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Good day everyone,
I hope you all are doing well
It's been almost a year since I bought Ideos U8150-B but to tell you the truth I wasn't satisfied with the phone's speed, it used to lag alot. I tried different methods to fix it but they weren't quite successful.
Then I came to know through the XDA forums about rooting, installing a custom rom etc. I felt quite relieved but being a noob I couldn't do much
Luckily I now have found the way of doing this the easy way, Just follow the intructions below:
NOTE: Rooting/Modifying your ROM/Installing a new ROM will void your warranty and at times it can be risky too, you may end up bricking your phone. DO THIS ONLY WHEN YOU ARE MENTALLY PREPARED OR WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
ROOTING Your Android
There are many ways available on the internet about how to root your android but they unluckily didn't work for me much. While browsing through different threads I came to know about this awesome software "z4root" which can root your phone with just one click and luckily it did the job quite well, that settles that
Now How to Install a Custom ROM:
Follow these steps:
1- You need to flash a custom recovery
In my case I flashed ClockworkMod 3.0.2.4 (by marcnvidic), there are some others available too but I don't quite know about them much so I would recommend clockworkmod.
HOW TO flash?
It's simple, install "Root toolbox", it must be available in the android market if not then google it.
Install it on your android and when you will open it you will see a number of options, just look for "Flash Recovery" option and then it will ask you to browse the recovery, navigate it to where you placed the recovery file and it will flash it for you within seconds.
2- Choose a custom ROM: Download the custom ROM of your choice and place it in the sd card. I am currently using Fusionideos and I found it to be the best ROM for ideos U8150. There are many others available as well.
3- After downloading and placing your ROM in the sd card switch off your phone and boot it in recovery mode (To boot in recovery mode press volume up key+call key/send key+power button for about 5 seconds and it will boot your phone into recovery mode and you will see a black screen with few options like wipe data, wipe cache, install zip from sd card etc. If you don't then you must have made some mistake while flashing the recovery, if that happens try step #1 again.
4- Once you have booted your phone in recovery mode you can finally start installing a custom ROM, just do the following:
* Perform a backup of your current ROM using Backup and restore option in the recovery.
* After backup is complete go to the main screen and select Wipe data/factory reset.
* After that return to the main screen and finally select "install .zip from sd card"
It will take you to browse the custom ROM file, just navigate it to where you placed it. Wait for the installation to complete. After the installation is complete reboot your phone via the reboot option on the main screen and hopefully you will have your new custom ROM running
I hope that was helpful and you won't have to spend hours browsing the web to learn about all this
Disclaimer: The applications mentioned in this thread are not affiliated with me in any way, they are sole properties of their respective owners.
Recovery Links:
Download Mediafire Multiupload XDA Thread
Credits: FusionDev for making FusionIdeos, Watchw for the recovery links, marcnvidic for making clockwordmod recovery.
thanksssssssssssssssssssss
nice and easy alternative instructions.... well done... In Rom Manager app i was not able to install custom recovery... because my Ideos u8150 was not listed there... so your method worked perfectly... thanks again
Locked by ZONG
Hi,
I've read you post about rooting and custom Rom installing.
But my phone is locked by Zong so I want to ask that after doing all this, whether my phone will be unlocked or not?
Please Reply as soon as possible.
Thanks
No
sibtainnorain said:
Hi,
I've read you post about rooting and custom Rom installing.
But my phone is locked by Zong so I want to ask that after doing all this, whether my phone will be unlocked or not?
Please Reply as soon as possible.
Thanks
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Sorry but installing a custom ROM will not unlock ur phone. U will have to use some alternative method for that. For instance, using dc-unlocker will help but it's not free or u may go to a mobile market and ask an expert to unlock it for u. I also have ideos zong and it's still carrier locked.
