I just rooted my phone and. Flashed the latest cyanogen. Now I'm missinh the market place...among other Alps. Did I miss something?
The same place you got cyanogenmod from, there should be a download for Gapps. YOu need to flash that in recovery. There are legal reasons behind this.
Make sure you follow every step. The cyanogenmod install instructions specifically show you how to flash the apps back.
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So I'm trying to root my friends hero and install a 2.2 rom since her stock 2.1 is really slow and freezes a lot. But the whole process is so different from when rooting my Epic 4g and I'm completely lost! Is there anyone who can simplify the instructions for a dummy like myself please! Lol
I'm pretty new to this and just went through rooting and installing the new Gingerbread (2.3) ROM this last weekend. Very happy with it and it's been stable and fast. If you still want to go 2.2, the backup and rooting should still be the same. Here's what I did while it's still fresh in my memory.
Step 1
Before doing anything make sure to back up data from the SD card like pictures and music. Also back up the call log and SMS.
http://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/sms-backup-restore
http://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/call-logs-backup-restore
You will also need to install HTC Sync, the Android SDK, and USB drivers to your computer, because you may need to fall back on it for several steps, or fix any mistakes.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
http://www.htc.com/us/support/hero-sprint/downloads/
Step 2
Rooting - the Z4 method is supposed to be easier,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
but this is the one that worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804296
Step 3
Once you do have root, install a recovery and Nandroid your current settings to have a working install you can return to if need be. I used ClockworkMod and updated to version 3 for Gingerbread, the regular 2.5 version should work for Eclair (2.2) ROMs.
ClockworkMOD, start with ROM Manager from the Android Market. You can flash CWM right from the ROM Manager and then tell it to reboot into Recovery so you can do the backup and flash the new radio and ROM.
Taking ClockworkMOD to 3.0.0.5 for GB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=929628 (Method II worked for me)
http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Flash_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery
Step 4
Flash your Radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853868
Step5
Next you can install the ROM you've chosen. You'll have to download and copy into the root of your SD card so the Recovery softward will find them.
Eclair 2.2, find the ROM you like. I chose 2.3 so I can't really help you here. You may want to try out the Cyanogen Froyo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755795
Here's some Froyo install instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7564841&postcount=34
ASOP Gingerbread 2.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864403
Step by step 2.3
http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Also, don't forget the Google Apps
http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=GApps_Info
and Sprint Visual Voicemail (VVM)
http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Install_Sprint_Visual_Voicemail
From there, you can do other mods like themes, play with CPU speed, download all the apps you use, and restore the SMS and call logs you backed up earlier.
I can't stress this part enough. Read the instructions that are posted with every step, several times. I spent a couple days familiarizing myself with each step and making sure I downloaded and copied everything I would need to the SD card.
Hope this helped, good luck!
Very concise set of instructions. Thanks.
I used z4root to initially root my phone, then I used clockwork to recover with cyanogenmod 6.1 stable. Also make sure you get the google/android Apps (like market and voicemail). z4root was fast and I rooted about 2 weeks ago, so it should theoretically still be up and running.
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hi.
i've had a galaxy i9000 for a few weeks now and today i decided to root the thing so i could try some sick themes.
rooting went fine, it's all done properly (i think...).
i got metamorph and tried to install this theme:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726912
after a bit of persuasion, i got the phone to install it successfully, or so i thought. it asked me to reboot, so i did, but there are no changes to the phone, the default theme is still active.
excuse the bluntness, but what the hell do i need to do to get a theme running? i've spent like 2 hours trawling the net reading about cyanogenmod, nandroid, busybox and metamorph and i'm possibly more confused than when i started.
cheers
The ROM you use needs to be De-Odexed
if you are running a stock ROM, then you will never get a theme installed.
there are many Custom Stock - De-Odexed ROMs out there, if you like the stock feel
You should probably have clockworkmod to install the themes too. You can get this by flashing a custom kernel. E.g speedmod for froyo or CFroot for Gingerbread(make sure you get the right version for your rom) and flash either one with odin, read up before flashing and make sure you have download and recovery modes.
So most themes require:
A deodexed rom
CWM to install the theme
I didnt realise you are on CM7 - its still early and i didnt wake up long ago.
anyway a CM7 ROM will be de-odexed so scrap my last post. I dont know if that version is compatible with your version of CM7, However there is a theme section for CM7 only, and thats in the themes and apps section.
also when i was running CM7 you dont need to flash the theme in recovery. You install it like an .apk and there is a built in theme manager app with CM7 - you look in there for your theme and then hit install
is that what you have been doing ??
