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Noob Question bout rooting

Hey there guys I'm new to the site and also to the rooting of the phone and everything and Im not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I have the crc1 build number 1.5 version firmware and I have tried to root my phone to use some themes from this website but I can't format my sdcard. When I right click and click on format it says "no disk in drive, please insert disk then try again" and it automatically unmounts my sdcard. Any reason why it's doing this? I hope someone could help me out here. Thank you!

iwishicouldlive said:
Hey there guys I'm new to the site and also to the rooting of the phone and everything and Im not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I have the crc1 build number 1.5 version firmware and I have tried to root my phone to use some themes from this website but I can't format my sdcard. When I right click and click on format it says "no disk in drive, please insert disk then try again" and it automatically unmounts my sdcard. Any reason why it's doing this? I hope someone could help me out here. Thank you!
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Are you just trying to format to fat32 on your pc or are you wanting all the partitions (fat32, ext2/3/4, and linux-swap). Have you tried any of the commands in terminal? Have you tried Ubuntu? There is a tut in my sig on how to do it.

Try using a card reader instead of the phone. My wife's G1 does this for some reason. Mine doesn't however, not sure why cause I have a card reader and it was easier to do that than to figure it out.

Well I was looking at the ultimate noob thread about how to root. I pretty much want to use themes on here and also use custom boot logo's and things like that. But no matter what computer I try it says to insert a disk. I don't have a card reader on my computer. I'm just trying to format it to fat32 as of right now. Then after I do that I should be able to follow the instructions to root my phone.

iwishicouldlive said:
Well I was looking at the ultimate noob thread about how to root. I pretty much want to use themes on here and also use custom boot logo's and things like that. But no matter what computer I try it says to insert a disk. I don't have a card reader on my computer. I'm just trying to format it to fat32 as of right now. Then after I do that I should be able to follow the instructions to root my phone.
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Do it thru Ubuntu. Ubuntu will pick it up thru the phone. Know this for sure had to help someone out with this.

Isn't linux sweet, it just works.

Alright guys I will try that out now and let you know if it works or not. Thank you. After I root my phone should I follow the steps in the guide to update the ROM and everything like thaT?

Nevermind I fixed it.

iwishicouldlive said:
Nevermind I fixed it.
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What you do to fix it?

Lol, actually I thought it worked but it actually didn't. I'm still stuck not being able to format my sdcard. I'm downloading that ubuntu program as we speak but I don't know how I will read the tutorial you got in your sig and do it at the same time. lol.

Nevermind guys, I noticed under "build number" it says CRC1. I have tried to format my sdcard on my computer and it says enter disk, I've tried rooting it through other videos I've watched and nothing. I guess I won't be able to get it to work after all. Thanks though guys for your help!

i recently upgraded my OS to android 2.3.3 from a website i found on here. it works fine and all but i was wondering since i have never really done any rooting or anything, and i was wondering how i would go about possibly adding a different ROM to my phone or if i have to take my phone all the way back to stock before i do it? Also since im a noob and all, i will need step by step directions on how to do it. i already have odin3 on my computer and used it to get my 2.3.3 update. is there a way to over lay 2.3.4 or any further update they might come out with and how would i do that? also my 2.3.3 update didnt really take any of the bloatware out or anything. i know taking it out makes the phone's speed faster and all, that might be something i'd like to look into doing. really any help from you more experienced ppl would help me out awesomely.
if u need my phone's upgrade info it is:
Samsung SGH-I897
firmware is 2.3.3
baseband : I897UCKF1
kernal : 2.6.35.7-I897UCKF1-CL273832
build number : Gingerbread.UCKF1

are you trying to format it via usb while it is still in your phone?? lol you dont 'have to' format your sd card to root device... you can format it after installing a custom recovery,
it just says to format it at first because if you flash a custom rom, there will be files on your sd card from 1.5ota and might mess with rom... so just format it after you flash the custom recovery

how to flash a new room to an already rooted phone?

