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Ok, I was thinking about maybe using that one click root app I found on the market but i need to know how safe is it? and is there a fully awesomely working version of Froyo out there or even gingerbread I can use and if so how do I install it?
And when the official froyo update comes out will my phone still be able to revive the over the air update?
Using the OCLF/Root was completely safe and easy, for me at least.
No issues at all doing it, it went very smooth with no issues at all.
Yes -- you can still receive OTA updates once you've rooted.
Ian
def no gingerbread out there for you to run
uhmmm i think if you arent even sure how to root, maybe you shouldnt get yourself into a beta rom.
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uhmmm i think if you arent even sure how to root, maybe you shouldnt get yourself into a beta rom.
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yEA, i KNOW YOU ARE PROB RIGHT BUT i REALLY WANT FROYO SO MUCH
ps- sorry for caps
Safe as in what? Secure wise or bricking your device? The Vibrant is easy to root but secure wise you need to be careful since your device will be "open" to any program getting root access.
I see people use the click app to root their phones. Check it out on YouTube that's where I found the info. Personally I am not going to root my cuz I don't want to deal with the headaches. Yes I have root one android phone before & was successful. I enjoy putting different roms but when I flash CM6 one his first updates on that then later on couldn't change the rom. The reason cuz I had a low memory I was told on the phone internally. So I am taking no chances with phone.
vamp6x6x6x said:
yEA, i KNOW YOU ARE PROB RIGHT BUT i REALLY WANT FROYO SO MUCH
ps- sorry for caps
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Wait a sec fella. It doesn't work this way.
You cant type in all caps, then ps it "sorry for caps"
You should have stopped it when you saw it happening.
That would be like me raping you and then telling you i was sorry for it.
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Wait a sec fella. It doesn't work this way.
You cant type in all caps, then ps it "sorry for caps"
You should have stopped it when you saw it happening.
That would be like me raping you and then telling you i was sorry for it.
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lol, well, all I have to say for myself is i didnt realize i was doing it til i was done
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Wait a sec fella. It doesn't work this way.
You cant type in all caps, then ps it "sorry for caps"
You should have stopped it when you saw it happening.
That would be like me raping you and then telling you i was sorry for it.
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So are you admitting you like sausage lol
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vamp6x6x6x said:
lol, well, all I have to say for myself is i didnt realize i was doing it til i was done
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So you couldnt just delete what you typed and typed it correctly?
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So you couldnt just delete what you typed and typed it correctly?
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Too much work. Easier to add ps.
I be posting this from my wicked awesome vibrant!
Before Rooting....
1) learn how to use the keyboard
2) find out what Froyo and the consequences of installing a beta are
3) No, if you install Froyo probably you won't be able to get the OTA update when available and, you may not be able to roll down if you want to.
I would stay out of it if i was you
not worthy to just root to flash the leaked Froyo... You only get the 'skin' of Froyo.. there is no JIT and GPS is not working
I would not root, because judging by you, you dont know much about android.
Few devices have froyo,
No devices have gingerbread.
If you think gingerbread, or even froyo is out then chances are you dont know how to use root features.
ps. I am not flaming, k?
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I would not root, because judging by you, you dont know much about android.
Few devices have froyo,
No devices have gingerbread.
If you think gingerbread, or even froyo is out then chances are you dont know how to use root features.
ps. I am not flaming, k?
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I understand what your saying, and believe me I know a lot about android and actually a little bit about rooting but I am super paranoid about bricking my phone for two reasons:
I love my phone.
I had to pay full price for it.
What I don't understand that much is about different roms and whatnot. As for the Gingerbread thing I was kidding, but I was serious about the Froyo thing...but after reading this thread i have decided that if I do ever root with the one click root app it will only me to install simple things like lag fix, adfree, etc. Thank you for your help.
To do it again, I would not root mine. It has been less stable since I rooted it. Crashes to a black screen that says "user fault not kernel panic" and "upload mode". This is using a simple one-click root. So I advise against it.
What you'd find, should a problem occur, is that there is no going back. Folks recommend install this patch and that patch, and deeper down the rabbit hole (further away from stock) you go.
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To do it again, I would not root mine. It has been less stable since I rooted it. Crashes to a black screen that says "user fault not kernel panic" and "upload mode". This is using a simple one-click root. So I advise against it.
What you'd find, should a problem occur, is that there is no going back. Folks recommend install this patch and that patch, and deeper down the rabbit hole (further away from stock) you go.
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Or you can revert to a backup.
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To do it again, I would not root mine. It has been less stable since I rooted it. Crashes to a black screen that says "user fault not kernel panic" and "upload mode". This is using a simple one-click root. So I advise against it.
What you'd find, should a problem occur, is that there is no going back. Folks recommend install this patch and that patch, and deeper down the rabbit hole (further away from stock) you go.
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Simple unroot your phone
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Simple unroot your phone
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you know the one-click root that comes with the one-click lag fix? The unroot part didn't work.
This was my experience hacking on the g1 too... sometimes things worked, sometimes they didn't. When they don't, it's a lousy trip.
I just get sick of messing with it sometimes, and just want it to work.
So I'm right about to get a new phone(and provider), but don't want to just throw my trusty Eris away. I was thinking there should be a rom that has everything but phone radio on it. Does anyone else think this is a good idea for a rom?
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As everyone has pointed out, Cookieman's rom does just this. I haven't viewed the forums from a computer in such a long time, instead relying on my subscriptions in the phone app(and even then, only caring if a new version was out), that I completely missed Cookieman's thread pop up. That covers this base completely. so....I guess ignore this.
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U mean like cookie man's Rom ?
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I haven't actually seen this rom...time to investigate...
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Yea this has been done already.
DINC|CM7|SLAYHER#27
It's called the mp3 rom
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I saw that too, but i wonder if CookieMan is working on a Gingerbread build of the MP3ROM? Considering it seems GB is much better than Froyo on the Eris AND we have a AOSP GB ROM now out. That would be cool!
Hey friend, nobody says you can't make another music rom if your so inclined. I'm sure plenty of people would enjoy that.
DINC|CM7|SLAYHER#27
considered.....
I have considered it, and probably will once i have some time to actually go through the AOSP ROM AND look at Cookie's to get some starting ideas.
Also already running other ideas in my head on what i would keep/trash....
we'll see if i have time next week to start working on it.....
I think the radio should be left intact because I'm sure you'd still want to connect wifi. Just take out the phone and message apks.
DINC|CM7|SLAYHER#27
wholeheartedly agree
wildstang83 said:
I think the radio should be left intact because I'm sure you'd still want to connect wifi. Just take out the phone and message apks.
DINC|CM7|SLAYHER#27
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That i agree, and was my first though regarding an updated ROM). A lot of media related apps use Wifi.
I wonder if there is a way to keep just the 3G/cell signals disabled this way you can still toggle the wifi and bluetooth. 3G/cell would be useless since you can't get a data only package with these phones and the intent would be NOT to use it AS a phone.
Things to think about, Peoples brains to pick...
I suppose all somebody would have to do is open up the radio file, do the modification then rezip and sign it. Modifying a radio is way above me and could be slightly dangerous but I'm sure one of these high speed devs around here could handle it. If we could get a modded radio then the rom build would be gravy.
DINC|CM7|SLAYHER#27
System Recovery to requires you to have a WALL CHARGER being plugged into the computer will not work
www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/Bootstrap_signed.apk
This is a chinese update.zip I would not flash it unless you know chinese but it gives devs a good base and gives us a good start as we dont have to worry about signing the updates now
www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/update_signed.zip
Great news
Its still a lil too advanced for me to use yet, but the ball is rolling fast now. Has there been any word on the potential stable speed of the tegra when overclocked. My incredible was never stable beyond stock.
