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I have a few easy questions that I would love for someone to answer
1. will installing, for instance, Miri's rom improve the speed and stability of my phone?
2. Are there any requirements for installing certains roms? like WM version or similar, or is it enough that I simply have a Touch HD?
3. will installing a rom mean that everything I had earlier on the phone disappears? (calender entries, contacts, programs and so on)
4. what roms are good, are there any that are way faster and more stable than others or what's the big difference between different roms? Is Miri's a good start (seems like the most popular one..)?
Thanks in advance!!
kukhen said:
I have a few easy questions that I would love for someone to answer
1. will installing, for instance, Miri's rom improve the speed and stability of my phone?
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Probably not - as a rule of thumb your stock ROM is the most appropriate for your device. But flashing a new ROM can add a lot of new features to your phone.
kukhen said:
2. Are there any requirements for installing certains roms? like WM version or similar, or is it enough that I simply have a Touch HD?
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A new ROM means a new WM+everything that goes with it. The single most important thing is flashing the right ROM for the right device - a Touch HD ROM on a Touch HD.
kukhen said:
3. will installing a rom mean that everything I had earlier on the phone disappears? (calender entries, contacts, programs and so on)
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Yes.
kukhen said:
4. what roms are good, are there any that are way faster and more stable than others or what's the big difference between different roms? Is Miri's a good start (seems like the most popular one..)?
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This is a matter of taste - each ROM is unique (different mix of features, pieces of software, etc) - you can consider each one as a unique work of art - you will probably like some more than the others, but this is simply a matter of personal taste.
Wow, thanks for that fast answer. Appreciate it and the answers I got!
just my 2 cents about question #1, based on my experience many roms (if not all of them) are generally faster than stock roms (or at least faster than ITA TIM stock rom). it's however difficult to tell WHAT means faster (smoother? less boot time? less app start time? etc?).
To your question 3:
If you sync your mobile with your computer with outlook then everything can be brought back to your phone after the rom upgrade by syncing again.
There are other backup programs aswell.
You can even just copy your pim.vol from the Touch HDs root directory to a safe place, and copy it back after romupgrade
... You can even just copy your pim.vol from the Touch HDs root directory to a safe place, and copy it back after romupgrade
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Thank you very much for this one!
Forst off, welcome to XDA.
ok, I appreciate you need a few answers, but if your queries were about things not answered in a certain thread you should have asked your queries in that thread. No need for another thread
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Hi everyone!
I hope I came to the right forum with this...
I (once upon a time) was a proud owner of a Milestone (A853). Then I was the content owner of a Milestone running Android 2.1. This turned into a disillusioned and never-to-buy-Motorola-again-ever Milestone owner when it took them ages to release an update to 2.2. Now that they did, I'm just plain angry. Their release is so ridiculously bad, it's a beta version at best. Therefore I have finally decided to finally get a custom ROM.
Now I did a bit of googling and found this forum and another site hosting ROMs (theunlockr.com/category/roms-2/android-roms-2/motorola-milestone-roms/ - can't post real links yet, sorry)
Seems like there are quite a few ROMs to choose from. Unfortunately I have no idea which one would be the best for my needs, nor do I know how I'd get them onto my stone...
Things that are important for my are (in that order):
- long battery life
- stable operation
- email via IMAP and Exchange
- camera, gps for My Tracks & Navigation
- sync with google calendar & contacts
- pdf & doc-viewer
- bluetooth and wifi-tethering (the later with WPA2)
- good performance
So I need help with two things: choosing the ROM best meeting these demands, and getting said ROM onto my phone. The tutorials I found so far were not very helpfull to me unfortunately, since they seemed to asume I already knew quite a few things and had a bunch of tools already installed. Is there something like a "dummies guide to flash your Milestone"?
And can someone recommend a certain ROM to me? Preferably one that isn't to hard to find and is easy to flash?
Also, do I loose the stuff stored on my SD-Card when I flash the phone? There are quite a lot of pictures and My Tracks, well, tracks, that I'd hate to loose.
tl,dr: Motorola sucks, I need help in choosing a ROM and getting it on my Milestone.
