Hi guys, due to the delay in update rollout for my active i had some spare time to take a look into custom roms and was left wondering should i do a stock update or flash a custom rom?
The reason i think my question isn't dumb is because full os update isn't an everyday situation. Before if you were on GB and wanted ICS features (plus extras) you only had one choice. What had me wondering is the number of people looking for the original stock rom to revert back to and update. Is the official update more stable/device suited/compatible than the CM7/9 rom, or just the same deal with fewer customization options?
Thank you for your opinions
Rudjgaard said:
Hi guys, due to the delay in update rollout for my active i had some spare time to take a look into custom roms and was left wondering should i do a stock update or flash a custom rom?
The reason i think my question isn't dumb is because full os update isn't an everyday situation. Before if you were on GB and wanted ICS features (plus extras) you only had one choice. What had me wondering is the number of people looking for the original stock rom to revert back to and update. Is the official update more stable/device suited/compatible than the CM7/9 rom, or just the same deal with fewer customization options?
Thank you for your opinions
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Do stock update first dude, then u can have more fun with new feather
As soon as you feeling bored with stock then just go and try other custom
Rudjgaard said:
Hi guys, due to the delay in update rollout for my active i had some spare time to take a look into custom roms and was left wondering should i do a stock update or flash a custom rom?
The reason i think my question isn't dumb is because full os update isn't an everyday situation. Before if you were on GB and wanted ICS features (plus extras) you only had one choice. What had me wondering is the number of people looking for the original stock rom to revert back to and update. Is the official update more stable/device suited/compatible than the CM7/9 rom, or just the same deal with fewer customization options?
Thank you for your opinions
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Stock roms are specifically designed for your phone and is tested by the manufacturer. So it would be very stable. Custom ICS roms had some problems with for e.g Accelerometer coz they didn't have the proper driver. Once ICS for your device is released, then custom rom developers will use the original drivers to make their roms working properly So wait for Official ICS
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Thank you for your opinions! The ideal would be a custom on official update....let's hope that will be out soon!
Rudjgaard said:
Thank you for your opinions! The ideal would be a custom on official update....let's hope that will be out soon!
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No need to say thanks bro Hit the thanks button instead
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Does anyone know when gigerbread official release will be available?
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I saw a video of a preliminary 'official' Gingerbread running on a P500 which says end of June I think.
I have no idea if it is really official though
hopefully we get the gingerbread update by end of june.
<fingers crossed>
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Does anyone know when gigerbread official release will be available?
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"Days to weeks" per lgecz @ FB.
There are 652364235647 topics about the Gingerbread update on this forum. Was another one really necessary?
If you can't wait for it then flash a custom 2.3.x ROM and that's it...
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There are 652364235647 topics about the Gingerbread update on this forum. Was another one really necessary?
If you can't wait for it then flash a custom 2.3.x ROM and that's it...
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true as xxxx
Well, I for one would like an official P509 gingerbread. It would save me a lot of the hassle I'm currently going through to get a couple t-mobile apps running on a custom rom. Of course an official P500 gingerbread doesn't mean t-mobile will deem to provide us an update.
The other benefit of an official update will be the ability to rebase on a more-current kernel. Today all the Gingerbread-based ROMS are still running a froyo based kernel (2.6.32 with backports) as far as I can tell. I would expect an official gingerbread release would actually move the kernel forward, and therefore be beneficial to the 2.3 custom ROMS as well.
Hi. I'm quite new to phone hacking so I'd like to know what would the benefits of getting a custom kernel be? Also, Juwe11's script for ram optimization is only for kernel's which supports init.d. Does the stock Bell Atrix kernel support init.d? If not, which one does? Finally, if I were to flash a custom kernel or even a custom ROM to my phone would that cause a problem once I update to the official Gingerbread update coming out soon? Thanks guys.
lexx210 said:
Hi. I'm quite new to phone hacking so I'd like to know what would the benefits of getting a custom kernel be? Also, Juwe11's script for ram optimization is only for kernel's which supports init.d. Does the stock Bell Atrix kernel support init.d? If not, which one does? Finally, if I were to flash a custom kernel or even a custom ROM to my phone would that cause a problem once I update to the official Gingerbread update coming out soon? Thanks guys.
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custom kernels give benefits android cant do on its own. mainly adding some kind of hardware interaction based support. the biggest advantage with a custom kernel is overclocking.
init.d - i dont know
yes. it would. if you are on a custom rom you will not get the ota. you will need to flash back to stock. but chances are. we will have a gingerbread rom far better then the official far before it comes out.
That is very helpful. Thank you. So Bell Atrix's already have a ROM for Gingerbread and it is confirmed working if I'm not mistaken? Also, if I unlock my bootloader does that automatically give me Gingerbread and could I still update to the official one if need be at this point with no problems? Finally, can any ROM out there be flashed to the Atrix or are there only certain ones?
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That is very helpful. Thank you. So Bell Atrix's already have a ROM for Gingerbread and it is confirmed working if I'm not mistaken? Also, if I unlock my bootloader does that automatically give me Gingerbread and could I still update to the official one if need be at this point with no problems? Finally, can any ROM out there be flashed to the Atrix or are there only certain ones?
