I have heard conflicting issues with Xposed on Lollipop but it was awhile ago. Has it gotten anymore stable since? Right now I'm running 5.0.1 on the ViperOne rom.
Got the vzw g3 on release day and went ahead and blocked all updates. It's rooted with the hotspot apk swapped out for one that bypasses the provisioning check and also have adaway installed. It has been a great phone for the past 10 months but has recently gotten a bit buggy and want to update it to a newer firmware. I am currently still on 10B. Id like to poll you guys and see what you think will be the most stable/smooth firmware that will still allow root and hotspot. I dont currently have custom recovery on the phone but updates that break the ability could sway me one way or the other. Another option could be to backup and reflash 10B but im assuming over 10 months there have been improvements made to get rid of bugs from the initial release.
Thanks
Either stock LG Lollipop 23B, or JasmineROM or SkyDragon. Lollipop is so smooth on the G3. The hotspot mod has been updated for this release.
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Hello, I am asking a couple questions today, as I cannot find all of the answers, and I have been looking for a while.
I just now rooted my Verizon G3, which has been updated to Lollipop, Software version VS98523C.
My first question is what recoveries are available, and how to install them? I would love a custom recovery to start regular backups, and install a custom Rom, which leads me to my next question, Which custom roms are there and what do you recommend installing on this device? I remember lving slimrom on my G2, until sprint ruined my phone, I have loved pac-rom on many tablets, I loved Cyanogenmod on my Samsung galaxy S2, and I am not sure which rom to use for the G3.
My final question, is what root apps are worth installing on the device? Which root apps are a must have? Any recommendations.
Thank you all for your help!
I believe you need to roll back to 10b. In other words, search xda for the tot or kdz method of returning to stock. Them you can install recoveries, root, etc. As far as I know you cannot install a bumped recovery from 23c
This program reportedly works to install TWRP on rooted lollipop: autorec
Note: I have not tried this method as I have not had the need to try it.
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This program reportedly works to install TWRP on rooted lollipop: autorec [link removed to low post count]
Note: I have not tried this method as I have not had the need to try it.
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i literally just used this to great success.
eddytheyeti2 said:
Hello, I am asking a couple questions today, as I cannot find all of the answers, and I have been looking for a while.
I just now rooted my Verizon G3, which has been updated to Lollipop, Software version VS98523C.
My first question is what recoveries are available, and how to install them? I would love a custom recovery to start regular backups, and install a custom Rom, which leads me to my next question, Which custom roms are there and what do you recommend installing on this device? I remember lving slimrom on my G2, until sprint ruined my phone, I have loved pac-rom on many tablets, I loved Cyanogenmod on my Samsung galaxy S2, and I am not sure which rom to use for the G3.
My final question, is what root apps are worth installing on the device? Which root apps are a must have? Any recommendations.
Thank you all for your help!
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If you're looking for some good stock-based ROMs, you really need to check out @HolyAngel 's SkyDragon and @hsbadr 's Jasmine. I've been running SkyDragon for about a month now and have zero complaints and the performance and battery life are exceptional. If you like customizing, SkyDragon gives you the option to install the Xposed framework which allows for numerous tweaks and customizations.
As for the applications that I have found to be useful, you can't go wrong with any of the following which I use on my daily driver:
Xposed Modules;
G3 TweaksBox (a must-have)
Xposed Torch
YouTube AdAway
Root Apps;
App Ops
BusyBox Pro
Solid Explorer
SuperSU Pro
Titanium Backup Pro
LG Volume Booster
XCam LG (Pro)
After you install TWRP, keep a backup on your SD card and you've got nothing to worry about.
There seems to be another new update for the LS990 either on all of them or just on Boost Mobile, i have no idea if it's still Lollipop or if it's Marshmallow let alone if it's rootable I'm currently on ZVF rooted and got the update notification saying that it's 69.9 MB in size has anyone updated to it? what is it? ZV? any ideas?
its zvg, its still 5.0.1 android version. Not sure what changed.
why do they keep releasing updates if it's not even going to be marshmallow or nougat
Did it get rid of the Sprint ID error with ZVF?
First, I had a rooted G3. Never updated it. Now, I have an H830 (T-Moble) variant. I've been rooted since I bought the phone and have never updated because I don't know how to do it without losing root. I'm still on software version H83010d (Android 6.0.1).
From what I've gathered, I just download the .zip in here and install via TWRP and then flash superSU afterwards?
I'm not completely sure what the talk of modifying boot.img or removing recovery-from-boot.p...
My reason for updating is because I want to try the Fulmics ROM or any optimized ROM for that matter. I had one on my G3 and it ran so much better.
But then as a follow up question, is the update process the same from a ROM? Do you just flash an update over the Rom and then re-flash the ROM?
Any links or answers are appreciated so I can finally figure out how to update while retaining root on my devices. :laugh: