Hey guys,
So I'm probably asking the everyday question but I've rooted in the past (my Droid X) but I eventually get a free replacement which turned into a Droid X2. I'm currently running 2.3.5, un-rooted.
Can someone point me to a tutorial to root it so I can toss on CM9 or another ROM (unfortunately new Alpha JB ROMs it looks like for X2). All of the tutorials I saw say 2.3.4 or earlier.
Thanks guys - sorry for typical dumb question.
2.3.5 root http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...w To] Root DX2 2.3.5/1.3.418 magic md5 method
but the only rom, that works on 2.3.5 is eclipse, but it's the best
need to sbf to 2.3.4, for cm7, cm9, .....
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sd_shadow said:
2.3.5 root http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...w To] Root DX2 2.3.5/1.3.418 magic md5 method
but the only rom, that works on 2.3.5 is eclipse, but it's the best
need to sbf to 2.3.4, for cm7, cm9, .....
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Perfect - appreciate it man! I've heard of Eclipse but never tried it, looks cool so I'm totally fine trying it out. Anything beats default
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2.3.5 root http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...w To] Root DX2 2.3.5/1.3.418 magic md5 method
but the only rom, that works on 2.3.5 is eclipse, but it's the best
need to sbf to 2.3.4, for cm7, cm9, .....
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So, I rooted my DX2 and flashed it with Eclipse 2.3. Do I need to do anything else, or is the assumption that there won't be any more OTAs for the DX2, hence no need for preserving root etc?
Not_A_Dev said:
So, I rooted my DX2 and flashed it with Eclipse 2.3. Do I need to do anything else, or is the assumption that there won't be any more OTAs for the DX2, hence no need for preserving root etc?
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Yup, your work is done. Enjoy your rom. Moto has long moved on and is no longer supporting this device. If there is another update you can restore root and accept it but more than likely it will lock your phone from being rooted again so you won't want it anyway. Moto will not remove blur software which is the root of the issues on this phone. With their razr series phones they have revamped their os and stopped calling it blur and they have made it clear that this phone isn't getting ics so.. It's safe to say that no other developments are happening on this phone.
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I would recommend the alien glow theme on our apps/theme forum. If eclipse had the customizable options of cyanogenmod i would never use anything else, that theme os amazing
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Not_A_Dev said:
So, I rooted my DX2 and flashed it with Eclipse 2.3. Do I need to do anything else, or is the assumption that there won't be any more OTAs for the DX2, hence no need for preserving root etc?
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No more updates for us. Our phone is done for in the eyes of Motorola. So if you are up and running, you are good. Just remember that if you ever want to try any of the other ROMs we have, you need to get back onto 2.3.4. Thats the only thing I dont like about Eclipse. Its the only one on 2.3.5.
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No more updates for us. Our phone is done for in the eyes of Motorola. So if you are up and running, you are good. Just remember that if you ever want to try any of the other ROMs we have, you need to get back onto 2.3.4. Thats the only thing I dont like about Eclipse. Its the only one on 2.3.5.
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While I'm completely new to rooting/Rom flashing and smartphone hacking in general, I have spent countless hours of studying and reading up on this forum and others about hacking my Droid X2. Then, it took me additional days and weeks to work up the courage to jump in the cold water and actually do it. Why did I do it? Because my X2 on stock ROM/Blur and 60 apps was coming to a near crawl.
Anyway, to make a long story short: I think at this point, I'm more comfortable with Eclipse than any of the CM ROMs, purely based on what I've read about the current outstanding CM issues on the DX2.
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While I'm completely new to rooting/Rom flashing and smartphone hacking in general, I have spent countless hours of studying and reading up on this forum and others about hacking my Droid X2. Then, it took me additional days and weeks to work up the courage to jump in the cold water and actually do it. Why did I do it? Because my X2 on stock ROM/Blur and 60 apps was coming to a near crawl.
Anyway, to make a long story short: I think at this point, I'm more comfortable with Eclipse than any of the CM ROMs, purely based on what I've read about the current outstanding CM issues on the DX2.
