[Q] Just where do you begin? - General Questions and Answers

I am totally lost here with this forum. I looked at a few links in a few threads but what I saw appplies to tablets I am not sure if it works for phones. As a total noob I want to root my phone and maybe install a few other OSes on it. But I want to do this safely so that if something goes wrong I can always go back to factory resets without having to send my phone back to verizon. My phone is the HTC Thunderbolt. Essentially I am looking for something an app or guide that tells you step by step how to back up and then root my phone. Can someone direct me to where I need to go for this or where to start searching?

There's a box near the top of screen on the right. It says 'Jump to your device: start typing' Try typing Thunderbolt in there and it will take you to the threads you require.

The Thunderbolt section is here: Sub-Forums : HTC Thunderbolt
I suggest you read through the Q&A and General subforums first. That should give you a better idea.
Generally it is quite safe on Android to root your phone and install a custom rom. Just make sure you read the instructions carefully, and always make a backup first!

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Information on my phone (this is information i found under Settings > About Phone)
Model Number: T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Firmware Version: 1.6
Kernal Version: [email protected] #19
Build Number: DRC92
I recently got this phone and have found out that, because I'm with T-Mobile, I will not be receiving a SenseUI update. I've breifly skimmed over threads about rooting, custom roms, etc, and it's all left me abit confused. So I'm hopeing someone can help claify something for me
1)What are the advantages to rooting your phone.
2) I'm concerned mostly about the speed of my phone. I hate it when I'm using the browser, then i back out to the homescreen and it takes like 5-10 secs to load the homescreen one icon at a time b/c it's lagging. What custom roms are there that are lightweight and speedy, but still provide great functionality
3) Can my phone be rooted? I've seen so many discussions saying the myTouch 3G cannot be rooted, and so many saying it could be. Then the ones saying it can be tell me that it should be the 1.5 firmware and I updated OTA to 1.6.
4) If i can root my phone, are there any easy to follow guides about this?
5) If I root my phone and it fails in the process, am I screwed (will i have a bricked phone)? Alternatlivly, if I root my phone and I don't like the changes and want to switch back to the original firmware, is this possible (will a backup be made of the original during the rooting process)?
6) If I can root my phone, is there a custom rom I can use with it that will have the SenseUI?
Thank you all for you time in advance. I apologize if these questions have been answered elsewhere and I missed them.
I suggest you read more on a basic forum if you are in the us go to
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Operating-System-Software/bd-p/AndroidDev
and read the stickies as they are easy to notice read those and the big read discretion notive and you'll be fine to ask questions after you use search that forum is easy to use nad has olt of people that are willing to help out... you posted this in the wrong area on this forum technically and will get flamed and laughed at for posting this lol
hi Dartvalince,
welcome. Your questions are actually all answered. Some are very easy to find here in this resourceful forum others are more or less scattered and kind a hard to figure out (especially if your are not a native english speaking person)...
1. with root you can do lots of things you cant while unrooted, like wifi tether full access to the filesystem and other more advanced stuff.
2. I only flashed cyanogen until now and its pretty fast and stable (faster than the stock rom). There are lots of other roms out there. Try them out to find one which suits you best.
3. Yes it can. However, there are more than one way to root and flash your device. It also depends on your spl (perfect spl?) how to do it. You can find out what spl you have if you enter fastboot (turn off device then press power and home to enter fastboot). You can also see if you have a magic 32a or 32b, which is needed for choosing a correct rom.
4. Jepp, there are lots of useful and easy to follow step by step tutorials here. Like this one for example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=579328
5. Yes, there is a chance to brick your phone if you do something that you are not supposed to do like flashing a wrong radio or rom. If everything goes fine you can of course go back to the initial state (stock rom, spl. aso).
6. Yes, there are lots of custom roms with sense ui for magic. Just take a look into the rom development section of this forum...
That link is pretty much what i was looking for, thanks
Sorry for posting in the wrong section

[Q] Is it safe to assume...

