What's the highest official ROM? - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My local provider doesn't seem to have the Dream listed. The one in my possession runs 1.5 at the moment.
flashing procedure as well would be appreciated.

Official is 1.6. There should be an OTA update from your service provider. Any custom installs require root.

Do providers have the same method of supplying OTA or will I have to ask my provider?

Just download the official 1.6 rom and install it on your phone by renaming to "update.zip" and flashing it.
I can't post a link cuz I'm new, but google "official 1.6 g1" and you'll find it.
I don't know how to force an OTA.

r3s-rt said:
Official is 1.6. There should be an OTA update from your service provider. Any custom installs require root.
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that might not be the case, i got flamed on here once because i asked if a non rooted phone can run 1.6
what ppl didn't realize was that many providers have not created 1.6 ota, tmobile is the only that i know of (now) that has
Rogers has not i know of forsure.

Yes, 1.6 is the highest like everyone else has said. You will notice on this forum we have ROM's going all the way up to 2.1 or so.
Just my opinion and my advice, stick to 1.6. The G1 in my opinion just doesn't have the hardware to run 2.1 as well as a reliable every-day use phone should, especially as you have more and more applications and widgets, etc.

SolemnWishing said:
Just my opinion and my advice, stick to 1.6. The G1 in my opinion just doesn't have the hardware to run 2.1 as well as a reliable every-day use phone should, especially as you have more and more applications and widgets, etc.
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Someone clearly hasn't tried the FroYo beta builds
Also, holy crap, you're alive?

milomak said:
My local provider doesn't seem to have the Dream listed. The one in my possession runs 1.5 at the moment.
flashing procedure as well would be appreciated.
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If you have robbers and have all the latest OTA's (1.5), then you've been screwed -- need JTAG to get root.
The latest HTC build (the word "official" doesn't apply to android at all) is 1.6, which you can get from developer.htc.com/adp.html -- flashing procedures includes, however, they won't work if you don't have root.
The OTA updates for each provider differ in their security keys, so an update for one provider WILL NOT work on a phone sold by someone else.

so i have to root the phone to run 1.6?

lbcoder said:
The OTA updates for each provider differ in their security keys, so an update for one provider WILL NOT work on a phone sold by someone else.
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Unless you use a goldcard, no?

AdrianK said:
Someone clearly hasn't tried the FroYo beta builds
Also, holy crap, you're alive?
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That is correct, I have not tried FroYo, I've only used SuperE. I will get around to trying the FroYo build this week.
Not quite sure who you're talking to in the second line there hahahaha

AdrianK said:
Unless you use a goldcard, no?
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If you could simply goldcard any old build onto a robbers dream, they wouldn't be stuck at 1.5 -- instead, you need to disassemble and jtag.

