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When I had HTC I just installed ROM's with a DFT (Dark Force Team) easy to run and install, can I have something like that for my Skyrocket? I don't know about kernals and that hard stuff to do .. even step by step I found that a little confusing and Im scared to brick something!!
There arent many roms available yet only this http://briefmobile.com/alien-rom-for-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-att which is alienrom and going to be the easiest for you too install withbout messing with kernels you said your rooted so you have cwm recovery correct? Put this on your sd card boot into cwm wipe data wipe.cache wipe.davikik cache 3 times each then install zip from sd card. Very simple
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There arent many roms available yet only this http://briefmobile.com/alien-rom-for-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-att which is alienrom and going to be the easiest for you too install withbout messing with kernels you said your rooted so you have cwm recovery correct? Put this on your sd card boot into cwm wipe data wipe.cache wipe.davikik cache 3 times each then install zip from sd card. Very simple
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What is CWM??? I rooted with a method here found in the forums ... just one click method I dont remember any other installation or something...
jonathanhtc said:
What is CWM??? I rooted with a method here found in the forums ... just one click method I dont remember any other installation or something...
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So download rom manager then install tmobiles cwm(clockworkmod).... then read up on what that is because its important if your going to flash n e roms on this device
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Get on the market download the app rom manager use that to install cwm clockworkmod ots a custom recovery . U can also uae the rom manager app to install your rom that u have downloaded u can choose to install cwm recovery then u can chose to flash a rom check the clear cache and data and davlik boxes it will boot into cwm and flash the alien rom i postex above for you. It relly very simple. When u first open rom manager itbwill request super user privilages make sure u grant it
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When I had HTC I just installed ROM's with a DFT (Dark Force Team) easy to run and install, can I have something like that for my Skyrocket? I don't know about kernals and that hard stuff to do .. even step by step I found that a little confusing and Im scared to brick something!!
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What is CWM??? I rooted with a method here found in the forums ... just one click method I dont remember any other installation or something...
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if reading and understanding what you are doing to your phone is too hard for you....you shouldnt be doing anything at all to it.... this is pure laziness and disregard for the technology you hold in your hand.
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if reading and understanding what you are doing to your phone is too hard for you....you shouldnt be doing anything at all to it.... this is pure laziness and disregard for the technology you hold in your hand.
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I went out of my way to simplify and try to help not even a thanks lol whats this world coming to. Only takes about 2 minutes ti find the answers if ya just go in the development section and read
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I went out of my way to simplify and try to help not even a thanks lol whats this world coming to. Only takes about 2 minutes ti find the answers if ya just go in the development section and read
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Exactly. Teach a man to fish kind of thing. Don't spoonfeed the lazy dude. Offer help when it is truly needed.
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I went out of my way to simplify and try to help not even a thanks lol whats this world coming to. Only takes about 2 minutes ti find the answers if ya just go in the development section and read
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Your good intent aside, if you post your response with clear English then it may get a better response. I had trouble reading anything you said.
It only takes two seconds to use a spell checker and correct punctuation.
You might start with your signature.
With that said, I hate it when people don't say "thanks" when someone tries to help.
Ok, let's say something INTERESTING... I'm a advance user, I just was asking for a easy ROM install, if you don't have the answer or you are not polite... bye then.
Really, this forum is full of good people with good intentions... be part of them! Be polite, cool, good, and bring a smile always !
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Ok, let's say something INTERESTING... I'm a advance user, I just was asking for a easy ROM install, if you don't have the answer or you are not polite... bye then.
Really, this forum is full of good people with good intentions... be part of them! Be polite, cool, good, and bring a smile always !
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you say you are 'a advanced user' but you dont know what CWM is....you need to read up on the terminology used here.
you are likely to brick your device by not understanding what you are doing. this website isnt a 'make your device cool' site. its a learning tool for devs/hackers/enthusiasts to learn and share ideas and work. if you dont comprehend what you are doing, then you dont need to be hacking on your device.
Also xda can be entertainment i get alot of laughs reading some posts on here..... and that advances my good mood.
Hey , I'm new here so ill say hi too. Anyways , a week ago I got a Desire S for my birthday and before i had an ipod touch. I know that jailbreaking an ios device is easy and if you mess up you simply restore. What about an android device? What are the risks of rootibg and can you restore itback to its original state for warranty purposes? Are the roms there any roms available for daily use? ( 3.2.5, sense 3.5 , ice cream sandwich? ) Thanks in advance
Oh and, if ill decide to root what should I do / save to uunroot?
