I am using Mac, and i see that they do not have sync program for Mac. So, how do i perform my HTC hero ROM Update??
Also do i need to put in my SD card while updating my ROM in the phone??
Thanks...
[ EDIT: Sorry, I see your question is specific to HTC Rom update - not sure about the answer for that ]
I use a mac - and do the following.
To sync contacts and calenders, I had to set up a GMail account, and it then worked no problem when I activated Google Sync on the phone.
For Roms and rooting I followed these guides:
Root:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-root-your-htc-hero-in-one-click/
Rom:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-your-htc-hero/
All files can be loaded onto your SD card from your mac ( mount sd and copy over required files ).
The important bit is to root first - then make a Nandroid backup so you can always restore your phone to how it was before you started. The nandroid file is copied to your sd card - and I then copy it over to my mac as insurance in case anything goes wrong with your card.
Hope this helps
ps. Modaco has done a lot of work on releasing Roms - his latest is 2.2 and rocks!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552591
As far as I can tell, there is no need for the HTC Sync program. Also, you have to have your SD card inside your Hero when doing this ROM.
For a little bit better explanation, use these video links at The Unlockr:
Rooting
After step 12, MAKE SURE YOU DO AN NANDROID BACKUP JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG! YOU WILL SEE THIS IN THE RECOVERY SCREEN!
Flashing Hero ROM
If anyone has anything to add, please do so! I don't want this guy to mess up his Hero!
EDIT: Dang, I guess I was too slow =D
J-Zeus said:
I use a mac........
The important bit is to root first - .......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552591
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I am not rooted...any other ways?? Thanks anyways for yr reply
I assume there is a way when HTC release their official update - maybe over the air.
I was ( am ) a noob at all this and have had a whale of a time rooting my phone and flashing Roms
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I am not rooted...any other ways?? Thanks anyways for yr reply
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Do you want to install the Official ROM and no MoDaCo's or Drizzy's ROM? If so, then I'm not too sure what the process is.
But if you want to install the MoDaCo or Drizzy custom ROMs, you must root your phone first, and with those videos, it should be an easy process.
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Do you want to install the Official ROM and no MoDaCo's or Drizzy's ROM?
But if you want to install the MoDaCo or Drizzy custom ROMs, you must root your phone first, and with those videos, it should be an easy process.
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I am talking about installing official ROM update that is released here in Nordic. HTC has not released any Sync programs for mac still. That is i am very aware of. Back some years when i had HTC TyTn_II i used to have desktop running Xp as well. So it was not problem. Maybe i go over to a friend install HTC sync in his pc and run the update.
But do i need to have SD Card in my phone for this??
Hello guys,
Need a little help.
Right now I am using the stock ROM and I wish to root my device.
But I wish to keep all my 40 to 50 over apps inside my phone, so what can I do to shift those apps to my rooted device (Apps2SD) in future?
Will Market still understand my apps after I transfer to my rooted device?
Thanks,
Jeremy
If you install MoDaCo's ROM, as long as you don't partition your SD card for Apps2SD, your apps will remain on your phone. If/when you do want to move them, simply partitioning the card is all you need to do and the ROM will do the rest automatically.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
If you install MoDaCo's ROM, as long as you don't partition your SD card for Apps2SD, your apps will remain on your phone. If/when you do want to move them, simply partitioning the card is all you need to do and the ROM will do the rest automatically.
Regards,
Dave
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I thought that if I were to flash MoDaCo's ROM, than it will be a hardreset right?
How do this flash thing actually works?
Sorry, I came from Windows Mobile to android, so its something new to me.
Thanks,
Jeremy
Thats part of the whole process of going from Windows to Linux
im new aswell but all my stuff endded up being deleted.
because to flash you will need to wipe out the stock ruu and this procces will delete everything. but you can use a backup manager that will backup your apps. but to back up the settings for the apps (e.g. high scores in games) or market link to update in the future you will need root. so you will have to start all over again with your app collecrtion
unless there is a new workaround to this that im not familiar with
I have a rooted CDMA Hero, with stock Rom software version 1.6. I have removed a lot of the apps that came on the phone by reading and learning here, thanks to everyone for that. I now want to install the AppsToSD 2 app, first off, I noticed it's no longer available in the Market, but anyway, I read here almost everywhere that one has to either install "the Dude's" or "JF 1.5" rom to get AppsToSD 2 to work. I have some terminal / linux command knowledge, which I used to root the phone, but I just want to know if with that knowledge, is it possible to install AppsToSD 2 on a STOCK rom like I have, and move the apps to the sd card? I just don't want to install a non-factory rom and modify the OS to that level, removing some stocks apps is one thing, but I don't want to go through the hassle and dangers of flashing a new rom. So is there any way I can still get AppsToSD to work with my stock Hero rom?
