I'm getting my Tytn in tomorrow and need to know if I should update my roms and all that stuff. I had a 8125 and I know about tweaking, but I don't see a lot for the 8525. All I'm gonna use the phone for is playing games, watchin movies, texting, talking, cam and video.
The very best thing you can do is read through the wiki pages, familiarise yourself with the basic things we do to the hermes on here.
Whatever you do dont jump in the deep end and be one of the many people who have bricked thier devices because they didnt do things correctly.
IF you spot a ROM you like the look of take a look at my Upgrading Guides on how to SAFELY upgrade the ROMs.
Thanks for that sir. I'm gonna read the wiki again cause it helped me big time with my 8125. I never did anything with my rom and radio and all that. Should I start now? What do I need to look for in a ROM if I'm using the phone for games and all that type of stuff?
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Thanks for that sir. I'm gonna read the wiki again cause it helped me big time with my 8125. I never did anything with my rom and radio and all that. Should I start now? What do I need to look for in a ROM if I'm using the phone for games and all that type of stuff?
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That's well nigh impossible to give a straight answer to without doing a LOT of typing and reading up. You'll have to read up on what the "cookers" say about their ROMs in the upgrading board.
Personally I would not rush to upgrade. Get to know your device it's flaws and basic fixes first. THEN you will know what to look for in any new ROM.
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That's well nigh impossible to give a straight answer to without doing a LOT of typing and reading up. You'll have to read up on what the "cookers" say about their ROMs in the upgrading board.
Personally I would not rush to upgrade. Get to know your device it's flaws and basic fixes first. THEN you will know what to look for in any new ROM.
Mike
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I'll have to do that. I honestly don't know what I'd be looking for anyway. As long as I can play games and watch movies, I'm straight.
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Hey all, Just updated my sig to show my current setup. Got myself a used MDA for free. Lil fix me up. Couple scratches, no stylus and so but was a 1.08 version =D So after reading up the guides here. I got to unlocking the cid and mda itself fine. Did the upgrade after I did the secure stuff to try out that XDA Mobile 6 R3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324632
Im wondering which one is better tho... Kinda confused when it comes to that.. just know WM6 is the way to go and least I have the above installed and working. =D
So just learning all I can here. I saw something about Kitchen and I am guessing its like a custom build or so with things I want?
Anyways thought I would say hi and if someone knows a better WM6 I should go after. Ill look at it. Just so much to take in at once atm. Was used to playing with my Zodiac Palm. Heh.
All the chef's here are great, so the rom you want is truly dependant upon what you like. I run NTS's Jaguar 3.1...for me it is fast enough, really stable and comes with only a a small amount of stuff, so that I can customize it the way I like. Some roms have all the bells and whistles, some have pretty much OS only. As for a kitchen...before you attempt to cook your own rom, I would strongly urge you to READ READ READ all the tut's and stickies and wiki, learn as much as you can about your device first before doing any major customizing. Think of it like dating...you want to find out as much as you can about the other person, really get to know the other person and that person's quirks, before committing to a long-term relationship...or you can get sloppy drunk, jump in the sack and wake up the next morning going...what the hell did I just do!!! Your choice.
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BTW, Welcome to xda!!
Well here is my experiance. I mod and work with Symbian 60 phones as my primary. Write the guides on how to stream live TV or MP3 to the cell phone via winamp or real audio.
I have modded and flash/flexed Motorola phones, have experiance in unlocking Nokia and Motorola GSM phones. Not to mention tweaking.
So I am a sage when it comes to STUDY 1st. Its annoying.. but yea I do it.
(Oh yea, I also am with www.pspupdates.com so I mod PSPs too hehe)
So I studied enough here to least get my MDA sim/cid unlocked for modding. Thats safe. So far I went with that XDA Mobile 6 R3, I am not sure but it seemed stable enough to start with. I have not updated the IPL yet, but I prob will in a few, Rapid share sucks with its delay, no?
Well as for kitchen.. I figure its ALOT of data to take in at once. Abit too much... I understand its a make your own with what you want.. My issue isnt that.. my problem is.. WHAT do it I want??
