wondering if it's worth the time to update. i've had a look but seems that the roms aren't quite there yet in terms of stability/battery life/ issues/ ease of flashing.
If you really want KK, go ahead. It's working fine, but there are a couple of minor annoyances, like micro lag here and there. Or you can wait for the next update which I guess will pop up soon enough.
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cheers, i'll wait for a later version
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cheers, i'll wait for a later version
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..I've already updated it to 4.4.. I don't feel that it does worth to upgrade and now I am seeking how can I get it back.....It was great with 4.3..
any help plz.
nourarch said:
..I've already updated it to 4.4.. I don't feel that it does worth to upgrade and now I am seeking how can I get it back.....It was great with 4.3..
any help plz.
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Just download an earlier version and flash it in Flashtool.
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thought i'd bump this and see thoughts on 4.4 now? tried carbon kitkat but couldn't get titanium backup working on it for some reason.
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thought i'd bump this and see thoughts on 4.4 now? tried carbon kitkat but couldn't get titanium backup working on it for some reason.
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That's because Google removed sd write permissions in kit kat.
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the app wouldnt open for some reason. i assu,e that would work? that doesnt involve writing to the card at all
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thought i'd bump this and see thoughts on 4.4 now? tried carbon kitkat but couldn't get titanium backup working on it for some reason.
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Go for it. It's awesome now after the .757 update.
One thing though; if you notice that your battery is draining quickly and your ZU is getting hot, pull out your SD card and see if that helps. If yes, you probably have one or several corrupt files on your SD card, so a format and a hunt for the guilty file will be necessary.
Ah thanks.
any suggestions for a rom? not looking for aosp really, was just messing around as it only needed a twrp install
I have been enjoying Omnirom for about a week now and it works really well.
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isn't that AOSP?
Just downgraded to 4.3 and it is muuuuch smoother.
want to try googles new camera and afaik it needs 4.4 min
Temptation for 4.4 I presume. This new features/apps requiring new OS to run. Sucks I'm still on 4.2.2
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Just downgraded to 4.3 and it is muuuuch smoother.
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confirm.
4.3 is better
I'd say it's not worth it. There's no point sacrificing performance. Though standby battery on kit kat is better but in overall 4.3 is much much better. I just downgraded some time ago
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So what are saying is that 4.3 is much much better then 4.2.2. In what way. Please explain thanks
4.3 is better than 4.4.2. It's faster, smoother and has less bugs. Also there are no sdcard restrictions. Performance on 4.3 is much much better
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Okie dokie I'll try it. Which version of 4.3 do is the 290 the best
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My s4 (stock, never rooted, JUST DATA WIPED) does this weird stutter when i multitask, its like this black bar comes in the middle then quickly goes away, disabling hardware overlays fixes this but drains my battery. I just data wiped and the issue is still here.
What do i do
Same issue here. It's annoying for sure. Looked for a fix myself for a long time but couldn't find anything that was permanent.
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zero26800 said:
Same issue here. It's annoying for sure. Looked for a fix myself for a long time but couldn't find anything that was permanent.
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do you disable hardware overlays or just let it be?
idk what to do!
For now I have just let it be. Doesn't apply to all apps. Some do some don't. I'm trying to be patient and wait for a fix to roll out.
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When you say stock, do you mean stock on the original firmware, or have you updated to the new ME7 firmware? The new update is reported to speed things up and smooth things out for most. Though I'm rooted, I'm running the ME7 stock ROM. I find it to be a nice performance improvement.
So if you're not ever going to root, and you haven't already updated, you should.
I got the update the first day it came out. Latest stock firmware running right herr
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When you say stock, do you mean stock on the original firmware, or have you updated to the new ME7 firmware? The new update is reported to speed things up and smooth things out for most. Though I'm rooted, I'm running the ME7 stock ROM. I find it to be a nice performance improvement.
So if you're not ever going to root, and you haven't already updated, you should.
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I got the update the first day it came out. Latest stock firmware running right herr
Not the rom your running but the official version release from Samsung and Verizon.
I'd like to get a decent percentage of who's on what so if people would please just vote (can't think of a better word atm) I would appreciate it. Thank you.
Mdk
hyperdrive powered s4
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I'd like to get a decent percentage of who's on what so if people would please just vote (can't think of a better word atm) I would appreciate it. Thank you.
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OYUAMDK.
