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System Recovery to requires you to have a WALL CHARGER being plugged into the computer will not work
www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/Bootstrap_signed.apk
This is a chinese update.zip I would not flash it unless you know chinese but it gives devs a good base and gives us a good start as we dont have to worry about signing the updates now
www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/update_signed.zip
Great news
Its still a lil too advanced for me to use yet, but the ball is rolling fast now. Has there been any word on the potential stable speed of the tegra when overclocked. My incredible was never stable beyond stock.
I did it it, and it was way easier than I thought it was going to be. Not going to bother with the chinese rom though. I haven't heard anyone say it was any better than stock, so why bother.
DJJasonK said:
Its still a lil too advanced for me to use yet, but the ball is rolling fast now. Has there been any word on the potential stable speed of the tegra when overclocked. My incredible was never stable beyond stock.
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Eh, not rolling tooo fast, its rolling the same its been for the past week, people are just over hyping everything TOO MUCH, and that rom is practically an update.zip but Chinese (from what i gathered i may be wrong)
Im thinking of trying the chinese rom this weekend to see if I can muddle though the settings and change it to english. I dont read or speak, much less write, chinese. If anybody can tell me that this can or cant be done, let me know before I spend to much time on it... Please....
TIA
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Im thinking of trying the chinese rom this weekend to see if I can muddle though the settings and change it to english. I dont read or speak, much less write, chinese. If anybody can tell me that this can or cant be done, let me know before I spend to much time on it... Please....
TIA
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I got curious and decided to start looking at the files in the zip (one-by-one). So far, each file that I have opened is in English. Since the SBF does work, I'm wondering what would it hurt to at least give it a try and if it all comes up in Mandarin, then I can simply clean everything off and go back to how things were before. I'm not a dev, and I don't pretend like I could be one or know what I'm doing. I know how to flash, sbf and most importantly - ask for help when there's something I don't understand. I haven't seen anything (in the files I've viewed so far) that would lead me to believe that this is anything other than a normal ROM that the Chinese just happen to have.
If anyone else has any thoughts on this matter, please share. My curiosity may just be in overdrive and i've been hungering so long for a ROM that this might just be desperation and a case of huberus of the worst magnitude. I welcome all learned comments/suggestions on the matter.
Thanks in advance family.
If you erase data prior to flashing the rom, when you reboot, it will be at the initial android activation screen. It will be in chinese, but you can simply click the icon in the bottom right hand corner and change to english. Only problems I've ran into so far using this method is that the paid is that paid market doesn't seem to work. But with the new market available, you may just be able to install it over top and bring back full functionality.
Once I return home im going to make an all night attempt st conjuring something up based on this rom, I'll post it if I accomplish anything.
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If you erase data prior to flashing the rom, when you reboot, it will be at the initial android activation screen. It will be in chinese, but you can simply click the icon in the bottom right hand corner and change to english. Only problems I've ran into so far using this method is that the paid is that paid market doesn't seem to work. But with the new market available, you may just be able to install it over top and bring back full functionality.
Once I return home im going to make an all night attempt st conjuring something up based on this rom, I'll post it if I accomplish anything.
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Now that is some MAJOR information that I needed to know. Thank you so very much. I will most definitely be trying this tonight when I get home from work. I feel like a kid with a new toy....is that bad? Oh well, can't help myself. Have to tinker. It will be interesting to see what happens during the next step of the test - seeing if it has the same problems as the stock version (rebooting when it wants to, powering itself off while in the charging dock, etc.) We won't even discuss Quadrant speeds or overclocking yet. I think that's the stuff I will leave to you experts. I'm a major novice who is a pseudo adrenaline junkie when it comes to my phone. I'm like Tim Allen wanting it to have "more power, grunt grunt'.
I'll stop being silly now and rather I will thank you again for the heads-up...it is greatly appreciated.
This is exactly the info I was looking for. I am not a dev either. I just know enough to get myself in trouble and then get out of it, most of the time..... I do believe we can just replace the market and if that is so that will be awesome. the next thing we are going to have to figure out is if and how we remove the chinese bloat.
About the issues affecting the stock ROM we have at the moment, from my understanding, the chinese one is basically the same. So the same issues may still exist...
I will attempt this tonight after work and a backup so that I can wipe and sbf to start from scratch...
Its great to see interest and attempts at advancing our current state of affairs, even if the progress is minimal. Progress is PROGRESS people!!!!
TIA
So I just flashed the Chinese ROM.... I did what c21johnson said and switched it to English using the bottom right hand button... After that its pretty much the same as usual, log in, configure VZW and Google access and then you get to the default moto blur crap that came with the phone... Some bloat has been removed, but again as has been stated previously some has been added... Two apps that are in Chinese that cant be uninstalled... Aside from that its all the same... I am restoring back to the backup I did before flashing the Chinese ROM as it is absolutely nothing special.....
Has anyone tried to overclock the chinese room? I heard its the same as original rom, but since its a custom kernal, it might be able to be overclocked.
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Has anyone tried to overclock the chinese room? I heard its the same as original rom, but since its a custom kernal, it might be able to be overclocked.
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Does it really have a custom kernel?
If it does then we should be mining Chinese forums to figure out how because someone would have had to sign it with our locked bootloader. I bet its stock.
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Does it really have a custom kernel?
If it does then we should be mining Chinese forums to figure out how because someone would have had to sign it with our locked bootloader. I bet its stock.
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No custom kernel and cannot be overclocked. Still searching into a method to overclock this beast.
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This works great!
I've even recovered from a brick using the SBF and a nandroid recovery from the System Recovery on this. So when are we going to start seeing some ROMs?
Has anyone been successful in using this on a Motorola Milestone X2? I created this thread and skwoodwiva was extremely helpful in trying to help me out but it seems I still can't figure out what I might be doing wrong:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20295079#
Umm, someone needs to explain more about this. It doesn't seem to be anything that isn't already out for us, just it's in Chinese. I see no reason to use this or even have it posted here at all unless you can unlock the bootloader...has anyone tried that yet? I won't hold my breath on this btw.
I fail to see how this is different...our current recovery requires being plugged into a wall, why use this instead?
An oldie but goodie thread This is where our bootstrap came from...
That makes much more sense...I didn't look at the thread date, thanks mastafunk
New way to use this apk
Many thanks to Tenfar for the apk. This is the same but it is not installed form your file manager it is flashed with recovery mode already enabled.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426062
It writes to /preinstall , /system/bin and /data (just as the recovery mode-ON apk does) BUT NOT to /data/data (as the apk relies on). Also charge mode is not available as it needs to be recovery enabled in order to save "you" on a bad rom flash or data data wipe.
