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Hi Fellow old and New Devs,
The title suggests it all. I have four questions that I think ALL newbies want to understand. I would try and explain them, but as I am just coming out of the newbie stage, I'm sure people would prefer an answer from a experianced Dev.
When answering a question please put the Question Number. Feel free to answer only one or two of the questions, I'm sure other people will cover your missing fields of knowledge.
Here they are:
1. What is rooting? Can I root my device (HTC Buzz Wildfire) and keep the stock interface? Will I loose my data?
2. What do all these Dev's mean by Recovery? What are they, why are they needed?
3. What is a ROM? Do I need to be rooted for a custom ROM? How can you trust them? Will I loose my data when installing a custom ROM?
4. What is a Kernal? How are they Different to ROM's? Should I change from the stock Kernal?
I know this is a tall order and you could write a book on the topic, but please could you write a short (a couple of sentaces will do) paragraph on each question you choose to do.
When we get enough understandable answers I will edit this post publish the Final answers for other newbies in the future.
Also feel free to enter the poll! As this is a Dev site I presume one of the options will have the most votes but we will see....
Cheers for any contribution in advanced.
th3ant
th3ant said:
Hi Fellow old and New Devs,
The title suggests it all. I have four questions that I think ALL newbies want to understand. I would try and explain them, but as I am just coming out of the newbie stage, I'm sure people would prefer an answer from a experianced Dev.
When answering a question please put the Question Number. Feel free to answer only one or two of the questions, I'm sure other people will cover your missing fields of knowledge.
Here they are:
1. What is rooting? Can I root my device (HTC Buzz Wildfire) and keep the stock interface? Will I loose my data?
2. What do all these Dev's mean by Recovery? What are they, why are they needed?
3. What is a ROM? Do I need to be rooted for a custom ROM? How can you trust them? Will I loose my data when installing a custom ROM?
4. What is a Kernal? How are they Different to ROM's? Should I change from the stock Kernal?
I know this is a tall order and you could write a book on the topic, but please could you write a short (a couple of sentaces will do) paragraph on each question you choose to do.
When we get enough understandable answers I will edit this post publish the Final answers for other newbies in the future.
Also feel free to enter the poll! As this is a Dev site I presume one of the options will have the most votes but we will see....
Cheers for any contribution in advanced.
th3ant
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Okay, from the best of my understanding, here we go:
1: Rooting. To understand this, we must consider a computer, running linux, windows, or mac. In windows, the "Administrator" account is similar to the root account in linux and mac. Basically if you have root privileges in a system, you can modify every part of the filesystem, as well as perform any tasks the system is equipped to handle. Basically achieving root on an android device means that you can unlock the ability to flash roms, mod, and otherwise hack your device any which way you like. Nearly every model of android device has been rooted, so in most cases, yes you can root XXXXX phone. Also, since you're just gaining privileges, you can root without losing any data, apps, or settings.
2: Recovery. This is a long standing concept in SoC/Embedded device hacking. Basically it is a minimal operating system that performs some very basic, but very important tasks. The reason for it is so that you can write to the necessary areas on the NAND, which would be "busy" while android is booted. This offers a way to access the necessary partitions and write data to them while the data is not being accessed. It's also useful for backing up your NAND. Hence the name "nandroid."
3: ROM. By definition, it means "Read Only Memory." This is a chip on the board. ROM has evolved over the years. It started out as a chip that was sensitive to UV light. The earliest ROMs were "flashed" to a device by stenciling out the pathways and exposing the chip to UV radiation. Nowadays, we have fancy EEPROMs instead, which stands for Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. This means that you can "flash" the chip by means of software, namely via Recovery mode in our case. Different ROMs have different features. They are all variations on source code made available by AOSP, or the android open source project. Some projects have their own code tracking, such as CyanogenMod. In most devices, you must be rooted to be able to install a ROM, however it is not explicitly necessary. A bit vague, I suppose. Specifically the tablet I own, the WITS a81e, you can flash a ROM to it just by putting the correct files on the TF card. This is not very common with phones, however. Flashing any rom that is not just a newer version of your current ROM will require a full format. For instance, if you have cyanogenmod and switch to a Sense or Blur ROM, you must format, but if you update from CM6 to CM6.1 you will not need to wipe. How can you trust ROM's? Well the best way to know is to either roll your own, or go with CyanogenMod, as their source is freely and easily available for scrutiny and improvement, along with a nice changelog tracker.
