Alright I am a total NOOB, to root. Yesterday I followed the instructions and successfully rooted my device. But now the curiosity rises in me, So if anyone can help me with these questions. and throw other suggestions out there for me and help me out with instructions or even just simple ideas and tutorials for anything that would be great.
Now that I am rooted I am curious as to some good Free (for now until I can get my card loaded with some money to get more apps that are paid) ((so free and paid would be good to list, but for right now mostly free)) root apps? I have seen a few but I am not to sure which ones are good to download or which would be good apps to use. Definitely a good Overclocking Underclocking app =) I would like to push this thing and also have the ability to have a little more of a power saver when I'm just doing things at home and such.
Side Note: I did download Meta Morph & Ad Free. for Meta Morph does anyone happen to have a link maybe a tutorial site for how to actually use it or anything having to do with that? Maybe even a forum link on it?
This is my last question for now. Kind of stumped due to how many there actually are listed throughout the web for the device I am using Samsung GS2 Skyrocket. Can anyone list any ROM's that they would recommend to try out on this device. I'm looking for something smooth that has been around for sometime and has more than one development project? (but ultimately I am waiting on a Jelly Bean leak for this device =).)
I Thank all of you who can help me in advance and Thank the person who posted the original root for the leak and root on ICS 4.04 for this device. it was a big help and a great success. Everyone have a wonderful day. and thank you again. hope someone can help me =)
Paulk1989 said:
Alright I am a total NOOB, to root. Yesterday I followed the instructions and successfully rooted my device. But now the curiosity rises in me, So if anyone can help me with these questions. and throw other suggestions out there for me and help me out with instructions or even just simple ideas and tutorials for anything that would be great.
Now that I am rooted I am curious as to some good Free (for now until I can get my card loaded with some money to get more apps that are paid) ((so free and paid would be good to list, but for right now mostly free)) root apps? I have seen a few but I am not to sure which ones are good to download or which would be good apps to use. Definitely a good Overclocking Underclocking app =) I would like to push this thing and also have the ability to have a little more of a power saver when I'm just doing things at home and such.
Side Note: I did download Meta Morph & Ad Free. for Meta Morph does anyone happen to have a link maybe a tutorial site for how to actually use it or anything having to do with that? Maybe even a forum link on it?
This is my last question for now. Kind of stumped due to how many there actually are listed throughout the web for the device I am using Samsung GS2 Skyrocket. Can anyone list any ROM's that they would recommend to try out on this device. I'm looking for something smooth that has been around for sometime and has more than one development project? (but ultimately I am waiting on a Jelly Bean leak for this device =).)
I Thank all of you who can help me in advance and Thank the person who posted the original root for the leak and root on ICS 4.04 for this device. it was a big help and a great success. Everyone have a wonderful day. and thank you again. hope someone can help me =)
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well, here is original thread for NinjaMorph made by author of that app ( MetaMorph has the same author)
if you get free app from Market this is very limited you can only change images in framework-res.apk also you need to use a PC to finish your job finally NinjaMorph/MetaMorph is used to compile files in apk if you want to do something do it from scratch or use a tool like APK Manager
also try Ultimate Online Theme Kitchen this make a good job for you just upload framework file ..
do not forget the gold rule: do a nandroid backup before editing system files/framework
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Paulk1989 said:
Alright I am a total NOOB, to root. Yesterday I followed the instructions and successfully rooted my device. But now the curiosity rises in me, So if anyone can help me with these questions. and throw other suggestions out there for me and help me out with instructions or even just simple ideas and tutorials for anything that would be great.
Now that I am rooted I am curious as to some good Free (for now until I can get my card loaded with some money to get more apps that are paid) ((so free and paid would be good to list, but for right now mostly free)) root apps? I have seen a few but I am not to sure which ones are good to download or which would be good apps to use. Definitely a good Overclocking Underclocking app =) I would like to push this thing and also have the ability to have a little more of a power saver when I'm just doing things at home and such.
Side Note: I did download Meta Morph & Ad Free. for Meta Morph does anyone happen to have a link maybe a tutorial site for how to actually use it or anything having to do with that? Maybe even a forum link on it?
This is my last question for now. Kind of stumped due to how many there actually are listed throughout the web for the device I am using Samsung GS2 Skyrocket. Can anyone list any ROM's that they would recommend to try out on this device. I'm looking for something smooth that has been around for sometime and has more than one development project? (but ultimately I am waiting on a Jelly Bean leak for this device =).)