Why use it? You may ask:
With this you can now safely do a data wipe and still reboot into cwr by just flashing this as the last step before "reboot system now" it will save you from SBFing if anything keeps you from booting.
System Recovery to requires you to have a WALL CHARGER being plugged into the computer will not work
www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/Bootstrap_signed.apk<--- This Link Is BROKEN Please Fix...
I'm computer saavy but not Android. If I follow the steps to root....will the phone be totally cool after the process? I'd like to uninstall some Verizon bloat. Are there some must do's after rooting? Is there a noticeable performance gain after eliminating the bloat?
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I'm computer saavy but not Android. If I follow the steps to root....will the phone be totally cool after the process? I'd like to uninstall some Verizon bloat. Are there some must do's after rooting? Is there a noticeable performance gain after eliminating the bloat?
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Rooting is a must; and removing the bloat is great, but installing a custom ROM is better performance wise.
Try a couple ROMs and find what one you like best. I use Liberty because I find it to be the fastest.
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I'm computer saavy but not Android. If I follow the steps to root....will the phone be totally cool after the process? I'd like to uninstall some Verizon bloat. Are there some must do's after rooting? Is there a noticeable performance gain after eliminating the bloat?
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Sorry bout the thanks..hit the button by accident. As for rooting, if you follow the directions correctly, you SHOULD be ok" but there's always a chance you can have a problem. That's why the directions state at your own risk. And yes you will notice your phone will run considerably faster once you debloat the Verizon crapware. Also installing roms such as nitros eclipse or Kejars31's liberty will also improve the phones performance. Im using liberty & its pretty quick, but both are great. Hope that helps you out
I haven't used Liberty, so I can't vouch for it. But Eclipse is a great rom to try. The devs remove most bloatware, as well as the Blur skin, unless something is necessary in almost all roms. Both of these things, as well as some performance scripts and other built in modifications make a significant difference. Just be sure you have the correct version of android running before flashing, and just to be on the safe side, be sure to download RSD Lite and the correct SBF for 2.3.3 or 2.3.4 whichever you choose.
If you want a ROM, I'd suggest Molten, fastest I've seen!
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I'm currently using Eclipse and the V6 script and let me tell you, it is now the phone it should have been stock. Rooting and flashing ROMs are a must for this device, and as long as you follow directions and are crystal clear on what they tell you to do, there is little to no risk involved. I was in your position when I got my X1, and after I installed the Apex ROM, there was no chance I'd ever use stock again. Good luck my friend!
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Make sure you follow all of the directions and read up anytime you have a question. I have learned much and more from all the people around here and their informative posts. It is intimidating at first to root, install recovery then install a ROM but once you've done it it is really awesome.
I want to try Liberty on my rooted X2 but cannot find it anywhere. I've searched, but may have missed it. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you in advance for your help.
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I want to try Liberty on my rooted X2 but cannot find it anywhere. I've searched, but may have missed it. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you in advance for your help.
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Liberty:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/7699-rom-libertyx2-3-rc1-time-for-the-eagle-to-once-again-take-flight/
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I'm computer saavy but not Android. If I follow the steps to root....will the phone be totally cool after the process? I'd like to uninstall some Verizon bloat. Are there some must do's after rooting? Is there a noticeable performance gain after eliminating the bloat?
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I am currently stock rooted. And yes removing g bloat will free up some ram and u should notice some difference in performance.
But I recommend freezing before removing since there is a lot of apps that are interdependent on each other so u need to be careful what u remove.
most of the roms on here will remove the junk for u anyways.
Just make a nandroid of stock after u root and install our bootstrap so u can always go back to stock if u would like or need to.
If u r just looking to remove apps like kindle amazon blockbuster etc.. u will be fine. Feel free to ask any questions (u can also private message me if ud like) and ill do my best to help ya out that's what this forum is for
Thank you!
And don't worry about the 2.3.4 but anymore, Nitro has fixed it and it should be gone with his next release!
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Besides for the debloating/freezing and flashing roms that other posters have mentioned, one of the best things I like about rooting is being able to use an app titled Keyboard Manager. It is only available to root users, but it allows you to set keyboards based on orientation. For example, I use swype in portrait and blur keyboard in landscape.
Its the little things...
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Its the little things...
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Couldn't have said it better myself. Its not like you unlock a world of free apps and instantly become a Android Guru, you just get those few things that you wanted before and always said "I really wish I could change that" well its making open source even more open.
Keep reading the xda forums and you will learn alot. I started by using the "one click root," freezing bloat wear, and then started experimenting with Roms to squeeze all the free memory and performance I can out of my x2. Like you I am a computer tech head, but didn't know much about android. The knowledge comes fast though.
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Besides for the debloating/freezing and flashing roms that other posters have mentioned, one of the best things I like about rooting is being able to use an app titled Keyboard Manager. It is only available to root users, but it allows you to set keyboards based on orientation. For example, I use swype in portrait and blur keyboard in landscape.
Its the little things...
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that's a tasty little tidbit there, I like swipe but never turned it on because I really only liked it in portrait, hence, I really now do all my typing in landscape.
definitely root your phone. and definitely do what some of the others stated like getting a sbf and using rsd lite. im running eclipse if it means anything. havent tried liberty yet. didnt like alien or atrix port so much.
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I'm computer saavy but not Android. If I follow the steps to root....will the phone be totally cool after the process? I'd like to uninstall some Verizon bloat. Are there some must do's after rooting? Is there a noticeable performance gain after eliminating the bloat?
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YES! Rooting is the way to go. I just installed CM7 and absolutely love it. Phone works great - no Verizon bloat and battery life seems good. Phone is extremely fast and stable. Go to the "CM7" posts to learn how to update your phone to CM7. Here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442803
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YES! Rooting is the way to go. I just installed CM7 and absolutely love it. Phone works great - no Verizon bloat and battery life seems good. Phone is extremely fast and stable. Go to the "CM7" posts to learn how to update your phone to CM7. Here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442803
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I second that statement. I've tried Liberty and Eclipse, and no disrespect to those developers at all, but AOSP is the way to go and CM7 is the first AOSP ROM available for the DX2. I was afraid I made the wrong choice for a phone because I root and flash ROMs on my phones, but CM7 on the DX2 has made me feel much better. Try it! You'll love it!
Where did the .sbf go?
I've found several dead links for the "VRZ_MB870_4.5.1A-DTN-117-15_1FF_01.sbf.gz
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Someone at androidforums said they found a working one at droidx forums, but I haven't found it my self. I asked if he would post a link. Guess we'll see.
Edit: I found what I was looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317707
So apparently because I've had to call three times I'm entitled to a brand new phone (as in not a refurb) and they don't have any more Droid X's so they're giving me an X2. Hey, I'm not complaining. Have a couple of questions though.
