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Hi all, i just have my second phone, and that's optimus one.
i just have this yesterday. (primary phone is desire)
anyways im having a hard time to choose what rom to apply,
there's a lot of rom,
so can you suggest what rom should i use, stability wise and speed.
GB and CM 7 are not yet polished but i want to tv out feature of GB, is there is 2.2 theme for that?
i believe the best 2.2 rom is the void e, but upon reading the thread, some people got bootloop.
and since im new to this phone, it's 2.2.1, so i need to downgrade,
and i have to ask this, what are the reasons to make this phone brick?
in spica the only thing that will make it brick is when your change bootloader screen and it is too big, then bye bye spica,
for this phone what are the causes of brick?
i hope you can help me out, im new to this phone,
thanks in advance, viva, long love, mabuhay optimus one
cmangalos said:
Hi all, i just have my second phone, and that's optimus one.
i just have this yesterday. (primary phone is desire)
anyways im having a hard time to choose what rom to apply,
there's a lot of rom,
so can you suggest what rom should i use, stability wise and speed.
GB and CM 7 are not yet polished but i want to tv out feature of GB, is there is 2.2 theme for that?
i believe the best 2.2 rom is the void e, but upon reading the thread, some people got bootloop.
and since im new to this phone, it's 2.2.1, so i need to downgrade,
and i have to ask this, what are the reasons to make this phone brick?
in spica the only thing that will make it brick is when your change bootloader screen and it is too big, then bye bye spica,
for this phone what are the causes of brick?
i hope you can help me out, im new to this phone,
thanks in advance, viva, long love, mabuhay optimus one
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u can brick if u do sth wrong (turning off when flashing etc) without a custom recovery.
with custom recovery, you can reflash and stuph. the only step when u flash without recovery is the KDZ, which has the highest risk. beware.
I recommend CM7. its awesome.
cmangalos said:
for this phone what are the causes of brick?
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Read this thread completely. you will get an idea about the various circumstances which can brick your phone
[HOWTO] Phone not responding at all - last chance to repair
Also read the following thread if you are planning to downgrade and root your phone
[HOWTO] Rooting, Installing - Android SDK, Custom Recovery, Custom ROM's
For Optimus One I sugest Void Echo or LOL 1.4 ROM.
i would go with CM7 by mik . it has great battery life now i am on 45% from 48 hrs which is the most important in all roms while cm7 itself says what great in that rom .
just try it just be sure to follow steps properly to avoid any unwanted probs
I think the best is CM7 by Mik.
I like LOL 1.4.2 better than void echo. Void didn't like my phone. The tweaks from francisco seem to work fine. Dalvik cache to ram script seems to work fine too. (pretty sure it's there since it's being rebuilt every boot.)
Those are the only roms I tried though.
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Best ROM would probably be an overclocked and rooted stock rom. Just my opinion
cm7 by mik beta6 ftw
if you want a rock solid go with void echo.i think ciaox is cooking something awesome go to androidworld.it use google translator...seeing the change log its pretty epic.
i have a recovery, so am free from brick?
also is there instance that after boot loop or something, recovery cant be access, via 3 button combo?
CM7 by mik_os, and there is Prime, Megatron, and Void/Devoid, which are froyo roms, but nice nonetheless.
cmangalos said:
i have a recovery, so am free from brick?
also is there instance that after boot loop or something, recovery cant be access, via 3 button combo?
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No mate. Having recovery doesn't mean you are safe from bricks. Mention here what do you wanna do with your phone, we all here will help you at each and every instance ;-)
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Hey all,
Today, I'll be picking up my new P500, after deciding to get a phone before my trip away.
I was considering flashing franco's rom and kernel combo, but seeing as I leave tomorrow, would it be worth the risk? This would be my first attempt at anything like this, and while I know I can get it to work eventually, would the benefits outway the risk of not having a proper functioning phone in time for my trip?
I'd be using my phone for video and music playback, and some pic taking, while keeping me connected to Facebook the whole time, if my priorities make a difference.
if u are good with nerd stuff, do it.
or stay away! u wud end up asking ur friend for a spare phone
with this phone yes absolutely it makes a amazing performance difference with the right ROM and kernels
The answer: YES.
