I have the Charge rooted with FP1 eclipse ROM. Last night I got an OTA update notification. I've been hitting install later because I know that OTA updates do not work with rooted ROMs. What I'd like to know is if someone can shed some light on what the new update is, if there's a rooted version and if it's worth the effort to upgrade. I'm rather happy with the phone as is.
Mike
Installed it last night. The only difference I've seen so far is the signal indicators. Voice and wifi bars display a weaker signal than FP1. Rooting process identical to FP1. I'm running stock and now get to debloat it all over again. It's still too soon to really know if this is good/bad/neutral.
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So all i need to do is go back to a stock install, take the update and flash rom?
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stock ep4d install, update to fp1, update to fp5, install cwm and root. i'm sure there's an easier way but that's how i attacked it.
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Thanks for the info. Ill attack it after work. Now all i need to do is backup everything.
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Thanks for the info. Ill attack it after work. Now all i need to do is backup everything.
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I suggest that you should go back to E4d with a pit file, then upgrade to FP1 then FP5. This is the best clean install. My phone run as fast as my previous tweak 2.2, pbj kernel etc..but everything is working very smoothly. My signal bar wifi/4g are same as before, no improvement on voice. Auto brightness and battery saver options are working well. My battery is the best to date without any additional apps and using wifi only, I have tested phone sleep time (not using phone that much, only about 1hrs usage), I have 14hrs (1 hrs usage) with 73% leftover at the end of the day. I felt like I have JellyBeen on the charge. I only installed about a dozen absolutely needed apps like phone tracker security app, go launcher ex, ad blocker, root explorer, busybox, foxfi, mybackup,titanium,FBM9(facebook app, fring, appinstaller), super user, original weather widget, go launcher switch (to toggle wifi/4g,flash light, etc..) to start out with. My opinion, yes you should upgrade, but do it with a pit file.
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I suggest that you should go back to E4d with a pit file, then upgrade to FP1 then FP5. This is the best clean install. My phone run as fast as my previous tweak 2.2, pbj kernel etc..but everything is working very smoothly. My signal bar wifi/4g are same as before, no improvement on voice. Auto brightness and battery saver options are working well. My battery is the best to date without any additional apps and using wifi only, I have tested phone sleep time (not using phone that much, only about 1hrs usage), I have 14hrs (1 hrs usage) with 73% leftover at the end of the day. I felt like I have JellyBeen on the charge. I only installed about a dozen absolutely needed apps like phone tracker security app, go launcher ex, ad blocker, root explorer, busybox, foxfi, mybackup,titanium,FBM9(facebook app, fring, appinstaller), super user, original weather widget, go launcher switch (to toggle wifi/4g,flash light, etc..) to start out with. My opinion, yes you should upgrade, but do it with a pit file.
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are you still on tweaked or stock ROM?
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are you still on tweaked or stock ROM?
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Pure stock FP5 with root and cwm. Everything is working beautifully. My facebook usually slow with tweak 2.2, PbJ kernel, but now it's fast with FP5. The only thing that slow is GPS lock, I replaced the gps.conf file and it locked very fast. I have nothing to complain with this version. I will wait for the new update version of tweak, there is no need to flash the old tweak 2.2.
Ive been using eclipse rom. Do you think tweeked is any better?
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Ive been using eclipse rom. Do you think eclipse is any better?
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I'm using FP5 pure stock with go launcher EX (make a big different on user experience) and set effect home page transition to "binary star", I could use my thumb and flip though home page like butter (super fast, even faster than my S3), scrolling is also super fast. The rom itself is better than any custom rom (eclipse or tweak) to date and the battery life is incredible (this comparison based on my phone using tweak 2.2/pbj kernel and FP5 pure rooted stock. Of course Tweak and eclipse were build on FP1, so until they build on FP5, this stock rom is my choice.
BTW, I found that with custom rom, they run well for a short while but then getting sluggish, then you have to do a tune up to get them back in shape, plus you have little bugs here and there..something to be consider if you don't have time to keep up.
So i just read on another forim NOT to install custom roms on FP5. How then do I get root? i thought it was the custom rom (eclipse, in my case) that provided the root. What am I missing?
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So i just read on another forim NOT to install custom roms on FP5. How then do I get root? i thought it was the custom rom (eclipse, in my case) that provided the root. What am I missing?