I want to unlock for free
I want to unlock my phone for free
that's why I posted here so that I might get help from here.
n as you said that Dc-unlocker has charges for unlocking and I've also visited market but they are demanding too much money for unlocking
but I want it for freeeeeeeeeee
sibtainnorain said:
I want to unlock my phone for free
that's why I posted here so that I might get help from here.
n as you said that Dc-unlocker has charges for unlocking and I've also visited market but they are demanding too much money for unlocking
but I want it for freeeeeeeeeee
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Yeah it is good to save some money
BTW, how much were they asking to unlock ideos at the market and which market was it?
Unlock IDEOS U8150 | ZONG
You can get your phone unlocked from hafeez center, lahore.
I asked from one shop and they told me Rs.1200
but I think that if you visit all shops, you'll surely find some shop demanding less price than the above one.
delete system app
hi
i just wanna know that if i will remove apps like facebook youtube etc on system it will impact on my rom? i m currently using stock rom
It shouldn't.
obaidshera said:
hi
i just wanna know that if i will remove apps like facebook youtube etc on system it will impact on my rom? i m currently using stock rom
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As far as I know, deleting a system app like facebook, youtube etc should not harm your rom in anyway but for this you need root permissions and root explorer app for R/W mounting.
P.S. I am talking about third party system apps, don't try to mess with other system apps.
Even though there a lot of articles on how to root still many of you out there have still not rooted this guide will help you.
I've gone through lots of articles on how to install CWM recovery , How to Root Canvas HD but almost all of them are not noob friendly. As a new user i myself took days to get acclimatized to rooting.........
This is a noob friendly guide to root and install CWM recovery both on 4.1 and 4.2 versions.Even the so called geeks can go through this!!:laugh:
Source:
Nothing is of my own i've created this from various forum links and have taken help from google.
First what is rooting?
Rooting is a process allowing users of Smartphone’s, tablets, and other devices running the Android operating system to attain privileged control (known as “root access”) within Android’s subsystem. Basically rooting is performed to overcome the limitation that wireless service providers and hardware manufacture of android phone put on some devices. If your android mobile is rooted that means you are the SUPER USER on your android cell phone and you get ability to customize or replace system applications. This little word rooting provide you power to run specialized apps that require administrator-level permissions and perform another operation which are inaccessible to a normal android.
I think this should be more than enough and you would have already spent your time on this!! Hope so
Now what is CWM recovery?
All of the Android devices consign with a recovery assuage that is a basic partition on the device's internal memory and also can be booted into it. The stock recovery of almost all of the Android devices provide a few basic yet useful options that allow us to factory reset our device, clearly it is cache partitioning, and bring back its operating system using an official ROM in zip format, but that is the only thing you can do with it. This is the reason where a custom recovery becomes handy.
A custom Android recovery initially replaces all the stock recovery with the one that lets you to do all that you can with the stock recovery, plus a overabundance of options that give us a lot more control on the device. With a custom recovery, you can install official and unofficial ROMs as well as other updates also including hacks, themes, kernels.Using zip files, wipe not just user data but every standard partition on our device, ascend the storage card for USB mass storage access without leaving recovery, partition your SD card, wipe dalvik cache and battery status, fix the permissions, perform, manage and restore backups, and so on.
This is where CWM recovery comes in our aid!!
There is also another very popular recovery named TWRP which many developers still recommend but still a major drawback is that many ROM developers still prefer CWM so i say go with CWM!
Now first how to ROOT.
Do remember rooting voids your warranty, still you can unroot before going to customer care(if you have to). Don't believe all those info on internet that rooting should be avoided.... never root your device... it is very risky.. etc yes you may brick your device if you don't follow the instructions carefully but if you follow these instructions properly nothing would happen!
Now actually since there are many methods to root which i've come across, i think only 3 of them are quite easy and would explain on how to do them here!
The first way to root is always with the SP flash tools but it is a very old and tough job as many users face the problem of their pc not detecting their device.So i'm not going to explain about it.
Since this post is already too long i'm giving the XDA links to the three methods(sorry)......