I did it it, and it was way easier than I thought it was going to be. Not going to bother with the chinese rom though. I haven't heard anyone say it was any better than stock, so why bother.
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Its still a lil too advanced for me to use yet, but the ball is rolling fast now. Has there been any word on the potential stable speed of the tegra when overclocked. My incredible was never stable beyond stock.
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Eh, not rolling tooo fast, its rolling the same its been for the past week, people are just over hyping everything TOO MUCH, and that rom is practically an update.zip but Chinese (from what i gathered i may be wrong)
Im thinking of trying the chinese rom this weekend to see if I can muddle though the settings and change it to english. I dont read or speak, much less write, chinese. If anybody can tell me that this can or cant be done, let me know before I spend to much time on it... Please....
TIA
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Im thinking of trying the chinese rom this weekend to see if I can muddle though the settings and change it to english. I dont read or speak, much less write, chinese. If anybody can tell me that this can or cant be done, let me know before I spend to much time on it... Please....
TIA
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I got curious and decided to start looking at the files in the zip (one-by-one). So far, each file that I have opened is in English. Since the SBF does work, I'm wondering what would it hurt to at least give it a try and if it all comes up in Mandarin, then I can simply clean everything off and go back to how things were before. I'm not a dev, and I don't pretend like I could be one or know what I'm doing. I know how to flash, sbf and most importantly - ask for help when there's something I don't understand. I haven't seen anything (in the files I've viewed so far) that would lead me to believe that this is anything other than a normal ROM that the Chinese just happen to have.
If anyone else has any thoughts on this matter, please share. My curiosity may just be in overdrive and i've been hungering so long for a ROM that this might just be desperation and a case of huberus of the worst magnitude. I welcome all learned comments/suggestions on the matter.
Thanks in advance family.
If you erase data prior to flashing the rom, when you reboot, it will be at the initial android activation screen. It will be in chinese, but you can simply click the icon in the bottom right hand corner and change to english. Only problems I've ran into so far using this method is that the paid is that paid market doesn't seem to work. But with the new market available, you may just be able to install it over top and bring back full functionality.
Once I return home im going to make an all night attempt st conjuring something up based on this rom, I'll post it if I accomplish anything.
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If you erase data prior to flashing the rom, when you reboot, it will be at the initial android activation screen. It will be in chinese, but you can simply click the icon in the bottom right hand corner and change to english. Only problems I've ran into so far using this method is that the paid is that paid market doesn't seem to work. But with the new market available, you may just be able to install it over top and bring back full functionality.
Once I return home im going to make an all night attempt st conjuring something up based on this rom, I'll post it if I accomplish anything.
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Now that is some MAJOR information that I needed to know. Thank you so very much. I will most definitely be trying this tonight when I get home from work. I feel like a kid with a new toy....is that bad? Oh well, can't help myself. Have to tinker. It will be interesting to see what happens during the next step of the test - seeing if it has the same problems as the stock version (rebooting when it wants to, powering itself off while in the charging dock, etc.) We won't even discuss Quadrant speeds or overclocking yet. I think that's the stuff I will leave to you experts. I'm a major novice who is a pseudo adrenaline junkie when it comes to my phone. I'm like Tim Allen wanting it to have "more power, grunt grunt'.
I'll stop being silly now and rather I will thank you again for the heads-up...it is greatly appreciated.
This is exactly the info I was looking for. I am not a dev either. I just know enough to get myself in trouble and then get out of it, most of the time..... I do believe we can just replace the market and if that is so that will be awesome. the next thing we are going to have to figure out is if and how we remove the chinese bloat.
About the issues affecting the stock ROM we have at the moment, from my understanding, the chinese one is basically the same. So the same issues may still exist...
I will attempt this tonight after work and a backup so that I can wipe and sbf to start from scratch...
