So, i have a SGS3 on Vodafone uk,
4.1.2 Official,
Rooted the phone using ODIN and CF-AUTO ROOT
All was Fine.
Downloaded ROM manage from Play store,
downloaded CM9 through this as didnt have premium version for cm10 (Before discovering i could get 10 online anway..)
Held volume, power and menu keys to go to download mode,
backed up, with clockwork,
installed CM9, and now my phone wont boot, just shows the CM loading screen until the end of time, or atleast my patience...
tried to hold the 3 keys again, takes me back to download mode after pushing volume up to accept, but cant do anything further (or atleast i cant with my current knowledge)
what can i do to get my phone working again, and install CM10 successfully?
any help is much appreciated,
i watched the Vid before registering to ask for help and yes.... i am a noob at this.
Did you wipe your phone first? You didn't mention it but you should have done
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rootSU said:
Did you wipe your phone first? You didn't mention it but you should have done
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Hey, i have my phone working now, i hadnt wiped it and it wasnt working, i had to go into Recovery, and not download mode, didnt know this,
i wiped my data/cache and now the phone is working, have had a crash today with the phone, and it wouldnt boot, went and recovered and now its working fine, except it charges slow as hell and actually DECHARGES when its plugged into a CHARGER :/, apart from that CM9 is working fine and fast.
i do however want to put CM10 on it, but not sure how to do that without using ROM Manager which i have to pay for, to have the priveledge of getting CM10 through it, i have downloaded CM10 on my pc, but how do i flash it onto my phone, i have Odin atm,
Also, accidently wiped my Back up of Android 4.1.2 Official, but now i have a back up of CM9 on my sd card anyway soo...
any help much appreciated, im tech savvy, but this is my first time really delving into the area of android modification.
Thanks.
flashing CM9 is a fail in itself
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flashing CM9 is a fail in itself
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why is it a fail? its working, and its stable.
not really much help, commenting with pointless remarks.
Stable is just a word and when you are dealing with Exynos devices it will never reach the status of 100% stable where everything works (except the Galaxy S I9000 with the hummingbird processor).
Then next thing is Sudden Death Syndrome from which ICS isn`t protected from.
Trust me you are better off with Jelly Bean. By now CM10.1 is easy daily driver material.
All ics roms are potentially unsafe if you have a 16GB 9300
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Scarface1991 said:
Stable is just a word and when you are dealing with Exynos devices it will never reach the status of 100% stable where everything works.
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No. You need to rephrase that or re word it. First generation Galaxy S line. Everything works on all AOSP ROMs. Its an Exynos chip. MHL, camera, battery life, no glitches, it all works. Sources are there though.
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No. You need to rephrase that or re word it. First generation Galaxy S line. Everything works on all AOSP ROMs. Its an Exynos chip. MHL, camera, battery life, no glitches, it all works. Sources are there though.
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The Galaxy S I9000 had the hummingbird processor which also was inside the Nexus S and that`s why for this particular case developers were so successful in making everything work because they had the source code thanks to the Nexus S.
No such luck for the S2 and the S3
Correct me someone if I'm wrong but that`s how I remember it.
That's correct, but the Hummingbird is its old name, its now the Exynos 3. It is an Exynos chip. The Nexus S was why it had the source code released. None the less, its Exynos and everything works on AOSP
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That's correct, but the Hummingbird is its old name, its now the Exynos 3. It is an Exynos chip. The Nexus S was why it had the source code released. None the less, its Exynos and everything works on AOSP
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Ok if you put it that way sure, I rephrased my earlier post :good:
Ok... so is it worth Flashing CM10 or not? or is there a better more stable ROM in any off your opinions, being that i have wiped the Stock..
We can't tell you what is better as its subjective and against the rules but yes cm 10 is worth trying
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I just read that a GingerBread ROM was leaked to the Galaxy S 4G. I also know that the Vibrant has slightly different GPS hardware than the other Galaxy S series phones, which is why Captivate ROMs had functional GPS long before the Vibrant.
However, if the Galaxy S 4G has the same GPS as the Vibrant, this could save the developers a lot of time and headache if they just rip off the drivers and lib files from this new leaked ROM. See this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125747
Have you been asleep the last couple of days? Those files were already pulled and are working on gingerbread jvp ports.
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Have you been asleep the last couple of days? Those files were already pulled and are working on gingerbread jvp ports.
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Yep. It will be soon when GPS will work on 2.3 base.
