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Noob here. Not really understanding how to root my phone. I simply want to root it and then install the very best and stable FROYO software. I don't need a ROM as I like Touchwiz (I know, don't kill me).
Can someone, pls provide detailed chronological ordered instructions on how to ROOT, what I NEED after I root and then install FROYO.
Thank you
vstancell said:
Noob here. Not really understanding how to root my phone. I simply want to root it and then install the very best and stable FROYO software. I don't need a ROM as I like Touchwiz (I know, don't kill me).
Can someone, pls provide detailed chronological ordered instructions on how to ROOT, what I NEED after I root and then install FROYO.
Thank you
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Email me [email protected]
The best phone in the world
Did you read the General Sticky? I tried very hard to make that as clear as possible. Just download the file, rename it, put it not in a folder in sdcard/ and then go to stock recovery (with your phone off, press and hold both volume keys, press and hold power, release power at the Vibrant screen while still holding both volume keys) then click on apply update, reboot phone and you are rooted.
s15274n said:
Did you read the General Sticky? I tried very hard to make that as clear as possible. Just download the file, rename it, put it not in a folder in sdcard/ and then go to stock recovery (with your phone off, press and hold both volume keys, press and hold power, release power at the Vibrant screen while still holding both volume keys) then click on apply update, reboot phone and you are rooted.
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He sure did make it easy in the sticky... Search, read, and learn.
If finding the search button is hard... I know it can be, since it is at the top right of every page on this forum, please click the large RED text in my sig... And any question you have will be answered for you, automagically!
^ hahaha, I love the signature. Thanks for the sticky compliment.
WOW! Such sarcasm. I don't really think that was necessary. And YES..... I did read the sticky.
sarcasm??? WTF, I was genuinely trying to help man.... if the sticky was not enough for you, you probably don't need to be rooting your phone because it doesn't get much simpler. Good luck, if you want help from others, try and not burn bridges. I tried.
Download OCLF...
Don't blame, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
How can you ask for help get help and then be a jerk to the people that help this man needs a hug and possibly adult supervision
Still flashing
s15274n said:
sarcasm??? WTF, I was genuinely trying to help man.... if the sticky was not enough for you, you probably don't need to be rooting your phone because it doesn't get much simpler. Good luck, if you want help from others, try and not burn bridges. I tried.
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I don't think he was talking about you
vstancell said:
WOW! Such sarcasm. I don't really think that was necessary. And YES..... I did read the sticky.
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Listen, i was in your position not too long ago, trust me , email thegreat520. I was a straight noob and now know a lot of **** and flash custom roms and do **** to my phone all the time flawlessly and he taught me it all, email him dude.
Can you post what he sent you? I've always been extremely curious why he says to email him rather than post the answers for EVERYONE.
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Can you post what he sent you? I've always been extremely curious why he says to email him rather than post the answers for EVERYONE.
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+1 share the wealth
Still flashing
s15274n said:
if the sticky was not enough for you, you probably don't need to be rooting your phone because it doesn't get much simpler. Good luck, if you want help from others, try and not burn bridges. I tried.
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quote of the day. in fact that should be the vibrant section's motto, and the motto should be on every page and should be a link to said sticky.
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Can you post what he sent you? I've always been extremely curious why he says to email him rather than post the answers for EVERYONE.
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Email him .
@ OP: if your looking for stable as in, set it & forget it, do yourself a favor & wait... Seriously! One way I tell how a ROM is doing is read the first 2 post & last 2 pages. If you see the same issues being stated, dont flash, unless you are willing to deal with that problem.
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Can you post what he sent you? I've always been extremely curious why he says to email him rather than post the answers for EVERYONE.
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He was just very patient and answered all my questions, and he's a very trustworthy guy. I bricked my phone about a month ago and have linux and couldn't use odin plus i was still a noob so seeing as my options were buy a new phone or say **** it and send it to him i sent my phone to him and he fixed it, added froyo and shipped it back. Plus he taught me a lot now i kno how to do a LOT now and no longer consider myself a "noob".
Thegreat520 should be a mod on here as he is by far the most helpful person i've ever come across online.
Interesting, so how much did he charge?
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Interesting, so how much did he charge?
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LOL I Thought the EXACT Same thing, because that sounds very fishy. Considering the time it took to ship there and back... like a week to 12 days at the very least? He must of had access to a STABLE version of Froyo before everyone else here on the board.