Its great to see interest and attempts at advancing our current state of affairs, even if the progress is minimal. Progress is PROGRESS people!!!!
TIA
So I just flashed the Chinese ROM.... I did what c21johnson said and switched it to English using the bottom right hand button... After that its pretty much the same as usual, log in, configure VZW and Google access and then you get to the default moto blur crap that came with the phone... Some bloat has been removed, but again as has been stated previously some has been added... Two apps that are in Chinese that cant be uninstalled... Aside from that its all the same... I am restoring back to the backup I did before flashing the Chinese ROM as it is absolutely nothing special.....
Has anyone tried to overclock the chinese room? I heard its the same as original rom, but since its a custom kernal, it might be able to be overclocked.
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Furioustylez said:
Has anyone tried to overclock the chinese room? I heard its the same as original rom, but since its a custom kernal, it might be able to be overclocked.
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Good question
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Does it really have a custom kernel?
If it does then we should be mining Chinese forums to figure out how because someone would have had to sign it with our locked bootloader. I bet its stock.
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Does it really have a custom kernel?
If it does then we should be mining Chinese forums to figure out how because someone would have had to sign it with our locked bootloader. I bet its stock.
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No custom kernel and cannot be overclocked. Still searching into a method to overclock this beast.
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This works great!
I've even recovered from a brick using the SBF and a nandroid recovery from the System Recovery on this. So when are we going to start seeing some ROMs?
Has anyone been successful in using this on a Motorola Milestone X2? I created this thread and skwoodwiva was extremely helpful in trying to help me out but it seems I still can't figure out what I might be doing wrong:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20295079#
Umm, someone needs to explain more about this. It doesn't seem to be anything that isn't already out for us, just it's in Chinese. I see no reason to use this or even have it posted here at all unless you can unlock the bootloader...has anyone tried that yet? I won't hold my breath on this btw.
I fail to see how this is different...our current recovery requires being plugged into a wall, why use this instead?
An oldie but goodie thread This is where our bootstrap came from...
That makes much more sense...I didn't look at the thread date, thanks mastafunk
New way to use this apk
Many thanks to Tenfar for the apk. This is the same but it is not installed form your file manager it is flashed with recovery mode already enabled.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426062
It writes to /preinstall , /system/bin and /data (just as the recovery mode-ON apk does) BUT NOT to /data/data (as the apk relies on). Also charge mode is not available as it needs to be recovery enabled in order to save "you" on a bad rom flash or data data wipe.
Why use it? You may ask:
With this you can now safely do a data wipe and still reboot into cwr by just flashing this as the last step before "reboot system now" it will save you from SBFing if anything keeps you from booting.
System Recovery to requires you to have a WALL CHARGER being plugged into the computer will not work
www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/Bootstrap_signed.apk<--- This Link Is BROKEN Please Fix...
hello, with last night gingerbread leak many of us unrooted users or myself a rooted user who was to lazy to download the rooted verison because the download link was broken. are now stuck with know way of going back. now not everyone cares about beeing stuck but my self and others miss out of the option to root i personaly miss my bamf asop rom that i was falling in love with. from what i gather we are in a holding pattern at the moment i was wondering if any of the great devs over here had attempted or mad any progess in rooting this last leak or if we have found a method to role back to mr2 so we could root that. any insight would be appricated
Didn't alpharev and unrevoked just release a new method that works with the tbolt? I know they released its a beta, but it works on the inc2 with gb
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i dont think that will work for the tbolt
Before saying it won't work on TBolt try it out. Also I believe it does work. I'm not sure if it will work with this new leak but it works on the TBolt from what I've seen.
i do apolgize the post went out before it was finished and because im new to this fourm i have to wait 5mins before making any changes. i would love to try it its worth a shot can someone post me a link and ill report back if it works
this is exactly why i do not install leaked radios or leaked shipped ruu's.