It's pretty easy, root with gingerbreak, install a recovery, make a nandroid and that's it! Now jflash a nice rom/kernel combo and you will benefit of a much better battery life and performance overall. Enjoy!
Btw, welcome to the party here
sure the feeling of constant crashes and a bricked phone (that used to work perfectly on stock) is awesome.
I suggest this:
use your stock phone for a little while, get used to it, and then flash a custom rom and see the differences; you won't want to go back again
22VIN said:
I suggest this:
use your stock phone for a little while, get used to it, and then flash a custom rom and see the differences; you won't want to go back again
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Yeah, it's the better thing IMHO... I used the stock ROM for about two weeks, then i tried to flash some custom kernels and then i flashed a new rom...
onlymeipse said:
Yeah, it's the better thing IMHO... I used the stock ROM for about two weeks, then i tried to flash some custom kernels and then i flashed a new rom...
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+ 1. You will find the diff only after you use the stock, other-wise you may not like it.
nikhil4186 said:
sure the feeling of constant crashes and a bricked phone (that used to work perfectly on stock) is awesome.
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I've never had a single crash on my O1 since at least 3 months. You must be getting something (or everything) wrong.
Vip_blast said:
I've never had a single crash on my O1 since at least 3 months. You must be getting something (or everything) wrong.
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Well that depends on how many beta things you try
Go, no problem at all, it's easy. You can try what you want and you can always come back.
It's good to install a custom ROM and Kernel, I use [ROM] devoid. #froyo-final & franco kernel. Very fast, smooth .
If you just get the phone new, I will recommend your stay with the original firmware. That way you dont have to worry about it during your trip, and you will have something to reference to when you try the custom ROM/kernel later.
Okay, here's my personal opinion. Having bought my Optimus T (P509) brand new in November the week it came out, I had no option but to keep the original firmware for a while. It's not that bad. It's very stable, and it honestly isn't that slow. I was only getting about 460 on my quadrant, and I was disappointed, but quadrant has come to mean nothing. Despite my consistent 1000+ quadrant scores on other ROM's, I was disappointed with the appearance. Appearance has come to mean almost everything to me now. This all being said, I would advise keeping the stock for a while and messing with ADW Launcher (found in the market for free) and some of it's themes. Although it's totally worth the minimal risk of bricking, as has been previously stated, you'll fully appreciate custom ROM's more if you keep the original ROM for a time.
Go Launcher Ex will give you a great overhaul as well on stock ROM.
now day it is very easy to:
1. root Use GingerBreak, just click and click reboot, all done.
2. Install recovery, For 1st recovery u can use ungaze zip and terminal emulator with very short command for Amonra, or use Rom manager to install CwM.
3. Flashing Custom Rom, just go to recovery Wipe all and then Flash it.
its just take 1-2 hour to finish that... very different with me when i install Custom Recovery on Last Feb... you must use ADB.
cupliz said:
now day it is very easy to:
1. root Use GingerBreak, just click and click reboot, all done.
2. Install recovery, For 1st recovery u can use ungaze zip and terminal emulator with very short command for Amonra, or use Rom manager to install CwM.
3. Flashing Custom Rom, just go to recovery Wipe all and then Flash it.
its just take 1-2 hour to finish that... very different with me when i install Custom Recovery on Last Feb... you must use ADB.
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Well yes it is, but the main idea is that he won't understand the pros and cons of a custom rom if he doesn't get to really know his stock phone.
For example when I bought my phone I couldn't find a reason to mod it. I was coming from Symbian & WinMo and I was perfectly happy with the phone the way it was; only after I got bored with it and got tired with it being rather slow I decided to mod it and I could perfectly see and understand all the differences.
Why am I telling this? Because he's asking if he should risk moding it. The answer is no, you shouldn't risk this if you're happy with it the way it is now and if you can't tell all the differences and improvements.
Grow some balls and do it ours worth out trust new lol
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22VIN said:
Well that depends on how many beta things you try
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And how about I have tried almost all of them? I'm even testing Ciaox's ThunderSense Rom. We're not talking about testing here, he isn't here to be a beta tester. He can just use stable roms like devoid.final and enjoy his phone.
And yes I do agree, he should use his phone for some time before rooting to really feel the benefits of customs, unless he already had an android phone before.
Hey folks,
I just bought the white international SGS II and i'm loving it!