First method:
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44650526#post44650526
Second method:
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45971702#post45971702
Third method:
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45972200#post45972200
In case you want to take your beloved CHD to a service center then please unroot it and also flash stock recovery.
Here how to UNROOT and flash stock recovery:
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45971034#post45971034
Please hit THANKS if i helped.
Disclaimer:
I'm not responsible for any damage caused to your phone proceed ahead with caution.
This is a duplicate post - please use this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45972262#post45972262
This is the first time for me with an HTC device. So I need a little help.
I am trying to find a way for rooting the phone without loosing any data or configuration. Can somebody help me?
My phone is HTC One X+ running Android 4.2.2 with Sense 5.
In case I need to take claim the warranty of the phone what I would have to do? Is there something I should do before rooting the device, so that I will be able to unroot it?
Thanks a lot in advance!
obscurant1st said:
This is the first time for me with an HTC device. So I need a little help.
I am trying to find a way for rooting the phone without loosing any data or configuration. Can somebody help me?
My phone is HTC One X+ running Android 4.2.2 with Sense 5.
In case I need to take claim the warranty of the phone what I would have to do? Is there something I should do before rooting the device, so that I will be able to unroot it?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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I don't know all the answers to your questions but let me help you make something clear.
Unlocking the bootloader is different from "rooting"
Your warranty is voided when you unlock the bootloader, which is an important step to actually "root". Your bootloader is what you see when you reboot and hold volume down. The step of unlocking the bootloader is the step that cause you to lose your data. So I recommend you to connect your phone and copy all the valuable information and files on it to your PC, then once this step is done you can copy it back.
Rooting: Becoming the administrator of your phone (like sudo in linux) , Becoming a SUPERUSER , meaning you can change system files and so forth and so on (Thats the general explanation however since we all have S-ON so its called temporary root but lets not get ourselves to that yet)
How can you gain root access?
1-Unlock the bootloader
2-Install a custom recovery
3-flash "superuser.zip"(which will be included in almost all the guides that you will follow to root your phone)
Once you have root access you will be able to play with your phone settings , but be careful not to break the settings.
Now concerning your final question , how to "unroot"?
Before you flash "superuser.zip (which will be the real "rooting" of your phone) , you will go to your "custom recovery" (most popular onces are TWRP and CWM) and go to an option called "Backup" and you do a backup called "nandroid backup" , which copies your phone AS IT IS , which then you can copy it to your PC. You will be able to restore it using the recovery you had installed as it is. Which technically will "unroot" your phone.
Question you might ask: That is so cool, but can't I do it before unlocking the bootloader and losing all my data? from my EXPERIENCE and what I searched , No.
Then how will I benefit? Since having root access to your phone might put your phone in danger of breaking something , or installing a bad ROM (read about this topic before rooting. Here is a summary: "HTC Sense" is a ROM. "Samsung TouchWIZ" is a ROM, "Stock Android" is a ROM) you will have a full safe backup that you will be able to restore so you can have your phone running again.
Also note the following: Once you have a custom recovery you will be able to install custom roms , when you install custom roms your APPs are deleted BUT the data IN your SDcard directory will not be harmed (Music, pics..etc)
So how can I recover my applications? By installing "titanium backup" you will be able to backup all your applications apk and data, saved to your internal storage, so when you switch roms , you need to redownload the app and then restore your data, and you will have all your data back.
So why can't I use that before I unlock the bootloader? Because Titanium backup ITSELF requires root access to access your apps apks and do full backups.
Also a note, when flashing your FIRST ROM, you will sweat like a pig when you get stuck on "Boot screen" , its called a "BOOT LOOP" , do not fear. Since HTC has all the bootloaders S-ON (till now) you will need when you switch ROMS to flash the boot.img to your phone. HOW?
Google "Fastboot flash boot boot.img HTC" and you will see tons of guides. It should also be noted in every single custom ROM guide that you will need to follow that STEP.