Hi
I have flashed my G1 T-mobile following the the one-click process in here! i have now root access. The ROM is CyanogenMod-3.9.11.2
After all that i bought a trascend SDcard 8GB class 6, formatted about 600MB to EXT4 using gparted on a live cd, winxp and my G1.
The first thing i noticed is that the phone is slower to load up. it stays about 35secs on the G1 logo and then move to android for a total of about 1min to be ready.
Second thing my free space on internal memory went from 38MB to 68MB, i believe somehow the phone moved the cache on the sdcard...if i install new programs they get installed on the phone memory as far as i understand...however i could be wrong on this. i never started the phone without sdcard since, I'm not sure if this could damage the phone in some way.
I would like to have some feedback on this (the slow boot and memory thing) if someone has experienced a similar situation.
I'm thinking to flash my phone again and move to a stable version of Cyanogen so that i can use app2Sd and Cyanogen updater!!
- how can i flash a new room, considering that i have the latest radio but not HARDspl. (as far as i understand the oneclick method doesn't change the SPL)
I was looking at using again the small oneclick software and flash the Cyanogen 4.0 this time, would that make sense since i have already root access on the phone?
thank you for the help
kirk
update
After installing and unistalling few softwares i found out that all programs are actually on the SDcard however the Mobile uses still the internal memory for the cache. This doesn't bother me for now since i still have about 68MB free. Basically if you install CyanogenMod and you don't have a partitioned SDcard all software get installed on the internal memory however as soon as you put in an partioned card all programs get transfered automatically after the first boot. At least this is what happen to me. Somehow i got what i wanted and because of this i don't need to flash my phone anymore... maybe I'll flash it again when android 2 is out, if i don't have to change spl, image recovery or anythingelse too risky

I used the 1-click method as well, and I just download the latest cyanogen rom, rename it to update, boot into cm-recovery and apply the update.

One more thing, the latest versions of Cyanogen's rom have auto apps2sd built into the rom. It will automatically move all apps to the sd card as long as you have an ext2/ext3/ext4 partition on your sd card.

Your still going to have the same boot time. It's still going to take awhile to boot, just because you have a custom rom doesn't mean it will boot faster. And to load a new rom either rename to update.zip and update or if you have the newest recovery then you can just flash whatever rom without renaming because you can flash any .zip file.

In reading your post I think you said you wanted to use the small 1 click software to download cm4.0 You are done rooting your phone you no longer need to use the 1 click software.
Just copy new rom (cm4.0.4) to sd card
unplug phone from computer
turn off phone
boot into recovery (home and power at the same time)
flash new rom

when you use one root, it flashes cm-recovery 1.4 so there is no need to rename, just put on the root of your sd and flash from recovery

supremeteam256 said:
Your still going to have the same boot time. It's still going to take awhile to boot, just because you have a custom rom doesn't mean it will boot faster. And to load a new rom either rename to update.zip and update or if you have the newest recovery then you can just flash whatever rom without renaming because you can flash any .zip file.
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Are you aware of any reason for the slow boot after partition of the sdcard??

is it the stock 1GB sdcard?

Cause it has to read from the sd during boot up and it has to run the script for the apps2sd

Fingerlickin said:
is it the stock 1GB sdcard?
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no is a transcend 8GB class 6.
gridlock32404 said:
Cause it has to read from the sd during boot up and it has to run the script for the apps2sd
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As far as i know i'm not using app2sd yet. I partitioned my SDcard ONLY after i flashed my phone. however like i said i think the phone is somehow using the ext4 partition for something.
You reckon this would be a normal boot time i mean it takes between 50secs and 1.05 min to be ready. Phone is stable as far as i can tell.

I myself am not concerned with the boot time, the ext4 is another filesystem that it has to read and recongize, you basicly have a little mini computer in your hands so how long does your pc take to load up, there are many files and system checks that it has to go through starting up not to mention all the settings and components it has to turn on
Bottom line, if you want something to boot up quickly than get a basic phone because there is a very good way to speed up a mini computer to do the same

gridlock32404 said:
I myself am not concerned with the boot time, the ext4 is another filesystem that it has to read and recongize, you basicly have a little mini computer in your hands so how long does your pc take to load up, there are many files and system checks that it has to go through starting up not to mention all the settings and components it has to turn on
Bottom line, if you want something to boot up quickly than get a basic phone because there is a very good way to speed up a mini computer to do the same
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Well i'm aware of all this and i'm not concerned too much about the boot time. I'm only trying to gather information and learn a bit more from other ppl experiences. I come from windows mobile and android OS is all new world for me.
have you a similar configuration to my G1? Do you run app2sd? is yor boot time similar to mine??

