I'm a long fan of windows mobile and its ROM cooking capability, but i see Android has the same ability so I'm givind the LG Ally a try. Anyone know of any Rom's for it (i know it's relatively new)
traxxasaddict said:
I'm a long fan of windows mobile and its ROM cooking capability, but i see Android has the same ability so I'm givind the LG Ally a try. Anyone know of any Rom's for it (i know it's relatively new)
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It has yet to be rooted from what I've seen. Once that happens then development can happen. My guess though it won't happen. I'm not sure why. Its a great phone.
ally rooted
The ally has been rooted. A quick google search will show instructions on how to do it, though I have yet to see any one crack into the bootloader. Still no roms either. It roots similar to the htc hero using asroot2. Hope this helps.
Rooted ally
As stated the ally has been rooted. There are many roms avail for it. Punisher, Velocity, Dapper, and more. Use google. and check savoxis.com or the.embeddedbsd.org
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Ive had a G1 for over a year and rooted it pretty much as soon as i got it.Loaded a bunch of roms and programs for it. But I recently bought a Cliq from a friend and ive noticed there is very little development going on for the Cliq. Is it because of the Blur software? I know ive seen a Blur rom for the G1, is it more difficult to port from the G1 to the Cliq?
Only thing I know is that Motorola has stated they will be updating the Cliq to Android 2.1+ (maybe Froyo 2.2?) either May or June (so very soon). Froyo is supposed to solve the issue of interfaces being tied to the OS (like MotoBlur, HTC SenseUI, etc.) so the OS can be updated without affecting the interface.
Moto has made it very hard to develop for. They have a ton of locks in place and it makes it difficult to hack. The guys at ModMyMoto.com are working on roms and things, but its hard because of the lack of drivers and things like that.
It's also hard for the guys over there due to a lack of developers. You have Handler working on his own ROM and you have KB7SQI working on a different one. Another huge problem is that it's still running 1.5, and not 2.1 yet, this is also driving alot of would-be developers away because nobody wants to work with an old, slow version of the OS.
Also, the Moto locks in place and lack of drivers, however the drivers thing I think can be fixed with a few more hard working Developers.
Its all about hunting and pecking. Trial and error. Developers get frustrated and then they give up on it. Its sad because the hardware is good and the design of the phone is great.
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Its all about hunting and pecking. Trial and error. Developers get frustrated and then they give up on it. Its sad because the hardware is good and the design of the phone is great.
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yeah i like the phone alot, i havent had any issues at all with the phone. It just sucks going from a phone like the g1 with tons of development,to the cliq with pretty much only 2 roms. dont get me wrong,i seriously appriciate Handler and kb7sqi working on the roms along with eugene,thedudes and many others,(sorry if ive missed anyone). I wish it was as easy as modding Rzrs back in the day with monsterpacks.
Those guys work really hard. It is sad that they can't get much further then they have.
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Those guys work really hard. It is sad that they can't get much further then they have.
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I think(hope),they are waiting for Android 2.1 for the Cliq to come out before doing anything else,but Moto is taking forever.The biggest deal was being able to root Blur 1.4.8,but they got it done. I hope once 2.1 comes out there wll be more development or more people wanting to develop it.
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yeah i like the phone alot, i havent had any issues at all with the phone. It just sucks going from a phone like the g1 with tons of development,to the cliq with pretty much only 2 roms. dont get me wrong,i seriously appriciate Handler and kb7sqi working on the roms along with eugene,thedudes and many others,(sorry if ive missed anyone). I wish it was as easy as modding Rzrs back in the day with monsterpacks.
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where and how did you get those 2 roms aor the cliq xt...i have it as a back up phone...but what the hell might of have a nicer back up...lol...if you could help me out i would greatly appreciate it...REALLY...thanks in advance...and im not one of them people who just ask for everything....i hav looked ALLTHROUGH XDA...AND GOOGLED EVERYTHING...sry for caps...but really they were needed...lmao...iconly...thanks if you want we can talk here or PM each other...thanks again.... ;-)
I have a question about the LG Shine PLus or LG CU720.