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ok.
well, i'm running froyo firmware v2.2 and kernal v2.6.32.9.
so, what apps exactly do i need from here? i have a rooted phone with superuser, rom manager, metamorph and busybox.
so damn confusing, every page of information i read just clutters me up. there seems to be a sea of different versions of everything that are all incompatible with each other.
all i want to do is install some different themes.
quick bump. so close to knowing what to do, just need someone to quickly explain!
i thought u was running cyanogenMod ??
anyway, is your froyo rom a custom rom ?? if so its as simple as flashing it in recovery
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ok.
well, i'm running froyo firmware v2.2 and kernal v2.6.32.9.
so, what apps exactly do i need from here? i have a rooted phone with superuser, rom manager, metamorph and busybox.
so damn confusing, every page of information i read just clutters me up. there seems to be a sea of different versions of everything that are all incompatible with each other.
all i want to do is install some different themes.
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My advice:
Install CF root,install clockworkmod recovery,download the theme you want and place it in your internal sd card.Boot in recovery,choose zip from sd card,flash it,reboot ready.
the rom still needs to be de-odexed, if its a stock rom with a custom kernel it still wont work
ok, what the hell is CF?
I DLed the latest CM "nightly" whatever that means for my phone but havent installed it to my phone yet cause im not sure how.
as for being a custom ROM or whatever, the phone is basically stock outta the box apart from being rooted.
thats why themes wont work, your still on stock.
CF root is a kernel, which gives you 2e CWM recovery...
Cyanogen can be a little tricky to install so i would HIGHLY recommend you read the instructions 5 times plus. or get used to flashing simple custom roms first.
I agree, dont mess with cm or miui till you are competent flasher
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For me GingerReal or Simply Honey have been fairly simple to install. Just folow the instructions to the letter.
Then you can simply can flash any themes from CMW
Hello! Please help me!
I bought HTC Dream G1 on ebay with
installed Android 1.6 (DONUT) on it.
I heard that now there are android versions 2.x and i need to have so versions to install most of apps.
Please, write my some instructions what should i do to update my device, or give me some links.
I have seen a lots of modifications of Roms in your forum but i don't understand nothing about this. /please recommend me/
Also I should add : I live in eastern europe (bulgaria) /because i heard that there re some US roms or.../??
P.S. Sorry for my stupid questinos, but i'm migrating from 186mhz windows 6.0. smartphone)) and i'm new to android...
its a lot of work I just did it now :/
Have a friend do it.
I did this, I stopped at this step "Now you have root!"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
then I did this
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-flash-a-new-recovery-image-if-you-are-already-rooted/
using this:
http://dev-host.org/uxpmh3p0c2z6/recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0-cyan.img
then I followed some of this for the radio/spl
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-root-a-t-mobile-g1-and-mytouch-3g-android-phone/
***probably best to follow this one instead***
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983834
and finally I installed this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=929678
it's a lot to absorb at once and theres a lot of room for error... I'm still having issues as we speak
you found all the guides except for mine lol... which is basically all of that on one place...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098899
Hey i was reading up about rooting for 2 weeks before i plunged in and took the step. Let's say on your first try, don't do anything that needs you to change radio etc.
Just use the superoneclick method to root it, then download rom manager (free from android market) and install clockworkmod recovery. This should be easy, as from rom manager all you need to do is click flash clockworkmod recovery, and it will do it for you.
Next find the rom you want, and download 3 files. One is the rom itself, the other is a kernel (example ezterry's) and finally gapps and put them on your sd card. Next reboot into recovery.
First you'll want to create a backup, go to backup and restore click backup, and let it do it's thing. Once it says backup complete, you'll need to wipe cache, and wipe date/factory reset.
Once you've done that, do install zip from sd card, and install the files in this order:
ROM first: (find where you put the zip file on your sd, and select it)
Then do install zip from sd card again & select the Kernel (if you need to flash a seperate kernel)
Then finally do install zip from sd card again and select the gapps, zip (this is basically the android market, and a few other google apps).
Next press reboot into recovery, and it should load into your new rom, if all has been done correctly. I just recently rooted and put a custom rom on my phone, and this is the way i did it, so it should work for you. Make sure you research rooting and flashing roms onto your phone, before you take the plunge though.
I bought used milestone 2 days ago and it is slow. I know its rooted because there is superuser icon.
But because of my noobity i dont know what he installed then. Strange thing is that it says Android version 2.2.1 which should be Froyo, but launcher looks like Eclair.
Screenshot pics are below, can you conclude what has he done? And what would you suggest?
About phone in settings: ttp://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/222/20120927013327.jpg/
Home screen like Eclair: ttp://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/20120927013831.jpg/
Im not allowed to post links so i removed letter h from my screenshot links. I hope that doesnt break the rules. I apologize if it does.
If i were you, i would definitely do a Factory Reset. Not because of the launcher (probably it's just a custom one), but the slowness.
Besides that, i would install kabaldan's CM7 or CM10.
I did factory reset and everythings the same, so i decided to install something else.
It is already rooted but i dont really know what im doing so i would like to go by some of those tutorials for rooting and installing rom. Can i do the same process as if it wasnt already rooted?
I mean, is it a bit more simple if its already rooted?
Would i mess something up if i did everything from the beggining as in tutorial?
THIS is the best tutorial you can get.
