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Hi there, good afternoon.
This might be already answered, but I just wanted to be sure if it's possible or not.
I've recently bought an X10 Mini Pro, and updated it to 2.1, but it still doesn't look like I want it too, so I was wondering this...
Is it possible to take the OS off from this phone, trim/clean it, and put it back to the phone as I want it without all the junk and with the apps I really want on it?
If this is possible and has been answered many times then I'm sorry to ask again, please just point me in the right direction/post and I won't bother you all no more, many thanks
Well you cant take the ROM of yet etc... but you can use root explorer to delete the stock apps that you don't want.. [Need Root]
Check these links out:
http://x10mini_resources.iouri.net/remained.txt
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740338
Read carefully, hope this helps.
Manny
Hi there,
Well, that will be much easier that what I had in mind
Thanks for the links, I've had a quick look at them and they are quite interesting, only 2 questions pop up in my head now...
Will I be able to update my phone with future updates if I root it?
If I root it, can I get rid of the stock launcher forever and use something like Launcher Pro or Helix instead?
Thanks for the answers
Yes and yes
i do what the peopples are telling you , with very pretty results, but i just dont delete the apps, i replace them with other apks, example semchome.apk (default se launcher) with the helix apk (saved as semchome.apk) the same with the keyboard (save keyboard pro apk as se keyboard apk), and eventualy really remove useless stuff like se play now and games demos... its pretty similar to a clean rom now, regards
Sent from my U20a using XDA App
Well, many thanks to you all for the info, appreciated.
I'll start immediately reading on how to root the phone, I hope is not too complicated to do
Or you can just change your phone to a Spanish generic build (you probably have a Vodafone one), update via SEUS and you should have a clean phone.
The one advantage of this is that if there are future updates, and you use SEUS to get up to date you will not have the junk installed on your phone.
Regards.
Hi there,
How do I know what build do I have? I bought this phone new from eBay, and it was supposed to be locked to T-Mobile, although it came unlocked and without anything from T-Mobile in it, or nothing I can see anyway
I don't see any application apart from the basic Sony ones, and a couple of games, but nothing that tells me this phone is from T-Mobile... it'd be great if I could know somehow the build it's in it, so I can check if I could get a cleaner one
Thanks.
I am about to receive my new archos 101 later this week. I am reading the forums, and so far i have gathered i will need to put android 2.2 on it, and also the android market. what other tweaks should i do when i get it? Apps i need to know about? This will be the first android i have owned so i do not know where to begin.
If there is a thread that addresses this question, please point me in the right direction. my search didn't come up with much as to a list of things that are essential to getting the most out of the archos 101. thanks!
You should start getting some pills for dissapointment
Sent from of Yeonpyeong
Leviuqse said:
You should start getting some pills for dissapointment
Sent from of Yeonpyeong
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Why would you be disappointed?
I had my archos 101 since November 2010 and I was never disappointed with it.
Its a matter of how you use your device.
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For my Archos 70, when I'm at home I have the screen brightness set to low. When I'm out in the sun I have to turn the brightness up all the way.
minxwin said:
Why would you be disappointed?
I had my archos 101 since November 2010 and I was never disappointed with it.
Its a matter of how you use your device.
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Agreed. I've been very happy with my 101. And I tried several popular alternatives before this. Like the Viewsonic, Nook color, Huewii/Ideos S7, and some knock off chinese clone. The 101 beats them all.
thanks :-D
any news on what i need to do once it is out of the box? On my touch pro 2 it took me forever to realize that the first thing to do was flash a custom rom and other tweaks like OC'ing it. any thing i should do to the archos 101?
well...plug it in and charge it...
If you want root and ability to OC, etc...I think you need to jump down to the UrkDroid threads. I'm very happy with stock and hoping for some way to root it. If you don't upgrade the stock I think z4root works though...as well as some additional codecs, but then you are on Eclair. Upgrade brings Froyo. Can't give you much advice beyond that...just load the market apk and start installing stuff.
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I am about to receive my new archos 101 later this week. I am reading the forums, and so far i have gathered i will need to put android 2.2 on it, and also the android market. what other tweaks should i do when i get it? Apps i need to know about? This will be the first android i have owned so i do not know where to begin.
If there is a thread that addresses this question, please point me in the right direction. my search didn't come up with much as to a list of things that are essential to getting the most out of the archos 101. thanks!
