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Hi I am thinking of rooting my milestone but I am not sure about the risks of bricking the phone. How likely is it that it will get bricked or can I make a backup before I begin?
Many thanks, CFORDv
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Anyone?
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hi, i was just like you but if you follow the steps EXACTLY to the tutorial on here then you will be fine. one thing though, you dont need to update your bootloader 90.73 or 90.94 if you have those and when you flash vulnerable recovery, the tutorial doesn't tell you that when the phone restarts from flashing the first time, you must hold UP on the keypad (or X for bootloader version 90.78) as i had that problem. finally use G.O.T's open recovery as its much better than the original one (apps2sd is good as milestone has hardly any memory for games and stuff. if you need any help, then contact me on here. Happy flashing
Thanks I have pmed you but it's just if I root this phone and the phonw bricks then I'm screwed. I can't just go buy a new one. Is there a way I can totaly avoid any chances of bricking or just un-bricking the phone if necessery?
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right, i understand where you are coming from as i had to think for about 6 hours before i finally plucked up the courage to root mine as i bought one from ebay and messed that up but it was already messed up. if you havent done anything to your phone yet (virgin state) apart from doing Over-The_air updates then it will go fine considering you follow the instructions EXACTLY and everything will go fine like mine did. i will find the website that i used and give it to you as i know it works 100%. how long have you had your milestone?
p.s you dont really need a g1, they are good but milestone is much much better (asphalt gt 5 is amazing!!!!!)
noelyboy said:
right, i understand where you are coming from as i had to think for about 6 hours before i finally plucked up the courage to root mine as i bought one from ebay and messed that up but it was already messed up. if you havent done anything to your phone yet (virgin state) apart from doing Over-The_air updates then it will go fine considering you follow the instructions EXACTLY and everything will go fine like mine did. i will find the website that i used and give it to you as i know it works 100%. how long have you had your milestone?
p.s you dont really need a g1, they are good but milestone is much much better (asphalt gt 5 is amazing!!!!!)
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thanks i've had my milestone for 2 weeks now and the reason i want a g1 is to start developing on. as you can load just about anything on it and they are really cheap, i think it would be handy and fun to play with + great to load all my work on
If you use GOT's recovery to root the phone it's utterly painless, and you've got a nandroid backup built into it.
yeah but I've got to downgrade from 2.1 first and that's what I'm worried about
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Hi guys, newbie here..
Don't flame me first..i read alot in this milestone forum..
But I haven't chance upon if rooting the milestone asia edition will cause you to lose my data..will I have to reinstall all app or what ? Please enlighten..I'm ready to root when I got this point straighten out..i have install tons of app..after I root I think I shud be able to get app2sd n setcpu on my rooted milestone.am I right?
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Hello All,
I've long been a lurker but I decided to join today for some help. I've also decided I'd like to root my Tab.
One of the things I want to root it for is the Wireless Tether app. I just wanted to ask anyone that uses it to verify it works and if there are any special steps to make it work. I intend to use Z4Root then get Wireless Tether from Market.
I'm also considering overclocking, any App suggestions for that? I'd also like to know if anyone has any custom ROM suggestions.
Thanks for tolerating my newbishness and for the replies.
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It would help to know what tab ur using considering there are like 5 different types.
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That's true. Sprint CDMA Samsung Galaxy Tab, SPH-P100. Not too sure what other information would behelpful.
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I haven't used tethering, but am pretty n00b to Tab root. I rooted my Sprint SGT using oneclickroot, and it worked great, but haven't done much else. I plan on setting up CWM, and flashing my first Rom today, to prep for the HC port. Since I was planning on it anyways, I can let you know what I do, and what the outcome is... there are plenty of existing threads for that though... I'll test wireless tethering, and let you know!
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Thanks Phil, I'd appreciate you testing Wireless Tether on there before flashing it if you're willing to. I don't really have plans to run a Custom ROM at the moment (except maybe the HC port when spacemoose finishes it), but I do want to know if WT will work.
Z4Root no longer works for the sprint tab. You will need to use superoneclick to root. To overclock you can get SGS Kernel Flasher from the market. I am using Bauxite's kernel and love it.
I just got a tab today (t-mobile version). I already own a vibrant (running bionix). Which ROM is the best for the tab....especially to speed it up?
You can only temp root (and permanent root) your device using Visionary application. I've tested it and working as expected.
