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some noob questions about rooting.

Hello xda'ers Havent been on this forum for awhile. last time I was active was when I was messing with windows mobile 5! then I happen to switch to Symbian o.s, now android.
anyway some noob questions, sorry I am new to android platform =\
1. I have a 16gb sandisk microsdhc card, can I use that to put the "rooting" files in there? I heard you need to make a "gold card" using a smaller OEM card? or should I use a backup 2 gb I have? btw would I be able to use the backup 2gb later on for file backup purposes?
2. I have a 32b mytouch. running android "donut" latest build I believe. But I do not have a 3g plan with tmobile, so I had activated my phone using my sister's simcard and popped mine in xD. after downgrading to "cupcake" would I have to do this process again? what about when I load a custom rom?
3. Right now MMS, and long text messages refuse to work because of tmobile's dumb network. I used to have a n95 european unlocked, mms worked like a charm... even after changing the mms server settings on the htc , mms does not work. would it work if I load a custom rom?
4. right now my phone is fairly slow. would a custom rom be able to overclock the cpu?
5. is it possible to load apps on my memorycard (16gb sdhc) after rooting?
6. after rooting "hopefully" =| would i be able to use multitouch? and which rom is the best? cyanogen or the official android 2.1 nexus rom with live wallpapers or hero?
thanks brothers.

1) Depends on what phone you are using. Are you using the old mytouch, i.e. without the 3.5mm headset jack? If you are, you don't need the goldcard method probably. Yes you may put the files there for rooting, like the recovery image file.
2) Not sure since I don't need to activate my phone.. do you mean signing into google accounts? I do that over wifi, but if it's like actual activating your phone, I guess you don't need to since I haven't done that.
3) Depends on custom ROMs but yes you can.
4) Yes
5) Yes, but I recommend not to unless you need tons of space since having apps installed on mytouch's internal memory is faster and mytouch has a fair amount of internal space unlike G1
6) I recommend superD or cyanogen. Probably two of the most stable ROMs out there mixed with speed.

how did you do that over wifi? did you use a hack or something? because in order to activate a mytouch or g1, or any smartphone from tmobile, 3g plan is required. When I bought mine it was already activated so all I did was a sim swap.

most roms will let you skip the google log in option. I would stick with cyanogen or super d also.
It would help if you put the phone you have thought.

lol I did. but I have a mytouch 32b obviously a non 3.5 mm
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G2 Touch Hero - Help needed re. android & 3 network

Hi,
I have the G2 Touch hero on t-mobile. It has been unlocked. It currently shows as ROM version 2.73.405.5, Android 1.5.
I want to start using on 3 Network, I have their internet / phone / text package.
I'm very new to this, so please can someone help me and point me in the right direction, as I would like to know the following;
1. How do I upgrade to android 2.1.
2. How do I get the 3 portal stuff to be on the phone when I switch on each time, as I would if it was a 3 phone. In other words switch on as on 3, not t-mobile.
Many thanks for your help.

Use BTDAGs guide linked in my signature to find out how to install custom ROMs.
As yet there are no 3 customised 2.1 ROMs.
You can get the 3UK customised 1.5 ROM in update.zip format from here...
MoDaCo'S Stock ROMs + radios in update.zip format for GSM Hero
Or just use any custom 2.1 ROM and search "3 uk skype apk" and "3 uk MSN apk" for those two apps,... not sure if there are others you may want/need?

Hi ddotpatel,
If I don't use a custom rom, because I find it difficult to do, can I just get an "official" 2.1 upgrade for the phone via t-mobile or 3 network. Which would I need, as its a t-mobile phone, with a 3 sim?
Thank you,

mike300 said:
Hi ddotpatel,
If I don't use a custom rom, because I find it difficult to do, can I just get an "official" 2.1 upgrade for the phone via t-mobile or 3 network. Which would I need, as its a t-mobile phone, with a 3 sim?
Thank you,
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Now Im not 100% on this.. but would the t-mobile phone not tell the update server it needs the t-mobile update regardless of the sim thats in it?
.. for example.. Ive got an unbranded hero.. with an orange sim.. but I got the unbranded update pushed through to me.

polakscot said:
Now Im not 100% on this.. but would the t-mobile phone not tell the update server it needs the t-mobile update regardless of the sim thats in it?
.. for example.. Ive got an unbranded hero.. with an orange sim.. but I got the unbranded update pushed through to me.
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Indeed that sounds about right to me,....
There are no UK branded TMobile or 3UK 2.1 ROMs yet, they always take longer to be released. If you dont want to use custom ROMs, and are happy to NOT have root access, you can run the official RUU .exe filefor 3UK from [ROM] Official HTC Hero RUU ROM + Radio Links . This will install android 1.5 (3UK customised) and have your phone set up for updates.
WARNING,.... You might not be able to use custom ROMs ever again once updated to official 2.1.

