this is probably a stupid ass question!!! lol but when i had my vogue, on the android port to it when running off of nand you were able to run a second rom off of your sdcard. so when you go into recovery you just swap from ''sdcard'' to ''nand'' and vise versa. now....here's the dumb question..... is this possible on our hero's?
I remember hearing about this before but not sure which phone
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bump because i would like someone that knows something to answer this
I know firerat over in the G1 section had looked into it before and now that they are able to do custom partitions and know a little more about them he said he will look into it soon.. Check out this post by him about it.
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Hi guys,
I was wondering if someone has put together an update.zip for stock rooted roms that will enable opengl so that we can run google earth on the phone?
I used to own a Droid Eris, and xda member "jcase" came up with an update.zip patch that would enable opengl for this exact reason.
Any chance a developer could make something like this work on the hero? I love being rooted, and being able to run root programs like wireless tether, but I perfer stock roms. I am aware that there are a couple of custom roms that have this functionality built-in, but I'm not interested in custom roms.
Please let me know if you have any ideas....I really really miss being able to use google earth. What are the chances that jcase's opengl update for the eris will work on our phones? (I believe the hardware is very similar)
Thanks!
This belongs in Q&A, not Dev. Try there or search in the Dev forum, im sure its in here somewhere.
i've asked this question before. our devices just cant handle google earth. no if's and's or butt's. sad i know....thats what they told me anyways
edit.... here is the thread i made a few weeks back http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715015
If it is working on the Eris it should work on the Hero. They are basically the same phone.
Can you make it work for us then? Lolol
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Has anyone actually tried using the patch though? I'm pretty sure it is not kernel based, so it may work for the Hero. Take that with a grain of salt though, I'm no Darch of Flipz.
mrinehart93 said:
Has anyone actually tried using the patch though? I'm pretty sure it is not kernel based, so it may work for the Hero. Take that with a grain of salt though, I'm no Darch of Flipz.
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where is this patch?
it does not work for the eris..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6564131&postcount=14 proof
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hey guys.. ive tried looking for this information but cant find it any where.. i currently have HTC desire and still have the 14 days to return the phone.. im thinking of goin with a Milestone because of the qwerty keyboard.. onscreen really isnt working for me.. i had a few questions:
1. Is it possible to flash another rom on the telus milestone (froyo most likely).. I have looked around for this.. some say u can some say u cant im really confused.. apparently its locked so u only put a ROM on top of the stock?? if that is the case then would it not be bogged down by the stock rom on there still?
2. If you can reflash or whatever its called to froyo.. would i lose warranty? i have the phone replacement with best buy.. would that be gone? and if yes, is there a way to go back to the stock rom so they would never know? i read somewhere that a telus stock rom doesnt exist.. so im not sure
3. i read somewhere that you cant manually link your phone and google contacts to facebook contacts.. is this true? because in my desire its very easy to do so.
4. why does everyone want to unlock 3g on telus phones? isnt the milestone already on the new hspa network??
5. (optional) is it a good idea to with the milestone over desire? i know opinions may be biased cuz its a milestone forum but just thought id ask.. im iffy about the lower cpu speed and half the ram.
thank you in advance for your help.. and sorry if i posted in the wrong section
azzarati said:
hey guys.. ive tried looking for this information but cant find it any where.. i currently have HTC desire and still have the 14 days to return the phone.. im thinking of goin with a Milestone because of the qwerty keyboard.. onscreen really isnt working for me.. i had a few questions:
1. Is it possible to flash another rom on the telus milestone (froyo most likely).. I have looked around for this.. some say u can some say u cant im really confused.. apparently its locked so u only put a ROM on top of the stock?? if that is the case then would it not be bogged down by the stock rom on there still?
