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Thats it... A simple (but I want to do it without bricking my $600 phone) ROM flash.
This is the ROM I would like to install:
Stock Sense - 1.13.605.7 Basic DeBloat
Thank you. I give up trying to get help in IRC. Waste of time (except for Dr_Drache, he was very helpful)).
what part do you need help on? are you rooted?
yes, I am already rooted. I had a major malfunction in BAMF 1.6.3 this a.m. when a battery went dead. I replaced the battery and the phone went nuts... So I unrooted the phone and then re-rooted. I couldnt get help in the IRC channel to install this ROM I am asking about so I thought I would try to get some help here.
Thanks for replying.
I am not seeing the question here... Do you have rom manager installed? You could install simply from there. That's how I did my initial rom install.
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Just download .zip place on sd card and flash using rom manager or manually on clockwork recovery.
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Simply download the rom place on sdcard and flash using rom manager. Just make sure u have the gingerbread radio installed as well, otherwise you won't have a data connection. Also be careful with this rom and other gingerbread roms because of the possibility of bricking your $600 phone. It's been reported the leaked radio was causing hard bricked phone (just an FYI)
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Stock sense basic debloat ROM does not use the GB radio. And to install I would recommend not using rom manager to install it tends to cause problems.
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Don't use Rom manager. Download the Rom. Reboot into recovery using Rom manager. Make a backup if you want. Wipe data. Wipe cache. Go to advanced. Wipe davlik cache and battery stats. Go to install zip from SD and select your Rom. When its done reboot.
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And ya that's not a gingerbread Rom. Is it based off latest froyo ruu?
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I'm still not sure what the question is here...but i'll lay some steps out for you.
FIRST AND FOREMOST: HAVE AMPLE BATTERY CHARGE!! I don't flash with anything less than 50%. If you do, then continue at your own risk.
1. Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081930 and pick out a ROM you think that you would like. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY GINGERBREAD ROMS. These are still in ALPHA.
2. After you have the ROM downloaded, plug your phone into you computer and put the ROM anywhere on your sd-card. I made a new folder called ROMs and put all my ROMs in there. This keeps things tidy.
3. THIS IS OPTIONAL, but saves you a lot of time in the future. Download Titanium Backup. I would HIGHLY recommend the PRO option. Costs money now, but will save you hours in the future. This program needs root. It will backup all your apps with their data so when you switch ROMs, everything is restored easily and fairly quickly. If you go with this approach, then open TB and backup all USER APPS with DATA. DO NOT BACK UP SYSTEM APPS!!!
4. If you do not have Rom Manager, Download it now. Free is fine. Open up Rom Manager and make sure you have the latest Clockwork Recovery installed. If you don't, then install it. If everything is fine, click the option to boot into recovery. While some people use RM to install the ROMs, I find its better to do it manually.
5. When in Clockwork, go to backup and restore(hit power or home button to choose highlighted option). Choose Backup and let it do its thing.
6. When done, press the menu key until it goes to the main menu.
7. Choose Wipe data/factory reset and let it wipe the data. Do not worry, this will not touch your sd-card. All your pictures, movies, music, ROMs, and everything else on the sdcard will still be there.
8. Go into install zip from sdcard and choose "choose zip from sdcard"
9. Navigate to where you put your ROM from STEP 2
10. Choose the ROM and let it do its thing
11. Press Menu button to go back to main screen and REBOOT
12. ALLOW LOTS OF TIME TO LOAD UP. First boot always takes a long time, dont worry about it.
13. When booted up, ALLOW EVERYTHING TO LOAD. Now enjoy your ROM.
14. If you used Titanium Backup, get it from the market(if it isn't pre-installed). If you payed for it, you won't have to pay for it again as long as you use the same GMAIL account that you used before. All paid apps are saved to your gmail account. Restore all USER APPS with DATA. NOT SYSTEM APPS!
I am by no means a dev or claim to be a genius. I've been around since when the OG droid first came out and I'm just helping out. I am not responsible if something goes wrong. If anyone see's a mistake in this, please point it out or add a step if you want.
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I'm still not sure what the question is here...but i'll lay some steps out for you.
