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Need your Help/Advise on ROM Change

Hello to All,
I recently have 2units of Motorola Motoroi XT720 and I can't even identify it 100%
Since it has Korean markings below the battery and has a "T" symbol upfront, then i seem to believe its a Motoroi.
Anyways, I'd like to change the ROM of this back to stock 2.2..., however, I don't even know if the current ROM is 2.2?, I have searched the net info about KyuHyuk ROM but the sites are Korean and google can't translate it.
here is some info about the phone that I have:
Model number
XT720
S/W version
KyuHyuk ROM for XT720 1.5.0
Firmware version
2.1-update1
Firmware configuration version
GAS_ASIA_SHOTSKT_P006
Baseband configuration version
USASHKSTAB1P2XAPCNSKT03C.0R
Build number
LeeKyuHyuk Build
Kernel version
2.6.29-omap1
H/W Version
umts_sholes
My Question(s) / Needing Help/Advise:
1. Is this ROM Android 2.2?
2. If I flash this to stock 2.2, will the stock 2.2 be much better than the current one that I have?
3. If the stock 2.2 is not that good enough, can someone point me to a fast/stable ROM that fits a Motoroi? or this KyuHyuk ROM is good enough?
Any Info/recommendations/suggestions is appreciated..., may it be good or bad.
thanks for reading my post
best regards,
dabiano

dabiano said:
Hello to All,
I recently have 2units of Motorola Motoroi XT720 and I can't even identify it 100%
Since it has Korean markings below the battery and has a "T" symbol upfront, then i seem to believe its a Motoroi.
Anyways, I'd like to change the ROM of this back to stock 2.2..., however, I don't even know if the current ROM is 2.2?, I have searched the net info about KyuHyuk ROM but the sites are Korean and google can't translate it.
here is some info about the phone that I have:
Model number
XT720
S/W version
KyuHyuk ROM for XT720 1.5.0
Firmware version
2.1-update1
Firmware configuration version
GAS_ASIA_SHOTSKT_P006
Baseband configuration version
USASHKSTAB1P2XAPCNSKT03C.0R
Build number
LeeKyuHyuk Build
Kernel version
2.6.29-omap1
H/W Version
umts_sholes
My Question(s) / Needing Help/Advise:
1. Is this ROM Android 2.2?
2. If I flash this to stock 2.2, will the stock 2.2 be much better than the current one that I have?
3. If the stock 2.2 is not that good enough, can someone point me to a fast/stable ROM that fits a Motoroi? or this KyuHyuk ROM is good enough?
Any Info/recommendations/suggestions is appreciated..., may it be good or bad.
thanks for reading my post
best regards,
dabiano
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no, your rom is on android 2.1. im not sure about the performance of the roms because our phones here are milestone xt720's and not motorois. im not sure but ive heard somewhere that the stock 2.2 for motoroi is quite laggy. i only know about the milestone xt720 roms and not motorois so i cant help you with suggesting you a rom. the best bet is to stay on the stock rom as it should be almost bug-less.

eejin2 said:
no, your rom is on android 2.1. im not sure about the performance of the roms because our phones here are milestone xt720's and not motorois. im not sure but ive heard somewhere that the stock 2.2 for motoroi is quite laggy. i only know about the milestone xt720 roms and not motorois so i cant help you with suggesting you a rom. the best bet is to stay on the stock rom as it should be almost bug-less.
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thanks for the info.
Question #1 is now answered
I hope others would comment/suggest as well

dabiano said:
thanks for the info.
Question #1 is now answered
I hope others would comment/suggest as well
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Others probably won't since question one is answered. this forum is for Motorola Milestone XT720 not Motoroi Haven't you searched for the Motoroi threads?

LibertyMonger said:
Others probably won't since question one is answered. this forum is for Motorola Milestone XT720 not Motoroi
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Are you saying that this particular XT720 Sub forum of xda is exclusively ONLY for Motorola Milestone XT720?
LibertyMonger said:
Haven't you searched for the Motoroi threads?
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Yeap, I've search them all here in this particular sub-forum and I still don't have sufficient info...
this is why I'm asking questions here because there are SOME people that owns a Motoroi and they may provide me advise/info.
If the Korean Motoroi sites were that readable and understandable..., I don't have to bother posting it here in the first place.