Developer edition
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MDK all the way! Liquid Smooth 4.3 AOSP Based ROM
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MDK. Stock Rooted.
ME7 stock rooted. Kicking myself for waiting so long and missing out on easily obtaining an MDK. Not willing to pull warranty fraud or anything like that either.
This is what I thought was happening. We have a pretty even mix of people on 3 different versions on this phone. The forum here has been dead lately and I think this is the reason. It's unfortunate Samsung gave in to Verizon..... That or the possibility of gaining a government contract was too much for Samsung to turn down. The situation bums me out. I enjoy reading the forums and the lack of activity is disappointing.... However the news of 4.3 seems to have resparked some interest which is encouraging.
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Me7 stock but thinking of taking the update. Haven't had time to root. The only reason I have not taken the update is I am hearing issues with the battery life is this as much of a problem or is it just a few?
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dangerousjenny said:
Me7 stock but thinking of taking the update. Haven't had time to root. The only reason I have not taken the update is I am hearing issues with the battery life is this as much of a problem or is it just a few?
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The real question is do you need this update? Unless you're in a low LTE reception area there's really no reason to even consider it. I see a lot of posts about failed rooting with MI1 vs ME7 too, so if you're still wanting to root taking the update could be a bad idea. I'd just wait to see what 4.3 brings
MDK here
MDK here.
Running CM 10.2 nightlies with the MI1 baseband.
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I'd like to get a decent percentage of who's on what so if people would please just vote (can't think of a better word atm) I would appreciate it. Thank you.
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why?
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I rooted the phone, deleted the bloatware via titanium back up but don't know what to do next. What else did you do? Direct me to a video please. Thanks
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MDK stock rooted. Im only missing blocking mode and torch toggle. now with 4.3 I need the gear support, otherwise no need to leave. (but man I would really love to use my watch) coming from a completely tweaked X and RAZR MAXX this phone was awesome out of the box. so with so many stable roms from the get go, maybe thats why there is so little traffic with this phone
ME7 Rooted and some bloatware frozen. Not using TW however. I bounce between Apex Pro, and Next Launcher. Still deciding if i want to update to MI1 and then 4.3. I'll probably wait till 4.3 has a root process.
MDK but thinking about taking the latest stock 4.3 update.
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MDK but thinking about taking the latest stock 4.3 update.
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You may be stuck on that for a long time or forever. So far everything has been rootable and 4.3 might be but why take that chance? I would wait at least a week to see if any stock 4.3 roms come out for us on MDK. There is not tar available to make a rom from. I've only read of one person keeping root and it was an extensive process.
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MJ7
I love that they got rid of the notification wi fi thing
Mobilesyrup reporting March 25 KitKat release for LG G2
Update: as it is always the case All Canadian carriers might release update in a few hours.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2014/03/24/rogers-lg-g2-kitkat-update-coming-march-25th/
Enjoy!
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That's good news for people on Rogers ?
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Mobilesyrup reporting March 25 KitKat release for LG G2
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I feel like an idiot now. Tired of waiting for KK, I flashed Mahdi like three days ago and got bootlooped, which took me a whole day to fix. Coming from Samsung phones, this phone had the first stock rom that I was comfortable using so I might go back but its almost 2 GB which is a tad bit too large for a phone with no expandable.
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I feel like an idiot now. Tired of waiting for KK, I flashed Mahdi like three days ago and got bootlooped, which took me a whole day to fix. Coming from Samsung phones, this phone had the first stock rom that I was comfortable using so I might go back but its almost 2 GB which is a tad bit too large for a phone with no expandable.
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madhi is a great ROM, but you Must flash the PATCH for your device, before restarting.
It looks and plays amazing but I miss some of the cosmetic stock features. I guess ill try stock and probably end up aosp. Do you think stock 4.4 will improve AOSP functionality over time, with the kitkat kernel and all?
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It looks and plays amazing but I miss some of the cosmetic stock features. I guess ill try stock and probably end up aosp. Do you think stock 4.4 will improve AOSP functionality over time, with the kitkat kernel and all?
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Aosp is definitely tough to get off of. The fluidity of it, the size of the os itself and the overall professionalism it brings to the device is awesome, in comparison to the cartoon style lg has put on.
But I digress... Stability, camera, multimedia playback and most of all battery life on stock lg rom all outweigh what aosp gives me.
