yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquireSCA:
Not gonna ask the best ROM, as everyone gets a bit uptight about those, and feel the need to defend "their team" and all that...

My question is more generic, in that I am wondering if there is even a ROM out there that will meet MY needs... so if I list those things that I would need in a ROM, maybe someone can simply answer yes or no and point me in the right direction?

Here is what I would be looking for in a ROM:

1) Stability, has to be as stable as stock, no screens of dead or random reboots

2) Speed, zero lag, fast and fluid

3) Everything has to work. If it works on stock, be it apps like VZW Visual VM or whatever, it needs to work on the ROM

4) More polish and eye candy, nice animations, make the device beautiful to use without being buggy or laggy

5) Battery life at least as good as stock

If there is a ROM that gives you all that, has a bit more customization but not so much that it takes half a day to set it up, what would it be? Or would I be better served just using a different launcher?

I have not installed a ROM in a couple years... I was a flashaholic for awhile, but a few phones that I had in a row worked really well in stock form, and some had locked bootloaders that never got cracked, so I kinda gave up on them for while and so my knowledge is a bit rusty...

What I don't want to do is go to the trouble of installing a new ROM and having it not work, or be buggy, etc... This has to be daily driver quality and I want to USE it, no spend too much time fiddling with it.

Ideas?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/rom-pure-nexus-project-t3148214
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquireSCA:
Hmmm... that might be what I am looking for...

Does the latest version have the stagefright fix built in?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquireSCA:
Cool. And I am sorry if this is a dumb question, but like I said, it has been a couple years since I installed a ROM...

I can use Wug's Nexus toolkit to install a custom recovery, and then take the downloaded ROM and recommended GAPPS files, go into Recovery, install ROM, install Gapps, then factory reset and I am good to go?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
I don't personally recommend toolkits unless you have ADB/fastboot knowledge and experience but otherwise yes. You don't need to factory reset after ROM installation, just do the required wipes, generally listed in the OP of the ROM you choose, in TWRP, prior to flashing. :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquireSCA:
Which is the better/easier Recovery to use?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
TWRP recovery is THE recovery for shamu. :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquireSCA:
Got it, just installed it. Put the ROM and Gapps in a folder and I will first make a Nandroid of my current setup... Then I will try it out.

The OP for that ROM doesn't have any instructions, but you said that in TWRP that I need to wipe cache and stuff PRIOR to installing the ROM? I always thought you did that last? Am I remembering it wrong or did something change?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
For your first installation, wipe, used advanced wipe, then select dalvik, cache, data, and system. Then flash your ROM. Updates to the same ROM can usually be "dirty flashed" by simply wiping cache and dalvik prior to installation.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquireSCA:
Tried it out, but found that it was slower in Antutu by 3,000 points and it was a bit laggy at times... Weird.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captemo:
I wouldn't hold a ton of value or base anything off Antutu.

Sorry if I didn't pay attention to time stamps between your posting. I did look at your stats and see you have plenty of experience here. May just need to give a bit of time for ROM to settle.

I have tried several ROMs here and consider there to be a BIG 3, or the most popular. I won't say the names due to the fact that I don't want to place any one above the other. However, I would recommend a ROM with Layers.

When you go to wipe prior, wipe all but internal storage. I wipe twice, just because I am OCD. Flash all necessaries and sometimes an alternate kernal will help, but give baked in kernal a chance. At least a cylcle or two. Wipe the Davlik and Cache after flash, as TWRP suggests.

There are a few to choose from which are close to stock without overdoing it. Most things folks want to do to customize can be done with apps in Play Store without over loading file size of ROM.

OK, I'll say it, but I don't want you to think I am partial. Try Chroma
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquireSCA:
Oh trust me, I have no concerns with people being partial. Some people get bent out of shape in "best ROM" debates, but I don't. I WANT to know which ones are top tier, and why, from people that have used them. :)

I know that Antutu is not the end all be all... But when I saw it was laggy, I run that to see if it is just placebo, and sure enough, it was slower and there was a little stuttering and lower frame rates in the final 3D game test... I just use it as a reference point, that's all...