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Yes they are right, you shouldn't install custom rom on FP5 because they build on FP1. For now, your best bet is you can flash back to EP4D stock with pit file (highly recommended), OTA to FP1, then FP5, then flash cwm with auto reboot uncheck. Once done with cwm don't let your phone boot up, but boot into cwm instead and flash super user. Now you have stock FP5 rooted with CWM,
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I suggest that you should go back to E4d with a pit file, then upgrade to FP1 then FP5. This is the best clean install. My phone run as fast as my previous tweak 2.2, pbj kernel etc..but everything is working very smoothly. My signal bar wifi/4g are same as before, no improvement on voice. Auto brightness and battery saver options are working well. My battery is the best to date without any additional apps and using wifi only, I have tested phone sleep time (not using phone that much, only about 1hrs usage), I have 14hrs (1 hrs usage) with 73% leftover at the end of the day. I felt like I have JellyBeen on the charge. I only installed about a dozen absolutely needed apps like phone tracker security app, go launcher ex, ad blocker, root explorer, busybox, foxfi, mybackup,titanium,FBM9(facebook app, fring, appinstaller), super user, original weather widget, go launcher switch (to toggle wifi/4g,flash light, etc..) to start out with. My opinion, yes you should upgrade, but do it with a pit file.
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Pure stock FP5 with root and cwm. Everything is working beautifully. My facebook usually slow with tweak 2.2, PbJ kernel, but now it's fast with FP5. The only thing that slow is GPS lock, I replaced the gps.conf file and it locked very fast. I have nothing to complain with this version. I will wait for the new update version of tweak, there is no need to flash the old tweak 2.2.
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Wow! With those two things highlighted you almost got me until I saw GPS slow in locking.
I'd love to try stock FP5 rooted. I have Tweaked 2.2 ext4 now, and the GPS is locking very quickly.
Can you tell us what you had to do to make your GPS to lock quickly. Unfortunately, it's a deal breaker.
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Wow! With those two things highlighted you almost got me until I saw GPS slow in locking.
I'd love to try stock FP5 rooted. I have Tweaked 2.2 ext4 now, and the GPS is locking very quickly.
Can you tell us what you had to do to make your GPS to lock quickly. Unfortunately, it's a deal breaker.
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You just have to replace the original gps.conf file with a modified one (copy and pasted) that it. You may already have one with tweaked 2.2, if you do save this file to your sd card. After FP5, test out the gps first, if it working too slow then replace it with yours.
BTW, you should use Go launcher EX and set effects to "binary star". This make the home screen transition super snappy and smooth.
For what its worth I made no gps.conf edits on tweaked.
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For what its worth I made no gps.conf edits on tweaked.
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Use mine! Use mine! *jumps up and down*
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For what its worth I made no gps.conf edits on tweaked.
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You should, cause it does help people with gps lock issue, also better on accuracy. It does no harm but goodness.
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You should, cause it does help people with gps lock issue, also better on accuracy. It does no harm but goodness.
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I don't deny that, just never did it is all. Maybe I'll look at kvswims
Yall could do this. Mine seems to lock quicker.
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So i just read on another forim NOT to install custom roms on FP5. How then do I get root? i thought it was the custom rom (eclipse, in my case) that provided the root. What am I missing?
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not sure if you meant FP5 build or FP5 kernel, but FWIW, I (and others) have had FP5 kernel running on Tweaked 2.x. so while I'm not sure if you can install a custom ROM on FP5 kernel, you can install FP5 kernel on a custom ROM.
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So I got my s-off but I don't know which Rom to use.....what are some of the top Rom recommended?
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I've tried many of the roms, but I still prefer the stock rom. It runs perfectly fine... you just need to remove the bloatware... It's also all personal preferences, so start flashing and see how you like each one.
I am also using the stock ROM, but with bloatware and sense frozen via Titanium Backup. I am also using ADW EX launcher (a must since I froze Sense). My phone is super snappy, and without the risk of it being a brick.
If you are new to all this, I would wait before flashing a ROM. They are still buggy and nothing for a new guy to be trying to troubleshoot when he needs to be on his way to work in the morning. ;-)
First things first, you need to figure out which CWM version your phone needs to avoid a NASTY problem with dead batteries and a phone that wont boot.
