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milestone upgrade from android 2.1 to 2.3

Hy. I have a motorola milestone with androin 2.1.
I would like to reflas it to android 2.3. If is that possible can someone provide me with a link about a tutorial.

darko1515 said:
Hy. I have a motorola milestone with androin 2.1.
I would like to reflas it to android 2.3. If is that possible can someone provide me with a link about a tutorial.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932196
The above link is a guide to rooting, installing vulnerable recovery and instgalling ROMs. 2.3 ROMs are not any different. Do the first steps and then choose a ROM (I like CM7 ) that uses 2.3.
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darko1515 said:
Hy. I have a motorola milestone with androin 2.1.
I would like to reflas it to android 2.3. If is that possible can someone provide me with a link about a tutorial.
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Firstly, you must flash G.O.T 2.2.1 then you can follow some 2.3 ROM in this thread. I have try CM7, HO!NO!, ShadowMod, ... you can try theme

after flashing with G.O.T 2.2.1, that means that I have now the android 2.2 ? because if so...that would be enough for me now, I just want to install applications on SD card, ....as in android 2.1 is not possible.

Yes, you have 2.2 and rooted phone.
Worth a look at the 2.2 or 2.3 roms and themes though as once you are rooted it is just a case up putting the zip in the right directory of your sd card and installing it in openrecovery
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ok. After reading the forum about rooting i have some questions.
I have downloaded from GOT homepage the RETAIL EUROPE (RTEU) fireware. According to the guide...first I have to flash with rds light the GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL and then with 'G.O.T OpenRecovery V2.0' root the phone and then apply custom roms.
My question is that I do not have to wipe data + cache + dlavik cache before applying ANY roms, lik 'GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL' - and this meaning that i have to instal first 'G.O.T OpenRecovery V2.0'.
By flashing with rds light 'GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL' means that I didn't apply a rom?

darko1515 said:
ok. After reading the forum about rooting i have some questions.
I have downloaded from GOT homepage the RETAIL EUROPE (RTEU) fireware. According to the guide...first I have to flash with rds light the GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL and then with 'G.O.T OpenRecovery V2.0' root the phone and then apply custom roms.
My question is that I do not have to wipe data + cache + dlavik cache before applying ANY roms, lik 'GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL' - and this meaning that i have to instal first 'G.O.T OpenRecovery V2.0'.
By flashing with rds light 'GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL' means that I didn't apply a rom?
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SBFs are usually a bit different then normal ROMs. They usually wipe the entire phone and radio firmware and other stuff.
If you use and SBF file using rsd, you are now on a different motorola version/platform.
I would recommend NOT stopping there. The GOT sbf is a useful starting point because it does 2 things at once: the vulnerable recovery and the new radio files. But as an operating system...it is FULL of bugs. It is a motorla leak from something like october.
There have been MANY since then. I would apply CM6 or at the very least a more recent moto leak (the 1-25 nandroid wors very well).
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where do I find CM6?
'HO!NO! CM6 mod by HO!NO! (As of now, this must be applied over CM6 as nandroid. Please ensure that the version of HO!NO! complies with whichever version of CM6 you are using. '
or 1-25 nandroid
i just need android 2.2 on my milestone 2.1 for now.
A stable version.

darko1515 said:
where do I find CM6?
'HO!NO! CM6 mod by HO!NO! (As of now, this must be applied over CM6 as nandroid. Please ensure that the version of HO!NO! complies with whichever version of CM6 you are using. '
or 1-25 nandroid
i just need android 2.2 on my milestone 2.1 for now.
A stable version.
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CM6 is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784750

so first I flash with rds light 4.9 'GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL'
then install OpenRecovery-3_3
then use OpenRecovery-3_3 to upgrade 'update-cm-6.1.2-0.07-11.01.28-Milestone-signed' 0.07-11.01.2 and that should be it?
I'll start flashing...hope no errors

sounds about right
list of roms here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11593755#post11593755
Just pick the 2.2 ROM that takes your fancy. 2.3 is still a bit bleeding edge so will have some bugs.