Thanks for any suggestions
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I have a rooted CDMA Hero, with stock Rom software version 1.6. I have removed a lot of the apps that came on the phone by reading and learning here, thanks to everyone for that. I now want to install the AppsToSD 2 app, first off, I noticed it's no longer available in the Market, but anyway, I read here almost everywhere that one has to either install "the Dude's" or "JF 1.5" rom to get AppsToSD 2 to work. I have some terminal / linux command knowledge, which I used to root the phone, but I just want to know if with that knowledge, is it possible to install AppsToSD 2 on a STOCK rom like I have, and move the apps to the sd card? I just don't want to install a non-factory rom and modify the OS to that level, removing some stocks apps is one thing, but I don't want to go through the hassle and dangers of flashing a new rom. So is there any way I can still get AppsToSD to work with my stock Hero rom?
Thanks for any suggestions
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No, it's a no-go!
shelnes said:
No, it's a no-go!
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sorry to rain on your parade, but it is possible, and not that hard.
boot the custom recovery image, partition your sdcard, move the apps to the ext partition, create the symlinks in /data and reboot. there you go, stock rom, stock recovery, apps on sdcard. works until you flash a new rom (which would delete the symlinks so you'd have to recreate them), but since you don't want to do that you are good to go.
My bad! Sorry! To my defense I have to say that someone told me it wasn't possible. I'll start double-checking my sources from now on.
Rooted my Viewpad 7
I created with the adb shell backups, no problem there.
I now have 12 img files saved on my SD card.
boot.img, recovery.img sytem.img and more.
But before I go wild on installing other roms I like to know how to restore those *.img files.
I don't want to install cwrecovery before I know how to fix things in case something goes wrong.
TIA
Install rom just like u install window. If your hardware's not has a problem. U can re-install it anytime you want. Just u backup and synchronize your bookmark and private data. It's not difficult like the other said in board. I'm install new rom everyday for fine the best's rom for myself. JUST DO IT. cwrecovery is the best.
indyend said:
Install rom just like u install window. If your hardware's not has a problem. U can re-install it anytime you want. Just u backup and synchronize your bookmark and private data. It's not difficult like the other said in board. I'm install new rom everyday for fine the best's rom for myself. JUST DO IT. cwrecovery is the best.
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On all the threads here I read that I need (before I do anything else) make a backup of my stock rom with adb, but I can't find how to restore those, nobody seems to know
I don't want to overwrite (flash) my current stock restore partition with cwrecovery before I know how restore to the original rom manually.
CastleGuy said:
On all the threads here I read that I need (before I do anything else) make a backup of my stock rom with adb, but I can't find how to restore those, nobody seems to know
I don't want to overwrite (flash) my current stock restore partition with cwrecovery before I know how restore to the original rom manually.
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What's your HWver and SWver (along with Build/OS info) for this rooted VPAD7? Check it via FTM mode & let us know - and does it use the latest/new ITE hardware?
If yours doesn't have ITE and has an earlier built, Viewsonic's website has both the firmwares (*.zip files) and utilities (SUTL3 xxx) to reflash & fully restore it to stock, rooted conditions in case one of the custom ROM resulted in a "soft" brick. CWR does NOT work with *.img files in restoring and it's a problem especially with newer build/ITE hardware & I have yet to find a stock zip file for mine, but I did saved a rooted version with CWR based on the stock build that I've restored successfully with CWR. One of our fellow XDA geeks here is working on the 2 *.img files and should be posting a beta one soon.
The stock ROM based on Froyo 2.2.2 is very good - rooted so I can use Astro, ES File Manager & Titanium Backup, etc., IMO and the Froyo Enhanced (non-OC) works nicely (OS 2.2.1) on mine too - both could benefit from more tweaking especially with the status bar/interface & launcher, etc. But, neither of them are loaded with bloatware or junks - so you might just want to stick with the stock ones as this is still a relatively "small" circle of users "pushing" the boundaries.