maybeoneday said:
Just copy new rom (cm4.0.4) to sd card
unplug phone from computer
turn off phone
boot into recovery (home and power at the same time)
flash new rom
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Just a quick question for future reference...
do i need to put Cyanogen recovery image on the root of the sd card when i boot into recovery mode?
thank you
Kirk

Why did you root your phone? You have no desire to search to even do one of the most well documented things to your phone in these forums. What you need to do is take a DREAIMG.nbh file and put it in the root of your sdcard (or in no folders), then open up terminal emulator and type su then reboot bootloader once that happens wait for it to flash that image. Then you will have the most pimping room on your phone. Also you have amazing boot times. Everything you want.

david1171 said:
Why did you root your phone? You have no desire to search to even do one of the most well documented things to your phone in these forums. What you need to do is take a DREAIMG.nbh file and put it in the root of your sdcard (or in no folders), then open up terminal emulator and type su then reboot bootloader once that happens wait for it to flash that image. Then you will have the most pimping room on your phone. Also you have amazing boot times. Everything you want.
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Hi David
I had specific reason to root 2 different G1 and this is not to play with it or try a new ROM or even experiment new things. I may change my ROM again when a major relase is out (i.e. Android 2 if it has something that i need)
Going back to reflashing the phone.
You now suggest me to use DREAIMG.nbh which is actually mentioned on the guide "hoe to downgrade-root-flash your phone" here
....am I missing something here?? thank you for taking the time to reply anyway.
..I have read quite a bit on this forum and i decided to use the one-click method (because is the quickest and safiest one). I thought reflashing should be as easy. go in safe mode wipe and reflash it. Anyway for my nature i tend to ask/investigate one thing before go and actually do it. My questions are:
- if i press home power right now, considering that i have nothing on my sdcard would it take me to the safemode screen?
- Consequently do i need to have Cyanogen image revovery together with the ROM on my sd card in order to flash a new version of CyanogenMod?
Thank you
Kirk

you can boot into recovery at any time by pressing home and power when the phone is powered down. it will go into recovery no matter what is on the sdcard.
Also the recovery image you have on your phone does not determine what rom you can flash.

wow... i am at a loss for words...... do you even know why you did any of the things you did? did you even read the release notes for cyan's rom's? ALL OF THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ARE THERE...
if you have an ext partition on your sd card....it WILL AUTOMATICALLY be used for apps2sd with 80%-90% of the ROM's out there today... ITS IN ALL OF THE ROMS' CHANGE LOGS/RELEASE NOTES
I had specific reason to root 2 different G1 and this is not to play with it or try a new ROM or even experiment new things. I may change my ROM again when a major relase is out (i.e. Android 2 if it has something that i need)
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if you didnt root to try a new rom or experiment with new things, your better off with the stock firmware...which is why david suggested you flash DREAIMG.nbh
go in safe mode wipe and reflash it
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going into safemode wont flash anything.... i suggest you search and find out what exactly safemode is, especially since there was a thread only a few threads below yours detailing it.
All you need to flash a new ROM is the rom on your sd card and a working recovery, as well as anything that the ROM your installing has required which are noted in the changelog/release notes....
nothing else is needed on your SD card, except maybe specific partitioning, which will be noted in the ROM's requirements.
I try to help out here as much as i can when i have time (most of my posts are in Q&A helping out people) but it seems as though no one even bothers to look at the actual forums anymore. They just create an account, create a thread, bug people till a simple question is answered, and disappear forever.....
I came to this site simply to get roms, but i stayed because there was so much to learn and i created an account to help out people as well...i did all of my major modifications without asking any questions....all the questions are already answered somewhere...
i understand its hard to go through all the clutter, but it is starting to look as if no one even cares anymore

@B-man007 i am starting to feel like you do, i had my phone rooted and all that good stuff at least a month before i made an account just to download something uploaded to the forum. I wish i could see how many post i have in a ceratin forum bc i imagine at least 450 or 500 of them would be in this one helping people. Its getting to the point where i no longer care to help people and i thought i had a lot of patience. I porbably do but people are sinking to new lows with the questions they ask...

