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[General Questions and Answers] vtsnaab:
Speaking as an aspiring tinkerer with a practically non-existent budget, I would like to ask:

Are there any tricks/tips/pointers that anyone is willing to share for finding devices that are root-friendly AND maximally affordable ??

What I seek need not be new, can have an older OS like 4.x, and really all I care about is that it remains fully functional and not broken/beaten badly.

I have visited Swappa a bunch of times and see that most unlocked devices there are in the over $100 range.

For this old guy, even $50 is a stretch - and the device would have to be a very good one for even that much to be spent.

In a perfect world I'd love to get my hands on a GSM phone device with a 4" screen that is unlocked (or AT&T friendly) and rootable so that I can use it with my cheapie phone service and also via Wifi at home.

In the real world I will be very happy with even a carrier-locked CDMA device which can be rooted - but has a 4" screen.

There must be devices like these around, given how many are replaced daily by folks who

NEED

to have the newest of everything ?!?

I will very much appreciate any

helpful

info that anyone is willing to share.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
you are not going to get anything "very good" for $50, or $100, for that matter.

maybe could get some off brand junk for that price.

if thats all you are willing to spend, and expect it to be good, smart phones probably arent for you.
[General Questions and Answers] vtsnaab:
Hmmm...

Fascinating reply:

I have multiple LG devices - none of which cost over $20 and they are quite satisfactory EXCEPT that they have screens too small for my comfort - and squinting at tiny screens is unpleasant.

The Alcatel device I just bought was even cheaper - and has a very nice 4" screen - but thus far there is no working method to root it to be found.

For someone on a very limited budget there is a simple key that I have seen to work very well:

Most folks are quite overcome with some NEED for the latest & greatest stuff; this results in the 'older' stuff (like v4.x devices) being put out at fire sale prices.

The Alcatel phone I just got was marked down from $70 to a mere $5 simply because it has the 'old' v4.x in it.

Referring to my OP - I did ask for pointers, yes - but I did not ask to be publicly criticized due to my age or financial (in-)abilities.

Thus far I am doing quite well with my tinkering efforts and it is a very pleasant little hobby for me; I am fine with things like older OSes and have no desire to have the fanciest, or newest stuff - I just want stuff that works fully.

This (IMO) means that any Android device I have needs to be rooted - and as such:

My 'ancient', $20 LG-L38C with v 2.3.6 can do some nifty tricks that its newer cousin with v 4.x cannot do a'tall.

Good thing I'm not allergic to cheap, old stuff, yes ??

Thanks.

PS:

By 'very good' I mean used is OK - but beaten to death is not OK; this was not meant to imply anything fancy or super-duper.
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
lol,

good luck with your search.

if you get your panties in a bunch over some constructive criticism, you can probably add xda to the list of things not for you.

btw, the phones you mentioned were junk new, and that hasn't changed now that there not.

perhaps your query should have been something to the effect of, looking for a cheap low end device that can be rooted. that would have been more consistent of what you are trying to find.

either way, if you continue to post that you want something very good, and post a price expectation of $50, you are unlikely to get any constructive responses.
[General Questions and Answers] vtsnaab:
Title & OP edited to reflect a more exacting query as suggested.

Bunched panties are for younger folks who have things to prove or that perhaps enjoy arguments;

Some of us older folks just want to have a happy life & to leave that stuff alone.
[Android Auto General] JEMShoe:
What does menu buttons 0, 3, 5, 10 mean?

#5: What is "LUD"?

What is difference between #0 and #10?

[IMG="Screenshot Available JYHU Buttons"]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q27/JEMShoe/Screenshot_Available-JYHU-Buttons_v2.png[/IMG]

I interpreted each as:

0 = MUTE1

1 = DVD

2 = NAVI

3 = RADIO

4 = PLAY PAUSE

5 = LUD

6 = PREV TRACK

7 = NEXT TRACK

8 = ANSWER

9 = HANGUP

10 = MUTE2

11 = EQ

12 = MODE

13 = VOL-

14 = VOL+

15 = BLUETOOTH

16 = SEEK BACK

17 = SEEK FWD

18 = HOME

19 = BACK

20 = POWER
[Android Auto General] cleverliu520:
LUD is for Loud sound effect. #0 is mode/Mute function, just program it to a button, short press is mode function, long press will be mute function.
[Android Auto General] NYCAR:
Thanks for the info; especially #0.