Good luck & have a nice day - hope this helped !
Link to VS's website:
http://vsg.viewsonic.com/ViewPad7/
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What's your HWver and SWver (along with Build/OS info) for this rooted VPAD7? Check it via FTM mode & let us know - and does it use the latest/new ITE hardware?
If yours doesn't have ITE and has an earlier built, Viewsonic's website has both the firmwares (*.zip files) and utilities (SUTL3 xxx) to reflash & fully restore it to stock, rooted conditions in case one of the custom ROM resulted in a "soft" brick. CWR does NOT work with *.img files in restoring and it's a problem especially with newer build/ITE hardware & I have yet to find a stock zip file for mine, but I did saved a rooted version with CWR based on the stock build that I've restored successfully with CWR. One of our fellow XDA geeks here is working on the 2 *.img files and should be posting a beta one soon.
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Thanks
SWVer:3.16K
Model:FMR-0001
HWVer:103
OS is version 2.2 that's not an ITE, am I correct?
Below are the files on the Viewpad site, whitch are the ones I need?
FM6-316Q-0-1008-A01.nb0
FM6-3310-0-5029-A02.nb0
SUTL3_v1.6.5.zip
SUTL3_v1.7.9.zip
SW_3.310_P1_20110201_VSI.zip
BTW The language on my current rom is in Dutch, do you know if the rom at Viewpad also has Dutch, it seems that the most selectable languages I see on my Viewpad are from Europe.
The stock ROM based on Froyo 2.2.2 is very good - rooted so I can use Astro, ES File Manager & Titanium Backup, etc., IMO and the Froyo Enhanced (non-OC) works nicely (OS 2.2.1) on mine too - both could benefit from more tweaking especially with the status bar/interface & launcher, etc. But, neither of them are loaded with bloatware or junks - so you might just want to stick with the stock ones as this is still a relatively "small" circle of users "pushing" the boundaries.
Good luck & have a nice day - hope this helped !
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My stock rom seems to be very good also, for now I'll stick to that one but will play a bit with it to see what can be done to remove some software and make more room via an ext3 partition.
Still not sure what to do with the image files I created, it seems they are quite useless.
Thanks again
CastleGuy said:
Thanks
SWVer:3.16K
Model:FMR-0001
HWVer:103
OS is version 2.2 that's not an ITE, am I correct?
Below are the files on the Viewpad site, whitch are the ones I need?
FM6-316Q-0-1008-A01.nb0
FM6-3310-0-5029-A02.nb0
SUTL3_v1.7.9.zip
BTW The language on my current rom is in Dutch, do you know if the rom at Viewpad also has Dutch, it seems that the most selectable languages I see on my Viewpad are from Europe.
Still not sure what to do with the image files I created, it seems they are quite useless.
Thanks again
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Based on what I read & seen, your VPAD is one of the earlier/est one so it's unlikely to come with ITE hardware, so nearly all of the custom ROM here should easily install without any problems at all using CWR.
Mine is 3.41 - FM6-0001 - 107 and OS 2.2.2 with ITE, and under "About phone" in Settings - Baseband PR3.7_125, Kernel 2.6.32.9 and Build 1008_3.350
SUTL3_v1.7.9.zip is the newer of 2 installer to flash the ROM - probably FM6-316Q*.nb0 being the closest one to yours (FM6-3310*.nb0 should be a newer one) Not sure what that SW*VSI.zip file is for but I got an error when trying to open/unzip it - bad d/l or corrupted ?? Both 316R & 3310 flashed successfully to my VPAD7 but since I got ITE, I cannot use it since the touchscreen with Android is frozen - yours should work with it as long as hardware isn't ITE.
I do not have enough info to help with the Dutch language question as my current Froyo Enhanced ROM only showed English, French & Spanish as choices - perhaps someone else running stock/OEM rom can help check theirs for you.
As for the stock ROM itself, I used TB to identify & freeze/uninstall some of them safely as I never used them - but to truely free up internal storage/memory, d/l and use App2SD to Ext3 partition - it DOES make a great deal of difference. If you have a spare mSD card (4 GB size will do nicely for experimental purposes, done it with 2 GB myself) - using CWR to reformat & create 3rd ext partition, moved the saved files/zips/apks back to it - reboot once the initial setup/installations are finalized & stablized - and enjoy ! With over 35 apps moved, I still get about 60MB free up ....
