link2sd, need more speed. help! - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

so ive been having problems with my x10 running very slow. im rooted with stock 2.1 update 1 rom. i run adw launcher with 2 widgets in the background. weather and google search. i have (in my opinion) quite a few apps and it got to the point where i my internal phone storage was low (approx 30mb free) i ran quadrant benchmark and got a consistent 450. so i did the easiest thing i could think of, bought a 32GB patriot class 10 mSDHC and partitioned it. i installed link2sd and moved all my user apps over and i have 307MB free on the internal memory. the phone is significantly faster now but it still only gets 520-530 on quadrant. is there anything else i can do besides loading/testing some of these custom roms that still have bugs? when i see a problem free 2.2/2.3 rom come out for the x10 then ill make the move but i need to find another route to up the phones speed for the moment.

there isn't much you can do with stock ROM but i would suggest to enable JIT it will improve your phone's CPU speed considerably.
but if you really want speed i would recommend this custom ROM, it is simply awesome and it doesn't have more bugs than the stock rom has, you can make a backup of your actual ROM in xrecovery, install this custom ROM, test it, and if you don't like it you can always restore your previous ROM

this is what you do he is uploading his latest, if its not stable message me and i can send over what you need over aim http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1105662 thats the thread, http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...ers&txt=http://www.multiupload.com/7H4JT35B6G heres flash tool what you do is install flashtool on pc go into phone settings turn on application debugging then put his rom on youre sd card root phone with it attached to pc when it reboots its now rooted request root permissions select allow on phone in flashtool select ask root permissions in flashtool then select install xerecovery when it says done go to advanced tab in flashtools select reboot recovery phone will reboot to menu select factory reset thenselect wipe cache and davelik cach then select install rom from sd card, then post questons in that topic its what im running my quadrant is 980 its 2.1 still so camera and video work same as they did stock

CescVicious said:
there isn't much you can do with stock ROM but i would suggest to enable JIT it will improve your phone's CPU speed considerably.
but if you really want speed i would recommend this custom ROM, it is simply awesome and it doesn't have more bugs than the stock rom has, you can make a backup of your actual ROM in xrecovery, install this custom ROM, test it, and if you don't like it you can always restore your previous ROM
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thanks guys, i love this forum. i would have never known about the JIT enabler. i went from 490 in quadrant to 801. MUCH faster, i can deal with that until some awesome 2.2/2.3 ROM comes out and i feel brave enough to jump.

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[Q] noob looking for a little help. Just bought a vibrant, I think its rooted. Can i

flash a different rom on it or do I have to do anything to the current settings. I'm a total noob, its my first android phone.
In settings>about phone>
firmware version = 2.2
kernal version = 2.6.32.9
build number = nero v4.1 twiz edition by Team whiskey
(does build number indicate the current rom?)
I read around this forum and it said that you should ask if you're not compeletely sure about something (or else it could brick!?). So do I just follow the rom flash guide and everything should be ok or do I have to change any settings or permissions of the current rom to make it work?
Also does flashing a rom delete all the apps and their associated cache/settings/etc? Anything I can use to back this stuff up so if I plan to go to a different rom, everything can come with me without any problems? (I guess it would take pretty long to download/install everything and synchronize the settings every time I flash a new rom).
Thanks in advance.
Yes build number indicates rom
Most roms wipe your phone
Download titanium backup from the market to backup apps but don't use it to restore system apps
Before you do anything, please check both guides in my signature. It will help you a lot.
This is what I would do (after you read). These steps basically are giving you a new phone.
Titanium Backup and nadroid backup
move all files (internal/external to pc) (not needed, but can't hurt)
format both internal and external cards (not needed, but may help)
download new rom, move to sdcard/
reboot into CWR
factory wipe, wipe data, wipe dalvik
flash new rom
wipe data/dalvik (not a factory wipe)
reboot... wait 10 minutes (dont touch the phone)
reboot
restore apps with Titanium Backup
reboot
enjoy
As far as roms go, I love Trigger 2.7.1. It's pretty amazing. There are newer 2.2.1 roms out, but they are not perfect yet, great roms, but not like Trigger yet.
s15274n said:
Before you do anything, please check both guides in my signature. It will help you a lot.