FIRST AND FOREMOST: HAVE AMPLE BATTERY CHARGE!! I don't flash with anything less than 50%. If you do, then continue at your own risk.
1. Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081930 and pick out a ROM you think that you would like. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY GINGERBREAD ROMS. These are still in ALPHA.
2. After you have the ROM downloaded, plug your phone into you computer and put the ROM anywhere on your sd-card. I made a new folder called ROMs and put all my ROMs in there. This keeps things tidy.
3. THIS IS OPTIONAL, but saves you a lot of time in the future. Download Titanium Backup. I would HIGHLY recommend the PRO option. Costs money now, but will save you hours in the future. This program needs root. It will backup all your apps with their data so when you switch ROMs, everything is restored easily and fairly quickly. If you go with this approach, then open TB and backup all USER APPS with DATA. DO NOT BACK UP SYSTEM APPS!!!
4. If you do not have Rom Manager, Download it now. Free is fine. Open up Rom Manager and make sure you have the latest Clockwork Recovery installed. If you don't, then install it. If everything is fine, click the option to boot into recovery. While some people use RM to install the ROMs, I find its better to do it manually.
5. When in Clockwork, go to backup and restore(hit power or home button to choose highlighted option). Choose Backup and let it do its thing.
6. When done, press the menu key until it goes to the main menu.
7. Choose Wipe data/factory reset and let it wipe the data. Do not worry, this will not touch your sd-card. All your pictures, movies, music, ROMs, and everything else on the sdcard will still be there.
8. Go into install zip from sdcard and choose "choose zip from sdcard"
9. Navigate to where you put your ROM from STEP 2
10. Choose the ROM and let it do its thing
11. Press Menu button to go back to main screen and REBOOT
12. ALLOW LOTS OF TIME TO LOAD UP. First boot always takes a long time, dont worry about it.
13. When booted up, ALLOW EVERYTHING TO LOAD. Now enjoy your ROM.
14. If you used Titanium Backup, get it from the market(if it isn't pre-installed). If you payed for it, you won't have to pay for it again as long as you use the same GMAIL account that you used before. All paid apps are saved to your gmail account. Restore all USER APPS with DATA. NOT SYSTEM APPS!
I am by no means a dev or claim to be a genius. I've been around since when the OG droid first came out and I'm just helping out. I am not responsible if something goes wrong. If anyone see's a mistake in this, please point it out or add a step if you want.
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The rom can't be in a folder on your SD card when flashing it has to be on the root of the SD card.
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Yes the rom can be in a folder. Only radios cannot be flashed from folders.
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jaysckap said:
The rom can't be in a folder on your SD card when flashing it has to be on the root of the SD card.
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Actually it can......FYI
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thoerr said:
Yes the rom can be in a folder. Only radios cannot be flashed from folders.
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Agreed... ROM does CAN be in a folder... Radios or baseball updates cannot...
Persiandeity said:
Agreed... ROM does CAN be in a folder... Radios or baseball updates cannot...
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Sorry bout that I stand corrected. I have never done it that way. I guess you do learn something new everyday
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Thanks for the replies. For not knowing what the question was, it sure was answered pretty thoroughly.
I did buy Ti Pro a while back and use it a lot. That should be no problem once I figure out why I am not rooted now. I did the whole routine yesterday and Ti cant get su for some reason now.... yay for that. I guess I will try the whole thing again. (It may be that I need to get the proper busybox for Ti Pro to work and be allowed su)
So if I have read this correctly, I will be alright with the debloat ROM I mentioned earlier right? Since it is not gingerbread based right?
oastl: You said don't use ROM Manager then after one sentence you then say to use ROM Manager.... Using ROM Manager to boot into recovery must be a different thing altogether I suppose...
Thanks again for the help... Very much appreciated!
danktankk said:
Thanks for the replies. For not knowing what the question was, it sure was answered pretty thoroughly.