Agreed about those saved *.img files - except for those with the "kitchen" tools to take it apart & rebuild ....
I'm going to use TB to uninstall some apps, I think I'm going to find a faster SD card to try an Ext3 partition, probably that will help to keep the VP7 running as fast and smooth as it does now, great device
Thanks again for you help
I have been reading all the info on rooting,flashing,backup, and recovery.
Please tell me if I understand this correctly:
My viewpad details are as follows:
Android 2.2.1
Basebandversion PR3.7_125
Kernel version Apps_2.6.32.9
Build 1008_3_240
Manufactured 12/02/2011
Swver 3.240
Model FM6-001
Hwver 107
I am correct in assuming this is an ite version and if I root there currently is no stock unrooted rom available to unroot if I need to?
droid5800 said:
My viewpad details are as follows:
Android 2.2.1
Basebandversion PR3.7_125
Kernel version Apps_2.6.32.9
Build 1008_3_240
Manufactured 12/02/2011
Swver 3.240
Model FM6-001
Hwver 107
I am correct in assuming this is an ite version and if I root there currently is no stock unrooted rom available to unroot if I need to?
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Most likely, yours is ITE hardware. BTW, what country/region are you in - the Americas, Asia or Europe b/c stock ROMS available for one region or zone might/should work in another, depending on locales & language requirements .... WiFi issues experienced by some users could, I feel / suspect, be related partially to radio bands intended for region/zone x being flashed and used in region/zone y.
I believe that at least one of the recent stock/factory ROMs cited in the development subforum is for ITE/new pads.
Welcome abroad & cheers
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Most likely, yours is ITE hardware. BTW, what country/region are you in - the Americas, Asia or Europe b/c stock ROMS available for one region or zone might/should work in another, depending on locales & language requirements .... WiFi issues experienced by some users could, I feel / suspect, be related partially to radio bands intended for region/zone x being flashed and used in region/zone y.
I believe that at least one of the recent stock/factory ROMs cited in the development subforum is for ITE/new pads.
Welcome abroad & cheers
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Thanks nice to be here.
I am from the Caribbean so I guess that would be the Americas.
My only complaint with this device is the available space so wanted to root to install something like link2sd. Might not even need a custom ROM if that works out.
In my parts these devices aren't cheap/reasonable so just want to make sure there is a fall back stock ROM in case I need to return for warranty repairs.
Most of the current ROMs seem to be for non ITE devices. Any hopes that there will be more ITE custom ROMs anytime soon an o/c one for a little speed boost would be nice.
Regards
droid5800 said:
from the Caribbean so I guess that would be the Americas .... complaint with this device is the available space so wanted to root to install something like link2sd. Might not even need a custom ROM if that works out .... in my parts these devices aren't cheap/reasonable so just want to make sure there is a fall back stock ROM in case I need to return for warranty repairs .... current ROMs seem to be for non ITE devices .... an o/c one for a little speed boost would be nice. Regards
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The stock ROM isn't loaded with bloatware & with 3G unlocked, the device is fine for non-power, speed freaks chasing the latest dual core CPU, LOL - but, it's easy to fill up internal space & memory. Without rooting, it's difficult to load & experiment with A2SD, do Titanium Backup & use ES File Manager or Astro - but even stock ROM has full access to Google Market, so it's pretty cool.
Agreed on high prices down in the islands & even worst in the Bermudas and with little to no competition, unless one can bring them back from mainland USA and not have to pay import duties.
I've tested just about every available custom ROM floating around - Amalgation's EU v1.7 ITE ROM is what I use, it's responsive & adapted for ITE, 3G worked on AT&T and T-Mobile's GSM network + WiFi, and managed to install DT's A2SD on it, so it freed up lots of space & memory - using a 16GB mSD card.
As for overclocking, it's difficult if not impossible to do it without the ITE device driver, contacted tech. support & requested them - haven't heard a word from them, so not hopeful - without it, the handful of developers around won't be able to do anything.
Thanks for your help So one last question:
When I root can I restore to stock unrooted with any of these Roms found here :
vsg.viewsonic.com/ViewPad7 (sorry I'm not allowed to post links)
Just in case I need to return for warranty repairs.