Thx,
Alex
You should try APAC.. long battery time
mikicishte said:
You should try APAC.. long battery time
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I think you need to use TheFroYoMod, it's a very stable and battery friendly ROM. I don't want to brag, but I think my guide is very n00b friendly: CLICK
There is also a list of all ROM's available for the Milestone.
I'm using CM7 at the moment and i really love it, you also need to try this one out.
Installing a ROM doesn't touch your SD card outside of reading the install package.
Your choice of ROM is really a personal thing but a pretty safe bet to start with CyanogenMOD 6; it's one of the most common ROM's and it's very stable. While the Milestone is not "Officially" supported by CM, there are a ton of folks around here that have run it, and are quite familiar with it. Check out the link in the Milestone Dev section of this forum. As a first time flasher I'd stay away from CM7 at this time, it's still in development.
A couple of reminders:
-Your Milestone is not a DROID and is not compatible with DROID ROMS or guides.
-Always insure your battery is fully charged before flashing anything. Having a dead battery with a FUBAR ROM is bad.
-Back-up your stuff! Once you have the custom recovery loaded you can create a "Nandroid" back-up of your stock ROM (basically a disk image) through the custom recovery. This will give you something to fall back on if the ROM softbricks your device.
The guide posted above is a great guide. Way clearer then the one I followed originally. I highly recommend it.
thx 4 all your posts!
Actually I already flashed cm7rc3 at about 1:30am on sunday, after I worked my way through a lot of tutorials.
It works quite fine, only the galery-app is giving me trouble, but I guess that could be connected to me havin 1.4k photos on my sd-card. Guess it's time for some cleanup!
Thank you drae52 for pointing out the link (and thank you eXtink for putting it in your sig)! Especially the OR part is really helpfull, as I didn't know until now what all the options do and was afraid to touch any. Now I'm definitly looking forward to installing that adblocker!
Now that OR is set up good and propper and I figured out the procedure I think I'll try some other ROMs too in time. Thank you again for your help!
Alex
Hi, I wanna install a new rom but I couldnt found what I exactly want.. please help me to decide
I want the rom to have:
-good battery life
-fast and has minor problems
-good features
features:
a lot unlock screen( minimum 5)
2G/3G
TW 4
applications and stuff from SGS 2
updated applications
3D Perfomance
based on android 2.3.3 or 2.3.4
single and wifi improved drivers& other drivers (if there is such thing like that..)
another cool useful stuff
EXT4
so I was thinking about Juwes/gingercriskelo/SH/CM7/miui/or maybe something else?
what is the best for me, for what im looking?
thanks guys
NOTE- I have read A LOT of thread so far but I still cant choose
NOTE- cant try and install every rom.. I want to install a rom and that's it- be with him a long time
Why don't you want to try some ROMs?
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You have to try a lot of roms. I use insanity CM 014.
Lunchbox115 all my application will be deleted over and over when I change rom..
I dont want to mess with this things.. lol dont wanna destroy my phone
actually, I cant "find by myself" all the features even if I try this rom..
imidalv- yeah I've heard about cm7 but as I said- dont know which one should I choose
please help me guys
testing them yourself is the only way to find out. I want similar things to you, and have so far been through Insanity, Juwe, ezBase, and am currently trying Ginger Real. Ginger Real and Juwe both have plenty of features, but insist on theming them which really annoys me!
I use F1 SGS V3.0 (NON-WIPE).
This ROM is awesome.....
@darix: you could use Titanium Backup to save and later to restore your apps.
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This guy posts an almost identical thread begging people to tell him what ROM to install every few weeks. They just end up being spammy flame wars until the mods delete them.
As often as you all try to tell him he needs to investigate for himself, he will continue begging someone to tell him what is best and what to do.
It is sort of a fetish thing, I think.
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This guy posts an almost identical thread begging people to tell him what ROM to install every few weeks. They just end up being spammy flame wars until the mods delete them.
As often as you all try to tell him he needs to investigate for himself, he will continue begging someone to tell him what is best and what to do.
It is sort of a fetish thing, I think.
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I just love your sense of humour man, respect....loved the last one over at glitch, made me chortle!
