded the source code but am not exactly sure how to be looking for other then doing the steps as outlined: Finding the build date of the kernel then looking up know vulnerabilities in it. Obviously this is going to take a while and makes sense on where to look. Why focus on something we don't have when we could focus on what we do.

tl;dr We need to stay focused on the current task at hand. Also it'd be nice if this thread didn't get derailed with speculations.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Tikerz:
Didn't you get rid of your AT&T Note 4 for T-Mobile Note 4?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] ShrekOpher:
I write custom enterprise software for phones. I own many including 2 different Note 4s. Most provided to me by my company. So no I still have the AT&T Note 4, I also have a T-Mobile variant for the time being. My team also has a sprint model as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Drewsdad:
Srsroot

Has anyone heard if this actually works? I've been searching forums and the Internet in general looking for a possible root for the AT&T note 4

#SRSRoot: samsung SAMSUNG-SM-N910A (Build: KTU84P.N910AUCU1ANIE) #Android 4.4.4 Now Supported for #Root at SRSRoot.com (copied this from their twitter)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] ooxteme:
wonder if we can get a dev to dl and take a look???

i looked through there list and i dont see our phone listed :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] flexfield:
Just verified the tweet from October 26. I'm not sure, maybe this will be a pleasant surprise?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Monsi:
Mmm looking at the supported devices in their page I found the 910v and 910t... But no 910a
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Drewsdad:
I don't see it either. Their tweet says our phone specifically has been added. Not sure of the supported devices hasn't been updated or what. I'm kinda sketchy about trying stuff that I haven't seen discussed on here. Does anyone know if the stock firmware is available yet.? At least that way if someone ends up with a brick we can at least Flash it back to normal
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] phobia09:
Pretty sure the Verizon crowd already dismissed this method. Likely a hoax.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Monsi:
Tried to find something in their forum but nothing... Something tell me that this is fake
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Kyuta Syuko:
Tried it and didn't get root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] ShrekOpher:
I was just about to say some one just gave it a go.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Chuckleb0ne:
Ignore this post
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Kyuta Syuko:
Interesting... Changed some settings I thought might be affecting it and tried it again and still no luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Chuckleb0ne:
Where exactly is it going wrong? And is your device properly connected with USB and adb?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Kyuta Syuko:
That's the thing. It says it's successful, but no superuser app and no root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Chuckleb0ne:
Weird. Mine says that my device is in offline mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] ShrekOpher:
Try installing SuperSU from the play store
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Kyuta Syuko:
I wonder how SRSRoot works. The program itself hasn't been updated since the 27th of Feb 2013 going off the version number of the program and the Latest News page and it connects to some server to get the rooting information.

---------- Post added at 08:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 PM ----------

Did and it says no SU binary detected.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] Chuckleb0ne:
Same. Man it seemed so close for a second.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] harritaco:
I tried SRS Root and installed SuperSU from the play store. Binaries not installed. No root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] FiniteTime:
To make sure it gets seen here, posted over in the Verizon thread now that they have kernel source:

Which is generally good news and further suggests that a root for either the Verizon or AT&T Note 4 will work on the other.

By the way, anyone in touch with any devs that report progress? If they need anything more (stuff dumped from some Note 4) I'm sure I or someone else would be more than willing to provide.