Hi I am fairly new to rooting in general, at the moment i have a rooted Note edge (SM-n915t) and have had lots of troubles with stuff like xposed. Anyway im getting a new phone soon and was just wondering what would be the best option of the newest android phones to get (which would give me the most freedom to explore what i can do with a rooted phone.) it does not have to be a samsung phone, just as long as its android, doesn't generally have problems (like bootlocking) just something that gets developed on alot .
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hi guys,i have the i9300t,and because of that extra t my phone has to wait for all the official updates a hell of alot longer than the other versions. ive never rooted my phone before or installed custom software,ive been looking into it recently because so far jellybean on my device sucks and i would prefer something better. i like the look of android 4.2 and someone suggested cyanogenmod 10.1. i was wondering if anyone is using it as a daily driver and if so,is it worth it,what bugs are there etc. also if i was to root and install new software,and there was a hardware issue or something that i could send away for warranty,is it possible to unroot and make it look like it never happened so that the tech center dosent refuse warranty?
im guessing all these questions are answered elsewhere and are probably very simply answered but im new to all this and with threads that are sometimes 100+ pages long,its not something that i want to go searching for.
also sorry if this is in the wrong section,if it is please move it or notify me i would be happy to move it
Thanks in advance
You can always unroot, just install Triangle Away, which resets your flash counter (aka how many times have you flashed unofficial firmware i think). Applies for hw issues too, just do that and you're good. I use cm10.1 on my nexus 7 and it's great, but look out for the issues. Correct me if I am wrong
hmm those issues arent too bad,nothing that would impact day to day use. mainly jellybean official sucks really bad,laggy widgets,sometimes unpredictable behaviour accross device (just earlier i recieved a txt from a friend and when i opened the txt it then swapped over to another contacts conversation). ive had all my contacts multiply upon upgrading and had to manually go through and fix them all. occasional non responsiveness etc. i just want stock android and i dont want to have to buy a new phone. so i guess rooting is my way to go.
Have always appreciated those who have taken the time out to figure out how to root any particular OS. Way bound me, but I've contributed to those who can, But it seams to be getting harder and harder with all the newest OS, ie KitKat 4,4 coming out. Read Pc mag came out with a article, which I cant post due to being a new user, explaining how KitKat is aimed at shutting down the rooting prossecces.
I pretty much buy a phone that at least can be rooted, not much into changing out the rom. so whats next totally locked phones. I have the Droid Maxx. Pretty much bought it for the large battery. Had the Note 3 for three days, but call quality was in the toilet , especially with a blue tooth..Seams just when I get a phone and get it all rooted and set up the way I like it, theirs a upgrade and it destroys the root or you get bent pushing the ask later option on the ota update to avoid the upgrade. Will it be possible to have KitKat rooted on the Droid Maxx, or wait and see
Good day everyone, I got a Net 10's LG L16C phone today, at first it was all good since I needed a new phone, but then I discovered this particular phone doesn't have a sim slot, which is bad since I don't like in the states so I can't use their pre-paid services, so I decided to use it for the apps and the like, I have an old galaxy 2 I777 which is still good but using the wifi and apps drain the battery fast, so it's just for calls.
Long story short, I want to install a custom ROM to the LG phone but I haven't had any luck finding any, does anyone know where I can get a ROM for this particular phone? or some way to upgrade at least to android 4.4.4? This phone is 4.4.2 by default. Thank you for your attention and a have a great day
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I've been researching for the past few days to no avail, there doesn't seem to be a custom or official ROM upgrade for this particular phone, if someone knows something about it I would appreciate the help
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I don't think you'll find any. I had this phone gave to me so our team could dump the system and add it to our root/frp collection. FRP wouldnt apply to this but the one click root would. Also thought about a simple custom rom. Problem with these LG tracfone variants is you cant get into download mode. At least thats what our team has found out so far messing around with a Rebel now this Lucky. Might be a way but so far weve not totally looked into it. If you do find anything out there please share it with everyone. Im sure a lot of people with this $10 phone would be happy to have the advantages those of us with more higher end units have. I have to sell this phone after IF we get a dump. Wish me luck.
Without paying attention (because I had just broke my Galaxy S20-5G) I got a Galaxy A21 for cheap. I should have done the research but I honestly wasn't thinking. I didn't know this A21 would be stuck on Android 10. It's running the A215U1 stock rom build because I use Straight Talk, and I thought the latest stock rom for it would at least be Android 11, but it's not. I think I've gotten so used to Android 11 that being stuck on Android 10 is just really messing with my user experience.
So my question is, since Samsung doesn't seem to be releasing Android 11 for the A215U1 build, are there any custom roms with Android 11 floating around for it? I have a feeling that it's unlikely because when I finally decided to research it I've found pretty much nothing. But I figured I would come here to talk to the pros on XDA, because you guys pretty much know everything there is to know collectively.
