Hi all,
First of all, apologies for a very newbie question.
I have a stock N1 with terrible battery life. I have stumbled intersectRaven's mod/Kernel at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653598
I would like to ask how I can install this on my N1, is it just a matter of downloading the right file, renaming it to update.zip and then doing what I've done to update my phone as with official updates?
What do I need to pay attention to and is there a way to revert back to the original rom/Kernel if I'm having issues with this mod or if I want to sell my phone?
Thank you in advance!
I don't think you can flash a kernel if your bootloader is locked--you didn't say
I know if you are, you need to wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache first, but that is on Amon_Ra recovery. Been rooted from day one and don't remember anything about stock recovery
There may be some unrooted kernels, not sure if any for N1
Some kernels are geared to certain roms
I would be very careful till you get 100% answer on this
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Okay guys im new to the Android scene, i just rooted my N1 and was wondering what do you all recomend for mods...suck as i know that there is no way to unroot as of yet and do i really want to be able to get OTA upgrades? with that said, should i install [Recovery] [21-Mar-2010] RA-nexus-v1.7.0, [ROM] CyanogenMod-5 for Nexus One (STABLE) [03/23/2010 / 5.0.5.3], or [N1 Addon] Nexus One Addon 0.1 - Makin' Bacon [01/08/2010]??? if i install just the addon with the recovery will i still be able to have OTA upgrading...or should i just go for the new CM rom??? thanks in advanced...
Usually ROMs can have features OTAs are going to have months before they are actually released. Like trackball notifications, himem (using more of the available memory), and what not.
When you root your phone, you arent really losing OTAs, you are more so getting them earlier than you usually would. Just not through the same process - really its better.
And, as people are going to say.. search. This has been answered so many times before.
Flash Amon_RA Rec, NANDROID BACKUP!!! Wipe, Flash CM5.0.5, Flash CM5.0.5.3 (heard there was a problems on a full wipe going straight to .5.3), Flash gapps (if you want google apps), reboot!!! Running latest and greatest!!
Edit: @Eclair beat me but I should add it anyways.....Search!! PS, if you screw up the above directions it's not my fault.....
Thanks for the quik replies, and thanks for now flamming i jsut wanted to get some good input to help out a noob...
Hey Guys. If you want to save time, jump to the bold part :
I'm new to the modding scene and have gone around the forum reading all about Roms, kernels, rooting, etc.
Last week I ordered my first Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy S 8gb from Singapore.
I will be receiving it in about 4 hours. I have been told that it's on stock eclair 2.1, not sure which firmware version.
Since this phone is absolutely new, I am posting this question just to make sure I dont screw it up on the first night (literally).
I want to install custom ROM to the phone, so here's what I have understood I have to do :
1) Perma Root the phone
2) Install Rom Manager from Market
3) Reboot in clockwork recovery, choose update.zip (I have decided to go with the "Ultimate Rom" which is a combination of Doc's and Voodoo's works among others with some added themes.
My question is, is there anything else I need to know ? Do I need to make backup using Rom Manager of my STOCK Rom ?
When I do a "Factory reset", does phone revert to stock Rom ?
Thanks for the awesome work guys.
Hi, I have ran into a small problem that might be solved with me flashing a custom rom, but I don't really want to do that. I have searched and didn't find anything, so here we go. I was recently on BeatMod GB and I enjoyed it for a while but from my experience in terms of what I am looking for, the stock 1.6 rom beats all I have used. What I want to do is be able to keep the custom recovery image that I have flashed numerous times without it going back to the stock recovery and I'm afraid to flash kernels because of the same situation. It is rooted as I have superuser and setcpu and both are functional so I know its rooted but nothing else I do seems to want to stay. Is there anything besides flashing a custom rom that I can do? Heh, this is to ultimately overclock my phone to 700mhz and hopefully play angry birds without lag. All the other roms won't run angry birds from what i have experienced..... unless I did something wrong haha. Thanks in advance for your help
I looked around a bit more and found that if I used a "defanged" base then all the stuff that is flashed won't revert back to stock, but will this work if I use the stock 1.6 rom? Thanks again for help.
edit: Alright, I think that I have everything under control now, I used the defanged base and Amon RA's recovery is still there along with root and all of that.... So I have just one more question, hopefully someone can answer this one :] is there a kernel I can flash for overclock for stock 1.6? I cannot find one that I think would work... Thanks for the help :]
I was wondering the same thing. :3
[Q] custom rom after applying the "easily update to 5.7.893 and keep webtop"
Hey guys new to the bionic and have already done lots of flashing and changing to it. I read the easily update thread so I reverted back to stock using the For3v3r root and applied the update and the webtop mod. After searching through the entire thread all pages no one asked or said anything about whether or not that mod will work if you flash a custom rom.
So my question is...Can I flash a custom rom after and it still work? I specifically like liberty so any help would be fantastic.
Thanks in advanced and I promise I searched and searched for this answer. Please help
I dont really know what you are asking. If you are asking if you can install a custom ROM after updating to 5.7.893, then I would say yes. If you are asking if you had a custom ROM on there first and then tried to upgrade, I would say, yes that should work too, so I guess the answer is "yes".
Thank you for your response. I guess to be more clear is if I am on the stock rom with this webtop mod applied can I go ahead and flash a custom rom without loosing the ability to have the webtop mod?
rkuhldude77 said:
Thank you for your response. I guess to be more clear is if I am on the stock rom with this webtop mod applied can I go ahead and flash a custom rom without loosing the ability to have the webtop mod?
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Generally any restrictions regarding mods and custom ROMs are contained in the post for the ROM or mod. The 5.7.xxx update is a system update. Think of it as firmware....the under layer. It may come in a Stock package, but if you Flash or mod in any way, you would be impacting only that stock package.....unless the OP posts in the thread.
Many people on other devices, may revert to Stock implementations....to do the OTA....then continue with other flashes like before. Things that are flashed, kernel, baseband, system, radio etc.....all work together with the hardware to deliver your Bionic experience.
That actually makes a lot of sense. I can obviously follow instructions to flash especially when the devs make one click roots and other tools to make it easy for noobs like me, but what you just said made my understanding much better.
Thanks again.
would restoring a nandroid from a 5.893 system be a bad idea?
I actually updated mine with forever root to 5.7.893 then flashed Liberty 1.0 ROM on my phone and its worked great so the answer is definitely yes.
Hey guys, sorry if this a dumb question but I am not sure if flashing stock firmware is good enough to remove all evidence of rooting and such since I dont know what exactly happens in the process of rooting / flashing.
I just realized I have an hardware issue but I already rooted my GN using zergrush v4 and flashed the CF-Root kernel after that (using the already-rooted.bat by CF).
Someone wrote something about simply flashing stock firmware so I
- flashed stock firmware (full firmware, not only kernel)
- rebooted twice
- used every factory reset / wipe option stock offers in recovery mode
- booted and reformatted internal sd after unmounting it
(Yes I seem to be blind or stupid because only after I did that I saw I could have simply flashed stock kernel and used unroot script...)
For a noob like me it seems like it did the trick, I am not rooted anymore, SU, CWM... are gone but I just want to be sure there aren't any traces anymore.
Thank you in advance for answers (hopefully).
You should probably flash the stock recovery as well. As soon as they boot into recovery they will know.
Edit: guess I should have read it more thoroughly, I see you don't have cwm anymore.
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Thanks for the reply rogerski1, I already checked before you edited and it is stock.
There is so much to read and learn for a first time android device owner and since there are a lot of contradicting statements all over the threads (concerning wipes and such) it is hard to guess who is right or wrong and if I understood it right, so I had the urge to ask.
Thank you, gotta go to sleep.
From what I understand, a flash of a complete ROM, including the kernel, should get rid of Clockwork Recovery, because CWR is stored in the kernel.
From what I understand the kernel is like the engine. The rom is the car. Overclocked kernels will make your car run faster and better. The recovery maybe a repair shop? Flashing a rom and kernel will still leave you with a custom recovery. Its there in case **** goes wrong. Fwiw, I am not a developer or programmer at all, just an android enthusiast.
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