I know it works on the Inc 2 and I'm almost positive that it included the tbolt in the list of devices when your downloading the beta code. It allows you to root the shipped gb on the Inc 2, may work on this version of gb as well.
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just trade your TBolt for an LG Revolution. everyone says that one's the best.
Just go over to the Inc 2 forum here on xda and in general section there should be a thread about rooting gb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219246
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ok i think i can see the light next issue when i download the program and run it the screen just shows for a second and then goes away is there any other way to get the serial number because it does look like this will work
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ok i think i can see the light next issue when i download the program and run it the screen just shows for a second and then goes away is there any other way to get the serial number because it does look like this will work
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The Revolution and AlphaRevX sites appear to be down for the time being, so even if it does work, it won't without being able to obtain a key for the beta release through the website.
Assuming you still have S-off and a recovery, i.e. you didn't flash the RUU, all hope isn't lost. However if you did, I'm glad I'm not you at the moment.
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The Revolution and AlphaRevX sites appear to be down for the time being, so even if it does work, it won't without being able to obtain a key for the beta release through the website.
Assuming you still have S-off and a recovery, i.e. you didn't flash the RUU, all hope isn't lost. However if you did, I'm glad I'm not you at the moment.
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no stupid me did not wait for the download to be fixed flashed the ruu. and am stuck with s on and sense
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ok i think i can see the light next issue when i download the program and run it the screen just shows for a second and then goes away is there any other way to get the serial number because it does look like this will work
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Isn't it under the battery or on the back cover? Or somewhere in settings, about?
Were you able to get a beta key?
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Isn't it under the battery or on the back cover? Or somewhere in settings, about?
Were you able to get a beta key?
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i found the serial number in the about section and it spit out a beta key were do i go from there
rooting on gingerbread is pretty much the same process as before, just subbing out psneuter for fr3vo.
I GOT ROOT WOHO thanks to all xda is a amazing place
This is why I would encourage everyone who is rooted to install that hard patched hboot in the dev forum and this problem wouldn't exist. Also not flashing RUUs carelessly Helps but I digress. The only problem with the patched hboot is getting back to s-on is a bit harder. You have to use fastboot with a special command to flash an s-on hboot. Personally I think everyone who is rooted should learn how to use fastboot and ADB anyway but once again digressing. (prob not a real word LOL)
As far as fixing the issue hopefully the Revolutionary tool will still work on that build just have to check the hboot version. If not, as stated previously replacing psnueter with frEVO in the original downgrade process should work.
Edit: sorry a little late I suppose.
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Glad this all worked out for you Yoda, you sounded pretty peeved over at AC Hope you learned a lesson!
Wow, glad you got it fixed. At least now you'll know to be more patient in the future ;-)
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Hey Guys, I'm new to the ThunderBolt and in desperate need of a stable everyday rom.. I have tried a couple of the ICS roms and im not sure if its the phone or the rom but i get constant reboots and the battery life is terrible.. Can anyone suggest some stable Roms which are good for everyday use.. don't really care either way if its GB or ICS.. I'd rather ICS because its newer but i'll take what i can get Thanks in advance and I look forward to meeting you all around the forum!
-Tyler
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Hey Guys, I'm new to the ThunderBolt and in desperate need of a stable everyday rom.. I have tried a couple of the ICS roms and im not sure if its the phone or the rom but i get constant reboots and the battery life is terrible.. Can anyone suggest some stable Roms which are good for everyday use.. don't really care either way if its GB or ICS.. I'd rather ICS because its newer but i'll take what i can get Thanks in advance and I look forward to meeting you all around the forum!
-Tyler
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For Stability I recommend Skyraider(Sense 2.1/3.0 hybrid) or if you prefer AOSP go with Thundershed.
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For Stability I recommend Skyraider(Sense 2.1/3.0 hybrid) or if you prefer AOSP go with Thundershed.
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Okay great.. are these GB roms or ICS?
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Okay great.. are these GB roms or ICS?