ALSO!!! Do NOT FORGET TO MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE ROOTING AND BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO FLASH A CUSTOM ROM!! AND DONT INSTALL A CUSTOM ROM FOR "AT&T" AND YOUR PHONE IS INTERNATIONAL AND VICE VERSA.
I rooted my phone and I wish I had someone to tell me that in a single post , so I spent around 10 minutes writing this guide , which I hope people will find useful.
Best of luck mate
Also note that this is the wrong section, since its a question it should go to "Q&A section".
Ghand0ur said:
I don't know all the answers to your questions but let me help you make something clear.
Unlocking the bootloader is different from "rooting"
Your warranty is voided when you unlock the bootloader, which is an important step to actually "root". Your bootloader is what you see when you reboot and hold volume down. The step of unlocking the bootloader is the step that cause you to lose your data. So I recommend you to connect your phone and copy all the valuable information and files on it to your PC, then once this step is done you can copy it back.
Rooting: Becoming the administrator of your phone (like sudo in linux) , Becoming a SUPERUSER , meaning you can change system files and so forth and so on (Thats the general explanation however since we all have S-ON so its called temporary root but lets not get ourselves to that yet)
How can you gain root access?
1-Unlock the bootloader
2-Install a custom recovery
3-flash "superuser.zip"(which will be included in almost all the guides that you will follow to root your phone)
Once you have root access you will be able to play with your phone settings , but be careful not to break the settings.
Now concerning your final question , how to "unroot"?
Before you flash "superuser.zip (which will be the real "rooting" of your phone) , you will go to your "custom recovery" (most popular onces are TWRP and CWM) and go to an option called "Backup" and you do a backup called "nandroid backup" , which copies your phone AS IT IS , which then you can copy it to your PC. You will be able to restore it using the recovery you had installed as it is. Which technically will "unroot" your phone.
Question you might ask: That is so cool, but can't I do it before unlocking the bootloader and losing all my data? from my EXPERIENCE and what I searched , No.
Then how will I benefit? Since having root access to your phone might put your phone in danger of breaking something , or installing a bad ROM (read about this topic before rooting. Here is a summary: "HTC Sense" is a ROM. "Samsung TouchWIZ" is a ROM, "Stock Android" is a ROM) you will have a full safe backup that you will be able to restore so you can have your phone running again.
Also note the following: Once you have a custom recovery you will be able to install custom roms , when you install custom roms your APPs are deleted BUT the data IN your SDcard directory will not be harmed (Music, pics..etc)
So how can I recover my applications? By installing "titanium backup" you will be able to backup all your applications apk and data, saved to your internal storage, so when you switch roms , you need to redownload the app and then restore your data, and you will have all your data back.
So why can't I use that before I unlock the bootloader? Because Titanium backup ITSELF requires root access to access your apps apks and do full backups.
Also a note, when flashing your FIRST ROM, you will sweat like a pig when you get stuck on "Boot screen" , its called a "BOOT LOOP" , do not fear. Since HTC has all the bootloaders S-ON (till now) you will need when you switch ROMS to flash the boot.img to your phone. HOW?
Google "Fastboot flash boot boot.img HTC" and you will see tons of guides. It should also be noted in every single custom ROM guide that you will need to follow that STEP.
ALSO!!! Do NOT FORGET TO MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE ROOTING AND BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO FLASH A CUSTOM ROM!! AND DONT INSTALL A CUSTOM ROM FOR "AT&T" AND YOUR PHONE IS INTERNATIONAL AND VICE VERSA.
I rooted my phone and I wish I had someone to tell me that in a single post , so I spent around 10 minutes writing this guide , which I hope people will find useful.
Best of luck mate
Also note that this is the wrong section, since its a question it should go to "Q&A section".
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Thanks a lot for explaining all these stuffs to me. Really appreciate it. I knew a few of the things already from what you wrote, but I must say a lot of these are completely new info for me!
So tl;dr I can't root without unlocking the bootloader!
