Ok Big Problem! Tmobile Dell Streak 7 4g - Dell Streak 7

Ok So here We Go bought a DS7 4g By tmobile, got it off of craigslist as I proceeded to update it via the update button it gave me a android with a triangle and a question mark inside it....waited 25 minutes....nothing happened same thing well hit the power button then it wouldn't go back into boot just kept going to CWM not knowing what that meant I googled it and what do you know I updated a CWM flashed DS7 so as I have read that means boot loop or something...I followed up reading what you all have been saying so I took DJ Steve's HC rom and decided to give it a show wasn't working so I had to do something....Well it started to work after installing it via NVFlash. But now that I have it working again I am happy except one huge thing I don't quite like the rom...So this is my problem is there anyway i can get this thing back to stock OTA 2.2.2? Because the update is being released Oct. 7, 2011.....I really want to have the OTA version....So is there anyone that will please give me help at all? Hell I will even talk on the phone if that will get it done I Don't Care I just want it back to normal! I have tried the recover back to stock post on here but didn't work....So please don't tell me to read more I have been reading for the past 7 hours and have gotten this far....So please can anyone give me a for sure way to get this back to gingerbread Froyo 2.2.2 update? My device says its a Dellstreak7 but Its running Asus Transformer port I guess....I can't figure how to get it to boot into anything not even good old CWM Recovery..PLEASE HELP!

First of all younstill have A LOT of reading to do
Secondly... there is an NVFLASH method to get you back to stock 2.2.2 which you implement exactly as you did when you ran the NVFlash to get Steve's Honeycomb

And I did just that but I found a forum that actually worked here in xda thank God lol....but the Dell update to honey comb wasn't any better I thought honeycomb was going to be great the way everyone was talking about hc this an that well my apps don't all work either sad face so what is so good about honeycomb? Compared to gingerbread
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tongueman87 said:
And I did just that but I found a forum that actually worked here in xda thank God lol....but the Dell update to honey comb wasn't any better I thought honeycomb was going to be great the way everyone was talking about hc this an that well my apps don't all work either sad face so what is so good about honeycomb? Compared to gingerbread
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the biggest advantages we are expecting to see (eventually after the devs have hacked away at the kernel) are improved performance and hopefully overclocking AND still have better battery life, and of course the changes in the UI (user interface) also time has to be given to developers to engineer apps for honeycomb

Yeah true I understand, but I just don't like the fact that I can't use my other apps from 2.2.2. That's another thing wasn't there a update to 2.3 or some thing like that? Another thing I don't like is that the ui is retarded maybe cause I have never seen honeycomb. But I'm not to impressed.
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[Q] n00b Questions about HoneyStreak

OK, I'm a n00b to this forum, so I can't post in the development forum yet. So I guess I'll ask here.
I have some questions about HoneyStreak.
Is everyone's screen in HoneyStreak kinda off? (See image below)
Is there a way to make the font larger?
How come everything is so tiny? (fonts and icons and everything)
What launcher should I be using with HoneyStreak?
Will a different launcher make a difference with the icon/font size?
Is the answer to all of my questions just that its a Beta release of Honeycomb, and that they are working on all of that? (or is it supposed to be like that? or did I mess up my install?)
1. Yes.
2. Yes, but you lose the HoneyComb Google Apps if you do that (you can bump the screen density up).
3. See #2.
4. Stock is probably best.
5. Not to my knowledge, but I could be wrong.
6. Yes.
Most of this has been covered in the HoneyStreak thread. I know it's a bit to read through, so I'm not annoyed; just saying you could probably find the answer to these questions and more on there if you're willing to put some time in.
Honeycomb isn't ready for primetime on the Streak 7, yet. This is more of an early beta, but it shows a lot of promise. Once AOSP drops, it ought to be significantly better (though that may not be until Ice Cream Sandwich). Keep watching.
Thanks Zandar, once again.