Insanity cm 014/glitch
Personally I liked the criskelo roms for everything you want. You really do need to try the roms for yourself. I am now a miui convert, very fast and responsive but does have stuff missing compared to other roms.
easy answer!!
darixtorento said:
Hi, I wanna install a new rom but I couldnt found what I exactly want.. please help me to decide
I want the rom to have:
-good battery life
-fast and has minor problems
-good features
features:
a lot unlock screen( minimum 5)
2G/3G
TW 4
applications and stuff from SGS 2
updated applications
3D Perfomance
based on android 2.3.3 or 2.3.4
single and wifi improved drivers& other drivers (if there is such thing like that..)
another cool useful stuff
EXT4
so I was thinking about Juwes/gingercriskelo/SH/CM7/miui/or maybe something else?
what is the best for me, for what im looking?
thanks guys
NOTE- I have read A LOT of thread so far but I still cant choose
NOTE- cant try and install every rom.. I want to install a rom and that's it- be with him a long time
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I suggest u try miui(galnet's version 1) its awesome and when its comes to the rom, the features are far superior than the rest combined... also galnet i hear is a real pro in developing roms, so u can be assured of a reliable and quality builds.. ps: if u decide to try this read the manual properly!!
F1 S2 V2 this rom is awesome
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JVP based, i prefer GingerReal V6.1 with Zeam Launcher. Very stable.
Don't you lot ever learn! Stop feeding this thread!
Insanity cm 014/glitch
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978354 Try to use this one it is 2.3.4 JVP... Or Darky Ressurection 10.1 2.3.3. JVH - stabel, fast (not so fast as jvp), low battery usage.
thanks everyone ! I think I'll go on Juwes/gingercriskelo I dont like MIUI's team so much..
waiting for more people ..
rschenck- just shup up ok? nobody wants to read your negative comments
-and I heard that there's a problem after recovering application, the market does not mark these applications as installed, therefore I cant update it and it might cause more problems.. -->does it really happen a lot?
thanks guys
Darius 10.1!
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Darkys 10.1!
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Thanks but I have not found anything special on darky's rom.. dont know I dont like him so much
I heard that there's a problem after recovering application, the market does not mark these applications as installed, therefore I cant update it and it might cause more problems.. -->does it really happen a lot?
and waiting for more suggestions
stop feeding this guy...as the respected rshenk poited out..this guy keeps reposting this every few weeks.....if he is lonely then surely his best answer is to flash a rom...any rom...and get involved in its thread
Right, ive had a i9000 for 5 months or so, and ever since i got it, ive found it to be slow, at times laggy. And hate alot of the crap samsung put on it.Which ive not even used.
I reckon its about time i start to make the most of my phone, but dont really know where to start, with these custom roms and rooting and what not.
I basically want it to run smoothly and possibly add a tweaks/features to it which could possibly improve it. However i remember reading somewhere, that ill lose the camera features if i install a custom rom. :l (i could be talking from my arse here)
Also i read that android 4.0 is coming or has come out. Would i be able to upgrade my phone to it ? and should i ?? If not what is the best rom to flash which will make my phone faster and smoother.
Is there anything at all to make it significantly faster, or is it limited by hardware :/
Im currently on:
kernal version 2.6.29
firmware 2.1 -update1
Which i havnt messed with since i got the phone.
Thanks, and sorry for the daft questions.
Oh dear! did you wrote 2.1? Please read basic root steps and install custom rom. I recommend you to start with Cf-root
go here :- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
As far as 4.0, please wait.
innovat0r said:
Oh dear! did you wrote 2.1? Please read basic root steps and install custom rom. I recommend you to start with Cf-root
go here :- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
As far as 4.0, please wait.
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Lol Is 2.1 bad ? hahaha
Sorry for sounding dim, but what have you pointed me to ?? rooting ? installing a rom ? updating kernal ?
And what is the difference between these ? are all 3 needed to get the phone working as i want it to ?
Im totally new to everything andriod so can you please be as clear as possible.
Thank you for your reply.