Yeah, to be clear I'm not trying to say anything negative. People helping people is ALWAYS a goo thing.
Hello all,
i am totally new in the world of roots and roms.
i managed to root and enable sideloading on my atrix! yay!
1) but what can i do now?
i am thinking about installing GreyBlur
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039763)
2) can someone (who is lil patient) explain me what i would get? will my phone be faster? can i damage it since iam still new in this area?
3) anyone knows a good article/post/thread/anything where i can start getting into this root/roms area? so i can learn about it?
thanks for all your help, you are awesome.
Greetz
EDIT:
I bought an att Atrtix and got version 4.1.83 running
Smintz said:
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1) but what can i do now?
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I have a question to you! Why did you root if you didn't know what you wanted to do afterwards? Rooting is not just so you can feel the "cool factor", and the vast majority of us know before we root why we want to do it, otherwise...................WHY do it???
Why did you bother? Your own answer should close this thread, and everything else you mentioned can be found by reading the forums!
No offense, but you shouldn't be rooting/flashing "roms" if you don't know what your doing.
It's very easy to end up with an unusable device.
CaelanT said:
I have a question to you! Why did you root if you didn't know what you wanted to do afterwards? Rooting is not just so you can feel the "cool factor", and the vast majority of us know before we root why we want to do it, otherwise...................WHY do it???
Why did you bother? Your own answer should close this thread, and everything else you mentioned can be found by reading the forums!
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Thank you for nothing I guess. To answer your question! Irooted This phone because I want side loading enabled.
scoob8000 said:
No offense, but you shouldn't be rooting/flashing "roms" if you don't know what your doing.
It's very easy to end up with an unusable device.
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Thx. I know that. I managed to get everything working i wanted ;-) and everyone has to start at one ponit, right. That's why I would not do it if I don't want to. I want to learn more about it so can you tell me a good thread or webside to start with?
Can anyone tell means about that rom pls.
I find your responses a bit harsh guys.. Are there laws / regulations on who can / should root, profile boxes that have to be ticked before one can decide to have a go at unleashing the full power of their phone?
Nobody was born with the knowledge, we all started from scratch at some stage. There are enough warnings that explain how to apply the root methods that are offered in the threads.
Here you go OP:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/07/13/8-great-apps-every-rooted-android-user-should-know-about/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...oted-user-should-know-about-part-2-apps-9-16/
Have fun, try not to brick your phone!!
CaelanT said:
I have a question to you! Why did you root if you didn't know what you wanted to do afterwards? Rooting is not just so you can feel the "cool factor", and the vast majority of us know before we root why we want to do it, otherwise...................WHY do it???
Why did you bother? Your own answer should close this thread, and everything else you mentioned can be found by reading the forums!
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Ouch.......poor guy is new and gets slammed instantly for wondering what all he can do with his phone. I think we were all in the same boat not too long ago.
Yea, he may be a noob and not know the politics of posting before reading, but I bet each one of us did at one time too. What we should be doing is just politely pointing him in the right direction on how to learn more about all things root.
Such as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=972423 being a good place to start.
Understand though, if you screw up your phone, there is no one to blame but yourself. Read how to recover from a soft brick and hard brick before jumping in. Read all posts VERY carefully and all the way through. That's how I learned, and many others before me. And first and foremost, before asking questions about anything, do a quick search of the treads to see if it has already been asked and answered before. If you don't find your question, feel free to ask and ignore those that troll the treads.
Good luck my man.
Vangelis13 said:
I find your responses a bit harsh guys.. Are there laws / regulations on who can / should root, profile boxes that have to be ticked before one can decide to have a go at unleashing the full power of their phone?
Nobody was born with the knowledge, we all started from scratch at some stage. There are enough warnings that explain how to apply the root methods that are offered in the threads.
Here you go OP:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/07/13/8-great-apps-every-rooted-android-user-should-know-about/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...oted-user-should-know-about-part-2-apps-9-16/
Have fun, try not to brick your phone!!
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Funny......had to have been writing at the same time......at least we were on the same page.
Gr8Danes said:
Funny......had to have been writing at the same time......at least we were on the same page.
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Indeed!
Smintz said:
Thx. I know that. I managed to get everything working i wanted ;-) and everyone has to start at one ponit, right. That's why I would not do it if I don't want to. I want to learn more about it so can you tell me a good thread or webside to start with?
Can anyone tell means about that rom pls.