4. Kernels. A kernel is basically the most low level part of an operating system. It interfaces directly with the processor and provides all instruction for operation. Linux is technically not an operating system, it's a Kernel. The different distributions have the Linux kernel, and use their own different User Interfaces. Different kernels in android devices can allow you to overclock. There are many choices in kernels, and the features they offer. Some features are BFS/CFS which is the priority scheduling of processes. Some kernels allow you to charge your battery differently and conserve life. These are often called battery kernels. Also, some kernels unlock extra multitouch points in certain devices. There are different versions of the linux kernel, with many improvements with each iteration. Currently, the latest kernel available that I know of for android devices is 2.6.37. The froyo default kernel was a 2.6.32. I wish I knew a bit more about kernels, however this is about all I know. Perhaps someone could help us out and expand on this a bit?
Brilliant answer not too complicated... let's see what others say....
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What he said...
Pyroboy1080 well said...
That pretty much covers it.
thx for the infos..
Agreed. Thanks for using the poll!
nothing to add on that, as we used to say "merci beaucoup"
Can't ROM
Gotta be something stupid......
Can't install 2.2 or 2.3. Tried two different ODIN flashers. When I do the reset I do not get the triangel with downloading in the center. I'm rooted, Have ROM Manager, Superuser, Root Explorer, Super Manager, I'm unlocked.
I have Android SDK, Congnitive 4.1, NPS, Samsung Kies,SGH I897 USB Drivers, What else? I think I have it covered. In any case I never get the download . Even if I do a "ROM Manager Install fron SD Card, the result is a screen, blue at top and yellow at bottom with the last line saying "Installing Multi- CSC. I can let it run all night, no change in ROM. Does the Captivate sold by ATT have some kind of block or filter keeping me from updating?
Current firmware is 2.1 update 1, baseband I897UCJH7, Kernel 2.6.29 [email protected] #2, Build ECLAIR.UCJH7
Thanks
To better answer your question, I first need to know what type of device you're using...
fxstsb said:
Gotta be something stupid......
Can't install 2.2 or 2.3. Tried two different ODIN flashers. When I do the reset I do not get the triangel with downloading in the center. I'm rooted, Have ROM Manager, Superuser, Root Explorer, Super Manager, I'm unlocked.
I have Android SDK, Congnitive 4.1, NPS, Samsung Kies,SGH I897 USB Drivers, What else? I think I have it covered. In any case I never get the download . Even if I do a "ROM Manager Install fron SD Card, the result is a screen, blue at top and yellow at bottom with the last line saying "Installing Multi- CSC. I can let it run all night, no change in ROM. Does the Captivate sold by ATT have some kind of block or filter keeping me from updating?
Current firmware is 2.1 update 1, baseband I897UCJH7, Kernel 2.6.29 [email protected] #2, Build ECLAIR.UCJH7
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didn't know where to ask this?
hello, everyone..
i have some questions, i'm hoping some of you can anwser.
I used unrevoked to root my htc desire. after that, I used alpharev to gain s-off.
everything went fine, i got the joker, the white screen that lets me pick different options..
now Í tried all those options, nothing works.
I've been searching all night for a solution, and it seems my recovery boot and rom are missing? and what I came across is installing ANDROID SDK tools, and then run fastboot to recover an image. So I installed SDK tools, but fastboot doesn't run, it says some .dll driver is missing. in the platform-tools map is that .dll driver, should i move it?
Can someone get me a step by step tutorial on how to make my desire work again? Im kind of a noob, all I needed was to make a screenshot..
Thanks in advance, it would be appreciated so much..
Pyroboy, I'm using a Samsung Captivate. In another thread someone lead me to "All in One Toolbox". The other stuff is just stuff. That allowed me to install my ROM.
Hey everyone,
I saw on dft custom rom the ability to deploy xaps on your phone through IE, is there way to put this on my unlocked mango beta 7712? and please forgive me I did do a search and couldn't find the answer initially, if this has been discussed please point me in the right direction thank you
use Tom XAP Installer for XAP deploy
not sure if that's the answer
i'm looking to be able to deploy xap on my phone's browser, is this possible? i saw on dft rom posting that his custom enabled that, so that you could be say on your phones browser on xda and see an xap download it straight to your unlocked phone and install it
you would have to flash the dft custom rom to your phone ... then your phone will be fullunlocked
there must be a way to enable this feature to other unlocked phones
i dont think there is considering the fact that devunlocked phones whether its official or chevron have limitations ... i wouldnt be surprised if someone found a way though it might not be easy...
i miss the "cab" days, browsing xda on my phone or other sites and just installing cabs straight to phone le sigh
I think there were 2 files which needed to be replaced to allow you to do so (and possibly an extra application once its fully unlocked) and as far as I know the only current way to replace those 2 files and fully unlock your device is by flashing it with a custom rom. So you will have to flash your device with their ROM if you want that.