I played with Layers a little and didn't really get much out of it... It just seemed to change the color a bit on menus and things, so I didn't see a lot of benefit.... or am I missing something?

I will take a look at Chroma and see how that looks, thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] TonzaTheChosenOne:
Hey, is there an app, which allows you to put pre-recorded video as a background of the video you are currently recording? Like a green screen, but with a video. I remember seeing this kind of action to be done on Asus Transformer tablet, which had ICS at the time. It was a feature in stock ICS app...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mind_Reader7:
I'm running latest Darklord S6 ROM, and the latest Leankernel. Running CWM for recovery.

Someone brought me their N9005. They complained of battery drain, and random reboots. It was running stock 4.3. I did a dirty flash of Darklord, but I was still having the random reboots. Updated to Leankernel, and also bumped the minimum CPU frequency from 300mhz to 600mhz. This has basically solved the random reboots, I'm pretty sure it's a bad voltage regulator, as they were mostly when the voltage would drop or rise suddenly (unlocking phone, using some apps, or plugging in charger while phone was locked).

Anyway, here's my actual problem:

Since I updated the ROM and recovery, I can't charge the phone while it's off. If I plug in the charger while it's off, it comes up with a grey battery, with a loading circle inside which doesn't spin. It has the "SEandroid enforcing" and "warranty: kernel" or whatever they are. This wouldn't normally bother me, but I'm afraid if the owner runs their battery dry, they won't be able to recharge.

Any suggestions? :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rosli59564:
And still with 4.3 bootloader?. Better upgrade to official 4.4.2 or 5.0 first and see that solve the problem.

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mind_Reader7:
I'm such a silly billy, of cause I should have done that! I'll do it when I get home and report back.

The bootloader and modem files I found are extracted from a Polish model. Is this going to affect the networks the phone can connect to because I'm in Australia? Might seem like a dumb question, but I'm new :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rosli59564:
Should be fine

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luutho88:
Up.....up........:)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mind_Reader7:
Flashed bootloader/modem, will no longer boot to Android or recovery. Searching for alternatives now :(
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mind_Reader7:
Haha, well at least it charges properly now. Just trying to find some other bootloaders.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mind_Reader7:
Installed TWRP. Can now boot to recovery, but not Android.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mind_Reader7:
I changed to Arter Kernel from LeanKernel, now boots proper.

Running:

Darklord S6 ROM

Lollipop 5.0 bootloader and modem (Poland)

Arter Kernel

TWRP

My simcard (Optus) is no longer recognised, and I can't make phonecalls. Any ideas? :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mind_Reader7:
I installed a new ROM (omega), and still can't use the Sim card. Any ideas?

Tried a few modems, but It just won't work :(
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mind_Reader7:
My baseband status is "unknown", and wont change when I flash new modems.
[XDA Assist] shikhar.bagde:
somebody pls help me why this code is not working in recovery

(1)

aim- to rename m8,s boot sound from mp3 to mp3.bak

sed -i 's/HTC_Sense5_Boot.mp3/HTC_Sense5_Boot.mp3.bak/g' /system/customize/resource;

or

mv HTC_Sense5_Boot.mp3 HTC_Sense5_Boot.mp3.bak /system/customize/resource;

file is located in /system/customize/resource in htc m8

(2)

aim-add a new line media _rw to get sd card write access

sed -e '/WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >$/N;s/\n\(\([ \t]*\)<group gid="sdcard_rw".*$\)/\n\2<group gid="media_rw" \/>\n\1/' -i /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml

file is located in /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml in htc m8

(3)

and this also not working

sed -i 's/ro.product.device=htc_m8/ro.product.device=htc_One/g' /system/build.prop;

sed -i 's/ro.build.product=htc_m8/ro.build.product=htc_One/g' /system/build.prop;

file is located in /system/build.prop in htc m8

(4)

is there any editor to find coding mistakes in .sh programs which we run in update zip

(5)

how to rename a system file call ime.apk to ime.apk.bak

file is located in /system/app/ime.apk in htc m8

device-htc one m8 international

os-lollipop

skin-sense 6

kernel and rom-stock dev edition 4.16.1540.8

bootloader-unlocked

security status-S-off

recovery i use-twrp 2.8.7.0.
[XDA Assist] GuestK0087:
Hello, thank you for using XDA Assist! :)

Please post your question here:

http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-m8/help

Your device experts are located there.

