I used a couple old CM roms for my old HTC which had privacy guard built into them. Is there any way to add that to a rom that does not have it built in originally? I'm interested in trying Kit Kat Killer and Maximus but they don't list that they have it. I searched the Note 3 forum but it just returned a couple roms that had it built in.
I am curious about this too. I was recently handed an old Note 3 and using it as a back-up phone but don't like that it has so much bloatware...
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Hello, this is my first post and am new to the Android community. I have recently switched from the Iphone 5 to the Nexus 4. So far I have been loving the Nexus 4 and the android experience. Rooted the phone and everything. Now i've heard some magnificent things about the HTC ONE. The specs seem to make it have a better performance than the Nexus 4. I know that the Nexus 4 will get any OS updates first. So my question is if I switch the the HTC ONE, can I root it and install Key Lime Pie myself when the OS comes out, or will I have to wait? Because I know that It won't come with 4.2.2 either. Will I be able to put any OS version on for that matter myself? I am new to the rooting scene and don't the all the possibilities I can do with it. Also will I be able to put the Nexus style on the HTC one since I am getting used to it? THanks guys
The availability of different ROMs really depends on the quality/quantity of developers working on the phone. Just my guess, but I would imagine the One will have a deep group of developers, so I would expect to see 4.2 and Key Lime Pie available earlier than later.
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choboii said:
Hello, this is my first post and am new to the Android community. I have recently switched from the Iphone 5 to the Nexus 4. So far I have been loving the Nexus 4 and the android experience. Rooted the phone and everything. Now i've heard some magnificent things about the HTC ONE. The specs seem to make it have a better performance than the Nexus 4. I know that the Nexus 4 will get any OS updates first. So my question is if I switch the the HTC ONE, can I root it and install Key Lime Pie myself when the OS comes out, or will I have to wait? Because I know that It won't come with 4.2.2 either. Will I be able to put any OS version on for that matter myself? I am new to the rooting scene and don't the all the possibilities I can do with it. Also will I be able to put the Nexus style on the HTC one since I am getting used to it? THanks guys
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there is a very good pie app in playstore
Just have a quick question. Dis anybody know whether or not we will ever see the latest Paranoid Android on this phone? We're already getting some 4.2 love. Would be nice to see Paranoid Android on this device.
I played with a bit a couple of months ago, but I never finished it. PAC-Man includes the PA hybrid engine and PIE.
I would love to see this too especially with the new halo feature they're coming out with... preview's on their google plus it looks amazing.
Will this be included in PAC-Man?
What advantages does the PA hybrid engine and PIE(what does this stand for btw) offer?
It lets you emulate various versions of android, ie tablet honeycombe
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That sounds vaguely familiar now that you mention it. Thanks
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Just have a quick question. Dis anybody know whether or not we will ever see the latest Paranoid Android on this phone? We're already getting some 4.2 love. Would be nice to see Paranoid Android on this device.
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Really the features of PA are best suited for tablets. I was running Pac for a while in the Rezound and found the PA features pretty useless for me at least. I use PA on my Nexus 7 and love it for the tablet.
- "Is it dark in there?"
Hybrid Engine lets you place individual apps or the whole interface into tablet, phablet, or phone mode. PIE is a buttonless UI best suited for phones with no physical buttons, but some people like how you can use it to see notifications even when apps are in full screen.
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Hi my name is Rob and I'm a flashaholic I have to admit with every new phone I get I probably flash every custom ROM made for it I'm not much for stock based roms but I got my lg g2 about a month ago and have flashed to try out just about every ROM built for it so far and I can't wait to see more kitkat ROMs
I pretty much like to flash the latest versions of android to just waiting on more kit kat ROMs
Over the past two days I've flashed 6 different ROMs but keep coming back to ose even though it's not that stable it has all the features I'm looking for
What about you
Figured I'd start a thread for fun let's hear your confessions
am afraid its a completely normal condition bought on by a very complicated organism designated lgg2 i'm afraid the prognosis is not good as the disease is very fast and progressive with episodes of high euphoria followed by intervals of extreme anxiousness- we can only hope that the research into this worrying condition will be continued
and that maybe in the distant future there may be a cure.
I myself find I've been able to avoid the flashaholism by knowing how I like my phone
I'm on pa currently awaiting cm to finish fixing the lte issues.
But I my self know I like a build of the latest cm, stripped down, debloated to it's bare minimum, with a good kernel, and a few tweaks
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I wanna flash g flex Rom but I'm afraid to **** **** up
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Hello, flashaholic here as well.