And sorry again for all the questions.
skweezer said:
Lol Is 2.1 bad ? hahaha
Sorry for sounding dim, but what have you pointed me to ?? rooting ? installing a rom ? updating kernal ?
And what is the difference between these ? are all 3 needed to get the phone working as i want it to ?
Im totally new to everything andriod so can you please be as clear as possible.
Thank you for your reply.
And sorry again for all the questions.
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OK, here we go...
1. First of all you need to root your device to install a custom rom or kernel. So first root your device with the above thread (cf-root).
2. Choose any rom from so many roms available all over xda. Choose only from the topic which is under your device's category, not from other device's rom,lol.
To do this you need Odin(use search)
3. Once done you will have custom rom and also custom kernel if you wish.
After these you can go for lagfix, like changing from rfs to ext4.
Best of luck.
Thanks, so after ive rooted with cf-root. do i have to install a custom rom and custom kernel, both ?
And which is considered the best rom and kernel ?
thanks
regards
Hey Skweezer,
Recommend you start with these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939752
and:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
They will tell you about how to connect your phone to your PC (Samsung USB drivers + adb), 3 button mode (how to avoid bricking your phone), backing up important/unrecoverable data (like your EFS block!), and what (in general) needs to be done to flash custom firmware.
After that, you should be able to pretty much recover from any error (like unplugging your phone mid flash). Now you can go ahead and root your phone and start exploring the wonderful word of custom roms! As for which one is the best, that's like asking "how long is a piece of string?" Some people prefer speed and cutting edge, others value battery life and stability, some aim for the middle of the road.
Personally I've tried tegrak kernel and was really impressed with the speed improvement! However, the limited app space finally turned me back to other kernels. I found the rest to be pretty much six in one, half dozen in the other (ie all about the same)... so pick one you like and just go for it... use it for a while and if it's not to your liking, flash again
Just a quick rundown on android for you... firmware 2.1 = Eclair, 2.2 = Frozen Yoghurt, 2.3 = Gingerbread, 3.0 = Honeycomb (tablet only version of android) and 4.0 = Ice Cream Sandwich (unify android for phone/tablet/tv again). There is a HUGE performance increase from going stock 2.1 to 2.3! so even if you just upgrade to Samsung's Gingerbread release (2.3.3 I believe?) you will notice better performance. Doing lagfix, kernel tweaks, etc is just icing on top of the cake. However, you'll find once you start tweaking, you won't go back to stock
Well, easiest way of starting is installing KIES and letting it update your phone. That's the official way and you won't have to bother with details like kernels, roms, bootloaders, etc and won't void your warranty (if that's the case).
You'll probably be left with with some 2.3.x version. Might as well make a backup from your stuff before upgrading, kies sucks in a general way, but may help you with that.
From that point on, if you still want to press further into customization goodness, there are PLENTY to chose from.
There are mainly 2 kinds of roms:
- Samsung based (someone picks up a sock samsung rom and modifies it with scripts, kernels, themes, apps, etc). These are most of the ones you'll find in the development section of this forum.
- not samsung based (like Cyanogen e MIUI). These are built from Google's sources directly and totally skip samsung. Therefore, samsung apps most likely won't work here. Everything else does.
Personally i'd recommend Cyanogen 7.1 stable as your next rom. It's an extremely optimized and wildly popular rom, with plenty of options that you won't find in any stock rom. They have their own forum i recommend you to look up if you're going their way.
Whatever you do, GET AWAY FROM THAT 2.1
Cheers for alll the replies guys. Im first going to just update via kies. To an official 2.3
If im not happy with that then ill try a custom rom and rooting.
If only it was as simple as jailbreaking and iphone. lool
Right, ust updated to latest version via kies. And instantly alot better, smoother. Has some of those things bulit into the system which i always though were missing.
Ill try it for a week, and see if theres anything i need, or think is missing. Then i might go custom. But right now im happy with it on the latest official version.
Thank you guys, i think you've made me sort of like android a bit more.
i have come from a htc hd2 so i like to change roms alot.
what should i do with the galaxy note ?
i would like ICS so what are the steps ?
any help please
Have a good search round this forum and make sure you understand clearly how everything works before you decide to start flashing, I came from the HTC Desire and the Galaxy Note is a whole different ball game. Enjoy you new Galaxy Note
is the official ics update any good ?
what does rooting do ?
