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Hello All,
as you can see from the title im a no0b ad Rooting the CDMA, while i have rooted and updated the ROM, i had a few questions the first rom that i have Found was the Fresh 1.1 Rom, I have since found the modaco ROM,
is there any major difference,
Also I cant seem to Update the Themes VIA "update.Zip" as it freezes so im assuming the themes i find are for different ROM builds.
Anyone that can toss me into the right Direction would greatly be thanked

iikingli said:
Hello All,
as you can see from the title im a no0b ad Rooting the CDMA, while i have rooted and updated the ROM, i had a few questions the first rom that i have Found was the Fresh 1.1 Rom, I have since found the modaco ROM,
is there any major difference,
Also I cant seem to Update the Themes VIA "update.Zip" as it freezes so im assuming the themes i find are for different ROM builds.
Anyone that can toss me into the right Direction would greatly be thanked
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you need to be really carefull where you are getting the themes from if you mess up and flash something for a GSM hero onto your phone it will brick it. I dont know where you are getting them from but I would make sure you stay in this sub forum untill you really have a grip on whats going on.
and if you are getting them from this forum then they may not be made for the rom that you are using.
do a search for metamorph its the easiest way to theme your phone if your new.

wtphoto said:
you need to be really carefull where you are getting the themes from if you mess up and flash something for a GSM hero onto your phone it will brick it. I dont know where you are getting them from but I would make sure you stay in this sub forum untill you really have a grip on whats going on.
and if you are getting them from this forum then they may not be made for the rom that you are using.
do a search for metamorph its the easiest way to theme your phone if your new.
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Hey Thanks I noticed in your Sig, that you use both Fresh and MaC for Daily builds which do you prefer and is there any reason why.. Thanks again

iikingli said:
Hey Thanks I noticed in your Sig, that you use both Fresh and MaC for Daily builds which do you prefer and is there any reason why.. Thanks again
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they are both great ROMs but my personal tase goes to the Fresh ROMs I think more than anything it comes down to 2 things
1: I like the rosie in Fresh compared to the stock one in MoDaCo
2: I like the fact that Flipz has removed a lot of the bloatware thats in the stock ROm where the MoDaCo ROM leaves everything in there along with adding some programs in. the only things I pushed back to Fresh where peep, IM, Sprint TV, and location service.
on top of that I have now added MoDaCo's custom kernel 1.1 and things seem much faster but who knows could be the placibo effect. and I have moded a lot of the fresh APKs. Changing the Dialer Changing the icons to the 2.1 icons added one of Noj's lockscreens and so on and so forth so I have really personalized Fresh Rom and its kinda hard to move away from that.

Best Mytouch 3G 1.2 Rom?

I know, I know, you reading this thread are very disappointed of me, a noob, for asking this since a billion other of my fellow noobs already asked this. I just wanted to know what is the best rom out there today for the T-Mobile Mytouch 3g 1.2 (w/3.5mm). I have recently moved over from the HTC Touch Viva forum and I am amazed by all the development going on, considering the amount of people here compared to there. I have installed Amon_Ra's recovery and flashed a rom but didn't quite like it due to the Google apps always force closing (I think most people were having the problem with the rom) so I restored the backup. The only thing done to the phone is that I rooted it and installed the recovery. Thank You very much if you decided to point me in the right direction, and if you didn't, have a nice day.
Don't hate on me just because I'm a noob! I'm 16 and android modding is way more confusing than WM6.5/6.1, haha.

The best in my opinion is the one linked in my sig. The slide rom. it has everything you could want from dounut and a hero type rom. The reasons for all the google apps FC is because you have either not done a full wipe before flashing the rom, or may not have your sd card partitioned in 3 partitions.
Download, put on sd card, flash, Let it sit for about 15 min, it will take a long time to boot the first time.

That's probably why it FC so many times. I didn't do a full wipe nor did I have the SD card partitioned.
Do all ROMs require a partition of the SD card? How would I go about partitioning it?
I'll search around for it later. I have a math final to study for!

