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Hey XDA,
First post here! But jumping right in: I've had a few Android phones in the past (Nexus One, Samsung Captivate, Motorola Atrix), but have never attempted to mess with it before. I traded my Nexus One for a Samsung Captivate last summer, and have thoroughly regretted it since. Now I'm using an HTC Inspire (returned my Atrix) since I was told that the Inspire had a more active developer community.
What I want to do is just to get Cyanogen 7 on my phone (assuming that I'm able to use it as a wifi hotspot like I could using my old N1). But like I mentioned, I'm completely new to this, and don't even know where to start.
I've been browsing this forum a bit, but most of the stuff just goes way over my head. Gold cards, Kernels, ROMs, etc. I'm definitely willing to take the time to learn, but if you guys could just help point me in the right direction, that would be fantastic.
I've taken a look at the Inspire Hack Kit thread as well as the CM7 thread, but have no idea what a lot of the stuff is asking for. I can follow directions well, but I'm just afraid of rendering my phone unusable. On top of it all, I don't have any previous experience, so troubleshooting will be extremely difficult if anything goes wrong.
Help? I just want Wifi Hotspot on my phone and to get rid of HTC Sense. Cyanogen looks real smooth.
Thanks again!
If all you want is hotspot, try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960058. I used this for root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961406. Much easier than the hack kit.
The hack kit is less prone to issues down the line for the phone.
At least that's what I have read from others.
Sent from my most memorable Inspire 4G
There's a video in our section that can guide you through the process or search you tube for it if necessary.
There are also easier ways to make a gold card, you just have to read around and see what works best for you.
Sent from my most memorable Inspire 4G
to achieve root, download and follow the instructions in attn1s hack kit. there is a readme that takes you through step by step. i only link the hack kit because its the only root option that i have personal experience with. if you need help, visit the link in my signature.
after you're rooted, you can install cm7 by following the instructions in this thread.
corsairjuly said:
Hey XDA,
First post here! But jumping right in: I've had a few Android phones in the past (Nexus One, Samsung Captivate, Motorola Atrix), but have never attempted to mess with it before. I traded my Nexus One for a Samsung Captivate last summer, and have thoroughly regretted it since. Now I'm using an HTC Inspire (returned my Atrix) since I was told that the Inspire had a more active developer community.
What I want to do is just to get Cyanogen 7 on my phone (assuming that I'm able to use it as a wifi hotspot like I could using my old N1). But like I mentioned, I'm completely new to this, and don't even know where to start.
I've been browsing this forum a bit, but most of the stuff just goes way over my head. Gold cards, Kernels, ROMs, etc. I'm definitely willing to take the time to learn, but if you guys could just help point me in the right direction, that would be fantastic.
I've taken a look at the Inspire Hack Kit thread as well as the CM7 thread, but have no idea what a lot of the stuff is asking for. I can follow directions well, but I'm just afraid of rendering my phone unusable. On top of it all, I don't have any previous experience, so troubleshooting will be extremely difficult if anything goes wrong.
Help? I just want Wifi Hotspot on my phone and to get rid of HTC Sense. Cyanogen looks real smooth.
Thanks again!
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I have a basic knowledge of changing ROMS if you follow the great devs here you should have 99.8% success rate.
Here are the links to what I used and was up and ROMing after about an hour(slow dlo speeds):
Simple S-OFF w/Root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961406
Radio S-OFF http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
ENG S-OFF http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
Go to Simple Root and S-Off
[DEV][GUI][RC1][GPL][3-03-2011] HTC Inspire 4G Simple Root and S-OFF
Thanks to Bubby323! He did an awesome job to make this happen for all of us!
Follow the directions EXACTLY and you should be good to go.
I picked up my inspire on Sat and I started to read and read and read. Then I read some more.
First couple of tries did not work and then when I saw what I was doing wrong it worked fine.
I am rooted and been using the Inspire all day - Not a hitch
That is one of the links I posted above.