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Check out this thread over on forums archos fans .com . I found a lot of good tips here. (i dont have enough post yet to post an external link.) but under the top thread gen 8 devices there is a post titled newbie tips, and some general set up info.
Something that i have done to really help is upgrade to froyo, then go into the power management and set it to over drive. yes i kills the battery faster, but it seems more responsive. also a new launcher program helps too. i am currently using one called zeam.
I'd say get market, a launcher (adw, launcherpro, zeam) and if you are comfortable with linux, the urukdroid hack. i was a little disappointed with the laginess of my 70 at first, mostly the media scanning but the SDE and Uruk make me jealous of no tablet.
got it today, this thing is nice. i am sitll getting used to android though. I cant get it to access my windows shares though, i input my username/password correctly and it cannot connect...
also, how do i get the codecs on here? must i really pay for them?
willthomason said:
got it today, this thing is nice. i am sitll getting used to android though. I cant get it to access my windows shares though, i input my username/password correctly and it cannot connect...
also, how do i get the codecs on here? must i really pay for them?
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Can't help ya with the shares, but you could try removing security from them for a bit and make sure you can connect. That's just basic troubleshooting.
With regards to codecs, probably not. It comes default with a lot of stuff and I can play almost every video/audio file I have. Only a few needed to be converted. Very few statistically speaking. I think the ones you buy are very specific. So try what you have first.
I've not had to download any codecs. The handfull of videos I have watched worked fine.
Zeam Launcher is a must for me. Fastest Launcher I have seen. Love it so much I put it on my Droid X and my wifes Droid2.
Market and Appbrain is a must as is Flash 10.1. Don't forget to do the "Market Fix" to get all the market apps to show up. Forget the stock keyboard as its a laggy POS. Swype does not work at all but Slideit works great. Well worth the price for the amount of hair you will rip from your head trying to get the stock keyboard to register your inputs.
thanks guys! i will look for the market fix soon as i have noticed a few apps are missing. including zeam.
Also, i cannot figure out how to tether this thing to my wm6.5 tilt 2.
i have always been able to tether windows machines, and i can even make a wireless network with it. however, the archos doesnt find my wireless router network, and when i connect it through usb or bluetooth it asks me for APN and username/password which i have no idea what they are.
any ideas?
willthomason said:
thanks guys! i will look for the market fix soon as i have noticed a few apps are missing. including zeam.
Also, i cannot figure out how to tether this thing to my wm6.5 tilt 2.
i have always been able to tether windows machines, and i can even make a wireless network with it. however, the archos doesnt find my wireless router network, and when i connect it through usb or bluetooth it asks me for APN and username/password which i have no idea what they are.
any ideas?
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I did get mine to tether to my touch pro 2. I had to use blue tooth and for sprint the apn is internet.com ( a quick google search should turn up other carriers) user id and password are usually blank.
I'd say autostarts with Archangel is a nice tweak stupid email app always loads at boot wasting precious milliseconds of my life
As an American living in China ... I'm hoping that SOMEONE here has experience / advice on how to:
root
and flash the ROM
for my Motorola XT882
Yes, I know it's only sold here in China ... and it seems cool - except it won't be anywhere near cool if I can get the d'mn thing flashed.
There's no market, no ability to add a Google user account, and a ton of crap software that motorola only intended Chinese literate people to use .... the applications were developed in Chinese ONLY regardless of the OS setting.
Really hoping someone can tell me ... can I use the ATRIX root process?
Can I use an ATRIX ROM?
Thanks
I picked up an xt882 last month when I was in China. I am now in Sri Lanka, but hope to use it back home in America next month.
I was able to get the Google system framework and applications on there by reading Chinese forums, translated to English with Chrome. I don't know any Chinese, but was able to figure it out. Here is one of the guides I used (just search for GMS or google pack and you should find similar guides and download links):
first Google hit for: DiyPDA独家分享XT882官方GMS补丁
...sorry, since I have no posting history, I am not allowed to paste any links...
Anyway, it was totally annoying not to be able to associate a Google account with the phone, as well as not have maps/talk/gmail/etc. I had tried installing APKs of some of these programs backed up from my older Android, but some (like gmail/talk) require the Google services framework. Others, like maps, will work sideloaded like that (but without latitude, places etc).
