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stupid question but, How do i install mods?

Hello, this could be a really stupid question but ive searched and I havent found an answer. As far as i remember you can install hero mods without rooting, how do i do this?

darthwouter said:
Hello, this could be a really stupid question but ive searched and I havent found an answer. As far as i remember you can install hero mods without rooting, how do i do this?
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You don't. Not sure what you want to "mod" but just about everything not available on the market, and possibly everything seen here requires root. It's not hard, just do it.

I just want to be able to do all these gorgeous things http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=519

Download the .zip file, place it into your SD card, reboot into recovery mode (phone needs to be rooted by the way) by holding the HOME key and POWER key, select aaply sdcard:choose zip, select the .zip you just downloaded.

darthwouter said:
I just want to be able to do all these gorgeous things http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=519
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Have to root. Like I said most things in this forum require root. Best thing you can do if you have one of these. Even my wife was able to root hers.

Kcarpenter said:
Have to root. Like I said most things in this forum require root. Best thing you can do if you have one of these. Even my wife was able to root hers.
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Um... As I have been here for a month or so, every post I have ever saw from you, I always seemingly thought K meant Karen Carpenter.. LOL..
I guess since you have a wife, that is not so...

azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Um... As I have been here for a month or so, every post I have ever saw from you, I always seemingly thought K meant Karen Carpenter.. LOL..
I guess since you have a wife, that is not so...
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LOL
K-arl Carpenter
I try to keep all of my Usernames similar - I'm young but have the memory of an Alzhimers patient.....wow thats not near as funny as it was in my head.

Kcarpenter said:
LOL
K-arl Carpenter
I try to keep all of my Usernames similar - I'm young but have the memory of an Alzhimers patient.....wow thats not near as funny as it was in my head.
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No, it was.

Kcarpenter said:
LOL
K-arl Carpenter
I try to keep all of my Usernames similar - I'm young but have the memory of an Alzhimers patient.....wow thats not near as funny as it was in my head.
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THAT was actually funny!!!lmao ,But i hope this problem was resolved

Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/windows-mobile-android/
Old news but funny its getting PUB!

bradatz said:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/windows-mobile-android/
Old news but funny its getting PUB!
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not to be mean or anything but this had already been posted and discussed here

cp0020 said:
not to be mean or anything but this had already been posted and discussed here
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not to be mean or anything but i wouldn't have seen this if he didn't make a thread about it since i don't read the tutorial threads. not everyone lives 24/7 on the forum and knows every post thats in every thread and anyone has the right to make their own thread. eventually this will get burried 10 pages deep. still it's pretty cool that the vogue is making the "news" but kinda crappy that there is no mention of dzo's great work getting android as functional as it is. honestly if xda had a developer of the year award dzo would win.

zenulator said:
not to be mean or anything but i wouldn't have seen this if he didn't make a thread about it since i don't read the tutorial threads. not everyone lives 24/7 on the forum and knows every post thats in every thread and anyone has the right to make their own thread. eventually this will get burried 10 pages deep. still it's pretty cool that the vogue is making the "news" but kinda crappy that there is no mention of dzo's great work getting android as functional as it is. honestly if xda had a developer of the year award dzo would win.
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Yeah really, can't believe that Crobs let him give him credit he even acted like it was so easy like changing your shoelaces. Not to mention the style of that writer is pretty weaksauce. He even mentioned 15k views for crobs thread when DZO is around a million. Talk about writing a story out of your ass I couldn't believe it was a real wired article.

berardi said:
Yeah really, can't believe that Crobs let him give him credit he even acted like it was so easy like changing your shoelaces. Not to mention the style of that writer is pretty weaksauce.
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Thats why when the writer tried getting me to give input for the story, I didnt email her back because I had nothing to do with porting android to the vogue. I knew that if I had input on the story there would be backlash. But if it were me, I would have mentioned everyone who I thought had anything to do with getting this done.

zenulator said:
not to be mean or anything but i wouldn't have seen this if he didn't make a thread about it since i don't read the tutorial threads. not everyone lives 24/7 on the forum and knows every post thats in every thread and anyone has the right to make their own thread. eventually this will get burried 10 pages deep. still it's pretty cool that the vogue is making the "news" but kinda crappy that there is no mention of dzo's great work getting android as functional as it is. honestly if xda had a developer of the year award dzo would win.
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1. i have the right to say what i want just like he has the right to post what he wants
2. i didnt say he couldnt make it, i just said it had been posted already.
3. no need to get smart with me

incubus26jc said:
Thats why when the writer tried getting me to give input for the story, I didnt email her back because I had nothing to do with porting android to the vogue. I knew that if I had input on the story there would be backlash. But if it were me, I would have mentioned everyone who I thought had anything to do with getting this done.
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I mean don't get me wrong, Crobs helped a bunch of people out with that tutorial, and there's nothing wrong with interviewing a USER of the port. He should have done like you say, talk about his / your contribution, but also definitely what DZO did... not just brush it off like it's nothing - Like he just went to google.com and downloaded androidforvogue.cab and installed!!
Obviously this writer wasn't too bright / didn't do a shred of research before writing the article. Oh well, anyone who actually looks into this knows the real story!

