Hi everyone I'm a newbie to modifying android phones. I totally loved my stock g2x,but... like everyone else i wanted it to be the best and greatest! i tried installing cm7's nightly build as well as another developers build of ICS. Thats when i started having issues and thought i may have soft bricked my phone. I tried x0xhellx0x's HellFire™ Sandwich v 1.6 p999 4.04 and followed the guide located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513387 to the letter. Not surprisingly it worked like a charm and my g2x is back up and better than before. I was amazed that it automatically downloaded and installed all the apps i had been using previously on the stock g2x. I now have the latest and greatest g2x i can and am thrilled. My advice to any newbie trying to update their rom for the first time is to search the forum extensively, read all they can before they try anything, and if a guide is provided FOLLOW IT!!!!!!!!! I thought the guide for the helfire rom was going to be a pain as it required extra steps but in all honesty it was the easiest since it worked from the reboot without any issues. I've yet to encounter an issue with it and have to give credit to all the developers of the rom it is awesome. I haven't posted any questions here because i found all my answers simply by searching for them. this site is great and truly jammed full of useful and helpful information for newbies if we just look for it(search). Please search ladies and gentleman it worked for me and got my phone working again after i messed it up trying to take a shortcut. please search and read before bricking you phone.
Wait there is this thing called "search"? First new person on the g2x that used that feature. You deserve a medal and I just recently started and its not as complicated as it seems.
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moeahmad1995 said:
Wait there is this thing called "search"? First new person on the g2x that used that feature. You deserve a medal and I just recently started and its not as complicated as it seems.
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yes it's an awesome "feature" with a nice easy to use and user friendly drop down box which can be found in all forums and threads! i agree it is pretty easy an uncomplicated "IF" you follow the directions/steps outlined. I though the scrubber step was possibly going to be a pain because it made the whole process take a few minutes longer. However it actually made things go much smoother and was less painful in the long run. Imagine actually writing over the data properly preparing the phone for a new rom successfully working... what a concept! All in all it was a perfect solution to a newbies dilemma of a phone that would only stick in a reboot loop after a failed attempt to update the rom after not following all the steps suggested beforehand. Yes us newbies are an impatient bunch LOL
Holy ****, are pigs flying!?
But seriously it's nice to know there are some people who do search and find what they need.
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yes didn't you hear???? the FAA cleared porky's flight plan at 8AM this morning
You should try klathmon's tutorial on hoe to over clock and under clock. I just used it and it made my phone a lot better. It is a lit of reading ( blame him for that, he devotes his time to help people like me and you), but is worth it and shouldn't be too hard to follow. If I can do it so can you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558080
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The more i read on here, the more i want to flash new roms and whatever. Im very new to this stuff. The only stuff ive done with any phone so far is rooted my captivate while on 2.1, unrooted it and used odin to flash? 2.2 froyo to it. When i go into a thread about flashing a rom i see "download this program and this and this and this, ect." i see one method for one rom and a diff method for another. it starts to become overwhelming. Ive never been good at reading and following directions. Im more of a hands on person i guess. I appreciate all the work everyone has done here and have tons of respect for doing what they do to make this place what it is.
Sorry for this "rant". I will keep reading and hopefully start soaking in this information lol.
Any local guys in indiana qualified to show me the ropes? Lol
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The more i read on here, the more i want to flash new roms and whatever. Im very new to this stuff. The only stuff ive done with any phone so far is rooted my captivate while on 2.1, unrooted it and used odin to flash? 2.2 froyo to it. When i go into a thread about flashing a rom i see "download this program and this and this and this, ect." i see one method for one rom and a diff method for another. it starts to become overwhelming. Ive never been good at reading and following directions. Im more of a hands on person i guess. I appreciate all the work everyone has done here and have tons of respect for doing what they do to make this place what it is.
Sorry for this "rant". I will keep reading and hopefully start soaking in this information lol.
Any local guys in indiana qualified to show me the ropes? Lol
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If u could do a search here, there is a post where they even posted a video link on how to go about.
