Questions tagged [custom-roms]
Use this tag when your issue is specific to custom ROMs -- but first make sure that there's no more specific tag, as e.g. for 'cyanogenmod' or 'darky-rom'. See the full tag wiki for more details.
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How to check if custom ROM supports encryption?
First solution which is coming to my mind is install custom ROM and encrypt /data partition. But it always take time. I'm wondering if there's quicker method like download custom ROM, extract system ...
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Building AOSP 4.4.2_R1 HOST_OUT and PRODUCT_OUT should be set [closed]
I tried to build AOSP 4.4.2_R1 for my Smartbook S10, taking the device-tree built with twrpbuilder_tree_generator.
I have come so far, however 'm' brings up the following error:
make: Entering ...
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High battery drain on Nexus 6P with Pixel Experience
I have a nexus 6P with a fairly new battery (some months). It worked quite well, until I decided to flash Pixel Experience because it is the only ROM I found which supports the 6P with Android P.
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How to build LineageOS for a device without official support? [closed]
I have a Mi 8 Lite (platina), for which there is no official LineageOS support. But LineageOS custom ROM for the device is available on XDA. On further research, I can see that vendor files, device ...
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Issue with the installation of a new version of Custom ROM
I try to reinstall a Custom Rom on my phone Infinix Smart 2 X5515
I extrat from to zip file: X5515-H398DEG-GO-180903V166.zip
boot.img, recovery.img and system.img and I put these file to the folder of ...
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Accidentally rebooted OnePlus 6 with no OS installed, how to get back to TWRP?
In the process of installing LineageOS on my OnePlus 6 A6003, I accidentally pressed "reboot to system" when there was no OS installed. How can I get back to TWRP? I've tried holding Power+Vol Down ...
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How Do You Port a Custom ROM? [closed]
I have two different phones with a similar type of processor (same brand) but a different amount of RAM. I have a custom ROM I want to install, but unsure if it will work on the one with a smaller ...
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TWRP Updated version for SM-G530T1?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-G530T1) and I would like to install a version of LineageOS onto it. This is the first time I have ever attempted something like this. I did manage to install ...
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How to install a 64bit gsi
I know, to some people, this question may seem illogical, but I have tried every possible solution available. I want to flash a 64 bit AOSP phusson's GSI in my Redmi S2, which has stock 32 bit OS, ...
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Will flashing a custom ROM brick my Huawei while the bootloader is locked?
I have a huawei device(Huawei G Play mini). Since huawei stopped providing BL unlock codes, i never got to unlocking it. I flashed TWRP through flashify and it worked fine with a locked BL and later ...
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Does my Galaxy S6 have an unlocked bootloader?
I want to install the Resurrection Remix custom ROM on my SM-G920I (Australian Version). Before I start doing anything, I need to make sure that the bootloader is unlocked, so I don't brick my phone.
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Is it a Kernel or a ROM that provides power_supply battery files?
Long story short I was installing custom ROMs to my Android device and one thing that stays in place regardless of ROM I use is a wrong battery stats monitoring. The device always behaves like it's ...
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Where does Havoc Os store update files?
I am relatively new in HavocOS.
I am seeing an update has arrived in my OS, it is downloaded already.
But I can't find the files downloaded in the mobile.
I want to manually update with TWRP ...
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Bluetooth audiocontrolling doesn't work
When connecting my Samsung Galaxy S7 to bluetooth-devices (cars, bluetooth-loudspeakers etc.) the music is normally played but the devices' control units do not work. It is not possible to control the ...
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Issues when installing chroot for Kali NetHunter
I have been trying for the past week to get Kali NetHunter on my OnePlus 3T (using this guide) and it has worked... Somewhat. The issue is when I try to install chroot. The NetHunter app doesn't want ...
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Edit proximity sensor time-out for apps
I am running (rooted)LineageOS 14 for the Motorola G4 (2016). I noticed that the double-tap home to lock function works great, but waking up the screen sometimes doesn't work too well. The proximity ...