darko1515 said:
so first I flash with rds light 4.9 'GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL'
then install OpenRecovery-3_3
then use OpenRecovery-3_3 to upgrade 'update-cm-6.1.2-0.07-11.01.28-Milestone-signed' 0.07-11.01.2 and that should be it?
I'll start flashing...hope no errors
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You are forgetting 2 important steps (read the CM6 install instructions)
1) Do a "WIPE DALVIK CACHE" and "WIPE CACHE PARTITION before installing CM
(you can do this from Open Recovery or Androidiani recovery).
2) You need to install the latest GAPPS for CM6 (check the CM6 guide for link) or you won't have Gmail, Market and all other Gstuff.
Hope this helps!

I do not find latest GAPPS for CM6. i found something on http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps , but i do not know witch should i download for milestone (medium-tiny (Tiny), medium (MDPI), or high (HDPI), and how to install it after download.
And market icon is not present into my meniu

darko1515 said:
I do not find latest GAPPS for CM6. i found something on http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps , but i do not know witch should i download for milestone (medium-tiny (Tiny), medium (MDPI), or high (HDPI), and how to install it after download.
And market icon is not present into my meniu
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You need the HDPI version. To install, simply put the zip file in the same folder as CM6 and and follow the same process. (Place in openrecovery/updates and use the install update.zip feature of open recovery.
You will have all google stuff after this.
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Hi guys,
I'd also got the same question as OP. If I've got a Milestone phone from New Zealand, which vulnerable recovery file should i download from this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932196

vulnerable recovery from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698059 , post #3

Caz666 said:
You need the HDPI version. To install, simply put the zip file in the same folder as CM6 and and follow the same process. (Place in openrecovery/updates and use the install update.zip feature of open recovery.
You will have all google stuff after this.
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ok . thanks. I've succeed.
just one question. how to set by default the installation of apps from market to sdcard. in syanogenemod settings/apps settings/install location ,I selected external, but not all apps are installed on the external memory.
and i made another update of the CM6, (whipe everithing), but why my apps that i istalled on the sdcard are gone/?

darko1515 said:
ok . thanks. I've succeed.
just one question. how to set by default the installation of apps from market to sdcard. in syanogenemod settings/apps settings/install location ,I selected external, but not all apps are installed on the external memory.
and i made another update of the CM6, (whipe everithing), but why my apps that i istalled on the sdcard are gone/?
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1) i have never tried to change this setting. Best to ask in the question in the CM6 thread in the dev section.
2) if you want a consisent SDcard experience between wipes, look up the apps2ext module and feature (search the forum). It works better for this sort of thing. It is a non native way to store apps and data on the sd card (special ext2 partition) by tricking android into thinking it is writing to the internal storage.
By the way, no need to do a full wipe when upgrading a ROM. This is only recommend when switching ROMs.
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Not all applications are recomended to install on SD. That cause problem and the phone restart eventually.

What the best 2.3 now on stone?

Newbie Here :-) MIUI Question!

Hi Forum
I'm still a newbie in all this android business, I try to read as many threads as possible before asking questions, however I just read A LOT about this MIUI, and people said there was released one for Optimus 2X? I just can't find it anywhere on the MIUI site.
Also if I do want this, how do I go about installing it? Can something go bad? I just don't want to brick my phone as I was close to doing so when I was playing around with flashing my SE phones
Help would be greatly appreciated
Kind Regards
~Neefy

Hi, you might wanna start and flash CyanogenMod first, also that is the best path to MIUI since the whole structure of MIUI for O2X is CM7. So go ahead to the CM7 thread and follow the guide there (I believe there is one).
I can't however tell you that not everything will go OK, since I don't know what knowledge do you have, but just be careful and everything will go great.
As for the MIUI installation it is somewhere in the only miui Thread at the moment in the development section.
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miui germany .de celebration HD beta version ^^

i think they removed the link

I found the link, but what is the process? I understand I have to install RomManager, then clockworkrecovery, place the miui .zip on my SD card (only got internal, is that ok?), boot into recovery, "install from zip"
Is that all? Anything I need to do before?

i am also interested in this

Anyone with time and generosity who wants to help us newbies ?

