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Should I root my s4 I'm on the edge of rooting it or not just don't know if there's any pros and cons I'm coming from iphones so I don't really know ow how to flash roms and all that or what they do
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The stock jelly bean roms are pretty good to be honest
i would root, though..so i could take off all the unnecessary bloat.
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Yeah I agree. It's worth it just to remove the bloat. If you follow the instructions properly, you really have nothing to lose.
On my phone, I rooted but kept the stock touchwiz rom for about 6 months. Then I got bored of it (and it had some major bugs that Samsung/ATT still haven't fixed) and started using cyanogenmod. Point is, even if you have no desire to to do anything drastic now, it's still worth rooting because you'll get to the point where you'll want to do extra stuff.
The only con is time spent and the possibility that you'll brick your phone. But that shouldn't be a problem if you follow the instructions carefully.
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There are ZERO cons to rooting and rom'ing. Take a few minutes to read tutorials and just do it.
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Can you lead me in the right direction to a tutorial to root and and install a rom I have a sprint s4 Sph-l720.
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when you root, download anttek app manager & take off all the sprint bloat.
Anything you need to know about rooting, roms, and anything related to modding android is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2272
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actually used that same video lol rooted and installed the custom recovery already should i flash the freegs4rom he has a video for it really didnt look like anything special.
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Read around the forums & see what features different roms have
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this is the rom i'm running on my note 2
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Thanks for the help man appreciate it
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No prob.
I must learn how to theme
My homescreens look like crap
I must learn how to theme
My homescreens look like crap
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for the slimbean do i have to also download all of the add ons , mods, and themes? or just the rom itself?No prob.
I must learn how to theme
My homescreens look like crap
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I'm now on carbon ROM. Thanks Monday 
. So far so good. Battery at 90% from listening to play music for 2 1/2 hours under regular data. No WiFi 
. So far so good. Battery at 90% from listening to play music for 2 1/2 hours under regular data. No WiFi 
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Wow do roms really do that much for your battery life? Mine is horrendous when I'm on constant usage which is basically Monday-Friday. I actually have a second battery that I keep in my bag in case I don't have access to outlets.I'm now on carbon ROM. Thanks Monday
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I think that has more to do with the kernel.
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Nevermind I figured it out on slimbean now build 7 I do have one question though how do I screenshot now lol?
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Volume down + power?
Or if you have motion enabled you can swipe across the screen with the side of your hand.
Use google. You can find your answers a lot faster than waiting for someone to reply.
Or if you have motion enabled you can swipe across the screen with the side of your hand.
Use google. You can find your answers a lot faster than waiting for someone to reply.
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The what.
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A kernel can be a part of the rom.
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Nope no kernel. just the one that came with the ROM with minor adjustments.
Some ROMs are a hit and miss with battery life. Just gotta try all of em. MIUI will be flashed tomorrow for experimenting.
just the one that came with the ROM with minor adjustments. Some ROMs are a hit and miss with battery life. Just gotta try all of em. MIUI will be flashed tomorrow for experimenting.
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I need to look into this cause my battery life is terrible. I'm talking dead in 4 hours bad.
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I need to look into this cause my battery life is terrible. I'm talking dead in 4 hours bad.
this is from this morning :x
Sorry, but
That's pretty awful. But what's your screen on time for that? My phone dies after 3-4 hours of heavy use.
I would get BetterBatteryStats and Greenify (are you rooted?). Assuming it's not from 3+ hours of heavy use, you probably have a rogue app or process. That happens to me too from time to time. One example -- the Play Store has a glitch. Every once in a while, it'll just run constantly in the background and drain 5-10% battery per hour.
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I need to look into this cause my battery life is terrible. I'm talking dead in 4 hours bad.
this is from this morning
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bruh what phone is that?
what phone is that?
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So. Poor.