Thats so sad. I wanted to save all the games and stuffs' data so that I won't have to redownload all the games. (
obscurant1st said:
Thanks a lot for explaining all these stuffs to me. Really appreciate it. I knew a few of the things already from what you wrote, but I must say a lot of these are completely new info for me!
So tl;dr I can't root without unlocking the bootloader!
Thats so sad. I wanted to save all the games and stuffs' data so that I won't have to redownload all the games. (
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I know its sort of tiring but honestly the payoff is massive, atleast to me. I explored things I didn't know about my phone. I learned information about how the phone is made. These information help you.
Inaddition to having custom ROMs, rooting offers you the benefit of backing up your games which is not available on stock.
Anyway, Best of luck, android is a great world to explore.
I however must give credit to every single one that helped me on that topic, and that's my way of paying them back. To Help others like me who need help
obscurant1st said:
Thanks a lot for explaining all these stuffs to me. Really appreciate it. I knew a few of the things already from what you wrote, but I must say a lot of these are completely new info for me!
So tl;dr I can't root without unlocking the bootloader!
Thats so sad. I wanted to save all the games and stuffs' data so that I won't have to redownload all the games. (
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If you root now, you'll be able to use titanium backup and backup all the data you want! Then you can transfer these game and app datas across any android device in the future!
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JustinBieber said:
If you root now, you'll be able to use titanium backup and backup all the data you want! Then you can transfer these game and app datas across any android device in the future!
Sent from my HTC One X+ using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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DON'T STEEL MY INFORMATION DSAHGASHNJKGJSKBGJKS GJKBA I ALREADY SAID THAT IN THE LONG LONG LONG LONG POST DJGKBASKGJSAGAS
Just kidding, If you missed what I said about titanium backup, its true, once you are root you won't lose your game data and stuff any longer.
Have been lots way but there is no
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Hi all,
Firstly sorry, you must get this all the time and be really bored of helping but i would be so grateful if anyone out there can point me in the right direction.
Firstly my phone details;
Model - Xperia Z2 D6503
Firmware - 1278-4770_23.0.1.a.3.9
Network - EE
Rooting status;
Bootloader unlock allowed: No
I want to root my phone but after reading what seems like thousands of web pages im more than a little confused. Does anyone out there have a step by step guide for beginners?
I want to use cwm recovery but don't understand how to get that on the phone as most guides say use it to back up before doing anything else but it isn't there to start with!
Also will installing cwm wipe my phone and sd card?
Any help would be much appreciated and many thanks in advance.
You can only install nuts dual recovery on a locked bootloader, proper recovery is included in the kernel and the kernel can only be changed on an unlocked bootloader, there was a a guide to rooting in one of the forums and I assume towel root will work, just search the z2 forum you'll find it
Sent from my Xperia Z2 using Tapatalk
Mr.R™ said:
You can only install nuts dual recovery on a locked bootloader, proper recovery is included in the kernel and the kernel can only be changed on an unlocked bootloader, there was a a guide to rooting in one of the forums and I assume towel root will work, just search the z2 forum you'll find it
Sent from my Xperia Z2 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for the response.
Is nuts recovery better or worse than cwm? Also i thought that towel root would not work with 4.4.4 at present?
Does the locked bootloader mean i cannot do certain things even after rooting my phone like install custom roms and kernals?
Many thanks
Faggy said:
Hi all,
Firstly sorry, you must get this all the time and be really bored of helping but i would be so grateful if anyone out there can point me in the right direction.
Firstly my phone details;
Model - Xperia Z2 D6503
Firmware - 1278-4770_23.0.1.a.3.9
Network - EE
Rooting status;
Bootloader unlock allowed: No
I want to root my phone but after reading what seems like thousands of web pages im more than a little confused. Does anyone out there have a step by step guide for beginners?
I want to use cwm recovery but don't understand how to get that on the phone as most guides say use it to back up before doing anything else but it isn't there to start with!
Also will installing cwm wipe my phone and sd card?
