I have a p4vzw that is no longer used on Verizon, just at home. I'm finally looking to load some custom roms, and just wondered. Is it safe to flash a p4wifi rom on it. I've noticed that a lot of the custom roms are for the p4 or p4wifi, but not the p4vzw. If it would work, would I need to use a different .pit file?
Thanks.
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aaronDroid80 said:
I have a p4vzw that is no longer used on Verizon, just at home. I'm finally looking to load some custom roms, and just wondered. Is it safe to flash a p4wifi rom on it. I've noticed that a lot of the custom roms are for the p4 or p4wifi, but not the p4vzw. If it would work, would I need to use a different .pit file?
Thanks.
Sent from my Dark Chocolate 4.4 One X
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I have the sch-i905/U (which from what I gather is the same as the verizon version)
I rooted it and it got all messed up. Now I am searching for the stock rom/recovery to bring it back to its original form... seems to be impossible to find... and other roms don't even install, everything seems to fail.
I am now trying to install Ubuntu Touch on to my galaxy tab 10.1 since I am pretty much giving up on returning to stock... but I can't seem to make anything stick.
The tab is running:
-ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v71)
-Android 4.2.2
-CM 10.1-20131118-NIGHTLY-p4vzw
-Kernel version 3.1.10
Any help would be appreciated.
stock rom
z0oty said:
BUMP...
I have the sch-i905/U (which from what I gather is the same as the verizon version)
I rooted it and it got all messed up. Now I am searching for the stock rom/recovery to bring it back to its original form... seems to be impossible to find... and other roms don't even install, everything seems to fail.
I am now trying to install Ubuntu Touch on to my galaxy tab 10.1 since I am pretty much giving up on returning to stock... but I can't seem to make anything stick.
The tab is running:
-ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v71)
-Android 4.2.2
-CM 10.1-20131118-NIGHTLY-p4vzw
-Kernel version 3.1.10
Any help would be appreciated.
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Do you still need the stock rom? i have a couple of them for this tablet, if my memory serves me right i have ICS and ginger. let me know
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Hello, I have the "4g" flavor white back T-Mobile version of this tab and with there being different flavors of the 10.1 I am not sure which rom to use. After rooting the phone and getting revovery installed CM downloaded and installed the wifi version of the rom. I thought I found the nightly thread of the tmo version but revovery wouldn't install it saying that the build version was wrong. So I have gone back to stock until I can get this issue cleared up. I think my build prop may be wrong in the device because com.phone.android force closes on boot on the stock rom (I think I need to reinstall stock). But I am still not sure which flavor of the rom to install. I want the CM ICS.
I am not new to installing and using custom roms. I have been doing this since the MT3GS and have been using CM on that since Froyo. I am currently using MT4GS and currently have the CM ICS alpha 4 on it. I am just a bit confused at this point since it is not cut and dry.
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Hello, I have the "4g" flavor white back T-Mobile version of this tab and with there being different flavors of the 10.1 I am not sure which rom to use. After rooting the phone and getting revovery installed CM downloaded and installed the wifi version of the rom. I thought I found the nightly thread of the tmo version but revovery wouldn't install it saying that the build version was wrong. So I have gone back to stock until I can get this issue cleared up. I think my build prop may be wrong in the device because com.phone.android force closes on boot on the stock rom (I think I need to reinstall stock). But I am still not sure which flavor of the rom to install. I want the CM ICS.
I am not new to installing and using custom roms. I have been doing this since the MT3GS and have been using CM on that since Froyo. I am currently using MT4GS and currently have the CM ICS alpha 4 on it. I am just a bit confused at this point since it is not cut and dry.
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I have this one on now There are also CM9 nightlies on the CM site I believe but no issues with this other than camera. There is a camera patch also that makes the back camera work.
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/
Here is the thread with the camera patch.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787399&page=65
Not sure why not many people help on this device it's a very nice device and works great on the T-Mobile network but anytime I ask anything no one ever really answers.
This thread will help you get started
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446500
Thank you very much!! I think I have the wrong recovery installed which is causing all my issues. It is seeing my device as a wi-fi only device and not a tmo device.
I just got home a few minutes ago, and I had the wrong recovery installed. I got the right one in and everything is going swimmingly so far. Thank you again!
I wish there were subforums for every flavor instead of everything all mixed up. It makes it confusing when you are dealing with 80 different versions of the same device.
So I have the galaxy tab 10.1 wifi version (US) and am planning to root it today. Can someone give me some suggestions on which Roms are best? I would prefer to go on AOSP Jelly Bean 4.2.1, but only if it's stable. I looked in the forums and saw CM10.1 and AOKP but I want to make sure I'm not overlooking anything. Also, what are the worst bugs from these Roms so if I go through with it, I know what to expect?
Thanks,
Acer
P. S. What's the best rooting method? I'm stock ICS and was looking for in all-in-one toolkit but I can't seem to find one (being on my phone).
Thanks again!
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Anyone willing to help?
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Anyone willing to help?
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Cm 10.1 is a good choice, no issue for me
Its not perfect!