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im on at&t so i cant answer 100% accurately so someone please step in if you know the answer. if you unlock the bootloader that does not automatically give you gingerbread. just the openness to flash the different partitions of the device with anything you want. such as a gingerbread rom. also im not sure about official roms because once im unlocked i stay far far away from them. and for your last question. right now you have to flash specific roms. you should not flash an at&t rom at this point. although i here that issue is being worked on so we hopefully we will be able to share roms between carriers soon
I keep on hearing about Stock ROM, Custom ROM and Official ROM's. What is the difference? Why there are so many ROM's for the same phone?
Nitinbhai
nitinbhai said:
I keep on hearing about Stock ROM, Custom ROM and Official ROM's. What is the difference? Why there are so many ROM's for the same phone?
Nitinbhai
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its all about the variety and customization. different people have different taste.
stock/official == released by samsung via kies or updates.
custom === modded stock roms with different themes/tweaks/apps
CM roms are based on offical android, the type you find on Google Android handest, and are optimised for performance with a shed load of features.
Samsung roms are based on stock, often with bloatware removed and optimised for performance, like packing new kernels, deodexing, zipaligning, busybox not to mention root. They will also have additional functionality over stock samsung in the form of mods.
Try them out, you'll notice the biggest difference with Cyanogenmod roms compared to stock samsung based roms.
Wouldn't be surprised if this thread is closed, but hope that helps nonetheless
DO NOT POST A "What's the best ROM/Kernel/Theme?" THREAD!
Point to note both custom roms and root void warranty and would need removing before returning to a service centre if needs be .
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nitinbhai said:
I keep on hearing about Stock ROM, Custom ROM and Official ROM's. What is the difference? Why there are so many ROM's for the same phone?
Nitinbhai
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You know you are rooted when spend more time flashing roms than using your phone.
You know you are on a custom rom when you spend more time on XDA asking variouse questions than spending time with your family
You know you are on a shipped stock rom of your phone when you eat on time sleep on time keep tablets away...
Just joking
I've just started using CM9 again haven been on stock Samsung ROMs for most of my S3 usage. I remember seeing something on Twitter about custom ROMs now supporting OTA In Android and assumed that CM9 would be one of the first ROMs to use it. I don't see I anywhere though. Is it not built into the latest Cyanogenmod ROMs out of the box (as it were)?
If not, why not? I would have expected every custom ROM to have this as part of their package. I love OTA updates and having them in a custom ROM will make the experience seem so much more professional.
Just intrigued, chaps. It's not the end of the world but I was kind of expecting to see it. I tried downloading what appears to be the official app but when I try to install it it says that the developer hasn't added support for it. Which I suppose does answer my question but doesn't provide a reason!
Thanks anyway.
Hello dear Elephants, I'm really honoured to belong here because of my new Elephone S8. I really love the hardware but software is really buggy. So, referring to https://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-s8/development/rom-elephone-s8-15-10-eragon-1-0-t3689359, is that a good idea to replace the firmware? If some of you is using this ROM, you can also provide me the pros and cons. Many thanks in advance!
If you're familiar with such things, going from stock to custom and back is pretty simple. Why not just give it a test drive?
I'm not so familiar. I've been flashing lots of ROMs in my lifetime but not into this particular device. Which method do I use to flash firmware?
Will I die, if I flash the Eragon ROM from Elephone's firmware update section?
If you're going to run a custom ROM, spending a couple of hours reading through the thread for that ROM might be worth your time, as it will contain the answers to many of your questions and possibly save you from some future troubles.
Thanks! Will do as you say.
I used eragon rom for a few months but the developer has withdrawn from the project and the latest version is not really stable. I had some network problems and some weeks ago I got problems with massive battery drain of about 15% per hour without any heavy usage. The only thing that helped was to go back to stock. Since then I'm on stock rom again and everything is fine now. I don't experience any major differences in performance.
Anyway I hope the developer will continue his work on the S8 and eragon rom in the future, at least if android 8 will be released.
How to revert back to Stock Rom? (From Eragon)
the steve said:
I used eragon rom for a few months but the developer has withdrawn from the project and the latest version is not really stable. I had some network problems and some weeks ago I got problems with massive battery drain of about 15% per hour without any heavy usage. The only thing that helped was to go back to stock. Since then I'm on stock rom again and everything is fine now. I don't experience any major differences in performance.
Anyway I hope the developer will continue his work on the S8 and eragon rom in the future, at least if android 8 will be released.
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Hi there, May i know how you managed to flash back stock rom? Im using Eragon Rom now and wish to revert back to stock.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Mfbnr said:
Hi there, May i know how you managed to flash back stock rom? Im using Eragon Rom now and wish to revert back to stock.
Any help will be much appreciated.
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You can download the latest stock version here:
https://bbs.elephone.hk/forum.php?m...ra=page=1&filter=typeid&typeid=151&typeid=151
Unpack the rar file and load the scatter file with flashtool. Be careful which boxes are checked in the list. I accidently deleted all data (including external memory) from the phone because this option was checked by default!
Edit: I have corrected the link above, the first one did not work.
You can also download on Mega with the following link:
https://mega.nz/#!4rZX0TZY!Uqsg-btlZeMjDT9-jZDlf3yZfDNAjA7bVUe75xlckPw