This is what I would do (after you read). These steps basically are giving you a new phone.
Titanium Backup and nadroid backup
move all files (internal/external to pc) (not needed, but can't hurt)
format both internal and external cards (not needed, but may help)
download new rom, move to sdcard/
reboot into CWR
factory wipe, wipe data, wipe dalvik
flash new rom
wipe data/dalvik (not a factory wipe)
reboot... wait 10 minutes (dont touch the phone)
reboot
restore apps with Titanium Backup
reboot
enjoy
As far as roms go, I love Trigger 2.7.1. It's pretty amazing. There are newer 2.2.1 roms out, but they are not perfect yet, great roms, but not like Trigger yet.
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+1 great advice here and also a fellow trigger user. Only thing I would add is to use the overstock version... love it myself.!
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Thanks guys, I will follow those steps and install trigger. Btw, don't know a lot of the xda terminology yet, what does overstock mean and what are the differences compared to the normal non overstock? Thanks.
btw "download new rom, move to sdcard/" means the internal storage right, not my external microsd card?
as to the overstock its just a specific version of the trigger 2.7.1 rom. You will find the link in the trigger post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921453
look for this section
Code:
Download
>>>>>>Download Trigger 2.7.1<<<<<<
Like the rom? Hit Thanks or Donate!
Check Sums - Trigger 2.7.1
MD5: 2D5E180456E0FEDABB7D4DAE7CCD52EE
SHA-1: 2DF446330B998C7FAB777A2231A20C32DA108BA1
>>>>>>Download Trigger 2.7.0 => 2.7.1 Upgrade<<<<<<
[B]
>>>>>>Download Trigger 2.7.1 w/OverStock Kernel<<<<<<[/B]
I will refrain from answering your other question as I am still in the learning process myself and dont want to mislead you.
^ it is a kernel in the development section. It is essentially a stock kernel (not overclocked) so its very stable... the benefit is that it converts the file system to EXT4 (Trigger already does this) and that is a LOT faster.
It also has Voodoo Color (put your brightness at full and be in awww of your screen).
It also has Voodoo Sound (AMAZING quality from your headphones... requires the app from the market, free).
It also has BLN.... since our phone doesnt have LED for notifications, you can use this app to know when you have a notification, it lights up the buttons (ie, home, menu, etc). Also a free app, and a paid version with more features.
SO.... yeah, essentially a stock kernel with a LOT of very cool features. It is also what I run with Trigger.
edit, forgot, it also has a ram hack to free up more ram....
ok cool i'll go with the overstock then. So when I plug in the phone and enable the usb storage, on my computer it shows two drives. One is my external microsd card and one is the phones drive. I have to put the rom on the root of the phone's drive right?
Correct, that would be scard/ if you were using a file system on your phone to move the file. But yes, move to internal root folder.
edit, please read the guides!
s15274n said:
edit, please read the guides!
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cant stress that enough. I did exactly that, followed his guides and even though I messed up it was well after I was finished and it answered all of my questions and saved me a lot of hassle.
I got everything to work. Thanks again for the help guys, I really appreciate it.
Nice. Well, that didn't take long. Enjoy.
s15274n said:
Nice. Well, that didn't take long. Enjoy.
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And welcome to the Trigger club... Hope you enjoy your stay.
thanks again guys. So I'm on my second day with this trigger rom and I've encountered some bugs, but I can't post in the developer section until i get 10 posts
1) I can't save images from the browser or download
2) The gallery loads insanely fast, but I have an image that is very high res yet when I zoom in to that image it still looks pixelated and not the same quality as when I viewed it in my previous rom. Its the same picture so that hasn't changed, I don't know why its not giving a high res view when zooming in.

Ah got ROOT !! now what?

