Brand new VZW S4 w/ NC5, Need Advice and Help

Hello,

Firs off I'm new here so a lot of this stuff is still foreign to me. I was able to get a brand new Verizon S4 with NC5. I have not even opened the box yet.

I want to upgrade to the best OTA which also has a stable, reliable, debloated custom ROM available similar to say CleanRom. Which OTA should I upgrade to? If it's not the newest VZW has put out, will I get notifications every day asking me to upgrade?

Which custom ROMs are similar to CleanRom? I was stability, reliability, speed and tethering.

Thanks!

Out of it for a year, now I'm looking for advice and opinions.

I got this SM-P600 last year for my birthday, I shortly rooted it then installed a ROM and went on my merry way.

There have always been a couple nagging issues with the rom, infrequent random restarting and blanking out my lockscreen and homescreen wallpapers.

Its on the ND2 bootloader but the "fingerprint" says NH3 release-keys, so NH3 firmware I assume.

It is rooted, twrp 2.5 or 2.6 I think.

I just want to get the firmware updated and install a stable rom on it since the restarting and wiping away wallpaper is really getting on my nerves lately.

I have been out of the tweaking and modding environment for almost a year now and I don't know where to pick up again.

So I am looking for advice and opinions.
I need to find a firmware only page, or a way to update the firmware easily, or am I missing something here?
I'd like to hear about a couple roms people out there are using, why you use it and how long?
I'd like to know if I need to have the bootloader and firmware be the same version and if that might be why I am having issues.
Can anyone point me to the right place?

HTC Desire EYE - Soft bricked -Needs Expert advice

Hi,
First time to post a question. Please, be patient.

Problems:
1. Fast boot goes into AC (no usb, so no connection with the laptop)
2. Camera not working

What I've done:
1. Flashed TWRP 2.8.4
2. Flashed custom ROMs with no back up (stupid I know)
3. Flashed the Beatmod ROM, then tried to go back to custom ROMs last was [OTA ZIP+TWRP] HTC Desire Eye 2.19.401.1 STOCK Europe 5.0.2 Lollipop, all haven't sorted the issue
3. Flashed the 0PFHIMG firmware, no differece

2 things I've noticed as well while doing these trials: the TWRP says no MD5 file found and when tried to flash crdroid-5.1.1-20151003-eyeul it said your device is M8.

Would really appreciate ur help

Advice for android 4.7, 5.0 inch

Hello guys, i need some advice for changing my Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo for some biger android (4.7 or 5.0 inch) so can you give me some advice which phone can be nice change option for my S3 Neo, its important to be the same performance or a litlle better, and that is not to much expensive of my S3 Neo, im looking for used phone.

Advice on how to go about rooting an HTC 816 Desire (710C Virgin Mobile US)

I have an HTC 816 Desire (710C Virgin Mobile US) running Lollipop 5.0.2. I'm wondering if there is even a root method that will work for this? I've tried Towelroot, Kingroot, and Kingoroot. Nothing works sadly even tho each of them said they support 710C and 816 Desire. I assume there's different versions that make it incompatible.

Any ideas?

Downgrade advice after latest Lollipop Upgrade

I've been reading a few threads but since I have an AT&T Note 3 there seems to be a ton of jargon I'm having a hard time picking up on, I've done a few previous Android phones but those seemed to have a guide where everything was exactly what I had and it just worked step by step. I have a fully stock Note 3

Baseband version:
N900AUCUEOC2

Kernel version
3.4.0-4335446
dpi@SWHD4309 #1
Fri July 31 21:47:49 KST 2015

Build Number:
LRX21V.N900AUCUEOC2

Every OTA update something seems to happen on this Note 3, GPS issues on one, battery on another and now it's Wifi issues along with missing text messages. (both of which suck the most). I've never rooted or flashed this phone, either I would like to go back to 4.4.2 or maybe try another rom but I'm having a real hard time figuring out all the steps since it seems any time there's an update they all change, towelroot, safestrap, kingo root, heimdall, MJ5, etc hell are the notes in the main post for AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 3 All-In-One Resource Thread still good?

Basically I figure I would take it back to 4.4.2 and run that for a month and see if texting, gps and battery are stable, that's my big three. Getting rid of the Samsung bloat and flashing a new rom are secondary at this point. I've done the whole wipe and factory reset the phone a few times but I still can't shake this texting bug where sometimes it silently stops working, tried the built in Messaging app, switched to Google Messenger and even tried Handcent and Go SMS Pro with the same results, texts stop coming in randomly, I can send out but replies never show up and rebooting the phone doesn't cause them to show up, they are just gone but a reboot will restore the ability to receive texts.

[Q] Need advice on choosing a ROM

Hello.

I need advice/suggestions on choosing a Rom for my Samsung Galaxy S 4 (I9505/jfltexx). What I am looking for is a ROM that is stable and actively maintained with regards to bug and security fixes, preferably AOSP based. I have no need for neither all sorts of bells and whistles, fancy eye candy nor bleeding edge features. Rushing to the latest major android version is not a priority, having my phone fully working is, though.