My xt882 is also rooted. I followed the directions here:
first Google hit for: moto XT882手机GMS包，G网补丁，ROOT软件« 听月3G
Lastly, I have 6 finger (supposedly you can get it up to 10) multitouch, up from the default 2... which really isn't all that useful. I followed the directions here:
first Google hit for: 修改配置文件让XT882直接支持10点触控（已上图）
I am still trying to figure out how to get a clean ROM on there. I want to get rid of motoblur, obviously, as well as all the Chinese crap they put on it. I don't think I have clockworkmod recovery properly installed on it, though I do have ROM Manager... and root is working.
From what I've read, I would not try to use any Atrix stuff on it.
Anyway, it is just a pain to try to read through these forums translated from Chinese, but I am certain there is a lot more that can be hacked.
Best of luck! Please let me know if you figure out how to get a better ROM on there.
BTW-- I was getting 300K/s sustained throughput on China Telecom using that phone tethered to my laptop. I was always very happy with China Telecom's service.
So nice to hear from you
Hopefully we'll merit our own SECTION like everyone else
I'm rooted now too (a few hours) http://bit.ly/getrootnow is how I did it.
The guy also has the tools to download to do it ...
I also have the Rom Manager - but could not FIND the clockworkmod anywhere - can you send me via email the APK?
Parker AT FusionLimited DOT com
Coool.
I've got to crash ... but I figure tomorrow I'm going to be able to back up my current ROM, and then figure which one I want to put on it instead.
Skype: ParkerFairfield
i did some research last night and came upon this page...
first google hit for: 【机锋rom组】9月3日全球首发XT882 Clockwork Mod Recovery
i got the apk off there and installed it, giving me an app called system recovery. it requests root and allows me to install clockworkmod recovery, but ... though i can click the "install recovery" button and it seems to do something, then says "install success!", it doesn't actually install it i'll email you the APK. please let me know if you can get it working.
im running rom manager premium v4.3.3.0, but i am afraid to flash clockwordmod recovery from that, as it doesn't list the xt882 on the confirm phone model dialog. the closest is atrix 4g, or maybe the droid3 global. i'm not going to mess with that until i see some confirmation that it would actually work.
let me know if any of this helps... i'll keep you posted.
it would be nice if we had a section for the xt882, but i think more people need to get it first! i wonder if motorola will end up selling it outside of china.
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BTW, any idea what they are talking about on these forums when they say "brush" ..? or, at least, when chrome translates whatever it is they are writing into "brush"?
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i got recovery working. you have to pay attention to the third step (plugging it in). i didn't think it would matter, but it does!
doing a backup right now. where can we find roms now?? hmmm...
So, I've emailed a guy named Quens ... who seems to be a MOTO XT882 pro!
http://bbs.gfan.com/android-2651849-1-1.html
http://zhangqip.blog.163.com/profile/
And he has a link to here:
http://bit.ly/motoxt882 that I think looks interesting ... so I emailed him this email:
Quens,
My name is Parker - and I've been following you online for the last few days. I found you after reading your posts on GFan.com ... and searching for Quens and 北京。
我叫菲育贤，我看到你的moto xt882 的posts 在gfan.com. 然后我做了一个 SEARCH 'Quens' 和 '北京
I'm an American IT guy, living in Guangzhou, and running a factory consulting company. I also just bought a XT882.
我是一个做IT的美国人，驻在中国好久，有顾问公司-www.fusionlimited.com . 也是，我刚刚买了一个xt882.
I've already ROOT the phone - but I need to make a backup ROM and I can't get CWM Recovery to run correctly ....
我一定有ROOT,可是我需要做一个backup ROM。我的ｃｗｍ 不认识我的手机。
I saw your page at www.bit.ly/motoxt882 and want to ask - does your APK allow me to
1。 make a ROM backup of my current phone?
2。to install other ROM?
我看到你的网页 - www.bit.ly/motoxt882 想问你，你的apk让我：
1。 做一个 ROMｂａｃｋｕｐ ？
２。安装新的 ＲＯＭ?
麻烦你的帮忙。。。
Parker
www.bit.ly/PAFCHI
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What I'm not understanding now is - what's the point of the MOTO XT882 BOOTSTRAP.apk file .... is that the 'base ROM' for the phone? Or is that the file that works with the CWM Recovery application?
you can get recovery on there using MOTO XT882 BOOTSTRAP.apk ...
install it, then run the program "system recovery" and follow the directions. it is pretty straightfoward. be sure your phone is plugged in, as per step 3.
i performed a backup of my phone earlier, but i have no idea how to get a new ROM on there.
keep me posted. thx!
