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So finally you can root 2.1. I've been interested in a custom Rom for my hero ever sincei heard about it. Any suggestions on which Rom is right for me?
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Just giving you the heads up, Android development section is for posting your own Roms, mods, and etc.
But my personal favorite ATM is Fresh 2.1.1 Basic, but incredibly fast and customizable, and Flipz is a very active supporter. There are other great Roms too, but Fresh was my first.
I highly recommend DamageControl -- I update it to the fresh toast kernel so you can overclock. It looks a lot like stock but performs 10x better. The updating of the kernel is easy to do, and outlined in the thread /showthread.php?t=690238
Play with damagecontrol first, then if you want Overclocking (or, more correctly, reclocking), give the kernel update a try-- it's just basically flashing a file on top of the damagecontrol rom. Either way, it's way better than stock and still has sense if you want it.
Could i hey more information about damage control
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So finally you can root 2.1. I've been interested in a custom Rom for my hero ever sincei heard about it. Any suggestions on which Rom is right for me?
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It depends.
Me, I don't like HTC Sense (or rather, I got bored of it), so my personal favorite is Darchdroid 2.6.4. It is AOSP and like the Droid or Nexus One.
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Read this. It has all of the information about the latest damage Control ROM
FreshToast is my personal favorite. Extremely fast and stable. Use it as my everyday rom when I'm not trying to fix roms with A2SD issues.
Is there a guide on how to install Roms?
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Is there a guide on how to install Roms?
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usually the base instructions are included on the first page of the custom rom thread. That said you usually do this:
1) install a recovery image, I use this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672324
place the image of your choice - the only difference is the picture which is shown - on the sd card and flash the image into the phone by using the instructions here
2) choose one of the ROMs, I use the 2.1 roms and think you should try the fresh ROM 2.1.2 which is stable yet has the newest base without the overclocking. Go here and read the info and download:
http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-rom-212/
after you place the downloaded zip image on your sd card, you will need to place your phone in recovery mode by doing this:
a) powercycle down (press and hold the red hang up button for a sec until you get the menu and press power down)
b) next, hold the menu key down and then press the red hang up key briefly, you should feel the buzz of the phone starting but continue holding the menu key for about 5 secs until the recovery menu comes up.
c) At this point you will want to either nandroid backup your build which I think is not really necessary because your config will be so different going from 1.5 to 2.1. but you can if you want to restore back to a 1.5 rom
d) Next you need to wipe the data off the phone by choosing "wipe" and choose restore to factory default - this will remove all data from your phone
e) go to the flash from sd option and choose the rom you have placed in the SD card.
you need to confirm the flash by pressing "home" and away you go.
d) you then need to press "reboot" and the phone will shut down recovery mode and flash the rom. This initial flash will take a while, some ROMs take 3 mins some take 10.
After this you are up and running, if not, post questions in the forum for help.
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1. Make sure you are rooted.
2. Find the ROM zip of your choosing and put it on the sd card (not in any folder)
3. Boot into recovery
4. Backup/Restore - Nand backup
(Optional if you want to use aps2sd - 5)
5. Partition sdcard
- just follow the prompts
- I reccomend also doing SD:ext2 to SD:ext3
6. Wipe
- wipe data/factory reset
- (optional a. wipe dalvik-cache b. wipe SD:ext partition) - only need to do if you are going to use apss2sd
7. Flash zip from sdcard
8. select your rom zip
9. press home to start flashing
10. reboot system and wait. Some roms take quite awhile to load up the first time (10+minutes)
Hope this helps. I'm sure there are other threads that explain it better than I have. Just search and you should find something.
Gotsteve2006 said:
So finally you can root 2.1. I've been interested in a custom Rom for my hero ever sincei heard about it. Any suggestions on which Rom is right for me?
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I personally like Aloysius, nice color, very fast, frequent updates!!
"Rooting" 2.1 had nothing to do w/ making custom ROMs simply because you could pull apart the rom.zip and make a custom one even w/o having root. Gaining root just enables the people w/ 2.1 on it to free their phone basically
I really need help i used to have paragon rom then i installed phoenix but i did not liked it so i tried to go back to paragon but when i used odin to go back to stock. I rooted my phone but when i installed rom manager to install paragon it doesnt let me rom manager tells me that an error has ocurred when i tried the clockword recovery
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pumasmedina7 said:
I really need help i used to have paragon rom then i installed phoenix but i did not liked it so i tried to go back to paragon but when i used odin to go back to stock. I rooted my phone but when i installed rom manager to install paragon it doesnt let me rom manager tells me that an error has ocurred when i tried the clockword recovery
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Do you have 3 button recovery?