Good luck! :)

Thread closed.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alaa Yaghi:
Dear All

Please I want a working copy of EFS for N900 or N9000q

my device lost it's imei and show null/null

i tried several roms 44.2 or 5.0 and the problem still ..

thanks for your replay :)

note : when i press #*1234# there is AP & CSC but there is no CP !
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joluke:
You will have to bring it to a Samsung Repair Center! EFS is where everyone's IMEI is saved... not to pass along...

go to a Samsung Repair Center and get a new motherboard! Its the only way.

Next time you get your Note 3 fixed make sure you do a EFS backup before doing rom flashing or anything on it... That way you will have a backup in case you need it!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigNaes:
I am on a quite old bootloader and modem as I have not ran any new Roms, or updates to my phone in quite awhile. I was going to try out a new 5.0.1 rom (I am on 4.4.2 now) and was not sure if I would need to update my modem and/or bootloader before I do so.

On SamMobile there is certainly new firmware for my model and carrier, so I was considering flashing the modem and bootloader thru Odin before I try a 5.0.1 rom. Is this recommended/necessary? By flashing a new bootloader, will I lose root or my ability to flash custom roms/kernals/etc?

I tried googling and searching on here first, but could not quite fine the answer. Thank you for any help or guidance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
If you're going to flash a 5.0 touchwiz rom it will update the modem and bootloader I think.

Updating them is not necessary.

People say that flashing newer modems will give you a better signal reception. I have yet to see that "better" signal reception.

You won't lose the ability to flash stuff.

You will only lose root if you flash a stock Samsung rom.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] invernomuto1976:
Hi,

I bought this tablet (Tab S 10.5 LTE, model number T-805) on September 2014. In the last month I'm experiencing weird battery behaviour, like the one in the screen attached. I had about 50% of battery charge and I started a game like Angry Birds 2.

In a matter of minutes, the tablet warned me that the battery charge was under 15% and after another minute the under 5% charge warning message appeared.

Questions:

1) is the tablet battery already worn out? Do you know if Samsung European warranty cover battery problems?

2) Before sending the tablet back to Samsung, should I try recalibrating the battery? I have an old power adaptor with 5V 0,7A (or 5V 1A), should I try a a "slow charge" to see if the battery situation improve?

I have the latest firmware, lollipop 5.0.2 and I did a factory reset after the update.

[IMG="Weird battery usage"]http://s17.postimg.org/nxls5yd8f/Screenshot_2015_08_09_14_28_18.png[/IMG]

Thanks in advance,

bye
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Do a battery re-calibrate is the first thing i would do.

https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-calibrate-the-battery-on-your-android-device

John.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] invernomuto1976:
Thanks Thinderbox, I'll try with root and battery calibration.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] invernomuto1976:
Update: after a battery calibration discharge rate of the battery seems back to normal. Thanks again [MENTION=2468043]Tinderbox (UK)[/MENTION]!
[XDA Assist] avutu vamsi:
my phone is micromax unite 2 of 4gb rom..

recently i flashed beta-supersu-v2.46.zip file after then my phone doesn't turn on..

it stucked at micromax logo ..

i tried by clearing cache and dalvik cache but of no use ..

please help me out of this....
[XDA Assist] GuestK0087:
Hi, thanks for using XDA Assist! :)

Please go to your forums here:

http://xdaforums.com/t/unite-2

You can post your question there.

Good luck! :)

Thread closed.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] RedShift1:
What is this?