ok I successfully rooted an optimus V phone with superoneclick and adb shell. And how nice was it to see "Running a SU test.......Success !" so of course I went ahead and downloaded superuser and titanium backup as per the tutorial I used. everything checks out. so what's next??? getting Root without doing something nifty is pretty worthless. so... I think I am going to go with an optimized stock rom as suggested to limit headaches for now.
Some tutorials suggest backing things up. Some talk again activating the storage feature and start adding rom's to the sd card. etc... all I know that titanium backup doesn't care much for the stock rom as it is. By the way do I need to worry about changing the kernel?
I am planning on going with Harmonia for this optimus V, if that helps, for a rom.
Always open to advice on what you'd recommend and why. thanks folks !!
locovagra said:
ok I successfully rooted an optimus V phone with superoneclick and adb shell. And how nice was it to see "Running a SU test.......Success !" so of course I went ahead and downloaded superuser and titanium backup as per the tutorial I used. everything checks out. so what's next??? getting Root without doing something nifty is pretty worthless. so... I think I am going to go with an optimized stock rom as suggested to limit headaches for now.
Some tutorials suggest backing things up. Some talk again activating the storage feature and start adding rom's to the sd card. etc... all I know that titanium backup doesn't care much for the stock rom as it is. By the way do I need to worry about changing the kernel?
I am planning on going with Harmonia for this optimus V, if that helps, for a rom.
Always open to advice on what you'd recommend and why. thanks folks !!
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Wait...you rooted without knowing what you were planning to do after you rooted?
First, you'll want to boot into recovery and do a nandroid backup (just in case you ever needed to go back to stock for warranty reasons). Then pick a ROM. My ROM of choice is is [ROM][WIP][ALPHA] aospCMod | AOSP 2.3.3 / CM7 (Gingerbread). Download the gapps file and put on root of SD card. For this ROM, go to Twitter and search aospluniX. WARNING...make sure you download the OV files, NOT the HC files. Once the 2 OV files are downloaded put on root of SD card. Boot into recovery mode, wipe data/cache, wipe Dalvik cache. At main menu, go to Flash .zip from SD card. Flash the OV ROM file. When that finishes flash the gapps file. Reboot, then behold the glory that is AOSP!
EDIT: almost forgot, flashing a kernel is up to you. Just place on root of SD card and flash. You can do this at any time. AOSP's ROM has a built in kernel, which is my preference. Seems to run really smooth and fast for me.

[Q] NOOB question on overclock and custom rom?

Hi guys i've customised sony ericssons before but i am a total noob when it comes to this. Can somebody help me I am running on 2.3.3 on my new galaxy ace phone. As far as I know its not rooted I bought it from the shop, I want to overclock from 800Mhz to the possible 921Mhz, and I would like some better visuals. Can somebody help me choose a good rom and give me a quick guide on how I will install it without cocking my phone up ?
Many thanks,
Rob
robh93 said:
Hi guys i've customised sony ericssons before but i am a total noob when it comes to this. Can somebody help me I am running on 2.3.3 on my new galaxy ace phone. As far as I know its not rooted I bought it from the shop, I want to overclock from 800Mhz to the possible 921Mhz, and I would like some better visuals. Can somebody help me choose a good rom and give me a quick guide on how I will install it without cocking my phone up ?
Many thanks,
Rob
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I'm sure you are aware of this, but overclocking is a big no-no. Overclocking should only be done if you want to push your device to the absolute physical limit, not to improve performance. A lot of people (including me) reported random reboots and shutdowns and touchscreen malfunctions, even when using a 804MHz clock speed.
If you want performance, the safest way to go would be applying (and flashing) tweaks. I use GadgetCheck's V8.5 Turboboost along with Slaid's FastMOD. It's cool and the change is quite noticeable.
Okay, enough of the OC rant.
Firstly, you need to install a custom recovery. For the Ace, we have ClockworkMod's Recovery, available in two versions: 4.0.0.9 (official support) and 5.x.x.x (non official, but it works just as well).