It's pretty hard to get info about Motoroi ROMs. I don't have an answer to your questions, but I don't think it's inappropriate to ask them here. Milestone XT720 and Motoroi XT720 are twins... mostly alike but with some subtle differences. It can be confusing sometimes when we don't know which phone is being discussed, but you were quite explicit about having a Motoroi.
Since you have a custom ROM loaded, you should learn all about recovery and nandroid. You will want to have copies of both the 2.1 and 2.2 Korean sbfs in your possession. I can upload them tomorrow.
Because of the locked bootloader, the odds are that at some point you will have to flash back to stock, get root and install the bootstrapped recovery and restore nandroids. Knowing how to do that is extremely important. I'm pretty sure the proceedure is the same on Motoroi, so you should be able to follow reverendkjr's videos etc.
So, since you've got a custom ROM, do you know if you also have the openrecovery bootstrap installed? You should be able to test that by holding volume up while powering on.
Regarding the stock Korean 2.2. I think it's pretty good when run on Milestone XT720. There are some small incompatibilities with sensors and such. The WanHu and XDAspecial ROMs are recent attempts to port the Korean 2.2 to Milestone XT720 that have been very well received. In any case, my expectation is that it would be a good upgrade from any 2.1 ROM.
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Thanks for your reply, I hope I'm not that bothersome to the XT720 sub thread asking questions here
The reason why I'm asking is that I had once flashed a MyTouch 3G 1.2 [the 3.5mm version] knowing that I thought it was a 32A device and the 32B was that without the 3.5mm..., to make it short..., I bricked it because "MyTouch 3G 1.2" wasn't either a 32A or 32B
This time..., I need to be precise of what I need to do..., then I am now here asking
Mioze7Ae said:
You will want to have copies of both the 2.1 and 2.2 Korean sbfs in your possession. I can upload them tomorrow.
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Yes please, I really need these as I would like to experiment, if you can also provide its MD5Sum checksum it will be great
Mioze7Ae said:
Because of the locked bootloader, the odds are that at some point you will have to flash back to stock, get root and install the bootstrapped recovery and restore nandroids. Knowing how to do that is extremely important. I'm pretty sure the proceedure is the same on Motoroi, so you should be able to follow reverendkjr's videos etc.
So, since you've got a custom ROM, do you know if you also have the openrecovery bootstrap installed? You should be able to test that by holding volume up while powering on.
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I think 'openrecovery' is not installed [Phone Off then pressed volume up plus power key]
Is "Android system recovery <2e>" the same as 'openrecovery'?
What I have is similar to this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172495
Recovery (mostly quoted from someone else):
Turn off phone
Press Power key + Camera Mode Key to power on the phone and bring up the recovery screen
(Trianlge with exclamation mark shows after motorola logo)
Press Volume Up + Camera Key to show the recovery menu.
Use Volume Up/Down Key to highlight and Camera Mode Key to select
I can see from the screen is:
Android system recovery <2e>
Use Volume Up/Down to highlight; Camera_Mode key to select
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
___________________________________________________
triangle exclamation icon with phone
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Mioze7Ae said:
Regarding the stock Korean 2.2. I think it's pretty good when run on Milestone XT720. There are some small incompatibilities with sensors and such. The WanHu and XDAspecial ROMs are recent attempts to port the Korean 2.2 to Milestone XT720 that have been very well received. In any case, my expectation is that it would be a good upgrade from any 2.1 ROM.
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I really like to test/experiment it myself and learn from there..., and I hope someday..., that I'll be able to contribute here

dabiano said:
Thanks for your reply, I hope I'm not that bothersome to the XT720 sub thread asking questions here
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No bud you're not, I apologize for my wording, I been drinking and sometimes my mouth gets away from me. Glad to see Mioze7Ae is helping you. He's our best man here. Good Luck bud

LibertyMonger said:
No bud you're not, I apologize for my wording, I been drinking and sometimes my mouth gets away from me. Glad to see Mioze7Ae is helping you. He's our best man here. Good Luck bud
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It's ok, no apologies needed ^_^..., as I've said..., info/comments that are good or bad is appreciated ^_^ I really just need a proper direction.