It's for CM7 which you can download from HERE.
But if you decide to give CM10 a try, you will find a link to the latest nighly in my signature, and a guide to make it bootable here.
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Strange thing is that it says Android version 2.2.1 which should be Froyo, but launcher looks like Eclair.
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It took Motorola forever to bring the 2.2 Update - but still they didn't manage to integrate the Froyo launcher.
Might as well be the official 2.2.1.
Anyhow - the stock roms are pretty bad - use CM (7 or 10, I prefer 7) or something CM-based (like MIUI).
The installation process is the same for every ROM.
Flash vulnerable recovery partition, install Open Recovery, wipe, apply update.zip.
For details refer to the tutorials Erovia posted.
I have a Galaxy Tab s2 (810) and am currently running 5.1.1 (optimalROM R1-1 DEODEX) and I'm stumped.
I've been flashing ROMs on Androids for years. Always the process is:
Root the device
Install new boot loader (Currently TWRP)
Download the zip file for the ROM and GAPPS onto my Mac.
Copy the files to the external SD
Reboot Galaxy into TWRP
Factory reset
Flash new ROM and GAPPS
Reboot.
Subsequent flashings don't require the first two steps.
I want to try MM so I looked on the forum, and downloaded one of the CyanogenMod 13 betas. After flashing, I got caught in a boot loop, so I restored my backup. Then I read the flashing instructions more carefully, and learned that I must revert to the "Factory" version of MM before I can flash CM 13.
Here are my questions:
Won't that put me back at square 1? have to re-root and install TWRP again?
Where can I get the correct version of the "Factory" rom? The download sites I've found are all kind of sleazy looking pay-for-download sites.
Is there even a version available in English? All of the options seem to be European or far-east countries.
It looks like a utility called ODIN is required, but it appears to be a Windows executable. What do I do on the Mac?
WHY is all this nonsense necessary in the first place? I've never encountered anything like it in literally hundreds of download/flash experiences. I did have to repartition the memory on my Xoom, but there was a separate utility to do that.
Thanks for the help
Walt
walts said:
I have a Galaxy Tab s2 (810) and am currently running 5.1.1 (optimalROM R1-1 DEODEX) and I'm stumped.
I've been flashing ROMs on Androids for years. Always the process is:
Root the device
Install new boot loader (Currently TWRP)
Download the zip file for the ROM and GAPPS onto my Mac.
Copy the files to the external SD
Reboot Galaxy into TWRP
Factory reset
Flash new ROM and GAPPS
Reboot.
Subsequent flashings don't require the first two steps.
I want to try MM so I looked on the forum, and downloaded one of the CyanogenMod 13 betas. After flashing, I got caught in a boot loop, so I restored my backup. Then I read the flashing instructions more carefully, and learned that I must revert to the "Factory" version of MM before I can flash CM 13.
Here are my questions:
Won't that put me back at square 1? have to re-root and install TWRP again?
Where can I get the correct version of the "Factory" rom? The download sites I've found are all kind of sleazy looking pay-for-download sites.
Is there even a version available in English? All of the options seem to be European or far-east countries.
It looks like a utility called ODIN is required, but it appears to be a Windows executable. What do I do on the Mac?
WHY is all this nonsense necessary in the first place? I've never encountered anything like it in literally hundreds of download/flash experiences. I did have to repartition the memory on my Xoom, but there was a separate utility to do that.
Thanks for the help
Walt
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i can answer a few of your questions:
you can try this http://techbeasts.com/download-odin-jdoin3-mac/ odin for mac, not tried it myself though or you could try running odin via WINE on your mac
you can get the latest firmware/software from https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-T810/ you can sign up for a free account and it takes a few hours to download the firmware though!
install that via odin and you will be back to factory settings
Why don't you just flash the stock mm firmware?
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Why don't you just flash the stock mm firmware?
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See my questions above. I was hoping to not have to start all over again as if I had just bought a new galaxy. I've never encountered this kind of situation with any other device. Usually a "Factory Reset" followed by flashing the CM ROM is adequate. I'm guessing there is something unique about the hardware design that requires all these contortions.
Walt
walts said:
See my questions above. I was hoping to not have to start all over again as if I had just bought a new galaxy. I've never encountered this kind of situation with any other device. Usually a "Factory Reset" followed by flashing the CM ROM is adequate. I'm guessing there is something unique about the hardware design that requires all these contortions.
Walt
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You won't lose anything by updating to mm.
Your data, apps, settings and everything else will be as they were previously.
The firmware only updates the OS and doesn't wipe anything.
walts said:
See my questions above. I was hoping to not have to start all over again as if I had just bought a new galaxy. I've never encountered this kind of situation with any other device. Usually a "Factory Reset" followed by flashing the CM ROM is adequate. I'm guessing there is something unique about the hardware design that requires all these contortions.
Walt
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I believe it has something to do with resizing the partitions (or adding an extra one), so that's why you have to update to stock Marshmallow.