I previously had an Infuse 4g, so I am pretty experienced with flashing/backing up/ restoring...but I have questions/concerns regarding the I9100.
I am about to try out the CM9 Unstable, so I backed my current stock ROM up using CWM Manager 3.0 (I am on CF-Root 5.0) onto my Internal SD, as I do not have an external SD card.
Now, I have had bad experiences with CM7 with Infuse and ended up not being able to restore due to many problems like MD5 mismatch, different CWM version, and problems while restoring ( I think it said something like devblock??)
So I'm pretty worried about not being able to restore back to the backup i just made.
So correct me if I'm wrong folks,
1) Go into CWM, flash CM9(once? twice?), Gapps, Faceunlock,
2) Data wipe/factory reset
3) Reboot
and should I choose to restore back to the stock Rom backup,
just go into CM9's recovery and restore..?
will this method give me problems restoring? will I have different versions of CWM recovery from the one I have currently? Is there any way to check if my back up was made properly?
Thanks a lot folks! Appreciate it!
Edit: "Make sure you're already running ICS bootloader (if not, go to SamMobiles and flash XXKP2 bootloader)". Is this necessary? Cus I have seen some folks say that they've not and was fine installing CM9.
First the procedure:
1. Wipe
2. Install CyanogenMod 9
3. Reboot
4. Install CyanogenMod again
5. Install gapps and face-unlock
Worked for me every time.
Your backups should work unless there were errors while creating them.
If you want some more safety, you can create a new backup after flashing the Siyah-kernel. The latest version uses the same version of ClockWorkMod as CyanogenMod 9.
Whether you need to flash the bootloader or not, depends on whether you already have it or not. I'm running galnet-MIUI and already had the bootloader installed. I don't know how to tell if you have it.
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Ok...
I did further research and found out that Nandroid backup backs up everything EXCEPT the kernel.
I'm pretty sure that CM has its own kernel...but will it be CWM 5.0.2.7(the one i made backup in.)?
If it's not, the correct steps for me to restore my nandroid back up is to
1)boot into download mode from CM9,
2) put the cf-root kernel that i used in the ODIN PDA, flash,
3) turn off phone, reboot into CWM, then restore my nandroid back up right??
Can anyone please confirm this method??
I only have this phone and I cannot risk soft-bricking or hard-bricking this beautiful device.
Thanks in advance!
Also, i made a back up in blue recovery of CWM 5.0.2.7..does that matter?
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First the procedure:
1. Wipe
2. Install CyanogenMod 9
3. Reboot
4. Install CyanogenMod again
5. Install gapps and face-unlock
Worked for me every time.
Your backups should work unless there were errors while creating them.
If you want some more safety, you can create a new backup after flashing the Siyah-kernel. The latest version uses the same version of ClockWorkMod as CyanogenMod 9.
Whether you need to flash the bootloader or not, depends on whether you already have it or not. I'm running galnet-MIUI and already had the bootloader installed. I don't know how to tell if you have it.
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thanks for the reply,
so I must have the ICS bootloaders in order for CM9 to work?
ooo siyah kernel method... that makes it easier! haha thanks so much!
I will proceed to do that!
btw, how is CM9 working for you?
do you think you'll be able to use it as a daily driver now that NITZ is gone??
1. Afaik cwm backs the kernel up and restores it too. (afaik = 99.9% sure, in this case)
2. CyanogenMod ships with its own kernel.
3. The kernel is not cwm. ClockWorkMod is just the recovery that is integrated into the kernel. CyanogenMod 9 has cwm-recovery 5.5 (Siyah too btw)
4. You don't need to use download-mode to restore.
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You must have ICS-bootleggers. He did not say that for fun xD.
Is it suitable as daily driver for me?
Nope.avi
Why?
Accelerometer is unresponsive, so it takes forever to flip your screen.
Battery drainage is horrible.
Camera isn't working properly.
And the biggest no-go for me:
The device gets way to hot when using it.
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TheSniperFan said:
You must have ICS-bootleggers. He did not say that for fun xD.
Is it suitable as daily driver for me?
Nope.avi
Why?
Accelerometer is unresponsive, so it takes forever to flip your screen.
Battery drainage is horrible.
Camera isn't working properly.
