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Hi all!
Long time no post!
Well, after many months with a Blue Angel, learning it inside and out, I upgraded to a Wizard (8125). I'm still quite happy with it, actually.
And a few minutes ago, I just returned with a Hermes (8525)!
Looks like I'll be spending a few days on the wiki and so forth!
But, without further ado, it's time for me to unlock the sucker!
This thread is pretty much meaningless... sorry about that... but I just wanted to say hello and welcome myself to the third HTC forum!
Let's hope for some smooth upgrading!
Have a great day!
Mike
Michael_514 said:
Hi all!
Long time no post!
Well, after many months with a Blue Angel, learning it inside and out, I upgraded to a Wizard (8125). I'm still quite happy with it, actually.
And a few minutes ago, I just returned with a Hermes (8525)!
Looks like I'll be spending a few days on the wiki and so forth!
But, without further ado, it's time for me to unlock the sucker!
This thread is pretty much meaningless... sorry about that... but I just wanted to say hello and welcome myself to the third HTC forum!
Let's hope for some smooth upgrading!
Have a great day!
Mike
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Yeah you need to jump on the Wiki. You need to read up on HardSPL. This will save your device. I would recomend testing CUSTEL, Black and LVSW ROM's They are very stable. I personally use CUSTEL. Upgrading your radio would also double you battery life and improve reception.
Erik
Interesting...!
Thanks for the pointers in the right direction.
I just unlocked the device and it worked like a champ.
I figured I would install a few apps using the ROM/Firmware/radio that came with it out of the box... and then, in a day or two, I'll wipe it out, and apply some of the stuff I learn here.
Sometimes, it's good to play with it as it is, just so I can compare upgrades with it.
Meanwhile, I am trying to sync the device using PocketMirror for Business Contact Manager in Outlook, and of course... errors, errors, errors. Same thing happened last time. Total pain.
It's gonna be a lonnnnnng week!
Thanks for the info about HardSPL and the Roms!
Mike
First I want to thank every single person on here that has worked so hard to give us the multitude of choices in Roms, themes, and other hacks/fixes/tweaks. After updating to the newest version of Damageless 2.07.02 I have finally reached my stopping point (believe me I have said it more than 10 other times before today). With all the help of everyone on here I feel like a minor expert for my Hero, but I confess I have spent more time wiping, updating, and upgrading my phone than I have actually used it. I think this time I am the closest to a final version Sprint will release, so it's time to sit back and enjoy 2.1 pending the official release. Now I wonder what I will do once they release that version and I have the best Rom loaded up....guess I will go back to using the phone as is, and not trying to tweak it up every 2 or 3 hours.
I am sure like a lot of you my most visited web page on Firefox has been this forum. I admit I have woken up in the middle of the night and decided to log in and see what updates were out there, and then getting excited that Damageless, Flipzmode, Darchstar, Regaw_leinad, Avalaunchmods, Bikcmp, Modaco, Obelisk79 and others have released an update to one of the umpteenth Roms I have used. Again, thanks for everyone's efforts to give us a feeling of empowerment and not having to wait for Sprint to finally release 2.1 to us all!
Once i hit DC 2.05 - my flashes are just updates without a wipe. The only problem i hit is that I have to clear data for Rosie to get HTC widgets to come back, but all my apps and settings stay other than that.
This is the phone OS I am sticking with now, except for any incremental updates DC offers over the next week or two.
I hear you. I have been having fun flashing all these ROMs as well. I still have not figured out which one to stick with. All the folks baking these ROMs have been just great with all the updates.
That's the thing... with Gmail synchronization, you don't really have to stick with one particular ROM. I switch themes on a daily basis as well as ROM's, mainly because of testing new things.
I've now joined the theme-ing crowd and have created two new themes, my Android addiction took over a long time ago... the moment I gained root, I was done for!!
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That's the thing... with Gmail synchronization, you don't really have to stick with one particular ROM. I switch themes on a daily basis as well as ROM's, mainly because of testing new things.
I've now joined the theme-ing crowd and have created two new themes, my Android addiction took over a long time ago... the moment I gained root, I was done for!!
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right there with ya as soon as I rooted my phone I was hooked
pseudoremora said:
That's the thing... with Gmail synchronization, you don't really have to stick with one particular ROM. I switch themes on a daily basis as well as ROM's, mainly because of testing new things.
I've now joined the theme-ing crowd and have created two new themes, my Android addiction took over a long time ago... the moment I gained root, I was done for!!
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check out pseud's themes! post the link!
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check out pseud's themes! post the link!
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Hahaha. Alright, I shall!
If you'd like to see the theme's I've created, you can go HERE
Enjoy.
My update this morning has been largely neglected...
obelisk79 said:
My update this morning has been largely neglected...
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Screw you! JK. My thread died.
