I have a note 2 that I haven't used for a couple of years but now I am going to europe for a week and wanted to use it in europe. It currently has clean room (I think) 4.8 which is around 2 years old. Then the guy who was updating it moved on to another device and a while later I upgraded to note 4. I thought about resetting the device and just updating to latest verizon rom but then I thought I would post this question and see if there is still a maintained good room for the note ii. My intention is to only use it when travelling in europe and backup for my verizon phone.
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As a side question if I do do a factory reset and then update to verizon rom will it be permantly locked (bootloader) ? Or has that been addressed in the past couple of years ?
jake21 said:
I have a note 2 that I haven't used for a couple of years but now I am going to europe for a week and wanted to use it in europe. It currently has clean room (I think) 4.8 which is around 2 years old. Then the guy who was updating it moved on to another device and a while later I upgraded to note 4. I thought about resetting the device and just updating to latest verizon rom but then I thought I would post this question and see if there is still a maintained good room for the note ii. My intention is to only use it when travelling in europe and backup for my verizon phone.
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I recently installed Cyanide rom and have been very happy with it so far.
Some basic info
Last Updated 2016-06-16
ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: AOSP
Contributors
rogersb11
Does that support the pen functions ?
micahs said:
I recently installed Cyanide rom and have been very happy with it so far.
Some basic info
Last Updated 2016-06-16
ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: AOSP
Contributors
rogersb11
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There is no (can't remember what it's called) floaty air menu thing but the pen works as a stylus. I haven't tried it in an app to see if the pressure sensitivity works or not.
ok thanks.
i'm sure this is a loaded question... mainly because it will depend on what you want from the ROM..... for me:
Be sure not to flash Stock MJ9 Firmware, it will lock your bootloader. You can still root.. but no custom roms (i have read about safestrap flashes, but do not know much about it)
I know there is also the ND7 firmware (4.4.2) but i'm not sure if that has locked bootloader and/or rootable...
For ROMS, i have tried:
Alliance ( Touchwiz ) (4.4) and (4.3)
Lots of Customizing
Built on Stock Firmware so S-Pen and other stock apps work
Tried because I wanted as close to stock as possible and take advantage of all the Samsung Gimics but still able to customize
CM 12 / 13 (5.1 and 6.0)
Classic version of AOSP
Miniumal Customizations
Tried because CM has always been the leaders in development.. typically stable.
OctOS (6.0)
More customization
Great developers and stable
Have gone with in the past on other phones since they have lots of features and quick updates and community.
SlimKat (4.4)
TONS of features
Slim down and fast
Have used in the past since its simplified and has lots of features
XenonHD (5.1)
Lots of features
Runs quick
Using this one at the moment because it seems to have most of the features i want and still fairly stable and quick.
********************** S-PEN WORK AROUND ****************************************************************************
I know I wanted the S-Pen features.. and first I had downloaded this to work with the AOSP Roms:
CM S-Pen Root Add On - S-Pen Detection / Keyboard AutoSwitch / ScreenShot
I now use this one:
Spen Command
Download - https://www.facebook.com/spencommand/
does cost $5.25 - but has much more features (similar to stock) but also gives more (from Note 4 and 5)
it also gives custom features like (custom cursor, eject and attach sounds, auto open / close apps, etc..)
hope this helps..
Btw, Cyanide started having battery life issues for us so I ended up installing XenonHD and my wife has been happy with it. Jaws' post reminded me to update here!
The quesiton wasn't intended to be 'loaded' and I shoudl have been more precise. I was looking for a touch wiz rom that was a bit newer then what i had. As it turns out I've already taken my trip so I've powered off the unit (though I should probably still update it). The actual note 2 I is already running a non-verizon touch wiz based rom (the reason for touch wiz is mostly the pen but personally I don't find touch wiz that awful).