Can't go wrong with Cyanogen's Eclair ROM. No partitions required.
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Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general

crypysmoker said:
The best in my opinion is the one linked in my sig. The slide rom. it has everything you could want from dounut and a hero type rom. The reasons for all the google apps FC is because you have either not done a full wipe before flashing the rom, or may not have your sd card partitioned in 3 partitions.
Download, put on sd card, flash, Let it sit for about 15 min, it will take a long time to boot the first time.
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Thanks for pointing this rom out, I really like it so far (just loaded it, loading my backup of my microsd on).
Looks very nice, runs very smooth and everything is supposed to work accept bluetooth so thats great. Hopefully it doesn't slow down once I load up my apps and this will replace CM as my daily driver until the hacked 2.2 comes out for MT3G 1.2

Super E 102... can be found in the G1 android dev forum

Adamsville MITM said:
Super E 102... can be found in the G1 android dev forum
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Thank you all for the input. I've downloaded SuperE a few days ago and it was the best ROM yet, everything works to the best of my knowledge. It's fast, smooth, and everything I would want from a non-official ROM. It actually feels like an official update from using it. I did have some random force closes, but it doesn't lower the overall score of the ROM. Eleven out of ten in my book!
The only thing left is a keyboard. I'm using the stock android one, but the keys are too small and make the input experience ****ty.

Adamsville MITM said:
Super E 102... can be found in the G1 android dev forum
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wait so i'm so confused. how do you know if a rom will work with mt3g 1.2? i mean i know its 32a/EBI0 but nowhere in the super e thread does it say that it will work with it?

shafiq265 said:
The only thing left is a keyboard. I'm using the stock android one, but the keys are too small and make the input experience ****ty.
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Have a look for the HTC IME Mod and DROID X keyboard ports, both very good.
lbsk8addict said:
wait so i'm so confused. how do you know if a rom will work with mt3g 1.2? i mean i know its 32a/EBI0 but nowhere in the super e thread does it say that it will work with it?
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Don't you just need a different kernel for 32A?

I have no idea. BUT I have successfully booted cyanogen-mod 5-ds which DOES say is compatible with 1.2.. and it's an EXCELLENT rom.

Super E and CM 508 are already compatible with mt3g 1.2... dont need the 32a port

Any cyan based rom or rom using his kernel should be compatible with the 1.2 i suggest kolohes speedteam rom.
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

2.1 Update - ask your newbie questions here

OK, there seems to be one or two threads here regarding the new rooted 2.1 ROMs. The threads are splitting at the seams with questions from new/inexperienced users who want answers to simple questions, but few answers appear to be coming forward.
So, how about we post our newbie questions here and leave the actual ROM threads for developing info that the more experienced users can use.
I'll start: I have a stock, unmolested Orange Hero, do I need to do anything to my phone before I run this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712707

I have questions:
1)Before I can Flash (3. Flash ROM from Recovery), do I need to root first?
2)To flash, do I follow step (2. Loading the Custom ROM) from the
Complete Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom & Newbie FaQ [Updated 02/05]
guide?

Another one.
If I do not want to root and I have not received the OTA update 1 and 2 notifications, how can I install these updates manually?
I have downloaded OTA 1 and 2 on PC, but how do I install them on Hero?

Where is Friendstream go?
I know Gallery and LiveWallpapers were dropped due to the Hero's weedy capabilities, but Friendstream? Come on....

Deke Martin said:
OK, there seems to be one or two threads here regarding the new rooted 2.1 ROMs. The threads are splitting at the seams with questions from new/inexperienced users who want answers to simple questions, but few answers appear to be coming forward.
So, how about we post our newbie questions here and leave the actual ROM threads for developing info that the more experienced users can use.
I'll start: I have a stock, unmolested Orange Hero, do I need to do anything to my phone before I run this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712707
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You need to root.
h4ckii said:
I have questions:
1)Before I can Flash (3. Flash ROM from Recovery), do I need to root first?
2)To flash, do I follow step (2. Loading the Custom ROM) from the
Complete Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom & Newbie FaQ [Updated 02/05]
guide?
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1. Rooted one = yes Official one = no
2. Again Rooted one = yes Official one = no
h4ckii said:
Another one.
If I do not want to root and I have not received the OTA update 1 and 2 notifications, how can I install these updates manually?
I have downloaded OTA 1 and 2 on PC, but how do I install them on Hero?
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Try setting the date forward 2 months. This is only for GENERIC devices
mgillespie said:
Where is Friendstream go?
I know Gallery and LiveWallpapers were dropped due to the Hero's weedy capabilities, but Friendstream? Come on....
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FriendStream is a feature of the newer HTC phones so is not included

Thank you 42turkeys, that's very helpful.

