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Hey everyone, Forgive me,
Do not no much of this stuff yet. Got a Mytouch 4G For Christmas and it seems i have been spending alot of time on it.
So i have perm rooted, Radio s-off, S-off, Tried Ice and Cyan. Both amazing Roms. Cudo's to you guys... Its good to see and how people are doing something good with there skills and not being so destructive, like ( Holding Tounge ) person that u/led that software on the Market, virus tainted. Dude what the hell you thinking... Just dont understand. Do good with such talents. You can still get noticed or is your intelli that lapsed.
Anyways... Just gets so mad at crap like that. We should all do for better... I aggree that tech has a big part with it and advancement is made by such intrusion but there are other ways to find such things with out infecting people... Grrrrrrrr...
Appologies... Ice, the Web Browser does not work in your latest release, at least on my phone, From what i read, something called force closing. Actually every version of your rom has that issue on my phone. Dont know.... If you need info from my phone let me know..
For others sorry, if its been asked. Like i said i'm new. Have installed Android SDK and bout books to learn Coding for it, in my hope that i might be able to contribute in some small way. Theme or something.. Or my own Rom perhaps.. Neva Know...

Tabithajade said:
Hey everyone, Forgive me,
Do not no much of this stuff yet. Got a Mytouch 4G For Christmas and it seems i have been spending alot of time on it.
So i have perm rooted, Radio s-off, S-off, Tried Ice and Cyan. Both amazing Roms. Cudo's to you guys... Its good to see and how people are doing something good with there skills and not being so destructive, like ( Holding Tounge ) person that u/led that software on the Market, virus tainted. Dude what the hell you thinking... Just dont understand. Do good with such talents. You can still get noticed or is your intelli that lapsed.
Anyways... Just gets so mad at crap like that. We should all do for better... I aggree that tech has a big part with it and advancement is made by such intrusion but there are other ways to find such things with out infecting people... Grrrrrrrr...
Appologies... Ice, the Web Browser does not work in your latest release, at least on my phone, From what i read, something called force closing. Actually every version of your rom has that issue on my phone. Dont know.... If you need info from my phone let me know..
For others sorry, if its been asked. Like i said i'm new. Have installed Android SDK and bout books to learn Coding for it, in my hope that i might be able to contribute in some small way. Theme or something.. Or my own Rom perhaps.. Neva Know...
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Well I am not sure what your talking about the Browser not working as it has been. Did you fully wipe the system? and then correctly flash it? I never saw or heard Browser FC in MT4G till now. I recommend you download IGv1.1.6 and flash CWMR3.0.0.6 and then do full system wipe after that flash the rom.

And also, don't forget to install Flash from the Market after you've flashed and reinstalled the ROM.
Not sure, but hopefully it should take care of your browser problem.

Thank You
Tried that, didnt seem to work... Np. Phone works, using Cyan at the moment.
Great Rom. Sorry to bother you folks..
Thanks again..

Hi :)

Hey Guys,
Just wanted to extend a hello to you all . I just got a mytouch 4g, and cant wait to get a custom rom on this thing... stock makes me sad. Just wondering, are there any tips or tricks you guys would offer a n00b to this phone? (im experience rooting and everything else on other phones...)
Cheers guys!
Trevor

rockr4Christ said:
Hey Guys,
Just wanted to extend a hello to you all . I just got a mytouch 4g, and cant wait to get a custom rom on this thing... stock makes me sad. Just wondering, are there any tips or tricks you guys would offer a n00b to this phone? (im experience rooting and everything else on other phones...)
Cheers guys!
Trevor
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Take a look at my newbie guide. Even if you are experienced with #su access. It hits on topics specific to this phone.
and welcome to XDA.

rockr4Christ said:
Hey Guys,
Just wanted to extend a hello to you all . I just got a mytouch 4g, and cant wait to get a custom rom on this thing... stock makes me sad. Just wondering, are there any tips or tricks you guys would offer a n00b to this phone? (im experience rooting and everything else on other phones...)
Cheers guys!
Trevor
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Hi welcome to XDA-Developers, your guides and resources to phone related and much more.. enjoy..ooh the search button can help alot *tip*