1) I have a ROM Manager backup of my CM7 install that I was using on my Droid X. Can I just restore that ROM onto the new X2 or do I need a separate build of the ROM?
2) I have the Motorola SDL SBF'ing software on my computer and some stock ROMs to restore to. I also have the Droid 3 rooting script. Is that all valid for the Droid X2 or do I need different stock ROMs, rooting methods, and/or SBF software?
And as a quick aside, I can just pop my extended battery into the Droid X2 right?
Thanks in advance for any help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103
Everything you need is in this thread. Your droid x stuff will not work on the x2 including the cm7. I would recommend trying eclipse 2.03. Also DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER ON THE X2 it is not fully supported like the droid x.
Also i do not have a extended battery but my droid x and droid x2 were the same.
Travisdroidx2 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103
Everything you need is in this thread. Your droid x stuff will not work on the x2 including the cm7. I would recommend trying eclipse 2.03. Also DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER ON THE X2 it is not fully supported like the droid x.
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Awesome, thanks for that, that's exactly what I needed. I will also give Eclipse a go. If I might pick your brain on a couple more questions:
1) Googling around I get conflicting info about CM7 on the X2 (including your response actually). Some posts say it's not at all, some posts say it recently hit the release candidate stage...any idea?
2) Any guides to accumulated gunk I should remove from my SD card? You know, stuff like ROM Manager files for instance.
3) Does the X2 have the same annoying text message time stamp issue as the first one when trying to restore backed up text messages? It was never a HUGE deal but I also didn't like losing all my texts every time I had to do something with the phone.
Thanks again.
press_x_to_jason said:
Awesome, thanks for that, that's exactly what I needed. I will also give Eclipse a go. If I might pick your brain on a couple more questions:
1) Googling around I get conflicting info about CM7 on the X2 (including your response actually). Some posts say it's not at all, some posts say it recently hit the release candidate stage...any idea?
2) Does the X2 have the same annoying text message time stamp issue as the first one when trying to restore backed up text messages? It was never a HUGE deal but I also didn't like losing all my texts every time I had to do something with the phone.!
Thanks again.
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CM7 is in the works but I have not seen any release canidates as of yet. Or else I would be all over it. The developers have been working very hard on it.
As far as text messaging go not sure if I know what the original problem is. If I makr a nano back up of my rom the text will be there when I restore it. Not sure if that is what you were asking sorry. I tend to erase my text more than save sorry.
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If you want the most recent release of eclipse and how to tutorial on how to get there since it is on the 2.3.5 leaked update you can get it from the official eclipse website.
http://eclipserom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=46
Also would highly recommend running the v6 supercharger as well there is a really good tutorial on how to set it up with eclipse . I can get it if you are interested.
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Also remember your bootstrapp is now the tenfar version and you have to be plugged into wall charger. So your bootstrap will always have to be tethered for now still.
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I have seen issues with people using rom manager and also titanium back up. I used to use titanium back up myself but found it tends to carry old data you might not like. I found root explorer to be able to remove or save apps that I like to save on my sd card. I no longer use titanium back up and deleted all old files backed up on my sd card.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261909
Sorry another thread about droid x and xroid x2 battery might answer any un answered questions.
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CM7 is in the works but I have not seen any release canidates as of yet. Or else I would be all over it. The developers have been working very hard on it.
As far as text messaging go not sure if I know what the original problem is. If I makr a nano back up of my rom the text will be there when I restore it. Not sure if that is what you were asking sorry. I tend to erase my text more than save sorry.
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The Droid X has some kind of firmware bug that causes all text messages to restore as being sent/received at whatever time you do the restore of your text messages instead of showing the proper times.
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If you want the most recent release of eclipse and how to tutorial on how to get there since it is on the 2.3.5 leaked update you can get it from the official eclipse website.
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Also would highly recommend running the v6 supercharger as well there is a really good tutorial on how to set it up with eclipse . I can get it if you are interested.
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I would definitely be interested in the V6 supercharger...from the name of it I can make some guesses but what does it do though?
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Also remember your bootstrapp is now the tenfar version and you have to be plugged into wall charger. So your bootstrap will always have to be tethered for now still.
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Yeah I saw something about this. That's a bit unfortunate. But I only need it for bootstrapping right? I saw something about having to be plugged into the wall charger every time you have to reboot in order to maintain root but I'm not sure if it that's still (or ever was) valid info.
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I have seen issues with people using rom manager and also titanium back up. I used to use titanium back up myself but found it tends to carry old data you might not like. I found root explorer to be able to remove or save apps that I like to save on my sd card. I no longer use titanium back up and deleted all old files backed up on my sd card.
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So just go ahead and delete anything from those apps on my SD card once I get my X2?
Also thanks for the battery thread link.
Here is a link to a good tutorial that was written up by moon shadow on setting up v6 super charger. It helps with gaming and speeds up performance. Everyone complains about music skipping but mine does not at all and I also use power amp paid version. tutorial says it is for eclipse 2.02 but will be the same for version 2.03. You will need to edit some lines from the eclipse oom grouping to make V6 stick. Read this thread and it should answer any questions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400349
Also you only need the bootstrap to flash zips or to back up and restore. Do not worry about loosing root. the bootstrap is the same as the one you are probably used to however they had to get it to high jack the charge mode to get it to work. But it should look the same once you are in.
And as far as tiatnium back up. It is personal prefference. I know some people swear by it. I just know that myself and others have ran into problems with it. For example a guy at work bought the galaxy nexus. As soon as he restored his titanium back up he lost connection to data. Happen to be the same day the 4G was down so he thought it was that until a day later and he still did not have 4g once he deleted his titanium back up and old saved back ups his data was recovered. Try it out and see if you have problems. Just nano back up first on a clean install of eclipse so if anything goes bad you can always restore and start over.
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Here is a link to a good tutorial that was written up by moon shadow on setting up v6 super charger. It helps with gaming and speeds up performance. Everyone complains about music skipping but mine does not at all and I also use power amp paid version. tutorial says it is for eclipse 2.02 but will be the same for version 2.03. You will need to edit some lines from the eclipse oom grouping to make V6 stick. Read this thread and it should answer any questions.
Also you only need the bootstrap to flash zips or to back up and restore. Do not worry about loosing root. the bootstrap is the same as the one you are probably used to however they had to get it to high jack the charge mode to get it to work. But it should look the same once you are in.