I have 2.73.405.93 build (OTA Part1 installed). Can I directly root? Or I need downgrade?
Where can I check out, how to downgrade? If i try official OTA 2.1.

Hi, downloaded my 2.1 O.T.A as i'm not technical enough to bother with rooting, i'm some what disappointed as one of the new features I was looking forward to most was speech to text, however it seems it's not part of the package for the Hero as I don't appear to have it, is this correct? Any recommendations for other means of obtaining it, I understand it works with handcent however I get the msg 'recognizer not present'..... sorry for my ignorance but any tips would be much appreciated as I loved the idea of this feature?!!

shadow_fi said:
I have 2.73.405.93 build (OTA Part1 installed). Can I directly root? Or I need downgrade?
Where can I check out, how to downgrade? If i try official OTA 2.1.
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You do need to downgrade, follow the root guide link in my sig to learn how

shadow_fi said:
I have 2.73.405.93 build (OTA Part1 installed). Can I directly root? Or I need downgrade?
Where can I check out, how to downgrade? If i try official OTA 2.1.
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lcabates said:
Hi, downloaded my 2.1 O.T.A as i'm not technical enough to bother with rooting, i'm some what disappointed as one of the new features I was looking forward to most was speech to text, however it seems it's not part of the package for the Hero as I don't appear to have it, is this correct? Any recommendations for other means of obtaining it, I understand it works with handcent however I get the msg 'recognizer not present'..... sorry for my ignorance but any tips would be much appreciated as I loved the idea of this feature?!!
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Download and install on your phone voice search (http://www.ibotchat.co.uk/voicesearch.apk) then you will get the required files.
Then to get speech to text download 'htc ime mod' (search google) and configure the settings to get the microphone button.

42turkeys said:
Download and install on your phone voice search then you will get the required files.
Then to get speech to text download 'htc ime mod' (search google) and configure the settings to get the microphone button.
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Thanks so much, I've installed the voice search from yr link, I have the htc_ime on my phone also however when I 'open app manager' via ASTRO I get a 'file path not found' error msg, can you offer any further help?
Again... many thx from a noob!!!
OK.... I think I managed all that & installed the htc_ime, I found the settings under 'Language & Keyboard' & checked the @show Voice Button for English' but still no mic... what am I missing???
YAY..... I'VE SUSSED IT, FAB.... THX SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!

Hi i just have a stupid question :
i'm quite lost with all the stuffs about the 2.1 update :
i have a 1.5 stock rooted rom on my hero.
i would like to update to 2.1 but keep the root thing.
and i want not to wipe my phone
So what i understand is :
- if i update : i'm not root anymore and won't be able to do it with the 2.1
- if i want to be 2.1+root i have to use a full rom (rooted) to have both but i have to wipe my phone.
Is that right ?
Is there or will it be a way to have an update (not wiping phone), in 2.1, and with root maintained from my 1.5 ??
Thanx for help.. i don't what to do with this ota update...
Ciao
Fred

Can anyone help, I've been trying to update mine but to no avail. I have an un-rooted generic Hero from Malaysia. I tried changing the date and restarting the phone but I still didn't receive any notification asking me to update.
Is there any way to update the phone aside from the OTA?

Hello,Ive got problem with android market,it wont show me my apps I bought. It showing me some of them but not all. Thank You.

Overall I'm really happy, coming from stock 1.5 it to the official Sense 2.1 update it seems a lot quicker. The Android devs talked about introducing lower priority for garbage collection in 2.1, and it seems to help, less judders when scrolling lists etc.
I'm loving the new weather animations when you unlock your homescreen. The wispy floating clouds are awesome!
And of course, there is the major improvement to the colour support, no more dithering or banding, the colours are sharp and clear.
One major pain, though, I swear the the volume rocker used to change the System volume when on the homescreen. Now it only changes the Ringer volume, so I have to lower the ringer, the notifications, etc, individually rather than all in one go. There doesnt seem to be a way to override what the volume rocker controls.
A new bug, when you open an sms message conversion and click in the new message area, the messages above dont shift up enough. Hence the keyboard is obscuring the last message, you cant see what you are replying to. If you cancel that, then click again to write a new message it correctly shifts the messages so the last one can be seen. This is a new bug, it used to shift them correctly in all cases.
Battery was seriously killed yesterday after the update (which understandably required a LOT of processing) and trying out all the new features, but today the drain seems just the same as 1.5.
I would also like to know if there is an APK for friendstream, live wallpapers, 3d gallery etc..