If you do, dont bother installing, ROM Manager, you wont need it. Just copy the ROM and CWM's update.zip to your phone, 3 button into recovery select reinstall packages, you'll then "go back", reinstall packages again, then you reboot into recovery, and install your ROM
Where can i get that
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pumasmedina7 said:
I really need help i used to have paragon rom then i installed phoenix but i did not liked it so i tried to go back to paragon but when i used odin to go back to stock. I rooted my phone but when i installed rom manager to install paragon it doesnt let me rom manager tells me that an error has ocurred when i tried the clockword recovery
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Okay. So, you were running Paragon, you flashed Phoenix, and you want to go back to Paragon.
Hopefully you made a backup of your ROM before you flashed Phoenix. You then used Odin to flash to stock, rooted, and installed ROM manager.
If you flashed back to UCJF6 (Android 2.1) you won't be able to restore a backup based on Froyo 2.2.1, which is what Paragon is based on. That's why you're getting an error. You're going to need to do a fresh flash of Paragon. Place the base Paragon ROM on your SD card.
Use ROM Manager to flash the base Paragon ROM. Now, on the base Paragon ROM, use ROM Manager to restore your backup.
I'm hoping you did everything one should do prior to returning to stock with Odin, as in creating your backup, disabling your lagfix, etc, before using Odin to get back to stock. Also, take into account that you need to have the same kernel installed on the newly flashed ROM and the ROM you're attempting to reinstall. So, if you had a custom kernel installed when you made your backup of Paragon, make sure to flash that kernel on your newly installed base Paragon before you try to restore.
Good luck.
The sad thing is that i cant use rom manager i rooted my but it doesnt let me use clockword recovery
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I'm having a problem with rom manager as well.i get the error downloading recovery. I may try to flash an older version I have on my laptop. I'm using the stock rom and rooted.
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I too am having a similar problem, I'm on stock and trying to get ROM manager to work but it won't let me flash ClockworkMod Recovery or even an older version. As stated already I get the error message "An error occurred while downloading your recovery." However, it seems that if I select my phone as an i9000 Galaxy S, ClockworkMod will download, but it won't work.
And for the record, using the 3-button recovery I only get the options of:
reboot phone
reinstall packages (which says the update.zip is a bad file and won't open)
delete all user data
delete cache data
I should add that this is the first time I've seen this situation and usually I'm able to "install .zip from sd card" but in this case I can't.
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The sad thing is that i cant use rom manager i rooted my but it doesnt let me use clockword recovery
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My apologies. I should have read your original post a little closer.
You can try installing clockwork recovery manually via this method:
Take the attached zip file and rename it update.zip. Connect your phone via USB to your computer. You'll notice there's already an update.zip file on your phone. That's the update.zip which was used to give you root permission. Take the newly named update.zip file (clockworkmod) and replace the update.zip (root) on your phone's sd card.
Now, disconnect your phone from your computer, and power down your phone. Press the volume up AND volume down button at the same time, then hold down power. Keep holding all three buttons down. The ATT screen should pop up once, but keep holding down the buttons. The ATT screen will pop up again, and now, you can let go. This should get you to the stock recovery screen. Use your volume down button to scroll down "reinstall packages". Use the power button to select the option. This will install clockworkmod on your phone. Now, it'll come back to the same stock recovery screen. Tick down once again to "reinstall packages" until clockworkmod pops up.
I'm not sure if ROM manager will work with this version of clockworkmod, as I stopped using ROM manager a while ago. I just reboot into recovery manually and navigate clockworkmod with phone's physical buttons. I guess you can give it a go.
If this doesn't work, something might have happened with with the odin flash, or a lagfix wasn't disabled prior to going back to stock, or Dalvik cache wasn't wiped, or your cache partition wasn't wiped, etc, and you might be out of luck.
When I want to flash a ROM, I always make a backup, copy the backup onto my computer, backup my apps with Titanium Backup, copy that backup onto my computer, disable any lagfixes, flash to stock using ODIN, master clear, root, install clockworkmod, copy the new ROM zip file to my SD card, do a factory reset in clockworkmod, wipe cache partition in clockworkmod, and wipe Dalvik cache in clockworkmod, then install my new ROM.
I've never had any problems using those steps. Good luck.
guys the files you need and most answers are here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942217
woops he posted before me but yea hes right
Thanx alot mexican american i dowloaded the file an my phone is working really good with paragon again thanx a lot
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Thanx alot mexican american i dowloaded the file an my phone is working really good with paragon again thanx a lot
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You're welcome.
I was bout to give up on my phone but u saved my life thanx again
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hello all,
relatively new to the forum.
last couple of days i've been looking for a guide to installing CM7 on my O2X.
I failed! I can't find even one guide with a-z instructions.
please, can anyone point me to a guide?