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I am running Gingerblur which is very similar. I think it is a great ROM and one of the few so far for the Atrix. If you like some of the Blur stuff such as the gallery and social networking items, you have to understand that you will be losing them with the new ROM and going with the stock Android gallery. However, if you do a backup of your current ROM before flashing, you can always revert back if you don't like it.
Big thing, screen shots help for me. And the ROM developers do a great job at giving the details of their ROMs in their posts or websites.
Gr8Danes said:
Ouch.......poor guy is new and gets slammed instantly for wondering what all he can do with his phone. I think we were all in the same boat not too long ago.
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I agree, we all have to learn, but the vast majority of us started by reading through threads which have all the info about how to flash sbf's, root, sideload, flash themes, what is and is not possible, etc. We then tried things by following the instructions.
I'm not, and was not, trying to be a ****. I am however very blunt! Everything the OP needs is already there if he/she looks. The forums are full of "repeat" threads because people are basically too lazy to read and research for themselves before asking what has already been asked numerous times.
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thanks for all your help. its time to start reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099846
Hey all, I'm considering rooting my Atrix since I've had it for a while and its awesomeness has worn off. I'm a complete noob to rooting so I dont really know where to begin. Is there a detailed guide for rooting the Atrix anywhere that would be beneficial to me? I know I've heard of a one click root for other phones, does the Atrix have one that is as easy as that? Is there any issues I should be worried about? I'll leave my system info below just for a reference...
Thanks!
Build #
4.5.91
Android version
2.3.4
I'm on AT&t, let me know if there's anything else you need to know
how is it people dont bother reading the stickies??
its plain as day
[Updated 10-17-2011] THE BEGINNERS (N00B) GUIDE!!! N00BS LOOK HERE FOR YOUR HOW TOs
mindboggling isnt it?
Well, I apologize for not know that the Atrix was no different.
Gibsonflyingv said:
Well, I apologize for not know that the Atrix was no different.
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wtf does this even mean??
there is a sticky that has info on everything you want. its in the ATRIX forum, it is specific TO THE ATRIX
you asked for a guide, and there it is. its a sticky, it should be read before firing up a brand new thread asking something that is answered in the first post on the STICKY
Jeez, you are quite rude, hope you have a nice day.
Gibsonflyingv said:
Jeez, you are quite rude, hope you have a nice day.
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yeah. im the rude one, that opened a new thread that didnt need to be opened.
Hey guys!
Is it possible to use the camera apk from galaxy S3 in our good ol' S2?
I saw the features of S3 and the camera app looks really good and functional..
Pull the apk off your SIII and find out.
oinkylicious said:
Pull the apk off your SIII and find out.
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lol..
But seriously...
oinkylicious said:
Pull the apk off your SIII and find out.
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I wish I could afford it to do that..
Wezi said:
lol..
But seriously...
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The retarded, impossible to answer nature of the OP's question deserved a sarcastic, flippant response.
and a slap across the face.
oinkylicious said:
The retarded, impossible to answer nature of the OP's question deserved a sarcastic, flippant response.
and a slap across the face.
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if it's impossible to answer, you can say why it is so. flaming people who are trying to learn is the actual retarded behavior I'd say..
Appumon123 said:
if it's impossible to answer, you can say why it is so. flaming people who are trying to learn is the actual retarded behavior I'd say..
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Okay, consider this. Ask one of the owners of an SIII to pull the apk and framework off it for you.
Stop and think about it for a minute.
Got it yet?
oinkylicious said:
Okay, consider this. Ask one of the owners of an SIII to pull the apk and framework off it for you.
Stop and think about it for a minute.
Got it yet?
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again with the sarcasm.. was just asking if it's theoretically possible. ya got it boss. thanks a lot.
Appumon123 said:
again with the sarcasm.. was just asking if it's theoretically possible
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There was no sarcasm in my post. I'm just trying to get you to think logically about what you're asking. You said you wanted to learn.
I admire & respect you for trying to get people to think logically/coherently around here before posting crap Oinky, which the OP seems to be doing a lot on here lately. He's got more than a few mates tho.
However, it's an exercise in futility. Most people here don't want the logical/simple that requires a bit of work on their part. They want the complex/convoluted that requires effort on the part of everyone but them :-/
oinkylicious said:
There was no sarcasm in my post. I'm just trying to get you to think logically about what you're asking. You said you wanted to learn.
