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I know there are many others out there like me. I was concerned about rooting, I'd read the editorial over at Android Central and decided that rooting this phone just wasn't for me. I just knew that I'd screw something up, I didn't know what everything meant, and I just didn't have enough trust in myself or the people here.
I started a thread, talking about getting rid of my Inspire for a Nexus One (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13036228#post13036228). I was encouraged by the exceptionally helpful and friendly people here to at least try rooting -- they'd be here to help me if/when I needed it. I eventually acquiesced and gave it a go with Bubby's One Click Root (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961406). I must say, that man is a genius, and if he is any indication of the brain power here on XDA, I'm very glad to be part of the community.
I had a few rough spots, but I managed to get through with logic and Bubby's FAQ (linked in his thread, USE IT!). While I was able to do this, I can see how other's might not have been able to follow. Specifically, I think that after the first reboot of the phone, the system ought to tell you to go back in and turn off fastboot and turn on USB Debugging, and tell you that you'll have to go through the initial setup again - I was afraid to do this, thinking it might mess something up. Also, when in the terminal on the phone doing the Rage thing, it ought to tell you to use the Back button to get out of the application until you reach the home screen, then relaunch the app. These are things most of you know, but for those of us who are brand new to this stuff, it's not necessarily logic (though I was able to do it).
I figured while I was at it, I might as well flash a ROM. I used the stickied Guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033353) to flash LeeDrOiD's ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991848) with no trouble. I then used Clockwork to flash the zip file for the patch he included. Also, no trouble (yet).
I had some bumps here and there, and I asked about them and was very promptly helped. The people here care, are helpful, and are brilliant. They don't mind helping you! If you are wanting to root, but are uncertain about your own abilities (I know I was), please take advantage of the opportunities here and do it!
Special thanks go out to dooyoo222, Divinedark, mudknot2005, and di11igaf for encouraging me and helping me through the process. You can do it!
Awesome! Good on them and WTG on successfully rooting your Inspire.
Likewise. I brought home my Inspire 4G today, rooted it, and I just finished installing thedonvaughn's wonderful Ingersoll 2.4. The XDA community is truly amazing.
Gonna root my friends phone tomorrow, debating if I want to use the hack kit like I did on mine or use the 1 click.
Sweet!
Xda does, in fact......rule!
You're one step ahead of me... I'm still a ROM-flashing virgin.
Not for long, though...
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I am glad the guide was helpful.
It took me a couple days because I wanted to be sure of the process. But I'm glad I rooted mine. I just installed cyanogen mod 7 and an digging it so far.
Rooted on Feb 24th using cyanogen since then. Yes...
It's good that you took the plunge and joined our modding community. Now enjoy the new freedom rooting has given you lol.
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Your right about Bubby being a genius, ooh guess what? The guy isn't even old enough to drive a car. Hes a high school kid that had one hell of a future ahead of him.
Nice writeup - I recently went through the same process as you did!
I also used bubby's tool and it worked quite well. I did however, run into the black screen issue when trying to boot into recovery - bubby's tool fixed that perfectly as well!!
One thing I have to mention, which is a BIG issue for me is battery life. I came from an iPhone 4 and I thought the battery life was incredible. The Inspire out of the box was horrible with battery life for me. Before I jumped to conclusions I knew I had to wait and root. With the incredible amount of support and information on XDA I was able to really learn quite a bit before rooting. Everything went smooth and I'm now running CM7. Not only am I thrilled with the performance but I'm utterly astounded by the increase in battery life. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's double the life as it was before... but it's damn close . I'm beyond happy now - this is the way the phone should be out of the box.
Cheers to everyone involved and this great community! Didn't mean to hijack your thread OP but I'm just as happy and appreciative as you are with how everything turned out.
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Your right about Bubby being a genius, ooh guess what? The guy isn't even old enough to drive a car. Hes a high school kid that had one hell of a future ahead of him.
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Really? Wow, that's awesome to hear. Good for him!
I rooted my friends phone today using the hack kit. It's so damn easy, took me 10 minutes.
This is the 3rd one I've done.
@Silas0220: I'm rooting now.
Good luck! If you're using the One Click, feel free to post in this thread if you have any issues -- I had to figure a lot of things out as I went, so I might get where you're coming from.
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Good luck! If you're using the One Click, feel free to post in this thread if you have any issues -- I had to figure a lot of things out as I went, so I might get where you're coming from.
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Everything went smooth. I used the One-Click. I did get the black screen booting to recovery but Bubby's fix took care of that.
Now rooted and running CM 7 Gingerbread.
