[Help needed] Doubts about my milestone. - Solved ,thanks - Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh

Hello, i'm new to this forum, i would like to thank you for taking your time to help me out.
First, i had a clean Starhub 2.1 android running milestone with update1, i flashed the G.O.T open recovery's of STAR_36_GOT_SERVICE.sbf to my phone, follow up by, opening the recovery mode and open the G.O.T open recovery's thru the updates.zip as instructed. After that i rooted the phone with the options there. after rebooting my phone and ensure that superuser is already there. i when back to the recovery menu and flashed the fastlightrom v2a, after indicating that it is done, i reboot the system and check the free space in setting it was 164mb or somewhere near there. With this and i went back to the recovery menu and went to the app2sd hack menu and split my sd card, i chosen the 8gb one, which create 1gb ext2 if i am not wrong, after the process is done, i went to install app2sd symlik edition, everything went smoothly and i reboot the phone and check the space again, it had 194mb ( Oh yeah ! ) Does this mean that app2sd had sucessfully installed to my phone?
To ensure that it is, i went ahead and install program like launcherpro, msntalk , and so on. i found out that , my memory had began to drop to 189mb, nevertheless so had sdcard. My Sdcard display a maximum of 6.9xgb of space, which means the sd card split was a sucess right? My worried start here, am i safe to say that the others programs that i am going to install from now on would be install to my sd instead?
I also found out that my current cpu freq was 1000mhz , by using android system info found in the market, i went to download the overclocking widget, i manage to tweak here and there and revert it back to 550mhz, so am i on the safe track that i did not hurt my phone in any way or other?
- Went to the recovery menu and clock it to 650mhz instead. solved?
Any kind soul could enlighten me with some good advices or config? i was temp to install the app2sd provided by dsixda's post when i post my enquire there.
And also, it seem that all my .apk that require root installation when i download them from the internet, i found out that it had become a zip file instead, with this i am unable to install it thru adb install right?
Thanks for taking your time to read this message, please give your advises, Sorry for my bad english.
Solved my doubts thanks.

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Modaco Custom Rom 1.1 Core- app2SD help!

Hi i have a sprint htc hero that i have rooted successfully with the Modaco Custom ROM 1.1 Core but now i need help finding a apps2sd download that will work w/ this ROM and is for my phone..... I've read a few posts on people that have somewhat done this already but i honestly don't understand what they are talking about when they refer to the terminal? how do you even reach that on this phone? I have a 2GB memory card w/ like 978MB open all i need is the download and how to install it in simple terms i learned a little with the linux OS but wasnt the best with cmds! does it matter what OS your comp has? ive got Umbuntu 9.1 and Windows XP. Can anyone plz help me i dont want to have risked rooting my phone for nothing! and Thanks in advance!
You have to partition your sdcard then apps2sd is automatic when phone is loading
ok great wat do you suggest with the amount of memory i have left i should partition it? do i need to back up my memory first wipe it then partition it and add it all back? thanks again!
I have my ext2 partition set to 500mb and its always best to back everything up to be safe
ok sorry i must be stupid! Im in my recovery n i hit the option to part sd fat32+ext2+swap but it never gave me option to set anything... wat am i doin wrong?
That's ok it sets it all up for you I'm thinking it sets it to a 500mb ext partition
ok ok so basically when i reboot next time i download an app from the market itll automatically save to my SD? cuz i dont see that option either im not sure it worked! thanks again for all your help.
Yup that's the way it works
you can check to see if apps2sd is working by setting it up, download an app, and then get into adb and cd to system/sd/data and then ls and you should see the app listed in that spot
Ok I'm not exactly sure what adb is...... but I've downloaded an app looked in my astro file manager went to system/sd/ then I couldn't go any further is that an app for my phone or my computer.
Adb is for your computer. It allows you too manipulate the phone from a command prompt (like Linux terminal).
http://www.google.com/m/url?cd=1&channel=gp1&client=ms-android-sprint-us&ct=res&ei=wtVVS5jgB4u1twevh50Z&hl=en&og=gp&oi=blended&q=http%3A%2F%2Ftheunlockr.com%2Fforums%2Ftopic.php%3Fid%3D39&resnum=1&sa=X&source=gp&uipref=6&ved=0CP___________wEQ____________ATAB&usg=AFQjCNHgjVd7Kbtpivs2zeF7KTmHkdVwRw
Thanks for all ur help.... very sweet to come to my rescue

