The Official root MFer / ROMs thread - for REAL MEN

[resistanze]

Yes

that's good

Wait .... Cricket? there is a company named Cricket ?

Obviously there are enough good AOSP roms for each carrier, but now one can use any ROM

I dont care for AOSP anymore, but I know this is Christmas for you

Yeah Cricket....no idea wtf that was. There's like 9 S4 variants in North America

[lefty]

Yeah Cricket....no idea wtf that was. There's like 9 S4 variants in North America

We should have the International variant

that

[leemajors]

Yeah Cricket....no idea wtf that was. There's like 9 S4 variants in North America

regional carrier recently bought by att, leases from sprint

[lefty]

resistanze

Just rooted my Nexus 7 , but didn't flash a custom ROM

I went instead with Xposed framework/modules; instead of flashing a custom ROM for just a couple features, I can add features/tweaks separately


Pretty badass

[resistanze]

resistanze

Just rooted my Nexus 7 , but didn't flash a custom ROM

I went instead with Xposed framework/modules; instead of flashing a custom ROM for just a couple features, I can add features/tweaks separately


Pretty badass

Xposed framework pretty sick tbh, can have custom settings for apps too

Should try Liquidsmooth or Mahdi Rom tho

[lefty]

Xposed framework pretty sick tbh, can have custom settings for apps too

Should try Liquidsmooth or Mahdi Rom tho

nah im ok without roms tbh, stock is less buggy tbh

so far, so good with:

- Gravity Box
- Youtube Ad-Away

[resistanze]

nah im ok without roms tbh, stock is less buggy tbh

so far, so good with:

- Gravity Box
- Youtube Ad-Away

I'll break you down eventually

[lefty]

I'll break you down eventually

The only thing that will break me down is when my tablet will stop getting major OS updates. Then I will flash ported ROMS with the latest Android versions.

[lefty]

resistanze

One click root apk

Just dl and install the apk, one click and voila!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2783157

[resistanze]

resistanze

One click root apk

Just dl and install the apk, one click and voila!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2783157

Dammnnn by geohot! Haven't kept track of him since his iOS jailbreak back in 2010

[lefty]

Dammnnn by geohot! Haven't kept track of him since his iOS jailbreak back in 2010

He is the one who made the jailbreak straight from the iPhone?
(jailbreakme)

[lefty]

resistanze

Rooted the bish

Youtube ads, GTFO

[resistanze]

resistanze

Rooted the bish

Youtube ads, GTFO

Good job. Here the key, you can find your balls stored in locker #3a.

[lefty]

[anakha]

Got a free S4 as a loyalty bonus from my carrier yesterday.

30 minutes in, I was getting irritated as with Touchwiz. Odin, Autoroot, CWR, slapped the GPE ROM on it in the span of 1 hour.

Now I like my newest phone.

[lefty]

I kept TouchWiz but I use Xposed Framework for the things I want to tweak

TW doesn't bother me, people are making a big deal about it tbh.
If I wanted stock Android I would have gotten a cheaper phone or a Nexus or a Moto.

What's thw point of getting a flagship phone woth great hardware if you slap stock Android


But in your case, you got if for free, so it's ok

[anakha]

Stock Android with its cleaner UI, better performance, and less internal memory consumed, on OEM flagship specs appeal to some people. Hence the GPE versions.

[anakha]

For all their good points, one thing Nexus phones have never claimed to have are the latest and best specs.

[lefty]

Stock Android with its cleaner UI, better performance, and less internal memory consumed, on OEM flagship specs appeal to some people. Hence the GPE versions.

Meh, I've had only 1 or 2 minor lags since I got my S4

I use Nova Launcher anyway , and Sammy aps UI (dialer, etc) doesn't bother me since I dont spend 24 hours a day staring at them

And as for GPE editions ,it depends on the phone

The HTC One M8 GPE allows you to download HTC apps from the Play Store and has kept a few features from the original M8

But you don't have that with Sammy GPE

For all their good points, one thing Nexus phones have never claimed to have are the latest and best specs.

Never said that, but you still read comments from Nexus 5 owners saying "oh the camera quality is not that bad" or "good enough for me" just so they can feel better about their purchase

[anakha]

And as for GPE editions ,it depends on the phone

The HTC One M8 GPE allows you to download HTC apps from the Play Store and has kept a few features from the original M8

But you don't have that with Sammy GPE

That's because Samsung, in its misbegotten drive to differentiate itself from Android, has kept all of its apps proprietary and away from the Play Store.

Never said that, but you still read comments from Nexus 5 owners saying "oh the camera quality is not that bad" or "good enough for me" just so they can feel better about their purchase

My primary phone is a Nexus 5, and the camera is no issue for me since I'm not a camera guy.

Outside of a Moto X (which won't work over here), it's just the best value available.

[lefty]

That's because Samsung, in its misbegotten drive to differentiate itself from Android, has kept all of its apps proprietary and away from the Play Store.



My primary phone is a Nexus 5, and the camera is no issue for me since I'm not a camera guy.

Outside of a Moto X (which won't work over here), it's just the best value available.

See? I was right



Nah, just kidding


The Moto is G is a good value too; specwise not as good as Moto X or Nexus 5, but still good, and a quad core for that price off contract ($179) .... pretty good deal imo

TBH, if the Moto X got released before I got my S4, I would probaby have gotten it tbh ... or not, since I need that extra storage

[anakha]

the LTE Moto G though. Moto should have made that compatible with global LTE bands.

[lefty]

Yeah I read that the other day

that tbh

But can custom ROM fix that ?

[Venti Quattro]

Rooting s what the best launcher to use?

[lefty]

Rooting s what the best launcher to use?

What does a launcher have to do with rooting?

I've tried different launchers and I always go back to Nova

Buzz launcher is cool if you want to have those complicated and fancy homescreens (you can pick from a lot of cool homescreens made available by Buzz users)