Love the g2, Flashed cm, PA rom, slimkat and others. Unfortunately I'm soft-bricked at the moment. Hoping to find a resolution.
However with that being said I love the flexibility and the customization.
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I am in the same boat. Always looking to see if my circle or ROMS have updated versions. At this point I cannot go back to stock I think I like the latest 4.4.2 performance. Stock just feels slow to me though it's been a while. Maybe ill check out the Flex..
Using PA Houstonn's 4.4.2, Beanstalk 4.4.2, PacMan 4.3 nightlies, and 4.4.2 SlimKat weeklies.
Good luck with your addiction.
Robshr said:
Hi my name is Rob and I'm a flashaholic I have to admit with every new phone I get I probably flash every custom ROM made for it I'm not much for stock based roms but I got my lg g2 about a month ago and have flashed to try out just about every ROM built for it so far and I can't wait to see more kitkat ROMs
I pretty much like to flash the latest versions of android to just waiting on more kit kat ROMs
What about you
Figured I'd start a thread for fun let's hear your confessions
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me too, this week i flash my first stock rom, and no good, aosp is way faster, if you think in test more there is carbom rom now!
I've always been a flashaholic. This is the first phone I've been completely satisfied with just root. I couldn't care less about flashing now, and its pretty sweet not having to set my accounts up and restore backups once a day.
Yes I like this subject since it reflects my internal war
I'm gonna copy a reply I wrote due days ago on similar topic to avoid writing the whole essay :
"My friend THIS is my biggest issue currently!
I'm gonna be THOROUGH so BEWARE 
I come from many phones history (see signature) where I always flashed PA or CM especially on touchwiz phones.
However on the G2, I liked stock at first and kept using it for around 2 months.
Then, having ORD decease (  see signature again) I kept my eye on PA and tried it on Christmas vacation. It caused me such a big confusion to the extent where I went between stock and PA like 5 times confused on which is BETTER and which I LIKE most.
Currently I returned 2 days ago to stock but still thinking about PA... 
Yes stock is nice with all features and stability, but I just HATE the nonconformity in design (even when using Xposed heavily to stabilize things and theme others).
-Also PA gave me such a smooth experience (much faster) with a lot more RAM and great simple looks. About RAM I greenified most system and installed apps that hogs RAM and still barely have about 500mb of free RAM while I have around 900mb on AOSP roms without any greenifying.
-Most importantly I had crazy battery life on PA while it's lower on stock even when nearly disabling every feature (except knock on of course).
-The thing that made me return to stock, believe it or not, was mainly camera (I know there's a mod for stock camera on AOSP but it's not that functional) and non-intrusive call notification which is a life saver when playing games. I tried "call heads", "call popout" from playstore but none worked nicely all the time.
Even when Omni gives that feature, I cannot install Halo (via Xhalo xposed module) on this ROM bcz it conflicts heavily with multiwindow feature in their rom which I cannot care less about it.
-I hate stock lockscreen and I love AOSP lockscreen.
-I hate AOSP camera and I like stock camera.
-I love AOSP calendar which options of colouring the events but hate its lack of features. I love stock calendar and its widget and snooze option while I hate its lack of colouring events feature.
-Although stock launcher is great it keeps redrawing (reloading) when quitting apps (heavy ones) which is annoying. AOSP laucher doesn't but lack features.
-Sound quality TILL NOW is better on stock.
-Immersive mode and the ability to always see notification bar even when in heavy games is awesome on AOSP.
-Quick memo is awesome for screenshots and editing on the run and sharing. I still couldn't find an app that does all that, that simple and quick on AOSP.
-Call voice recorder (G2 tweakbox) gives amazing sound and recording quality while call recorders on AOSP suck.
-NO FM radio on AOSP till now (maybe spirit fm will change that eventually).
Although most times I think that I don't need all those "useless" features on stock and that I need the quickness, smoothness of AOSP. I end up thinking that I did not pay 650$ (yes in my country) for a 32GB G2 to dump all those and run AOSP on it. If so, it would have been smarter ( and cheaper) if I kept my nexus 4 (or get a cheaper nexus 5 rather a G2). However I really like the feel and looks of AOSP. However  it's those small/silly/gimmick/nice cool features that stock ROM gives you that make you feel that you own a SMARTphone and not any simple phone. It's the fact that you know that they are THERE when you need them that makes you feel satisfied even when you really rarely use them.