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The quesiton wasn't intended to be 'loaded' and I shoudl have been more precise. I was looking for a touch wiz rom that was a bit newer then what i had. As it turns out I've already taken my trip so I've powered off the unit (though I should probably still update it). The actual note 2 I is already running a non-verizon touch wiz based rom (the reason for touch wiz is mostly the pen but personally I don't find touch wiz that awful).
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I believe the newest TW rom you can run is 4.4 .. i'm not sure if I have seen any ROMs or PORTS based off 5.0 / 5.1 TW for the Note II.. if anyone knows of any post it up here! :good:
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Btw, Cyanide started having battery life issues for us so I ended up installing XenonHD and my wife has been happy with it. Jaws' post reminded me to update here!
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what was your reason for picking XenonHD (5.1) over OctOS (6.0) or CM (6.0) ?
Just before I left town (6 months ago?) I did find a 5.x tw rom for the note 2 but I can't find it now. Might have been a work in progress. Someone had taken samsung code and thrown in the verizon drivers but maybe I am mistaken. Anyway I doubt I will use my note 2 again; the radio in it is quite dated now (for verizon); and my note 4 is already 2+ years old. It was a nice phone; first real smart phone I enjoyed (the ones before it had no battery life or cpu performance that made them tolerable). To be honest when I used the note 2 this spring during my trip it felt nearly as good as the note 4; but back home it is missing some key frequency which was the original motiviation for upgrading tot he note 4 in the first place.
Jaws4God said:
I believe the newest TW rom you can run is 4.4 .. i'm not sure if I have seen any ROMs or PORTS based off 5.0 / 5.1 TW for the Note II.. if anyone knows of any post it up here! :good:
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what was your reason for picking XenonHD (5.1) over OctOS (6.0) or CM (6.0) ?
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Just before I left town (6 months ago?) I did find a 5.x tw rom for the note 2 but I can't find it now. Might have been a work in progress. Someone had taken samsung code and thrown in the verizon drivers but maybe I am mistaken. Anyway I doubt I will use my note 2 again; the radio in it is quite dated now (for verizon); and my note 4 is already 2+ years old. It was a nice phone; first real smart phone I enjoyed (the ones before it had no battery life or cpu performance that made them tolerable). To be honest when I used the note 2 this spring during my trip it felt nearly as good as the note 4; but back home it is missing some key frequency which was the original motiviation for upgrading tot he note 4 in the first place.
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oh got ya! yeah I have seen a lot of good things from the Note 4.. ( reliable, unlockable bootloader, etc.. ) maybe someday when I get back on my feet and some extra $$$ i can consider upgrading.. but for now.. i'm just going to use the gift God gave me from an awesome member from this site @grimloktt :good:
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Howdy all!
What is the highest OS build rom that is availble for the Springboard/303? Is it as high as 4.4? Maybe even 5? I have looked but cant find a conclusive post on what is a good and stable build for this tablet. I am running 4.01 huewei image right now.
Thank you!
For the unbranded S7 it was 4.03.
I don't whether custom roms can be flashed, but these range up to 4.4 only. The late roms of Zyr3x, the last dev, who got banned on XDA for selling his roms, had severe issues, there wasn't anything useful since spring 2014. So check the old threads for hints and links, which still work.
Any suggestions for a 4.4 rom? I searched through the forums and didn't find any that seemed to apply.
Anything up to May 2014. I'm not sure, but didn't Kitkat start with 4.3.x? In May/June Zyr3x began releasing CM11s based on a new source, which would self-destruct after a couple of reboots. I never found any evidence that these roms were working longer than a couple of days for anyone,so it was not my fault, that this happened with any new version, and an early CM12 by the same dev. With CM11 even with the smallest possible GAPPS there was only 1 to 3 MB free mem on the tiny (350MB) system partition. This was probably the cause for instability.
But I'm not sure whether you could use any of these roms on the Springboard. The free S7 has no locked bootloader, probably you first have to unlock that on the Springboard. If possible.
I'm using the 4.4.4 released from zy3ex. Some time (not often) reboot and loses something in the data partition, usually some app config.
The bluetooth has problems.