I haven't been asleep, I just didn't realize that the GPS fix they were working on came from the Galaxy S 4G leak. I just found out about that leak today, and figured I'd try and make someones' life easier. I go through the Gingerbread ROMs every couple of days to check their progress, because as much as I want Gingerbread and working Netflix, I can't lose my GPS. Thanks for answering!
alright Thanks guys.
netflix does work already and its on the market
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I haven't been asleep, I just didn't realize that the GPS fix they were working on came from the Galaxy S 4G leak. I just found out about that leak today, and figured I'd try and make someones' life easier. I go through the Gingerbread ROMs every couple of days to check their progress, because as much as I want Gingerbread and working Netflix, I can't lose my GPS. Thanks for answering!
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I have been on Gingerbread Blitzkreig for 3 days now. Did the GPS fix and gettin quick lock. I am very pleased with this Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121862
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lapdog101 said:
I have been on Gingerbread Blitzkreig for 3 days now. Did the GPS fix and gettin quick lock. I am very pleased with this Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121862
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I, too, went with the Gingerbread Blitzkrieg today. Had to do the full smash since I was coming from a 2.2 ROM. Unfortunately, it seems to have killed my entire ability to do ADB. USB Debugging is activated, but plugging it into my computer doesn't allow me to "see" my phone, despite multiple reboots of both devices.
So far, everything is fine, but it keeps me from being able to use either ODIN or HEIMDALL.
I feel really vulnerable without these safety nets. I'd love to try again by flashing my Backup Restore in CWM, but I can't find anything that says whether or not that's safe when you have GB bootloaders and a GB Kernel...
*sigh* More Research.
Are you sure your computer can't see the phone when its in download mode? I would give it a shot.
Also a nandroid restore should work fine, but you'll have to flash a froyo kernel before or after the restore.
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Are you sure your computer can't see the phone when its in download mode? I would give it a shot.
Also a nandroid restore should work fine, but you'll have to flash a froyo kernel before or after the restore.
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Yes, it wouldn't see it at all. Finally got it to work after about the 10 reboot. My computer finally did the whole installing Samsung Device Drivers (as if it hadn't done that 50 times). Probably just my computer, which is not entirely what I wish for...
Anyway, I'm going back because I need to have control of my camera, even at the end of the battery. I use it for tutoring, and I need to know I can use it until the very end.
Something will be worked out soon, though, I'm sure.
Thanks for the responses and the care, guys. You're all that makes XDA such a wonderful resource.
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Yes, it wouldn't see it at all. Finally got it to work after about the 10 reboot. My computer finally did the whole installing Samsung Device Drivers (as if it hadn't done that 50 times). Probably just my computer, which is not entirely what I wish for...
Anyway, I'm going back because I need to have control of my camera, even at the end of the battery. I use it for tutoring, and I need to know I can use it until the very end.
Something will be worked out soon, though, I'm sure.
Thanks for the responses and the care, guys. You're all that makes XDA such a wonderful resource.
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Had the same happen to me. Unplug, disable USB debugging, enable, plug back in. Voila.
Also, update 2 includes a hacked cam that will work below 15%
So I've noticed that there are ICS roms and I've got a few question:
1. Are they stable?
2. How is their battery life?
3. Is it worth installing them over cyanogenmod?
4. Are they real ICS or is it a kind of launcher?
Thanks for those of u who'll answer.
1. Experimental!
2. Better than Stock.
3. Depends if you want to try ICS or not.
4. Real ICS
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So I've noticed that there are ICS roms and I've got a few question:
1. Are they stable?
2. How is their battery life?
3. Is it worth installing them over cyanogenmod?
4. Are they real ICS or is it a kind of launcher?
Thanks for those of u who'll answer.
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1 - Yes, using Westcrip's v6 as a daily driver (used Wanam's and Westcrip's v5 before without any issues after install)
2 - varies. I've had 100% to empty in 12 hours, but was playing lot. On the flipside had over 24h+ out of it too
3 - Personal opinion, I'm not a CM fan.
4 - Real ICS.
How do I know which versions I need?
I saw many different ones and I can't tell which one I need to download
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How do I know which versions I need?
I saw many different ones and I can't tell which one I need to download
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basically, the start bit (which is normally a letter) tells you which month it was developed in so in this case L is the latest month. So LP2 is the latest firmware. KP whatever is last month.
Personally im waiting it out until theres a nice stable Samsung one with a AOSP theme.
I saw that each one has a different base firmware and modem version. Should I look out for something specific?
Which one should I download/ how do I know which one i need?
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I saw that each one has a different base firmware and modem version. Should I look out for something specific?