Android's are usually quite easy to restore. Just download the RUU thingy, available on this forum.
this thread is really good
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
just give a good read through all the threads in the guide section.
I've found that it's not easy to brick an android device or mess something up. All you need is a backup of your rom (which you'll understand after reading the guides) and you should be safe.
Well all I need to do is save my ROM? How do I do that?
Also what are kernels and radios and hboots? completely newbie to this..
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Well all I need to do is save my ROM? How do I do that?
Also what are kernels and radios and hboots? completely newbie to this..
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Follow the link and read the general guides. If you still have questions then please do ask
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Well I couldn't really find anything about kernels and radios, and to backup my ROM I need a rooted device? What if its too late? How can I know if I have a faulty chip?I don't want to wreck my device...
Well there's not much you can do if your chip is faulty, but you can do things to stop your phone breaking.
Never pull the battery out is a key one. If you have to, try pressing volume up + down and the power button at the same time. There are also other things you should do. Ben Pyett is great with helping about the eMMC problem
The radio and hboot is something you shouldn't worry about. I've never bothered messing around with them and you really don't need to.
Kernels are flashed in the same way as ROMs. Through clockworkmod recovery or 4ext recovery. Whichever you want. All you have to do is choose the right one for the ROM you're flashing ie a sense kernel for a sense rom. In the desire s section you'll find 3 sense kernels and 1 aosp kernel. AOSP are ROMs like cyanogenmod which don't have any GUIs like sense. With two of the kernels ( Hyperion and Endymion) you must choose the right version of sense. Hyperion is for sense 3.0 and Endymion is for sense 3.5 and the unity kernel can be used for any version of sense.
Making a backup is easy. All you have to do is go into recovery and select the backup and restore option and choose backup. You must do this before flashing a custom ROM because if the install fails you'll have something to fall back on.
I've tried my best but if you still have more questions then ask.
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Finally I did it , I S-Offed , I will root soon but before I do , is there a risk of bricking it when rooting? Should I do anything before/after rooting?
Arcaneex said:
Finally I did it , I S-Offed , I will root soon but before I do , is there a risk of bricking it when rooting? Should I do anything before/after rooting?
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Always make a nandroid backup, it just means if anything goes wrong you should be able to restore your phone to it's exact previous state.
Arcaneex said:
Finally I did it , I S-Offed , I will root soon but before I do , is there a risk of bricking it when rooting? Should I do anything before/after rooting?
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You know, it wouldn't hurt if you showed some manners.
Dan has very kindly typed out a definition of android to him, yet you ignore him or even acknowledge his posts.
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You know, it wouldn't hurt if you showed some manners.
Dan has very kindly typed out a definition of android to him, yet you ignore him or even acknowledge his posts.
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How do I ignore his posts exactly? I've read every one of them more than one time and they helped me alot.
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How do I ignore his posts exactly? I've read every one of them more than one time and they helped me alot.
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Ok, fair enough, I thought you just ignored them, as you didn't reply to it
If you find any of his post helpful, use the thanks button
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Thanked all the helpful posts ^^
I got a bit of trouble installing 4ext or any other backup app , I have titanium backup ( aLready rooted ) but it let's me just backup one app per time.
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Thanked all the helpful posts ^^
I got a bit of trouble installing 4ext or any other backup app , I have titanium backup ( aLready rooted ) but it let's me just backup one app per time.
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Yep, the free version of titanium only allows one by one backup, but if you get the full version it can do multiple backups in one go
4ext recovery control is a paid app too, but I cannot stress how worth it it is!
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Already figured everything out , backuped using recovery and now downloading Endymion rom , thanks to everybody!
Dude, 6 months ago,i was in the EXACT same position as you are now. First phone for birthday,no prior experience except jailbreaking my iPod. I can see i'm late here, you're already done, i just wanted to tell you how awesome your experience is gonna be in the coming time, THIS IS AN AWESOME PHONE
swype and custom rom
shrome99 said:
Dude, 6 months ago,i was in the EXACT same position as you are now. First phone for birthday,no prior experience except jailbreaking my iPod. I can see i'm late here, you're already done, i just wanted to tell you how awesome your experience is gonna be in the coming time, THIS IS AN AWESOME PHONE
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Really hope so ^^
Er can anyone send me Swype.apk and libSwypeCore.so? Wanna install swype..