Anyway I'm satisfied.
Hello!
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can anybody help me in getting the s7 theme engine & theme store for Galaxy s5 G900H on stock MM 6.0.1 ..
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please help me in getting theme store and engine ..
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thanks in advance!:good:
Flash custom ROM
Video with links to files, and other hopefully useful info. FOR A SOLUTION!
I had a really long post with useful info containing an answer maybe not "the answer" Wanted me to instead post a comment.. Below are the instructions on how to do it according to a Youtube Video I found. While I haven't tried this method, It looks sound to me, they've included all the files needed in a link to MEGA. I'll re-share without the password / decryption key if the poster agrees only.. I do highly suggest Phoenix ROM if you're on a kltevze, it come included with eveyrthing you're looking for and I've used it before In fact, I tried it last night but was unable to get into my phone past the boot password screen I think because the system ui kept crashing. while I have used this version, I may try twelve, since I prefer AOSP or LOS based roms, I want as light as possible maybe even removing google and going with MICRO G which I used fairly successfully for over a month, It isn't perfect, sometimes the location addon apps crash, but there are many, and it may just be that the ones I was using crashed, and not the ones you need yourself.. But MICRO G is worth the piece of mind to me coming from an encrypted phone, No I have nothing to hide really but Alphabet/Google already know enough about me through the use of their "FREE and Very Handy I might add, Services Ahem) By the way, Phoenix can be used with either an unlocked bootloader or safestrap if not.. Just get the right one.. I may end up going with a rooted deodexed TW rom, and add xposed to get the features I love from RR and other LOS based ROMS. With further ado, heres the link to the youtube instructional video I found, I really wish it was written out or could simple installed as a flashable zip which shouldn't be hard to make, but it is what it is for now.. And again seems correct to me if you don't want o go with a custom rom like Phoenix for kltevzw.
Well upon testing the Youtube link didn't play so here it is both Title for searching and another link. Install Galaxy S7 Touchwiz on S5! (Marshmallow) /URL]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsiKG98GVBA
I used Heimdal to flash to a more recent factory TW before flashing Phoenix which requires at least PB1. I think. Check their OP under user JKRUSE or near the top of the VZE dev thread.
This is Heimdal as found in synaptic from a buntu based distroand should be the same in any Debian based or any other distro for that matter as I've found it in many repos for different distro's, I think a ppa is available with newer builds, but don't hold me to that.
Heimdall <- commandline version.
Heimdall is a tool for flashing firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy S
devices over a USB connection. It accomplishes this using the same
protocol as Odin, Samsung's internal Windows-only firmware updater.
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And of course there's a GUI too.. heimdall-flash (1.4.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
This package includes a Qt-based frontend for managing Galaxy devices.
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If I do either agian soon, I'll report back with results. Again, I know Phoenix worked fine. But I'd imagine a plain TW rooted ROM that you debloat yourself and maybe add Xposed for many features found in Phoenix and in AOSP/LOS based ROM's such as RR/CR-DROID for those who prefer additional tweaking and other enhancements. Again I trouble just last night with the latest V15 of Phoenix on boot and don't know why other than my fully ecnypted device and password on boot feature But either way again if you test before me let me know the result as well. I do need a new battery for mine since it's the one it came with but that's a story for another thread, when I bought my S5 last spring for beans, (with the unlockable BL, I had to have it since my S3 had died. and I couldn't afford a new phone) and I could easily get a day plus when service is good with about 4+ hours SOT. But lately I'm using charging by the end of the day. Haven't decided yet on a stock Sammy battery or a more expesive, Thicker, heavier, but much longer lasting extended battery.
Sorry for such a long winded post. All my posts are this way if you know me. I do apologize and need to be more brief but I'm more of a lurker and searcher for what I need to know and post very seldom especially with this much what I think could be useful to someone.
If it happens to be useful please hit the "Thankss" button, it could help here, and even when looking for a job as I am... Hahahaha.. Getting laid off work blows in my area of the country.