Any help would be much appreciated and many thanks in advance.
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Faggy said:
Thanks for the response.
Is nuts recovery better or worse than cwm? Also i thought that towel root would not work with 4.4.4 at present?
Does the locked bootloader mean i cannot do certain things even after rooting my phone like install custom roms and kernals?
Many thanks
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1) You cannot root the firmware you are on with a one click tool (like towelroot) at present. You have to downgrade to a lower firmware like 17.1.2.A.0.314 first and then root that, install a custom recovery and install a pre-rooted firmware package.
2) Your bootloader is hard locked by EE, this means that you will never be able to unlock it and install custom kernels nor custom ROM's what require custom kernels.
3) It is more than recommended to install [NUT]'s dual recovery, this installs PhilZ recovery (a more advanced CWM in my opinion), TWRP and CWM (to use CWM you have to install dual recovery manager from google play AFTER installing the dual recovery).
4) Now to downgrading, you will need to download a program called flashtool (this can be found in the Sony Cross Device development section) and the .314 ftf file (not .tft, ,ttf, .fft or any other variation people mis-spell it as). You will then need to install the drivers for your phone (these can be found in the flashtool drivers folder in the location you installed it, also if you have Windows 8 or 8.1 check my signature on how to disable driver enforcement before attempting to install the drivers.) There are plenty of guides on how to downgrade, there is even one in the firmware collection thread what can be found in the Z2 general section. Side note, when downgrading you will HAVE to wipe data and the cache (this can be selected when you are selecting the firmware to flash) or else you will end up with a phone what is in a bootloop.
5) After downgrading you will need to root, the easiest and simplest way to root would to be use the easy root toolkit (this can be found in the Sony Cross Device development section).
6) After rooting you will have to install [NUT]'s dual recovery (Sony Cross Device development section, you will need the installer file and not the flashable file).
7) After installing dual recovery you will need to flash a pre-rooted zip file of the latest update (Z2 Android Development section, I think the one by @niaboc79 is the best one to use). Alternatively you could install a custom ROM what is based on stock, it will tell you if it is.
If you need any more help, just tag me in the post (by using the @ symbol and then my user name) or PM me. Also, @Envious_Data is a great help in this device forum, helped me when I had a few queries about the phone before I got it and I have seen them help a load of people in the Q&A section.
@gamer649 Thank you for taking the time to help me, that has explained everything perfectly. I do however have a couple more questions i think you'll know about....
1 - Is there a back up app available that will do a similar back up to that of "apple". I mean reinstall all the apps i currently have and keep the home screen layouts and all data etc?
2 - In the link to the firmware downloads you gave me there is only 2 UK .314 ones and none of them are EE, shiuld i just use the unbranded one and what are the differences?
3 - The main reason i started looking into rooting was that i heard about a tweak to increase the volume of the z2 notifications by forcing it to use both speakers. Have you had any expierience with it and what other tweaks would you recomend?
Thanks again and i look forward to hearing from you again
Faggy said:
@gamer649 Thank you for taking the time to help me, that has explained everything perfectly. I do however have a couple more questions i think you'll know about....
1 - Is there a back up app available that will do a similar back up to that of "apple". I mean reinstall all the apps i currently have and keep the home screen layouts and all data etc?
2 - In the link to the firmware downloads you gave me there is only 2 UK .314 ones and none of them are EE, shiuld i just use the unbranded one and what are the differences?
3 - The main reason i started looking into rooting was that i heard about a tweak to increase the volume of the z2 notifications by forcing it to use both speakers. Have you had any expierience with it and what other tweaks would you recomend?
Thanks again and i look forward to hearing from you again
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1) You could try using the stock back up and restore app for that. Also, if you have your data backed up with your Google account it will start to reinstall all your apps along with their data once you sign in once you downgrade. @Envious_Data any other suggestions for a non-rooted device?
2) I always go for unbranded software, the reason being that there are no carrier apps nor carrier boot logos installed into the ROM and it is how Sony intended it to be. Apart from that I don't think there are any differences.