I mean I have alot of experiance with my Zodiac II palm.. which is another for the homebrew community and tricks for working it... mean getting it to use my cell phone to connect was fun. (Still gotta with the PPC)
So my issue is trying to get to know the PPC OS. I played with it on my old bosses Ipaq 3135? (The T-Mobile PPC that failed)
But I did some interesting things with that too.
I know Ill 100% want VNC, Divx (Is there the web plugin for it yet to use stage6.com or so? What about Youtube REAL version?)
Not to mention easy to do emulators. =p
I just dont know fully what I want or what I SHOULD be after with this thing. I know I need to do some reg hacks to tweak.. but then im stummped.. if I am using custom mod versions... are these tweaks built in?? Would I mess something up? (You get my worries)
Another thing I noticed after I installed this version is VoIP... my wonder is.. I never used that before. I DO know I can flash my Linksys WRT54G with the DD-WRT voip firmware instead of the standard ddwrt build I am using now. Question is... is it worth it? If so, whats the deal? Use Skype?
As you can see alone from the questions above... Its just a scratch of questions and areas I am looking at and trying to get answers on... so yea.. kinda hard to know when to "stop" and say "IM HAPPY" with what I installed lol. Just need to know what I should go after... =/
May not be the place to post this but I am sure it will be moved if not the correct place.
I am completely new to smart phones and just got my Titan.
A friend of mine has the Tilt (I am unfamiliar with the industry name) and after watching what he has set up on his I was ready to take the plunge.
So far I am very frustrated with the phone. I see the possibilities but I have not gotten into the meat of this device as of yet and he recommended this site... so... here I am ..
With all that being said.. I am pretty savvy on these type of things and I wanted to know what would you all consider to be mandatory downloads to this phone.
I realize that this is usually up to the individual but I would like suggestions on what the best initial programs are and why.
Also, I was told that this phone is not compatible with Garmin and Tom Tom GPS and does not do Sprint TV. If this is true, I am going to be upset as that is one of the main reasons I got this device.
After viewing the forums briefly I notice that there is discussions of Sprint TV and other things about GPS so I am sure it is just a lack of knowledge on my part.
My friend also said that he does not mess with ROM's as they can "brick" your phone. I might be interested in those in the future but not too sure about them now.
Thanks for reading and hope to see your suggestions soon.
you will have to flash your phone to unlock the internal gps.
i know for a fact that people around here are using tom tom and sprint TV on there titans, not sure about garmin, but the titan should be able to run pretty much all the apps hes running.
exept the tilt is a more powerful phone i believe, so his would do it faster.
Thanks for the response..
Is there a particular string on how and where to do this?..
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Thanks for the response..
Is there a particular string on how and where to do this?..
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Welcome!!!
Follow the link below. Have fun!
Hey guys well first off i would like to say i own a mogul and i love it but i have seen so many roms and i like alot of them, im looking for a good rom to put on my mogul but problem is...i have no clue how to upgrade and do all the required task to upgrade, what are the risk and how risky are they?
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Hey guys well first off i would like to say i own a mogul and i love it but i have seen so many roms and i like alot of them, im looking for a good rom to put on my mogul but problem is...i have no clue how to upgrade and do all the required task to upgrade, what are the risk and how risky are they?
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The riskiest possible thing for you to do with your phone is to attempt to upgrade the ROM, particularly to an unofficial release, without reading all the threads about upgrading here and on the other PDA forums. You will also see some of the potential problems and the occasional complexity in recovering from them. After doing that reading, you will have no need to post a question like this. Asking others to summarize all of that information for you is a bit much, and puts you at the disadvantage of not being fully informed.
Hi everyone.
Just a quick question.
As more people do the root and more info is found out etc will the process for getting root get easier?
I plan on waiting anyway until some roms are ready as i dont think i would benifit from having root at the moment, but i thought id ask in the meantime!
Thanks for all that put lots of hard work into it aswell.
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Hi everyone.
Just a quick question.
As more people do the root and more info is found out etc will the process for getting root get easier?
I plan on waiting anyway until some roms are ready as i dont think i would benifit from having root at the moment, but i thought id ask in the meantime!
Thanks for all that put lots of hard work into it aswell.