I don't know what I was so worked up about. It was actually quite straight forward.
eng s-off is not the proper way to fix the blackscreen, it is outdated. please refer to the sticky at the top of the general section.
I rooted my Inspire three weeks ago using the hack kit method. Had a little issue with my sd card not being a good candidate for a gold card. But once that was corrected I went right through without a hitch. tried a few different Roms, been most fond of ClearDroids 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 IMO
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First post alert!
Anywho, I working on making the gold card using Bubby's setup. I'm getting the following error.
The process cannot access the file AppData\Local\Temp\killadb.cmd because it is being used by another process.
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HTC Sync has been removed and I've restarted my PC. Any ideas?
EDIT: N/M - It was ADW.
I now have a rooted Inspire HD. Good stuff!!
nice goin
I was trying to root my gf's phone then found out it don't work on 2.3.3! Is anyone working on a perm root for 2.3.3? The temp root don't help me out because she is wanting to flash different roms on the phone.
Is there anyway to get the phone back to 2.2 so I can perm root it?
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I was trying to root my gf's phone then found out it don't work on 2.3.3! Is anyone working on a perm root for 2.3.3? The temp root don't help me out because she is wanting to flash different roms on the phone.
Is there anyway to get the phone back to 2.2 so I can perm root it?
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Yes they are, but for more info, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=xda:+evo+shift+2.3.3+root
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Thanks but I have googled it and everything it pulled up was already looked at by me so it's not that I haven't searched. Just haven't heard of anyone making any leaps towards perm root. The fre3vo temp root don't help me much.
I found this guide.... http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Evo_Shift_4G:_Full_Update_Guide I'm guessing it isn't for the 2.3.3 OTA updated Evo Shift 4G or is it?
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I found this guide.... http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Evo_Shift_4G:_Full_Update_Guide I'm guessing it isn't for the 2.3.3 OTA updated Evo Shift 4G or is it?
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Umm, last I knew the revolutionary guys were working down the phones just like the twrp guys... I could be wrong but i say very soon we should have something
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i posted it in one of these many threads here last night that i asked agrabren about it and he said he cant do anything cause he doesnt have one to work with and hes one of the main ones that did fre3vo but hopefully one of thems looking into it for us
My g/f got me a Motorola Photon and I rooted getting it ready for when more development comes as way of roms. She had 2.2 on hers and I asked when she updated it and she said she didn't. She got her phone last December so she had to update it to 2.3.3 right?
Anyways I heard sprint can rollback to 2.2 but they usually won't because they don't want people going back so they can root their phones.
I have a friend at Radioshack, do authorized retailers have the ability to rollback to 2.2?
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My g/f got me a Motorola Photon and I rooted getting it ready for when more development comes as way of roms. She had 2.2 on hers and I asked when she updated it and she said she didn't. She got her phone last December so she had to update it to 2.3.3 right?
Anyways I heard sprint can rollback to 2.2 but they usually won't because they don't want people going back so they can root their phones.
I have a friend at Radioshack, do authorized retailers have the ability to rollback to 2.2?
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i tried to see if the sprint store here could roll mine back cause the tech person has a shift also and even she said they cant roll em back cause shes pissed she took the ota and got stuck on 2.3.3 too.
I Highly doubt ANYONE will get a perm root for 2.3.3 for sometime.... its already been out what a couple of weeks now. so im updating my phone because this gingerbread update is bugged like crazy... constant crashes after leaving every app. not receiving any calls or txts half the time, and WIFI is broken.
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I Highly doubt ANYONE will get a perm root for 2.3.3 for sometime.... its already been out what a couple of weeks now. so im updating my phone because this gingerbread update is bugged like crazy... constant crashes after leaving every app. not receiving any calls or txts half the time, and WIFI is broken.
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Revolutionary already said they are working on it on twitter, and update been out for couple weeks, WEEKS means not very long, give it time, it will happen.
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Revolutionary already said they are working on it on twitter, and update been out for couple weeks, WEEKS means not very long, give it time, it will happen.
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i know. but im going INSANE!!!! after ever damn app i close the white screen with the green HTC comes up for like 1 min. then the loading of the home screen. i see the damn thing at least 200 times a day. im already looking towards a new phone all together... dealing with that for a few weeks gets irritating extremely fast.
It is really annoying. I am just going to wait for root, put CM7 on it, and give it to my Mom or something...
