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[Q] Newbie questions

I am new to LG Revolution (trying to install custom ROM on sister's phone). I am coming from 2 different Samsung devices.
I have VZ6, 2.2.2, rooted. Windows 7 64
Here are my questions:
1) Thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121952
CWM download link gave me a "recovery-cwm-pr1.tar.gz", so I extracted it with 7-zip and get a "recovery-cwm-pr1.tar". How do I get the .img file??
2) What exactly is ADB shell? Where do I find instruction on that?
I assumed installation of Revolt 1.5 is straight forward after I get CWM on the phone. I am just having a hard time to follow those instructions on CWM tho.

Heya,
I'm no professional at all of this, but I'd recommend downloading the revotoolkit. i;ve not used it on vz6, but that is how most of us went about getting cwm. believe there is a thread about it in development (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144951).
hope that helps you

I would get the GB update. Then root with using the post in development by mtmichealson. Then flash Gingervolt.

is the Gingervolt mature?? this is my sister's phone, so I am not going to flash it every week when there is a patch or update... I highly doubt my sister (technologically challenged) will appreciate Gingerbread anyways.

Gingervolt was just released so there will be more releases soon.
If she wouldn't appreciate it just get stock gingerbread on and leave it at that
Edit: not to take anything away from any the developers here don't take it that way please.
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pendragon11 said:
Heya,
I'm no professional at all of this, but I'd recommend downloading the revotoolkit. i;ve not used it on vz6, but that is how most of us went about getting cwm. believe there is a thread about it in development (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144951).
hope that helps you
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Thanks for the tip. Installed without sweat.

Nice to see people are still working on new ROM on this phone. All devs on Droid Charge have moved to Bionic and left us in the cold.

droidfever said:
Nice to see people are still working on new ROM on this phone. All devs on Droid Charge have moved to Bionic and left us in the cold.
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That's gay

Haro912 said:
That's gay
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Thankfully we have dedicated people here, who get excited about the little breakthroughs on this phone. The phone is great, the hardware is fast and responsive, the programming (from what I hear) is a disaster. All the Roms I have tested have been stableish on this phone, a couple force closes here and there, but nothing too intrusive. Gingerbread is perfect, and the Gingervolt from Mtmichaelson is stellar, no hangups, no force closes yet. I would expect themes to roll out soon, and some more stable Roms. I would assume the dream of CM7 is on the horizon now.
In agreement with Haro's comment, you will find that we will not simply give up on this phone, we have been through too much.

No worries, glad I could help. Props to thecubed for that one of course
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[Q] Top Droid A855 ROMs?

Hey guys!
So I'm still rocking with my Project Elite ROM right now, but I'm kinda getting bored with it. I know the Pre-Pre-Alpha for the ICS is out, but there are so many updates and such, which just makes me want to wait for the beta stage.
I've tried out the MIUI rom, but wasn't diggin' the "iPhone" look. And most of the lockscreens on it are in Chinese, which, no offense, turns me off, since I can't understand it.
Can you guys help me out with which ROM to get? And can you also leave me some reasons why it's a good ROM to get?
Thanks
~Jin

If people are wondering, I'm flashing ChevyNo1 SS 5.6
Let you guys know if it's good or not

This feels funny, commenting on my own thread. But for those still reading, Chevy's ROM felt sluggish on my droid, and I didn't like the transitions and such.
Any other ROMs suggested guys?

jahn28 said:
This feels funny, commenting on my own thread. But for those still reading, Chevy's ROM felt sluggish on my droid, and I didn't like the transitions and such.
Any other ROMs suggested guys?
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Try CM7 it has a 800 mhz kernel:
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/motorola-droid <--- The site is down right now.
Or try Steel Droid.. based of CM7 with some cool improvements and changes and has a 1 ghz kernel:
http://dev-host.org/x4r442cfboec/SD_9.0.0.zip

I'm trying liquid at the moment. But I have a problem with the folders. When I open them, they look funny over other widgets.
I'll try the others?

GPA18/Chevys1. 2lv
Tried em all. Always come back to the GPA series.

I am using gpa 17 with his kernel at 1.1 and it runs smooth

Hi,
I'm newbie in the android world, i just download the Steel Droid Rom, can someone teach me/help me to install it in my Droid A855 :'(....?

I've always loved liquid gingerbread. But I ran ss 5.6 smoothly so I guess just trial and error
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moriel73 said:
Hi,
I'm newbie in the android world, i just download the Steel Droid Rom, can someone teach me/help me to install it in my Droid A855 :'(....?
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Re-boot into recovery, make nanodroid back up of current set up, wipe data & cache, locate download of ROM & install the zip.
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WAHOOOO!!!
Thx a bunch for the support!
Greetings!

ROMS compatible with 902

what custom ROMS are compatible with 902?

Eclipse 2.1 official release should be compatible, according to nitroglycerine33. Tonight I'm going to see if Kin3tix works.

I just install the eclipse 2.1 official on safestrap and its working good with 902 radio

I can confirm that Kin3tix 1.0 is working with 902 no problems at all. If you need help try my instructions.

tuckmobile said:
I can confirm that Kin3tix 1.0 is working with 902 no problems at all. If you need help try my instructions.
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Tuck, I read your guide. Excellent, and thank you! I wonder if you might be able to answer a question?
I'm currently on KIN3TX with .901 installed. (No Safestrap or anything.) I have not yet seen anything about patched files to use with .902 the way we did with .901. So, to get .902, I'm assuming that I'd have to hit the pathsaver route and go all the way back.
My question is, after updating to .902 and then installing KIN3TX, what system are you on? I know it will be the .902 radio and associated kernel, but won't the KIN3TX installation replace the updated ROM with an earlier version?
Thanks.

DHacker29 has ICS4BIONIC rom with functioning LTE radio. You must be on 901 or 902.
Check is tweets for links @dhacker29. Sorry, I can't paste from my phone.
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which rom is better kinetix or eclipse ? or how about the ics rom ? is it any good ?

I have not used the safestrap system for custom ROMs so I would be interested in recommendations.

I believe their is a version of liberty that.also works with 902.
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Princesation said:
which rom is better kinetix or eclipse ? or how about the ics rom ? is it any good ?
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Eclipse all day!!! Grab the Titanium-X Tpax too (here) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462381 from my man dubsx
Crazy sweet theme
I CAN CONFIRM THAT ECLIPSE 2.1 IS COMPATIBLE WITH .902 RUNNING BOTH NOW

iNsAnEmOd said:
Eclipse all day!!! Grab the Titanium-X Tpax too (here) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462381 from my man dubsx
Crazy sweet theme
I CAN CONFIRM THAT ECLIPSE 2.1 IS COMPATIBLE WITH .902 RUNNING BOTH NOW
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I was on Kinex before 902 came out. Before confirmation that it would work with 902, I went with Eclipse that had been confirmed to work with 902. Since then, my battery life has plummeted. Android OS is now the main battery drain, where on Kinex, that was towards the bottom of the list, standby being the main. I'm going back to kinex.

freebird_78 said:
I was on Kinex before 902 came out. Before confirmation that it would work with 902, I went with Eclipse that had been confirmed to work with 902. Since then, my battery life has plummeted. Android OS is now the main battery drain, where on Kinex, that was towards the bottom of the list, standby being the main. I'm going back to kinex.
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thanks really i'll probably switch now. whats a good theme?

CaliTilt said:
DHacker29 has ICS4BIONIC rom with functioning LTE radio. You must be on 901 or 902.
Check is tweets for links @dhacker29. Sorry, I can't paste from my phone.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda premium
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I tried dhacker's ICS4Bionic yesterday. Most people (if not all) who've tried it are not getting stable connections of 3G, 4G, or both. I don't quite remember what exactly dhacker said when he acknowledged that there are issues, but he said he'd assumed 4G would work and didn't really confirm it. Just an honest mistake but whatever, just wanted to clarify that for anyone here.
Other than that, everything else about that ROM is awesome.

freebird_78 said:
I was on Kinex before 902 came out. Before confirmation that it would work with 902, I went with Eclipse that had been confirmed to work with 902. Since then, my battery life has plummeted. Android OS is now the main battery drain, where on Kinex, that was towards the bottom of the list, standby being the main. I'm going back to kinex.
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I'm pretty sure that Kinex (which was based on 894) just reported the battery drain incorrectly. The new Eclipse which is based on 901 actually reports the battery drain correctly now.
Battery life is about the same, if not marginally better on Eclipse (after updating to OTA 902) than Kinex was (after being upgraded to OTA 893).

hows the battery life on icd4bionic ??
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
hows the battery life on icd4bionic ??
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It was draining pretty fast for me, but that's to be expected from an alpha version.
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I've been running the newest alpha of ICS for a couple of days now and have held a solid 4g connection the entire time. I know that results will vary, but I would recommend that anyone interested in flashing roms tries it out for themselves. Battery life has also been fine for me.
I think that a lot of the people complaining about data connection didn't read through the thread to realize that you have to *#*#4636#*#*, select gsm only, then cdma only, then gsm/cdma auto to establish data. You have to do that every time you reboot also. Other than this small hassle and not having a working camera ICS has been flawless for me.

All you needed to do was read the first post of the ROM thread... thats all you had to do...

[Q] New Bionic Owner/ Best Rom/build to use??

Hey All,
Soooo this is my first Motorola Android device and I have to say I'm quite excited, but nervous. Just recently I was using Verizon's thunderbolt, and I've always used HTC. Well, after my 2nd thunderbolt, it crapped out on me again. So, I complained to Verizon and in return they sent me a Bionic. After reading reviews I hear nothing but great things.
Now my issue, I don't know what to do. Usually with my HTC devices, I root and flash roms, enough said. But with this Bionic I dont know where to begin. Some folks say install the ICS .232 build (which not sure how to do) and some folks say root and flash a ROM on. (Also, not sure what all this safestrap/bootstrap stuff is)
In all honesty, I really want a newer android OS. I think I was using gingerbread with my Tbolt, and I know ICS is out now, and Jellybean.
My main concern in what I want, and I hope someone can direct me to the correct place. I really want a fast, stable, build/ROM. I would like for everything to work as far as apps, gps, bluetooth, camera, etc.
I really appreciate all who respond, and I apologize greatly in advance if this is a repost. I tried researching before posting.
Again, huge thanks to all who respond.

Follow this guide to get on the an ICS leak. Personally I would strongly recommend not going beyond the .232 ICS leak for now.
Follow this thread to get rooted.

Here's a link to everything you need to know about the bionic. http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...tstrapall-download-links-in-op-updated-daily/.
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Hey...
Thanks the responses. I'm just confused. Everyone is saying to put on the.232 build, but can I put a Rom over top of that? If so, what Rom do you recommend and why?
Is .232 stable? Any known issues?

shockaholick said:
Hey...
Thanks the responses. I'm just confused. Everyone is saying to put on the.232 build, but can I put a Rom over top of that? If so, what Rom do you recommend and why?
Is .232 stable? Any known issues?
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Yes you need to install the .232 leak in stock recovery. Then you need to root it and install safestrap, which is a recovery in which you can flash things. Once you have that installed, you need to boot into safestrap and make a backup of the nonsafe side. Safestrap works by partioning your system into a safe and nonsafe side. You are able to flash stuff on your safe side. So you need to toggle to your safe side and then you can flash a rom. I recommend http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32349741#post32349741 but thats just me haha, theres a ton of other info in the different sections here http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/forum/68-droid-bionic/

Best way to restore a ICS bionic?

So I've pushed the ICS leak onto my Bionic (Build number 6.7.2-223) and after having it on there for a while, i'm looking to restore the phone since it's been slowed down really bad now. My question is, what would be the best thing to do? Should i go to Factory data reset and reset it that way? I'm aware that there's a build number that works that's ahead of mine (-232?). Should I upgrade to that? If so, should I just follow these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771993 steps? Anyway, thanks for the help!
Edit: I do want to keep ICS on there. I'm not looking to restore it completely back to Stock.

dewie68 said:
So I've pushed the ICS leak onto my Bionic (Build number 6.7.2-223) and after having it on there for a while, i'm looking to restore the phone since it's been slowed down really bad now. My question is, what would be the best thing to do? Should i go to Factory data reset and reset it that way? I'm aware that there's a build number that works that's ahead of mine (-232?). Should I upgrade to that? If so, should I just follow these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771993 steps? Anyway, thanks for the help!
Edit: I do want to keep ICS on there. I'm not looking to restore it completely back to Stock.
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I'm not sure but are you aware that ICS .246 is the current software for the bionic (not a leak but an official build)? My suggestion would be to RSDlite the thing to the stock firmeware of .246. Then install SS 3.11 and make a partition and install a nice rom. As for rooting the motofail root works just fine on the ICS stock build.

neo1738 said:
I'm not sure but are you aware that ICS .246 is the current software for the bionic (not a leak but an official build)? My suggestion would be to RSDlite the thing to the stock firmeware of .246. Then install SS 3.11 and make a partition and install a nice rom. As for rooting the motofail root works just fine on the ICS stock build.
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Hah yeah, I only found out last night. Okay, that all sounds logical. Only two questions are, what is SS 3.11, and what ROM would you suggest. Thanks for replying!

dewie68 said:
Hah yeah, I only found out last night. Okay, that all sounds logical. Only two questions are, what is SS 3.11, and what ROM would you suggest. Thanks for replying!
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SS = Safe Strap version 3.11
As for Roms so far the fastest Jelly Bean Rom is Icarus, but it doesn't have all the frills of the newer Cyanogen mods. As for ICS Roms I like Blurry Maxx or Eclipse. Google search should find them. Also there are roms in the Bionic Development section of xda here you can browse and see what some of the features are. Good luck.

neo1738 said:
SS = Safe Strap version 3.11
As for Roms so far the fastest Jelly Bean Rom is Icarus, but it doesn't have all the frills of the newer Cyanogen mods. As for ICS Roms I like Blurry Maxx or Eclipse. Google search should find them. Also there are roms in the Bionic Development section of xda here you can browse and see what some of the features are. Good luck.
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Personally I would go with Eclipse, they recently released v 1.3 that runs great (way better than stock). I tried BurryMaxx but its pretty overclocked so the battery drain is quite a bit more than eclipse. Honestly I don't think you really need the OC as long as you make sure to use task killer frequently enough. I tried AOKP and CM10 for the JB roms but neither of them were ready to be daily drivers, I had issues with phones not ringing/vibrating, screen of death, etc. (and of course the standard camera issues).

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