I did buy Ti Pro a while back and use it a lot. That should be no problem once I figure out why I am not rooted now. I did the whole routine yesterday and Ti cant get su for some reason now.... yay for that. I guess I will try the whole thing again. (It may be that I need to get the proper busybox for Ti Pro to work and be allowed su)
So if I have read this correctly, I will be alright with the debloat ROM I mentioned earlier right? Since it is not gingerbread based right?
oastl: You said don't use ROM Manager then after one sentence you then say to use ROM Manager.... Using ROM Manager to boot into recovery must be a different thing altogether I suppose...
Thanks again for the help... Very much appreciated!
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That ROM is safe. And yes use rom manager just to boot into recovery
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jaysckap said:
The rom can't be in a folder on your SD card when flashing it has to be on the root of the SD card.
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My ROMS are always in folders when I flash them on my devices and it has worked just fine!
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The rom can't be in a folder on your SD card when flashing it has to be on the root of the SD card.
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If you're using CWR (which i think is the only option these days?) you totally can. Just choose "install from SD card" and it'll let you navigate your folders. I have a neatly organized "RUU" folder on my SD card. Certain things like radios need to pushed as pg05img.zip on the root of the SD card.
Yufice said:
If you're using CWR (which i think is the only option these days?) you totally can. Just choose "install from SD card" and it'll let you navigate your folders. I have a neatly organized "RUU" folder on my SD card. Certain things like radios need to pushed as pg05img.zip on the root of the SD card.
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I guess I'm old school and never used that method
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Well, with all the help, I did manage to get everything back as it should be. Thanks a lot for that too!
I got super tired of trying to get someone to answer me in IRC. I think I will just come here with my questions from now on and leave that place to those who have the patience for it.
I also got too used to BAMF I think because I ended up flashing to 1.7 anyway... 2.0 looks really good. I think that is still in Beta or I read the post wrong altogether...
I have been trying to install the Bionix Frost SGS4G rom from team whiskey, but I am having a lot of trouble doing so. I downloaded the file posted in the original thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119986), downloaded Rom Manager through my phone, then CWM through ROM Manager. I attempted to install the .zip file from the SD through ROM manager. Everytime I click the button to install from my SD card, I choose the folder and then my phone restarts and hangs on the "Galaxy S" startup screen. After about a minute, it starts up normally. I know I must be doing something wrong, so would it be possible for someone to walk me through installing this ROM (in somewhat detail)? Thank you in advanced!
I don't know specifically what's going on, but I just installed it on an otherwise stock+rooted T-Mobile SGS4G and it worked splendidly. Did you follow their steps exactly (emptying the cache and all that, and mounting /system)?
Thanks for the quick response. I never get the options to mount/clear because once I choose the .zip file, the phone restarts. I also have rooted, but otherwise stock. I haven't done much with it. Did you just put the zip file on your sd card and run from rom manager? Im not sure if there are any steps prior to this that I am missing. Thanks.
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Use Krylon's CWM to install rom, do not use Rom Manager for now.
Uninstall Rom Manager, go to CWM Final thread download files and follow instructions.
Hope it helps
Flashed it and running good. What themes can I do? I want a gb theme.
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Ddang was right. I soft bricked twice because of rom manager.
Always use cwm from krylon's post.
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I just boot into recovery. Then do it. I dont use rom manager but I have the cwm from it though.
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ok. i uninstalled ROM Manager. Then I went to the CWM Final Thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374) and downloaded the 2 files. I Used Root Explorer to overwrite my recovery file. Then I placed the update.zip file onto my SD Card. I just dragged and dropped into the SD card. It is not in a folder or anything and located in /sdcard on my phone. Then I redownloaded the Bionix Frost SGS4G rom and placed it in my /sdcard directory as well. I reboot my phone press the power button, along with both volume buttons to get into recovery. I get into the "Samsung Recovery Utils --for BML--, I see the options to reboot system now, reinstall packages, delete all user data and delete cache. But before I do this, I want to be sure I am on the right track. This is the recovery screen that everyone uses right? I do not see anywhere that it says ClockworkMod. If it is, I know I will have to choose "delete all user data", followed by "delete cache data". But after this step, how do I get to the options to "Mount storage and mount /system"? Thank you for all of the help
Click on reinstall packages ... that will load update.zip and that's how u get into cwm
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got it!
