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Hi Mates!
Tomorrow i'm going to recieve the post package with my brand new Moto Milestone I can't wait...
I have looked through threads abouts available ROM versions and I dont know which one should I flash to my new device... I want to have everything working, and good battery lifetime (bla bla bla , You say I should stay at stock ROM, but I wand something more)
It would be nice if the rom has overclock. It should be smooth and beautiful.
I request suggestions Thanks alot

Hi,
I would avoid official one, go for Got's 2.38 or try EclairMOD by 89luca89
Maybe Got's one if you begin with android.
They are 2.1 android, much more stable than the Motorola's one.
After some time, you can make a nandroid backup of all your system, and then test Dexter_nlb "rom" like Sense UI MOD or MotoBlur or MotoFrenzy, they are Android 2.2 based Mod. That's for the one i tested, but they are maybe other mods.

Thank You;-) so at last I get my Miledtone, which is my 3rd andro phone. Now I'll try the stock eclair but I'm going to do some changes firstly I'll learn typing on phisical keyboard
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With Got's image all the phone functions are working well?
The installation of this SW is like installation of the original one using RSDLite?
Many thanks in advance.
Br, al3xar

al3xar said:
With Got's image all the phone functions are working well?
The installation of this SW is like installation of the original one using RSDLite?
Many thanks in advance.
Br, al3xar
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You can install with OpenRecovery is more easy.

[Q] Rooted phone, now what?

Hi folks!
Very new noob here and very curious about what else I can do now that I've rooted my Inspire 4g. I used attn1 hack kit and it took me roughly 30 minutes to complete the root process.
So, first question is - I've noticed, and already read about it, that my wifi is no longer working and that I need to do something.....yes I'm a noob and I'm not sure what exactly I need to do to get my wifi feature working again.
Second - What else can I do now with a rooted phone other than the tethering/wifi hotspot features? Any cool apps? Any updated core (not sure of term) program that will replace the default image loaded with attn1 hack kit?
I'm honestly completely content with what attn1 hack kit did minus the wifi.
So basically looking to fix my wifi issue, i can connect to networks but can't use them, and also looking to tweak/speed up phone even more and load some cool apps.
I apologize for being a noob.

if you want, you can try the rom in my signature....
in all honesty, try every rom out there for your phone. see which one works for you

You have a lot you can do still, read around these forums, use the search, and read the stickies, they'll help you out a lot. The first thing I'd recommend looking into is flashing a new ROM (the "core program"), which should take care of your wifi problem.
Just remember, most questions you'll have have been answered at some point, always search a few different ways before posting multiple threads asking questions.
But good luck! Welcome to being rooted, once you learn what you can do you'll realize why everyone recommends it. As for root apps, ROM Manager is must have IMO, makes flashing a lot easier, Titanium Backup is good, Root Tools is pretty useful (although on some custom ROMs like CM7 there are easier ways to do most of the stuff it can do), and SetCPU if you want to overclock your CPU.

My favorite thing about being rooted, other than flashing roms, is setcpu. With a Rom that supports it, you can overclock and underclock. I underclock when the screen is off and it helps battery life immensely. Just be careful with overclocking. Some phones do better with it. I never overclock past 1.2 ghz.
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gmurphy0487 said:
My favorite thing about being rooted, other than flashing roms, is setcpu. With a Rom that supports it, you can overclock and underclock. I underclock when the screen is off and it helps battery life immensely. Just be careful with overclocking. Some phones do better with it. I never overclock past 1.2 ghz.
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I stick to 1.3 max and I've never had a problem. My kernel can go up to 1.9 But that's just unnesseccessarry.

daddyg_76266 said:
Hi folks!
So, first question is - I've noticed, and already read about it, that my wifi is no longer working and that I need to do something.....yes I'm a noob and I'm not sure what exactly I need to do to get my wifi feature working again.
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Did you flash the stock ROM (w/ or w/o SL) from his thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
I was previously running it and didn't have any issues with WiFi.

The very first thing you need to do is flash a rom. The hack kit leaves you with the downgraded rom, which is strictly for the exploit during the root process. It is not intended to be left on the phone. You can flash back to the latest stock rooted rom or find a custom modded rom to try out.
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Honestly you have tons of options. I have had a rooted phone for a long time and just now joined the site. I have been reading all the posts for months now and have gotten pretty good at it all. You first need to flash a new rom and learn how to tweak the base roms. Then once you master that, you will start flashing new radios and RILs. Then you will learn to mix and match kernals and roms. Then you will start to overclock and undervolt your cpu for performance enhancements and battery saving. There is a ton to do but reading the post in the development section will get you where you need to be. It will take some time but you will learn it all. Rom Manager is probably the most needed app of them all to start with.