Which one should I download/ how do I know which one i need?
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As they are still experimental you need to make sure to read up fully first, as otherwise you might soft or hard brick your phone if you follow the wrong instructions.
This thread has firmware and instructions if you want the stock samsung leaks
Otherwise chose your rom and follow there instructions, also dont put a pit in and repartition unless it really wont work as a bad flash with pit/repartition is a one way trip to bricktown.
IMHO,
Currently there are 2 flavors just as with Gingerbread
CM9/AOSP/etc... & Stock.
Stock:
Fully functional (all features work).
Performance vary with FCs and slow response.
CM9:
Daily functional. (Phone/Data/Audio/Graphics)
But video/camera/fm radio and other features are missing until a proper source will be released.
Performance pretty reliable. no major crashes.
Battery on both seems to be from my experience worse than good GB rom. I believe due to baseband issues (I've noticed battery killing when I'm in a low reception area) and debugging code.
Still to me for example CM9 is daily cause the dialer, web browsing and main features works very well and phone is super responsive.
I previously used ICS for SGS I and it vas pretty good, I liked it alot. No issues at all. Now using SGS II, I'm still in CM7, still waiting for good ICS release.
One question: how to flash back from ICS? Old SGS needed reflashing twice, how in SGSII?
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I saw that each one has a different base firmware and modem version. Should I look out for something specific?
Which one should I download/ how do I know which one i need?
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If you have to ask that question then none is the answer its a test beta rom not ready for public use and unless you know what you are doing you will be crying help i want to go back in your next post .
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kureke said:
I previously used ICS for SGS I and it vas pretty good, I liked it alot. No issues at all. Now using SGS II, I'm still in CM7, still waiting for good ICS release.
One question: how to flash back from ICS? Old SGS needed reflashing twice, how in SGSII?
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Backup, wipe and flash. Standard rule for flashing.
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I saw that each one has a different base firmware and modem version. Should I look out for something specific?
Which one should I download/ how do I know which one i need?
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New test leak releases will keep coming. As jj mentioned, try it only if you are sure with it.
I found CM9 to be much better and in fact used it as a daily for 2 weeks. For some reason I had home, power button issues with the samsung leaked roms.
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Using the newly leaked LP2 rom as of today and it seems pretty good. Some things im not as happy with are:
Random occurances happen on the deskop
Browser doesnt seem to autofit the text/pages like it used to on the web browsers, including dolphin hd (might be user error i dont know)
All power button functions, etc seem to be working.
Im using the Nova launcher with proper ICS icons, if i could make a screenshot id post it:/ It still doesnt look as niec and well rounded as per the nexus implementation of ICS.
Well it appears that there are only nightly builds for the i9100, but I can't see any known problems.
This is my mum's phone, and she has been telling me it's really slow so I thought going from 4.0 stock to CM10.1 4.2 would really help that, with project butter and stuff.
She uses wi-fi tethering alot, and I've seen on alot of custom roms that that doesn't work, but as I said, I didn't see any known problems for the CM10.1 nightly build. I don't want to flash her phone with something that'll make her lose functionality.
Thanks guys
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Well it appears that there are only nightly builds for the i9100, but I can't see any known problems.
This is my mum's phone, and she has been telling me it's really slow so I thought going from 4.0 stock to CM10.1 4.2 would really help that, with project butter and stuff.
She uses wi-fi tethering alot, and I've seen on alot of custom roms that that doesn't work, but as I said, I didn't see any known problems for the CM10.1 nightly build. I don't want to flash her phone with something that'll make her lose functionality.
Thanks guys
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Install the samsung JB leak..I would not recommend CM since it is still under development. But there are no big issues i myself use it. But since its your mom's phone its better to keep it stock.
Also there isn't Project Butter in CM.
But did you flash with a full wipe? Quite strange your mom does notice it's very slow, because there are a lot of people (understatement) who are really satisfied with the performances of CM10.1.
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Dude, I haven't flashed it yet. She's on stock 4.0
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Dude, I haven't flashed it yet. She's on stock 4.0
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I've read it wrong. But with 4.0.4 I've never noticed anything slow or what so ever
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Not your phone, not running stock & an 'average' user using it day to day sounds like asking for problems to me. And potentially a lot of you playing 'tech support'.
If it were me, I'd be leaving it stock.
Do a factory reset & a clean install of apps/etc if it's a bit sluggish (remember, you don't have first hand knowledge of this, just what she's told you & also remember she is an 'average' user, so it may be running just fine most of the time).
Why not Chameleon Rom?