Wow. i got it to work. thank you all so much for all of the patience and guidance. this was my first time flashing a rom and it worked great. since i was complete noob, anyone who needs any help with starting from scratch, i can walk you through it step by step. team whiskey, expect a donation soon.
cjry said:
I don't know specifically what's going on, but I just installed it on an otherwise stock+rooted T-Mobile SGS4G and it worked splendidly. Did you follow their steps exactly (emptying the cache and all that, and mounting /system)?
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I'm not sure if you got your problem fixed because I haven't read all the way thru this thread. But I had similar problems from what you described when I installed Bionix Black Ice with voodoo lag fix. I found that when I flashed the rom things didn't work right. My fix, after making a backup of everything, do a data/factory reset, then delete the cache, then delete delvik cache, then flash your new rom. After that, reinstall your apps thru the back up you created and all is good. I am using CWM to flash with and My backup root to backup my apps, files and what nots... Hope this helps!
sea, thats great advice. also, if you guys get any force closes, go back into cwm and go to advanced and fix permissions.
This thread is dedicated to hacking and development of the Sharp SH7218u. This is an Android phone with a somewhat unique clamshell form-factor.
Before proceeding, please note that all of the usual warnings apply. The software and techniques described here have the potential to break your device and make it unusable. By using the software and following these techniques you run the risk of bricking your phone. I take no responsibility if this happens - proceed at your own risk.
First, some credits for the work of others:
Z4root:
Developed by xda member RyanZA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
SH7218u Clockworkmod Recovery:
Clockworkmod original developer is Koushik Dutta:
www.clockworkmod.com
Dialer2:
Original developer of now open source dialer is dnaq Productions:
http://dnaq.tumblr.com/
Initial hacking and development work:
Gigi Tse is credited for early and ongoing work for the SH7218u:
http://gigitse.com/
http://www.msharp.cn/forum/t390991/page1/
Now on the instructions....
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Rooting Your Phone, Installing Clockworkmod Recovery, and Installing Google Apps
Gather the Required Files:
1. Go to the z4root xda thread, login in and download z4root.1.3.0.apk:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
2. Download SH7218u_recovery.apk:
(attached below)
3. Download the Clockworkmod recovery flashable Google Apps file from the following site:
http://goo-inside.me/gapps
In the table, you want to select the HDPI, CyanogenMod 6 version. The file that you download should be
called 'gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip'
4. Place these three files on your micro-SD card and insert the card into your phone.
Root Your Phone
1. Boot up your phone and skip the system setup wizard. Go to the app drawer and run 'Settings'.
2. Select 'Applications', and enable 'Unknown sources'.
3. Select 'Development', and enable 'USB debugging'.
4. Exit back out to your home screen launcher, then go to the app drawer and run 'ES File Explorer'.
5. The file explorer should show you the contents of your sd card. Tap on the file 'z4root.1.3.0.apk'.
6. Confirm installation of z4root, and when this is complete select 'Open' to run the app.
7. From within z4root, press the 'Permanent Root' button.
8. Wait until this process is complete, and the phone will reboot by itself. It can take 30 seconds or so for this to happen, so be patient. You are now rooted.
Flash Clockworkmod Recovery Image
You must be rooted for this to work. Do this after you have successfully completed the rooting process above. Also please note that this is not the CWM recovery image developed by Gigi Tse. Her image contains CWM version 3.0.2.4. This is my recovery image and contains CWM version 5.0.2.8.
1. Open the app drawer and run 'ES File Explorer'.
2. Tap on the file 'SH7218u_recovery.apk'.
3. Confirm installation and run the application by selecting 'Open' once installation is complete.
4. On startup, the application will request Superuser privleges - press 'Accept' to allow this.
5. Press the 'Flash Clockworkmod Recovery' button.
6. Wait a few seconds until you see the confirmation message 'Recovery Flash Complete'.
7. Exit out of the application. You now have Clockworkmod as your recovery. You can uninstall the SH7218u_recovery app if you wish as you have no further use of it.