[Q] Just got HD2

Just got the HD2, its unlocked and being used on AT&T network. I need to install the cab files to get the MMS working right. Do I need to change the ROM to a different one? I know its the original one. What else do you guys recommend I do/change on it? Should I do any of the updates from the HTC support site? I'm reading the stickys now. Thanks in advance.
cctodd

In my opinion, best thing you can do is read all about flashing and flash a new ROM and Radio.
Correct me if I'm wrong, it's the US version? If so, don't touch any of the ROM updates on the HTC site. They contain a x.x.51.x radio and it will brick the US version.

cctodd said:
Just got the HD2, its unlocked and being used on AT&T network. I need to install the cab files to get the MMS working right. Do I need to change the ROM to a different one? I know its the original one. What else do you guys recommend I do/change on it? Should I do any of the updates from the HTC support site? I'm reading the stickys now. Thanks in advance.
cctodd
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living on the edge.

Bell HTC Legend not seeing 2.2 update

Hi,
I have a locked HTC Bell Legend, which as some of you might know is now upgradeable to 2.2 via an OTA update as of last week.
The problem I'm having though is that my phone isn't seeing any updates (gives the "your phone is up to date" popup when I check). I have tried rebooting, going through wifi, using *#*#checkin#*#*.
Does anyone have any ideas or know of a place I can manually install the update?
Thanks for any help.

You can either root your Legend and install a custom FroYo ROM or go to the following website and install the Bell 2.2 rom.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Legend/

Thanks!
I've never installed a ROM this way before, can someone point me to a helpful guide? I searched around a bit and didn't find much.
EDIT: to clarify, the links above are to the official Bell 2.2 ROMs, but doesn't have the RUU. I can't find any resources on how to install an official ROM release without RUU on a locked phone.

make a gold card, download the htc 2.2 world wide english edition update, with the gold card in your phone runt the update, it worked for me i installed 2.2 a month ago without rooting my phone. I have also sim unlocked my phone.
when its done put in the apn data for your carrier and your good.

addition to first post:
im also with Bell.
email me and i will send you the link for the one step gold card.

I *do* get the update, but it fails because I removed some of the stock apps.
I've been trying to find the APKs for these (yes, I know, I should have made a backup).
Does anyone have, or can point me in the right direction for getting these apps back ? In particular the stock (DCSSTOCK.apk) and twitter apps.
Thanks,
Rob.

You can switch the rom.zip inside the ruu with any other official rom I think. If you don't want to make a gold card.
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htc legend move apps to sd card

hey
i have the HTC Legend with android 2.1 - update 1
i need to install apps to it and it says the low disk space but i have a big space on the Sd card .. and i look into it to find if there is an option to move apps to the sd card but its not available on it so please is there any one could help me on this i try many ways but everytime i need to install new apps i need to delete old apps from the phone memory to save data and thats in not good
i will be thank full if u help me in this
Regards

Update to 2.2 android

how could i update it to 2.2 and where i can find the update i try from the phone and it says that is allready updated
thanks

What carrier was your phone purchased on? Most worldwide have rolled out 2.2 for our Legends.
Or you could always root your phone and flash a custom ROM, you'll potentially (if you choose) have the latest and greatest version of android.
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the carrier was Cellcom israel but its a open sim phone the android os is 2.1
i dont know how to root it or to ffalsh a custome Rom could you help me in this ???

Open sim? You mean unbranded? HTC should've rolled out the update for you in that case.
As for rooting and flashing, look through the Dev forum AND ONLY ASK QUESTIONS IN Q&A.
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um o mean its unlocked phone the company is cellcom Israel but i dont know who to get the updates and also i need to do and update for the Radio coz i have 2 diffrent phones with 2 sim card in same carrier but the htc the service of the radio is lower than the other phone .... could u help in this our should i send email to Htc team asking about that ??

If your phone is unbranded as I think your suggested..... connect via wifi to the internet with a full charge and on main power. Go to settings, about phone, system software updates, 'check now'. It should find 2.2 is available and prompt you to download and install.
Have you tried this ?

hey i have tried it but is says that there is no available to your phone ??
what do you mean exactly ..
can u explain to me more about this if u please ?
thanks for your replay

If you can't find the update online it sounds like your phone is probably branded by the network operator (regardless of sim used).
You can find official roms in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747890
If your network operator isn't supplying the update to 2.2 you may have to do the update yourself. This could invalid your warranty with the network operator though.