Samsung Galaxy S5

hawker

hawker

Honorary Master
Joined
Sep 22, 2006
Messages
11,461
We'd be lucky to get in January. Network operators here are useless...
 
hellfire

hellfire

Honorary Master
Joined
Sep 25, 2007
Messages
11,625
Anyone else been finding that the Samsung OS is nailing the RAM. I'm running at 80% with almost no apps running
 
K

kingrob

Guest
eehellfire said:
Anyone else been finding that the Samsung OS is nailing the RAM. I'm running at 80% with almost no apps running
Click to expand...

The Vodacom ROM is extremely bloated.

I remember when I was still using it, my phone would be using 1.21GB RAM right after boot.

After I installed the UK BTU ROM, it's down to 900MB.
 
hawker

hawker

Honorary Master
Joined
Sep 22, 2006
Messages
11,461
kingrob said:
The Vodacom ROM is extremely bloated.

I remember when I was still using it, my phone would be using 1.21GB RAM right after boot.

After I installed the UK BTU ROM, it's down to 900MB.
Click to expand...

How did you flash that BTU ROM? Root + custom recovery? Or straight flash with odin?
 
faniebraai

faniebraai

RIP
Joined
Dec 7, 2010
Messages
78,906
Zodiac007 said:
Which version of the BTU ROM are you using ? Any risk of tripping the Knox flag?
Click to expand...

you aren't rooting, and flashing official samsung software... no risk at all. Get the latest UK BTU one.

it's very easy to do.

1. load odin
2. put phone into download mode
3. load rom into odin
4. flash it

no need for factory reset or anything. afterwards you can remove the vodacrap bloat that managed to survive the flash.
 
Z

Zodiac007

Active Member
Joined
Aug 11, 2010
Messages
66
faniedry said:
you aren't rooting, and flashing official samsung software... no risk at all. Get the latest UK BTU one.

it's very easy to do.

1. load odin
2. put phone into download mode
3. load rom into odin
4. flash it

no need for factory reset or anything. afterwards you can remove the vodacrap bloat that managed to survive the flash.
Click to expand...

Thanx for the reply.
Which version of Odin should I use and did you download it from SamMobile?
 
Spizz

Spizz

Goat Botherer
Joined
Jan 19, 2009
Messages
31,548
Zodiac007 said:
Thanx for the reply.
Which version of Odin should I use and did you download it from SamMobile?
Click to expand...

I still use Odin 3, v1.85. Anything higher and you get infested with a bunch of annoying schyte which installs whether you want it or not.
 
Spizz

Spizz

Goat Botherer
Joined
Jan 19, 2009
Messages
31,548
faniedry said:
v3.09 ROM straight from sammobile yes



dafuq?
Click to expand...

Dunno bud. For some reason I've always struggled doing a quick odin download when I'm not on my own PC. I ended up with some crap called Baidu a couple of weeks ago on my works PC when I tried to do a quick flash on a mates S4. It aksed if i want to install it, I said NO, it installed anyway.

And it's not the first time it's happened with different versions. I'll stick with my old v1.85 thank you very much.
 
faniebraai

faniebraai

RIP
Joined
Dec 7, 2010
Messages
78,906
Spizz said:
Dunno bud. For some reason I've always struggled doing a quick odin download when I'm not on my own PC. I ended up with some crap called Baidu a couple of weeks ago on my works PC when I tried to do a quick flash on a mates S4. It aksed if i want to install it, I said NO, it installed anyway.

And it's not the first time it's happened with different versions. I'll stick with my old v1.85 thank you very much.
Click to expand...

if you want i can share mine with you... no problem. let me know
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top