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[ROM-DEV] 04/16/10 | Back from the dead | Coming soon

Geek For Me is proud to announce:
Toast's Secret Sauce
From the developers who brought Eclair (Android 2.x) to the CDMA Hero
I'm confused about this post/rom
A lot of new HeroC users out there don't even remember a 2.1 before damage got the leaked RUUs. I actually ported it to the Hero way back in November of 2009 from a copy that had been ported to the GSM Hero. Myself, toast, and a couple of others then spent MONTHS getting everything working. We started with basically nothing at all and ended up with a near fully functioning rom, through the use of real dev work. Check the older posts at http://geekfor.me/android21/ for info on the previous work. I also went ahead and made this post using the old thread so that maybe people can get some history on it.
Can you tell me more about this?
I'll be staying tight lipped for the moment but what I will say is that this is marked as a dev rom for a reason. It is not going to be a 100% functioning rom and is made more as a proof of concept, and for fun. It is not meant as a daily rom for most users.
When will this be released?
Coming soon to a phone near you. We're still working on hammering out some bugs, and adding some features.
And a little teaser (benchmarks) :
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I wanna try it but am scared haha still nothing works hopefully will get it before sprint does

magicalan said:
I wanna try it but am scared haha still nothing works hopefully will get it before sprint does
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Just make a nandroid backup and you'll be fine. lol. This doesn't modify anything that could possibly brick your phone. But yea... it's pretty to look at but doesn't do anything just yet. I can probably get wifi working and such but I don't know what my chances are of making it work on Sprint. I don't know if it even ties in to our radio.img at all and if it's compatible with 2.1.

Many thanks!
I will be flashing this momentarily but wanted to ask you generally what is involved in "porting" a ROM from GSM to CDMA. My naive understanding is that 1.6 and up are GSM/CDMA capable.
And I must admit (with a developer background in many flavors of *nix, particularly the open source varieties of Linux and BSD) I'm not sure I understand why Android is so device specific. Is it the device drivers for individual hardware, the radio? Chip/CPU architecture?
Thank again for the work, I'll let you know what happens!

Hey Flipz.
have you tried to load the modules from the 1.5 rom. ie the radio and all other pertinent modules for the cdma radoi

Tried it can't get past the boot screen. Waited for a crazy long time. You didn't say to do a Nandroid backup in your post, What should I do now? Just kidding, you know it's going to seriously be asked in a couple of posts though.

from the sceen shots i can most likely tell what the major issue is.(i.e. 2.6.27) lol... but hell yeah man!!! thanx fixin to flash now.

If you wait a seriously long time and it won't boot then you likely didn't do a wipe before you flashed the update. It will fail horribly and just keep looping on the startup screen.
I haven't done a single thing yet to try and get anything working other than getting it booting. I wanted to post it up here ASAP.

ah I didn't see to do a wipe, if I wipe the nandroid on the sdcard stays right? I assume it does but I'm going to copy to the copter to be safe. Thanks.

thezero4 said:
ah I didn't see to do a wipe, if I wipe the nandroid on the sdcard stays right? I assume it does but I'm going to copy to the copter to be safe. Thanks.
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Yup. The wipe pretty much just clears from info from /data/. But having multiple backups is always a good thing!

ok man great... it boots. it takes a minute but it boots. ur right nothing works. maybe bluetooth but all i did was scan for devices. it scanned. but i dont got a bt device. anyhow im gonna charge my phone a bit an try to debug some issues. phone is dead so i gotta wait a few. but thanx again man... good work

oh yeah it booted after a wipe, I feel dumb, it's kind of cool to play arround. the two things I really wanted to see from the 2.1 where the pinch to zoom home screen trick that will zoom out and show all 7 homescreens at once. And the Landscape home screen. Oh well it's really cool to check it out on a CDMA device now after all the GSM brothers have been having fun.

well the phone works. still says no service though... hmmm weird

toastcfh said:
well the phone works. still says no service though... hmmm weird
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you shouldn't have service, read the first post

well i do... atleast phione service. no data(ie. i can send and recieve calles

so you can make calls and send texts?