I hate to see the root issue keep getting sugar coated by people that already have root, including me. Just to be brutally honest, its been 2 and a half months since the Shift was updated and I really haven't seen much evidence of any one working on root. I do remember one tweet from about month ago mentioning the Shift but beyond that its been pretty quiet. I'm not saying its never going to happen, and for all I know someone is working diligently behind the scenes, all I'm saying is don't get too high of hopes that its going to happen soon..... Hopefully I'm wrong though.
If people were paying for this I would see more of a reason for people to ask all the time. I know I am new to these forums but even I get annoyed with it. I want my Shift rooted just as much as the next guy. It's free, get over it.
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Im sure people would pay for it. People have offered to donate phones and such plus once a device is rooted developers can create root only apps.
Most of the devs do it for the challenge tho... Not everything is about money. That said im sure anyone that came out with a perm root would get donations for doing so.
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im giving it one more week from today. if not im sticking to the GB updates till they decide to catch up.
well hopefully all of you have learned from your mistakes and won't take a OTA update ever again if your phone is rooted
My photon is rooted. My girlfriend mistakenly hit ota update on her shift before I told her what rooting and custom rims do.
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My photon is rooted. My girlfriend mistakenly hit ota update on her shift before I told her what rooting and custom rims do.
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Yeah, my wife was a lil hesitant about custom rims too... ;-p
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Yeah, my wife was a lil hesitant about custom rims too... ;-p
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I think all wives have an issue with custom rims lol
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Hi guys!
I'm trading my SGS4G for a G2x, and have been reading some of the threads on the forums. Some of the issues I can look past, like the updating to ICS or dev support, but the random rebooting, 3G/4G issues are starting to worry me. Are these people just insanely unlucky or does this happen to plague way more G2X's? The phone seems absolutely phenomenal, and personally dev support seems to be perfectly fine. I just don't want to trade for a phone and end up being one of those unlucky people.
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Hi guys!
I'm trading my SGS4G for a G2x, and have been reading some of the threads on the forums. Some of the issues I can look past, like the updating to ICS or dev support, but the random rebooting, 3G/4G issues are starting to worry me. Are these people just insanely unlucky or does this happen to plague way more G2X's? The phone seems absolutely phenomenal, and personally dev support seems to be perfectly fine. I just don't want to trade for a phone and end up being one of those unlucky people.
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Well it seems like the newer batch of G2x's are the good ones and the bad ones were the first batch. Just a theory though. But how are you getting the G2x? Craigslist or via TMO?
It's best to get a G2x that already has the GB build pre installed as you'll already have the latest baseband and a better chance to have the newer batch.
If you do happen to get a good one like I did then it's a no brainer. It's way better than the SGS4G. And you have CM7, seems like the SGS4G will never get CM7.
My phone suffers from random reboots despite having gb from factory.
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Well it seems like the newer batch of G2x's are the good ones and the bad ones were the first batch. Just a theory though. But how are you getting the G2x? Craigslist or via TMO?
It's best to get a G2x that already has the GB build pre installed as you'll already have the latest baseband and a better chance to have the newer batch.
If you do happen to get a good one like I did then it's a no brainer. It's way better than the SGS4G. And you have CM7, seems like the SGS4G will never get CM7.
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Craigslist, I already plan on looking for any bleeding, and throwing my sim card in to test everything out, but the rebooting issue seems to be a wait and see. :/
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Craigslist, I already plan on looking for any bleeding, and throwing my sim card in to test everything out, but the rebooting issue seems to be a wait and see. :/
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Yeah, I got mine via CL as well trading my MT4G.
I have minimal bleed but I honestly never notice it unless it's on full brightness and it's on a black screen. Just flash CM7 as soon as you can, that has solved some people's rebooting issue.
What if that doesn't? Would I just be SOL or do I go through the whole replacement hell that some people seem to be going through? Screen bleeding I can deal with if its minimal. SOD and random rebooting would drive me insane.
Not to bum you out but if someone is trading G2X for sg4g on craigslist, the phone probably has issues.
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Not to bum you out but if someone is trading G2X for sg4g on craigslist, the phone probably has issues.
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I'm adding money towards it, not a even trade. Also, I'm assuming since the phone was released in march, the 1 year warranty is still on it.
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Not to bum you out but if someone is trading G2X for sg4g on craigslist, the phone probably has issues.
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95% of the general public don't know as much as we do about phones. I traded my MT4G for the G2x from some girl that wanted my MT4G purely because it ran Sense and she didn't like the G2x's stock Android.
So you'd be surprised the good deals you see on CL.
I got my G2x from Amazon for 250$ thinking it was gonna be a O2x but nope got this already GB and since I put CM7 nightlies 180+ I have had no issues!