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Where to get old LineageOS ROMs?
I have a few old devices which I want to put on LineageOS. This time it's about a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini (GT-I9195, serranoltexx). But the official LineageOS website shows them as not supported ...
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How to flash a custom rom solely with a PC
So long story short, I have a old Samsung S Duos. It fall from some height. Its screen is broken. After giving up on it and almost a year after that, I decided to charge it and unlike last (year) time,...
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Vendor does not match the system, eventually fails
Can someone explain why this happens? I eventually shutdown the device which is why is fails, but it takes forever and never finishes.
Pixel 2, oem unlocked, Sixrom v2.0.
usr@ubuntuhost:~$ ...
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Migrating to a custom rom
I'd like to ask if there is a way to backup all my apps and data to transfer from miui to a custom rom. I've switched before, on another device but had to reinstall everything, which was pretty ...
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Lenovo vibe k5 hard bricked
My lenovo vibe k5 has been hard bricked. The screen is completely black out, only the red led light flashes when i plugin the usb cable into my device.
I tried to flash custom rom using the QFIL but ...
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Clock speed of Adreno 509
I'm sorry if this if off topic but I don't know a better place to put it, after it's a GPU used in Android device
My ROM maintainer has capped it at 430 mhz on the Moto z3 play. I distinctly remember ...
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Bricked the phone by wiping every partition in TWRP
My Redmi 5 plus won't boot as I messed up everything while trying to flash a couple of ROMs. At first the two ROMs that I flashed were working well. But after some time, whatever ROM I flashed, the ...
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Can custom roms like aim rom or aex increase gaming performance over stock Android?
Note: I have zero technical knowledge about Android or custom roms or root etc.
Am using Moto G5 plus (4bg) and I play games like PES 2019 and pubgm a lot.
Now my device runs these games with some ...
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Port Rom dependency on SU permission
Is it possible to use a Port ROM without root access. Am having galaxy Note3 SM-N9005 and I recently ported it to AryaMod N7 port ROM.
I have installed SU by chainfire and comes with a full unroot ...
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Odin Flash error: SW REV CHECK FAIL : [lk]Fused 2 > Binary 1
I've been trying to flash stock ROM on my Samsung J7 Max. Briefly, these are the steps I followed :
Enable Developer Options
Disable OEM lock
Reboot phone and open into Download Mode (Power+Home+Down)...
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How to Resize a Notch cutout
i installed a custom rom on my mi8 but the notch size is a bit wrong.
There's anyway to set the notch type and size? My phone is rooted and i have some skills of modding android devices/roms.
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Is it possible to install regular, non go version of android firmware on a device running android go?
are there any alternative, 'non go' android firmwares for my Samsung J4 core phone available?
The Samsung J4 core comes with Android Go.
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Customising a custom rom
I want to know is it possible to edit a custom rom from zip and then zipping it again (flashable) to a device. Will it brick the device?
Thanx
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Unable to install custom ROM, missing options in recovery menu
In recovery, perform a full factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik cache
and wipe data/factory reset. (source: https://www.naldotech.com/how-to-install-custom-roms-on-nexus-6p-with-custom-recovery/)
But ...
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How high is the risk of bricking a phone by installing LineageOS or /e/?
I am going to buy a phone soon and I would rather buy an Android than an iPhone. However, I do not want to run any Google software on the phone, and I am planning on installing one of the custom ROMs ...
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Stuck at boot animation logo after flashing GSI image system
I know it seems be a repeated question but i have tried every possible solution i found, i have xiaomi redmi s2 with unlocked bootloader and custom treble TWRP recovery and i have a generic system ...
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Odexed stock apks not running on de-odexed rom
Flashed a deodexed rom (StaticROM by RainbowLaw, version 3.2) to my old Galaxy Pocket Plus, wonderful ROM - smooth and fast, but when I flashed back some of the old stock apps (using a zip i created) ...