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CM9 is more problematic since we have a locked bootloader. Which means we cant run it on a kernel its supposed to run on, so its still stuck on a gingerbread kernel. CM7, however, is still based on the Droid X2's default kernel. So it doesnt have all the problems that the Ice Cream Sandwich based ROMs have. People say they have wifi issues with CM7 but I have never experience them when I was on it. Trust me though, eventually, curiosity will get the better of you and you will want to try out other ROMs. lol
Cm isnt the issue its the kernal that causes our ICS woes, cm7 is my daily driver 8o% of the time
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Can someone tell me the best GB rom out there and how to root it and stuff? Sorry I'm such a noob at this. I only have experience in jailbreaking lol
The best GB rom is the one that your phone responds to the best. Try em all once you get root. Theres a ton of tutorials on rooting. Read in the Development section for which way you feel comfy doing. There are one click rooters and then you can do it manually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081930 Start here.
^^ good list of choices for roms/kernels/radios but if you're not even rooted yet, you will definitely need to check the Ref/Guide page out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013013
Here is how to root, just follow along and everything will work perfectly. If you have problems hit up IRC or check out a couple video's on youtube to help you along.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996616
As for the best rom, it is best for you to check them out, download a couple that look interesting to you (be sure to read on how to flash a rom/radio/kernel) and then try each one out for a couple days and see which one you like best.
Thank you all very much. Would you guys suggest rooting my TB even with this new OTA update?
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jumpman1229 said:
Thank you all very much. Would you guys suggest rooting my TB even with this new OTA update?
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I have rooted and un-rooted a couple of times and have found it best to be rooted. so much more freedom. I have my doubts about how much good the OTA updates actually do. A couple of patches/fixes and it will still be buggy. just my two cents...
bamf 2.1 hands down.
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Thank you all very much. Would you guys suggest rooting my TB even with this new OTA update?
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definitely root!
I've tried a bunch of the roms. The bamf 3 rc4 was my favorite for the first few days. It was very fast and I really liked some of the unique things they did.
I'm using Gingertheory now. It's similar to the bamf, but it even has more loaded in things so you can mod the layout real easy. I finally feel like I have a unique phone, and not just a rooted rom.
I loaded up about 10 roms in 2 days, so it doesn't take long once you figure it out.
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I've tried a bunch of the roms. The bamf 3 rc4 was my favorite for the first few days. It was very fast and I really liked some of the unique things they did.
I'm using Gingertheory now. It's similar to the bamf, but it even has more loaded in things so you can mod the layout real easy. I finally feel like I have a unique phone, and not just a rooted rom.
I loaded up about 10 roms in 2 days, so it doesn't take long once you figure it out.
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Same with this guy. The Das Bamf 3.0 RC4 was awesome. little buggy, like i couldn't make phone calls to specific people, but others i could. Gingertheory = complete awesomeness. and it is crazy fast too.
Current rom: Gingertheory 4.5.1 soon 5.0
Try 'em all.
Just make sure to do a nandroid backup (through clockwork recovery mode) after any ROM you like.
And...
Do not use ROM Manager or Kernal Manager to flash anything.
Use Clockwork recovery....most developers will tell you the same.
What's up guys. I need some help picking the best ROM for me. I know there's tons of them on here, by I'm a novice to Android, and honestly don't even really get te difference between firmware and a ROM. I want some very specific feature which is also why I made this thread seeking your help.
I'm an old iPhone user.. did all the jailbreaking and all myself and even though I think the TB is better than my old iPhone I would love to incorporate some of the "fluidity" it had. Specifically I'm looking a ROM that wouldn't interrupt my music when I get a text to play to notification sound, instead play it on top of the song playing at the moment. I would also like to initiate access the play/pause skip buttons without having to unlock my TB, like double pressing the home button on an iPhone and the play buttons pop up even if you weren't playing any music.
The last and most important to me would be this one: on the iPhone there is a security option that if you have a password set and let's say the phone is stolen and someone tries unlocking the phone more than an allowed number of times(set by the user) it erases EVERYTHING on the phone. These are all I can think off right now. Like I said, I'm a novice to Android and I will appreciate any help and advice I can get. I already had my TB rooted but I just updated the verizon firmware on my TB not knowing that it would un-root it.. so I'm trying to find a ROM ASAP.