Thanks and Happy New Year to all those who celebrate it during this time of year, if not Happy New Year when it arrives and I wish the best for everyone on the Planet. Stay informed and don't believe everything you read/hear/watch... #NoAgenda #ITM.
griz.
Finally managed to officially unlock bootloader, but since I started that process over 2 weeks ago, a lot has happened in the Rom and development forum. I was originally going for CM13, but I'm not longer sure if that's a good idea.
I mostly use my phone as a music player, and it runs most of the day while I'm at work. I occasionally send calls and text messages.
I got the RMN3 for the battery and significantly larger screen than what I had before. Phone plans in canada are god awful and as such I got literally no data on my plan, so outside of home wifi, I got no internet on it.
The reason I want a custom rom is mainly to remove bloat and improve battery life, and maybe add a few functions/ behaviours.
I don't really care about the fingerprint sensor, should it not work, but having the camera non-functional is a no-go.
I'm not really interested in constantly having to flash an update on my phone. I just want one good, stable rom with little to no bloat that will do what I'll ask it to, with a good battery life, without crashing. Updating once every month or so would be reasonable. I heard that Android 7(+) had some battery life improvements (Doze?) so I'm conflicted as to rom and android versions.
I'm pretty new to Android, and I'm completely overwhelmed by the many different types of roms, along with the many different versions of the same rom (Example: many CM14/14.1 builds).
There's a lot of guides, but most of them seem out of date.
Device: Global Dev, Kenzo
Any suggestions? (If possible, please also include which version of TWRP you would recommend)
I personnally own the Kate version and flashed the official CM13 ROM built for Kenzo on it.
Everything is working fine for me, including the fingerprint sensor and the camera.
I also use the phone to listen to music all day at work and it worked really well with good battery life.
About the TWRP version I used, honestly I don't remember very well since I tried a few and the reason was something to do with the Kate device I believe, so you may not have to use the same version of TWRP.
privateriem said:
Finally managed to officially unlock bootloader, but since I started that process over 2 weeks ago, a lot has happened in the Rom and development forum. I was originally going for CM13, but I'm not longer sure if that's a good idea.
I mostly use my phone as a music player, and it runs most of the day while I'm at work. I occasionally send calls and text messages.
I got the RMN3 for the battery and significantly larger screen than what I had before. Phone plans in canada are god awful and as such I got literally no data on my plan, so outside of home wifi, I got no internet on it.
The reason I want a custom rom is mainly to remove bloat and improve battery life, and maybe add a few functions/ behaviours.
I don't really care about the fingerprint sensor, should it not work, but having the camera non-functional is a no-go.
I'm not really interested in constantly having to flash an update on my phone. I just want one good, stable rom with little to no bloat that will do what I'll ask it to, with a good battery life, without crashing. Updating once every month or so would be reasonable. I heard that Android 7(+) had some battery life improvements (Doze?) so I'm conflicted as to rom and android versions.
I'm pretty new to Android, and I'm completely overwhelmed by the many different types of roms, along with the many different versions of the same rom (Example: many CM14/14.1 builds).
There's a lot of guides, but most of them seem out of date.
Device: Global Dev, Kenzo
Any suggestions? (If possible, please also include which version of TWRP you would recommend)
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My recommendations for you :
Recovery - Alka TWRP
Rom - Resurrection Remix 5.7.4 (rock stable, no bugs) https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224385843
Kernel - Radon 2.6.5
I Was A Motorola Moto G 3rd Generation User & From The Day I Got The Motorola Moto G 3rd Generation I Was Using The ( Nexus Experience ) ROM & It's The Most Perfectly Stable ROM You Will Ever Use On Any Device & I Got The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Yesterday & I Am Waiting For The Permission Of Unlocking Then I Will Try The Custom ROM's For This Phone If You Want The Best Stable ROM's For Any Phone
It Goes Like This
1st Stable ROM : Stock ROM
2nd Stable ROM : CyanogenMod
3rd Stable ROM : Nexus Experience
And It's Only My Opinion But I Tried All Of The Custom ROM's For The Motorola Moto G 3rd Generation & I Didn't Found A Better ROM Than
( CyanogenMod , Nexus Experience ) , It's Just My Opinion
& Here Is The Link For The Nexus Experience ROM ( http://nxrom.us/redminote3pro.html )
nx rom...combined with any custom kernel here. you won't disapointed with those rom. stable, fast & light.
