Try out custom rom on pc - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I'm pretty new here but I have a question that's been bugging me.
Since a couple of months I figured out how to root my HTC desire HD. A whole new world opened up to me. So i begun using custom roms. As you guys might know, there are a lot of roms out there. Some of them I like others I don't. The other day I was wondering about how nice it would be if there was some sort of Emulator voor my pc to try the custom rom. I've heard about the AVD manager (SDK tools) But I don't get my custom roms to work. Is there a tool like this? If there is something like it that would be great. That way I could test the rom first before erasing the old one, so I know if I'm going to like the rom before going through al the trouble.
thanx!

MrGurd said:
Hello,
I'm pretty new here but I have a question that's been bugging me.
Since a couple of months I figured out how to root my HTC desire HD. A whole new world opened up to me. So i begun using custom roms. As you guys might know, there are a lot of roms out there. Some of them I like others I don't. The other day I was wondering about how nice it would be if there was some sort of Emulator voor my pc to try the custom rom. I've heard about the AVD manager (SDK tools) But I don't get my custom roms to work. Is there a tool like this? If there is something like it that would be great. That way I could test the rom first before erasing the old one, so I know if I'm going to like the rom before going through al the trouble.
thanx!
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Check out this guide..... http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2183...le-android-on-your-pc-without-buying-a-phone/ here also..... http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html

Hallo Diablo67 thanks for the answer. But as I already told. I already tried this. I wil give me an android Yes, but it won't give me a custom rom. I really would like to try out a custom rom on it. Roms like: Android Revolution, Leedroid, CM etc.

It would be very useful. But I think its not possible.
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Is there any way to use a custom ROM on Android emulator?

Is there any way to use a custom ROM on Android emulator?, How can I use system dir instead of system.img?
Many thanks yo all!!!
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Moved to Q&A.
I don't think you can do it easily, due to the emulated hardware being a fair bit different from the real stuff.
But I may be wrong, it's a long time since I tried. I think if you use the right emulator kernel etc, it should in theory work, but then are you running the custom ROM itself, or are you just making a new one?
But you can develop for emulator, if you chose to do so. I think it's called goldfish, which should help if needed.
I fact I'm deoxeding and updating su, app2sd, etc on original 2.1 WWE rom, and I would like to have a try on emulator before updating on my own phone.
perdita2000 said:
I fact I'm deoxeding and updating su, app2sd, etc on original 2.1 WWE rom, and I would like to have a try on emulator before updating on my own phone.
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I don't think you can use an HTC Sense ROM on the emulator.
If you wanna compare what you've done with a known working one, have a look at http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=1973#p20592 and the third file.
So long as your output ROM looks like that, it should be safe
But anyway, so long as you're not flashing radio or spl, you should be fine (watch out for kernels, but from the sounds of it, you're not doing kernels. Just don't flash a GSM kernel onto a CDMA phone for anyone who reads this another time )
P
Many Thanks I will show my work to public in a couple of weeks. I have test on my phone and looks good enought.
Perdita2000