And as far as tiatnium back up. It is personal prefference. I know some people swear by it. I just know that myself and others have ran into problems with it. For example a guy at work bought the galaxy nexus. As soon as he restored his titanium back up he lost connection to data. Happen to be the same day the 4G was down so he thought it was that until a day later and he still did not have 4g once he deleted his titanium back up and old saved back ups his data was recovered. Try it out and see if you have problems. Just nano back up first on a clean install of eclipse so if anything goes bad you can always restore and start over.
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Thanks again for all the info. Is there any reason to do the V6 turbocharger if I don't really game on my phone?
I guess I have one last thing, about the SD card again. Would it be worth my while to back up the pictures and whatnot on my card to my PC, wipe the card to get rid of any old system settings, and then put everything back? And if so you have any ideas where I could find a checklist for things that I might want to grab/should grab (and shouldn't grab because they'll cause problems)?
press_x_to_jason said:
Thanks again for all the info. I guess I have one last thing, about the SD card again. Would it be worth my while to back up the pictures and whatnot on my card to my PC, wipe the card to get rid of any old system settings, and then put everything back? And if so you have any ideas where I could find a checklist for things that I might want to grab/should grab (and shouldn't grab because they'll cause problems)?
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It might not hurt but there shouldn't be anything on it that the system would try and use without you activating/running it. Id back up the pics and file then wipe it and start fresh....new phone clean sd card. Just my thoughts but then again that way nothing for sure can interfere. Besides...u don't need your droid x stuff including the backups anymore since they don't work and wouldn't work even if cm7 makes it to our phone
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Good point Motcher I would back up my music and pics and wipe the rest and start clean.
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It might not hurt but there shouldn't be anything on it that the system would try and use without you activating/running it. Id back up the pics and file then wipe it and start fresh....new phone clean sd card. Just my thoughts but then again that way nothing for sure can interfere. Besides...u don't need your droid x stuff including the backups anymore since they don't work and wouldn't work even if cm7 makes it to our phone
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Yeah I might do that.
Any thoughts on the value of doing the V6 thing if I don't game?
press_x_to_jason said:
Yeah I might do that.
Any thoughts on the value of doing the V6 thing if I don't game?
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If your not gaming and just doing everyday things I wouldn't bother. Its fast enough if your not a gamer
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That is true if you are not gaming eclipse is just fine. Were you able to make it to 2.03? Nevermind I remember you said you do not have the phone yet. Let us know how it goes and if you need help along the way.
If you have problems with eclipse 2.0.3 wifi like I do try eclipse 1.3. Some have the wifi issue some don't. Seems like more don't than do. Not sure if maybe my router is slightly incompatible or if its just an issue with some phones. With mine on 2.0.3 it drops after about 1 minute, not a problem unless doing large downloads as it reconnects shortly after. I have checked sleep settings and all but still have the issues. Another note is even on 1.3 I have have to set screen not to sleep our it will cut out also. dragonzkiller is getting pretty close on cm7 I think but not entirely sure, he had some post on twitter about a nightly our something this morning.
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Eclipse 1.3 was a very stable version and if you want to stay on 2.3.4 that is not a bad thing. I did have wifi problems on 2.0 but no problems with 2.02 or 2.03 wifi has been great. You can't go wrong with either one.
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If you have problems with eclipse 2.0.3 wifi like I do try eclipse 1.3. Some have the wifi issue some don't. Seems like more don't than do. Not sure if maybe my router is slightly incompatible or if its just an issue with some phones. With mine on 2.0.3 it drops after about 1 minute, not a problem unless doing large downloads as it reconnects shortly after. I have checked sleep settings and all but still have the issues. Another note is even on 1.3 I have have to set screen not to sleep our it will cut out also. dragonzkiller is getting pretty close on cm7 I think but not entirely sure, he had some post on twitter about a nightly our something this morning.
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Eclipse is my favorite but I have been dying to try the CM love since I have never had a chance before I went from DX to DX2. Although I know a guy at work with the dx and he had cm7 and the camera did not work. I hope it is as stable as eclipse.
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That is true if you are not gaming eclipse is just fine. Were you able to make it to 2.03? Nevermind I remember you said you do not have the phone yet. Let us know how it goes and if you need help along the way.
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Yeah because I called on a Saturday, I won't get the phone until Monday (tomorrow). I'll let everyone know how it goes.
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Eclipse 1.3 was a very stable version and if you want to stay on 2.3.4 that is not a bad thing. I did have wifi problems on 2.0 but no problems with 2.02 or 2.03 wifi has been great. You can't go wrong with either one.
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Eclipse is my favorite but I have been dying to try the CM love since I have never had a chance before I went from DX to DX2. Although I know a guy at work with the dx and he had cm7 and the camera did not work. I hope it is as stable as eclipse.
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I will keep that in mind. And CM7 is pretty awesome. For the DX there are camera fixes that make things work, you can also download alternate camera APKs and those work too. And I'd just gotten everything set up the way I liked it on my phone too. Like, I'd just found these render effect widgets and one of the settings was like what F.lux does on the desktop.
Speaking of cameras apparently the DX2 doesn't have a dedicated camera button? Not a HUGE deal but definitely disappointing...furthermore it makes no sense why Moto removed it, the DX's camera button was really good. I just never understand why companies take these steps backward for no good reason.
I did not understand why they ditched the camera button also lol. Well good luck with your new phone tomorrow. Let us know if you need help tomorrow. I am off tomorrow I will keep an eye out for any questions you might have. With regards to eclipse if you choose to pick version 1.3 so you can stay on 2.3.4 or if you go to version 2.03 on the leaked 2.3.5 build. Both are very stable and Everything works. Both versions use the camera from the bionic it is nicer than the original blur camera in my opinion.
I just upgraded from a Moto Droid 2 Global and the X2 is so much more stable it's ridiculous, and of course faster.
I'm a big fan of CM7 too as I've run it on my nook color since Gingerbread was first released. However almost all development on Cyanogen now is CM9, the new version of Android: ICS and I dont see us getting that anytime soon. Still Eclipse is a solid rom.
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I did not understand why they ditched the camera button also lol. Well good luck with your new phone tomorrow. Let us know if you need help tomorrow. I am off tomorrow I will keep an eye out for any questions you might have. With regards to eclipse if you choose to pick version 1.3 so you can stay on 2.3.4 or if you go to version 2.03 on the leaked 2.3.5 build. Both are very stable and Everything works. Both versions use the camera from the bionic it is nicer than the original blur camera in my opinion.
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Probably has to do with a different chipset.
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You can set the search button to be a dedicated camera button if you want to. Check in the general section if your interested. There is a general how to thread that has the easy mod in there
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Coming from the Dx be sure to read of my ReRecovery. It makes our limited CWR more like the real thing. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426062
So hey all, I am new here so bear with me. I have been on Android for about a year and am finally ready to root and run a rom. Started out with a Samsung Fascinate which got traded for a Droid X and that got replaced with a Droid X2. Having some small issues with the DX2, and since I need to factory reset I figured I would go ahead and try to root and run a rom...
