Greetings all,
As I have the VZW unit and no official release for rollback to 2.09/1.30.60 is on the utstar.com page, I was wondering about just backing up what I have in my unit now before taking the plunge, or a new unit out of box from the store ? Blazingwolf stated in a post somewhere recently that the stock ROM images floating around here are from dumped units, and this makes sense because there has not been any upgrade issued since they came out. Sprint has it available only because of the 2.17 debockle. So, it seems to me that the best way for one to be sure they can roll back to their stock config is to dump their own ROM before they start. Anyone have such utility ?????? Thanks.
Search the forums next time before posting....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1845171&postcount=13
It's a complete Ship ROM for the XV6800 which means you can "rollback" if things go wrong with custom ROM's.
True, found and have them,,,,but,,,,
jrebeiro said:
Search the forums next time before posting....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1845171&postcount=13
It's a complete Ship ROM for the XV6800 which means you can "rollback" if things go wrong with custom ROM's.
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See the point of what I would like to be able to do is to extract the ENTIRE memory map of my device so that when I am done playing I can just dump my stock, but configured with all my software and voice and all stuff I put in it, back in it. This would be cool would it not ???? Sort of 'have your cake and eat it too' because you can play then put it exactly back ;-)
SPB Backup
cool, but still not quite
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SPB Backup
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Thats cool but still does not get all.
Hi,
I'm going to flash today but have a few quick questions/suggestions first:
1. I note you can flash back to a stock rom, however I can't seem to see the vodafone stock rom, can I back my own up first? (someone asked here as well but i thought it's a thread of it's own to do this) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5316142&postcount=101. (A tool to backup rom and flash the SPL back would be cool).
2. Has anyone whose flashed a cooked rom had any radio/sms issues since (especially the 2.0x roms) on voda uk?
3. In http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=610548 it would be cool if the radio/real rom ver was noted in the link as well (v.cool thread!)
4. A stability/speed rating system poll on roms would be good?
5. Know HTC issues and if the rom fixes them would be pretty cool
6. Are other HSPL for SPL versions in development (I'm lucky got the right one).
I'll try to answer most ofyour questions
1. does vodafone not have a stock rom on their site? you are most likely to find it there
2. I have had issues with flashed roms but that is the fun. just flash an other then. they are all different, with more or less functionality and visuals. read the rom thread of the rom that you want to flash. the problems will be discussed there
3. Each seperate rom thread notes the rom version, sense version and radio when included. so check the specific rom thread for this.
4. speed rating system is available. this is done by pietrucci look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=582700
comments about the stability you will find in the specific rom thread and varies with the version brought out. some cooks release several roms a day. i think a poll only for stability is somewhat difficult when there are so many releases
5. most rom thread tell you the fixes they have applied.
6. have not read that yet. cmonex was also developing hspl but I dont know if this has stopped.
regards Wilco
Thanks for the prompt reply, see inline:
wilcovh said:
I'll try to answer most ofyour questions
1. does vodafone not have a stock rom on their site? you are most likely to find it there
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No they've not done any whatsoever, so best wait I take it?
2. I have had issues with flashed roms but that is the fun. just flash an other then. they are all different, with more or less functionality and visuals. read the rom thread of the rom that you want to flash. the problems will be discussed there
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Haha point taken, I use mine in a business so stability is the key for me.
3. Each seperate rom thread notes the rom version, sense version and radio when included. so check the specific rom thread for this.
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Yeah I thought it would be cool to have it in that thread for quick ref as well.
4. speed rating system is available. this is done by pietrucci look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=582700
comments about the stability you will find in the specific rom thread and varies with the version brought out. some cooks release several roms a day. i think a poll only for stability is somewhat difficult when there are so many releases
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Agreed can see your point, maybee something to do in ~ 1 years time.
5. most rom thread tell you the fixes they have applied.
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Seen that already, I was refering to "sms bug/camera" ones etc, I imagine most cooks would do these ones anyway.