Note for users of Link2SD: This version of Clockworkmod recovery will perform backup and restore operations on the secondary SD card partition used by Link2SD. However, that partition must be formatted in the ext3 filesystem for this to work. Formatting the partition in any other filesystem (e.g. ext2, fat32, ext4, etc.), will result in failure to mount and backup the partition. An SD card can be prepared for use with Link2SD from within this version of Clockworkmod recovery by using the 'Partition SD Card' feature within the 'Advanced' menu.
Install Google Apps
1. Boot into Clockworkmod Recovery. This is done by powering down your phone, then turning it back on by pressing and holding down the number 3 and 6 buttons together, then pressing and releasing the power button. Continue to hold the number 3 and 6 buttons until you see the Clockworkmod screen.
2. Select 'install zip from sdcard' from the menu.
3. Select 'choose zip from sdcard' from the next menu.
4. The next menu will be the contents of your sdcard. Select the Google Apps file - 'gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip'.
5. Confirm the installation and wait until it is complete.
6. Press the back button once to get back to the main screen and select 'reboot system now'. You now have Google Apps installed.
When you reboot the device, you will be taken through the Google account setup. Please note that in order for contacts applications to work with Google synchronization, you will need to install a modified contact editor. The stock firmware on this phone is not intended to sync with the Google servers as it was intended for Chinese users. The modified contact editor fixes this issue. It is free and available from the Market. Look for 'Contact Editor Free' by a developer named 'dmfs'.
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Thank you! Very good job!
No ideas how to get the phone to answer a call when you open?
TabletGuru said:
Thank you! Very good job!
No ideas how to get the phone to answer a call when you open?
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Hey someone read my thread!!
Sorry, no posts on this thread yet and it has been up for a while. I think most people who have this phone stick to Howard forums or other such sites that cater to the phone type and its region of origin.
As for your question, no...but I have tried. That would require a modification of the phone app or a change to the OS itself as the phone app is the active app when the phone is ringing and the device is opened. If I had the source code for the stock phone app, this would be a fairly easy thing to do. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find the source for the stock device firmware anywhere. I tried compiling a generic Froyo phone app from the Google source, but of course this did not work. This is a somewhat special app that needs to interface with several parts of the device's hardware, so a generic version just doesn't work. Unless Sharp releases the full source code for the stock firmware, I don't think this is going to be possible....at least not from someone with my somewhat limited development abilities.
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Hey xdajunkman, amazing work you are doing here.
Have you considered adding Google Play to the mix? I was able to get the latest version working just fine on my SH7218u.
How hard would it be to hack the light notifications area of the phone, to make some of the notifications last for 1-2 seconds longer?
I should also add that my phone is giving some really flaky GPS information. It is putting me somewhere in the ocean near China unless I use wifi only. Do you have any experience with this?
EDIT: I don't know why, but the dialer is not working for me with regard to the long-press of the delete key and silent (#) key. No idea why...
EDIT2: It is because I had another keyboard installed; which must do something funky... switching back to a default keyboard and then trying seemed to work!
Thanks for your guide! Do you have got new version Rom? 2.3 or 2.3.5?
johnny8384 said:
Thanks for your guide! Do you have got new version Rom? 2.3 or 2.3.5?
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Not likely to come. This would mean building something like CM7 for a new device from scratch. This kind of task takes dozens of man-hours for an expert developer, and that assumes that they have access to the original source for the release build. We do not have the original source, and there is no such developer working on this device. We will be stuck with Froyo.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write a guide xdajunkman!
I received my SH7218u today and did everything. The instructions were clear and the whole process took no more than 30 minutes.
Surprisingly, my SH7218u accepts 64 microsd card (after you format it).
Is it ok to have 2 partitions?
One is a ext2, and the other I just created using clockwork mod ext3...
I'm wanting to use that custom rom..
EDIT: clockwork mod Repartitioned my ext2 to ext3 now ಠ_ಠ
and all my apps are "installed"
Going to make a backup rom now.. and then Install xdajunkman's custom rom >__<
EDIT: Ok succesfully installed the Custom rom It looks great I might say awesome work xdajunkman
Ok the question is now.. how to I get back all my previous apps and stuff?