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The only bit of the software left stock is the kernel. There won't be any noticeable decrease in free space when you flash a custom "rom". You just won't gain the performance benefits of a completely optimized kernel, which people are trying to work around.
azzarati said:
2. If you can reflash or whatever its called to froyo.. would i lose warranty? i have the phone replacement with best buy.. would that be gone? and if yes, is there a way to go back to the stock rom so they would never know? i read somewhere that a telus stock rom doesnt exist.. so im not sure
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Technically you do lose your warranty, but it's easy to return to your stock firmware. There's a thread stickied in this forum for this very purpose.
azzarati said:
3. i read somewhere that you cant manually link your phone and google contacts to facebook contacts.. is this true? because in my desire its very easy to do so.
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The Facebook for Android application can do this for you.
azzarati said:
4. why does everyone want to unlock 3g on telus phones? isnt the milestone already on the new hspa network??
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I believe what you're referring to is when people with Telus milestones flash "roms" from different parts of the world. Usually it disables the frequencies needed for 3G in North America.
azzarati said:
5. (optional) is it a good idea to with the milestone over desire? i know opinions may be biased cuz its a milestone forum but just thought id ask.. im iffy about the lower cpu speed and half the ram.
thank you in advance for your help.. and sorry if i posted in the wrong section
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They're both great devices. The Milestone has the disadvantage of being locked down ridiculously tight by Motorola, but it's really up to preference. I'm going to make the assumption that you're not crazy about customizing your phone, in which case, you probably won't notice much difference. ROM availability is far superior for the Desire, though, due to it's unlocked bootloader. If a QWERTY keyboard is something you like, then the choice is pretty clear.
Lastly, this is the wrong section, lol.
okay thank you very much.. yes I wont be modding it too much .. however i would like to have froyo on it.. i was just scared that I will be wasting my phone replacement plan if i cant get it back to the stock rom..
I'm wondering. Is there any way to impliment a way to make your phone make a sound when a call is disconnected?
I upgraded from a moto Z9 and was a bit disappointed when i saw there wasn't a setting for that. ; ;
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I think the I9000 roms have that function, or maybe it was the vibrant rom... franken twiz I think its called. I know I had a rom with that option... damn ive flashed too many times.
oh and I am sure someone will tell you this belongs in the general or q&A sections. But I am not going to tell you that.
The i9000 ROMs do have it.
hey DG, if you read this. plz put it in cognition
yes, please-please-pretty-please!!!! I've been badly missing this feature
Hi, I have a old G1 that's just gathering dust.
Its been rooted and running one of the Super D ROMS. (Haven't used it since I got a Desire)
Basically I've gotten fed up trying play SNES ROMS etc on a touch screen phone and remember how much easier it was on the G1 keyboard.
As its only going to be used for running games from the SD card.
Can anyone recommended or create a minimalistic ROM for this purpose.
Also, would I need to have a Sim card in the phone?
no need for a sim card, but you may wont the ram hack (2708+) i would imagine that might be better. you would want a basic rom maybe even a cupcake (not sure why but this sounds right) find the best kernel to flash over it, check ezterry's kernel thread. then use titanium backup or something similar to take out just about everything you can that could possibly run so that it wont interfere with your gaming. truthfully a lot of newer roms may work well for you as long as you just remove a lot of things that arent need to play your games - hopefully someone will come on here and steer you a bit closer.
check out this link for an idea of what you can remove from a rom and be safe
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Barebones
also depending on the rom maybe do one that asks to install gapps separate and dont do it...
No, cupcake doesn't have a 2708+ kernel for it...
Well...it does sorta...but it barely works and doesn't do much IIRC
Try froyobylaszlo
you'll need the 2708+ radio and spl
Use my mod of it, Frayo, and you can customize what system apps it flashes
So just put 0 for all of them in the install.txt (you'll know what im talking about when you find the rom)
Once you have the 2708+ radio/spl just flash frayo and that's it! gapps included.
And no it's not just cuz its my mod xD...froyobylaszlo is crazy fast, and once you remove system apps its even faster, and frayo can help you not install them in the first place
good call and the frayo, that would make it easier
im not sure why i feel cupcake would be better, no idea why but it sounds good
if you flash the right kernel over a cupcake rom it should work with the 2708+
but probably would get more speed in frayo with bare system apps, and you can take out a few more too
Cheers for the advice.