Thanks
droid5800 said:
When I root can I restore to stock unrooted with any of these Roms found here : vsg.viewsonic.com/ViewPad7
Just in case I need to return for warranty repairs.
Thanks
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The newest one in the link is for ITE and if I recall, based on EU rom, and should be good for your device (for flashing back to stock, if ever needed, using the SUTL3 utility as it need the image to be in *.nb0 format and not an update.zip)
Yes, use either One Click v1.7 (newer ones not always work) method or Gingerbreak apk (which I find easier) to root & install CWM Recovery - once you do that, before doing anything else - do a Backup of your stock ROM first, it will be saved on the mSD card (and, to the PC or usb/portable hdd device) - before doing anything else.
If you are using both 3G & WiFi for data access, make a note of your settings (including under the wireless/advanced tab - check that your MAC address is shown).
Your saved CWM image files can be restored - returning it to near stock condition, except for rooting. If you feel comfortable enough at that point, do a Restore from CWM after a full wipe, then let it reboot & viola - you "stock" rom again.
AFAIK, newer ITE hardware-based vpad7 have 3 custom ROM to work with -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264647
Froyo Enhanced is nice & simple, very close to stock with a few Apps gone to make room, simple to flash & setup and WiFi working, a good starting point to try & fall back upon.
TJ's FM6 is designed for OC kernel and non-ITE rom, but with a patched kernel, will work - a bit more challenging to setup, but it's just as stable.
EU'v latest V1.7 ITE rom is my personal ROM of choice for daily use, very stable & smooth, responsive - developer is working toward a final release, due out soon. It support App2SD for ext3 with CWM Recovery, not as simple to get everything working together - but it does, patience needed. AND, the backup ROM is very important in case something didn't go "right" - sometimes, another pass with flashing the zip will get it, or, just restore to earlier known working version as saved.
Should be tons of fun & hours of flashing, sit back, read & take notes of steps - brew up a nice cup of coffee or tea, and enjoy the challenge - this isn't the faster Galaxy tablets, but for it's designed for - it's great (Flash 10.x not really going to work, just stay away - I still enjoy YouTube on it ....) Once configured & logged into Google Market, the newest update will be shown & downloaded, so don't worry about missing a few Apps as it's full access to nearly everything, free & paid.
Cheers !
Thanks for all the information. Spent the last few days doing a lot of reading. Ready to jump in.
The Froyo 2.2 Enhanced I notice the link was taken down by developer pending a newer version with better ITE support. Do you have a copy that works with the ITE hardware?
Found a link for superoneclick here: megaupload.com/?d=7S2CI6OY is that the correct version? Couldn't find any link to 1.7 in forums.
Thanks
droid5800 said:
Froyo 2.2 Enhanced link was taken down by developer pending a newer version with better ITE support. Do you have a copy that works with the ITE hardware?
Found a link for superoneclick here: megaupload.com/?d=7S2CI6OY is that the correct version? Couldn't find any link to 1.7 in forums.
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Hmm, oh yes - I read that a while ago, use this link to download - it worked for me with ITE hardware. There is no need to patch or use a different kernel. Just backup your original rom & test it by restoring first, do a full system/cache/dalvik wipe - then flash it, reboot for 1st. time, set it up past the activation screen, and enjoy.
http://www.multiupload.com/C3BM5IVRXJ
Your discovery is correct, the older SOC v1.7 to achieve root from shortfuse - user experience varied, some find it easy & others find it difficult.
Here's link to Gingerbreak v1.2 - please read the info/page & notes - alternative to SOC v1.7 just in case.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
Either one of them could trigger antivirus/firewall warnings & alerts, it's typical depending on what you use - turn them OFF while rooting - once you get it done, you can switch them all ON again.
Just checked my email account used for various tech. support request, still no reply or release of ITE device drivers for the pad, NOT good - without it, developers will find it ---- to get OC kernel, etc.
Definitely no Ice Cream Sandwich for our device, not even Honeycomb, I'm afraid .... oh, well - we make the best use of what we got !
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Hmm, oh yes - I read that a while ago, use this link to download - it worked for me with ITE hardware. There is no need to patch or use a different kernel. Just backup your original rom & test it by restoring first, do a full system/cache/dalvik wipe - then flash it, reboot for 1st. time, set it up past the activation screen, and enjoy.