Droid X Security Measures

As outlined by Droid dev Steven Bird: http://stevenbird.info/2010/07/10/the-droidx-security-and-discovery/
I know absolutely nothing about Android development, but here's hoping that another dev here can make sense of it.

I love the confidence.

Even worse news: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...-locked-down-let-me-tell-you-what-i-know.html

Mikerrrrrrrr said:
Even worse news: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...-locked-down-let-me-tell-you-what-i-know.html
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An "efuse" hardware chip? Wow Motorola!

I like the screen of the droid x, I like the size, but there is no way I could in good conscience buy this phone. Motorola has just slapped the dev community in the face.

Even Iphone doesn't have this BS , i guess Motorola one upped apple by kicking customers twice in the balls.

couldn't they run into some legal issues with this efuse method?

what about women?
ghost77 said:
Even Iphone doesn't have this BS , i guess Motorola one upped apple by kicking customers twice in the balls.
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What we need to do is setup a site called "WeWant2RootDroidX.com" and make all tech blogs in the world link to it.
Well, just an idea.

zedomax said:
What we need to do is setup a site called "WeWant2RootDroidX.com" and make all tech blogs in the world link to it.
Well, just an idea.
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i like it. Lets really get people to notice that Motorola is really screwing with our "Open Source" phones

zedomax said:
What we need to do is setup a site called "WeWant2RootDroidX.com" and make all tech blogs in the world link to it.
Well, just an idea.
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Done deal. Give DNS a few hours to propagate and it's live!

The Droid X is already rooted though. The bootloader is what everyone is concerned about.

E30kid said:
The Droid X is already rooted though. The bootloader is what everyone is concerned about.
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Link to news of root?

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010...-the-droid-x-may-not-lead-to-a-bricked-phone/
Apparently the original Droid has the same "eFuse". I think we need to reserve judgement until we find out if Moto is utilizing it or not. Just because it's there doesn't mean it's in use.

I was about to say the same thing, this chip is nothing new and doesn't stop you from rooting, get real, they even advertised the ability to root this phone in their ads

cyberhedz said:
I was about to say the same thing, this chip is nothing new and doesn't stop you from rooting, get real, they even advertised the ability to root this phone in their ads
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I don't know if I've seen an ad talking about root, but...
I talked to a device tester today and apparently there is something VERY different about the Droid X bootloader. They had VERY specific instructions from Moto that if the bootloader (MBM) didn't match exactly what they required to send the phone back to have the MBM updated. If it wasn't it would corrupt the phone.
Not sure if this is the same as the "eFuse", but should be interesting to see what happens the first time someone tries to mess with the bootloader.

Sorry for any misunderstanding. I dont have anything that works.

LegionTHEFecalExcretion said:
I have an X and rooting files(I wont say what they are) ready to go, but you know what? Im not gonna be the first person to try this. Im sure someone out there will take the leap off of the proverbial cliff for us. Lets just hope moto didnt cut that persons parachute strings!
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Send them, I will help, i will be in irc, #DroidXRoot

Wow
rainabba said:
Done deal. Give DNS a few hours to propagate and it's live!
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Wow, that was quick!

i hear a lawsuit coming

Legion, Where are you?

ROM grid

Would be nice if we had a ROM feature grid......

tbong777 said:
Would be nice if we had a ROM feature grid......
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guess how you could contribute to the community then.

Grid?
Sent from my Captivate

I think he means a side by side comparison of each ROM based on features, modems, kernels, etc
Difficult due to the ever changing nature of each ROM and the ability to swap out kernels and modems. However, it's a good way to compare the ROMs without having to dig through hundreds of posts in the dev forum

Bane99 said:
I think he means a side by side comparison of each ROM based on features, modems, kernels, etc
Difficult due to the ever changing nature of each ROM and the ability to swap out kernels and modems. However, it's a good way to compare the ROMs without having to dig through hundreds of posts in the dev forum
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wouldn't be too hard to make a community-controlled spreadsheet on google docs...