6. have not read that yet. cmonex was also developing hspl but I dont know if this has stopped.
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They might need access to the other SPL was more just out of interest.
Regards
So, I have been messing with Android for approximately 4 months on and off. I had a Nook Color, two actually, that I installed HC on and they both worked great.
I recently had my iPhone4 stolen from my car and I needed something fast, so I picked up an Optimus V from Virgin.
I was able to Root it using the FastBoot method. Perfect. How the F bomb do I install custom Kernels and or Roms on this thing? Before I just formatted an SD card with CWR and flashed the kernels that way. Can I still do that on here or is a different method? All I see is ADB crap.
If you research my name on here, I am far from stupid, I just find it odd that nearly no one has taken the time to create a REAL step-by-step guide. Although, I do see a lot of people saying things like "maaaaaan, if you can't root fo shizzzz, don't be doing this stuff, you aint smart enuffzzzzzzz" ... which is bull****. The whole point of having access to this type of stuff, the internet, and most technology is so that we can teach one another. Since when did it ever become a "every man for themselves" world?
http://forum.androidcentral.com/opt...optimus-v-rooting-roming-modding-hacking.html
Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900905
Its everything you need, be patient and read the whole thing
Try this guide
[HOWTO] Rooting, Installing -Android SDK, Custom Recovery, Custom ROM's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007244
Easiest way to install cutom recovery(hence, giving you the means to install custom ROMs)
My mini-guide on installing Amon_Ra custom recovery
Thank you all for the replies, however, not one of them references the Optimus V specifically.
I suppose what I am looking for is someone that has this phone, has rooted it, and installed custom ROMs to overclock it.
I ask not because I don't think I can figure it out, but rather I don't have time to go digging through 34534859034805934805 posts of other platforms and then apply it to my platform, the Optimus V.
I guess I would go ahead and say that it doesn't exist, and when I have time I will create a step-by-step to make it easier.
I just want to install a simple rom that allows me to OC the phone to 806MHz. I don't want Cyan, I don't even want Gingerbread. I just want the 2.2.1 installed to be running at 806MHz.
What I mean by the last comment is that there is not a step-by-step guide that shows from point A to point B. How to get from HERE to THERE.
For example:
Ungaze - While your post is quite simple, it doesn't address the fact that you also have to have many other things installed, correct? For instance, the Android SDK, and if that is the case, where does one get it? (I have it, I am just using this as an example). Where do I type the lines of code you are referring to? On the phone, or on the computer? Do you see what I am saying?
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What I mean by the last comment is that there is not a step-by-step guide that shows from point A to point B. How to get from HERE to THERE.
For example:
Ungaze - While your post is quite simple, it doesn't address the fact that you also have to have many other things installed, correct? For instance, the Android SDK, and if that is the case, where does one get it? (I have it, I am just using this as an example). Where do I type the lines of code you are referring to? On the phone, or on the computer? Do you see what I am saying?
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No. You got it wrong. Ungaze's method for installing recovery does not depend on anything other than the requirements mentioned in his post ie. you do not need Android SDK or anything else.
type the lines of code in the terminal emulator app installed on your phone.
You can get it HERE.
If you read my post, you would see that I was using that as an example. There are clearly steps missing there. In other words, if someone just purchased the Optimus V, brought it home, and did those 4 steps listed, they would not be able to root and install custom ROMs.
I did some digging and just installed the Bumble Bee ROM and Kernel. Works great so far, and the phone is much snappier. I will be posting a step-by-step guide for the "stupid noobs" of the world later tonight. I think that the average joe should be able to enjoy these customizations as well. Call me crazy.
those steps (on ungaze's post) are not meant to root the phone or install custom ROM's on the phone, but only to install custom recovery on a rooted phone.
Haven't tested it myself, so I cannot guarantee that it will work.
I had used the instructions given in the 'step-by-step guide' I mentioned earlier. ie.
[HOWTO] Rooting, Installing - Android SDK, Custom Recovery, Custom ROM's
And, I had no problems in rooting, installing recovery and custom ROM on my phone which is an unbranded LG P500.