It is definitely a very promising beta. I can't wait until it's ready for prime time. Until then, I think I'll go back to the stock ROM, but rooted. I don't see too much advantage to StreakDroid, so I'll just wait for HoneyStreak.
That's exactly what I did. StreakDroid doesn't have functioning bluetooth, so that was a no-go for me. Try Gingerbreak for rooting stock 2.2.2; easiest root I've ever done.
I got excited when I saw a post about GingerStreak, but that's for the Streak 5. It kinda stinks having Gingerbread on my old phone and Froyo on my new tablet. LOL
I guess no one is interested in working on a Gingerbread ROM while Honeycomb is in beta. I don't blame them.
GingerBreak was an easy root. The hardest part was getting the .apk file onto the Streak and running it - which wasn't hard at all.
Another off-the-wall question for you:
How come none of the ROMs for the Streak 7 are Cyanogenmod based? I'm curious because I've gotten used to a lot of the Cyanogenmod features on my phone and I miss them on the Streak.
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I got excited when I saw a post about GingerStreak, but that's for the Streak 5. It kinda stinks having Gingerbread on my old phone and Froyo on my new tablet. LOL
I guess no one is interested in working on a Gingerbread ROM while Honeycomb is in beta. I don't blame them.
GingerBreak was an easy root. The hardest part was getting the .apk file onto the Streak and running it - which wasn't hard at all.
Another off-the-wall question for you:
How come none of the ROMs for the Streak 7 are Cyanogenmod based? I'm curious because I've gotten used to a lot of the Cyanogenmod features on my phone and I miss them on the Streak.
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There aren't the devs for that, right now. There's a thread over on the Cyanogenmod forums asking for develops and even offering money for a port; no response, yet. I loved CM on my old Droid, but this device simply didn't have the dev support that the OG Droid had (not yet, anyway).
Dont count on no cm devs
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Hey Steve! Thanks for all that you do for our Streaks!! You are the man.
I do hope that recent price drops for the Streak 7 bring on some more interest. The more popular the device the more people will want to work on it.
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Dont count on no cm devs
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First off, I love what you've done for the Streak 7. You're really the only one pushing the device, and I know you're also busy with the Streak 5 (and, you know, have a life and stuff, too). I'm very grateful to have you developing.
That said, you're only one man (though a very talented one). I'm pretty excited to hear that some other devs might join the team. This device has so much potential, and it would be great to see people working to unlock it.
Any other info you can share, or is it all top secret, hush-hush right now?
another noob with question
i am ordering a streak 7 from t-mobile and will have it next week. in the mean time reading this forum and ready to get on honeystreak.
Do i just follow step by step direction in DJSteve honeystreak thread? is there anything i have to do before that, like root, fastboot,....?
thanks in advance,
You'll need to root your device in order to install honeystreak.
I wouldn't mess with the SuperOneClick method of rooting. GingerBreak is the easiest method. Check the instructions in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1105165
Since I don't have enough posts I wasn't allowed to post in the development Honeystreak thread (10 posts required) so I figure I'll post here.
I just installed Honeystreak RC2 and so far it's GREAT! Thanks to DJ_Steve and others who made it possible!
My question though is regarding Facebook. I'm unable to find the FB app in the Android or Amazon marketplaces. Is this an issue for anyone else?
I searched for the .apk, but could only find version 1.4, and I know it has been recently updated. Anyone have the most recent apk?
Thanks for any input!
Jeff
rattlehead02 said:
Since I don't have enough posts I wasn't allowed to post in the development Honeystreak thread (10 posts required) so I figure I'll post here.
I just installed Honeystreak RC2 and so far it's GREAT! Thanks to DJ_Steve and others who made it possible!
My question though is regarding Facebook. I'm unable to find the FB app in the Android or Amazon marketplaces. Is this an issue for anyone else?
I searched for the .apk, but could only find version 1.4, and I know it has been recently updated. Anyone have the most recent apk?
Thanks for any input!