Hey thanks, guys! All of you have been extremely helpful.
I took a look through the Enabling-Wifi-Hotspot link posted above, and it worked like a charm.
I still want to get rid of the Sense UI, though. I really like the look of Cyanogen, as it's the closest to stock Gingerbread. I've used Motoblur, Touchwiz, and now Sense UI, and I still prefer stock Android over any of the UI skins.
Do you guys think that there will be an easier way to get Cyanogen on the Inspire (such as a program that does it for you), or should I just go ahead and attempt it now? I'm not unwilling to learn how to do this stuff, but like I mentioned above, I'm just afraid of messing up my phone and being unable to get it back to its original state.
corsairjuly said:
Hey thanks, guys! All of you have been extremely helpful.
I took a look through the Enabling-Wifi-Hotspot link posted above, and it worked like a charm.
I still want to get rid of the Sense UI, though. I really like the look of Cyanogen, as it's the closest to stock Gingerbread. I've used Motoblur, Touchwiz, and now Sense UI, and I still prefer stock Android over any of the UI skins.
Do you guys think that there will be an easier way to get Cyanogen on the Inspire (such as a program that does it for you), or should I just go ahead and attempt it now? I'm not unwilling to learn how to do this stuff, but like I mentioned above, I'm just afraid of messing up my phone and being unable to get it back to its original state.
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It's near impossible to brick this phone, especially if you have a spare microSD with a pd98IMG.zip of the OS laying around. Like the one included in the hack kit.
Hello to everyone. Just got my touch...took forever from wirefly.com and well its nice to have moved up from previous phone...Mytouch 3g obviously. Just a formal hello to fellow tough4g users. I am wanting to right away root my phone but in a head storm about wireflies policies. There very confusing.
Anyway I will try to make myself useful as I do know some good points in themeing so that a plus.
Holmes901
I've used wire fly. Just don't change plans or phones for six months, and forget trying to get a refund... Lol
Root away
«{[etrickery]}»
Thanks for that
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium
holmes901 said:
Hello to everyone. Just got my touch...took forever from wirefly.com and well its nice to have moved up from previous phone...Mytouch 3g obviously. Just a formal hello to fellow tough4g users. I am wanting to right away root my phone but in a head storm about wireflies policies. There very confusing.
Anyway I will try to make myself useful as I do know some good points in themeing so that a plus.
Holmes901
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If you looking for a rom, I'd check out mexdroid.....oh and if you want to make your mytouch 4g look better grab a dime or penny and rub the edge of it against the battery cover, no it wont scratch it, it'll scratch off the plastic vinyl and you'll see once your done the battery cover is like a polished metal....looks really nice....there's about here on the mytouch 4g forums with pictures.....I just did mine and whished I did it sooner
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holmes901 said:
Hello to everyone. Just got my touch...took forever from wirefly.com and well its nice to have moved up from previous phone...Mytouch 3g obviously. Just a formal hello to fellow tough4g users. I am wanting to right away root my phone but in a head storm about wireflies policies. There very confusing.
Anyway I will try to make myself useful as I do know some good points in themeing so that a plus.
Holmes901
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if you decide to root your phone , you should considered install virtuous Unity 2.37 (www.virtuousroms.com) what the mytouch series comes with is a sort of sense-hybrid, virtuous unity gives you that real sense feeling , with a large variety of customizations (themes etc.) that you can add plus an incredible Ui , very simple to use , just plainly one of the greatest roms out there
Sent from my HTC Glacier
Wow. Thanks all for the welcomes and advice. Since I have a little more assurance about rooting while under wireflys little 181 day policy I am def going to. I am very very familiar as I had prior a mytouch3g and loved that phone to death. But it was time to get with the big dogs. I was...like when I first rooted going to go cm just to know I was good (my way of assuring I know what I am doing as its an easy rom to root to.) But I am just going to go head strong. So thanks all for the help and ideas.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium
OK I have searched but a little stumped so MY questions go here.