And the biggest no-go for me:
The device gets way to hot when using it.
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alright,
thanks for the information!
I'll flash the Siyah kernel
Btw,
Flashing CM9 Zip does not flash the ICS bootloader right?
so then if I want to restore to my GB 2.3.5, would I need to flash GB bootloaders before restoring via Odin??
If the zip would flash the loaders, he wouldn't have mentioned it.
They're backwards-compatible.
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If you need to make a post in the Q&A forums about flashing CM9, then you are definitely not the sort of person who should be flashing it. It is in very much a beta stage and there is a very high possibility it will **** your phone up even if you have done nothing wrong. If that happens you need to be the sort of person with enough experience to solve the problem by themselves. If you are asking questions before you've even flashed it then really, it's not for you. Use CM7, at the moment it's better than CM9 in every single way.
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If you need to make a post in the Q&A forums about flashing CM9, then you are definitely not the sort of person who should be flashing it. It is in very much a beta stage and there is a very high possibility it will **** your phone up even if you have done nothing wrong. If that happens you need to be the sort of person with enough experience to solve the problem by themselves. If you are asking questions before you've even flashed it then really, it's not for you. Use CM7, at the moment it's better than CM9 in every single way.
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It's not thaaaaaaaaat bad. I mean, he won't be able to brick the device through cwm.
If he doesn't ask, he will never learn and it's always better to ask twice than to break something.
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Thank you sniper =) really appreciate the support.
Ive been flashing and restoring before with my infuse 4g. Just sometimes ran into problems with restoring with diff CWM versions and stuff. This phone is very precious(expensive) so i thought i would learn it for sure before i attempted anything.. thanks anyways for sharing your opinion!
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TheSniperFan said:
It's not thaaaaaaaaat bad. I mean, he won't be able to brick the device through cwm.
If he doesn't ask, he will never learn and it's always better to ask twice than to break something.
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I couldnt agree more... i think people here on XDA need to stop trying to be all hot **** saying Oh you asked a question your a noob... in reality most ppl here want to ask the same question but dont because afraid of getting *****ed out... and when someone else asks... try to be badass and put the person down...
Iv used a Galaxy S and a Moto Atrix and now a S2... flashed the life out of each phone along with all kinds of stuff and mods... yet i would have wanted to ask these same questions before flashing hence googled and found this thread... So thanks to those that replied as well... i was about to flash ics till i read this and guess imma hold back now even more...
But again i think people here need to calm the hell down... a person asks a question in the thread and you call them a 'noob' and what not... a person asks a question in the Q&A section and again you tell them off... stop being such anal retentive trolls...
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I couldnt agree more... i think people here on XDA need to stop trying to be all hot **** saying Oh you asked a question your a noob... in reality most ppl here want to ask the same question but dont because afraid of getting *****ed out... and when someone else asks... try to be badass and put the person down...
Iv used a Galaxy S and a Moto Atrix and now a S2... flashed the life out of each phone along with all kinds of stuff and mods... yet i would have wanted to ask these same questions before flashing hence googled and found this thread... So thanks to those that replied as well... i was about to flash ics till i read this and guess imma hold back now even more...
But again i think people here need to calm the hell down... a person asks a question in the thread and you call them a 'noob' and what not... a person asks a question in the Q&A section and again you tell them off... stop being such anal retentive trolls...
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Most people should not flame some one as long as they show they have at least tried to look for an answer first. Yes we were all new at one time but we all learned.
Like you said you Googled and found your answer. Not that hard.
Think it's bad now. Should have seen it a few years ago. Lol clutter up the threads with questions that the answers were found with a search. You got warned. Do it twice and you went on vacation for a few days to learn how to search. So the next time you think people are being too hard. Remember it is not as hlbad as it was.
When I search for the answer, I ended up here.
are these considered ICS bootloaders? If not, when would you flash them, because they are completely unmentioned in any of the instructions or FAQs
CWM flashable Modems:
XXKP8 Modem: http://www.multiupload.com/64J2P1MZL6
XXKP4 Modem: http://www.multiupload.com/NYUYFOT1ST
I have TWRP 2.0 on my Evo 3D. I'm new to rooting and have yet to use CWM recovery. Can anyone explain what is the difference and why it would be better to use one over the other. I do really like the touch interface of TWRP. Thanks.