Thanks
Edit: I would also like to make my TB run on gingerbread and improve the battery life.
I suggest BAMF roms. I'd give you the website link but I may get banned for it.
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Why do you say so?
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Why do you say so?
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It's really about trying them out for yourself. Alot of what you want is available through apps. Not even sure you need to root.
As far as bamf ROMs, they decided to leave xda but if you google them, you should find them.
XDA does not like you linking other sites that do the same thing.
I suggest them because they ate always updating their roms, they have a good group of people happy to assist you, and the roms are just really well done. Chingy does great work too. But apparently posting to another forum gets you banned these days. Google "Team BAMF". :-]
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I suggest them because they ate always updating their roms, they have a good group of people happy to assist you, and the roms are just really well done. Chingy does great work too. But apparently posting to another forum gets you banned these days. Google "Team BAMF". :-]
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it is against the rules on xda, and its their site.
OP, I've been using gingertheory, which is a gb rom with a hybrid sense of 3.0 and 2.1. Very smooth and fast. The same dev also makes a senseless version of GB that is very light and you can add custom lockscreen to that can have audio controls.
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Since when did they start enforcing all the rules. I forgot... They cherry pick them. Back on topic, cm7 rc1.2 is good. If you aren't into sense, it is definitely my #1 suggestion.
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every tech forum I have used over the years will ban someone for advertising their new site. Guess trying to protect the site.
You seem to really have a problem with this. Why not just move on instead of complaining in every thread.
Eh, dont waste your time with bamf. Synergy is where its at IMO. If youre still kinda new, Droid Theory does awesome support. Hes one of the nicest people Ive seen on the boards, but he doesnt consider himself a Dev. lol. Ive heard CM7 is real nice too though if you arent so much of a sense fan.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081930 Start here.
Loving CM7.... I've used the following ROMS :
Bamf
Gingeritis
Virus
Liquid
Teslacoil
thunder
Found that CM7 is amazing on battery life...even when OCed to 1.8Ghz
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I tried CM7 but it wouldn't let me log into my google account!! Any reasons why?
Did you flash gapps?
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Did you flash gapps?
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Nope! LOL what's that??
Google apps.
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The one that fits your needs the best, which may or may not reflect the opinions of those in the thread. In short, you need to research and/or try many different ones. The lazy way of asking others won't give you the best results.
Synergy is my favorite. I've tried CM7, BAMF 3.0, Gingertheory, Injectedtheory, and Tesla Coil.
CM7 was my second fav, but Synergy was just farther ahead in development. They are doing nightlys now and things are very smooth. Running on the newest leaked GB base and radio, and it runs on ziggys kernel, which seems to be second to none.
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Nope! LOL what's that??
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Patience, grasshopper. Read a little about CM7 before flashing it (a few pages in the development thread itself) and you will be enlightened
Non-wordy sans tao-like answer: What the other guy (ddgarcia05) said. ↑↑
where can I find cm7? I've looked for it all after noon unsuccessfully... all I was able to find is this updated which just made my phone booth the cm7 intro/launch thing loop endlessly on my phone.
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where can I find cm7? I've looked for it all after noon unsuccessfully... all I was able to find is this updated which just made my phone booth the cm7 intro/launch thing loop endlessly on my phone.
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In the development thread? Its one of the most posted in threads in there. I dont know how you could possibly missed it. It never leaves the first page.
Now that Netflix has officially come out for the Thunderbolt, I am sticking with the official MR2 ROM that is the same as stock but rooted and deodexed. All of the apps I want to run work fine plus I have root for things like Titanium, LBE Privacy Guard, SetCPU and VNC so I see no reason to change. I was considering it for Netflix but since that works fine there is no need to. Perhaps when the other roms have stable releases rather than just nightlies/betas/RCs I will switch to a custom rom.
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Now that Netflix has officially come out for the Thunderbolt, I am sticking with the official MR2 ROM that is the same as stock but rooted and deodexed. All of the apps I want to run work fine plus I have root for things like Titanium, LBE Privacy Guard, SetCPU and VNC so I see no reason to change. I was considering it for Netflix but since that works fine there is no need to. Perhaps when the other roms have stable releases rather than just nightlies/betas/RCs I will switch to a custom rom.