Secondly, BACKUP your device with CWM Recovery, just in case anything unfortunate happens. If something ****ty does happen (and trust me, it WILL happen), you can just restore your backup you made earlier.
Now, you just need to choose your preferred ROM. Here some of the most used ROMs:
1. Custom stock ROMs.
They are mostly stock ROMs with a lot of visual and perfomance tweaks. It won't outperform CM-based ROMs, but battery life is [relatively] excellent.
2. CM7 ports
Currently, we have 3 (or 4 was it?) CM7 ports. The original port of CM7 was compiled by Behrad (he's not developing for Ace anymore, unfortunately) and is quite old. Another one by Grif_07. Those two are based on CyanogenMod 7.1 and are quite awesome and stable. Then there's a newer one by Axel based off CyanogenMod 7.2. Seriously, I don't notice much difference, except for a slight improvement of performance.
CM7 ports and ROMs are also famous for their miserable battery life (on the Ace, anyway. I don't know on any other devices).
3. Ice Cream Sunday Final Based on Axel's CM7.2 port
This ROM is renown for it's absolute blazing speed and lightness. I can't even comprehend how Jusada managed that. Even without flashing tweaks, it's still lightning fast.
But performance requires sacrifice, and ICSunday Final is no exception. Although it has some fancy transition animations, it's barebones, meaning that non-important apps are removed. These include the default File Manager, DSP Manager and the Spare Parts utility for Android.
4. GingerCruzt 2.3 Based on Axel's CM7.2 port
This is quite a semi-antithesis of ICSunday. It's not as fast, but it's really, very, extremely beautiful. Apart from that, it has some Sony Ericsson features such as the Bravia engine and xLoud. It's also not barebones, so most of the default apps are still there. Developed by nims11.
5. Infinity ROM Based on Axel's CM7.2 port
A newcomer (released, like, three days ago). If you thought GC2.3 was beatiful, wait till you see this one. Developed by the same developer, it's ungodly gorgeous and I love it half to death. Unfortunately, the reason I'm not using it right now is because it's too transparent. Not 70% or 75% transparency, but full blown 100% transparent, which causes some text difficult to see.
Okay, I may or may not update this post with links, but hopefully I will.
robh93 said:
Hi guys i've customised sony ericssons before but i am a total noob when it comes to this. Can somebody help me I am running on 2.3.3 on my new galaxy ace phone. As far as I know its not rooted I bought it from the shop, I want to overclock from 800Mhz to the possible 921Mhz, and I would like some better visuals. Can somebody help me choose a good rom and give me a quick guide on how I will install it without cocking my phone up ?
Many thanks,
Rob
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See my sig and then decide if you really want to overclock
Do NOT overclock. I repeat, do not overclock
Not stable on 921mhz.
Everyone cool down.dude in ma opinion try ics final which has Oc kernel from beginning .but if u want to try another rom which don't have oc kernel flash ketut kumajyas Kernel patch. Remember oc kernel will only work on cm7 based roms. To change frequency go to cyanogen settings > performance than first try frequency of 844 as min and max both. never ever check the box restore settings on boot. Now on each frequency do tests like playing games to see your phone is stable or not. When you got the frequency on which your phone is stable check the box restore cpu settings. Now you have perfect oc
If I helped u in any means hit the thanks button..........
xdaboy122 said:
Remember oc kernel will only work on cm7 based roms.
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you know what..oc is on stock too latest cf-root gives stable oc on 902MHz as reported
madman_amit said:
you know what..oc is on stock too latest cf-root gives stable oc on 902MHz as reported
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It depends on the device. My phone can handle overclocking up to 840MHz or so, while my mother's phone (also SGA) can't even handle an OC kernel, even though it's not OC-ed.
This post was sent from hell.
adeklipse said:
It depends on the device. My phone can handle overclocking up to 840MHz or so, while my mother's phone (also SGA) can't even handle an OC kernel, even though it's not OC-ed.
This post was sent from hell.