Its been a long time since I read about G1 updates so I've got some catching up to do.
Is there a walk through for this ram hack?
Last thing I did to my G1 was install Super D a long time ago.
ianthenut said:
Cheers for the advice.
Its been a long time since I read about G1 updates so I've got some catching up to do.
Is there a walk through for this ram hack?
Last thing I did to my G1 was install Super D a long time ago.
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Not really
There's a guide, but you gotta be familiar with fastboot to use it
Or you can find a topic called "upgrading to gingerbread" by gunner*numbers*
We walked him through it
You'll have to dig through the topic to find it though
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ianthenut said:
Hi, I have a old G1 that's just gathering dust.
Its been rooted and running one of the Super D ROMS. (Haven't used it since I got a Desire)
Basically I've gotten fed up trying play SNES ROMS etc on a touch screen phone and remember how much easier it was on the G1 keyboard.
As its only going to be used for running games from the SD card.
Can anyone recommended or create a minimalistic ROM for this purpose.
Also, would I need to have a Sim card in the phone?
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Hey! Check out my Dreamboy thread in General. I was thinking of making a rom just for that purpose
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I'm new to the forums so I have a few questions about how to install gingerbread I was wondering if anyone has a step by step guide, and will this process mess up my computer? Thank-you to anyone who provides useful info.
Hi,
It could be ez, but we need to know:
what ROM are u on now?
RU rooted?
Who is ur cell provider?
All of the above will matter to all anyone who is willing to help u. The more information.... the better.
And why gingerbread?
Good luck
Vs Nexus S 4G
Superdeveloperx38 said:
I'm new to the forums so I have a few questions about how to install gingerbread I was wondering if anyone has a step by step guide, and will this process mess up my computer? Thank-you to anyone who provides useful info.
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Any Rom that you decide to install will have directions on how to do it. I don't know why you are worried about the installation of something on your phone will have a detrimental effect on your phone though. You really only need to use the computer to root the phone and back up your sd card (just in case you erase it accidentally).
If you are running the stock Rom that came with the phone, then you will see a much superior device by installing one of the many GB Roms out there along with other tweaks that will make you actually enjoy having a Hero. Even Froyo would be an upgrade compared to Eclair or Donut; at least it was, and is, for me.
vidaljs said:
Hi,
It could be ez, but we need to know:
what ROM are u on now?
RU rooted?
Who is ur cell provider?
All of the above will matter to all anyone who is willing to help u. The more information.... the better.
And why gingerbread?
Good luck
Vs Nexus S 4G
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He probably wants gingerbread as it is more stable than ICS on the hero.
I'm using all the original things, I'm kinda a noob at screwing with my phone...
Also, I wanted to know, what old features becomes disabled. I was watching a video on youtube about what the improvements were and he said he couldn't use his trackball.
P.S My friend said he used a program higher than gingerbread he said it screwed up his phone. But if there is something more stable than gingerbread I'm open for suggestions.
Superdeveloperx38 said:
I'm using all the original things, I'm kinda a noob at screwing with my phone...
Also, I wanted to know, what old features becomes disabled. I was watching a video on youtube about what the improvements were and he said he couldn't use his trackball.
P.S My friend said he used a program higher than gingerbread he said it screwed up his phone. But if there is something more stable than gingerbread I'm open for suggestions.
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Soooooo.... just a guess..... you're not a superdeveloper?
If you just search, you will find. You won't lose any features
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA
Crack a few brews...read the forums and listen to the Senior Members/Devs.....
Just about anything you install on here is better that what came stock. They are doing things on the Hero that HTC and Sprint said were not possible!!
Oh...and burn this word into your head...NANDROID!
Welcome to a whole new world of Android! Its almost like being in Willie Wonkas factory
ajrty33 said:
Soooooo.... just a guess..... you're not a superdeveloper?
If you just search, you will find. You won't lose any features
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA
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Lmfao 50+ man I laughed so dam hard when I read this, thanks for the laugh man. Priceless
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