Love my G2x
This phone has the same potential as all super phones, I just think some people need to use the phone as it is and stop trying to benchmark it comparing it other phones. Its fast and reliable and you wont be dissapointed!
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I got my G2x from Amazon for 250$ thinking it was gonna be a O2x but nope got this already GB and since I put CM7 nightlies 180+ I have had no issues!
Love my G2x
This phone has the same potential as all super phones, I just think some people need to use the phone as it is and stop trying to benchmark it comparing it other phones. Its fast and reliable and you wont be dissapointed!
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Thank you! I know the phone had some issues before, but I assumed the newer ones should have been fine. All the reviews that I've seen basically praise the phone, and haven't complained about a issue. I'm going to get the phone today and hope for the best.
If you don't mind me asking... what don't you like about our samsung?
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I got one of the G2x's with stock GB off ebay for $245, it had a damaged screen, but that was an easy fix, plus I wanted to know how to fix any future hardware issues if I was gonna be spending alot of time with this thing.
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Hi guys!
I'm trading my SGS4G for a G2x, and have been reading some of the threads on the forums. Some of the issues I can look past, like the updating to ICS or dev support, but the random rebooting, 3G/4G issues are starting to worry me. Are these people just insanely unlucky or does this happen to plague way more G2X's? The phone seems absolutely phenomenal, and personally dev support seems to be perfectly fine. I just don't want to trade for a phone and end up being one of those unlucky people.
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Rule of thumb, the stock software is garbage. Gingerbread update helps a ton, but just know that the software from LG sucks.
My neighbor used the stock Gingerbread for a while without many issues. Just know the custom roms will fix most things.
Stock based rom = random reboots/Black Screen of Death (find it in your pocket unable to power up = battery pull). Best rom (IMO) = Weapon
CM7 based rom= Pretty good anymore. They used to have Cellular Data issues but I think they got it worked out. Haven't had any problems with my recent CM7 Nightly. Best rom (IMO) = CM7 Stable. Nightlies are fun but bugs are hit and miss although to be expected.
MIUI (CM7 based) rom = No WiFi Calling. Everything else worked very well. It is typically a week or two behind CM7 development.
I had no problems with stock GB other than being able to root it, otherwise I would have kept it :/
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So basically rooting will fix the issue? And I love my Samsung, I just feel it's time to upgrade, and the g2x is in my budget and it's a awesome phone. Although, my only gripe about the phone would be the cheap feeling.
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So basically rooting will fix the issue? And I love my Samsung, I just feel it's time to upgrade, and the g2x is in my budget and it's a awesome phone. Although, my only gripe about the phone would be the cheap feeling.
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How much more are you paying for the G2x?
Powered by a G2x
I added 40 dollars to it.
The G2X is brand new basically, no scratches what so ever. Everything works, double checked again and again (pretty sure the guy was getting annoyed with me, oh well.) and it works beautifully. Even charged it for about 4 hours to see if the SOD would happened and it hasn't, nor has it rebooted randomly. TIME TO ROOT IT!
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I added 40 dollars to it.
The G2X is brand new basically, no scratches what so ever. Everything works, double checked again and again (pretty sure the guy was getting annoyed with me, oh well.) and it works beautifully. Even charged it for about 4 hours to see if the SOD would happened and it hasn't, nor has it rebooted randomly. TIME TO ROOT IT!
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That's exactly how much I added to mine as well to get the G2x.
Just use the NVFlash method to get CWM and you're good to go. You don't even necessarily need root to flash ROM's for the G2x.
i just recently bought a G2X off CL for $200, then turned around and sold my HD2 for $200 on CL. haven't had any major issues with my phone. came with GB pre-installed. haven't decided on if i wanna flash a new rom on it or not. i dont see a need to right now.
New guy here to Android. I had an LG Thrill for about a month and a half and decided to take it back and pick up the Skyrocket. I've been using an iPhone 3GS for the last 2 years, so this is all new to me. Already getting into the customizing, but haven't dove into rooting yet. Seems like there's so many different ones, that I get overwhelmed and decide not to root the phone. Any suggestions?
I used super one click to root and flashed cwm through rom Manager found it easy and straight forward. After that pic a rom and flash away. Welcome to the skyrocket
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What about the whole restore/backup thing? Is that part of it as well? Or a separate thing to do?
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New guy here to Android. I had an LG Thrill for about a month and a half and decided to take it back and pick up the Skyrocket. I've been using an iPhone 3GS for the last 2 years, so this is all new to me. Already getting into the customizing, but haven't dove into rooting yet. Seems like there's so many different ones, that I get overwhelmed and decide not to root the phone. Any suggestions?