I must say, its a really awesome feature!! :-D we now just need the ability to save the .xap's and other files as well as install .xap's through a file browser ^_^
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PsyCLown89 said:
I think there were 2 files which needed to be replaced to allow you to do so (and possibly an extra application once its fully unlocked) and as far as I know the only current way to replace those 2 files and fully unlock your device is by flashing it with a custom rom. So you will have to flash your device with their ROM if you want that.
I must say, its a really awesome feature!! :-D we now just need the ability to save the .xap's and other files as well as install .xap's through a file browser ^_^
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Which files?
Since we can copy and replace some files on samsung/htc devices by provision xml's. The only thing im not sure of is that it will probably not be possible to replace system files.
But if you have these files Im sure there are people willing to test this
dft freedom rom is fullunlocked and comes with DFT_XAPInsatller which allows u to install apps from the wp ie by entering the xap files url...at the moment the only way to fullunlock wp is by installing the custom rom but dft mentioned they are working in a way to fullunlock wp without the need of installing custom roms.
Marvin_S said:
Which files?
Since we can copy and replace some files on samsung/htc devices by provision xml's. The only thing im not sure of is that it will probably not be possible to replace system files.
But if you have these files Im sure there are people willing to test this
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heres some info from dft...
So we (DFT) developed “FullUnlock”. FullUnlock is implemented as replacing some system files by wrappers, which allows any kind of access (disable access checking at all)
We replace LVMOD.DLL which used to check files and data (checksums, certificates and etc) and POLICYENGINE.DLL which implements internal objects access checking.
All written before means that FullUnlock at the current moment only possible by flashing custom ROM to device. In future maybe we can find good ways to do it without flashing, but for now I don’t see any ideas how to do it without flashing.
Well there we go, also DFT/Cotulla mentioned which files in the how to native thread under phone 7 development I think it was.
Take a look at that thread
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yea i was checking it out earlier pretty amazing achievements will come as a result of full unlocked ...
Does some1 know roms for lg swift 7 and nokia lumia 710? What i need are custom or stock roms with unlock and instruction how to install it.
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Stock ROMs come locked by default (there are official ways to unlock a stock ROM, though). If you want a pre-unlocked ROM, that will need to be a custom ROM. The problem is, currently we can't install custom ROMs on LG or Nokia Windows phones, only on first-gen HTC and Samsung phones. The bootloaders are locked.
Thanks. I know how to root/unlock/flash android but in wp7 section im new and i cant find any free and easy method to do it so i was thinking about unlocked rom
is there any chance to unlock .xap instalation easy an free (i want to add new ringtones)
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For LG, yes, you can developer-unlock (and even interop-unlock, which is required for high-privilege apps) easily using the built-in registry editor.
For Nokia, such a hack isn't currently possible. The only ways to dev-unlock a Lumia currently are to get an AppHub account from Microsoft; either a student account (free, go through DreamSpark) or a paid account ($99 / year).
That said, you can install custom ringtones without any unlocks at all. There are many apps on the Marketplace that will provide ringtones, or you can install your own using the Zune software. The instructions for doing so are online, but basically you create a file that is the right length and set the genere to "RINGTONE" and then you sync it to the phone like normal.
I tried registry unlock for lg and than after sending .xap file with ringtones (made using chevron ringtone or similar) i didnt get any new ones even after restart.
Than i tried to use tom xap instaler or similar and it gave me error (sth like this: zune isnt launched or phone not unlocked)
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ch3mn3y said:
I tried registry unlock for lg and than after sending .xap file with ringtones (made using chevron ringtone or similar) i didnt get any new ones even after restart.
Than i tried to use tom xap instaler or similar and it gave me error (sth like this: zune isnt launched or phone not unlocked)
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Download Zune software first. Connect your phone to Zune and then while Zune is open, run the xap installer.
http://www.zune.net/en-gb/
This is what i did and after that windows sdk let me install xda file to phone (tom installer.had error). But after that there wasnt any new ringtones
thanks for all answers but i still didnt work
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Did you try running the app? Although some homebrew apps do their magic during install, most apps will require you to run them...
Note, the original ChevronWP7 Ringtone tool is very out of date and should probably not be used anymore.
