Hi everybody and thanks for helping me with this question,
I wanted to build a new ROM for my android phone, but with an older version of android, mainly because my actual ROM version is 4.0.4 and I think it consumes more RAM than older ones, and my phone really lacks of RAM (320 MB), maybe FROYO or GB would be better.
So the problem is there are no other ROMS or Recoveries that actually work with this phone, the information that may serve you is that
its ROOTED
havent changed recovery,so I guess its official recovery
ICS 4.0.4 as I said before
320MB RAM, 1GHz Processor (MTK6575)
After reading some topics about building roms, I was wondering if its possible to downgrade my phone, using my actual ROM as base. I mean, if its possible to somehow extract useful information (like drivers), and use them in an older version of android from they were extracted. Please help me with this, I and many other users will really thank you a lot. Sorry if I wrote something bad or strange, english isnt my native language.
gonzalox said:
Hi everybody and thanks for helping me with this question,
I wanted to build a new ROM for my android phone, but with an older version of android, mainly because my actual ROM version is 4.0.4 and I think it consumes more RAM than older ones, and my phone really lacks of RAM (320 MB), maybe FROYO or GB would be better.
So the problem is there are no other ROMS or Recoveries that actually work with this phone, the information that may serve you is that
its ROOTED
havent changed recovery,so I guess its official recovery
ICS 4.0.4 as I said before
320MB RAM, 1GHz Processor (MTK6575)
After reading some topics about building roms, I was wondering if its possible to downgrade my phone, using my actual ROM as base. I mean, if its possible to somehow extract useful information (like drivers), and use them in an older version of android from they were extracted. Please help me with this, I and many other users will really thank you a lot. Sorry if I wrote something bad or strange, english isnt my native language.
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Pleaseee help me with this!!
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Hey guys !
I've been around here for many years but have allways been using Windows Mobile phones. I've had a Hero for about a year and i must say that i am very pleased with it. It works so damn good ! I've been flashing roms on windows mobile phones and even created roms my self.
However this Android / Linux world is so new to me that i have no idea what i need to do in order to simply flash a rom on my Hero!
What i get is that i need to root my device. There are some few guides for this in the wiki but i still do not know if my Hero is a Virgin og a Telus. How can i see this?
Also i see a lot of Linux based talk and commands (i presume) that i do not understand anything of. Do we have any desciption of the most common used commands and such stuff so new people like me can get a better understanding of what you guys are actually talking about?
When i learn all this i will edit the wiki with the information. And as i am new it is easier for me to fill in what is missing if you understand
.. And yes i have searched!
Da9L said:
Hey guys !
I've been around here for many years but have allways been using Windows Mobile phones. I've had a Hero for about a year and i must say that i am very pleased with it. It works so damn good ! I've been flashing roms on windows mobile phones and even created roms my self.
However this Android / Linux world is so new to me that i have no idea what i need to do in order to simply flash a rom on my Hero!
What i get is that i need to root my device. There are some few guides for this in the wiki but i still do not know if my Hero is a Virgin og a Telus. How can i see this?
Also i see a lot of Linux based talk and commands (i presume) that i do not understand anything of. Do we have any desciption of the most common used commands and such stuff so new people like me can get a better understanding of what you guys are actually talking about?
When i learn all this i will edit the wiki with the information. And as i am new it is easier for me to fill in what is missing if you understand
.. And yes i have searched!
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Theunlockr.com is an excellent source of information on rooting/flashing your Hero.
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Theunlockr.com is an excellent source of information on rooting/flashing your Hero.
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Seconded.
And when you're unlocked, check out Villain and Vanillain ROM's (check out previous post), definitely two of the best
if you want to know if your phone is rooted download and install "Super user" and run it,you will then know if your phone is rooted or not.
I,like you,was a WM user and found android to be more complicated,but in fact it´s not...once you root your phone and install Amon-RA recovery ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4549551&postcount=1 ) its much easier and simple to do things.
theres a sticky in this sub-forum with wiki-guides,read it!
Branwen said:
Seconded.
And when you're unlocked, check out Villain and Vanillain ROM's (check out previous post), definitely two of the best
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True used a lot those roms.
Waiting patiently for a Vanillain rom based in eris dump.
Right now im still using AychTeeSee's just to be able to use the Buuf Theme
I'm in the exact same situation as Da9L . Could you please let me know if flashing a new ROM will also change the Firmware version?
Currently my firmware is 1.5. I've seen on a friend's G1 the voice search widget and I'm dying to get that on my device. From what I've been told, i need to get a newer firmware, but I've got no idea on how to do this.
Any help would be appreciated ^_^
Some questions:
So the short line of the process of flashing a custom rom is when using unbranded htc hero:
1. Downgrade my software to 1.76, as iam using the newest
2. Root the device acording to _this_ guide
3. Perform a backup
4. Flash the custom rom as i flash a stock rom?
Is that it? It leads me to some more questions
What is this "recovery image" and is there any reason to flash a new one?
And why is there any reason to change this at all ?
How do i get danish xt9 for sms?
And please i have a feeling that i am getting this wrong.. Can you please explain to me the procedure of doing all this ?
Is there any benefit by flashing a rom?
I mean the stock rom actually runs pretty good and is stable. A custom rom is likely to be a little more unstable than a stock rom, but often give you more speed and newer features. This is when we are talking Windows Mobile, but is it the same here? What are the pros and cons by flashing a custom rom over the stock rom?
Da9L said:
Is there any benefit by flashing a rom?