[Q] PS jailbreak for HTC hero

hey so as the ps3 jailbreak has been successfully ported and is fully working on desire n nexus so what is the status for HTC hero
or is it available(if i am lucky) is someone developing for htc hero
pls people show some love
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ratul_jain1991 said:
hey so as it is fully working on desire n nexus so what is the status for HTC hero
or is it available(if i am lucky)
pls people show some love
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There is no need for jailbreaking a hero. Just follow the guides available to root it. If you can't follow a guide to root, use univeral androot, although you'll still need to understand what you're doing.
There isn't a one-click root, and it's not really in the spirit of xda. Read about custom ROMs, read about rooting, and get flashing...
pulser_g2 said:
There is no need for jailbreaking a hero. Just follow the guides available to root it. If you can't follow a guide to root, use univeral androot, although you'll still need to understand what you're doing.
There isn't a one-click root, and it's not really in the spirit of xda. Read about custom ROMs, read about rooting, and get flashing...
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duh!!
i am talking about ps3 jailbreak solution for hero
P.S i hav rooted htc hero
fullerlee said:
From what I can see, the source for the Nexus should work, as it uses the same USB implementation, see here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/lv?key=tarAC83Wjsq2QZvP4iR5mlw&toomany=true#gid=0
Info here: http://psx-scene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65246&page=6
I think it just needs compiling against a particular kernel against the Hero.
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yup someone needs to do that for us asap
I had not seen Pulser missing a beat before
Well, it seems that we need a kernel 2.6.3x to make this work (check in psfreedom.com), since the bundled 2.6.2x uses the MSM_HSUSB driver instead of the MSM72K.
Does anyone know where to grab a kernel like that?
Sorry for sounding stupid, but what is this? lol
There's no such kernel right now. Devs are working on a .34 kernel, but I believe it's still far from complete.
alexluckett said:
Sorry for sounding stupid, but what is this? lol
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its basically like rooting a ps3 means you can play 'backed up' games and such
i have tried bringing this up on the villain irc channel but all i got was abuse lol so gave up, and this is not the first time so no more donation to them guys from me and no more using there roms.
Arasthel said:
There's no such kernel right now. Devs are working on a .34 kernel, but I believe it's still far from complete.
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But, as someone suggested, could it be used as a recovery image with the compiled PSFreedom module?
cant we just port the img made for desire to hero ??
No, we can't, because what we need, the kernel, cannot be ported that way. What devs are trying right now is to port HTC Magic (Sapphire) .34 kernel.
Im so confused!
whats up with this spreadsheet, stating a Hero port is complete?
apperently i can't post links yet. But anyone know what im talkning about?
i read before, but what is the point?
I saw the answer, and yes it makes sense (i know alot about the ps3/psp scene since psp's release). But it doesnt strictly do anything unique at all on android phones does it?
I mean rooting does exactly the same, and the psjailbreak has no different/new features designed for android (i know it shouldnt, but...).
However, it is certainly nice to see a new kind of exploit available. (i remember the wonder of the gta exploit on psp all those years ago caused cries of delight and dark_alex to become a god, those who remember)
there is too type of htc hero some have the correct usb type some dont
I guess the best solution will be to port the exploit to the 2.6.2x kernel (seems more feasible than waiting to have a working 2.6.3x kernel).
Its updated!
hxxp://psfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?title=Device_compatibility_list
Now requires: 2.6.29 or higher Kernel
We should ask rom makers to help us out
On other note is someone trying to make it work for HTC hero
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App