Also , my dad really liked the 3.5 update so I tried doing the same on his Desire and well when its reaches "zerging root" it says that it failed with a sad smiley..
Could it be because he has a update available but won't install it? ( As its impossible for him because at the end of the New firmware download it says damaged file or something.. )
Arcaneex said:
Really hope so ^^
Er can anyone send me Swype.apk and libSwypeCore.so? Wanna install swype..
Also , my dad really liked the 3.5 update so I tried doing the same on his Desire and well when its reaches "zerging root" it says that it failed with a sad smiley..
Could it be because he has a update available but won't install it? ( As its impossible for him because at the end of the New firmware download it says damaged file or something.. )
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Hi
I if you use sense 3.5, swype is already built in. Go to the keyboard settings and turn htc trace on.
Swype away!
However if you want full swype, its a beta, I recommend just signing up on their website to get the apk, its free
Not to sure about your dads desire, best bet is to ask the desire forum
Hope it helps...
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Sadly I can't find swype under keyboard and language.. using same Rom as you I think ( mine is 3.0 I think.. not sure.)
I'll ask in the desire forum about my dads desire , thanks.
http://www.mediafire.com/?l2ab14gkaqj9am7
there's the swype installer, that's what you need to install swype, but i think you still have to sign up. Might be wrong though.
Fed of looking at threads opened up here & there for even smallest thing!
So i decided to answer them all! Ask you're Questions & Requests about Roms,Mods etc here!
Me, Emo and others who are aware of it will answer them!
Keep it clean! Good Luck!
Feel free to ask
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
This should be stickied.
Good post,needs sticky.
So now whe have Infected Rom, Titanium and we are going to have Cyanogen,no?
I love Cyanogenmod and its a good new to know you are working on it
DarknessDragon said:
Good post,needs sticky.
So now whe have Infected Rom, Titanium and we are going to have Cyanogen,no?
I love Cyanogenmod and its a good new to know you are working on it
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We are working on it for sure and heavily! We i'll make an official statement when we have a bootable build! I'll be back to home tommorow so i'll sort out that
Hi all!
All I want to say that thank to XDA's community and its devs , Ive seen the evolution of the scene SGR from no roms nor kernels to infected and titanium roms and as I seen theres a CM7 project on the go and even AOSP.... thats much more than I expected when I bought it so thanks for everything!
Uh, I was just looking up on MIUI rom and I have got a question. Why is CM more popular? MIUI seems like a much nicer experience.
MIUI is much newer, supports quite few devices and it's basically based on CM. To get MIUI u must first have CM /AOSP.
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Uh, I was just looking up on MIUI rom and I have got a question. Why is CM more popular? MIUI seems like a much nicer experience.
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Lol! No offence! But i hate iPhone
eaglerazor123 said:
Lol! No offence! But i hate iPhone
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No offense. But, why is that 99.99% of Android lovers hate iPhone and vice versa?
eaglerazor123 said:
Lol! No offence! But i hate iPhone
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I hate iPhone as well.
When I looked at MIUI, my first thought were like that as well, "This is an iOS copy. How on earth is this so popular?"
But then I went through it and it seemed pretty awesome.
How do you make an Odin flash able ROM and one for CWM?
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I've heard that NVflash is a lower level of firmware flashing than Odin and NVflash makes Optimus 2x almost inbrickable.
Is it possible that we can have this method for our phones too?
AbShake96 said:
How do you make an Odin flash able ROM and one for CWM?
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Odin flashable roms aren't easy to make! And CWM needs an Updater-Script which have to be written according to our custom rom n file structure! Take a look at herehttp://freeyourandroid.com to get u started..
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I've heard that NVflash is a lower level of firmware flashing than Odin and NVflash makes Optimus 2x almost inbrickable.
Is it possible that we can have this method for our phones too?
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Lg is totally diff from Sammy! Odin is best for Samsung For non-bricking tip Dont get confused!
FeralFire said:
I hate iPhone as well.
When I looked at MIUI, my first thought were like that as well, "This is an iOS copy. How on earth is this so popular?"
But then I went through it and it seemed pretty awesome.
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I have a 3GS and a Galaxy R sitting next to my R and Defy XD
Ahh yes , my Backflip is charging .