There are two versions out, one is a "fixed" version from Alpharev (the .4 version). The other is the newest .5 that is available from ROm Mananger (marketplace app).
Chances are, your phone will not charge right with one of them. While you have a somewhat charged battery, install the .4 version and then turn off your phone (no fastboot, fully off). Try to charge for an hour. Boot up and then see if your phone charged. If so, and you were able to boot up normally, then you are done. If not, install CWM version .5.
Matt
Well I'm rooted already.....and I'm using .4 and don't have any battery charging problems.......I've owned a mytouch 4g before and rooted that also but I didn't like the sense ui on that phone. So basically use stock with no bloatware then......that sounds good to me. This sense ui doesn't bother me at all.....
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First time poster, running stock Android. I'd really like to keep my G2x but, even after a manual Gingerbread update, it is still unstable. The random reboots have stopped, but basically every 1-3 days it slows down to the point that I have to manually reboot it. Sometimes it freezes when I try to reboot and I have to pull the battery.
All things equal, I would rather not root my phone. I'd be perfectly happy to keep stock software if my phone were stable. BUT, I am willing to root if it means I can have a stable build. I don't care about constant upgrades, bells and whistles, etc. I just want my phone to work without me worrying about it.
What do you think is my best option? Should I just try to return the phone and hope for a more stable replacement with Gingerbread pre-installed? Or should I root it? I am fairly competent technically but have never tried rooting a phone. If I root, then a few questions:
1) What rom should I put on the phone? Like I said, I am looking most for stability and functionality. Battery life is important too. I don't care about overclocking or any of that jazz.
2) If I root it, can I go back to stock?
3) Does it void my warranty if I root it?
Thanks for your help.
This is probably the easiest phone to root and install clockwork recovery, seriously you should root it as it definetly helps and you can always go back to stock.
Check out tgagunmans nvflash tool for the latest 5.0.2.0 recovery. Oneclick root is as easy as connecting your g2x to PC and clicking root on oneclick LOL
As for roms I would reccommend faux's aosp 1.3.1 nexus rom or cyanogenmod 7.1 stable to start with as they are both great on battery life and excellent performing.
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bjk81 said:
First time poster, running stock Android. I'd really like to keep my G2x but, even after a manual Gingerbread update, it is still unstable. The random reboots have stopped, but basically every 1-3 days it slows down to the point that I have to manually reboot it. Sometimes it freezes when I try to reboot and I have to pull the battery.
All things equal, I would rather not root my phone. I'd be perfectly happy to keep stock software if my phone were stable. BUT, I am willing to root if it means I can have a stable build. I don't care about constant upgrades, bells and whistles, etc. I just want my phone to work without me worrying about it.
What do you think is my best option? Should I just try to return the phone and hope for a more stable replacement with Gingerbread pre-installed? Or should I root it? I am fairly competent technically but have never tried rooting a phone. If I root, then a few questions:
1) What rom should I put on the phone? Like I said, I am looking most for stability and functionality. Battery life is important too. I don't care about overclocking or any of that jazz.
2) If I root it, can I go back to stock?
3) Does it void my warranty if I root it?
Thanks for your help.
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If return, what other phone do you have in mind? Depends on what you paid for this G2X. sensation is not a bad choice or wait for the samsung GSII
Root.
Its easy..fast..and reversible!
I run stock kernal with weapong2x and its stable and gets decent battery life.
Here is my experience:
I have always been the type of person to put roms on their phones. Every since I had my OG droid and the bootloader was unlocked my accident. I've have had nothing but good experiences from ROMs.
I had the HTC Sensation originally (never had the g2x until 3 weeks ago) and found that after modding it still was a slow phone. The screen was nice, but thats about it.
I Rom'd the g2x first with eagleblood, now im running MIUI and am in love. Super stable, no issues, works better than you would expect. The Devs on this site have made it ridiculously easy to root and mod this phone. It is very hard to ruin this phone when modding. Especially if you read the instructions.
Root it
I rooted the G2x and am running latest CM Nightly ROM on it. Very stable – no reboots yet – and fairly good with battery life (I can get through a day pretty easily even with streaming music over 4g and using Navigation). The G2x also offers tethering and becomes a Wifi hotspot, which helps a lot for my job. So far a rooted G2x has been great for me, and using ROM Manager app after rooting keeps things easy.