1. Where would I find the guide to downgrading my rom as I am on the stock 2.3.4
2. With being stock how would I check the eMMC Chip? I would like to know before I even attempt to root.
3. Well wild opinion. Visionary or Gfree?
holmes901 said:
OK I have searched but a little stumped so MY questions go here.
1. Where would I find the guide to downgrading my rom as I am on the stock 2.3.4
2. With being stock how would I check the eMMC Chip? I would like to know before I even attempt to root.
3. Well wild opinion. Visionary or Gfree?
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First check your emmc version, guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081243
downgrade guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Rooting guide here, with optional CID unlock and Eng_Bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
follow additional directions for CID unlock if you want, I used this version of root, gfree and had a wonderful experience.
Good luck
VoiD_Dweller said:
First check your emmc version, guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081243
downgrade guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Rooting guide here, with optional CID unlock and Eng_Bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
follow additional directions for CID unlock if you want, I used this version of root, gfree and had a wonderful experience.
Good luck
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Good to go an everything I am rooted and have just the CM 7 rom running the stable no nightlies or anything. I noticed I guess I have the bad eMMC chip but I am still covered under wireflys 30 day. So really I flash but very seldom very very seldom But on the eMMC forums I guess a little fear has been put into my head. Oh well. the world keeps spinning.
Bad emmc and screen here (there is a good screen and crappy one) and a flash addict. Usually don't keep a rom for more than a week. Had this phone an hour before I said screw it and rooted. I got a g1 as a backup if necc... Lol anyways, I tried cm7, battery life was amazing, super fast, but felt like it didn't fit the phone right. So I tried unity. Orgasm. Haven't flashed anything since. hacked the genius button back and got swype beta going. Perfect. Starting to get that itch though...
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Give MIUI with Demonspeed kernel a shot too. Pretty much fully baked. Wouldn't require too much tinkering to get things going. Pretty much everything works right out of the box.
Thanks
So I am having brand new Inspire shipped to me i am assuming it will be gingerbread, its been 7 months since i last rooted my old inspire which was 2.2, ive been doing some searching and reading, is there anything i should know that i might have missed? and for rooting everyone appears to be in favor of the ACE HACK kit, do any of you have any comments on this, im looking for the best way to root my new phone so i can flash a CM7 ROM, if you have any other suggestions a link would be nice, all help and comment are greatly appreciated, thank you
There's really only one way to root: the advanced ace hack kit (AAHK). It's the only game in town.
I think the aahk is the only one but its super easy just read the effin manual
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium
last time i rooted i used Bubbys root method, and there was another, that makes three, but now theres only one? well thats good enough for me
Rooting is covered in many threads, we don't really need another one. Use the search function and you'll find all kinds of opinions on ROMs, rooting, etc.
I have had my Evo 3D for a couple of months now and I want to root it. My questions are. Should I do it? What are some problems if i do it? (example: when the evo 4g did not have 4g until they found the fix) What are some good ROM up there?
I rooted my Evo 4g and traded it for the Evo 3D,so I have very little experience.
Thanks if anybody can give me suggestions
Danieliyo said:
I have had my Evo 3D for a couple of months now and I want to root it. My questions are. Should I do it? What are some problems if i do it? (example: when the evo 4g did not have 4g until they found the fix) What are some good ROM up there?
I rooted my Evo 4g and traded it for the Evo 3D,so I have very little experience.
Thanks if anybody can give me suggestions
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The Evo 4G always had 4g. You may have been on a a rom that didn't have wimax (i.e MIUI)
As far as rooting your 3D...of course, if you enjoy the freedom of hotspot hacks, different themes, trying out the newest and coolest roms (i.e ICS), better battery life and many more reasons. If those things aren't important, don't root.
It is important, once you root your device and before you flash a new rom, that you make a nandroid(backup through recovery). It's nice to have something to go back to to update profile and prl.