Is there going to be a ROm Development board and if so when. Kuzz I would mind getting Gingerbread to run on mine.
I know that Froyo is coming out this winter but I dont think that know one has tried to make a ROM for the shine.
anyone know?
I haven't seen anything at all for it yet. There is quite a bit for the LG Ally but it doesn't work on our Shine because there are quite a few differences between them. I'm just hoping 2.2 comes soon, so I can unroot it and and still use wifi tethering.
I do have a custom rom but there's nothing really fancy about it, other than it can be used for theming. It's available in the androidforums.net under the "all things root" Shine subforum.
It fixed the occasional random restart that I used to have, but that was the only difference I have noticed. I haven't found any other rom's than this one or any themes for it.
Just a shameless bump...
Here's my thread on the custom ROM / custom recovery image for the LG Shine Plus, for anyone interested. I've recently updated the instructions.
http://androidforums.com/shine-all-things-root/231498-custom-roms-shine-plus-finally-here.html
Hello,
I post here because there appear to be no other Q&A boards for this phone and the xt720 is the most similar to the xt701.
I could also have asked in the P500 general board, but since they have a whole board to themselves, I figure it is easier to look for the information there than it is about the xt701 here primarily because there don't seem to be that many xt701 posts or users here to start and the deadline for choosing the phone is tomorrow so I hope at least one xt701 user will notice this post and reply to help me make the choice a bit easier, if not faster.
At this time I'm looking to buy a phone and after a long search and after reviewing many phones, review sites , specs sites, and prices I've come to narow my list to two phones: the LG P500, and the Motorola XT701.
My questions here are about the XT701. After reading a few of the threads here I'm led to believe the xt701 is bootloader locked, is this true?
Also, It seems it can only go up to android 2.2 and in the CM7 thread, while there appears to be some progress to getting 2.3 on it but many features don't seem to work and while there was a link to a chinese post that apparently got it to work, I can't be sure since comments don't seem clear enough on what is working or not. At least not for me.
Any comments about quirks, problems, or annoyances with the phone are welcome too.
One last thing, I don't know if it's because the p500 was cheaper or easier to get than the xt720/701, but the p500 appears to be more developed in what's android and mods than the xt even though the xt has better specs, except for the RAM. I was wondering if someone had any idea as to the reasons behind that or if it's just the lack of users.
Thank you for your time.
From what I understand, XT701 is locked, but it doesn't verify boot.img at boot. This means you can use nandroid to install custom boot.img. There's been a lot of effort to port the XT701 bootloader to other Motorola phones (but no luck so far).
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This means you can use nandroid to install custom boot.img.
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Does that mean it can run 2.2 or does boot.img handle something else?
And can it be made to run superuser?
r1c47 said:
Does that mean it can run 2.2 or does boot.img handle something else?
And can it be made to run superuser?
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Like I said, I don't have an XT701. I believe XT701 has CM7 (gingerbread)... see this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1064090
Since XT701 is also officially stuck at 2.1, I imagine rooting works the same as on XT720. Most of the XT701 development happens on Chinese forums from what I can tell.
I see.
Once again thank you for your time.
get a p500. they have gingerbread.
Ok my girlfriend owns this phone, one night while waiting for my replacement Optimus V i decided to root the phone and mess around a bit. Well i could only find one rom from team hydro and i have no idea what it changed nor did it have a kernel update.... Then i realized LG has not released any source for the Q only the Virgin Slider. So im wondering if there is no ROMs because no one has been able to compile the kernel source? I could be totally wrong about why there's no ROMs but if your a developer interested in the Q maybe this will help.
http://rwgast.blogspot.com/2012/02/back-to-work.html
If you have any questions feel free to ask me ill try and answer as best i can.
AreaRomQ
rwgast said:
Ok my girlfriend owns this phone, one night while waiting for my replacement Optimus V i decided to root the phone and mess around a bit. Well i could only find one rom from team hydro and i have no idea what it changed nor did it have a kernel update.... Then i realized LG has not released any source for the Q only the Virgin Slider. So im wondering if there is no ROMs because no one has been able to compile the kernel source? I could be totally wrong about why there's no ROMs but if your a developer interested in the Q maybe this will help.