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Stuck on Boot up Pocophone F1
I started by wanting to get a custom ROM on my Pocophone F1 Global. I watched a video and managed to get that done. I was able to use it and everything, then I realised that I wanted to go back to ...
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Unable to understand where exactly problem is
Few hours ago I did full clean Resurrection Remix ROM and gapps installation on my device. After downloading I cross check MD5 hash which match perfectly but in magisk SafetyNet check fail for both ...
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media server repeatedly crashing
i am having this problem of media server crashing each and everytime i open the camera and the camera shows not connected. this stared all of a sudden my front camera has no problem but for my back ...
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Kindle 5th generation in fastboot but no options?
Having 2 Kindle Fire "5th generation"s that are pretty much useless for not getting proper software, I had good hope of putting on a custom ROM after reading this post. But as always with old posts, ...
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Hacked. How to factory reset no access factory reset
My phone and tablet has been hacked. Neither Samsung device is rooted. I think the rom has been changed and I am on a virtual network in a shell and unable to access factory reset. I don't know if the ...
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How to have microG works on Havoc OS?
Long story short, microG is supposed to take advantage of signature spoofing in order to do his magic. But I couldn't make this happen.
Context :
I just did a clean install of Havoc OS (Android Pie) ...
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Android's certain button cannot pressed
Im facing issue cant press certain button (i.e. VPN ok button, chrome agree t&c), as seen in the video
Screen Record (GDrive)
Currently i am using
Ressurection Remix 7.0 (Android Pie/9)
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Is it possible to flash a custom ROM without a custom recovery image
For an un-rooted device, almost all articles/forum posts I've read say that in order to flash a custom ROM you first need to flash (or boot) a custom recovery image like TWRP.
I'm not sure I ...
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redmi 5a: custom rom freezes
my rom freezes a few seconds after it booted up, the screen gets black, then it turns off and there is nothing i can do but reboot. before it freezes it says com.android.bluetooth stopped. perhaps it ...
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How to AutoRotate in LineageOS With ADB?
I am using LOS 14.1 unofficial (by dl12345 user from XDA) in my N910C. AutoRotate doesn't work and i found a solution which is working partly. What does mean partly?
I added these to my build.prob ...
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Unable to connect to Spotify - phantom ad blocker?
I'm having issues with the Spotify app. Trying to search gives error messages shown in this Spotify forum. The solution suggested in that thread is to whitelist spclient.wg.spotify.com on my adblocker....
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Why does Android OS need custom ROMs for OS upgrades?
I have a discontinued LG L5 E455 Android phone that came with Android 4.1.2 OS.
I am forced to upgrade the OS because most of the apps I need to install are not compatible with this version of OS, ...
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“android process media has stopped” Oneplus X Custom Rom
As i observe my phone, so far it experience "android.process.media.has.stopped" error every time i receive whatsapp with media notification. Can anybody help me?
Currently i am using
OnePlus X (...
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Titanium backup and TWRP, custom ROM
I'm trying to install a new custom ROM on my smartphone and first I need to make a backup. I was wondering, if I use Titanium backup do I need to make TWRP?
I got a bit confused researching online and ...
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How I can downgrade from U3 to U1 “oreo to nougat”
I want to downgrade my phone from Oreo to Nougat
My phone is Samsung J730F.
But the problem is that Samsung locked the boot-louder.
Can I go back by flashing the phone combination ROM then flash my ...
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Cannot install any APK file due to “Out of Space” misleading error (plenty of space)
I know there are tons of questions about this, but I have tried many possible solutions to no avail. I believe the "Out of space" error is misleading...
I have a problem: I cannot install any .apk ...
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after rooting phone, can I remove all traces of original phone carrier?
Forgive my mobile ignorance. I have a Galaxy S4 from Verizon (sch-i545), and I do not use it as a phone anymore. What I want to do is turn it into basically a very simple media device for kids' use ...