[Q] I finally Rooted my phone. Now what?

I am very new to this, so I am not sure what to looks for on the forum.
I generally followed instructions from Lifehacker and this forum, used androot to root my phone, done it after two days.. (finally figured out I had to downgrade my phone.. )
So now I'm rooted, I have super user access, and I have rom manager installed. Here are a couple of things I know I want to get to do:
- install froyo (as stable as possible)
- uninstall sprint crapware (the NFL, navigation and others.. who needs them)
- possibly overclocking a little by what I read, I have another battery and I'm willing to try and give overclock a "little" each time to see if it works.
Before I do anything (I backed up my current settings with rom manager), I wanted to post here and ask you guys what I should do first, and how do I restore things back to normal if something goes wrong?
Thanks a bunch!
beholder121 said:
install froyo (as stable as possible)
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Go to the development forum, you should find the latest Froyo builds out there (check my signature for the latest ;-)).
beholder121 said:
uninstall sprint crapware (the NFL, navigation and others.. who needs them)
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If you install CM, it will remove all apps anyways. If you want to know how to remove apps - there are threads all over the place for it.
Also, attached is a script I wrote to remove apps (apk). It's a very simple straightforward script. Here's what you do, create a subfolder (not needed) on your sdcard, copy the two files into the folder, update "Apps-to-remove,txt" with all the apks you want to remove (with the full path) and run the script through terminal or adb shell. This script is not needed, but just simplifies the job, that's all.
beholder121 said:
possibly overclocking a little by what I read, I have another battery and I'm willing to try and give overclock a "little" each time to see if it works.
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Goto http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756774, read through and use, as appropriate. If you use the latest build by Jaybob, you may not need any kernels from this thread, as the builds have the latest code.
Hope this helps.
beholder121 said:
Before I do anything (I backed up my current settings with rom manager), I wanted to post here and ask you guys what I should do first, and how do I restore things back to normal if something goes wrong?
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To restore everything back to "Out-of-the-box", just run the official RUU from HTC/Sprint.
Thanks Andy.
Right now I'm going through Roms (I heard good things about Cyanogen but I can't download it because their registration page is messed up..) and I tried what comes for free with Rom Manager, which almost gave me a heart attack when the phone started... fortunately I read the instructions to restoring things so I was able to get back to my old rom (whew!!)
But now, for some reason, I don't have the market app on my phone! how am I to download rom manager...
Is it possible to chat with you or someone at least for a couple of minutes as I go through this, because at this rate I won't have my phone working well until tomorrow >.>
You need to install GAPPS, once you install a ROM.
I would highly recommend CM. The builds Jaybob has put together are based on CM code, take the latest (12/08) - it's stable. BTW, it's a mediafire link, so you should be good. I just downloaded the latest, y'day... works like a charm... (Thanks JayBob and Cm and everyone - can't say that enough).