Jeff
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Not to provide a non-answer, but the Android FB app sucks. I'd just use the mobile site.
No arguments there. But I do like having the FB widget on my home screen.
Also I figure I'd do my part to help point out any bugs or what-not with the RC build.
Facebook mobile shows up in rc3 and you dont need to be rooted to flash honeystreak.
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If you'd just read the instructions then you wouldn't have asked your question I guess. LOL.
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Facebook mobile shows up in rc3 and you dont need to be rooted to flash honeystreak.
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Facebook mobile and the official Facebook for Android app are two completely different beasts. Facebook for Android does not show up in the RC3 marketplace. I had to push it from my phone to my HoneyStreak 7. Doing that though doesn't allow it to integrate with your Gallery and therefore can't share photos and videos on Facebook via RC3 unless you use the mobile site, which has intermittent issues. I'm pretty sure I could in RC2 as I had Facebook on there working properly. That's an Issue for me since technically it's my wife's streak 7 and she uses it primarily for facebook and surfing the web... oh yeah, and Angry Birds, gotta have Angry Birds.
Bear
im wondering if the facebook app doesn exist on honeycomb. i havent got a native hc device to try it

Dell just told me Honeycomb is on hold due to issues with the 2.2.2 OS.

Hey all just wanted to relay what Dell just told me in regards to honeycomb. Seems when they were testing it or so, customers had device freezes and issues due to the upgrade process and so. Thus Honeycomb seems to be on hold. Not sure if it will happen at all now. Issue was for Streak 5 and 7 she said.
Kinda sucks in a way... just waiting for the custom hc rom to be fully set. =D
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Hey all just wanted to relay what Dell just told me in regards to honeycomb. Seems when they were testing it or so, customers had device freezes and issues due to the upgrade process and so. Thus Honeycomb seems to be on hold. Not sure if it will happen at all now. Issue was for Streak 5 and 7 she said.
Kinda sucks in a way... just waiting for the custom hc rom to be fully set. =D
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So, because there might be issues with 2.2.2, they won't upgrade to 3.1/3.2?
Sense. Dell makes none.
Yea basically, seems people upgrading had issues that caused so many streaks to be sent back in. Also we already know from the honeystreak rom that it changes the bootloaders and so differently then how 2.2.2 runs. (And not like the Honeycomb rom is fully complete, think about it, orig it had sleep issues)
Now if they would only release a sdk and let ppl here at xda get it working, problem would be solved. Either way it sucks that for us EARLY adopters with a promise of honeycomb, are getting screwed.
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well i have browsing these forums for a little while and i love all the info available to every one now that thats out the way has ever officialy anouced honeycomb for the streak 7 ?
The worst part is that, if this is true, we are using a ported version (Honeystreak) when there is a version designed for us, already made, sitting around on some computer at Dell because of flash issues. They should just release it, and let XDA-developers members figure out how to get it on.
I am considering buying Streak 7, and just called Dell CS. I was told that upgrade is scheduled for the end of next month, although the rep would not tell me exactly what version is going to come out (if at all). Take this for what it is worth. Just another rumor.
End of the month would be awesome... but honestly, I really dont see them doing it. I mean we have waited for so long. WOULD be nice.. Im just gonna keep supporting and soon maybe donate a lil to Steve for his efforts to get it working perfectly.
That change of bootloaders shouldn't have any effect. Come on I've flashed over a dozen ROM and kermal combinations on my phone. Its just a matter of getting the stuff to the folks here on xda to get it of work.
I enjoy my DS7 and with some of the tweaks of performs pretty well but an upgrade shouldn't be rocket science..oh wait we're talking about Dell
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One difference, for the MOST part, us XDA Regulars who have been on more then one section of the forums for devices. "WE" know how to do things. We know also how to recover from a failure, or least understand the restore process from guides we read. Its always a risk what we do to our devices.