Out of curiosity, why are you trying to install ringtones via app anyhow? You can do it just with Zune...
But with zune i can do it only with short ringtones and i want have longer.
Is there method to add long (3-4min) ringtones without unlock? Cause i want only this
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Without unlock? Probably not. I'm unclear why you'd want this, though; doesn't your carrier just go to voicemail in 30 seconds anyhow? Most of the ones I've seen (in or out of the US, though I've never been to Poland) will do so, typically somewhere between 20 and 40 seconds in.
I dont know the lg very good, concerning roms, but i know that for the 2nd gen Lumia devicees there are no custom Roms atm..
but theres one thread, where Jaxbot, heathcliff etc. are working hard on getting it to work for interop unlocking the Lumia devices (which means by custom roms)
@n73gamer: Custom ROMs and interop-unlock are completely different, although they allow some of the same kind of hack. For example, custom ROMs are available for the HTC Arrive, which has no current working interop-unlock hack. However, custom ROMs are *not* available for the Samsung Focus S or Focus Flash (gen2 phones) even though those *can* be interop-unlocked. Interop-unlock is a registry edit that allows installing homebrew apps with more privileges than normal. Custom ROMs require an unlocked bootloader, but allow changing anything at all (and are typically "full-unlocked" meaning that all apps run with maximum permissions).
As one of the people working on interop-unlock for Nokia (but not bootloader-unlock; custom ROMs aren't my area really), I can make no promises of any sort except that we're trying. Finding these hacks takes time, perseverence, and no small amount of luck.
I love Android, but rooting your phone can give you the opportunity to do so much more than your phone can do out of the box—whether its wireless tethering, speeding it up with overclocking, or customizing the look of your phone with themes. Here's how to root some of the most popular phones with minimal effort.
First, for the newbies, let me clarify what rooting is. Getting root or rooting your phone is the process of modifying the operating system that shipped with your device to grant you complete control over it.
This means you can overcome limitations that the carriers and manufacturers put on your phone, extend system functionality, and even upgrade it to a custom flavor of Android.
The name root comes from the Linux operating system world, where the most privileged user on the system (otherwise known as Administrator on Windows) is called root.
Now, I'd like to take a moment to dispel a common misconception and clarify one thing: rooting does *not* mean installing a custom ROM (a ROM is a modified, "aftermarket" OS).
Installing a ROM may require rooting first, but just rooting can be usually done in only a few minutes, keeping your stock OS otherwise completely intact.
Usually rooting is fairly simple - in most cases you can find several videos and articles on the web that explain how to do it on your specific phone model - just Google "YOURPHONEMODEL root".
Rooting is not something manufacturers or carriers approve of but they can't really prevent it from happening because the rooting process usually exploits a vulnerability in the operating system code or device drivers and allows the "hacker" to upload a special program called su to the phone. This program is the one that provides root access to programs that request it.
Contrary to popular belief, su stands for "switch user" and not "superuser."
Another program called Superuser Permissions is usually bundled with all root methods. It gives you a chance to approve or deny requests from any application that wants to utilize root. Superuser Permissions essentially replaces the conventional root password with a simple Approve/Deny prompt, which isn't as secure as having a password, but is far more convenient on a mobile device.
Now an obligatory warning: rooting your phone does run the risk of potentially bricking it (i.e. your phone could become nonfunctional) – so do your homework before attempting anything, unless you're a fan of $500 paper weights.
Benefits Of Rooting
Let’s check out some of the benefits of rooting your Android phone.
Full Control Over Android
You have access to alter any system files, use themes, change boot images, delete annoying stock apps, such as Sprint's NFL Mobile live and Nascar Sprint Cup Mobile, and other various native applications that might drive you crazy (Footprints, Voice Dialer, etc).
There is plenty of information on the web on how to accomplish this, but our favorite way is by using Titanium Backup and freezing/deleting the apps from there (root required, of course).
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Back Up And Restore The Whole System
On most rooted Android devices, you can back up your entire system to an SD card, much in the same way you can image a hard drive. This is great if you’d like to try a new ROM, as you can back up your phone, wipe it completely, flash the new ROM, and if you don’t like it, just restore from your backup to get your device back to exactly how it was before you wiped it.
The easiest way to do this at the moment is by using ROM Manager, developed by famed Android developer Koush.