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d12unk13astard said:
This is probably the easiest phone to root and install clockwork recovery, seriously you should root it as it definetly helps and you can always go back to stock.
Check out tgagunmans nvflash tool for the latest 5.0.2.0 recovery. Oneclick root is as easy as connecting your g2x to PC and clicking root on oneclick LOL
As for roms I would reccommend faux's aosp 1.3.1 nexus rom or cyanogenmod 7.1 stable to start with as they are both great on battery life and excellent performing.
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Is One-Click working for G2x? I tried it last week and it would not root the phone, leading me to use tgagunmans' method I could be wrong, tho.
Cool, thanks for the advice. Is there a backup tool so I can keep my programs and settings, or do I have to reinstall everything after rooting and installing new rom?
Titanium Backup. Settings -> Batch -> backup apps w/data.
Hey buddy flash this root zip in cwm and your done easy as hell u could also unroot it too if had too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
Okay ... So I am about to update to the latest pushed version. Am rolling back to EE4 now and have the update.zip on my card. What about CWM? Does my current version I've been using with my Gummy Charged 2.1 work with it? I have the Imosyn (sp) kernel on my card that I will apply after the update to 2.3.6 for root, as I understand it.
Are there any Gummy's or anything that are going to work after the 'official' update?
You don't use CWM with the update. You use stock recovery.
Gummy is EP1W. If you install it over the OTA, you'll bring yourself right back down to EP1, and the update will be pointless. You can get lagfix by running imoseyon kernel. It's EP4. It's slightly older EP4, but I haven't had any issues.
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You don't use CWM with the update. You use stock recovery.
Gummy is EP1W. If you install it over the OTA, you'll bring yourself right back down to EP1, and the update will be pointless. You can get lagfix by running imoseyon kernel. It's EP4. It's slightly older EP4, but I haven't had any issues.
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Thank you sir! Phone is updating now. I will apply the imoseyon kernel after it's done. Lagfix is the main thing anyhow, I can nuke the bloatness with my Titanium.
now I'm confused .... I no longer have CWM recovery. How am I to apply the imoseyon kernel via stock recovery? Can I just rename it as update.zip?
By taking it back to stock EE4 and installing the update, one of the things it did was restore the default recovery environment.
Go back into ODIN and install CWM, don't use Auto-Reboot. When it's done flashing, turn the phone off and hold the button combinations to start the phone into CWM. Flash iMoseyOn's kernel and you're done at that point.
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By taking it back to stock EE4 and installing the update, one of the things it did was restore the default recovery environment.
Go back into ODIN and install CWM, don't use Auto-Reboot. When it's done flashing, turn the phone off and hold the button combinations to start the phone into CWM. Flash iMoseyOn's kernel and you're done at that point.
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Ahhhh.... it's @ the Sammy screen and she's talking to me! Looks like all is good while it re-writes the allocation tables. Thanx again, appreciate the heck out of the help.
hmmm .... I guess all is not well ... I installed the kernel but I don't have root. I installed superuser from the market and then Titanium and when opening Titanium I have no root .... what next?
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hmmm .... I guess all is not well ... I installed the kernel but I don't have root. I installed superuser from the market and then Titanium and when opening Titanium I have no root .... what next?
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You SHOULD have root since the kernel is your root method. Have you tried restarting?
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Yeah I sure have. The kernel I used is imoseyon_kernel_charge_gb_4.0.0 ... not rooted .... guess I need to drop five yards and punt (do it all over)
Edit: The one thing I did not do prior to rolling back to EE4 was to do the big 3 wipe of data/cache/etc ..... maybe that's the problem?
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Yeah I sure have. The kernel I used is imoseyon_kernel_charge_gb_4.0.0 ... not rooted .... guess I need to drop five yards and punt (do it all over)
Edit: The one thing I did not do prior to rolling back to EE4 was to do the big 3 wipe of data/cache/etc ..... maybe that's the problem?
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Try installing Superuser from the Market? imosyeon kernel should have installed binary and apk, but maybe it missed part of it. If all else fails, flash the superuser zip from CWM.
http://www.toms-world.org/android/download/http/Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip
Yes, I had installed SU from the market and didn't have root. I had an SU zip saved on my desktop .... su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed .... I put that on the sd and installed it and I am rooted !!
