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Hi there, I have just gotten myself a HTC Dream(Singtel) and I want to upgrade my firmware to Cyanogenmod. May I know how do I go about doing it?
Do I first root my phone first or what?
Sorry, a very noob user here.
yea your probly gonna get bashed for writing a new topic for that, and read the 1st 2 threads, ALL the info for whatever you need is there.....[run away there coming]
bronxknight28 said:
yea your probly gonna get bashed for writing a new topic for that, and read the 1st 2 threads, ALL the info for whatever you need is there.....[run away there coming]
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thats right mate and theis fellow put htis in dev instead of q N a
he is right
this is a dev zone go to this link and google
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567610
and go to his wiki it will tell you how if you have the g1 from google is is all ready root
wow ! This is a record ! 20 mins and no one has bashed the starter of this thread? Lmao !
Its all good though man.. just read up on ROOT, SPLS and Requirements.. if you read the guide on how to root your phone, you SHOULD be up and running the latest cyanogen mod rom within the next half an hour.. be sure to READ the directions carefully.. and if your not sure about something, scroll through some of the posts in the thread.. 9 xs out of 10 someone has asked your question, and has received an answer... if there are too many pages to read, like let's say maybe 40 or more, jus go to google, and search for your problem.. this site plus some others may pop up and offer you some help.. good luck and welcome to the community !
bryant_16 said:
Hi there, I have just gotten myself a HTC Dream(Singtel) and I want to upgrade my firmware to Cyanogenmod. May I know how do I go about doing it?
Do I first root my phone first or what?
Sorry, a very noob user here.
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go to youtube in a few days and check out emogamers tag and in a few days or so he'll have my videos of everything but there are alot of things to do already
Moved to Q&A section
let's be helpfull....
Follow these tutorials... 1 at a time:
1. Root: http://www.myhangoutonline.com/tutorials/g1/how-to-root-your-g1
2. Upgrade Recovery, Radio & SPL: http://www.myhangoutonline.com/tutorials/g1/upgrade-your-g1-recovery-image-radio-and-spl
Once you're done with that... you can go find a ROM you like and flash it... Enjoy!
If I Wipe before flashing a new ROM, will this erase my user data like phone nums and programs settings??
Why does everything keep looking the same after I flashed TTG 1.6 with out wiping original?
Will flashing again after wiping make it bring up the themes by default??
Will the new Kernel enable BT and Camera on the ROMs that currently these do not work on once we flash over??
Thanks for the help
Wow.
Search engine?
Seriously Search and read that is how you learn. Are you that lazy
1. Yes
2. TTG 1.6 is not a 1.6 rom it is still a 1.5 rom so it will not look diff
3. NO and i am a little confused at to what you mean
4. NO
energizer1389 said:
If I Wipe before flashing a new ROM, will this erase my user data like phone nums and programs settings??
Why does everything keep looking the same after I flashed TTG 1.6 with out wiping original?
Will flashing again after wiping make it bring up the themes by default??
Will the new Kernel enable BT and Camera on the ROMs that currently these do not work on once we flash over??
Thanks for the help
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zippy-man said:
Seriously Search and read that is how you learn. Are you that lazy
1. Yes
2. TTG 1.6 is not a 1.6 rom it is still a 1.5 rom so it will not look diff
3. NO and i am a little confused at to what you mean
4. NO
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plus it's actually 0.1.6 which might be some sort of give-away clue.
mrcharlesiv said:
Wow.
Search engine?
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Dude, I spent 5 hours of my life(and will spend most of the next 2 weeks) reading the guides and the threads. 50+ pages threads to finely feel conftable on flashing my hero. U have to agree search is mediocre at best. Search for "nba" or "league pass" and u will get 0 results. Accidentally searching for something else I found 2 threads talking about nba league pass but the search still returned 0 results on nba or league pass. Now back to the subject:
Now that I have succesfully rooted my hero and installed custom rom, can u guys leed on what should I be searching for on the forum to enjoy to fullest the awesomeness of rooting?
ps. I love this forum and want to support it. After I'm done with my adventure I will create a thread with a "rooting for dummies" kinda thing to make life easier for new comers. Will include term definitions, links to guides and threads with customizations and links to donate to the devs.
I wasn't going to say anything about searching...but he does bring up a point. I spend far more time than I should have in searching how to compile Compcache with the CDMA Hero kernel source.