You mean something like this:
http://capfaq.com/w/ROM_Table
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Awesome! Thanks.
mrhaley30705 said:
You mean something like this:
http://capfaq.com/w/ROM_Table
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

wow that main site is going in my sig NOW
http://capfaq.com/w/FAQ

mrhaley30705 said:
You mean something like this:
http://capfaq.com/w/ROM_Table
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WoW Epic!! That's the kind of site that should be mentionned more often

Excellent repository of ROM details!

Little to no detail about the roms in that chart.

whiteguypl said:
Little to no detail about the roms in that chart.
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+1
You'd be better off going down the threads in the dev section and reading the first few posts. I guess you could use that list click the links but other than knowing what each rom is based off, it's pretty much useless.

Trusselo said:
wow that main site is going in my sig NOW
http://capfaq.com/w/FAQ
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Thanks to redger725 for yelping me find this a few weeks ago
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axis01 said:
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You'd be better off going down the threads in the dev section and reading the first few posts. I guess you could use that list click the links but other than knowing what each rom is based off, it's pretty much useless.
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It does tell you kernel, modem, known issues, and release date of most current version (admittedly that part does need updated more often). Which I grieve is about 70-80% of what op asked for. What do you want it to do, install rom for you, too?
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Bumpity bump bump

mrhaley30705 said:
It does tell you kernel, modem, known issues, and release date of most current version (admittedly that part does need updated more often). Which I grieve is about 70-80% of what op asked for. What do you want it to do, install rom for you, too?
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if you to other phone's forums they have stickies for available roms and their features....comparing to them...this is little less information and not properly updated....

I went to 6 or 7 other forums, and looked in the development stickies. All I saw was was a list of roms, etc. no mention of more then 1 fact about rom. Tell me again how that'd BETTER?
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First time poster so I hope this is an acceptable place for this question. Can someone tell me if and which ROM is the most basic? By this I mean it is a blank slate with everything removed besides items needed to operate the phone, mms/sms, camera and internet browsing. Basically everything removed that cannot be replaced by an app from the market. I tried Preception (I think it was that one) and it was ok for a couple days and then it became unstable so I am using Serendipity.
Thanks everyone...

n.d. said:
First time poster so I hope this is an acceptable place for this question. Can someone tell me if and which ROM is the most basic? By this I mean it is a blank slate with everything removed besides items needed to operate the phone, mms/sms, camera and internet browsing. Basically everything removed that cannot be replaced by an app from the market. I tried Preception (I think it was that one) and it was ok for a couple days and then it became unstable so I am using Serendipity.
Thanks everyone...
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Stability, try andromeda, basic, go cognition. I run andromeda. There is a reason that rom has been around for so long and the dev thread is so short and always on the second or third page of the forums. Just read that thread and you will see the stabiliy.

boborone said:
Stability, try andromeda, basic, go cognition. I run andromeda. There is a reason that rom has been around for so long and the dev thread is so short and always on the second or third page of the forums. Just read that thread and you will see the stabiliy.
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I tried Cognition a couple months ago but something happened. Not really sure what. I think I used SGS and removed too much stuff and thought it would be easier to just reflash. I was going to go back to it but it looks like the dev may be awol from reading the thread.
I will try andromeda but I am a minimalist and would like for my phone to be the same where if I personally don't need it but it is available from the market or other means then I don't want it on my phone. (not sure if that makes sense but I am pretty new in the custom phone world)

Custom Recovery

Where is it? Root for 24 hrs....Im waiting! LOL

suzook said:
Where is it? Root for 24 hrs....Im waiting! LOL
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Dude...Get Real!

BDAZZG1 said:
Dude...Get Real!
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It was a joke ass.

i thought i would be out by now but im patient

Such a useless thread. Why even bother posting it?
Custom recovery is quite difficult, and we aren't even sure if its possible.
First someone who actually knows how to make hijacked recoveries (koush) would need a testing device. So if you want a recovery so bad, pony up your D3 and send it to koush.
Even if you DID send your device, theres no Guarantee hell obtain a hijacked recovery seeing as Motorola may have patched the process previously used.

suzook said:
It was a joke ass.
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duh... but I suppose you're the only one on the net with a sense of humor huh... Jackass!

Just give it time people... it will come. I remember when I got my X2, it seemed as if support would never come, But it did. Now that the wife has her D3 I am back to the waiting game. I must say though, progress seems to be moving much faster than with the X2.
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