Thanx Again
I love Lagfix and Voodoo Sound, but I'm currently running the stock kernel. I read in other forum discussion that Samsung designs their kernels to work with their OS revisions. People have said they're getting the best performance with the stock kernel.
Until IMoseyOn releases a new kernel based on the EP4D source that was released, I'm going to stick with stock.
Just some food for thought.
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I love Lagfix and Voodoo Sound, but I'm currently running the stock kernel. I read in other forum discussion that Samsung designs their kernels to work with their OS revisions. People have said they're getting the best performance with the stock kernel.
Until IMoseyOn releases a new kernel based on the EP4D source that was released, I'm going to stick with stock.
Just some food for thought.
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My concern was updating to 2.3.6 and having root. (on the road all day and need wireless tethering so outlook is open on laptop) Using the tad older imoseyon kernel gave me that, plus lagfix, which I have liked since this phone hit the market. I'm good for now, I can always update when the latest and greatest comes out.
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My concern was updating to 2.3.6 and having root. (on the road all day and need wireless tethering so outlook is open on laptop) Using the tad older imoseyon kernel gave me that, plus lagfix, which I have liked since this phone hit the market. I'm good for now, I can always update when the latest and greatest comes out.
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I have root on the stock kernel bro. Did a clean EE4 install, skipped as much set up as possible, ran update.zip in stock recovery, ODIN flashed imnuts' latest CWM recovery with auto-reboot disabled, booted directly into CWM recovery, flashed the latest SU zip, then ran setup as normal. Boom! Root.
Completely clean install, latest OS and kernel, root, plus tether works and everything.
Right now I'm just waiting on imnuts' TW4 theme to launch (he's estimating Sunday). Hopefully I can install that theme over a debloated and deodexed version of the latest OTA. It won't be long before IMoseyOn releases a kernel built from source that enables Lagfix. That's really all I'm missing, since Voodoo Control lets me load most of Voodoo Sound on top of the stock kernel.
What I'm REALLY looking forward to is an release of Liberty for the Charge or something AOSP if we ever get the 4G RIL sorted out... This things will take considerable time though.
It just doesn't matter ... In all honesty I liked the feel of the Gummy GBE 2.1 better than this stock ginger ... but again, it just doesn't matter to me. Functionality is all I care about, it's only a damn phone !!!
I loaded up the debloated/deodexed/rooted all-in one package danalo posted in development, flashed perfectly and after a wipe in CWM on first boot seems to be running fine except for the poop
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I have root on the stock kernel bro. Did a clean EE4 install, skipped as much set up as possible, ran update.zip in stock recovery, ODIN flashed imnuts' latest CWM recovery with auto-reboot disabled, booted directly into CWM recovery, flashed the latest SU zip, then ran setup as normal. Boom! Root.
Completely clean install, latest OS and kernel, root, plus tether works and everything.
Right now I'm just waiting on imnuts' TW4 theme to launch (he's estimating Sunday). Hopefully I can install that theme over a debloated and deodexed version of the latest OTA. It won't be long before IMoseyOn releases a kernel built from source that enables Lagfix. That's really all I'm missing, since Voodoo Control lets me load most of Voodoo Sound on top of the stock kernel.
What I'm REALLY looking forward to is an release of Liberty for the Charge or something AOSP if we ever get the 4G RIL sorted out... This things will take considerable time though.
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Care to make a thread of what you done? Files used? I want to re-root my Charge, but want to keep the latest ota update and radios. Main question is the "update.zip" file?
iMoseyOn has stated that he's not going to be developing kernels anymore due to him having to turn in all of his phones to his old employer. He's taken up a new job and because of that he has to return his phones, including the Droid Charge.
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iMoseyOn has stated that he's not going to be developing kernels anymore due to him having to turn in all of his phones to his old employer. He's taken up a new job and because of that he has to return his phones, including the Droid Charge.
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Yeah, I read last night. Awful news. I hope someone can just get us full Voodoo and EXT4 support. I don't absolutely need OC/UV, but it'd be nice...
In other bad news, imnuts is getting a Galaxy Nexus and only pledging support for the Charge for "a few more months."
Let's hope JT and the gang can get this RIL figured out, so we can at least have Team Douche to continue development with CM 7.2 and CM 9...
