to root or not? - myTouch 3G, Magic General

So neewb here to rooting, rooted my G1 after many reads and trys then found a easy how link.
Now have the mytouch, would like the Hero rom again without the lag and slowness of the G1 root.
My issue is I feel the mytouch is already too slow due to adding twidroid and I feel the stock keyboard is slow and I type faster then it can move?
Have they developed a 1touch root and stable hero rom where it doesnt lag and everything works on it?

FenderGuy said:
Have they developed a 1touch root and stable hero rom where it doesnt lag and everything works on it?
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Hero roms don't work well on the 32B Magic (Google branded) but they work fine on 32A.
There are Hero themed roms that work fine on the 32B though.
The 1 touch root works but it's likely to be patched soon. CyanogenMod rom works well on the 32B, nice and fast with some interesting features. New stuff from Donut is being added from week to week which keeps it interesting.

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Help me decide wich mytouch to buy

So i have a g1 rooted. But i want to upgrade and have 375 dollars to put towards a phone. can you root the new mytouch 1.2 and are the roms for it worth it? with the extra ram id like to run a sense or espresso rom, but if they are not 100% i do like cyanogen roms. Is it worth the upgrade ? and should i get the 32A phone since it has more ram? will all of the mytouch / ion /magic /saphire phones work on tmobile 3G???
And thanks allot for any help guys
well all mt3g 1.2's are 32a but not in the tradtional sense your used to.
Yes you can root it and run most roms that you were running on your g1 they have been ported. I am running a 2.1 no problem as for sense ui no idea i hate those roms but i believe they work just fine.
jjjackson56 said:
well all mt3g 1.2's are 32a but not in the tradtional sense your used to.
Yes you can root it and run most roms that you were running on your g1 they have been ported. I am running a 1.2 no problem as for sense ui no idea i hate those roms but i believe they work just fine.
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cool thanks, now im not afraid to get a 1.2. is there a thread or a link you can share with me that tells you how to root a 1.2, i know its not the same as the older ones
ahronzombi said:
cool thanks, now im not afraid to get a 1.2. is there a thread or a link you can share with me that tells you how to root a 1.2, i know its not the same as the older ones
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Go to The Unlockr>How To's>Android>MyTouch 1.2>How To Root...

Stable CM 6.1

Stable CM 6.1 is out!!!
h t t p://mirror[dot]teamdouche[dot]net/?device=legend
oh no...what's the right thing to do now? wait htc or flash this?
loscassapalle said:
oh no...what's the right thing to do now? wait htc or flash this?
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im in the same boat .. dont know what to do ..
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I was hoping that the thread would help me decide!!
I m gonna flash CM6.1 froyo on HTC will be the same experience but faster. its time for something new
I've already Froyo and do miss CM actually, so I'm going for this one, thats for sure!
why there are no news in cyanogenmod website?
I got the link from cyanogenmod website. It's under the nightlies section. Weird but its there
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are there release notes?
also wondering if i should flash this or wait for official htc froyo...?
I'm waiting for official froyo but maybe I should try this rom. But I have some questions before
Does it have FM radio? It'll be possible with released sources from HTC?
And wifi hotspot support?
Is root necessary? Can you unroot once the rom is installed? Altought temporary root can be useful (like sudo in linux), being always root is a big security hole. I'm not sure if many people understant what being root means in linux (and android).
callmewind said:
I'm waiting for official froyo but maybe I should try this rom. But I have some questions before
Does it have FM radio? It'll be possible with released sources from HTC?
And wifi hotspot support?
Is root necessary? Can you unroot once the rom is installed? Altought temporary root can be useful (like sudo in linux), being always root is a big security hole. I'm not sure if many people understant what being root means in linux (and android).
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No
Not AP, but Ad-Hoc works using barnacle
Yes, it is.
Rooting is not much more of an issue - you still need to specifically give apps superuser permissions
ok so im downloading 2.05 now. willl update to froyo first.
is rooting froyo easier or will i have to downgrade back to 1.31?
hope visionary+ or Z4root work with froyo. that would be a life saver coz download speeds are slow and expensive in my country :S
Anyone compared performance froyo vs CM6.1?
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i didn't understand a thing:
flashing this rom, the kernel change? if yes, is OC?
Sckank said:
Anyone compared performance froyo vs CM6.1?
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I had the vodafone froyo rom but I flashed CM6.1 as soon as it came out. (used nightlies before)
And CM6.1 is just that bit snappier. If you don't really worry about that split second diffence (but I do) then you should go for Sense (it's nicer )
But I just like a snappy phone (I should have bought the Desire I know )
JonasDroid said:
I had the vodafone froyo rom but I flashed CM6.1 as soon as it came out. (used nightlies before)
And CM6.1 is just that bit snappier. If you don't really worry about that split second diffence (but I do) then you should go for Sense (it's nicer )
But I just like a snappy phone (I should have bought the Desire I know )
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Ok that's it, I'm formating this bastard and installing CM6.1 NOW!!!
^ yup..that & faster handcent load times & the lockscreen gestures & wifi connects faster & all those other xmas trimmings!
maxq1 said:
^ yup..that & faster handcent load times & the lockscreen gestures & wifi connects faster & all those other xmas trimmings!
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Lets see how many of the ppl thats updating to froyo now finally will go for CM6.1
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Yeah, I'm waiting for some feedback. Using MoDaCo's Custom Froyo at the moment. Nothing GREAT, so if CM6.1 is worth it, I will install that.
Let the feedbacks begin!
Just wanted to say that I rooted to Cyanogen before froyo came to the Legend.
All in all I think I prefer it over 2.1 Legend.
It took a few days to get used to and I have missed a few HTC goodies - namely sync and the HTC keyboard (which is suprisingly a mile ahead of the default Android one). But there is a workaround (I've been told) so will give that a try soon.
I'm ever so tempted to give Sense Froyo a go and see what it's like as I don't really have anything to compare it to.
All in all though - I can't really say I've missed Sense too much; I've noticed a few things that stock Android could learn from Sense but on the whole not missed majorly.
If I upgrade to Sense Froyo - can I then root again or am I stuffed?
ta
(oh and rooting was a piece of piss... After I stopped cursing for an hour and realised I needed to downgrade.)

