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A good reason to root and flash a custom ROM >=4.4

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If you've a problem using an application and would like assistance using it then try AppChat

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A good reason to root and flash a custom ROM >=4.4

Another good reason to root your phone, but this time install AdAway from F-Droid (don't use AdBlock Plus since they let ads through if they've been paid to do so).

[chris j]

Question for those who have installed a custom rom, currently I'm running stock android 4.4 on a moto 4g, I'm looking at attempting to change to cyanogenmod 12 (motorola is being excessively slow with the promised android 5 upgrade for the moto g). If I back up my current apps and system data to external sd with something like titanium backup, is that back up specific to the stock rom only, or will I be able to, after installing cm12, restore the backup and have all my apps, data, text messages etc back as they were?

[jakk]

Should be fine in general although I think some people have had problems using older backups when moving to android 5 and I think its generally recommended to do everything clean.

On another note, as a regular moto g user the updates should finally be happening about now, although I also gave up on waiting and moved to a stock 5.0 ROM from XDA which seems to work - xposed provides all the customisation I need

[Bubba]

Bear in mind that Titanium Backup requires root if you're on a stock ROM at the moment.

[chris j]

Thanks. I am rooted already. Had tried before unsuccessfully with CM12 (have read since it has a very specific installation procedure) and ended up going back to stock. At that point I thought I had everything backed up with Helium though it seemed it decided I didn't really want to keep all my messages... (hence now using a different backup utility) Just about ready to give it another go once I'm back somewhere with fast enough internet to download the latest nightly.

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Choose your Android phone

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New exploit turns Samsung Galaxy phones into remote bugging devices

Time to root your phone and remove Samsung IME (their tweaked version of Swiftkey) and install Swiftkey from the Play Store instead.

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Smartphone Energy Drain in the Wild: Analysis and Implications

Quick summary

Solution : Root + Amplify to block/reduce all the wakelocks and alarms.  :coolest: (Play Store link)

[Will Hunt]

Does anybody have any experience of using 6.0 (Marshmallow) yet? Specifically on a Nexus 5.
Lollipop basically disabled my phone when it first came out. Really don't want to have to go through that again.

[sjw]

Does anybody have any experience of using 6.0 (Marshmallow) yet? Specifically on a Nexus 5.
Lollipop basically disabled my phone when it first came out. Really don't want to have to go through that again.

It upgraded on my Nexus 5 the other day. Not had any problems so far, other than having to reboot once immediately after to sort out sms notifications. Then again, I didn't have any problems with Lollipop.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

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Can't see the need for it myself but if you're not very organised about backing up your phone then this might be of interest...

Meem Memory Cable backs up your phone whilst charging

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Shashlik - run Android APKs under GNU/Linux

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Can't find the threads where people were asking about bluetooth keyboards to go with their phone/tablets but...


Superbook looks interesting, particularly given the increasing power of smartphones.