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Don't put the cart before the horse re: rooting your phone. Just because you can doesn't always make it a good idea. But, read the sticky posts at the top of each sub-forum. Don't root until you really come up against a compelling reason to do so (I wasn't planning on rooting this phone until I decided to say to hell with AT&T's tethering manager). And if you do, read, and reread, then read again the steps on rooting and try to grok what's happening (at least on the surface).
Don't be too eager to flash any old ROM that someone tosses up on XDA. Many create more problems than they puport to fix. Don't be too concerned with overclocking your CPU. These phones have fast dualcore processors that can chew through all the bloatware the carrier puts on with no problem. Overclocking can shorten battery and device life and cause weird assorted issues. Don't get hung up on benchmark scores trying to eke out a little extra just because someone else's bar graph is bigger.
At any rate, I'll keep the stock ROM until an ICS ROM becomes available for the Skyrocket. I'll take either Samsung's or Cyanogen's, whichever comes first.
Anyway, read the sticky threads, don't root unless you know why you want to root, avoid flashing strange ROMs, and don't get hung up on benchmark scores if your device is performing fine otherwise. Oh, and have fun!
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What about the whole restore/backup thing? Is that part of it as well? Or a separate thing to do?
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It's part of it as long as you want to keep your apps. I find that restoring apps from backup on a new ROM can be the source of many issues that otherwise wouldn't be present if you simply wiped and flashed fresh. It's certainly a bit of a pain to reinstall apps, though.
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New guy here to Android. I had an LG Thrill for about a month and a half and decided to take it back and pick up the Skyrocket. I've been using an iPhone 3GS for the last 2 years, so this is all new to me. Already getting into the customizing, but haven't dove into rooting yet. Seems like there's so many different ones, that I get overwhelmed and decide not to root the phone. Any suggestions?
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I would reccomend just using the stock rom for now theres is x100 more you can do with andriord as you will soon see. I honestley had the skyrocket for about a month before i rooted. Some apps i reccomend that dont need a root,
Atorrent - downloads torrent files directly onto your phone
tubex- downloads youtub videos right on your phone those are my 2 fav non rooted apps
Ill find the links for u. But i installed cmw recovery via odin. Then i did a nandroid backup. The reason for that is so i have a backup without root. Then root The
Phone.
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The first thing I did was root it and then put a rom on it. But that's just me it all depends on what you want. Its not a bad idea to familiarize yourself with the android experience first before you go ahead and get into the fun stuff.
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my suggestion to any new Android want to be Root user....
read read read read read.....read everything, even read post from other device forums. Google and read, youtube and watch.
put it all together in your head, on paper, on a spreadsheet whatever works for you....and educate yourself Before you Root and Rom.
Also remember, everything you do to your phone is your responsibility, not anyone on xda or anywhere else.
Best way to avoid problems, read and learn before you attempt.
My first Root and Rom I had read for weeks before I even looked at my phone funny.
And it's good to ask questions, just try and find an answer before you ask, most of the time it has been asked and answered already. If not here then on sites like RootzWiki or Droid Forums....just use Google.
Good luck! and welcome to Android and xda
Thanks for all of the advice guys. I'm big on doing research before I jump into something (especially electronic things). I'll keep reading stuff and seeing what I can find. I know it won't happen for a while, just wanted to see what was out there, and if it was easy as jailbreaking, which it doesn't look like it is. I'm sure it's easy for you guys, but for a n00b like me, it's a bit overwhelming.
Dont even worry... it all gets better. We got a great helpful community and amazing devs. And if your scared of bricking, we got ODIN which can fix "almost" any problems
I am in an eerily similar situation. iPhone 2g --> iPhone 3g --> iPhone 3gs all since 2007-2008. Finally got an android phone and went with the Skyrocket. I have always been a techy, but, aside from a modded HP touchpad, have very limited experience with Android.
I rooted my phone after about two weeks. I read SO FREAKING MUCH about options, bricking potential, this still flash counter thing that att/samsung do, etc. I even have a buddy that has been an android fanboy since day one (computer science major).
I mainly wanted to root so that I could a) enable wifi tethering b) freeze bloatware (NOT uninstall), c) download apps from AARRRGGG locations and d) to simply learn how
I am personally waiting until ICS comes out before I try any custom roms. Until then, just learning everything I can.
AARRRGGG = what type of people say AARRRGGG?
Side note/Threadjack: one thing I am trying to find out is if ALL SGSII USB Jigs work with the SGSII Skyrocket. About to buy one just to have onhand...just incase, haha.