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well i am talking about new kernels released last week
previous version were unstable at high oc
madman_amit said:
well i am talking about new kernels released last week
previous version were unstable at high oc
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Yep, I tried the new kernels. It's still causing problems on my device.
adeklipse said:
Yep, I tried the new kernels. It's still causing problems on my device.
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902 used to give me problems......now I have none !
And I get no reboots when playing GTA
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
I havent oced much...You know the reason..but once,i tried..and i could get it to go past 864mhz for a full day without,just saying coz manyof you guyz are having trouble getting past 864
hey thanks for the replys!
I have managed to install Clockworksmod recovery 5 and I have backed up and saved the backup file to desktop.
I want to install ICS Final and in the instructions it tells me to:
You need cwm5 installed, then wipe system, partition and davick. . . .then go to mounts and wipe data, system and cashe.
then install zip
after install, go through set up then set oc if you use and any other settings then reboot.
I can find the option for wipe data/factory reset
is partion on advanced, partion sd card? and my sd card is 2gb do i click 2048 mb?
then wipe dalvik cache?
Then is it format /data , /system /cache?
Then do i install the ICS zip from my sd threw clockworkmods recovery?
Thanks!
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is partion on advanced, partion sd card? and my sd card is 2gb do i click 2048 mb
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No wipe partion means wipe cache partion this option is in main menu not creating new partion in advanced menu.
Rest is OK have a nice flash...
If I helped you In any means hit thanks button.....
robh93 said:
hey thanks for the replys!
I have managed to install Clockworksmod recovery 5 and I have backed up and saved the backup file to desktop.
I want to install ICS Final and in the instructions it tells me to:
You need cwm5 installed, then wipe system, partition and davick. . . .then go to mounts and wipe data, system and cashe.
then install zip
after install, go through set up then set oc if you use and any other settings then reboot.
I can find the option for wipe data/factory reset
is partion on advanced, partion sd card? and my sd card is 2gb do i click 2048 mb?
then wipe dalvik cache?
Then is it format /data , /system /cache?
Then do i install the ICS zip from my sd threw clockworkmods recovery?
Thanks!
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Are you trying to partition your SD card through CWM? If so, don't click on 2048, but on how big you want your ext partition to be. If you don't know what ext partitions are, you better just skip that part.
Yes, flash ICSFinal through the "install zip from sd card" option.
hey guys i really appreciate the replys but i have managed to brick my phone, i think lol. I backed up with clockworksmod recovery and flashed ICS final and all went well but I prefer the stock rom. I tryed to recover and when I did i just get stuck at the samsung gt etc... screen. So I have just flashed again to ICS and it seems I am stuck on this now.
My sd is stuck into the phone aswell so I cant attempt to take it out, anybody have any ideas what is wrong? Thanks
robh93 said:
hey guys i really appreciate the replys but i have managed to brick my phone, i think lol. I backed up with clockworksmod recovery and flashed ICS final and all went well but I prefer the stock rom. I tryed to recover and when I did i just get stuck at the samsung gt etc... screen. So I have just flashed again to ICS and it seems I am stuck on this now.
My sd is stuck into the phone aswell so I cant attempt to take it out, anybody have any ideas what is wrong? Thanks
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Wohoooo it is time for Odin flash.
OK solution-simple you can't use that backup. Go to sammobile website from there you can download latest firmware of your area(continent) and download a cooper. Ops file. There is a guide in sammobile on how to use Odin flash. Read it carefully if any problems then ask here. All above mentioned files can be found in website.
Reason -u can't use backup bcz stock rom flash our system with rfs format and ics with ext4 format. So backups doesn't not change system type.......
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At first I thought that overclocking is cool and good but it just uses power and my sgs2 is fast enough underclocked to 1ghz, though if your phone has some lag, maybe then u should overclock slightly, but if it's lag free, I wouldn't recommend to overclock
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I have downloaded my firmwire, will united kingdom be unlocked because the only 02 network i see is on german. What did you mean by a cooper file? Thanks
Sorry mate thing is my mobile doesn't have network lock so do not know the answer plzz ask anybody else before proceeding. And about cooper. Ops file read the Odin guide u will get it.