Is there a way to have the radio go to the next Preset instead of seek up/down? My original stereo could do that, but I cannot find a way to do it with the Android unit.
[Android Auto General] mistermojorizin:
how do you get to this menu?
[One (M9) Android Development] bacon612:
This is CandySiX. Built straight from source with commits from a variety of different Sources/ROMS. We wanted to give the users a fun, fully customizable ROM. We aim to add more features as this project progresses.

Check us out on the web @The-Candy-Shop

LEAD DEVELOPMENT TEAM

[MENTION=5066258]rc420head[/MENTION]

[MENTION=5088242]Cuzz1369[/MENTION]

[MENTION=6755930]Yoshi_Guy[/MENTION]

Contributors

[MENTION=4678269]Flashalot[/MENTION]

[MENTION=5092898]Venomtester[/MENTION]

[MENTION=5795145]javelinanddart[/MENTION]

[MENTION=5349944]calebcabob[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4435460]NoSpamDan[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4779996]gimmeitorilltell[/MENTION]

Founding members

[MENTION=5020670]matthew0776[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4435460]Mar5hal[/MENTION]

FEATURES

Layers

Battery bar

LCD denisty options

Multi-window

Status bar customization

Quick setting customization

Quick setting pull down options

Force expand notifications

Time context headers in panel

DarkUI switch

Advanced power menu

Animations

-Power munu

-List view

-System

-Toast

Navbar customization:

-Navbar button color

-Slim-Dim

-Navbar DPI

-DT2S on Navbar

More to come, we are never done...

CHANGELOG

Coming from another rom

1) Download CandySiX.zip

2) Download 6.0 Gapps (optional)

3) Boot into recovery (either twrp or cwm)

4) Full wipe (Dalvik Cache, Cache, System, Factory Data Reset)

5) Flash CandySiX.zip

6) Flash Gapps

7) Reboot

Updating from previous CandySiX release

1) Download CandySiX.zip

2) Boot into recovery

3) Clear cache/dalvik cache

4) Flash CandySiX.zip

Firmware Download Links:

•Verizon v3.10.605.7 Thanks [mention=3472611]dottat[/mention]

•TMO, ATT & other GSM Variants Thanks [mention=1102297]Sneakyghost[/mention]

Sorry, no Sprint support yet (officially)

GSM & Verizon can be found in the link below. Be sure to ONLY flash the appropriate version for your carrier!

ROM & Gapps Download Links:

All bugs NEED to be reported with carrier info & firmware version!

I understand, show me the link:

DOWNLOAD ROM

Please give first boot a good few minutes.

GAPPS

Special thanks to CyanogenMod, SlimRoms, Omni and all the rest who make their source open, we can't do this on our own.

Donation Appreciation List:

[MENTION=5887592]GrizzlyBarrn[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4003144]jtommyj[/MENTION]​

KERNEL SOURCE

​

XDA:DevDB Information

CandySiX, ROM for the HTC One (M9)

Contributors

calebcabob, rc420head

Source Code: https://github.com/candyroms

ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x

Based On: SlimRoms, AOSP

Version Information

Status: Beta

Created 2015-12-06

Last Updated 2016-05-01
[One (M9) Android Development] bacon612:
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[One (M9) Android Development] calebcabob:
1000th post! Haha
[One (M9) Android Development] throcker:
no buglist?
[One (M9) Android Development] calebcabob:
Not yet. Main functionality seems to all be there though. There are some bugs here n there, but mostly feature related. They're all being worked on
[One (M9) Android Development] eminembdg:
Only few minor visual bugs I've seen so far. It's damn nice for a beta. Hell, it's damn nice for a daily driver
[One (M9) Android Development] lilhaiti:
Sorry it took so long for me to get around to flashing and test the Chromecast for you...yes it does work.

Great work, rock on with squashing the rest of the bugs!!!
[One (M9) Android Development] wickedmx:
Are external SD cards working in this? In CM 13.0, normal applications can't see or access the external SD, only the system can see it. So file explorers, music apps, backup apps etc are currently limited to internal storage.
[One (M9) Android Development] eminembdg:
Nope, I can't use any app to see my external SD
[One (M9) Android Development] Ryche666:
Can you take pictures?
[One (M9) Android Development] Ecsport108:
I'm running Candy6 on an AT&T device and when I select file transfer on USB options the device drivers fail to install (on Windows). Does anyone know how to fix this or where to get new MTP drivers? MTP File Transfer worked fine before the upgrade from Candy5 to Candy6.
[One (M9) Android Development] dbarrett480:
I am having an issue on ATT. If I am on LTE all incoming calls go straight to voicemail. Is anyone else having this issue?
[One (M9) Android Development] tomorio:
How about the alarm widget / clock issue? Is that still not working properly ? Thanks :)
[One (M9) Android Development] bballs91:
This seems to be a common issue with 6.0. Check the CM13.0 thread for the M9. Others are discussing it/working to find a solution as well.