External is needed if I'm right someone may be able to back me up with that but basically use rom manager to flash clockwork mod recovery (cwm). Use volume buttons to move up and down Recovery menu and power button to select, it's recommended to make a nandroid backup before flashing so you always have an go back to how it was if anything goes wrong. Next step after backup is to factory reset, wipe cache partition, go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache and battery stats. Now go to install zip from sd card and then choose zip from sd card and select your rom and flash and reboot. I'm new to this also so hope this helps.
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but where does one get the zip image

The zip file is no problem, are you sure about the external SD thing tho? I don't have one

if you wqnt to flash roms you should get one. i got a 16gb one for about 14 euros from amazon

Could you link me to that ?

unfugor said:
if you wqnt to flash roms you should get one. i got a 16gb one for about 14 euros from amazon
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Wrong ! There are 2 versions of CWM. One for external and one for internal.
Go to dev section and search

As others have said, start with cyanogen to "cut you teeth" and then you can move to the MIUI ROM

MIUIUIUIUIUI is *dogshite* awful, but the installation process still remains the same. Flash zip. You do not need an external SD, you just need to read a bit more on recovery mounts.
Personally, CYANOGENMOD ALL THE WAY.

But what is the point installing cynagenmod and then installing MIUI right after?

the current MIUI for o2x is based off CM7.

But wouldn't it be the same as installing it from Stock in comparison to installing it from CM, won't I have to wipe and factory everything anyway?
Please clarify As said, I'm still very new to all of this!

if you are concern about bricking i suggest u make a nandroid backup or have another working rom on your sdcard. other than that process is the same.

Is there any way to do this without internet connection on my phone? My carrier stopped my internet connection because I forgot a bill I can't get rom manager due to not being able to get to market, any .apk or such?

witch ROM

HI ALL. first about my phone.
OPTIMUS 2X Canadian
Android version: 2.2.2
Kernel version:2.6.32.9
Baseband version:1035.21_20110823
Builder number:FRG83G
LGE Version LGP990hN-V21B
its rooted and have latest CMW on it.
now the question!
this is my primary phone that im using every day to wake up to navigate with gps to go to internet on wifi and 3g. camera everething!
so what rom i can put on it without changing baseband and so on. is there rom that can put on sd card and flash it?

You can flash CyanogenMod 7 ROMs or Official stock Gingerbread based ROMs, whatever you want. Baseband works with every ROM.
Concerning the procedure, you should rather read several howto in Dev section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037751
To root if not done, you can use Superoneclick as you are on Froyo.

CM 7 + vorkernel
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i will try one more time.
so what rom i can put on it without changing baseband and so on. is there rom that can put on sd card and flash it?

oleg1981 said:
i will try one more time.
so what rom i can put on it without changing baseband and so on. is there rom that can put on sd card and flash it?
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why not just try CyanogenMod 7 ?

PartyBent said:
why not just try CyanogenMod 7 ?
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i can just put it on sdcard and install it from CWM?

Yes like any other ROM... I think you mean ROM that won't replace your Baseband? Every ROM that is not clearly intended to be flashed with nvflash or smartflash will do it: Thanatos, Topogigi, Djdroid, CM7, and so on are all in CWM format.

wanted to install the rom. but before wanted to make a back up of my system! now when im doing backup from CWM its backing it up to the internal memory! not to the sdcard! is it normal?

from where you flash the CWM?? from rom manager or from rusty?
i flash the CWM from rusty and choose for external sd-card. every time i backup my system it always backup to external SD card

I'm doing power button +volume down. then selekting back up to external sdcard. but it saves it to internal

just did one more time backup. its processing and generating everething but when it comes to back up to sd_ext it shows no sd_ext found skiping the process.
the card is instaled and have about 7GB free spase, the CWM sees it as i instaled camera mod from there before.