So my question is being a complete noob would I be better with CM7 or Miui. Originally on the DX I looked into Miui and really liked how it looked and really wanted it and did a lot of research on it, but before I could try it I had to send back my DX and they replaced it with a brand new DX2 in the box. Then looking into it I noticed that Miui was not available for the DX2, so I just gave up and stayed put.
Recently reading thru the forums I see Miui is available now for the DX2, but I also was looking into CM7 which also looks really nice. I was wondering would either of them be easier for a noob? (i.e. install and post install customization) I have read up on both not having functional FM radio and HDMI, which are not big deals because I rarely use either... but are there any other big problems with either of these roms that would make a noobie like myself steer clear from them and is one of them faster than the other? I also looked into eclipse and not sure if that is something I should consider. Are there any major issues with eclipse and is it more stable than the other two? Honestly right now I am just trying to figure out where to start. I want to do something, but also want the easiest route so that I do not brick my phone as my wife would probably kill me, haha.
There is just so much info out there, I really don't know where to start. I know you guys probably get these questions all the time, but I could not find a specific thread that talked about just these two (or three) roms specifically for the DX2. I have been trying for the past month or two to research this stuff, and I have learned a lot, but I need a little help to push me in the right direction...
Oh, and if you couldn't guess I am on stock GB 2.3.4 unrooted...
kalojado said:
So hey all, I am new here so bear with me. I have been on Android for about a year and am finally ready to root and run a rom. Started out with a Samsung Fascinate which got traded for a Droid X and that got replaced with a Droid X2. Having some small issues with the DX2, and since I need to factory reset I figured I would go ahead and try to root and run a rom...
So my question is being a complete noob would I be better with CM7 or Miui. Originally on the DX I looked into Miui and really liked how it looked and really wanted it and did a lot of research on it, but before I could try it I had to send back my DX and they replaced it with a brand new DX2 in the box. Then looking into it I noticed that Miui was not available for the DX2, so I just gave up and stayed put.
Recently reading thru the forums I see Miui is available now for the DX2, but I also was looking into CM7 which also looks really nice. I was wondering would either of them be easier for a noob? (i.e. install and post install customization) I have read up on both not having functional FM radio and HDMI, which are not big deals because I rarely use either... but are there any other big problems with either of these roms that would make a noobie like myself steer clear from them and is one of them faster than the other? I also looked into eclipse and not sure if that is something I should consider. Are there any major issues with eclipse and is it more stable than the other two? Honestly right now I am just trying to figure out where to start. I want to do something, but also want the easiest route so that I do not brick my phone as my wife would probably kill me, haha.
There is just so much info out there, I really don't know where to start. I know you guys probably get these questions all the time, but I could not find a specific thread that talked about just these two (or three) roms specifically for the DX2. I have been trying for the past month or two to research this stuff, and I have learned a lot, but I need a little help to push me in the right direction...
Oh, and if you couldn't guess I am on stock GB 2.3.4 unrooted...
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Eclipse is the most stable. Cm7 and miui are both betas and not everything works.. Cm7 is good for speed, and miui for crazy customization options.
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Jubomime said:
Eclipse is the most stable. Cm7 and miui are both betas and not everything works.. Cm7 is good for speed, and miui for crazy customization options.
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Can I ask if you were just starting out and never messed with any roms before, which one would you choose out of the three?
kalojado said:
Can I ask if you were just starting out and never messed with any roms before, which one would you choose out of the three?
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Eclipse is likely the most stable, with CM7 following closely behind. MIUI is still in alpha. I haven't tried MIUI yet, but I've read people are having problems. For installing, they should all follow the same process.
Woops, accidentally clicked thank on your post. Oh well lol
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Can I ask if you were just starting out and never messed with any roms before, which one would you choose out of the three?
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Definitely recommend eclipse for starting out.
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Well Eclipse is currently based on Android 2.3.5, which means if you decided on that ROM, you would have to update to 2.3.5 then flash the ROM. Then if you ever wanted to switch to a different ROM, you would have to go through the process of SBF'ing back to Android 2.3.4 since all other ROMs are 2.3.4 based. However, Eclipse is the most stable as was mentioned already. Now between CM7 and MIUI, both are great ROMs. MIUI has some issues with audio and video in some scenarios but still works well. Flashing ROMs isnt that hard so if you have the time, try them all out. Just have all the files ready to restore your phone back to health in case something goes wrong.
One other thing to think about between Eclipse (which is stable and the upcoming 2.0.4 release is really stable and fast) and CM7/MIUI is HDMI.
Eclipse still can output HDMI since it still has some of the BLUR components in it.
CM7/MIUI are both compiled from AOSP components and have ALL of the BLUR components removed, hence no HDMI.
So, if you use HDMI and it's deal-breaker for you, then Eclipse is definitely the way you want to go. But, stability is also nice thing for Eclipse.
I see the stability of the ROMs as follows with the most stable listed first:
Eclipse 2.0.X
CM7 Beta
MIUI
CM9 (not released yet but it has Ice Cream Sandwich)
I was on Eclipse 2.0.3, then went to CM7 and stayed there for awhile. Then, I got onto the Eclipse beta team and started testing 2.0.4. The latest 2.0.4 is the most stable I've seen Eclipse, after a few minor issues, but that's why were were beta testing it. Definitely, I'm sticking with Eclipse.
One thing I've noticed, no matter how hard you try to leave Eclipse, I'm always noticing that people keep coming back to it. That alone should tell you how great a ROM it really is.
Thanks everyone. Seems like maybe I should try out Eclipse first, which is fine. I do want the most stable rom when it comes to my first time... then if I am feeling adventurous later I can try out the others. I will go do a search and hopefully can find a post that lets me know everything I need to do in one post. Thanks again for all the help, if anyone else wants to chime in, please do, I am open to any and all suggestions!
Go here:
http://www.eclipserom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=46
Motcher has given a step-by-step explanation on how to get Eclipse 2.0.3 up and running. Once you have that, then when Eclipse 2.0.4 goes public, you'll already be set to flash it.
Eclipse 2.0.3 is here -> http://www.eclipserom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=11
Both of these links go to the Eclipse forums where Nitro posts all his releases now.
kalojado said:
Can I ask if you were just starting out and never messed with any roms before, which one would you choose out of the three?
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kalojado said:
Thanks everyone. Seems like maybe I should try out Eclipse first, which is fine. I do want the most stable rom when it comes to my first time... then if I am feeling adventurous later I can try out the others. I will go do a search and hopefully can find a post that lets me know everything I need to do in one post. Thanks again for all the help, if anyone else wants to chime in, please do, I am open to any and all suggestions!