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New guy here to Android. I had an LG Thrill for about a month and a half and decided to take it back and pick up the Skyrocket. I've been using an iPhone 3GS for the last 2 years, so this is all new to me. Already getting into the customizing, but haven't dove into rooting yet. Seems like there's so many different ones, that I get overwhelmed and decide not to root the phone. Any suggestions?
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Believe me, you want to root, it really does open up much more customization, like custom ROM's, and more.
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AARRRGGG = what type of people say AARRRGGG?
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Pirates my friend. Pirates. LOLS.
As for rooting and rom development, pretty much everyone has given you the best advice you can get. Before rooting, always ask yourself why would you need to root your phone. Its really unnecessary to root your device if you dont really dont know anything about your device nor do you know what rooting does. Save yourself the trouble and stay with your stock rom as its probably the most stable thing for you. Until you start reading some threads, watch some videos, and read some more, then you will probably find some reason to get your device rooted and install some great roms that these developers have created for our phones.
Just make sure you flash a rom specific to skyrocket. Anything else will most likely brick your phone.
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Thanks for all of the advice guys. I'm big on doing research before I jump into something (especially electronic things). I'll keep reading stuff and seeing what I can find. I know it won't happen for a while, just wanted to see what was out there, and if it was easy as jailbreaking, which it doesn't look like it is. I'm sure it's easy for you guys, but for a n00b like me, it's a bit overwhelming.
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It's funny you say that we say that it's easy but not for a "noob" because just a few Weeks I was saying the exact same thing! Just read our forum and you can see my posts. I had been with iPhone since 2007 got rid of my iPhone 4 and got the rocket on the day it came out. Then came here around the week before Christmas knowing I wanted to tether, get rid of bloat and cool themes. Like mortem said read read and read some more. And these Sammy's of ours are hard to brick lol but it's not impossible. There are so many kind folks here just remember to read first ask later good luck bud!
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Here is an excellent place to start your reading.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427268
And as the others said search before asking. But if u need help ask. Theres pleanty of kind folks on here who will steer you in the right direction. If you ask nicely,
And you can pm me if you need help. I dont mind if anyone pm's me when they need help.
GeezyF.Ladies said:
It's funny you say that we say that it's easy but not for a "noob" because just a few Weeks I was saying the exact same thing! Just read our forum and you can see my posts. I had been with iPhone since 2007 got rid of my iPhone 4 and got the rocket on the day it came out. Then came here around the week before Christmas knowing I wanted to tether, get rid of bloat and cool themes. Like mortem said read read and read some more. And these Sammy's of ours are hard to brick lol but it's not impossible. There are so many kind folks here just remember to read first ask later good luck bud!
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I also come from iphone. Had the 3G, 3Gs and 4...... All jailbroken. But even jailbroken the customizing was limited. So I came to Android.
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Mortem Tuam said:
I also come from iphone. Had the 3G, 3Gs and 4...... All jailbroken. But even jailbroken the customizing was limited. So I came to Android.
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Haha and jailbreaking is so easy but like you said it's still limited.
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I have had my Atrix 2 8 days past the 30 day mark. And recently the phone has started getting really hot. Not when I am using but when it is just sitting.
I have checked to see what app or process could be running and causing it. And I have found nothing. This is what I have checked so far
Wifi is off
Bluetooth is off
GPS is off
Here are the only things using my power
Cell Standby 33%
Phone Idle 31%
Voice Calls 9%
Motorola Services 4%
Display 4%
And it gets smaller from there. I can set the phone down and walk away and come back to pick it up and it is smokin hot with 40% of the battery drained.
I sent an email to Motorola support on New Years. I have not heard back from them. I also contacted ATT and they want to give me a refurbished phone. Which I have refused due to last phone I did with them. I got a scratched up dented phone in trade for my flawless phone. I told them my phone has been used for 38 days and is flawless I want the same back.
I liked the phone at first but I am about at my wits end. Any ideas what can be causing this?
Hey Motorola Atrix 2 users! It's been a few weeks since my last post here, and my topic is the same as it once was lol
I have a Samsung Infuse 4G, but I want to work with my Dad's Motorola Atrix 2, now rooted, Stock OTA Gingerbread 2.3.6.
After rooting his device, I was able to get him certain little features he really wanted (mobile hotspot, notification toggles, screenshot) without switching his ROM. He ended up not wanting to switch, then lol.
It's his birthday today, though, and he still wants ICS, so I gave this forum a look around and noticed this which, if I understand correctly, will get him onto an ICS leak.
From there, I'd be able to flash SCv7 (the ICS ROM my quick poking around tells me is the most stable right now), right over the leak with no problem, right?