I always have my Hero set to show only phone contacts in the people app.
Why does 2.1 show phone contacts AND sim contacts in the phone app? Is there any way to fix this?
Thanks
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A new bug, when you open an sms message conversion and click in the new message area, the messages above dont shift up enough. Hence the keyboard is obscuring the last message, you cant see what you are replying to. If you cancel that, then click again to write a new message it correctly shifts the messages so the last one can be seen. This is a new bug, it used to shift them correctly in all cases.
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I noticed this too - it's really annoying!!
Edit 2:
How are you getting the homescreen weather animations on official 2.1?

kadison said:
I always have my Hero set to show only phone contacts in the people app.
Why does 2.1 show phone contacts AND sim contacts in the phone app? Is there any way to fix this?
Thanks
Edit:
I noticed this too - it's really annoying!!
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How are you getting the homescreen weather animations on official 2.1?
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Re: the SIM and Phone Contacts, in what part of the Phone app are you seeing them both? In the people list, or the dialer when you start typing a name, or where?
Re: animations, I thought it was in Settings->Sound and Display->Animations.
But playing around with it, it seems to be on permanently.
Just switch the screen off making sure your home screen with the weather clock is visible, switch it back on , slide down to unlock, and after about a second you get a full screen weather animation over your entire homescreen. Very cool..

Hello, another noob here...
So, if I got this correctly,I can in a Hero that does not have root, flash the oficial NOT rooted 2.1 that is available in zip format, through recovery.
Am I correct? I just rename the Hero_HTC_WWE_3.32.405.1_R-signed.zip to update.zip, send it to memory card, run the recovery and install it?
thanks

graculusthegreenbird said:
Re: the SIM and Phone Contacts, in what part of the Phone app are you seeing them both? In the people list, or the dialer when you start typing a name, or where?
Re: animations, I thought it was in Settings->Sound and Display->Animations.
But playing around with it, it seems to be on permanently.
Just switch the screen off making sure your home screen with the weather clock is visible, switch it back on , slide down to unlock, and after about a second you get a full screen weather animation over your entire homescreen. Very cool..
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I'm seeing the sim contacts in the dialer. I never used to see them in 1.5.
All animations are switched on so I don't know what's going on there.

kadison said:
How are you getting the homescreen weather animations on official 2.1?
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You need to select/add your location, do a 'search locations' for your main city near you and then apply that don't keep it on 'current location'.

[Q] CM7 Darkside (kang) noob questions

First off, much thanks to everyone involved with CM7. I loved it since installing darkside awhile back... but i have some pretty noobish questions
++UPDATING++
** i was wondering, how am i to update/check for updates for my rom??
**will updating erase my phone (like when flashing a new rom)
+++APPS++
[CAMERA]
* is there any way i can restore the mytouch4g stock camera/video camera?
--i'm a photographer and i like to use my phone for quick shots but i like the stock mt4g camera way better vs the cm7 darkside camera--
--edit this was answered, but since i cant get the stock camera app, how can i install or push??? the MIUI camera, i saw a forum on here once that had it for cm7 but no insructions on how to install it...
[QIK]
* is there some sort of compatibility issue? i just noticed that qik is no longer in my apps and its not downloadable via market..
[WIFI CALLING]
(for some reason its working now) but normally its says sim invalid or something similar...
++ STATUS BAR ++
*i was wondering, what is H?? is it equivalent to 4g?
for some reason i get E,3g,&H instead of 2g,3g & 4g...
++ Online Video Playback++
i use dolphin HD (desktop setting) & the browser thats pre installed, i was wondering why certain sites cannot play videos as they used to?
is something wrong with my java?
THANK YOU EVERYONE IN ADVANCE WHO WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO ANSWER ANY ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS
ALSO
does anyone have any recommendations for the mt4g (with cm7 darkside)
like apps or anything i should think about installing?