Gingerbread install instructions for beginners

Hello,
I am new on xda,
I would like to try gingerbread on my streak 5.
I never installed a custom Rom, I need a step by step installation guide ...
and i have to be sure i can restore the system to its original (current) conditions,
if something went wrong during the update...
Could anyone help me?
Thanks!!
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
Vicolodo said:
Hello,
I am new on xda,
I would like to try gingerbread on my streak 5.
I never installed a custom Rom, I need a step by step installation guide ...
and i have to be sure i can restore the system to its original (current) conditions,
if something went wrong during the update...
Could anyone help me?
Thanks!!
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
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The Gingerbread ROM is not exactly stable, and should truly only be run by those more seasoned with tweaking their Streaks because of the several issues it has...
I would suggest you start out with something more stable like SimpleStreak or my personal favorite StreakDroid 1.9.0 (I had issues with SD 1.9.1). so you get the feel of a custom ROM.
BUT if you are serious about wanting Gingerbread, I STRONGLY suggest you dedicate the hours necessary to read through the ENTIRE thread, make note of it's issues and make note of how to solve them when you run across them, because you will run across them, learn the processes of using the terminal emulator, using fastboot commands, making sure your computer has the correct drivers installed for USB connections and fastboot flashing... you should be proficient in all that BEFORE even trying the stable ROMs because sooner or later you will have to flash something to your Streak
cdzo72 said:
The Gingerbread ROM is not exactly stable, and should truly only be run by those more seasoned with tweaking their Streaks because of the several issues it has...
I would suggest you start out with something more stable like SimpleStreak or my personal favorite StreakDroid 1.9.0 (I had issues with SD 1.9.1). so you get the feel of a custom ROM.
BUT if you are serious about wanting Gingerbread, I STRONGLY suggest you dedicate the hours necessary to read through the ENTIRE thread, make note of it's issues and make note of how to solve them when you run across them, because you will run across them, learn the processes of using the terminal emulator, using fastboot commands, making sure your computer has the correct drivers installed for USB connections and fastboot flashing... you should be proficient in all that BEFORE even trying the stable ROMs because sooner or later you will have to flash something to your Streak
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Thanks for the suggestions,
my streak now runs the latest official version 2.2... so i would like to upgrade it to 2.3.
I thought there was any easy and safe way to do so, as the official update...
i will wait for a more stable version and meanwhile i will read the posts and will try to learn something about this topic...
Thanks again!
Vicolodo said:
Thanks for the suggestions,
my streak now runs the latest official version 2.2... so i would like to upgrade it to 2.3.
I thought there was any easy and safe way to do so, as the official update...
i will wait for a more stable version and meanwhile i will read the posts and will try to learn something about this topic...
Thanks again!
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Man no problem, I just wanted to make sure you didn't jump in there like a lot of people do and then come back having expected your Streak to be as stable as it is now... but as a note, there is no official kernel for Gingerbread for the Streak to my knowledge, and now that Dell has discontinued it there were probably never be. Maybe some superdev out there will be able to port IceCreamSandwich for us... we can be hopeful huh
Good luck with your Streak... and like I said, do LOTS and LOTS of reading, there are 3 or 4 amazing guides that explain how to do EVERYTHING, you just have to read them....
Also there are a couple youtube videos you can look at that show the process. one is custom rom installing and the other is flashing the dsp ..
I can't post live links so cut n paste...
Custom ROM
youtube.com/watch?v=3izgMselF-k&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
and DSP flashing..
youtube.com/watch?v=a5DEsHHNEp0
This will at least show you what is involved.
Its not hard but there are things that can go wrong so best to read around...

Official update

Hi,
I'm looking for a gingerbread rom to install on my friend's Optimus One. I myself have ZTE Blade and I have been installing custom roms and that sort of stuff for some time so I know how this work, but I'm looking for a stable, plain and unrooted rom for my friend's phone as he is not the most tech savvy guy out there. I found the official 2.3.3 update from LG but I've been reading that it's very buggy. What would you guys recommend?
Thanks in advance,
Arnar.
arnarg said:
Hi,
I'm looking for a gingerbread rom to install on my friend's Optimus One. I myself have ZTE Blade and I have been installing custom roms and that sort of stuff for some time so I know how this work, but I'm looking for a stable, plain and unrooted rom for my friend's phone as he is not the most tech savvy guy out there. I found the official 2.3.3 update from LG but I've been reading that it's very buggy. What would you guys recommend?
Thanks in advance,
Arnar.
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I think most if not all custom roms are rooted. If you're looking for something stable, IMO go for oxygen v1.1. Old baseband though.
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Joel Chan said:
I think most if not all custom roms are rooted. If you're looking for something stable, IMO go for oxygen v1.1. Old baseband though.
Sent from my HTC-Desire using xda premium
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I guess I could just tell him to stay out of apps requiring Superuser access or even make him learn this stuff But I'm guessing LG have not released a less buggy version then?
arnarg said:
I guess I could just tell him to stay out of apps requiring Superuser access or even make him learn this stuff But I'm guessing LG have not released a less buggy version then?
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Don't worry, the LG official gingerbread is not buggy. It's just bad.
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
One more thing... On ZTE Blade we have gen1 and 2 phones (same specs, different partition layout and radio if I understand correctly), certain roms will not work on gen1 phones and such. Does the optimus one have something equivalent to that? If i want to install Oxygen v1.1, like you suggested, is it as simple as rooting, installing custom recovery and flashing the rom?
arnarg said:
One more thing... On ZTE Blade we have gen1 and 2 phones (same specs, different partition layout and radio if I understand correctly), certain roms will not work on gen1 phones and such. Does the optimus one have something equivalent to that? If i want to install Oxygen v1.1, like you suggested, is it as simple as rooting, installing custom recovery and flashing the rom?
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By all means, yes!
But the O1 has 2 two basebands - v10xx and **** v20xx
If you wanna check which one you have go to -
settings>about phone
And there will be written the baseband version.
If its v10xx then you can proceed with the steps you've mentioned.
Read the sticky FAQ in this section for more details.
arnarg said:
Hi,
I'm looking for a gingerbread rom to install on my friend's Optimus One. I myself have ZTE Blade and I have been installing custom roms and that sort of stuff for some time so I know how this work, but I'm looking for a stable, plain and unrooted rom for my friend's phone as he is not the most tech savvy guy out there. I found the official 2.3.3 update from LG but I've been reading that it's very buggy. What would you guys recommend?
Thanks in advance,
Arnar.
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LG official gb has no bugs ,, the only problem is that it drains 1% battery every hour... whenever i wake up in the morning i notice that 6-8 % battery is drained... while cm7 roms drain only 2% per night btw if your friend is not techno freak then official gb is best as it has no bugs and you may flash franco.kernel for gb over official gb to give it more smoothness