I Thank all of you who can help me in advance and Thank the person who posted the original root for the leak and root on ICS 4.04 for this device. it was a big help and a great success. Everyone have a wonderful day. and thank you again. hope someone can help me =)
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I am a complete and utter noob as well, just rooted my tf300 last night actually. The app I'm using for overclocking is EZOverclock, however all it's doing is overclocking it doesn't have the features I was looking for (managing battery and such). Depends on what app supports your device and also some of the best rooted stuff may not be in the marketplace.
I also got Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper so I can receive updates and possibly not lose root. Titanium Backup to manage apps, remove anything I deem "bloatware". And of course the most essential was Sixaxis controller so I can use my ps3 controller for gaming.
Course I'm a noob and I just got some of the apps just to get the job done until I find something better.
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Everything I know about Android, I learned from XDA.
I run a little Android blog and a lot of non-tech people have been asking for help with getting cupcake installed. I really struggled with the idea of posting a guide since so many have been done before. With all the recent cupcake builds, I thought I would attempt a guide geared towards people who have never rooted their phones and want cupcake.
Anyways, I just posted the first draft and I need help with suggestions and fact checking. I think most of it is factual, but I prob made mistakes.
If you got 5 minutes and want to help out the community, give it a quick read.
I tried to take the easy route when rooting. When I first hacked my phone, we didnt have a lot of the tools and scripts that are out now. If any step could be simplified, please let me know. Thanks.
http://www.androidandme.com/2009/05...r-rooting-your-android-g1-to-install-cupcake/
nice blog..
Nice 50 screenshots of Haykuro. Can't wait to see his next release.
Easiest way for noobs to root their phone to the latest 1.1 ROM before flashing the 1.5 ROM is to use the root app. It can be found here, along with step by step instructions.
http://allshadow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5229
When I was a noob, I first rooted my phone using that app, but now I remember all the commands by heart lol.
edit: just looked at your blog, you already have it there.
Any other takers? I just wanted to make sure this was as friendly as possible before I offered it to people. Thanks.
You may want to check out this guys method of the root procedure. It's similar to yours, but it doesn't use the .apk file. I did it his way, and I pushed everything from my laptop to the phone, so rooting took me about 10 minutes or so.
http://several.amplify.com/2009/05/02/video-tutorial-g1-jailbreak-root-and-cupcake/
I would make a fork for those who don't have wifi access, or want to do the rooting a little quicker.
very organized your blog is though.
Thanks for the link. That looks like a good resource, but I think it is too many commands to type for some people. I'll watch all the videos and see what I think.
Good job!! Looks likes a nice guide. One thing I might add is the recovery instructions since the current JF1.5 ROM
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Hi,
Does anyone know if there is an app on android market that flashes your phone for you? How about one that roots it? I'm have no idea if this is even possible, but it would sure be great, since there are a lot of non technical people out there who would really like to try all the new fancy roms around.
thanks
Rafa
There are apps like this, it really depends on what kind of phone you're using. What phone do you have?
Learn to be technical, not ask for handouts..
You think the experienced people here came right into coding an app? Get a how to manual or search google.. There's plenty of tutorials around that could help.. Not saying start a root app, but start with a soundboard our something..
We need more explorers on this site, not beggars.. But good luck in all your future endeavors..
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its really easy to do it the legit way.
depending on what phone you have just go to unrevoked and read read read read then read some more i did mine all by myself in a couple hours. the first time around now i am able to root someones phone in less then 20 min. not a big deal once you learn the proper way to do things
teach a man to fish he eats his hole life. (or some **** like that)
Sadly here in Brazil things don't come as cheap as they do for other countries and an unlocked Galaxy S costs about 1000us$, so forgive me if I'm more than a bit iffy about starting to experiment with it.
Getting back to the point, I've read about Universal Androot, but it doesn't support the Galaxy S series.
Find z4 root right here on xda. It'll do it all for you in one click. From there you can get titanium backup and then rom manager. Go to the samsung captivate forum and read all the sticky threads in full. Be thorough and careful and make sure you know what you're doing.
That should take care of you.
Many thanks. Greatly appreciated.
Greetings All!
With the onslaught of questions and concerns that have been directed at me, I have decided that there may be a few items that would need to be addressed in an additional video. I am looking for input from you, my viewers, as to what you would like me to cover.
I have already decided that I am going to go over the installation of khalpower's new v2 and I will step through the usability and features of it. I will also discuss the differences between the versions out there, and what patches are. I can discuss the differences between apps2sd, link2sd, and all of that stuff. I will also probably give me own opinions as to what everyone SHOULD be running, and what I deem to be the perfect setup.
I encourage you to speak up in this thread and tell me what you need from a new video. Obviously, YouTube restricts me to 15 minutes per video, so if I need to, I can always do more than one. I was originally going to make a new video tomorrow, but I decided that I would give the XDA community a chance to give me your thoughts first.