I think I have maybe 5 posts in dev, most of my posts are q&a and general, but then again half of those posts are from hijacking threads. I just got tired of answering the same questions over and over and over

gridlock32404 said:
I think I have maybe 5 posts in dev, most of my posts are q&a and general, but then again half of those posts are from hijacking threads. I just got tired of answering the same questions over and over and over
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u hijack the hell outa threads. there should some type of entrance exam for xda. like do u know how to search, can u read do u have a brain. i mean god i actually helped a guy who couldnt open the terminal

[MINI-GUIDE] Roadmap to a Custom ROM!

Roadmap to Custom ROM​
1.Unlock Bootloader from htcdev.com.
2.Flash a multi hboot recovery.
3.Root using the permanent root solution flashed via recovery, found here.
4.Flash S-OFF Hboot from unlimited.io.
5.Flash custom ROM with no problems.
To check your Unlock Token, Flash Recovery and S-OFF you should use the tool provided by me here .

This is the easiest guide to follow.. I'm also using this step to install custom Rom on my SXL before I got One X.. I'm also don't get it.. why people don't use unlimited.io trick.. it easier for me.
BTW.. it good to see a new dev for sxl.. it a good device.. but lack of developer.. wish you good luck with your project.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

Agreed.
I've flashed on a lot of devices and the SXL guides are all a bit random.
The info is out there but sometimes you need to dig a lot to find it.
And a lot are out of date.
Hope this becomes the go-to guide for everyone and hope to see some dev work happening.
I think its time to move on for me..... getting flash withdrawal.

Prof Peach said:
Agreed.
I've flashed on a lot of devices and the SXL guides are all a bit random.
The info is out there but sometimes you need to dig a lot to find it.
And a lot are out of date.
Hope this becomes the go-to guide for everyone and hope to see some dev work happening.
I think its time to move on for me..... getting flash withdrawal.
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I'm just getting familiar with the forum and the device (almost 4 days since i bought it).
Soon enough if i have time (back2school), i will try to work on CM9 or CM10, depends, CM9 seems the obvious road to take as some work was previosly made by [vertigo], and some fixes are needed (he said that are kernel related), so i think i will try to fix his CM9 rather than port it again form scratch.
As for CM10, i think the best road to take is to compile AOSP JB from source and edit the kernel so it likes the jelly flavour.
If everything works as intedend, in a couple of months we should see both CM9 and JB/CM10 up and going.
(The worst thing is that i will surely need help, i think i can find around the forum, some testers already enrolled to the call to arms thread, so maybe we can build up a team., i really like this device )

I will say that some of the guides are if you were on a GB rom, and then installing a custom rom wasn't so easy, but since the upgrade to ICS it has become a lot easier, although I had noticed that it is easier to softbrick the phone if you don't flash the chinese boot.img and then chinese rom. Also s-off isn't essential for flashing custom roms...

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I will say that some of the guides are if you were on a GB rom, and then installing a custom rom wasn't so easy, but since the upgrade to ICS it has become a lot easier, although I had noticed that it is easier to softbrick the phone if you don't flash the chinese boot.img and then chinese rom. Also s-off isn't essential for flashing custom roms...
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Well, i'm fairly new to this device, but from what i've learned, the chinsese rom is optional if you have s-off, as s-off let's you to access all the partitions, system and other things you need.
Maybe i'm wrong, that's why i've started this thread, i think this is easier, and softbricking a phone with Android seems almost impossible to me...as i said, to me

Yeah I know the chinese rom is optional, but as I said from my point of view, once I'd flashed the chinese rom, I didn't manage to softbrick the phone where as before when I was trying various ports I managed to softbrick it a few times. Just my opinion and what I'd noticed with my device...
As for s-off mine (although broken) is still s-on and I've never felt the need to make it s-off. Again just my opinion