Trust me i have done quite a few searches, but apparently i didnt find that thread. Thanks for the info though, i will take a look sometime
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A good starting point:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867153
thanks for the links. looks like ive got some homework to do!
This is another great starting point. A lot of videos showing the basics including rooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877652
Have fun...
Thanks for the link guys! Im going to do some studying and hopefully soon i wont have anymore noob questions.
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Yeah over half the time I can't find what I'm looking for with the "search" function that everybody loves to suggest.
But yeah you gotta just spend time with it, you'll pick it up as time goes on
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Or yoku can just try and see what happends . I read the basics and I learned the rest hands on. No bricks yet. Right now I'm seeing a therapist for my problem. My name is Mark and I'm a flashoholic.
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i used bubbys one click root, i am running the rev. 4g ROM 3.5 i was wondering when its said to do a "wipe" before installing is that refering to when u are prompted in rom manager to do so, or in CWR and choosing the wipe data/factory reset? if i were to do the wipe data, would i lose my root access? thanks in advance
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i used bubbys one click root, i am running the rev. 4g ROM 3.5 i was wondering when its said to do a "wipe" before installing is that refering to when u are prompted in rom manager to do so, or in CWR and choosing the wipe data/factory reset? if i were to do the wipe data, would i lose my root access? thanks in advance
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No you wont loose root.
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You think that was a stupid question?
OK, I have one for ya... I'm brand new to sites with "threads". (Is there a tutorial on how to use a site like this? ha!) So, I pray that I help to keep the threads clean, and post this in the correct spot, but this is my very first post, so... here goes. Have mercy on me. Just got my Inspire a week ago. Coming from iPhone (twas pretty good), then WP7 (hated it), I wonder where this phone's been all my life! Then, I learn about rooting. Loved the jailbreak for iPhone, so decided to study up on it for a couple of days and go for it. After much studying, found video that uses Bubby's one click method. Watched many times and followed it to a T (at least I'm pretty sure, I'd imagine that it would work if I did, though), yet at the part where it's supposed to search for "pd98img", it never seems to find it, even after minutes of wait. Read the FAQ, followed all instructions to a T. Can anybody help me? I've attempted this four times already, and I keep reading that other people have found it to be easy. Or... where would I go for help with this subject. I'm an XDA member and android user for life after getting this phone, I love the freedom. Thank you everybody for all of the time that you put into educating and helping others, like myself.
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OK, I have one for ya... I'm brand new to sites with "threads". (Is there a tutorial on how to use a site like this? ha!) So, I pray that I help to keep the threads clean, and post this in the correct spot, but this is my very first post, so... here goes. Have mercy on me. Just got my Inspire a week ago. Coming from iPhone (twas pretty good), then WP7 (hated it), I wonder where this phone's been all my life! Then, I learn about rooting. Loved the jailbreak for iPhone, so decided to study up on it for a couple of days and go for it. After much studying, found video that uses Bubby's one click method. Watched many times and followed it to a T (at least I'm pretty sure, I'd imagine that it would work if I did, though), yet at the part where it's supposed to search for "pd98img", it never seems to find it, even after minutes of wait. Read the FAQ, followed all instructions to a T. Can anybody help me? I've attempted this four times already, and I keep reading that other people have found it to be easy. Or... where would I go for help with this subject. I'm an XDA member and android user for life after getting this phone, I love the freedom. Thank you everybody for all of the time that you put into educating and helping others, like myself.
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Try the Hack Kit. I had trouble with that to. Is USB Debugging checked? Try that and see if it works.
Ok cool! Thanks
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It sounds to me as though the GUI isn't pushing the PD98IMG though as long as you have ran g free and rage you should be rooted and s off and can go ahead and flash a custom Rom, though you are going to have to flash the radio back to stock since it will still be downgraded.
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Those wipes are both the same. ROM manager is just a simple GUI that points to the CWR wipe upon reboot. As others said, you will not loose root. Just another reason to prefer Android over iOS.
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You might find that posting in Bubby's thread will yield more answers to your question. In fact, it has probably already been addressed in there.
