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New to moding

Ok so I'm new to moding. I have a Sprint Hero. I went to the sprint store and they updated me to the official 2.1 update. My question is can I still mod my phone even if I have the new 2.1 soft ware? And if not, is there a way to go back to 1.5 ? and if so , how do I even do that ? is there a tutorial around here to show me how to start doing this? Yes im a tech but this is not my filed. Can someone point me in the right direction.

Can't do anything yet to an official 2.1. Sorry give it some time
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Can't do anything yet to an official 2.1. Sorry give it some time
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Regaw and I might've had a breakthrough

Thanks, I have another Hero that is still on the 1.5, is there a tutorial around here to show me how to start doing this? Yes im a tech but this is not my filed. Can someone point me in the right direction.

hurrikane956 said:
Thanks, I have another Hero that is still on the 1.5, is there a tutorial around here to show me how to start doing this? Yes im a tech but this is not my filed. Can someone point me in the right direction.
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If you search here on xda for the guide to rooting you will find one, however, I think this one gives you a little more info and is super easy to follow. Btw, this one uses the same method.
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-sprint-hero/38911-guide-root-rom-faq-tutorial.html

Also, there is an auto rooter out there called Fresh Kitchen found at geekfor.me which is pretty cool.. it's made specifically for the Sprint HTC Hero based on 1.5. I used it to root my phone and it work flawlessly and it's pretty much painless... once it's rooted, from what I can tell, you can pretty much try out various roms from the different devs that are out there. The main thing is, you may have to wipe your phone when you change to different roms.. geekfor.me/category/android15/ is link for the auto rooter.. you have to download it and run it on your pc then connect your phone via usb cable.. he has video tutorials on the website to help..

Help with G1

I was going to help my friend root his G1 and install the CyanogenMod 6.1 on it.I noticed on his G1 it said android 1.6.I was hoping someone could point me in the right directions to a link for rooting and installing the rom.So if you can link me to the newest rooting method and a link to install Cyanogen it will be appreciated.
Thanks,
eastwood

The downgrade to cupcake/one click root works for most G1 phones, but check the build in About Phone. If it's DMD64, you will probably need to create a a Gold Card (reference: the Unlockr). If you want to save time abduction hassle, check out the Gold Card Helper app in the Market. You will still need to follow the Unlockr's steps. Hang on, i'll find you some links...
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Ya, if you get the Goldcard Helper app (note that Goldcard is actually one word), you can effectively skip steps 1 to 8 in this method:
[Can't post links yet. Just google "unlockr how to create gold card"]
And no need for ADB! You will still need a PC to use that Hex editor. Are you using a mac?
After you get a goldcard, doing the normal dowgrade to 1.5 and one click root works pretty good, and there are many guides to doing that around here and on other forums.
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Thanks for the help.After i get settled in from work im going to begin studying on how to create the goldcard you mentioned.
Thanks for the help,
eastwood

Let me know how it goes and if you need any help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
Best place to start...all links provided
the cyanogen 6.1 instructions should be included in the post of the rom by cyanogen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=722801
good luck, and the search button does wonders, try using it =) it def. helps

[q] whats next best step after rooted 2.2 froyo.ucji6,to make faster??

I've tried a lagfix but wasnt that much improvement..i need something reliable and fast! Please! I know to get rid of bloat etc etc.... I need to know which rom is best? Cognition?? If so, which one? My phone is back to basic superoneclick root w/ non market apps enabled. Havent gone any further this time cause i would like to see what people have to say.... Ive searched and searched but seems like i need it all in one place w/ updated info?? Any help would be greatly appreciated..... Thanks.

regan0314 said:
I've tried a lagfix but wasnt that much improvement..i need something reliable and fast! Please! I know to get rid of bloat etc etc.... I need to know which rom is best? Cognition?? If so, which one? My phone is back to basic superoneclick root w/ non market apps enabled. Havent gone any further this time cause i would like to see what people have to say.... Ive searched and searched but seems like i need it all in one place w/ updated info?? Any help would be greatly appreciated..... Thanks.
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Oh boy.... Another one of these threads.
Short answer.... PICK one, they are all better than stock. There are so many roms out there that only YOU can judge what you want and need in a rom.
Everyone will have a different answer for you. For instance I say Firefly, but only because it works for me
You can't go wrong choosing any of them.

+100000000000000
Anything other than JI6, that leaky rom is junk.
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.

cappysw10 said:
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Anything other than JI6, that leaky rom is junk.
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
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All i got for ya buddy is ur logo aint lyin .. at all!! regret the day i ever switched to att!!

nickm50 said:
Oh boy.... Another one of these threads.
Short answer.... PICK one, they are all better than stock. There are so many roms out there that only YOU can judge what you want and need in a rom.
Everyone will have a different answer for you. For instance I say Firefly, but only because it works for me
You can't go wrong choosing any of them.
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well I am looking for suggestions on which rom might be best suited for my phone and my only criteria really is thats its fast and reliable. So basically Im just askin if you had to pick one for me what would it be?

regan0314 said:
well I am looking for suggestions on which rom might be best suited for my phone and my only criteria really is thats its fast and reliable. So basically Im just askin if you had to pick one for me what would it be?
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That is unanswerable every single phone is different, and people have widely different tastes. The trick is finding a rom that works best FOR YOU.