As you can see, it's a REALLY very TOUGH decision which always makes me feel confused. One day I wanna use AOSP, the other stock.
I really hate that phone for that.  On samsung phones I really didn't give a thought about it.
Regards,"
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damn found another rom
Well found another ROM that looks interesting downloading and flashing now beanstalk 4.4.2
Update: right now I'm torn between beanstalk and slimkat have them both on my phone and I keep switching back and fourth but I think beanstalk is winning so many customizations think in gonna stick with it for awhile
Well found my new ROM beanstalk ROM has just about everything you'll want
App Compatibility?
All those on AOSP ROMs, What about apps. I have read that most of the apps specially games don't work on AOSP on lg g2. You have that problem?
I bought my Galaxy S5 a couple of months ago and I still have this S2. I'm really not sure what to do with this phone. Not gonna sell it away because it is an awesome phone.
But here I'm planning: (I'm sure there are a lot of people like me, not sure what to do with their old S2 now.)
- build a media center.
But this requires sammy ROM so it could be connected to the TV using HDMI.
- try out new ROMs.
Yeah awesome idea.
- use it as an IP Camera.
- use it as an "iPod"
I have some questions regarding these choices.
1) shall I stick to sammy jellybean or upgrade to KitKat? I'm currently using kikat on this S2 but I would like to use it on the TV
2) will it have any problems if I let my S2 stick on he charger 24/7? If only I would like to use it as an IP camera. Will it have any effects on the battery/motherboard?
I hope fellow S2 members can discuss all this here. Thanks!
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I am not an s2 user anymore for 1,5 years but.
1) you can stick to jellybean stock if you want it for your tv but I suggest to use a custom rom based on stock jellybean, look in the dev forums there are a couple of it.
2) I am not sure or you will have any problems but just like on a laptop and other devices its not good to let a battery charge for 24/7 so google it for sure for your own safety/phone life.
I also hope for you that other s2 member are going to discuss here with you
I dont see the point to stay on kitkat if you already have the s5. So I suggest to downgrade to an custom stock base rom since it would be also probably more bug free.
I really recommend using a custom stock rom such as neatrom for pure stability. If you prefer a little extra performance (and some new features), go with a kitkat rom such as cyanogenmod or paranoid android (and the list can go for ages).
I decided to go with JB NeatROM. Thanks for the advice guys! I find it more stable and faster as compared to KitKat. (Probably because I didn't use JB for months)
Hi, I just joined XDA today and sorry for my newbie
I'm planning to own Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 sooner from my sister who already own Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, it was first time to using Android and Samsung brand and currently I am WP user and own Nokia Lumia 720 for two years.
I'll own this phone because of problematic of apps in Windows Phone such BBM and Path which no updates since earlier this year. Also I want to make Android more comfortable to use (such less RAM consumption) and actually I didn't really like Android because of performance issues mainly Samsung.
Which is best rooting software, I prefer rooting via PC.
So, I will replacing crappy stock ROM with custom ROM, I prefer lighter usage and customizable. CM12.1 or BlissPop? For Google apps prefer Gapps Minimalistic
And for battery saving and cleaning, which is the best apps? I know DU Apps well
For customization, I want the S6 Theme for Grand2. Which is the best? And I'll use another minimalistic lock screen
And many more that I can't mention, I want to make Android run faster, less bloating, and less battery hog in geek ways (like kernel method etc). Sorry for my bad English and my noobs!
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Hi, I just joined XDA today and sorry for my newbie
I'm planning to own Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 sooner from my sister who already own Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, it was first time to using Android and Samsung brand and currently I am WP user and own Nokia Lumia 720 for two years.
I'll own this phone because of problematic of apps in Windows Phone such BBM and Path which no updates since earlier this year. Also I want to make Android more comfortable to use (such less RAM consumption) and actually I didn't really like Android because of performance issues mainly Samsung.
Which is best rooting software, I prefer rooting via PC.
So, I will replacing crappy stock ROM with custom ROM, I prefer lighter usage and customizable. CM12.1 or BlissPop? For Google apps prefer Gapps Minimalistic
And for battery saving and cleaning, which is the best apps? I know DU Apps well
For customization, I want the S6 Theme for Grand2. Which is the best? And I'll use another minimalistic lock screen
And many more that I can't mention, I want to make Android run faster, less bloating, and less battery hog in geek ways (like kernel method etc). Sorry for my bad English and my noobs!
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then don't buy a samsung,just buy moto g3 or the yu yuphoria.stock roms are more fast and less buggy than custom roms.