2.3 for Legend

i'm not really a noob but noob to the Legend, i used to have Xperia X10 and HTC HD2 and it was easy to root and installing ROMs
now i have this Legendary Legend and i want to root it and install different ROMs i'm currently running 2.2, radio-7.13.35.05, and on the boot it says
LEGEND PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.01.0000
MICROP-0816
TOUCH PANEL-SYN07_0105
i've been reading the stickies foe awhile but i didnt know what is the difference between S-ON and OFF and if 2.2 is rootable or i have to downgrade to 2.1 and if i have to root this HBOOT thing!! actually i'm lost!! one last thing what is the best ROM for Legend? is there 2.3 or CM7 out for it?
P.S. excuse my poor english
why did you post 2 same thread???
maybe it's a forum lagg, and it was like "double posting"
It looks like you're in the same situation I was! Here's how I rooted, in laymans terms.
1. Turned my SD card into a goldcard.
2. Flashed a pre-rooted 2.1 ROM using the stock recovery method.
3. Downloaded CM6.1, placed it on my memory card.
4. Did a little messing around with ROM Manager, ended up doing the stuff I explained in this thread instead which worked just fine: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=962357
5. Flashed CM6.1 (which was buggy as hell).
6. Downloaded blay0's ROM, placed it on my memory card.
7. Repeated step 4 and flashed blay0's ROM.
Please note that blay0's ROM is 2.2 and not 2.3.
In regards to ROMs, personally I love blay0's b 0.7 ROM, it runs like a dream. It's not too far away from the Sense UI and it isn't buggy as hell for me like CM6.1 is... Haven't tried CM7 yet so I can't say, but TheGrammarFreak (a respected regular here) shows praise for it.
Im in CM7 and is a super ROM
dangal said:
Im in CM7 and is a super ROM
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Is it true that CM7 doesn't have Flash? That's a pretty big dealbreaker for me.
segphault said:
Is it true that CM7 doesn't have Flash? That's a pretty big dealbreaker for me.
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Yes, but the good news is that none of the rom (legit or custom) has it as well.
nxdu said:
Yes, but the good news is that none of the rom (legit or custom) has it as well.
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What about the Lite version of Flash which HTC ship with the Legend? If that's still present I might just switch to CM7.
segphault said:
What about the Lite version of Flash which HTC ship with the Legend? If that's still present I might just switch to CM7.
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It isn't.
CM can't legally include it because they don't have a licence to redistribute it, don't want to since they don't have access to the source, and even if they could and wanted to, it probably requires the sense framework, so technically it would still be somewhere between "impossible" and "damn inconvenient".
If you use Rom Manager it can install CM7 its pretty good for me my last rom was b0.5 which was great but im loving CM7 way more
If you really want 2.3 use CM7 - it's still beta but it's very stable and does everything I ask it to do, if you want a stock(ish) 2.2 then Blay0's ROM is sweet.
yep, I would also recommend cm7. and it's only partly true that it has no flash - I downloaded it from applanet and works perfectly fine with embedded youtube videos and ads (although I don't want the latter)
CM7 works great. Why do you need flash lite? I haven't missed it once when I owned an iPhone and I haven't missed it in CM7, nor did I use it with the stock rom. Youtube works anyway and if you must, Skyfire plays most flash videos fine as well.