Thanks for the replies folks!
I've gone and flashed my second rom! LOL...I know....what a young'en
I went with the Android Revolution ROM and I gotta say...loving the battery life so far...much better than stock.
I'm looking at changing the main theme and would like to go with the Code Red one. The pre reqs are - DEODEXED ROM, Root, S-Off, DHD Sense ROM, Clockwork Mod and ROM Manager.
So question - I now know that I've got all of the above met except for the DEODEXED ROM. Not sure what this is....I have searched the forums and wasn't able to come up with a clear answer as to what this means.
Oh...lesson learned...back up my contacts before I flash my next ROM. I lost it all! lol

Just a bump for some help.

daddyg_76266 said:
Just a bump for some help.
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all custom roms are deodexed. you do have to be careful when applying themes though. most of them are specific for a specific build of a rom. you cant always apply any theme to any rom

Pirateghost said:
all custom roms are deodexed. you do have to be careful when applying themes though. most of them are specific for a specific build of a rom. you cant always apply any theme to any rom
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Sweet...thx for the reply. The theme I'm looking at says it's built for the Android Revolution HD ROM, so I should be ok.

Purchase Root Explorer its a huge help
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daddyg_76266 said:
Thanks for the replies folks!
I've gone and flashed my second rom! LOL...I know....what a young'en
I went with the Android Revolution ROM and I gotta say...loving the battery life so far...much better than stock.
I'm looking at changing the main theme and would like to go with the Code Red one. The pre reqs are - DEODEXED ROM, Root, S-Off, DHD Sense ROM, Clockwork Mod and ROM Manager.
So question - I now know that I've got all of the above met except for the DEODEXED ROM. Not sure what this is....I have searched the forums and wasn't able to come up with a clear answer as to what this means.
Oh...lesson learned...back up my contacts before I flash my next ROM. I lost it all! lol
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Contacts should be automatically backed up thru your gmail account.
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dooyoo222 said:
Contacts should be automatically backed up thru your gmail account.
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Yea...I thought that...but I lost everything. Not sure if i have a setting wrong someplace but I managed to lose all the details of my contacts...names i was able to retrieve but phone #'s, email addys...etc..etc..etc was lost.

daddyg_76266 said:
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Android Revolution is fully de-odexed. So go ahead and try the theme you want. It should work fine.
EDIT* Sorry, i was a little late on reply, didnt see Pirateghosts answer.

[Q] New to Charge. Root questions...

First of all I did search and found some info but it wasn't really helpful... I'm new to the Charge. I've had many android phones before and have never had problems rooting and flashing roms. I've searched and I've seen the instructions on how to root and they look like they're in another language. Does anyone have more clear instructions on how to root??? Any help, asap, would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

we are in the same page buddy....
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found it is at the general section not development section like most of threads.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172904
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brandon2x said:
First of all I did search and found some info but it wasn't really helpful... I'm new to the Charge. I've had many android phones before and have never had problems rooting and flashing roms. I've searched and I've seen the instructions on how to root and they look like they're in another language. Does anyone have more clear instructions on how to root??? Any help, asap, would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Hey Brandon, this thread gives a great description on how to root your charge. => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14692818
If you still have questions feel free to ask, and I'll try to answer them as best as i can.

Ok, so i got it rooted and just installed a de-bloated stock Rom. Its ok, but now question is, if i decide to install a gingerbread Rom or any other Rom such as gummycharged, can i just install like i did on my bolt or x in cwm or do i have to use this odin program? if i have to use odin, how do i go about installing that way? thanks in advance...
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brandon2x said:
Ok, so i got it rooted and just installed a de-bloated stock Rom. Its ok, but now question is, if i decide to install a gingerbread Rom or any other Rom such as gummycharged, can i just install like i did on my bolt or x in cwm or do i have to use this odin program? if i have to use odin, how do i go about installing that way? thanks in advance...
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For most roms, like gummycharged fe 2.0 and gbe 2.0 you just need CWM. I'm sure the process is the same as your bolt but just to be clear: Place the rom's zip you want on the sd card, boot into CWM, wipe date, dalvik cache, and cache partition, and then install the rom from the sd card. =) There are also some roms that come as full-odins, where you flash the package through odin and it does the work for you. That being said, you shouldn't run into that many unless you are un-rooting your phone. Hope that made sense. let me know if it doesn't.