Try to be coherent, and if something has already been requested, request it anyway. The more requests for a specific subject, the more likely it will be covered.
With your input, and my mad editing skills, I hope to help as many of you as possible with this new series of video.
Let the requests begin!
Really thorough instructions so that even a girl like me can follow through.
Beako said:
Really thorough instructions so that even a girl like me can follow through.
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Knights everywhere suit up! Rescue the poor hapless girl from the horrors of technology!
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Setup of apps2ext or link2sd
pleeease explain the setup for the khalpowers apps2sd, there have been so many versions and setups directions. The choices don't help either, this will hopefully make everything clear for us noobs! your 8 min tutorial and instructions helped me start out. So thanks again for all your hard work sometimes we forget how hard it is to figure things out the first time, now looking back, it seems to be a breeze.
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Yeah, to this day, I'm still on stock 2.1 with App2SD. It's more of a MOTOROLA Y U LOCK BOOTLOADER issue for me.
Links2sd
your videos have been great.
A video walkthrough of how to activate links2sd would be superb. - conflicting information out there has me confused
....and like you said the differences between links2sd, apps2sd.. apps2ext etc... like which one is faster/ your recommendations
this may not be relevant or urgent but if it is...(if this still hasn't been fixed yet) sorting out the keyboard dictionary, my english version 2.1 one was brilliant but since 2.2 versions auto-correct has been hopeless
Much appreciated. your first videos helped a noob (me) improve his phone
Right now I'd like to see a clear tutorial for installing Khal's ROM (whatever version is current) and his honeycomb theme for that, since those are the things I'd like to do (though I may have already figured it out by the time you get the vid up) ).
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Oh and if you could clear up if ROMs like Khal's can be installed over things like Mioze7ae's patch (currently running Dexter's 1.3 with Mioze7ae's patch .2) with no issue, that would be fantastic.
Thanks, it's great to have people like you on this forum.
How I do apply theme? I'm a bit confused. That video would be nice for beginners for me. Cheers!
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I also vote for good apps2sd instructions!
side note: what is the best partition software for a mac?
would be nice to have good video explanation setup-Dexter-kal rom, patch, it's not always clear to everyone and everything .... thanks a video would be very appreciated.....sorry translation
Putting Things back as Was ..
REV -
I would like to see a video where we can back up a phone with all its content before say applying a new custom ROM. Then if the ROM doesnt work we can put the phone back to as it was. THis may then give a bit of security to people wishing to flash about etc knowing that they can put all back as was.
thanks
IronMit said:
your videos have been great.
A video walkthrough of how to activate links2sd would be superb. - conflicting information out there has me confused
....and like you said the differences between links2sd, apps2sd.. apps2ext etc... like which one is faster/ your recommendations
this may not be relevant or urgent but if it is...(if this still hasn't been fixed yet) sorting out the keyboard dictionary, my english version 2.1 one was brilliant but since 2.2 versions auto-correct has been hopeless
Much appreciated. your first videos helped a noob (me) improve his phone
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i just realised your previous videos on using gparted etc has enough information for those wanting to use link2sd on khals Rom. So all one would have to do is follow those directions- add a 'Link2sd' folder instead of an 'apps' folder and flash the Rom like in your dexter videos.
Tell me if i'm missing any key steps so i'l wait for your video!
cheers
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moved to General, as some people are unable to reply in DEV
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Thanks. I hadn't thought of that.
I think a video on installing open androidiani flashing a ROM and an update... just an idea.. seems to be the current newbi question...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011882
It doesn't look like there are very many requests here.
I've just gotten back from holiday and will be creating new videos this week.
Stay tuned.
backing up using nandroid and how to reboot into nandroid when booting from a power off situation, such as a crash.
I just wanted to thank you, first of all. Your videos have been great for me since I am also a Cincinnati Bell customer. I loved my first smartphone (BB Curve) for the email and flexibility it gave me as a small business owner, but Cincy Bell was no longer offering a large screen BB and I was having trouble reading email and web on the small Curve screen, so I got the XT720. Once I realized the memory limitations of Eclair, I set out to find a way to get Froyo on my XT720 and your vids were perfect for me.
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I will also probably give me own opinions as to what everyone SHOULD be running, and what I deem to be the perfect setup.
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This is what I want to see, but if there is a way for you discuss the best setup for performance, battery saving, and a good mixture, I'm up for that too since it seems to be the one common downfall for just about every large screen smartphone owner.
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It doesn't look like there are very many requests here.
I've just gotten back from holiday and will be creating new videos this week.