[Q] HTC Magic 32B recommended ROM's

Hi there, HTC Magic user here.
I've gone back to stock ROMs for a bit but lately I've been wanting to go back to a rooted phone.
My previous experience with Cyanogenmod 5 and 6 has been terrible, the phone ran slow and even completely stock there would be either launcher restarts after running even the messaging app or app force closes if the launcher was kept in memory. The only ROM's that worked well were 1.6 based ones but of the three that most people use, they all have problems which make them difficult to use in the long run.
tl;dr What ROM's are you using with your 32B Magic and what optimisations do you do to stop lag and memory overflows happening?
Ezgingerbread (link in my sig) is what I usually use. Its pretty light and fast.
If you want as many cm features as possible while still having some speed try cos-ds.
If you really like cm features, there's greenromproject cm7 or anotger cm7 rom who's name I can't remember. I haven't used those yet so I can't say anything about speed there.
And these are all gingerbread roms. Idk what to suggest for other versions.. I got into android right before cm6.1
tvall said:
Ezgingerbread (link in my sig) is what I usually use. Its pretty light and fast.
If you want as many cm features as possible while still having some speed try cos-ds.
If you really like cm features, there's greenromproject cm7 or anotger cm7 rom who's name I can't remember. I haven't used those yet so I can't say anything about speed there.
And these are all gingerbread roms. Idk what to suggest for other versions.. I got into android right before cm6.1
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Does Gingerbread need a new radio firmware on the Magic?
vote_gough said:
Does Gingerbread need a new radio firmware on the Magic?
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Nope. There are gingerbread roms for every radio. If you are talking about the 2708+ radio then I would recommended it for the extra ram
I'm currently running Ginger Yoshi 1.2 and love it. I've used CM 5.0.8, CM6, Ginger Yoshi 1.1 and now 1.2. All have worked great on my phone. The one thing for me is that I wipe everything...everytime. To include my SD card manually. I save my files on my computer and put them back after I load up the ROM.
help
Hi Everybody,
do you known or do you have a link to download the ROM please.
dadour13 said:
Hi Everybody,
do you known or do you have a link to download the ROM please.
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Search is your friend
If your phone is rooted you could always get Rom Manager Free from the Market and get the rom of your choice. I use CyanogenMod-6.0.0-DS and the phone runs great. It's actually the only ROM my phone has been able to handle fully with no issues. OS 2.2 is the highest I would put on the MT3G. I've tried Yoshi's, EzTerry, Greenrom, etc.. and all either had issues or just wouldn't work.
Search in this forum, RC Magic V7, SFM 1.2 sense 2.1 (Its great recomended), or clean magic (Fast). All whit htc sense! I tested all and work greats!
Richards_234 said:
Search in this forum, RC Magic V7, SFM 1.2 sense 2.1 (Its great recomended), or clean magic (Fast). All whit htc sense! I tested all and work greats!
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Have used both SFM 1.2 and Clean Magic 5.01. Would highly recommend either of them. The new lock screen in SFM 1.2 is very cool though
jerry28 said:
Have used both SFM 1.2 and Clean Magic 5.01. Would highly recommend either of them. The new lock screen in SFM 1.2 is very cool though
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Sorry, just realised they are both 32A only ROMs. Maybe take a look at Ginger Yoshi 1.2
vote_gough said:
Hi there, HTC Magic user here.
I've gone back to stock ROMs for a bit but lately I've been wanting to go back to a rooted phone.
My previous experience with Cyanogenmod 5 and 6 has been terrible, the phone ran slow and even completely stock there would be either launcher restarts after running even the messaging app or app force closes if the launcher was kept in memory. The only ROM's that worked well were 1.6 based ones but of the three that most people use, they all have problems which make them difficult to use in the long run.
tl;dr What ROM's are you using with your 32B Magic and what optimisations do you do to stop lag and memory overflows happening?
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I've tried biffmod, gingeryoshi and few others before them, unfortunately each left me wanting to try another rom. Now I'm on froyobylaszlo I simply don't have that yearning for another rom anymore, and I suppose that says it all. I think I made a couple of tweaks but nothing major(can't remember though!) and it runs great, very smooth and fast.
Only issue I have is running speedtest, where it reboots occasionally.
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Have used both SFM 1.2 and Clean Magic 5.01. Would highly recommend either of them. The new lock screen in SFM 1.2 is very cool though
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Thanks for that, but they're both 32A ROMs.
My phone is the 32B and only has 192mb of RAM so I don't think they'd run
vote_gough said:
Thanks for that, but they're both 32A ROMs.
My phone is the 32B and only has 192mb of RAM so I don't think they'd run
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The ones I recommended above actually are for the 32b though.......
If you need links let me know.
Recommend the rom's froyobylaszlo.