If you have any questions feel free to ask me ill try and answer as best i can.
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I realize this post is over a year old, but I was trying to figure out what all they had on here for this phone. As I too own the lgl55c. I rooted this phone with CWM (Clock Work Mod) and put AreaRomQ on it from http : // www . androidarea51 . com as long as you follow the guides and steps on there for the rooting process and the OS swap out, you should have no problems with the switch. It comes with a wifi tether for the phone that actually works (just don't imply an ssid for the network leave it without any security. The phone hides the network otherwise...) It also has a terminal emulator that allowed you to index the phone and do a system clean. It has done pretty well for me so far. I was just looking to see if there may have been anything out there I could test out to see if it was an improvement or not. So far no luck with anything better. I found this mod roughly last july/august so you might try looking into it and see what you may think...
If you run into any issues with the OS switch or anything else with this phone feel free to contact me on here and let me know and as soon as I get something I'll help you out the best I can..
hope this helps!!!
I've had an OptT for about a year now and well a biddy of mine is selling me a sgs...I'm not exactly new to the whole rooting and custom roms ordeal but I am new to this forum...I've seen quite a few good looking roms in the dev section (things I can't wait to try out) . I've taken a quick look thru the stickies so I hope no one feels as if I'm completely new to android considering I've done development for the G1 back in 2008-2010...anyways what all do I need in order to get the sgs4g rooted and enjoying these roms? Has anyone used gingerbreak to root there sgs4g or is everyone using one click? I haven't taken a look at gsmarena for the exact specs of the phone but I'm assuming its an armv7 because I'm coming from an armv6 device. Also the LG OptT does have a few good ICSs roms even an unofficial build of jellybean but since the device runs an armv6 processor we are missing omx forecast. Is the sgs4g missing anything? That's about all I can think of right now bit ill be scanning this forum and I hope to hear some good feedback b4 I decide to buy my buddies phone
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Use "Auto" in SuperOneClick. If it ever freezes up DO NOT TOUCH! Little Zerglings are rushing inside your phone to root it.
We also have ICS and we have an upcoming major ICS update which will fix allot of issues pertaining things such as battery life.
As it is easy to hack the SGS4G it is also easy to brick, so read instructions. If you don't understand anything, read the forums, search, find out more and if you do find out your answer maybe you'll find more things than you actually need which is good. Do not ask a question unless you are sure of it. LG is different from Samsung so don't assume that because they're both android doesn't mean they're the same thing.
And also welcome to the SGS4G forums*
I took a look at gmsarena and I saw the specs..only 512mb ram with 1gb internal storage,I figured it was alittle more than that but switching from my current phone to the sgs4g is an upgrade..I have prepaid by the way,I'm guessing theres no difference....I appreciate the quick response though....
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This phone is not exactly brickable..
Its one of the most durable phones on the market actually.
Its easy to "soft brick" but that's easily recoverable as well
Ha! This phone is as good as the newer phones. But with lower specs.
I might get the new Galaxy Nexus for the newest official Google updates. If bhundven releases the majorly updated ICS, I might keep my SGS4G for a few weeks to taste the new ICS flavor and after I get bored with it, I might sell it, either in stock form or a custom ROM.
are you sure it's the Samsung galaxy s 4g t959v?