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Damn. And I thought it couldn't get any worse with iMoseyOn leaving. And now we have imnuts leaving too? It just went from bad to worse in a matter of 48 hours!
Guess I better get used to just using the stock kernel.
I got my tablet a week ago, it started off decent, but after a few days with several apps installed and nothing removed it started to slow down, crash apps constantly, and frozen screen till I hold power button to force power down. So I wanna know if it will help speed it up and not cause all these issues. Overall its a wonderful tablet just those issues are a major inconvenience for my school app University of Phoenix.
Also with this being new fresh out of the box. Would the hardware inside cause any issues with Rooting. I had that issue once before on the HTC Evo Shift back in August where I just got it on the new update that would brick if i tried to root.
Yes custom roms generally improve speed and no there is no brick update Vipermod works for the latest firmware without issue
ok thank you very much! Im just concerned about rooting this one. I like it as is except those frequent crashes and the horrible slow speed.
rooting, not so much, but custom ROMs really have a huge impact, and custom kernels allow overclocking, which REALLY speeds your device up. More than anything, simply replacing your kernel with one that can be overclocked will increase your speed..compared to the speed increase gained from this the custom ROM speed increase is fairly small.
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rooting, not so much, but custom ROMs really have a huge impact, and custom kernels allow overclocking, which REALLY speeds your device up. More than anything, simply replacing your kernel with one that can be overclocked will increase your speed..compared to the speed increase gained from this the custom ROM speed increase is fairly small.
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ok well thank you. Which is the most stable OC kernal and best rom to go with it. I need something highly stable for school, but at the same time enough to at least open some games... i cant even play angry birds at the momment.... kinda pathetic. it opens be crashes after every lvl.
kyhassen said:
ok well thank you. Which is the most stable OC kernal and best rom to go with it. I need something highly stable for school, but at the same time enough to at least open some games... i cant even play angry birds at the momment.... kinda pathetic. it opens be crashes after every lvl.
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Thats not normal... Most stable in my opinion is revolution hd with blades kernel
The new o/c kernel made from roaches sources has been the best for me so far and when frozn is released it will be good with regular updates but revolver has always been pretty good to
Things are changing quickly at the moment so now is not the best time to find a rock solid custom set up or say a certain set up is best
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I think most OC kernels are in testing phase right now?
But they should be pretty much stable unless you are overclocking to maximum frequency.
You don't really need to OC for normal usage, including playing games like Angry Birds. If it's not working, it's for reasons other than the CPU's speed.
I would recommend CM9 for ROM. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525148
It benchmarked really high compared to other ROMs and is really stable.
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Thats not normal... Most stable in my opinion is revolution hd with blades kernel
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no its not. so i thought i would root it to see if i can FIX this issue. usually works that way some times. i do know that it worked fine when i got my tablet. i avoided the stupid update but it annoyed me enough so i did it. thats when this started happening.
did you factory reset before updating?
Angry birds has been crashing for me too, I think it's a problem with the app or Asus' ICS ROM, I just installed it clean so no factory reset needed. Also, agree with Danzano, not the best time to upgrade considering a new update just dropped and introduced tons of new issues and things to do..unfortunately Honeycomb was in a much later phase of 'stable', but ICS is just so sweet lol. I think it's stable ENOUGH for me..a reboot every now and then doesn't keep me from using it.
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did you factory reset before updating?
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no i didnt.
kyhassen said:
I got my tablet a week ago, it started off decent, but after a few days with several apps installed and nothing removed it started to slow down, crash apps constantly, and frozen screen till I hold power button to force power down. So I wanna know if it will help speed it up and not cause all these issues. Overall its a wonderful tablet just those issues are a major inconvenience for my school app University of Phoenix.
Also with this being new fresh out of the box. Would the hardware inside cause any issues with Rooting. I had that issue once before on the HTC Evo Shift back in August where I just got it on the new update that would brick if i tried to root.
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Rooting is just elevated privileges and won't necessarily speed or slow anything. A custom ROM, on the other hand, can speed things up with various tweaks and customizations. Most custom ROMs require root, for privileges.
kyhassen said:
no i didnt.
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You probably should have.
If you want to fix things right now, flash a good custom AOSP rom like CM9. Make sure to do all the needed data wipes in CWM before flashing.
Only thing you will be missing from stock Asus rom is a few apps and widgets made by Asus. What you will gain is MUCH MUCH more.