I just rooted my phone 2 days ago for the first time from stock gingerbread to cm7.
The ingredients for a successful root/flash:
-Read Read Read. Read the materials associated with your tools, your handset, and the commands needed to make this a successful mod. Read through the tutorials available, go through the different methods and then judge which is right for you, taking into account prep, tools, and your available knowledge. Some are easy, others will usually have a disclaimer regarding difficulty. Don't be discouraged, there's a ton of stuff to get associated with. I jumped balls first and went straight for downgrade, s-off and engineering bootloader (this bootloader may save you later, I suggest you really look into it).
-Understand how to use your tools for the job. You'll see adb, android sdk, fre3vo, gfree and a few other tools of the trade to the task you wish to accomplish. Learn them, learn the commands and the syntax. Inputting commands through the command prompt can seem a little scary considering the potential for disaster but time, patience and perserverance. When in doubt....READ MORE.
-No shortcuts! Learn everything to start, taking the easy way is fast and well....easy. But you won't get the exposure to the tools, commands, or environment you'll be working in. I went through the whole long process of setting up the android sdk just to know what I was getting into. You'll be happy when you hit a problem like getting kicked out of adb shell and knowing what command to enter to jump right back in...
-Follow the directions to a tee. No deviation, improvisation, or imagination. It's the difference between a good mod and an expensive paperweight. When in doubt, search the forums for your answer (and google), if you can't find something specific to your question then ask away.
Good luck and enjoy, you can't imagine how many goodies are waiting for you on this side of the fence.

welcome to the Glacier forums!
after succeeding root access and s-off, there MANY different roms out there. my person favorites would be Sense based roms, more specifically Sense 3.5, and even more specific, RCMix3D by capy. that ROM makes the MT4G BEAST!!

rockr4Christ said:
Hey Guys,
Just wanted to extend a hello to you all . I just got a mytouch 4g, and cant wait to get a custom rom on this thing... stock makes me sad. Just wondering, are there any tips or tricks you guys would offer a n00b to this phone? (im experience rooting and everything else on other phones...)
Cheers guys!
Trevor
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Hey welcome! One bit of advise I can offer is that when you are done fideling with sense...you should really check out the AOSP based Roms. Personally I really dig Faux123's gingerbread nexus rom. Great battery life and performance its cyanogen based so you get all.the tweaks but I find Faux's is.less glitchy. Message me if.you want and ill explain why sense looks nice but runs awful ha
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium

ICS in mytouch 4g
I have been using mytouch 4g from one year. I rooted my device last week using cynogenmod wiki procedure. From last week I am experimenting with ICS: Creamed Glacier, currently in version 4.0. Wifi issues are fixed. ROM is great.

Mobilicity Nexus S - Just got it

Hey guys
So I just got my Nexus S not too while ago from mobilicity.
I heard the benefits of rooting it.
I have been reading around and is pretty confused.. there seems to be quit a bit of different versions floatinga round
I am on WCDMA network and want to root it into the new custom rom
Can someone point me to the right direction?
what is the best newbie friendly guide and rom right now?
man I never had trouble figuring out stuff like this but... dam I am really confused about rooting.

You mentioned WCDMA, so I'm assuming that you have a Sprint Nexus S 4G. If that is the case, head on over to the "Nexus S 4G Android Development" forum.

That is the part I am confused about
I have the Nexus s 9020T apparently
the one that mobilicity/T-mobile have specially

Welcome,
Root with this,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250583
and here is a How-to video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3BVGuKdWpk
Then learn how to use ROM manager with this since ROM manager is what you will use to install a ROM... using recovery is better but complex for a newbie... so this guy did a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psmI8KmBNeY
Best ROMs to download for beginners is this since is has a stock feel with the Cyanogen Mod extras.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297466
Good luck

sweet.
so right now im using apps like Go Laucher Ex, Widget locker etc
I will still be able to use these right?
Also what about the one called cyanogen and another one that starts with M something
I ALWAYS hear about these two when people talk about custom ROMs

Pretty much every ROM you will see is based off CM7, which stands for CyanogenMod. It's a team that tweaks the custom ROMs enabling a lot more features in the phone that Google left out for the public.
The 'M', is probably MIUI? MIUI brings a graphical overhaul to the entire Android UI. Some people say that it makes it look a lot like the iPhone, which it kind of does. Can be fun to try if you get sick of the stock Android look and feel.
It's up to you to find the one you feel best with, almost all the last generation ROMs for Gingerbread are fast, stable and bring good battery life.
And yes, you'll still be able to use all those apps, and more.
Greetz