NovaxxBite said:
First off, much thanks to everyone involved with CM7. I loved it since installing darkside awhile back... but i have some pretty noobish questions
++UPDATING++
** i was wondering, how am i to update/check for updates for my rom??
**will updating erase my phone (like when flashing a new rom)
+++APPS++
[CAMERA]
* is there any way i can restore the mytouch4g stock camera/video camera?
--i'm a photographer and i like to use my phone for quick shots but i like the stock mt4g camera way better vs the cm7 darkside camera--
[QIK]
* is there some sort of compatibility issue? i just noticed that qik is no longer in my apps and its not downloadable via market..
[WIFI CALLING]
(for some reason its working now) but normally its says sim invalid or something similar...
++ STATUS BAR ++
*i was wondering, what is H?? is it equivalent to 4g?
for some reason i get E,3g,&H instead of 2g,3g & 4g...
++ Online Video Playback++
i use dolphin HD (desktop setting) & the browser thats pre installed, i was wondering why certain sites cannot play videos as they used to?
is something wrong with my java?
THANK YOU EVERYONE IN ADVANCE WHO WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO ANSWER ANY ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS
ALSO
does anyone have any recommendations for the mt4g (with cm7 darkside)
like apps or anything i should think about installing?
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1) check for updates by reading the thread
most users recommend you wipe before flashing, so yes, your data will be erased. but there are many apps out there to backup, i.e TI Backup
2) you can't use a Sense camera on an AOSP rom
3) about QIK... i don't know as i don't use it
4) well...glad it's working, might wanna ask in that thread
5) H is equivalent to 4G. :"H" stands for HSPDA+
if this post helped, please hit the thanks button!

thanks for the reply
so to update my rom, i would have to flash the new rom through the same process i used to install cm7?

NovaxxBite said:
thanks for the reply
so to update my rom, i would have to flash the new rom through the same process i used to install cm7?
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yep. just download the newer updated ROM, wipe data/cache/dalvik/format system, then install the update along with the gapps. I dont think ROM Manager supports CM7 anymore for the update notifications, so youll have to browse through the development section for updates

ROM download issues

Hello,
I have a Dell 5 that I had left in the junk pile after dropping it and cracking it's screen until I found out how to replace the screen. I am onto a new phone now, but I would like to reuse the phone as a wifi only tablet for my kids.
I have rooted it and installed the cwm recovery. Now I am trying to work on getting a new custom ROM onto it, but I am having a few issues. First, there are a LOT of roms listed on the rom sheet with little information on what the differences are. Second, when I click on the links for the various roms that seem like they might be a good choice, it appears that none of the pages exist any more.
I am looking for a clean ROM, where reliability and clean performance are the main concerns. Fancy stuff is not required.
Thanks for any help!

look on the dev section for a Rom called DSC v 1.4 , it has around 5000 posts but the first 2 posts have all the info you need to install the Rom properly, I don't know any other Rom that can come close to it.
you will thank me later for this advice.

abauer said:
look on the dev section for a Rom called DSC v 1.4 , it has around 5000 posts but the first 2 posts have all the info you need to install the Rom properly, I don't know any other Rom that can come close to it.
you will thank me later for this advice.
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Thanks abauer! Looks daunting to install, but I'm sure I'll get through it and I have a feeling I'll be sending you another thanks. :good:

spdivr said:
Hello,
I have a Dell 5 that I had left in the junk pile after dropping it and cracking it's screen until I found out how to replace the screen. I am onto a new phone now, but I would like to reuse the phone as a wifi only tablet for my kids.
I have rooted it and installed the cwm recovery. Now I am trying to work on getting a new custom ROM onto it, but I am having a few issues. First, there are a LOT of roms listed on the rom sheet with little information on what the differences are. Second, when I click on the links for the various roms that seem like they might be a good choice, it appears that none of the pages exist any more.
I am looking for a clean ROM, where reliability and clean performance are the main concerns. Fancy stuff is not required.
Thanks for any help!
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you can also try longhorn 2.7 for starters ...
dsc > gb v2.3.3
longhorn > gb 2.3.7
for dsc... go for 1.0 first and once you get the hold of it.. go for 1.4
same to longhorn.. go for 2.7 and when you feel like trying.. go for 2.9.1