Here is some "background data" om me in the hope of providing a more complete picture of what I am looking for based on my previous use/experience.
I have owned 3 android capable devices. HTC Legend, Samsung Galaxy SII and Samsung Galaxy S 4. One can argue these have been poor choice of devices but it is what it is. I have been running mainly Cyanogenmod since 6.1 I believe on all devices. Fact is, flashing CM has been one of the first thing I have done after buying a new device as I tend to "gag" on HTCs and Samsungs firmware. The first few years I used to tinker about with the devices a lot, flashing stable, RC, milestone and nightlies, different ROMs/kernels frequently but always found my way back to fairly default CM. It has been a bumpy ride on CM (yes, I realize this is in part due to my choise of devices) and while I am not here to lash out at CM in general, recent choices from the CM team and increasingly inconsistent support for my current device leads me to looking for alternatives while really appreciating the sheer amount of great work the CM team have done over the years.
So, what drew me towards CM in the first place? Well, mostly the flexibility/customizability of the ROM and the power/control I felt I had of it, the openness of it and what once was an active, positive community around it. Admittedly, SenseUI and TouchWiz probably pushed me towards it as well. The most recent year or two I have moved a bit away from tinkering and have had a higher need for a stable and maintained ROM that "just works".

I had decided to go for OmniROM, it seemed to be a decent alternative but I am under the impression that my device is no longer supported. Have been considering CopperheadOS as well.
Anyway, I open to suggentions.
Cheers.

Help / Advice needed "universal" allwinner Android car stereo NAND problem.

Hello,
So im not a complete novice with rooting and such, have done it on several phones with and without issues and still fixed them.
But when it comes to unbranded stuff like this stereo im a bit lost and confused.

Heres some info on the stereo in question

Attachment 3493268

Pretty much a generic chinese stereo found on ebay.
Apparent specs were advertised as -
Operating System: Android 4.4:
ARM Cortex A7 Dual Core,
1.0GHZ CPU ,1
GB DDR3 RAM,
8GB NAND Flash

This is not entirely true though and this is where my problems come in.
Booting into recovery doesn't actually allow any selections and it boots into recovery for about 3 seconds and then reboots.
The only info it shows in these 3 seconds are -

wing_k70-eng 4.4 KRT16S 20141208 (i assume this is a custom android version)

volume up/down to move highlight; enter button to select.

Reboot system now
apply update from ADB
wipe data factory reset.

(now i cant even try this because it reboots itself before you can try and select anything, also whats the up/down volume buttons and enter button on a stereo)

Boots with an allwinner logo.

Now thats the info on the stereo itself. The problem i have is with the storage. Again i dont know a ton about NAND. But the advertised specs stated 8gb.
When you look in storage in the settings it shows -

Internal storage 0.98gb (this is where apps are installed, or would be is there was space)

Internal storage 4.50gb
This shows in the settings but is not accessible, you can format it but still cant access it.
Tried opening in file browsers but it says its not mounted. No option to mount or unmount it in the storage settings.

SD card port works fine. I have a 16gb card in it but i cant install any apps onto it.

Some apps such as Torque ODB require profiles to be saved into storage and also need access to storage.
This is not possible as the internal storage is not accessible, i get a message of -
Waiting for memory cars / storage to become accessible.
This times out after a while because the storage is not accessible.

So im not here for some help.
What are my options?
Would rooting the device maybe fix the issue? if so how woudl i go about rooting this?
Is there a way without root to change the settings of apps to install into SD card, i tried the regular options in settings and it wont let me move or save apps to SD.
Any other way i can gain access to the 4.5gb?

Hopefully somone can give me some advice.

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G3 acting buggy, advice?

I'm using stock Android 5.0.1 on my G3 on AT&T (D850).

Recently my phone has been really buggy. I was randomly using the web browser and then my phone started freezing up, and then wouldn't load up apps. It restarted itself and when it did half my contacts had no names.

No browser was working so I factory reset the phone but then my problems continued:
-all web browsers will still randomly crash when browsing
- apps will get a "Unfortunately, X has stopped" error. Most common is Google Play Services (which I've uninstalled updates and cache several times) but other apps like Messaging or even Settings can fail
- some apps just won't open over time. They'll work fine but then force close, and then any subsequent attempt to open it will force close it immediately

I still have a month on my warranty but would rather not send my phone in. Do you think that rooting my phone and installing a new ROM would fix these issues? If so which rooting method would you suggest and any suggestions on ROMs would be appreciated

LG G3 acting buggy, advice?

I'm using stock Android 5.0.1 on my G3 on AT&T (D850).

Recently my phone has been really buggy. I was randomly using the web browser and then my phone started freezing up, and then wouldn't load up apps. It restarted itself and when it did half my contacts had no names.

No browser was working so I factory reset the phone but then my problems continued:
-all web browsers will still randomly crash when browsing
- apps will get a "Unfortunately, X has stopped" error. Most common is Google Play Services (which I've uninstalled updates and cache several times) but other apps like Messaging or even Settings can fail
- some apps just won't open over time. They'll work fine but then force close, and then any subsequent attempt to open it will force close it immediately

I still have a month on my warranty but would rather not send my phone in. Do you think that rooting my phone and installing a new ROM would fix these issues? If so which rooting method would you suggest and any suggestions on ROMs would be appreciated