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I don't have much experience with custom ROMs, I've tinkered with my Samsung Tab 2, but I still have a few questions.
First of all, I have a stock M7, and as far as I understand HTC won't update this device to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. So I decided when custom 6.0 ROMs get stable enough - I'd like to dive in and try this side of Android I haven't yet experienced. I plan on sticking with my M7 for at least a year or two, as I cannot justify buying a new flagship phone for what I consider to be a slight upgrade, I'm very happy with my M7.
#1 Dumping my current ROM
My M7 still has a 1+ year warranty, and due to the camera purple tint issue, I'd like to have a full backup of my phone (ROM, kernel, baseband etc) if I was forced to go through the warranty process. Is it possible to dump a sort of RUU-type file? The CW field on my phone has the carrier embeded into it, and I cannot find a RUU that exactly matches it, so I'm afraid it could void my warranty if they checked it.
#2 Custom ROM updates
I've found apps in the Play store that claim to provide OTA updates for certain custom ROMs, but I don't understand how this works. Are there no OTA updates for custom ROMs? My Samsung Tab 2 has CM11 installed, and I've never received a notification or anything that an update was ready. I really don't want to keep flashing ROMs and constantly backing up/restoring my data on my phone. The reason I didn't switch to custom ROMs earlier was this issue. I had an iPhone a long time ago, and updating to a new iOS version meant wiping the phone because I always used to jailbreak it because it was locked to a different carrier. That's a pain, and I don't want that. Is this an issue for specific ROMs? Do certain custom ROM developers provide this feature? If there is no "official" OTA support, is there a way to just update and not reflash a new ROM version?
#3 Custom ROM selection
This sort of ties in to my 2nd question. I want to have an almost OEM type experience with updates and so on. As far as I understand, Cyanogenmod would be the way to go, but I didn't really like it on my Samsung Tab 2 - I had battery drain issues, I didn't really like the UI, but I could live with it by using a different launcher, using apps to tweak the UI and so on. But what would be the ROM to use, in order to have an "OEM" experience?
#4 Kernels
I've wanted the double-tap to wake feature on my phone since (if I remember correctly) the M8 launched and had this feature. As far as I understand, I'd need to use a custom kernel in order to have this feature. Does that mean that I have to choose a specific ROM, or can I use any ROM with any kernel? Also ... updates? If I update my ROM - will the kernel be updated, do I have to update the kernel when updating the ROM?
I don't have much experience with custom ROMs, I've tinkered with my Samsung Tab 2, but I still have a few questions.
First of all, I have a stock M7, and as far as I understand HTC won't update this device to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. So I decided when custom 6.0 ROMs get stable enough - I'd like to dive in and try this side of Android I haven't yet experienced. I plan on sticking with my M7 for at least a year or two, as I cannot justify buying a new flagship phone for what I consider to be a slight upgrade, I'm very happy with my M7.
#1 Dumping my current ROM
My M7 still has a 1+ year warranty, and due to the camera purple tint issue, I'd like to have a full backup of my phone (ROM, kernel, baseband etc) if I was forced to go through the warranty process. Is it possible to dump a sort of RUU-type file? The CW field on my phone has the carrier embeded into it, and I cannot find a RUU that exactly matches it, so I'm afraid it could void my warranty if they checked it.
#2 Custom ROM updates
I've found apps in the Play store that claim to provide OTA updates for certain custom ROMs, but I don't understand how this works. Are there no OTA updates for custom ROMs? My Samsung Tab 2 has CM11 installed, and I've never received a notification or anything that an update was ready. I really don't want to keep flashing ROMs and constantly backing up/restoring my data on my phone. The reason I didn't switch to custom ROMs earlier was this issue. I had an iPhone a long time ago, and updating to a new iOS version meant wiping the phone because I always used to jailbreak it because it was locked to a different carrier. That's a pain, and I don't want that. Is this an issue for specific ROMs? Do certain custom ROM developers provide this feature? If there is no "official" OTA support, is there a way to just update and not reflash a new ROM version?
#3 Custom ROM selection
This sort of ties in to my 2nd question. I want to have an almost OEM type experience with updates and so on. As far as I understand, Cyanogenmod would be the way to go, but I didn't really like it on my Samsung Tab 2 - I had battery drain issues, I didn't really like the UI, but I could live with it by using a different launcher, using apps to tweak the UI and so on. But what would be the ROM to use, in order to have an "OEM" experience?
#4 Kernels
I've wanted the double-tap to wake feature on my phone since (if I remember correctly) the M8 launched and had this feature. As far as I understand, I'd need to use a custom kernel in order to have this feature. Does that mean that I have to choose a specific ROM, or can I use any ROM with any kernel? Also ... updates? If I update my ROM - will the kernel be updated, do I have to update the kernel when updating the ROM?
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