dabiano said:
Thanks for your reply, I hope I'm not that bothersome to the XT720 sub thread asking questions here
The reason why I'm asking is that I had once flashed a MyTouch 3G 1.2 [the 3.5mm version] knowing that I thought it was a 32A device and the 32B was that without the 3.5mm..., to make it short..., I bricked it because "MyTouch 3G 1.2" wasn't either a 32A or 32B
This time..., I need to be precise of what I need to do..., then I am now here asking
Yes please, I really need these as I would like to experiment, if you can also provide its MD5Sum checksum it will be great
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Korean 2.2 : motoroi_sbf_STSKT_N_79.33.50R.zip : http://www.multiupload.com/P83XF77704
Korean 2.1 : motoroi_sbf_STSKT_N_79.11.39R.zip : http://www.multiupload.com/6C3MBJTIQ1
I've flashed the 50R on my Milestone XT720 before, but I've never flashed 39R. The Motorola bootloader does cryptographic signature checking of sbfs and will refuse to install damaged or modified ones. Frankly, it's pretty hard to brick these phones unless you try monkeying with the bootloader itself. The biggest stinker is the phone does extremely stupid things when the battery is low that will make you think you bricked the phone. I cannot stress how often the answer to bad flashes is to get the damn battery charged (apparently you can't rely on the phone to do it correctly) and then reflash the stock sbf or use Motorola recovery to do a factory reset. I do a lot of flashing/etc and I found getting an external battery charger was very, very worth it for when the phone decides to be stupid.
I think 'openrecovery' is not installed [Phone Off then pressed volume up plus power key]
Is "Android system recovery <2e>" the same as 'openrecovery'?
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No that's Motorola's recovery, OpenRecovery is different. We can't install custom recoveries on XT720 because Motorola does cryptographic signature verification of the recovery at boot. There's more on this by [mbm] here: http://blog.opticaldelusion.org/2010/08/clearly-you-have-no-idea-what-efuse-is.html (If you're on linux I am a big fan of sbf_flash also by [mbm])
As you're reading that, the thing to understand is that MilestoneXT720/MotoroiXT720 have the same security as DroidX, so the things he's discussing about Milestone having a vulnerable recovery do not apply ("Milestone" == "Milestone A853").
To enter openrecovery you have to hold volume up while it boots (i.e. press and hold it down until you see either the bootanimation or openrecovery menu).

thank you for such wonderful info ^_^

update...
I now have updated my phone ^_^
=> its now a stock Korean 2.2.1 ROM
=> installed OpenRecovery
=> applied Overclock to 1GHz @ 56vsel [still testing for stability and seems stable at the moment]
=> free RAM is just around 10Mb
My next step is to customize this a little further ^_^
thank you all to those who helped me out ^_^

Hi...I'm Korean and I'm 17...
Kyuhyuk ROM is a ROM made by a Korean High school student named Lee Kyuhyuk. (I think it was 2011)
(He is now in university, his twitter account is @leekyuHyuk, website : http://kyuhyuk.kr/)
He made this ROM because Motoroi with stock rom is REALLY SLOW.
So he decided to customize the stcok ROM himself and he made a ROM called Kyuhyuk ROM.
If u have any questions, ask me at any time and I'll give u more infos about Kyuhyuk ROM and Lee Kyuhyuk!

[Q] Kernel Source Code from htcDev

Guys,
I just bought Desire S 2 days ago. It came with GB 2.3 & sense 2.1. I just checked out http://htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads/ & it has kernel source code for Desire S. Does this mean, I can flash the kernel to my device & it will be updated to GB 2.6.3?
Does kernel means android version here ??

Your device already contains the kernel. You can check for updates from your Settings -> About -> Software update it will pop-up if there is any. On stock phone there is no need to flash anything it comes out of the box
And the android version is generally defined by the OS not by the kernel
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app

amidabuddha said:
Your device already contains the kernel. You can check for updates from your Settings -> About -> Software update it will pop-up if there is any. On stock phone there is no need to flash anything it comes out of the box
And the android version is generally defined by the OS not by the kernel
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app
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I got that but my question is , if I flash the kernel(2.6.5) I downloaded from htcdev site, will this update my gingerbread from 2.3 to 2.6.5 or I could update it only over OTA. ?

abhishekoza said:
I got that but my question is , if I flash the kernel(2.6.5) I downloaded from htcdev site, will this update my gingerbread from 2.3 to 2.6.5 or I could update it only over OTA. ?
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What you're seeing on the HCDev site is the kernel source code... that is used by kernel devs to cook up kernels... you can't as an end user just flash the entire source!! It's not the kernel, it's the source. And anyway, kernel has nothing to do with upgrading you to a higher version of any OS... that's what a ROM does.
If you're asking these sort of questions, you hazard a very big chance of bricking your 2 day old device, so as a friendly advice, I'd suggest you do a looooot of reading in the Index and the Guide threads before attempting any kind of flashing. From your posts, I see you're pretty inexperienced with android and a good knowledge base built before attempting all sorts of crazy flashing will keep your device safe from inadvertent bricking.
Read a bit more...ask questions and get answers...and then it'll be happy flashing for you!:good:
BTW, have you even S-off'ed and rooted your device? How were you planning to flash the kernel (...source!!):cyclops:

enigmaamit said:
What you're seeing on the HCDev site is the kernel source code... that is used by kernel devs to cook up kernels... you can't as an end user just flash the entire source!! It's not the kernel, it's the source. And anyway, kernel has nothing to do with upgrading you to a higher version of any OS... that's what a ROM does.
If you're asking these sort of questions, you hazard a very big chance of bricking your 2 day old device, so as a friendly advice, I'd suggest you do a looooot of reading in the Index and the Guide threads before attempting any kind of flashing. From your posts, I see you're pretty inexperienced with android and a good knowledge base built before attempting all sorts of crazy flashing will keep your device safe from inadvertent bricking.
Read a bit more...ask questions and get answers...and then it'll be happy flashing for you!:good:
BTW, have you even S-off'ed and rooted your device? How were you planning to flash the kernel (...source!!):cyclops:
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Thanks. that really helped. And yes I am noob with android. I had an LG optimus black few months ago & it did not had anything like S-ON or S-OFF. I just rooted it & used to flash a lot of ROMS.
I think I need to read a lot about Desire S before I flash anything.
One more question, is there any other way to officially update to GB 2.5 apart from OTA. I have a very slow 2g connection on my device & it will take forever to download some 230 MB of data.
Thanks again.

abhishekoza said:
Thanks. that really helped. And yes I am noob with android. I had an LG optimus black few months ago & it did not had anything like S-ON or S-OFF. I just rooted it & used to flash a lot of ROMS.
I think I need to read a lot about Desire S before I flash anything.
One more question, is there any other way to officially update to GB 2.5 apart from OTA. I have a very slow 2g connection on my device & it will take forever to download some 230 MB of data.
Thanks again.
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Apart from updating via ota, there is no 'official' way of updating to a higher os. You don't have to download the ota over your mobile data connection. Wi-Fi is always preferred.
I would still recommend getting s-off and then flashing custom Roms. It is way better and more efficient than official updates which always leave out some thing to be desired. Custom Roms like Endymion take care of all those issues.
Swyped from my Galaxy S3.

Motorola Defy Help!

*Don't respond with comments saying read this or that...
I have read the guides for moto defy mb525 U.S. tmobile and yet i don't understand a thing. I have a bionic and have rooted/flashed/sbf'd before so I have experience but not with this device. I tried understanding from the wiki and beginners guide yet it didn't help me at all. (I'm dumb)
MY Goal: Jellybean CM10 on my Defy
I am currently on froyo 2.2 and I don't understand how to get CM10
I have an original tmobile u.s. defy (I think its green lens since i got it on day one but i cant tell since the lens is black and really has no color.)
If someone can provide links I can learn:
What should I SBF to?
What should I use to root?
How do I flash cm9 kernel (I heard its the only way to get the CM10 working on a tmobile mb525)
Once I get a recovery I know how to flash and stuff I just want to be guided until I get to clockwork recovery and have the cm9 kernel flashed.
Please help, don't flame....its what makes this community great

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
You don't need to change your SBF. SBF is a factory image, and you are looking for custom software.

Custom ROMs for Photon Q

So, thanks to Shabby and others, I've got this rooted...the question now is, are there custom ROMs for it? I don't want to risk flashing an ordinary Photon 4G ROM into it, as given how fragmented the Android landscape is that could well brick it.
I'm thinking an AOSP type, similar to the old Blandroid, as I intend to use mine for long-range SSH and Unix sysadmin stuff...so, something stable and fairly vanilla.

Azuma Hazuki said:
So, thanks to Shabby and others, I've got this rooted...the question now is, are there custom ROMs for it? I don't want to risk flashing an ordinary Photon 4G ROM into it, as given how fragmented the Android landscape is that could well brick it.
I'm thinking an AOSP type, similar to the old Blandroid, as I intend to use mine for long-range SSH and Unix sysadmin stuff...so, something stable and fairly vanilla.
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Nope, none yet released to the public....

Plancy said:
I don't want to risk flashing an ordinary Photon 4G ROM into it, as given how fragmented the Android landscape is that could well brick it.
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I'm posting after I don't even know how long just to remind you that that is the stupidest thing to do. Anyone with the brains to realize that they can do custom stuff to their phone and set off to find ways to do it (Example, stumbling upon XDA) should also have the brains to know that doing that won't work.
Edit: Don't think I'm being an a hole or anything towards you, I'm just making sure nobody stumbles upon this thread and gets the idea to do that.