I followed the guide and made a backup already
My 7218u stuck at Sharp logo when boot because i've uninstalled a system apps ( don't remember exactly) what i've to do now? plz help me
P/S: My english sucks, sorry for that
delpan said:
My 7218u stuck at Sharp logo when boot because i've uninstalled a system apps ( don't remember exactly) what i've to do now? plz help me
P/S: My english sucks, sorry for that
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Boot into clockwork mod by pressing 3and 6 and the power on button, (assuming you have that installed)
Reinstall the rom.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22106340#post22106340
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EDIT: Ok succesfully installed the Custom rom It looks great I might say awesome work xdajunkman
Ok the question is now.. how to I get back all my previous apps and stuff?
I followed the guide and made a backup already
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It is usually just easier if you wait until you have the new ROM installed before you try and install your apps. There is no reliable way from within CWM to restore your installed apps.
However, because the new ROM is just a modified version of the stock ROM, it should be possible to flash the new ROM without wiping the existing user data and keeping your installed apps. Restore your backup that has all of your apps installed. Then, flash the modified ROM but skip the step in the instructions that tells you to wipe existing user data. Instead of wiping the user data, do the following:
1. In the 'mounts and storage' menu of CWM recovery, select to format both '/system' and '/cache'
2. In the 'advanced' menu of CWM, select 'Wipe Dalvik cache'
Now proceed with installing the ROM as per the instructions. This should result in the modified ROM being installed, but all of your installed apps should be protected.
If this does not work, then you will just have to re-installed the modified ROM according to the instructions (including wiping the existing user data), then re-install all of your apps. For future reference, a great app called Titanium Backup will allow you to backup your apps and restore them after changing the ROM.
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-->My 7218u stuck at Sharp logo when boot because i've uninstalled a system apps
-->( don't remember exactly) what i've to do now? plz help me
Boot into clockwork mod by pressing 3and 6 and the power on button, (assuming you have that installed)
Reinstall the rom.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22106340#post22106340
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Agree with sirjoe1. Hopefully you flashed CWM as your recovery before you did this. However, if not then booting into recovery mode as described above should trigger a factory reset from the stock recovery partition. I have not attempted this myself with the stock recovery, but usually what this will do is simply return your device to it's stock state. You can then start over using the instructions in the OP....but without deleting critical system apps this time.
Hello again, I've a question, has anyone successfully Overclocked the cpu frequency on this phone using setcpu or similar apps?
Overclocking not possible without either a custom kernel or a kernel module of some sort. As the source for the stock kernel was never released, such a thing would be a HUGE undertaking. Very unlikely to ever happen.
xdajunkman said:
Overclocking not possible without either a custom kernel or a kernel module of some sort. As the source for the stock kernel was never released, such a thing would be a HUGE undertaking. Very unlikely to ever happen.
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Oh darn, that's such a downer..
These sh7218u threads are so dead nowadays :/
I might have messed up my phone -_- (again)
I went into the /data/sdext2/dalvik-cache and deleted everything and now a few apps have gone missing, and some won't work, they just give me a force close error >___<
I also lost my go launcher ex settings..
and to make things worse.... my internal memory went to 0% free... deleted a few things to clear up 8mb..
Any Ideas how to fix this ? @[email protected]
[Can you guys play 480p videos?
I can't.. 360p runs fine though..]
I am hoping to get this device this week.
Thanks for your tutorial, and I will let you know if it runs out just fine
Hello everyone i just got my first android phone HTC ONE X with AT&T and I'm new to the whole android community my old phone was a iPhone and so far i love the one x a lot more then my iPhone.... anyway i rooted my phone and unlocked the boot-loader and now i don't know what/how to do. i know about roms but i don't know of any good ones, so if anyone can help me by telling me what exactly i can do with my rooted phone and tell me about roms any information will be helpful
Thank You,
SMGrair
you need twrp recovery to flash roms.you can flash them 10 times a day.
All Sense 4.0 ROMs here is stable for daily use becase they are based on official ruu.
I highly suggest aokp and then flash cm10 when it gets more stable. Also get titanium backup.