no text. the app fails. but yes i can send and recieve calls

if u cant then try plugging in the usb and adb shell. thats all i did. i was doing that then my wife called and surprised the hell out of me

Does sense UI now work with the accelerometer, per rumors and leaks) or is that not the case yet?

idk... i tried using teeter and the ball wouldnt move.... i think the accel is broken... bluetooth works i paired up with my wifes eris

Sensation Not As Great

Hey I'm new to posting here but not new to android phones and I have got to say I think that the HTC Sensation is a huge let down in alot of areas. Im comig from a heavily modded rooted and unlocked Samsung Vibrant. I find myself regretting purchasing this phone.
HTC Cons
It Freezes alittle too much for a dual core without being rooted and with saying that the premissions have not been messed with.
Its taking a long time for HTC to send the unlock update.
The sorta indestructable glass has allready scratched.
The 4g serice rarely ever comes in and I live in the city.
The Wifi calling is horrible.
Overall not worth getting and I have yet to see a Team Whiskey Rom advertised I may return this phone to T Mobile.
I may just wait and purchase a samsung galaxy s2
I just had high hopes but have been seriously disappointed

Thanks for your stunning insight and valuable contribution to the forum. Did you not watch the video?

I think you should stick around. We got temp root a couple of days ago. I also came from a heavily rooted MT4G, I get the itch all the time. Good things come to those who wait I haven't had any of the problems you mentioned...maybe try exchanging the phone?

Ok...

It bothers me when someone has been around this long and their first and only post is something like this.
Let me guess...no other device has given you any type of issues.

I cant even find the software to unlock the phone.

djohnson1618 said:
I cant even find the software to unlock the phone.
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Posts like this makes me wonder if you even had a " heavy rooted modified Vibrant" WOW!

This post should be removed

I did have a modded Samsunf Vibrant using Team Whiskeys Rom. I sold it on ebay in hopes I was on paper getting a better phone.

TBH after using the Sensation (From a Desire HD) I am also a bit disapointed.
Oh well, there is always HTC nxt phone, which will be running Ice Cream, and will hopefully be an upgrade, not a stopgap like the Sensation.

Good yall don't like the phone ,you can leave now

You had a Samsung Vibrant and you are complaining about the Sensation, SERIOUSLY? You were able to deal with all the issues with the Vibrant and you are unhappy after having the phone for a few weeks, REALLY? I really don't get it when people complain about a phone because the one that they had before was better, especially when all their complains were documented in every single respectable blog (including this one), before the phone came out.
We root our phones because we don't like stock roms, so you have to options: 1. be patient, as you were with your vibrant or 2. return the phone and stop complaining.

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Firstly-Shay D. Life, mad props on that picture bro.
Secondly-Stop posting these threads about problems and such with the Sensation.
SHIELDS UP!
RED ALERT!
Thread CLOSED. K'PLAH!

I really hate this phone right now!!!!!!HELP

Hello,
I recently switched to my first android phone from an iphone and I hate it right now. I am currently trying to update it to 2.3.3 but it won't work for some reason. The phone shuts off randomly, and the wifi connects but does not send data to my phone so i can't use wifi. Above all of that, the phone is really plain, and is does not appeal. Can somebody PLEASE help me with any of the above problems, and maybe even show me some UI's that would be good for this phone, like a Sense for it. I know nothing about android and I am really frustrated, and do not want to sell this phone.

Root it. Download mui rom and use iphone theme. Works well and looks great.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

Do you have any fixes for the wifi, or the unexpected shut off? I'm trying to update it but having a hard time seeing as how my wifi wont work.

hoopking92 said:
Do you have any fixes for the wifi, or the unexpected shut off? I'm trying to update it but having a hard time seeing as how my wifi wont work.
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You shouldn't need wifi to update. Download all the files on your computer and flash them using nvflash.