It seems things are a lot more stable for ICS and this device than they were a few weeks ago, and I'd really love to get him onto SCv7 later today (it's about 5:30 AM where I am right now) if possible. Would SCv7 be a good choice as an ICS daily driver with data, wifi, mobile hotspot, GPS, and MMS all functioning? I haven't read anything to the contrary lol.
Also, Is there anyone I can PM while I go through this process? I'm a Samsung guy, so some Motorola aspects of modding are a bit sketchy to me lol
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! I'll offer what little I know about the Samsung Infuse (and probably the Samsung Galaxy S series devices, since they're pretty similar) in return if that encourages anyone lol I know I'm asking a lot here, but you guys seem like a really helpful and efficient community!
Thanks a lot!
if you are having AT&T hardware MB865 then the ICS leak will work. (OP suggests that)
and if something goes wrong (most of the time it WONT !) & if u Hardbrick ur fone then pls
dont blame anyone.
talking about SCV7 ... its buttery smooooth u can go for that too
just FOLLOW the STEPS EXACTLY
all the best :fingers-crossed:
Official ICS from Motorola is a few weeks away. Some people have bricked their phones flashing the leak and then reverting back to 2.3.5. Be safe and wait for the phone to update itself via OTA (provided it is on stock 2.3.6) to the final released ICS from Motorola directly.
shardul.phatak said:
if you are having AT&T hardware MB865 then the ICS leak will work. (OP suggests that)
and if something goes wrong (most of the time it WONT !) & if u Hardbrick ur fone then pls
dont blame anyone.
talking about SCV7 ... its buttery smooooth u can go for that too
just FOLLOW the STEPS EXACTLY
all the best :fingers-crossed:
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Thanks a lot for the quick reply! (I'm also Indian, by the way, but I only speak English :laugh: and I live in the U.S.)
Definitely not, I would never blame someone else! And I always read each step many times before actually doing it. I've flashed about 4 ROMs on my Infuse and I've never bricked once :fingers-crossed:, same with rooting both devices
So you feel SCv7 is good for GPS, MMS, Data, Wifi, Tethering, and Bluetooth? Thanks again!
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Official ICS from Motorola is a few weeks away. Some people have bricked their phones flashing the leak and then reverting back to 2.3.5. Be safe and wait for the phone to update itself via OTA (provided it is on stock 2.3.6) to the final released ICS from Motorola directly.
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Thanks a lot for the quick reply!
I had no idea! They promised an OTA update? I know this is asking a lot, I'm sorry I know very little about Motorola, but best guess, a few weeks meaning months? Lol thanks a lot, I really appreciate the advice!
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Thanks a lot for the quick reply!
I had no idea! They promised an OTA update? I know this is asking a lot, I'm sorry I know very little about Motorola, but best guess, a few weeks meaning months? Lol thanks a lot, I really appreciate the advice!
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The Motorola Feedback Network (MFN) has been recruiting users for the ICS Soak Test. The soak test is the final step before the OTA is released to the public. We are expecting the soak test to start this week. They send the OTA to 1,000 qualified MFN members to make sure the final version of the OTA is stable. If that goes well the OTA goes live two to three weeks later and is usually rolled out over a few weeks so their update servers are not overloaded all at once. When it is ready if the phone is on 2.3.6 stock it will get a notification that the update is ready and to download and install it.
Rayk1080 said:
Hey Motorola Atrix 2 users! It's been a few weeks since my last post here, and my topic is the same as it once was lol
I have a Samsung Infuse 4G, but I want to work with my Dad's Motorola Atrix 2, now rooted, Stock OTA Gingerbread 2.3.6.
After rooting his device, I was able to get him certain little features he really wanted (mobile hotspot, notification toggles, screenshot) without switching his ROM. He ended up not wanting to switch, then lol.
It's his birthday today, though, and he still wants ICS, so I gave this forum a look around and noticed this which, if I understand correctly, will get him onto an ICS leak.
From there, I'd be able to flash SCv7 (the ICS ROM my quick poking around tells me is the most stable right now), right over the leak with no problem, right?
It seems things are a lot more stable for ICS and this device than they were a few weeks ago, and I'd really love to get him onto SCv7 later today (it's about 5:30 AM where I am right now) if possible. Would SCv7 be a good choice as an ICS daily driver with data, wifi, mobile hotspot, GPS, and MMS all functioning? I haven't read anything to the contrary lol.