Actually I have samsung galaxy tab gt-p6200 and I flashed that rom few days ago and its not for daily use, It gave me many errors liek the browser was not opening and the keyboard usually crashes a lot. Give it some time to this rom first. The funny thing is that I flashed this rom and I got these errors so I reflashed ICS offcial rom from SamFire using odin and now my tab is super bricked lol and I don't know what to do :crying:
I would suggest you head over to the Development section and check it out. I rooted my GT7500 successfully there and have the stock ICS on it. Tried CM 10 but dont like it.
Hey guys, I haven't used my Fascinate in a long time (it's been replaced 2x over, Galaxy Nexus and then HTC DNA), and have been out of this board/scene for many years. But after seeing how well 4.4.x runs on old devices, I figured I'd wipe it clean and try 4.4.x on it! This is not a daily, and it will not be activated for cellular service (wi-fi only), so it's just something to tinker with.
It is currently:
Rooted
Recovery: CWM 5.0.2.7.
ROM: TSMPoolParty-1.6, Android 2.3.7
Baseband: EC09
Build: GRJ90
I would like the least painless path, to go from this ROM / Recovery, to TWRP and an Android 4.4.x ROM, like Dirty Unicorns (I <3 AOKP, seemed the best bet?).
I did a lot of reading on these boards, and most of the instructions seem to revolve around either coming from a completely stock phone, or, going from 4.x to a different 4.x. I figure since I already have CWM and root, there may be a better / easier path for me?
Thanks so much in advance, sorry for the n00b questions, but it seems many of the guides and sticky posts here are out of date (understandably!)
I think the CM 11 Rom is the best 4.4.2 Rom. It worked for me for about 2 months, but i had to optimize it since i downloaded a lot of apps.
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I think the CM 11 Rom is the best 4.4.2 Rom. It worked for me for about 2 months, but i had to optimize it since i downloaded a lot of apps.
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Thank you. Given my setup above, what would be the most efficent way for me to upgrade to it?
Heres the link for CM 11: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2598051
It should tell you how to flash it. Use the "Coming from stock" instructions.
@Protonus
samsung striker said:
Heres the link for CM 11: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2598051
It should tell you how to flash it. Use the "Coming from stock" instructions.
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No that's not the one to use
This
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53166395
from ujust is the most stable cm11 we have
Just don't overclock it.
I guess that's why i was having problems with Cm 11. I used the wrong one.
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I guess that's why i was having problems with Cm 11. I used the wrong one.
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That is why I was asking,,, i found it hard to believe it was giving you those issues but I've seen stranger things...
So I just got handed an S4 from a co-worker, I just spent an hour looking up info on root and stuff to load custom roms (looking mainly for CM11). My main problem seems to be all the shortened terms and everything associated with this phone, root vs unlocked bootloader vs etc, MK2?? NC5??. I can't seem to find any "newb" friendly breakdown of all of this. This isn't my first hacked device by far (I got an old DiNC and a ReZound for my last 2), but definitely the most confusing one. So here's the info I got on my phone: Galaxy S4, Verizon, SCH-I545, Android 4.4.2, VRUFNC5, hardware version: I545.06.
Can anyone point me in the right directions to understand better, and get me to my final destination of Custom rom? Or at least get me to understand this better?
I did search the first 5 pages of every section to see if there was a "newb-friendly" sticky but didn't seem to go anywhere fast, just made me more confused.
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So I just got handed an S4 from a co-worker, I just spent an hour looking up info on root and stuff to load custom roms (looking mainly for CM11). My main problem seems to be all the shortened terms and everything associated with this phone, root vs unlocked bootloader vs etc, MK2?? NC5??. I can't seem to find any "newb" friendly breakdown of all of this. This isn't my first hacked device by far (I got an old DiNC and a ReZound for my last 2), but definitely the most confusing one. So here's the info I got on my phone: Galaxy S4, Verizon, SCH-I545, Android 4.4.2, VRUFNC5, hardware version: I545.06.
Can anyone point me in the right directions to understand better, and get me to my final destination of Custom rom? Or at least get me to understand this better?
I did search the first 5 pages of every section to see if there was a "newb-friendly" sticky but didn't seem to go anywhere fast, just made me more confused.
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The problem with a simple "newb friendly" page is that every update to the phone changes what you need to do to root and what you can run.
For your NC5 phone, you need to use Towelroot to root it. That gets you root, but you're stuck with the stock bootloader. That means that you can't directly run a custom ROM. You can use Safestrap to allocate space for an alternative ROM, which is almost the same as a fully unlocked phone. The big thing you lose is that you can't run arbitrary ROMs, just what's compatible with the stock kernel. No CM, no AOSP.
So, read up on Towelroot and Safestrap. Once you have those down, you should be n the way.
Yeah, I got towel root already installed, supersu running and added to system and Knox disabled. Where should I be looking at roms that I can run under safestrap? Or should I say which section of the forums? Thank you for your response btw.
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Yeah, I got towel root already installed, supersu running and added to system and Knox disabled. Where should I be looking at roms that I can run under safestrap? Or should I say which section of the forums? Thank you for your response btw.