oleg1981 said:
just did one more time backup. its processing and generating everething but when it comes to back up to sd_ext it shows no sd_ext found skiping the process.
the card is instaled and have about 7GB free spase, the CWM sees it as i instaled camera mod from there before.
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I think I will give up after this answer. Don't bother about sd-ext it isn't used in O2X, and has nothing to do with sdcard.
Read again and again and again first post in Rusty! thread about his CWM version and you'll perhaps understand how to flash it to have external sdcard used....

oleg1981 said:
just did one more time backup. its processing and generating everething but when it comes to back up to sd_ext it shows no sd_ext found skiping the process.
the card is instaled and have about 7GB free spase, the CWM sees it as i instaled camera mod from there before.
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As i understand from your earlier message, your device is already rooted. Why dont you try installing the ROM manager from the android market and then in the ROM manager settings you can choose to backup in the Ext SD card or the internal one.
goto settings-use external storage-click and then power down your device. Start with CWM-Power + Vol down key...now you have the backup stored in Ext SD card.
Hope this answers your question...Thanks...

SREEPRAJAY said:
As i understand from your earlier message, your device is already rooted. Why dont you try installing the ROM manager from the android market and then in the ROM manager settings you can choose to backup in the Ext SD card or the internal one.
goto settings-use external storage-click and then power down your device. Start with CWM-Power + Vol down key...now you have the backup stored in Ext SD card.
Hope this answers your question...Thanks...
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thanks! most understundable and answer by the theme! thank you!

is there any rom for 2X that is 100% android? no lg stuf. and is 100% working without bugs? and is there 100% copy of original stock 2.3.4 rom?

oleg1981 said:
is there any rom for 2X that is 100% android? no lg stuf. and is 100% working without bugs? and is there 100% copy of original stock 2.3.4 rom?
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why don't you see the development section, there is a lot of rom that you can try. and it's based on 2.3.4. me my self i use GR5 vanilla edition (2.3.4) modaco rom created by paul

oleg1981 said:
is there any rom for 2X that is 100% android? no lg stuf. and is 100% working without bugs? and is there 100% copy of original stock 2.3.4 rom?
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Try the Topo 2 SP3 ROM with HorsePower SR1 Kernel. It has some LG stuff though...but, it is very stable with all the goodies of GB 2.3.4. I used a few ROMs and settled on this cause of the stability and battery performance. There are a few themes for this ROM to customize.....although there are a few more ROMs in the dev section.
You have to flash and check ROMs if you have the time and information...if you want to have more information...maybe you can PM me. I can help you.
Thanks

My rule of thumb would be:
If you want stability, stick with stock. If you want bleeding edge, use an AOSP rom.
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Striatum_bdr said:
You can flash CyanogenMod 7 ROMs or Official stock Gingerbread based ROMs, whatever you want. Baseband works with every ROM.
Concerning the procedure, you should rather read several howto in Dev section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037751
To root if not done, you can use Superoneclick as you are on Froyo.
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my dear friend i want to try Thanatos2X 4.2 ROM - Horse Power 2x Kernel SR2 thats your rom but i dont know how to do it ... It will be great it you could help me .. thank you in advance

gomzy27 said:
my dear friend i want to try Thanatos2X 4.2 ROM - Horse Power 2x Kernel SR2 thats your rom but i dont know how to do it ... It will be great it you could help me .. thank you in advance
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My also dear friend..!
I suggest you check this topic.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058254&page=1147
This is the place from where I learned to root and flash and backup etc.
Thanks a lot Moon101 .
To go to the most amazing and to the point readme by Moon101
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19609704&postcount=11462

[Q] Updatng from Gingerdx v022 to v025

Dear All,
please guide me to update my X8 having Gingerdx v022 to v025 without loosing applications installed. Does doing full wipe delete my data and application ? Also how to update CWM with the update ?