Why would you want to root the device is it to just put a better rom on it? I assuem you could also put the Honeycomb rom on it as well right?
Maybe use another flasher instead of SGS?
It might be just my case, but all the times I used SGS it has borked my Verizon Tab. Not sure if Sprint is the same way. I was able to recover to a default state by using the Verizon orginal restore files and Odin.
teezle said:
It might be just my case, but all the times I used SGS it has bricked my Verizon Tab. Not sure if Sprint is the same way.
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If it bricked your tab were you able to send it back to Verizon and get it fixed? How does that work? If you can't tell I am new here trying to figure out which tablet to get and how to fix it when things WILL go wrong on my first root.
Yadah said:
If it bricked your tab were you able to send it back to Verizon and get it fixed? How does that work? If you can't tell I am new here trying to figure out which tablet to get and how to fix it when things WILL go wrong on my first root.
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Sorry wrong choice of words, I meant to put borked. Bricked means not being able to bring it back. In my cases I was able to bring it back to default by the Yellow screen download mode. I will correct my post.
teezle said:
It might be just my case, but all the times I used SGS it has borked my Verizon Tab. Not sure if Sprint is the same way. I was able to recover to a default state by using the Verizon orginal restore files and Odin.
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Which kernel flasher did you ultimately find that worked with your Verizon Tab?
but can't find an answer.... is it doable? Also, what other mods can I do to it? I wish XDA had a section for each version of the tab, I have a huge headache from trying to find my answer.... thanks guys
bump..... Please guys, help me out. I tried rooting last night but failed, guess I tried the root from a different tab... so please help me out... I'm getting ready to smash this thing
Really, no one can help me out? ... maybe another forum has more courteous members.
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Do you think that bumping your post two hours after posting it is courteous?
I just got a Galaxy Tab WiFi myself, but I did my research *before* I bought it. No Gingerbread is available, that I know of. There are not many alternative ROMs for the WiFi only model.
What did you use in your rooting attempt? The only two ways I know are with a Windows app or with z4root, an Android app. I haven't tried either one, here is a link to z4root on this forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
I installed GB 2.3.3 using this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083971
hope that helps
SuperOneClick should be able to help you root your Tab.
Here's the Noob Rooting Guide with links and downloads.
Always do your research. The Development forums will be one of your best resources for your Tab.
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I installed GB 2.3.3 using this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083971
hope that helps
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That's for the 1000 not 1010 which is the wifi only model, thank you though.
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brucemcl said:
Do you think that bumping your post two hours after posting it is courteous?
I just got a Galaxy Tab WiFi myself, but I did my research *before* I bought it. No Gingerbread is available, that I know of. There are not many alternative ROMs for the WiFi only model.
What did you use in your rooting attempt? The only two ways I know are with a Windows app or with z4root, an Android app. I haven't tried either one, here is a link to z4root on this forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
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No offense but if you're going to criticize you might as well not even comment to avoid any frustrations or arguments as a result. Thank you for the link, I was able to find z4 and lag fix yesterday.... applied both but i might roll back on the lag fix since I have no haptic feedback now unless anyone knows of a fix? I wasn't able to find anything on Google... wifi only tab and p1010 aren't too popular searches.
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*sigh* waiting for this too..
****ty Samsung , is it so hard to just make an official Gb for this little tab considering the workforce they have at their disposal.
At one point I had heard that the Sprint stock GB (2.3.4) update worked on the Wifi only tabs, but I don't have a wifi only to test with.
I haven't heard of any alternative roms for the wifi only version.
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Check with Kies, see if you have a firmware update. I only have a P1000, but maybe it's similar.
oh yeah, give time for people to reply your thread. Don't be a spoiled kid.
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EDIT: from other answers here the Sprint GB 2.3.4 ROM stock or rooted sounds the way to go, so it looks like this should work for you as it did for me on my Verizon CDMA tab.
It's hard to say for sure, experimentation is part of the fun, but killing the tab isn't. I didn't find any definitive answers on flashing a Sprint CDMA ROM on to a Verizon CDMA Galaxy Tab (for example), so I decided to try for myself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255339
I suspect doing a FULL ROM flash would be a *very* bad idea (it seems doing that with a GSM ROM on other (non-GSM) tabs KILLS it). However, the technique I used was only to apply the kernel and filesystems, so I would *think* if you had a backup from before (always best to have a backup anyway, right?) you could always revert. You may want to look around and check to see if stock WIFI images are out there (I don't know for sure) but the Voodoo or CwM (ClockworkMod) recovery backups should be fine either way.