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That is unanswerable every single phone is different, and people have widely different tastes. The trick is finding a rom that works best FOR YOU.
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dude, youre takin this a little too seriously, im just lookin for a good suggestion to start with, and i know every phone is different, thats why i put what phone i have. thanks

LMAO........
The suggestions are to try them out yourself........
They are all better than stock........
You have to figure it out for yourself..........
And he meant that every Captivate is different.......If you did some more reading...you would know what he meant........
The "all in one place" is the first 3 pages of the dev section........http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=706 any thread that starts with [ROM] is what your looking at

if you want a fast rom i would recommend the cyanogen mod 7.
people talk about how its unstable and has bad battery life
but its all wrong,,,
from my experience cm7 has been a stable like all the other roms but just faster..
It's the fastest you'll ever get right now and it has all different customization you can do.
so try it out.

Might want to try cm6 its outdated but fast and more reliable
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ok soooo this is super annoying now...
I have tried every tutorial I can find for flashing roms to my captivate, every one still gives me the write error after reinstall packages. I have tried changing every setting i can think of.... someone please help!! very frustrated at this point
heres all my phone info:
att captivate sgh-I897
android 2.2
kernal: 2.6.32.9 jetaek.le[email protected] #1
build: froyo.UCJI6
as of right now i have it rooted via newest version of superoneclick.

Are you trying to get CWM on the phone?
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Are you trying to get CWM on the phone?
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ya, any file i put on the root of the phone gives me the same answer, whether its cwm or update.zip

You have 3E recovery.
The easiest way to get around it is to Flash the .tar version of speedmod with the full version of odin.
This only works on 2.2 If you need any more help. I will be around for a bit.

nickm50 said:
You have 3E recovery.
The easiest way to get around it is to Flash the .tar version of speedmod with the full version of odin.
This only works on 2.2 If you need any more help. I will be around for a bit.
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good answer! but if you are on 2.1 you can put the new rom on the sd card first and then flash speedmod. it wont boot into the rom but will give you recovery to flash the new rom.
yes, no need to root just odin flash speedmod then flash a rom.
if you want complete and reliable and well polished then flash andromeda, it's a bit older version of 2.2 but the work was great.
if you want super fast flash something that says js8, i hear the paragon rom has a great kernel. id say cm7 but maybe you should work up to that, it isn't hard but you need odin to flash back if you have problems, there aren't any 2.2 kernels or roms with the proper update script and binary to be flashed from the recovery that cm7 uses.

Dani897 said:
but if you are on 2.1 you can put the new rom on the sd card first and then flash speedmod. it wont boot into the rom but will give you recovery to flash the new rom.
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Nice. That makes sense that it will work.

OCLF (one click lagfix) use ext2. Titanium or some system app remover app to get rid of bloat and you should be good to go. At the end of the day different ROMs and such are for asthetics... no one has over 340 mg of Ram available so performance not much different from one to the next once lagfix installed. Until you OC/UV and that is tuff to maintain stability with.

Now we all know that there are no "Best Rom" threads but sense this one has changed course ill leave it open.
Each rom runs differently for each person. This is due to the many different ways we each use our phones. Once you get the hang of it, try out a few and find your favorite. Good luck on your quest.
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Ok so i finally got it to work, i used this application for my pc and it did the trick... it was called something like AIC tools?? Forget the name exactly, T work so cant see it right now. But it was awesome, if anyone needs to know what its called lemme know and ill post it when i get home. Im trying cognition 4.3 right now.
Have a small problem tho if anyone can help that be great,
Basically, my home button goes nuts every once in a while and acts as if its bein pressed a bunch of times when my fingers are nowhere near it.... weird... does a ghost come with cognition?? Lol
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Ok so i finally got it to work, i used this application for my pc and it did the trick... it was called something like AIC tools?? Forget the name exactly, T work so cant see it right now. But it was awesome, if anyone needs to know what its called lemme know and ill post it when i get home. Im trying cognition 4.3 right now.
Have a small problem tho if anyone can help that be great,
Basically, my home button goes nuts every once in a while and acts as if its bein pressed a bunch of times when my fingers are nowhere near it.... weird... does a ghost come with cognition?? Lol
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Questions pertaining to specific roms should be asked in their thread. Most times you're not the only one that's had that problem and it's already been addressed. That translates into search and read.