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Yes, it will become easier. Even if the method stays the same I'm sure someone will make it work with even less manual intervention.
But seriously, this method isn't very hard. The first releases had a few bugs but now most of them are sorted so as long as you follow the instructions you will root your phone. A slightly trained and enthusiastic chimp could do it.
thanks for your reply.... yeah thats what i thought...maybe it would be packaged up into like an autorun style situation with less manual steps....
i have been reading all the threads and whilst i am confident i could do it, there seems to be a whole lot of people getting stuck at places and purely because im not in a rush for it untill roms are out im going to wait....but by then hopefully it will be a shade more straight forward and less end issues.
ive come from a stubborn minded pc / windows world and just trying to dip my toe in where possible as i love my android phone!
again dont get me wrong im super appreciative for the work thats gone in to get this far!
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thanks for your reply.... yeah thats what i thought...maybe it would be packaged up into like an autorun style situation with less manual steps....
i have been reading all the threads and whilst i am confident i could do it, there seems to be a whole lot of people getting stuck at places and purely because im not in a rush for it untill roms are out im going to wait....but by then hopefully it will be a shade more straight forward and less end issues.
ive come from a stubborn minded pc / windows world and just trying to dip my toe in where possible as i love my android phone!
again dont get me wrong im super appreciative for the work thats gone in to get this far!
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I totally agree with you!
I am sure more things are to come and you don't need to apologise for wanting to wait for them.
I for one sure hope it does...still no root for me
Hey guys!
I haven't been on in quite a bit.
I was browsing through some of the custom WP7 roms, and couldn't really find an answer to my question.
I'm using the original WP7 on my HD2. It's the one DFT released... The first WP7 rom for the HD2.
My question is this:
Has the camera been fixed in any of the newer ROMS?
I have no complaints with the original build other than the camera not working very well. Even shooting videos gives me focus problems.
Oh, and one other thing: My Zune music is always set to shuffle now. Can't seem to correct it.
Anyway, sorry if this has been asked and covered before. I just haven't been on the forums in a month or so.
This software works fine with the camera. Use it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942605
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This software works fine with the camera. Use it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942605
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Thanks for the link. I'll give it a try.
Any idea why my Zune music won't stop shuffling?
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Hey guys!
I haven't been on in quite a bit.
I was browsing through some of the custom WP7 roms, and couldn't really find an answer to my question.
I'm using the original WP7 on my HD2. It's the one DFT released... The first WP7 rom for the HD2.
My question is this:
Has the camera been fixed in any of the newer ROMS?
I have no complaints with the original build other than the camera not working very well. Even shooting videos gives me focus problems.
Oh, and one other thing: My Zune music is always set to shuffle now. Can't seem to correct it.
Anyway, sorry if this has been asked and covered before. I just haven't been on the forums in a month or so.
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DOnt know about zune im afraid, doesnt happen to me....as for the camera, teh link supplied above is fine for most things, its not very intigrated but you cant have everything!
as for a fix, nope, and unlikely
as for the ROMs, they are all the same ROM, there is no development branchs available, and there are no tools available to build a full ROM yourself, dont expect anything like the amount of modding available to WM6 systems. its also unlikely we will get more compatible drivers for our device since its now quite old
personally, i think its very much a case of, you get what you pay for, if you want better then your going to need to spend some more cash an buy a WP7 device.
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DOnt know about zune im afraid, doesnt happen to me....as for the camera, teh link supplied above is fine for most things, its not very intigrated but you cant have everything!
as for a fix, nope, and unlikely
as for the ROMs, they are all the same ROM, there is no development branchs available, and there are no tools available to build a full ROM yourself, dont expect anything like the amount of modding available to WM6 systems. its also unlikely we will get more compatible drivers for our device since its now quite old
personally, i think its very much a case of, you get what you pay for, if you want better then your going to need to spend some more cash an buy a WP7 device.
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The ROM really works great. I have no complaints with it. Just seeing if there had been any progress with the camera, that's all.
This Zune shuffling thing is baffling me. I distinctly remember seeing something about it awhile back, but I can't find anything in the forums about it.
One day all my music played normally, and the next, it will only shuffle. Strange indeed.