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Better battery life would be the biggest reason to run a custom Rom imo.
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I definitely need something to flash before I go crazy!
NOTE: this isn't a "what should I flash onto my phone now" type board, this is just a "I'm bored and realized I'm going crazy cause I don't have anything to flash."
by the way, I'm definitely not asking for any ETA's for any new roms.
Lol I know the feeling. My wife has a bionic and she finally let me root it and debloat it. But she will not let me put a custom rom on it. I so want to flash dhacker ICS on it I would put eclipse on it also but she is on. 902 and nitro is still working on the new version.
I switched back to my Samsung fascinate to cure my flash addiction.
PS: ICS is amazing
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Ki1lACrAcK said:
I switched back to my Samsung fascinate to cure my flash addiction.
PS: ICS is amazing
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Rubbing it in are you
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Travisdroidx2 said:
Lol I know the feeling. My wife has a bionic and she finally let me root it and debloat it. But she will not let me put a custom rom on it. I so want to flash dhacker ICS on it I would put eclipse on it also but she is on. 902 and nitro is still working on the new version.
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Travis, I rooted, and installed CM 7 on my mothers x2...lol she didn't want me too, but after I did it she can't thank me enough. Explain the BSR and recovery to her, she can always SBF or if anything use safestrap... Show her back up n restore through BSR first, then let her decide
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Ki1lACrAcK said:
I switched back to my Samsung fascinate to cure my flash addiction.
PS: ICS is amazing
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ICS ON THE OG Droid is amazing, but it's not really
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haha, nice nice. i have many phones laying around but I definitely want to flash something on my daily driver (x2). I'm on CM7 right now and I'm really thinking of porting over a ROM and trying it out just so I can flash something to it..
I think i'm too impatient for my own good. :/
I know its dumb but I want to play with 2.3.6 no I don't have a Milestone, nor am I a developer just that freaking bored. The last flash I did was in a local Walmart. I scared a bunch of people Yelling OMG CM7 is Fking Awesome!!!! Tomorrow I will see if I need my old droid to get by till I unbrick, or not. LOL.... Something to do.
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I know its dumb but I want to play with 2.3.6 no I don't have a Milestone, nor am I a developer just that freaking bored. The last flash I did was in a local Walmart. I scared a bunch of people Yelling OMG CM7 is Fking Awesome!!!! Tomorrow I will see if I need my old droid to get by till I unbrick, or not. LOL.... Something to do.
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did you try to update to 2.3.6 from the Milestone X2 to your Droid X2? or are you on a completely different phone?
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did you try to update to 2.3.6 from the Milestone X2 to your Droid X2? or are you on a completely different phone?
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I'm on the Droid X2 with Big Red I'm going to use the Deodexed files posted Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499642
I am a courious person not sure why I know 2.3.5 & 2.3.6 files won't work. I actually want to poke around with the Atrix Port files to see if I can figure out what it will take to port it. I'm pretty good looking for different things that link a common denominator. Whether or not I can do it is a whole different story. I have never developed. But I have played around with the xml files with and without Hickups.
Smali and Java I have not tried yet I would like to try out of boredom. It would be cool to drop down toggles built in for an app that can be changed out for another. Like I said Just Bored thats all. Probably long run I will defiantly crash and brick.
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haha, nice nice. i have many phones laying around but I definitely want to flash something on my daily driver (x2). I'm on CM7 right now and I'm really thinking of porting over a ROM and trying it out just so I can flash something to it..
I think i'm too impatient for my own good. :/
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Sounds like Rome was built in time...Patience Clarice
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How sad is this? I was on cm7 and then sbf'd to stock 2.3.4. Things didn't run too bad, but then I couldn't stand it anymore. It just felt...dirty.
So I nandroided back to cm7. I feel guilty, like I was cheating.
;-)
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I'm on the Droid X2 with Big Red I'm going to use the Deodexed files posted Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499642
I am a courious person not sure why I know 2.3.5 & 2.3.6 files won't work. I actually want to poke around with the Atrix Port files to see if I can figure out what it will take to port it. I'm pretty good looking for different things that link a common denominator. Whether or not I can do it is a whole different story. I have never developed. But I have played around with the xml files with and without Hickups.