I suggest to use this rom because it has the CM layout but its samsung base so no bugs
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I suggest to use this rom because it has the CM layout but its samsung base so no bugs
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But you didn't suggest anything... I think MistahBungle has just given the right answer
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I'd suggest better to flash & use that XXLSJ firmware, rather than CM!
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Is it possible to update to CM11 nightly (or any other 4.4 roms... I'm not familiar with the scene) from 4.3 stock?
I did install KNOX, and then removed it. And then the Samsung service reflashed the rom again. So I don't know about it anymore. Didn't install it since then.
My story:
As many of you already did, I also installed the new update. Read below if you are interested (but you probably know all this anyway.)
So. A few days ago Google+ started to eat up my battery. I disabled it in the Application Manager and did not have the updates installed either. But it just started. My usual battery life dropped to only a couple of hours at max.
So I fired up Google and it said I have to install the updates. So I did.
Nothing changed. Then I went into Google+, signed in, and then signed out.
Nothing changed.
So all in all, I have a piece of crappy brick that I can't use anymore.
Bit of a rant: You gotta love this. You buy an overpriced product and they f... you over a thousand times. App makers, Samsung (4.3 crapdate), and EVEN Google. Then why the hell would I even want Android ever again? Seriously. If I would have to buy a phone now, I would pick an iPhone, no matter how much it costs more. This is just unjustifiable. "Hey customer, thanks for buying our product. Now let us make it all crap." ... WHY?
So yeah. Now I have no choice but to lose warranty (which I already used a few times because this is REALLY a crap quality phone). Not that HTC One X was any better, it had a faulty GPU/motherboard like 4 times. (Thanks Nvidia!) ... Sorry guys, I'm just infuriated.
Wish I could just change the phone down. I was thinking about Sony, but if Google can buttrape you anytime, why bother? No guarantee I can just fix it on Sony either.
CM10 is also fine
As I read the nightly can disable all GSM related operations (call/sms), so CM10 is also fine.
I just want to fix my battery life and have a stable phone again.
h8Aramex said:
As I read the nightly can disable all GSM related operations (call/sms), so CM10 is also fine.
I just want to fix my battery life and have a stable phone again.
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you should download your firmware from here
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9305&pcode=0#firmware
wipe everything then go into download mode
Use Odin http://www.android.gs/download-odin-3-07/
and after you flash this, do a factory reset within the phone or through its recovery
I just did this with my wife's 9305 and its running like a champ
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you should download your firmware from here...
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Thanks for the quick reply.
As I said my phone runs the 4.3 firmware now without any issue.
Except the 4.3 slow encryption and the huge battery drain. The phone got reset like 3-5 times in the past few weeks too.
So now I wonder if I can just install CM10 from 4.3.
But I need some confirmation as I know you cannot downgrade 4.3 for example. (Due to KNOX or whatever.)
Yeah should be no problem. My wife's battery drain happened too. I found the problem was with the SD card. I formatted it with the phone and it seems to be as good as it was on 4.12
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jetbruceli said:
Yeah should be no problem. My wife's battery drain happened too. I found the problem was with the SD card. I formatted it with the phone and it seems to be as good as it was on 4.12
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I've got no SD card.
Thanks for the replies too, but I still want a 100% CONFIRMATION that I can downgrade.
Having a brick is still worse than having like a few hours long battery life.
h8Aramex said:
I've got no SD card.
Thanks for the replies too, but I still want a 100% CONFIRMATION that I can downgrade.
Having a brick is still worse than having like a few hours long battery life.
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Look you can go from any version of cm back to stock. CM doesn't change your boot loader or your modem. The only time your stuck on a version of android is when it comes to stock. Like as a note 3 users we are stuck on KitKat because they updated our bootlaoder. Cm based Roms it doesn't matter.
And you should get an SD card to hold your back ups just in case.
Also if someone helps you on xda it's kind of nice to hit the thanks button. It allow others to see that their comment was useful.
Good luck.
BTW if your new to rooted and ROM installing I suggest reading through the Dev section for the i9305.
Also google your issue word for word and there are tons of android forums out there which may help you.
A lot of times if you open a thread that has been answered a lot they will ignore it or throw words you won't like your way.
So good luck
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I know you cannot downgrade from 4.3, nor use Triangle Away (due to KNOX).
Does this affect the move to CM? Or not?
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I know you cannot downgrade from 4.3, nor use Triangle Away (due to KNOX).
Does this affect the move to CM? Or not?