[vertigo] said:
Yeah I know the chinese rom is optional, but as I said from my point of view, once I'd flashed the chinese rom, I didn't manage to softbrick the phone where as before when I was trying various ports I managed to softbrick it a few times. Just my opinion and what I'd noticed with my device...
As for s-off mine (although broken) is still s-on and I've never felt the need to make it s-off. Again just my opinion
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Well, i know what youre pointing at, i was just wandering when i first read te forum, why on earth should i install a Chinsese ROM when i will change it anyways for a new ROM...so the boot.img is a different one in the custom one, and other things.
I'm not so expeirenced with S-Off/On, as this is my first HTC phone i have and changed ROM (not too many HTC's in my area), but from what i've read online, S-Off is the best road to take to ensure you don't softbrick your phone, as you have the real "Full Control" over the Device and the ROM parts you can flash, like you, this is my opinion, a begginers opinion

Double Post because reedited thread

Hi Lexmazter,
Thanks for making this guide, it is easy to follow. But I'm stuck at a small point and face below response; -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Please let me know where did I do wrong? Thanks.
My steps were: -
factory reset
root via DooMLoRD_v4_ROOT
titanium backup worked and restore all apps and settings
unclocked the bootloader from htcdev.
all data gone, no more, like factory reset again
superuser app still exist, didn't root again
booted and rooted as you said
connect PC to phone via USB in charge mode only.
run your tool
doing select 5 Flash HBOOT S-OFF Unprotected (via adb) - choose hg hi both failed - but face above message 3 repeat lines.
reboot to bootloader FASTBOOT, >>>>>USB<<<<< appear
UNLOCK at top also appear
then select 4 Flash Recovery. (via fastboot) - then choose rei reg both failed - but face above message. 1 line.
Hope can teach me, thank you very much in advance.
And I'm sure I didn't do something right before hand.

cx5 said:
Hi Lexmazter,
Thanks for making this guide, it is easy to follow. But I'm stuck at a small point and face below response; -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Please let me know where did I do wrong? Thanks.
My steps were: -
factory reset
root via DooMLoRD_v4_ROOT
titanium backup worked and restore all apps and settings
unclocked the bootloader from htcdev.
all data gone, no more, like factory reset again
superuser app still exist, didn't root again
booted and rooted as you said
connect PC to phone via USB in charge mode only.
run your tool
doing select 5 Flash HBOOT S-OFF Unprotected (via adb) - choose hg hi both failed - but face above message 3 repeat lines.
reboot to bootloader FASTBOOT, >>>>>USB<<<<< appear
UNLOCK at top also appear
then select 4 Flash Recovery. (via fastboot) - then choose rei reg both failed - but face above message. 1 line.
Hope can teach me, thank you very much in advance.
And I'm sure I didn't do something right before hand.
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Extract the contents of the archive in C:/ and try again, it is most likely because you are running from a folder that has spaces (" ").

Thanks for replying so quickly, some questions before sleep tonight.
I moved the folder to c:\xmtool and run as administrator as usual. But without connecting the phone, and select 5 flash H boot. The 3 repeat message appear still. Hahah, may be I want to test in theory.
Anyway, reading more more other post and try again this weekend.
Thanks !!!! many of your post and reply has been insightful.

Need suggestion

I'm new to this rooting thing. Thinking of rooting my mob. All I want is to increase my internal memory, which ROM suits best for my need.? Can anyone pls link for easy way to root. All I seen here looks tricky for me..

yuva0103 said:
I'm new to this rooting thing. Thinking of rooting my mob. All I want is to increase my internal memory, which ROM suits best for my need.? Can anyone pls link for easy way to root. All I seen here looks tricky for me..
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i made the guides as easy as i can...only thing that's easier is someone doing it for you lol
there's a few roms to choose from, all have good and bad points..i can tell you what these are if you require, but .as i created some of these roms i won't tell you what's better or worse as its your choice lol

lol I accept your point. I will try doing by my own.
My reqirement for the ROM is very simple, to increase my internal memory for atleast 300mb and smooth running OS.. Any suggestion for me.?