At this point it's more of personal preference than features.
I'm also on TWRP 2.0 and if it ain't broke, I'm not fixin' it.
What freeza said. I personally, had issues with TWRP2 & went back to TWRP 1. CWM works well too but not the touch version from what i hear (havent tried it yet)
freeza said:
At this point it's more of personal preference than features.
I'm also on TWRP 2.0 and if it ain't broke, I'm not fixin' it.
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Thanks. I haven't had any problems with TWRP at all so maybe I'll stick with it. Just didn't know if there were features in CWM that I was missing.
as long as it wipes & flashes everything right, i'd stick with what you got.
TWRP all the way. No issues so far.
I like twrp so far had both and twrp is real nice imo.
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freeza said:
At this point it's more of personal preference than features.
I'm also on TWRP 2.0 and if it ain't broke, I'm not fixin' it.
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this is pretty much how i am.
and i have never had a problem with either one so i can't really say. i was on CWM when i first rooted back in july, switched to the updated TWRP (not touch) and only did it because it had features that i thought would make using recovery a little more convenient like flashing multiple zips at once, etc, and because scott was nice enough to zip it up for us to flash through boot loader. quick and painless for us 1.4 users.
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I'm Hboot 1.5 and liked the CWM touch and the fact that its integrated into Rom Manager, but I also like the TWRP and the ability to pick as many zips as I want before flashing. Add FlashImageGUI.apk to either of these and I no longer care about s-off. My vote is for TWRP
I like twrp 2.0 because its touch screen controlled and it does everything faster.
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aFoodStampBaby said:
I like twrp 2.0 because its touch screen controlled and it does everything faster.
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thats for sure!! last time i tryed cwm i thought something was wrong when i was flashing stuff because it took sooo long.. twrp is much faster i think..
does twrp have the charging bug ?
I think it is not a matter of which is best, but some devs install scripts will not work for CMW touch or TWRP 2+. I use TWRP 1.1.1 but recommend asking the dev what he uses.
i just tryed twrp 1.1.1 and every time i try and flash a kernel it wont let me??? thats why i always come back to twrp 2.0..
Okay so I have a Samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100. I have rooted the phone and I thought to have installed cwm (which came with the root)
but I still boot into stock recovery (even though Rom manager tell me I have cwm 5.x.x installed or something along those lines).
I know now that the kernel resets to stock recovery. So i am running 4.1.2 and my build number (found in 'about phone') is JZO54K.I9100XWLSW.
I have downloaded 'philZ-cwm6-XWLSW-XEU-5.06.1.zip' from his XDA thread, and was wondering is this the right one for me. And since I am already rooted and all that I was also wondering if installing this will clash with my root and mess up everything- thanks in advance, I really appreciate the help.
You got the right one and are good to go.It won't "mess" anything,you'll basically get a stock kernel+cwm+root in a single flash.Good for starters if I may.
This is the exact method I used to root, and now I'm happily running my (probably) 30th different custom rom.......
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Don't use ROM Manager on S2. Ever. It's a sure way to screw things up. For some reason it seems to end up corrupting recovery on S2.
Why are n00bs so attracted to Rom Manager ? It's **** on any device. Only lazy people use it on the devices it actually works properly on.
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Why are n00bs so attracted to Rom Manager ? It's **** on any device. Only lazy people use it on the devices it actually works properly on.
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Your not very nice, to be fair how am I supposed to know that it breaks the recovery. Everyone has to start somewhere
LiamFlannery said:
Your not very nice
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There was nothing 'not nice' about what I said. Rom Manager is a POS. Lazy people use it. You weren't specifically mentioned in my post, you were lumped in with all the other n00bs. There's nothing special about you in that regard.
See ? That last sentence was somewhat 'not nice' *adds you to my ignore list*
okay thanks everyone for the helpful replies, also I was just wondering whats the difference between XWLSW-OXX and the one I am going to use which is XWLSW-XEU? just out of curiosity -thanks
LiamFlannery said:
okay thanks everyone for the helpful replies, also I was just wondering whats the difference between XWLSW-OXX and the one I am going to use which is XWLSW-XEU? just out of curiosity -thanks
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Philz's kernel OP has answers to all your questions.
We should all do this on playstore.