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[Q] Rooted from 1.4.0 (now 9.9.9) - should I unroot and go for CM7?

I have the original NT. I rooted at 1.4.0 and now have version 9.9.9. I haven't been following the XDA threads for a few months, but it looks like CM7 is finalized. I'm pretty happy with my NT as it is, but was wondering what CM7 might do for me and if I should go that route. Would mainly be interested in better battery life. Any advice?
As you have 16GB nook tablet:
* Download and copy the ROM you want to flash to your sdcard or internal sdcard (MyNOOK)
* Download CWM recovery flasher app by Indirect and install ClockWorkMod recovery (wait 10 seconds after hit install cwm recovery button so it installs well)
* Boot into CWM by using the quickboot app (download from google play) or manually powering on your device holding power+N buttons until you see see a white screen with a box, then let go power button and it will boot into CWM.
* Backup your current ROM from backup & restore in CWM
* After backup you are now good to flash any other ROM, follow instructions in respective thread about installation (cwm > Install .zip from sdcard).
Basically when changing to a total different ROM you should do all the wipes (wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik cache) then flash the ROM, that way you don't get issues with apps so you better backup your apps with Titanium Backup previous install new ROM .
~ Veronica
My question, at this point, is whether or not it's worth it? What advantages will I get over having a rooted NT? Especially, will it improve battery life?
Bridge66 said:
My question, at this point, is whether or not it's worth it? What advantages will I get over having a rooted NT? Especially, will it improve battery life?
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CM7 does improve battery life lots more than stock. And the advantages of root are many starting by the ability to run very useful apps like e.g titanium backup that require root, access to paths that unrooted is just not possible and that gives you the ability to apply mods and customize your android device as you want because you get superuser permissions, which means you can do and undo whatever you want with your device. Basically with rooted Android there is almost no limits (almost because device compatibility with apps e.g games is a factor not many do so well).
~ Android is what you want it to be ~
~ Veronica
Bridge66 said:
My question, at this point, is whether or not it's worth it? What advantages will I get over having a rooted NT? Especially, will it improve battery life?
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If I understand your question correctly you are wondering about advantages of CM7 over Rooted Stock OS right?
In that case, you get a more pure Android experience, the Google Play store is raiser to access. You also knock anything Android can do either way but with CM7 some annoying issues are fixed like settings screens appear correctly (no more white on white or black on black).
While you can read books on CM7 via the BN Nook for Android app, magazines and newspapers are off limits. You also have to use a modded version of hulu plus to get that going.
I personally, tried it and went back to rooted stock OS but I read magazines.
Do as Veronica said. If you don't like it, you can always boot into Clockworkmod and restore your backup and be back to where you are now.
Unless you use some of B&N services, like the magazines, IMO there's no reason to stay on the stock OS. Its ****. People here have made it tolerable with various workarounds but its ultimately ****.
Edit: for the love of god though, the first thing you better do in clockworkmod is make a backup and secure that backup somewhere.
cant install cwm
im not able to install the cwm as you showed this is what is shown any help would be appreciated P.S sorry for the picture quality
blisside said:
im not able to install the cwm as you showed this is what is shown any help would be appreciated P.S sorry for the picture quality
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If you're trying to install CWM so that you can flash CM10 or CM11, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43326042&postcount=123 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2670589.

[Q] New to rooting

Hi, new here although have been guesting for 6 months..
I have been thinking about rooting for over a year now and since just before I picked up my S3 last June when I had my nexus S I was 'researching' the rooting procedure and potential problems / benefits
Took the plunge tonight and rooted my S3.. went well and took about 5-10 minutes (was being VERY careful)
So now my phone is rooted
My main purposes
1) Get rid of major bloatware
2) backup data
3) Overclock performance
4) increase already impressive battery life
5) possibly get a custom ROM (unsure)
I know the answers are dotted around and I have seen bits and pieces but wanted a personalised answer if that makes sense..
