As the G3 just became free on a 2 year plan from many Canadian carriers I decided to start a come here first thread that includes everything you need to know for the Canadian version, mostly because i myself found it hard to get going as there are so many variants and not alot of clear info as to what is supported and which roms are stable (there aren't any stable roms yet except stock KK/L.
I take no credit for any of this work just trying to organize some info.
Youtube video that shows how to get stump root and install bumped twrp1st things first... ROOT.
Available rooting options for the D852:
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Stump - Suggested Method no computer required one click method - Verified working on KitKat (the method i used)
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Purpledrake - Verified working on KitKat. Have not tried this myself but several reports of this method working
- IORoot/towelroot - not known if these methods are working if anyone has tested please drop a message
2nd things 2nd...
TWRP Recovery. thanks to the
BUMP team Codefire.
- I used flashify to backup original recovery and flash the recovery listen above. I THINK the d852 is for bell and rogers and the d852g is for videotron.. i couldn't find reliable info to confirm this but i can confirm the file: twrp-2.8.0.0_d852-signed.img seems to be working on my bell version of the G3 although I haven't started flashing roms yet because from what i have been reading about the custom roms available for the 852, they aren't stable, and aren't better than the stock rom YET. (this should change very soon Candy, Validus and CM12 are making good progress towards stable versions). Right now though, they all have bugs with some basic functionality.
Roms:
Nothing yet that i'm convinced is stable enough to run as a main rom; only a bunch of roms in development that you can try if want to be a bug reporter/beta tester.
Working Mods:
Thermal throttling mod (does not remove throttling just makes it slightly less restrictive; more info on the main thread.)If you have a project or work you think should be included in the 852 repository please pm me or link your work; if it's stable and functional I will add it. If i made any mistakes let me know so i can fix, I've had the phone for a few days and by no means am I an expert, just trying to organize info and start a repository to get the ball rolling for people who are going to get this phone for Christmas or the near future.
A BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPS DEVELOP THE D852.