I like many others was hooked once I rooted. I came across this site on accident one night trying to find something else and the rest is history. Rooted, flashed, flashed, flashed. At first I just had Fresh 1.1, but once all the different 2.1's came out it was flash after flash. Here's as much as I can rememeber....
Fresh 1.1, DC.99, DC1(all the updates), Fresh2.0(and all the updates, DarchLegend,RegawMod and countless nandroid backups and restores.
I keep going back and forth between them. However, as long as I have an Android phone I will probably keep on flashing, but might limit it to once a week or so. Or is that still too much?
Damage is going to be offering "updates" to his rom's rather then having to flash the entire rom over again.
I suggested this yesterday when he was online, and he replied back on the thread he had the same idea and was going to be doing that.
I have been a user of Windows for long lomg time and have loved it when I had the liberty to flash clean cooked ROMS onto my device. Rarely, I stuck to Stock ROM's or over bloated ones no matter how stable!
Will we ever see the light of day when the streak will get to see some cooked ROM's which are not bloated with added apps?
I got my Streak bout a fortnight ago - so far tested and mostly fixed on downloaded apps - but really pissed as I still have crap on my streak which I do not use - why do we need to live with this?
Am now looking to dump the 2.1 - but sceptical as I nee many bricks flying around for units purchased online direct from Dell....
I really hope to see some cook - take the initiative and start cooking some clean workable ROM's
I am sure it will not be long before you have your wish, Paul over at Modaco is the main Cook at the moment nip over he has a custom ROM
devdarshan said:
I have been a user of Windows for long lomg time and have loved it when I had the liberty to flash clean cooked ROMS onto my device. Rarely, I stuck to Stock ROM's or over bloated ones no matter how stable!
Will we ever see the light of day when the streak will get to see some cooked ROM's which are not bloated with added apps?
I got my Streak bout a fortnight ago - so far tested and mostly fixed on downloaded apps - but really pissed as I still have crap on my streak which I do not use - why do we need to live with this?
Am now looking to dump the 2.1 - but sceptical as I nee many bricks flying around for units purchased online direct from Dell....
I really hope to see some cook - take the initiative and start cooking some clean workable ROM's
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I have no idea what you're talking about. What 'bloated' ROMs?
Why don't you just open the update.zip, remove all the crap you don't need, resign it, done. Or, just uninstall the apps you don't want? It's not exactly hard to do.
You also sound incredibly ungrateful, these devs put A LOT of hard work into these ROMs and you just complain about a few apps they've included? If you don't like it, why don't YOU start making ROMs. This thread is essentially just pure laziness on your part.
Wow. "why do we need to live with this?" It's not essential to life, It's a ROM. grow up.
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I have no idea what you're talking about. What 'bloated' ROMs?
Why don't you just open the update.zip, remove all the crap you don't need, resign it, done. Or, just uninstall the apps you don't want? It's not exactly hard to do.
You also sound incredibly ungrateful, these devs put A LOT of hard work into these ROMs and you just complain about a few apps they've included? If you don't like it, why don't YOU start making ROMs. This thread is essentially just pure laziness on your part.
Wow. "why do we need to live with this?" It's not essential to life, It's a ROM. grow up.
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Chill out Meltus.
Am not sitting here to start another debate on disrespecting Chef's - never had that intention anyway if you had read my post with a clear mind! - I have been a user of custom cooked ROM's since the days of XDA IIs and never had a reply of such.
My title read - 'Moved from windows' - which implied that I am new to Android and still experimenting - infact I am still on my stock ROM on my dell online purchased unit and was only lookign for a way to uninstall Touchdown etc to save on space in memory.
Thanks for the tip on changing update.zip - now I have a solution which I can look into!
I said we dont need to live with this and it was not pointed to any Chef - it was pointed to Dell - who have installed all crap on the unit (which I am trying to remove) and being in a forum - you will have to appreciate - we all have the right to ask questions - some may be good and some naive!
So mine was naive - and thanks for your answers.
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I said we dont need to live with this and it was not pointed to any Chef - it was pointed to Dell - who have installed all crap on the unit (which I am trying to remove)
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Ah, I apologise, I thought you were referring to ROM developers, sorry
Anyway, if you want to open the zip, remove stuff, and then sign it again, you'll need the signing tool - http://androidforums.com/developer-101/8665-how-signing-roms.html
Sorry again, i guess i just completely mis-read your post ><
Cool! am already opening up and playing around! if I have a brick in my hands - I'll jump out of the 3rd floor window and you'll have to carry me to the hospital
ps: I weigh 120Kgs!!!!!
devdarshan said:
Cool! am already opening up and playing around! if I have a brick in my hands - I'll jump out of the 3rd floor window and you'll have to carry me to the hospital
ps: I weigh 120Kgs!!!!!