And since you are a new user here allow me to help you a little. First thing is to read and heed the stickies and forum rules. It is rude to hijack another users thread with your issue. Thanks, and welcome to XDA.
Haha thanks for the info fellas!!
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How is it going everyone.. I was curious if anyone could tell me if bubby’s one click root would still work for my phone if I haven’t updated my phone to gingerbread yet? And hypothetically speaking, what I mean is that if I decline the gingerbread up date, or I just haven’t got the update yet... when I’m down grading my rom while using bubby’s program is there any chance that when it ask to install the update that the gingerbread update could mess with it or be installed instead? And sorry if this is a dumb question but I’ve looked in other places and didn’t find my answer so I just wanted to be sure.. So thank you for any help in advanced.
and i read on the thread that its been discontinued, but it should still work if my phone is still froyo right?
It probably would still work, but you really should use ATTN1's hack kit. It's being actively developed and has real-time support via the #liberatedAria IRC chat channel.
Hack Kit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
IRC chat link:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
well i would but im not real smart with computers though i have done A TON of research and read through countless threads and forums about what could go wrong and just how to root and so on and so on... i just feel more conferrable using his program because ive watched he video like a 100 times and seeing it visually makes me feel allot more at ease since this is my first time...
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well i would but im not real smart with computers though i have done A TON of research and read through countless threads and forums about what could go wrong and just how to root and so on and so on... i just feel more conferrable using his program because ive watched he video like a 100 times and seeing it visually makes me feel allot more at ease since this is my first time...
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I used bubby's method and it worked well for me. Got it first try no problems. If that's what you feel comfortable using then go for it. But I gotta say I rooted one of my friends inspire with att1 hack kit and it was easy as well. As long ad you can follow instructions you'll be alright.
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I used bubby's on my phone back when it was running froyo. Had no problems at all. Alot of my friends have also used the hack kit. Either way as long as you can read instructions, and really read them before doing it, you should be fine. If you piss your pants because your nervous while doing it...its ok I almost did. Hahaha. Good luck!
Also please please read each methods thread all the way through to see any problems anyone else may have had so you know how to handle them if they come up.
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haha ok thanks yall and yea i read the hack kits thread all the way through and in fact printed the entire thing out and red it on my free time.. lol and im working on bubbys right now to see if i can run across any problems that i may encounter along the way.. so thank yall and have a good one
Hey guys, figured I'd introduce myself as I recently picked up a Skyrocket. I love the phone so far and I'm going to try to make it a point to make some constructive posts, but in the meantime I guess I'll just give you a list of my smartphone history:
HTC Touch Pro (messed around with booting Android off of the SD slot, never got it fully functional)
T-Mobile G1 (didn't have it for very long as T-Mo service sucked in my area at the time)
Motorola Droid (holy quality control issues, Batman!)
LG Optimus V (had for about a year, installed a ton of roms on it)
Google Nexus S 4G (GREAT phone, never had a single issue, used SlimICS as my favorite ROM)
Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket (current phone and why I'm posting this here)
Welcome and have fun we got a decent lot of usual posters a lot of new guys coming in now so post in the right place do your searches and you will be ok
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welcome to the site and enjoy your stay
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Good choice for a device. Plenty of development. Lots of roms to choose from. And ics
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Welcome and have fun we got a decent lot of usual posters a lot of new guys coming in now so post in the right place do your searches and you will be ok
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Part of why I have so few posts is because I know how to use the search button.
By the way, my current ROM is Sky ICS. Flashed it last night, it seems to be decently stable/fast. I'd like to find something that's completely TouchWiz-free, but I haven't had time to read up on it. If it doesn't exist I might just try to build it myself. Is this something that's possible (within reason)?
Welcome, I am fairly new myself.
I have found the people here in the Skyrocket forums are pretty incredible. They have much more patience than I!
I have found that as long as you can read and follow directions, you are pretty much good to go. (At least for me anyways)
Now you get to deal with a much bigger problem....which one of the many great ROMs to take for a spin! There are some really good ones here.