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you said stop and think about it for a minute. I did think and didn't get an answer that's why I asked the question in the first place.. anyways now I know what to do. I'll wait till people here start buying it..
thanks pal
MistahBungle said:
I admire & respect you for trying to get people to think logically/coherently around here before posting crap Oinky, which the OP seems to be doing a lot on here lately. He's got more than a few mates tho.
However, it's an exercise in futility. Most people here don't want the logical/simple that requires a bit of work on their part. They want the complex/convoluted that requires effort on the part of everyone but them :-/
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I'm not as experienced in android as you are mate. I was asking if theoretically its possible. If you don't have anything useful to say regarding my question, please move along. And keep your wit to yourself.
1) I did say something 'useful' which was proportionate to the question.
2) No.
Thanks for playing.
Edit to add - Again, think for a moment. Different phone. Will require different firmware/framework; I.E SGS2 roms will not run on the SGS3, of course the camera apk for the S3 won't work on the S2. Do you see anyone on here running the camera apk from the Nexus on their S2 ?
As we've said, a few moments of logical thinking could have negated the need for this pointless thread.
Appumon123 said:
If you don't have anything useful to say regarding my question, please move along. And keep your wit to yourself.
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Appumon123 said:
I'm not as experienced in android as you are mate. I was asking if theoretically its possible. If you don't have anything useful to say regarding my question, please move along. And keep your wit to yourself.
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So... You're asking a theoretical question about an .apk file from a phone that has yet to be commercially released, if it will work on an I9100?
*facepalm*
Seriously, think about it.
MistahBungle said:
1) I did say something 'useful' which was proportionate to the question.
2) No.
Thanks for playing.
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1) You think you did
2) You're 'wit' is not as funny as you might imagine in your head
Anytime!
ctomgee said:
So... You're asking a theoretical question about an .apk file from a phone that has yet to be commercially released, if it will work on an I9100?
*facepalm*
Seriously, think about it.
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Alright alright. I get it. Thanks
MistahBungle said:
Edit to add - Again, think for a moment. Different phone. Will require different firmware/framework; I.E SGS2 roms will not run on the SGS3, of course the camera apk for the S3 won't work on the S2. Do you see anyone on here running the camera apk from the Nexus on their S2 ?
As we've said, a few moments of logical thinking could have negated the need for this pointless thread.
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See, now was that too hard? Thanks for explaining. I've learnt a thing or two from you.
I read about porting ROMs and was under the impression that the same applies for .apk
This wasn't pointless. At least for me.
No, it wasn't hard. And that's exactly the point several people have tried to illustrate for you, but it has gone way over your head. You just don't get it.
Now then, that's it for me. You're beginning to drag me down to your level & I know I've got no chance Vs your experience (some people reading this will understand where I'm coming from).
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No, it wasn't hard. And that's exactly the point several people have tried to illustrate for you, but it has gone way over your head. You just don't get it.
Now then, that's it for me. You're beginning to drag me down to your level & I know I've got no chance Vs your experience (some people reading this will understand where I'm coming from).
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Classic XDA ego crap... *sigh*
Aint that true sadly .
jje
Hello guys. I have a touchpad and want to install android on it. First of all i want to know if i can keep webos on the tablet and dual-boot with android?
i need a step by step to install clockwork...after that's made it's simple to install android...or i hope so it's the same as on my htc phone.
Thanks in advance, Stefan.
I'm just going to send you here:
http://forums.webosnation.com/android-touchpad/310720-cm9-touchpad-heres-your-get-started-guide.html
I can't believe just how lazy some folks are.... It blows my mind
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stefpaul said:
Hello guys. I have a touchpad and want to install android on it. First of all i want to know if i can keep webos on the tablet and dual-boot with android?
i need a step by step to install clockwork...after that's made it's simple to install android...or i hope so it's the same as on my htc phone.
Thanks in advance, Stefan.
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Yeah, seriously...there have been like lots of other posts asking these same 2 questions. You might try reading through the forums. You would find your answers pretty quickly. Or use google. Look here for some answers.
It's not the same as installing Android on your HTC. It's actually easier. And thankfully (because believe it or not there are a lot of idiots out there) it's more difficult to screw it up. Anyway, you'll find good tutorials here. And that guy is much nicer than I am about dumb questions.
You can thank me by using Google next time, or the search forum feature here. It's a little button up near the top right.
thanks for the help guys
Ps: for those that think that i'm lazy...i'm not...i searched for some info and wasn't sure about some things. it;s a forum and it's better to ask for help instead of making your device result in a brick !
Stefan