First off, let me apologize for being a NOOB. I hate myself. HOWEVER, I watched the video and I'm following the rules. So go easy...
AFTER having ready TONS and TONS of post and threads, I have still not found a definitive answer to my question.
Is there a copy of the stock ROM (or RUU) for the HTC Doubleshot (aka myTouch 4G Slide) that is readily available?
I have had my phone for about a month and am now wanting to root. I would like to have a stock backup for warranty reasons (obviously). I have never rooted an Android. I have "jailbroke" many iPhones and in the begining I always had a backup just in case. Is this not a possibility right now for the HTC Doubleshot?
XigntCrcmstnc said:
First off, let me apologize for being a NOOB. I hate myself. HOWEVER, I watched the video and I'm following the rules. So go easy...
AFTER having ready TONS and TONS of post and threads, I have still not found a definitive answer to my question.
Is there a copy of the stock ROM (or RUU) for the HTC Doubleshot (aka myTouch 4G Slide) that is readily available?
I have had my phone for about a month and am now wanting to root. I would like to have a stock backup for warranty reasons (obviously). I have never rooted an Android. I have "jailbroke" many iPhones and in the begining I always had a backup just in case. Is this not a possibility right now for the HTC Doubleshot?
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Don't hate yourself, everyone starts somewhere. Welcome to android, where a stock, un-rooted device is capable of much more then a jailbroken i-anything.
There are a couple of ways to go about getting a backup - click the link to backup guide in my signature to see how to go about making backups of your data (both through ADB and CWM).
If you want to grab a ROM file from the dev section, supposing you don't have your own backup:
In the dev section:
De-odexed stock repack
Stock - equivalent of a factory reset on a fresh device
And also, Undeadk9 made a stock version that is de-odexed, has root and so forth, check it out:
Stock - rooted, busybox, etc...
Also, once you get from S-ON to S-OFF there really is no way to go back, but it won't have any impact on your warranty or exchange ability if needed.
Thanks. I am looking forward to this. If you are referring to the Stock ROM uploading by UndeadK9 or PaulObrian ( i think those were the names) I have already kind of glanced over those. The DEVs made sure to mention that they weren't 100% stock and It was "flashing" at my own risk. I don't mind this. I am just worried that if I mess up somehow I won't be able to take it back to T-Mobile to get a new one because they will see that it has been rooted... I
The one that is the equivalent of a factory reset on a fresh device is what you would want to use, if you wanted to go back to stock, with an odexed ROM, and all.
Thank you for the help. I am reading the Backup Guide link in your signature right now...
I was following instructions on how to use the Revolutionary Method to root my phone. ALL that I did was download Revolutionary, The HTC Fastboot Drivers and I obtained my beta key from the website. I hooked up my phone on charge only with USB Debugging enabled. The program ran fine and it said successful. The next step was to power down and then do an HBOOT. HOWEVER when I hit selected power down, my phone shut off AND IT WONT TURN BACK ON! Help!
What do I do? Please help me... Did I just BRICK my phone that friggin easily?!?!?! =(... I could cry....
Turn your phone back on it should resume revs picks up where it left off normally. If it doesn't hit power and volume down at the. Same time that will bring you to hboot (skating androids) verify you have s off in the upper right it should say s off. Then reboot.
You should be fine. And if it won't turn on as in power up you may want to check your battery
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[Q] Help Required: Galaxy S3 - Verizon 4G LTE Modding

Hello. I am completely new to this forum and completely new to the phone modding world as well. So, please excuse me if I have broken any rules or am posting in the wrong section. I have a Galaxy S3 - Verizon 4G LTE phone. I use it on WIFI only. I do not use a sim card. Therefore, I cannot update the operating system at all, since Verizon requires a connection to their servers, through their connection. My android version is 4.1.1. I wanted to update this to the latest android version available. I haven't the slightest clue as to how to go about that. Whenever I've looked this up, I am always led to one program: Cyanogenmod. I don't understand how this works at all. Would anyone please be able to explain how I go about this in baby steps? What are the risks? What do I need? Would I ever be able to recover back to the original operating system that came with the phone? Is there a way to save my current app/games data before doing this, for example, Subway Surfers? I also do not know what rooting is but, it seems as though it gives you the option to go much deeper into the phone's customization. Is that required for this? Any information, pictures, step by step guides would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Ok first you need to read the stickies. Also just Google what root is. Do some research first man. Did I mention the stickies?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
Are you talking about the "[How To] Reset your phone in order to return to Verizon(Updated 12/11/2012)" and "[GUIDE] Debrick your bricked SCH-I535! [BOOTLOADER/HARDBRICK]" stickies? Those are the only ones I see in this section. I currently haven't done anything to my phone so, those don't really apply to me yet. I did however browse through them. I saw the mention of Odin, a ROM flashing tool. And rooting would probably give you access to the system settings required to flash these ROMs onto your phone. This is all I can make out at the moment.
Nalil said:
Are you talking about the "[How To] Reset your phone in order to return to Verizon(Updated 12/11/2012)" and "[GUIDE] Debrick your bricked SCH-I535! [BOOTLOADER/HARDBRICK]" stickies? Those are the only ones I see in this section. I currently haven't done anything to my phone so, those don't really apply to me yet. I did however browse through them. I saw the mention of Odin, a ROM flashing tool. And rooting would probably give you access to the system settings required to flash these ROMs onto your phone. This is all I can make out at the moment.
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There are stickies in every section you should hop over to the general section and start looking there.