For you guys who are new to the ROM scene, Compcache is a kernel module that will take a portion of your main memory and use it as a compressed swap space, thus allowing you to run more programs at the cost of reduced main memory. It's perfect for people who don't run a swap partition on their SD card (which I do).
Now, I did what everyone on these forums complain about when someone who is new to the scene asks one of those questions that have been asked a few times...I searched these forums. My result: I found several posts on what Compcache is, a few on the internal mechanisms on how it works, and one posts that was related to GSM that was difficult to follow.
Searching more through Google, I found even more posts about what Compcache is and how to set it up (if you are using 2.6.29 kernel), but nothing about anyone compiling this.
Now, I know someone compiled it (it's in the Modaco kernel and the Gumbo kernel), but nobody's sharing information.
So, before we all go bounce on a new forum user like a cheetah on a three-legged antelope, perhaps you guys should search the forums for the answers and see how some of these questions the new forum users are asking are, in reality, not easy to find.
And for the new people out there...on page 1 of the this sub-forum, on the first and second entries, you will find a page pointing to a wiki entry (one each) that will tell you the available ROMs out there (and how to download them) and how to root your phone. So, before asking about how to root the phone or where can you get a ROM, check there. Or click on "The Darktremor" in my signature line. I have guides that will do the same thing (except rooting...I actually point back here for that since I actually thought the root guides were better than what I could write). However, if anyone wants me to build a rooting document (complete with pictures), let me know.
So, there's my opinion about it. I'm not going to say anymore on the topic.
energizer1389 said:
Dude, I spent 5 hours of my life reading the guides and the threads. 50+ pages threads to finely feel conftable on flashing my hero. U have to agree search is mediocre at best. Search for "nba" or "league pass" and u will get 0 results. Accidentally searching for something else I found 2 threads talking about nba league pass but the search still returned 0 results on nba or league pass. Now back to the subject:
Now that I have succesfully rooted my hero and installed custom rom, can u guys leed on what should I be searching for on the forum to enjoy to fullest the awesomeness of rooting?
ps. I love this forum and want to support it. After I'm done with my adventure I will create a thread with a "rooting for dummies" kinda thing to make life easier for new comers. Will include term definitions, links to guides and threads with customizations and links to donate to the devs.
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Just as a quick point, Gumbo does not have compcache
energizer1389 said:
Dude, I spent 5 hours of my life(and will spend most of the next 2 weeks) reading the guides and the threads. 50+ pages threads to finely feel conftable on flashing my hero. U have to agree search is mediocre at best. Search for "nba" or "league pass" and u will get 0 results. Accidentally searching for something else I found 2 threads talking about nba league pass but the search still returned 0 results on nba or league pass. Now back to the subject:
Now that I have succesfully rooted my hero and installed custom rom, can u guys leed on what should I be searching for on the forum to enjoy to fullest the awesomeness of rooting?
ps. I love this forum and want to support it. After I'm done with my adventure I will create a thread with a "rooting for dummies" kinda thing to make life easier for new comers. Will include term definitions, links to guides and threads with customizations and links to donate to the devs.
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I woke up one day and decided to root my G1. Did all of like an hour maybe 2 reading how to. Everthing after that is self explanatory imo.
With that said, its like 10 times simpler with the Hero. You can even use flipz auto root which requires virtually no effort. For those wanting to learn to root themselves, I pretty much wrote the "rooting for dummies" guide which is easily found via sticky wicki.
For all other inquiries, I have started a General/Hero Q&A thread. As a new comer, additions to this thread are highly valuable.
I have to say that Theresthatguy's thread on rooting is by far the best explanation of how to gain root without using the Pre-Kitchen (that is THE simplest way) and it helps you get familiar with using ADB and command line
afazel said:
Just as a quick point, Gumbo does not have compcache
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The kernel I'm working on does.