Smali and Java I have not tried yet I would like to try out of boredom. It would be cool to drop down toggles built in for an app that can be changed out for another. Like I said Just Bored thats all. Probably long run I will defiantly crash and brick.
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haha, I understand that! I'm working on porting over a vanilla rom from the Atrix to our bastardly beloved phone, but I keep hanging on permissions..
I'm definitely doing it out of boredom as well though.
iBolski said:
How sad is this? I was on cm7 and then sbf'd to stock 2.3.4. Things didn't run too bad, but then I couldn't stand it anymore. It just felt...dirty.
So I nandroided back to cm7. I feel guilty, like I was cheating.
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haha, I definitely thought of that, but I also thought of taking 2nd-init and stripping away blur to make a total vanilla GB stock rom...
I wonder if I can do that with Mastafunk's (I think that's who made it) Naked ROM that was based off of 2.3.4. hmm..
I was running CM7 and installed miui on top. Didn't really like miui but restoring CM7 backup seemed like cheating. So I installed CM7 on top of miui. CM7 on top of miui on top of CM7. Interesting.
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I was running CM7 and installed miui on top. Didn't really like miui but restoring CM7 backup seemed like cheating. So I installed CM7 on top of miui. CM7 on top of miui on top of CM7. Interesting.
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so what you had was a cm7 & miui threesome? niiiiiiiice
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How sad is this? I was on cm7 and then sbf'd to stock 2.3.4. Things didn't run too bad, but then I couldn't stand it anymore. It just felt...dirty.
So I nandroided back to cm7. I feel guilty, like I was cheating.
;-)
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Haha, NANDroid the instant fix
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Pixelation said:
Travis, I rooted, and installed CM 7 on my mothers x2...lol she didn't want me too, but after I did it she can't thank me enough. Explain the BSR and recovery to her, she can always SBF or if anything use safestrap... Show her back up n restore through BSR first, then let her decide
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Seriously, you'd work on explaining SBF to your wife? I don't think I'd dare try it. ~Certainly not my MOTHER~! I don't like messing with other peoples stuff, then I'm responsable for it. You were the last one to touch it!
Dropped off a VCR/DVD combo to my Aunt's house a month ago. Waiting till the first time they go to use it and can't watch TV after... it'll be my fault. lol
Well we're in the brink of two really great ROMS. Dragonzkiller is working on CM9 and Ace is get close to releasing a new MIUI beta. From the looks of Ace's twitter it should be here very soon
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Anyone know if eclipse works on 2.3.4 kernel? I want to try it out but don't want to deal with sbf to get to CM7.
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Ok guys, I personally have a S3 and love it, got a custom ICS rom on it (cleanrom 2.1). And my mom just got a Razr Droid, Im thinking about putting a new rom on it, something stable yet not a clusterfck /easy to learn for her. Tweaks with battery life in mind, performance, and full functional (like picture text working etc) Any suggestions? I would also want to put google now on there etc. I guess I have some reading up to do on this forum.
Eclipse ICS. I recommend this to everyone If you're not familiar, it's completely AOSP with a blacked-out look. Really nice. All features working. Also includes improved battery (in my experience), notification drawer toggles, etc, with some small tweaks here and there. Fairly minimal and easy to use.
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Thanks, i just installed eclipse 1.3 (his newest one, he hasnt posted it here yet), than google now, Up and running smoothly. Now I had installed safestrap, can i disable that boot up option?
There's an Eclipse ICS 1.3? Could I trouble you for the link? I'm only on 1.2; I looked but could not find a newer version, so that'd be much appreciated l As for Google Now, glad to hear you got that working! I forgot to mention it earlier, but some have reported battery drain from it, so look out for that...
And I don't believe you can change the boot up screen, unfortunately :/ But I personally never found it to be much trouble. Just make sure your Mom knows not to hit the menu key and launch recovery xD
EDIT: Never mind, I found the Eclipse update! ...I was excited enough to get out of bed at 3:30 and turn my laptop on
EDIT #2: Annnd then I realize that I am running a GSM device and therefore need to GSM patch it Which I unfortunately don't think is possible on the latest version *sigh* Ah well, back to bed...