Moto xt882 dual SIM ?
sorry probably this is not the right thread, but.. just a simple question for who alreary has a xt882:
I'd like to be sure about the following 2 things before buying it:
1- Is it dual SIM ?
2- Are the 2 SIM active at the same time? ( than you can receive calls on both sim without switching manually, even if via software, between the two SIM) ?
thanks a lot and sorry again for the question out of the thread scope ...
treqq
yeah, it's dual SIM... there are two slots for SIMs, one CDMA and one GSM.
both are active at the same time. not only can you receive calls to either SIM without manually switching, but you can also place calls from either SIM. that is, when you place a call, it prompts you which SIM you want to use.
i tested this in china just for fun. it felt good to have my phone on two networks
larfo said:
yeah, it's dual SIM... there are two slots for SIMs, one CDMA and one GSM.
both are active at the same time. not only can you receive calls to either SIM without manually switching, but you can also place calls from either SIM. that is, when you place a call, it prompts you which SIM you want to use.
i tested this in china just for fun. it felt good to have my phone on two networks
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yes great, now I shall only wait for the WCDMA version
thank you !
interested in xt882
Hi guys!
I'm interested in getting this phone, but I'm not living in China... Can you recommend some way to get one? Maybe some online Chinese store that ships to Europe?
Thanks
Marco
This is a great phone-I followed the advice here and now it's properly rooted and has access to Google accounts for market etc.
BTW I was able to purchase it retail (it's also available online) at a China Telecom store.
My only disappointment is that it does not seem to support GSM 3G, only 3G via China Telecom, which I guess is no surprise given they are the main carrier selling the phone.
Is anyone aware of a dual SIM android phone that supports China Unicom's 3G? I don't care about 3G on Telecom so much (even though I hear they have the fastest speeds)
gametheorist, when i used this phone in china on china telecom, i had a CDMA sim. when i went to sri lanka, i had it on dialog's 3g network with a GSM sim. now i am in bangkok and have it on 3g with AIS, again using a GSM sim.
it should support any 3g GSM network. as far as i know, it is not locked down to any one carrier. were that the case, i would have never bought the phone!
Hi Larfo,
That's very good news, I guess that means that China Unicom's 3G is just somehow not compatible? When I look through the mobile data settings for GSM, I didn't see any real options that indicated that I would be connected via the net (let alone 3G)
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
in sri lanka, i had to add a GSM access point as well as configure some proxy settings. not all applications worked, nor did tethering. i think those issues stem from their network, not the phone, however. the service was unbearably slow, on top of that.
in thailand, i also had to add a GSM access point, but it doesn't require any further settings (eg proxy, etc). everything works except for tethering (both the built-in wireless hotspot functionality, as well as the third-party wireless tether app which requires root).
the real test will be when i return to the states in a few weeks. it will be interesting to see how well i can interface it with tmobile and ATT. also, i am curious if vzw or sprint will give me a SIM so that i can use it on their networks.
gametheorist said:
Hi Larfo,
That's very good news, I guess that means that China Unicom's 3G is just somehow not compatible? When I look through the mobile data settings for GSM, I didn't see any real options that indicated that I would be connected via the net (let alone 3G)
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BE CAREFUL: THIS PHONE IS CDMA, NOT WCDMA
THIS MEANS THAT IT IS NOT ABLE TO USE THE 3G EUROPEAN NETWORK
regards
treqq
Helllo there...
need some assistance to properly install GMS and ROOT this phone,
can someone, explain it to me, and what are the things to look out for, is there a sequence like root it first then install gms or install gms then root, or anything...
thanks in advance.
Not able to install recovery mode
gametheorist said:
This is a great phone-I followed the advice here and now it's properly rooted and has access to Google accounts for market etc.
BTW I was able to purchase it retail (it's also available online) at a China Telecom store.
My only disappointment is that it does not seem to support GSM 3G, only 3G via China Telecom, which I guess is no surprise given they are the main carrier selling the phone.
Is anyone aware of a dual SIM android phone that supports China Unicom's 3G? I don't care about 3G on Telecom so much (even though I hear they have the fastest speeds)
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Hi,
I tried following the instructions here. I have the phone rooted and have downloaded the bootstrap.apk file. I have installed recovery also but am still not able to install the Google market or any related apps. Kindly please guide. Thanks in advance.
Hi,
I have just received this tablet and it sucks.
But I paid much money for it and it took a very long time for it to arrive, so I just want to give it a try.