Then if you apply the filesystem and kernel files from 2.3.4 and they don't work you should be able to revert (I would assume, I can certainly flash back and forth on mine). I would *think* the kernel supports vanilla hardware + CDMA additionally (i.e. you don't need it, but it doesn't hurt), but may be fine.
But again, unless you're prepared to take the risk, I cannot say for sure, you can wait and see if anyone else chimes in, but that's my take.
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At one point I had heard that the Sprint stock GB (2.3.4) update worked on the Wifi only tabs, but I don't have a wifi only to test with.
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I don't feel like bricking mine to find out lol
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loserbaby said:
EDIT: from other answers here the Sprint GB 2.3.4 ROM stock or rooted sounds the way to go, so it looks like this should work for you as it did for me on my Verizon CDMA tab.
It's hard to say for sure, experimentation is part of the fun, but killing the tab isn't. I didn't find any definitive answers on flashing a Sprint CDMA ROM on to a Verizon CDMA Galaxy Tab (for example), so I decided to try for myself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255339
I suspect doing a FULL ROM flash would be a *very* bad idea (it seems doing that with a GSM ROM on other (non-GSM) tabs KILLS it). However, the technique I used was only to apply the kernel and filesystems, so I would *think* if you had a backup from before (always best to have a backup anyway, right?) you could always revert. You may want to look around and check to see if stock WIFI images are out there (I don't know for sure) but the Voodoo or CwM (ClockworkMod) recovery backups should be fine either way.
Then if you apply the filesystem and kernel files from 2.3.4 and they don't work you should be able to revert (I would assume, I can certainly flash back and forth on mine). I would *think* the kernel supports vanilla hardware + CDMA additionally (i.e. you don't need it, but it doesn't hurt), but may be fine.
But again, unless you're prepared to take the risk, I cannot say for sure, you can wait and see if anyone else chimes in, but that's my take.
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Lol thanks... I guess if someone has the time and patience to try it and it works then please let the rest of us p1010 owners know
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I have the P1010 also and from what I've heard, the two models (P1010 and P1000) have different hardware which makes the latter model possible for the ginger update while ours likely will never get it.
Enjoy it for what it is. That's all I can say.
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No offense but if you're going to criticize you might as well not even comment to avoid any frustrations or arguments as a result.
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No offence but you are the one who was rude by bumping your topic after 2 hours and also accusing people who didnt answer as not courteous, so obviously you are going to get criticism.
Your problem is that you cant be bothered to go read or search and expect people to jump on your topic and bring all the info to you. This is XDA-developers, not tech support, try and at least help yourself first before demanding answers.
If anyone tests the spring gingerbread method and it works, please say so. xD Im too much of a coward to risk my tab.
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If anyone tests the spring gingerbread method and it works, please say so. xD Im too much of a coward to risk my tab.
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You can save a flashable ROM in the sdcard. Then if the tab got bricked, you can insert the sdcard in and reflash again. But i don't recommend doing this because me myself never flashed my tab, only my nexus one.
Hi evereybody, I hope you can help me.
My problem is yesterday I was trying to go back to Official rom in my SGS2 AT&T version and I Flashed it with ODIN and everything was ok but when the phone rebooted it stocks in AT&T Logo and nothing happened, I´ve tried many solutions like this threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18759297
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1325282
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19898373#post19898373
but nothing happened, so, the problem is I can not enter to download mode because my phone doesn´t turn on anymore, please, I need your help, I´me really sorry if this thread doesn´t belong here, I will aprecciate if some moderator move it correctly for me.
I need your help guys
Perhaps post in the SGSII forum?
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So, your phone turns on and gets "stuck" at the At&t screen or your phone doesn't power at all?
Come on man, Quoting Infuse and Captivate forums? You should definitely only take advice from the GS2 forum, here's the link, sorry I can't be of more help!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1301
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Cyan...running-on-the-LG-Optimus-4X-HD-video_id32238
So glad I got the phone, the CM10 dev shows most everything working but the new Google Now and Search apps, but such a progress for one week is still amazing!
this means that they have root already
Watched the vid on YouTube , can't wait to get them beans running on this thing
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hooray for root!
and also unlocked bootloader
Still find way to root and then Wow, big surprise.
if that was a developer x4 hd as ricardo said, than we have noting for the moment ;(
fire3d said:
if that was a developer x4 hd as ricardo said, than we have noting for the moment ;(
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If thats a developer 4x HD, then we need a bootloader dump.