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The backup you are referring too is a NANDROID backup with CWR or do I backup the individual partitions to *.img files. As I understand it there i currently no way to restore the *.img files is that correct or have I misunderstood? Additionally is there any point to create these image files.
Regards
Use CWM Recovery to create Nandroid backup of your existing stock ROM, just in case - restoring it will bring it as close to rooted stock "condition" as possible. Flashing the *.nb0 file with SUTL3 will unroot it & make the pad 100% back to stock. It only take a few extra minutes and will sit on the mSD card just in case it's needed.
Under CWM Recovery's Advanced Menu (I'm on v5.x that work with A2SD and ext3 partition) - you can selectively go back in, highlight & restore, say, the recovery.img file after flashing a ROM (which has the working non-OC stock kernel) - which is the patch needed to work with TJ Style's ROM.
I'm learning & discovering something new each week on squeezing more out of the pad - yet to explore the newest ext4 apps, that's a challenge. Although, I'm very happy & pleased with freeing up so much internal space & rom memory with A2SD and ext3,
Have fun !
Letitride thank you for your valuable insight and information it was truly appreciated.
I have rooted, installed CWM and made a nandroid backup. Cool considering when I started in on this thread a few days ago I new nothing about any of this stuff.
Thinking about experimenting with ROMs tomorrow can't have all the fun tonight.
What are your thoughts on A2SD I know you use it but does it shorten the life of the sdcard significantly and is it laggy. I was doing some research on just installing that rather than a custom ROM but a lot of the comments were negative.
You haven't steered me wrong so wanted your take.
One last thing completely unrelated is there a way to get rid of the autorun CD that loads when you plug device into PC it's annoying. Don't want to disable autorun on PC.
Again thanks for your assistance.
droid5800 said:
rooted, installed CWM and made a nandroid backup. when .... a few days ago I (k)new nothing about. Thinking about experimenting with ROMs .... can't have all the fun tonight.
your thoughts on A2SD .... research on just installing that rather than a custom ROM but .... comments were negative.
completely unrelated is there a way to get rid of the autorun CD that loads when you plug device .... Don't want to disable autorun on PC.
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YES - excellent, well done & pat yourself on the shoulder for success. So you are still running your stock rom, correct - I would make sure Titanium Backup, Astro or ES File Explorer and/or Root Explorer are installed, and, get comfortable with using them. Froyo Enhanced would be a safe 1st. custom ROM to try, very close to stock with tweaks & minor customization, easy to adapt for one's own.
As far as A2SD is concerned, if you are referring to DT's verison, I do not have any problems with it at all running on ext3 partition with the EU V1.7 ITE ROM - it's best to upgrade CWM to v5.x first and be prepared for the mSD card to be reformatted, thus losing any & all stored data and having to restore it from a safe backup location (i.e. from the PC or portable HDD, usb device, etc.) It's a bit tricky for ITE hardware pads, but several others using my detailed notes also managed to do it - (and, that's why it's so important to have backup, run TB backup and CWM backup, and, to make sure your 3G and WiFi settings are saved & working along the way)
I tried several other App2SD apps on the "Market" and they're okay, the last one that I used was App2SD by Sam Lu (as listed) but even that was limited as it wasn't using ext3 or ext4 - whereas DT's A2SD did it with ease and really freed up quite a bit (I have about 60 Apps loaded plus nearly all of the standard Google Apps like Talk, Voice, Gmail, Maps/Navigation, Facebook along with Twitter & YouTube installed - which easily overwhelmed the pad's resources otherwise.) I would recommend installing it - just make it a habit to run CWM Backup & TB Backup at major milestones or checkpoints, so that if something go wrong, just go into Recovery & restore the last working one.
The mSD card is inexpensive enough vs. the price paid for the pad itself, so I'm okay if I need to replace it sooner - I use a 2nd. mSD card (smaller at 8GB) to test & experiment, and, once I'm comfortable with major changes made & have time, I transition back to the bigger 16G mSD card.
Additional ideas: install alternate launchers (Go EX, ADW & my preferred - VTL.Launcher) and keyboard (Gingerbread, Go or Swype beta (via registration & emailed link to download) and Sense-themed Fancy Widgets, and, Dolphin HD browser, and WidgetSoid, Moon+ Reader, and, of course, Lookout Security. These & others of your own choosing will give you hours of fun in practical hands-on experimentation.