I mean the stock rom actually runs pretty good and is stable. A custom rom is likely to be a little more unstable than a stock rom, but often give you more speed and newer features. This is when we are talking Windows Mobile, but is it the same here? What are the pros and cons by flashing a custom rom over the stock rom?
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It varies depending on the ROM tbh. It's a bit like the high-tech version of 'how long's a piece of string'?
Really, you're likely to get improved performance, root permissions, user interface tweaks, different versions of applications that are better than the default ones, maybe a custom kernel (if it's a 1.5 release you're looking at).
The custom kernels can have better performance due to optimisations in them. Not sure how much of this is like winmo (never had a winmo phone, all I know is that you are able to install alternative ROMs on them), but with android the core OS is open source, so you get more performance boosts under the hood.
Anyone able to add to that?
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It varies depending on the ROM tbh. It's a bit like the high-tech version of 'how long's a piece of string'?
Really, you're likely to get improved performance, root permissions, user interface tweaks, different versions of applications that are better than the default ones, maybe a custom kernel (if it's a 1.5 release you're looking at).
The custom kernels can have better performance due to optimisations in them. Not sure how much of this is like winmo (never had a winmo phone, all I know is that you are able to install alternative ROMs on them), but with android the core OS is open source, so you get more performance boosts under the hood.
Anyone able to add to that?
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That sounds great. However, since this is so new to me i do not know what new tweaks and apps i will be able to use and get if you follow me? When i have flashed a new custom rom, propably android 2.1, i do not know what new things it has and therefore where and how to use these new functions. And does the real advantage in a custom rom also get to a normal user or is the advantages more directed at the developers or?
hi very noobish question but im confused to what a rom is? I have rooted my s2 with a custom kernel and have read about roms but have no clue what they are.
A ROM in this case is basically the Operating System files. It contains all the files required for your phone to boot into a flavor of Android. ROMs come in many variations such as vendor specific ROMs like Samsung's TouchWiz or ROMs that are compiled from the Android Open Source Project using the source code such as CyanogenMod or MIUI.
Furthermore, ROMs built or cooked by the devs contain many tweaks and optimizations that are not found on the Stock Firmware/ROM and are, in most but not all cases, better.
Hope that helped
Basically a ROM is an Android system image file, which contains the operating system and some applications.
The STOCK Roms are created by the device's producers, like Samsung or Lg, modifing the original Android ROM (I think it's called Vanilla) to give personalizations to their devices.
Then ther are the COOKED Roms that are created from Android users in order to change and quite always to improve the experience on a device, like Cyanogen or MIUI.
Read this:http://androidforums.com/precedent-all-things-root/461024-root-terms-defined-rom-shell-s-etc.html
dw9999 said:
hi very noobish question but im confused to what a rom is? I have rooted my s2 with a custom kernel and have read about roms but have no clue what they are.
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A ROM is:
http://bit.ly/xLMVUT
Literally it stands for Read Only Memory, in this case referring to the phone's internal memory where your firmware/apps are stored. When people say they're flashing a new ROM, it means they are flashing a new version of the firmware onto their phone - the two terms are interchangeable.
A custom ROM (firmware released for the phone by anyone except for Huawei) might have performance tweaks, new features such as overclocking and so on. I believe the most popular custom rom for your phone is Cyanogen 6 or 7, which are both vanilla android firmware.
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Google is always your friend. (No offence at all. Just needed to fill 10 character requirement).
Hello Everyone,
I've been wondering if there's a possibility to upgrade my Ziio7 tablet to Android 3.2. Yesterday I managed to root it successfully but a vision of newer OS is so nice
Nevertheless, I've searched through few forums and googled the topic but no way I can find any suitable answers. Maybe I'm searching using wrong criterias?
If someone konows how to do the trick I'd be grateful for any suggestion.
Thanks in advance,
Radek
Honeycomb never has its source released originally, so ICS would be a better bet to look for. It has specs to run ICS 1ghz processor and 512MB RAM. But from the looks of it there isn't really any dev support and there isn't even a GB update out there.
Many thanks for your reply.
I must admit that I'm quite a newbie in these matters.
Do you think there's any possibility to install more recent android version on my device?
I really think about it a lot, but i cant find an answer.
Is it possible to Port an Android 2.2 ROM to a Device that was delivered with Android 2.3 Gingerbread?
Please don´t ask why anybody would do that, because i have no idea
Possible? Sure. But if you cannot see a reason for doing so, why even suggest it? And seeing as actually porting a ROM is a LOT more effort than posting on a forum, no one will do such a thing, as it is completely pointless. If the device can run 2.3, run 2.3.
Maybe some Retro Fan would like it
If the device was shipped with 2.3, it probably has sufficient resources to run it. On older phones I can see why you'd install an older version.
But sure, everything is possible (ICS on dream).
I think Froyo on e.g Galaxy s Plus would be awesome.
Gonna try it
Sad that i dont have much experience :/
Hello!
I would like to free the RAM (physical) memory, and newer android ruin to put what does not use so many memories up. Which ruin do you recommend?
Sorry, but i can't linked specifications page.
If you need any information from this phone can you find it with Google this keywords: "arukereso.hu paraméterei aTAB3.5"
It's running with android 4.2.2 ROM, but if i try an another ROM where I'll find this 4.2.2 (correct working) ROM? I'm interesting kichen ROMs too.
But first is the security.
Thank you for your help very much, and your answers!
I'm forget to wrote you, I'll need instructions too for roming.