N/A - not bricked.
N/A

any roms yet?
Plancy said:
Nope, none yet released to the public....
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I found a sight that showed some experimental roms for the photon q. Any idea if there is anything on the horizon for the photon q. I would love to have the jelly bean on it. I did download and flash the asanti build and also arrrrgh kernel so it's running at 1.89mhz. But I really don't see much on the difference in the rom from stock. Just wishin.

Roms
I flashed Asanti mostly works fine. Only thing that bugs me is I can't get my antivirus to work.
If I brick it I will just have to either fix it or buy a new one, no big deal.

discipler said:
I found a sight that showed some experimental roms for the photon q. Any idea if there is anything on the horizon for the photon q. I would love to have the jelly bean on it. I did download and flash the asanti build and also arrrrgh kernel so it's running at 1.89mhz. But I really don't see much on the difference in the rom from stock. Just wishin.
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CM10 has been informally released - but it's for GSM only right now.
Edit - now that I check the rest of the forums, it's formal.

Best/Most Stable Rom?

Well I'm looking to root my wife's Droid Charge, I only have experience in rooting HTC phones, So I'm going to have another learning curve about rooting a Samsung phone. something about odin software
Im wondering if there are any dev's currently working on/tweaking there roms for this phone, or is the development of this phone is dead.
I would like to flash a rom that she can use as a DD. Has anyone ported a ICS rom to this phone where everything works as it should? Link would be cool.
Any tips or links to the latest rooting method for this would would be great. She did take all/any ota updates Verizon has sent out.
What a huge difference between her Droid Charge and my old Droid Incredible. Big mistake thinking the Droid line would not put out a product that was inferior to there older Droid Inc.
So I want to make the best of a disappointing situation. I know some Dev's can turn a turd into a golden nugget, so my fingers are crossed that there is a ROM out there that will make this phone work like It should have out of the box.
Thanks for any input/links you may have to help

No working ICS, no AOSP. The RIL is still not cracked on this phone after a year and a half. Tweaked is really the only game in town for roms. Not that it's a bad game...it's a very good rom, and customizable to an almost AOKP level.
Based on your sig, you'll have no issues rooting. It's way easier than the Rezound...the bootloader is completely unlocked and in the clear out of the box. It's literally just flash and go here. I'll try to scare up a step by step guide for you.

Hitch_Itch said:
Well I'm looking to root my wife's Droid Charge, I only have experience in rooting HTC phones, So I'm going to have another learning curve about rooting a Samsung phone. something about odin software
Im wondering if there are any dev's currently working on/tweaking there roms for this phone, or is the development of this phone is dead.
I would like to flash a rom that she can use as a DD. Has anyone ported a ICS rom to this phone where everything works as it should? Link would be cool.
Any tips or links to the latest rooting method for this would would be great. She did take all/any ota updates Verizon has sent out.
What a huge difference between her Droid Charge and my old Droid Incredible. Big mistake thinking the Droid line would not put out a product that was inferior to there older Droid Inc.
So I want to make the best of a disappointing situation. I know some Dev's can turn a turd into a golden nugget, so my fingers are crossed that there is a ROM out there that will make this phone work like It should have out of the box.
Thanks for any input/links you may have to help
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look in the development section - there's only one custom ROM for FP5 (Tweaked 3.0), but it is really awesome! no fully working ICS (we doubt the charge will ever get it). however, there are some really neat themes (ICS, JB, etc styles) available - look in the themes section.
this device is really easy to root, and nearly impossible to brick.

shrike1978 said:
No working ICS, no AOSP. The RIL is still not cracked on this phone after a year and a half. Tweaked is really the only game in town for roms. Not that it's a bad game...it's a very good rom, and customizable to an almost AOKP level.
Based on your sig, you'll have no issues rooting. It's way easier than the Rezound...the bootloader is completely unlocked and in the clear out of the box. It's literally just flash and go here. I'll try to scare up a step by step guide for you.
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Thanks Shrike!
That would be sweet. Thats why I love XDA, no matter what forum you are in theres always someone there to help

This is older, but it's a good step-by-step on Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160580
You'll only need to flash recovery in Odin...everything else can be done from recovery. Here's the newest recovery you'll need to flash in Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160580
The only other really important thing to know that may not be in those threads is that the stock rom overwrites recovery with stock on every boot. The easiest way around that is to just have the rom on your SD card before you start, then flash the recovery and boot straight into recovery (with VolUp+Home+Power) without booting the phone normally. When you flash Tweaked, it will stop the automatic recovery installation so CWM will stay.

Good Deal, Thanks Dude. I now have a little project for tonight or tomorrow:good: