[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] culiacanazo:
and i thought i knew most roms... While this can serve as a bump, I'm hoping to spark a mini exchange of experiences with roms.

After trying every single rom there was out there for the s5 (and gotta say, most were), i settled for aicp, for stability and usefulness, not just your regular dice hanging from your rear view mirror... I will gladly donate as soon as i get back on my feet, and while I'm at it let me say thanks to all the devs worldwide, since theyre the real reason android is what it is, wouldn't have it any other way. Consider my use of my phone as a taxi, patrol car, or delivery vehicle, while your phones resemble more a household vehicle. It wouldn't be possible to that degree without ppl such as [MENTION=5979925]Rovo69[/MENTION], [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION], and countless others including the TWRP guys, the teams and individuals behind all things (custom) roms, and the micro G guy, although i can't remember out of the top of my head just now.

Lol seriously veered off track there, pardon me.

Anyways, back to the topic at hand, can you tell me a bit about this rom you speak of?

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Of course i could just google it up, but in this case i don't want a review from a, most likely, wether for good or bad, biased article. Rather just ask a user who seems to want to keep it alive, know what i mean?

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@killablack, the following is a suggestion for you to start asking about the possibilities and/or possible consequences, it is not an advice to actually go ahead and do what i once did.

Another thing, i can kill an Android and revive it, but only if i kill it. I didn't go to school for this or had a tutor sitting next to me, i simply learned everything i know, which is not much because there's always something new to learn, scouring thru xda... Didn't even ask questions, just good old search and research, trial and error, BUT, I'm not a developer, so i could be hinting you blow up your device while meaning no harm.

I had an s4 before the s5 came out, it was a cdma phone, namely, none other but sprint, one of the world's most difficult phone to uicc unlock... I don't know if you're from the United states, so I'll tell you a bit about them. The phones are not, i'm assuming, difficult as in, take it to a shop and pay and voila! But as in the carrier coming up with a million reasons as to why they (sprint) shouldn't, couldn't, or wouldn't do it for you, going as far as telling the customer that their phones are not unlockable, even if they wanted to, which is, of course, a big fat lie... AND, if you are one of the few who do get "your way" with them, you better drop everything and go buy a lotto lol jk, it will only be for overseas use, not domestic. (if you're from Europe, then you know how the European carriers (supposedly) don't lock the customer (and phone) down). Welcome to America the land of the free.

I neither tried to go thru them nor used a shop, since it was a personal goal to do it myself and the path to learning. Well, eventually, i achieved it, and "turned" it into a gsm phone. At this point, i flashed a custom rom, don't remember which one, but it would be something like you describe: a rom running in the "same" device, different carrier, but now we would be looking for the "other way around" version, with the difference that these (yours and mine) are kltes... Not jfltesprs... Needless to say, everything was right on the money, except that you would get "H" instead of 4G or even LTE (post-device flashing-unlocking issue, not a rom bug)

what could you add to this endeavor of mine, or what do you think our stance should be on trying something similar? since nowadays, i assume, google has changed a few things here and there under the hood since i did this i just told you about.