With my iPad 2 .
This shows that I go for good hardware . Who cares what the software is
Herpderp Defy.
Why do we get only 721 mb of ram despite having 1gb of it???. Sgs2 shows .91gb of ram
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Seeking advice on building AOSP
Hi,
I want to learn building ROMS. I am aware that it is a difficult job, but I want to give it a try. I have read the AOSP buld instructions, but they don't mention the steps involved in creating a new build target. I understand that the process is maybe different for each device, so could any of the ROM developers here please tell me about the steps involved in doing the same for our Galaxy R?
If the answer is very involved, a short summary and relevant links will help a lot, too.
zerocool_rkl said:
Why do we get only 721 mb of ram despite having 1gb of it???. Sgs2 shows .91gb of ram
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Some memory is used for other things like system memory (Internal ROM space) and GPU RAM .
Herpderp Defy.
n0frills said:
Hi,
I want to learn building ROMS. I am aware that it is a difficult job, but I want to give it a try. I have read the AOSP buld instructions, but they don't mention the steps involved in creating a new build target. I understand that the process is maybe different for each device, so could any of the ROM developers here please tell me about the steps involved in doing the same for our Galaxy R?
If the answer is very involved, a short summary and relevant links will help a lot, too.
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The thing when I tried myself was that there was no public repo for it , so I decided to make one myself .
The repo itself took a lot of time out of me
As of now the repo is incomplete .
Herpderp Defy.
Hi All,
Its goood to be here !!
I have just ordered a HTC One s (Ville) international/UK black beauty and am already quite excited and overwelmed to see the kind of dev support this device gets, which is one of important deciding factor for me , over One XL. It will be few days before I'd get the device in my hands, but as a sucker for flashing custom roms/kernels that I'm, already read quite a few posts on this forum.
Now, to the important topic. I'm currentyl using Samsung Galaxy S2 and it has quite a few kernel options that have capability of Dual-boot i.e. You can have two different roms at the same time and u get to choose at boot time which one to boot. This is quite handy feature as it allowed me to have a stable rom and an experimental/aosp/cm9 rom as secondary rom which helped me in testing it for devs.(Siyah, Dorimanx etc are few those kernels)
I was wondering if its possible to HTC Ville too ? I don't find any thread discussing about this, so I don't know whether its something not thought about earlier or its something thats impossible for HTC device. I'm new to HTC devices so I can't say much about it. If we could have Dual boot rom then we can have best of both worlds- One stable Sense rom and other AOSP/Cm9/cm10/MIUI rom.
In case its something obivious and I wasted someone's time on this, i'm sorry!!! But definately something to thought about and work on if there's a possibility of that.
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Please post all questions in the Q&A section
Anybody ??
I'd also love the ability to duel boot, but I don't know if it will be possible on the One S.
villainhalf said:
I'd also love the ability to duel boot, but I don't know if it will be possible on the One S.
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It seems like either all devs are busy getting Jellybean stuff working as per high demand or noone have ever thought of it or didn;t cared about it ...
dev997 said:
It seems like either all devs are busy getting Jellybean stuff working as per high demand or noone have ever thought of it or didn;t cared about it ...
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Not a dev. But still didn't now that feature existed. That's super handy.
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search for "dual boot" (lite version) on play store. I have a phone with a sdcard and there the app saves second rom to sd and boots it.
Pampilius86 said:
search for "dual boot" (lite version) on play store. I have a phone with a sdcard and there the app saves second rom to sd and boots it.
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Nice to know , but we don't have an external SD ..
Dual boot kernel not possible
I have done some research on this and talked to some devs active in sgs2 forum. And its a BAD NEWS for us as we cannot have a dual boot kernel without external SD card support.
The main reason is for any dual boot kernel or application, it first need to create a new partition in the storage and swap space. Till now devs have only implemented this capability in external SD.
maybe when we will have S-OFF developers will be able to repartition the sd-card and then make room for more partitions and more space for data
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maybe when we will have S-OFF developers will be able to repartition the sd-card and then make room for more partitions and more space for data
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Exactly. We just have to keep raping HTC for s off though
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Ok i want to update my sidekick but what should i update it with and what should the mounts look like and stuff
You may find this thread very helpful.