Welcome! I was new to all of this pretty recently as well but you'll find this community to be extremely helpful. The good thing is you already did the hard part, flashing roms on this device is very easy as long as you take the necessary precautionary steps. Since there is so much information on this forums, I know how hard it is to find simple answers at times with them being scattered all over the board and all so I'll just give em to you here
First off, make a "nandroid". Turn off your phone, then hold the power and volume down key until you get into boot loader mode. Then simply navigate the options to make a backup of your phone, very simple you've just made a "nandroid". Next boot your phone normally, go into the play store and search for and download the following apps:
1. Goomanager
2.SMS backup and restore
3. Titanium backup ( pay for the pro version if you don't want to reinstall every app one by one)
First run goomanager, it will ask for super user access, grant it. Then you need to install twrp (a third party recovery program that is preferable for our devices over cwm because it gives less problems) through goomanager by hitting the menu option while in the app and selecting "install open recovery script".
Once that is done open titanium backup and hit the little check mark at the top right, choose the option to "backup all user apps". Don't backup system data because if you restore system data when you flash a new rom it will give you problems since it is a whole new system, make sense right?
OK now open SMS backup restore and backup all your text messages that you don't want to lose. Make sure u sync all your contacts to your Google account for easy recovery as well.
Now you're ready to flash a rom. I suggest either aokp (which I use and love daily) or cleanrom if you want a stock experience without bloatware. I prefer aokp because I love aosp, the way android was meant to be and it doesn't kill your apps as soon as you leave then.
Either way you can try both and decide for yourself.
Download the rom zip file and transfer them to your phones memory, I usually put the rom zip files in a folder labeled "roms". You also want to download and transfer a zip called "gapps". There are the stock Google apps and you will flash it after flashing your rom.
OK now just reboot your phone, select reboot into recovery and it will restart and take you to twrp. Then you need to do a factory reset first (I do it twice) then wipe dalvik and cache (I do this before and after flashing the rom to be safe), then just hit install, navigate o the folder where you put the rom zip in and hit flash. Then flash the gapps zip once the rom is done flashing then wipe dalvik and cache again and voila you have a new rom on your phone! So just reboot the phone and youre golden.
Download titanium backup again and use that to restore all your apps, then SMS backup to restore texts and that's it. Good luck man hope this helped since it definitely would've helped me when I first started. Have fun and feel free to ask around if you have questions or just pm me and I'll try to help as best as I can.
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app running AOKP like a bauss.
i have Clockwork Mod......so should i get twrp recovery and can someone tell me the the differences Clockwork MOD vs TWRP?
SMGrair said:
i have Clockwork Mod......so should i get twrp recovery and can someone tell me the the differences Clockwork MOD vs TWRP?
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You must use openrecovery-twrp-2.1.8.1-evita.There's been an accident with cwm (ported recovery)+aroma+God knows what=no sim card detection forever.
twrp-2.1.8.1 is stable,does everything you need,keep it that way.
And try to stay away from radios and recovery changes/updates.
And yes,to have HTC Device and use Senseless ROMs does not make sense at all...
flash a Sense rom to start then go venture out into the aosp world once they are stable. There are many roms to choose from. Just be sure to read the OP before flashing and if you have questions about the rom it self, ask in that forum too.
Good luck and welcome to Android
ok cool thank you all
vin255764 said:
You must use openrecovery-twrp-2.1.8.1-evita.There's been an accident with cwm (ported recovery)+aroma+God knows what=no sim card detection forever.
twrp-2.1.8.1 is stable,does everything you need,keep it that way.
And try to stay away from radios and recovery changes/updates.
And yes,to have HTC Device and use Senseless ROMs does not make sense at all...
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Well,I wouldn't say that, HTC makes great hardware, incredible build quality, others...not so much.to me running senseless HTC makes plenty of sense
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[email protected] said:
Well,I wouldn't say that, HTC makes great hardware, incredible build quality, others...not so much.to me running senseless HTC makes plenty of sense
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I agree.. used to love sense. Even used the sense dream board themes on iphone haha... Once I got past my honeymoon period of my first real android, I'm all for aosp.. makes a great deal of sense to me
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What AOKP ROM do you use and why?
atticusmas said:
I highly suggest aokp and then flash cm10 when it gets more stable. Also get titanium backup.