What are the first things I should do> btw used the samsung galaxy 3 i900 v.5.0 toolkit to root.. very nice and easy
I have downloaded ROM manager, titanium backup, busybox and hc-ktool (although i think the last if for s2?)
I have backed up rom by booting into recovery
** How do I backup the EFS folder on Galaxy s3?
** How do I do a manual backup of everything on my phone using titanium? i have a schedule set up for twice a week
** What else can i do to take care of the 'security' aspect before messing with anything?
** What should I be doing first?
** How can I overclock performance and what is that nice app that lets you schedule changes in performance based on phone state?
** How do I delete bloatware safely?
** What ROMS are good for S3 and where to get them?
** What else can I do with a rooted phone.. i mainly play games on my commute and use internet..
** Oh yes and how can i download games designed for Nvidia only.. such as Horn and Dark Meadow?
Sorry for the barrage of questions, used to dabble in programming over 10 years ago... so while im new to rooting etc. with the right information and enough reading ill be ok as ill be extremely cautious..
Thanks in advance guys
Kobrax said:
** How do I backup the EFS folder on Galaxy s3?
** How do I do a manual backup of everything on my phone using titanium? i have a schedule set up for twice a week
** What else can i do to take care of the 'security' aspect before messing with anything?
** What should I be doing first?
** How can I overclock performance and what is that nice app that lets you schedule changes in performance based on phone state?
** How do I delete bloatware safely?
** What ROMS are good for S3 and where to get them?
** What else can I do with a rooted phone.. i mainly play games on my commute and use internet..
** Oh yes and how can i download games designed for Nvidia only.. such as Horn and Dark Meadow?
Sorry for the barrage of questions, used to dabble in programming over 10 years ago... so while im new to rooting etc. with the right information and enough reading ill be ok as ill be extremely cautious..
Thanks in advance guys
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For EFS backup: here
For Titanium: usually I do a full backup of all system & user apps every 2nd day (in case I flash something the day after) whereas restoring system apps & data is NOT advised as it might lead to force closes
For ROMs: look in the android development section, many choices available
Hope it helps, thanks for a thanks
You can get rid of the majority of bloatware via Titanium backup. About the ROMs, it is solely depends on your personal preferences. I would suggest using GalaxSih kernel by Harunjo if battery life is your main concern and Perseus by Andreilux kernel for performance and battery life.
Good touchwiz ROM I would recommend is omega ROM. It's easy to install and you can remove all bloatware/selectively install the ones you want.
Siyah kernel is very popular, allowing users to fully customize settings.. ie overclocking, undervolting... among other things.
Setcpu also seems to be pretty popular for cpu customizations, as well as allowing users to stress test if you decide you want to undervolt.
Sywped from my GT-I9300 running Omega v27.2 & franco.Kernel r19
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My main purposes
1) Get rid of major bloatware
Flash a stock rom
2) backup data
Nandroid backup via CWM recovery .
3) Overclock performance
no comment
4) increase already impressive battery life
Get rid of apps .
5) possibly get a custom ROM (unsure)
I have downloaded ROM manager, titanium backup, busybox and hc-ktool (although i think the last if for s2?)
ROM MANAGER and CWM CF Root = no
** How do I do a manual backup of everything on my phone using titanium? i have a schedule set up for twice a week
TB only backs up apps .
** What should I be doing first?
READING
** How do I delete bloatware safely?
Read the thread apps safe to remove in Themes
** What ROMS are good for S3 and where to get them?
A banned question choose yourself start with the stickies and basics .
jje
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Thanks for the help so far guys :good:
To the last poster, yes I appreciate its kind of a banned quesion about ROMS, it isnt a best ROM thread though as such and although maybe not worded clear enough, i was asking for some good ROMS that would achieve the things I listed. I will of course do my own research as I spent 5 months reading up about rooting in the first place. I would have hoped that as it was asked somewhat in context it would be seen differently.