In regard to the SD Mount problem. Marshmallow seems to mount it at a different path than before and that seems to be why only system apps can see it. Does that sound right?
[One (M9) Android Development] eminembdg:
I use snap camera and can take pics fine. Haven't tried video or the normal camera app

---------- Post added at 07:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:52 AM ----------

I updated to the December 5th build and i don't have the time issue any longer. I did have it on the December 4th build but not anymore

---------- Post added at 07:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:53 AM ----------

I should also note that i turned off better optimization on my 3rd party alarm/clock app/widget
[One (M9) Android Development] calebcabob:
I think its something u can change in build.prop - and if it works I'll fix in ROM.

Try changing:

"ro.telephony.default_network=9"

to

"ro.telephony.default_network=8"

Reboot. And let me know if that fixes it please.
[One (M9) Android Development] calebcabob:
Can someone on GSM (who is not AT&T) try that same thing and tell me if your incoming/outgoing calls still work as expected please?

Just wanna make sure I don't break one to fix another;)
[One (M9) Android Development] n3m35155:
Confirmed.. On Tmobile with that change incoming and outgoing calls work fine.
[One (M9) Android Development] calebcabob:
If anyone on CandySiX is experiencing lag, download kernel auditor and go to "thermal" and toggle off 'core control'.
[One (M9) Android Development] ricjuh:
Hi Guys,

I unlocked my M9 today and installed this ROM with the latest AOSP gsm build, flashed Gapps ARM64-6.0-Nano. But Google Play-Services crash on setup?

Somebody suggestions? Did clean wipe and install from original rom.

**update**

Did a factory wipe and flash again, now device boots!
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
rom download link in op has been updated with the newest aosp based builds.

if your favored feature has not been added back let us know.
[MENTION=5349944]calebcabob[/MENTION] is out of town right now ,ill have him update op info when he gets back.

enjoy
[One (M9) Android Development] dlads:
Thinking of giving this a whirl.. Been away for a while, is eventing working what you know of? Calls texts SD etc? Anything critical that doesn't work? Battery drain etc? Appreciate your work btw mate. Definitely my go to cm rom.
[One (M9) Android Development] Cryosx:
just noticed sound not working at all on this. anyone else having this problem.
[One (M9) Android Development] grim489:
I don't think it's updated to work with the new firmware
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
New firmware 3.xx is not supported, the problem is if we make 3.xx work older firmwares don't work then.

We are working to resolve this without make separate roms for each firmware.

Sent from my LG-H811 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[One (M9) Android Development] TLK3:
Why not just require 3.xx firmware? Isn't there always a required minimum?

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Am I reading correctly that the newest version doesn't support external SD?
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
Because it's to new yet, external works fine as far as I know

Sent from my HTC One M9 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[One (M9) Android Development] reniko:
For me a full wipe was needed to update from the alpha from 31-12-2015. A dirty flash resulted in a bootloop. External SD card works fine.
[One (M9) Android Development] jtommyj:
I'm trying the Verizon version. I keep getting the play services FC. I tried the suggestion a few posts back and the solution I read when I google the error. I also saw a github patch to be used with AOSP roms to get gapps to work. Any ideas?
[One (M9) Android Development] MattJaO3D:
Looking forward to MM builds :)
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
As in the Commit we have or one we need? Link? Btw play services work fine here

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[One (M9) Android Development] jtommyj:
OK I can't find the commit reference but I'll try to find it again. Can you direct me to the version of gaps you're using ? Thanks.
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24340319927534069