Now take the avg joe.. one wrong thing, every device gets sent back in to be fixed. That seems to be the issue here.
nice
for the 5and 7?
i just talked with some people from dell and they said that it would come "soon"
which mean they probably have no idea but soon is good enough i guess^_^
Well considering how long Dell is dragging their asses, I'm quite glad DJ steve is working so vigorously on things. I'd hate to wait on them for too long. I really don't have to, now that the sleep of death and app drawer problems are fixed, I'm quite happy with my streak 7 running RC3. I don't really use bluetooth now, but I plan to in the future. Hopefully that will be working soon too eh? If Dell does actually release a version (ever) I hope it will boost DJ steve's project ten fold!
bluetooth works fine over here on rc3- just doesn support handsfree profile probably due to the lack of phone support.
Yea Streak 5 and 7, thats what she said. I was thinking the same thing since 5 isnt dual core.. I do believe her on that dell has too many returns tho.. Almost feels like they want the streak to die quietly... =/
I don't know what is going on. It worked 2.2.2. But everytime I go to turn it on it just unchecks the box like it did nothing.
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Dells turbo update speeds
Im just kidding, I know they're hard at work...
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for the 5and 7?
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[Q] New DS7 in the mail

Hey all, I'm a new DS7 owner (well, UPS is right now but I will be). My interest was grabbed when I heard the news about the official Honeycomb being released for the DS7. After some add'l reading around about it (including discovering Honeystreak), I decided to trade my Nook Color in for a DS7.
I'm by no means new to Android hacking but I am totally new to the DS7. So I was wondering if a couple peeps would mind helping me play catch-up so I know what all is going on with it. For example:
What's the recovery situation? I see a stickied CWM thread but I also see comments such as "I doubt we'll be seeing cmw any time soon since partitions keep changing and we all know how badly cmw has screwed.us in the past...". If not CWM, then whatcha got?
Are there generally-accepted bugs with the device that I should be aware of before I waste time banging my head against the wall? For example, all AOSP ROMs for the Thunderbolt have a GPS and Network Location bug, and MMS only works if Wifi is disconnected.
What firmware-flashing tool is used? (equivalent to Odin, HBoot, RSDLite, etc.)
What other things are there that I should know about that are specific to the DS7?
If not here on XDA, where is DJ Steve posting new HoneyStreak updates?
I appreciate your help and a bit of patience while I ask the dumb questions.
Hey Jax, good to see a fellow Thunderbolt owner over here, well....the rom game is slow around these parts. Most owners including myself are waiting for the official 3.2 ota which may be days or weeks away for the wifi model. DJsteve is the streak dev but has CHOSEN to take his work elsewhere due to GPL issues.
The known bugs or issues for the most part have been well documented, battery life and screen, although I wouldn't call the later a "bug". Battery life is supposed to be addressed in the ota as well. In my opinion this is going to be a sweet little tab once 3.2 arrives and will hopefully attract some devs.
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Hi Jax,
Welcome to the Streak7 world. I too am a new DS7 user (wifi only). Only just getting mine back on the 2nd of Sept. I used the stock rom and thought it was a decent running system. In fact, I kinda disagreed with most who said it was a bit sluggish, as mine seemed to run quite well. Got my DS7 on Friday afternoon,by late Saturday night I had it rooted to Honeycomb.Why live with last years model when you can have this years model. I worked under that for a few days to see how it ran. Then I went back to the stock Dell rom for comparison. Well... after going back to the stock rom I saw just what everyone was saying about it being sluggish. Now granted the stock rom ran fine & I was fine with it untill I rooted. Then I got spoiled. SO not only does the stock rom run a bit slower, it has a lot of bloat. (as one would expect). Going over to the root rom fixes these issues. Its a clean fast running system now. I have not found any troubles with the rom Im using or the stock rom. I think you'll be happy with the DS7 & even more so after rooting it.
I use DJ_Steve's HoneyStreak HD7 2.0 (3.2)R4 (Going to R5 today as he just posted the R5 yesterday) & I love it. You'l need to install R2 first,then update to R4 or R5.