Sweet. Thanks alot dude. That's awesome to know. I don't really wanna get into messing with odin. I like being able to do everything from my phone and not having to hook up to the laptop.
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LOL, I was just coming in here to ask that exact same question as the OP. The wording was almost verbatim what I was going to say. The majority of experience I have had with Android is with HTC phones. I have rooted a few tablets as well. The instructions for the charge root are super confusing compared to previous devices.
My big issue is with the terminology. Like what is EE4, EPF1? Are there certain kernels that only work with certain roms? How easy is it to completely pooch the phone if I click on the wrong button in Odin? Can I make a nandroid backup and swap roms on the fly using Rom Manager depending on my moods or is it more complex then other android phones?
I haven't checked out the posts yet in this thread but seeing as how at least one other person has been just as confused as me I'm wondering if someone out there that has experience with both Samsung and lets say HTC phones can make a simple guide that makes comparisons to other rooting processes. For people that arn't used to Samsung phones, these instructions can be very overwhelming and there doesn't seem to be a newbie thread out there that gives information on all the abbreviations used and what they mean.

trevoryour said:
LOL, I was just coming in here to ask that exact same question as the OP. The wording was almost verbatim what I was going to say. The majority of experience I have had with Android is with HTC phones. I have rooted a few tablets as well. The instructions for the charge root are super confusing compared to previous devices.
My big issue is with the terminology. Like what is EE4, EPF1? Are there certain kernels that only work with certain roms? How easy is it to completely pooch the phone if I click on the wrong button in Odin? Can I make a nandroid backup and swap roms on the fly using Rom Manager depending on my moods or is it more complex then other android phones?
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EE4, EP1W, ect are OS build numbers. EE4 is the current official release Froyo build. EP1W is the latest leaked Gingerbread build we have. Those are pretty much the only two version you want to worry about right now. There are Froyo kernels and Gingerbread kernels. Any Froyo kernel will work with any Froyo ROM, and any GB kernel will work with any GB ROM.
Only mess with the PDA button in Odin and you'll be fine. Forget the Phone button even exists, because that's the button that can get you into trouble. You can use the PIT button as well if you have the charge.pit file, but it's not normally necessary, so only do that if you have a reason.
ROM Manager is useless with this phone. There are reports that there is a version of CWM from it that will work with the Charge, but it doesn't work nearly as well as the latest imnuts CWM. The orange CWM dated 8/17 will let you do nandroid backups...you just need to boot directly into it and do them from CWM itself and forget about ROM Manager.

shrike1978 said:
EE4, EP1W, ect are OS build numbers. EE4 is the current official release Froyo build. EP1W is the latest leaked Gingerbread build we have. Those are pretty much the only two version you want to worry about right now. There are Froyo kernels and Gingerbread kernels. Any Froyo kernel will work with any Froyo ROM, and any GB kernel will work with any GB ROM.
Only mess with the PDA button in Odin and you'll be fine. Forget the Phone button even exists, because that's the button that can get you into trouble. You can use the PIT button as well if you have the charge.pit file, but it's not normally necessary, so only do that if you have a reason.
ROM Manager is useless with this phone. There are reports that there is a version of CWM from it that will work with the Charge, but it doesn't work nearly as well as the latest imnuts CWM. The orange CWM dated 8/17 will let you do nandroid backups...you just need to boot directly into it and do them from CWM itself and forget about ROM Manager.
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nice summation (is that a word? lol)... this is all you need to know, its not hard as Sammy phones in my experience are the easiest to root/rom/recover
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

This was all helpful. I installed gummycharged with no issues. One other thing. Is the install of a kernal for gingerbread roms done in cwm? And what is a standard kernal to use? Do I need to install a different radio?? Thanks.
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brandon2x said:
This was all helpful. I installed gummycharged with no issues. One other thing. Is the install of a kernal for gingerbread roms done in cwm? And what is a standard kernal to use? Do I need to install a different radio?? Thanks.
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kernels for all roms on the Charge are installed in CWM, as for GB kernels you can't go wrong with any of Imoseyons voodoo ones... radios don't necessarily need to be updated but I've noticed a big improvement with the latest EP1W modems, however the results vary on different phones I've seen
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

anoninja118 said:
kernels for all roms on the Charge are installed in CWM, as for GB kernels you can't go wrong with any of Imoseyons voodoo ones... radios don't necessarily need to be updated but I've noticed a big improvement with the latest EP1W modems, however the results vary on different phones I've seen
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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Dont use 2.4.0 it bootlooped my phone. (Made it keep going through the SAMSUNG screen and not boot up)
Download 2.3.4 instead it works fine.
EDIT: I'm talking about imoseyon's voodoo kernels - just google them

G2x Noob inquiry...