[Q] What is the fastest rom for mytouch 3g?

I helped a friend of mine root her mytouch 3g and load a custom rom in it but she says it is really slow and it crashes a lot, the rom I used is the lastest version of cynogenmod, can anyone recommend any other faster and stable rom?
By latest version of CM do you mean 6 or 7? Either way, I would recommend overclocking. Search overclock in the market.
Sent from my Sapphire/dream using XDA App
aristabrandon said:
I helped a friend of mine root her mytouch 3g and load a custom rom in it but she says it is really slow and it crashes a lot, the rom I used is the lastest version of cynogenmod, can anyone recommend any other faster and stable rom?
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If you are talking about cyanogenmod 6, it was very stable and silky smooth for the mt3g. If you are talking about cm7, there is not an official release and the ports I have tried, while good, were not always stable. If you want to stay on cyanogenmod, I would definitely wipe and go back to version 6 which was the last stable release.
Take a look in the development thread here, there are many good roms for the my3g. I have YoshiGingerbread 1.2 on my mt3g and love it. You can overclock it from within the rom settings which also helps a lot.
eh the gingerbread yoshi looks a bit difficult. i'm gonna try cyanagen 6.1 stable. right now i'm running cyanogen 5.0 i think.
I have 6.1.0 DS on my MT3g "Fender". Ill just say this now, i am currently looking for an alternative ROM as i have noticed that after using it for about a month, it starts to act all funky. Some examples are when first booting, phone will hang on checking SD card contents. Another example would be clicking an icon for one app(ex. Gmail) and it would open a different app (ex Messaging)
I JUST TONIGHT factory reset my phone and its running much better, but this was about an hour ago, and currently its working its little ass off to sync all my apps back.
Also i found that when i installed CM6.1 the kernel included gave it that 'greenish tint' im sure you may experience or read about. I believe i have the kernel from the CM 5.?. My apologies as to my somewhat vague facts, it was a while ago and im not ROOT/ROM expert.
Hope my rambling at least helped you out a bit.
aristabrandon said:
I helped a friend of mine root her mytouch 3g and load a custom rom in it but she says it is really slow and it crashes a lot, the rom I used is the lastest version of cynogenmod, can anyone recommend any other faster and stable rom?
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Depends on what you want. If youwant a fast and stable gingerbread I'd suggest ezgingerbread. If you wan HTC sense use senselx. If you want froyo then people seem to like froyobylazlo(never used it.)
And I don't recommend overclocking. I'm underclocked to 480mhz and it feels no different than when i oc to 537
FWIW I've just installed COS-DS (was using CM6.1 307 nightly) and I'm LOVING it... even though quadrant scores are slightly lower (was getting 388ish and now 380ish) the phone feels faster.
For example, when I go to applications>manage applications, I used to have to wait around 30 seconds for the list to populate with all icons and get sorted alphabetically, now it's almost instant.
I haven't had any issues so far, COS-DS has been getting good reviews in the developers forum. I recommend it (so far).
My phone:
MT3G 1.2
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.28.25

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