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Haha, i think it's almost impossible to brick the streak at the moment, you can always just fastboot flash the stock recovery image then flash the stock update.pkg from Dell!
I'm a weak f***er so that's out of the question
I too have come from WM and have been using it since it came out in '98. One thing I miss is the ability to view and tweak the registry. Like on the HD2 just change
'Go to HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P2\ EncodeFormat' to '2147483647' and you have loads of additional video recording formats!
You can also remove ROM apps by using Root Explorer (need rooted phone obviously) and removing the offending /apk files from /system/apps and then clearing the Dalvik-cache and rebooting.
I just flashed the 2.1 ROM on my AT&T/US Streak and got rid of Touchdown and Amazon MP3. No more icons I don't use, nor widgets to scroll through.
here's a good guide to it:
http://www.market4android.com/how-to-remove-stock-android-apps.php
Good luck.
Be careful about removing ROM apps, ive done this a few times and then i got endless process error....eeeek :S
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Be careful about removing ROM apps, ive done this a few times and then i got endless process error....eeeek :S
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Good to know. I was wondering if it was so easy, why would everyone care about what apps are installed if you can just zap em if you don't want them. Well thankfully I developed no ill effects from my deletions, and I removed those I really didn't want.
I'm not enough of a linux/Android gear head to know better. I'm a pretty good Windows gear head, but never knew Linux well which is too bad with all the cool Androids coming along in the handheld space. Oh well, learning new tricks is good too i suppose...
thanks
hey guys, i'm really not kinda guy that comes here to ask stupind rookie questions(my posts are mainly in dev section), but case is now, i have bunch of exams in next few weeks and immediately after that going to vication i really don't have much time to spend on my phone trying new roms etc.
what i need is stable, preferably sense rom, i don't care about apps, space etc. i only need it to work without crash for around two weeks. i did like 5 flashes last 3 days
i tried imilka(hangups,crashes), "stock desire"(battery drain), DLdesire(hangs)
thanks for helping another member
stirkac said:
hey guys, i'm really not kinda guy that comes here to ask stupind rookie questions(my posts are mainly in dev section), but case is now, i have bunch of exams in next few weeks and immediately after that going to vication i really don't have much time to spend on my phone trying new roms etc.
what i need is stable, preferably sense rom, i don't care about apps, space etc. i only need it to work without crash for around two weeks. i did like 5 flashes last 3 days
i tried imilka(hangups,crashes), "stock desire"(battery drain), DLdesire(hangs)
thanks for helping another member
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The one in my signature is phenomenal. Also, updates and revisions (new releases) will be applicable without wiping your data partition
thanks man will try it if i get in trouble with current-af403 desire hd. it worked first thing afer install and doing so for 4 hours of college life-internet, market, calls, texts all time(yay! )
i just hate when after flash i need 1000 config files, cannot use restart because of corruption, wait for sth to install or fix, reboot 1. time to just work etc.
Jdms 1.6.2 ultimate
Try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782301
it is the best ROM for HD2 I have ever tried. It is simply flawless and have plenty of options.
sorry wrong post
sorry wrong post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=926507 <--COREDROID 1.2. im using it everyday, very stable/smooth/eye-candy and everything just works
[14.FEB][DFT/CWM] NexusHD2-Gingerbread V2.2 [Android2.3.2][Kernel: tytung_r3_oldcam] clean, fast and stable...works perfect for me.
1st post, 1st android - LOVE this forum!!
So, I managed to figure out how to root several weeks ago, mainly so I could wifi tether. Been waiting (and waiting... and waiting...) on Sprint to put Froyo out. Toyed with the idea of doing it myself, based on several threads in the xda forums, but just couldn't quite pull the trigger.
Finally took the plunge last week & also flashed my first custom ROM, Syndicate Frozen. Had a couple of 'Oh $hit' moments, but made it through and very glad I did. The speed increase is amazing!
Getting ready to try midNIGHT next... just for kicks.
Just had to say I couldn't have done it without all the awesome help from this forum. Just hope I'm able to contribute, someday...
Cheers!
I remember that from when I got my first Android, the HTC Hero. Such good times.
I am running Syndicate, too. It's my favorite ROM. MidNIGHT is a second, the only reasons I don't use it is because he uses the beta swype in his ROM (meaning you have to renew it every so often), and his rom doesn't support 1x/3G icons like syndicate's does. Though, I must say, MidNIGHT is VERY, VERY stable and will probably not force close ANYTHING you run on it. In other words, MidNIGHT is what stock should've been.
Glad you took the plunge and did it. Its definitely worth it isn't it. On on the latest bonsai rom and its awesome. The.main difference with this rom is you don't have to wipe all your data before you flash.the rom. It backs up all your data and restores it when you flash the rom so you don't have.to start from scratch
Sent From My Evo Killer!
whitfield77 said:
1st post, 1st android - LOVE this forum!!
