Anybody Planning on Rooting and Flashing?

[hyminameisderek]

Just wondering if anybody is thinking about rooting and flashing ROM's on their phone, and if so; why? What features do you feel are missing that you would need root or a custom ROM for? I'm coming from the VZW Galaxy Nexus in which I flashed ROM's all the time. So I'm having trouble adjusting to not having some settings but I really want to stick with the straight Google experience for a bit.

Right now for me, I want to be able to adjust notification light settings, vibration settings, I also miss the customizing of the notification bar and notification panel. Even not being able to change the battery to percentage style has me wanting to root and flash.

 

[pseudoware]

Don't plan to flash, but I'll root to run some apps - Greenify, AdAway, etc. I likely won't install a custom recovery. Same set up as my N7 and soon-to-be sold N4.

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[hyminameisderek]

Don't plan to flash, but I'll root to run some apps - Greenify, AdAway, etc. I likely won't install a custom recovery. Same set up as my N7 and soon-to-be sold N4.

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I'm already stuck in the middle because I didn't root yet, but I went ahead and got everything set up how I want it. I'm just missing all these little quick settings that CM has that stock doesn't. I know I can download additional apps for some of them, but I just wish they were integrated into the OS

 

[EnigmaticPsychotic]

Done and done.

 

[hyminameisderek]

Done and done.

I haven't even looked yet, and I guess I could just Google, but I'm being lazy. Are there a lot of ROMs currently available? What did you flash and why? LIke I said...I'm wondering what features people aren't happy with or the lack thereof in Stock Android that is pushing them to flash other ROMs

 

[EnigmaticPsychotic]

I take that back. I unlocked and rooted. I like the stock look.

 

[pseudoware]

I said I wouldn't install a custom recovery, but I did - CWM. I also said I wouldn't flash a ROM. Well, thinking of something less Google, more AOSP. Google's "bloat" is getting up there with carriers/OEMs.

 

[BirchBarlow]

I already unlocked the bootloader, but I haven't flashed a custom recovery yet. TWRP is still in the testing phase and CWM hasn't even released one yet. I want to wait until the custom recoveries are good and stable before I start monkeying around with custom ROMs, I mean the thing hasn't even been out a week yet. If you want root access without unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom recovery, I believe there's a Chainfire exploit out there that gives you root access.

 

[dazzer87]

Don't plan to flash, but I'll root to run some apps - Greenify, AdAway, etc. I likely won't install a custom recovery. Same set up as my N7 and soon-to-be sold N4.

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No issue with Adway? I installed it and notice that ads are block for apps but ads s till show up on chrome browser. Also on chrome for example if someone in a thread post a link when I click on it it try to open the link but I get an error. This happen too on my ipad with Adblock. Anyway of getting this to work with Adblock install?

 

[pseudoware]

No issue with Adway? I installed it and notice that ads are block for apps but ads s till show up on chrome browser. Also on chrome for example if someone in a thread post a link when I click on it it try to open the link but I get an error. This happen too on my ipad with Adblock. Anyway of getting this to work with Adblock install?

Haven't tried yet. I guess I'll try AdBlock or something else.

 

[mr.wizard]

Unlocked bootloader, CWM recovery, and running faux123 beta kernel.

Unlocking the bootloader is a given if you're even thinking of the possibility of custom Roms. CWM, well it makes it pretty easy to root. And a custom kernel just to help with battery life.. Or to kill the battery trying to OC.

It's a dev phone, meant to be hacked and brought back to stock again. No harm really in messing around

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[htowngator]

I plan on doing it later when devs have pumped out a ton of roms, kernels, tweaks, etc. that I can use. I got greedy and just wanted to use ASAP so I'm still stock.

 

[CMSevilla]

I got this phone so I wouldn't have to root it like I have with all the Galaxy/HTC phones i've owned.

That being said, if I cannot get tethering to work, well then I guess I'll have to root it.

Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in...

 

[qnet]

I unlocked my bootloader but that's it. I've downloaded TWRP but haven't flashed it. I will probably stay stock for awhile. The only things I really want is, a battery percentage indicator baked in, the ability to have a different lockscreen wallpaper, and lockscreen apps you can slide to and open. I know CM 10.2 has these things so that's the Rom I may go to, if I ever do it.

If Google would include those three things, I wouldn't root or flash anything. I like the stock launcher very much and that's all I would want.

 

[anon(631531)]

O.K. I believe that this is the right forum to post these questions. I have a partitioned MacBook Pro. 400gbs. Mac, and 100gbs Windows 7 HP. I will be buying the Nexus5, as soon as i sell my SGSIII.
1-Can i plug the Nexus into the Mac side, to see my internal memory and for rooting, or do i still need the Windows side for these functions?
2-Can i put the SIM card from the SGSIII into the Nexus and be good to go, or do i need to change some settings? (I have the unlimited data plan, with AT&T)

 

[htowngator]

O.K. I believe that this is the right forum to post these questions. I have a partitioned MacBook Pro. 400gbs. Mac, and 100gbs Windows 7 HP. I will be buying the Nexus5, as soon as i sell my SGSIII.
1-Can i plug the Nexus into the Mac side, to see my internal memory and for rooting, or do i still need the Windows side for these functions?
2-Can i put the SIM card from the SGSIII into the Nexus and be good to go, or do i need to change some settings? (I have the unlimited data plan, with AT&T)

Yes you're good with Mac and yes your sim is correct to just swap over.

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