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has nothing to do with cm and triangle away will restore your binary count not warranty bit but I am not sure how knox effects the s3 as it does with the note 3
either way it never hurts to try things
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has nothing to do with cm and triangle away will restore your binary count not warranty bit but I am not sure how knox effects the s3 as it does with the note 3
either way it never hurts to try things
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Yeah if I'm not going to get an answer in a few hours I'll give it a go. It's a brick anyway, heh.
Just did my wife's i9305 today. Moving to cm/omni shouldn't be an issue, however be warned you lose a lot of features like HDMI out and the camera doesn't work as well. I just put the galaxy project ROM on there as the i9305 has the extra GB of ram which keeps stock nice and smooth, also you can debloat if the need be. And if you run into camera issues like I did simply flash stock kernel then reflash rom. Honestly unless you prefer KitKat its a waste of the extra ram your device has as most of it simply will never get used.
Also with wanam xposed you can customize everything! Can't do that with an iPhone. Sorry to hear you have had a bad run but while Samsung's software isn't exactly great the hardware is beast and once you learn how to configure it and unlock its full potential you will see you made the right choice.
i9300 | temasek 4.4.2 | boeffla kernel
Thanks for your reply!
- How worse will the camera get?
- What other important features you know? (HDMI does not really matter to me.)
I do use it a lot, so I don't want to lose everything. (Only use simple picture/HDR modes tho.)
Tried again every kind of combination with Google+ and it's still eating my battery like crazy.
I mean... what the hell is the "Disable" for then? It "almost disables" the app or what? lol.
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Forgot to quote, sorry. (just quoting you now so you will get a notification, hopefully.)
Thanks for your reply!
- How worse will the camera get?
- What other important features you know? (HDMI does not really matter to me.)
I do use it a lot, so I don't want to lose everything. (Only use simple picture/HDR modes tho.)
Tried again every kind of combination with Google+ and it's still eating my battery like crazy.
I mean... what the hell is the "Disable" for then? It "almost disables" the app or what? lol.
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Topic solved!
Installed CM without any problem. Everything worked flawless.
Now I have a fast (MUCH faster) phone. And all those god-tier features. Holy sh*t I love my phone now.
(I hate you Samsung.)
Seriously, why? I just don't get how people bear to use it, there are so many custom ROMs with 5.0+. Fresh CM is usable when freshly installed, but after logging in Google Account and installing just few Google apps, it just haaaaaangs on ever task you do. I mean I get it - this phone is almost 5 years old - but I own some older devices like Galaxy S II and it is so much faster on Marshmallow.
Or am I just missing something out? I'm using Safestrap's stock ROM. But when I leave stock and install something CM-based on other slots it's even worse (why?). It's the same memory chip. Or is it?
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Seriously, why? I just don't get how people bear to use it, there are so many custom ROMs with 5.0+. Fresh CM is usable when freshly installed, but after logging in Google Account and installing just few Google apps, it just haaaaaangs on ever task you do. I mean I get it - this phone is almost 5 years old - but I own some older devices like Galaxy S II and it is so much faster on Marshmallow.
Or am I just missing something out? I'm using Safestrap's stock ROM. But when I leave stock and install something CM-based on other slots it's even worse (why?). It's the same memory chip. Or is it?
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I think this phone is slow with custom roms for the kind of kernel it has (Kexec), remember this phone never had a chance to unlock his bootloader (as far as I know) and that is probably the reason , I say this because I have an old Galaxy Tab 2 with the same processor and I have it with MM, it's slower but not at the level of the razr
kevinarol93 said:
I think this phone is slow with custom roms for the kind of kernel it has (Kexec), remember this phone never had a chance to unlock his bootloader (as far as I know) and that is probably the reason , I say this because I have an old Galaxy Tab 2 with the same processor and I have it with MM, it's slower but not at the level of the razr
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I thought bootloader was unlocked? Been gone for too long...
I find the last one usable to be 4.3, KitKat is not much better than L/M.
krYshuT said:
I find the last one usable to be 4.3, KitKat is not much better than L/M.
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Yes but does not work HDMI and camera
kevinarol93 said:
Yes but does not work HDMI and camera
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Yeah, I just notices that it has problems shooting video, otherwise so far so good... I'm actually thinking about going back to 4.1 stock... are there any good stock based ROMs?
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Yeah, I just notices that it has problems shooting video, otherwise so far so good... I'm actually thinking about going back to 4.1 stock... are there any good stock based ROMs?
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There is one here XT910 JELLY BEAN 4.1.2 ARTMOD V4.3 Final (Spanish web) http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=605325