Hi all, so im new here and to the andriod scene. I've heard some talk about the cm7 mod/rom via maximumpc magazine. Is this a viable upgrade for our phones? Is there a better mod? Would someone care to explain and possibly walk me through an installation.. Thanks!

JRunior said:
Hi all, so im new here and to the andriod scene. I've heard some talk about the cm7 mod/rom via maximumpc magazine. Is this a viable upgrade for our phones? Is there a better mod? Would someone care to explain and possibly walk me through an installation.. Thanks!
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I'm using phoenix blood (with Faux's kernel) and it's awesome. It's based on CM7.
First root your phone
install custom recovery like ClockworkMod recovery. You can even download this from the market
Put the ROM zip on your sdcard.
boot into recovery (hold down power down and power until the blue screen comes up)
install zip from sdcard
choose rom zip

Cm7 or cyanogenmod 7 is a rom........ to install this from u need to root ur device and install clockwork recovery mod.....all what u need is available in the android development section......If u need any more help.....there are alot of people here who can help u.....
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Yes, CyanogenMod 7 is working on g2x. Im currently running it right now. First of all, you need to follow this tutorial: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/install-clockworkmod-4-0-0-2-recovery-on-t-mobile-g2x-how-to/
This will allow you to flash a new ROM. Next, download cm7 from here: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/t-mobile-g2x
Finally, here's how to flash it: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/32478-cyanogenmod-7-for-the-lg-g2x-v7101-11-oct-2011/
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Yes CM7 is very nice, but you will need to spend some time reading the dev forum and the stickies. All the info is there. Are you an experienced android rom user? Tried different roms etc. in the past? Is so this will be simple for you.
I run the Weapon rom, a better stock alternative. It just works, which important on a phone you use for business.

Not perfect, but gives a good visual ref as to the process. Still read up first.

cm7 is awesome
CM7 made my G2x almost perfect. It is awesome. Unfortunately for me I could never get my GPS to truly work. But CM7 FIXED 99% of my issues: crashes, reboots, bluetooth problems, etc. Do it! It's well worth it. Not to mention the custom lockscreen and notification menu are sweet!

[Q] Install theme to custom rom?

I flashed B2TB earlier today. I like it so far, except for the fact that only one theme is available. I want to use the stock theme, "disguise" b2tb is deodexed, but i have the .apk file and the .odex file for the theme. I also have terminal emulator and a root file browser. can anyone tell me the best way to install the theme i want?

Please post questions like this into the general section. Really the rules of the development section are very clear. The development section is for releases. Not for questions. Sorry for sounding like an ass but I'm sick of people doing this.
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well, developers should support their roms. if im looking for support for a rom that was released in this section, this is where i should look. sorry if your offended - oh wait, really im not.

i figured it out anyway. before flashing, i took a backup of my stock rom. i had my system partition set up exactly the way i wanted before the flash anyway, so i booted into cwm recovery and went to backup and restore>advanced restore, selected the backup of my previous rom, and selected restore system. i will be posting more details about this in the general section.

...so basically by restoring system, you just erased your custom ROM.

doesnt matter anymore. im not on b2tb anymore. im on kd1 firmware with the bali kernel, so i have voodoo and all that. care less about custom roms, just want voodoo. happy so far with kd1.

sidekick_fanatic said:
doesnt matter anymore. im not on b2tb anymore. im on kd1 firmware with the bali kernel, so i have voodoo and all that. care less about custom roms, just want voodoo. happy so far with kd1.
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All of the ROMs I've used have been capable of, or came with voodoo...
Like... Glorious Overdose V2... Which is on KJ2...
Afaik- if you already have voodoo and the kernel/modem you want, you can switch ROMs (as long as they are on the same kernel/modem) and voodoo persists. In my experience this is how it's been.