If not, I was also given an FRP locked SM-A125 from a Telecomm friend who doesn't run any kind of MobileIron or MS InTune to be able to unlock old phones that employees turn in. The company doesn't want to invest in it, which just seems ridiculous, right?
The employee factory reset it without removing their Google account, and claims they don't remember the account email and password they created specifically for it. So the company literally just throws them away rather than deal with the process of sending them into Samsung with the proof of purchase to get them unlocked.
I've tried so hard to flash the right customization file on it to get to that service screen that allows you to remove the FRP lock, but I've been unable. I managed to do it once before for an S8+ that he gave me a couple years ago, but honestly I was trying so many different things that I can't even remember how I managed to do it. I'd at least like to have the A12 with Android 11 to use in the meantime, until (hopefully) Samsung releases Android 11 for the SM-A215U1.
It's only the screen broken on my Galaxy S21 5G, so as soon as I can get an extra $250 together I think I'll send it in to have it repaired. I just hope when I dropped it that something more than the screen didn't break internally. Anyways, even if you guys can't help, thanks for everything you all do here. Have a great weekend everybody.
J.R.
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Without paying attention (because I had just broke my Galaxy S20-5G) I got a Galaxy A21 for cheap. I should have done the research but I honestly wasn't thinking. I didn't know this A21 would be stuck on Android 10. It's running the A215U1 stock rom build because I use Straight Talk, and I thought the latest stock rom for it would at least be Android 11, but it's not. I think I've gotten so used to Android 11 that being stuck on Android 10 is just really messing with my user experience.
So my question is, since Samsung doesn't seem to be releasing Android 11 for the A215U1 build, are there any custom roms with Android 11 floating around for it? I have a feeling that it's unlikely because when I finally decided to research it I've found pretty much nothing. But I figured I would come here to talk to the pros on XDA, because you guys pretty much know everything there is to know collectively.
If not, I was also given an FRP locked SM-A125 from a Telecomm friend who doesn't run any kind of MobileIron or MS InTune to be able to unlock old phones that employees turn in. The company doesn't want to invest in it, which just seems ridiculous, right?
The employee factory reset it without removing their Google account, and claims they don't remember the account email and password they created specifically for it. So the company literally just throws them away rather than deal with the process of sending them into Samsung with the proof of purchase to get them unlocked.
I've tried so hard to flash the right customization file on it to get to that service screen that allows you to remove the FRP lock, but I've been unable. I managed to do it once before for an S8+ that he gave me a couple years ago, but honestly I was trying so many different things that I can't even remember how I managed to do it. I'd at least like to have the A12 with Android 11 to use in the meantime, until (hopefully) Samsung releases Android 11 for the SM-A215U1.
It's only the screen broken on my Galaxy S21 5G, so as soon as I can get an extra $250 together I think I'll send it in to have it repaired. I just hope when I dropped it that something more than the screen didn't break internally. Anyways, even if you guys can't help, thanks for everything you all do here. Have a great weekend everybody.
J.R.
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I don't know much about the A21s, but I remember being able to upgrade my Samsung S4 to Android 9 back when I still had it. In all likelihood: Absolutely, you can upgrade your Samsung A21s to Android 11 - and probably even 12 with zero issues.
First two ROMs here seem to yield the results that you're looking for:
Samsung Galaxy A21s ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & O
Improve your Samsung Galaxy A21s's battery life, performance, and look by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, kernel, and more.
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I have a SM-a215u that was frp locked. I spent 2 days trying various fixes, pulling my hair out, and this was only effective solution...
I wouldn't worry so much about it. Android 10 is very good as is, Android 11 doesn't really add that much except for google trying to further lock things down and make life harder for running custom things, if I had this phone I'd just be on the look out for a solid custom Rom, something like LineageOS or based off.
I own a different phone, which had Android 10 and eventually got 11, but after trying 11, I much prefered to stick to my custom Android 10 rom.
I want some option to. The A21 is really bloated. I tried to remove stuff manually, but there a lot and there was not much change. I would like to try to install plain android, but even enabling EOM is tricky. and root to...
Okay so I forget I had my old v60 in the back of a drawer and I guess there is no ROM love for it., seems there never was. Would love to at least root my TMO since I own many a good programs for rooted phones but sadly no longer have one. I loved rooted phones for backing up software, as well as deciding network access with my old ROM Toolkit and such. This was a decent phone with 5G and would be the one I'd sadly risk a potential brick since it's way out of warranty and such but can't find any rooting instructions anywhere. The about phone says the SW TMO has on this is V600TM20M running what looks like android 11. Is there a way to root this old dog or not now? Just wondering as each time it boots TMO tries to install FACEBOOK (BOOO I don't like that social app) Amazon shopping and a bunch of bloatware I have to keep deleting. Really want to slim it down and take control of the it again.
Side-load Magisk, It's an open-source rooting app. I have it and I like it.