The best thing to do is root, than download MIUI and youll love the phone, you can make it look exactly like an iphone 4s , or anything you ever wanted to

Yup, root it and you can do miracles with miui and even cm7....
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this phone is born for custom roms lol
you'll love g2x with miui, since you're from iphone XD

hoopking92 said:
Do you have any fixes for the wifi, or the unexpected shut off? I'm trying to update it but having a hard time seeing as how my wifi wont work.
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I too came from an iPhone, and I had the wifi problem on the g2x too, where it's connected, but it's stuck. I was extremely frustrated, and want to throw the phone against the wall.
I ended up rooting it (super easy to do), after you've done that, you'll be able to flash a new ROM on to it. I use Weapon, which is based on the stock LG gingerbread release. It's super stable, fast, and best of all, no WiFi problem, at all!
I don't get this, if the developers on XDA can crank out these nice ROMs that are more battery efficient, fast, and with less issue, what is wrong with LG? You'd think that they have more resources than the developers here!

In our family there's 3 G2x phones, none rooted since everyone likes the vanilla Android that came on them. All 3 have been rock-stable with no issues with wifi, etc. Not the greatest build quality, but so far trouble-free. No significant complaints or need to root for ordinary use.
From HTC G2 with xda premium.

You don't even need to root. Just nvflash ClockworkMod and flash a custom rom.
(This is the right way to do it)
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV

Wait a minute...did you buy this phone new? If you did, from where? My ex-wife and I both got this phone in early September and it came with 2.3.3 pre-installed. If you don't want to deal with ROMs, just take it to a t-mo store (and actual store, NOT a kiosk...all the idiots work in kiosks, lol). They should have no problems doing it for you.

Whoa not real sure why my original post was posted here. Could a mod delete this please?

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Wait a minute...did you buy this phone new? If you did, from where? My ex-wife and I both got this phone in early September and it came with 2.3.3 pre-installed. If you don't want to deal with ROMs, just take it to a t-mo store (and actual store, NOT a kiosk...all the idiots work in kiosks, lol). They should have no problems doing it for you.
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Exactly. The updater killed my phone too and I'm not a noob (am I? lol)
LG has a crappy updater. I ended up having Tmobile replace my dead one (THANKS LG!) with one that was pre-updated.
Probably what I would recommend doing if you don't feel like taking the 15% of successfully flashing GB on it the right way. Mine was stuck on the LG Updater Screen. Just call Tmobile and say it won't do anything. The LG updater app said it was already running the latest version and wouldn't continue.
It's a known problem. Then BAM... new phone with it pre-installed. The full update process takes HOURS. Transfers at super slow speeds. LG Updater also changes the version numbers on your phone FIRST, so if it fails, it's hosed.
Rule of thumb LG, never change version numbers until the phone was successfully flashed and verified.
The G2x is geared more for seasoned Android vets, so it isn't anyone's fault. It's a sweet phone though. I did successfully fix the "Update of Death Loop" aka UoDL by doing a FULL NVFLASH install of GB. The how-to is in this forum somewhere.

T-MOBILE, received 8.0 update this morning

Was pleasantly surprised to see an update this morning and that it was for 8.0. been waiting a while for this.
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The Oreo update for the H918 (T-Mobile) came out a few weeks ago.

Yeah, forgive me, I've been keeping my eyes out for updates on the T-MOBILE update and I knew it was coming but hadn't seen anything. I haven't really been watching the forums where I would have seen the posts about it.
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i bought my V20 (H910) when I was still with at&t. Will I get the update, or will I have to somehow do it manually? Does my phone care about the difference? Does TMobile?

solson1041 said:
i bought my V20 (H910) when I was still with at&t. Will I get the update, or will I have to somehow do it manually? Does my phone care about the difference? Does TMobile?
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AT&T only sends updates over the air, and only if you are a current customer on their network (yea, super d**ks).
If you want to update your phone, you will have to root it. You don't have to STAY rooted, you can flash a stock Oreo zip.
Of course, this wipes your phone as well...
-- Brian

runningnak3d said:
AT&T only sends updates over the air, and only if you are a current customer on their network (yea, super d**ks).
If you want to update your phone, you will have to root it. You don't have to STAY rooted, you can flash a stock Oreo zip.
Of course, this wipes your phone as well...
-- Brian
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That's a great, detailed answer, thanks.
I'm interested in doing that, a few apps, specifically Spotify has been working poorly since Oreo rolled out for the v20, and I'm not sure if it's related.
I'm not 100% up to speed with this higher level android tomfoolery, I've flashed a new kernel to a Nexus7 for a car install, but that's it. Could I ask an extra favor, for you to link me to a good how-to on getting my h910 running Oreo? Some of the other writeups seem to be different variations. I must use the att software, regardless of my current carrier, right?