I did read quite a lot and got 2 conclusions:
1. It scares the **** out of me
2. It needs rooting which i've already done day-1 using SuperOneClick 1.8
plz help me,
Eitan
1. Download ROM manager from market
2. Open ROM manager, install ClockworkMod Recovery
3. In ROM manager, Download ROM -> CyanogenMod -> pick your ROM
4. When your download are finished, choose "Backup" and "Wipe Dalvik-cache", press install
5. Thats it
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Thank you, a thousand times. I had no idea it could be this simple.
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Be sure to be rooted first
Don't forget in this method
1. You will loose EVERYTHING on the phone including the internal partition where mediabis located...
2. You cannot download Tom using the above meantioned way unless you've have premium rom manager
If you don't have premium version just download the update.zip and do install from SD
Hope I helped I am also playing around with this latelly I got the phone 2 weeks ago
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Wow i didn't realise it was this easy either!
Couple of qs
If i do a backup before doing this through cwm can i just restore to that at any point?
Also if i download and place on my sd can i use this method for the modaco vanilla rom?
Will this also update the bb as well?
Have to say love having an android phone because of you guys here!
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doncoop said:
Wow i didn't realise it was this easy either!
Couple of qs
If i do a backup before doing this through cwm can i just restore to that at any point?
Also if i download and place on my sd can i use this method for the modaco vanilla rom?
Will this also update the bb as well?
Have to say love having an android phone because of you guys here!
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Yes, the whole ide of cvm are just that
Yep, works with almost all .zip roms and patches (if you store them on extrenal SD, there is an other cvm for internal sd)
No, your bb will not be updated
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Warranty question
I'm aware that rooting voids your warranty. However, does anyone know if unrooting will make your phone look normal, and thus, applicable for the warranty?
can always install original rom at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035041 using smartflash.
Note: all data in internal SD will be erased. Hence unroot phone.
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Don't forget in this method
1. You will loose EVERYTHING on the phone including the internal partition where mediabis located...
2. You cannot download Tom using the above meantioned way unless you've have premium rom manager
If you don't have premium version just download the update.zip and do install from SD
Hope I helped I am also playing around with this latelly I got the phone 2 weeks ago
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I'm sorry but what's 'Tom'? and where do i find the update.zip?
HerrKuk said:
1. Download ROM manager from market
2. Open ROM manager, install ClockworkMod Recovery
3. In ROM manager, Download ROM -> CyanogenMod -> pick your ROM
4. When your download are finished, choose "Backup" and "Wipe Dalvik-cache", press install
5. Thats it
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question:
- on step 4: where do i choose 'backup' and 'wipe dal..' (is it through the clockwork..?)
- before posting i download latest nightly from cm website. how do i use that file in this process you mention?
eshvartz said:
question:
- on step 4: where do i choose 'backup' and 'wipe dal..' (is it through the clockwork..?)
- before posting i download latest nightly from cm website. how do i use that file in this process you mention?
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Backup and wipe in Rom manager after you picked your downloaded rom.
So open rom manager, select "install ROM from sd card", find your downloaded zip file (on external sd), select backup and wipe from the popup menu, install.
Your phone are going to reboot into recovery and install your zip automaticly. When its finished, it going to reboot again but this time you should see Cm7 bootscreen
DONE!
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Can I ask two (potentially) stupid questions?
Say I want to use vorkkernel with the ext4 option:
1. Is ext4 considered stable enough for every day use?
2. How would I go about this? Format my internal storage to ext4, flash CM7 on, and then flash vorkkernel on with the appropriate flags?
Thanks.
Just flash the kernel, it will convert /system & /data to EXT4.
There is no going back to EXT3 afterwards though, you have to wipe everything to do that.
~HELP~ i followed the steps in beginning of post. CWM did its stuff ending with a CM7 installation. First boot of CM7 started and repeats endlessly.
How can I proceed?
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~HELP~ i followed the steps in beginning of post. CWM did its stuff ending with a CM7 installation. First boot of CM7 started and repeats endlessly.
How can I proceed?
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[FIXED] ok, if this happens to any of you what I did to fix is:
1. shut the phone off by removing battery.
2. boot into recovery by pressing volume down and then while holding pressing power up.
3. in recovery: wipe dalvik cache, wipe cache & wipe data
4. in recovery: install from zip on sd card i chose the cm7 installation again.
(it can be found in clockworkrecovery foleder and inside in cyanogenmod folder
hope this helps.
Just one more thing... if, say, you install CM7 do I understand correctly that all apps bought before wiping everything will be lost and would have to buy tumor again??
Thanks for the help
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Not true, once paid for you can download from the Market for no extra charge.
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Not true, once paid for you can download from the Market for no extra charge.
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Ok.. Thanks...