Stay tuned.
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Good to hear. I was actually going to try and figure out how to do it, but I prefer being lazy and watching your walkthroughs so I decided to wait (+it does have the added benefit of making my phone less likely to explode).
The steps to disable the default app2sd and the set up of the Link2sd.
Ok, so my wife has an Infuse and she's experiencing frequent force closes related to the Google services framework. I've dug through several threads mentioning force closes of the framework and tried most of the suggested fixes. The only thing I've stumbled upon that makes a difference is removing the latest market update. This solves the problem until the market updates itself again.
I'm assuming this us because its not completely compatible with her outdated stock ROM.
So the point here is can i prevent the market from updating without root? Has anyone else had this problem with their Infuse?
Normally i don't root her phones but with all of the issues related to trying the get an official update, which still hasn't arrived, she is warming to the idea of a custom ROM. I don't follow the Infuse forum enough to know which ROMs are out there so if anyone has suggestions for a fast, stable ROM that also has Touchwiz I would appreciate it, especially if i cant sort this out in the current ROM. At least until i can get her sold on CM...
Anyway thanks for reading and i appreciate any suggestions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=3914845
You will find ALL the answers in qksters profile. ALL CREDITS TO QKSTER.
And Vagabound would be great if she's looking for stock. She might cry though, with all the bloat and battery draining apps that she is missing. Also, if she says that her wifi is dropping, set your router's dchp (whatever it is) to one week instead of forever.. and....... I think that should do you. I would tell you where the thanks is, but based on your account, you look like you know where it is.
ALL. CREDITS. TO. QKSTER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING SUCH A HELPFUL SIGNATURE.
Wow, Thanks
All I can say is wow, that's quite a resource QKSTER is providing and much more than I expected for this phone.
I've been using this forum for nearly a decade and I am always impressed with the amount and quality of information provided by the members.
Thanks Erik for pointing me in the right direction.
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All I can say is wow, that's quite a resource QKSTER is providing and much more than I expected for this phone.
I've been using this forum for nearly a decade and I am always impressed with the amount and quality of information provided by the members.
Thanks Erik for pointing me in the right direction.
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You got it. Just make sure to thanks his posts if they are useful to you. I can understand not wanting to do all the digging to get it done on a phone that isn't yours.
Don't worry about that, i know how much work goes into this and how much it helps me so i try to make a point not to be ungrateful. Especially when it promotes domestic tranquility
Like you said it isn't my phone so i only see it when there's a problem. That makes the help even more appreciated.
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My girlfriend got a restraining order so i can not be in the same room as her phone ....i feel for you
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R3v v.1
Normally I have to take an "if it ain't broke don't fix it" approach to her devices. In this case it was broken so I was allowed to fix it.
I have to say thanks again to Erik_t, qkster and gtg465x. I don't work with too many Samsung devices so it would have been easy to miss something importand but the help and resources you provided made this quick and easy. My Mrs is now very happy with her new ROM and with the improved battery life and performance.
Most of the process was pretty standard but I had to read the rooting instructions a few times to make sure I wasn't missing anything, it was just simpler than I'm used too. .
She is now a happy Vagabond user, the stars have aligned and domestic bliss reigns supreme. Thanks.
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Hey everyone. I just got this note pro today from Amazon. I've read about a lot of functionality you can get from rooting your device. The thing is I have no clue how to root a device. I've looked around the internet and to be quite honest I'm still not quite sure how to properly root the device. I was hoping someone could maybe point out or give me step by step instructions on how to root a device. Including making backups and the programs needed. I'm totally a noob in this and quite terrified of destroying a 685.00 dollar device. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take the time out. The reason I'm rooting is because I want to get better battery life and be able to run any app in multiview mode. (Student who wants to go multiview with amazon ebooks and a note taking app)
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Hey everyone. I just got this note pro today from Amazon. I've read about a lot of functionality you can get from rooting your device. The thing is I have no clue how to root a device. I've looked around the internet and to be quite honest I'm still not quite sure how to properly root the device. I was hoping someone could maybe point out or give me step by step instructions on how to root a device. Including making backups and the programs needed. I'm totally a noob in this and quite terrified of destroying a 685.00 dollar device. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take the time out. The reason I'm rooting is because I want to get better battery life and be able to run any app in multiview mode. (Student who wants to go multiview with amazon ebooks and a note taking app)
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I'm not sure which Internet your using.... you must not be looking very hard because your answer is in this very forum. In fact , there is a great big thread about it a few lines down. If after reading said thread you still have a question, I suggest asking IN that thread.
Every one here loves to help out, but you gotta put in at least a TINY bit of effort dude.
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