Hi all,how about gaming?which rom recommend?
Thanks
yapkui said:
Hi all,how about gaming?which rom recommend?
Thanks
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any stable rom with interactive gov
Hi, you mentioned stock ROM (not Cyanogen or Nexus experience, just stock). Where could I get that from?
I'm on beanstalk ROM (android 7.1) loving it!
Try krexus-CAF!
You could go for the official build of RR with Radon kernel
welcome to the race, mate
well if you want to improve battery life you are recomended to flash AOSP-Based roms . miui and cm-based roms have battery drain issue (i can't explain why, but i can say that because i tried them)
my recomendation would be Cardinal AOSP
try rr remix 5.7.4 with radon kernel...
Now for real: Which is the most stable "6.0 and up" ROM for the Galaxy Alpha G850F?
I'm sick of it... finding the stock ROM is a pain in the ass and all custom Roms above Lollipop are mostly unusable as daily drivers.
Resurrection Remix and Lineage OS got problems with recognizing phone rotation... youtube gets literally unusable.
Epsil ROM and other Lollipop ROMs got harsh slowdowns after some days that can only be fixed by restarting.
Is there any ROM from Marshmallow upwards that is stable enough to get used as an daily driver?
From my experience, no. There is not even plenty of roms above Marshmallow for this device, only the cyanogenmod/lineage and their RR versions.
i see only stock rom is the best for Galaxy Alpha with all fully feature
Yeah, tried all of the ROMS. Epsil is the most stable atm
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Yeah, tried all of the ROMS. Epsil is the most stable atm
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Ep rom's more smooth than stock rom but consuming more battery when ide
Stock huh?
The normal firmware of my phone is a ****ing bugfest.
Epsil and Resurrection Remix were nearly perfect, but both got that funny problem that turning the phone won't work after some time.
I don't really care about my phone not recognizing rotation, but I can't stand this pesky bug breaking all sound when somebody calls me as I listen to music. I'm currently trying all of CM/Lineage/RR based ROMs to see if there's any without that problem. If everything fails, I'll either stick to whichever TouchWiz based one with working stock bluetooth equalizer, or go back to full stock/rooted stock.
Hi, and what did you choose as daily driver rom?
Modpunks LOS14.1 is nice but only if camera support wasn't a meme due to changes to how nougat handles camera
I think it's better to try to port an A5 or A7 rom because A7 have same SoC with the alpha
seydxdx said:
I think it's better to try to port an A5 or A7 rom because A7 have same SoC with the alpha
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Actually, only the A7 shares the same SoC, the A5 does not.
The A7 also sports the 5.0.2 Android so, there's no point in doing that...
Hello, i am in a DIRE need of 7.0(+) ROM (which has working GSM and GPS) for a friends device.
He absolutely need to play Pokemon GO which was recently updated and the default (5.0.2) ROM is no longer supported. Phone will be used ONLY for that.
Can you give me any hints please? Thanks in advance!
EDIT: Uhm, it seems like there is requirement only for Android 6:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1300524897416826880
merlooo said:
Hello, i am in a DIRE need of 7.0(+) ROM (which has working GSM and GPS) for a friends device.
He absolutely need to play Pokemon GO which was recently updated and the default (5.0.2) ROM is no longer supported. Phone will be used ONLY for that.
Can you give me any hints please? Thanks in advance!
EDIT: Uhm, it seems like there is requirement only for Android 6:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1300524897416826880
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Happy New Year!
I will suggest to try Kyasu Cyanogen 12.1 Rom.