DJ_Steve has moved over to another site & his work can be found here :
R2 : http://tabletroms.com/forums/honeyc...[r2]-honeystreak-hd7-2-0-release-2-3-2-a.html
R5 : http://tabletroms.com/forums/honeyc...m][r5]-honeystreak-hd7-2-0-release-3-2-a.html
Good luck with your new DS7. If I can help any more please feel free to drop me a line. And keep us posted on your goings on with it.
^^^I also think the stock rom isn't so bad, I do have adwex on top of it though. I'm yet to root mines. I'm shocked how much I'm liking my DS7.
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Before you go installing HC, can you check what stock rom you have installed first?
The version is in system -> about phone
You might have a newer version rom then what's available. Dell has been releasing most of their updates as preinstalled only recently.
TheManii said:
Before you go installing HC, can you check what stock rom you have installed first?
The version is in system -> about phone
You might have a newer version rom then what's available. Dell has been releasing most of their updates as preinstalled only recently.
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I bought mine used on Ebay. I had honeycomb on it within 3 hours of playing with my Streak.

[Q] How to Unroot Lg Thrill?

Hello everyone,
It's nice to have a reason to be back in xda.
So recently I traded my iphone 4s for an LG Thrill + $150. So naturally, I made out of the deal. Anyway, upon receiving the phone, I noticed Superuser in the app drawer. Now I have never rooted an android before, so I would very much appreciate if someone could walk me through on how to do it, or link me to a thread that may explain it. The reason I am making my own thread about this is because Id also like a few questions answered if possible.
First of all, I want to unroot because I'm not sure if the previous owner installed any kind of tracking software on the phone, unlikely, but you never know. Also because I figure I will have to do it to update to ICS when it gets released for the Thrill. So I guess one of my questions are how do I tell what kind of stuff is installed on my phone from a rooted perspective. I noticed that for one unroot you need to have cwm installed, and i don't know how to go about to see if it is. I don't see it in the app drawer, so I'm not sure. Like I said, Ive never owned a rooted android before, only my jailbroken iphones.
Another question I had is that when I signed into my android email (I previously owned a motorola Xoom) it released an arsenal of unwanted emails and contacts into my phones contacts, I'm going to imagine there is a setting in the settings to untoggle this, and I will try to hunt it down, but if anyone could give me a heads up on where it is, thatd be ridiculously awesome.
Then another thing id like help with, is since im late in the game with the Thrill, maybe you could post any interesting threads youd think a newbie would like to see. I will spend my own time looking over xda (so please don't come in here and hate on me and tell me to look for it myself) I just figured you kind people that are in here a couple times a week would already know of some great stuff I could look at. It does get time consuming reading through the Troll posts and whatnot.
Anywho, Thanks for your time and I'm looking forward to talking to you all in the coming days!
If anyone could help me, I have never been rooted like stated, and I'm just trying to gushed what I should do. I found out he used super one click method to root. And I see superuser in the apparently drawer, but I don't see clockwork recovery at all (and I don't even know what that is/does, but I know its important.) If anyone could just start a dialogue with me to help me get some of this figured out I'd be very appreciative. I just don't want to ultimately brick my phone.
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I would check to see if clockwork mod recovery is installed first. If it is, then just install a different rom and you will know that any tracking stuff the previous user may have installed is gone.
To check for clockwork recovery, power your phone down completely. Hold the volume down button and the 3d button down, then press the power button until the phone vibrates and starts booting. If the phone boots normally, you don't have clockwork recovery. If you do have clockwork recovery, then install a custom rom from the development section and you're on your way. I like thriller and doomed froyo.
Enjoy!
-q
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Yes! I booted into an android recovery system, so I'm taking that I do have certain thanks, now I will have to look into the Roms.
Two side questions though, I will have to unroot before ICS right?