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That's great because its easy as hell to brick the LG optimus T..I bricked 2 of em...we have basebands that improve signal ie..v10 for early froyo builds and v20 series for GB and up.one thing I've noticed is there doesn't seem to be any official cm7 builds but I haven't explored every thread in the forum either (kinda hard to do on just my phone alone). Than again I don't have a computer either...I took a look at the wiki page and its full of information that is somewhat overwhelming considering its easy as hell to root my current device back in the day rooting phones was a bit more tedious but now people have created applications for that sorta thing? Another question,I've seen the phone has the option for TV out bit I've seen quite a few remarks on ICS development threads that TV out isn't working. For my current phone,development is slow considering we are on an outdated processor (armv6)...I just wanna make sure that my new phone (sgs4g) hasn't seen any slowed progress in development because I would like to start developing again...hearing about ODIN isn't my first trail,I e just never used it....currently I'm on popdog123's oxygen gb rom,I was using an ICS rom but true development for ICS on the LG Optimus T is slowly coming to a halt and were starting to see alot more themed gingerbread roms. Were also missing omx codecs for HD video playback. Its an adreno220 so for a while we never thought we would have ICS..Panorama doesn't work for LG Optimus T on ICS roms atleaat not entirely and considering it has low memory,performance does lag..I'm an advanced user with LG but completely new to Samsung devices,LG is ****ty so I'm hoping there are no barriers with the phone im about to purchase,eventually I'd like to settle for a more advanced phone but the sgs4g is a huge update considering I've never had a phone with more than 600mhtz processor either. If all of this is in any speculation of moronic,please feel free to to close thread but I have a good feeling that I've placed it in the right forum,just trying to get some good info b4 I dish out hard earned money on a slightly better phone...any suggestions on where to begin (from others other than the user who replied first,please tell me)
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First you have to have access to a computer to root this thing.
We have unofficial cm7 & cm9 and
ATM we do not have TV out working on ics builds.
We have 2 one-click programs that work well for this device.
1- gremlin remover (the one i use which is an oden program)
2-heimdall one-click (never used it personally)
Both programs are also used to bring you back to stock rooted state if and when you soft brick your device.
So there's no way I can root the phone unless I had a computer with two programs you speak of? I was under the assumption that I could use superoneclick or gingerbreak to root
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So there's no way I can root the phone unless I had a computer with two programs you speak of? I was under the assumption that I could use superoneclick or gingerbreak to root
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You still need a computer for super one click. But it is much easier to flash a custom kernel and recovery via heimdall one clicks. With SoC it takes about 10-15 minutes, with a heimdall one click its a matter of 5 minutes if you are already on Gingerbread. If not then its about 15 mintues.
That's odd, not that I don't believe you but I never used a computer to root a phone with super one click, maybe that's because I have a LG phone...I did use super one click once and gingerbreak twice
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Unfortunately thereseems to be no way out without a computer
Also you don't need both programs I mentioned.....just one or the other
Ugh.....well maybe I can attempt to use my sisters computer....who knows.....so is there an updated thread with rooting instructions because after viewing the wiki page there just seems to be so many different ways of rooting bit all of em are a year old or older...
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My prefered choice is to go to the dev thread and dl gremlin remover extract it and follow just the last instructions
TV Out does work on the Aries build.
OP: Look at the guide in the first link of my signature.
I have flashed custom roms to a crap ton of phones. I've gone from a Optimus V (same exact thing on a different network), all the way up to a galaxy s2 ( hercules) with, a G1, motorola backflip, motorola triumph, samsung vibrant, galaxy s 4g, lg g2x, samsung blaze, and an htc sensation and I'm sure I'm missing a few and I can say with %100 confidence the galaxy s 4g was the biggest pain in the A.
Going from the optimus to the 4g is a deceptively large jump. You're getting twice the processing power and a much better over all phone. The screen will make you weep with joy after using the optimus for so long.
I'd recommend using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765 right off the bat and then just immediately flashing from the recovery that that installs to an ics build.
I tried other methods and got stuck in a recovery loop that drove me crazy and then I found that link and it fixed all my problems and let me flash to cm9 right from it. When you flash cm9 it will update the recovery and then you have to flash it again right after a reboot.
I tossed Google Now on there and for all major appearances it acts a lot like JB. I think google now is the single major noticeable difference between ics and jb besides the saposed speed increases.
So in short, yes get the phone if you can get it for a good price. Then install ICS right away unless battery life is a huge deal breaker. If it is then there's some great GB builds, but I personally prefer the cm9 nightlies.