yuva0103 said:
lol I accept your point. I will try doing by my own.
My reqirement for the ROM is very simple, to increase my internal memory for atleast 300mb and smooth running OS.. Any suggestion for me.?
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are you a heavy app user? i stress this as there's stable roms and some unstable but nice roms...
example..
using my own Holo 2 Based rom...
1.03gb internal memory 23% free at the minute (244mb)
280 applications 129 System/151 User
No errors what so ever.
On App2sd roms ie m1ndh8x4r/Einstein frat/razor (im not dissing or flaming any users roms, just stating facts using app2sd)
using same internal memory as mine and the data2sd script available for those app2sd roms, you won't get passed 225 apps total inc system, as there's something in the script creating and error in the dalvik storage, this is an ongoing problem and has yet to be fixed lol.
if your a light weight user then any rom can be used, if your a heavy user like me...then you have my rom only at the minute.
based on your 300mb idea..id would suggest a nicely themed one....check my website for rom details available on older roms.
roms at the moment consist of 2.3.3 (Mine), 2.3.5 )Wildfire S Port), 2.3.5 (Pico Sense 3.5 port)
All roms 2.3.5 and above are non Salsa based, there all ports.
so there's advantages and disadvantages...you make the choice based on your needs.

I go for your HOLO, can you provide me a link which provides steps to install your holo,
I'm gonna try rooting for first time. I have some doubts
1. What will happen when I give factory reset after I rooted my mob.?
2. Will my mobile works if I removed my memory card which I used as ext.?
3. What will happen when I stuck while rooting?
Sorry for asking noobs question.

yuva0103 said:
I go for your HOLO, can you provide me a link which provides steps to install your holo,
I'm gonna try rooting for first time. I have some doubts
1. What will happen when I give factory reset after I rooted my mob.?
2. Will my mobile works if I removed my memory card which I used as ext.?
3. What will happen when I stuck while rooting?
Sorry for asking noobs question.
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1. What will happen when I give factory reset after I rooted my mob.? You should be ok as root is a system app.
2. Will my mobile works if I removed my memory card which I used as ext.? yes and no. when using ext3 on the sd, don't remove it!
3. What will happen when I stuck while rooting? redo it...easy. but always make a backup of everything! use my rooting guides for noobs, ext3 creation guide and recovery guides...its all there

thx bb for you kind reply.
will read procedures nd do ASAP. hope you ll help if I stuck somewhere.

yuva0103 said:
thx bb for you kind reply.
will read procedures nd do ASAP. hope you ll help if I stuck somewhere.
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i normally do lol

I stuck with step 12 in Unlocking Bootloader. I received unlock code and pasted in c:/android. After I given this code "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin" in cmd prompt it stuck with "sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)..." My mobile not showing the unlocking bootloader screen..
Pls help

Keep repeating process,everything works or you wouldnt have got the code lol
What battery life is the phone at when doing this...
make sure you have at least 50% battery life.
BigBear is using Xparent Tapatalk Purple

More than 70% battery. Am I missed anything..?

yuva0103 said:
More than 70% battery. Am I missed anything..?
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retrace all steps, there's no reason why it should be stopping you. Battery life is good.....make sure your in the correct screen area on phone to run the unlock.bin. unless the bin code is wrong or incomplete...copy file from emails again and redo it

BigBearEvo said:
retrace all steps, there's no reason why it should be stopping you. Battery life is good.....make sure your in the correct screen area on phone to run the unlock.bin. unless the bin code is wrong or incomplete...copy file from emails again and redo it
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I finally figured it out. Its bcoz of my USB. I changed the USB port and tried. It worked now i unlocked bootloader. Its strange but true.:laugh: Moving for the second step.
Thank bb

Now I see UNLOCKED in pink color, but still "ICON_G PVT SHIP S-ON RL" am I ready to install custom ROM or I missed any thing..?

yuva0103 said:
Now I see UNLOCKED in pink color, but still "ICON_G PVT SHIP S-ON RL" am I ready to install custom ROM or I missed any thing..?
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yep your ready to install recovery this "ICON_G PVT SHIP S-ON RL" won't be achieved unless you use the clip and that's a bad idea lol.
follow my guides now to install recovery, then you can install a custom rom :victory:

Finally installed bb_arc_v2 ROM. :victory:
Thanks bb

yuva0103 said:
Finally installed bb_arc_v2 ROM. :victory:
Thanks bb
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good man!