The whole concept of rooting still feels new and unexplored and is only as I am confident enough to go for it that I am.. id rather re-ask questions and understand in relation to my specific situation in addition to reading prior posts than just read other peoples posts and hope it relates to my experience.
About Titanium Backup.. it seems the backup this morning has stored on the SD card.. how can I set it to backup to the EXT SD Card? I have created a folder on the EXT card 'TitaniumBackup' so how would I tell Titanium Backup to back up there instead as I cant see where I would do this?
Also, 1.7GB on the SD card is taken up by CWM recovery. Can someone explain why and how I move this 1.7GB to EXT card? I dont know if I can just move it using My Files. I doubt it.
All that rooting does is to grant the user a higher level of access to the system of itself it does nothing .
Recovery set the location in Nandroid to ext sd card .Likewise with TB backup .
Roms all roms are good for S3 .
Suggestion is to start with a rom you understand what it is and how to flash it .
jje
Kobrax said:
Thanks for the help so far guys :good:
To the last poster, yes I appreciate its kind of a banned quesion about ROMS, it isnt a best ROM thread though as such and although maybe not worded clear enough, i was asking for some good ROMS that would achieve the things I listed. I will of course do my own research as I spent 5 months reading up about rooting in the first place. I would have hoped that as it was asked somewhat in context it would be seen differently.
The whole concept of rooting still feels new and unexplored and is only as I am confident enough to go for it that I am.. id rather re-ask questions and understand in relation to my specific situation in addition to reading prior posts than just read other peoples posts and hope it relates to my experience.
About Titanium Backup.. it seems the backup this morning has stored on the SD card.. how can I set it to backup to the EXT SD Card? I have created a folder on the EXT card 'TitaniumBackup' so how would I tell Titanium Backup to back up there instead as I cant see where I would do this?
Also, 1.7GB on the SD card is taken up by CWM recovery. Can someone explain why and how I move this 1.7GB to EXT card? I dont know if I can just move it using My Files. I doubt it.
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I take it you mean the backup, in which case it can be moved anywhere just do not rename it or you will not be able to use it. I prefer a root explorer to the my files app, I personally use ES file explorer then anything can be moved anywhere on the phone.
Some of your other questions:
Backup efs. You can do that through HC-kTool, just tap "backup efs to /sdcard/efs.img" then you can copy it to your ext sd, your PC, USB pen, get as paranoid as you like.
Manual backup via titanium. click the little tick on the top right of the main page then tap "backup all user apps"
Security, just be careful, and be sure to search XDA before you change anything that could do harm
what to do first. Backup with CWM recovery, backup efs, install a root explorer, install and do an initial run of ad free android.
overclock. To overclock you need a custom kernel, I use Siyah and it offers a lot of options for overclocking, undervolting, 2 CPU governors GPU clock rates and volting etc etc etc. take care, overclocking too much can cause damage to the CPU over time.
Bloatware. use Titanium to safely remove bloatware, and there are guides telling you what is safe.
ROMs. These are my personal favorite SuperNexus 0 bloatware and speedy also the next build will be 4.1.2 and Omega a nice fast samsung based rom, you can choose JB or ICS what I like about Omega is you can remove all bloatware during the install, of choose what you want, it is also extremely smooth with Siyah kernel.
What else. You can do anything litterally anything, think of something to do and you will be able to do it.
Hope I helped
Kobrax said:
About Titanium Backup.. it seems the backup this morning has stored on the SD card.. how can I set it to backup to the EXT SD Card? I have created a folder on the EXT card 'TitaniumBackup' so how would I tell Titanium Backup to back up there instead as I cant see where I would do this?
Also, 1.7GB on the SD card is taken up by CWM recovery. Can someone explain why and how I move this 1.7GB to EXT card? I dont know if I can just move it using My Files. I doubt it.
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For Titanium - open the apps - press menu - preferences - backup folder location.
In recovery, you can choose to backup to external sd card.
You can move the nandroid to anywhere you like but you must put it back to the original folder when you need to restore it. 1.7GB is not big at all
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