The best way to install rom is:
1. Download copy ROM and gapps to your SDcard's root
2. Reboot into recovery
3. Wipe everything - Wipe/Factory reset, Wipe cache, Wipe Dalvik Cache
4. Install ROM from zip
5. Install Gapps from zip
6. Reboot - btw, the first reboot after a rom/gapps install takes a while, so don't be alarmed.
You can PM me, if needed.
I installed that last Rom via Rom Manager, which did it pretty much automatically.. so I didn't try to install a Rom via the SD card yet.
To make things worse, the phone does not recognized it's connected to a computer at all (there is no USB icon on my phone's notification bar) so I can restore it being to old sprint crap. No Market app, no way of installing anything or communicating with the phone, my backup, when I restore it, brings back the old HTC but without the market app and as I said, no USB support.
heeeeeelllllllllppppppppppppp
Ok,
I managed to restore things back to the old Sprint RUU. I noticed the SD card was *completely* out of room, which might have messed up my backups. I still don't know where these backups reside or how much room do they take, but making sure you have enough room on the SD card is important, as I think I have learned the hard way.
Important: the RUU detected my phone and installed *even without* the usb icon or my computer treating my phone as a "usb storage device". So resorting to this option, even though annoying (have to install and gain root access all over again), is helpful to have.
Now I am going to format my SD card, which doesn't have any important information, I don't think (my documents are all backed up anywhere and try and install the CM rom from a zip file, which I'm not sure how to do yet (people like me are used to have something like setup.exe, and everything works from there...) so I'm going to read and go step by step.
ROM installation is pretty simple, once you get your recovery going... just make sure you wipe everything, as I mentioned earlier to you...
beholder121 said:
I installed that last Rom via Rom Manager, which did it pretty much automatically.. so I didn't try to install a Rom via the SD card yet.
To make things worse, the phone does not recognized it's connected to a computer at all (there is no USB icon on my phone's notification bar) so I can restore it being to old sprint crap. No Market app, no way of installing anything or communicating with the phone, my backup, when I restore it, brings back the old HTC but without the market app and as I said, no USB support.
heeeeeelllllllllppppppppppppp
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Did you reboot with the phone connected by USB, by any chance?
andythegreenguy said:
You need to install GAPPS, once you install a ROM.
I would highly recommend CM. The builds Jaybob has put together are based on CM code, take the latest (12/08) - it's stable. BTW, it's a mediafire link, so you should be good. I just downloaded the latest, y'day... works like a charm... (Thanks JayBob and Cm and everyone - can't say that enough).
The best way to install rom is:
1. Download copy ROM and gapps to your SDcard's root
2. Reboot into recovery
3. Wipe everything - Wipe/Factory reset, Wipe cache, Wipe Dalvik Cache
4. Install ROM from zip
5. Install Gapps from zip
6. Reboot - btw, the first reboot after a rom/gapps install takes a while, so don't be alarmed.
You can PM me, if needed.
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Had it not been for reading this again, I would have been waiting for a reply. This was awesome and now I am back to business. Thanks a ton for this. i now have what i need to do this on my wife's Hero. Thanks again