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Sorry for the late reply. These are both Gb. If you want stable, fray from ICS for now. The leak we have has bad battery issues, and people are having hit or miss experiences with AOSP.
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Sorry for the late reply. These are both Gb. If you want stable, fray from ICS for now. The leak we have has bad battery issues, and people are having hit or miss experiences with AOSP.
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awesome thanks a lot i appreciate the responses. I definitely need my battery to last at least 10-12 hours.. i bought a extended 3500 mhz on ebay for cheap so hoping that will do the trick.. no luck on those ICS roms unfortunately.. loved the look and the way they run just not cutting it with 6-8 hours on extended
any suggestions on kernels or just stick with the baked in ones?.. i installed thundershed this morning to give it a shot
I always used tiamats kernel with aosp ROMs running gingerbread. It gets good battery life and is responsive and doesn't mess up music quality.
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any suggestions on kernels or just stick with the baked in ones?.. i installed thundershed this morning to give it a shot
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I have had best performance running Thundershed with Zoom 1.1 kernel and the latest .9 radio. Very stable and great battery life.
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I have had best performance running Thundershed with Zoom 1.1 kernel and the latest .9 radio. Very stable and great battery life.
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thanks so much for the quick responses guys.. could you possibly point me in the direction of these radios? and are they flashable?
my current baseband (i believe this is the radio??) says 2.00.00.0308r, 0.02.00.03212r ... not sure what that means lol
Thanks and sorry for all the questions!
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I always used tiamats kernel with aosp ROMs running gingerbread. It gets good battery life and is responsive and doesn't mess up music quality.
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Can you send me the link to Tiamats kernel?
Tiamat Thunderbolt Kernels
tcrappa2 said:
thanks so much for the quick responses guys.. could you possibly point me in the direction of these radios? and are they flashable?
my current baseband (i believe this is the radio??) says 2.00.00.0308r, 0.02.00.03212r ... not sure what that means lol
Thanks and sorry for all the questions!
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You'll find the latest .9 radio in this thread (found in the Thunderbolt Android Development topic):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048128&page=20
And radios are flashed via the bootloader (when you reboot in recovery you will see an option called "Bootloader". Select that one. It will take you into a pretty crude-looking program that requires the use of the volume up and down toggle to go up and down in the menu and the Power button as the "enter" key. Download the desired radio(s) and save them to the root directory of your phone's SD card. Rename the file pg05img.zip. Note, it has to be exactly that file name, as the Bootloader looks for that file to flash. Choose Bootloader, then hit the Power button. The screen will ask you whether you want to update your radio? Hit the Power button to choose "yes". The screen will tell you to not do anything while its updating your radio. It will take a few minutes, and then when its complete it will prompt you to reboot the phone (by hitting the Power button).
Once the phone has rebooted and you have given it a few minutes to settle in, it is important to either delete the new pg05img.zip file, or at least rename it or move it off the SD root directory (else when you go back into the bootloader you will create a bootloop or other problems.
btw, hopefully you have already changed over to a free app called 4EXT (found on the Play Store) which you should be using for making backups (Nandroids) as well as flashing ROMs and kernels (not radios, as described above). Very user-friendly way of managing your phone flashing (touch screen, very good UI).
If for what ever reason you have any problems flashing the radio, you can always use a micro SD card reader to move, delete, rename, and/or copy new radios onto the SD card root directory. Any place that sells computers will have one for less than $10. Just in case...
Hope this helps and good luck.
Sorry to butt in but I have a question. When I put a new pmg file on the root and boot into revolutionary. It automatically finds the pmg and tells me to press vol up to start the install, or down to not do it. First time I ever tried this I was installing radios for santods nusense. His provided instructions were lacking so I found a sticky here on xda that said how to do it along with a bunch of other things. Those instructions are more like yours, I was very surprised and nervous when the process didn't work as it said and it autodetected that file. So question is...what am I missing?