ROM Manager allows you to easily flash a custom recovery image which is what you will need in order to backup and restore your phone. The recovery image is a special program that can be booted into outside of the phone's main operating system, sort of like an OS recovery console on a PC. By default, the recovery image on most Android phones only gives you a few options, mainly related to wiping the phone. Custom recovery images expand upon these options and usually include scripts that can do things like backup and restore your system, fix file permissions, or allow you to flash custom ROMs that the normal recovery image would otherwise reject.
Normally, flashing a custom recovery image requires some command line work, either on your PC, or on a terminal emulator directly on the phone, but Koush's ROM Manager should automatically flash his custom recovery image (known as ClockworkMod Recovery) for you, provided you're on one of the supported phones ( Applications > Development.
Connect your phone to the PC in charge-only mode.
Launch a Command Prompt window and browse to the location of the downloaded GingerBreak-v1.10.apk file.
Finally, enter this command:adb install GingerBreak-v1.10.apk
Having done this, you should be able to launch the app on your phone and root it using the above instructions.
Unlock root
The main function of this software is to obtain the highest system privileges, thus you can remove, install or update any softwares on your mobile phone freely. Also you can delete all the softwares added by operators and give you a clean system since you use UnlockRoot.
UnlockRoot is one of the most famous ROOT softwares on Android platform. It has powerful functions and strong compatibility, and also it is very simple to operate. Nothing to worry whether your mobile phone would turn to a brick, because this software is stable enough. It supports many brands and mpdels, such as Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony, Motorola, HUAWEI, ZTE, etc.
SuperOneClick
Download Super One Click, make sure you have the Android debugger (SDK developer kit) running, expand the Super One Click zip file and click the SuperOneClick icon to run it. When SuperOneClick launches, you’ll see several large buttons at the top of the screen. Make sure your phone is connected to the computer via USB and that the debugger can “see” it (activity will start logging). Make sure your SD card is not mounted, and go ahead and click “Root” in SuperOneClick.
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You’ll see the scrolling activity as SuperOneClick does it’s job, with “OK” appearing after each task. You may see warnings, but so long as it doesn’t “hang” on waiting for device, things should keep scrolling until it finally returns the “Success!” message.
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At this point, check out the installed apps on your phone and you should see a “Superuser” icon that looks like a Droid skull and crossbones. If you see it, you’re rooted. If you don’t see it, reboot the Droid. In fact, I’d suggest rebooting even if you do see it, as I had some issues getting rooted apps to work until I actually rebooted my own device.
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When you open up SuperUser, you’ll see that you can configure notifications so that no app can actually run with root access unless you give it permission. Also, according to the folks at Nexus One Forum, SuperOneClick doesn’t actually unlock the Bootloader, so you still retain your warranty. I haven’t confirmed if that’s true or not, but if true it’s a pretty good plus to using SuperOneClick with the SDK approach.
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Whenever you run an app that requires root (superuser), you’ll see a notification requesting permission. I like this because it also means that if an app gets installed and tries to utilize superuser access without your knowledge, it can’t.
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If you check off “Remember”, the program gets added to the list of “approved” apps with superuser access. You can see the ones on your list when you click on the “Apps” tab.
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As you can see, once you have SDK installed and connected to your phone, the process is as simple as installing and running SuperOneClick. The program takes care of rooting your phone from the PC. Finally, you can enjoy a rooted Android phone, and all of the fun and excitement that offers!
Did you give any of the one-click Android root apps a try? How was your experience? Share your rooting adventures in the comments section below.
UniversalAndRoot
Universal Androot is the popular one-click rooting solution that used to be able to root almost any device. Now that it’s in the Android Market it will still root many devices just not all of them.
The handsets that it will work on include the following:
Google Nexus One (2.2)
Google G1 (1.6)
HTC Hero (2.1)
HTC Magic (1.5) (Select Do not install Superuser)
HTC Tattoo (1.6)
Dell Streak (2.1)
Motorola Milestone (2.1)
Motorola XT701
Motorola XT800 (2.1)
Motorola ME511
Motorola Droid (2.01/2.1/2.2 with FRG01B)
Sony Ericsson X10 (1.6)
Sony Ericsson X10 Mini (1.6)
Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro (1.6)
Acer Liquid (2.1)
Acer beTouch E400 (2.1)
Samsung Galaxy Beam
Vibo A688 (1.6)
Lenovo Lephone (1.6)
LG GT540 (1.6)
Gigabyte GSmart G1305
The handset list that it doesn’t cover is much shorter than the one above. The reason it will not work on the following devices because they are equipped with the FRG22D version of Froyo. However, we may see one-click root coming to them in the near future.