AnimeLoverX said:
sweet.
so right now im using apps like Go Laucher Ex, Widget locker etc
I will still be able to use these right?
Also what about the one called cyanogen and another one that starts with M something
I ALWAYS hear about these two when people talk about custom ROMs
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MIUI is based on CyanogdenMod with some of their own features. The theming is pretty extensive and you can custimize nearly every aspect of it.
They are also releasing their Ice Cream Sandwhich ROM on friday which is awesome

all i can suggest is read, read and do more reading of each ROMs postings. Each ROM has their issues.... wether it be GPS, Wifi, No 4G connection or maybe just certain apps not working on it... so
Choose your ROM carefully depending on your needs.
Ask the specific question to the forum of whatever ROM your using since the developers or users can answer them faster or easier.
I would use the one I suggested first or maybe use on that your buddy is using so you can have someone to ask or call without waiting for someone on these forums.
Good luck

cheers
thanks for all the help guys
going to do it tonight after I get back
looking forward to it
Yea MIUI was the other one lol

vidaljs said:
Welcome,
Root with this,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250583
and here is a How-to video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3BVGuKdWpk
Then learn how to use ROM manager with this since ROM manager is what you will use to install a ROM... using recovery is better but complex for a newbie... so this guy did a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psmI8KmBNeY
Best ROMs to download for beginners is this since is has a stock feel with the Cyanogen Mod extras.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297466
Good luck
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so I tried that ROM
then I went with Cyanogen
Now I keep getting 'unfortunately, wallet has stopped'
any way to correct this>?

AnimeLoverX said:
so I tried that ROM
then I went with Cyanogen
Now I keep getting 'unfortunately, wallet has stopped'
any way to correct this>?
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You'll have to either wipe data and reflash the rom or just uninstall wallet.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

ah thanks
tried it again but this time with wipe data selected.
works so far
just cannot ask in deve section yet since i dont have 10 posts

How to make a new ROM?

If this is in the wrong section please move it instead of deleted it. Thanks y'all are awesome
So, what I want to is make my own Ice Cream Sandwich ROM.
I want to take stock android and:
-Make everything work right (camera, buttons, drivers for proper graphics and stuff, etc)...
-Use a good boot animation (I already have in mind which one)
Stuff like that. Would my old server with a dual dual-core Intel Xeon CPUs (total of 4 cores), 6GB RAM, and RAID SCSI disks be good enough, to compile it? Do I even need to compile it? or just unzip and zip?
Thanks!
PS: can I use Windows or would Ubuntu work better? I've also got a MacBook Air that I guess I could use

I won't touch on the driver thing (simply because it's not an easy thing as you suggest). Not only are there various 'work arounds' for the camera issue... but... eh.
Also, I will say that boot animations are nothing more than a text file and a bunch of images... no compiling done there. Just google around and you'll find the 'needed' format VERY easily... and probably even suggested software to make it easy.
Be careful, as you have a condescending style about how things that are easy but aren't, and aren't easy but are... while you haven't even really done any research. These things... they do not go over well here.

Ok as stated it is not as easy as it sounds. Compiling from source is not easy and making everything work is not easy either as the drivers are not released for this device. As all the source is ported from another device. Some of the best minds on XDA have been working for months trying to get the camera to work but with the new rules to the AOSP source from Google it is a huge undertaking. No longer can you build a full working rom from AOSP as the OEM drivers are no longer included due to being closed source and not released.

There are walk thru videos out there but like the Gentlemens above me said it is not a simple task. If you look at the developers it's a collaboration of several members making a team just for one ROM. But you can play around with several ROMs like I did:
Some Ice Cold Sandwich with a little salt from Redemption and a little pepper from Zues and BOOM my perfect ROM for me. (My Frankenstein)
BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Dont get me wrong I'm not saying you can take bits and pieces from different ROMS and create your own and offer it here cause thats stealing from developers without their permission. But only for your enjoyment and PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
2. you can't ask for help from developers when you alter their ROMs.
GOOD GOD!!!! Hope my phone don't die with so much flashing and testing (lmao)

Sorry if I made it sound like I didn't realize how huge of an effort good ROM development is. I do!
However, if I just take AOSP then attach the device drivers then add the features I want, I can release it as mine, right?
I'm bored with web design and development, so I figured hey let me try android stuff!
Maybe I should learn how to make an Android app first I have a feeling my basic Java knowledge won't be enough.
Would it be better to start with that, then progress to the more complicated stuff?
And I appreciate the time you are all taking to answer my random questions
I wish I could make Android apps with HTML, CSS, PHP, and Javascript. LOL!