[Completed] [Q] Samsung-SGH-i957

Sorry if i have posted in the wrong area.
I have
Device: Samsung-SGH-i957
Android: 4.0.4
Kernel version 3.0.8-1167230
I used Odin 1.83 (I believe cant remember the exact version but those of you familiar with the process will know immediately what i used) to try and root my device. Now goggled several different tutorials on how to do this. Downloaded all the Samsung device drivers. Odin and Kernel and went step by step. Now according to all the tutorials and my experience. I was successful in rooting the device. Everything works as instructed. BUT after installing Superuser, Root Checker, and Terminal Emulator, then trying to change boot screen animations, my device and above said applications have informed me that I do NOT in fact have a rooted device or permissions to access any of the root folders. Now I am all about full customization of my device. In fact that is the real reason I am trying to root it i just want to be able to do what i want on it. Ithe Samsung-SGH-i957 is a little old but I believe it is a good place to start to learn about rooted andorid device and how to work them. I believe the direction I really want to be taking is to just install a custom ROM from scratch there for not even having to worry about trying to root it. If this is indeed the direction those of you out there believe i should take i would appriciate feed back. If not and just rooting what i have is the best approach to full customization let me know. Either way I am good at following directions. Now finding good ones or perhaps googling the right key words to find good directions I am not so good at. So please suggestion on end game actions and pointers to good instructions.
yankyswag said:
Sorry if i have posted in the wrong area.
I have
Device: Samsung-SGH-i957
Android: 4.0.4
Kernel version 3.0.8-1167230
I used Odin 1.83 (I believe cant remember the exact version but those of you familiar with the process will know immediately what i used) to try and root my device. Now goggled several different tutorials on how to do this. Downloaded all the Samsung device drivers. Odin and Kernel and went step by step. Now according to all the tutorials and my experience. I was successful in rooting the device. Everything works as instructed. BUT after installing Superuser, Root Checker, and Terminal Emulator, then trying to change boot screen animations, my device and above said applications have informed me that I do NOT in fact have a rooted device or permissions to access any of the root folders. Now I am all about full customization of my device. In fact that is the real reason I am trying to root it i just want to be able to do what i want on it. Ithe Samsung-SGH-i957 is a little old but I believe it is a good place to start to learn about rooted andorid device and how to work them. I believe the direction I really want to be taking is to just install a custom ROM from scratch there for not even having to worry about trying to root it. If this is indeed the direction those of you out there believe i should take i would appriciate feed back. If not and just rooting what i have is the best approach to full customization let me know. Either way I am good at following directions. Now finding good ones or perhaps googling the right key words to find good directions I am not so good at. So please suggestion on end game actions and pointers to good instructions.
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Oh ... it's up to you. Only you know what you want to do with your device.
Here is the specific forum for your device on xda: Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9.
If you have questions about your device, please post in the Galaxy Tab 8.9 General (as there is no dedicated Q&A forum for your device).
And here you will fnd latest (ROM, kernel, recovery, etc.) development for your device: Galaxy Tab 8.9 SGH-i957 Android Development.
Take some time to read through those threads.
And always create a complete system backup (nandroid backup in custom recovery) before flashing anything. So in case something goes wrong, you can go back by restoring the last backup.
Thread closed and thank you.

[Completed] Step by step root guide?

I have an HTC droid incredible 4glte and i'm interested in rooting it and/or installing cyanogen on it, since it's already past its warranty. i've done a fair amount of reading about rooting and whatnot on this site and others, but i don't feel i know enough to get started w/o bricking my device or loosing data that i want to keep.
I have no software downloaded on my computer pertaining to my phone, and i've not actually done anything to my phone either: everything is stock.
is there a list of instructions somewhere that can guide me step by step (or more accurately, click by click... i really don't want to screw up my phone, especially since i'm not sure i'd know how to fix it) through rooting my phone beginning to end?
also, is there somewhere/someone who can answer these questions:
1. do i have to have a custom recovery if i'm rooting/flashing a new ROM?
2. what does the stock recovery do that's different from a custom one?
3. most importantly, can i root my phone and keep the stock OS/other stuff?
a million thanks to anyone who can answer these questions!
Hello,
Well I am giving you a link to an "index" thread. What it contains are links and guides to anything you need for that device. You will be required to do some reading and research on your own. Xda assist is for helping you find your way.
Look here
Good luck

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