Sent from my Sidekick using xda app-developers app [also, where's my L, Samsung?]
my phone is not stock tho i just want to make sure if i already put a custom rom in it will i be able to install another rom without worrying about anything
You asked about updating and what the mounts should look like. If you are aready rooted and using CWM then just skip to the part that explains wiping and installing.
Sent from my Sidekick using xda app-developers app [also, where's my L, Samsung? Where? I want it back now!]
so i am safe to just install the rom then
well
What are you trying to do? Install a new ROM? I'm guessing you have a custom ROM already but want to change it to another custom ROM? When you say safe, safe from what? Can you please elaborate?
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so i am safe to just install the rom then
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Nobody is responding to you because
1 your questions been answered already
2 you didn't read anything because if you did you would have easily found the answer
3 read the forums
And just to proove I'm not being a total ****
You can switch to any Rom from a custom Rom as long as the firmware base is the same.
Always wipe all data and cache factory reset before flashing a new Rom unless specified in the Rom that there is no wipe needed.
Never restore data with titanium backup when changing Roma it can cause conflicts and crashes.
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eMJaaay said:
What are you trying to do? Install a new ROM? I'm guessing you have a custom ROM already but want to change it to another custom ROM? When you say safe, safe from what? Can you please elaborate?
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i mean safe as in i wont brick it because i did brick it before with my old one and i really dont want to brick it again
so i did back up my data with titanium but are you saying i shouldnt restore it
Foorperif said:
i mean safe as in i wont brick it because i did brick it before with my old one and i really dont want to brick it again
so i did back up my data with titanium but are you saying i shouldnt restore it
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If your using the same Rom restoring data is fine but if its a different Rom just restore apps with no data
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ok what rom should i get because my sidekick keeps freezing on me and i am getting mad at it
Foorperif said:
ok what rom should i get because my sidekick keeps freezing on me and i am getting mad at it
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*facepalm*
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Foorperif said:
ok what rom should i get because my sidekick keeps freezing on me and i am getting mad at it
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Get an iphone...
As someone said lady GET AN I PHONE! I have never told someone that ,but I've never come across someone so unsuited to a rooted phone.
You are driving pple crazy who are trying to help !!!!
Custom roms are not for everyone. You can't expect others to read your mind ,or answer every single tiny point. Go and learn. Go and find info. It takes time and effort to pick the skills up. Its not hard but you have to put the effort in if you expect others to spend time helping you !
Someone close this thread Please!!
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all i was asking is what is a good rom
ok i got it fine now thank you for helping me
Foorperif said:
all i was asking is what is a good rom
ok i got it fine now thank you for helping me
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I'm using GOV3.2 and have had very few problems with it
Hahaha....Good Lord.
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Roms are like clothes for our phones. You dress according to the enviorment in which you will be around. We canot tell you what combintion is the best. It totaly depends on you. Invest time in finding out what rom offers you what you need. Honestly... in my own personal opinion, there is no rom besides glorious overdose that worth installing. Half of what the other roms offer cause glitches in the rom.. and are themed... something you can do yourself. I appreciate the work done on this phone and to the devs currently deving for this phone, kudos. Let's go byond the "impossible" and make this phone a bit more exciting. Cause deving isn't for fame. Its for the thrill of having the chance to creat something someone somewhere will enjoy.
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Roms are like clothes for our phones. You dress according to the enviorment in which you will be around. We canot tell you what combintion is the best. It totaly depends on you. Invest time in finding out what rom offers you what you need. Honestly... in my own personal opinion, there is no rom besides glorious overdose that worth installing. Half of what the other roms offer cause glitches in the rom.. and are themed... something you can do yourself. I appreciate the work done on this phone and to the devs currently deving for this phone, kudos. Let's go byond the "impossible" and make this phone a bit more exciting. Cause deving isn't for fame. Its for the thrill of having the chance to creat something someone somewhere will enjoy.
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At this time last year, I was anxiously awaiting GOV. There were others but I only trusted ayoteddy at the time. After some time, I tried others and always went back to GOV.
I do these roms because after using root uninstaller to customize it my way, I figured that I should learn how to do this myself.
My roms will never be like GOV....it is perfection. I just do this to occupy my time. I am a recovering alcoholic and this has been sort of like a hobby for me.
My list of fave roms include GOV, GenericGinger, ICS Domination, Clean Fusion (Although now it cannot play YouTube within the web browser) and TouchMIUIwiz.
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