I personally didn't like the official ICS update, that is when I decided to flash a custom ROM.
Rooting gives you more control over your phone, lets you install apps like "Titanium Backup" that require root permissions to run.
i have the la6 kernel
im lost
watercooled223 said:
is the official ics update any good ?
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Apparently this really depends on your location. For example the one Samsung released here (France, 4 months after being announced, too) was so broken it bricked a number of terminals and was subsequently withdrawn. With no word of when a fix will come.
Apparently other areas had working systems. One would think it would just be a matter of strings to translate and a few apps to package, so it's all very puzzling to someone who isn't familiar with Android (I've been intimately familiar with Linux for more than 20 years, and Unix before that, but I still don't get it).
And then, as you'll see by browsing the forums, many people seem to have issues with ICS. Issues that (IMO) just don't seem to make much sense in a system that would have been tested for a couple days by an intern somewhere...
OTOH, many people apparently have no issues.
So as with everything on the network, I suppose YMMV, take it with a grain of salt, yada yada... void where applicable.
See if anything is reported about your proposed (if any) update. Then decide if it's worth it (maybe it is).
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what does rooting do ?
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Same as on any other terminal ? Lets you access functions that are typically "off limits". Among the most useful ones, you can now read/write anywhere. Which means you can allow/deny anything for any application. And notably block all those silly annoying bundled apps so they won't want to update any more, or, if you like, even start (a process known as freezing).
Have a look at the videos in my signature once..
For Rom official one is good but custom ones are great..
All roms are unique in their own way...the ones that stand out as totally awesome are Paranoid Android and TMT Hybrid IMUI...
Its your choice...
thanks guys
does the la6 kernel complicate things ?
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thanks guys
does the la6 kernel complicate things ?
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Yes.... Speedmod is adviced for stock ics...
its still on gingerbread at the moment
ok im now rooted and installed cwm and done a backup of the stock rom.
now i want to install the paranoid android ics rom.
im coming from the stock gingerbread GB rom
do i need to wipe first ?
all done
now rooted and running paranoid android
thanks guys for the links and the help
now that i have paranoidandroid installed am i able to try any other custom roms ?
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now that i have paranoidandroid installed am i able to try any other custom roms ?
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yes, just be careful, follow instruction to the dot, and don't take any shortcuts,
also, it's good to have tb backup, as additional security precaution
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yes, just be careful, follow instruction to the dot, and don't take any shortcuts,
also, it's good to have tb backup, as additional security precaution
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does this mean that i have one of the safe kernels installed ?
sorry whats tb backup ?
i have made a backup of the original rom if thats what you mean ?
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does this mean that i have one of the safe kernels installed ?
sorry whats tb backup ?
i have made a backup of the original rom if thats what you mean ?
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1. probably, but make sure in paranoid thread,
2. I assume you have done cwm backup, which will be rather useless when switching ROMs, having tb (i.e.Titanium Backup) backup you can generally restore your apps and data between roms (except for the system ones)
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yes all backed up with cwm and tb.
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its still on gingerbread at the moment
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And that was the right thing to have for the time being, too bad you hurried on to ICS. In my opinion, when you have a new phone, you have to know it, enjoy it, love it ( ? ), installed a couple of hundred apps, and then, after being more than familiar whith it, it would be time to upgrade it, tweak it, etc., so the change could be apreciatte. It's like eating always the desert at first, withouth eating the soup and the salad.
As for rooting, if you had to ask, you probably did't need to root, but since that's already done, I'll give you a hint. There is one VERY interesting thing about rooting which anyone would find usefull. The posibility of using a Firewall. In this way, you could not only block those annoying ads (and save a little battery since the ads have to download from Internet). You can also protect your device from troyan / spy applications, which are increasingly expanding in android. For example, a simple sound board app, or a screen saver, ¿why should it use your internet connection? ¿To what ends?
Enjoy the Note, it's a hell of a phone.