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What AOKP ROM do you use and why?
dalvarez0312 said:
Welcome! I was new to all of this pretty recently as well but you'll find this community to be extremely helpful. The good thing is you already did the hard part, flashing roms on this device is very easy as long as you take the necessary precautionary steps. Since there is so much information on this forums, I know how hard it is to find simple answers at times with them being scattered all over the board and all so I'll just give em to you here
First off, make a "nandroid". Turn off your phone, then hold the power and volume down key until you get into boot loader mode. Then simply navigate the options to make a backup of your phone, very simple you've just made a "nandroid". Next boot your phone normally, go into the play store and search for and download the following apps:
1. Goomanager
2.SMS backup and restore
3. Titanium backup ( pay for the pro version if you don't want to reinstall every app one by one)
First run goomanager, it will ask for super user access, grant it. Then you need to install twrp (a third party recovery program that is preferable for our devices over cwm because it gives less problems) through goomanager by hitting the menu option while in the app and selecting "install open recovery script".
Once that is done open titanium backup and hit the little check mark at the top right, choose the option to "backup all user apps". Don't backup system data because if you restore system data when you flash a new rom it will give you problems since it is a whole new system, make sense right?
OK now open SMS backup restore and backup all your text messages that you don't want to lose. Make sure u sync all your contacts to your Google account for easy recovery as well.
Now you're ready to flash a rom. I suggest either aokp (which I use and love daily) or cleanrom if you want a stock experience without bloatware. I prefer aokp because I love aosp, the way android was meant to be and it doesn't kill your apps as soon as you leave then.
Either way you can try both and decide for yourself.
Download the rom zip file and transfer them to your phones memory, I usually put the rom zip files in a folder labeled "roms". You also want to download and transfer a zip called "gapps". There are the stock Google apps and you will flash it after flashing your rom.
OK now just reboot your phone, select reboot into recovery and it will restart and take you to twrp. Then you need to do a factory reset first (I do it twice) then wipe dalvik and cache (I do this before and after flashing the rom to be safe), then just hit install, navigate o the folder where you put the rom zip in and hit flash. Then flash the gapps zip once the rom is done flashing then wipe dalvik and cache again and voila you have a new rom on your phone! So just reboot the phone and youre golden.
Download titanium backup again and use that to restore all your apps, then SMS backup to restore texts and that's it. Good luck man hope this helped since it definitely would've helped me when I first started. Have fun and feel free to ask around if you have questions or just pm me and I'll try to help as best as I can.
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app running AOKP like a bauss.
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I'm having a lot of difficulty installing a new ROM on to my Sidekick 4G. I root my phone using SuperOneClick. After that, I downloaded Quick Boot, Root Browser, and ROM Manager. I use ROM Manager to get a custom recovery image through CWM. With Root Browser, I copy the Recovery file and paste it to /system/bin and overwrite the recovery file that's already in there. I use Quick Boot to reboot into Recovery. This is what I did when I went into Recovery.
1) Reinstall Packages (Stock Recovery)
2) Install zip from SD Card
3) Choose zip from SD Card
4) I picked whatever zip file had the custom ROM on it
After the installation, everything is fine. Its says its successful or completed. But when I reboot it, the screen is stuck on the screen where it says "T-Mobile Sidekick 4G". I've tried different ROMs and they've came out with the same outcome. And after I do install a ROM and fails, I have to go into Download Mode and unroot the phone again. Its getting a bit tedious and annoying.
You did it wrong
Reinstall packages (stock)
Factory reset/ wipe dalvik an cache
Mounts! Make sure system is unmounted
Then install zip
Reboot system
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Yes! It worked! Thanks for the help!
No problem
To install a different rom you have to install update (red) to (yellow) cwm must use yellow/orange to install new roms an just make sure you wipe everything an mounts
Ps back up your mobile (app)
An recovery an backup (just incase of malfuctions later on)
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immorality said:
No problem
To install a different rom you have to install update (red) to (yellow) cwm must use yellow/orange to install new roms an just make sure you wipe everything an mounts
Ps back up your mobile (app)
An recovery an backup (just incase of malfuctions later on)
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why from red to yellow?