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Moving from Moto Droid to HTC Incredible

Someone is giving me a HTC Incredible as a gift. Looks like I'll be dropping the Droid. I hope to have better memory performance and smoother scrolling (touch interaction). Any opinions on the matter?
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I had a Droid, now I have an INC. Your assumptions are correct sir.

Have you tried overclocking and 2.2 on the Droid? I suppose since it's already done.. but the general kind of lack of fluidity was starting to erk me on the stock 2.1.. went ahead and rooted, put 2.2 on, overclocked to 1ghz (which to my touch, it seems to actually be cooler and lasting longer) and my god what a difference, it's like getting a new phone to be honest.

Yea, I am rooted on 2.2. It is like a new phone. If you have seen the touch screen test between iphone and several other phones you'll see the droid has a rough touch screen. I am also still having memory issues. But it is a lot better and faster
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Hello,
because i am trying to find out, from where can i put the 2.2 interface on droid?

haris_el said:
Hello,
because i am trying to find out, from where can i put the 2.2 interface on droid?
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First off you have to be rooted just google it. theres a nice youtube video but i cant post links so then after you are rooted download an app called Rom Manger its free after that you can download different roms but right now Bugless beast has the most stable up to date froyo so download his rom and its will auto flash it for you then your done

ok thanks, i'll try that...
I'm already rooted.

[ROM] ShadowROM 0.2.2

Note: I am not the maintainer of this ROM.
Has anyone here installed and implemented ShadowROM 0.2.2 for every day use? I am curious as to how it performs, with stability and ease of use being two of the more important attributes. Please reply with your experience, and this post will be updated with any bugs or notable issues that appear systemic.
Download link: ROM Manager
Known Issues:

I installed it but didn't tried for daily use because (just like MIUI) the media scanner doesn't recognize pictures/music from emmc. It is based off CM6 so many of the features of that ROM are present here. The only "highlight" feature I noticed was an option to disable the bootanimation. They have a whole subforum at DroidForums so you can get more info here:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/shadowrom/
The announced they are going to split from CM6 source code, so it'll be interesting to see what stuff they come up with. Here is the thread where they make the announcement:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/shadowrom/93037-important-shadowrom-breaking-up-cm6-future.html
Cheers!

I ran this ROM for about 2 weeks strait and found very little problems with it. It has nice customization features like changing the notifications bar color and the drop down bar color along with the text color of notifications etc. It was very fast running Launcher Pro and great on battery (although I use SetCPU and underclock to save battery) running KK's AOSP BFS kernel.
Just like the above poster said tho about it not recognizing files on emmc is an obvious problem, tho it wasn't a major issue for me. Lot's of AOSP roms have problems in that area until they get fixes.
I'd say try it out, just nandroid first so you can go back if you don't like it.

So what's going on with this ROM now? Did it die or what?
The ROM Manager link for it doesn't work and the website offers no information.

mwknowles92 said:
So what's going on with this ROM now? Did it die or what?
The ROM Manager link for it doesn't work and the website offers no information.
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Yay my first thread is back!
Boy, what a crappy thread.

The devs are done with ShadowROM
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Doesn't work with slcd inc so I never tried. Shame cause it was the best running rom on my old Droid
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masully1984 said:
The devs are done with ShadowROM
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Did they announce anything? Last I heard from them they were going to deviate from CM's code and do their next release from scratch with AOPS source code.
joe3681 said:
Doesn't work with slcd inc so I never tried. Shame cause it was the best running rom on my old Droid
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It works on my just fine. You just need to flash a custom kernel before boot up.

joe3681 said:
Doesn't work with slcd inc so I never tried. Shame cause it was the best running rom on my old Droid
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Same here. I ran this bad boy daily, on my OG Droid. Mos def was my favorite. They used to have a site, now it's just an index.

You can still get into the old forum even though its been delisted. http://www.droidforums.net/forum/shadowrom/110700-sooooo.html
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Billygalbreath (one of the dev's of SR) turned his attention full time to application development jubefore Christmas. Shortly after Christmas InsaneNemesis (the other dev) informed me of his decision to discontinue further development of ShadowRom and that he would be returning the development phones to me. The reason being he wants to enjoy his last year of high school. Can't argue with that and I wish him the best. He was very absolute about unplugging and enjoying life. Insane used to idle in the Cyanogen irc channel but I haven't seen him there in at least two weeks.

joe3681 said:
Doesn't work with slcd inc so I never tried. Shame cause it was the best running rom on my old Droid
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They actually did get it working using one of Koush's kernels that had the required drivers. However, I'm not sure they publicly released that version.