Ok well thanks for the info. But which rooting method should i use on the newest update???
kyhassen said:
Ok well thanks for the info. But which rooting method should i use on the newest update???
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1. You root with this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427125
2. Once you have root, you install CWM with this app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180 It will install a fairly recent version of CWM that still works.
3. Optional: If you want to update your CWM to the latest version, you flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
4. Use CWM to flash whatever ROM you want.
horndroid said:
1. You root with this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427125
2. Once you have root, you install CWM with this app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180 It will install a fairly recent version of CWM that still works.
3. Optional: If you want to update your CWM to the latest version, you flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
4. Use CWM to flash whatever ROM you want.
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Sweet, thank you very much!!
Hello, all.
I have a T-Mobile Blaze 4G with rooted stock ROM (Gingerbread), flashed radio version T989UVMC6, manually debloated and dewizzed. I'm running Halo launcher and Busybox Free version 9.6.
Since almost the first day I've had this phone, it would occasionally force close the phone process, usually when hanging up the phone with the Bluetooth radio on and paired with an earpiece. It happened bone stock, rooted, after I changed the modem, whenever. It seemed to happen less often after I changed the modem. The process always starts back up, but the Bluetooth device connection and system sound controls are wonky (unusable) until the phone is rebooted.
The only thing that seems to stop it is running Zepplinrox's V6 Supercharger script. That, however, occasionally freezes the entire system when trying to open certain apps, requiring a reboot. I've run earch after search on this subject, and nobody else seems to have this problem. The only thing I haven't tried is wiping the whole thing and flashing a custom ICS or JB ROM. I tried Dark Knight ver. 8 and hated it pretty much instantly.
I have two questions. Number one; Will flashing a custom ROM fix this situation? I figure that this must be a problem with the crappy stock Samsung ROM. Number two; Which ROM is fully functional and stable? I'd really like to keep this phone dependable. I don't care about the latest and greatest funky cool features that are hit-or-miss at best. I just need dependable, fast and functional.
Since you have been having issues for a while, I would suggest starting fresh. With a few runs of black hole wipe from cwm. Add a run of the gremlin remover for extra cleanliness. Then a flash of the latest ICS rooted stock rom and kernel, for reliability.
Black hole wipe. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721057
Gremlin remover, FSC http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218713
Uvmb1 ics ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2329081
Romman0 said:
Since you have been having issues for a while, I would suggest starting fresh. With a few runs of black hole wipe from cwm. Add a run of the gremlin remover for extra cleanliness. Then a flash of the latest ICS rooted stock rom and kernel, for reliability.
Black hole wipe. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721057
Gremlin remover, FSC http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218713
Uvmb1 ics ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2329081
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I'll definitely go for the rooted version! Does it matter what order in which the ROM and the kernel are flashed? Also, I take it from the name of the download link that I'll have to go through the process of de-bloating this thing again. S'okay, I actually enjoy that part, but I don't want to screw it up since I've not messed with anything newer than GB. Is there a good guide somewhere on the forum for apps that can be dumped safely? I know there was one for GB stock root.
Thanks for the response.
ionizd said:
I'll definitely go for the rooted version! Does it matter what order in which the ROM and the kernel are flashed? Also, I take it from the name of the download link that I'll have to go through the process of de-bloating this thing again. S'okay, I actually enjoy that part, but I don't want to screw it up since I've not messed with anything newer than GB. Is there a good guide somewhere on the forum for apps that can be dumped safely? I know there was one for GB stock root.
Thanks for the response.
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Flash the ROM then the kernel, rewipe cache and davlik, then profit.
The most recent ICS debloating thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183726&highlight=debloat
Romman0 said:
Flash the ROM then the kernel, rewipe cache and davlik, then profit.
The most recent ICS debloating thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183726&highlight=debloat
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A few more silly questions; Do I need GAPPS or is that just for CM? Aren't the CM 10 ICS nightlies fairly stable and relatively bug-free? I use CM7 on my Nook color and it's...okay... Just a few little annoying things pop up with that. To be honest, I like the idea of starting with a clean slate and adding stuff I like rather than pulling stuff out of the Samsung stock ROM, but the issues I've had with the Nook and CM7 have sort of scared me off. Your opinions?
ionizd said:
A few more silly questions; Do I need GAPPS or is that just for CM? Aren't the CM 10 ICS nightlies fairly stable and relatively bug-free? I use CM7 on my Nook color and it's...okay... Just a few little annoying things pop up with that. To be honest, I like the idea of starting with a clean slate and adding stuff I like rather than pulling stuff out of the Samsung stock ROM, but the issues I've had with the Nook and CM7 have sort of scared me off. Your opinions?