Edit: sorry let me be more specific. I hold the volume down button when i turn the phone on, up pops he revo screen, up pops a prompt to press vol up to install the new radio. I never have to "choose bootloader", it asks about the radios as soon as revolutionary is on the screen.
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Nomad1600 said:
You'll find the latest .9 radio in this thread (found in the Thunderbolt Android Development topic):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048128&page=20
And radios are flashed via the bootloader (when you reboot in recovery you will see an option called "Bootloader". Select that one. It will take you into a pretty crude-looking program that requires the use of the volume up and down toggle to go up and down in the menu and the Power button as the "enter" key. Download the desired radio(s) and save them to the root directory of your phone's SD card. Rename the file pg05img.zip. Note, it has to be exactly that file name, as the Bootloader looks for that file to flash. Choose Bootloader, then hit the Power button. The screen will ask you whether you want to update your radio? Hit the Power button to choose "yes". The screen will tell you to not do anything while its updating your radio. It will take a few minutes, and then when its complete it will prompt you to reboot the phone (by hitting the Power button).
Once the phone has rebooted and you have given it a few minutes to settle in, it is important to either delete the new pg05img.zip file, or at least rename it or move it off the SD root directory (else when you go back into the bootloader you will create a bootloop or other problems.
btw, hopefully you have already changed over to a free app called 4EXT (found on the Play Store) which you should be using for making backups (Nandroids) as well as flashing ROMs and kernels (not radios, as described above). Very user-friendly way of managing your phone flashing (touch screen, very good UI).
If for what ever reason you have any problems flashing the radio, you can always use a micro SD card reader to move, delete, rename, and/or copy new radios onto the SD card root directory. Any place that sells computers will have one for less than $10. Just in case...
Hope this helps and good luck.
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Awesome response thanks very much for all of that i appreciate it. i do already have the phone rooted and 4 EXT is installed.. i like it a lot!.. much more fun then regular old clockwork recovery lol I did go ahead and install the .9 radio and i definitely see an increase in 4g and all of that so thank you very much!
craigviar said:
Sorry to butt in but I have a question. When I put a new pmg file on the root and boot into revolutionary. It automatically finds the pmg and tells me to press vol up to start the install, or down to not do it. First time I ever tried this I was installing radios for santods nusense. His provided instructions were lacking so I found a sticky here on xda that said how to do it along with a bunch of other things. Those instructions are more like yours, I was very surprised and nervous when the process didn't work as it said and it autodetected that file. So question is...what am I missing?
Edit: sorry let me be more specific. I hold the volume down button when i turn the phone on, up pops he revo screen, up pops a prompt to press vol up to install the new radio. I never have to "choose bootloader", it asks about the radios as soon as revolutionary is on the screen.
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I believe everything you have described is normal. There are two ways to boot into the Recovery bootloader... one is by choosing it from the Reboot menu in the ROM, the other is by holding down the Volume Down button then hitting Power (this way allows you to go right into the Bootloader when you are not able to get into your ROM). Then when you choose Bootloader from the list (it may be selection already highlighted) and pressing Power to select (as directed on the screen) it should automatically see your new radio on the SD card root directory. It will prompt you to confirm you want to update the radio (I think by hitting Volume Up to begin the install).
Hope this helps.
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tcrappa2 said:
Awesome response thanks very much for all of that i appreciate it. i do already have the phone rooted and 4 EXT is installed.. i like it a lot!.. much more fun then regular old clockwork recovery lol I did go ahead and install the .9 radio and i definitely see an increase in 4g and all of that so thank you very much!
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No prob, my pleasure. Folks on this and other bulletin boards have always been very helpful to me, so I am hopeful that I can pay forward the favors. Glad everything is working well with the new radio and enjoy Thundershed.
I'm really leaning to T-shed but what are the biggest differences between Aosp and Sense?
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The UI and the weight of the UI.
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