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My dad has the Sanyo Zio, and I'm looking to speed it up

No offense to anyone here, but I cant even fiddle with his phone for more than 30 seconds before I get frustrated by it's sluggishness and just hand it back to him. It's phones like that that prevented me from buying an Android phone for so long, but now I have the Evo and love it.
So, what can I do to help him out here? It's fully updated. Mostly I'd want to look into some sort of overclock and removing the sprint bloatware. Nothing fancy, just something to make it more functional.

First and foremost you need to root the phone using universal androot or z4 one click root.
Get root explorer to remove the bloatware. Once it is installed open up root explorer navigate to data/FLEX and remove bloatware.
Then you can start speeding up the phone using sysctl config app in the market. We have a thread with recommended settings floating around here somewhere. VM Heap tool and BladeBuddy to turn off stagefright, you can also use apps like SD speed increase to gain a lil speed from your sd card. After doing all of that and dialing the settings in the phone should run like a dream.

Just don't brick it. We will not take liability in the case that the phone no longer functions properly or if the battery blows up or any thing that happens from modifying the phone.
Now before you go buck wild with your dad's phone please read more about rooting and sysctl but first question is, cricket or sprint?
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Mattix724 said:
but first question is, cricket or sprint?
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This should answer your question: lol
patass said:
removing the SPRINT bloatware.
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Thanks fate guess I missed that. Can't do as much as the cricket Zio.
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I never had issues with the Zio mine was great on speed an UI, rootedfrom day one. I got a semi bricked one for free im trying to flash it back as it out performs the Optius...though nothing seems to work. Ive tried booting it at least 4-5 ways. Ive used original rom, custom rom, ive tried pushing the images for boot through usb as well. Anyone got any ideas? Id love make some some custom mods for it.
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IVXX said:
I never had issues with the Zio mine was great on speed an UI, rootedfrom day one. I got a semi bricked one for free im trying to flash it back as it out performs the Optius...though nothing seems to work. Ive tried booting it at least 4-5 ways. Ive used original rom, custom rom, ive tried pushing the images for boot through usb as well. Anyone got any ideas? Id love make some some custom mods for it.
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Please tell me you arent trying to push the roms / themes from here on XDA. They are cricket images and wont work on sprint.
Aside from that, you may need to get someone with a working sprint zio and try to perform a nand backup from a fresh hard reset that you can hopefully restore. I dont even know if CWM recovery will work for sprint but read the thread here and give it a shot to see if it boots.

My Zio is a cricket its NOT a Sprint...
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IVXX said:
My Zio is a cricket its NOT a Sprint...
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I dont think there are any stock 1.6 img files anywhere around here. Just out of curiosity why the hell would you want the stock 1.6 img anyway??

I have 1.6 images
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But I promise you if it's cricket, flash the openzio rom once spz includes the kernel.
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OK, so the prob with this Zio is the last owner attempted to do the 2.2 over the air update and it failed, causing it to not boot right, then a Cricket Rep. Reloaded the OS and now it won't go passed the green droid at original start screen. Sure hope that kernel arrives soon. Thanks for all the help I appreciate it!
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Have you tried erasing everything in fastboot and flashing imgs in fastboot?
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Everything is off it, I assume since the OS was reloaded it has no root, this is my first time with a difficult phone too.I have ODIN if someone would be willing to walk me through that process I'd be VERY MUCH appreciative, it's possible I've over complicated this in my head, if it has no root am I skrewed? PC won't recognize it in usb, and I'm new to adb so getting files to it is tricky for a rookie like me ={
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Scrapped that zio...even ODIN didn't help...trading that zio and this LG for an out the box brand new Droid Incredible...coming completely set up rooted,backed up,and with a tested custom ROM optimized for speed and performance! Thanks to all the awesome ppl who helped me try and get that Zio going ^_^
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Good luck with the new phone... sorry that the Zio is too complicated to use, unfortunately we only have a few devs around here... the incredible has plenty of support and everything will be easy. If you have trouble with that phone it will be user error.
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Root without computer?

Is there a way to get root without a computer? Like z4root,universal androot,gingerbreak? My PC died and it might be awhile lol
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Gingberbreak didn't work for me. Pneuter through Superoneclick did though so if there's some kind of apk that uses the Pneuter exploit it could work.