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[One (M9) Android Development] jtommyj:
Thanks much. I'll give these a shot. I appreciate it.
[One (M9) Android Development] jtommyj:
Rc420head it was the Gapps. I tried to use the Arm64 in the OP but those Banks Gapps did the trick. Thanks !
[One (M9) Android Development] bacon612:
Any gsm users on 2.10 fw and this ROM having mic issues occasionally using the phone? Its like the mic is muted and the person on the other end can't hear you.
[One (M9) Android Development] aer0zer0:
Gonna try it
[One (M9) Android Development] dirkt68:
Is this ROM deodexed?
[One (M9) Android Development] jtommyj:
Be sure to use the gapps rc420head linked me to.
[One (M9) Android Development] aer0zer0:
roms seems very solid at this point
[One (M9) Android Development] aer0zer0:
At this point it looks like the only thing that's not workingboutside of what was listed is getting a gps lock
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
GPS works fine here

Sent from my HTC One M9 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[One (M9) Android Development] aer0zer0:
Can't get one whatsoever.... Any thoughts? VZW variant, no custom kernel, just apps installed
[One (M9) Android Development] bacon612:
At a time there was a need on my m8 to nandroid my aosp configuration, flash a sense rom, lock GPS and then restore the aosp nandroid and GPS would work. Was a pretty common issue as I recall for sense users switching to aosp. Don't ask me why it works but it did.
[One (M9) Android Development] aer0zer0:
Yea, I remember doing that with mine. The thought crossed my mind already. Was hoping it was just a m8 thing
[One (M9) Android Development] bacon612:
Yeah. Id go for it. Been running aosp on my m9 since the beginning in July. Solid GPS
[One (M9) Android Development] slimbrady:
So I know it's an Alpha and I'm not complaining but looks like the Sprint rom is still affected by the data bug. Initially it was fine but I was in the middle of a 7+ group text (had already received 20 or so texts and was on my second reply) for work and the phone started having extreme latency then froze up which prompted a hard reset from me. Once the phone came back online the MDN was missing and couldn't establish a connection. Rebooted again to twrp and was able to get back to work after the 6 minutes or so it took to restore a viper nandroid so I was relieved I didn't have to do any of the more involved fixes as I was on the go, lol.

Thank you very much for your work on this, was ecstatic to have it running smoothly all of last night and will be more than happy to provide more specific feedback if you need anything from me.

Thank you,
[One (M9) Android Development] PrizmaticSmoke:
Latest build is awesome guys!!! Thanks so much for your work on this! Been running this for a couple of days now and everything seems flawless, very nice. :good::)

FYI - I'm on Verizon variant w/ latest VZW firmware, clean flashed from most recent Candy5 and used open gapps 6.0 ARM64 mini package.

I did seem to have some trouble getting my device to read the sim card properly and/or successfully connect to the carrier's network on the first boot, but a simple reboot took care of it and all has been good ever since.
[One (M9) Android Development] aer0zer0:
[MENTION=5066258]rc420head[/MENTION], [MENTION=4429707]bacon612[/MENTION] I required a flip back to sense to get a 3d lock, then reflash, GPS is on point, connects WAY faster then sense. Great rom, keep up the great work
[One (M9) Android Development] aer0zer0:
So, one more thing I just noticed, is that if I hit 3g or 1x service, it says I'm on sprint PCs, and nothing works. [MENTION=5066258]rc420head[/MENTION] , any thoughts or anything i can do to help fix. ROMs great, I just am in a fringe area. 3g and 1x pics
[One (M9) Android Development] bl4ckb1rd:
Hi...

Is the IR working with the latest build?

Gesendet von meinem HTC One M9 mit Tapatalk
[One (M9) Android Development] Trailblaze:
I'm getting force close on Google camera when opening, is anybody else having similar issue's?
[One (M9) Android Development] hallstevenson:
Can non-system apps use or see the SD card ? I have write access using the "Documents" app, the camera writes to the SD card, etc, etc fine.

File Commander - no write access. It had a pop-up for "allow write access" but I cancelled out of that and now it's not asking again.

App Backup and Restore and SMS Backup and Restore don't find my backups in the default location. They do allow me to enter a path, but I don't know what that is now. In the past, I would use Root Explorer to see it but I no longer use that. I could install it temporarily, but can anyone give the path (to the external SD card) ?
[One (M9) Android Development] FNGHobo:
Is anyone else having random freezing on this rom? That seems to be the only issue I have on this awesome rom
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
Yes I'm looking into it, I get freeze when using keyboard sometimes and sleep of death where it won't wake up after long periods of non use

Sent from my LG-H811 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[One (M9) Android Development] FNGHobo:
Oh OK I just thought it was something I did

Also on a completely unrelated note what kind of layers themes are you guys using?
[One (M9) Android Development] PrizmaticSmoke:
I got both SMS and Call log Backup and Restore to work by just setting the backup folder in preferences, browsing to the existing folder on my SD card and resaving, which then showed the path as /6135-3164/SMSBackupRestore. ES file explorer also shows the external SD as /6135-3164.
[One (M9) Android Development] hallstevenson:
I should clarify - SMS Backup & Restore finds the backup okay, but can't 'open' it. I get the error "The attachment could not be retrieved".