Related

Cant get past dum activation screen after flashing dreaimg.nbh and cupcake

i dont have a data plan now so i cant activate the phone and i cant use adb cause its not working on win7 for me..is there anyway i can just flash spl and radio and skip the recovery image? I tried someones sim but it just says error when i try to register.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.. or Confirm this is correct. but..
If you're on an official rom you're out of luck, but if you can update to an ADP rom no login will be required. It's not a SPL or radio issue, purely rom based.
sonikamd said:
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.. or Confirm this is correct. but..
If you're on an official rom you're out of luck, but your can always update to an ADP rom. No login required on those. It's not a SPL or radio issue, purely rom based.
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im not sure wat ADP is..but im trying to root and i followed the guide for one click root from unlockr, is there anyway for me to use a ADP rom?
What phone are you using on what network? Was the other person's sim card on the same network? did they have an android data plan?
ADP means Android Developer Phone.
sonikamd said:
What phone are you using on what network? Was the other person's sim card on the same network? did they have an android data plan?
ADP means Android Developer Phone.
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Oh both sims were tmobile US, and the other phone was a moto zn5 so it wasnt a g1 plan.
So I'm *assuming* you're on a G1. You basically have three choices, either goto a t-mobile store and beg one of their techs to let ya use their data to register, find someone else with a g1+data and ask to use their sim card or go adp.
The downside of going with an adp rom is you'll loose the t-mobile branded stuff like tmo ringtones, the myfaves app, ?youtube? (not sure on this one, you should do some reading first or hope someone else chips in).
If you really need your phone now, and are able to install custom roms the adp version of donut can be found --here-- Note: I run the official roms so am not too well versed in ADP vs. AOSP+ADP but it looks like you may actually want the latter(AOSP+ADP)
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So I'm *assuming* you're on a G1. You basically have three choices, either goto a t-mobile store and beg one of their techs to let ya use their data to register, find someone else with a g1+data and ask to use their sim card or go adp.
The downside of going with an adp rom is you'll loose the t-mobile branded stuff like tmo ringtones, the myfaves app, ?youtube? (not sure on this one, you should do some reading first or hope someone else chips in).
If you really need your phone now, and are able to install custom roms the adp version of donut can be found --here-- Note: I run the official roms so am not too well versed in ADP vs. AOSP+ADP but it looks like you may actually want the latter(AOSP+ADP)
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i dont have root i just installed dreaimg.nbh then flashed cupcake via home+end the press alt+l then alt+s.So i dont have any custom recovery images on my g1.
what guide did you follow? I'm confused, i thought the dreaimg.nbh was part of the rooting/testkey part...
sonikamd said:
what guide did you follow? I'm confused, i thought the dreaimg.nbh was part of the rooting/testkey part...
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this first:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/07/05/how-to-unroot-your-t-mobile-g1/
im up to this but at setup screen:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-root-the-mytouch-3g-or-g1-in-one-click/
can i rename the recovery image to update.zip the load it in recovery mode?
No, no renaming the recovery image.
Ok, so let me get this straight. You unrooted a rooted phone, to install the official cupcake so you could "one touch" root it which installs a custom recovery image @ the same time?
this is starting to hurt my head...
sonikamd said:
No, no renaming the recovery image.
Ok, so let me get this straight. You unrooted a rooted phone, to install the official cupcake so you could "one touch" root it which installs a custom recovery image @ the same time?
this is starting to hurt my head...
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i never rooted before i was just following the instructions because i had 1.6/donut on my phone.all i wanted to do was install a hero rom and the one click is the shortest way i knew.
Gotcha, headaches gone but unfortunately it looks like your stuck. It appears this process *assumes* you have a data connection(for the login process) and without this most guides out there are going to be useless, especially at this point.
I'd say add data for a month or w/e then remove it if you must once done doing what you're doin... or go back to looking for someone with data that can help ya get logged in. Bout the only ways out I can forsee atm.. Wish I could be more help...
sonikamd said:
Gotcha, headaches gone but unfortunately it looks like your stuck. It appears this process *assumes* you have a data connection(for the login process) and without this most guides out there are going to be useless, especially at this point.
I'd say add data for a month or w/e then remove it if you must once done doing what you're doin... or go back to looking for someone with data that can help ya get logged in. Bout the only ways out I can forsee atm.. Wish I could be more help...
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thanks for the help
I was gonna get flex-pay at Tmo since i hate being tied down to contracts and it can have a g1 data plan added.
alright, cool. Ya, i just got it from someone else wiser than I that without data you've got a long road ahead of ya getting your phone back up n running.
You can always do it the old-fashioned way... Just downgrade to RC29, login with WiFi. Then do the root process that way. Only takes 15min at most.
h.nocturna said:
You can always do it the old-fashioned way... Just downgrade to RC29, login with WiFi. Then do the root process that way. Only takes 15min at most.
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i cant use wifi since icant get in to settings since im at setup screen
Ace42 said:
i cant use wifi since icant get in to settings since im at setup screen
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There's a way to bypass it with rooted ROMs, of which RC29 is one. You can. There's a whole guide on how to do it.

How do you unjailbreak the G1? Need OTA updates.

I just bought a used g1 from a pawn shop and it has been jailbroken so that pinch zoom can be activated in the browser. I want it back to factory specs so that I can the 1.6 update ota. Help please...
dreaming.nbh
well i'v never unrooted my phone before. but i think all it takes is that you put the dreamng.nbh files on the root of ur sd card, then hold camera button and power. then follow on screen instructions.. it should update by itself.
Since android phones are NEVER JAILED, you really can't jail it without making significant changes to the platform and building your own system image.
If you simply want the 1.6 update, I suggest either using one of the community versions in the dev forum on this site, OR you can use the ADP1 official system image available at developer.htc.com/adp.html.
lbcoder said:
Since android phones are NEVER JAILED, you really can't jail it without making significant changes to the platform and building your own system image.
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Thank you, I was going to ask how you unjailbreak something that was never jailed.
If you to going to use iPhone terminology, get an iPhone
I tried all of those methods and have surfed google to try to see how to do it but none of those things work.
haiolitas said:
I tried all of those methods and have surfed google to try to see how to do it but none of those things work.
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You could just flash enomther's TheOfficial which is the stock rom with root access