I have a problem... I downloaded rom manager, I did everything, wiped all the data but when it rebboted to install the latest cm7 nighlties it booted all right, and it supposedly installed the rom ok but when it starts it uses the LG rom on 2.2 froyo... and no signs of the cm7... plus it erased everything from my apps to my contacts but it didnt erase the images of the gallery in the internal memory and internal sd...
Weird, but I an having problems installing any cm7 rom... besides, I still have everything from the stock rom, all stock apps and all junk apps from vodafone still... and I want it all cleaned out...
any pointers??? Help!!! Thanks...
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so uhm i ... had first initially went to cm7... forgot version but according to phone, the firmware version is 2.3.3.... is the new cm7.1.. 2.3.6?? 2.3.7??
what do i go about doing the upgrade???
heard people back-up?? (what program to back-up) then format..?? then flash ??
or what is your way??
Back up you rom on clockwork mod recovery or RA recovery ...then wipe all...and flash away
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theres a back up function on amun ra recovery? *looks*
Yes.
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CM7.1 is 2.3.7. If you're using Amon Ra there is no option to wipe system partition.
You can use temasek's format-signed.zip to do a clean wipe of the phone.
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If you are coming from a previous CM7 based version, you *shouldn't* need to wipe the phone. It *should* upgrade cleanly. That being said, nothing works as it should every time, so make sure you make a nandroid backup within recovery, just in case things go wrong.
Right this backing up thing people do is usually through something you can access in your recovery called NANDROID. It shouldn't be necessary in this case but its always worth doing (just in case!). Oddly I'm running stock recovery right now so I can't give better instructions but have a quick look for something saying back-up or nandroid (or both i guess), can't remember how its written. Its a fairly simple process and then if you want you could wipe your phone before updating CM but once again you don't have to.
Hope that helps!
i have a galaxy tab p1000 v/ gingerbread 2.3.3. i followed the instructions on installing the GB-Stock-Safe-v5.zip and Overcome v4.0.0 kernel using heimdall utility. After a couple of tries, i was able to get the kernel to install and things are working fine. I thought Overcome v4.0.0 kernel install will give me root access but apparently not. Can i run the doomsLord v4 rooting toolkit to root this or not? I dont' want to mess it up again and redo the entire install process to fix again. Also, i downloaded the clockworkmod app from the google store but it doesn't support the p1000. How and where do i obtain custom roms and install on this device? can i download cyanogenmod custom rom, put it in the sd card and boot to recovery and run install? Not sure since i now have the Overcome v4.0.0 kernel, i can't install any of these roms? i've never used custom roms so no sure what can and cannot be done. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You can install overcome ROM 4.1 (not just the kernel)
If you want, it is rooted, you can follow my signature.
But overcome kernel 4.0 is what gives you cwm recovery. That is the recovery you can use to install cyanogenmod or any custom ROM.
Just read their respective instructions.
Ask again if you are stuck.
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priyana said:
You can install overcome ROM 4.1 (not just the kernel)
If you want, it is rooted, you can follow my signature.
But overcome kernel 4.0 is what gives you cwm recovery. That is the recovery you can use to install cyanogenmod or any custom ROM.
Just read their respective instructions.
Ask again if you are stuck.
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hi, from the link you sent, i see a couple of overcome 7 series v4.1 , which one can i use that won't mess up what i currently have? also, are you saying after installing one of these, it'll also root the tab? i'd like to remove some apps like 'Pulse' and the Office software on this device. Thanks again.
I always use the no wipe version.
You can always wipe data manually from cwm if needed.
But always make a habit of wiping cache and dalvik cache when changing ROM/kernel.
Yes, when you install rooted ROM, you have root.
I don't think pulse is built in. You can uninstall from Play market.
But if you can't remove, learn how to use Titanium Backup to uninstall apps.
You don't seem like a person who needs root.....
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priyana said:
I always use the no wipe version.
You can always wipe data manually from cwm if needed.
But always make a habit of wiping cache and dalvik cache when changing ROM/kernel.
Yes, when you install rooted ROM, you have root.
I don't think pulse is built in. You can uninstall from Play market.
But if you can't remove, learn how to use Titanium Backup to uninstall apps.
You don't seem like a person who needs root.....
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hi, sorry i'm not an expert on this so i'm bugging you again. So my p1000 tab has firmware 2.3.3 , kernel 2.6.35.7 Overcome-v4.0.0 #40. You mentioned i can install ROM 4.1 . I see in your list Overcome_7_Series_v4.1.0_NoWipe.zip. To update to that, do i just copy it to my internal SD, fire up CWM Recovery and go thru the 'install menu, choose zip from internal sd' , select this zip file and update? Or i can't do it that way?
that is the right way.
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