This a rebuild of Cyanogenmod 10.2 for I9100G where the source has been patched for the Stagefright vulnerability. The only code-wise difference: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/105496/

Build platform

CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core)

Linux polaris 3.10.0-229.11.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Aug 6 01:06:18 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.85-2.6.1.2.el7_1.x86_64

java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.85-2.6.1.2.el7_1.x86_64

Build date

8th of august 2015

Download

[md5sum] 13944c192abd11eca5ceee526bb6230a [file] cm-10.2-20150808-UNOFFICIAL-i9100g.zip [download] mirror 1 mirror 2

Please verify checksum after downloading!

Installation instructions

Via recovery & ADB

Boot to recovery, go to sideload mode and run "adb sideload cm-10.2-20150808-UNOFFICIAL-i9100g.zip"

Reboot

Via recovery

Put zipfile on sdcard on some other storage location accessible from recovery

Flash zipfile as you would any other ROM

Reboot

Note from me

I only built this release for myself to protect me from the stagefright vulnerability. I still use CM 10.2 because it works the fastest for my device.

Required notice

This software comes without any warranties and I cannot be held liable for any consequences by your use of this software. You agree to these terms when you download the software.

XDA:DevDB Information

Unofficial Cyanogenmod 10.2 for I9100G with stagefright fix, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S II

Contributors

RedShift1

ROM OS Version: 4.3.x Jellybean

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information

Status: Snapshot

Created 2015-08-09

Last Updated 2015-08-09
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] xn0live:
any information?

Screenshot?
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] toppits:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/development/rom-cyanogenmod-10-2-official-nightly-t2379850

edit:

btw, you might want to start reading the posts before you start asking questions. You spam an awful lot in my opinion. In the future I'll just report your posts, if you didn't bother to read at least the first posts and the last pages.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] xn0live:
its 4.3 version right? have that version sod or is it only by 4.1.2
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] RedShift1:
Cyanogenmod 10.2 = Android 4.3.1. I haven't had any screen of death issues.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] xn0live:
is it the same

toppits posts?

you have screenshot from scrren on ?
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] RedShift1:
It's exactly like toppits post, no I don't have any screenshots as that's redundant anyway (plus I already customized my only I9100G, I'm not going to revert that just for you). Like I said in the topic start, this ROM is code-wise CM 10.2 aside from the stagefright fixes.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] xn0live:
stagefright fixes

what does it mean?
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] RedShift1:
https://blog.zimperium.com/experts-found-a-unicorn-in-the-heart-of-android/ This build has a fix for those problems.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] xn0live:
only 180mb? we need to flash gapps or only full wipe then flash?

and is there came at the future updates?
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] dacsang97:
Can you build CM12.1 for i9100g? Please.

Thank you for dev.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] Diatomix98:
I would be happy if the dev focuses more in stability in this version rather than working on more recent updates. Believe me or not, this device isn't really capable in working smoothly above KitKat anymore actually. It's just too old and weak to run smoothly on newer firmwares. You can see why I stopped my RR development, I totally lost my passion in doing it anymore. What's the point of doing it when it cant even run smoothly on it with lags time by time. If I have time, I might learn building a kernel for this build. All I want is performance and stability rather than having more recent updates but with crappy memory management and laggy UI.

Once again, thanks to the dev for this build.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] dacsang97:
You try with Mokee Nightly, it is smooth :), but battery drain. I believe you can fix RR on next build. Hope :). Try your best. Let's do what's best for i9100g :). Thank you.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] Diatomix98:
I tried, on the first 3 days, it works extremely fine. Slowly, the lag increases, yesterday it was lagging so much that I have no choice but to switch to this rom. It's not even my primary device and I got only messenger and gapps installed. Let's see how it goes. =)
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] dacsang97:
Ok, i try this rom :), wait kernel from you.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] RedShift1:
I don't intend on releasing any ROMs or kernels of my own. I only built this ROM so I could keep on using CM 10.2 but have the stagefright vulnerability fixed. You can get decent kernels from other topics in this forum. I may accept patches to fix other bugs or security issues but I'm not intending this to be a long-term project.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] RedShift1:
I have the same problem, on both my I9100 and my I9100G. Whenever free memory drops below 100 MB, the system becomes so sluggish that it is painful to use. Freeing memory helps but fills up too fast again. I think android needs 2 GB of RAM to run properly, which our devices don't have.
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] dacsang97:
New rom for our device from China

http://m.romjd.com/Rom/Detail/64860
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] FurFur_:
Haha :)

Dude You just said the truth! ^_^
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] tamingsarix:
Is this odex or deodex rom?
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] Web_Monster:
Is this have SOD?
[Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development] baszek:
Which gapps cant I install on this rom ?
[Off-topic] Cing 8125:
http://www.break.com/index/iphone-hidden-features.html
[Off-topic] TaurusBullba R.I.P.:
Thread moved.