Reinaldo33897 said:
GOOD GOD!!!! Hope my phone don't die with so much flashing and testing (lmao)
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HAHA yeah sometimes I wonder if it's bad for it
But I've dropped it about 20 times and it still works no damage except for a tiny scratch in the screen so I'd say flashing ROMs is much safer for it than dropping it. LOL!

Flashing habits?

Something I've noticed is that I slowly become frustrated with whatever rom I'm on, be it cyanogenmod or liquidsmooth, cleanrom, etc. But as soon as I flash back to stock, I remember all the things I didn't like with stock, and want to flash back.
Where is the sweet spot? I find myself jumping back and forth, getting frustrated and tired no matter what rom I'm on. It could just be a personal problem :silly:
But I'm still kinda hoping for answers. For all the people out there who aren't modders, or devs, or who just barely know what they're doing: how do you survive with all the choices, where there's so many unique options of so many devs hard work (each with their own frustrations)? How do you choose?

SirProudNoob said:
Something I've noticed is that I slowly become frustrated with whatever rom I'm on, be it cyanogenmod or liquidsmooth, cleanrom, etc. But as soon as I flash back to stock, I remember all the things I didn't like with stock, and want to flash back.
Where is the sweet spot? I find myself jumping back and forth, getting frustrated and tired no matter what rom I'm on. It could just be a personal problem :silly:
But I'm still kinda hoping for answers. For all the people out there who aren't modders, or devs, or who just barely know what they're doing: how do you survive with all the choices, where there's so many unique options of so many devs hard work (each with their own frustrations)? How do you choose?
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Just a heads up, this thread is going to get shut down quickly, so I'm just going to lead you in the direction I think you want to go. There is no "sweet spot".
AOSP is made for many phones, and because of that fact you're going to miss a lot of features you're going to get from touchwiz that makes the s3 unique. It's fast, smooth, and debloated. Nice experience, but not for everybody.
Touchwiz has a range of different kinds of roms. You have heavily modded ones and some that are as bare as possible. These run drastically different on people's devices, and because of this fact you're going to get people swearing that their rom of choice is the best. However, just because a rom runs perfectly on someone's device, you might not have the same experience.
You choose by looking at the features you want and comparing them to the roms. If you want a heavily modded interface then roms like hyperdrive, goodness or jellybeans would be a good choice. If you want a more bare bones rom then bonestock, CleanROM, or tkrom would be solid choices. If you want a completely debloated experience, then aosp would be your option.
Basically, there is no real answer to your question. Flash one rom, give it a few days, if you don't like it then flash another.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

BadUsername said:
Just a heads up, this thread is going to get shut down quickly, so I'm just going to lead you in the direction I think you want to go. There is no "sweet spot".
AOSP is made for many phones, and because of that fact you're going to miss a lot of features you're going to get from touchwiz that makes the s3 unique. It's fast, smooth, and debloated. Nice experience, but not for everybody.
Touchwiz has a range of different kinds of roms. You have heavily modded ones and some that are as bare as possible. These run drastically different on people's devices, and because of this fact you're going to get people swearing that their rom of choice is the best. However, just because a rom runs perfectly on someone's device, you might not have the same experience.
You choose by looking at the features you want and comparing them to the roms. If you want a heavily modded interface then roms like hyperdrive, goodness or jellybeans would be a good choice. If you want a more bare bones rom then bonestock, CleanROM, or tkrom would be solid choices. If you want a completely debloated experience, then aosp would be your option.
Basically, there is no real answer to your question. Flash one rom, give it a few days, if you don't like it then flash another.
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One of the things that frustrates me is that I can't solve these issues on my own. I'm trying to learn linux and a lot of basic things like that, but it doesn't come naturally. If I could just know how to fix things, then I'd be happy.
I just learned about flashing radios not a few months ago. Before that I was having a ton of issues getting google voice search and my camera to work, and I didn't know why.
So many people write guides and such, but they never give the deeper explanations. Just the quick, easy answers. Take the one-click root for D2VZW. Does it work amazingly? Yes, I used it earlier today, and it was flawless. But I want to learn more in a way that's doesn't require 200% commitment and prior knowledge of things like how to use the linux terminal.
I don't like being a noob, but it's impossible to learn this stuff on your own unless you dedicate yourself, body and soul...