[Q] Over clocking DIY thread...

I have searched a lot, spent time trying to figure everything out.
I have Hero that I am trying to make BA for my little bro. I have the evo now. Rooted and tethering. Not much else I need to mess with on it. Fast enough for me. But my old hero is now rooted and has the app to tether. I can't figure out how the heck to over clock it. It is slow and I want to kick it up a couple notches for him.
I have searched and all the codes that you guys use at the top throw the searches off, or maybe I am searching for the wrong thing.
Any links to other threads would be great. That way when someone else searches just over clocking like I did it will come to this thread and then link to the useful threads.
Thanks in advanced.
I see you are rooted already, is the phone running a stock rom? If so think about installing [ROM] cyanogenMod 6.1 stable (<<<<search). Then you flash a [Kernel] [GPL] DecaFuct [2.6.29.6] (<<<<search) and install a app called OverClock Widget, it is easier to use than the other one you can use called SetCPU. Thats pretty much it, somebody may chime in that can put a few links up but I am on my phone right now so I cant.
DecaFuct Max 768Mhz Kernel
DecaFyct Max 698Mhz Kernel
Decad3nce's Kernel OP Thread
These are JayBob's CM6.2 ROM Downloads.
Okay, so I need to back up my phone? Can I use the app on the android market MyBackup by Rerwarre, LLC? Then I need to download the files you linked me to in this thread? And then what?
Okay. I am sure you are all tired of hearing from me. But I am going to flash a ROM that has a over clock on it. I have a question tho. When I download the files. It unzips them. By that I mean I can open the folder and explore all of the files. Does this make it impossible to load that ROM? Thanks for your quick responses in advanced.
You dont want the file unzipped. Leave it zipped and put it on the root of SD card, that means just on the SD card, not in another file. Then reboot into recovery by powering phone off, then hold down the power button and the home button at the same time, keep them down until recovery comes on. If a white page comes up instead of recovery that says clear storage, pull battery and try again. Once in recovery you should see a few options. Nandroid, select this by clicking track ball while highlighted, this will back up your current system. After that choose install zip from SD card, then select the rom you loaded on SD card. After is says done, choose reboot system now. Then find Gapps 12-18-2010, I think those are the latest ones. Put them on root of SD like you did the rom and reboot into recovery the same way, choose the install zip from SD and select the Gapp file. Then reboot system amd you will set phone up with google like you did when it was new. You can then install one of the kernels linked for you, I recommend the 768 one, download OverClock Widget from the market and set it to 748, if your phone reboots for no reason lower that to 729, 710, wherever it becomes stable for you.
Okay, I did nandroid, I cleared everything, and I loaded the zip'd file ( I was trying to say earlier it is my mac's default action to un zip the file when it downloads. So I re compressed it. This might be attributing to my later problems) ANd then I rebooted. And it looks and behaves exactly the same as before.
Any pointers or ideas why it did this?
oefootball_70 said:
Okay, I did nandroid, I cleared everything, and I loaded the zip'd file ( I was trying to say earlier it is my mac's default action to un zip the file when it downloads. So I re compressed it. This might be attributing to my later problems) ANd then I rebooted. And it looks and behaves exactly the same as before.
Any pointers or ideas why it did this?
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Since you re compressed it, it may need to be resigned before flashing. I could be wrong though
What does resigned mean?
ANybody have any idea why my ROMS arent loading at all?
Not quite sure if this will work on mac, you may need to find a XP pc to do this from. Here is a link to a zip signer though, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805766&highlight=zip+signer
Another thought...
Can you download the rom using the phone, then move file from download folder to root of SD card, using a file manager such as Astro or even better E Strongs File Explorer? I have read where some members have rooted, installed roms, kernels, theme, with no PC at all.
awesome idea on doing it from my phone. I didn't know it was a Mac problem. I can just run boot camp and boot up my mac with windows OS and try it on that. Thanks again.
Okay, i am trying to do it all from the phone. But the file is too large for the phones memory. And I can't figure out how to download righto the SD card. Any pointers here?
oefootball_70 said:
Okay, i am trying to do it all from the phone. But the file is too large for the phones memory. And I can't figure out how to download righto the SD card. Any pointers here?
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That's weird it should. I have my applications checked to be installed to external memory but I don't know if that makes a difference or not. Mine go to sd
How would I click that option.
oefootball_70 said:
How would I click that option.
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Ok what rom are you running again?
I just go to settings then cyanogenmod settings then application settings & it will let you choose
The factory ROM trying to get the first custom one loaded.
use the xda app and navigate to the thread that has the rom you want to install. from there click the link of the rom and it will go to SD card in a file called downloads. after completed plug phone into PC/mac and move that file/rom to root of SD card. Then reboot recovery and flash, done. There are literally 100+ threads on installing a rom, search, read, learn. What recovery do you have installed?
Okay downloading it to my Windows 7 bootcamp worked like a charm. I did the red dawn ROM. Isn't that one already over clocked?
oefootball_70 said:
Okay downloading it to my Windows 7 bootcamp worked like a charm. I did the red dawn ROM. Isn't that one already over clocked?
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I believe it is, 710 maybe not to sure I have never ran it. There are faster smoother roms to run, why that one when we have Froyo for the Hero