I came from a nexus 5, I'm quite content with stock but might pick up next gen nexus tab to tinker with (that's the tough part, I like flashing a lot haha)
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Aosp is definitely tough to get off of. The fluidity of it, the size of the os itself and the overall professionalism it brings to the device is awesome, in comparison to the cartoon style lg has put on.
But I digress... Stability, camera, multimedia playback and most of all battery life on stock lg rom all outweigh what aosp gives me.
I came from a nexus 5, I'm quite content with stock but might pick up next gen nexus tab to tinker with (that's the tough part, I like flashing a lot haha)
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Is it really true that you get bettter battery life on stock? If yes, then that's shocking. The main reason I went to AOSP on Samsung phone was to get better battery life, its hard to believe that its the opposite here.
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Is it really true that you get bettter battery life on stock? If yes, then that's shocking. The main reason I went to AOSP on Samsung phone was to get better battery life, its hard to believe that its the opposite here.
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For my device and my needs yes, I have got overall better battery life on stock, that's even compared to custom kernels and tweaking values. Then again a 3000mah battery should be giving better battery life then most. On average I can hit an hour screen on for every 10-12% of battery usage.
I mean common sense would kick in here, if I'm gaming it'll drop more, but standby time (WiFi & data on) is amazing. Not even using greenify anymore tbh
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I'm curious if like the HTC One, I'll have to have stock recovery in order to install the update or if it'll work with a custom recovery. Sigh life is so hard lmao :silly::silly::silly:
Here you go!
http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW057495432109876543213/D803R20D_00.kdz
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Here you go!
http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW057495432109876543213/D803R20D_00.kdz
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Swell! It's serving me D803T20C_00.kdz, which I assume, the T is for Telus/Bell. Think I might hold off on upgrading until they can do a flash over custom recovery with root.
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Swell! It's serving me D803T20C_00.kdz, which I assume, the T is for Telus/Bell. Think I might hold off on upgrading until they can do a flash over custom recovery with root.
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I got a D803R20D_00.kdz, kinda magical since… I do own a Rogers phone.
Anyone take the ota yet?
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Doing that now. 635mb of KitKat. Waiting for it to reboot after the second install.
I updated this morning. All worked well. I prepared by going back to stock recovery and removing xposed module last night. I don't know if it was necessary, but I didn't want to take any chances. I kept the phone rooted though. After the update, I'm still rooted, so all is good! Haven't had a chance to test it out too much though, but for those waiting, the update process was pretty smooth.
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I updated this morning. All worked well. I prepared by going back to stock recovery and removing xposed module last night. I don't know if it was necessary, but I didn't want to take any chances. I kept the phone rooted though. After the update, I'm still rooted, so all is good! Haven't had a chance to test it out too much though, but for those waiting, the update process was pretty smooth.
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You kept the device rooted after taking OTA? Did you delete any system apps or use "survival mode" in SU?
Also what root method did you use? Thanks
Yup still have root access after OTA. Perfect.
How did you keep it rooted? I'm currently rooted with Xposed installer installed. I'm also using G2 Exposed to shrink my nav bar. Do I need to uninstall these apps before updating to kitkat?
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You kept the device rooted after taking OTA? Did you delete any system apps or use "survival mode" in SU?
Also what root method did you use? Thanks
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I did a factory reset last night, which brought me back to stock recovery as well. I then checked to make sure I was still rooted, which I was. If not, I've used Kingo Root (http://www.kingoapp.com/index.htm) and it's worked great for me. Anyway, I was rooted, so all was good. I made sure Xposed was not installed, and I didn't install anything else, just waited until this morning. I checked for the update and away it went. After the update, I was still rooted. That's all I did. I didn't touch SU. I'm now in the process of making a backup using Titanium Backup, and then I plan to remove some Rogers bloat. I hope that helps.
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How did you keep it rooted? I'm currently rooted with Xposed installer installed. I'm also using G2 Exposed to shrink my nav bar. Do I need to uninstall these apps before updating to kitkat?
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As far as I am aware of, yes, you will need to uninstall any xposed modules you have and xposed itself.
Can someone else confirm please?
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As far as I am aware of, yes, you will need to uninstall any xposed modules you have and xposed itself.
Can someone else confirm please?
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I didn't uninstall the Xposed modules, but I did disable them and then uninstalled Xposed before installing the OTA.