Sprint Update 2.1

Lets starts with a few Question about this unofficial Sprint Release...
I download the RUU Update, but....
Wallpaper Live are not working...
Bluetooth cannot send or recibe...
Any suggetions?
There are no live wallpapers in the release. It's unlikely that Sprint will ever include them.
The BT problem has been discussed in the dev forum but there isn't a fix as of yet. I certainly hope this isn't the official release.
rockypr said:
Wallpaper Live are not working...
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HTC will likely not put this in for our device, You will have to dig around here to hack it in manually or wait for an update.zip for it.
kkruse said:
HTC will likely not put this in for our device, You will have to dig around here to hack it in manually or wait for an update.zip for it.
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He ran the newest RUU.. no update.zips for him.
all im saying is this is NOT the final.
HeroMeng said:
He ran the newest RUU.. no update.zips for him.
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Actually about that I ran the ruu to on one of my heros and you can flash an update.zip in recovery on the new recovery just has to be signed with release keys (by the way not trying to be a **** I read my statement and that's how I sound). The only thing is it has to be htc release keys as of my little knowledge
Just wondering if the new leaked sprint 2.1 update will work on the normal HTC Heros? Because mine doesnt have a set provider.....
Has anyone tried the new update on a none sprint HTC Hero?
vayha said:
Just wondering if the new leaked sprint 2.1 update will work on the normal HTC Heros? Because mine doesnt have a set provider.....
Has anyone tried the new update on a none sprint HTC Hero?
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bad idea if you run the new ruu you could lose the ability to use internet and mms if it doesn't have your apn settings in it. And since there is no way to root 2.1 unless you know how to make an exe and an hboot file. You could be screwed till the official release.
gunnyman said:
There are no live wallpapers in the release. It's unlikely that Sprint will ever include them.
The BT problem has been discussed in the dev forum but there isn't a fix as of yet. I certainly hope this isn't the official release.
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Your probably right and I'll tell you why sprint makes money if we don't have those things. Also if you look at the samsungs update (which the samsung has a better processor than ours) it doesn't have them.
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Actually about that I ran the ruu to on one of my heros and you can flash an update.zip in recovery on the new recovery just has to be signed with release keys (by the way not trying to be a **** I read my statement and that's how I sound). The only thing is it has to be htc release keys as of my little knowledge
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That makes no sense..... you need a custom recovery to flash update.zips. If you try to boot into recovery you'll get the exclamation point.
HeroMeng said:
That makes no sense..... you need a custom recovery to flash update.zips. If you try to boot into recovery you'll get the exclamation point.
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No your wrong Did you run the ruu? Turn off your phone and then press home and power. You'll get a phone with a triangle and exclamation point. Then push home and power again. There you are