Also, Is there anyone I can PM while I go through this process? I'm a Samsung guy, so some Motorola aspects of modding are a bit sketchy to me lol
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! I'll offer what little I know about the Samsung Infuse (and probably the Samsung Galaxy S series devices, since they're pretty similar) in return if that encourages anyone lol I know I'm asking a lot here, but you guys seem like a really helpful and efficient community!
Thanks a lot!
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Rayk, check out the thread "Which phone should I buy" in there mr Jim tells us how to get the folks at the ATT store to let us upgrade early. The ATT store totally hooked me up even though I had 11 months to go. This may be a good way for you to get your dad hooked up with much faster equipment. That said I think my new Moto Atrix HD with ICS is going to be very similar to the Atrix 2 ICS. I would bet that benchmark tests would come out equal from what I've seen in some of the ICS threads. The screen is slightly bigger but the battery draw is quite a bit more. With Bluetooth connected, GPS on, connected to LTE tower (using navigation so data is being pulled), and screen on @ 50% brightness it is reading 4330mV in my battery widget by elvision. All that said can someone message me what the atrix 2 (HSPA+ of course) draws under the same conditions? Thanks, Jeff.
jeffdaman said:
Rayk, check out the thread "Which phone should I buy" in there mr Jim tells us how to get the folks at the ATT store to let us upgrade early. The ATT store totally hooked me up even though I had 11 months to go. This may be a good way for you to get your dad hooked up with much faster equipment. That said I think my new Moto Atrix HD with ICS is going to be very similar to the Atrix 2 ICS. I would bet that benchmark tests would come out equal from what I've seen in some of the ICS threads. The screen is slightly bigger but the battery draw is quite a bit more. With Bluetooth connected, GPS on, connected to LTE tower (using navigation so data is being pulled), and screen on @ 50% brightness it is reading 4330mV in my battery widget by elvision. All that said can someone message me what the atrix 2 (HSPA+ of course) draws under the same conditions? Thanks, Jeff.
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I also can attest to the early upgrade with AT&T. I was not due for my 'regular' upgrade, but since I have been with them for so long, a few words to the manager and they hooked me up as well (got the SGS3). So, from a $450 dollar charge for the phone, I walked out only paying $180 for it. It's worth a try, and if nothing else, if you tell them that you are seriously considering switching carriers, they will do most anything for you to keep you as a customer!
jeffdaman said:
Rayk, check out the thread "Which phone should I buy" in there mr Jim tells us how to get the folks at the ATT store to let us upgrade early. The ATT store totally hooked me up even though I had 11 months to go. This may be a good way for you to get your dad hooked up with much faster equipment. That said I think my new Moto Atrix HD with ICS is going to be very similar to the Atrix 2 ICS. I would bet that benchmark tests would come out equal from what I've seen in some of the ICS threads. The screen is slightly bigger but the battery draw is quite a bit more. With Bluetooth connected, GPS on, connected to LTE tower (using navigation so data is being pulled), and screen on @ 50% brightness it is reading 4330mV in my battery widget by elvision. All that said can someone message me what the atrix 2 (HSPA+ of course) draws under the same conditions? Thanks, Jeff.
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Apex_Strider said:
I also can attest to the early upgrade with AT&T. I was not due for my 'regular' upgrade, but since I have been with them for so long, a few words to the manager and they hooked me up as well (got the SGS3). So, from a $450 dollar charge for the phone, I walked out only paying $180 for it. It's worth a try, and if nothing else, if you tell them that you are seriously considering switching carriers, they will do most anything for you to keep you as a customer!
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That's totally true guys lol if AT&T is good for one thing, it's
bending over backwards to not lose customers. Months before we were due for an upgrade, by suggesting we were going to T-Mobile, my Dad managed to get us my Infuse, 2 Motorola Atrix 2s, an iPhone 4s, and an HTC Amaze. It was incredible LOL
So I don't think we can try doing it again lol but definitely you guys are right and thanks a lot for the advice!
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The Motorola Feedback Network (MFN) has been recruiting users for the ICS Soak Test. The soak test is the final step before the OTA is released to the public. We are expecting the soak test to start this week. They send the OTA to 1,000 qualified MFN members to make sure the final version of the OTA is stable. If that goes well the OTA goes live two to three weeks later and is usually rolled out over a few weeks so their update servers are not overloaded all at once. When it is ready if the phone is on 2.3.6 stock it will get a notification that the update is ready and to download and install it.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Definitely gonna wait now. OTA sounds good to me!
I'll just tell him the good news lol and have him wait. His birthday present didn't come in the mail yet, so that's why I was gonna do this. But if it means about a month give or take until he's running ICS OTA, then I'll advise him to wait. Thank you!
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