[Q] Best Custom Rom & Lagfix & how to install

Hi Everyone,
I got the SGS I9000 a few months ago and I must say I'm not particularly happy with the lagging at times.
I youtube'd some videos, but I'm really confused on the best method to use and which rom and lag fix I should use and how to install.
If anyone can help me that would be great, I have the Galaxy i9000.
Cheers
Search this is a repetition of multiple posts asking the same question .
Their is no best rom .
Simple method would be to read the faqs on this forum understand what you are doing first .
Rom Kitchen Faqs and build your own rom would be my first choice ,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817703
Warning if you do not understand then you brick your phone .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
jje
I'd say Darky's ROM is the probably the most appropriate choice for beginners. It's one of the easiest to flash with just a few steps on Odin, and comes with the standard Voodoo lagfix.
The guide can be found here:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/odin-rom-darkys-resurrection-edition-9-2.895/
It is not the best ROM - that is a decision you have to make for yourself according to your own preferences - but it is easy to handle for first-timers and stable, and gets you to where you need (on a custom ROM) and with minimal fuss.
ROM Kitchen is good for those who want additional options for customization, but it's not recommended for beginners especially if they don't know what all the customization options refer to, and it's easy to run into problems of you don't know what you're doing.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Thanks very much for you help Madrenergic
I found an easy method to root my phone here on XDA using Super One Click. I then Installed OCLF from the market which worked a treat and made my phone allot faster.
I did some research and found that OCLF changes the file system to ext2, then I researched voodoo lagfix and found it changes them to ext4 to make the phone even faster, so I went ahead and downloaded the voodoo 5.5 zip file to transfer straight to my phone.
It says to put the file on the internal sd card which is what I thought I had done, but when I went into android recovery mode after selecting "reboot into recovery mode" from Clockwork Mod Recovery, it gives me the option to "apply sd card update.zip" which I selected but I got an error message saying it could not find the internal directory of my phone or the file is not available.
Any pointers?
Daft question, but did you rename it to "update"?
You could also try this, it's what I used the first time I started playing around with my phone: https://market.android.com/details?id=neldar.sgs.kernel.flasher
Make sure you make a back-up with this app before applying the update.
You picked a good kernel, it's the first one I used, and I was well impressed with the results. Make sure you grab the voodoo control app from the market, there's a free version and a donate version, it's worth getting the donate version, the devs on here deserve our support.
As always read everything through a couple of times until you're sure of what you're doing
I only have a folder called "SD" which is where I put the zip file and. I have allot of other folders when I connect to usb storage, but I put the file inside that sd folder not where all the other folders are located.
I also don't any option to mount the internal sd card.
Connect phone in USB Mass storage mode PC should show two drives copy file to Phone drive .
jje
Ha... You have e2 recovery (or was it e3) eather way it cannot flash anything else than samsung brand firms.. Easiest is to download sgs kernel flasher from market and flash voodoo file "update.zip" you don't have to do anything else...
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Take that file out of folder name "SD" and paste it to your sd-cards root.
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Ok so I've installed SGS Kernal Flasher, now what folder do I put the Voodoo (update.zip) into? I'm assuming I put it inside the folder for SGS Kernal Flasher?
P.S This is what my internal SD card looks like:
boeingaviation said:
Ok so I've installed SGS Kernal Flasher, now what folder do I put the Voodoo (update.zip) into? I'm assuming I put it inside the folder for SGS Kernal Flasher?
P.S This is what my internal SD card looks like:
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Nope, judging by the screenshot you posted you have the update in the right place, just open kernel flasher and find the update, 3 pics attached.
Select back up kernel, when back up is complete select choose kernel, on pic 2 you see 2 dots above back up tap on the 2 dots, then you should see something like pic 3, scroll down to the bottom to find update and tap on it.
Job done, as far as I can remember
I agree. Darky's froyo 9.5 would be the perfect balanced mod. Though I would recommend Hardcore's Speedmod K13E kernel over Dark-core 1.4. The battery life was considerably higher with Speedmod, plus there are many more useful features, like headphone calling. Though I would agree, if you're a beginner, for now use Dark core, much easier to install, with less complicated features. You can always update to Speedmod later
Thanks everyone for your help. I ended up Using ODIN to install the voodoo update.
Everything is now much smoother to use and faster opening.
Only time anything is slow is straight after I have rebooted my phone, for example opening contact takes a few seconds after rebooting the phone, but then opens instantly after that.