[Q] HTC HD2 Android APPS2SD

Hi Hello,
this is my first post in this forum and I hope you will forgive me my bad english and the fact, that 2 hours of searching haven't figured out answers to my problem.
I flashed my HD2 by using this thread -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893620
Everything worked well and I'm really impressed of the performance my HD2 now shows.
My problem:
I wish to install APPS2SD and searched quite the whole Internet for a manual to do it.
But it seems all manuals are NOT for my configuration.
Due to the flashing process there is hspl 2.08 and magdlr 1.13 installed on my phone.
When I try to get in "recovery" via magdlr it says something like "missing source".
I guess something is missing but I didnt't get it.
So please can anyone show me the way to get APPS2SD installed?
Thank you!
HagbardC

format ur sd card and try again,but make sure u followed the instructions EXACTLY how the developer says,if uve done all that,cwm and fix permission
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There are many roms supporting this feature automatically when you have an SD-ext partition.you can try one of them.
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Well, thank you.
I think I will try to find another ROM with Apps2SD implemented and make a new flash.
Greetings

Maybe is pat,s rom something you need i use it and i love it

I take her by the way, a good program

thanks >>>>>>>>>>>

مشكور يالغالي ,,, :d

thanks.......

questions on roms and roots

I just got a thrill 4g cause my iPhone was messing up and was wanting to get better performance out of it, i know nothing about phones though! I downloaded a gameboy app and its talking about roms which i saw on the wiki here what they were but i don't know where to find them and what to do with them when i do.
sorry for the newb questions and thanks in advance for helping!

First off, welcome to the Android community!
Secondly, your question.
ROMs for a Gameboy application are (typically) illegally downloaded copies of games that you run through an emulator (the Gameboy application). ROMs in the phone world are custom versions of the Android operating system that are created by the community.
I can't/won't really help you with obtaining game ROMs but, if you would like to know more about custom Android software, stick around, ask questions and you might learn something new. Here's a nice little article explaining Android ROMs. http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/

ok thanks, i didn't know that they would be illegal... i'll do some more reading and try to figure stuff out more.

Not a problem at all, if you have any questions, I'm sure anyone here would be glad to answer them.

ok so i found some roms but they didn't work... i'm guess i have to root it first?

Yes you have yo root and install cwm all that information is available in tge development section on this forum install and enjoy your phone the way it was meant to be
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Wait do you just want gameboy roms? You dont need to root at all to do that. All you need is the gameboy emulator app, and then do a google search for what ever game you're looking for. (Ex. Pokemon red rom)
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Wait do you just want gameboy roms? You dont need to root at all to do that. All you need is the gameboy emulator app, and then do a google search for what ever game you're looking for. (Ex. Pokemon red rom)
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for right now yes... i had 2 of them but one ROM didn't show up when i turned on the gameboy and the other ROM showed up but it was just a black screen. I want to mod my phone to make it run better but i'm not sure i want to chance turning it into a $500 paperweight.

Well when you download a gameboy rom, you have to unzip it before you can use it. Its possible you just had a bad rom. There are dozens of different sites that have roms up. Some work some dont. Try a different one. As far as making the phone run better, you'd need to root, install clockwork, then flash a phone rom. Its all show how to do on the development forum. Just take you time and read everything first, its really pretty easy. Oh yeah one more thing remember phone roms dont unzip, gameboy Do unzip.
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ok i'll check out that section, there was a question i had on a post over there but i can't remember what it is now, guess i need 10 posts before i can post there too so i couldn't ask it then. Will i lose 3D? i read somewhere that i would if i rooted my phone

You will only lose 3d on the cyanogen rom. Just rooting will do nothing to you phone, other than allow root access. All the thrill 2.2 roms have working 3d.
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You won't loose 3D if you root your phone. You might loose 3D if you install a custom ROM. It depends on the custom ROM.

yeah i guess thats where my questioning is leading too, i don't exactly know what ROM is right for me. Basically i just want a phone that works, i keep losing GPS, internet and reception... is there something that helps with that? Also i've read that you can make it a WiFi hot spot with certain ROMs or is that just after rooting?
Again i apologize if this has been covered, theres a bunch of names or terms floating around here and it might as well be a foreign language to me...lol

I used the doomed rom by Urabewe. It was a great rom very fast, stable, and great battery life. Everything worked on it including 3d. I switched to the cm7 nighlys, but they dont have 3d. If you looking for a great stable rom i highly recommend the doomed rom. Btw you asked about wifi hotspot, im pretty sure every thrill rom on xda has that option included.
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exactly what i was looking for! thanks man, now to pull the trigger and actually do it lol...

ok so i did this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365876 (steps 1 through 4) followed by this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363132 but i got lost on the recovery.img thing... do i need to download it from my phone? and how do i know if it'll be put on my SD card or the internal storage?

Those are both different ways to do the same thing. Did you root your phone? You need to do that before you try to install clockwork.
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Those are both different ways to do the same thing. Did you root your phone? You need to do that before you try to install clockwork.
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i'm sorry i put the wrong first link... as far as i know it is rooted because i did 1 through 4 on this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251663 There was a program that popped up and i clicked "root"

Have you tried to enter into clockwork yet?
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ok, i've rooted and did the clockwork recovery, i've got Rom Manager (clockwork), chainfire 3d and terminal emulator on my phone. By entering i don't know what exactly you mean but it said "flashed to clockwork" when it was done. Sorry for making you guys walk me through this holding my hand but phones aren't my thing...lol. I ended up downloading some random stuff online trying to figure out the recovery.img thing, do i do it from my phone or from my comp? i've been searching this site like crazy too but every things foreign to me