D3 forgotten

I feel as if the phone is forgotten no one seems to want this phone rooted only the users. I understand its hard to root but I have not seen any one other then the people in the can this root it thread want to rom it. Like the incredible 2 not much of an upgrade I think from the incredible 1 and I see large dev support. Does any one think the D3 is worth support from the likes of cyanogen or miui or even new developers
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saintlikesniper said:
I feel as if the phone is forgotten no one seems to want this phone rooted only the users. I understand its hard to root but I have not seen any one other then the people in the can this root it thread want to rom it. Like the incredible 2 not much of an upgrade I think from the incredible 1 and I see large dev support. Does any one think the D3 is worth support from the likes of cyanogen or miui or even new developers
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Forgotten? You know, it's bigger than you think for people who want to modify the software of this phone. Just because there are only a few threads on deving it doesn't mean jack. This phone is tough to mod simply because of the flags in place that keeps any script from getting raised permissions to root. There are no ROMs as of yet because the bootloader is locked.
It will take awhile to find an exploit in the Droid 3 to get root or get it unlocked whether it be by mod, a leaked sbf, or Motorola releasing the sbf itself.

With the OG Droid nearing the 2 year mark I imagine many of these users will either get the Droid 3 or wait for the Bionic. The Bionic will also have Android 2.3.4 and some similar hardware so any knowledge gained trying to root the Bionic will help in trying to root the Droid 3. I imagine once the Bionic is released we will see a lot of activity and hopefully a root for both phones.

I hope so its just I hardly assisting in the process. If I had my linux laptop up and running then I would help sadly I do not
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spunker88 said:
With the OG Droid nearing the 2 year mark I imagine many of these users will either get the Droid 3 or wait for the Bionic. The Bionic will also have Android 2.3.4 and some similar hardware so any knowledge gained trying to root the Bionic will help in trying to root the Droid 3. I imagine once the Bionic is released we will see a lot of activity and hopefully a root for both phones.
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Bionic development for aosp will be tough due to the RIL, something every LTE phone has struggled with. Hopefully things will be sorted out by then. I know the TBolt community has come a long way but still no miui.
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I don't think it will be forgotten. It got like zero press prior to release, likely because its not LTE. But, it doesn't matter for me because I won't have LTE available where I live for quit a while.
Forums are pretty quiet, but once root is possible, I have a feeling there will be a lot more chatter.

It's only been out around here for a week ... (Ontario Canada)

Forgotten?? Lmao....its being worked on every day by many devs. It will come. E patient.

Please sweet baby jesus of android devs, please root, please make it easy for this dude, so I can rid it of the metric ton of bloatware
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Patience guys and gals, this is not like that other popular phone that usually get root (jailbreak as they call it ) no later than 24 hours of release.
Hopefully Motorola will give us some liberty and provide way to unlock the boot loader just like they did with the Atrix. Soon please !
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[Q] Just got a 7 inch Galaxy Tab - Verizon

I have some questions that are confusing me...
1. What is it that makes ROMs more difficult to develop for the CDMA tab?
2. Exactly what, if any, is the latest update to the Verizon tab?
3. Is the Sprint Gingerbread the only Gingerbread ROM for the Verizon tab (apart from the leaked stock ROM full of bloat?
4. I'm very familiar with rooting and using ROMs on Android phones. Is there a root and ROM combo that is best for the Verizon tab?
5. If adw and launcherpro are for phones, is there some tablet equivalent I've yet to find?
6. The only thing even CLOSE to Honeycomb is the theme I saw someone use on Youtube right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPihz5x4enE&feature=related
Thanks for any guidance. Just wanna update this thing as much as I can.

You need to check threads by oldmacnut
He is going to be your best lead for cdma tabs... look into his "better than life" series roms, or check out his CM7 (still in alpha)
MIUI is on the horizon as well
There is a honeycomb beta by oldmacnut as well.
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Cool, thanks. I'll check that out.

So, am I right in what I've been reading?
- The CM7 is the first priority to be made (understandably) but isn't yet
- The honeycomb is way down the line (as one guy can only do so much, obviously)
- The Sprint Gingerbread is just Sprint but still full of bloat
- The Verizon Gingerbread is also full of VZ bloat.
Is that right, Verizon users?

That's pretty much it. OMN's Better than Life roms for sprint and VZW strip most if not all of the bloat out, so can save some time.
Also, there is a more functional version of CM7 available from a different site (check my thread about running CM7 on Sprint tab in General section)

hootowlserenade said:
You need to check threads by oldmacnut
There is a honeycomb beta by oldmacnut as well.
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The honeycomb Rom is not beta, its alpha, Alpha 2.5 to be exact, it was not created by oldmacnut but was created by spacemoose, oldmacnut took the cdma alpha 2.5 and "remixed" it and is now calling it 2.5.1 with some minor improvements including sound.
Still too many broken things for everyday use.
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Githrog said:
The honeycomb Rom is not beta, its alpha, Alpha 2.5 to be exact, it was not created by oldmacnut but was created by spacemoose, oldmacnut took the cdma alpha 2.5 and "remixed" it and is now calling it 2.5.1 with some minor improvements including sound.
Still too many broken things for everyday use.
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My bad... apologies to spacemoose for not creditting him. I was just naming stuff off the top of my head... shoulda double checked forums lol
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hootowlserenade said:
My bad... apologies to spacemoose for not creditting him. I was just naming stuff off the top of my head... shoulda double checked forums lol
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That is the only reason I said something, I don't know how someone else feels about another person receiving credit for something that's not theirs, so I figured I would post to save any arguments that might have arised.
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pvtjoker42 said:
That's pretty much it. OMN's Better than Life roms for sprint and VZW strip most if not all of the bloat out, so can save some time.
Also, there is a more functional version of CM7 available from a different site (check my thread about running CM7 on Sprint tab in General section)
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So wait, the omn better than life wont have bloat but then what is that it's missing.? I was under the impression that it was somehow incomplete?