As a bonus, Tap to Pay is enabled in the 4.4.2 ROM, unlike for our American friends.
I just got an HTC One Max and love it! I am getting pinged every time I turn it on to run the KitKat 4.4.2 update. Normally, I would just update it right away, but from what I understand, there is a bug in 4.4.2 that may drain the battery very quickly. The bug has something to do with a camera process running on the system. Have any of you updated your Max, and have you experienced this bug? I can find very little feedback on people's experience with KitKat on the HTC One Max, maybe because it just rolled out to the end users, or maybe because it is not a real popular phone! Not every body is crazy like me and wants a phone on steroids!!! :laugh: Thank you for any feedback you can provide!
No battery drain here whatsoever. Only issue I hate is that I cant move files to ext SD Card or even delete anything in it. Have to plug it to the pc which is quite annoying.
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No battery drain here whatsoever. Only issue I hate is that I cant move files to ext SD Card or even delete anything in it. Have to plug it to the pc which is quite annoying.
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There's a fix on here (available in play store for free) to fix the sd card thing. http://android.nextapp.com/site/
I'm on the new update now, I noticed there seems to bit a bit more drain than I had on 4.3. But I also am on a different version of stock Rom. It's not notiable really though and still get great life. I work a 8 hr shift and will be at 96-98% with light use/ internet radio on the drive there and back.
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been on kitkat for a month now. i don't remember any incidents of battery drain.
Thanks everybody! Maybe I will run the upgrade today. How easy is it to get back to 4.3 if I need to? I am fully stock, not rooted.
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Thanks everybody! Maybe I will run the upgrade today. How easy is it to get back to 4.3 if I need to? I am fully stock, not rooted.
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You may want to S-OFF before you upgrade. latest HBoot does not seem to allow S-off
latest hboot from update can be soff'd using firewater
i have t6ul international hboot 2.49
jerverg said:
No battery drain here whatsoever. Only issue I hate is that I cant move files to ext SD Card or even delete anything in it. Have to plug it to the pc which is quite annoying.
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SD Card write issue can be solved by root access and little mod. Battery is not draining like water but noticeable faster drain compare to 4.3 JB. Still enough for heavy use 24+hours.. 4.3 JB last for 30+ hours.
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latest hboot from update can be soff'd using firewater
i have t6ul international hboot 2.49
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Agreed! mine also T6UL international latest hboot. no problem s-off-ing using firewater. succeed in 30second flawlessly. :victory:
I think I will just wait to upgrade this phone. After reading a bit on the web, I see no advantage to Kitkat over 4.3. I also do not want to root or unlock the phone while it is still under warranty. Now if I could just keep the upgrade message from popping up! ;P
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I just got an HTC One Max and love it! I am getting pinged every time I turn it on to run the KitKat 4.4.2 update. Normally, I would just update it right away, but from what I understand, there is a bug in 4.4.2 that may drain the battery very quickly. The bug has something to do with a camera process running on the system. Have any of you updated your Max, and have you experienced this bug? I can find very little feedback on people's experience with KitKat on the HTC One Max, maybe because it just rolled out to the end users, or maybe because it is not a real popular phone! Not every body is crazy like me and wants a phone on steroids!!! :laugh: Thank you for any feedback you can provide!
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No battery drain on this end. I'm thinking some people just want to complain. That being said I haven't run scientific tests or anything.
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Android system mainly the kernel sucks the battery down after update...apparently in location settings it defaults to high accuracy which is mostly responsible
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Hi everyone, I've haven't touched or did anything with my phone since the n3 came out. I've pretty much have forgotten everything! Can someone please help me with a step by step tutorial on how to update to the latest firmware and also to be able to keep my stuff? (apps, pictures, etc.)
I'm currently rooted, still on mj4 4.3, freeza's 3.4.0 beastmode kernel, jellybomb version 2.0. Yeah I know, really outdated.
Honestly my phone works perfectly imo, just thought it would be a good idea to update so I can try something new. In your opinion, is it worth it? Maybe I'll get better battery life and less glitches, even though I don't have many. Please bare with me, seems like I've gotten worse with this phone stuff, so please to anyone that can offer a easy noob friendly way step by step instructions will be greatly appreciated.
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Oden the stock Lollipop, and root.
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Oden the stock Lollipop, and root.
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Thanks, haha seems simple enough.
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