I have noticed some subtle changes in my phone recently despite it not having any updates, and while in the support page for "nearby" I noticed it said that I am running a custom android version.
I have read up lightly on rooting and custom ROMs, mostly here, and my questions are; is this normal? If not what should I do about it? How, and why would this be done?
Edit: my phone is a Galaxy J3 Orbit
Mobilehome said:
I have noticed some subtle changes in my phone recently despite it not having any updates, and while in the support page for "nearby" I noticed it said that I am running a custom android version.
I have read up lightly on rooting and custom ROMs, mostly here, and my questions are; is this normal? If not what should I do about it? How, and why would this be done?
Edit: my phone is a Galaxy J3 Orbit
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Where did you get your phone from?
DankMemz said:
Where did you get your phone from?
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walmart cell center, It's a straighttalk phone.
Mobilehome said:
walmart cell center, It's a straighttalk phone.
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Does anyone else used your phone?
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DankMemz said:
Does anyone else used your phone?
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Also, this isn't normal but its OK, this shouldn't affect performance in any way, and its way better to have a custom rom
DankMemz said:
Does anyone else used your phone?
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Also, this isn't normal but its OK, this shouldn't affect performance in any way, and its way better to have a custom rom
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No, but I know exactly when it would have happened. And who was fully capable of it. Who was also the only person with the opportunity to.
And a custom ROM IS way better. If you choose to install one, you choose the one that you install, and complete the whole process in a secure way that best suits your needs. I doubt one that is secretly installed is there for my benefit. And I feel like you should know that
Mobilehome said:
No, but I know exactly when it would have happened. And who was fully capable of it. Who was also the only person with the opportunity to.
And a custom ROM IS way better. If you choose to install one, you choose the one that you install, and complete the whole process in a secure way that best suits your needs. I doubt one that is secretly installed is there for my benefit. And I feel like you should know that
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*I didn't mean to offend you in any way*
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hi , does anyone know if there are any mods/rom for the lg optimus chat ?
cuz i woud like to theme my phone, change the bootlogo and most important (for me) APPS2SD
thanks
you got root, maybe you can readout bootloader/spl etc?
i havent found anything so far, but it would be great, since the hw is quite reasonable
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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paccer99 said:
hi , does anyone know if there are any mods/rom for the lg optimus chat ?
cuz i woud like to theme my phone, change the bootlogo and most important (for me) APPS2SD
thanks
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Currently, I'm working on porting for this decide. If you haven't got rid of this phone, wait for a bit and I will come back!
Actually, CM7 is ready. I'm working on CWM and on other rom. I hope it will work.... If not, well, I will try to make it work
Don't lose hope
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0x29a said:
you got root, maybe you can readout bootloader/spl etc?
i havent found anything so far, but it would be great, since the hw is quite reasonable
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read above maybe I will succeed
JONES2311 said:
Currently, I'm working on porting for this decide. If you haven't got rid of this phone, wait for a bit and I will come back!
Actually, CM7 is ready. I'm working on CWM and on other rom. I hope it will work.... If not, well, I will try to make it work
Don't lose hope
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read above maybe I will succeed
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Thank you! LG forgot us, you don't!
Omo De Carton said:
Thank you! LG forgot us, you don't!
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thank you for support! But my stupid computer broke D: when it will return home, I will work again to make something boot on this phone. Don't lose hope! For the moment... You can root it if you haven't done it. Gingerbreak works like a charm, tested on 20+ devices!
I hope my pc comes back soon...
My CM7 port for LG Optimus Chat!
I just released a port of CM7 for the LG Optimus Chat, based on the North American firmware! Should work well :fingers-crossed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/rom-cyanogenmod-7-2-rc1-port-lg-c55x-t2862429 - Gave me a nine days battery life with screen on an hour or so and 3G enabled! Pretty good for such a small phone!
just got a neo MT15i..with no past android experience..first how to tell if my phone is factory unlocked or unlocked with some some other method..it came with some t mobile papers in the box..and if it not factory unlocked then do i need to root it to get updates?
Welcome to using the great phone that is the neo. Have a look around the forums and you will see what what's you can use to root your phone. Don't use ota updates. First t thing to do would be to get the boot loader unlocked so u can flash 2.3.4 on your phone and flash rootxperia to gain root.
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thanks for the reply one question..will i lose my carrier unlock if i update via this method?
electricbluejase said:
Welcome to using the great phone that is the neo. Have a look around the forums and you will see what what's you can use to root your phone. Don't use ota updates. First t thing to do would be to get the boot loader unlocked so u can flash 2.3.4 on your phone and flash rootxperia to gain root.