Thanks to all the devs!
I picked up my skyrocket a few months ago. I just flashed superlite 5.1 on Friday and have had no issues yet. XDA is a wealth of information. I love this place!
Sometimes it's more like information overload.
Many different ways to do something similar...it's hard for me to keep straight sometimes!
welcome, and enjoy ur stay
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Sometimes it's more like information overload.
Many different ways to do something similar...it's hard for me to keep straight sometimes!
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We ask that you try but if you still don't get it we are then happy to help elaborate man if you need help ask in q&a and someone will help you
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We ask that you try but if you still don't get it we are then happy to help elaborate man if you need help ask in q&a and someone will help you
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Yeah, I totally get it.
I was referring to the many different methods the devs use to flash the various roms. Some things work well with one, but not another. That's all!
Like I mentioned earlier...not many posts due to the fact that most of the information I need is already available in many different threads, asked multiple times.
A little patience goes a LONG ways. Thought the constant flashing roms is getting a little addicting!
A little patience goes a LONG ways. Thought the constant flashing roms is getting a little addicting!
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QFT. Nandroid and TiBu are your friends, though.
I was a child and don't need proof of it lmfao. Rip hero cdma on that note.
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Hey hater grow a pair of balls and show yourself and stop hiding in the bushes rating my threads 1 star like the lil sin you are. Get over it stop hating on others cause you can't develop for yourself or make good threads. Your probably just a little kid with no life starring at the computer screen all day. Prove me wrong and post like a real person If not just goes to show who you really are :silly:
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Im not going to rate the thread, its good, but definitely not SUPER EASY, thats fixable however, as its just how the guide is setup which detracts from being SUPER EASY...
Numbers/Letters for steps, more spacing, less run-ons in sentence structure...
XDA is a site thats supposed to be for developers but id hazard a guess and say 95%+ are USERS and probably 95% of that 95% are only here from hap-hazard links from other sites and/or google search's and will get lost in your guide...
Dont misunderstand me, after being here on XDA it was EASY for ME to understand, but probably not for the majority of people.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, thanks for a great guide, its nice to see a refresh for the "how-to" guides every once in a while (yearly?)
ROM Manager won't install on the latest OTA of the HTC Hero by Sprint. Making this essentially a root-only guide. Unless by some chance it has not been updated.
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ROM Manager won't install on the latest OTA of the HTC Hero by Sprint. Making this essentially a root-only guide. Unless by some chance it has not been updated.
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This guide was late to the game.
There's a older version of cwm that works that's been posted several times, even recently.
Or just use "flash_image."
I read the wiki and I'm fine.
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I don't quite follow... he wrote this guide two months ago. It's OK, but I'd take a more remedial approach. I may submit my own, one that I crafted to help me through the process last year. There's definitely older ways to do things and newer ones as well, the newest being more straightforward.
As for the Hero, the later ROM published by Sprint blocks you from replacing the bootloader. You have to manually flash an earlier version of the Sprint ROM (2.27.651.5). Some enterprising folks have simplified it by creating an EXE that does it all, found HERE.
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I don't quite follow... he wrote this guide two months ago. It's OK, but I'd take a more remedial approach. I may submit my own, one that I crafted to help me through the process last year. There's definitely older ways to do things and newer ones as well, the newest being more straightforward.
As for the Hero, the later ROM published by Sprint blocks you from replacing the bootloader. You have to manually flash an earlier version of the Sprint ROM (2.27.651.5). Some enterprising folks have simplified it by creating an EXE that does it all, found HERE.
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I've had my hero for ages ever since it was released I didn't know htc locked the bootloader. I'm getting tired of them doing that but this is the guide I used when I rooted my hero and I don't know why cwm is only available to 2.2+ ill have to post the apk. Sorry I haven't been around. As you see I have 3 other devices to maintain which is my signature.. The hero just so happens to be my slowest which isn't good. I love the hero don't get me wrong it has the best feeling on the outside. I mainly port ics/jb which hero doesn't play nice with. I have to release some roms over here soon
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