Trying to root my newly aquired Motorola Milestone

Hello, I've been searching far and wide for working links and can't seem to fine any, can anyone please help? Here is my phone's info just in case, and I'm running on the AT&T network. My purpose is to get rooted, get the Android market on this phone and also want to be able to overclock and oh I want to be able to run it on the 3G network as I'm on the edge network as of now. Once again I have read countless treads and forms with no luck of finding the files I need, I'v even tried Googling the links and files individually but ALL of them are broken and I MEAN ALL OF THEM, please help, just got the phone, I really want to be able to use it as my daily driver because I've always wanted this phone even when it first came it out, and now that I have it I'm extremely happy, just got to make a few changes to use it now. Thanks in advance.
Model number: Milestone
Firmware version: 2.1-update1
Firmware configuration: GAS_EMEA_USASHLS00RTINT_P016
Baseband version: 3GSMEPU91A_U_91.07.56I
Baseband configuration: UCASHLSMR2EMEAB1B806D.0R
Kernel version: 2.6.29-omap1
[email protected] #1
Build number: SHOLS_U2_02.36.0

I just want the links or files to be able to root my Motorola Milestone
Please I'm not new to rooting, I just want the files to root this Milestone. I'm still searching, still haven't given up, or can someone please point me in the right direction, maybe there's a stone I haven't looked under yet?

ok no worries
nt1_alex said:
Please I'm not new to rooting, I just want the files to root this Milestone. I'm still searching, still haven't given up, or can someone please point me in the right direction, maybe there's a stone I haven't looked under yet?
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if you need just root i rooted my a853 using Voot (link in my signature) it failed couple of times but the it done it (it stated congratulations successfully rooted but it was not)
if you want more out of your milestone
I Recommend
http://www.mrmuh.com/2012/01/update-a-motorola-milestone-from-motorola-firmware-to-cyanogenmod-7/

Do you mean vRoot?
Thanks do you mean vRoot?

lovely tpyo
nt1_alex said:
Thanks do you mean vRoot?
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yess sorry

Thanks
IGGYVIP said:
yess sorry
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I figured, I took a chance and followed the steps and it went by smoothly, got 2 chines apps on my phone now, I deleted one and kept the vRoot one and also installed superuser so I'm guessing it worked, now I'm going to follow the other steps to get more out of this Milestone. Thanks a lot :highfive:

IGGYVIP said:
yess sorry
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Morning, I have successfully completed all the steps and almost everything went by great, I got a lil confused when I had to partition my SD card so I think I did it wrong, I am using a 32GB SD card, can you help me out with the right values or point me in the right direction?

No Problem
nt1_alex said:
Morning, I have successfully completed all the steps and almost everything went by great, I got a lil confused when I had to partition my SD card so I think I did it wrong, I am using a 32GB SD card, can you help me out with the right values or point me in the right direction?
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Download MiniTool Partition tool
use THIS GUIDE
for your size of sdcard i would suggest
20GB+ for "fat32" <<< MUST BE 1ST PARTITION this is your usual sdcard
10GB for "ext4" <<< MUST BE 2ND PARTITION "this is extra system and app data space"
512MB for "swap" <<< MUST BE 3RD PARTITION this is "extra ram"
I WOULD CREATE 3RD PARTITION FIRST THEN 2ND THEN REST OF SPACE FOR 1ST ONE (SO THERE IS NO LOSS OF SPACE)
THE GUIDE IS NICE AND SIMPLE WITH ALL THE SCREENSHOTS

IGGYVIP said:
Download MiniTool Partition tool
use THIS GUIDE
for your size of sdcard i would suggest
20GB+ for "fat32" <<< MUST BE 1ST PARTITION this is your usual sdcard
10GB for "ext4" <<< MUST BE 2ND PARTITION "this is extra system and app data space"
512MB for "swap" <<< MUST BE 3RD PARTITION this is "extra ram"
I WOULD CREATE 3RD PARTITION FIRST THEN 2ND THEN REST OF SPACE FOR 1ST ONE (SO THERE IS NO LOSS OF SPACE)
THE GUIDE IS NICE AND SIMPLE WITH ALL THE SCREENSHOTS
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Thanks man I will do this when I get home, I'm at work now, one more thing, my WIFI and Bluetooth isn't working and I have CM9 installed, I have been reading and found a link that read if I googled "apndroid.apk" and install it should fix the problem, do you recommend it or would you suggest another method?