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WTF are you saying? This guy has his first Android, and you want him to unlock the bootloader immediatly?
2.3.4 will come official in October, so if you're not in a rush (I can say that easily @signature ) just wait for it.
I'd recommend to just try out some stuff, download some nice apps and play with your phone. Read XDA, if you understand it a bit, and need some mods to your phone, ask how to do it. For the first weeks, I'd keep off the modding.
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neilmaken said:
thanks for the reply one question..will i lose my carrier unlock if i update via this method?
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I think you won't, carrier unlock is quite hard, but I'm not sure.
Here's an example for carrier unlock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212405&highlight=carrier+unlock
sdk16420 said:
WTF are you saying? This guy has his first Android, and you want him to unlock the bootloader immediatly?
2.3.4 will come official in October, so if you're not in a rush (I can say that easily @signature ) just wait for it.
I'd recommend to just try out some stuff, download some nice apps and play with your phone. Read XDA, if you understand it a bit, and need some mods to your phone, ask how to do it. For the first weeks, I'd keep off the modding.
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I think you won't, carrier unlock is quite hard, but I'm not sure.
Here's an example for carrier unlock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212405&highlight=carrier+unlock
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Well I was a noob as well, still count myself as one sometimes with cooking roms etc but that's not the point, It's not that hard to unlock the bootloader, especially if alejandrissimo helps him and it's worth it to be honest. it's obviously up to him if he wants to do it though, also... carrier unlock can be done as well very easily with alejandrissimo as well, all at the same time, and one day there will be prob the same things like the iphones, 1 click-root/unlock/bootloader unlock etc... and people/noobs/experts/whoever will still fail at it....
I do agree on reading up on XDA a bit though and enjoying the phone and not rushing into things, but if you want to learn, go at your own pace and if you want to dive into doing the good 'ol unlocking bootloaders then go for it and we can always give you advice and help if/when you need it.
lol..thanks for the help guys..i will look around the forum..i dont really think there is a need for rooting my fone rite away..it does wat i want it to do..unlike ios devices which are screaming for a jailbreak right out of the box
No problem there is a lot of info on the forums and we are always around one way or another, here and there, to give advice and help with any issues that may arise
Yeah, enjoy your phone for a while and get used to the o/s and if you want more then go for rooting/unlocking bootloader/themes/overclocking, list goes on.
I hear you about ios devices, 3 phones back i had a iphone 3gs... never again, I had to jailbreak it and even then i felt so... restricted, love android, last 2 phones have been running android. Google (Samsung) Nexus S and now my little and awesome Sony Xperia Neo.
I am thinking about getting this phone, first samsung, Ive had HTC ones only and I loved them but its time for a change. Anyway I always root and unlock my phones and load roms as I prefer them than stock. I can see this phone has a variety, what is a good or the best or most popular to use for this device?
Also is it hard to unlock and root? With the htc I downloaded an all in one exe file, just installed and it and next next next finished it, even installed recovery automatically etc. I hope this isnt complex on this phone.
PS. Sorry if I posted this on the wrong board, was thinking the Android development but that looks more techy than generic suggestion and opinion from the public
Archangel22 said:
I am thinking about getting this phone, first samsung, Ive had HTC ones only and I loved them but its time for a change. Anyway I always root and unlock my phones and load roms as I prefer them than stock. I can see this phone has a variety, what is a good or the best or most popular to use for this device?
Also is it hard to unlock and root? With the htc I downloaded an all in one exe file, just installed and it and next next next finished it, even installed recovery automatically etc. I hope this isnt complex on this phone.
PS. Sorry if I posted this on the wrong board, was thinking the Android development but that looks more techy than generic suggestion and opinion from the public
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I would have to ask which variant do you have like mine is g925p. It will show in about phone in settings
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The sprint vairent which im on has the ability to unlock it in dev options
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g925i
http://www.androidauthority.com/lenovo-tango-2017-736736
General Manager of Android and Chrome at Lenovo, Jeff Merideth recently mentioned that since other companies will be working on new Tango phones for the 2017 year, it only makes sense for Lenovo to do the same. He mentions that since they have already made their first device, if they can make a second generation while others are creating their initial offering, they should be quite a bit ahead of the game.
The company had 6,000 developers purchase the device online and at events since the launch
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And where are those devs? I feel like I'm the only person on XDA trying to do something for this device.
Also a total sale of 6k devices makes it depressing when thinking about porting LineageOS, so much work for so little..