Lessthantito said:
I have to say that Theresthatguy's thread on rooting is by far the best explanation of how to gain root without using the Pre-Kitchen (that is THE simplest way) and it helps you get familiar with using ADB and command line
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That may have been the guide I used. Took me less than 10 minutes just by following it. I'll have to check, but I may have linked to that one at my site.
hi please would someone suggest a new rom for me with good battery life ,i am currently using the ultimate v 8 rom ,i would like the latest gingerbread if possible,and also the easiest to install ,am i asking to much ? many thanks before i go off my head searching and searching i am running at present
2.2.1
19000xxjq1
kernel 2.6.32.9
ultimate rom v 8.2
westentertainer said:
hi please would someone suggest a new rom for me with good battery life ,i am currently using the ultimate v 8 rom ,i would like the latest gingerbread if possible,and also the easiest to install ,am i asking to much ? many thanks before i go off my head searching and searching i am running at present
2.2.1
19000xxjq1
kernel 2.6.32.9
ultimate rom v 8.2
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Juwe, Simply Honey, Darkyy, Doc, Insanity, Debus, Hawkish and many more...
also there are many many many many questions like this, why didn't you just go see what the answers for those were as they would answer your question...
Agree search read the posts read the battery faqs or buy a Nokia .
This is just a repetition of multiple lazy sods posts day after day no wonder server is clogged .
jje
JJEgan said:
Agree search read the posts read the battery faqs or buy a Nokia .
This is just a repetition of multiple lazy sods posts day after day no wonder server is clogged .
jje
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Many thanks for your kind remarks. As I stated I have searched for days, I just wanted to treasured that I would not brick my phone I just wanted help! I thought that thus was a friendly forum.
romkitchen.org
the only place to find a good rom - as you build it yourself.
no junk / unwanted apps - this will save battery
the forum is friendly, but us users who visit here everyday get bogged down with the same questions and it gets irritating.
We know you are not here to P155 us off, But some people are scared to flash a rom without having 10+ XDA members holding their hands through the process.
azzledazzle said:
romkitchen.org
the only place to find a good rom - as you build it yourself.
no junk / unwanted apps - this will save battery
the forum is friendly, but us users who visit here everyday get bogged down with the same questions and it gets irritating.
We know you are not here to P155 us off, But some people are scared to flash a rom without having 10+ XDA members holding their hands through the process.
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ok thanks will search myself..i am not afraid to flash as i have done it a few times with baited breath,but last night i flashed a theme that was supposed to be for my rom and i had a loop, and had to start all over again ,,thanks again for your help
you guys I want what i expected before i got the galaxy note its amazing phone but roms and root and more apps make it more amazingg so please i have been using it with stock room since a month i wanna flash the official ics and root it thats alllll what am asking i dont know how i dont know anything can anyone tell me step by step please please am sick of waitin and waitin and reading for nothin yes i feel like am the biggest noob so help if u can please i have gb 2.3.6 kernal JPLA1
baseband version xxla4 its unrootble can anyone tell me what to do with gettin the yallow thing when i boot my phone and without losing warrenty
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Development section
You may proceed to the development section (android) i have done a lot of flashing, rooting and i learn it from there.
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You may refer to this link.
Very helpful in term of rooting and flashing
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2337733
Feel free to head over to the development section and do some reading, but for what you are asking YOU DO NOT NEED TO POST.
There's a lot to learn in here, and a lot of very helpful people, but I PROMISE you that ALL of your questions have been answered before.
Those in here who aren't part of active development are all people who went from zero knowledge/understanding of android to merrily flashing every rom under the sun, rooting and re-rooting their devices into hard-brick heaven.
Read. Read more.
Stop complaining, and read more. If you have questions, use the search function. Do it again, but phrase your search string differently.
If none of this works, ask your question politely and concisely, and don't post to the dev section unless you have something useful to contribute.
P.S. If you're not a native english speaker, I apologise from the bottom of my heart, I didn't mean to offend.
If you are a native english speaker, learn how to write/speak like a human being instead of the stream of consciousness of a whiney twelve year old who's had his x-box taken away.
I concur!
sideways86 said:
Feel free to head over to the development section and do some reading, but for what you are asking YOU DO NOT NEED TO POST.
There's a lot to learn in here, and a lot of very helpful people, but I PROMISE you that ALL of your questions have been answered before.
Those in here who aren't part of active development are all people who went from zero knowledge/understanding of android to merrily flashing every rom under the sun, rooting and re-rooting their devices into hard-brick heaven.
Read. Read more.
Stop complaining, and read more. If you have questions, use the search function. Do it again, but phrase your search string differently.
If none of this works, ask your question politely and concisely, and don't post to the dev section unless you have something useful to contribute.
P.S. If you're not a native english speaker, I apologise from the bottom of my heart, I didn't mean to offend.
If you are a native english speaker, learn how to write/speak like a human being instead of the stream of consciousness of a whiney twelve year old who's had his x-box taken away.
