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Since we have no Milestone Subforum I post here.
Is it possible to create a Froyo ROM for the Milestone from unofficial channels - or is it impossible since the boot loader is not hacked?
Highly doubtful since there's no kernel source available for the motorola milestone but mssmision has successfully ported Cyanogen 5.7 to the milestone so it "could" be possible using the same technic he used.
edit: Your posting in the wrong section of the forums, Xda has a "answer and question" forum area for query's like these.
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Rafyvitto
^ that is incorrect. The Kernel Source is available. The only reason that there hasn't been any Custom ROM development is the bootloader which is locked and checks for ROM signature before flashing and therefore, makes any Custom ROM flashing with the traditional method impossible.
Source:
https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/go/projects.milestone/frs.milestone
would it be possible for someone to port the stock nexus version of froyo to the milestone?
What about the bootloader of the Droid? Since the Droid is an US version of the Milestone and vice versa?
In this thread:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-hacking-modding-fuer-motorola-milestone/28729-custom-rom-project.html
Mssmison says about the Milestone:
Coming from an windows mobile device that we ported Android too, I was sure that not having bootloader access wouldn't restrict 3rd party roms. So as proof of concept I've put together a port of CM mod's latest 5.07.
It's currently 'in progress' and I'm looking for someone to help me finish it up.
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I belive if we can get any custom rom on the Milestone it would pave the road for a Froyo-rom in the future.
ady said:
^ that is incorrect. The Kernel Source is available. The only reason that there hasn't been any Custom ROM development is the bootloader which is locked and checks for ROM signature before flashing and therefore, makes any Custom ROM flashing with the traditional method impossible.
Source:
https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/go/projects.milestone/frs.milestone
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You think idk about the lock't bootloader withing the milestone...lol, btw nice copy paste, google is your best friend, i dint mention the lock't bootloader cause its been proven Dext3r that rom cooking for the milestone is very possible, and mssmison has alredy ported the latest Cyanogen rom, few things arent working properly BUT its a FACT that ROM COOKING is VERY POSSIBLE for the motorola milestone.
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Rafyvitto
Hopefully Motorola will come up with a 2.2 update for the Milestone. It is their #1 phone at this point and it seems highly improbable that they will not get us FroYo.
they already said that it is coming i say in the next two weeks we get it or a port of it.
check my post and get app2sd workin on ur milestone telus included http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=692367
I do not understand the comment about Custom ROM flashing being impossible.
I have a Milestone running a custom 2.1 ROM, using the procedure at droidforums.net/forum/motorola-milestone/31296-how-get-2-1-your-milestone.html.
The only requirement is that you start with a rooted 2.0.1, which was possible several months ago.
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You think idk about the lock't bootloader withing the milestone...lol, btw nice copy paste, google is your best friend, i dint mention the lock't bootloader cause its been proven Dext3r that rom cooking for the milestone is very possible, and mssmison has alredy ported the latest Cyanogen rom, few things arent working properly BUT its a FACT that ROM COOKING is VERY POSSIBLE for the motorola milestone.
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Rafyvitto
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Relax. This is not world of warcraft. I only corrected what you said. No need to start a flame war.
Now the bootloader has been cracked I would expect a port fairly soon!!!
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-news/48916-milestone-bootloader-broken.html
awesome news maybe now we will get a sub forum milestone +1
Awesome, that much closer to 2.2?
Cool. Anyone tried it yet?
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I do not understand the comment about Custom ROM flashing being impossible.
I have a Milestone running a custom 2.1 ROM, using the procedure at droidforums.net/forum/motorola-milestone/31296-how-get-2-1-your-milestone.html.
The only requirement is that you start with a rooted 2.0.1, which was possible several months ago.
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To clarify:
1) The nandroid backup you loaded onto your Milestone, I guarantee you, is of someone's stock Motorola ROM with root and mods. The ROM is not custom in the sense that anyone actually rewrote and recompiled it.
2) There is no need to have a rooted 2.0.1 to accomplish what you did. All you need is to flash the rootable recovery SBF to whichever stock ROM is currently on the phone (2.0.1, 2.1, any locale), and then you can apply the update.zip which loads ADBRecovery and makes nandroid backup/restores possible.
AFAIK the kexec attack does not mean that the bootloader is hacked.
But it is possibly a way around the bootloader using the existing android to kickstart the installation of another ROM.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
christine600 said:
AFAIK the kexec attack does not mean that the bootloader is hacked.
But it is possibly a way around the bootloader using the existing android to kickstart the installation of another ROM.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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You're very right. kexec is a way around the locked bootloader that shows promise but is still far from workable.
To everyone else, especially those posting 'zomg u can instll custom roms i already did' and whatnot do yourself a favour and read this: http://and-developers.com/motorola_milestone
This is a total noob question but the sprint ported roms for Eris... if I use those it still works Verizon? I really don't quite know what porting is so my bad and thank you in advance for the simple answer lol
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Really...??? No-one can help me with this simple question? Thats dissapointing Ive since done a little research on porting but i still dont know the answer to my above question. So again, the sprint and hero ROM ports on jCases "Known Eris ROMs, Hacks and Patches" thread, can i flash those and still use my phone on verizon or is it the otherway around..? Flash and use phone with sprint instead of verizon? I JUST WANT TO FLASH THESE ROMS!!! They look better then some of the 2.1 sense based ROMs and I'm NOT ready for Froyo yet, but before i flash i must have this question answered!!! I dont want to mess ANYTHING up to do with the actual carrieirs. please help
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?
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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.
Sent from my Milestone using XDA Premium App
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
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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!
Hi people,
Does anyone know about this thread? http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3406
Came to this link through a post from a brazilian blogger who says this is compatible with Milestone 2 (A953), but I'm not sure about that...
The poster says this is an "official Gingerbread leak" and it looks real... but after reading half of the replies (that's over 14 pages!) I still don't know if this is meant for A953 too - the pics and information only refer to A956 (Droid 2 Global / Verizon).
My question is: may I try this file in my Milestone 2 (A953) or will I brick my phone?
Thanks!
The main reason why we didn't have a GB rom for so long is because D2 roms aren't compatible with M2. You can flash them, and the phone will boot, but GSM radio won't work and there is no fix. But fortunately we already have our own GB leak, and there are some good ROMs based on it.
Nice! Thanks for your quick response, I will notify the poster of that blog.
Just one last question: is this statement true? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16914333&postcount=7
Thanks!
Why the double post?
My bad. I didn't know where to ask about this then decided to create a new thread, dumb choice, because after that I came across the other thread.
So, if applicable, mods please delete this one
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Just one last question: is this statement true? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16914333&postcount=7
Thanks!
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Maybe...
As I know GSM on D2G is just a plugin to CDMA.
Well Mile2 has a mapphone_cdma.init.rc (something like that) script on the kernel, someone has to try it out.
Sent from my Milestone 2 XDA App
Right... so I'll leave this to the pros, because I wouldn't know even where to start
And does this discussion bring any new ideas to the existing Gingerbread on M2 efforts? I've been watching this development section for a while and noticed that there are many mods based on the chinese leak, but I haven't seen anything mentioning this so-called "official leak"...
The original thread in rootzwiki.com is recent (first posted in Aug 21) and I thought that this could be useful for you developers.
I own my M2 for about a month now and I still don't know much about hacking its system. So I can't help as much as I would like to.
Thanks again!
Why posting here? This isn't development at all. Also..the name thread..be careful with the acronyms
*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.