I updated from 22 to 25 without a full wipe. went fine and phone is faster and more responsive.. I dont have that many apps installed though. Just boot to CWM and install zip from location. reboot and you're away.
If you do hit problems just go back into to CWM and do a full wipe..

You need full reinstall , gdx v22 is cm7.1 and the v25 is cm7.2......
Sent from my E15i using XDA

Full wipe is recomended because of different ROM bases. (CM7.1 and CM7.2)

prashanthkp said:
Dear All,
please guide me to update my X8 having Gingerdx v022 to v025 without loosing applications installed. Does doing full wipe delete my data and application ? Also how to update CWM with the update ?
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To answer your question:
You can always use Titanium Back-up from the market to back up all user apps and data stored with them.
When you upgrade from v22 to v25, as Adrian said, it's a different version of CM, therefor, one must full wipe for better results. No one said it wouldn't work well without wiping, but it's just better to do it.
After installing and wiping, simply download titanium back up again, and restore your back-ups...that's how i do it.
Hope this helps...

Hello guys
I'm new here and in the endless world of Android, so please forgive me if you think that my question is stupid. I've already tried to find a solution inside the forum but there is always some part that I can't really understand..
You've said that v025 has cm7.2. Does this mean that if I want to install this version I need to first install cm7.2? Or is it included with the gingerdx v025 and I just have to do the things that you've already explained?
Besides, is there anything else to do before I install the zip file?
It's the third time that I block my phone and miraculously restore it to the v022, so I'd prefer not to make another big mistake..
Hope my English is good, and thank you all

IAmNice said:
Yeah welcome and for your question have you tried using the search button and reading the rom thread? Not only did you revive an old useless thread, you also asked a very simple question.
I'm sorry for being hard but this is better then giving you answers and making you think you can be lazy and can ignore searching and reading.
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^^^this
@madamemim: it's simple.
1. make a nandroid backup to be safe.
2. install cwm
3. dl the gdx (for stock) version you want save it on your sdcard
4. reboot to cmw
5. full wipe, clear cache, dalvik, etc.
6. flash your new rom
i'm assuming you know how to use cwm since you already flashed a custom rom.
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[Q]what rom and android version is best

Hi there. I have samsung galaxy s1 and its so slow!!! Most of time i have 270m ram using so im asking what is the best combinition of rom+android version will be best for battery saving, and basiclly for lower ram memory so my device will woek fast.
Oh n is it hard to change rom+android version?
If something go wrong any way to restore the device or its gonw forever(not talking about the content)
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Sorry for my english try to understand

What Android version are you using?
1. If you're running a jelly bean rom and you wanna change the rom, you will have to factory reset (meaning all your apps will be gone). Most (If not all) jelly bean roms require that. Im not sure about Gingerbread.
2. To backup your phone so you could restore it later you need CMW. If you have it installed all you need to do is boot into it, select backup and restore and then choose backup and if later you wanna go back to your previous android rom you can click restore. you can also choose to back your android up to an sd card by choosing Backup to external storage (or whatever its called).
3. Good roms are: Gamerzrom, Cyanogenmod 10.1 (or you can choose 10.2 if you want Jelly bean 4.3), Slimbean
4. Usually installing roms is fast and simple and can take up to 5 minutes if you know what youre doing.

Ty laptop but i dont realy understand in android. And i have 2.4.4 android version i have no problem switching it
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555satan said:
And i have 2.4.4 android version i have no problem switching it
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Read better (or type), mate ....I would finally like to see Android 2.4.4 version

You should try mackay rom. It is very stable, smooth and you get 395mb ram.

galaxy update
hey!
i am having problem in my recovery mode
my device shows only 3 option
•reboot system now
•wipe device/factory reset
•wipe cache
it does not show the option of install zip from sd or any other option.
please tell me how i can flash custom roms.

It seems you have a standart recovery. You must flash custom recovery first.

galaxy updates
BaruX said:
It seems you have a standart recovery. You must flash custom recovery first.
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thank you sir,can you please tell me how can i flash custom recovery?

You should use the search engine!
You will find everithing you need here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379853