All in all, my configuration has been stable & solid for the past month, and I have yet run into any problems with freezes or FC, lost of data or issues with either the hardware or ROM - my "regular" smartphone is faster, quicker & fancier, but there's something about the 7" screen size, it keep me occupied & entertained for hours - and battery life while on standby mode is quite good.
Lastly, not much one can do about that autorun feature on the PC when the pad is connected via the mini-usb cable, I just hit the Esc key or Cancel to bypass all those messages & prompts (it's just like other usb devices & mobile phones, once they sync. up with the pc, the Apps are awaken and ....)
Have fun over the weekend with the pad & experiment
Hi,
Im a newbee also in android rooting, i had some question and clarification about some terms and hope someone can share their knowledge.
Here are some of my questions:
Im confused with the img backup file of each partition. Does redirecting again to each partition mean restoring the individual img file to each partition ex"cat /sdcard/mtd3_recovery.img > /dev/mtd/mtd3"
or we need a tool like in linux which is DD or DDRESCUE or something else.
For instance my backup individual partition img file i created before i install costum rom. If im correct in restoring the individual image file to each mtd partition is possible does it means im
back to the state where i used the original stock or before i installed the costum rom. Its like in linux where if u restore a dd root image file to the partition you will back to the state where you created
the image backup.
Does NANDROID backup means using a CWR recovery to backup the original/stock+rooted rom and restoring it using the same process from a costum rom will means im back to the state of original/stock+rooted rom
Im still in the rooted state right now. i just want to understand a few things like restoring to original/stock+rooted before i procedd to installing costum rom and other tweeking on the device.
Hope someone can share some info.
Thanks in advance.
My Thunderbolt received an OTA update last week and keeps rebooting. I have ClockworkMod Recovery so the Install fails. I cleared the Cache with CWM and restarted the phone like it suggests in other posts elsewhere. I get a failed update message, I cancel out of it and reboot the phone. I also used Titanium Backup to Freeze "Update" and "Updater", but the phone keeps self booting into the OTA update every day . I searched for an update.zip and cannot find one on the SD card.
Can anyone suggest how to stop the phone from updating/rebooting everyday? I cannot seems to find the answer anywhere.
Thanks and I wish everyone a safe holiday!
DD
Just to confirm, are you rooted but on the stock rom? If so, you should be able to find some threads to go on from searching, but here are a couple where people got the update install while rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330325
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324682
Sorry I forgot to mention it
Yes, I'm rooted, I'll check out the links.
more than likely you wont have an update.zip but rather an RUU. Remove the RUU from the SD card and see how that works. If I was having this problem I would do a full wipe on the phone backup my full SD card contents and format the SD card and flash a custom rom with CWM. I never understand what the point of rooting is if you are not going to flash a custom rom. Are you afraid? Worried about bricking? I just don't get it. Put the new MIUI on it. You will be pleased.
I installed Liquid ROM 3.1 and it's working like a charm. I was concerned about the 3G/4G compatability problems that most custom ROMS seem to have.
Using Titanium Backup Pro I backed up all my apps then restored them after installing Liquid ROM and re-setup the desktop and all is well.
bigd5783 said:
I never understand what the point of rooting is if you are not going to flash a custom rom.
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Really? The ability to fix things like security holes, use ad filters, make complete, easily restorable backups, install a certificate for a private CA, or just have fairly complete control over hardware you've purchased isn't enough?
mike.s said:
Really? The ability to fix things like security holes, use ad filters, make complete, easily restorable backups, install a certificate for a private CA, or just have fairly complete control over hardware you've purchased isn't enough?
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I was actually broken hearted that I was compelled in install a custom rom to avoid the problems the op has described. Everything "works" in standard rom. When you go custom you get lots of fun new features but you always lose something..... Could be vzw vvm or nfl live or fast gps lock or photo effects in gallery but it seems there is always someting you lose.
recDNA said:
I was actually broken hearted that I was compelled in install a custom rom to avoid the problems the op has described. Everything "works" in standard rom. When you go custom you get lots of fun new features but you always lose something..... Could be vzw vvm or nfl live or fast gps lock or photo effects in gallery but it seems there is always someting you lose.
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really,cause everything you mentioned has work on soab from the get go.
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