It runs android 2.3.4, but it has no android market. I managed to install the Market APK, but to my surprise, there was no way to add a google account, so I can use the market. Anybody knows how to accomplish this?
Second, I want to root this sucker. I tried SuperOneClick 2.3.3, but when I put the device in debug mode and connect it to the pc, it does not search for drivers, even though I have the android SDK installed. Anybody???]
Plus, if anybody has this device too, please share your experiences and maybe one day we have a developer willing to make a ROM for it.
I also have just received this tablet, I am a bit disappointed too (for the display quality actually), but I am trying to understand what I can make out of it.
I installed some versions of Google Market (and also the GoogleServices) but its seems unable to connect with my account. Will search some more if I can find some way to have it working, this post was just to let you know that there is also somebody else in your situation.
As always, any suggestion/step forward shared is more than welcome.
Bye
rospogrigio
Hey I managed to install the Market and GoogleAccount and have them working.
I installed the gapps packages found at this url and they seem to work: (I cannot post links so please remove the spaces from the address below)
h t t p : / / www . androidtablets . net / forum / coby-generation-2-technical / 17833-video-how-install-android-market-coby-kyros-7022-a-2 . html
Hope you'll be successful too.
Bye
I have a ROM that is built for the GADMEI T863. It already has Market cooked in as well as some other tweaks.
I shared it on my google account.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3fxq6Qouia0MzZiOGU2YmYtMWJhYi00YjY0LThjMGItMzhhM2UwZjkzYTA5
Just unpack and copy the four items to the root of the sd card. Turn off the tablet. Hold volume up en power button to begin flashing.
Nice dude... you scared me a little when I realized that it has chinese as the default language but I managed to set english quite easily.
Thank you!!!
Thanks!!!
You save my device. My internal sd was corrupted and i've tried a lot of solutions without success. Flashing this rom repair it.
allright, more users with this particular device.
Question, is the wifi on your's slow? My wifi is terrible. I can only get about 1mb/s a second. My router is a Linksys E4200 and my internet is cable 120mb/s.
It is slow with this frimware, the old firmware and the new (official firmware), no matter what.
Please share your thoughts.
My top speed is 1284 kbps with a line with 30mb/s very slow
New fellow
Hi everybody,
Happy to find some users of this tablet. I'm really satisfied by this stuff. The 3D effect is nice and the performances barely good. I've put on the back a door hinge to create a kickstand
I rooted my device thanks to two little things : PdaNet to get a generic driver, then DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
@hyellow : Thank you very much ! Where did you get this rom ? I'm curious to know the modifications provides by this rom, and i would to follow his evolution
Misutsu said:
Hi everybody,
Happy to find some users of this tablet. I'm really satisfied by this stuff. The 3D effect is nice and the performances barely good. I've put on the back a door hinge to create a kickstand
I rooted my device thanks to two little things : PdaNet to get a generic driver, then DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
@hyellow : Thank you very much ! Where did you get this rom ? I'm curious to know the modifications provides by this rom, and i would to follow his evolution
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I found the ROM on facebook. It is a dual device facebook page, because it is also offering roms for the GADMEI T820.
http://www.facebook.com/GadmeiT820
there is also this chinese forum, from GADMEI themselves.
http://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=nl&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://bbs.gadmei.com/forum.php
Thanks.
This rom is great, finally my Google account and better performances in the system and 3D player. 'm Waiting for the next version
Does anyone see in the 3D mode strange rainbow-like color effects? Is it a low-quality panel or is it my device that has problems?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
today all cheap panels 3d glasses-free are low quality with rainbow colors and duplicates.
Best view at 50cm distance with low tilt in the y axis, when you stop to see the rainbow effect is the optimal distance-tilt, best with a solid color foreground in the movie.
I got one 2 weeks ago from BRANDO.
I don't think it's expensive, the 200 $ get exact change to euros, so it's 160 euros with delivery included.
The hardware is Ok, not the best but quite reasonable. And the glasses free display really works with the included video and photo players. The screen is HD-ready resololution and the video works quite well with every format I have tried.
On the bad side: the screen gets scratched easyly just by using it. It comes with very little documentation in chinese and just a few apps installed and some more on the internal SD, included a chinesse market. The construction looks a bit cheap and the plastic back makes sounds when you catsh it.
Still haven't tried to root it, with the Android Market installed surely will get more from it. Does anyone know if there is a chance we could upgrade it to Honeycomb or Icecream?
hyellow said:
I have a ROM that is built for the GADMEI T863. It already has Market cooked in as well as some other tweaks.