Rooting is no longer a point and click affair.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/root-h910-v10m-t3664500
-- Brian

runningnak3d said:
Rooting is no longer a point and click affair.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/root-h910-v10m-t3664500
-- Brian
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Thanks, I had read that post, and before talking to you, I wasn't 100% sure that it applied to my phone being on T Mobile now.
After giving it a closer read, that sounds like the kind of thing I'd try if I didn't depend on my phone as heavily as I do, or if I had a spare handy. just a tad too much ambiguity and the stakes are too high for my current life situation today.
Thanks again though, you thoroughly and clearly answered my question.

Question [FBS]What provider in usa supports this device?Poco X4 Pro 5G 256GB?

Amazon says its not compatible with verizon
Damn thing has sd slot, 3.5mm jack, bootunlockable.
i want.
USA
What provider in usa supports this device?

Mine is the redmi note 11 pro 5g, but they're the same phone. I connected it with metro by tmobile. it was a deal to connect tho, called once cause the automatic process wasn't recognizing my imei number.
i called once told them it supports their bands and they said they will send a connection request 24hrs later didn't work. Called again they talk to tech support, and said they will force a connection, and it worked, but charged me 20 bucks

I'm having the same run around with metro. Is there anything that you said or or that I should say to get the same thing done? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

smc73 said:
I'm having the same run around with metro. Is there anything that you said or or that I should say to get the same thing done? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Tell them you did your research, your phone is unlocked and supports all tmobiles bands, and tell I.t to for a connection. they will charge you 20 bucks tho like they did me, and even if they say some network features won't work just tell them it's fine.
My 5g works, volte works (you have to put in a code in the dialer) texting works, calling, all works great
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Awesome thanks again. I will let ya know if it worked or not hopefully soon. This phone is outstanding for what it cost and I'd hate to not use it.

smc73 said:
Awesome thanks again. I will let ya know if it worked or not hopefully soon. This phone is outstanding for what it cost and I'd hate to not use it.
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goodluck bro the trick is be persistant and annoy them until you get what you want
(btw i got this less than a month when it came out, so no provider new about this phone here in the us i'm guessing so it was extra tough to get it working)
btw this phone is amazing, i was so scared the first day i got it cause metro wouldn't connect it or any other service provider when i submitted the imei number to test if it was compatible.
but it was all worth the trouble i love this phone
will be tough to switch unless the redmi note 12 pro gets a new game changing feature like wireless charging or curved front glass like their flagships

I've no doubt it was scary. I've had this phone for about a month and I am/was thinking it may have been money down the drain. I am not sure what you mean by curved glass but I had the original lg flex and I loved that phone. Lg really screwed up dropping it. I only gave it up because it was about out of any updates. Most of my apps were staring to not work soook. But kick ass phone. My first xaiomi was the note 8 global and that was all it took.

So I called metro 3 1/2 hour call for the third supervisor to tell me there was nothing she could do and that she would not put in a order for tech support to call me back. She basically said fuq u to me at which point I lost my composure and screamed every last profane name I could out at her till she cut me off. Lol I believe she is still wondering what an inner anal fn zit is. So any thoughts on my next move? Hahaha. I can laugh now but ....

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So I called metro 3 1/2 hour call for the third supervisor to tell me there was nothing she could do and that she would not put in a order for tech support to call me back. She basically said fuq u to me at which point I lost my composure and screamed every last profane name I could out at her till she cut me off. Lol I believe she is still wondering what an inner anal fn zit is. So any thoughts on my next move? Hahaha. I can laugh now but ....
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wow, idk my way worked maybe try in a few days again or switch to a new provider?

Yeah I would be totally down to dump metro but I haven't got a clue who I could possibly switch to that will put this phone on their network. Imma gonna try metro one more time I'll let ya know. But thanks for the help seriously I do appreciate it.