Here is a thread you should check out for the latest and greatest roms, kernels, radios...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192661
also don't forget about overclocking and such. I have just started getting into it but it is a definite plus to rooting!
Yes you should definitely root unless you like being a slave to phone restrictions and overall customization restriction or just having a generally boring phone.
Definitely, then you can find a JellyBean rom and not have to wait months for HTC
There are no disadvantages of rooting your phone, there are only advantages. However, Follow the safety instruction very carefully before you root your phone.
Sent using my jelly monster
It depends: do you like hacking and tinkering with stuff? Are you computer-literate? Is your phone filled with crapware? Then yes.
If you're not really looking for anything other than to look cool then no.
I must tell you though, you can go down a rabbit hole pretty fast. First you root, fine. Then you install a custom ROM, that's not too bad. Then you start immersing yourself in this wonderful world of off-market apps and scripts. Then you realize you haven't slept in weeks because you're still trying to get that ****ing script to work.
Are you about to inherit a myTouch 4g from one of your (relatives, friends, random hobo on the street)? Well then this thread it for you! Go ahead, talk about ways to update Android, custom ROM flashing, and just general tweaking!
One way to bring a 2-year old myTouch back from the dead is to flash a custom ROM onto it. ROMs range from the speed-increasing ones to even ROMs that update your myTouch to Jelly Bean, the latest version of Android. For example, here's a ROM by 0.0 that ports Codename Android to the myTouch 4g and updates it to our favorite colorful confection. The link to the original thread is below:
0.0's myTouch 4g Jelly Bean Port:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852078
So, what clever myTouch 4g tips have YOU come up with? I bet that if we gather enough cool tips, all the people who get new phones and then look for ways to somehow reuse their myTouch (Recycling is good! ) will get referred to this thread!
-Adam
P.S If you have home screens that you would like to share, feel free to post them!
Ummm what?
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Try this, probably has a thing or two you haven't read yet
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866175
ronin178 said:
Try this, probably has a thing or two you haven't read yet
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866175
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this one too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33979882#post33979882
saranhai said:
this one too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33979882#post33979882
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BTW, thanks for the Noob Guide you put up for the myTouch 4g! I personally am about to get a myTouch from my friend whose contract is ending November 14, and your guide helped me a lot with figuring out whether to root or not!
Here, have a cookie:
Lifehacker has a REALLY awesome homepage feed, i can't seem to find it though...
Root it
AdamLechowicz said:
BTW, thanks for the Noob Guide you put up for the myTouch 4g! I personally am about to get a myTouch from my friend whose contract is ending November 14, and your guide helped me a lot with figuring out whether to root or not!
Here, have a cookie:
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From day one there was a reason for me to root mine. At this point there is absolutely no reason not to root your My Touch 4g. Even after 2 years of this device being out, there are still updated ROMS coming out for it ... Just today Viper Team came out with Viper Touch which is a sense 4.1 not to mention that there is already a huge collection of ROMS for the phone and honestly the DEVs for this phone and flat awesome ... Personal thanks to you guys for everything you do!!!
Seriously this phone will not die and the Devs have proven that they wont let it. It has been a solid phone.
In4somefun said:
From day one there was a reason for me to root mine. At this point there is absolutely no reason not to root your My Touch 4g. Even after 2 years of this device being out, there are still updated ROMS coming out for it ... Just today Viper Team came out with Viper Touch which is a sense 4.1 not to mention that there is already a huge collection of ROMS for the phone and honestly the DEVs for this phone and flat awesome ... Personal thanks to you guys for everything you do!!!
Seriously this phone will not die and the Devs have proven that they wont let it. It has been a solid phone.
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I completely agree. The myTouch is a great phone and I believe it will soldier on, getting newer and newer versions of Android. Not only that, but it really doesn't have bad specs. I personally got lucky with my inherited one because it has the good screen and the good eMMC chip. ?