App Backup & Restore doesn't have a 'browse' option. You have to hand-type the full path ! :mad: Editing the path as /6135-3164/App_Backup_Restore said "failed to create directory" or similar. In the end, this particular app isn't a big deal. Any apps that I want to restore, I can simply use a file manager and browse to it's backup folder and install the APKs manually. Just did one fine...
[One (M9) Android Development] PrizmaticSmoke:
It should work once you actually save the file path again. Before I did that I had the same results as you, I could see the backup files, but not save to or restore from the existing default location. It works fine now. You could also copy the file to internal SD and restore from there.
[One (M9) Android Development] reniko:
Using a file browser (FX for me) I can see my SD card under /storage/0B5F-0CF9 so it seems to be a 'random' number for every SD card.
[One (M9) Android Development] hallstevenson:
I was wondering if it was a random number.

Copying the 'backup' data to the internal storage solved my "problem" for now at least. I'm going to try that file manager though.

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This isn't directly a ROM question, but the GAPPS version I installed has a few apps that I don't want / use: Hangouts, (Google) Photos, etc. I can't find them in Ti Backup to remove them though... I have looked through the listing more than once. They could be in the com.google.xxx.xxx section which I admit I scroll past since I'm looking for their regular names.

Or, could it be a Ti Backup / Marshmallow issue, that is, TiB needs updated in order to work properly or see these apps ?

I am re-installing Root Explorer and I can delete them manually. I presume they're in /system/priv-apps or a similar directory ?
[One (M9) Android Development] hallstevenson:
Any suggestions on settings for optimal battery life ? I'm on WiFi 80% or more of the time. I've changed the CPU governor to "Conservative" and I/O to "row".

From my previous years of experience with non-stock ROMs such as CM and/or AOSP based ones, I was expecting substantially longer battery life. If HTC's current Sense ROM really good on battery life ? I'm seeing equal, if not slightly worse, battery life now... :eek: :eek: :eek:
[One (M9) Android Development] ricjuh:
I've had no problems with battery life on this ROM. Running it for 2 weeks now, I finish the day from 07:00 till 23:00 around 60%
[One (M9) Android Development] hallstevenson:
On the stock ROM, well, on Viper ROM, I normally got 16-18 hours. With a CM or AOSP based ROM, maybe I was wishing for too much, but I was expecting 24+ hours of battery life. That's from previous experience, albeit on different phone models.

I'm going to reset those kernel settings today. I already changed the I/O method but can someone confirm what the stock governor setting is ?

Reason is: 2-3 times, while the phone was on the charging and then unplugged, it locked up hard. The power button did nothing (holding it down for up to 20 seconds), nor did Vol-Down+Power. Only Vol-Up+Power would get it to respond and boot into FTM mode (from there, I can select 'reboot').
[One (M9) Android Development] jbfountain:
Volume up + power buttons has always been the the way to force the M9 to reboot. You just have to let go of the volume up and power buttons after it vibrates to reboot to system, or switch to the volume down button to go into download mode.

Using XDA to unleash the power of Android on my S6 Edge Plus & HTC One M9
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
new builds uploaded, see link in op
[One (M9) Android Development] Rogi1997:
Audio is not working for me on that build

Gesendet von meinem HTC One M9 mit Tapatalk
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
3.x firmware isn't supported yet

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[One (M9) Android Development] Rogi1997:
After Testeing that build, i switched to the same build (unofficial) from here: https://temp.bbqdroid.org/ and Audio is working with that build .... and I used the same firmware.
[One (M9) Android Development] Abaddon:
really on MM 3.x firmware? :eek: :)
[One (M9) Android Development] rc420head:
Yes he builds those for 3.x but they don't work on older firmware, he's working on making universal one

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[One (M9) Android Development] Rogi1997:
Ahhh okay, thanks