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Eclipse is a good choice for your first time. It'll be gentle I promise.
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Thanks everyone. Seems like maybe I should try out Eclipse first, which is fine. I do want the most stable rom when it comes to my first time... then if I am feeling adventurous later I can try out the others. I will go do a search and hopefully can find a post that lets me know everything I need to do in one post. Thanks again for all the help, if anyone else wants to chime in, please do, I am open to any and all suggestions!
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Lucky for you, motcher created this sticky in the Development forum here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391824
[REF]How to go from any 2.3.4 stock/custom rom to any 2.3.5 (412) based custom rom
It has all the instructions you need in one place , it is all very easy also , don't be afraid of bricking your x2
We have this little thing called sbf, as long as you have a computer you will be able to bring you phone back from any "bricked" state if any problems happen.
just stay away from modifying any boot partitions or anything like that. Stick to basics like flashing roms and tweaks/mods/scripts that are found here in the x2 forum and you won't ever hard brick your x2 to the point of no return lol
if you are ever unsure about what exactly a mod/tweak/script/ROM/hack does to your phone then just ask before doing it, trust me tho, sbf is freaking great, so many times I've gotten "bricked" at the Motorola dual core splash screen and a quick sbf flash brings it right back...
And in case you didn't notice, I recommend eclipse enjoy, happy flashing, and welcome
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Thanks so much for the info! I was out searching and wanted to ask if there was a specific link I could get that I could trust, but I didn't want to bother you all as I am sure you get these same questions over and over again. So thank you so much for passing that along... such a huge help and I am gonna attempt it here in a few moments...
Yeah, I have read a lot about sbf'ing and some people still act like I should be worried about bricking my phone, but I have also read other places where people have stated they have yet to see a phone they couldn't get back. So I am gonna try this, and just follow it step by step so I don't screw anything up! Will let you all know how it goes. Again, I can't thank everyone enough for all the great info!!
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Thanks so much for the info! I was out searching and wanted to ask if there was a specific link I could get that I could trust, but I didn't want to bother you all as I am sure you get these same questions over and over again. So thank you so much for passing that along... such a huge help and I am gonna attempt it here in a few moments...
Yeah, I have read a lot about sbf'ing and some people still act like I should be worried about bricking my phone, but I have also read other places where people have stated they have yet to see a phone they couldn't get back. So I am gonna try this, and just follow it step by step so I don't screw anything up! Will let you all know how it goes. Again, I can't thank everyone enough for all the great info!!
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Yea
I haven't seen anyone truly hard brick an x2
just stay away.from the mounts& storage options in BSR , and I think the only things you should touch in the advanced menu in BSR is wipe dalvik cache and battery stats...don't mess with anything else and you will be just fine brotha
Also, if there is anything you are to "embarrassed" to ask on the forum, then just shoot someone a private message my pm inbox is always open
And yes, when rooted and you are doing hacks and tweaks and such, you always have the risk of something going wrong, but like I said, never seen a truly hard bricked x2 that couldn't be fixed via sbf, ...you really gotta kinda be TRYING to brick for that to happen lol
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I haven't seen anyone truly hard brick an x2
just stay away.from the mounts& storage options in BSR , and I think the only things you should touch in the advanced menu in BSR is wipe dalvik cache and battery stats...don't mess with anything else and you will be just fine brotha
Also, if there is anything you are to "embarrassed" to ask on the forum, then just shoot someone a private message my pm inbox is always open
And yes, when rooted and you are doing hacks and tweaks and such, you always have the risk of something going wrong, but like I said, never seen a truly hard bricked x2 that couldn't be fixed via sbf, ...you really gotta kinda be TRYING to brick for that to happen lol
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Okay one quick question. On the link you provided the very fist download, RSD lite is not available. When you go to download it you get "Such file does not exist or it has been removed for infringement of copyrights." I went into the eclipse forum and there is mention of it being updated, but that is all I can find. Do you know where else I could get this file?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22117008&postcount=135
Someone else asked same question other day
that link shows my response
Also,
U said you were on stock 2.3.4 right?
you won't need to sbf if you are, just install the 2.3.5 update zip
Then root with zergrush and good to go
Unless you are just getting everything set up for just in case you need to sbf...which is a great idea also
Good luck
ashclepdia said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22117008&postcount=135
Someone else asked same question other day
that link shows my response
Also,
U said you were on stock 2.3.4 right?
you won't need to sbf if you are, just install the 2.3.5 update zip
Then root with zergrush and good to go
Unless you are just getting everything set up for just in case you need to sbf...which is a great idea also
Good luck
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Yes, thats exactly what I was doing. I wanted to make sure I had everything just in case something went wrong. Just figured it would be good to have everything all set But thanks again... much appreciation!
Miui is my rom of choice when it's in full release candidate polish, and maybe eventually Ace's Miui4DX2 will get there. In the meantime, there's a battery-eating wakelock issue, app-by-app sound issues (sound sometimes just doesn't work), and some kind of rendering issue that slows Netflix/certain games/MX Video and various other media apps to a 1 frame per minute crawl. There's also an issue where wifi drops out periodically and doesn't reconnect unless you prompt it (or install a service like "Wi Fi Fixer" that toggles it for you).
So until Ace releases a better beta (which could be as soon as tomorrow, or as late as never), I'd count Miui out as a daily driver.
CM7 as a rom is great--not quite as pretty as Miui (and I find Miui eliminates a lot of the sloppiness in pre-ICS Android), but it is rock solid. DZK's build is an almost perfect CM7 build, except it has the same wifi connectivity issue as Ace's Miui. The advantages it offers more than compensate for the annoyance of having to run Wi-fi Fixer and every now and then waiting for wi-fi to reconnect.
I'm running CM7 on my DX2 and am quite happy with it. I'll give Miui another shot if there's another release (and I'm excited to see how DZK's CM9 runs), but CM7 is likely to be the best daily driver for the X2 for at least another month or two
Eclipse is Blur based (so it has the advantage of functional HDMI), but suffers from the slowdowns/choppiness/audio tearing when multitasking we all know Blur brings. Nitro did a good job of cutting Blur's visual crap out, and he built in a few useful scripts.
Eclipse is definitely better than stock, but if you're gonna go through the trouble of rooting and rom-ing, I'd go with CM7. There's also the issue jsgraphicart mentioned about 2.3.5 vs 2.3.4 requiring a couple extra SBFs if you ever want to switch to something else.