So, I managed to figure out how to root several weeks ago, mainly so I could wifi tether. Been waiting (and waiting... and waiting...) on Sprint to put Froyo out. Toyed with the idea of doing it myself, based on several threads in the xda forums, but just couldn't quite pull the trigger.
Finally took the plunge last week & also flashed my first custom ROM, Syndicate Frozen. Had a couple of 'Oh $hit' moments, but made it through and very glad I did. The speed increase is amazing!
Getting ready to try midNIGHT next... just for kicks.
Just had to say I couldn't have done it without all the awesome help from this forum. Just hope I'm able to contribute, someday...
Cheers!
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Ptfmedic did an awesome job in creating the most flexible and stable (with the BYOR edition) Rom I have ever seen to date, even spawning from the old Windows Mobile 6.1 days... ahhh...
Not to mention the dude has a heart of gold. If you do decide to flash one of his roms, be sure to read some of his blogs and if you feel it stir inside you, help out his cause.
Welcome. This forum is very arousing.
Tried to flash midNight BYOR, after using Odin to get back to a stock with root & CWM, but for some reason it kept failing. Something about couldn't open the zip. Going to try to download the Standard version; maybe the BYOR was corrupted during download.
bighuta said:
Ptfmedic did an awesome job in creating the most flexible and stable (with the BYOR edition) Rom I have ever seen to date, even spawning from the old Windows Mobile 6.1 days... ahhh...
Not to mention the dude has a heart of gold. If you do decide to flash one of his roms, be sure to read some of his blogs and if you feel it stir inside you, help out his cause.
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Yeah, I did take the time to read through a few of his blogs. The Broken Heart one was gripping - will definitely make me think twice the next time I'm approached. The man definitely has a heart of gold & the patience of a saint. And he still takes the time to make great Rom's from what I hear. I should know here in the next hour or so - multiupload is slower than...
Guess I'm supposed to wait 5 minutes between posts...
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Tried to flash midNight BYOR, after using Odin to get back to a stock with root & CWM, but for some reason it kept failing. Something about couldn't open the zip. Going to try to download the Standard version; maybe the BYOR was corrupted during download.
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Not to sound offensive or mean, but did you follow his instructions exactly as written on his Android Development page? When it comes to flashing roms (at least with the Epic) one minor mistake can be the difference between a perfect flash and a faulty one. I learned that the hard way -.-
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Oh and I forgot to mention, although it hasn't happened to me yet, i hear that bad flashes can occur; I.E., something went wrong in that instance alone, not necessarily the entire thing is debunk, but rather just that one time. Try it again and you might have better luck.
Cheers
Overstew said:
I remember that from when I got my first Android, the HTC Hero. Such good times.
I am running Syndicate, too. It's my favorite ROM. MidNIGHT is a second, the only reasons I don't use it is because he uses the beta swype in his ROM (meaning you have to renew it every so often), and his rom doesn't support 1x/3G icons like syndicate's does. Though, I must say, MidNIGHT is VERY, VERY stable and will probably not force close ANYTHING you run on it. In other words, MidNIGHT is what stock should've been.
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Not sure why he did that either, but he's recently started using the stock swype we all paid for.
I have to second what you said. I came from a moment and the epic is a huge step up. I'm also running the syndicate rom as well and it sure is a speed demon. I am starting to get the hang of flashing now, though I probably go overboard when I do it. I usually end up flashing back to stock and then install cwm, then I go and flash the rom. This forum is outstanding too. The people here are (for the most part) intelligent and willing to help.
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bighuta said:
Not to sound offensive or mean, but did you follow his instructions exactly as written on his Android Development page? When it comes to flashing roms (at least with the Epic) one minor mistake can be the difference between a perfect flash and a faulty one. I learned that the hard way -.-
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Oh and I forgot to mention, although it hasn't happened to me yet, i hear that bad flashes can occur; I.E., something went wrong in that instance alone, not necessarily the entire thing is debunk, but rather just that one time. Try it again and you might have better luck.
Cheers
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No offense taken at all. I'm definitely a noob, so I'd rather have someone point out the obvious than assume I knew what I was doing.
Tried it a couple ways. 1st time, I was already rooted with CW3.0.0.6 with flashed syndicate. Wiped davlic, cache, and user 3 times. Tried to install the BYOR version & got the error. 2nd time, I used Odin to get back to EB13 rooted with CW3, no other custom rom. Then tried install BYOR version again (after wiping 3x) and got same error.
Decided to Odin back again, EB13, root, CW3; wipe 3x & then installed the midNIGHT Standard & it worked like a charm. I've had bad file downloads from multiupload before, so I'm gonna pin the blame there for now.
Been exploring midNight this afternoon & like it so far. Figured I should give it a few days before I decide which to go with.