I have no experience with Optimus V, so to give instructions regarding installation would be futile.
Exactly, I am not putting you down, I was just stating that there is a not an easy step-by-step guide for people who are not Android savvy.
I will be posting a How-To and Troubleshooting Guide soon. To go from a new phone off the shelf to rooted and Bumble Bee ROM or the like.
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If you read my post, you would see that I was using that as an example. There are clearly steps missing there. In other words, if someone just purchased the Optimus V, brought it home, and did those 4 steps listed, they would not be able to root and install custom ROMs.
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When I was reading your first post I interpreted this:
I was able to Root it using the FastBoot method. Perfect. How the F bomb do I install custom Kernels and or Roms on this thing? Before I just formatted an SD card with CWR and flashed the kernels that way. Can I still do that on here or is a different method? All I see is ADB crap.
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as, "I already have root so just tell me how to install custom ROMs already!!!!!", but it seems that it translates differently in your country/planet.
I hope you find someone to help you.
nootered said:
Thank you all for the replies, however, not one of them references the Optimus V specifically....
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The very first reply that had the very first link was to a step by step guide just for Optimus V. It has every single recovery, rom, kernel, and hack for the Optimus V and a step by step guide on how to install them. You're just too lazy to read.
So to answer your question: yes, you are.
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The very first reply that had the very first link was to a step by step guide just for Optimus V. It has every single recovery, rom, kernel, and hack for the Optimus V and a step by step guide on how to install them. You're just too lazy to read.
So to answer your question: yes, you are.
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LOL, you're so harsh. But I'd be lying if I say I don't agree .
Too lazy? I have it done and completed. I was referring to the fact that, for those who are not super savvy, there is no guide that leads them step by step from the time they get the phone home from the store.
I just think it would be nice to have sometime easy to follow. It has nothing to do with laziness, it has to be with providing users with a better experience. I work 60+hrs/week, and travel non-stop, I am far from lazy. I just don't have a lot of time, like many other people as well, to be reading through 8923843 "guides" that are misleading, filled with misinformation, or are incomplete.
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Too lazy? I have it done and completed. I was referring to the fact that, for those who are not super savvy, there is no guide that leads them step by step from the time they get the phone home from the store.
I just think it would be nice to have sometime easy to follow. It has nothing to do with laziness, it has to be with providing users with a better experience. I work 60+hrs/week, and travel non-stop, I am far from lazy. I just don't have a lot of time, like many other people as well, to be reading through 8923843 "guides" that are misleading, filled with misinformation, or are incomplete.
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Well, I guess 83948720 of people here have got it right with no complaints at all about the guides which are misleading and filled with misinformation and are of course incomplete.
Let's get the facts straight. If you made this post/thread of yours asking for help, then here we are, helping you out to the best we can, did we not? Now, if you come here whining about the guides being incomplete and incomprehensible to your "far from stupid" intellect then you're getting no where as no one is paying anyone here. these guides are here to help each other in exchange of nothing. The guides we make, we make it with our free time. Post as many threads like this as you want and trust me, you won't get anywhere. Now, if you come here asking people to make you a guide for you, then I suggest chaning your first post message to something like this:
"go#$am(it, make me a guide specifically for people with no time to research and easy enough that even my dog can do it for me. I have no time to check everything so don't even think of missing one bit of information. I don't care if you don't have enough time cause I don't have enough time to understand your situation. So get to work and give me my damn guide NOW"
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I guess that would clear up most of the misunderstandings.
HOLY SHAT! It's like talking to a retard with a plastic bag over his head.
I don't need help, I was/am able to figure it out. I just wanted a simple step by step guide. Point A to Point B. Simple.
I am referring to all of the other posts I have read on here. Look under the Nook Color information for guides that I have created for others. I am about helping people, and making things simple.
For some reason it seems as though the majority of the people here have huge egos. Sure they have this facade of helpful gleam, but they all write crap like "if you question is stupid don't bother" ... "if you don't know what this is, you're an idiot don't try this" ... since when is that a logical and helpful way to making people learn or understand concepts they are new to?
You obviously never clicked that link.
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I did click the link, actually. It was the most helpful. Thanks.
Actually after clicking the first link i get "only registered and activated members can see links" about 400 times
That's not what the OP, or I, am looking for!
And the other links with 800 different fonts and colours are not helpful to people. try and format your stuff like you mean it, not like a fairy threw up on your guide! this isn't geocities!
So im cool with CWM. Simple. easy.
How the heck do i flash back to stock recovery so i can go 1.2 with it?
Since its 'baked in' i cant remove the hijack and restore the logwrapper...
am I being obtuse?
My understanding of the process is this -
If you are running a rom that has the recovery package built in, your tab is rooted and you have superuser status:
All you need is a Terminal Emulator such as Android Terminal Emulator (in market)
Run Terminal Emulator and type:
su
Then type:
fixrecovery.sh - This installs/flashes Stock recovery
If I'm wrong then at least this will prompt those that know more to chime in
you've made almost 150 posts and do not know the answer to this question?
You could read Goodintentions G-Tbalet for Dummies site
you can use Calkulins "Format all" zip to wipe everything and start fresh from there (perferred method)
You could Flash stock 3588
There was a post recently called "Foolproof method of getting to 1.2 from 1.1" by Ramerco that I followed and it worked perfectly.
I just can't believe that you've posted that many times and never stumbled across the answer ot your question...
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you've made almost 150 posts and do not know the answer to this question?
You could read Goodintentions G-Tbalet for Dummies site
you can use Calkulins "Format all" zip to wipe everything and start fresh from there (perferred method)
You could Flash stock 3588
There was a post recently called "Foolproof method of getting to 1.2 from 1.1" by Ramerco that I followed and it worked perfectly.
I just can't believe that you've posted that many times and never stumbled across the answer ot your question...
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I was a little surprised too. But everything ive done, was with CWM. All my efforts have been towards putting CWM On the os lol. I know how to remove it when its installed (logwrapper) but i wasnt sure how to flash the stock rom... never wanted stock =D Ill check out the foolproof thread.
While im here - What are the added benefits of going for 1,2? I got a variation of HC working on 1.1 right now. (again through CWM
kodakeos said:
While im here - What are the added benefits of going for 1,2? I got a variation of HC working on 1.1 right now. (again through CWM
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not much, really. It's just assumed that since VS released, then pulled the update that migrated their OS to 1.2, and that pretty much all other malata tablets use the 1.2 branch, that it's easy to assume that eventually, if ever, there will be an update from VS that would be on the 1.2 bootloader.
a month ago, there were different roms for different branches. They've merged now, and you can pretty much get whatever rom you want on either bootloader (or a variation at least)
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I was a little surprised too. But everything ive done, was with CWM. All my efforts have been towards putting CWM On the os lol. I know how to remove it when its installed (logwrapper) but i wasnt sure how to flash the stock rom... never wanted stock =D Ill check out the foolproof thread.
While im here - What are the added benefits of going for 1,2? I got a variation of HC working on 1.1 right now. (again through CWM
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My site. Look in signature.
goodintentions said:
My site. Look in signature.
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Why link to your site with all of its ads? Why don't you give a response here? What's your alterior motive?
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Why link to your site with all of its ads? Why don't you give a response here? What's your alterior motive?
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Hey goodintentions has pretty good site, there are few things that are missing (like calling out to actually let the tab bootup fully when back on stock before trying to load a ROM ***hint hint***) or calling section A / B / C and then refering to it as parts 1 / 2 / 3 ..lol (busting chops) but its a good site to bookmark a ref when modding your tab.
goodintentions thanks...ps let me know if you want some proof-reading service on your site....lol
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Why link to your site with all of its ads? Why don't you give a response here? What's your alterior motive?
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Ads? Can you be more specific? What ads? There should be no ads at all.