Why you posted this in the Wizard WM6 forum, I do not know. :rolleyes:
[Off-topic] PPCNUT:
I am surprised (not really) at how many iphone posts are on here!!
[Off-topic] ThaiM:
Gotta admit that's pretty cool though.
[Off-topic] devis:
Here's a question... can the iPhone wash the ****stains off of my undies?
[Off-topic] delude:
Okay, first of all, the above post is sick.

The 'Virtual Magician' goes by the name of Marco Tempest, if anybody cares.
[Off-topic] devis:
Can't I be bored and rant? I am sitting in the office with nothing to do.

All things considered, I think my post is pretty funny.

that's all...
[Off-topic] sleonard:
I laughed :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayanpad:
Dear All,

My aim it to create a app to control robot via Bluetooth. So may app only have four arrow keys

I download android Studio and all software and configured well . But still I could not finish the project

Issues

I want to add four buttons to virtual display but my virtual display is not showing

Please advice
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth.Vader:
I think best way is to learn anything about Android Studio is via Android.com developers training section. I am a CS student and I have just started it. It is pretty useful and there are answers for all basic queries. Next stop is stackoverflow if you do not find answer there.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] error01671:
I'm using mi3 with Euphoria-OS 0509 version. My phone will suddenly shutdown itself even the battery is full.

I tried re-flash this ROM, but no help.

It happens every time when I use the phone in no time. But It won't happen when charging.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluerain28:
Maybe there's a problem on your phone's battery. Try to bring it on a service center.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul c:
What do you mean by "suddenly shutdown itself"?

Do you see 1) the closing down routine? Or 2) does the phone simply not respond to pressing the power button?

If it's 2), plenty of ROMs exhibit the "screen OFF death", where the phone is actually still active but you can't get the screen to light up. try flashing another ROM. Paranoid Android is the most stable ROM for me.

If it's 1), still try flashing another ROM, and it it is still closing down, it's a hardware issue (hopefully battery), so service centre time.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] error01671:
In my case, my phone's screen will suddenly frozen while I'm using, and turn off itself. I need to hard reboot the phone. I used flashed this rom few months ago and change to PAC rom, no such problem until I flash this rom again, all roms were clean flash and the battery was calibrated. So I think it might be the hardware problem.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul c:
Well, if the phone was OK with a different ROM, that implies your current ROM is the problem - try another one.

I recall having had the same behaviour in the past, when I was trying a lot of ROMs in quick succession - so I don't know which one(s) it was.

All the same, it doesn't sound like hardware/battery. Make a Nandroid backup in recovery, then flash eg PAC ROM or Paranoid Android - wait a day before adding all your apps etc - and see if you get that issue again.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] error01671:
OK, I got some conclusions, and it might be a hardware problem.

First, I replaced the battery with same ROM, it still got SOD.

Then I flash Omni, PAC, Euphoria-OS, all got SOD like before.

So I return to MIUI, no SOD, but I got random reboots and sometimes Wi-Fi will disconnect itself even in its range.

Now I'm using Ivan's AOSP, still got random reboots and Wi-Fi problem.

And now I need this phone to work because I don't have a backup, waiting for new Nexus!!
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtsfreak:
My Yureka is connected with my WiFi network but internet isn't working I'm running stock cm 12 with sandy kernel sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't work but my WiFi works perfectly on my iPhone and other android phones :(

Please someone help urgent I've rebooted 5 times it works for few mins then it doesn't work :(

SENT FROM MY YUREKA