3) I don't usually have my phone on sound mode, it is either silent or vibrate so I can't help you with that one. You could take a look in the Z2 android development section to see what mods are available, some ROM's may also include this feature.
gamer649 said:
1) You could try using the stock back up and restore app for that. Also, if you have your data backed up with your Google account it will start to reinstall all your apps along with their data once you sign in once you downgrade. Envious_Data any other suggestions for a non-rooted device?
2) I always go for unbranded software, the reason being that there are no carrier apps nor carrier boot logos installed into the ROM and it is how Sony intended it to be. Apart from that I dont think there are any differences.
3) I dont usually have my phone on sound mode, it is either silent or vibrate so I cant help you with that one. You could take a look in the Z2 android development section to see what mods are available, some ROMs may also include this feature.
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1. You can use root to copy all of your apps from /data/app and you can use flashtool to bulk install all of them
2. Branded firmwares occasionaly have some small changes for better reception on the selcted network but with 314 this doesnt actualy matter
3. Have a look around for some mods, and see if they are compatible with your current firmware version
Hey you!
I am a complete newbie in the world of root, flash, recovery and all the other things - shoot me. But I promise to change. Having only very few apps and the need to move every 5 pictures taken off my phone is something that keeps bugging me. I can't stand the stock Android's space limitations anymore.
Since two days, I keep trying to install Lineage Os but I can't make it beyond initial steps. Often, I feel like having very basic questions but no one I can turn to. And at other times, when I go back to step one, I feel like I've missed the steps that I've tried before.
Therefore, this thread serves as place to ask questions to you (the expert) and serves as installation guide for myself and other beginners. The documentation of my process - and where I am currently are - will be in this starting post, questions I'll be asking within the threads following posts.
My details
Phone: LG G2 mini (D620r)
Software plattform: Android 5.0.2
Software version: V20b-EUR-XX
The general installation guide I use for reference: XDA Forums - Everything g2m
The installation guide I use: Lineage Os Wiki - Install on g2m
31.01.2018 - Step 1: Basic requirements - setting up ADB
This was explained pretty well. However, I can't verify if my device is able to make use of fastboot. Shouldn't be a problem I hope.
31.01.2018 - Step 2: Rooting your device
The guide links to another guide ( XDA Forums - Root for G2 mini - All versions ). In it, the poster offers a King Root version but suggests at the same time to check their website (of king root) for updates). To install King Root, I opened the website on my phone's browser, downloaded, installed and run their .apk. This worked, my phone is now rooted.
Question
Question:
The linked root guide (see here ) gives optional steps to install SuperSu via a MRW folder and a script that uninstalles KingRoot again.
Reason could be that this will unlock my bootloader (no idea if thats true) and I might need that in the further installation process.
Are these optional steps required to move on with my Installation?
KingRoot is full of adware and it actively tries to stop you from changing it to a different root app.
That's why you should ( read as must ) change it.
Changing the root-handling app has nothing to do with unlocking the bootloader.
Look for the BL unlock method in the dev section.
Also, this should help you a lot:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g2...ocking-custom-rom-lg-g2-t3339068/post65899032
Hey Vagelis, thanks for your reply and all the work you do (not only) around the g2m - I've read quiet some posts from you already . I'll switch to SuperSU before I proceed with the boot loader unlock method that I've found in the 'Everything' thread.
Will do so in a few hours, then update this thread accordingly. Thanks!
Vagelis1608 said:
KingRoot is full of adware and it actively tries to stop you from changing it to a different root app.
That's why you should ( read as must ) change it.
Changing the root-handling app has nothing to do with unlocking the bootloader.
Look for the BL unlock method in the dev section.
Also, this should help you a lot:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g2...ocking-custom-rom-lg-g2-t3339068/post65899032
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Well, since you change to another ROM afterwards, it is not that important to replace the app, I guess. But it is allways better to be on the safe side.