Never been there...
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Why link to your site with all of its ads? Why don't you give a response here? What's your alterior motive?
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Its obvious you've never been to GOODINTENTIONS site. Its GREAT!!!
You should check it out BEFORE you comment.
And you should check your spelling of alterior. It ULTERIOR.
Have a nice day.
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Why link to your site with all of its ads? Why don't you give a response here? What's your alterior motive?
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I don't see any ads(?). I even have adblock off for his site, in case he did use ads (if ads kept the site alive, then it's worth it imo).
As for motive, as far as I know it's to help out the community and nothing more - I even gave goodintentions a donation to keep his site going, because if it reduces the redundant questions here, then it's well worth having.
As a former modder here, you cannot believe the amount of redundant PM's I would get over and over and over and over again about the GTablet. I had asked for someone to build out a good wiki here on XDA back in March, but it never really went anywhere - so his site is a BIG help to me, and I suspect other power users as well.
Look at the stickies on this forum - for a new user trying to find information, it's far from optimal. Goodintentions site provides a service that's lacking here - simple as that.
It seriously does reduce the amount of redundancy in the threads. It also cuts down on redundant pm's. If his ulterior motive was to make money he sure as hell wouldn't have put so much time and effort into a site dedicated to a legacy device.
Thanks again GI.
So I downloaded the PH86IMG.zip file from the thread on how you install the current version of clockwork mod back at the developers thread of the amaze 4G forum and when ever i go into Bootloader mode it would "update" but at the end it will say
Main Version is older
Update Fail!
did i do anything wrong? i followed the instructions and everything is there a newer PH86IMG.zip file that will work. BTW i got that OTA update from Tmobile. im not sure how many OTA updates there were im assuming there was only 1.
Any Help would be appreciated
I don't know exactly the details and versions for our phone, but on the MT4G we had issues if your radio was newer than the ROM or PH15IMG.zip file you were trying to use in bootloader.
For example, if you had a GB radio and tried to flash a Froyo rom through bootloader it wouldn't work. You get the same error that you're getting. I think it was determined you can only do this if your true s-off.
I would check your radio and the stock rom versions available, make sure the rom you want is newer than your radio. So you might have to change your radio to a previous version. This is all based on my experience with the MT4G, so it could be wrong here but it sounds similar. Good luck!
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man i got the same problem when i got my amaze and i tried everything. if you want help. go here and there is a link where a guy send me the newest file and it worked great the original thread for this needs to be updated with the new file
here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392774
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man i got the same problem when i got my amaze and i tried everything. if you want help. go here and there is a link where a guy send me the newest file and it worked great the original thread for this needs to be updated with the new file
here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392774
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hey thanks alot for hte link im going to try it right now. i read the thread and i agree with you the OP of that thread needs to update that PH86IMG.zip file he has on his instructions its causing alot of confusion for me
great im happy to help. let us know how it go
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great im happy to help. let us know how it go
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it worked i just flashed quicksense. so much better without the bloatware
but the issue is now my onscreen keyboard wont show up when i need to type in something
gypsy214 said:
man i got the same problem when i got my amaze and i tried everything. if you want help. go here and there is a link where a guy send me the newest file and it worked great the original thread for this needs to be updated with the new file
here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392774
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The guy has a name. LOL!
Here it is again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20230294&postcount=25
All I did was change the version number in the android-info.txt file.
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The guy has a name. LOL!
Here it is again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20230294&postcount=25
All I did was change the version number in the android-info.txt file.
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i guess it looks like i was taking all the credit right? lol im sorry man didnt even notice it, i was just glad to help people out with the same problem i had. next time will think before i act lol
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i guess it looks like i was taking all the credit right? lol im sorry man didnt even notice it, i was just glad to help people out with the same problem i had. next time will think before i act lol
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I'm not worried about credit. If you made it easier for someone to get the job done then good for you. They would have stumbled onto the post eventually. I was just making it even easier so they wouldn't have to dig through a dozen or so pages of information.