Limitations of just root

windstrings said:

I'm new to all this. Sorry for the long intro but pls indulge me so you can answer my question appropriately.

I have the gs4 nc5 and Thx to towel root I obtained root with ease, and so I'm running the stock ROM.

I've installed supersu and a few apps that have really cleaned and sped things up and basically I am very happy.

However that's relative to my experience so far.

Knox is not tripped and I Uninstalled it even though I understand it's still in the bootloader.

Now to my question.....
I installed "setcpu" and it seemed I basically couldn't do much because my kernel is still stock too. I was hoping to overclock a tad or at least run in performance mode but setcpu told me performance mode wasn't an option with my existing kernel.

At this point should I be happy with what I've got or should I explore installing a different kernel?

I really don't want to start at scratch with a new ROM... I just have too many things to configure. Maybe I'll get the guts for that at a later date.

Any advice or comments would be appreciated.


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windstrings said:

I'm new to all this. Sorry for the long intro but pls indulge me so you can answer my question appropriately.

I have the gs4 nc5 and Thx to towel root I obtained root with ease, and so I'm running the stock ROM.

I've installed supersu and a few apps that have really cleaned and sped things up and basically I am very happy.

However that's relative to my experience so far.

Knox is not tripped and I Uninstalled it even though I understand it's still in the bootloader.

Now to my question.....
I installed "setcpu" and it seemed I basically couldn't do much because my kernel is still stock too. I was hoping to overclock a tad or at least run in performance mode but setcpu told me performance mode wasn't an option with my existing kernel.

At this point should I be happy with what I've got or should I explore installing a different kernel?

I really don't want to start at scratch with a new ROM... I just have too many things to configure. Maybe I'll get the guts for that at a later date.

Any advice or comments would be appreciated.


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windstrings said:

Thx, based on my present configuration, what happens when an OTA is released,
1. will it even prompt to update?
2. If TW won't work with 4.3, seems I would lose root to upgrade to 4.3 or higher (sounds like too buggy anyway, but just wondering what to expect)
3. Do you guys even do ota updates or just keep upgrading your favorite ROM?

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windstrings said:

So right you are! I thought I was running 4.2.2 but it's 4.4.2....Thx!

I Hate being a noob! ?

So what will I see when an OTA is pushed and what is normally done?

I figure I better know now so I can safeguard in advance if needed.

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windstrings said:

If I remember right, they prompt you over and over and finally installs anyway... I would have to block it somehow or do as you say....

Need to study much more first.. Seems I'm limited a lot with my s4.

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windstrings said:

Talking about the OS system ota update

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windstrings said:

So do I gather I basically can't do anything that alters this stock ROM?

It's a bit confusing knowing just when the ROM is affected versus not.

Which parts of performance won't work?
I now know adjusting CPU or kernel is out.
1. What about Internet boosters?
2. SD boosters?

Still unclear where I'm limited concerning root tweaks.

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