nt1_alex said:
Thanks man I will do this when I get home, I'm at work now, one more thing, my WIFI and Bluetooth isn't working and I have CM9 installed, I have been reading and found a link that read if I googled "apndroid.apk" and install it should fix the problem, do you recommend it or would you suggest another method?
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Hi, have you found a solution for your wifi and bluetooth problem? is this happening on Cyanogen 7 or 9?

anothertrad said:
Hi, have you found a solution for your wifi and bluetooth problem? is this happening on Cyanogen 7 or 9?
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No not yet, I have Cyanogen 9 but I'm going to try to install 7, trying to do it now, what do you suggest?

Hmmm
nt1_alex said:
No not yet, I have Cyanogen 9 but I'm going to try to install 7, trying to do it now, what do you suggest?
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i never had this problem
you can try the app no problem
are you sure you have right bootloader and kernel ?(from the guide)
cm7 much lighter you should be happy with it
i use 9 but it lags here and there i just need it because some apps don't work on 7 (api)

IGGYVIP said:
i never had this problem
you can try the app no problem
are you sure you have right bootloader and kernel ?(from the guide)
cm7 much lighter you should be happy with it
i use 9 but it lags here and there i just need it because some apps don't work on 7 (api)
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I do have a theory on why it's not working tho, maybe becuz I didn't do the recovery step from titanium backup, and the reason I haven't done that is becuz when I try to download it from the play store I get an error saying that I don't have enough memory. I just partition my 32GB card again, it didn't work with the new set of instructions so Im doing it again, I have another theory as to why my partition is not working with the new set of instructions and I think that's becuz I messed up the values the very first time (using mrmuh instructions). Do you think it might be becuz of that?

IGGYVIP said:
i never had this problem
you can try the app no problem
are you sure you have right bootloader and kernel ?(from the guide)
cm7 much lighter you should be happy with it
i use 9 but it lags here and there i just need it because some apps don't work on 7 (api)
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I'm reading this post to install this on my Milestone 1.
Initially I thought I could just root with VRoot (1-click method) then follow Mr.muh's guide starting on step 6. But looks like I either go VRoot or all steps on Mr.muh's guide, is that right?
Another question is: I can create the partitions on the computer with MiniTool Partition Wizard before starting mr.muh's steps and later on escape mur's step 4, right?

anothertrad said:
I'm reading this post to install this on my Milestone 1.
Initially I thought I could just root with VRoot (1-click method) then follow Mr.muh's guide starting on step 6. But looks like I either go VRoot or all steps on Mr.muh's guide, is that right?
Another question is: I can create the partitions on the computer with MiniTool Partition Wizard before starting mr.muh's steps and later on escape mur's step 4, right?
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Yea your right, you could do either or, but I suggest you do vRoot first just to get it out the way, and I do believe you can partition your SD card first and then continue with Mr.muh's guide, I wish I would have done that first so that when I try to download titanium backup I wouldn't have gotten that error of me not having enough memory.

:laugh:yay
I was able to partition my 32GB SD card and able to proceed with all the instructions, also I installed CM7, fixed my WIFI problem and Bluetooth problem as well. Thank you all for your help, is there a way I can donate to your team or you, to show my support I also bought the XDA book.
PS. I will try to mess around with CM9 later down the road, I'm just happy to be using this Motorola Milestone, my dream phone :victory:

nt1_alex said:
:laugh:yay
I was able to partition my 32GB SD card and able to proceed with all the instructions, also I installed CM7, fixed my WIFI problem and Bluetooth problem as well. Thank you all for your help, is there a way I can donate to your team or you, to show my support I also bought the XDA book.
PS. I will try to mess around with CM9 later down the road, I'm just happy to be using this Motorola Milestone, my dream phone :victory:
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congrats! I was also able to install CM7 by using VRoot and following Mr Muh's guide (except step 5 since phone was already rooted and I had nothing to backup)
Thanks IGGYVIP, for helps and links.