The only problem that he is stop to developing at Lollipop 5.1 for SM-G850F.
Quite pity...
I never really wanted to dig up an old thread, but I was still using a Galaxy Alpha until a few weeks ago.
Just to be clear: there is absolutely NO custom rom (> lollipop) to use, right? You cannot make calls with any "final" "fully working" "best rom". So every real CustomROM is useless, or am I wrong?
Knutwurst said:
I never really wanted to dig up an old thread, but I was still using a Galaxy Alpha until a few weeks ago.
Just to be clear: there is absolutely NO custom rom (> lollipop) to use, right? You cannot make calls with any "final" "fully working" "best rom". So every real CustomROM is useless, or am I wrong?
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I never noticed a problem with the last RR. The camera crashes were easy to solve
As someone who wants to get an old phone to fool around with, the G850W sounds boring as it's yet another 801 phone, but I think the Exynos G850F would be interesting. Is there a good 6.0+ ROM yet as of 2023?
N910AUCS2EQF1
I was doing some messing around with my Galaxy Note 4 and came accross the Odin files for the SM-N910A. So far the phone runs WAY cooler with this ROM and performance is exceptionally smooth, So much so that I wanted to share it with the community. I have lightly debloated it and will add more details and a heavily debloated version very soon.
ROM has been built for my SM-N910V (I use it on ATT network) Rom may work on other snapdragon variants but have not tested on Verizon or Sprint Service.
Happy Flashing,
DO A FULL BACKUP BEFORE FLASHING AT YOUR OWN RISK
Magisk works well and Passes Safety Net
XDA:DevDB Information
N910AUCS2EQF1, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Contributors
tegocalde
ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x
ROM Firmware Required: Recommend Lastest BL
Based On: Touchwiz Stock ATT Tar MD5 File
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2018-11-05
Last Updated 2018-11-13
Reserved
Reserved
Download Lightly Debloated Rom here > https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410932744536996075
This rom for what type n910a or n910v? And how flash this?
Patrivk88 said:
This rom for what type n910a or n910v? And how flash this?
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We've hit a new low if you cant read the opening post and figure that out
But to shorten the war by several years, it clearly says that he found the files for the 910A and then made a version for his 910V
It also clearly says ODIN, which is how you flash it
Using latest ODIN from here
Its also worth mentioning you've replied and revived a topic thats over 2 years old and no one ever tested or got involved in
The ROM is very old...i would use a more recent ROM from the first 5 or 6 active topics in this thread (lineageOS 16/XenonHD/Havoc etc) , they will have far more recent security updates etc than that old untested thing, and you will get some form of support for them, you wont with this, you will be unlikely to get any assistance with it
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We've hit a new low if you cant read the opening post and figure that out
But to shorten the war by several years, it clearly says that he found the files for the 910A and then made a version for his 910V
It also clearly says ODIN, which is how you flash it
Using latest ODIN from here
Its also worth mentioning you've replied and revived a topic thats over 2 years old and no one ever tested or got involved in
The ROM is very old...i would use a more recent ROM from the first 5 or 6 active topics in this thread (lineageOS 16/XenonHD/Havoc etc) , they will have far more recent security updates etc than that old untested thing, and you will get some form of support for them, you wont with this, you will be unlikely to get any assistance with it
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Thanks man but i just bought n910a yesterday..lol
Patrivk88 said:
Thanks man but i just bought n910a yesterday..lol
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Since youre using the 910A, i thought you might be on the 910V, you might be more limited to the ROM's available and may want to ignore my suggestion of using the later ROM's i suggested....im sorry i dont know much about the 910A enough to direct you to a better ROM
Maybe this is the best ROM choice for you being on the 910A
Perhaps another 910A owner can make a suggestion or someone with more experience
Will it work on n910g if i flash kernel for it.
This ROM works on the Verizon Note 4? N910v? I've been meaning to mine a debloated ROM for my note 4 since, stock marshmallow is so laggy.
i installed my N910v verizon ,but no good cant open wifi button