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i feel you man.
when i came over from htc to samsung,the flashing guides are like all over the place.
no standardization at to how to flash this and flash tat.very very different from htc where once u get an unlocked bootloader,BOOM,u go flashing like no tml with no flash counter watsoever.
samsung??? jeez man,flash counters are like herpes,doesn't go away if u dun know wat to apply.
thats jus my *****ing.but still dude,u still need to read and gain knowledge in flashing custom roms.this is to educate yourself the risk (of bricking) u are getting into when flashing roms.no amount of instructions can help you on that one.you jus need to know what in god's name u are doing.
so i'll do u a favor and point you to reading the flashing guide by dr ketan.no links as this one is stickied for all noobs to read.
so dude,
GO
READ
THE
GUIDE
DUN
BE
LAZY.
The leaked N8 symbian belle came from this guy! LOL
Haha Dannycanrock nice try!
Leaving symbian eh?
bejoanakmami said:
Haha Dannycanrock nice try!
Leaving symbian eh?
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Haha yeah man am sick of symbian I just love android but it's hard to get I used to make a custom rom in symbian in an hour and flash it in 2 mind lol
frostmore said:
i feel you man.
when i came over from htc to samsung,the flashing guides are like all over the place.
no standardization at to how to flash this and flash tat.very very different from htc where once u get an unlocked bootloader,BOOM,u go flashing like no tml with no flash counter watsoever.
samsung??? jeez man,flash counters are like herpes,doesn't go away if u dun know wat to apply.
thats jus my *****ing.but still dude,u still need to read and gain knowledge in flashing custom roms.this is to educate yourself the risk (of bricking) u are getting into when flashing roms.no amount of instructions can help you on that one.you jus need to know what in god's name u are doing.
so i'll do u a favor and point you to reading the flashing guide by dr ketan.no links as this one is stickied for all noobs to read.
so dude,
GO
READ
THE
GUIDE
DUN
BE
LAZY.
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thank u man I will try that was helpful
sideways86 said:
Feel free to head over to the development section and do some reading, but for what you are asking YOU DO NOT NEED TO POST.
There's a lot to learn in here, and a lot of very helpful people, but I PROMISE you that ALL of your questions have been answered before.
Those in here who aren't part of active development are all people who went from zero knowledge/understanding of android to merrily flashing every rom under the sun, rooting and re-rooting their devices into hard-brick heaven.
Read. Read more.
Stop complaining, and read more. If you have questions, use the search function. Do it again, but phrase your search string differently.
If none of this works, ask your question politely and concisely, and don't post to the dev section unless you have something useful to contribute.
P.S. If you're not a native english speaker, I apologise from the bottom of my heart, I didn't mean to offend.
If you are a native english speaker, learn how to write/speak like a human being instead of the stream of consciousness of a whiney twelve year old who's had his x-box taken away.
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<___<
Okay lemme think mmm
You're right
dannycanrock said:
you guys I want what i expected before i got the galaxy note its amazing phone but roms and root and more apps make it more amazingg so please i have been using it with stock room since a month i wanna flash the official ics and root it thats alllll what am asking i dont know how i dont know anything can anyone tell me step by step please please am sick of waitin and waitin and reading for nothin yes i feel like am the biggest noob so help if u can please i have gb 2.3.6 kernal JPLA1
baseband version xxla4 its unrootble can anyone tell me what to do with gettin the yallow thing when i boot my phone and without losing warrenty
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I think that you should go through the threads which are meant for newcomers who want to play with their phone and roms so that you know how to recover your phone if something goes wrong because doing things without proper knowledge can change your phone into a beautiful paper weight.Go through the following thread which can give a clear idea about flashing official ICS for Germany but I strongly advice to think and proceed or probably wait for your country's turn to get official ICS...
Anyways here is the link...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=1840
Unfortunately if you are sick of your note, i am not sure that just putting a new ROM on there is going to change your mind
You should sell it whilst its still worth something.