I made that super simplified root guide and there were not more then 5-6 people interested
(Sorry just me feeling depressed with myself when thinking about further development for this device)
Exelios said:
I made that super simplified root guide and there were not more then 5-6 people interested
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Thank you very much for your great work. But please tell me what is your main goal of rooting Phab 2 pro? There is no custom rom for our device. So?
Why I root
Elemy said:
Thank you very much for your great work. But please tell me what is your main goal of rooting Phab 2 pro? There is no custom rom for our device. So?
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I personally root for Xposed and ability to remove any system app I don't want. I also like the ability to run root for add blocking app. I like to back up apps with titanium backup when changing devices. Plus many more like twrp bckp, advanced power menu, color/themed icons etc. Just to name a few.
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Elemy said:
Thank you very much for your great work. But please tell me what is your main goal of rooting Phab 2 pro? There is no custom rom for our device. So?
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Exelios said:
And where are those devs? I feel like I'm the only person on XDA trying to do something for this device.
Also a total sale of 6k devices makes it depressing when thinking about porting LineageOS, so much work for so little..
I made that super simplified root guide and there were not more then 5-6 people interested
(Sorry just me feeling depressed with myself when thinking about further development for this device)
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Thanks I sure appreciate your work I was about to resale when I couldn't get root. Now I am content with the device and that's thanks to you and the Russian Lenovo Forums. Thanks again!!!
Can i ask you what system apps did you remove? I removed with success (no root i disabled for user zero from adb) "user experience" app, but i want to remove all the ****.
Thank you!
Any luck yet?
Also interested if anything has come on this device. Seems like a fairly decent phone for the price ($28.99 - Walmart family mobile) but could definitely use a bloatware lesson lol. If it helps at all I unlocked Developer Options (via the usual way) and it has an option to unlock bootloader...can anyone tell me what happens if I do that...lol before I do that?
Thanks in advance for any tips\tricks anyone can share;
Bear
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Also interested if anything has come on this device. Seems like a fairly decent phone for the price ($28.99 - Walmart family mobile) but could definitely use a bloatware lesson lol. If it helps at all I unlocked Developer Options (via the usual way) and it has an option to unlock bootloader...can anyone tell me what happens if I do that...lol before I do that?
Thanks in advance for any tips\tricks anyone can share;
Bear
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Does anyone know what has become of this?
root
ive rooted phones before but there is no rom available for the z798bl.
I have two of these phones and too much free time.
How can i copy the rom to an sdtcard?
Then i guess id need the android equivlent of Interactive Disassembler Pro to make a rooted rom.
IM new at this, Someone Please Tell Me What needs to be done!
I think the problem is as follows:
There is NO stock ROM for the z798bl available on the web
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I need to root this ***** because wifihotspot sharing is disabled.
Factors:
Marshmallow 6.0.1 with certain service providers BLOCKS data so:
If you have one z798bl with unlimited data
and another z798bl with no data plan
mMking a hotspot to connect the two phones is Blatantly Broken
Just keeping the rom it has, has anyone ever got root privileges on the Z798BL?
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Does anyone know what has become of this?
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I haven't found anything at all either...then my Laptop took a sh*t on my so I've pretty much tabled it for now but as soon as I can I'm going to go ahead and try my best to make a shiny paper weight brick out of a new one...it's $24.88 at Walmart now so if it works then sweet, if not.../shrug...I've wasted more money on way worse things than that in me life lol. As for putting together your own ROM...I'd say go for it...I'm not quite confident enough with the little bit of experience I have so far to try that but if you do I will help any way I can...You might go look at Googles downloads site...you can download Android sdk Suite for developers onto your PC for free...I think its focused on App Development mainly but it comes with a bunch of other cool stuff too, including a virtual phone that is an Android emulator for testing out your experiments. Didn't mean to write a book here lol but please keep me in the loop and I'll return the favor. ✌
Z898BL source
I've found the source to the rom but not allowed to post outside links?
information
hello where I can get the and searched everywhere and nothing mail [email protected] give me the lick to find it
defrag220 said:
I've found the source to the rom but not allowed to post outside links?
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So can you get root permission with same rom? I just want to delete system apps
Hina13hina said:
So can you get root permission with same rom? I just want to delete system apps
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https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
I haven't tried this on the exact phone model you mentioned, but I used it on a Z836BL and it seems to work on any model whatsoever, no root necessary. Cheers!
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If anyone has any information at all about successful rooting of this phone, please share with us!