I shared it on my google account.
h t t p s : / / docs . google . com / open?id = 0B3fxq6Qouia0MzZiOGU2YmYtMWJhYi00YjY0LThjMGItMzhhM2UwZjkzYTA5
Just unpack and copy the four items to the root of the sd card. Turn off the tablet. Hold volume up en power button to begin flashing.
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Does this ROM pack with the original 3D player? Thanks!
hiung2002 said:
Does this ROM pack with the original 3D player? Thanks!
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yes, it has the 3d player. But make a backup of the 3d content (movies and pictures). because, that is not included.
Does anyone know if there is an SDK to activate 3D mode?
LG and HTC have them for their phones. I assumed this device only needed the image to be vertically interlaced, but it appears something needs to switch on for the parallax barrier to activate.
thanks
hyellow said:
yes, it has the 3d player. But make a backup of the 3d content (movies and pictures). because, that is not included.
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Thanks. Does it also fixed the internal SD problem and improved Wi-Fi performance? Do you know how to make a backup of the existing ROM before upgrade? Could you share any screenshot?
Trying to install this rom,
It boots to the sd install screen and gives an error
E.Bad Boot Loader Arguments "(null)"
E.unkown volume for path [/udisk/factory_update_param.aml]
E.Can't mount /udisk/factory_update_param.aml]
anyone know what this is?
have you put the extracted files on to the internal or external sd card?
It might not make any difference, but i put it on the external sd card.
Be sure to extract the rar file and copy it to the sd card.
Hi all,
This isn't a "stir the pot" kind of question and I don't intend to start a "why root?" discussion... I've read as many other threads as possible and I'm just not clear on a few things. In a current "why do you want to root?" thread, many responded that they rooted so they could remove bloat ware, use wifi tethering, etc. Those are all the things I want, but I'm not sure how far I need to go to get those. Will I need to flash a custom ROM or can I do what I want now?
So, here's what I've got and what I hope to get:
I bought I DNA from a guy who wanted to "upgrade" to an iPhone 5. It did not have the 2.0 software update, so I was able to unlock it, S-OFF, and root it. I can use the SDK and adb, but primarily to follow instructions. Beyond that, I don't really know what I can do now. I had Cyanogen on my trusty old Nexus 1 and on my Xoom tablet, so I'm not afraid of custom ROMs. But, I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with the stock DNA ROM. Except for a few things...
1) What I would like is to get rid of the silly games which I won't use. I don't know enough to know if I can, with the stock ROM but root access, remove those. There's no uninstall option, but perhaps there's a way to remove those with root access? Or would I need to flash a custom ROM?
2) Remove the "entitlement check" on the wifi hotspot app. Since I'm running on T-Mo the app won't, of course, allow activation of the hotspot. Silly... I've read several threads on using SQLite to do this, but they're from last year and either the process has changed or it no longer works. I have read that I can use another app, which is an option. But if there's a way to run the stock app, I'd go for that.
So, you can see I don't really want to change much. If I can do these now, with what access I've got, please let me know (and how, please!). If I need a custom ROM, I see three options it seems. CM (which I've always liked, but seems not yet ready for DNA??), Viper and Hatka seem to be the options which are popular. I'm open to guidance here. Not a "this is the best ROM argument", but which would you recommend for my minimalist needs?
EDIT - I mentioned "three options" above, but that was just based on my reading in the past two weeks. I see there's a new M7 rom and that thread already has over 100 pages in about a week, so it looks like a popular option as well. Apologies if I missed somebody's work and I'm open to any pointers and experiences.
Thanks in advance,
Ross - in the beautiful mountains in Northern Arizona.
I guess if you know the name of the apk of the games, you can use root explorer to remove them from /system/apps but keep in mind we do not know what else it may break and then you may have to ruu back.
if you want to try a rom, try the sense 5 port by newtoroot
To remove some of the user / system apps like twitter or picas, i search 'root uninstaller' in the apps store, and the one with a green trash can has been quite reliable for me ^^
I personally like the minimalistic touch to the M7 / Sense 5 Rom. Easy to get my news, use gps, play music WITH beats on bluetooth/speaker, etc. But stock is really good to, no complaints there.
Thanks and an update - I ended up flashing the M7 and, like you said, it's nice. And an unexpected bonus is that the included wifi hotspot app works just fine with my T-Mo service, without any modifications at all.
I've got everything I wanted and it was easy, once I made the choice.