Hi i have a Galaxy mini apparently(sorry thought it was a GT-S5570) and new to the title of mini after a quite a bit of googling. Anyway i worked out how to get the 'root check ' app after reading about it and it sent a file to my gmail address but don't know where to move from here to unlock. I read so many pages my head is in a spin so would appreciate some help :0)
welcome to xda
1. 1st check if u r on froyo or GB..if not, upgrade to GB [see this general section for guide to upgrade to GB]
2. then install clockworkmod recovery [see original android development section]
3. then install any custom ROM available here...
custom roms are pre-rooted..
for all the guides = check this thread here #Season 1
Noobie
A_U said:
welcome to xda
1. 1st check if u r on froyo or GB..if not, upgrade to GB [see this general section for guide to upgrade to GB]
2. then install clockworkmod recovery [see original android development section]
3. then install any custom ROM available here...
custom roms are pre-rooted..
for all the guides = check this thread here #Season 1
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OK I haven't heard of most of those things but i am guessing GB is Gingerbread as i have seen that around when googling. Is that the version of operating system? Ah i looked at the general section. The first sticky that had a guides section but wasn't sure which thing you meant sorry. Be kind to me as i am really new to Samsungs and have only modded a couple of motorolas in the last few years with lots of help from forums:angel:
before doing anything read the stickied warning thread it contains what you should never do with mini
then read the stickied reference thread
Thanks for the welcome A_U
OK will try and find the stickies and read them but it is hard as i have CFS. Reading through lots of stuff will take me ages
dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
before doing anything read the stickied warning thread it contains what you should never do with mini
then read the stickied reference thread
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OK i think i read the warning thread before as it looks familiar. Lots i don't understand.
The reference thread has wayyyyy too much i don't understand.
Lemme just go one step at a time and i will get there. This is all way too new to me and i have Short Term memory loss so better to go slow....thanks :0)
rapattack said:
OK I haven't heard of most of those things but i am guessing GB is Gingerbread as i have seen that around when googling. Is that the version of operating system? Ah i looked at the general section. The first sticky that had a guides section but wasn't sure which thing you meant sorry. Be kind to me as i am really new to Samsungs and have only modded a couple of motorolas in the last few years with lots of help from forums:angel:
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I finally found in the 'about phone ' section that the build number is gingerbread.xwkq6.
I have had no luck finding the original andriod development section sorry...can u post me a link...would appreciate it :0)
rapattack said:
I finally found in the 'about phone ' section that the build number is gingerbread.xwkq6.
I have had no luck finding the original andriod development section sorry...can u post me a link...would appreciate it :0)
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just dont go directly to flashing rom
you should first understand every things
the most important things is never use rom manager (possible bricking)
you should read terminology in reference thread it will get you familiar with many android stuff
every galaxy mini's section is listed here:- http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1311
dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
just dont go directly to flashing rom
you should first understand every things
the most important things is never use rom manager (possible bricking)
you should read terminology in reference thread it will get you familiar with many android stuff
every galaxy mini's section is listed here:- http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1311
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Yep i get you but its too much for me and i am willing to risk it....there is too much and my memory is very poor due to my medical condition. Its too much information all at once. I do better by following instructions one step at a time. I think i found the clockworkmod so trying to understand that page
do you really have short term memory or you are just kidding
dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
do you really have short term memory or you are just kidding
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I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and thats part of it....anyway despite the way it sounds i have modded a phone before and my hobby is computers.
rapattack said:
Yep i get you but its too much for me and i am willing to risk it....there is too much and my memory is very poor due to my medical condition. Its too much information all at once. I do better by following instructions one step at a time. I think i found the clockworkmod so trying to understand that page
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We all were in the same boat as you, so don't worry if it's too much now Check the guides with patience. You're not in a hurry or anything, right?
Sent from my GT-S5570 using xda app-developers app
dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
do you really have short term memory or you are just kidding
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I am on a disability pension as i have CFS/ME and short term memory is just one of the things i deal with. The condition is neurological. I shouldnt even be learning anything about computers at all and on top i am even a linux person. I do pretty well compared to others that have this but takes me a lot of effort to learn. Thanks....yeah i can't ....the guides are too many pages. If i can be given a link to get straight to it rather than pages and pages. I have to keep two browser pages open and its just not that easy. Sorry but not everyone is in the same position. I could do five things at once before this happened to me, was in a coma, had to learn how to walk/talk etc again....fighting my way back and might take 20 years...who knows. Anyway links straight to where and what. I am really good at following instructions as have been a linux person a few years now and get on the linux forums a lot...sorry i know its a lot to grapple when you might have not met someone with a neurological thing before. Sorry if i repeat myself and miss stuff out but thats all part of this 'bits missing' brain