Easy Guide for updating to ICS Leak

To make things a bit simple for noobs like myself I though I would share on what I did with the links of each process.
Prepare Step 1
Your phone must be on either a unmodified 902 or 905 system in order to get this to happen. To do this visit here and follow instructions to get back to stock 902 and to also root phone if desired. http://www.droidhive.com/forums/index.php?/topic/87-902-bionic-pathsaver-for-windowslinuxmac/ . Make sure that you get VooDoo Root Keeper from the Play Store to backup your Root permissions after the upcomming OTA updates. Then update OTA to 905 via phone settings.
Prepare Step 2
Go to this link to download leak. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727605
You will need to place this on the root of your external storage in order for stock recovery to see it. After this make sure that your Bionic is fully charged before going into stock recovery.
1. Backup your internal storage, Music, Documents, and Picture, you are going to have to format the internal storage for this one. Before Format pull external out so that it doesn't get formated as well.
2.Power down fully charged Bionic and reinsert external sd card.
3. Hold down both volume - and volume + buttons and press the power button
4. Using volume - highlight Recovery and press volume +, you will boot into stock Recovery. If you see the Android with the ! symbol press both volume buttons to see the recovery selection menu.
5. Using the volume buttons o hightlight selection and power button to select install update.
6. Set Bionic down and go have a Sandwich. When done reboot phone and enjoy
Good instruction set. However, I'd add the MD5's and tell people that they -need- to be checked. Too many people run into trouble and don't know what's going on, then after running around in circles discover it was just a bad download that could have been verified in a couple of seconds at the beginning.
Also, no need to remove the external sd card. It will not be formatted.
I advise removal of external only because it happened to me once when I selected format in the system settings. I would of posted the md5 but they should be listed in the links posted. If needed will do.
Might also want to mention the deal about CWM Recovery. If you have had it before it needs to be uninstalled and all traces of it removed or it may cause an error when flashing and abort the flashing process. To remove traces just use root explorer and navigate to /system/bin and delete a file named hijack and one named logwrapper then change the name of the logwrapper.bin to just logwrapper this will prevent the system check portion of the flashing to come back with a error.
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Just going by the processes that I took to get it installed guys. Before I had to FXZ to 902 I had KIN3TX_v1.0 installed with Bootstrap recovery, tryed to install a theme that went bad. Well the phone keeped bugging me to update 905. So when I had time to charge my phone back I went ahead and installed it over stock 902. Then I found the treads on this forum about the leak. So I decided to go ahead and try it. I have been running .2233 for 2 days and installed Set CPU to keep battery use at minimum. I will be also posting some Set CPU profiles so that maximum battery use can be used when I get the time.
Ahh ok, i thought you were piecing together a definitive guide.... lol
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Well it is a guide for those that don't have a whole lot of ex on the phone. The links are placed here so to not confuse those that don't know what they need. No harm no foul .
fastpakr said:
However, I'd add the MD5's and tell people that they -need- to be checked.
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What are MD5's?
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nobe1976 said:
1. Backup your internal storage, Music, Documents, and Picture, you are going to have to format the internal storage for this one. Before Format pull external out so that it doesn't get formated as well.
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How do I format the internal storage?
Please ignore my NOOB questions above. I was successfully able to flash .230 on my bionic.

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