Hi Everyone,
I am new to the forums and I have been thinking whether to root my phone or not, mainly for warranty purposes as I just got it a few weeks ago.
My question is, if I do root the phone, are there custom Froyo 2.2 roms available on this site and if so a)can you please link them to me and b) explain how to install?
I would like to also hear some input/feedback to what's the pros and cons of rooting my phone and if its actually worth it and what happens if something happens and I can't fix it?
I really appreciate with all the help I can get and thanks
I'm new here myself but haven't you ever heard of Google my child? Or heck, search the forums there are plenty of them explaining how to.
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At the moment there is one ROM which you can use for your daily used one.
- Azure from Ali Bau (take a look at the thread)
I use the ROM since two weeks and don't have any issue.
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Frostbeule2k said:
At the moment there is one ROM which you can use for your daily used one.
- Azure from Ali Bau (take a look at the thread)
I use the ROM since two weeks and don't have any issue.
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Thanks for information. All I have to do is, do more research and find out how to root my phone, and install the custom ROM
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Hi I am thinking of rooting my milestone but I am not sure about the risks of bricking the phone. How likely is it that it will get bricked or can I make a backup before I begin?
Many thanks, CFORDv
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hi, i was just like you but if you follow the steps EXACTLY to the tutorial on here then you will be fine. one thing though, you dont need to update your bootloader 90.73 or 90.94 if you have those and when you flash vulnerable recovery, the tutorial doesn't tell you that when the phone restarts from flashing the first time, you must hold UP on the keypad (or X for bootloader version 90.78) as i had that problem. finally use G.O.T's open recovery as its much better than the original one (apps2sd is good as milestone has hardly any memory for games and stuff. if you need any help, then contact me on here. Happy flashing
Thanks I have pmed you but it's just if I root this phone and the phonw bricks then I'm screwed. I can't just go buy a new one. Is there a way I can totaly avoid any chances of bricking or just un-bricking the phone if necessery?
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right, i understand where you are coming from as i had to think for about 6 hours before i finally plucked up the courage to root mine as i bought one from ebay and messed that up but it was already messed up. if you havent done anything to your phone yet (virgin state) apart from doing Over-The_air updates then it will go fine considering you follow the instructions EXACTLY and everything will go fine like mine did. i will find the website that i used and give it to you as i know it works 100%. how long have you had your milestone?
p.s you dont really need a g1, they are good but milestone is much much better (asphalt gt 5 is amazing!!!!!)
noelyboy said:
right, i understand where you are coming from as i had to think for about 6 hours before i finally plucked up the courage to root mine as i bought one from ebay and messed that up but it was already messed up. if you havent done anything to your phone yet (virgin state) apart from doing Over-The_air updates then it will go fine considering you follow the instructions EXACTLY and everything will go fine like mine did. i will find the website that i used and give it to you as i know it works 100%. how long have you had your milestone?
p.s you dont really need a g1, they are good but milestone is much much better (asphalt gt 5 is amazing!!!!!)
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thanks i've had my milestone for 2 weeks now and the reason i want a g1 is to start developing on. as you can load just about anything on it and they are really cheap, i think it would be handy and fun to play with + great to load all my work on
If you use GOT's recovery to root the phone it's utterly painless, and you've got a nandroid backup built into it.
yeah but I've got to downgrade from 2.1 first and that's what I'm worried about
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Hi guys, newbie here..
Don't flame me first..i read alot in this milestone forum..
But I haven't chance upon if rooting the milestone asia edition will cause you to lose my data..will I have to reinstall all app or what ? Please enlighten..I'm ready to root when I got this point straighten out..i have install tons of app..after I root I think I shud be able to get app2sd n setcpu on my rooted milestone.am I right?
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Hey guys,
I'm new here, but I was wondering if you could help me. My HTC Legend is still running on 2.1, and I really want froyo. I'm thinking of rooting my Legend, but I first wanted to know how hard it is to unroot my device (for the OTA from HTC) and which ROM I should pick, I'm thinking of the Cyanogen Azure but maybe you guys know a better one.
Thanks!
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_Stranger said:
Hey guys,
I'm new here, but I was wondering if you could help me. My HTC Legend is still running on 2.1, and I really want froyo. I'm thinking of rooting my Legend, but I first wanted to know how hard it is to unroot my device (for the OTA from HTC) and which ROM I should pick, I'm thinking of the Cyanogen Azure but maybe you guys know a better one.
Thanks!
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Yes go for Azure best choice.
Yes it's easy to unroot with goldcard.
Just look in the forum and u will find all u need within 3 pages for sure.
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Thanks
Thanks for the advice, I think I'm going to root it tomorrow
I recently rooted and flashed my nexus one for the first time! It was really easy and I flashed CM6.1 to it. Can anyone recommend any other roms there are and maybe some of the different things that each rom contains? I am very curious to know what each offers. Also any rooted apps that anyone would be able to recommend would be great. Thanks in advance.
Look around the forums and you will find a bunch of them.
1) Read the ROMs page in Wiki (look at my signature).
2) Look in Development forum.
ROM Bible is also a good thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788058&highlight=rom+bible
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I am happily on a nexus s... and in the past, I have rooted and flashed the nexus one, desire hd, galaxy tab and now my nexus s... however, I have a friend that has a rogers captivate... and he just wants to run froyo....
is it safe to assume, it is just as easy as rooting and flashing a custom rom?
Any links or suggestions appreciated, I never care when I tinker with MY devices... but this is a friends.... thx in advance
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=706
Short answer to your question is yes it that easy. The link its to the dev forum. There are too many options and choices, best to read and make an informed decision
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are you talking about the roms? What is the easiest method of gaining root access on the capitivate? thx
I guess I will read up on it once I have his phone in front of me!
thx
Yeah, it's really just as easy as following the steps. If the Cappy is fairly new it seems it won't have the issues that plagued the earlier runs of this phone so just pick a ROM and go for it.
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