And when I turned off and booted like you said, once I got into the recovery attempt I just rebooted again, my battery was at 70 percent before the initial reboot and somhow now displaying it at 26 percent. Any ideas on that? I'm going to reset again to see if it drags back up. I am confused
EDIT: After turning it off on the battery is still reading in the twenty percent. I know for a fact that it should be up in the sixty seventy range. Does loading into recovery really destroy your battery like that? I had already done a full life cycle on the battery so I can't imagine that the batteries the issue
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So I just removed then replaced the battery and now its reading at 35 percent. Is this normal?
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Hey... haven't been checking this forum for a few days. It sounds like your battery stats are hosed. In cwr there is an option to wipe battery stats. That should do the trick.
You do not need to un-root in order to install a custom rom. The only thing to watch out for is what baseband the rom was developed for. The thrill ships with "froyo", Google's android 2.2 operating system and that's the only OS version that the baseband will function with. It is possible to flash the baseband from another country where "gingerbread" (2.3) has been released. Unfortunately this means that you may lose quite a bit of functionality on your phone. This is because the frequencies used in the country where that baseband was used are different. You are pretty much guaranteed to lose 4g and might get horrible signal on 3g.
Personally I will be waiting for at&t to roll out gingerbread for the thrill before I go down that path. You can still flash froyo based roms like Thriller and Doomed Froyo. Look for them in the "android development" subforum here.
Good luck!
-q
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It may be that the stats are shot, or it may be a glitch that (I think) the Thrill has. I remember reading at one point that simply turning the phone on and off would drain 10-20% of its battery, and mine has seemed to do the few times that I actually watched it... It's really annoying when you just want to restart the phone to apply something and then have to live with a smaller battery life for the rest of the day.
Thanks guys, I appreciate the input, and I will check that out in clockwork recovery.
I was worried about unrooting to install ics when it comes out, but I figure that may be a year or so :rolls eyes: but i think I found the forum for unrooting in the development section.
Also thanks for the warning on the baseband, I'm really glad I haven't gotten around to putting a rom on my thrill because I was looking at a gb one. You just saved my phone!
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I realise this wont answer your question but it might help you in a general since. I was in your position few months ago. I did play with roms some. I found what worked for me was ordering a higher capacity battery (link found in the accessory section), and the Doomed Froyo rom. Gave me the control I was used to from jailbreak ios and the extra battery life helps. Do a few searches for essential root apps before you play with roms. You need basics like root file explorer and titanium backing and so on. Enjoy your thrill
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[Q] Is there any ICS news for the D3?

Hey guys, need some advice. TL;DR at the bottom.
So I currently own a DX2 and my father owns a D3. I've rooted and custom ROM'd my DX2 and get great battery life which my father is jealous of. He is older and isn't very tech savvy so I tell him to wait and see if his phone will get ICS.
Today, he comes back to me and says he doesn't want to wait for ICS because he is fed up with his battery life. Says he wants to ROM and do this and that blah blah blah...
I haven't been following D3 ICS news, but should I try and tell him to wait for an official OTA to be released again? Or should I go ahead and ROM it? Keep in mind that he is not very tech savvy so I'm not so sure that all that customization would be a good thing. If I ROM it, are there any good ones I should investigate further?
TL;DR - Father want's ROM on D3, not very tech savvy. Wait for ICS or ROM it? Which ROM?
The ones we have the blutooth does not work right and video recording but if he has to have one cm9 for droid 3 is the best and i like it let him give it a go just make a back up if he does not like it go back to stock and flash any of the ics roms listed but i think cm9 is the best
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Just use safestrap so that you leave the original rom intact and install whatever you want to along side it knowing you can just switch back if it breaks... as for actual word on ics motorola still has the d3 listed as "evaluating" meaning they're dragging their feet still on even respondong to an official d3 ics release.
I would keep him on GB as to have full functionality instead of what we accept as dev bugs in ICS. If he's not very tech savvy, I'd suggest not giving him something lacking flash, video recording, and other codecs.