Quick question about rooting and ROMs

Hi,
New to this scene, but basically I want to run pure jellybean on my S III I9300.
I've looked at a few tutorials on YouTube, and then I came across this:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3/
Would that be the best way to root my S III?
And in terms of roms, I'm basically after a stable rom that I can use as a daily.
I've seen heaps of different roms on the site, but I would like to know what most people are running, in regards to what I'm after.
To flash the rom, do I go into clockwork recovery and install rom, then g apps, and then clear SD cache?
Thanks guys
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assassin204 said:
Hi,
New to this scene, but basically I want to run pure jellybean on my S III I9300.
I've looked at a few tutorials on YouTube, and then I came across this:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3/
Would that be the best way to root my S III?
And in terms of roms, I'm basically after a stable rom that I can use as a daily.
I've seen heaps of different roms on the site, but I would like to know what most people are running, in regards to what I'm after.
To flash the rom, do I go into clockwork recovery and install rom, then g apps, and then clear SD cache?
Thanks guys
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
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No see item 1 in my signature, safest and fastest way to root. I assume you have an International Galaxy S3 with a 4412 Exynos cpu. If you have another device it will not work.
For a good and stable rom there are many good ICS and JellyBean rom`s. I personaly prefer the one in my signature. But you try anyone you like. Read up a bit aboutt rooting and flashing first i wouls suggest, to prevent possible problems.
See the Development section for rom`s, good luck and happy flashing mate
im really confused now lol
i understand the root part, and i can follow that quite easily.
but im really unsure with the roms, i heard cm10 was good, but then i also heard people complaining that some things dont work.
gee2012 said:
No see item 1 in my signature, safest and fastest way to root. I assume you have an International Galaxy S3 with a 4412 Exynos cpu. If you have another device it will not work.
For a good and stable rom there are many good ICS and JellyBean rom`s. I personaly prefer the one in my signature. But you try anyone you like. Read up a bit aboutt rooting and flashing first i wouls suggest, to prevent possible problems.
See the Development section for rom`s, good luck and happy flashing mate
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assassin204 said:
im really confused now lol
i understand the root part, and i can follow that quite easily.
but im really unsure with the roms, i heard cm10 was good, but then i also heard people complaining that some things dont work.
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As you are new to flashing I would stay away from cm10/aosp Roms until you're more comfortable with what you are doing, get used to flashing Samsung based Roms/flashing mods/creating and restoring nandroids and generally feel confident in what you are doing
I also suggest you stay away from any AOSP builds.. Until you get some more knowledge and know all the tricks to fix basic problems rather than creating numerous amount of threads
Just root and install Omega 13 or Checkrom
Tip: Nandroids are your best friends when flashing roms.. It's always great to make a back up before flashing anything
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