SirProudNoob said:
One of the things that frustrates me is that I can't solve these issues on my own. I'm trying to learn linux and a lot of basic things like that, but it doesn't come naturally. If I could just know how to fix things, then I'd be happy.
I just learned about flashing radios not a few months ago. Before that I was having a ton of issues getting google voice search and my camera to work, and I didn't know why.
So many people write guides and such, but they never give the deeper explanations. Just the quick, easy answers. Take the one-click root for D2VZW. Does it work amazingly? Yes, I used it earlier today, and it was flawless. But I want to learn more in a way that's doesn't require 200% commitment and prior knowledge of things like how to use the linux terminal.
I don't like being a noob, but it's impossible to learn this stuff on your own unless you dedicate yourself, body and soul...
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It's all part of the learning experience. You can't expect someone to give you answers all the time. I learned so much from not being happy with some aspect of my phone, searching for answers, and applying fixes for my problems.
You can learn anything without dedicating time, you learn as you go along. I was brand new to all of this a year ago, and now I'm able to fix nearly anything that happens to my phone.
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BadUsername said:
It's all part of the learning experience. You can't expect someone to give you answers all the time. I learned so much from not being happy with some aspect of my phone, searching for answers, and applying fixes for my problems.
You can learn anything without dedicating time, you learn as you go along. I was brand new to all of this a year ago, and now I'm able to fix nearly anything that happens to my phone.
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Just needed to vent some frustration at this lol...
Thanks.
On the bright side I know how to use odin, so I can almost never kill my phone
Sometimes I feel like I need two phones though. One to mess with and one to actually use for being a phone.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950824
This is a great guide. Just thought of it and couldn't remember where I saw it but it's worth skimming through.
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SirProudNoob said:
Sometimes I feel like I need two phones though. One to mess with and one to actually use for being a phone.
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This is exactly why I haven't flashed a single rom/kernel on my phone since I had it (run debloated stock with a few mods). I need my phone functional 100 percent. I was a flash-a-holic with my OG Samsung Epic, and learned from this that you can't have both variety and function. Do I miss the experience? Sure, but right now I can't afford to have a phone that isn't functioning the way I need it to be. Speajing of two phones: just upgraded to GNote 3, so may finally got to mess around with the S3 once the Note is activated.

SirProudNoob said:
One of the things that frustrates me is that I can't solve these issues on my own. I'm trying to learn linux and a lot of basic things like that, but it doesn't come naturally. If I could just know how to fix things, then I'd be happy.
I just learned about flashing radios not a few months ago. Before that I was having a ton of issues getting google voice search and my camera to work, and I didn't know why.
So many people write guides and such, but they never give the deeper explanations. Just the quick, easy answers. Take the one-click root for D2VZW. Does it work amazingly? Yes, I used it earlier today, and it was flawless. But I want to learn more in a way that's doesn't require 200% commitment and prior knowledge of things like how to use the linux terminal.
I don't like being a noob, but it's impossible to learn this stuff on your own unless you dedicate yourself, body and soul...
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Might I suggest XDA-University to help you learn these things?

I've bookmarked those links. Thanks for the help. I didn't know about the XDA university, since as you can see I'm new here.
If it was shown to us during registration (along with that one video), sorry I missed it.

SirProudNoob said:
I've bookmarked those links. Thanks for the help. I didn't know about the XDA university, since as you can see I'm new here.
If it was shown to us during registration (along with that one video), sorry I missed it.
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The video is probably older than the university...it just opened about 3 months ago.

i'll be honest...I love cyanogenmod and would (almost) die for it...I have found my happy rom to be (Carbon) and while i have no issues with it, i live in a bad signal area...long story short, we don't have Verizon Coverage (Altell) atm...There was a lawyer issue that created a problem back in the seventies and that was just lifted about a year ago...Verizon's towers are being put up everywhere and i can't wait till they are activated...That being said i get data drops in the town i live in and sometimes have better experience on Touchwiz...But i cannot stand being on 4.1.2 and to be honest even though i might have data on touchwiz i can't really get it to work...so...
My experience is that when cyanogenmod in its current state is more honest about connectivity....because where cyanogenmod has none touchwiz has a connection that can't do anything.... If we had touchwiz with the latest android version i would probably be fine with an aosp theme....but not really... xD