Im hopeing there is something cause I'm going to have a hard time finding a computer to use for it for awhile with my schedule
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Well if you can borrow a friend's for a little bit you can root with Superoneclick in around 10min. That includes installing drivers, downloading the software, and doing the actual rooting.

A little good news... Semi official

While you can never completely trust what support people say...
http://www.lgforum.com/forum/boards/carriers/verizon/topics/revolution-gingerbread-update

They were pretty good about the news when it came to the froyo update for the ally so im hopeful itll be soon

So we've heard a couple of second-hand accounts of a release in mid-October and now the LG tech saying "soon." This is good, really. It's just so hard to wait, since this phone isn't fully functional without GB. Pretty much nothing can use the front-facing camera until this comes out

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So we've heard a couple of second-hand accounts of a release in mid-October and now the LG tech saying "soon." This is good, really. It's just so hard to wait, since this phone isn't fully functional without GB. Pretty much nothing can use the front-facing camera until this comes out
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Just so everyone knows. The LG Esteem is the same exact phone as the LG Revolution. Just a different carrier and different OS. Myself and mtmichaelson have been trying to contact people who have the LG Esteem to get a system dump from them to make porting Gingerbread to our phones easier. Hopefully we should have something to tell you guys soon.

Woot! Keep it up guys!
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Nice!! Looking forward to what you can do.
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Just so everyone knows. The LG Esteem is the same exact phone as the LG Revolution. Just a different carrier and different OS. Myself and mtmichaelson have been trying to contact people who have the LG Esteem to get a system dump from them to make porting Gingerbread to our phones easier. Hopefully we should have something to tell you guys soon.
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I only found one forum so far, they can't root it using GingerBreak..

drt054 said:
I only found one forum so far, they can't root it using GingerBreak..
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I'm not even really worried about rooting it. I just want it on my phone! Lol!

Hey guys, just a quick update before going to bed for 2 hours of sleep, root has been accomplished! I was able to help get super user working properly after they were able to gain access. It has not been released to the masses, but will be soon. In return for a little bit of my assistance, I now have in my possession the full system dump and the boot.img from the gingerbread build on the esteem and will be working to see if it can somewhat easily be ported over.
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mtmichaelson said:
Hey guys, just a quick update before going to bed for 2 hours of sleep, root has been accomplished! I was able to help get super user working properly after they were able to gain access. It has not been released to the masses, but will be soon. In return for a little bit of my assistance, I now have in my possession the full system dump and the boot.img from the gingerbread build on the esteem and will be working to see if it can somewhat easily be ported over.
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WHAT!?! You my friend are a God among men!
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Awesome
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Too excited!!!
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I'm all gitty with excitement!! Good things come to those who wait. Thanks MT
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You are the man!!!
sent from my Iconically Revolting LG Revolution powered by MTM

Well played Mr. Bond.

Very nice
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Rooted but i didnt root wtf!

ok so this morning i started up my bionic noticed one of my apps was in the wrong spot so i scrolled thru them and noticed the super user app was installed! WTF, opened it up of course nothing in the log, so i downloaded a root checker sure enough the SU app popped up asking for permission! sure enough i granted it SU permissions and it was given full access WTF!
how did my bionic root its self!

You must have done something

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You must have done something
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the only thing i did was boot up my phone this am, i dont even have any super one click or z root apps on my sd card or phone

Very strange but I don't believe this its possible unless you did something.
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Juiced_RL said:
Very strange but I don't believe this its possible unless you did something.
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i wouldnt chance a root with such a new phone i mean the sbf and what not is barely out there!
trust me i didnt do anything, is there a way to check to see how it was rooted?