As for GB ROM's, I think Liberty has the best battery life, but they're all better than stock.
ICS isn't easy on the battery life currently. I'd advice on a gb rom, like liberty or darkdroid
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Guys if you read he's dad wants ics not no stock rom and by the looks of it we will not get ics from Motorola any ways so the roms we have is what we get and steel Droid 5.0 and cm9 are better on battery life then the ics roms are but if he's dad wants ics this is the only way to get it and he's dad will like ics also hell every one I know does not won't to set my phone down when they see it but any ways if your dad has to have it do it and let us know how it goes
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leerpsp said:
Guys if you read he's dad wants ics not no stock rom and by the looks of it we will not get ics from Motorola any ways so the roms we have is what we get and steel Droid 5.0 and cm9 are better on battery life then the ics roms are but if he's dad wants ics this is the only way to get it and he's dad will like ics also hell every one I know does not won't to set my phone down when they see it but any ways if your dad has to have it do it and let us know how it goes
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I guess the answer to his question is opinion then. Given the info that he gave about his dad not being tech savy I would say wait and see what happens with kexec over the next week or two instead of flashing a semi-working ics port to his phone where he might/will run into constant problems with bluetooth, using websites (flash), problems with camera, no video recording etc etc. From my experience non-techies just want it to work 100%.
Will he's dad can still give it a go and can all ways go back to stock but only thing I have issues with is wifi and hotspot my cammra and video recording works just fine for me
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leerpsp said:
Will he's dad can still give it a go and can all ways go back to stock but only thing I have issues with is wifi and hotspot my cammra and video recording works just fine for me
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Then I would stick to my original answer of using safestrap to install ics alongside (pretty sure you have to anyways) and be prepared/show him how to turn off the safe system so he can get back to stock when something he wants to use doesn't work.
Thanks for the advice guys. Looks like I have some reading to do
If I do flash a new ROM, I want one that is going to be pretty low maintenance. I do enough tinkering with my phone and it eats up my very limited free time, and adding another device that I have to maintain and backup is just a pain for me. But I digress...
Also, leerpsp, I never said he wants ICS. He wants something with decent battery life, which is why I'm waiting to see if an official ICS build is going to be released or not. I would take a low maintenance OTA build over a high maintenance custom ROM any day
Omega360 said:
Thanks for the advice guys. Looks like I have some reading to do
If I do flash a new ROM, I want one that is going to be pretty low maintenance. I do enough tinkering with my phone and it eats up my very limited free time, and adding another device that I have to maintain and backup is just a pain for me. But I digress...
Also, leerpsp, I never said he wants ICS. He wants something with decent battery life, which is why I'm waiting to see if an official ICS build is going to be released or not. I would take a low maintenance OTA build over a high maintenance custom ROM any day
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Then use mavrom 3.5 very good battery life
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leerpsp said:
Guys if you read he's dad wants ics not no stock rom and by the looks of it we will not get ics from Motorola any ways so the roms we have is what we get and steel Droid 5.0 and cm9 are better on battery life then the ics roms are but if he's dad wants ics this is the only way to get it and he's dad will like ics also hell every one I know does not won't to set my phone down when they see it but any ways if your dad has to have it do it and let us know how it goes
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I did read that, but as said earlier, with someone blatantly branded as non-tech savvy, the ICS ROMs are shotty at best by general consumer standards. What we accept and get excited over earns a disappointed blank stare from 95+% of the consumer market. If he's ok without basic Android features like video recording and flash, then I would suggest SD5, but if he wants 100% full functionality, ICS isn't for him.
Omega360 said:
Today, he comes back to me and says he doesn't want to wait for ICS because he is fed up with his battery life. Says he wants to ROM and do this and that blah blah blah...
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If what he mainly wants from ICS is battery life, now isn't his time to get it. From my time on GB, Libtery3 2.0 had the longest life.

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