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Miui is my rom of choice when it's in full release candidate polish, and maybe eventually Ace's Miui4DX2 will get there. In the meantime, there's a battery-eating wakelock issue, app-by-app sound issues (sound sometimes just doesn't work), and some kind of rendering issue that slows Netflix/certain games/MX Video and various other media apps to a 1 frame per minute crawl. There's also an issue where wifi drops out periodically and doesn't reconnect unless you prompt it (or install a service like "Wi Fi Fixer" that toggles it for you).
So until Ace releases a better beta (which could be as soon as tomorrow, or as late as never), I'd count Miui out as a daily driver.
CM7 as a rom is great--not quite as pretty as Miui (and I find Miui eliminates a lot of the sloppiness in pre-ICS Android), but it is rock solid. DZK's build is an almost perfect CM7 build, except it has the same wifi connectivity issue as Ace's Miui. The advantages it offers more than compensate for the annoyance of having to run Wi-fi Fixer and every now and then waiting for wi-fi to reconnect.
I'm running CM7 on my DX2 and am quite happy with it. I'll give Miui another shot if there's another release (and I'm excited to see how DZK's CM9 runs), but CM7 is likely to be the best daily driver for the X2 for at least another month or two
Eclipse is Blur based (so it has the advantage of functional HDMI), but suffers from the slowdowns/choppiness/audio tearing when multitasking we all know Blur brings. Nitro did a good job of cutting Blur's visual crap out, and he built in a few useful scripts.
Eclipse is definitely better than stock, but if you're gonna go through the trouble of rooting and rom-ing, I'd go with CM7. There's also the issue jsgraphicart mentioned about 2.3.5 vs 2.3.4 requiring a couple extra SBFs if you ever want to switch to something else.
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Well hrmm, now you got me thinking about CM7 again, lol. I am in the process of downloading the Eclipse files and maybe I will look into CM7 some more before I proceed. Honestly, I am not at all concerned with the HDMI issue, as I rarely use it... but with that being said can you tell me any more issues with CM7 that would turn off a user from making it their daily rom? if no HDMI is the only issue, that is not a deal breaker for me...
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Well hrmm, now you got me thinking about CM7 again, lol. I am in the process of downloading the Eclipse files and maybe I will look into CM7 some more before I proceed. Honestly, I am not at all concerned with the HDMI issue, as I rarely use it... but with that being said can you tell me any more issues with CM7 that would turn off a user from making it their daily rom? if no HDMI is the only issue, that is not a deal breaker for me...
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I had issues with apps sometimes hanging and having to kill them. Also, Super User would sometimes forget an app already had the permissions to run as root. Sometimes, I'd have to go into the application manager and tell it to stop the application and try again and then it would get the SU permissions.
With Eclipse, I've have never had this problem. Again, it just shows how Eclipse is much more stable.
As it is, I don't know how much farther Dragonzkiller will stick with CM7 since he's working on CM9 right now. He's been so busy trying to get CM9 out that any more development/enhancing of CM7 and curing the SU and hanging process issues seems to have stopped at this point. But, not pointing the blame at DKZ as he's one busy dude with CM9.
However, Nitro is constantly busy working on Eclipse and not just for the X2. He also does it for the Bionic, RAZR, Galaxy Nexus, and Droid Charge. I don't know how he does it!
Great points. Thanks for the info. I tried to thank your post, but being new I did not know I was limited to 8 thanks per day, lol. But I wanted to let you know I appreciated the feedback!
I've been reading up on rooting and roming my DX2. I'm technically capable, but, stuff happens and I can't really afford for my phone to be down for a few days while I work out a problem.
So... I've been thinking about buying a used DX2 and use it as my testbed/spare phone. It wouldn't be activated, so I presume no OTA updates, but otherwise would that work? Can I do everything but OTA updates with a non-activated Droid X2 phone?
thanks in advance
Yes you can. You can even dl and flash ripped ota's. As a cheap backup this phone is great.
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GatorDad said:
I've been reading up on rooting and roming my DX2. I'm technically capable, but, stuff happens and I can't really afford for my phone to be down for a few days while I work out a problem.
So... I've been thinking about buying a used DX2 and use it as my testbed/spare phone. It wouldn't be activated, so I presume no OTA updates, but otherwise would that work? Can I do everything but OTA updates with a non-activated Droid X2 phone?
thanks in advance
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If you follow directions to a t, you won't have to worry about your phone not working. Just give yourself an hour or two and you got it.
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They have a point. Follow all the directions word for word. I have got in a hurry and forgot some steps in very crutial times and still have managed to get back to stock. Still no problems. And an hour or two, maybe less, is all it will take. If you need and advice on where to start or what you want to do, use the search. Still can't find it, just ask. Plenty of people here to lend a hand.
I appreciate the input folks. Really. However, as someone who develops linux kernel drivers for astronomy cameras and uses a linux laptop and some bash scripts (with 1wire devices) to control my beer brewing process - I know how easy it is to screw something up (and have many times in the past). I prefer to cover my arse before playing with something I *need* to having working. That, and I kinda like the idea of having a backup phone for when I drop mine in the toilet or something similarly stupid.
note: the step-by-step directions here are in direct conflict with another web sites step-by-step. Who is right? I'm going to gamble on this set, but just in case...
Thanks again everyone.
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I appreciate the input folks. Really. However, as someone who develops linux kernel drivers for astronomy cameras and uses a linux laptop and some bash scripts (with 1wire devices) to control my beer brewing process - I know how easy it is to screw something up (and have many times in the past). I prefer to cover my arse before playing with something I *need* to having working. That, and I kinda like the idea of having a backup phone for when I drop mine in the toilet or something similarly stupid.
note: the step-by-step directions here are in direct conflict with another web sites step-by-step. Who is right? I'm going to gamble on this set, but just in case...
Thanks again everyone.
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Its good to be prepared. I like that. With this phone, however, Motorola supplies us with an "in case of emergency" option called an SBF file. If anything goes wrong, you just plug your phone into your computer, start the application and in about 5 to 10 minutes, you are back to square 1.
And about your note, which other site are you looking at? You can pretty much get everything you need for this phone in these forums. ROMs are not universal and you have to use stuff specifically made for this phone. So unless the other site was Droid X2 specific, it wont work.
Yea, I read about that and I'm encouraged. I'd still feel better about it if it was happening on a device I didn't care about though.
I'd rather avoid any finger pointing - it was a popular droid x2 specific site. It stated that using the "zergRush" would not work due to some file sig issue or something like that. I don't exactly recall at the moment.
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Yea, I read about that and I'm encouraged. I'd still feel better about it if it was happening on a device I didn't care about though.
I'd rather avoid any finger pointing - it was a popular droid x2 specific site. It stated that using the "zergRush" would not work due to some file sig issue or something like that. I don't exactly recall at the moment.