[PROBLEM] Newest Sprint RUU

I recently installed the Official Sprint RUU 2.1 Eclair and when I goto use the Speech-to-Text feature on the keyboard it was no where to be found. The programs installed but i cant find the microphone button.
Also, was FriendStream included with the Sprint RUU cause i dont have that showing up either.
Doesn't belong in dev.
The official release is out for sprint today via htc website.But note that no one has been able to root their phone with the leaked ruu release or the official release as of yet!!!!
craigbailey1986 said:
The official release is out for sprint today via htc website.But note that no one has been able to root their phone with the leaked ruu release or the official release as of yet!!!!
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There are a couple rooted roms from the leaked ruu. Damagecontrol has a rooted version.
Dave2582 said:
There are a couple rooted roms from the leaked ruu. Damagecontrol has a rooted version.
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Damage took the leaked (now Released) RUU and basically ripped out the pieces that would cause your phone to be unrooted and then packaged it back together so users could flash it without losing their root access. (Thank you Damage!)
There are no true complete "rooted RUU" or "rooted ROMs" based on the leaked (now Released) RUU. The hboot in the new RUU is newer and an expoit has not been built yet. There are ROMs using pieces (framework, apps, etc.) from the leaked RUU.
-Daryel
AKneppers said:
I recently installed the Official Sprint RUU 2.1 Eclair and when I goto use the Speech-to-Text feature on the keyboard it was no where to be found. The programs installed but i cant find the microphone button.
Also, was FriendStream included with the Sprint RUU cause i dont have that showing up either.
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Speach-to-Text keyboard feature was not included with the release. "Problem" by design.
How did this turn into a root discussion? The speech to text button is not on the stock htc kb gotta get the modded hda kb
edit: xda kb sorry, was on phone
that sucks! the speech to text is awesome. can that be installed on a non-rooted 2.1 hero?
mjpuczko said:
that sucks! the speech to text is awesome. can that be installed on a non-rooted 2.1 hero?
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You should be able to just push the .apk via Astro or Estrongs File Explorer.
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You should be able to just push the .apk via Astro or Estrongs File Explorer.
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K, thought so. could also just buy smart keyboard. i know that has voice input for 2.0 or higher
dumb ?, where do i get the hda .apk? i searched this site & coudln't find it.
So where is damages version?
This is the version that was released a few days ago, but now its officially released and we were having issues being rooted on it, right? But damage got it to root, so we can flash this over 2.1 roms now, right?
Damage didn't root anything. What he did was extract the update.zip for flashing and made sure superuser worked.
When you flash damage's or any other zip file based ROM for that matter, you aren't doing anything to modify your phone's hboot or recovery partitions.
the 2.1 RUU is a whole package. When you execute it it wipes all of your partitions. Recovery and HBoot included. This removes Root and the ability to use a custom recovery. 2.1 hasn't been exploited yet. PERIOD.
mjpuczko said:
K, thought so. could also just buy smart keyboard. i know that has voice input for 2.0 or higher
dumb ?, where do i get the hda .apk? i searched this site & coudln't find it.
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Here ya go!
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Here ya go!
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thanks! i looked forever & couldn't find it.
mjpuczko said:
K, thought so. could also just buy smart keyboard. i know that has voice input for 2.0 or higher
dumb ?, where do i get the hda .apk? i searched this site & coudln't find it.
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He meant xda keyboard. he typo'd.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/htc_ime-keyboard-v19/
OH aright thanks bro.
If I'm not mistaken modaco managed to root the desire or legend awhile back sooo 2.1 has been rooted
Can't Flash Another ROM
I threw on the Sprint official ROM and now I can't flash back to another ROM. I can't get into recovery mode (pretty picture of a Hero with a red "!").
Any help?
Doesn't mean we have the same exploits.
Good example. Hero and Eris ran very similar code (Cupcake version 1.5). We had ours rooted in about a month after release. The Eris had the vulnerability that allowed the Hero to root patched...their root is based on a completely different exploit and took much longer to root.
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If I'm not mistaken modaco managed to root the desire or legend awhile back sooo 2.1 has been rooted
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Can you use the 1.5 RUU? I don't know if that's possible.
TommyNY said:
I threw on the Sprint official ROM and now I can't flash back to another ROM. I can't get into recovery mode (pretty picture of a Hero with a red "!").
Any help?
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[Q] Advice on phone set-up