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I'm running Eclipse 1.3 GSM patched without problems.
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I'm running Eclipse 1.3 GSM patched without problems.
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Thanks for that, that's good to hear. I wasn't sure it would work, as the patch was labelled Eclipse ICS 1.2 in the thread. Do I have to re patch this then or could I flash this ROM right over the old version (doubt it... Just wondering)?
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First I want to thank everyone on this forum for all the nice work, and great information. Now my question, My wife and I both have Droid x2 phones, and have both seen increased issues since the 2.3.5 OTA from Verizon. I am a very tech-savy guy, I do IT for a living, but still am not 100% comfortable with flashing phones. I have SBF'd my Droid x2 a few times, and finally got the courage to flash Eclipse 2.3 on it. I would like to explore some different roms, but am wonder how to tell which stock(2.3.4 or 2.3.5) I should have installed before flashing a rom? I did read that Eclipse 2.3 you needed to be stock 2.3.5, but I am looking at CM7 and CM9, but could not see where it was stated to be on 2.3.4 or 2.3.5. Would someone be so kind as to give me a bit of incite on this. Does a rom have to say it is for you phone to flash it? example I was looking at CM10, jellybean rom but do not see it listed for the droid x2?
Thanks for all your help
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First I want to thank everyone on this forum for all the nice work, and great information. Now my question, My wife and I both have Droid x2 phones, and have both seen increased issues since the 2.3.5 OTA from Verizon. I am a very tech-savy guy, I do IT for a living, but still am not 100% comfortable with flashing phones. I have SBF'd my Droid x2 a few times, and finally got the courage to flash Eclipse 2.3 on it. I would like to explore some different roms, but am wonder how to tell which stock(2.3.4 or 2.3.5) I should have installed before flashing a rom? I did read that Eclipse 2.3 you needed to be stock 2.3.5, but I am looking at CM7 and CM9, but could not see where it was stated to be on 2.3.4 or 2.3.5. Would someone be so kind as to give me a bit of incite on this. Does a rom have to say it is for you phone to flash it? example I was looking at CM10, jellybean rom but do not see it listed for the droid x2?
Thanks for all your help
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EVERY ROM, other than eclipse needs to be on 2.3.4 before flashing. And as far as CM10, we dont have it at the moment. The only ROMs we have are CM7, CM9, AOKP and Paranoid Android which are all for 2.3.4. And Eclipse which, again, is the only one on 2.3.5.
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Also, a little background on our phone and the ROMs...
Our phone is running a Gingerbread kernel and that can't be changed. Even with the ICS ROMs, it is still running on a Gingerbread kernel due to our phone having a locked bootloader. That being said, all of our ICS ROMs, wont really be 100%. They run, and for a lot of people, they run really well. But you may get stuttering and lockups and random reboots every now and then. Some apps like netflix don't work since we have memory and graphics issues. But everyone feels different about what is a deal breaker. I have been running ICS since we got it and love it. If you want a fully working ROM though, CM7 or Eclipse is the best way to go. But it doesnt hurt to try everything out at least once.
jsgraphicart said:
EVERY ROM, other than eclipse needs to be on 2.3.4 before flashing. And as far as CM10, we dont have it at the moment. The only ROMs we have are CM7, CM9, AOKP and Paranoid Android which are all for 2.3.4. And Eclipse which, again, is the only one on 2.3.5.
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Thanks I appreciate the information!
Just to throw in, lol MIUI too!
and the pure blur [ROM] [Nandroid Port] {Update for 2.3.5/418 OTA} 2.3.6 Milestone X2 for Droid X2 can be run on 2.3.5
GoClifGo05 said:
Just to throw in, lol MIUI too!
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Oh yeah. I forgot about that one. I guess you could even through in liberty but eh. Lol
jsgraphicart said:
Oh yeah. I forgot about that one. I guess you could even through in liberty but eh. Lol
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Haha or molten!
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Just look in the stickies in the dev forum, ive been on this beast since the release and i flashed a TON of roms
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So if i have a nandroid backup of another rom do i have to sfb back to stock to do a restore?
Nope. Be careful if switching from and ICS back to a gingerbread. Should be ok but I've seen people have problems.