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All the AOSP ROMs for the Blaze needs GAPPs. And yes. The latest CM10 nightly is stable. And you said CM10 ICS? CM9 is ICS and CM10 is Jellybean.
ionizd said:
A few more silly questions; Do I need GAPPS or is that just for CM? Aren't the CM 10 ICS nightlies fairly stable and relatively bug-free? I use CM7 on my Nook color and it's...okay... Just a few little annoying things pop up with that. To be honest, I like the idea of starting with a clean slate and adding stuff I like rather than pulling stuff out of the Samsung stock ROM, but the issues I've had with the Nook and CM7 have sort of scared me off. Your opinions?
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The stock roms don't require gapps, but like Wolf said the cm10 jb variants do.
If your willing to use cm10 it is very stable. Just use the latest CM10 nightly and not the old stable version.
Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922935
The jb gapps 20121011 http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
xWolf13 said:
All the AOSP ROMs for the Blaze needs GAPPs. And yes. The latest CM10 nightly is stable. And you said CM10 ICS? CM9 is ICS and CM10 is Jellybean.
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Of course. I get a bit confused ever since people started talking about 10.1.
Okay, I went ahead and installed the stock rooted ROM with the stock kernel. Went through the debloating process (mostly, there are some apps that I'm not sure I can do without so they stay for now), and did some customizing. I'm seeing a bit more battery drain. Is this an issue with ICS or do I need to try another kernel or supercharge the phone? I also have this crazy issue with ROM Manager ver. 5.5.3.0. It tells me that there is an updated version of Clockworkmod Recovery, but it freezes when I try to flash from ROM Manager. Also, ROM Manager freezes when I try to reboot into Clockworkmod Recovery. Maybe I need to test a bit more before I mess with it any more.
**EDIT** Well, it looks as if my CWM recovery installation is corrupted. Can I reflash it without messing up my current ROM?
ionizd said:
Okay, I went ahead and installed the stock rooted ROM with the stock kernel. Went through the debloating process (mostly, there are some apps that I'm not sure I can do without so they stay for now), and did some customizing. I'm seeing a bit more battery drain. Is this an issue with ICS or do I need to try another kernel or supercharge the phone? I also have this crazy issue with ROM Manager ver. 5.5.3.0. It tells me that there is an updated version of Clockworkmod Recovery, but it freezes when I try to flash from ROM Manager. Also, ROM Manager freezes when I try to reboot into Clockworkmod Recovery. Maybe I need to test a bit more before I mess with it any more.
**EDIT** Well, it looks as if my CWM recovery installation is corrupted. Can I reflash it without messing up my current ROM?
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Yes, with Odin, in the Dev forum
BTW, stay away from ROM Manager with our device. I've softbricked so many times because of it, it's ridiculous
jparnell8839 said:
Yes, with Odin, in the Dev forum
BTW, stay away from ROM Manager with our device. I've softbricked so many times because of it, it's ridiculous
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Used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011585, it worked well. Still have the battery drain issue, though. : /
ionizd said:
Used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011585, it worked well. Still have the battery drain issue, though. : /
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Since you have it setup, except for battery life. I would make a backup, then try a mod one at a time and see if any help. Also check the battery stats to see if anything of is seen. ICS will use more juice than GB, generally.
I would suggest Nos/direct injection, supercharger, or cross breeder. I would use one and see, then restore and try another.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=565
Some time later...
I've been using the stock rooted ICS ROM since my last post, debloated and dewizzed of course, with Holo Launcher and T989UVMC6 baseband version flashed. Just over a month has passed, and I have good news!
I FREAKING LOVE THIS PHONE!!!
All of the force close and freezing issues have vanished, the phone's battery lasts almost as long as it did on GB, it's WAY more user friendly, and the phone is as fast as it ever was.
The bad news is that my wife got a GS4 and I lust after it now. : /
Thanks to everyone for their help!