I could maybe possibly see a spontaneous bug rooting your phone, but it could not have possibly been a bug that installed superuser and the terminal emulator. Possibilities I can see:
1. You used to have a rooted phone and synced the backup with your bionic, thus reinstalling superuser.
2. someone else rooted it for you without telling you
3. You bought the phone used and it was already rooted

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I could maybe possibly see a spontaneous bug rooting your phone, but it could not have possibly been a bug that installed superuser and the terminal emulator. Possibilities I can see:
1. You used to have a rooted phone and synced the backup with your bionic, thus reinstalling superuser.
2. someone else rooted it for you without telling you
3. You bought the phone used and it was already rooted
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1. the only thing i resynced up was my music and a few apps
2. the phone has been in my possession every day
3. i would never buy a rooted phone as i dont know how or if the person knew what they was doing

Btw pete's does root bionic. As a matter of fact I rooted several bionics with free hotspot as well a week or so after it came out.
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famouzstarz said:
1. the only thing i resynced up was my music and a few apps
2. the phone has been in my possession every day
3. i would never buy a rooted phone as i dont know how or if the person knew what they was doing
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Phones don't root themselves. You or someone you know had to of done something
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Also, for the record, yes the "SBF" is out there. We are all rooted and playing with our phones because there is a recovery. It's just not called SBF anymore, it's FXZ.

famouzstarz said:
ok so this morning i started up my bionic noticed one of my apps was in the wrong spot so i scrolled thru them and noticed the super user app was installed! WTF, opened it up of course nothing in the log, so i downloaded a root checker sure enough the SU app popped up asking for permission! sure enough i granted it SU permissions and it was given full access WTF!
how did my bionic root its self!
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Did you also wake up with a splitting headache, bottle of bacardi next to the bed and wondering why you were dressed like a pirate?
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Droidmoder said:
Btw pete's does root bionic. As a matter of fact I rooted several bionics with free hotspot as well a week or so after it came out.
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Not to hijack but, my bionic is rooted and wireless tether doesn't work, how can I get wireless tethering working, or is it possible? Thanks in advance
As for op, you must have done something I've never seen a phone root itself, though would be a nice option to have

meth68 said:
Not to hijack but, my bionic is rooted and wireless tether doesn't work, how can I get wireless tethering working, or is it possible? Thanks in advance
As for op, you must have done something I've never seen a phone root itself, though would be a nice option to have
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http://droidmodderx.com/bionic/how-to-get-free-wifi-tether-on-the-droid-bionic/
Here it is enjoy. Also you need to reboot and turn it on and off a few times as described in the guide.
Also may need to change the starting ip. I had to do that on a few of them. But I can confirm it does work.
Also this mehtod works best with the verizon hotspot app. I haven't bothered trying to get wireless tether to work. But I'm sure its possible
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I have a feeling you downloaded an app or a 3rd party app. A while vback there was a scare where an app actually rooted your phone without you knowing. Its far fetch but not impossible. Seen it happened before.
That's why its so important to check permissions on all apps and especially funky dev names.
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lrs421 said:
Did you also wake up with a splitting headache, bottle of bacardi next to the bed and wondering why you were dressed like a pirate?
Just askin...
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I hate waking up dressed like a pirate.
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bigsapz said:
I hate waking up dressed like a pirate.
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Better the pirate than the parrot...just sayin'!

dadsterflip said:
I have a feeling you downloaded an app or a 3rd party app. A while vback there was a scare where an app actually rooted your phone without you knowing. Its far fetch but not impossible. Seen it happened before.
That's why its so important to check permissions on all apps and especially funky dev names.
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im leaning towards this oh well though im running with it backed up got cw recovery looking forward to a rom with free wifi tether!

HTC Sense APP on Motorola Blur

Is there anyway to take an app(Footprints) from a droid incredible or dinc 2 and run them on a Droid Bionic? I have played with rooting and ROMS, but with school and everything else going on, I just haven't had time to research it. If not, can anyone suggest a similar app for the Bionic. Thanks in advance.
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don't think that is possible the htc apps are made to run only on htc phones like footprints and teeter i am sure it could be tampered with to work but i am sure it is a lot more work than it is is work and i am not sure about related apps to that google it?? there for a reason

I just did a google search for footprints.apk and found a site where you may be able to download it.
Just remeber that you do this at your own risk. I also don't condone piracy so make sure this isn't a paid app.

I had found the apk download, but was nervous about issues caused by it being an HTC app. Thanks for the advice. Was hoping someone else may have already done this. Guess I'll break down and do the research. Thanks again
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