tinpanalley said:
So wait, the omn better than life wont have bloat but then what is that it's missing.? I was under the impression that it was somehow incomplete?
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Check under galaxy tab dev threads... its still in top ten last I checked... there are a lot of people watching that thread and many of them could possibly answer your questions... you might have to wait a couple days to post if you are new to xda keep posting here til you've racked enough posts to post in dev thread... people in that thread should have better answers for you.
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Never mind... thought u were noobier than me lol
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Yeah, I was gonna say, I been around.
My asking questions is only cause I've never had a cdma device. And it would appear that there arent really any completed roms for the verizon tab 7.
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tinpanalley said:
Yeah, I was gonna say, I been around.
My asking questions is only cause I've never had a cdma device. And it would appear that there arent really any completed roms for the verizon tab 7.
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Sorry about that man... once Jim (oldmacnut) runs out of walnut I think he'll be back lol last I talked to him he got some fresh walnut and was working on a kickass blanket chest... check his cm7 thread for a pic of his progress, he's a really good woodworker and if you look under galaxy tab accessories you'll see some beautiful wood docks for your tab (I just bought one for my Droid x and its awesome btw) I believe he still has one of each style left... Jim planes his own wood from logs, he doesn't use store bought wood... look at me rambling... anyway once he's back we'll see some awesome work, as he's a perfectionist when it comes to his roms.
Btw love your username aka roughest place in town lol Stevie was the man
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Introduce yourself, by that, I mean your device!

Hello everyone,
I'm new here,
Starting this thread so that beginners and new users (like me) can know about what people have done with their monsters and what they are capable of!
Tell me about your favorite top 10 apps and must haves!
Reason for choosing Droid 3?
I'd also like to know if some serious droidians can provide links on how to achieve what they have!
Would also like if they can tell users like me what should be done with their Droid 3 if they just took it out of the box!
I have a Motorola Droid 3 Verizon [XT862 (its obvious but still)],
5.6.890.xt862.verizon.en.us (I think its stock rom, but I could be wrong)
Using it in India.
And thats all I know about it.
Its not even rooted.
My reason for choosing Droid 3:
I wanted something solid, which felt like a monster in my hand, not like the new phones being thin and light as a paper, I needed something heavy! The large screen, 8 mp cam, 16+16 Gb memory are just add-ons to the list,
the main reason being the 5 row physical keyboard. I did not find any other phone with k/b with such screen and cam. And Motorola is well known for being modded and customized!
Share anything and everything you can, it is always helpful to someone!
Tell us about different processes of flashing, about roms, latest updates and so on.
Very excited to hear from y'all!
Hope. to get some really interesting and helpful posts!
Don't forget to have fun while doing this and help as many people as you can
Thanks a lot.

Really?
Really guys,
no one?
I was hoping to get some really good feedback!

Kinda old phone! I got it because i wanted the original but went with the Droid Incredible for processor. So I saw the droid 3 and it looked just as good.

Phone is end of life. These discussions have been had many times before. People are waiting to upgrade to a better phone.
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Droid Incredible?
Isn't it a cdma phone? With 1Ghz processor?
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Oh, I see.
But buddy, this discussion is not only about the features of the phone but more about what can one do or should do if they just got it.
This phone is not available at the place I'm using it. Specs are incredible, except for the software update.
I do not see a single phone with a keyboard like this with such a screen over here.
Even though it is an old phone, I got it regardless of its lousy software update.
And therefore I wanted to know, what people are doing with their droid3 regarding software?
I wanted to know which rom are they using and what apps are must haves!
Thats all.
Thank you all for reading.

Rom toolbox, safestrap3, thats all i recommend for must have apps.
Run stock for a while, and then put on safestrap and see what roms you like.
You can also use the ubuntu install app in the market if you want a linux distribution, worked ok on my droid3.
If you like at&t or tmobile, use the radio hack to skip verizon.
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Okay so for your info: safestrap 3.0, Mavrom 4.5 on .906 base. Waiting for May for new phone upgrade!
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I just scored a d4 off ebay will be here in 7-13 days lol oh well..lest I can keep my unlimited data and cost less then doing the upgrade lol
ill still be here in the d3 forums though as my wife has a d3 so I keep it current plus I love you guys..

Right back at ya!
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We do too!!
And guys, can any one of you confirm if I flash with any rom, would it affect my unlock?
Using it overseas.
Thanks a lot guys.

Allan Guigan said:
We do too!!
And guys, can any one of you confirm if I flash with any rom, would it affect my unlock?
Using it overseas.
Thanks a lot guys.
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you shouldn't loose unlock but if the rom wasn't dev'd for your specific device..ie..xt862,xt860 ect you might have to flash the proper radio and build prop