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Usually, roms that are compatible with safestrap are labeled as such. Since nc5 doesn't allow custom kernels, you will stuck with touchwiz kernels, so usually the roms will look like the stock samsung experience or a themed version. If you want an aosp themed safestrap rom, get eclipse rom. If you want a 99% gpe s4 rom download the gpe edition safestrap rom( it has some bugs though).
Usually roms are located at the "Android development" section of the forum. The gpe rom thread is in the general section.
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Yeah, I got towel root already installed, supersu running and added to system and Knox disabled. Where should I be looking at roms that I can run under safestrap? Or should I say which section of the forums? Thank you for your response btw.
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The thing to keep in mind, is that safestrap loads too late to be able to replace the kernel. This is the limiting factor, your stuck on the stock kernel... Different versions of android and different versions of kernels may have slightly different functions/parameters coded into the kernel, so calling a newer function or calling a function with parameters that no longer match the new style will fail.... so if the rom wasn't directly designed for the stock kernel of the same version your using it likely won't work.
In practice that means you need a rom based on TW, that is the same version (NC5) as you are currently using. Not sure but there are likely a few changes the Rom make needs to add for safe strap compatibility... Basically when you look at the Rom's thread it will list a baseband (NC5) and say its safestrap compatible.
Thanks to all of you, that clears up a lot of confusion I had. Now where do I find out (or how do I decifer) if I'm MJ7/MK2/ME7/MI1? Or am I correct in assuming I'm NOT (all the builds I see for safestrap mention those only no NC5.
Hey guys,
Got on hands noname Chinese android phone with lollipop on board (even though it says 6.0.1 in settings) and MTK6580 quad processor, 3.10.72 kernel
can I somehow put cyanogen rom from another phone?
Yes, find another phone using that chip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_using_Mediatek_SoCs
Then go here: http://www.needrom.com and find THAT phone(s) and see if there is a custom rom for THAT phone also using the same kernal 3.10/3.12 etc
Download that rom and port it yourself using the boot.img from YOUR phone using this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-how-to-port-lollipop-based-roms-t3223938
And get it at least booting on your phone, out of loads I've done on MTK phones, 95% boot up first time, 50% of those have no issues, the other 50% have issues with cameras/wifi/video/phone that can be fixed literally with trial and error of swapping files from your stock rom to the new rom, can take hours/days of trial and error or could take minutes.
Have fun
EDIT: try to use a custom rom from a brand you have at least kinda heard of, doogee, walton, infinix...etc to make it more likely to work well.
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Yes, find another phone using that chip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_using_Mediatek_SoCs
Then go here: http://www.needrom.com and find THAT phone(s) and see if there is a custom rom for THAT phone also using the same kernal 3.10/3.12 etc
Download that rom and port it yourself using the boot.img from YOUR phone using this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-how-to-port-lollipop-based-roms-t3223938
And get it at least booting on your phone, out of loads I've done on MTK phones, 95% boot up first time, 50% of those have no issues, the other 50% have issues with cameras/wifi/video/phone that can be fixed literally with trial and error of swapping files from your stock rom to the new rom, can take hours/days of trial and error or could take minutes.
Have fun
EDIT: try to use a custom rom from a brand you have at least kinda heard of, doogee, walton, infinix...etc to make it more likely to work well.
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Thank you for your response!
After few hours of research I have found many ROMs that are applicable for my phone. The thing is, I want it to be and look as close to stock android as possible, and as close to most recent version as well.
But still I have few questions:
1)Am I right by saying that kernel 3.10.72 is suitable only for android 5.x?
2)Is it possible to put android 6.x or 7.x?
3)If it is do I need to ugrade kernel?
4)Is it possible to upgrade kernel?
I really hope it's not too much to ask from you.
Regards,
vant2239
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Thank you for your response!
After few hours of research I have found many ROMs that are applicable for my phone. The thing is, I want it to be and look as close to stock android as possible, and as close to most recent version as well.
But still I have few questions:
1)Am I right by saying that kernel 3.10.72 is suitable only for android 5.x?
2)Is it possible to put android 6.x or 7.x?
3)If it is do I need to ugrade kernel?
4)Is it possible to upgrade kernel?
I really hope it's not too much to ask from you.
Regards,
vant2239
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Your phone is basically the same as mine, and sadly the kernal has to be the same for every custom ROM, there are no kernel sources so no custom kernels, which means we are both stuck with lollipop
The infinix hot 2 for example, is the same MTK chip and was released with lollipop and kernel 3.10 but then infinix released a stock marshmallow upgrade, with a stock 3.12 kernel so they could get a custom 6.0 rom which im 99% sure we will never get.
If you go here: http://www.needrom.com/author/robneymcplum/ this is me on there, where I have ported the best 5.1.1 roms with our kernel. You will need to port to your phone, which is literally just swapping about 10 files from your stock rom so make a backup of your stock rom or find stock firmware, and get the files from there and use the guide i already posted.
Hope this helps. And if you have never done it, its way, WAY easier than you think it might be