Hi everybody
Ive had my first HTC phone for a few weeks. Im running 2.3.3 with hboot 1.16. I have rooted the phone and bootloader unlock with HTCdev, therefore I am still S-ON. Running cyanogenmod 7.1.
I have a few questions regarding my device which hopefully you can help me with:
1.(when final versions are released etc) Because cyanogenmod 9 is be based on ICS, can I actually just install cyanogenmod 9 like I did with 7.1? or would I have to somehow upgrade my stock rom to ICS and then install cyan 9? Do I ever have to update clockworkmod?
2.Theres a lot of talk about gold golds when I look on forums especially when people have certain things wrong with there phone. Is it worth me making one just incase something goes wrong with my phone? Or can this not be done, im not actually 100% sure about these tbh.
3.Are there anyways to speed up the phone like apps etc. im thinking about moving all my apps to the sd card as apparently this helps? I also have SD maid pro installed to help clean it up etc I run that once a week. Any other apps that are useful?
4.Is it worth me getting s-off by downgrading my 1.16 to 1.13?
5.With iphone I ran a program called ultrasnow to carrier unlock my phone so I could but any simcard into my phone and it would work. Can this be done with HTC? Im currently locked on optus.
Sorry for the questions. Ive just came from having an iphone for the past 4 years, so all of the HTC stuff is very new to me. But hopefully one day ill be able to help people when they ask questions like I have done today. I will give thanks etc to answers.
Thank you for your time on helping
vizzy said:
1.(when final versions are released etc) Because cyanogenmod 9 is be based on ICS, can I actually just install cyanogenmod 9 like I did with 7.1? or would I have to somehow upgrade my stock rom to ICS and then install cyan 9? Do I ever have to update clockworkmod?
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You should be able to just flash the cm9 rom same as cm7. I'm sure if there was any special requirements they will be stated in the thread when it arrives to our phone.
vizzy said:
2.Theres a lot of talk about gold golds when I look on forums especially when people have certain things wrong with there phone. Is it worth me making one just incase something goes wrong with my phone? Or can this not be done, im not actually 100% sure about these tbh.
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A goldcard is used for flashing a stock rom from a different carrier. Not much point making one until its necessary
vizzy said:
3.Are there anyways to speed up the phone like apps etc. im thinking about moving all my apps to the sd card as apparently this helps? I also have SD maid pro installed to help clean it up etc I run that once a week. Any other apps that are useful?
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I think moving apps to the sdcard may actually decrease performance as the internal phone memory is faster than sdcard. Unless you have Installed apps to near the phones capacity (which you may have being a new user ) I think its best to leave them where they are.
A good way to increase the phones performance would be to overclock or install a more efficient kernel. When I was running cm7 on my phone I found Enki v0-alpha to be awesome.
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4.Is it worth me getting s-off by downgrading my 1.16 to 1.13?
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If you are happy with how your phone performs in calls and sms I wouldn't bother getting s-off
vizzy said:
5.With iphone I ran a program called ultrasnow to carrier unlock my phone so I could but any simcard into my phone and it would work. Can this be done with HTC? Im currently locked on optus.
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I'm unaware of any unlock method for this phone on gingerbread. Are you prepaid or plan? Prepaid can get free unlock code if you recharge an accumulated $80 (or $90 I cant recall exactly)
Thanks for the reply. ahh im pretty good with my apps tbh ive pretty much just downloaded the ones i used on my iphone on a daily basis except the ones that are only available in england (im travelling atm).
My phones is ok with phonecalls and sms, but its not very often i have full reception. A lot of the time when i am holding my phone it will go down to 0 bars. Its in an otter box communter case as well. Would different radio's be able to fix this issue? If i was to s-off obviously. And thanks for the kernal info, ill have a look into them. Not that i understand them atm but a bit of research should help.
And when i top up on the 9th i will be on $90 so i will go into optus and see about getting it unlocked.
Thanks for your help
About sim unlocking, I went to ebay and found a seller who pays the hefty fee for access to all unlock codes for different phones, by carrier. The unlock code is associated with the "EMEI" number of your specific phone.
It cost me about $20. My phone will accept any sim card fine. (Won't connect with a few carriers that use unique radio frequencies.)
My phone originally came from Bell, I got it used, and the above method let me put my Fido simcard into it.
Edit: oh, but if you get it free, oh well.
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yeah i just wanted to know if i could do it in a matter of seconds like i can with my iphone. Not that i need it atm, but nice to have it done for when i need it. Thanks anyway !
speaking of kernals, if i was to flash a customer kernal. In order to get back to the original kernal would i have to reinstall the ROM or is there a way to delete it as so to speak?
vizzy said:
speaking of kernals, if i was to flash a customer kernal. In order to get back to the original kernal would i have to reinstall the ROM or is there a way to delete it as so to speak?
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Inside your rom's zip file, there's a boot.img. This is the kernel. You can flash it in fastboot
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fastboot flash boot boot.img
if i reflash the boot.img like i did when i initially installed cyanogen, wont my rom go back to how it was when i first installed it? Meaning i have to re-install all my apps etc etc. probs a noob question tbh, but ive never had to do anything like this yet.
vizzy said:
if i reflash the boot.img like i did when i initially installed cyanogen, wont my rom go back to how it was when i first installed it? Meaning i have to re-install all my apps etc etc. probs a noob question tbh, but ive never had to do anything like this yet.
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No, the boot partition contains no user data.
Thats great thanks.
now one more question then ill stop annoying you haha.
I want an application of some sort that will allow me to decide which apps can connect to the internet and which cant. As i would like to block some apps from accessing the internet, unless i allow them to? any ideas?
vizzy said:
Thats great thanks.
now one more question then ill stop annoying you haha.
I want an application of some sort that will allow me to decide which apps can connect to the internet and which cant. As i would like to block some apps from accessing the internet, unless i allow them to? any ideas?
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free&hl=en

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