Samsung i9000 / i6500U / i7500 / i5700
Motorola ME600 / ME501 / MB300 / CLIQ XT
Motorola 2.2 FRG22D
Archos 5
HuaWei U8220
HTC Desire / Legend / Wildfire (/system 無法寫入, 不過可以靠 Soft Root)
HTC EVO 4G / Aria
SonyEricsson X10i R2BA020
myTouch Slide
Universal Androot is available now on the Android Market.
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If you are going to steal articles the least you could do is provide credits to the original writers or source links. Example is this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...top-5-benefits-of-rooting-your-android-phone/
You clearly copied most of this from there and again you're acting like you did all the job just like you do on the Galaxy Y boards, I wonder why you haven't been banned yet. Why does an internet thanks meter matter to you so much?
Hi All!
I've recently got P40 Pro and I like it very much. Now I need some software to be installed - maps, chats, banking etc.
However almost all of these apps need Google services or HMS. I'll try to avoid using these frameworks by using MicroG and Aurora store.
My goal is to have some set of required apps and don't have bloatware (like Huawei AI apps).
So I also going to find browser, phone, file manager and others on F-droid and use them instead of pre-installed apps. And disable those via ADB.
There are tons of information I need to read to do that, and I'll surely will read.
BUT, most manuals have big disclaimer which says "Do everything on your own risk, you can brick the phone!". And that's what I definitely don't want to.
So my questions are - what is the set of safe operations? What predefined applications can be safely removed via ADB? How to make backup that will restore phone if something goes wrong?
I believe there should be some thread with same concerns, but I could not find it. If somebody could point me to it, I'll be very grateful! Thank you in advance!
The first and main thing is "Everything Do at your Own RISK" if you want to go through android modding or making changes in the system you should not fear from resetting or formatting the system first and other thing is that installation of any unstable or unsupported mod can brick your device to get recover from these situations you should have knowledge about adb and fastboot,oem unlock and bootloader,custom recovery,root,magisk and custom roms to get the full back of your android in current state needs root for root you have to unlock your bootloader and for unlocking bootloader you need fastboot tool or your device oficial bootloader unlocker tool then you can backup you droid by the most common tool titanium backup or simply by backu option in your custom recovery
I think having a fully capable ROM bootloader (EDL mode, MTK, Allwinner, RockChip...) is most important.
There are still times that your system is wedged and you'll need either ROM mode test points or flash disable.
That's when the boot chain is broken enough to not work, but not broken enough to be recognized as broken.
If things are totally broken it will go to ROM bootloader mode all by itself.
Thank you for your advises!
I could not find P40Pro in TWRP devices list, and AFAIK, to unlock bootloader it needs to be disassembled. Is that correct?
To get used to rooting, custom ROMs, flashing and things I'll better get some cheap used phone - this one is way pricey for savage experiments, especially when you're completely noob. So rooting isn't an option for me for now.
At the moment I 'm debloating phone with "adb shell pm disable-user" and following lists:
[GUIDE] EMUI 11 Complete Debloating Guide & Bloatware List
This de-bloating guide will help you start using EMUI 11 as clean as possible. Please list packages in the comments section that you know is a bloatware and I didn't include in the spreadsheet. This guide assumes that you're using Windows 10 as...
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P40 Pro debloating guide
Hey everyone, I've spent the last couples days going through all the installed packages, cross-referencing different debloating guides and testing my changes. I'm running the latest EMUI 10.1.0.158 (C636). RECOMMENDATIONS: if you can, follow...
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[GUIDE] List of bloatware on EMUI safe to remove
Hi all, i was working on a guide on the vast amount of packages that we find already installed on EMUI by default and safe to remove because i'm sure that it would be useful for users like me, users that doesn't like to have space occupied on...
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Next step - involve Android profiles to isolate spying apps, which I still need, from each other and from contact list
I also looking for decent replacement for buit-in file-management, phone, messaging and contacts apps. And, maybe, launcher, I don't know if it's needed and secure. So far I found:
Emerald Dialer | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Make calls, view call log
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Silence | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Encrypted SMS/MMS conversations made easy!
f-droid.org
Koler | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
uniquely stylized phone app with customizable features
f-droid.org
But haven't installed or tried yet. I'd gratefully accept recomendations for those app categories.
Dont waste your time. On this phones you cannot unlock the bootloader and definitely you cannot have access to the root. Also debloating is a non-sense: you can do more bad things than good things. The phone is powerful enough to not need debloating. It is not a Galaxy S2.