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The only problem that some have had with zerg is that it can delete some files to make space and has caused issues with flashing the newest eclipse...I haven't been on the newest eclipse so I personally have not experienced that particular issue
But I have used it numerous times with good results
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this phone is almost impossible to hard brick, if you mess something up it takes maybe 10 minutes to run through an sbf and then your right back to stock. zergrush issue is only for the 2.3.5 versions of eclipse otherwise it works fine.
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2.3.5? As in Android 2.3.5? My phone is stock 2.3.5 now and I need 2.3.5 after this is over with (and eclipse is the rom I was targeting). There's an issue with the compass on this phone and 2.3.4 - E & W are swapped when in portrait mode, held vertically. That's a big deal for me as I use a lot of astronomy apps that rely on that E & W being accurate.
This is why I want to make sure this works on a phone I'm not relying on at the moment.
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2.3.5? As in Android 2.3.5? My phone is stock 2.3.5 now and I need 2.3.5 after this is over with (and eclipse is the rom I was targeting). There's an issue with the compass on this phone and 2.3.4 - E & W are swapped when in portrait mode, held vertically. That's a big deal for me as I use a lot of astronomy apps that rely on that E & W being accurate.
This is why I want to make sure this works on a phone I'm not relying on at the moment.
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If you are going to flash Eclipse you do not want to use Zerg. You will need to use Pete's one click root.
Check out eclipserom.com as it is the official site for Eclipse.
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GatorDad said:
I've been reading up on rooting and roming my DX2. I'm technically capable, but, stuff happens and I can't really afford for my phone to be down for a few days while I work out a problem.
So... I've been thinking about buying a used DX2 and use it as my testbed/spare phone. It wouldn't be activated, so I presume no OTA updates, but otherwise would that work? Can I do everything but OTA updates with a non-activated Droid X2 phone?
thanks in advance
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Get a Samsung Fascinate, there are plenty of ROM available, ICS runs smoooooth and you can do much more with it.
My Droid X2 hits around 3600 on CM7.2 my Fascinate hits 3300 before I tweak the kernel and overclock it... There is just more available for that device.
Either or, I would suggest staying within these forums, if you don't see it here it isn't available...
PS I swap in and out between phones, it's nice to have a spare
Good luck with everything.
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Thanks, but I could care less about overclocking et al. While I'm a huge Samsung fan, I'm sticking with the DX2 for a while. I like it, and it's *rugged*. My son, a fireman, keeps his on him even when fighting fires. Have you seen how thick/heavy a fire suit is? You sweat your you-know-what off in one and you come out soaking wet - and everything else you had on you - phone included. He also has a 1 yr old who uses the DX2 as a toy. She chews on it, drops it, throws it and the damned thing still looks great and works perfectly.
Picked up the "spare" DX2 last night off ebay. I should be able to start playing early next week.
GatorDad said:
Yea, I read about that and I'm encouraged. I'd still feel better about it if it was happening on a device I didn't care about though.
I'd rather avoid any finger pointing - it was a popular droid x2 specific site. It stated that using the "zergRush" would not work due to some file sig issue or something like that. I don't exactly recall at the moment.
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its not direct conflict, zergrush works on 2.3.4 and 2.3.5/1.3.412
not 2.3.5/1.3.418 which there is no direct root method
bricking is very unlikely with the locked bootloader, and the leaked sbfs
if you are trying to flash eclipse and 2.3.5/1.3.418 don't use zerg use pete's root tools
if this is confusing blame moto
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GatorDad said:
Thanks, but I could care less about overclocking et al. While I'm a huge Samsung fan, I'm sticking with the DX2 for a while. I like it, and it's *rugged*. My son, a fireman, keeps his on him even when fighting fires. Have you seen how thick/heavy a fire suit is? You sweat your you-know-what off in one and you come out soaking wet - and everything else you had on you - phone included. He also has a 1 yr old who uses the DX2 as a toy. She chews on it, drops it, throws it and the damned thing still looks great and works perfectly.
Picked up the "spare" DX2 last night off ebay. I should be able to start playing early next week.
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Excellent, I will agree on the ruggedness of the X2. I have dropped mine from far above on ladders...and it keeps on ticking
So, forgive me but you want to root and install a ROM on the X2??
Root with Pete's if you are on 2.3.4 then install ota rootkeeper and protect your root...at that you can update via ota and still keep root, after the update completes you just run rootkeeper again to restore root.
Depending on which ROM you want will determine which version of Android you'll need...
Eclipse is the only ROM that requires 2.3.5...
so if you're at Android 2.3.5 I would install boot strap recovery and create a NANDroid backup...
After you create your NANDroid backup you would just flash your ROM, wipe data...etc
If you're at Android 2.3.4 you can do the same as above, just skip the update (don't install it)
If you are at 2.3.5 and you want to install a ROM that requires 2.3.4 you will have to use Rsd to SBF your phone to that version of Android. You can find easy tutorials on how to do that in General...they are stickied....
I stay with 2.3.4 because all the ROM I flash require that.
Just root with Pete's and you'll be fine either way....
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GatorDad said:
I appreciate the input folks. Really. However, as someone who develops linux kernel drivers for astronomy cameras and uses a linux laptop and some bash scripts (with 1wire devices) to control my beer brewing process - I know how easy it is to screw something up (and have many times in the past). I prefer to cover my arse before playing with something I *need* to having working. That, and I kinda like the idea of having a backup phone for when I drop mine in the toilet or something similarly stupid.
note: the step-by-step directions here are in direct conflict with another web sites step-by-step. Who is right? I'm going to gamble on this set, but just in case...
Thanks again everyone.
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Can you please link to the site which is in direct conflict? It would be helpful in determining who's right or why conflict exists.
LaserChicken said:
Can you please link to the site which is in direct conflict? It would be helpful in determining who's right or why conflict exists.
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It's just confusing now that we are using Pete's again...
There is no other site
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Ok, read that you are on 2.3.5 already...sooooo you will need to SBF to 2.3.4 to start root and so on...
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No, as I stated earlier - it was another droid x2 specific site.
Pixelation said:
It's just confusing now that we are using Pete's again...
There is no other site
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GatorDad said:
No, as I stated earlier - it was another droid x2 specific site.
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So when you receive your DroidX2 what are you going to do?
Surely there is an abundance of info abroad, but have you decided to just do it? Did you download Petes or Zergrush yet?
I hesitated at first, but bam I just did it. I had this whole thing worked in my head preparing to...what if... Then I just did it, exactly how others have stated. Root it, and don't look back, we are always here to help. Moon shadow has a couple guides here for rooting, sbf'ing, etc... If you're uncertain, just ask
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