If we can get an unlocked/engineering bootloader and flash it to the device we have a lot of possibilities.
On the HTC sensation, one of the early methods was using an engineering bootloader.
From Ricardo Cerqueira's google+, he mentioned that this is not exactly a retail unit of 4X but the early development unit... he will use nickname "aremcee" if he post in xda... a great cm dev!
lg optimus x4 developer edition
Hello all, First things first I love this site all the members on here are great, and you developers are so wonderful with all that you do, its just blows my mind how smart people can get when they put there minds together, every phone I had you guys help me make it that much better. when I came to this site I never turned back thank you all. Well I come in need of some help again, please don't be mad if I posted in wrong area I am totally new here this my first post ever. OK for the question I came across LG Optimus x4 HD developer edition I am not a big fan of LG but I thought if it a try oh was I wrong. The problem the phone is having, is it can't startup it freezes on LG logo what happened was I installed wrong apk when trying to install busy box I restarted phone and everything went south from there. Frozen lg logo. I went into CWM Touch recovery v6.0.1.1 wipe factory resets went into recovery, it started up great, but then boom error abort,I restarted phone, now I cant get into CWM, it just sends me into factory mod settings of recovery. I tried everything to get back in to CWM and nothing working. so pretty much the phone has no rom or CWM on it but I know I have a perfect CWM recovery saved on my computer and no way to use it because no CWM on phone.
I tried ADB push, recoveries, apk roms nothing works.
I even tried KDZ factory roms and we know that dont work
I tried calling LG, LG siad this to me, Will you didn't get the phone from us so we cant help you then they hang up, I thought they would say say something like that. LG is always take a bite out of there company when they don't help there brand not to bright LG. So that didnt work
I am almost ready to dump this phone, it a nightmare
what I know is I have a CWM recovery that should work I pulled it out of the first recovery I made, but if cant install CWM via ADB or zip that recovery is no good to me is there a way to install CWM Touch recovery v6.0.1.1 outside on the ICS rom rather then using a apk?
Well anyways if you anyone can think of anything to get this phone up and running I am all ears just P.M. me. Thanks for all your time XDA members. May all the Androids take over our phones
^ whoop, maybe future hero?
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Hello all, First things first I love this site all the members on......................................................................................................
Well anyways if you anyone can think of anything to get this phone up and running I am all ears just P.M. me. Thanks for all your time XDA members. May all the Androids take over our phones
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I didn't understood very well... your phone is a developer edition or what?
I still do not know a solution for this. Just know that we must unite and help as much as we can. My phone has the same problem, but I'm sure that sooner or later it goes back to normal. God will help us. God bless Smartphones, I read the bible in it.
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I still do not know a solution for this. Just know that we must unite and help as much as we can. My phone has the same problem, but I'm sure that sooner or later it goes back to normal. God will help us. God bless Smartphones, I read the bible in it.
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I'm not sure that God is in the smatphones business... and Jesus I think is in the Caribbean for "holy days"
Better not wait for Them
Hahaha Hahaha
lg optimus x4 developer edition phone
Do you have lg optimus x4 developer edition phone? I was wondering if you could help me with send me your stock rom for your lg optimus x4 developer edition phone, please PM me anytime Thank you
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Do you have lg optimus x4 developer edition phone? I was wondering if you could help me with send me your stock rom for your lg optimus x4 developer edition phone, please PM me anytime Thank you
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Mee too. Send for us!
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lg optimus x4 developer edition phone
yes my phone is a LG optimus x4 developer edition I need the stock rom for this phone so I can recover my phone if anyone has the lg optimus x4 developer edition phone, please give me the stock rom, my lg optimus x4 developer edition phone is Sims unlock, Rooted and bootloader is unlocked, so if someone has the the stock rom for the lg optimus x4 developer edition phone would help me a great deal so I don't have to turn my phone into a very large amout of money paper weight. Thank you
unlocked bootloader?
why isn't dev edition phone being used to unlock the regular bootloader? ._.
Because, it looks like they're all bricked.
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why would someone get a dev edition phone?
jus to brick it?
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